Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 222. (Read 141888 times)

The Champions League is obviously the one competition that would be a huge achievement for Xavi. It would save the season even if they don't win the league title in Spain, but is it realistic?

They are now in the driving seat against PSG, but the reality is that PSG isn't the strongest opponent in the Champions League. Once again it is now Manchester City that raises the level of their game in the right moment. When all teams in the Premier League start failing, Manchester City takes home the important points. I expect the same to happen in the Champions League now.

First of all, I didn't think that Barcelona could make it into the semifinal this season as their team isn't all that good. But now they have been working their way up and are getting closer to that goal. Reaching the semifinal would save the season for Barcelona already. But the interesting part now is that the semifinal is already fixed. It is either Atletico Madrid or Dortmund and both teams can definitely be beaten by Barcelona. There is a good chance that we will see the team in the final. That would be impressive. And in a final there are different rules. Who knows whether a surprise is possible.

And currently Xavi Hernandez has strong motivation to give his best for Barcelona. Because this is his last season at Barcelona. because he will leave after this season is over. And Xavi seems eager to give his best for Barcelona in the UCL. Because in Laliga it seems that Barcelona is already behind Real Madrid by a fairly large difference, namely 8 points. Although the opportunity to overtake Real Madrid still exists with the remaining matches this season. But expecting Real Madrid to drop points in the remainder of the season in Laliga is very difficult. So Xavi will definitely be more enthusiastic about chasing the UCL title. Although very few people like them. But we'll see if Barcelona can be the same surprise as Inter Milan last season, who managed to get to the final without any of us expecting it at all.

PSG might have more difficulty at Barcelona headquarters. But their opportunities are still quite open with only 1 goal behind. Because now it is no longer strange to see the home team losing. but I will favorite Barcelona of course. Because the biggest possibility is that victory will still be on the home side.

In my opinion, it is impossible for PSG to make a comeback in the second leg, because they will play at the Camp Nou, it is very difficult for PSG to put pressure on Barcelona, ​​although nothing is impossible, but in reality it is very difficult for the clubs out there to turn things around, Barcelona just needs  Just a draw to ensure they qualify for the next round and that would be an extraordinary achievement. In several seasons they have always been knocked out in the group preliminary round, so it is very clear that Xavi's squad's ambition is to prepare players who are quite modest but strong in the individual game so it doesn't matter.  It would be surprising if Barcelona is able to compete in the European caste this season.

I think that you can rewatch the highlight. I meant that if mbappe did not do a lot of things caused by cubarsi was always disrupting his movement. Mbappe was always facing difficulties in passing curbarsi. This is the reason why mbappe was not contributing a lot in that game. Im expecting that if the performance from the club will be performing even better than before once mbappe know how to leave from cubarsi. Cubarsi is 17 years old barcelona right back, surprisingly mbappe pocketed by him in the first leg. Home game combined with leading the aggregate is obviously helping barcelona to qualify for the semi final.


It's probably more than it. PSG will be trying so hard in scoring as many goals as possible to surpass the aggregate owner against barcelona. Things are just getting even harder for PSG considering the fact that if clubs will have
Barcelona is now having a great squad after xavi has found several young talented players who will help barcelona to win the game against PSG. I will prefer to pick over 2.5 or barcelona win.

The chance to get money is very big enough through these choices.

Frankly, I am not that hopeful about PSG, but this is football, of course, you never know what will happen. This uncertainty is what I love most about football. Things you don't expect can happen, like Atalanta beating Liverpool. I think Barcelona's chance is 90%, but PSG can still make it to the next round, even if it is a slight possibility. Xavi will have practiced what to do.

PSG is a very badly run club. I've been saying this since, even when they had Messi and Neymar. The difference between the way the sign players and how Chelsea sign players is that they have Mbappe. How's a team like PSG signing Dembele in the first place? A player that won't give you 10 goals the whole season. Their midfield is filled with a little above average players. Th ybhave already made the mistake of letting Mbappe go for free, they had an opportunity to sell him for 180 million but they refused to take it, now he will be leaving for free. PSG really have a lot of work to do.

