Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 533. (Read 141815 times)

Leipzig cannot be underestimated because it is a dark horse team. Even though statistically Real Madrid is the favorite, Leipzig can disrupt Real Madrid's steps in this preliminary round.
Of course Leipzig also has high motivation to continue to the next round. And so far Leipzig is still in 4th position in the standings with quite good scores in domestic league matches.

But so far, if Real Madrid plays at home in the second leg, it will always provide unexpected surprises.
Moreover, their motivation is high because they have just been defeated by Atletico Madrid in the CDR. Surely they will be dead set on chasing the UCL trophy this season.

Leipzig finished as runners up in the Champions League group stage, recording 3 wins and 2 defeats and 1 draw. Real Madrid, who will be their opponents, finished in first place in the group stage by recording perfect points from the 6 matches they played, yes, they swept all the matches with a win. Leipzig's task is very difficult to get rid of Real Madrid in the round of 16, especially since Real Madrid now looks better prepared than in the previous edition of the Champions League.
The first meeting will be held at Leipzig headquarters, in my opinion this match will really determine their journey. The reason is that if they can win then they have the opportunity to get rid of Real Madrid, they can play defensively in the second meeting. But if they lose, then I can say they are finished even though they might give a surprise.

Leipzig finished as runners up in the Champions League group stage, recording 3 wins and 2 defeats and 1 draw. Real Madrid, who will be their opponents, finished in first place in the group stage by recording perfect points from the 6 matches they played, yes, they swept all the matches with a win. Leipzig's task is very difficult to get rid of Real Madrid in the round of 16, especially since Real Madrid now looks better prepared than in the previous edition of the Champions League.
The first meeting will be held at Leipzig headquarters, in my opinion this match will really determine their journey. The reason is that if they can win then they have the opportunity to get rid of Real Madrid, they can play defensively in the second meeting. But if they lose, then I can say they are finished even though they might give a surprise.

They have no good enough defensive midfielder and also true defensive lineup for a player like Araujo shouldn't be seen anymore on that line up this season.
Ye should have seen him lined up for the club transfer and players to be loaned out but who am I to suggest such a word? Though they'll be against one of the hottest sides in Italian Seria A from last season ( Napoli )

They'll definitely hurt Barcelona with Politano, Victor Oshime and Khivicha Kvaratskhelia all back and ready to hurt Barcelona during the first leg of the Champions League knockout stages.

Leipzig finished as runners up in the Champions League group stage, recording 3 wins and 2 defeats and 1 draw. Real Madrid, who will be their opponents, finished in first place in the group stage by recording perfect points from the 6 matches they played, yes, they swept all the matches with a win. Leipzig's task is very difficult to get rid of Real Madrid in the round of 16, especially since Real Madrid now looks better prepared than in the previous edition of the Champions League.
The first meeting will be held at Leipzig headquarters, in my opinion this match will really determine their journey. The reason is that if they can win then they have the opportunity to get rid of Real Madrid, they can play defensively in the second meeting. But if they lose, then I can say they are finished even though they might give a surprise.

Real Sociedad is a tough opponent for PSG and I think Real Sociedad should not be underestimated even though it has not been in the Champions League competition for a very long time. Last season they were quite surprising as one of the Spanish representatives in the competition and of course they learn every day from experience to be consistent until they finally finish and get a place in this competition.

Real Sociedad's struggle is not easy because they managed to beat several other great Spanish teams to be here and since the group stage some time ago I was immediately convinced that they would be a team that would make things difficult for the elite teams that subscribe to the Champions League competition. PSG must not be lulled by the superiority of the squad they have.

It's too good to be true. Barcelona can't even solve its financial issue and how can barcelona build the best club again? The club can only count on the players from its academy. So many times barcelona used the players from its academy as the best solution owned by the club.
Barcelona needs to sort out its financial problem and the club can think about how to build the squad to be even better after that. The good thing if barcelona is getting one of easiest route to play in the UCL.
It was helping barcelona to qualify for the further stage far easy compared to the other club. I can't even imagine when barcelona will be placed in the group F. Xavi has been also commenting regarding the bad gameplay of barcelona.
He has been apologizing his mistake caused by he was not able helping the club to perform as good as like season. I think that barcelona is gonna be trophyless this season.

I'm not of the Opinion that Real sociedad will be able to beat PSG probably because they think PSG is currently too weak to win Real Sociedad, well Real sociedad may currently appear good in form and may as well be doing fairly in their domestic league which could be considered a boost to their confidence but I still don't see them to be able to win PSG.

The team quality nof PSG and their squad depth is very much better than that of Real sociedad and by performance, PSG has got a very much better performance than that of Real sociedad, and PSG has got more experience and determination but this doesn't mean Real sociedad is in any way to be underestimated because in football especially with the champions league, anything is very much possible and it's very true Real sociedad in a bid to get pass the round of sixteen could do everything possible.

Leipzig finished as runners up in the Champions League group stage, recording 3 wins and 2 defeats and 1 draw. Real Madrid, who will be their opponents, finished in first place in the group stage by recording perfect points from the 6 matches they played, yes, they swept all the matches with a win. Leipzig's task is very difficult to get rid of Real Madrid in the round of 16, especially since Real Madrid now looks better prepared than in the previous edition of the Champions League.
The first meeting will be held at Leipzig headquarters, in my opinion this match will really determine their journey. The reason is that if they can win then they have the opportunity to get rid of Real Madrid, they can play defensively in the second meeting. But if they lose, then I can say they are finished even though they might give a surprise.

