Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 630. (Read 141787 times)

Erling Haaland, Doku and Rodri are all overworked you feel me? But they don't pick up these injuries just like Kevin De Bruyne. Last season he was also absent but thanks to the availability of IIkay Gundogan, Bernado Silva and Mahrez who made sure of creativity within the club. This is my opinion on the Belgian International. City would not want that though, they're a side with lots of funds to get a replacement for him. Absurd? Say whatever you like, that's your opinion.

Go check how these players get Injured and compare you man with em. Kevin De Bruyne Injury alone affects the club and everything. I don't have lots to saay.

PSG are just very lucky that they have one of the most comfortable draws in this stage. However Real Sociedad are still a team not to be underestimated. Because they finished their group as the leader and there was Inter in that group as well. Inter are currently performing much better than PSG in the Champions League.

Therefore PSG had better get well-prepared for this matchup. Otherwise I won't be surprised to see them being eliminated. In the end PSG were nearly finding themselves in the Europa League if it weren't for Milan's comeback against Newcastle. 

Hm this is tricky, I think in a fierce match against the top two or top three teams in the Champions League, the difference in playing with or without Lautaro Martinez would be pretty huge. He has a certain presence and he can influence the game just by being part of the team. I wouldn't compare him to Mbappe, but PSG without Mbappe is totally different from the PSG with Mbappe even if he were not to score. It doesn't matter whether he scores, but the opponent would be forced to take care of him all the time. With the stats that Lautaro Martinez has, every other team knows that you can't lose sight of him during the game and that alone has an effect.

Yeah you actually have a point because in most cases if a player stayed this long on injury is very certain that his performance will be seriously affected and going back to his previous performance will be very difficult and when everybody realizes that he is no longer performing the way he use to, it will affect his worth, so just like you said the best way now is to sell Kevin de Bruyne because nobody knows how he is going to perform, well I believe that Pep Guardiola knows exactly what he is doing so I believe he has a plan or perhaps Kelvin de Bruyne first day of the match after recovery will determine if actually he is going to stay on Manchester City or he going to be sold, so I think that's what Pep Guardiola is trying to evaluate before making any decision because he knows how important Kelvin de Bruyne is on Manchester City, so hopefully Kelvin de Bruyne may likely come back fully on January so let's see how his performance will be.

Dortmund may not be great at Bundesliga, but when it comes to UCL things change, and teams do not play the same. I mean Sevilla won the whole europa cup last season while finishing the league 12th, and that was barely, at one point they were fighting against relegation, so it's clear that it is not going to be all that easy.

I do understand that we are not going to see Dortmund that dominating, or maybe I could be wrong and they could lose too, but it won't be because they played badly at bundesliga. Teams could play bad for a season but have a few good games and those games could mean a lot if they come at the right time. They failed to build a good team this season that much is obvious and that is causing them to have some trouble of course.

The coach will think about it and anticipate it, but the problem is whether what they have prepared can work well or not. The fact is that some clubs also experience difficulties when they have to play without their mainstay players even if only one player is absent. There needs to be a balance between the main players and the reserve players, and what I see now is where the reserve players have not been able to provide something good when they have to replace the role of the main players.
I'm not going to blame them, because the lack of minutes they get will also affect their performance. And I think there are very few options, because great players will definitely not want to be on the bench and just be a coating. in this case the touch of the game must be maintained, one of which is by rotating players.

These injuries are due to them being overworked due to the current schedule. They have games after games, International matches, Cup matches and European League matches if you are from a good team, which Kevin De Bruyne is. Oluwa-btc, So you saying Kevin De Bruyne should be sold is literally absurd. Due to him being injured, Manchester City is really struggling. He, Rodri, and Haaland are the 3 key players I see in Manchester City's squad right now.

So many teams are currently suffering due to a big injury list, Real Madrid, Manchester United and so many more. Some players are injury prone and these tough schedules just multiplies chances of them getting injured. So a team should have a backup ready for the key players just in case they get injured and should be rested properly for the big matches to come.

