Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 77. (Read 141700 times)

At the moment, the odds for the Champions League final Dortmund - Real Madrid are as follows:

4.80 - 4.40 - 1.63

Real is the favorite based on literally everything (the selection of players, the position in the national championship, the difficulty of the path to the final that had to be overcome), but Dortmund also has a chance. Dortmund is the kind of team that can beat anyone on a good day, so the final will not be easy for Real.

Dortmund too do not need to chase any points they are now only preparing to play Real Madrid in the final means next season Dortmund do not enter the champions league because they are in 5th place in the Bundesliga unless the UCL champion.

Both teams will prepare themselves to play in the league with the rest of the match not fully the main players are dropped, but I feel Dortmund will not be able to win but the match will still be interesting because this final is certainly prestigious.

I wouldn't consider this a trap for Real Madrid, we know Bayern Munich who already won was able to make a comeback by Real Madrid in the last minute.

Talking about Modric and Kroos, the two of them have been inseparable throughout the season and have always been important players for Los Blancos' midfield. But unfortunately now these two players have to take turns to move the wheels of Real Madrid's young players and if they are placed at the same time it will only create problems.

We know that these two players are no longer young, so Ancelotti just wants both of them to provide equal portions throughout the match, so we will often see Kroos starting while Modric comes on as a substitute. I think this is very important, especially during the final match against Dortmund and what will be no less exciting, where everything must go with the strategy directed by Ancelotti, then Real Madrid may still be able to win this title again.

It is natural that Real Madrid is very confident to win the Champion league, besides because Madrid has gained peace in the Domestic League because their victory has been set before the League match is finished in La Liga, and we saw yesterday's match Real Madrid against Alaves using their second layer players to maintain the stamina of some of their main players.

Meanwhile Dortmund lost to Mainz05 by 3 - 0, but overall Dortmund dominated the match and it makes no sense not to get a goal, I suspect this is a trap for Real Madrid so that they let their guard down and assume that Dortmund are weak, as many people say.

You are right. Madrid has the incentive to win Dortmund, thus it will not be difficult for Real Madrid to defeat Dortmund in the final because Madrid does not play in the final and is already performing Jessy for the 15th Champions League winner. Many people believe that Real Madrid will win the trophy this season because they are playing in the Champions League and have not lost in the final before, but anything can happen this season; dortmund may get an opportunity to win Madrid, but it will be very difficult to win Real Madrid in the final because Madrid has had luck and won Manchester City and Munich, and I don't see any club that can win Madrid this season expect another season. Madrid can't not win champions league next season if they face manchester city next season, they will don't get some adea to defeat madrid. if mbappe come to real madrid they will still do well but you can says madrid won't lose any point in the league or win the champions league next season. you will see what madrid will play before you can consider if they will win or not.

Real Madrid and Dortmund have talented young players but only Real Madrid still has reliable midfielders which is quite impressive when Real Madrid has two midfielders who really support the creation of goals, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos can be a threat for Dortmund because both of them often provide goals. Really good passes in the previous few matches against Munich and Man City, Real Madrid is still a big candidate in this match to win the Champions League trophy this season..

Ancelotti is now at a point where he must make the right choice as any choice now which produces bad result will be on him. Yes this is in the goalkeeping department of the club as right now, he’s got Courtois back from injury and fit, he’s also got Lunin who have been standing in and have been tremendous with saves. Now they’re in the UCL final and you can believe that they’re between choices of Courtois and Lunin and that should be one very top and hard decision for him.

 For the remaining La Liga matches he can opt for Courtois and it will be understood as they have already been able to win the league, so Courtois standing in goal will not be slandered much. ⁠Lunin has been pretty outstanding in the UCL this season and his confidence and swiftness while standing between the sticks will be relevant to helo against the bery fast and young Dortmund players. This puts Ancelotti in a very tight corner in making the right choice.
 
 ⁠Ancelotti must check through the 2 goalies and be able to make a right choice for the UCL Final. Real Madrid are really eager to win their 15th UCL title and as such they must be able to front the best of their squad for this final as anything short could result in them slipping up in the final.

no one is underestimating Dortmunds ability to giving real Madrid a fair fight in the UCL finals and even real Madrid players already know that it's definitely not going to be an easy encounter but based on the overall teams performance and the form of real Madrid at the moment, there is no doubt that we already have the UCL champion before th day. The advantage Dortmund have is that real Madrid might be too overconfident on their ability to winning the match which might goal a long way to affecting their play. We saw what played out in the semi finals against Bayern Munich and how they almost lost our to Munich but you know what they're best at right? They always come back even after any initial setback.

