Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 176. (Read 141878 times)

You are absolutely correct. There is one situation that we ignore, and that is the situation of receiving a red card. When a team that is the favorite in the match receives a red card, the balance of the entire team can be disrupted and they can suffer a heavy defeat. The Barcelona-Paris SG rematch showed us this. When Araujo received an early red card, they gifted the rematch to Paris and Paris used that advantage perfectly.

Yes you are right in the Champions League we should not underestimate clubs that have reached the semifinals because they can win the obstacles to reach this point is not easy so it is quite difficult to underestimate Dortmund because he also performed well when beating Atletico Madrid even though Dortmund is not too much of a favorite in the League Champions but what is called luck and surprise no one knows, PSG has a pretty good squad but they had difficulty facing Barcelona and they were able to win because of the surprise Barcelona got a red card, so I quite agree with what you said that we should not underestimate each other's clubs On the other hand, we have often seen surprises in football where the leading club has not performed well and won the title.

If PSG can beat Dortmund, it will not be an easy victory for PSG. They know that Dortmund is not an easy opponent to beat because they are also an elite club in the Bundesliga and have the best players that they have trained themselves, so both clubs have the same chance of advancing to the final. and most likely against a more difficult club, whether Real Madrid or Bayern Munich, both of these clubs are clubs that are quite feared in the Champions League.

At semi finals, no eligible teams should be considered as weak so their semi final matches will contain many unpredictable situations and results. Between two teams in a semi final, there are stronger and weaker teams but difference is not too big. At this level, a weaker team can make surprise to a stronger team and beat a stronger team directly.

Sometimes they don't need to beat a stronger team within 90 minutes but can aim at a draw and bring the match to penalty shoot outs. At penalty spots, mentality and luckiness will decide the winner.

Haha, don't ever think that winning is easy when the Champions League is in the semi-finals these teams have overcome various challenges and defeated great teams meaning they are the 4 best teams of all teams. Apart from that, we often see surprises in the last few matches so who knows, we might see another surprise in the upcoming match. What is clear is that we cannot underestimate any team when they are in the semi-finals, they could win through unexpected things for example through a penalty shootout or because of a red card.

In theory, Real Madrid is stronger and Bayern Munich has no chance to win the match. But we must understand that Bayern Munich is actually a big team, too. They have quality players, they have experienced coach. It is surely not impossible that Bayern Munich can surprise Real Madrid. I think Real Madrid can't underestimate Bayern Munich. They have proven that they could eliminate Arsenal although Arsenal looked better than Bayern Munich. This may happen again if Real Madrid too underestimates Bayern Munich.

Real Madrid players always have winning mentality. It is pretty true that they can win in a home or a way match. However,  a home match should have a better advantage because a team must feel more comfortable playing at home.

I think most of us think the same as you. Man City and Real Madrid are the favorite candidates. They have stronger squads, they have smart coaches. They actually are expected playing in the final round. Unfortunately, they must face one another in the quarter-final. Since Man City is eliminated, Real Madrid is the only favorite candidate for the champion.

Dortmund have a unique way of playing against their opponent but sometimes uniqueness might not really work in some situations. And even playing against q club like psg has good players that play in their own talent, and the physicality that psg depends on that is the likes of Mbappe that has super speed and a good power goals. I have the same feeling that psg will have a easy win. And the semi finals is going to be tough And if psg should qualify it won't be that easy but eventually if they meet with Madrid it is going to be tougher but if qm to predict who is going to win then I will go for real Madrid, am very they won't want to lose any club after they have gotten to this point. Good luck psg against Dortmund.

At the group stage, Dortmund had one draw + one defeat in games with PSG, that is, Dortmund is still weaker in personal meetings. Another thing is that Dortmund won the group of death and secured a place in the 1/8 in advance, and PSG was teetering on the verge of qualifying for the Europa League until the last seconds of the group stage.
Let's see how their games go this time, but it seems to me that it will be difficult for PSG to repeat their success - with approximately equal strengths, it is difficult to beat one opponent several times a season.

