Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 326. (Read 141787 times)

If Barcelona can eliminate Napoli from UEFA champions league competition that won last season Italy serie A trophy , you will know that they have make some positive changes in this season that makes them to be more better than last season and, they are working towards their target to get to final because it look like they will win their opponent in their next game.

If what Barcelona is displaying in this season can maintain it till the end of the tournament, I believe it will be a good season for them to make their coach proud that his efforts is not in Vail despite some challenges that occur in their past games.

Nothing is really certain to happen if it is just a prediction and therefore, even if for example Barcelona is the favorite team but there will still be a little doubt. Because at least Barcelona doesn't perform as well as in the era of Messi, Neymar, Suarez and also, in the last few seasons Barcelona has always failed in European events in the Europa League and also in the Champions League. Butindeed, this season Barcelona managed to advance to the quarter-finals and will play against PSG and ofcourse, Barcelona will not be able to guarantee victory because basically PSG is not a weak team at all.

Therefore, I personally still think that Barcelona and PSG both have a chance to win. Moreover, it seems that Enrique is also not new about Spanish football or La Liga and yes, this could be an asset for Enrique to be able to apply the right strategy and tactics for PSG to face Barcelona in the quarter-final match later.

You are right, Xabi and Luis Enrique are students and teachers. And in this match Xavi will definitely try to prove that he was a worthy student of Luis Enrique .

Luis Enrique is very experienced compared to Xavi this is true. But Xavi cannot be underestimated. Last season he won the La Liga title with Barcelona. The situation in Barcelona was very weak and shaky. He has been able to stabilize this team. So I would say Xavi has the ability to beat a PSG team.

Barcelona's match strategy is quite good. Barcelona players also performed well against Atletico Madrid in the last match. The PSG vs Barcelona match will be very competitive. It is impossible to predict which team will win. Both teams have equal chances of winning.

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich
In my opinion, this big match will be a test for Arsenal because as we know, in the last 5 meetings Bayern Munich have dominated. Many of us prefer Bayern Munich and clearly that is very natural, especially since it is only the UCL that they can now fight for. However, personally I want to give Arsenal a little hope because the first leg will be held at the Gunners' headquarters and based on Arsenal's record of playing at home in the UCL, they have always performed quite well in their 8 matches. Arsenal have scored 17 goals, while Bayern Munich have only scored 15 goals in the 8 matches they have played in the UCL. Sources from thesun said that BETSIE is optimistic that Arsenal will be able to beat Bayern with a probability level of 51.51%.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/26717156/champions-league-supercomputer-predicts-arsenal-bayern-munich/

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Real Madrid vs Manchester City
The third meeting in a row, Man City is clearly still capable of giving Madrid difficult treatment, and the results of the last match were quite disappointing for Madrid supporters. Is Ancelotti experiencing difficulties again because of the 5 meetings that Madrid won once in the 2021/22 Semifinals. So I think Man City will be very happy if they face Madrid again, but many people say that the meeting between the two is too early. For me this match will be like the final match and will definitely be more exciting for anyone to watch. But we know Madrid is Madrid and that's how it goes in the UCL, they need a little miracle in this encounter.

I repeat again what i said in the Laliga thread, dont think this Barcelona is better than the normal Barcelona, theya re still the same shit, they are only in a good run and also they are not more with the pressure for results after Xavi announcement of going away at the end of the season.

For me Luis Enrique is gonna win this coach duel against Xavi and put Paris in the semifinals.

Xavi was been criticized when Barca was facing a little difficulties in winning their matches, and this led to Xavi making conclusions to leave the club by the end of this season. But I must say that, Xavi did a great job to manage the players on ground, and finally brought out the best in them, which led to the current form of the club. I know that Xavi ha e little experience in the coaching job compared to Luis Enrique, but it is going to be a matter of time for us to know the coach that can come up with the proper strategy for his team to qualify to the next round.

he certainly has the skills to win the match without problems, without a doubt
but it doesn`t seem as solid to me as it wants to appear, on the contrary
there is a lot of turbulence internally in my opinion and a team that is not in order internally cannot give its best
obviously this is a shame.. for me

I do not think so. We all know that the prize from winning the Champions League competition is not that big when compared to the financial burden of big teams. I included a link that discusses the Champions League prize pool: UEFA Champions League prize money breakdown 2023/24: How much will winners get?
It is said that when City won the Champions League the previous season they earned around 80 million euros. It is not a large amount that will help the club's finances. But I think the advantage that Barcelona will get if they can win the Champions League this season is that they hope that there will be big investors who will help their finances. Correct me if I'm wrong.

