Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 437. (Read 141787 times)

I think many people didn’t check the H2H of this two teams before the game, this two clubs against each have always have the home team wining except on rare occasions, and this time history repeat itself. In as much as Arsenal dominated the game many disrespected Porto coming into this game as underdogs although on paper there are the underdogs but to be sincere in champions league matches or stands they have a better reputation than Arsenal and this weather we like it count as experience for them. The whole of Arsenal squad bar Jorginho and Harvetz who won it with Chelsea haven’t gone this far in this competition before compared to Porto team.

We hype English clubs sometimes way much because the league is the most difficult but that’s doesn’t translate into a competitive knockout game like Champions league. So I wasn’t really surprised seeing Arsenal losing this match because there lack of experience will definitely contribute to their failure at this later stages now but I predict they will win at home with a heavy score

What happened is that Pepe is a very strong player , very experienced and knows many ways to stop very skilled players and that can make the difference. In this order of ideas things can come into focus that he is a player who does not break the bank. age, he is a player who said that as long as CR7 continues playing he will always play , because in some way he feels that he protects him as a defense, and in this case a man with his temperament would not dare to contradict him. , that's like the saying goes: "Old dog, bark when lying down" so the experience he has, when he stopped MESSI when he didn't care what he was getting into , he is a player who basically isn't afraid of anyone, and that is very valuable in a soccer team.

So I would say that one of the players who gives the team a lot of temperance and, above all, security in defense is him I see Pepe in defense and Ibrahimovic in the forward , that's how I see these players, because they are very Temperamental and that Partly I like it because some players are afraid to face them.

They are players who have a lot of Experience, experience and a good career and they do not give importance to their age, we just have to look at Buffon who lasted until he was 43 years old in goal playing for JUVE, and he did it in a great way, at a CR7 at 39 years old and equal to Haaland, then these types of players are valuable in a team, they give them what they need to look strong, for me Poerto has a very good chance of eliminating Arsenal from the UCL.

Pepe explains how Porto can knock Arsenal out of the Champions League




Source: https://metro.co.uk/2024/02/22/pepe-explains-porto-can-knock-arsenal-champions-league-20327472/?ito=newsnow-feed

Arsenal is not bad. The only thing is that our expectations are too high in these games. Although I know that this is a really bad result for Arsenal as a team like Porto defeated them, Arsenal did not even find it easy to play the game they suffered from Porto in that match with these I think Arsenal really needs to check their squad again because if a team like this is going to win Arsenal, what will happen if they have a match with another strong team? I think they are going to suffer in their hands.


To me, it is disappointing to see Arsenal lose to Porto. It doesn't matter home or way the match, you are the one seeing these as a small deal, but to me, it is disappointment, and that Porto are too small for Arsenal to defeat even though I know its a football. Furthermore, Porto are weak, and Arsenal are strong, so you are saying that they will meet in the second leg, I don't see that as a reason for them to allow Porto to win them. I was expecting them to do the same thing they are consistently doing in the EPL, so I see these as a disappointment.

Yeah, so do we as Gunners supporters. that Arsenal's performance was far from our expectations, even Arteta felt that his players did not carry out enough aggression against Porto's defense. Arteta said he felt this defeat was a form of punishment, for not managing the situation well enough. Based on statistics, Arsenal actually controlled the game with 65% ball possession. Likewise, technically, Arsenal is superior to the home team. unfortunately, as Arteta said, his team's squad was not enough to carry out enough aggression in Porto's defense. and we can see it based on statistics, of the 7 total shots, not a single shot was on target.

In last night's match, Martinelli underperformed. Likewise with Jakub Kiwior, he seems to have difficulty playing well in the match against Porto. of the entire team, only Declan Rice and Saka played optimally. the rest, the players don't play as they should. Regardless of what you say, it should not be a definite benchmark for Arsenal's performance in this match. except, if the Gunners' opponent is a team that is much stronger than them. so, the team's experience and mentality will be seriously tested.

I can only say, in this match Arsenal were not unable to play well. unfortunately, the absence of Zinchenko, Tomiyasu and Gabriel Jesus really affected Arsenal's game. At the very least, Zinchenko is a modern defender who often helps penetrate his opponent's defense when building attacks, as does Tomiyasu. unfortunately, the goal was scored in the 90+4 minute. well, in the second leg, Arsenal must turn things around and win the match with a landslide score.

