Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 394. (Read 141787 times)

Real Sociedad fell into not the strongest group and in the fall-winter of last year came to its peak form and won everywhere and in the Champions League and La Liga, but now the team has a slump, which just coincided with the 1/8 Champions League and also the lot brought Real Sociedad with the strongest in recent years PSG.

PSG did not lose 21 games and it was clear that after the first defeat the chances of victory at Real Sociedad were not the highest, the maximum that could be bet on was both scores, otherwise another victory for PSG.

Some people thought the Bayern will perform poorly yesterday and might noy qualify to the next round, but deep down in me I knew it that Bayern will qualify because they know what is at stake for them to lose the match. Baten is always strong at home, and they will score goals to just make sure that they qualify, no matter how many goals that their opponent scored in their home match. I guess that their poor performance in their last game was because they don't want any injury, so that they can be able to play and win their champion league game against Lazio.

Manchester City will win Copenhagen today, and I don't think that it will be a difficult match for them, because they are stronger than their visitors. Bayern might face difficulties when they meet with a strong club in the next match, but I still believe that they will be able to also win their next game. However, if they meet a strong team like Real Madrid or Man City they might find it difficult to qualify.

In fact, I think Bayern will only survive until the quarter-finals if they immediately face difficult opponents like Real Madrid or Man City. The problem is that Bayern sometimes play less than optimally when they visit their opponents' headquarters. This not only happens in the UCL but also happens in the Bundesliga. You can see how Bayern lost when playing away. and even if Bayern wins when they visit their opponent's headquarters, it will only be a narrow victory. So it can be said that Bayern's condition is not completely stable. I acknowledge the greatness of their new striker, Kane. But I see many gaps in this team's midfield.

That's very natural, I even said in a previous post that there were a lot of doubts about Beyern Munich, especially after being defeated by Leverkusen. As several Bayern Nunich players are injured, Bayern's decline in performance seems to be a problem for Thucel. At the same time, Kane did not appear with his best performance after the match against Leverkusen. losing to Lazio in the first leg of the Champions League, as well as losing to Bochum in the Bundesliga. This created a feeling of doubt for fans and bettors, which was made worse when Bayern visited Freiburg with a score of 2-2.
However, because Lazio's performance is actually underperforming, especially referring to the depth of the squad, Bayern is one level above Lazio. plus, the match was held at the Allianz Arena. It is only fitting that Bayern Munich should overthrow Lazio in the final match. It is proven that Tuchel and his team are doing their job very well. With this, Bayern has the right to advance to the next phase. Well, it's natural that Tuchel wants his team to perform at its best even against Lazio. because Bayern seems to be experiencing a decline in mentality, especially after being separated by a point difference from Leverkusen. there are not many choices to perform at their best in this competition.

In this match, Kane played well by scoring two goals for his team. Not only Kane, almost all of the Bayern Munich players performed well. Sane, Muller, Kimmich and Raphael Guerreiro played brilliantly. Unfortunately, Neuer's performance was not that impressive. but that's normal, because this match was dominated by Bayern Munich.
Well, if Bayern is able to improve the quality of their game and their self-confidence again. It could be that Bayern will again be considered as one of the challengers in this competition. especially, if Thomas Tuchel's team squad has returned in full without any core players being injured.

That's an astounding fact! I never looked up Kane's goal count in the CL. But a quick search shows that his performance data is quite good! I overestimated the games he played in the CL, but it's only 40 games in total so far. He scored 27 goals and gave 8 assists, which is 35 contributions in 40 games and that's a top notch performance.

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Bayern's chances to reach the final (let alone win the trophy) are pretty slim I think. The game against Lazio was okay, but considering how the goals were scored, everyone knows that there was some luck involved and it is still a Lazio team that is completely out of shape. If they played against Manchester City, I think Bayern would lose by a significant margin.

Truthfully I don't think things will come to that point... I still love the way Manchester City and Real Madrid play much more than Bayern Munich. Besides to leave it as a reminder, Bayern Munich have already announced they were going to part ways with Tuchel at the end of the season. I feel like this could also be a factor that could act like an obstacle for the team to go for the title.

Motivation is very important in the end. Lazio weren't a serious challenge for them on paper and they showed it on action last night. If they didn't play decently again they could have even left the competition early.

But when it comes to beating the biggest title contenders in the competition I doubt that a lot.  

