Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 280. (Read 141888 times)

There are many doubts about Leverkusen's performance next season, but try to ignore them because they only need to focus on this season. Leverkusen will certainly be just as good if Xabi Alonso stays and he builds his squad to be better, meaning he needs a budget to bring in several new players to maintain his form next season. But as I said, let them finish this season first and see what they can do in the Champions League next season.

I tend to be interested in discussing the Real Madrid vs Manchester City match in the first leg. It was one of the toughest matches in the quarter-finals, but I also admit that all the other matches were just as tough. Arsenal vs Bayern Munich, PSG vs Barcelona and Atletico Madrid v Dortmund are also great matches, but Real Madrid vs Manchester City is the most interesting.

I can't wait for this match to start, but I'm also sad that they should be in the final. Statistically last season Real Madrid were very bad, they could only draw at the Bernabeu and lose at the Etihad Stadium. Jadwla's situation is the same but Real Madrid's line-up is slightly better than last season. Man City are not without proven weaknesses they only drew against Arsenal. Madrid's first step is just to win and make a lot of goals. After that leg 2 they can learn from Arsenal to frustrate Man City's game.

The odds is on fire for both of clubs. Manchester city has nearly same odds compared to the real madrid which was amazing. Even the first game city being favored to get first leg. It was so amazing to see that bookies are still trusting city to fully dominate real madrid even though it will be going to the santiago bernabeu without the good players.
City will be playing carefully against real madrid and i will prefer for city to use low block strategy which will be helping the club a lot to secure the first leg. Getting draw is already a very big achievement considering the first game is an away game for real madrid.

I would not bet on total over caused by madrid was in the same level compared to the city and it's likely a narrow score is gonna happening in this game. Im not expecting something big from manchester city caused by i do believe that city will able to get draw as minimum result against real madrid.
Playing away is obviously giving city a very big pressures but i think that the match against arsenal has proven if the current defensive line is not that bad compared when all of players were playing. Rico lewish is good enough to play as a RB

Only wait for haaland to score caused by he has been mocked by a lot of rival fans about how he was flop in the match against arsenal. Scoring against madrid will be showing how good he is to the whole of fans.

On the contrary, I think that Real are doing better now, since City have not been so good in attack in recent matches, and besides, they have losses, Ederson and Walker are out of action, and it is not yet clear when they will be able to return. Everything is much better for Real, it seems that Lunin has fit in very well in the team, and now has every chance to become the main goalkeeper, no one remembers Courtois’ injury anymore, everything is just as great in attack.

A few weeks ago I would have definitely given my preference to City, but now, due to these injuries and the uncertain performance in attack, I am already having doubts about this. I can’t say that I’m now ready to give my preference to Real, but this definitely evens out their chances, maybe even with a slight advantage in Real’s direction.

I have a little doubt about Manchester City this time. After seeing Manchester City fail to beat Arsenal this season, I started to feel that Manchester City was not as strong as last season when the captain, Gundogan, was still there. But even so, it might also be because Arsenal has improved rapidly and not because Manchester City has weakened. And talking about Real Madrid, actually the opposite happened with Manchester City, namely Real Madrid seemed to have improved quite rapidly after Bellingham arrived there. Even since the start of the season, we have seen that Real Madrid have begun to increase their goal productivity thanks to this attacking midfielder. But the question is, is their strength enough to beat Manchester City, who have managed to humiliate them in several seasons in the UCL?
Because for several seasons we know that Real Madrid has always been intercepted by Manchester City, such as in the round of 16, and in the semi-finals and now in the quarter-finals they also meet again. Well this would be quite a tough bet.

With odds above 2.00 it is worth betting, Real Madrid will play at home with a mission of revenge for their defeat last season and it is also true as you said that the strength of the Real Madrid team has increased this season so it is possible to they changed it so it wouldn't happen again like what happened last season.

There are no other betting options with minimal risk, this is indeed a difficult match but we also have to look at the possibilities realistically, Real Madrid is playing at home and that I think is enough reason.

It's Real Madrid for me now,  I feel like they're not doing so well attacking wise since they don't even have a central forward. But Regardless, the likes of Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo and Jude Bellingham have contributed good number of goals in absence of a concrete number nine and central forward.
They have kept a good position and gap between second place Barcelona cor now and don't think they'd also drop off.
To the Champions League, they have to show they've got this, all hands need to be on deck, they shouldn't let Manchester City humiliate them just like last season.