As for the champions league, they are not winning it. They will not get over Barcelona today. I know they believe they can, their fans are hoping they do, but they will not. Barcelona is a very solid team currently, not a perfect team but they know how to stand their ground. They will dominate the game and win PSG today.

with yesterday's match won by Barcelona who scored 3 goals against PSG, I think in the next match between these two teams Barcelona will be more confident in being able to win the match I know Barcelona is an experienced team but PSG cannot be underestimated. At a minimum they must be able to imitate yesterday's performance,  but what is better is that they must be able to exceed yesterday's performance.

of course PSG or Barcelona will definitely try to show their best game in order to win, with Barcelona winning in the first leg that doesn't mean they can relax and think that PSG can be beaten again, because of course PSG will also show their best game so they can win in the second leg I think this match will be quite hot, because both teams have good performances.

If PSG wants to turn things around then don't rely too much on just 1 or 2 players. They must be able to bring out their individual abilities and play solidly in their respective defense lines, during Leg 1 without Hakimi it was apparent that the back line was unable to strictly control the opponent movements. So players like Yamal are able to move freely, moreover he is quite agile when given the opportunity to dribble the ball. Well, there is still a chance for PSG to try to excel but I'm not 100% sure because it all depends on the players. For this reason, my bet will fall on Barcelona as the team that will qualify for the semifinals. On the other hand, the Dortmund vs Atletico Madrid match remains the same as leg 1, ATM will be more favored, it doesn't matter if you play at Dortmund home ground because Dortmund's game this season is very monotonous

Basically, Bayern Munich has experienced significant decline in performance in the Bundesliga, but for the UCL competition, I think there is still chance for Bayern Munich to survive longer.
In this quarter-final, the first leg which took place at home, Arsenal was successfully pressed by Bayern Munich and ended in a draw, clearly big opportunity came for Bayern Munich to win the second leg at home.
I think victory with difference of just 1 goal is more than enough to bring Bayern Munich to the semifinals and everyone hope is to see Bayern Munich qualify for the semifinals.

I still believe that Bayern Munich can achieve maximum results considering that in the first leg of the away match they can match Arsenal and with home advantage I believe Bayern Munich can win.

Bayern Munich lost Bundesliga to Leverkusen and Arsenal nearly lost control in Premier League title competition after a latest defeat by Aston Villa. They will have to start a second quarter final match with ambition to win it. However, in Champions League, it's very clearly that Bayern Munich are more experienced than Arsenal and they have won many titles there.

Bayern Munich players are more experienced in Champions League in Arsenal and nearly were able to beat Arsenal in a home away match last week. Arsenal have big risk to lose in Munich and will have to return to Premier League with last matches to compete against Manchester City. I have no belief in Arsenal that they can beat Bayern Munich in an upcoming match.

Any surprises can happen. Few people predicted that Barca would win at PSG's home field in the first leg, and this return match will be the same. PSG seems to be rated lower than Barca, especially having to play at Barca's home field, but PSG is still a team with strong individuals, they can shine and turn the situation around at any time. The gap of 1 goal is not too big to be leveled. If it has to go to extra time, Barca's advantage may no longer exist.

Barca's mission in this match is just not to lose to defend their results, but I think this mentality could kill them, because Barca has never been strong on defense. If Xavi chooses to play defensively and cedes the game to PSG, it may be a mistake and this could be the point for PSG to turn the game around.

Bayern Munich knows their only hope is the Champions League because they totally lost the Bundesliga title to Leverkusen after years of winning the title while they had no competitor in this tournament. Now since they don't have a good atmosphere in the their team, it seems Bayern Munich is not even motivated for the game they are going to have against Arsenal and this can Arsenal an extra chance to beat Bayern Munich.
However, I don't think if Arsenal can ever be a team to win the Champions League because compared to Real Madrid or the other teams they don't have the enough potential in their team.

Tomorrow's match between Barcelona and PSG will be really interesting because I know both teams want to win, but PSG will undoubtedly find the contest difficult to win. Barcelona's performance in the first leg impressed me greatly. Because they put in a lot of effort in their last game against PSG and conceded almost three goals, which surprised some people because many didn't expect Barcelona could play well and dominate the match.

And, based on their dismal performance, I had no hope for PSG's next encounter, they will face greater pressure than in the first leg alone. Because I am expecting excellent results from Barcelona.

