Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 431. (Read 141787 times)

If the mentality of the players can be built better if they play at home, of course I am quite aware of why Arsenal can lose to Porti in Leg 1 yesterday, and indeed statistically the matches of these two teams can be concluded to have a balanced game.

And yes if the home match has that much influence then most likely in the second leg the Gunners should be crazier and more able to beat Porto, because as we know that Arsenal have much better players, if Arsenal lose in the second leg I don't know how embarrassed Arteta can be defeated by Porto, this will be interesting if we also bet on the 2nd leg match Porto vs Arsenal.

Regarding Napoli who failed to maximize the first leg because they played at home, for me that was a normal result and there was no oddity whatsoever. Because after all, a draw is still a good result for Napoli because yes, in the predictions at least Napoli is quite doubtful and is predicted to lose . But yes, in reality Napoli managed to score an equalizer after conceding first in the 60th minute and in this way, Napoli managed to get a good result in this match. Because yes, considering Napoli's quality and performance at this moment, I don't think there is a good chance for Napoli and I am sure that Barcelona will still qualify anyway.

In fact, both teams could have learned from the first leg to make a better game in the second leg, but because Barcelona was playing at home. Of course Barcelona is more favored in the second leg, but everyone also needs to see what improvements Barcelona can bring in the second leg because Napoli also has the capital to be superior in the second leg so Barcelona must be more careful in the second leg if they want to qualify for the next round.

Even as Bayern Munich is weak, I don’t expect them to lose to Lazio at home.
Tuchel is the cause of all this because the Bayern we use to know is very consistent when it comes to Champions League football, but losing first leg to Lazio should not yield the final decision of counting on Bayern Munich as quarter finalists.

Lazio surely wants to play the seconf game as fast as they can, because this Bayern is shaking and very weak, with problems also in the relationship between his coach Tuchel and the whole team of players, in fact he is leaving at the end of the season, but in Munich lets see if Lazio can make one of his biggest achievement in Europe is not gonna be an easy task.

Yes, I agree, looking at what they did in the Bundesliga and losing 1-0 to Lazio, Bayern Munich this season honestly doesn't deserve to be favorites in the Champions League, even though they once led Chelsea to the Champions League title. , but that is not a guarantee for Thomas Tuchel to be able to give Bayern Munich the title
Moreover, there were rumors circulating about a team rift which made several players no longer trust Thomas Tuchel, one of which was senior player Thomas Muller,
what concerns me is Hary Kane, Kane moved to Bayern Munich wanting to lift the trophy but what could happen is that Bayern Munich this season could fail to get trophies in the Bundesliga and Champions League

Losing one goal on the first leg, its not possible for Bayern Munich will playing with slowly rhythm and more aggressive for scoring as many possibilities goals in the early minutes. I don't think any wrong position with Jamal Musiala and he can plays well as attacking midfielder or Thomas Tuchel moving him as left or right winger position. But most effective with left winger side filled by Leroy Sané and Thomas Mular position as right winger.
Its more help with Lazio will playing more defensive on second leg because they have on comfort position after one goal capital, the draw result match on second leg is more enough to help Lazio qualify to quarter final of Champion League.

in the second leg, I'm sure Bayern won't play slowly like in the first leg against Lazio, so far Bayern are still the favorite team in the Champions League, Tuchel just hasn't found the best strategy to maximize Bayern's attack line, apart from that, Harry Kane also doesn't seem to have adapted yet good with the strategy given by Tuchel.
I just hope that Musiala will be moved to the right wing midfielder because he is better there while Muller should be in the left wing position, Sane should be on the center wing to help the attack and defense more quickly, Lazio has a good defense then Bayern have to be more creative.

I don't know your opinion and that of the majority of other people. But for myself right from the beginning of this season's Champions League I have not counted Bayern Munich as one of the potential winners. I personally do not think that Bayern Munich is safe in the hands of Thomas tuchel as the head coach. Unlike what many others think and especially the defunct Chelsea fans, I do not rate Thomas as a world class coach or an outstanding coach that will lead Bayern Munich to be the champions of Europe. It is true that he has the Champions League title in his portfolio which he won under Chelsea Football club. That's very success alone is not enough to write him to the standard that that he is kept today. He might not be a bad coach but absolutely not that kind of good coach that people think see it.

Everyone is expecting Bayern Munich to win against lazio since they are playing at home. But we are should also not be surprised if lazio manages to get one goal against Bayern Munich it will surely be a difficult match.

I think Napoli's performance has dropped drastically. They had a very impressive performance last season but this season their performance has been inconsistent and they have had to struggle in the middle of the table. So it is not surprising that they cannot get maximum results against Barcelona. This draw provided quite a big advantage for Barcelona because at that time they will play as host. But that doesn't mean that Napoli has already lost their chance because anything can happen in football and it often provides unexpected surprises.

People still doubt it. The fact that if bayern's performance is very disappointing many people. Im not even feeling surprised to see that if people will not fully believe to bet on bayern munich. It was losing against mediocre team in the bundesliga and that is surely hurting the performance from the club.
Lazio was leading the game but it seems like that bayern has very chance to make its comeback in the second leg. Lazio was in advantage caused by the club was still having so many issues that have not been solved. This is gonna be the best way for bayern to show revenge against lazio.
The first leg was so bad for bayern but im feeling this club can make it happen. Bayern shall have sacked tuchel if club will keep get another bad result. Leaving from UCL has become unwanted result from bayern and tuchel.
I hope he will be alright if bayern will failed to do that.

Bayern Munich did not have a good coach, Thomas Tuchel was hyped because of his victory at Chelsea which was a luck but he has now proves to the world that he cannot manage big teams which made me agreed with Chelsea Management for sacking him.
Bayern Munich’s Champions League experience will help them to pass this level, with their fans as their 11th men in the field, I am very sure they will win Lazio at home to qualify to the next round despite their inconsistency.

