Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 809. (Read 141809 times)

Usually when the team already in the top position and all the remaining matches will not give any impact to them, the coach will use a new strategy or use second line up without looking for win. So I will not be surprised if they're draw or lose against Copenhagen and Manchester United.

Also this time is good for bettor who looking to bet on the underdog.

Bayern is not yet comparable to the copenhagen. There's no weak defense. Bayern was not lucky enough to conceded 1 goal against copenhagen in the previous match. Bayern is coming again with the strong squad. Kane is performing even better caused by he is now able communicating with his team mate properly. That's the main reason his performance was not that good caued by majority of his teammates used germany for the in game communication. Bayern will be winning with narrow score but im not seeing this as a serious problem for sure. That's it.

But there are also huge differences across leagues. You can't compare Manchester City dominating the Premier League with PSG dominating the Ligue 1 or Bayern Munich dominating the Bundesliga.

Last season even a blind guy could see that Manchester City is playing a level above everyone else. Their game was insane sometimes and Real Madrid was able to kind of stop them in the Bernabeu stadium, but I was quite sure that the game in Manchester would end the way it ended.

This year I think we have a more level-playing field among the favorites. There is not this one team that seems to be better than all others.

They dominated in the group stage, and even now they are very comfortable because the remaining 2 matches will not affect them in the group A standings. But more than that, the real test is in the knockout rounds that they will soon play. They will meet the top seeds of the other groups, maybe some teams are not big favorites, but that does not mean they are not a threat to Bayern Munich. That's talking about not the top teams, it will be a different story when they have to meet teams that are equal or even stronger than them, Real Madrid and Manchester City for example and several other teams.

Bayern Munich has confirmed that they have passed the group phase, now there is tight competition in Group A between Manchester United and Galatasaray, this is quite interesting because the two teams will compete in the next match.
Galatsaray, who will play at home against Manchester United, will be very favored because in the first leg when they played at Old Trafford, Manchester United's home ground, they also managed to win.

Bayern Munich is always the favorite team, but it is not easy to win the UCL because this is the most prestigious competition in Europe so all the top European teams will give everything to get maximum results.
There is definitely an opportunity for Bayern Munich, especially this season, their performance has improved compared to last season.

In group A, currently Bayern Munich no longer needs more points to qualify and become champions in that group, because with that many points already and their opponents who still have very few points will compete for second place because of first place. in this group has been booked by Bayern Munich and cannot be taken by another team.

Winning the Champions League trophy is not easy because there are not a few good and strong teams, so any team always needs to fight to win the trophy. And Bayern Munich could be one of the candidates for that this season even though there may still be some people who doubt this.

Much will depend on how the draw goes and at what stage the favorites start playing with each other. In general, if you look at which teams have qualified (or will do so in the remaining two rounds), then for the winner this could be one of the easiest Champions Leagues in history: in Group F, two strong teams will be eliminated immediately at the group stage, Liverpool and Chelsea are not in the tournament. In fact, a favorite can reach the final without ever playing against a team that is comparable in strength to it, we wouldn’t call Sociedad or Feenoord equal opponents.

Although Bayern Munich's defense is a little weak, since they have a strong attack, the team is not facing any problems yet. Bayern Munich performed well and won all four Champions League matches.

The opponents will be stronger in the Round of 16 matches. So Bayern Munich should fix all the weaknesses in their team. Coach Thomas Tuchel continues to do his best to strengthen the team. I would say Munich's defense will be stronger in the future. With an experienced goalkeeper like Neuer, Munich's defenders can also perform better. At the same time, if Harry Kane does not face injury, Bayern Munich will be the most favorite team to win the Champions League title.

Yeah the truth is that people are just wishing to see Manchester United going back to there former performance during the time of Alex Ferguson because that was when they were known by there performance but is quite unfortunate that they are very poor in performance now and however there chances of going back to there former performance is not certain.

So just like you said people should not dwell on the past performance of Manchester United, because that time and now is never the same and like you said since Alex Ferguson retired Manchester United has been changing coaches, which has also become an issue for the players to always change there tactics and formation they are use to.

Bayern's problem since the beginning of the season has been a weak defense, and of course the weakest player was Ulreich, but after Neuer returns to the squad, Tuchel has hopes that the defense will become stronger. It will take some time for Neuer to return fully to the game. Bayern will get out of the group without problems, and in the playoffs sometimes one match can decide everything, but you correctly noted that Real and City will most likely be the most difficult opponents.

Munich really doesn't seem to be having the slightest difficulty in group A, because I know they are very experienced in the UCL so maybe they can win the UCL this season, it's just that they have to get rid of Madrid and Manchester City first so they can reach the final and lift the trophy, no There are many clubs that look more convincing than these three clubs which are very strong in playing in the UCL.

Tuchel's current task is to make Munich play better, especially with Kane on the front line who makes Munich always perform well and always score goals at home to the opponent, he is like a goal machine that is hard to stop, he even scores almost a goal in every Munich match, Tuchel must maintain the performance of the other players so that they remain in good condition in undergoing the next round in the UCL. as long as they are consistent they can definitely succeed in lifting the trophy this season

The manchester united fans can't move on from the golden era of manchester united under sir alex ferguton. They keep expect MU to play as well as when rooney or even scholes was still there. They are so hard in accepting the reality.

Manchester united has been changing its coaches many times since alex was announcing his retirement. In fact, manchester united never won prestigious trophy since alex was leaving from there.
MU has been going down to its bottom. The management has been also trying to use various coaches since almost a decade ago to push the performance of manchester united but it keeps failed.

