Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 614. (Read 141787 times)

If we relate everything, of course it will very much be related to luck. so we can't let go of luck, just like in football. however, in football there are coaches, players, tactics, strategies and systems that are applied. each team will try to do their best when playing their match. the rest, let the course of a match determine. if we refer to Inter Milan last season, they were very lucky not to meet strong opponents in the next rounds after qualifying from the group phase. the case is different with City, they have quality player resources and coincidentally City was on fire last season. it is fitting that City won the trophy with their consistency and performance at that time, and it was not just luck, but they deserved it. as for Madrid, they were defeated by City.

However, in football it is unique. things like this that we can attribute to luck, just like Inter in the group phase last season. Barcelona should be able to escape. unfortunately, with many players injured. plus, Xavi hasn't found the right pattern format yet. so, they had difficulties and even had difficulties against Inter Milan. by the way, this season, several teams are still being looked at as strong contenders to win the Champions League trophy. like Madrid, one of them, City, the representative from England, Munich with Kane. and perhaps, there could be surprises presented by this competition from round to round until the final match. Well, let's just enjoy every match that is presented, especially for this round of 16 match.

Barcelona has inconsistent performance on last several matches group phase although qualify as first standings position place, against Napoli on 16 round is not easy for them after poor performance not only in Champion League but also in La Liga. Napoli have difference level performance when playing in domestic league or Champion League although their performance not quit well in Serie A seems they will try to get higher round in Champion League by defeating Barcelona.
Barcelona faced problem with key players have injury, although winter transfer window opening few days later less financial support from management Xavi Hernandez difficult find replacement for some position with his players injury.

I agree with you. This match is going to be very competitive. Atletico Madrid's squad is very strong this season. Atlético Madrid in particular have a lot of talented players in attack. Madrid have talented players like Griezmann, Depay, Correa and Morata. These players are capable of breaking any team's defense. However, Atletico Madrid's defense is a bit weaker than Inter Milan's. If Inter coach Simone Inzaghi is able to find weaknesses in Atletico Madrid's defence, Inter Milan's chances of victory will increase. Atlético Madrid, on the other hand, will definitely try their best to qualify for the quarter-finals.

We never know which players will miss the first match of the round of 16 between Inter vs Atletico Madrid. Both teams have several games in different competitions before the first leg, so both teams may still be missing some key players due to injury or something similar.

Inter, who ended last season as runners up, are a strong team, so maybe they will take advantage of their home game to win and try to maintain it in the second leg at Civitas Metropolitan Stadium. However, considering Atletico Madrid's progress in the group stage, I think they also have the opportunity to qualify for the next round by eliminating Inter.

I am sure that Inter got to the final last season not because of luck. Maybe Manchester City were really lucky to win the final, but Inter didn't randomly beat other clubs but failed to win the final. They look a lot more confident this season.

I think that Atletico Madrid are strong enough to eliminate one of the teams played in the finale of the previous season. Inter are still an impressive team which I must absolutely admit. Lautaro Martinez looks much stronger and more effective with his scoring capabilities this season. He is a deadly scorer for Inter now so one of Atletico Madrid's priorities must be to defend him as strong as possible.

But even if they become successful on this task Inter still have other really effective cards in their hand like Hakan Calhanoglu, Barella, Thuram and so on.    I don't think Atletico Madrid would lose to them in Spain but they will need to fight really hard for a good result in Italy to be able to finish the job home later on.

Italian's this season are extraordinary, now to narrow it down, Inter Milan remains the best attacking side from that league and they finished as second runners up for the Champions League last season I believe they'll want to impress but Diego Simeone and his side are always stubborn.

Inter Milan has a better chance of winning the Scudetto Competition at the end of the season. It's not certain for Atletico Madrid since they've Girona and Real Madrid dominating.

The match between Napoli and Barcelona is the only match in the Round of 16 which will be a 50-50 chance. I mean look at both of them, Barcelona are struggling in their own league. La Liga’s bottom team is Almeria and Barcelona won against them barely with a score of 3-2. Forwards and Defence have problems in their squad. Lewandsonksi is not doing good either. They are financially not doing well either. They could have improved their squad in the January transfer market but considering their financial situation they wouldn't.

On the other hand, Napoli is also struggling. Recently lost against Napoli and are sitting in the 7th position of Serie A. They are struggling just like Barcelona and they are nowhere near their last season performance. So it will be a clear 50-50 chance between them. Either they are going to lose against their next opponent I believe.

Maybe at the start of the campaign last season, nobody would have predicted that Inter Milan would make it to the CL final, but after the RO16, it became possible because of the teams they were paired against, en route to the final. Inter faced Benfica in the QF and AC Milan in the semifinal, these are teams they can beat and they did, but they couldn't beat City in the final because they are a far stronger team.