I a gree with you. Napoli played at home but they couldn't maximize their advantage in the first leg. As you said Napoli's game was not that good. But at that time Barcelona's performance was also not good but they managed to get 6 shots on target. They couldn't convert several opportunities into goals. But it will be different in the second leg because they play as hosts. Barcelona can also learn from the draw in the first leg. I bet Barcelona will win and will qualify for the next round.

Tuchel has nothing to lose from now on. This is making things really difficult for bettors to make a decision upon betting on Bayern Munich in the remaining games. 

But I still expect to see Tuchel doing his best. Bayern Munich should normally be able to eliminate Lazio by the second leg at Allianz Arena. But will I bet on them to win? I don't have big intentions about it for now.    Maybe I might try my luck with both teams to score. While Bayern Munich are vulnerable recently Lazio might score a goal here as well to make things harder for their opponent. It has 2.00 odds which is very tempting.

With an aggregate of 0-1, of course Bayern Munich fate is very much at stake in Leg 2. Playing at home is indeed an advantage, but considering that Tuchel problems are getting more and more complicated by the day. To be honest, Tuchel is not always wrong, sometimes his players make mistakes and are unable to play solidly. With the pressure of having to win totally, I think Lazio will try everything they can to win. With the situation being unstable for both coaches, players and Bayern Munich officials, perhaps we will lose them in the UCL this season to advance to the top 8.

It is not impossible that initially Bayern Munich was made a strong candidate to win the UCL trophy but with the problem of consecutive poor performance it was doubtful that they would qualify.

The match between Barcelona and Napoli is difficult to predict because these two clubs are actually both in a bad situation, but if we talk about there are players who can be relied on, Osimhen is still Napoli's mainstay and Barca still has Lewandowski who is currently still able to make a contribution which was good enough to save Barcelona from getting a draw in the 1st leg.
In the second leg, I don't think it will be a draw, but I'm still too confident that Barcelona has a bigger chance of winning and I don't doubt Napoli, but away and home matches are very influential in a club's victory, whereas Barcelona is usually very strong in playing at home because the support of the fans also has a big influence in making the Barca players' mentality stronger and lowering the mentality of the Napoli players.

After I thought too much and saw the chances of winning Barcelona would score at least 3 scores in this match and Napoli would score 1 or 2 scores.
Sorry about this, it doesn't mean I'm looking down on Napoli, but let's see, this new coach makes Napoli performance decline, except for Osimhen.

That's exactly what i was thinking about arsenal. This club was not even capable enough to perform better in the UCL nor serie a. Napoli has become main obstacle for barcelona in the upcoming game to qualify for the next stage. Im seeing barcelona as a team that will be getting a lot of benefits from the next leg.
Barcelona will have so many advantages compared to the napoli. Considering the current circumstances, I'm not very confident that Napoli will make it to the next stage. It appears that if playing at home was very often boosting the confidence of barcelona. This is gonna be the main problem that will be so hard to be solved by napoli.

It's caused by it wil be mentally tested when it will face barcelona away. Barcelona was not a good form but that's enough to beat napoli when it will play at home. Barcelona's odds is not that good like my expectation but i think that barcelona must only becareful when napoli play passively against it.
The major weakness of barcelona was a passive strategy like what used by mourinho. It was very often making barcelona feel so desperate to score. This is also forcing barcelona to perform even better compared to the first leg.

Barcelona has very big chance to get a ticket to go to the next round. I can't fuckin wait to see barcelona will continue to fight against napoli soon. Things are going even harder for napoli.

Arsenal was always getting good result when it was coming to the playing at home. It seems like that porto is gonna face the biggest obstacles in this round. Emirate is very often making its opponent scared. It's caused by arsenal could always perform perfectly when it comes to the playing at home.
Things are going to perform even better compared to the last season. It's perfect and i think that arsenal will try to perform even better compared to the last season. Porto has no choice other than use fully defensive strategy. Doing parking bus will be saving the club from the lost.
That's the only possible solution for porto to anticipate the fully attacking line owner by arsenal. Other may have different opinion regarding this but the result from the first leg is enough to give clue if arsenal will be playing better.

I wasnt convinced at first, especially given the predictions that Arsenal would easily beat Porto. You and I know football is unpredictable. Porto's fans' passion after the score changed the mood, showing how important home support is in tight games. Its a monument to Portuguese football's character and culture, which excels in Europe despite financial constraints.

Im bullish about Arsenal's home prospects in the second leg. The Gunners have a good habit of winning in front of their fans. Their middle-field play proves they can dominate the game, as you said. This time, its about turning control into goals.

He was righg about that. You thought that arsenal was not lacking of experience in UCL but the fact was also telling the truth that if arsenal was performing so badly. This is also making the situation even more difficult for the club. It's caused by arsenal was not able performing better compared to the last season.
I must say that if arsenal never won UCL and this is the fact. Have you ever seen arsenal win UCL in the modern football's era? Arteta may not give a lot of change to the club. The club will still to perform the same like what it used to be.
This is the main weakness owned by arsenal. Im only wondering how long this club will keep bottling the trophies. Arsenal has been missing a lot of trophies. These tropes are UCL till EPL trophies. I think that he said based on the truth if arsenal lack of experience.
If arsenal has enough experience and it would be winning the trophy. Being trophyless in so many seasons have proven that how uncapable arsenal in winning UCL this season. Some strong clubs were also performing better. Arsenal was still often conceded goals against mediocre team.
It must become the reason for arsenal to keep even more persistent in the upcoming game.