Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 687. (Read 141787 times)

Seems like you didn't see the game at all, you was only judging from the statistics.  Lens defended and attacked in front of the home fans and impressed them very well. Trying to be too careful made them defending too much. Anyways the first penalty was well awarded. The official took a good decision.
Right after that goal, Sevilla attacked from left to right until they got the penalty awarded. Sergio Ramos failed to score the first one though.

I'm proud of Lens for holding down Sevilla, otherwise, there'll be problem in Europa League because the specialist of that Competition arrived. The lead was a mistake from one of Sevilla's defending players who held onto the ball for too long. You could see the disappointed looks all over thr faces of Sevilla player's.

That's game between Galatasaray'and Copenhagen is a very daisy game that both team having same 5points in the group will be playing with so much carefulness to avoid making a costly mistake that will give an hedge to their opponent over them because the result of the game at the end of the full time will determine who will qualify along side Bayern Munich who are already with 13poimts  to round of 16.
About that of Manchester united vs Bayern, it's quite obvious that Bayern has nothing to lose in that game whatever the result would be at the end they have already qualified by current points, but based on the poor form and inconsistency of Manchester united team I don't think they will be capable to force Bayern to surrender that crucial 3poimts  to them at Old Trafford tonight. Am looking at that game ending draw.

Why do you say so , the said Bayern Munich don't have anything they are playing for as they have already qualified will even finish on top of the group so I think Manchester united will have an advantage but the issue is that Manchester united themselves are found throwing away Golden chances. I would like to think  that they can manage their chances this night as Bayern also suffered a heavy loss and would demoralized.

Bayern play with their best team, also Musiala is back in the starting line-up. But Bayern Munich dont have to win today, they can play without pressure. Manchester United are different, they have to win and that will be difficult. There were 7 goals in the first game, that was super entertaining. And Today, how longer the game goes on, the more offensive United will be and then the goals will come, maybe not until the 60th minute. I would bet on Kane scoring today.

Hope punters and sports fanatics around the world weren't expecting big results from teams like Arsenal who have already qualified  and secured that top spot regardless of a win or lose and such games are all for formalitie sake and wouldn't waste time watching such matches...

On the other hand a game I would recommend watching today is Manchester United facing Bayern Munich or Galatasaray vs Copenhagen as these games haven't been decided on who qualifies or not besides Bayern... and with one spot to go for one of the biggest  football competitions we should expect some fireworks as the 3 teams fight for the last spot and am rooting for a winner to come from either Galatasaray or Copenhagen...

The remaining two teams line up :

Manchester United XI vs. Bayern: Onana, Dalot, Maguire, Varane, Shaw, Amrabat, McTominay, Fernandes, Antony, Hojlund, Garnacho.

Bayern Munich XI: Neuer, Mazraoui, Upamecano, Kim, Davies, Goretzka, Kimmich, Coman, Musiala, Sané, Kane.

Finally Arsenal and PSV through to the Round of 16 while Lens qualify for the Europa League play-off round and Sevilla finish last in the group. Now the Europa champion are eliminated, but congratulations to Sergio Ramos becomes he is the only defender with the most goals in Champions League history with 17 goals.

I can't see how Manchester can even save themself this evening against Bayern.

They need points or they will be not even in Europa League cup

I hope everything will be on Galatasaray's favor today. It's not impossible for Galatasaray to go through, but they really need to make a hard effort and beat Copenhag. On the other hand, Bayern will win the match easily against Manchester.

Arsenal are already safe and have advanced to the next stage so there was need to stress much out in the match when they are about to face Brighton and Liverpool in Premier League soon. Arsenal did well given their lineup but I am sure Arsenal would have totally dominated the game if they had rolled out their first team faces for the match. PSV on other hand had to win the match or draw to qualify and they did. Yeah PSV had good stats and tried their hard but in the end they got what they wanted even though they got only 1 point out of it.

Bayern München is guaranteed to come out as the leader in Group A, but the other 3 teams also have a chance to come in second. With the matches to be played today, every team can be 2nd or last. That's why the most difficult matches to predict are those in this group.
Manchester United is playing at home. This is an advantage for them. Bayern München doesn't need to make extra effort since they are already the leader, and this is the second advantage. Bayern conceded 5 goals in their last league match and were shocked. I don't know whether this is an advantage or a disadvantage for Manchester United. Because the team may react and play to win this match for the fans even though they don't need to win. This doesn't suit Manchester United.
Bayern is stronger in terms of squad, while Manchester United is getting unbalanced results. In one match they play very well, in another match they forget who they are. Onana looks like a terrible goalkeeper. Höjlund couldn't score any goals in the league, but he plays differently in the Champions League, scoring 5 goals. He will be the striker again today. Garnacho, McTominay and Fernandes are important weapons, but Manchester United is having a hard time scoring goals. Despite everything, I see Bayern one step ahead tonight.

