Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 621. (Read 141787 times)

you were right Leipzig are in good form at the moment. They have performed well in the Champions League and now Leipzig are performing well in the Bundesliga. The team is currently fourth in the Bundesliga table.

Although Real Madrid is a very strong team, it will not be easy for them to win against Leipzig. Leipzig's defense is strong. On the other hand, Madrid's attacking performance is not good. Vini and Rodrygo's performance cannot be trusted. This is why Madrid has the possibility of losing against Leipzig. But Madrid coach Ancelotti is very experienced. He will certainly take the necessary steps to win against Leipzig. But the match will be very competitive. We will not only see Madrid's dominance.

Real Madrid will face Bundelsiga club Leipzig. This will be an interesting encounter, as Leipzig are also one of the good clubs in the Champions League. They can qualify for the round of 16 with 4 wins and 2 defeats, it's not a bad record and both defeats they got when dealing with Manchetser City which is the first favorite in the group they occupy.
Real Madrid will have to be careful with this club as they could spring a surprise on them. In the first match, Leipzig will act as the host, surely they will take advantage of this match to facilitate them when playing in the second match later. Their target is a victory so that later they only need to win a draw. That is a realistic way to go in a knockout round like this.

Real Sociedad performed very well in every match of the Champions League group stage. Real Sociedad has not lost a single match. The team has won three and drawn three matches. However, Sociedad's overall condition is not good this season. We haven't seen a good performance from Real Sociedad in La Liga. However, they lost only three matches. Real Sociedad aim to secure 1 point with a draw. This is why it is not going to be very easy for PSG to win against Sociedad. But the first leg match is PSG's home match. If PSG can secure 3 points in the home match, it will be easy for them to qualify for the quarter finals. PSG's defense must be strong if they want to win against Sociedad.

PSG has a better chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals than Real Sociedad. I'm not underestimating Sociedad, but based on the depth of the squad between the two teams, I think PSG is better prepared to win the match and qualify for the quarter-finals. Real Sociedad's performance this season is very good, but I somehow believe that Real Sociedad's journey in the Champions League this season will only reach the round of 16 after being drawn to PSG as their opponent.

To be honest, I don't really care who will qualify from the match, but based on the data and several considerations, I support PSG to qualify for the next round. They have quality in their players, they also have good experience in the Champions League from their coach.

In my opinion, Barcelona is still one of the clubs challenging for the title in La Liga, Xavi still has the opportunity to improve the situation and get back on track. A difference of 7 points from the current leaders of Madrid and Girona still makes sense to pursue, because there are 20 remaining matches in the future, which means that Barcelona still has a big chance of competing and defending the title. Firing Xavi is not the right solution, and I think Barcelona management will think many times if they want to do it. I think Xavi only leaves when his contract ends, if the club officials want to fire him early then they have to prepare some compensation money. We know that Barcelona is being hit by a financial crisis, so as I said they have to think a lot about sacking Xavi.

It is not easy to create consistency every season, we can see similar situations experienced by several defending champions in other domestic leagues. Man City in the EPL, Bayern Munchen in the Bundesliga, Napoli in Serie A, and PSG in Ligue 1. I see they also experience ups and downs in performance, I really understand the competitive level of the League or something like that, I think the situation that is happening to Barcelona now is a condition that is still understandable.

Xavi Hernandez would be replaced if he no longer fit tall to become one of the most important promising coach for Barcelona this season. Barcelona declined in performance have become one of the very crucial aspects of the club. No one would vouch for a club like Barcelona to regained solidable form this season, instead they will become pained in league matches, nothing to proof other than mere focuses and directions which at the end of the day, no one could end the losing drought for Barcelona but they can be able to nailed strict rules for the purpose to push them to good heights in La Liga.

The problem of Barcelona is inability to know their weakness and their strength. Xavi is a very good coach and we must surely give him his accolade when he took up the mantle of leadership in the Barcelona team, that was a point that coaches were afraid to take up that responsibility. We all can attest that during that period of time Barcelona was not only down in administrative structure but they were having financial crisis.

