Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 234. (Read 141888 times)

In terms of players and experience, I don’t see much difference between these teams, each has very good and experienced players, and it’s even difficult for me to say how Xavi was able to surpass Enrique, such a good attacking game is rare for Barcelona in recent games. The fact that Barcelona was able to beat PSG away is very good, I’m almost sure that in the home match they will not lose this advantage and will not lose. After this victory, Xavi's value for the team increased even more, a coach who can lead the team to the Champions League semi-finals will receive very good offers this summer.

In terms of strength of each players, Barca cannot be better than PSG, but in terms of experience and cup competition ability, PSG cannot be compared with Barca. In fact, yesterday's match reflected that. PSG couldn't even keep a draw at home. PSG's most important factor, Mbappe, was completely silent against Cubarsi - a player who was only 17 years old. The outcome is quite clear for this match, Barca will enter the semi-finals.


Except for the situation where Gabriel used his hands, in my opinion Arsenal deserved a win more. The situation where Kane commited a foul, and Saka was fouled at the end of the match, if handled correctly, could create a turning point for this match. Obviously, Arsenal are no longer easily bullied by Bayern like before and they play completely proactively against Bayern. It's quite unfortunate for Arsenal not to win at home. The return match will be very difficult for them if they want to overcome Bayern at home.

That was a very costly mistake by Gabriel and even if the referee didn't see it what of VAR? there were some cases of controversy in that game but had it been everything was to be corrected I still believe that the match would have still ended in a draw. Though Arsenal had huge advantage to have won that game but I don't know if I will call it fear or anxiety that made them not to utilize their opportunities well and now they have created a great task for themselves in the second leg at Bayern Munich home ground Allianz Arena.

Bayern Munich scoring 2 away goals against Arsenal at Emirate stadium have already given them an edge if they also end in a 0-0, 1-1 draw at Allianz Arena, Arsenal have a very big challenge they need to overcome at all cost if they must move to the next stages of the champions league.

It is difficult to predict this match. However, Munich performed well in the away match. Munich was very strategic. Thomas Tuchel is well aware that Arsenal are much more difficult to beat at home. In this match, Bayern Munich has changed their match strategy. Munich's players did not try to attack much. Munich played a defensive strategy in this match.

In the home match, Munich will definitely try to dominate and win the match. However, Arsenal have the ability to defeat the Munich team at their home ground. Arsenal team is in very good form this season. So Munich will have to play very carefully even in home matches. If they make any mistake, there is a big chance of losing the match.

There is no doubt about Atletico's mentality in the Champions League and they proved it when they beat Dortmund at home with a score of 2-1. I think it's natural that Atletico can win and they just need to finish everything in the second leg next week. Diego Simione can always formulate the right strategy for his players so that they don't lose anything in the first leg.

However, the second leg may not be as easy as Atletico imagines considering that Dortmund and its fans will try to roar to reduce the mentality of the Atletico players and if in this match the Atletico players' concentration is broken, it will be an opportunity for Dortmund to equalize the aggregate or even reverse the lead. Apart from that, it is possible that the match will continue into extra time or a penalty shootout could occur and I hope that Atletico will not underestimate Dortmund this time and if Atletico wants to win then they have to take a big lead so that Dortmund cannot catch the difference.

In my opinion, Barcelona is not a terrible team neither, so losing to them doesn't really feel like it was a horrible thing, it happens. Obviously PSG wants to win, who wouldn't want to win, but at the same time I feel like we are overreacting to the loss, Barcelona is Barcelona and losing to them is not a bad thing.

I personally believe that the best thing to do in this situation would be just forgetting about the first game, and focus on the second leg. That way, PSG could feel a bit better, if they keep thinking about "how did we lose that game" and be mad about it until the next game, then they are going to have another bad game as well. So, they should end up making something better and forget about the first leg.

I literally had this talk with a few friends today. If Arsenal could be able to beat Bayern Munich at home, haven’t lost that chance to make good use of their home advantage especially, with the absence of fans support for Bayern Munich but still ended up drawing with Bayern. Like, I saw the enthusiastic nature of the Arteta side, the eagerness to end the game in a win but, they already let Bayern get ahead of them and coming back from behind to take the lead against such a team and even with a few formal EPL league players on the team wasn’t going to come without some serious challenge.