It is very difficult to make predictions about this match. Bayern Munich team is much stronger and stable than Manchester United. However, Bayern Munich suffered a humiliating 5-1 defeat against Frankfurt in their last match in the Bundesliga. So beating Bayern Munich is not impossible. But Manchester United's performance is also very weak. Coach Ten Hag has completely failed to stabilize this team. Manchester United is not able to do well even against the weak teams of the Premier League. However, even if Munich did not do well in the last match, I would consider Bayern Munich as the favorite in this match. And decided to bet Bayern Munich to win. My guess is Bayern Munich will win 3-1 today.

Arsenal knew that PSV is always a tough team that are very hard to win while playing at home, they both met in the Europa League last season, therefore, this draw is not a big deal for Arsenal because once I saw the line up, I expected such result because Arsenal rested almost all their first team players to give others a Champions League appearance before the end of the group stage because that will be the only chance as other stages are always tough.

Now that the group B matches are complete, Arsenal and PSV qualified for the round of sixteen, while Lense qualified for the Europa League by sending Sevilla home. As expected from the beginning of the group stage matches, if it happened that way, Sevilla would have been eliminated instead of going to the Europa League.

Tonight, Munich and United will go on in the final group clash in the UCL. Both teams lost their last domestic league games and so they'd be coming to the game with thesame mindset. For Bayern, they won't want to loose to United again after their last losses inasmuch as they've been able to scale through to the next round of the tournament from the result of other games and for United, they've got their tournament race to fight for. They have to strive to win while hoping that the result of Galatasaray and Copenhagen end in their favor.

 Of the two teams, Bayern Munich is a better side even though the odds given for the game are almost the same, this only means that both teams have the same percentage of chance to winning the game.  Man United have a lot at stake in the game and they won't want to take chances too adding to the fact that they'd be playing at home, they ought to have better advantage to the game too but as football has always been, anything should be expected as an outcome of the game.

I must say this game has been disappointing for me as the much expected flair I was hoping for in this game didn't actually came to realization and it was a bit boring as the game ended a 1 all draw . Well for arsenal they would consider this a good result as they have already qualified. At the end of this game,  draw was too obvious as both teams are not too desperate to secure the three points.

Asernal being away can still take a draw match to mean a positive result for them in this match and much more also we have to take their position in the group and which club Arsenal is up against and how that will change in the next stage of this season, many times we have placed high hopes and demand on Asernal and that is because there have always been topping in their group at an early stage but that is changing in this season with their multiple underperformance.
Now that the match ended in 1:1 with PSV who played at home, and for sure the next match Arsenal will win since it is a face-off to defend their point in both leagues since the last few games have not been good for the club.

They're safe and are certain to advance to the next round, that's the reason, but even so, they shouldn't play a bad game, because maybe that will affect their next UCL matches. The match has ended in a draw, honestly this match is not interesting at all.

Next is the Manchester United - Bayern Munich match, this will be a difficult match for Manchester United considering their unlucky position in the current UCL standings. They have to win against Bayern Munchen as well as on the other hand the Copenhagen - Galatasaray match has to end in a draw, this is not possible for me, what do you think? Can these two conditions meet so that Manchester United can advance to the next round with Bayern Munich?

I think this is the most interesting deciding match for Group A because Galatasaray and Copenhagen still have a chance compared to Manchester United who will face a tough time in the same match.

Look at the other matches in the same group. Bayern Munich fielded all their best squad troops even though this team has been confirmed to qualify but they do not want to lose just like that, of course this will make it difficult for Manchester United who want to win.

Manchester United's one hope at the moment is: Copenhagen vs Galatasaray must draw.
Manchester United must win. How will this miracle happen? Of course I don't think it's possible.

The match of Sevilla vs Lens is won by Lens. I expected better performance from Sevilla players. But their performance was average. On the other hand, Lens is playing with the aim of drawing in this match. This team played defensively from the beginning of the match. In 90 minutes, Lens had 34% ball position and only 3 shots. There was  no tendency for Lens players to score goals. And after scoring from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute of the second half, the Lens players did  not attempt any more attacks. But after 80 minutes they created several attacking opportunities. And after 90 minutes Lens scored 2-1 in extra time.

Napoli will only take care not to lose in today's match, but if Napoli has the opportunity to win in its home match today it will really be put to good use because if Napoli loses and Braga can win a lot it will also displace Napoli's position in the rankings. second, thus preventing Napoli from qualifying for the next round. So apart from not needing to win this match, Napoli also cannot lose so that their position can be safe and progress to the next round.

I guess the Europa Kings won't make it to the competition this season because time is running out and it's still 1-1.
It won't  be a shame though because they're going through financial crisis and they managed to win the Europa last season. That's impressive if you ask me. Lens have held up well so far and it looks like they'll hold on to the end.
Since Sevilla won't be in the Europa that increases the chances of teams like Liverpool and Leverkusen to win the cup but I guess time will tell because it's never always predictable.
There still a few minutes left for Sevilla to get a winner though, but I doubt they'll be able to do that.

Edit: Lens score a last minutes goal keeps Sevilla at the bottom of group B. Lens qualifies for the Europa.