I didn't say I was sure of anything mate. It is just a prediction of mine to see Real Madrid and Manchester City playing against each other in the finale. It wouldn't be surprising as both of them are top contenders for the Champions League title in the end.    But we will see. For example last season there was an Inter - Manchester City finale so we never know.

But it is more enjoyable to watch the biggest contenders in the finale as those games are generally ending up with many goals also. 

The finale between Inter and Manchester City wasn't like that because of especially Inter's playing style.

A player like Kevin De Bruyne should also be sold out of Manchester City, he be picking all of these injuries and it's been affecting his game and also his value of and on the pitch. He should be sold out now when they have his value high. A move to one of the Saudi Arabian Premier League would make perfect sense honestly.

Secondly should be Recce James, he's already had too much injuries, Chelsea should sell him off and make good profit from his sale. Both Real Madrid and Manchester City are both after him. They fail to do that and he'll have no value in the nearest future. Pep Guardiola should already lining up names who could possibly replace him.

Playing a key player like Lautaro Martinez, and not replacing him until extra time in the Coppa Italia against Bologna was clearly a mistake. Inzaghi should have been more concerned about his fitness or substituting him to prevent injury and even worse, Inter still Lost in that match. At the moment, it's still uncertain how long Lautaro Martinez will have to recover and yes, it's definitely not a good situation for Inter.

But yes, it is hoped that Lautaro Martinez can recover faster because after all, the reality is that Inter also has several players who are also injured. Therefore, if Lautaro Martinez does not recover quickly then yes, at least it will be difficult for Inter to get maximum results in the next matches when playing against other top teams later, especially in this Champions League.

The match versus Atletico Madrid will take place in February, reportedly Martinez will be available again in early January. If he recovers quickly, this will be good news for Inzaghi, and all the people who support Inter Milan. Martinez role on the front line deserves appreciation, he is the backbone of Inter Milan goal productivity this season. Of course, his presence in the main squad makes a difference, especially since Atletico Madrid is not an easy team to beat.

The mentality possessed by Inter Milan in their capacity as runners up last season put them slightly ahead, even though they did not qualify as winners of the group and previous round. I think the match between Inter Milan versus Atletico Madrid is worth waiting for, because it brings together teams that have balanced strengths.

All teams manager have prepare with their squad for facing bad thing exactly main players injury, its very important how to manage teams keep balance level performance between regular and reserves players. I think Simone Inzaghi have alternative scheme when Lutaro Martinez get injury because still has Marcus Thuram with performance almost on the level with Martinez.
Learning from Pep guardiola when De Bruyne injury can manage well Manchester City performance in champion league by giving chance to other player fill in attacking midfielder and give good contributing help Manchester City qualify to of 16 round.

At the last meeting of Barcelona and Napoli, Barcelona had a successful winning both home and away against Napoli. But this season, the way Barcelona ended their Uefa Champions League group stage shows that their performance has dropped to where they find it hard to win their matches. If Barcelona's performance doesn't improve history will not repeat itself against Napoli.

I think this is something that no team wants. Injuries to key players have a very negative impact on the team's performance, especially if it is an elite level competition such as the Champions League. This is the same as the injuries to Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne at City which will cause their performance to decline drastically. Inter have to face Atletico which is of course a difficult match. It will be interesting to see how Inzaghi will strategize to deal with this problem.

Inter Milan head coach Simone Inzaghi have confirmed with Lutaro Martinez absent on upcoming Serie A match when Inter Milan against Lecce and Inzaghi have called youth primavera players Amadou Sarr for joining to main squad against for match against Lecce. Personally its good side with Lutaro Martinez injured because he get many time getting rest after filling regular position on every Inter Milan match and Champion League round of 16 will play two months later he has time recovery as soon possible.

Champion League match still have many days left and some European players get faster recovery from their injury, however not official announce with Lutaro Martinez with serious injury and likely he will be ready against Atletico Madrid.

