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But even though it is in the second leg, Atletico Madrid will be the host. I still don't believe that Atletico Madrid will be able to beat Inter Milan. Because I know how Simone Inzaghi formed the team he coached. Well, Inter Milan is famous for its defense when they start to get serious about defending. As in the first leg, we could see that Atletico Madrid even had difficulty finding a good angle to shoot the ball into the Inter Milan goal. Because Inter Milan's defenders did their job very well.
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Yes, Atletico still has a chance to retaliate in the second leg, I think Diego Simeone's troops will play all out to turn things around. But Inter is still the top team, a 1-0 win is an important asset for the Italian representatives before playing the second leg. This season Simone Inzaghi has a fairly solid squad so that the Nerazzurri are progressing quite well in Serie A and the Champions League. I of course have high hopes for Inter and hope they can go further.

The match between FC Porto and Arsenal is already obvious that Arsenal is going to win considering their recent performance in the premier league and also the champions league so no doubt about today's game with FC Porto though Porto have had more champions league record than Arsenal because they have won it twice, the first was in 1987 when the league was still name the European cup as they won Bayern Munich 2:1 to lift the trophy and the other was in 2004 when they also won the Champions League after beating Monaco by 3:0 in the finals. In the other hand Arsenal is yet to win the champions league but with the kind of pressure they came with this season, they may actually make a difference.

The first leg match between Inter vs Atletico Madrid was really tense until the end. Inter dominated the attack and created many opportunities, but Atletico Madrid's defensive performance in that match succeeded in preventing Inter from scoring a goal. I saw Lautaro Martinez have several good opportunities, but his attempt to score was thwarted by Jan Oblak.

Jan Oblak made 4 saves from Inter's 5 shots on target, while Yann Sommer barely touched the ball as Atletico Madrid had no shots on target. In terms of play, Atletico Madrid tended to defend and try to regulate the rhythm of the game, but their efforts failed because Inter made more attempts to attack where they made a total of 16 counter attacks throughout the match. The second leg will be even more tense, but if Inter don't make any mistakes they will advance to the quarter-finals.

Atletico Madrid has always had a very good record in the Champions League, and I do not believe they will be eliminated early at this stage as they look to improve their performance in the competition. Inter Milan's 1-0 victory was a good result because they were playing at home and gave it their all. The second leg at Atletico Madrid's home will be more difficult than the first. The game remains level to me, as the better team with the best performance in the second leg advances to the next round of competition. I can't underestimate Diego Simeone's capabilities; he is an experienced coach and has been successful to the finals several times in the champions league competition, so I expect a competitive match in the second leg between this two teams.


Barcelona was given the better odds in this game, but sometimes matches do not turn out the way bookmakers predicted. Because of Napoli's poor performance, Barcelona was supposed to win this match. But, from the perspective of the new coach they recently hired, he will be willing to give his all so that they can have faith in him as the new coach. This match will put the new coach to the test because it is against a big team in a big competition where the intensity of play is always high. The team with the best performance will undoubtedly win today.

In today's match of Inter vs Atlético Madrid team, Inter team won the match by scoring 1 goal. Atlético Madrid team played very well in the first half of the game. Before half time, neither team could score. After half time, Inter team player M. Arnautović scored 1 goal in 79 minutes.  Atlético Madrid team had a good performance before halftime but started a poor performance after halftime for which they lost by 1 goal.

Although in the second leg Inter will play away but yes, I personally believe that Inter will be able to maintain the aggregate victory they have had in this first leg even though only with a thin score of 1-0. Because after all, to turn things around is basically not easy at all, even though Atletico will play at home but still, it does not make a complete guarantee for Atletico to be able to succeed in turning things around in the second leg later. Because anyway, at least at this moment also that Inter still have a good and disciplined defense. With the good quality of Inter's defense this season then yes, I believe that Inter have the ability and a good chance of not conceding in the second leg later if Inter only rely on aggregate wins because a draw is enough for Inter to qualify.

But yes, in yesterday's match interestingly I only made a defensive betting option for away teams. But unfortunately, Atletico failed to hold Inter to a draw so I only got half.

