Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 570. (Read 141787 times)

Yes indeed, even though we admit that Copenhagen managed to prove that they could still qualify for the round of 16, beating Manchester United and Galatasaray as the previous favorite teams. But unfortunately, in the round of 16, Copenhagen will have an opponent who is certainly not an easy team because after all, Manchester City this season also has the status of defending champion. Moreover, the reality is that Manchester City is still performing well this season and therefore, of course, there is no chance for Copenhagen to beat Manchester City. In fact, I would also doubt it to hold Manchester City to a draw because yes, basically Manchester City won from all existing factors compared to Copenhagen.

Manchester City is not just the defending champions in Europe but also the champions of world as well as the champions of their own English domestic league and that goes a long way to tell how strong of a team they are. Also Manchester City is managed by
a manager that's referred by many as the best manager in modern day football and playing against a team that's managed by Pep Guardiola, it's always a difficult match for any team and Copenhagen isn't exempted.

However, I think Copenhagen's impressive performance since the start of the season in the UEFA champions league competition goes a long way to tell how good of a team they've been in the competition. Copenhagen were able to progress from a group that comprises of teams like Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Galatasaray and was able to get a draw against Bayern Munich. They know that Manchester City is a bigger club but I expect them to give their best why expecting a result against Manchester City in their round of 16 tie

Manchester City are clear favorites for the match against Copenhagen in the last 16 of the Champions League. I think everyone would admit that considering the depth of the squad as well as the experience of both teams. Pep Guardiola knows that his team are favorites against Copenhagen, but there is no reason to underestimate Copenhagen after they really made Manchester United suffer in the group stage.

You are right, Copenhagen will only have a journey in the Champions League until the round of 16, that is the big possibility. But who knows, any team still has their own chance of qualifying from one phase to the next, including Copenhagen. I back Manchester City to get to the final, but never underestimate Copenhagen who are trying to do something great.

Copenhagen will not survived first 10 minutes with Manchester City without conceding a goal. Copenhagen can be in good shape but they don't near a slight opportunity to draw Manchester City. There are some UCL fixtures that don't need any contemplating measures because we're confident on the winning team, we know how important the UEFA Champions League title is for Manchester City and they won't allow a random mediocre team to stand in their way. Every club have what is important to them abs Manchester City are held to winning the UCL title again for the second time in a row, it can be possible because they're trying with enough evidence to backup their performance.

Manchester City have good news one month left before facing Copenhagen on 16 round after their player De Bruyne return from injury, has played on last FA Cup match likely he will be in Manchester City squad for champion league knock out round match although left many days. Current condition with Manchester City just waiting with Erling Haaland recovery will make complete and perfect composition for knock out round match. I think if Manchester City has complete with their players without any injury yet easily will lead to quarter final round and Copenhagen is not difficult opponent teams for The Citizen.

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For possibilities Manchester City back to back winning Champion League seems small opportunity, has the only one team since Champion League era can win back to back is Real Madrid with three consecutives season but not close chance for Man City proof their chance to win back to back.

The group stage of the Champions League is a dull, formal game in most cases that is of no interest to anyone among fans of top teams, but it is clear that for small clubs a draw with Bayern is a historical achievement. The playoff stage is completely different. Here, surprises happen 10 times less often since every game is important, unlike the group stage where a team can secure 1st place 2 rounds before finishing and play with the second lineup.
The only thing I expect from the games between Copenhagen and City is that if the score in the first game is modest (for example, a City victory with a score of 1-0), then I will bet on the second game with a handicap of -2 goals.

True true! I think the Denmark football in general have been on a rise for a couple of years already and Copenhagen did an amazing job in UCL in my opinion and I won't be surprised if they will score at least 2 goals to City in the upcoming game. I also can't see City winning UCL back 2 back and I think they won't even reach semi-finals this year.

I also think Copenhagen did a really great work despite being the least favoured team in Group A. They played really fearlessly against all of their stronger opponents on paper. I say on paper because for example Manchester United showed a really poor performance and to be honest that performance deserved the last position. Copenhagen and Galatasaray were much more of a fighter compared to Manchester United.

Anyway when we come back to the main topic Copenhagen's job is going to be very difficult in this phase of the Champions League. Because they are about to face the biggest title favourite which is Manchester City.    This is most probably the end of the road for Copenhagen as a result.

this season's UCL, I just really hope that in the final round we will see a match between the strong team Real Madrid and Man City, whoever the winner is, but seeing both teams able to enter the final round is a satisfaction for the supporters to be able to see the hard work of the team who are trying their best to reached the highest round in this competition and even though I really like these two teams, I still hope that Real Madrid will win the title in this UCL and really hope to get the treble winner title.

at the moment it looks like Man City and Real Madrid won't be able to reach the final round too easily because currently there are 2 teams that will also be strong challengers such as Inter and Bayern Munich which currently look very strong but for me Inter is not that strong but Munich looks like it very convincing to prevent Madrid and Man City from winning the title in the UCL.
Kane is still Tuchel mainstay and as long as there is this player Bayern Munich in the UCL will continue to fight to qualify until the final round but I am sure Real Madrid will break Bayern Munich strength.

It seems that it is still too early to say that Manchester City has qualified for the quarter-finals, even though everyone knows that Manchester City is a strong team that is capable of qualifying for the next round after passing the round of 16 in the middle of next month. Copenhagen is an opponent that deserves to be taken seriously by any team, including Manchester City, because in the round of 16 all teams will play with more ability so the match will be much fiercer than what happened in the group stage.

They have been returning even played against preston except haaland. Im sure that haaland and stones will be coming later. It's caused by manchester city will be very strong with haaland and stones to play together with de bruyne. There are many people are talking about the possibility of city to win the treble winners again this season. City was still competing for EPL trophy and it's also having very good performance in UCL as well. Copenhagen will not be a tough opponent for manchester city very soon.

