Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 569. (Read 141787 times)

If Arsenal can be able to get a draw at FC Porto's home, then Arsenal could be able to qualify for the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League because Arsenal will use home advantage to win against FC Porto when they visit Emirate Stadium.

Porto certainly benefited in the first leg of the round of 16 because they played in front of their own supporters, of course this provided more motivation in the match. I look at Porto, they really don't want to meet Arsenal in the round of 16, but this has happened, they have to accept it with full preparation, because playing against an English team is always difficult for Porto. However, Porto has experience in the UCL competition, Porto also has history in the UCL, and Porto is of course happy to be the underdog team in this match because this makes them have more strength and motivation than usual.

So you could say that in this second match Arsenal has quality but Porto has experience, on the other hand this will also be two great matches, Pepe will teach Saliba and Gabriel a lesson. It's true as you said, if Porto doesn't make mistakes in this match, I think Porto will win the first leg of the last 16 of the UCL league.

Although this moment Arsenal experienced a decline in performance in the Premier League but yes, I personally remain confident that Arsenal will still succeed in beating Porto and Arsenal will be able to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League . But yes, although I am sure Arsenal will qualify for the quarter-finals, but that does not mean Arsenal will be able to easily beat Porto. Because after all, Porto is also not a weak team so it is certain that this match will be very difficult for both teams, and it does not rule out the possibility that Arsenal might also fail. Therefore, the match between Porto v Arsenal I think will be a difficult match too and not easy to predict, although Arsenal have a chance to win but for me the chance is not that big.

It's only natural to have an assessment like this and I think it is true that Arsenal will be doubted again when they face Porto in the round of 16. This cannot be separated from the poor results achieved by the Gunners in the domestic league and may make some people's opinions pessimistic about them. Arsenal, who were initially favored against Porto, have now become quite even and I think we really have to see everything when the first leg starts.

Apart from that, there has been no news about Arsenal's latest signings this January and I think they have to do it, especially for positions that are considered less productive. Of course what I mean here is a strong striker and maybe they should immediately start looking for a new one before January ends rather than having a bad season.

Am just scared since we managed to scale through the first league and the next stage is going to be more challenging because Arsenal as not been doing well in the Premier League so it will be even more difficult to win the Champions league. Have you forgotten that Barcelona are the defending champions in la Liga so you should not expect less from them if Arsenal should win against them. Then it will be a bonus for them. But even after that win I dont see us going far. And even with Barcelona winning against Porto is funny doh even in their bad condition. Arsenal's performance as not been of their best recently so its high time they start fixing their problems.

At the moment, the UCL round of 16 draw is out and for some teams, it's going to be a serious tussle and for some it'll be a minor jump through to the next stage. Judging based on team strength, City has a better chance to advance than Copenhagen, so does PSG, Dortmund and Bayern. For the remaining fixtures, the teams are strong and the result is just unpredictable.

 Arsenal and Porto are in good form, same performance range, the probability is shaky, thesame with Napoli and Barcelona. For Madrid and Leipzig, one would say Madrid are in a better position to advance but the German side shouldn't be underrated though, they're also good in their own way. For Inter and Atletico, it's going to be a serious battle, none of them would allow the other to just go freely without making it tough. Hopefully these teams would use their home advantages wisely and to the best of their ability too.

Ideally, the UCL Final match would bring together two favorite clubs with equal strength, such as Madrid, Bayern, City or Inter. The reason I included Inter was because of the runnerup factor last season, the rest I saw that Inzaghi performance and his fleet were still very stable this season. It does not rule out the possibility that these four teams will be eliminated early, even though we know their chances are very high when they face their opponents in each match. On the other hand, we cannot underestimate the other contestants, because they are also ambitious to go further and take advantage of the opportunities available.

Overall, general factors such as injuries to key players, busy match schedules and fatigue will greatly influence the team chances of realizing their dream of winning a trophy. Barcelona, PSG, Arsenal and Dortmund are the teams that I think will advance to the quarter finals, where they will have the opportunity to be opponents of the favorite teams that I mentioned earlier. Considering that the new match will start in mid February, we still need to wait and assess their current performance by referring to domestic competitions as a reference.

It could be that Barcelona will show a different performance in the UCL compared to La Liga, and that must be shown by beating Napoli first in the round of 16. I think Xavi can bring Barcelona through to the semifinals, considering their reputation and mentality in the UCL, Barcelona should be atrying to improve its performance to become the favorite team in the future.

When Arsenal was drawn against FC Porto in the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League, I expected Arsenal to win against FC Porto but with the recent performance of Arsenal, I'm not sure if Arsenal could be able to beat FC Porto. If FC Porto can play well in their home, I believe they will beat Arsenal.

You are correct on this mate,City will be very strong when they get their full squad back from injury,they have a very strong solid,infact the best squad in Europe,with all their players back now,they would go on to fight hard for the premier league tittle and also the Champions league.Mancity players are really happy with the fact that Debruyne is back from a long term injury,but I'm still surprised that despite Debruyne's injury,Mancity are still in the top four,fighting it hard to win the league,that is to tell you that they have depth in the squad,and they can go on to play without anybody,and they won't get affected much.
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yes unfortunately when you have a lot of injured people the team changes completely and I know this well: a year ago Juventus were in the same situation
we have to grit our teeth and wait for the owners to all return
i think too ManCity is really strong and can win

I think the final match will be Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich. City is indeed very strong in the Champions League and they are also the defending champions. De Bruyne's injury had a big impact on City's game and we know last season they won the treble with a big role from KDB and Haaland. So I favor Madrid vs Munich which will be the final match. I put City in third place and Barcelona in fourth place. I think everyone should not forget Barcelona because they are also one of the strong teams in the Champions League even though their current performance does not make them one of the favorites to win this season.