For Manchester City they're not doing too well. Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne dropped form and asides them it seems like Pep Guardiola's tactics not effectively working? I don't know!

Manchester City has two premier league matches left before facing Real Madrid on first leg Champion League match, difference with Madrid without any one match yet before facing Manchester City and has more than one week for preparing teams. The Citizen get huge pressure for winning domestic league match if won't loss their position for premier league winning race and Pep Guardiola face dilemma will make huge rotation upcoming two matches later for preparing team against Madrid or keep push playing main players with potential drop their performance when facing Madrid have few days left.
I don't know which one will priority by Pep Guardiola after facing huge pressure with premier league schedule, Manchester City just getting few days left and get huge pressure against Madrid as away match.

Good odds on the Real Madrid- Manchester City game, both above 2, but i feel is really risky to bet on it, maybe i put that on a multiple bet, but i dont wager big money on a single bet on it asides of what i think City is gonna win the game.

The main doubt is about how hard is this Real Madrid against good teams, is gonna be the first big team faced by this "" new"" real amdrid with Bellingham, so lets see.

certainly with this context, third place in the Premier League, it is not easy to be in good spirits
they must succeed because they are professionals paid for these qualities that in theory they should have

but the tension of being third plus a formidable and revenge-hungry opponent like Real Madrid makes it a very difficult match
in my opinion Real Madrid is the favorite winner

When I heard that Xabi Alonso had decided to stay with Leverkusen, there was a high sense of optimism that they had for the next season, even though we were worried that Leverkusen performance would decline significantly from this season. A risky courage was taken by Xabi Alonso when he decided to stay together, apart from the reason of wanting to hone his skills to be better, in fact Xabi Alonso also saw the opportunity for them to achieve success again. For some people, his courage to refuse tempting offers from clubs like Bayern Munchen and Liverpool is questionable, but on the other hand, Xabi Alonso has shown a quite rare attitude towards all of us, not just limited to loyalty. It's about faith and mutual trust that together they can repeat a season as impressive as this one, so that they will be able to overcome any challenges.

Meanwhile, Xabi Alonso will definitely add depth to the squad to make it even better, if he succeeds in winning the treble winner then this plan will be easier to realize, because Leverkusen will get more bonuses. Xabi Alonso decision to stay could also influence the players decisions, I think most of their key players will choose to stay for at least one more season. By having better rotation options, Leverkusen can balance their performance in every competition they participate in, especially when playing in the Champions League and competing with other elite European teams.

Distorted quotes. Looks like an easy bet on Real Madrid. And the point is not that City has fewer days of rest and a difficult calendar, but that compared to the previous season, Real has seriously strengthened, and City has seriously weakened.
The result can be anything (after all, this is one game and not 100 identical laboratory experiments), but in my opinion, here any bet on Real Madrid with odds above 2.00 has value. With the current odds, the value is enormous.

Every team is very strong at their home ground but when that team goes to play against another strong team in that strong team's field then the real performance will be seen. Bayern Munich and Arsenal will surely do better in the first leg and second leg matches considering the home matches. If a team performs poorly in their home matches, that team will fall far behind in such tournaments.  

Of the teams that have qualified for the quarter finals, it goes without saying that Bayern Munich and Arsenal will be a tough match for each other. Arsenal are favorites against Bayern Munich considering some aspects and Bayern Munich are favorites against Arsenal considering some aspects. However, both teams should give utmost importance to their home matches and try to do better at the other team's home ground by winning the home match results by a large margin.

I'm sure Madrid will not play defensively like Arsenal yesterday where Manchester City had difficulty scoring goals because the defense was very tight with more than 8 to 9 Arsenal players, Madrid will of course play attacking against Manchester City to get a win at the start of the first leg match later, If Madrid fails to take advantage of this moment, of course Manchester City will take over and are worried that Madrid will be beaten at home in the second leg, Madrid will definitely play more attacking than defending.

Manchester City's betting odds are very favorable but I'm not too passionate about it because there are differences between them and last season, Manchester City this season isn't really playing as well as last season, I doubt they can defend their title as defending champions in the UCL, because they still There are shortcomings that Guardiola has not corrected in their front line and back line, but I don't want to comment too much, this bet is very difficult too, so I don't bet on this match even though I favor Manchester City. but I'm still not satisfied with the results against Arsenal yesterday. I hope Manchester City convinces me again that they can win against Madrid in the first leg of the UCL quarter-finals.