If we compare these two teams, Real Madrid is very superior in every way compared to Dortmund, and if we look at Real Madrid in the Final, the team is very strong, especially if we often discuss Real Madrid in the Champions Final, this is a good thing for Real Madrid for the mentality of the players in the final.

However, if we talk about who will win the title later, this is a bit difficult, indeed Dortmund is not the favorite team in the final, but if you look at the players Dortmund has are also very good in terms of speed, in my opinion anything can still happen in the final. because both teams have their own strategies, so in my opinion Dortmund has a chance to win the title this season.

I admit that Dortmund's defense is quite strong in the UCL, they can give a surprise because once again this is the final of the No. 1 competition which means both of them still have the same chance. Even though Real Madrid are favorites, if Vinicius and Rodrygo movements can be covered it will be difficult to create opportunities. Dortmund seems to be trying to control the movements of these two players very tightly. The reason is that currently the only thing that can paralyze Madrid's sharp attacks is to strictly guard Vinicius and Rodrygo.

I remember how Inter Milan was able to reach the final last season because two teams from Italy met in the semi-finals of the UCL against AC Milan, then this season we saw two teams from Germany, Munich and Dortmund, who deserved to get to the final, but believe me, they are still there. through a process that in my opinion is actually not that difficult, even though they beat PSG, I would say that Dortmund is considered lucky because there are lots of opportunities for PSG to score goals, but they haven't been lucky and neither has Munich.

Will his luck continue in the final against Madrid, where they are the strongest UCL team and of course they want to achieve their 15th trophy this season if they succeed in beating Dortmund, I don't want to underestimate Dortmund's strength, sometimes they are always lucky when facing great teams, I hope Madrid is luckier than them because in my opinion Madrid also has a fairly complete composition of players for the final match, of course that will be an additional point where Madrid's strength is sufficient to beat Dortmund in the final, we will see who will emerge as the best UCL team this season .

I am already seeing Madrid lifting the trophy again because i don’t see Dortmund having any advantage over Real Madrid, the confidence in Madrid players are quite high because they have been here countless times and it is not the same with Dortmund because only few of the players have gone this far in this competition.

Dortmund have tried their best to get to this stage but i am afraid it will be their bus stop this season, had it been they are face a different team i would have have more hope for them to win but playing against Real Madrid in the champions league final is the least place i would think Madrid would lose. They could have lose to Dortmund in the group stage but not in the Final.

That's why many people are favorites for Real Madrid to win the UCL this season. No one doubted their strength in the final. Courtois has recovered from injury and this means Real Madrid can play with their starting XI. But Lunin performed outstandingly while Courtois was injured. This really is a difficult choice. Dortmund played very well and they made it to the final. Because of that, I think Dortmund cannot be underestimated. But as you said, if Madrid plays like they should play, it is very likely that they will become UCL champions.

Indeed their would be a lot of pressure on that match considering the fact that the both teams will be fighting for who will become the champions League winner but truth be told their is actually a big difference between Borussia Dortmund and real Madrid in terms of their performances and so far real Madrid as proving to be more superior over Borussia Dortmund and checking their performance this season is actually right because the kind of performance they have is actually remarkable.

However the reason why i say that is because if Borussia Dortmund had meet Bayern Munich on the semi finals their is no way they would have qualify for the champions League finals because Bayern Munich has always been more good in every angle than Borussia Dortmund so perhaps for real Madrid to have won Bayern Munich shows that their would be a serious pressure on Borussia Dortmund on that match and one thing I like about real Madrid is that even if they are more superior than every other clubs but they will never underestimate any club and they always come with their full force.

I agree with you that they have more chances of winning the trophy, bedside they eliminated stronger teams like Manchester City and Bayern Munich to get there,  so I see no pressure at all on Madrid side, and also they're used to the Champions league final stage more than Borussia Dortmund do who hasn't had much opportunity to reach the final stage.