I believe that PSG has more Champions League experience than Real Sociedad since they qualify for the competition every year because they are the best in League 1. Real Sociedad are performing well and will give psg a tough time, but I believe psg will defeat them and qualify to the next stage of the competition because they have many key players in the club that can make them win the game, but when talking about winning trophies, you can't include psg in the list because they failed when playing with big clubs because even if they join psg with Bayern Munich or Manchester City now, You will know they will defeat them because they lack players capable of competing with Bayern Munich or Manchester City, let alone Real Madrid.

PSG had strong players the previous two seasons when they faced Madrid but were unable to defeat Madrid and win the Champions League, and now that they do not have such players how can they win the Champions League They need to add another crucial player to the team. They are more focused on Mbappe, and he cannot do everything which is why I want him to leave the club so that they can devise another strategy for the team. If Mbappe does not win the Champions League, I believe he will want to leave the club since he is still a young player and has to win the Champions League before deciding to stay in the league and pursue more money.

When it come to the Champions League football, I don't consider PSG as a big team with big name anymore because of several disappointments they have caused in the past. They will be winning first leg with hope of finishing the stage up with some outstanding performance in the second leg, but they usually gave a bad performance which usually led to their elimination in the tournament almost all seasons. This season, their players are not too good compared to some previous seasons back, they only have Mbappe as a star player, that is why I don't expect them to have an easy game against Real Sociedad that has an outstanding performance in their group stage matches.

Even though many say Real Sociedad can beat PSG because they are not a farmer's league, I still admit that PSG is much better than Sociedad in terms of team quality. I am sure PSG will be able to beat Sociedad and advance to the next round. I don't underestimate Sociedad because we know they are performing quite well in the league and are ranked 6th in the standings. But with the quality of players both have, I think PSG is clearly far superior.

I also believe that unfortunately Napoli has no chance of winning against Barcelona, who have not had exceptional performances, but are certainly not facing the stability problems that Napoli currently have
Napoli lost badly against small teams like Frosinone, this is not a sign of health

Leipzig finished as runners up in the Champions League group stage, recording 3 wins and 2 defeats and 1 draw. Real Madrid, who will be their opponents, finished in first place in the group stage by recording perfect points from the 6 matches they played, yes, they swept all the matches with a win. Leipzig's task is very difficult to get rid of Real Madrid in the round of 16, especially since Real Madrid now looks better prepared than in the previous edition of the Champions League.
The first meeting will be held at Leipzig headquarters, in my opinion this match will really determine their journey. The reason is that if they can win then they have the opportunity to get rid of Real Madrid, they can play defensively in the second meeting. But if they lose, then I can say they are finished even though they might give a surprise.

Currently, Barcelona performance in La Liga and Copa del Rey not enough impressive and conceded goals evert match, eliminating from Copa del Rey after losing from Athletic Bilbao and how weakness defensive of Barcelona conceded 4 goals. Inconsistent performance made Xavi Hernandez not secure with his position and any rumor get potential sack from Barcelona manager exactly crucial losses in Copa del Rey from Athletic Bilbao.

In 16 of Champion League round, Barcelona will away first leg against Napoli and current bad record against Serie A teams give bad dreaming for Barcelona will impressive performance on first leg or not? Since become the UEFA Champion League winner season 2015/16, Barcelona never have good achievement lead until final round, last two season in a row failed qualify to 16 round and its first time for Xavi Hernandez made Barcelona lead to knock out round, for the final I doubt has inconsistency performance will be easy for Barcelona will get one place in the final round.

Even though many say Real Sociedad can beat PSG because they are not a farmer's league, I still admit that PSG is much better than Sociedad in terms of team quality. I am sure PSG will be able to beat Sociedad and advance to the next round. I don't underestimate Sociedad because we know they are performing quite well in the league and are ranked 6th in the standings. But with the quality of players both have, I think PSG is clearly far superior.

Even though many say Real Sociedad can beat PSG because they are not a farmer's league, I still admit that PSG is much better than Sociedad in terms of team quality. I am sure PSG will be able to beat Sociedad and advance to the next round. I don't underestimate Sociedad because we know they are performing quite well in the league and are ranked 6th in the standings. But with the quality of players both have, I think PSG is clearly far superior.

I agree. There is nothing to be shocked about. Barcelona are having a much worse season than the previous one. They are weaker especially in defense as they have conceded more than enough goals so far. They are going to face Napoli which have really effective attackers. Especially Osimhen is a huge threat you know.

I expect to see many goals in this matchup first of all. If Napoli manage to get a decent win home first then I think they won't let Barcelona turn things around. Maybe Napoli are also not the same as their previous season version. But I believe they are good enough to get past Barcelona. 

We can put psg ahead in going to the next round but I won't say that psg will go to the next round for sure. I have seen many matches where one team has a very high chance of winning and that team has a very high chance of going to the next round but due to a small mistake they cannot go to the next round. PSG is currently one of the most consistent performers in the France league, so PSG are more likely to advance to the next round if they don't make any mistakes.