This is not just bad luck, but Arsenal's game could be said to be quite bad this time. Honestly, this is a failure for Arsenal. Even though this was only the first leg, their performance was considered quite unsuccessful. They couldn't even attack the opponent's crucial line well, even if they weren't able to touch Porto's crucial line with the abilities they usually have. This is quite surprising. Porto doesn't have a lot of ball possession, but their ability to counter attack in this match is quite good, making Arsenal quite overwhelmed at the moment. And in the 90+4 minute, when it felt like the match was about to end, Porto was able to score a goal that brought them victory. Did you see the expressions of the Arsenal players? they really didn't believe it and looked very frustrated.

Pepe is old his physical endurance must not be as good as when he was young. against a young Arsenal team playing at home and spartan pepe will definitely drain physical and energy so performance for 90 minutes will definitely not be stable. as long as Arsenal does not concede a goal first or the players do not quickly despair, they can definitely advance to the next round.

Hmm, yeah, aside from that, Arsenal have bat luck tonight. In the last dying movement, Porto's player Galeno scored and gave the victory to his team i.e., Porto. Yes man, this is just a rumor, but Arsenal also did not perform well, They also did not perform well due to lack of confidence, like away ground pressure. How many times did the players miss understanding in attacking, although Arsenal was performing better in terms of gameplay. But anyway, let's see what happens next. 
 
On the other hand, Barcelona vs. Napoli play a beautiful game. The match has ended 1-1. In the first half, Barcelona are just dominating the game with a pretty good performance, despite Napoli showing up lacking in the whole minute until the first half. But in the second half, when Lawandoski put it into the net, Victor Osimen also scored a goal, but unfortunately, Victor Osimen committed a foul on a defender and scored the equalizer goal, although Barcelona had a good chance to win the game.
 
But anyway, let's see what happens next in the remaining leg. Like there is the second leg.

I get the impression that Arsenal basically don’t give a damn how the away game will go if they have a decisive home game in hand. Even in the group stage, they lost to Lens away (when it still mattered - it was only the second round). Probably a lot of bettors were burned out yesterday because of this result, but now it seems to me that a good opportunity is opening up: a bet with a handicap of -1 (or even -2, but this is a big risk) on Arsenal to win the return leg. With all due respect to Porto, I don’t believe that they will be able to hold such a second match with maximum luck.

This means that Napoli and Barcelona are the same. Not a good team and not a bad team because Napoli and Barcelona are not in good condition.
As a result, Napoli were able to equalize the score at 1-1 after Barcelona took the lead through Lewandowski's goal.

I watched this match so I don't understand what you want to say about the bad and good games of both teams.
If you say Barcelona conceded because of poor defense, then Napoli is the same. There is no point in explaining where Napoli and Barcelona are good and bad.
A team is said to be good in a match when no mistakes are made.

Indeed, Porto isn't a weak team, they ever won UCL under Mourinho's management in 2003/2004. But they are not really strong this season, they are only in 3rd place now. In their domestic league, Benfica and and Sporting are stronger than Porto. So, it is actually very unfortunate that Arsenal was defeated by Porto. How can Arsenal as one of the top team in EPL, they can't make a single shot on target on the match against Porto? I think Porto defenders aren't so strong, the problem is in the attackers of Arsenal. There is something wrong with the attackers of Arsenal, they were playing underperformance. I think Arteta needs to change the tactics for the second Leg.

For the match Napoli vs Barcelona match, it is clear that Barcelona is a stronger team. However, Napoli can steal a single goal on the match. I think it is because of the good quality of Napoli attackers, specifically Osimhen.

Napoli's performance last season and this season are not the same, and they were in good shape last season and won their league table, but now they can't even win any trophies this season with the way they're playing in the league and champions league. If not, Osimhen will get opportunities and draw the game, Barcelona will have a one-goal lead in the first leg, and Xavi will do anything to beat Napoli in camp after failing to defeat them.

Anyone who gets lucky and qualifies for the quarterfinals will still be knocked out since they can't fight Manchester City, Madrid, and Inter Milan. Inter Milan's performance last season and qualification to the final can't be repeated because they have many opportunities to score Manchester City  and get the trophy but they fail to do so and i don't think they survive to the final this round again.

The first leg of the match speaks a lot about record. Porto showed Arsenal that they have Champions League experience and they maintained their home victory against Arsenal since they defeated Arsenal three times at their home.
Arsenal have the second leg to make things work for them if they really want to be among the title favorites people are saying they are.
Arsenal played well but couldn’t make any attempts on goal, I hope they will score goals in the second leg at Emirate Stadium.