Since after Xavi became the coach of Barcelona he proved himself in the locally and was able to become a champion and it became his favorite to beat Real Madrid at some points. However his biggest challenge has been the European competition, severally and it did not work out. Instead of him to continue with his local good performance he traded it for European glory now both the local and European glory is nowhere to be found.

Well, let's see what moves Xavi will make for the Barcelona squad in the January transfer window because ya, with the financial problems that Barcelona still experiencing it will certainly make it difficult for Xavi to be able to restore Barcelona quickly. Also, although last season Barcelona won the La Liga title but still, the results obtained by Barcelona over the past two seasons in the Champions League and in the Europa League are poor.

Moreover, this season Barcelona had poor results in La Liga as well and of course, this kind of performance also remains difficult for Barcelona in the Champions League. It does not matter, if for example maybe Barcelona this season is more focused on the Champions League because ya, basically Barcelona still has problems and has an adverse impact on their performance also this season maybe in all competitions.

Real Madrid is the biggest team in the football world and they expect to win everything they can. Real Madrid is a team which wants to be at the top of the league every time. They are going to be wanting to be consistent in every department. But last season they fumbled due to a lack of good players and players losing form.

Real Madrid got that self-confidence which always pushes them forward. I mean if you are a big team you are always expected to win and be consistent. Girona probably for the first time in their club history, they are doing this good in after 18 matches of season have played. Don't get me wrong but they are a small team compared to the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, and others. What they have achieved this season so far is nothing less than impressive but they also need to be consistent. The problem with the small teams is that they struggle to be consistent and for Real Madrid that is not a problem.

Barcelona is struggling really bad both financially and on the field as well. Nothing is going right for them and they won their last La Liga match barely against Almeria which is the lowest team in La Liga table. Lewandowski is out of touch, they have problems in forwards and defense. They need to fix these problems ASAP if they don’t want to be out of the top 4 at this moment.

If European competition will pay well than the La Liga, maybe they will want to sacrifice it for it and if they need the European competition trophy more than the La Liga trophy, they will also want to go for it than going for the La Liga trophy. If it is the champions league, I rate them on equals with the league trophies but although they differ from different leagues. They need to focus on one of the competition if they cannot keep up with the both.


Barcelona don’t seem to have the ability to fight for this two competitions this season, they should focus on one for now and if they should, it should be the La Liga title. The caliber of teams and their performance currently in the champions league don’t look like they will give them a chance there. But in La Liga, they can fight for it like they did in the previous season.

Let's put aside talking about fighting for champions this season in the Champions League or La Liga, because Barcelona's declining performance this season has disappointed everyone, especially their fans from several seasons ago who performed inconsistently, but even so they were still able to become champions. Last season's LaLiga, this year Xavi Hernandez's troops really lost their way in the League and Europa League, sometimes they still have difficulty maintaining concentration in each match. At least there is an improvement in Barcelona's squad this season so that it returns to the right direction and focuses on winning. any championship...

It doesn't seem like Barcelona is sacrificing domestic performance for glory in the Champions League because in the Champions League there are still many strong teams where it is still not certain for Barcelona to be completely successful. So Barcelona still has to play quite seriously in its domestic league so as not to be far behind some of its rivals there, but what has been seen so far is the actual reality which is not a deliberate sacrifice by Barcelona.

Barcelona's skills are not doubted by most people, but everyone has also seen the true reality this season where Barcelona is starting to fall behind and there is a possibility that it will be difficult to win in the Champions League even though Barcelona wants to make the Champions League their priority this season very well.

Indeed, this will not be separated from the existing assessment and it will also be quite troublesome if Arsenal's new players will have difficulty adapting to their teammates. But that is not an excuse and they have to keep doing it, at least they don't lack player options when there is a problem with the main players.