It’s going to be a really tough challenge for Arsenal and Arteta who has little managerial knowledge in the EPL but, I think his squad is good enough to see Bayern out.

People are asking several questions on whether Arsenal will be able to defeat Bayern at Bayern's home,but I know what Arsenal are made of now.It is going to be a tough match,but I see Arsenal coming out to be the Winner of that encounter.One thing I've loved about this Arsenal team is that,when it seems you've lost faith in them,is when they will turn out to surprise you,and win well.
I trust in Arteta,the squad,the tactics and the way Arsenal are composed these days when facing big teams.It is a win win for Arsenal,and I'm optimistic about that.

If anyone asked before the first match PSG vs. Barcelona wether the chances could ever be better, no, I think that Barcelona now has a special situation where they know that they can turn a season, or something much more than that, into positive momentum for the whole club. I was wonderung how Enrique must feel, getting destoyed by his old home while going to a Ligue 1 club. Probably not all that good!

Manchester City have all the advantage to themselves now playing at home and having a lot of their fans is a big flex and they wouldn’t want to disappoint them. Playing draw at Santiago Benebeu is a big mistake for Real Madrid but i believe they will not make it easy for Manchester City regardless. The match is still unpredictable and anything can happen so having the home advantage doesn’t guarantee anything for Manchester City, they will have to fight so hard till the end. It will be a very interesting match to watch just as the first leg that i don’t think i can miss the game for anything.

Based on the match in the first leg yesterday, we can say that Arsenal's performance was quite convincing, not only in possession of the ball but also in attack. Bayern were indeed quite strong, but at that time, they didn't have many opportunities to get the ball. And even to reach their realm of attack, it was quite difficult. As a result, of the 2 shots on target they had, both scored goals. This made Bayern's enthusiasm come back to be motivated again. especially in Bavaria. So, I don't know what it will be like in the second leg, but I'm sure that Bayern will be able to turn their situation around to become superior.

Arsenal need great luck to beat Bayern at the Allianz Arena, I certainly don't mean to underestimate Arteta fleet which is on fire, but that's the fact. Bayern experience in the Champions League is not in doubt, even though they are currently unstable in the Bundesliga, Tuchel fleet has managed to show a different performance.

However, if Arteta is able to find a more effective strategy, of course victory will be on their side, and I think it is possible that the winner will be determined by going to the penalty shootout round. In simple terms, with unstable performance alone, Bayern was able to hold Arsenal to a draw, who were in their best performance.

It is clear that in the second leg Arsenal should be more careful, Bayern will look dominant when playing in front of their own supporters. However, if Tuchel is careless in determining his starting XI, then Arsenal will have a good chance of winning the match. That's right, both teams have one domestic match that must be completed first, before the second leg returns.

Barcelona against PSG was an interesting match to witness and for us we have taken it to predict that PSG is going to win over Barcelona since PSG seems to be more powerful right now than Barcelona does, hence reverse was the case and from a fair, simple analysis, one could have every reason to say that PSG is likely to win, or at least secure a draw, since they are at home and not away.

Looking at the performances of both teams in their respective leagues, PSG is doing awesomely well in League 1. In fact, PSG is currently the leading club in League 1 with 10 points different from the second position in the table standing, whereas Barcelona are the second in position, dragging the second position with Girona, and has been defeated by Real Madrid, who are 75 points in the league, whereas Barcelona is 67 points.

Having mentioned all of this, looking at how powerful PSG seems to be, one would easily take PSG to be of an advantage, especially since they are at home. But reverse was the case. So PSG must do magic in their second leg if they want to secure a win to the semi-finals, which at this point seems daunting.

I am not underestimating Arsenal and their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals this season, even if Arsenal are unseeded when they travel to Germany in the second leg. Bayern Munich is very likely to lose even though they are playing at home, but of course Arsenal must be very careful when starting the match and must be able to avoid mistakes.

