Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 213. (Read 141888 times)

There is less than one day left to the game between Real Madrid and Macnshter City while it seems the performance of both teams was close enough to make the prediction very hard for the fans. I think Real Madrid and Macsnter City both can have a good chance in this match. Still, based on the last games we saw from both teams I can say Real Madrid got a better situation because they usually have better performances in the Champions League. They got a more experienced player in their teams while in Manchester City they get a player like Haaland who usually fails in the important matches like this one.
The game will be in Etihad Stadium where Manchester City never lost a game in the Champions League in this stadium November 2018.


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After watching two games last night I have feeling still all four teams are in competition and it's not easy to give any prediction because any team can bring surprise for his fans, and we can expect unusual result with Real Madrid and Arsenal both will be on back foot but these both can turn the tables for their own sack, and we can have surprises as well with I have personal feeling Real Madrid and Bayern Munich can go through for the final but if we have another Spanish exit this could be surely nightmare for them because after losing two teams things are looking not good and third exit could be going to have heartbroken for the Spanish fans with Bayern Munich is also in good shape, but Arsenal is surely going to give their best for having spot into next round and this could be also not easy game for the both sides.

Things looked very good and maybe as their plan too but after the red card, all things changed towards PSG. Barcelona have reasons to feel disappointed with the referee and themselves too. Semi finals in Champions League can help their finance a lot and it is more painful as they created good advantage after the first goal.

With severe reaction after the red card for himself, Xavi will face with further investigation, from referee report and might face with some extra banned match, not only a normal ban from the red card.

PSG started this season very badly in group phase but now, this season looks to be promising for them in Champions League. Dortmund are not weak but meeting Dortmund is better than Manchester City or Real Madrid and PSG can aim at a final match. They lost their first Champions League final match to Bayern Munich and will try to have a second one and win it this time.

When everything has been arranged well and the conditions at that time can almost be said to be in favor of Barcelona, of course it will be very painful and angry when there is a decision that is truly detrimental and destroys all the struggle.
I am quite sure that Barcelona would be the one who would go to the semifinals if they were still playing with complete players, the most unfortunate thing was that the red card they received made Barcelona's game worse, their 2 goal margin lead could not be maintained until the match was over, they actually had to concede four goals.

By making it to the semifinals, PSG will face Dortmund who also made it to the semifinals and this will be a balanced match and it is quite difficult to predict who will go to the final because both have the same strength.

Today we have no surprise in game of Dortmund vs Atlético because this was expected with Atlético won at home but sadly their difference was not enough and as we have Dortmund which was struggling in Bundesliga but now turning things into their way with their improved performance having good performance, and they bowled out Atlético from the event which is good sign for them with now they are having fair chance of going into final as well which could be honour for them.

Barcelona vs PSG was having good start but sadly red card done his work and things gone against Barcelona with their confidence level was really shockingly low, and they faced humiliated defeat which is surely not good sign for them with things were going good, but now they have to recover from this and try to stay positive and better for the rest matches of this season.

If Barcelona have one player sent off, either Araujo or another player, they will get big disadvantage and it's hard to say that if another player sent off, they would have not lost this match. Playing against a strong opponent, with 10 players against 11 players, is never easy for any team. PSG have many speedy players like Dembele, Mbappe and they were able to take advantage of one extra player to beat Barcelona.

Now PSG have another semi final experience in Champions League and will re-meet Dortmund. These teams met each other in group stage and now they will re-meet in semi finals after Dortmund beating another Spanish club, Atletico Madrid in another sensational match with many goals.

Now it's already clear what makes Barcelona defend is strong because Araujo was playing, Ter Stegen is nothing without great defenders, same to Onana.

People aren't only predict Barcelona will qualify to the next round, they also predict Atletico will qualify too because Atletico was leading and they can give a fight on the first half. But Dortmund play really impressive and Sabitzer make Dortmund to comeback.

Two upcoming matches are really hard to predict, I will bet BTTS Yes instead.

Xavi Hernandez is still a good coach and most chances at the end we will have better things between Barcelona management and him which will keep him at this club for some more time because with these currently available sources he is the best man on duty, and he can bring improvement in future as well which will bring this club again as one of the best in UEFA and La Liga as well in this game against PSG we have well started for them with Araujo red card send them down, and they fail to recover from this setback with they have to face exit from this event and now things are surely not ideal for them even we can hope for the better future but suddenly things gone badly on wrong way.

In the second half, we have all control under PSG and their players which able to score three goals which were enough for them to have spot into last four which was surely not expected, but now they are having and with their performance and confidence things are looking much better which can give them spot into final as well which will be surely one of the best achievement for the Luis Enrique which is here for the best of this club which is looking for first trophy and never have anything positive in last many years.

I think most people expected Barcelona to win the second leg. It's disappointing that Barcelona got knocked out of the Champions League. They focused on defending, but it didn't work out for them. I thought Barcelona had a good chance, but PSG defeated them at their home ground. Araujo's absence made a big difference; Barcelona's defense looked vulnerable without him. Their defense is like a leaky sieve, allowing goals too easily.

