Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 436. (Read 141787 times)

Napoli drew 1-1 at home against Barcelona in the first leg of the round of sixteen. In these Champions League matches, we usually see teams trying to stay ahead in their home matches so that even if they perform poorly at the other team's home ground, they can bridge that performance gap with the performance of the first leg match. Napoli are lagging behind Barcelona in that regard as Napoli have failed to win against Barcelona at their home ground. It will certainly be difficult for Napoli to win at home against Barcelona and Barcelona are more likely to win that match. As the first leg match is unsettled, the team that wins the second leg will confirm the next round. Like you, I'll put Barcelona ahead considering the home ground.

The result from the first leg has proven that if barcelona has quality. This is my main reason im not even doubting the performance from barcelona. I remind you that barcelona played without gavi in the first leg. Things might be very different if there was gavi there. The result from second leg can be predicted easily.
Barcelona is likely winning the game soon. Im predicting barcelona to lead the game with more ball possession compared to the napoli. The only biggest problem will be about how to attack it. Im guessing barcelona will be intensively building from the back caused by napoli will be playing low block against barcelona.
The worst situation will happen when barcelona has no solution caused by napoli keeps play in the penalty box. This is the nightmare for barcelona caused by napoli will be surely using that kind of strategy. It will be so stupid if barcelona will be going fully offensive against it.

The second leg will not be a tough game for barcelona. Im sure this club will able to secure a spot in the top 8. The chance of barcelona is quite big. The defensive line will be going to be the most important factor.
Napoli is likely playing counter attack strategy and so, barcel;ona's defenders shall not leave from their positions. Barcelona needs to stay calm to perform better compared to the last season.

Barcelona must not be complacent about the advantage of playing at home, anything can still happen and Napoli will try to play more solidly in order to get a ticket to the quarter-finals. Barcelona back line is still very easy to penetrate, Napoli will exploit this weakness to steal a goal at Camp Nou. In my opinion, the chances of both teams are still 50:50, Barcelona and Napoli still have a chance of qualifying for the next round.
It is very interesting to see these two teams meet in one match, last season they performed well by successfully winning trophies in their respective leagues. However, this season their performance is still very far from expectations.

Actually, I don't doubt Porto because this club often has experience in the Champions League, but Arsenal is also worthy of pride and for me, Porto can beat Arsenal because it's a home game, but in the 2nd leg, Arsenal will definitely respond with a win.
Here I will not compare and predict the performance of the two clubs in each domestic league because the matches in the Champions League are very different and all clubs in the Champions League give each other their maximum performance and experienced clubs will have the advantage.
I respect Porto and Arsenal but for me it looks like Arsenal will qualify but it won't be easy because Porto performance is also very strong.

Next, for the Barcelona match, it seems there is no doubt whatsoever when Barcelona will appear at home and if anyone doubts Barca victory, are they sure that Napoli can hold a draw when playing away?
Napoli is indeed strong, almost on par with Barca, but is it enough to rely on Osimhen alone, while the role of the coach here is very important, but the current coach has been replaced by a new coach without any clarity regarding Napoli's future.
I don't expect Napoli to lose, but the Napoli owner who wants his club to fail in the Champions League because replacing the coach when the Champions League match is still long is a big mistake, but I understand the Napoli owner who is too afraid of his club failing in the Champions League, so he changes coaches too often without realizing it. if that is the first sign of Napoli failure.

I don't say that because Barcelona also played against a team that was in decline like Napoli, so naturally Barcelona was able to develop their game more and they managed to score a draw in the first leg.
And that is also a pretty good result for Barcelona because in the second leg, Barcelona will play at home, which makes their percentage of winning very high.

If you look at the opportunity, it's certainly very big, but I don't see this all because of the revival or improvement in the performance of the Barcelona team, but instead Barcelona only plays against weak teams like Napoli so it's only natural that Barcelona can do more.

One clean chance and it immediately led to a goal for Napoli, it was like confirming that Barcelona's defense was fragile so that the opponent could create goals despite creating minimal opportunities. I think if Napoli are in a very good state they will be able to beat Barcelona in this first leg match. On the other hand Barcelona can create a lot of opportunities but they always meet a dead end so that every time they attack it is a lot of missed opportunities.