Don't judge what have happened this season to predict next season, there's going a lot of reshuffling both for Managers and players side who will switch clubs during transfer window, Remember Bayern Leverkusen is their unbeaten and they didn't have the opportunity to face Real Madrid with their form ,and Inter Milan was also superb in their league and you could see more incredible performance next season from these teams, so until next season Champions league never write off the ability of any team.

Courtois is a great goalkeeper from Atletico Madrid to Chelsea then Real Madrid, he always shown his great saving skills but it's unfair for Lunin if Ancelotti chose Courtois for the Champions League final match. Because throughout the season, Lunin contributes a lot and makes many great saves to bring Real Madrid to the final match. First, it's issue to respect Lunin.

Second issue if choosing Courtois, it's risky to pick a goalkeeper who missed most of the season and only returns recently, for a most important match of a season. I believe Ancelotti will pick Lunin for the match because of both reasons, respect for contributions of Lunin, and risk from Courtois' performance after his injury recovery.

On paper, Real Madrid have many supporting factors to beat Dortmund in the final. In an actual match, not on paper, if Real Madrid players play as well as normally, they are able to beat Dortmund and one more Champions League trophy for their club.

Real Madrid have very deep squad but have no player injury before the final match looks to be a good information on player resource for Carlo Ancelotti.

This is not a normal season for Courtois and there is Andriy Lunin who has been outstanding at times Courtois suffered an injury at the start of this season. The injury kept him out for a very long time. The Belgian goalkeeper only played in Week 34 of La Liga, when Real Madrid won 3-0 against Cadiz. Even though he has been absent for a long time, Courtois' level is still maintained. He remains difficult for opponents to break down. In fact, in the three La Liga matches played, Courtois did not concede at all. Courtois showed an extraordinary performance when Madrid met Deportivo Alaves in matchday 36. The 32 year old goalkeeper made 10 saves. Courtois gave a code that he was ready to compete with Lunin.

 The question is, who will be Real Madrid's main goalkeeper in this season's Champions League final? Lunin should be the main choice. Lunin appeared very consistent throughout the season, including in the Champions League. However, Courtois is also worthy because he has proven to remain competitive after recovering from injury.

Real Madrid is far ahead of Dortmund in terms of performance and confidence, so the chances of Real Madrid winning the final match are high. Another positive thing for Real Madrid is that Real Madrid has no injury problem which means all the players in their starting XI can play in the Champions League final for Real Madrid. Since no players are injured it will be much easier for the manager to select the team and he will be able to line up the eleven with the best stars of his team. This season Real Madrid is going to win the Champions League title next season Mbappe joins Real Madrid in that case also next season but I don't see any team that can compete with Real Madrid in the Champions League.

The injury suffered by Courtois forced Ancelotti to play lunin in every game they played in the rest of the season, but for now Courtois has recovered and is ready to become Madrid main goalkeeper again, but I think it will actually give Ancelotti a dilemma at this time, in the rest of La Liga matches of course Ancelotti can play lunin and courtois alternately but the Champions League of course the right decision must be taken by Ancelotti Later, after returning from injury, Courtois is able to perform quite optimally and maybe even return to his current best level, as well as Lunin, after Courtois is injured, isn't he the one who helped Madrid reach the Champions League final while helping Madrid lock in the La Liga title this season quickly and I think he should be able to get priority to be able to play in the final later.


Madrid have two great goalkeepers in their squad and of course that would mean Ancelotti should really be able to use them well at the moment, Courtois should be better focused on playing in the remaining La Liga games this season, while Lunin's performance is quite good and consistent at the moment in the Champions League certainly makes Lunin very worthy of a starting place in the final match later,  Facing Dortmund, who have a fast and high counterattack intensity, of course Madrid needs a goalkeeper who is in his best form and the right choice is of course lunin at this time.

A lot debate have been going on since Real Madrid qualified to play in the final of this season's UEFA Champions League competition and the debate is about who should stand in between sticks for the Spanish giants when they play against Borussia Dortmund in Wembley stadium come June 1st. For some people, they prefer that the club's best goalkeeper of the season Andriy Lunin should be the one for the occasion while for others, they say that choosing Thibaut Courtois will be a better choice. In my own opinion, I think it'll be unjust for Lunin after every thing he did at Real Madrid this season and how he helped them reach the final fail to start in goal when they play in the final