Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 458. (Read 141878 times)

All this falls back to Tuchel as the head coach, he needs to try his best and bring the team back to their winning ways as time is no more on his side again. For their Bundesliga title race, I have begin to remove them from potential contenders of the trophy. For Champions league, I still have hope in them and I think they can get it done and pass through to the next stage. Bayern Munich is one of the teams that many people have shortlisted for the champions league title contender, so their loss to Lazio isn’t the end for them until we see how they play out in Allianz Arena in their second leg match which in all sense they look so confidence in winning the game. I just hope Tuchel doesn’t mess things up again and get the team back to their winning form if not it might make his tenure at Bayern Munich limited or shortened.

Never mind reaching the final to get through to the round of 16, it was quite difficult for Bayern Munich because they lost to Lazio in the first leg and Bayern Munich's performance was also very bad.
From a series of bad results received by Bayern Munich, the team's self-confidence worsened and made it difficult for them to recover in the next match.

To be able to win the UCL title this season seems very difficult and if that happens it will be a very big surprise because we also have to be realistic about the current strength of other teams and some teams are much stronger than Bayern Munich.

Napoli's performance this season is even worse in the domestic league this season, Napoli has fired its coach twice because Napoli's performance is very bad. until this week Napoli was only ranked 9th in the Italian league standings. very different from its appearance from last season which was able to win the Italian league title. but playing at home I think Napoli will provide resistance. if you lose, you only lose by a difference of 1 goal, it can be 1-0 or 2-1.

Based on the result in the domestic laeguea and going to the final will be very very unrealistic target. it was always losing against weak club and how can bayern reach to the final if it keeps to play like shit? Tuchel was so stubbord to implement his mediocre strategy and i think that this guy never learned from the good result last season.
Bayern is not even synched and there were many miscom between any players. Monza was able performing even far better compared to the bayern. This is my point to call that if bayern is performing so poorly and its gameplay is not even worthy to watch.

Tuchel is failed in making bayern to perform better. Time to get a new name to handle the club as soon as possible. People may be out of their patience by keep seeing this shit happened to the bayern. As a bettor and i was also feeling tired with that shit. It feels like bayern has lost all of its tooth.
It's a tootless lyon. Bayern has very big valuation on its squad but it has not winning mentality. I'd like yo call that as a mediocre club as well coz bayern munich is not even better compared to the monza.

Theoretically, Bayern would have been winning the game, but unfortunately, due to human errors, the club played even worst compared to the weak club in the bundesliga. There is still something that is fucking wrong with the club.
Tuchel is not even having impact to the club. It's very pathetic to watch it.

This means that both have the same chance if you look at their head to head data, but had to head cannot be a benchmark because it has already passed currently they have improved their performance to be better and are fighting for each other's places to qualify for the next round. Porto is the favorite in the first leg by the fans. But I'm sure the bettors still have the advantage over Arsenal even though the first leg is an away match because Arsenal performance was very good ends this.

Even though Porto is also performing well in the league, we can compare the quality of each league. Arsenal is in a league that is quite difficult to compete in, while Porto is in a league that is not as tight as the English league, so that differences is what makes many people believe that Arsenal will be the one who will qualify for the round next.

If you look at Munich's current performance, I think it will be very difficult for them to reach the final. That's an unrealistic target in my opinion. Currently Real Madrid and City are the two teams that are the favorites to become champions. If Tuchel is fired because he didn't win the title, I think he should be ready to leave now. Because Muenhcen no longer has a chance in the Bundesliga and winning the Champions League will be very impossible with their current performance. I think the club board might still consider Tuchel staying in Munich if he can take Munich to the Champions League final.

In recent years Arsenal have had difficulty qualifying for the Champions League and this is different from Porto who can always represent their league in getting to the Champions League. Of course Arsenal have made improvements so that they are getting stronger and their performance this season is much different from before Arteta took over as coach. The problem is that the match will take place at Porto's home ground and statistically every club that comes to their home ground will have a little difficulty getting full points and this should be a special note for Arteta so that they don't miss the opportunity.