It was foolish of me to believe Barcelona could advance. There's no point dwelling on it or blaming the referee. Now, their focus shifts to La Liga, but only if Real Madrid lose their games.

It's always like that. The loser will always be blaming everything since they were losing. It's differ if barcleona won the game. It's a common thing when we are seeing that if a loser will explain while winner will celebrate. This is how football is working now. That's why xavi got a red card.
Im only wanna say bye for barcelona. Good luck for the upcoming season. UCL is not the same like la liga. It needs a very strong winning mentality in order to make sure club will be able to win the competition.

Sorry to say, Barcelona seems to have to accept the bitter reality, winning in the 1st leg is no reason to win in the 2nd leg. PSG gave Barcelona players an unforgettable nightmare. Please Xavi immediately speed up his departure because Barcelona has no hope this season, both La Liga and UCL have lost their place. PSG will face Dortmund who also managed to beat Atletico Madrid, the second Spanish team in Comeback with difficulty. Araujo became the starting point for Barcelona to be busy facing continuous attacks from Enrique troops which had been prepared in the second half. Yesterday in leg 1, many people mocked Mbappe because he was closely guarded by a 17 year old boy named Cubarsi, but in leg 2 Cubarsi role was completely invisible.

I admit to underestimating PSG and thinking they would be beaten. This also made my bet lose deep. Next, a big match awaits Arsenal at Bayern Munich headquarters and Madrid will visit Man City headquarters. Of these 2 big matches, it is definitely very difficult to predict even though many people are favoring the home team, but I think I will pass on betting on this match.

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Barcelona vs PSG

I don't believe that Barcelona has really finished in this round I thought Barcelona could win the match again in the second leg but it turns out that Barcelona actually suffered a crushing defeat to PSG with a score of 4:1 for PSG's victory, thus increasing PSG's total aggregate to 6 aggregates while Barcelona became 4 aggregate, I didn't expect Barcelona to lose at home even though many people favored them to be able to qualify for the semifinals with a bigger advantage to get rid of PSG easily but I think this happened because Barcelona lost balance when Barcelona lost 1 defender, thus weakening Barcelona's defense and this is a golden opportunity for PSG to make a surprising epic comeback. Congratulations to PSG for successfully qualifying for the semifinals and will face previous opponents Dortmund in the Champions League group stages.

I have high hopes for PSG to reach the final this season, if you look at previous performance PSG seems to be superior to Dortmund in the two meetings this season. PSG can beat Dortmund at home and get a draw in the away game so PSG can do the same thing as before to reach the final, but sometimes PSG also loses its performance when it enters increasingly difficult rounds because Dortmund is also not an easy opponent for PSG.

The disaster that befell Barcelona started with Araujo mistake in receiving a red card, Losing one player meant that Barcelona party plans to qualify for the semifinals at Camp Nou ended tragically. The violation committed by Araujo was very fatal, if the violation occurred in the penalty box perhaps the incident would have been different, Araujo received a yellow card + a penalty for PSG.

You can already imagine what would happen after Barcelona played with 10 players, PSG immediately increased their attacks with passing and dribbling supported by the speed of players with above average abilities. This defeat was very painful for Barcelona because they started the match with the motivation to qualify for the semifinals after successfully beating PSG in the first leg. This result was never predicted beforehand, especially since they had to play with 10 players before the first half ended.

When araujo got a red card caused by he has fouled the last PSG player and yeah that's his biggest mistake that cost the club a ticket to go to the semi final soon. So, Barcelona must accept this defeat, and Xavi will depart from the club at the end of the season considering that he has failed in making barcelona to get into the semi final soon. Barcelona has been experiencing significant changes in the squad composition but it was not enough, the red card was obviously helping PSG to get more spaces. It was released from UCL, and it will be trophy-less since barcelona is now probably get snowball effect from the lose against PSG. It's insane to see Barcelona lose so quickly in the second leg. It's such a disgrace ful result for xavi and barcelona. The club can do better if they were playing seriously but since it must be only playing with 10 players and it was also helping the player a lot.

The red card was most likely the primary cause of Barcelona's losses and it's also very good for xavi caused by he must leave from the club as soon as possible. Araujo must be learned a lot from his inappropriate decision. I believe Araujo should have allowed PSG's players to score rather than attempting to tackle them considering that barcelona may still have chance to repeat the same result in the first leg. I'm concerned about how PSG has worked so hard to make the situation even better than before. I appreciate all of Barcelona's efforts.

Things have been moving so quickly for the club. Shit happens in Barcelona, and many people lose money because their bets were unsuccessful due to Araujo's stupidity. His red card is the biggest blunder caused by PSG's gameplay, and things are improving now that Araujo has been sent off.
Cubarsi also needs to divide his attention because Barcelona's defensive line was weakened in that match. Things are not going well for Barcelona at the moment, given that the club is making so many mistakes.