Yeah, I love what Pep Guardiola and his medical team is currently doing with them important players returning back from injuries. They have refused to rush them back into the game and it's a good thing to see.
Kevin De Bruyne back is such a huge boost for his team, his absence had effects ( negative ) on the teams performance and Erling Haaland scoring.

With the Champions League approaching, both Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne are both back and ready to kick off, they have plans winning the treble which I don't see possible.
Though, nothing is Impossible you feel me? Copenhagen did well to go over the round of sixteen but Manchester City would knock them off.

You may actually be right based on physical and tactical analysis between Manchester City and Copenhagen but I want you to know that this is football as regardless of how big a team is, there are some opponents they meet that gives them tough time so saying that Copenhagen can't stand Manchester city in 10 minutes is laughable because Bayern Munich that's almost of same standards of players as Manchester city stumbled to a goaless draw with this said Copenhagen though it looked as if Bayern Munich didn't take that match seriously due to the fact that they had already qualified for the knockout stages but regardless of that Copenhagen really gave Bayern Munich a tough time and if Manchester city isn't careful they might also suffer same fate as Bayern Munich despite the squad that's gonna face Copenhagen.

Manchester City aims needs to be exactly that, they need to destroy Copenaghe in the first game so they can put substitutes in the comeback game, English football is very tight and stresfull por players and every game you can skip or make you starters rest is a good one.

In my opinion, forcing Manchester City to draw is also very difficult for Copenhagen, unless Pep Guardiola squad experiences a decline in performance for understandable reasons, such as a storm of injuries. On the other hand, we certainly appreciate Copenhagen efforts so far, because in the previous group phase, Copenhagen chances of qualifying for the last 16 were very low. However, it turns out that Galatasaray and Manchester United cannot talk much, even though we understand that these two clubs are more worthy of qualifying.

Pep Guardiola certainly wants to finish the match against Copenhagen according to plan, if possible in the first leg he must score a large goal margin. Copenhagen will certainly provide their best resistance, and their opportunity remains open to create a surprise. It could be that in the first leg the match will end in a draw, and Manchester City will turn things around in the second leg, but I believe Guardiola will not waste the available opportunities.

If they can hold a draw just like they did in the group stage against Bayern then it will be very good for Copenhagen but the problem is that it will not be easy when talking about quality and mentality until now Manchester City is very far superior to them so this is what make this match difficult for Copenhagen.Their chance are not very good in this round of 16 because for whatever reason Manchester City are the favorites and we can't change that fact because that is the case now.
Copenhagen hope are very small and even very difficult to do this match but whatever the result is for them the most important thing is that they have proven that they are capable of being in the last 16 even though in the end they lost they have fought very well until now.

They are going to be of great help to them and they will do just fine, I know that it feels like it's a tough thing to consider two players that come out of injury after long period to be that much of a help, but they are already good so any help is a good help for them. KDB is the hardest one, him getting back into playing shape will be hard, and I have to say even though it has nothing to do with football and absolutely irrelevant, I hate his new long hair lol.

So, I think they will spend a few games where they bring them in later on, but then eventually they will make them play more and more minutes when they are more in shape. That's when things will start rolling again, it will be awesome for them and may win it all over again.

Copenhagen has tried because even qualifying ahead of Manchester United and Galatasaray is a great job because they were the team people never expected them to qualify in a group with Bayern Munich, but they are the only team in the group that held Bayern Munich draw in the group stage match which has proven to us that they deserve to qualify according to their wonderful performance.

On their match against Manchester City, I think it is almost a time for them to go home, they have tried but defeating or eliminating Manchester City will be very difficult for them even as they have a very good defensive line; they will try but Manchester City will eliminate them.

Having De Bruyne in Man City lineup for the next match will be a great advantage. De Bruyne has a big role in Man City attacking line, he is the mastermind of Man City attack. There is still a lot of time for the prepare of the next match in UCL. De Bruyne must be in the good condition anymore, so we can expect he will give his best contribution. Although Haaland will be unavailable, I think it won't be a big problem because Man City has Julián Álvarez. His quality is not so different with Haaland, Julián Álvarez even can play more aggressive.

I don't know whether it is a small chance to win again UCL trophy. But I believe Man City still has a good chance to win the UCL trophy this season. Moreover, almost all the key players of Man City are ready for the next matches. So, they can show their best for the remaining matches. Man City can do the same thing as Real Madrid every did.

I'm wondering what Arsenal will do as of this stage in the Champions League. They had a successful group stage as expected. Now I can say that they have a comfortable matchup to play against Porto as well. Because I don't believe Porto are one of the teams that can eliminate Arsenal in this tournament. Porto couldn't even beat Barcelona in the group stage. I mean that Barcelona aren't weak of course but I don't think they have played better than Arsenal at all.  

Anyway I see Arsenal in the quarter finals already to tell the truth. But they had better improve their performance more as there is some decline recently.