Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 354. (Read 141787 times)

Maybe because the bookies see from the performance of Serie A and UCL good performances then favor Inter Milan, but the odds of the difference are still quite far and this is almost equivalent to Inter Milan at this time.

I might take a chance on Inter Milan, because I'm not so sure the results of Atletico Madrid will win, but with a draw still very possible in this match even the odds are much greater, yes my hunch of one of them winning is not a draw.

Arsenal have progressed to the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2009-10. They ended seven consecutive quarterfinal eliminations in the Champions league . Also surprising that Arsenal have only made it to the Semis twice, in its history of the competition. For a team that's gone through unbeaten runs in their domestic league, it feels rather surprising on their lack of European success.

Inter's unbeaten streak is impressive, and by the way, they won the last 13 games, such streaks cannot last forever, so I think that Inter will not win today, of course a draw will be enough for them, but this result will not suit Atletico, they only need a victory and preferably in two goals to avoid the matter going to extra time.
Today I will give my preference to Atletico, despite the excellent form of Inter, this will be a home match for Atletico, and if I’m not mistaken at home, they lost only one game to Athletic Bilbao this season, by the way, they also played very rarely in a draw and mostly won.

Atletico Madrid were very ineffective in the first match. Llorente, Griezmann and Morata melted between the Inter defense in the first leg. I have no doubt that they will be better in this match in front of their fans, because they have to be. Inter have had very good results both in the Italian Serie A and in the Champions League. In the first game Arnautovic, who came on in the second half, had many scoring chances and finally scored one. The Ateltico Madrid defense gave too many positions to the Inter attackers. If the same happens in this match, I think Inter will win this game too.

In the first leg, the match ended in a draw with a score of 1-1. now, the match is being held at Signal Iduna Pack, Dortmund's home ground. Referring to the predicted starting line-up for the two teams, it seems that both Dortmund and PSV will apply the same pattern as in the previous match. well, since this match is being held at Dortmund's home ground, Edin Terzic's squad should be able to take advantage of the momentum to overthrow their opposing team in this second leg. in this decisive match, Dortmund only needed one goal to advance to the next phase. but on condition that they don't concede. My estimate is that in this match PSV will tend to dominate ball possession. however, Dortmund was better prepared to counterattack.

Well, referring to the available betting exchanges, Dortmund's odds are quite good at @2.11, while PSV's are at @3.15. actually, this match looks like it will be quite tough. because, it is very likely that these two teams will play more carefully. so, I doubt if there will be many goals in this match. unless Dortmund is able to take the lead first. or maybe vice versa, so the fight will be more exciting and open. but, the Under option seems the ideal option for me. however, Dortmund will win this match.
For the Atetico Madrid vs Inter Milan match, I have reviewed it in the previous post. well, in a few hours the match will be held. so, let's wait and see how the battle goes for the teams competing today.

It's not certain that Inter can win even though at the moment we can't remember the last time the Nerazzurri lost.
Atletico will try to win to open up Simeone's hopes. When Atletico Madrid played at home, it was difficult for their opponents to win, especially when they played at Inter, they only lost 1-0.
I probably don't want this match to determine the winner through normal time, instead I want to determine who wins through extra time.

I find Inter Milan way better than Atletico Madrid this season and I expect them to win and to qualify for the next round. It is true playing home is in favour of Atletico Madrid but seeing the latest results and performance of each team, I wonder how will Simeone do to overtake Inter. Not obvious in my opinion.
At the opposite, I find Dortmund - PSV Eindhoven match more interesting since both teams are close to each other with slight home advantage for Borussia Dortmund.

Inter Milan is already ahead with a goal on aggregate and am sure they would play their hearts out tonight inorder to be the ones qualifying out of this stage.
I admire the consistent effort inter Milan has shown in getting to the finals last season and about doing same this season.
Although they might face a tough competition in their next match should they win tonight, I doubt they may be able to get to the finals this time, unless am proven wrong.

I am very sorry that Napoli lost, but unfortunately given their condition in the last few games nothing else could have happened
We can say that Napoli crashed into a team that was too strong and too tough to be scratched
In the previous match he had managed to snatch a draw, but now it was too difficult

It is going to be a difficult match for the both teams, because this is the second leg, and whoever makes any drastic mistake is out of the competition. Of course, a strong club will always win either home or away, and the worse record will be a draw. This make me to ha e more confident in Inter that they will qualify to the quarter finals instead of Atletico Madrid. This is becais Inter consistency is superb this season and they have only lost one match since this season, and they will want to keep to that record. Atletico was a tough side, but I don't know what happend to them recently, which such can still be a hindrance to them to in this match. This makes me doubt their performance tonight.