One of the main reason why PSG hire Luis Enrique is because they want Champion League trophy because previously Luis Enrique can able to gets the trophy with Barcelona so that's why PSG owner feel Luis Enrique is the right manager to fullfill their ambition and i have to says PSG performance since group stages until round of 16 is not really impressive especially on group stages because to qualified to the next round PSG have to wait until 6th matches of group stages and for Barcelona i have to says they are not the favourite for race title for the trophy but their performance during this season at Champion League is quite stable so this is interesting to know who is the winner of this match later

We all know Xavi will leave Barcelona after this season ended so although it's hard but it could be fantastic achievement from Xavi if he can able to bringing Barcelona to gets the trophy from this competition and about the match against PSG just like people know Luis Enrique is the former of Barcelona manager and compared to Xavi obviously Luis Enrique is more experience and actually this match is really hard to predicted because i considers both teams is equally strong but just like i said before PSG has good advantages in the first leg because they will fight as a host

Barcelona have continued to work on many solutions to maintain the financial stability of their current club, various ways they have done including selling star players, cutting wages, selling young players and even reportedly when Barcelona also no longer give lunch to young players who train in their academy just to prevent the club's expenses from growing,  And reportedly this season Xavi coached Barcelona for free because indeed he has given this season's salary to barcelona so that the club's financial stability is maintained.

What Barcelona are doing now is indeed very capable to make them continue to stay in La Liga and also continue to exist in champion league, but I think precisely what Barcelona are doing now in defending their team is like a time bomb that can explode at any time, and of course over time Barcelona's burden will greatly increase in the future if they cannot get an effective solution to overcome the problem Their finances so far, or indeed maybe Barcelona should have been taken over by another party who is indeed able to provide a large investment to solve all of Barcelona's current problems as you said, so that way we will be able to see Barcelona again can dominate the Champions League like the previous season., Btw if Barcelona can win the Champions League this season will the prize money obtained be very large and can make Barcelona's finances stable again?

It was very annoying to see that there were no Italian representatives who managed to advance to the quarter -finals even though Inter Milan had previously been favored to qualify. But in fact they have to admit defeat when facing Atletico Madrid and now we no longer witness Italian representatives in the next phase for this season. Real Madrid will also face the defending champions in the quarter -finals so that their chances are still quite small because Manchester City will definitely defend themselves to qualify for the next round.

Now competition in the quarter -finals will be very interesting where Real Madrid must face Manchester City first if you want to pass the next round. It will be much more difficult to make the prediction of the match because the two coaches have understood each other's strengths with each other so both must try a different strategy.

Barcleona has projected to sell some players to the another club in the summer transfer season. The club has debt that needs to be paid and barcelona needs also to recruit new coach and players which will cost club a lot. La liga has been warning barcelona to raise a lot of money before it will able to recruit the new players.
It also made me think Barcelona must have sold some players. I have heard that many offers have come for several players like Yamal or even Araujo. We can only wait to see which players this club will sell. Barcelona shall not repeat the stupid mistake of not selling their players.
They should have learned a lot from what happened to the its academy players like ansu fati. Barca got very big offers for him, but the club rejected them in the past. This is also making club lose a lot of unrealized profit from selling some players valued very high at that time.
It would be stupid if Barcelona repeated it again soon. I can't even tolerate what happened to Barcelona in the past. The club needs to reconsider any offers that probably came for its players.