Im putting all of my money into the manchester city coz i believe it will be winning against copenhagen. THe odds was pretty small but since city has very big chance to win and i saw that as a guarantee for my money to generate profit for me.
Pep was feeling so happy with it caused by he was able seeing his favorite player to rejoin in the club again after he was absence for long term. It's good to see city will be back again with the full squads.

Copenhagen last season was in the same group as Man City in the UCL group stage, namely in Group G. And in Copenhagen's first meeting with Man City, the match ended with a very big score, namely 5-0, with Man City winning. And I think this time will not be much different. Namely, Man City will succeed in beating Copenhagen again very smoothly. Without any significant difficulties. Moreover, now De Bruyne has also returned to playing which will make Man City return to their best performance. Haaland is also expected to be back playing when the round of 16 starts.

But in the first leg, because Copenhagen is the host, Man City probably won't be able to score many goals. Because last season Man City was held to a draw when they came to Copenhagen headquarters. But then in the second leg Man City will go crazy in front of their own supporters.

There is no doubt that Man City will win and progress from the last 16. Because Man City definitely wants to experience lifting the same trophy as last season.

If by the time they will be playing this fixtures, halland,, de bruyne and doku is back then Copenhagen should just forget about champion league this season as that may Mark an end to their journey so far in the champions league. This trio will give the team so much advantage that most teams a Ross Europe will definitely not be able to stand them.

Copenhagen looks to me like a lucky average team who were able to get pass  the group stage of the UCL and are probably now at the round of sixteen and u fortunately for them they have been fixed against a team way much better than they are, they will look deserving to me only when they can prove it by winning Manchester or getting pas the round of sixteen, failure to do so means they got here by luck and nothing much. Manchester city will definitely not allow their self to be knocked out by Copenhagen at this stage , they are just to experienced to allow that.

The ultimate target of Manchester City is playing in the UCL final this season, they're reigning Champions and giving up is not an option for them. Pep Guardiola and his team is lucky enough to face an average side in the UCL round of 16. This EPL elite side is ready to mount their strength against there opponents. Copenhagen doesn't stand a slim chance of eliminating Manchester City in the round of 16. We're the viewers of the UEFA Champions League competition and we know the club's that would become promising and the ones that will struggle fulltime before finally getting knockout.

The big clubs should have realized that they should not underestimate the opponents they will face, because it will backfire on them. Likewise with Manchester City, they should not underestimate their opponents this time, even though the quality of their opponents is far below Manchester City.
Manchester City are the defending champions now, they definitely want to defend the title this season, they in my opinion are lucky enough to face Copenhagen in this round, this increases their chances of being in the next round.
They can't afford to miss out on a great opportunity to be in the next round, because it doesn't look like Copenhagen will be able to knock them out, yes although it could happen.

You have my support! With De Bruyne, Doku, and Haaland back, Manchester City's potential is electric. I believe they fuel the team. City becomes a powerhouse on the pitch, especially in the Champions League. Their return could change everything. De Bruyne is a force even after a long injury. His assist versus Huddersfield was a preview.

We eagerly await Haaland's return. Guardiola's cautiousness with injured players is smart. He ensures they're in top form when it counts. This method should pay dividends in the Champions League. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich should prepare for a well-stocked City.

Copenhagen players know they can not match Manchester City players shoulder-to-shoulder when they meet in the UEFA Champions League round of 16. The only advantage Copenhagen will have against Manchester City at home is that Manchester City will score them few goals.

Kelvin De Bruyne and Jeremy Doku returned to actions in Manchester City's English FA Cup game against Huddersfield last weekend and their return without doubt will boost the confidence and morale of the team because of how important and effective the Belgium internationals are to the team. Their return have raised many questions concerning Manchester City's UEFA champions league campaign and if they're going to successfully defend the title.  In my own opinion, their return I think will further increase the club's chances of retaining the UCL title because these players are quality and world class players that are capable of deciding games on their own

One other important member of the Manchester City squad is Erling Haaland but he's been out for almost a month now but hopefully, he's gonna be back to actions very soon.

As it’s now, Manchester City's performance is great, but at the same time, Copenhagen is also doing well, and I think Copenhagen are about to face the toughest team they have never played with since the beginning of the season, so therefore, I think Copenhagen will do the best they can to see that they succeed in these matches. But the problem is that Manchester City are stronger and are the favorite's, although Copenhagen are going to play at home, which may give them some confidence to concur with Manchester City. However, the Manchester City squad is fully back because their key players have resumed from injury, which makes me believe that it will be a tough game for Copenhagen given that they won’t be a challenge for Manchester City.


Many people believe that Manchester City will beat Copenhagen due to their performance, which may be true, but we should know that Copenhagen has also passed through some obstacles, even though those teams are not stronger like Manchester City, but Copenhagen may put in some energy in their play to succeed in the fact that this is round 16 and here will decide who qualifies for the quarterfinal, or so furthermore, Copenhagen are going to play at home this time around. I hope they should utilise the opportunity of being at home to bring out a positive result.

De Bruyne has tried to return to the field, making a good contribution, getting 1 assist against Huddersfield in the FA Cup competition, but for Haaland it is not yet known when he will be ready to appear again, but what is certain is that at this time Guardiola will never force players who have just recovered to participate. compete unless the player himself asks to appear and I believe that if Pep Guardiola chooses to maintain the physical condition of his mainstay players to be able to appear in the Champions League and this will be bad news for Real Madrid who are currently looking for a striker and if they fail to get a striker Of course Madrid will have difficulty competing against Manchester City because their mainstay players have started to return and Bayern Munich will also be under pressure from the return of Guardiola's mainstay players.