It turns out the results are even more shocking. Arsenal lost to Porto. What's this for? I really think that Arsenal can handle Porto. but it turns out to be alternate. How could Arsenal be so careless that they were unable to attack Porto at all. Arsenal themselves must have been very shocked because the match was almost over and they conceded a goal in the last minute. But indeed, in this match, Arsenal really couldn't attack Porto, they didn't even have a kick or attack that was shot on target.

This is terrible, really. how can they compete with other top clubs like this? Hmm, in the second leg, they might still have a chance, but it's still quite worrying. They have to do something that makes their comeback epic.

Portuguese teams and Porto are always good, but we have to give a special mention to Porto fans. Did you see the Porto fans after Porto's goal yesterday? They were really great.
In the second match, I also see Arsenal as the favorite. In the first match, both teams preferred a controlled game. Porto won the first match with an extraordinary goal in the last minute. The second match will be played at Arsenal's ground. I am sure we will see different scenarios there and Porto's biggest handicap there will be the fan support.

Actually Napoli performance is not good enough to be measured with other good teams like real Madrid and Manchester City because we all no how poor in performance Napoli has been on this season especially the Italian serie A were they have played six matches and win only one match, so actually if they can play so poor that they ended up on the tenth position of the Italian serie A table is it the champions League that has so many quality clubs that are well known by there good performance they would survive, actually there are more qualified team that's actually the right candidate for the champions League trophy but Napoli is not included.

Arsenal remains a very good team this season, and this one defeat because it is not normal with them, they are receiving a lot of criticism for it. It was a tough game and Arsenal played well, their only problem being that they could not get any shot against Porto. It is good for Arsenal that the first leg that they have lost is not a home game, because then it would have been cumbersome for them to go to Poto for the second leg and then try to win. If there is a better stage to display the fighting spirit of the Arsenal team, the Emirate stadium is the ground for it.

If Napoli could not win the Champions league last season when they were very good, I doubt that they will do any better this season where they are not consistent.

Arsenal's performance did not match our expectations. After they became so productive in the EPL, it turned out that this could not be a reference to judge their performance in the UCL. Well that's a little disappointing. But we must understand because Arsenal have not qualified for the UCL competition for a long time. And as far as I remember Arsenal managed to get a ticket to the UCL was 6 years ago or in 2016/2017. So in terms of experience I think Arsenal are like beginners again in the UCL. While Porto they almost every season always get tickets to the Champion League. So in terms of experience Porto is far superior.

So sometimes a team that is good in the domestic league but has not had much experience in the last few seasons in the UCL cannot be expected too high. I forgot about it because I already believed too much in Arsenal's performance in the EPL. Which made me think that it would be the same in the UCL. But it was not as expected.

Well Napoli vs Barcelona game was another similar game to that of Inter vs Athletico especially as both were champions of their respective leagues last season. And moreover both have similar strengths which is in the midfield and up on the attack line. They both had it all in their match yesterday and we saw the match ending in a 1 goal a piece for both teams. This draw was a great result for Barcelona owing that they’re now going so confident in the 2nd leg which will be at their ground.Napoli though outplayed Barca but weren’t able to keep up the good stand and try to hold up against the attackers of Barcelona. Well Victor Oshimen was able to come through for Napoli even after they were a goal down.

 His goal brought a sought of hope to the players and fans and now, this is going to bring them full confidence going into to the return leg. Though Barcelona will have the full confidence in this 2nd leg especially as it’ll be in their home ground. Not withstanding, I’m rooting for my Nigerian brother to bang goals or a goal at the Camp Nou and get his team to go to the last 8 of the UCL and it’ll be one glorious thing for him and the people of Nigeria at large. It’s quite possible especially as Barcelona aren’t really performing excellently like they’re known to perform.

It doesn't surprise me...this draw is like a win.
It's the result of a club with no ambitions of making the last 16 of the Champions League, and Francesco Calzona has Osimhen to thank. Victor Osimhen is too important for this team.
However, I understand that Calzona only recently joined and has had limited time to work with the team. Napoli are still in the game.

You are right, Arsenal does not underestimate Porto and defeats like this are normal because of the tension of the match and the ambition of the players to win. We can look at Arteta's line-up to disprove that assumption, so I don't expect people to say Arsenal underestimated their opponents in their second Champions League defeat of the season.

Barcelona was also not too bad in starting the game. They had more attempts to score even though in the end Barcelona failed to win the match. Napoli had better spirit in the second half and were able to change the rhythm of the game to be more attacking and equalize. Barcelona did not calm down when under pressure and this caused several players to make mistakes that were detrimental to the results.