For the second leg, I really believe that Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will both qualify for the semifinals this season. PSG and Dortmund will certainly do everything to recover, but I think Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have something great to prove to their fans this season.

If Barcelona manages to qualify for the semifinals, then it will be a matter of pride for the squad and coach. This is Xavi's first season playing in the quarter-finals of the Champions League since coaching Barcelona, ​​he also has the opportunity to qualify for his first semifinal. If Barcelona meets Atletico Madrid in the semifinals, then I think Barcelona will advance to the final for the first time after the last time in the 2014-2015 season.

When they draft a big contract for Mbape, what do you expect from them or you forgot so soon the drama around PSG and it's players. They pushed for Messi and Neymar you remember and then when Mbabe was about to leave, they gave him the club because they made him chief executive from what they do because he could make decisions that even the coaches can not do.

I'm very sure that after the league, there is going to be a big flush in that club, many players that will become a free agent will be free to go so as to bring more players because the Champions League that was their priority is not coming home, even this season I'm not sure they can win it.

You really find out why if you watch the full game. But I can tell you that PSG failed to score more goals because Barcelona's defense was quite capable of preventing them. Barcelona appeared impressive in the second half, especially after Pedri came on, then Christensen, who had just entered, also became the hero of the victory with his headed goal.

PSG fired 6 shots on target out of a total of 18 shots they had, but only 2 out of 6 shots resulted in goals. In conditions like this, you should know that Barcelona managed to make it difficult for PSG to score goals and that means Barcelona has a good defense. The second leg was certainly more difficult and Barcelona turned into favorites after being underestimated in the first leg.

Barcelona knows their history, they know what has happened to them in Rome and Liverpool, I don't think they'll want that to repeat itself, even if those situations are different from this.
Watching Xavi's press conference, I don't think they'll be relenting in the second leg. They have only one goal advantage so it's like having a one-goal league, it's not much and they know this.

PSG, like you said will fight to the end. Mbappe is one player that is hardly ever silent. It's going to be a problem to keep him quiet, he was relatively quiet in the first leg, let's see if Barcelona can do it over 2 legs. PSG believe they can turn the game around so they would try their best to make life very difficult for Barcelona.

Barcelona has a better team than PSG. Makes you wonder the kind of team PSG is building with the money they have. How is financially drained Barcelona having a better squad than deep pockets PSG? Why have they decided to focus most of their resources on Mbappe? I mean, Mbappe is good, arguably the best forward in Europe at the moment but is he worth neglecting other areas of your team over? I think not. PSG needs to let Mbappe go, instead of "keeping him at all costs" and go back to the drawing board and assemble a better team. They're midfield and defense is not that solid.

I still don't understand the logical reason how Barcelona manage to have 3 goals and PSG had 2 goals, maybe it was because Mbape wasn't too active the way he supposed to be active, not a singe assiat nor a goal form him, it was some casual players I didn't expect made 2 goals for them and now they are down with 1 goal making Barcelona a strong opponent. Even with the 1 goal not been a threat to PSG, I think Barcelona are in better advantage since next match will happen in their home which is a merit for them to defeat PSG.

I expect atleast over 1.5 goals from their next match, the two of the team will definitely scored a goal in this match but my support goes to Barcelona, who knows if we might have another El classico in the Champions League one time again, the feeling is alwsysh different when you have those two teams facing each other.

I'm sure they are well aware of that and were hardly going to play any kind of relaxed game. They also realise that PSG will play dangerously and maybe even dirty Xavi has probably thought it all through and is ready for this game. For now, I think Barcelona will easily make it to the semi-finals, but they may have problems there, because the opponents who are likely to go through are not easy at all

In the first leg, PSG basically succeeded in pressing Barcelona well, but Barcelona's good defense was able to reduce many of the attacks built by PSG. I agree that Barcelona should not play defensively against PSG, it only increases the risk of losing instead of maintaining an aggregate lead or winning the game.

I didn't see any skill in Barcelona's game at the start of the first leg, but as the match progressed Barcelona managed to get their game back and improve. In the second leg, Xavi certainly has to be careful to avoid PSG's comeback. Of course Xavi knows that PSG is coming to win and win a ticket to the semifinals, but Barcelona must respond well to the same plan.