There is certainly big pressure for Arsenal when Bayern Munich are favorites at home, but if Arteta and his squad have learned from experience, then Arsenal's mentality should not be disturbed. There is plenty of time for both teams to prepare their squads and best strategies, but both teams seem to have one domestic match before the second leg starts.

This is what I called the game of luck, and it goes to Barcelona because I was very surprised to see them win against PSG, which was still PSG playing a home game, but due to luck they were able to win because what amazes me the most is when PSG got their two goals within just the interval of two minutes, even when Barcelona scored their second goal, I was not so sucked because, knowing that PSG is mostly the coolest and strongest in the Champions League, losing against Barcelona will be very challenging, but since the fresh blood that is playing for Barcelona will not be surprising if they win, I don't think PSG can still make it in the second leg because Barcelona will have more confidence since they have won an away game. They will still like to win the home game, but PSG's performance was still good, and they might react to win them back.

The good opportunities that Atletico Madrid often squandered in the first half really made us disappointed, but there were also a lot of opportunities in the second half that were wasted, but fortunately Atletico were able to secure victory in that match, but this narrow victory makes me worried in the second leg. 2 later.
Initially I believed that at least Atletico Madrid would not concede but it turned out that Haller easily scored 1 score to reduce the difference in aggregate points.
Atletico Madrid in the upcoming match will definitely be a little difficult to be able to carry out consecutive attacks to get an even bigger score while playing away is not an easy task.
My hope for Atletico Madrid is just to score 2 scores and change their strategy to defense to lock in victory at the end of the match.

Real Madrid was actually very epic with their performance and it was worth every of the moment, for me this happens to be one of their best performance in the fact that they have been to perform well even when this match was actually considered one of the toughest they have had to play this season in the champions league, both teams did canes prepared and showed that they were actually in their best form.

Manchester city wasn't left out in the whole action as they too also showed in their performance that they were actually very much ready for the match and were hoping to win but then it turned out that Madrid wouldn't let the defending champions see an opportunity to defend the trophy they have been able to win iñ the previous season, the next fixture will get Real Madrid playing from their home and hopefully this time they will be able to secure victory as a victory in that game will most likely secure them a spot at the next stage of the league.

I think Manchester city may not be really lucky in the second meeting except they are going to play with a complete squad such that they will be having all their key players present in the games else they will most likely be knocked out or a draw may lead to penalty and it becomes solely a game of luck for both sides because in penalty shoot out, anything can happen and any one could emerge winner.

Real Madrid made a great mistake by playing draw in the first leg of the match, they should have tried and win the match, playing draw in the first leg of the match is really a great advantage to Manchester city, do Real Madrid think they will visit Manchester city at home, and they will easily win, seriously the match is not going to be a easy one for Real Madrid, Manchester city will do everything possible not to allow Real Madrid win in the second leg of the match.

Seriously the match is going to be a interesting one, because the two clubs will want to win the match, but it’s not going to be a easy one for both of them, but I just think Manchester city might end up winning the match just because they are playing at Etihad, so let’s see how the match will go.

Yeah actually it was obvious that atletico madrid will win the match because Borussia Dortmund has really shown a lot of weakness on this season and even on there local league they have not really secure any good position and there qualification to champions League next season is not even sure because they are still on the fifth position, however if they put more effort on there remaining matches they can be able to bring RB Leipzig down from the fourth position.

However on there match with Atletico madrid was a nightmare to them because right from the beginning Atletico madrid did not give them much opportunity because there defense and attacking force was very strong and also there early goal gave them more encouragement to be more consistent, however at first I was even thinking Atletico madrid will score more than what they did because they had more good opportunities than Borussia Dortmund.

If Arsenal loses in the second leg, then that means Bayern Munich will be in the semifinals this season. In another match, Manchester City has a big chance of beating Real Madrid at the Etihad after drawing 3-3 at the Bernabeu, so Bayern Munich and Manchester City will be in the semifinals if this scenario is real. I hope this scenario is true, but we'll see.

Underrated Barcelona managed to inflict defeat on PSG at home, while Dortmund also lost to Atletico Madrid. If Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both qualify for the semifinals, then the Manchester City vs Barcelona final looks like it will become a reality. I call it possible, even if most people disagree.