Some of the clubs you mentioned to enter the quarter-finals make a lot of sense, but I have doubts about Dortmund because even though they are performing very well, it seems like the players readiness is very lacking and they might have difficulty in the last 16 because the competition will be even more competitive in the last 16 even PSG and Napoli are the clubs that will prevent big clubs from qualifying for the quarter-finals.
Inter Milan is actually one of the suitable candidates to enter the quarter-finals because last season Inter was able to qualify for the finals and try to repeat this history even though it would be very difficult, but I would agree more if Dortmund were replaced by Inter Milan.


In fact, Barcelona, if this club had quality players without financial problems, I'm sure Barcelona would also be very suitable to be able to continue the match until the next round, but unfortunately Barcelona in the round of 16 seems to be having a very difficult time competing with other strong clubs.

Football is a team game, not an individual game. Harry Kane did perform well with Bayern Munich in his first season, in the Champions League he has packed 4 goals and 3 assists, it is a good contribution from a total of 12 goals that Bayern Munich has created in the Champions League. In the Bundesliga, he also scored 21 goals in the 15 matches he played. But in the group stage they do not have significant pressure, because the 3 teams in the same group with them are experiencing difficult situations. Manchester United, which is predicted to be their main competitor, is also at the bottom of the table. The real test will come after passing the round of 16 in my opinion, because in the round of 16 I still trust them.

Being in the toughest group in the Champions League this season to win the group with 11 points from 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is a good record for Borussia Dortmund. Their performance is very different in the Champions League and for the Bundesliga their performance is not very good. But to compare with other teams as you mentioned, I personally still can't do it. Not without reason, the article they became one of the teams that might be arguably inconsistent when in the Champions League.
PSV will be their opponent in the round of 16, it could be a stumbling block for them too.

Losing him in the big match will become a big blow for club. In fact, martinez is playing the most important role. The club cannot rely on thuram. he is still performing so badly and he was also rarely scoring against any team.
Laurato martinez still becomes a key to win the game. I remind you that lautaro has been helping intermilan to play in the UCL final last season. Lautaro has learned a lot from his mistake and he tried to perform better by learning past experience.
I have seen some members above were saying if lautaro will be out for some weeks. I hope that's true or it's gonna be another disaster for intermilan.

The club sees him as someone who consistently scoring in any game. That's why lautaro is the top scorer in serie a this time. His instinct as a striker helped him a lot to score as many as possible against its opponent.
The loss in copa italia seems to give him a lot of lessons. Im also seeing this as a strong reason to keep him much longer in the club. Intermilan didn't have someone like him.
Im not sure if simeone will rely upon thuram when lautaro was injury.

Yes to every advantage there’s always one major disadvantage and we can see that in the strengths ad weaknesses of these teams to play each other in the UCL Round of 16. Napoli this season are of the average and we can say almost same for Barcelona especially as they lost most of their players due to injury, which has caused their major problems lately.

Now for this fixture, I think I’ll give Napoli the upper hands because they’re one team that have the determination. Yes, Barcelona have the experience but not with most of these their current squad. For this fixture, I think the major fare will be decided from the very first leg and who defends pretty well and for that I see Napoli going through because of some errors the Barcelona defense has made this season already, coupled with lack of creativity in their final third lately.

If so then automatically Leipzig, Lazio, Copenhagen, PSV and Porto will have to be eliminated early, which sounds reasonable because they have tougher opponents. While the other 6 contestants are considered to have equal strength, in fact if you look closely PSG, Inter and Barcelona have the same prospects of continuing their progress to the quarter finals. This is just an initial prediction and things could change drastically by February, it is believed that several teams will improve their squad by being active in the January transfer market.

Regarding surprises, I think it is very understandable, because factors such as injuries are very unpredictable and affect performance. Teams that are more favored could be eliminated early, there are no guarantees even though they have good squad depth. All clubs struggled to reach the final round, but only the two best and luckiest clubs were there.