Frankly, when Manchester City-Real Madrid had the qualifying round, I believed that the one who passed this round would be the champion. Real Madrid was very tired against Manchester City but did not give up. Lunin was one of those who kept them alive in England. The whole team believed that they would pass the close-knit tour. Even though I was suspicious when Modric missed the penalty, it was good to see Real Madrid advance to the next round at the end of the match. I believe they will be champions.

4 teams (PSG, Bayern Muchen, Dormund and Real Madrid both have the same chance) to qualify for the final, in football sometimes impossible things can happen. Because of course all the teams that qualify for the quarter-finals, let alone the semifinals, are teams that are ready technically, physically and mentally. It's absolutely true as you said, if Real Madrid qualify for the final then they will become champions of the UCL league because Madrid's history in finals is very good, they always win in the final.

But whatever it is, this season's UCL semifinals will be very interesting if you look at the motivation of the four teams. Dortmund, who are not the favorites, certainly have the motivation to break all of that, Psg, the team with the ambition to chase the title for the first time, Bayern Munich will fight tooth and nail because in the German League their hopes have been dashed after losing to compete with Leverkusen and Real Madrid, of course they wants to chase his 15th title. However, my prediction for the UCL final this season is between Real Madrid vs PSG.

Barcelona had 32% possession of the ball when playing in the minority, I don't think even the absence of one player on the pitch would allow such poor possession, did their tactics fall apart from just one suspension? I doubt it. So I agree with you, the match was more than fair, the red card was fair, it was 100% foul. PSG were definitely stronger in this match.

Somehow i have a feeling that the champions league draw this season seem to be such that they may want a big team and an unusual finalists getting to meet at the finals because setting the big teams against each other only means they want one out and the other staying to contend the team that's not considered really tough and that's my observation looking at the fixtures between Manchester city and that between Bayern Munich and Madrid now.

Even Dortmund and PSG which has a very big tendency of Dortmund been eliminated at this point is another fixture that got me thinking because most definitely at this stage the two experienced names in the champions league is Bayern Munich and Real Madrid but then they have them fixed to play the semi finals which means one of them will not be playing the finals because one of them have to be eliminated for the other to be able to move to the finals. Bayern Munich will most definitely want to win Madrid as this is the only chance they have if they must win a trophy this season.

Real Madrid has gotten the champions league and the la Liga as their chances of winning the trophy this season and that alone i think will reduce the pressure on them in the fact that they have got something to fall back at especially the la Liga in which they happen to be almost certain at this point about their ability of been able to win by the end of the season so their approach to this game against Dortmund is definitely going to be different.

Exactly, in my opinion, PSG will defeat Dortmund because I believe they are superior than them this season, and it will be difficult for Dortmund to overcome PSG in the Champions League. I predict that Madrid and PSG will play the final of the Champions League this season, and Mbappe will like to win the Champions League for PSG before he leaves the team, and he will be a great achievement for the pag since they have not won the title before, and he will not be easy to defeat Real Madrid in the final, and I think they have not defeat real madrid before in the final of the Champions League before since real madrid was granted. Let see who will get the Champions league this season.

From this tie it looks as if the champions league decider would be easy to dictate as we see clearly that the champions league giant are match together and looks certain that the winner of the trophy would be from that section of the semi finals match up. PSG are a good team and I think they might defeat Dortmund but looking at Bayern and Real Madrid, it's alot clear that Madrid might come out Victorious.

It is true that Dortmund will have a hard time, it is not going to be easy for them. Dortmund is a very technically enhanced team, but PSG has the physicality to endure all of that and then some.

I feel like we are going to see PSG having an easy win, it is not going to be all that simple for Dortmund, they just do not have the established team that could go for it. Sure they are at semi finals, and that makes people overestimate them, but they are fifth at bundesliga this season, while the semi finals at ucl type of dortmund may confuse you, the fifth at bhundesliga should show you that they are not actually that great. I bet that PSG will end up with something that can benefit them a lot, and will end up with a good situation in the end.

When was the last time Real Madrid lost in the champions league? I can't remember, but when Real Madrid is in the final, it's the favorite to win, and we all know that the European king always wins every final, so you're right.

Yeah it's a tough opponent for Real Madrid but Bayern Munich will also find Madrid a tough opponent to beat, but it's predicted that Real Madrid will go through rather than Bayern Munich but it looks like we'll know who deserves it just that we want Real Madrid to win.