Is PSG not a strong club? Why did you decide this because Messi and Neymar left the team? It seems to me that Enrique has returned PSG to their former strength and shown that they can be just as strong without their super stars. I would like to note how important Mbappe is for the team, this guy has excellent talent and although Enrique says that they will have to learn to play without him, he understands that at the moment he is an indispensable player for his team.

Bayern yesterday did what it had to do, although until half of the first half I was a little worried that Lazio acted so self-confidently, and Bayern did not force the game from the very beginning, but by the end of the half they were already winning 2-0 and it seemed that everyone understood that Bayern moves on.

I never expect anything rather than win for Bayern Munich because despite their poor performance the take home game seriously and again there is a slight improvement from their previous game after losing three consecutive games, this is a big achievement for Bayern Munich to make it through this stage, after losing hope on the home league due to the low performance. Lazio really try to make an impact at least for defending themselves in the own home.

In today's matches Real Madrid and Manchester City are the two team that have chances to make it through because they have gain a victory in their first leg and again the both teams had an away match, now the both teams will host their opponents which I feel confident for Real Madrid and Manchester City to win today's game because of their consistence in performance.

Honestly given Harry Kane's age I thought that he scored way more goals than 27 in the Champions League! But ok, he is doing the job for Bayern and it does at least pay off for them that they paid so much money for him in the sense that they know they didn't make a mistake. If they don't win any titles though, there isn't really a pay off for them financially.

Anyone thinks that Bayern Munich has a say in the Champions League title race this season?

When it comes to Harry Kane for Bayern, there is no denying it. His contribution is awesome. Even though the team's performance has seem to be quite bad this season, Kane's contribution, especially his goals, cannot be ignored. Moreover,  Kane has scored 27 UEFA Champions League goals so far. Yes, this can be said to be quite an extraordinary achievement. And there is still another chance because Bayern is still in the next round.

Source: Harry Kane

The euphoria of Bayern Munich's victory over Lazio which brought them into the quarter is still very much felt. However, they have to stay on track, because the struggle ahead will be even more difficult. I'm sure that after this, Bayern Munich will focus much more and strengthen their team for this UCL. For, their hopes in the Bundesliga are very small, maybe it seems that they don't have any chance again to win the title this season.

Since Munich has no chance of winning the Bundesliga title, their only target now is the Champions League title. Thomas Tuchel will do his best to win the Champions League title. Although defeated in the first leg against Lazio, the players of Munich did not make any mistakes in the second leg match. Thomas Tuchel's match strategy was very good.

Thomas Tuchel has changed his match strategy. Bayern Munich were very aggressive in the first half of the match. Since they had to win this match by 2 goals in any way, Munich needed to play such a match strategy. Munich players made 17 shots in the first half. Lazio's defense was strong. However, Lazio's defenders were not able to resist the attack of Munich's players for a long time. In the first half, Kane and Muller's goals gave Munich a 2-0 lead.

In the second half, Munich changed their game strategy again. Munich played very carefully in the second half. They don't attack too much. kept their defense strong. However, Harry Kane's goal in the 66th minute gave Munich a stunning 3-0 victory.

Looking ahead, there are some big matchups coming up that we should be excited about. Real Madrid and Manchester City are still in the running to advance to the next round, while Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern have already qualified. Plus, Manchester United and Real Madrid both have a shot at making it to the next stage.
Manchester City and Real Madrid are killing upcoming games, with Madrid only scoring one goal against Leipzig while City is sitting pretty with three goals against Copenhagen. This means they're both pretty much guaranteed to advance, since they'll be playing on their home. Leipzig and Copenhagen don't really stand a chance unless they go all out on the offensive gameplay.

The only chance owned by copenhagen and leipzig to win against their opponents in the upcoming game. With such substantial aggregates against City and Real Madrid, they are having no choice but to adopt an offensive approach, as I am uncertain of any other course of action.
Both Real Madrid and Manchester City will be putting their best players on the field, and it looks like nobody's injured. That's terrible news for Leipzig and Cologne, who will likely get crushed again. We're going to have to keep an eye on the schedules for the matches at Madrid's and City's stadiums to see who's going to come out on top.

We will have two big clubs to qualify following bayern and PSG which had been doing it last night. Things are going even crazier since we will have so many big matches in the upcoming stage. There will be so many great matches to happen.
I can't wait for the next round to come, even though we still have several matches in the following week.