At least if Arsenal have difficulty getting full points they can draw and in the second leg they can surprise Porto at the Emirates Stadium. My prediction is that the match will probably end in a draw and even if not, Porto will emerge as winners with a slightly smaller goal margin.

The UEFA Champions League comes with a prize and Thomas Tuchel ready to pay for such?  He's showing his weaknesses and there's absolutely nothing he can do other than gathering his team back together and ensure winning becomes very easy for him. Bayern Munich have fallen out of the picture as serious contenders for the Bundesliga and also mo longer taken serious because they lost their first leg to Lazio in the round of 16. What's really happening to the Bavarians this season? The board have to things really swift because there's no positive change of the team at the moment.

Yep. Bayern Munich seems no longer as a strong team both in Bundesliga and in UCL. The role of the coach is very important, Tuchel makes Bayern Munich played under performance. When Tuchel came to Bayern Munich, people expect much that he can improve the performance of Bayern Munich. But he failed to beat the domination of Leverkusen in Bundesliga this season.

In UCL, it is very clear that there are too many big teams in this competition. Man City, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, and Arsenal become tough opponents for Bayern Munich. If Tuchel failed to improve the performance of Bayern Munich, they are likely to defeat by those teams.

I predict that Bayern Munich won't reach the final round if there is no change in their performance. Sure, if Bayern Munich fails to win the UCL trophy, Tuchel may be fired after the season is over. Bayern management must expect to get the best in this competition, it won't be acceptable for the failure. Bayern Munich deserves to hire a better coach.

We're quick enough to know the fast rising outstanding form of Arsenal, they're preparing themselves in all top tournaments they found themselves, not giving up but bringing on the exact excellent scores. Arsenal are only better in these previous EPL matches because they're outstanding and involved with good amount of goals. This is exactly what the fans and the headcoach was planning for the team. At this point, Mikel Arteta is doing a good job to enabled himself becomes the formidable pillar behind the progress of the Gunners.

Yes, H2H in the last 5 matches is very balanced for the two teams and of course Arsenal has a better team performance. The past record of the two may not matter much now, but I don't think we should ignore the possibility that the two have a chance to win or draw.

Arsenal is on fire in its domestic competition, but Porto is also not bad. Porto is in 3rd place with 48 points from 22 matches, but the comparison of the quality and depth of their squads is very different. Arsenal are the favorites and I don't see much doubt about them winning the game, so Arsenal should be able to win the first leg.

Osimehn's injury will not put them at a significant disadvantage in this match. This is the Champions League, and it cannot be compared to their league games, where they have not performed well since Osimehn left to represent his country in AFCON. I believe that the intensity used in Champions League games differs from that used in domestic leagues. Barcelona has been on a winning streak, but that alone will not guarantee a quick victory over Napoli when they meet at Napoli’s home this week.


Arsenal are the better team in this match, and all indications are that they will win against FC Porto, despite the fact that FC Porto is not a small team that should be underestimated. The zeal with Arsenal now is unrivalled for FC Porto to manage at this point. I believe Arsenal will advance to the next round of the competition, but we'll have to wait and see how the match plays out. They have more chances to win than FC Porto.

It's normal to start speculating like that because Arsenal is a much better team and should be getting a win. I am not saying that nothing else is possible but it does look like the most common possibility .This is mainly because they are dealing with a situation that could benefit them one way or another, and for that to happen we need to just focus on whatever Arsenal is capable of.

If you bet on them to win then there is a much bigger chance to win that bet, of course it's gambling and we could always be wrong but I am not guessing that Arsenal would lose this one, the yare going to come out to play and they will get the score easily and very quickly as well. This should be the most important part of the deal. I am already taking my position to bet on their win.

In domestic competitions, in terms of results they are not too bad but looking at the last few matches they have done we must be aware that there are so many shortcomings that Barcelona must fix in this regard.
We must be aware in the last 5 matches even though the positive results they always get but in the end we know their problems are still very much especially in their scheme and defense.