PSG and Dortmund match are also a perfect duo just like that of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in the champions league semifinals. The more superior teams are allowed to face each other while the less competitive teams will face one another too. The strength of Real Madrid as a team currently is a bit higher than that of Bayern Munich but amongst all the teams in the semifinals, they are the better match for them that can give them difficult time in the match before qualifying. PSG and Dortmund will also play an interesting match as they both look equal in their strength as a team. I can’t wait to watch both semifinal games as they are surely going to be an exciting encounter by the teams involved.

Yeah. Real Madrid has the highest chance of winning the league this season and the fact that the only team that will be challenge for them have been kick-out by them I believe they will be the winner of this title this season. even though, I won’t fully guarantee that it will happen, because this is a football, which a team that we didn’t expect will surprise everyone. And the fact that They still have Bayern Munich, I think it will be more tougher since Bayern Munich are also fighting for this same title with them, and Bayern Munich is not a team we should underestimate, they can also do something that will surprise us.


Real Madrid have the confidence of playing with any club regardless of that club experience and good players, and that is what Real Madrid used for Manchester City, they used their confident to play with them with high pressure, although, all Real Madrid players are player wing experience and that are fully ready to play and also their manager is also ready to do anything and get the title this season. With this I’m expecting Real Madrid to get the title.

I don't think any lucky in football match and PSG achievement qualified to semifinal round after defeating PSG because their hard work not getting benefit with red card received by Ronald Araújo when quarter final second leg match against Barcelona. PSG performing very well in Champion League indeed get difficult for qualifying from group stage after finishing on 2nd standings place, under Luis Henrique its the first time for PSG leading to semifinal and potential lead to final round after two season in a row eliminated on 16 round.

Bit difficult for predictable which one team lead to final in Champion League, Manchester City who most favorite teams will take final round eliminated by Real Madrid as not favorite teams can beat Man City has many star players in their squad. Next middle week the first leg match of semifinal will plays and I am waiting will any surprise result for the first leg?

that's right. A match sometimes doesn't need a beautiful game, but what is needed is the final result and Real Madrid managed to punish Man City in that match. This is a matter of strategy and Ancelotti's strategy is better than Pep Guardiola in this regard. Just look at the strategy implemented by Pep Guardiola, other City players are not as brave as KDB in trying to shoot from outside the penalty box. All Man City players were forced to score goals from inside the penalty box, while Madrid's solid defense was very disciplined. Maybe if Man City players dared to try shooting from outside the penalty box, they could create more opportunities and possibly score goals.

Pep Guardiola's other mistake in this match was taking KDB and Halland out. Pep Guerdiola doesn't seem to have calculated that the match would end in a penalty shootout. Meanwhile, Carlo Ancelotti's bus parking strategy hopes that the match will end in a penalty shootout. As a result, Don Carlo's strategy was superior to Pep's tactics which emphasized the beauty of football. So it's true, as you say, the law of football is that scoring goals to win is not a pretty game.

Now Real Madrid is facing Bayern Munich in the semifinals, of course Real Madrid is currently in high confidence after beating the defending champions. My prediction is that Real Madrid will beat Bayern Munich and advance to the final because Real Madrid's mentality when they reach the semifinals is very strong.

For the fact that PSG is in a comfortable position in their league table now will give them the privilege of more concentration in the UCL now because it will be an achievement for Kylian Mbappe to win the champions league trophy for Juventus before his exit from the club. I saw a lot of energy in him in their last outing against Barcelona so we look forward to seeing him put more efforts in their semi finals match against Borussia Dortmund. Regardless of the fact that Barcelona player Araujo had a red card that destabilized his team, PSG played better after all Barcelona scored first before the Red card was given so no need to use the red card as an excuse.

Though Borussia Dortmund can't also be underrated because this is also an European team that kept pushing hard despite some challenges they had in the champions league so ths the semi finals stages will be an epic battle among these clubs.

No one is discussing about Real Madrid and Bayern Munich match, does it means that everyone is seeing the game as an obvious winning for Real Madrid? Considering the fact that they are the stronger side among them and Bayern Munich. Well, I have been able to run some analysis between the two teams but the odds keep pointing in favour of Real Madrid.