Anything can happen in the second leg later, and I'm sure Napoli will look different in the second leg later, because there is no other option for them to come out to attack, yes of course at the risk of creating gaps in the defense. Actually they can play total defense to bring the match to the penalty shootout, but that is also risky because with the continuous attacks it will be able to make them tired and at that time usually the focus will be unstable and that might create another gap for Barcelona to create goals.

If we look at the results of this first leg, Barcelona should not underestimate Napoli even though Barcelona will play at home and will get full support from their supporters. Napoli can do something surprising if they are not careful with Napoli, especially since they also have good attackers who can convert opportunities into goals.

Barcleona was strong enough to defend from napoli. The draw against napolli has proven that if barcelona is fully working on it. The performaance from barcelona in UCL is a bit better compared in the la liga. The club is trying so hard to quality for the next stage caused by money.
Barcelona is now in the need of money to help the club to get better income caused by barcelona has no big income for now. The club must be performing even better than last season. I think that the chance owned by barcelona to get into the higher round is very big.
Barcelona needs only to score or winning the game with narrow score agianst napoli. Yet barcelona must also be careful if napoli will implement fully defensive strategy which will be making the situation even worst for the club. Im thinking that if barcelona may able to perform better compared to the first leg.
The chance owned by barcelona is very big The players hall never miss the momentum to qualify then get more money to increase the income for the club. Barcelona really needs money right now and club must able to win any matches.
So, another golden chance is ahead of abrcelona. Barcelona may perform so badly when it will be playing away.

While Barcelona being the favorite during the second leg should not surprise anyone that watched the first leg, at the same time it should be worrying that the only clear opportunity Napoli got ended up in a score, so Barcelona cannot attack recklessly during their upcoming match or Napoli could seriously punish any mistake they make on defense and get a surprising win that no one expected.

yes this player is really very very strong
he practically played alone and scored goals alone with a team that is unable to support him in a sufficient and decent way
from the stars (i.e. they won the previous season) to the rags, mid-table with the risk of being left out of the European cups

If you look at the game in the first leg, Barcelona's game was more dominant than Napoli even though both teams were in poor condition, but Barcelona's game was better in the first leg, only Barcelona's defense was weak so they were unable to maintain their lead. even though Napoli only got one shot on target in this match.

Of course, this draw is very detrimental for Napoli and a very profitable result for Barcelona because in the second leg they will play at home and only need to win 1-0 to qualify for the quarter-finals. I think Xavi will give his best for Barcelona at Camp Nou, especially as Napoli with its new coach definitely won't find it easy to apply new strategies to their players because usually every new coach needs to adapt in order to create chemistry between the players.

It's football you have to expect the unexpected, not at all times though, but if you're hardworking and discipline as well precise while attacking, you'd take make good use of chances you get and convert them very well.
Yeah and they also score good numbers lately, ome would think they will do the same to Porto but you know what? Porto is a bigger club when it comes to the Champions League than Arsenal. Arsenal can roam about in the Premier League and Fa Cup but the Champions League Competition has always humbled them.

But then, it seems to be like Arsenal always gets back on to win Porto during the second leg of the games they play. Are we Gon see something like that again?
Nothing to be boggled about, Barcelona are not fine and not having a good season. So whatever you see, you have to take it that way.

I myself did not expect that Arsenal could be defeated by Porto, even though I was very confident with Arteta because in the domestic league they were in a very good game, while Porto underestimated the team a lot because it was based on the popularity of a different league, but Porto could beat Arsenal well. Arsenal will have to beat Porto in the second leg by a bigger score.

Likewise, Barcelona were quite surprising to get a draw against Napoli, but it is true that if only Barcelona draw if they can beat Napoli at home then they will be very sure to qualify for the next round, the second leg is a very important bet.

Napoli played so badly in the first leg and the second leg is going to be an easy game for barcelona. I have lost my trust on napoli caused by draw in the first leg put napoli in disadvantage against barcelona in the second leg. napoli potentially to leave from UCl next season too caused by this club can't compete with some big clubs at the top positions.
The second leg is gonna be another disaster for the club. I think that barcelona will be battering napoli. The club has no coach anymore that helped the team to reorganizing the players. Napoli being unstructured and this is also affecting the performance from the club.
I do aware that if many people are concerning this but this is the main problem that must be fixed as soon as possible. Im not calling it's bad for napoli but we must also realize the fact that barcelona is always playing even stronger at home.