Barcelona always do the tiki taka scheme that characterizes them but precisely because of that they are always unable to focus on defense which in the end it hurts themselves.
We must be aware that when Barcelona attacks by trying to lock up their opponent's defense, they are always inconvenienced because their own defense is always a lot of gaps, which in the end many goals scored by the opponents they face, such as the results against Granada, which even they must be willing to share points in that match.

For the Champions League facing Napoli is not an easy matter even though Napoli are in pain now because their performance is far from expectations but we realize that Barcelona's performance is also still a lot of gaps that will be very easy to penetrate.

Sure, there can always be surprises, that's part of the game, otherwise you wouldn't watch it if it was already certain who would make it into next round. But betting is always based on probabilities. And I think the probability of the three teams advancing is disproportionately high. Surprises are not ruled out, of course.

I always don't want to underestimate the teams from Serie A because even though they are not good in their domestic league, in fact in big leagues such as in the UCL last season, Serie A teams dominated as the teams that progressed to the semi-finals and quarter-finals the most. Well, Lazio also surprised us because they managed to beat Bayern, who are actually also one of the important candidates to win the title this season. But in that match, Lazio was able to win, even though it was only a lucky victory because Bayern received 1 red card and this allowed Lazio to attack more easily. So, for the Napoli vs Barcelona match, unexpected things could happen again.

PSG management has spent so much money on quality players just to win the UEFA Champions League trophy, but they have failed to do so. If PSG qualifies for the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal, there is a chance PSG might qualify for the semi-final or even reach the finals if they do not play against Manchester City or Real Madrid in the quarter-final.

The odds for both teams tend to be the same and it may be difficult to determine who will win the match. Napoli are expected to be superior because they are playing at home, but this does not completely make them favourites. Barcelona has a chance to win the match despite the team's performance being somewhat down this season and considering the odds for both are almost the same then this should be one of the most difficult matches to predict.

I don't see a favorite team between Napoli and Barcelona in the round of 16, but the intensity of the competition between the two is expected to be more interesting than several other matches. Both teams have the same chance of winning, but I will support Barcelona to win the first leg.

Indeed, in the end all matches in the Champions League will not be easy but on the other hand we must also be aware that in every match there is a probability and advantage so even though this is not easy because Porto also has considerable experience in the Champions League but when talking about probabilities then surely we know that Arsenal are the favorites in this match.

Porto will play home in their first leg which will certainly make them have a big enough fighting spirit because they will be watched by thousands of supporters who will surely crowd the do Dragão Stadium but on the other hand this will also not dampen the mentality of Arsenal especially this is the first season back they are in the Champions League after several seasons of absence which of course this must be well utilized by Arsenal especially their chances are higher than Porto.

Now Arteta must be able to develop their scheme and maintain the mentality that has been established in the last few matche in domestic competitions. In their last few matches in domestic competitions Arsenal have always played very well which is certainly a very good thing to be used as a guide for them in doing the first leg this time. But indeed in this case there is no guarantee that Arsenal can go smoothly in the round of 16 this time because even though the probability is large when compared to Porto but again this is not a certainty that Arsenal can get good results in the round of 16 this time.

I think Arsenal is in the best form right now. Beating Liverpool and other 3 big wins show how well-prepared they are for this UCL KO stage game. This not only boosts their confidence but also demonstrates their ability to perform well, even away from home. With Arteta having a deeper and more balanced squad at his disposal, Arsenal's chances of success are further enhanced. The absence of Gabriel Jesus due to injury is a setback for Arsenal, but their frontline still possesses considerable firepower, especially with players like Bukayo Saka maintaining a high level of performance.

In football, past statistics and reputations can only tell a piece of the story. The dynamics of each match can be unpredictable, with surprises and fluctuations in performance being common occurrences. Therefore, while Porto may have a better historical record in the Champions League, Arsenal's current form and strengths suggest that betting on them to win, even at Porto's headquarters, could indeed be a safer option, albeit with careful consideration of other factors.