It is impossible to make sure predictions about this match. Even a particular team cannot be considered as favorite in this match. Both Napoli and Barcelona have strong squads. However, the performance of the players of both the teams is erratic now. Their performance is not stable. So it cannot be said which team will win today.

The Napoli team has not won even one of the last 5 matches between these two teams. Out of 5 matches, Barcelona won 3 matches and drew 2 matches. Napoli lag behind in statistics. Even then, it's not to be said that Barcelona will win. We saw Barcelona concede 3 goals against teams like Granada. So if Barcelona want to win, they need to improve their performance.

 I think the old rule still have a role to play, Inter Milan have more advantages at this point because of the 1-0 win against atletico Madrid, at this point in time inter Milan have been very consistent and effective with their style of play, i saw their game against Roma the other day, how they came from behind to win Roma, and I can tell you for a fact that they are currently in good shape.  So atletico Madrid might not easily turn things around when they have the return match at Madrid. If the game ends 1-1 then the away rules counts in favor of inter Milan, if it ends 2-1, it will still be in favor of inter Milan.

my guess for today's games:

FC Porto - Arsenal FC

well, this is a game that I intend to bet on Arsenal to win the game, but I think it will not be an easy game for Arsenal, that's because Porto has been a team that in the last games of the Portuguese league, Porto has done well despite whether they are games against weak teams in the Portuguese league, in clashes against big teams in the Portuguese league, such as games against Sporting and Benfica, Porto did very badly, so when I look at the arsenal that is in a stronger league and is having a good performance and the arsenal in the last few games has been a team with a strong attack, scoring more than 2 goals in most games even when playing against a strong team, that's why I see the arsenal winning that game

SSC Napoli - FC Barcelona

This will undoubtedly be the most complicated game, because Barcelona have become a terrible team, they are very inconsistent especially in attack, while on the other side we have Napoli who are a very inconsistent team who have not done well this season and already They changed coach many times, from what I read today they will play with the new coach, in the last 5 games of series A Napoli won in 2 games and drew in 2 games and lost in 1 game which is making the management of the Napoli get angry and fire coaches because the main objective of Napoli's management was to win Serie A, but as that is already far from happening, so now they will be focused on the place of access to the European Champions League, which is why this game It's something important for Napoli, as well as Barcelona, who no longer have a chance of winning the la liga, so they can only focus on this competition and guarantee a place in the Champions League next season.

There is still an advantage for Atletico Madrid even though they are one goal behind it doesn't matter when playing at home as long as they are able to score goals, usually the atmosphere of playing at home is always different, worthy of Inter Milan last night being able to play nicely despite many missed opportunities.

But Inter Milan already has capital with an aggregate of 1-0 even though it is not a comfort zone for him, so far I am optimistic about Inter Milan's appearance which always plays well, therefore we can see Atletico Madrid's chances there is no target on shot, meaning that Inter Milan's defense keeps tight from the opponent's attack.

But even though it is in the second leg, Atletico Madrid will be the host. I still don't believe that Atletico Madrid will be able to beat Inter Milan. Because I know how Simone Inzaghi formed the team he coached. Well, Inter Milan is famous for its defense when they start to get serious about defending. As in the first leg, we could see that Atletico Madrid even had difficulty finding a good angle to shoot the ball into the Inter Milan goal. Because Inter Milan's defenders did their job very well.

In my opinion, if it is possible that Walter Mazzarri is not sacked, there is a possibility that he will be able to maintain a draw because he has been with the Napoli players for several months so he understands better how to determine a draw at the end of the match, but after Walter Mazzarri is sacked, I will choose Barcelona as the winner.
Even though Barcelona currently in a slightly inconsistent state and has lost several players to injuries, that is not a problem as long as Xavi is still in full control of managing Barcelona, it will certainly be easy to get at least 1 or 2 scores for Barcelona victory.

Attempting to replace Napoli coach when the Champions League match approaching is the same as destroying the future of this club in the Champions League and I congratulate Napoli on their defeat, even though it hasn't started yet, I'm sure Napoli will lose.

This result makes the rematch between the two teams tense and worth looking forward to. The opportunity to continue is still equally divided between both teams. Now, the psychological advantage belongs to the home team, Dortmund, in the second leg. Dortmund still has an excellent chance to reach the next round. Dortmund needs to do that at home. PSV will not go to Germany to face pressure. Dortmund needs to prepare best to welcome PSV.