I think that ten hag is not also bringing the good progress to the MU. The overall performance is still stagnant without significant improvement that is happening to the club.

I have the same prediction for favorite UEFA Champion League winner in this season between Manchester City or Real Madrid despite have many other teams such as Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Barcelona. Both favorite teams above have impressive performance in domestic league and consistent in the winning trend will make their opportunity for winning UEFA Champion League looks easily without have hard working keep focus in domestic league.

Man City and Real Madrid are teams have solid composition right now, most of their regular players not injured and easily for Man City keep defending their Champion League tittles, so far both teams have guarantee their position in 16th round and waiting to be first standings or runner up position.

It may appear to you that Bayern Munich doesn't look good in this new summer, just watch want will happen in their next games because their players are doing well and they are ready to achieve a good results in their group to embrace opportunity to be among the team that will qualify for final. I thought Galatasaray will beat Bayern Munich the way they started the game like team that has strength to withstand Bayern Munich, but it was a shock seeing Bayern Munich dominating through out the game to secured goals that gave them victory.

I know, it will going to be a tough tournament for Bayern Munich to lift champions league trophy but if their coach can do more training to charge the players in a way they will have full strength to start well and finish well, I believe they will win this season trophy.

My prediction is more of between Manchester City and Real Madrid. I see Real Madrid with the chance of winning the UEFA champions league then Manchester City comes second. The only issue I am having with Real Madrid is the need for Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo to make more goals than they do. They have to take up the challenge strongly as they have the chance to do so but they must work exta miles to achieve that.

I am comfortable with their midfield with Jude Bellingham always doing the magic of scoring those fantastic goals and winning matches for the club. Valverde also seems to be doing well while Modric is already tired in the club. How I wish Madrid could have more squad depth but Ancelotti needs to manage these guys properly to win the league.

On the other hand, Haaland is the most powerful machine and firehouse for Man city and Alvarez too in the attack. Good thing is both players are young and are passionate about scoring goals. Their midfield is also pretty good with Rodri and Bernardo working hard to support the strikers too. Only that Bellingham is doing better than them combined. Pep Guardiola is the brain behind the efforts and teamwork of these guys. He's a good manager and also have his head on the trophy too.


It's a thing of continuous efforts, strategies and hard work. This is the reason why it is referred to as the Champions league. As a club, you have to work extra miles to remain in the league because the competition is a continuum of the domestic leagues. Some of the clubs are extremely good playing in the domestic league because they understand the tactics of the other clubs in the league. But when they come to the champions league, they lose the strength and strategy because they do not understand the gameplay of the other clubs especially top star clubs in the other leagues, eg, La Liga and Premier League.

Sometimes that's what I think about because if we see each of these individuals playing for their respective countries, the results will always stand out and often determine victory. But when everyone was put together in the Manchester United squad, these players lost their cooperation and it was like they were playing alone and didn't understand what cooperation they should be doing. I don't know for sure this is because of the pressure of playing for a team as big as Manchester United or whether Erik Ten Hag's strategy is not suitable for his players.

Regarding PSG, they will usually be able to reach the round of 16 and after that they will definitely have difficulty when playing against comparable teams. But losing Neymar or Messi the result will still be the same because this team is not destined to perform better in the Champions League competition. I think with the squad that was only built at the start of the season it is likely that they will not progress further to the same stage at this time.

Arsenal is at the top of the group b and they have quite a good lead in terms of points compared to the team that is in the second position. So I don't think they have too much to worry about. I think they are in quite a safe position right now. Arsenal should definitely qualify at this point. For some reason, something unbelievable happens, it is not going to be a normal thing that we see every day. But I still believe that Arsenal has got a relatively easier group and they should absolutely qualify from this stage in which they are in right now.

Indeed. Man United was one of the biggest teams in the world, they often won EPL title and UCL title. But it was in the era of Alex Ferguson as Man United coach, Man United no longer becomes a strong team after Alex Ferguson retired. It is very unfortunate that Man United management still can't get a proper coach to rebuild Man United squad. There were already many coaches trying to manage Man United, but all of them failed. The main problem is about the coach. The coach who can find proper players for Man United squad, and the coach who can choose proper tactics for the players. We have a big expectation for Ten Hag, he was quite successful in his first season. But I'm starting to doubt it after seeing the current performance in this season.  

It is true. We often experience a surprising result in UCL. Man City may have a perfect squad and they are very experienced to win any match in UCL. But if they are unlucky, it can lead them to lose in the match. Moreover, there is no too weak team in UCL, all of them are the strong teams in their own leagues. So, it is not impossible if Man City can be beaten by any team in UCL in the next matches.

Before any club qualifies to the champions League, it is believed that that club has performed extremely well in its previous season in their domestic League, that is why it is being referred to as the League of champions, no doubt about the fact that there are clubs that have extra ordinary brilliance like the ones we've listed, but for any club that is there in the champions League already is a champion in its own right, so any of the champions that is not among the favourites champions can take the day.

What is to be noticed from PSG is how they have always wanted Messi and Neymar to do what other players are meant to do and that affected them since that will be hard in every game they played. Psg and Man United do not have too much in common they are better than United. They will qualify for the next stage but not Man United who is struggling people think they will be able to win the game against Munich,.
Man United problems should be placer on both the injuries and the management who have not done anything correctly this season.