This gonna be a sense reason to pick barcelona win the game against napoli soon. There will be so many things to happen soon. Napoli must have played defensively against bareclona or it will lose with huge margins.
Play parking bus will become the only solution for this. I don't see possible strategy that can be used by napoli other than use parking bus strategy. This will help club to perform better compared with the first leg. Napoli is not in a good shape and it will be so stupid if club will be risking its chance to qualify.

I agree with you that Barcelona will win against Napoli in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 matches. Napoli's performance against Barcelona was poor. Napoli just managed to have one shot on target against Barcelona, which led to a goal that earned them a draw. With Napoli's present form, it will be hard for them to beat Barcelona at Camp Nou.

I don't understand what you mean when you say the second leg will take place in August. I think you wrote it wrong or didn't check the schedule. The second leg, Barcelona vs Napoli, will take place in March on the 13th. Yes, of course there is still time for Napoli to prepare their strength to visit Barcelona's headquarters. It's a little difficult to steal a win in an away game, but it's not impossible because if Napoli can improve their game even better then there is a chance for them to beat Barcelona.

From Barcelona's perspective, they will definitely try to play better because they are playing in their own stadium. Their strength level is quite strong but the problem is that their they is often unstable this season so this needs to be fixed when they face Napoli in the second leg. Even though Barcelona are very favorites for the second leg, their chances are still the same because the result of the first leg is a draw and it is only an advantage for Barcelona because they are playing at home.

Napoli without doubt have all it takes to beat Barcelona in the second leg of their round of 16 tie in the UEFA Champions League competition but like I said earlier, it'll be a very difficult one for them since the second leg will be played in the famous Camp Nou a ground where Barcelona have made so many memorable comebacks in the competition. In the first leg of the game that was played at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium on Wednesday, Napoli failed to use the advantage of the support of their home fans and

I'm even pessimistic that Napoli can put up strong resistance when they play in the second leg. Napoli certainly cannot be compared to Real Madrid and Manchester City because Napoli is not a team that is consistent in maintaining their performance. Napoli have lost their best form this season and if they make it through to the next round I'm sure other teams will stop their run. For the second leg, Barcelona seems to have the advantage to beat Napoli because Barcelona, ​​if we look at the home game, of course they are full of ambition to achieve victory. Especially in the Champions League match, of course there is a lot of pressure that Xavi expects from his players to perform optimally in search of victory.

However, Serie A representatives in the Champions League this season cannot be underestimated because Lazio, Inter Milan and Napoli have performed impressively this season so they are predicted to be able to trouble their opponents in the second leg. This season in the Champions League the team that looks quite focused is PSG because they are really targeting the UCL trophy. For this reason, Luis Enrique has a heavy burden in the Champions League this season, but if he succeeds, of course a lot of praise will come to him.

Whether Napoli is seen as a weak team or has the bigger team in that match yesterday, what matters the most is that the host were able to get a equalizer to level the games which is the least good record they can get in their home instead of losing all three points to their opponent. I don’t see Barcelona as a bad team either and saw their good performance also in the match. They weren’t lucky to win the match but they can show more of what they can do in the second leg when they come visiting to Spain.


You have a point here about Arsenal’s qualification to the quarterfinals of the Champions League after this stage they are now. This competition really needs an experienced coach that is used to the game pattern of Champions League teams and how they can understand to make use of the best strategy to beat any team they will be facing. I also actually underrated Porto and really anticipated that Arsenal will win the match even though it is not with too much margin of goals. FC Porto shocked us and sent a message to us again that they’re good at the competition more then we are, saying that getting good points and wins at domestic league games doesn’t assure you the same in the champions league too.

According to statistics.

Manchester city atm has a 30% to reach the final, 20% for Real Madrid and 15% for Inter.

About Pepe, he is doing greatly for the age he has.

Arsenal performance was successfully stopped by Porto in the first leg because in this match Porto managed to make their defense as good as possible which made Arsenal frustrated because they were unable to get a single kick on target in this match. It seems quite appropriate that this match was the worst performance made by Arsenal because in the previous match in the domestic league they appeared quite strong and managed to beat their opponents. But when playing in the champions league they became helpless because of Porto.
 
Indeed, there is still a chance for Arsenal in the second leg because they are playing at home, which they can focus on looking for a win. Arteta must be able to bring about changes to the game scheme in the second leg because they really need a win to advance to the next round. For Pepe, he is very old but in the first leg he managed to show his qualities as a strong wall to prevent Arsenal from attacking them.