Of course Man City and Real Madrid have a great chance of qualifying. They are ahead on aggregate away goals. Man City were able to make 3 first leg goals. While Madrid, they were able to win 0-1 in Leipzig. Both teams should be favorites as they will be playing at home. So I am very confident that Real Madrid and Man City will follow PSG and Bayern Munich through the last 8.  I think they are among the candidates to win the UCL this season.

Thus, Bayern has reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League in 12 of the last 13 seasons. The Bavarian team hopes to win the title this season after being eliminated from the German national cup and almost running out of chances to defend the Bundesliga championship. In this match, I saw that coach Thomas Tuchel caused a big surprise when he removed number one midfielder Kim Min-jae from the starting lineup to make room for rookie Eric Dier. In fact, in the first half of the first half, Lazio played very well against Bayern Munich. They also had scoring opportunities but could not take advantage. However, Harry Kane and then Thomas Muller shined. Harry Kane played the hero in the match by scoring a double. Bayern moved on with a 3-1 final victory, but Tuchel and his team will face 10 anxious days to find out who their opponents are in the quarterfinals.

Tuchel is indeed a good coach and has better experience, so with Bayern Munich and PSG qualifying for the next round of the Champions League, it will certainly make the competition map more complicated for each team and the strongest will still be the best. However, today I will see which team will qualify again because Manchester City and Real Madrid also have the possibility of qualifying for the next round like Bayern Munich and PSG yesterday.

I saw a good fighting spirit on Bayern Munich match yesterday against Lazio it seems they came to this match with the anger of what happened on there last meeting with Lazio plus there chance on the league if they should lose or  draw the match because at the beginning Lazio was leading them with the Aggregate of 1:0 so if Bayern Munich had performed the way they did on there last meeting Lazio would have putting them on a position they would never wish for, so actually Bayern Munich improvements came right on time and also with how critical the match is for Bayern Munich they had to use all there best players against Lazio and it was a great victory for them, however for most of there matches I noticed that Harry Kane has not been performing and scoring the way he normally do but I was surprised to see a very good improvement in him yesterday because he was one of the best player of the match do to how good he had performed on that match and his consistent scoring, actually it was a good win for Bayern Munich.

Yesterday's matches ended as I expected. It was normal for Bayern Munich to win decisively and go through. Despite playing poorly against Lazio in the first leg, Bayern Munich scored 3 goals at home to win the match. Bayern Munich played a dominant game against Lazio from the beginning to the end of the match and we can't say that it was a very difficult match for Bayern Munich. Harry Kane scored 2 goals and Lazio had no shots on target in the match.

It is too soon to say anything about their form IMO, especially if you're referring to the Bundesliga. Kane definitely contributes a lot, but it would be a bad idea if the team totally depended on him to score goals. I don't think that's the case with Bayern though, considering many players create chances, albeit most of them were off-target[1]. At the very least, they should have the momentum right now, albeit chasing Leverkusen is probably a lower priority considering their points differences. Personally, I'd rather put the UCL as the focus in the remaining season. It might be harder but mathematically has better odds unless Leverkusen somehow fucked up really hard. It should be easier to motivate players to do that.

[1] https://fbref.com/en/matches/86a95c44/Bayern-Munich-Lazio-March-5-2024-Champions-League

Bayern Munich is aware of its sluggish condition this season, so management has decided to dismiss Tuchel at the end of the season. Victory over Lazio and being able to qualify for the next round is the target they are pursuing, however Tuchel will always place high demands on his troops to continue to appear militant and progress smoothly until the final round. Yes, maybe in the quarter-finals Bayern will meet other big teams but they don't seem to care and Tuchel is definitely targeting a trophy as a parting gift later.

Meanwhile, Manchester City will not face a difficult road either, they have even quality compared to Copenhagen. It is possible that Pep Guardiola will make several player rotations to maintain fitness because they will also focus on the premier league.

The first 2 matches, and we already have 2 names who have confirmed that they will be in the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season, they are Paris Saint Germain and Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich ensured that they would have a place in the next round after they won with a fairly landslide score of 3-0, at the same time avenging their defeat in the first leg and also turning things around with a 3-1 aggregate advantage for Bayern Munich. Paris Saint Germain was successful in 2 legs, they also managed to beat Real Sociedad in the match with a score of 1-2, with the final score being 4-1 in favor of Paris Saint Germain.

The next matches are Real Madrid vs Leipzig and Manchester City vs Copenhagen. The two teams that hosted this match managed to win when they played away matches, so that will make their task easier in this match. I am very confident that Manachester City and Real Madrid will also progress very smoothly to the next round. However, they note that they must not underestimate their opponents.