Yes, PSG's victory in this match was not due to luck. However, this could be achieved thanks to the hard work of PSG players. Apart from that, at the start of the match I saw the Barcelona players appear confident and were even able to score 1 goal against PSG. However, after Araujo was given a red card by the referee, that's when chaos started to occur in the Barcelona team. After that, the Barcelona players seemed to lose their game scheme and as a result Barcelona conceded 1 goal in the first half and 3 goals in the second half. It is a shame that Barcelona's progress in the UCL has to stop at this time. Maybe after this Barcelona will only focus on the domestic league, because in all competitions Barcelona's journey is over.

Apart from that, Atletico Madrid also experienced a similar fate. They had won over Dortmund in the first leg, but now both lost in the second leg. Completely unexpected.

So that way, in the semifinals PSG will meet Dortmund. In my opinion, in the next match, there is a big possibility that PSG will win and qualify for the UCL final. Because if you look at the quality of their players and also the achievements they can achieve in their respective domestic leagues, PSG is clearly superior to Dortmund. For example, PSG is currently at the top of the French League standings and Dortmund is only able to occupy 5th place in the Bundesliga. So with this fact, I am sure that in this UCL PSG will definitely be able to beat Dortmund and enter the final.

The first penalty can be a right decision from the referee but a red card is too much. In addition, Araujo did not defend smartly in that situation because it is very easily to get a penalty and red card in such situation. This means a foul can not help anything for the team and only bring bigger problems and disadvantage. The referee also gave Xavi a red card with his reaction in the second half.

The red card and the distant shot from Vittinha changed the match towards PSG. Barcelona and Xavi have reasons to feel deeply disappointed by holding very great advantage after the first goal but finally lost the match to PSG.

He can not do that foul and hope that goalkeeper will save the penalty and referee will not give him a red card. It is a stupid foul from Araujo. It is a first turning point of the match and a second one is a goal scored by Vittinha.

Araujo made a mistake he shouldn't have made. Before the red card, everything seemed fine and Barcelona even took a 1-0 lead first. But in football the things like this are inevitable. I think Barcelona played too aggressively and this is what ended up being detrimental to themselves.

After that red card, PSG seemed to find their way. The situation turned around, where PSG dominated the match. It was clearly quite difficult for Barcelona to withstand PSG's attack with only 10 men because PSG has so much space and PSG has speed which is very troublesome for Barcelona's defense.

Barcelona were more excited when the game started and they went ahead by scoring first. But later when two players had to go out after receiving red cards from Barcelona, Barcelona's performance collapsed a lot. Of course you are right that with ten players Barcelona play in a much more difficult situation. After Xabi's red card, the position of the game was a bit better, but after Araujo's red card, the game became more difficult as they could not stop PSG's attacks properly. Two red cards overturned Barcelona's win and performance which saw them crash out of the Champions League this season. PSG did not miss this opportunity, but attacked after attack and left the field with a great victory to confirm the semi-final match, Of course, they will play Dortmund in the next match for the final.

The red card that Araújo received was a bit controversial and the referee seemed excessive by immediately issuing a red card, at least a yellow card was still normal, but after the red card the game changed drastically. Barcelona defense was completely bombarded by PSG players nonstop and Xavi had difficulty closing the gap. Yamal was pulled back and all the Barcelona players and coaches were stressed seeing the situation at hand. Like it or not, Barcelona elimination from the UCL ended all chances of winning a trophy this season, another La Liga representative, namely ATM, was also eliminated. One night, 2 La Liga clubs had to go home. Many Barcelona fans are now criticizing or expressing their frustration with Dembele, apparently not accepting the defeat he received and Dembele goal being the key to opening the next goal.

On the other hand, the ATM match was also unexpected, Dortmund actually became a nightmare for ATM, who had won in the first leg, but were left unable to move at the opponent home ground. This result brought together PSG and Dortmund to compete for tickets to the final. There is only one Spanish representative remaining, namely Real Madrid, who will visit Manchester City Headquarters today, where in every aspect the home squad is very favored so Madrid will have difficulty coming out as winners. The probability is quite small considering that while playing at Ettihad his history was quite negative.

Anything can happen in 90 minutes, hopefully the Madrid players can overcome the sharp attacks of the Manchester City players, especially since Kevin De Bruyne did not play in the 1st leg, so now they have to be better prepared to welcome this moment.

After the match Xavi spoke very harshly about the referees. Naturally Xavi was very angry when the referees changed the course of the match and the round, they thought they could win this cup. It's a pity for this good team, they had the round in their hands with a 2 goal lead, but one red card changed everything. Barca could have stayed motivated but they couldn't win this psychological battle.

This is clearly an opportunity for PSG coach Luis Enrique to play his role, apart from only playing 10 players because Ronald Araujo received a red card in the 29th minute. Barecelona also lost coach Xavi Hernandez due to a red card too and this made Barcelona even worse.
And whoever the coach is will take advantage of these two moments to win the match, because the team will lose direction without a coach on the field. And PSG deserved to win in the second leg of the Champions League and qualify for the next round.