As one of the teams that is favored to be a challenger in the Champions League this season, of course they don't want to show a modest game and at least being able to reach the quarterfinals is a very good achievement for Arsenal in the Champions League this season. They can try again next season and they will never miss the Champions League zone with the current squad because the depth of the squad is felt to be able to handle this.

Barcelona's poor performance was also caused by several of their mainstay players having been injured alternately since last month. This has a big influence on their own performance. Both in the domestic league and in the UCL. Because it is true that Xavi seems to be prioritizing the UCL this season. But I'm sure he also doesn't want Barcelona to get bad results in Laliga. But Barcelona has actually gotten a little worse lately. And indeed not only in Laliga but also in UCL. Like in their last match in the group stage yesterday.

But maybe when the round of 16 starts then the Barcelona squad will return to their best performance. Because Xavi seems to really want to achieve success at UCL. After last season, Xavi succeeded in making Barcelona win the title in Laliga. So it's time for him to also make history at UCL.

Barcelona's performances have been somewhat erratic this season. But there is no reason to think this group is weak. And I think Barcelona have the ability to win the Champions League title. A few years ago we saw the Chelsea team win the Champions League title. But no one considers the Chelsea team as favorites for the Champions League. They still managed to win the Champions League title.

Barcelona will face Napoli in the knockout round. Barcelona's fortunes are quite good, as Napoli are also not in good form. In this match, the Barcelona team is considered to be the favorite. If Barcelona can keep their defense strong, it will be easy for them to win against the Napoli team. However, if the defenders do not perform well, Barcelona have a big chance of losing against Napoli.

I don't think so, but indeed their performance is not so good this season with all the problems they have and that does not happen in the La Liga match alone, if we pay close attention to the actual performance of Barcelona in the UCL match is also not so good it's just that they are a little lucky Join the team that is not so strong in the group phase.

The balance will definitely be carried out by a team if they have good strength and performance in the team but with Barcelona's condition like now, they are almost impossible to be able to do that, this is purely a decline in performance from them not because of priority.

Im scared about Barcelona's season. Last year, their emphasis on La Liga paid off, but this year, their Champions League goals seem to be stretching them. Due to this, their La Liga performance has suffered. The team's fluctuating outcomes reflect its divided energy and resources. Do they sacrifice domestic performance for European glory?

They should balance, in my opinion. Barcelona must meet high standards due to its La Liga and Champions League heritage. Managing these competitions is difficult, but a top club can do it. Strategy and prioritisation are needed, but they have the skill.

Agree, in fact I think La Liga clubs are full of surprises, that's why now La Liga representatives in the last 16 of the UCL are dominating, which indicates that La Liga clubs have a pretty troublesome game mentality. Successfully becoming group champions for Real Sociedad is an extraordinary achievement at the start of its journey. If I were Enrique then there would be no reason not to underestimate Real Sociedad, even though in the Domestic League they are ranked 6th in the standings, that doesn't mean PSG can easily beat this club. In my opinion, on the contrary Real Sociedad could be PSG nightmare to advance further in the Champions League.

Yes, it’s not bad to add in new players to the team especially as at half of the season. But for this type of quality team, I think the addition won’t be much of a deal because they already got quality players on ground who can help this new players settle down, however I feel he might have learnt from his past experience and needs to prepare well this season that's why adding players to the squad is needed.

 Because, Arteta knows what he passed through last season towards the end of the league, especially as he lost the league due to squad depth. Right now, Arsenal are in over 3 competitions which they’re chasing dearly and they wouldn’t want to slip at any point. Arsenal is a big team, and yes, they’ll be able to help the players settle in and it’ll help by rotation of players.

This is the reason Real Madrid are called the galaticos, their team is not just made of players with talent but quality with winning mentality and unity, they are constantly improving and can never get tired of winning trophies but I guess in a nutshell all this might be from the hard work of Florentino Pérez, he is like the club owner every fan would want and with a good coach Madrid will always strive for the best just as we see currently though they are having injury crisis that haven't affected their form and somehow most people fail to see this because they always turn up well.