Do you happy if your salary gets cut? I'm sure you don't. This demotivate the players because they will not earn as much as usual and this will affect to their performance. Xavi might be leave Barcelona in the end of season because they won't become a champion in both Champions League or La Liga. They only have a chance to become a champion in Copa del Rey, unfortunately they wasted the chance.

The match that is rarely talked about in my opinion is Atletico vs Dortmund and I think this is also a match that we should not miss. However, Atletico managed to bring back a team as consistent as Inter and the thought that they would be eliminated against Inter disappeared. Playing at home actually makes Atletico get full strength, especially the support from the fans makes them never stop fighting.

However, in the first leg of the quarter-final against Dortmund, the result will be different, where Atletico will be the host in the first leg and they must confirm an absolute victory when they host Dortmund. They can't lose or draw because this time the opponent is a team that is almost the same level and I think Dortmund will make Atletico feel overwhelmed at home. Simione must formulate the right strategy and not let his team be careless because that will only reduce their chances of qualifying for the second leg.

With all indications, if Real Madrid put in more effort in their match, Manchester City will not be a challenge for them because I can see that Real Madrid are very consistent this season and Manchester City are not performing like last season, so if Real Madrid put in more effort, I believe they will concur with them and qualify for the final state of the league. Although it is not going to be easy for them to do that, I will be useful for them, and I can see how the Real Madrid squad is competing now that they are fully ready for Manchester City. Although I know when they are going to play, Manchester City are going to dominate the match because they know how strong Real Madrid are.

One weakness of Xavi Hernandez is that they are still in the financial crisis experienced by Barcelona which has an impact on the lack of player intake that Xavi Hernandez needs, but the positive thing is that Xavi Hernandez and Barcelona are still able to survive even though financial problems are difficult to get out of this condition, because they They have already cut the salaries of their players, but this doesn't seem to guarantee that it will be a good solution. Maybe one day there will be an investor who will be able to bring Barcelona out of this situation in order to restore their former glory under different circumstances.

You are right in times like this is very unwise for a club to underestimate any team because anything is possible and for any club to qualify to this extent has already shown that there is a good performance in them, so this is the moment were every club needs to tighten there pattern of play because like you said any slightest mistake could result to losing of match, however in terms of knowing the exact club that has the best performance to win may likely be difficult to identify because sometimes a club we feel may not go far could sometimes surprises everybody, although at first I had Manchester City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in mind that will win the match because majority of people also predicted it but for now nothing is certain because the matches could turn around but however the only time we can really no the club that could possibly become the champions League winner is the clubs that would qualify from the quarterfinals.

Real Madrid and Manchester City have met in the past two seasons of the Uefa Champions League, and they are still playing against each other this season in the quarterfinals. In those previous meetings, any club that was more consistent always advanced to the next round of the UEFA Champions League. From my observation, I see Real Madrid beating Manchester City to reach the semi-finals because they are more consistent than Manchester City this season.

Arsenal is surely completely different side which we have before Mikel Arteta as things were never been competitive for them while their business is also changed with currently they are hungry for the wins despite having new players and then selling them on high price and tagged as medicore team now they are team to watch, and their performance is improved with they are now having good experience as well which is important for the win in big events.

After long time they are having spot into quarterfinal, and they are going to face Bayern Munich which is one of the best, but their performance in this season is not as they have history of their quality and consistency, so this is going to be good for the Arsenal which is also looking for the spot into last four things are favourable for them with now matches are wide open and any team can win and go for the next round.

Manchester city will kick real madrid's ass again in the upcoming game. KING CITY is still on the way to get good results this season by defending its title that achieved last season. City is more than ready to face manchester city. Madrid ain't nothing compared to the manchester city.
We have some key players back again in the squad. City will never be scared if the club is able to play with Haaland and De Bruyne. It's obvious that Manchester City is going to win the next game no matter how strong Real Madrid is, and Manchester City is far stronger than it.
We need only kyle walker to kills vini's movement in the game. There shall no need to feel worry about this caused by some cit's defenders are capable enough in stopping the real madrid stars. Vini can do nothing when he must be one on one against kyle walker.