It is possible that we see another underdog in the final this season, in the CL anything can happen and every game is tough. I expect upsets to happen and the teams everybody overlooked, to go pretty far. We'd see how things pan out.

Without luck it's bullshit. Several teams that reached the Champions League final including Real Madrid because to luck. In one season, Real Madrid lost in the first leg in the knockout round, but they were always able to come back when they played at home in the second leg to reach the final. Isn't that luck other than just hard work and team ability?

Something like that never happens every season to the same team, in fact last season Real Madrid had to admit defeat to Manchester City until Manchester City finally won its first title in the Champions League. Luck is part of the result of a game, this includes sports and whatever you do.

Luck is something we can't put out as it has its role it plays generally in life and for you to be lucky you have to be prepared because lucky usually becomes a good one only when it meets preparations, if you aren't prepared and you get lucky definitely it will make almost no impact on you or your skill and what ever it is you were doing.

The place of preparation and skills is what takes place when football teams and players make transfers ,buy players and train so they get prepared and ready to be lucky because if they don't do any of these even if they were to be lucky they wouldn't be winners because their opponent were prepared, luck comes to those who are prepared a d are in the best position to be lucky, you don't typically just get lucky and find yourself in the finals, you literally get prepared for it and keep yourself at an advantage to winning.

As much as Inter Milan are currently in great form, Atletico Madrid are also playing impressively well now and the clash between them won’t be an easy one for either team. The match is amongst the biggest matches to be played in the round of 16 games in which the winner that will advance to the next round cannot be easily determined. I am not siding any team or given any of them an higher odd over the other, all I can say is that the two teams will give each other tough time for one to advance to the quarterfinals of the champions league match.

This year, Inter is playing like a destroyer that can destroy any team. They are like this in both Serie A and UCL. Atlético Madrid, on the other hand, continues to be very unstable this year. They fell short of expectations both in the league and in the UCL. When we think of it this way, I think the team closest to passing the round will be Inter.

Well as far as am concerned luck is always a factor when it comes to football but in most cases it usually doesn't come while sometimes the unexpected happens in the so called final games between the two last teams and sometimes the team we expect to be in the finals are not always the teams that makes it to the final and in such cases we might called it that the actual team was actually lucky.

I don't think the match against Napoli is actually going to be easy for Barcelona to be honest. Barcelona has been facing a good amount of problems this season. Napoli also has not been the best of teams lately but the thing is Barcelona also has a lot of injury problems as well. Actually, both of them are going through the same kind of problems, to be honest now that I think about it. Both of them have to defend the league title and both also have to do very well in the Champions League as well. And both have the same kind of problems except for the fact that Barca has a few injuries. Barca is falling off in the La Liga pretty badly, to be honest. So I also think Barcelona might think about giving the La Liga a better chance instead of the UCL. Anyway, I think the match against Napoli is going to be competitive.

In my consideration about Inter and Atletico, it seems that Inter and Atletico have qualities that are not much different and thus, at least Inter and Atletico still have a chance to qualify too. Although it is true, there will be a transfer window in January but ya, I think bringing in new players and perhaps some old players leaving will also have an impact on the team's performance and does not guarantee that it will be completely better.

After all, basically Inter and Atletico are top teams so of course, no one is really guaranteed to qualify because it would be very inappropriate if we underestimated one of them. After all, Inter and Atletico are also both focused on their respective league standings, so basically their situations are not much different.

I wouldn't say there's any luck in the Champions League, especially if we're talking about the final match. Although I thought Real Madrid and Manchester City would play in the final. And I didn't think that Inter would play in the final. Maybe this year someone can surprise me too.

It's true that Inter Milan were quite lucky last season. However, this season Inter Milan is stronger and more organized than the previous season. And I am quite optimistic about Inter Milan's performance in this year's Champions League. Inter Milan will face Atletico Madrid in the knockout round. Atletico Madrid is a strong team but their performance is quite erratic. I think we will see the dominance of Inter Milan in the round of 16. And it's no surprise that this team qualified for the finals. Inter Milan have this ability this season. Their key player Martinez is in excellent form.

Yes, Inter Milan could repeat what they did last season. Last season they were not so promising, but unexpectedly they were able to reach the final match, and in that match they also did not disappoint because they could fight Manchester City with good resistance. This season they are more promising than last season and to be honest they have a chance to be in the final again. But it's not as easy as one might think, because the Champions League always features surprising games. Moreover, their opponents in the Champions League are not weak clubs, they are all favorites and when they enter the knockout phase then their level increases even more.

This is the only good game in the round of 16 in this champions League, if you ask me the winner of this leg can be one of the potential candidates to reach the final at least, Inter reached last year, but i think it was more a luck draft than a good team.