There is no definite guarantee for those who have good results in the domestic league to also get good results in the Champions League. Because sometimes teams are not in a good position in the domestic league standings, but sometimes teams like this will get good results in Champions League. Of course, any result can still happen and in any case, at this moment at least Real Madrid and Manchester City are still title contenders. But unfortunately, Real Madrid and Manchester City met in the quarter-finals and therefore, of course there is an opportunity for other teams to be able to maximize moments like this to achieve the highest achievements.

But indeed, regarding Bayern Munich who experienced bad results this season in the Bundesliga. Then maybe Bayern Munich will really maximize their efforts to get good results in the Champions League, but just about good results and not about winning a trophy becasue is certainly a difficult target for them.

Two big teams with a capable squad will of course be largely determined by the strategy factor when they meet, I think the quality of the players of both teams at the moment is quite balanced and that's why the game strategy from the coach will probably be the difference in the game, and imitating Arsenal's game can of course be one of them, but how good Ancelotti is at imitating of course Guardiola has been wary of that by trying to use other game schemes that Maybe it will be able to destroy Madrid  game strategy.

Guardiola is a smart coach and he could have Anticipated Madrid would use a strategy like the one used by Arsenal, I think the game of both teams will be very tough and full of revenge from Madrid after they were destroyed last season by Manchester City, and maybe we will see how the strategy of both coaches willl be broken when the intensity of the game of both teams will increase in the game,  both teams will try to keep attacking because indeed the first leg will be very Decisive for both teams when they play the second leg, If Madrid can win the first leg with a big score then they will have An easy match in the second leg, and vice versa in my opinion.

That's true because Leverkusen doesn't have quality players like some clubs who consistently play every season and Leverkusen's chances of maintaining consistency and playing the same as this season are still quite questionable. Qualifying for the Champions League will make Leverkusen have to prepare themselves to be more prepared by relying on players like now. I doubt they can play consistently because the busy match schedule will make a number of players tired and could also end up with injuries.

So it will be increasingly difficult for Leverkusen's strength to match the match when facing crucial matches in the Bundesliga and Champions League. They are a surprise team that is playing well in their respective leagues and it is not certain that in the next season they will be able to maintain the same form of play. This concern occurs because they are not a team that has equal quality players so it will be a little more difficult to appear consistently in the next season.

it is a normal condition for every coach to be worried about every game and everyone knows pep to worry too much, but there is nothing to worry about. We have our players, and we know Real Madrid is good and they are part of the clubs that we need to worry about. This is one of the games that I cannot miss for anything. Last season, we removed Madrid from the semi-finals and that is exactly what we are going to do again, When we removed them, we were able to proceed to the finals, and we are going to prepare ourselves for them. Having to play multiple leagues is not easy, even if that is what they are paid to do.  Even though I am not satisfied with our performance in the Premier League, we still have hope that it is not as bad as we think. So anything we are doing now, this is the point where we need to put energy into our game. Either we need to rest or we must win. so our game plan needs to be strong.

That's right, because I once saw an interview from Ancelotti after a match in the domestic league where he said he would study Arsenal's tactics when they were able to hold Manchester City to a draw. I don't know if it's just a bluff to get Pep Guardiola to change his playing system in the future before the match against Real Madrid next week. But what is clear is that both teams will prepare a good strategy so that they cannot read each other.

It will be very exciting to see these two great coaches clashing strategies and I think Pep Guardiola will not underestimate Real Madrid this season because they are very different from last season when they were able to beat them soundly. Ancelotti also has to be alert because everything is not as he expected and stressing his players to always be able to take advantage of Manchester City's gaps is the key to victory that they can get.

Seeing the situation of Manchester City which is being rocked by instability is very beneficial for Madrid. So there is great hope for Ancelotti to get more opportunities to match Pep Guardiola troops. Based on Manchester City's statistics this season there has been a slight decline, especially Haaland who has lost his goal productivity in several matches, not only at the club, Haaland performance in the national team is also not much different. Facing Arsenal in the Premier League, the Manchester City striker performance decreased drastically, perhaps Madrid should be able to combine their game with Arsenal game which proved successful in making Manchester City frustrated and unable to score a single goal.