Did you see that Jadon Sancho was one of the most disappointing players on Dortmund's side in this match? He was allowed to start from the start by coach Edin Terzic. Dortmund's most anticipated Sancho did not leave a mark and was replaced in the 68th minute. If Sancho does not improve his performance soon, it will be difficult for Dortmund to buy him outright from Man United.

Here I agree but I am still considering Atlético Madrid as lucky because with this performance I was expecting them to concede few more goals, but sadly they have deficit of only one goal which is surely good for them and second leg game which is now going to play in Madrid with still things are favourable for the Inter Milan because they can go through for the another win in this game if Atlético Madrid going to play like this.

Even we all know Atlético Madrid is one of the best in Spain, and they can go through as well, but this could be a nail-biting contest between these two sides which are now looking for the spot into last 8 after this end we have stilled all three spots for the game with most chances I am also sure draw could be likely going to happen which will allow to Inter Milan for jump into quarterfinal.

Intermilan needs only to get draw in the second leg. I think that as long as intermilan can maintain to perform the same like the first leg and im sure intermilan can do that. My guess if intermilan and atletico madrid will keep use the same strategy and this makes the result very hard to predict.
I was almost thinking that if atletico could do nothing against intermilan caused by intermilan is far stronger than what i though. Atletico madrid could not even make a shot on target which was proving that if this club has horrible performance when it faced a team that knew so well the main weakness from the club.

The result from next game is very hard to predict. I would like to pick double chance caused by intermilan will be only having play away as its disadvantage which can be sorted out. Intermilan has a winning mentality and i think that problem can be sorted out easily.
In term of ball possession, intermilan was so doing so well as well as total shoots on target compared to the atletico madrid. Using the same strategy can be used as the main consideration to determine which club that is stronger than its opponent.

Intermilan has stronger squad compared to the atletico madrid. It's so obvious by seeing the result from the match between intermilan vs atletico in the first leg.

I think so too. I start from the assumption that a big team (Atlético is undoubtedly one) should score at least one goal in two games against any opponent. Therefore, Inter's 1 goal advantage is good, but definitely not enough. Plus, in Atlético's favor is the fact that now goals scored away are equal to goals scored at home, so even if Atlético wins the home game 2-1, there will be equality, not an advantage for Inter (as under the old rules).

I a gree with you. In the first leg we could see Inter Milan playing cleverly and they were able to defend very well. Statistics show that Atletico Madrid did not even fire a single shot on target. This proves that Inter Milan is able to defend very well and solidly. This will certainly be a big challenge for a team that plays aggressively like Atletico Madrid. But Inter Milan could also play aggressively so they were able to score 1 goal in that match.

I think the second leg will see Inter qualify for the next round. I think the match in the second leg will end in a draw because Inter also has a very solid defense.

Athletic will need to score anyway, while Inter will only need a draw, so Atlético will be forced to attack, and this will open up opportunities for Inter in attack.

It can be assumed that it will be much more difficult for Inter to play in Madrid, but I remember they said the same thing in the last Champions League about the matches with Barcelona, but it is worth admitting that Inzaghi managed to build a really very good team, which for the second season in a row showed a very good game in the Champions League .

The performance of Inter Milan against ATM last night was a good one despite them not getting many goals as they won the game 1:0 but one important thing to note about Inter Milan performance in the game is their ability to outplay ATM from the beginning of the game to the end without letting them have a shot on target or make any goal attempt I believe they can still go all the way to score ATM when they play the second leg at home judging from the performances they have shown in the game and their previous games. ATM will try to get goals and to win but the performance of inter this season has been brilliant as they have already sealed the victory in the SeriaA I think progressing to the round of 8 will be their next target and I think they can secure a draw in Spain to move to the next round.

It won't be easy for sure for Inter Milan in the return leg as Atletico will go all in during that the return leg.The only good thing which also keeps me hopeful that Inter will qualify further is the fact that Inter are most likely Champions in Serie A and as such they can choose to sacrifice a game in the Serie A by playing with their 2nd team and save the energy of their starting eleven for the return leg of the Champions League.