Spalletti had intended from the start to leave Napoli at the end of the season, so he really did and left Napoli who were happy because they had won the Scudetto title last season. However, after he left, this team had a lot of problems, especially in terms of players, we saw that they were no longer as good as before in terms of chemistry when playing. I won't blame their coach, but it may have had a bit of an effect on the players.

now they are in a significant decline, in fact I don't see them being in the top 4 in Serie A. In the Champions League they have already been eliminated and that will definitely be very disappointing for them. I don't know what steps management is taking to remedy the situation they are currently experiencing, because until now I have not heard any rumors about them. Maybe that will happen when the season really ends and they will try to regroup the strength they actually had last season. They have to evaluate why they can decline like this.

mmmm i dont congratulate Arteta yet, because to finally give him the congratulation he deserve i need to see him winning something big with Arsenal, i know he made a lot and improve a lot the team, more if we think about against who he is playing. Im refering Macnhester City and Liverpool in Premier League, and MC and Real Madrid on Champions League.

I don't even remember when was the last time Inter lost, lol. All jokes aside, ATM definitely has their situation cut out for them, it looks like it could be a trouble and they should be careful about it. I feel like it is going to be a tough deal to handle all of this. I get that it may feel like it is going to be easy, but in most cases it is not that easy at all.

I think it should be something Inter could easily win, they have the team for it and manager for it and the momentum for it. UCL is a bit unpredictable though, so if anything else happens then I wouldn't be shocked about it neither, in this tournament anything could happen so we should be accepting the fact that they may end up losing it out as well, it's natural to have unexpected results.

It is not a surprising result that Napoli was eliminated from the Champions League because after all, last season when Napoli had good dominance in Serie A, until Napoli won the Scudetto. But in reality, last season Napoli also failed in the Champions League, being knocked out in the quarter-finals against Milan. Moreover, thisseason Napoli has experienced a decline in performance so of course it is certain that Napoli will be eliminated. But even though Napoli were eliminated in the Champions League this season, at least it was still a good result for Napoli because Napoli managed to reach the round of 16 when the team's performance was not as good as last season. So yes, there is nothing strange and nothing surprising about Napoli's elimination in the Champions League this season, because however, focusing on Serie A this season is also difficult for Napoli.

Yes I agree with you Barcelona didn't dominate the game in terms of possession but they were all around the game as they handicapped Napoli by not letting them have something meaningful when they dominate in possession. The overall performance goes to Barcelona because they outplayed Napoli and had them begging for a chance because Barcelona pressured them till they were able to get the 3rd goal which assured them the win in the game. The attacking of Barcelona was brilliant and they created many chances despite failing to utilize the opportunity to score but truth be told they deserve the victory they got last night as Napoli didn't have many chances.

One more observation, the VAR needs to be questioned for failing to award the penalty of Victor the Napoli striker because there was a contact in the rough that brought him down in the box of Barcelona or he should have been given a yellow card for diving but I didn't see any of that.

I honestly admire and congratulate Mikel Arteta for his outstanding performance with the Arsenal team. When Wenger left Arsenal, I didn't expect that Arsenal will be in excellent performance for two good seasons. Not many people anticipated this. I could remember when Arteta was contesting with Ole in Manchester United, today Arteta is now the overall boss and doing great in the Arsenal team.
If Arsenal has succeeded till this stage, it is not abnormal to think and predict that they will win the champions league this season. It is not totally impossible. Before the finals, either Manchester city or Real Madrid will exit the competition. Apart from these two, Arsenal can face any other team in this round.

Dortmund will also face fierce resistance and their chances of qualifying for the next round also depend on how Dortmund can win the match, because in the first leg they only drew and now they will visit PSV Eindhoven's headquarters so the match will be much tougher, while Inter Milan will be less it is more difficult because in the first leg there is only a slight lead while the second leg will take place at home to Atletico Madrid so Inter Milan's chances are slightly smaller.

If Inter Milan want to progress to the next round then they must be able to score goals quickly, because if the game is more defensively focused then Atletico Madrid has the potential to return a goal. This match will be a gamble for Inter Milan because they were runners-up in the previous season.

The Atletico Madrid vs Inter Milan match will be much more tense because both of them will play more openly to win, while the PSV Eindhoven vs Dortmund match will also be no less interesting. But the Inter Milan match will be the match that will be eagerly awaited.

Inter Milan is good this season and there is no doubt regarding that. But you have to consider that this is Atlético Madrid that they are playing tonight, Atlético Madrid is an experienced team when it comes to the champions league. If you check what's happening in the Champions league you will observe that almost every team are winning in their home. Atlético Madrid will win tonight game. Although it's a close call there won't be much goal to be in this game, but playing home over 1.5 won't be very bad. As this game can end 2:1 in favour of Atlético Madrid.

Barcelona absolutely dominated in this match. Of course, they were unable to dominate in terms of the ball possession. But they were able to dominate the match in every other aspect. And I thought this was going to happen. After all this match was being played in the home ground of Barcelona. And Barcelona was attacking a lot in this match. The number of chances that they created was incredible and it was only right that they would score more goals in this match compared to their opponent.

Of course this is a big success for Arsenal for coming too far, and again Arsenal victory does not happen they may be something that will come out of it, it's going to be something of joy, because when this happens is 2015/16  a victory was gain, it was Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid at Champions league final and Real Madrid become victorious, and now Arsenal been the first to make it out of penalty shootout in the Champions League since the 2015/16 will be great for them, so with this scenario am expecting Arsenal to lift the Champions league trophy for the first time in the career.