Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 812. (Read 141809 times)

Yeah as I said the defensive problems are at a serious level. The only way they can make up for that a little more is to score more goals. However Rashford is really horrible this season. He is like he has lost his finishing skills from last season all of a sudden.    Besides that red card he got against Copenhagen must have demoralized him even more.

Like these all aren't enough Hojlund has also just got injured and he isn't expected to recover until late November.

Erik ten Hag's options in the attacking line are narrowing down every day and let's see what kind of a squad they will have in their next Champions League match.

At least, Arsenal also has a revenge mission because in reality, Lens as the weakest team in the group, managed to beat Arsenal in their first match or in their first meeting in this group phase. So yes, playing at home has become the main target for Arsenal to beat Lens, because if Arsenal succeeds in beating Lens in the next match. So Arsenal can be sure of qualifying for the round of 16, because Arsenal at this moment is also at the top of Group B with a 4 point gap with the team currently in second place. So ya, even though Arsenal lost several players due to injury, but I hope it doesn't have a bad impact on Arsenal performance in the next match against Lens.

I think Arsenal will be up to something dramatic this champions league season, I mean for a club that has been absent in the champions league for about 6 years now they will want to play with all their energy even if they didn't win the UCL but at least they're gonna make a huge impact in the UCL.

Arsenal have been doing well in their group so far winning 3 matches and losing just one match, Arsenal match with lens is gonna be a though match because Lens will want to win in other to probably come second in the group while Arsenal will also want to extend their lead in the group so they might actually settle for a draw as Arsenal wouldn't want to lose both home and away to Lens so it's really gonna be an interesting match.

Likewise with Real Madrid, the fact is that the team that was their opponent in the group phase was not as strong as the previous season. Napoli, not in a stable condition. but in fact, they were able to provide quite interesting resistance to Real Madrid. I have not seen Madrid against a strong and consistent team. only Barcelona, ​​and even then in the domestic league with the absence of several of Xavi Hernandez's squad, it is possible that in the round of 16 Madrid will be met with one of the strong teams.

Not much different from Man City, but their record is still one of the best teams and is even the favorite to defend their title in this competition. City, like Madrid, will qualify to become leaders in their respective groups in this group phase.

Well, now we talk about Bayern Munich. It could be said that Thomas Tuchel's squad still has problems in its squad. Tuchel must strengthen his defense line by closing the gaps that they lack. Likewise with the main goalkeeper, who has not yet fully returned to playing at his best. however, don't get me wrong. This German team is capable and worthy of providing resistance to Madrid and Manchester City. Yep, after all, Kane's presence in the current Bayern squad has made a big contribution. Kane, is not only a goal machine for them. However, he often also takes part in providing assists and space for his teammates. problem, Tuchel just needs to perfect the system he implements. The rest, we'll just see as this team plays match after match.

Manchester United faces a heavy task to go through from the group stage after defeat to Copenhagen in the UCL. They have both Galatasaray away and at Old Trafford, Bayern Munich, now they won’t just hope on their results but also results fro other fixtures in the group, and it’s quite worrisome. I feel they’ve got lots of work to do to even secure Europa spot.

 ETH came with a very nice philosophy at first but what went wrong this season, where is the discipline? Where are the morals, they need a win at Galatasaray and should go all out for it, ETH should take charge of this team lest he capsides, well he still got 2 tough chances of making the next round and it's going to be very difficult to achieve however nothing is impossible in football.

Arsenal coach has to hope that none of his players who will be on international duty don't get injured because that will be more trouble for him and against what he is hoping to achieve this season with the club. In their next game against Lens, they have the better advantage winning since they will playing at home and always play well at home. Arsenal are desperately in need of new signings, they will have the January window to make that reinforcement to the team because if they qualify for the next stage of the competition, it will be a tougher test.

Arsenal will definitely end up at the top of their group, I do not think that will change anytime soon. Some teams are good enough already, that is a very boring situation, like there are 10 clubs that could win UCL and nobody else, that's it, those 10 clubs or nobody else. Even with drawing luck, the best you can do is go to finals, otherwise you are not going to be good at all. I understand that we are talking about a situation that is a little bit different, and that could be the most important thing.

I believe that the best thing to do right now would be making sure that we bet on those clubs to keep on winning, eventually they will face each other, and then when the bets start to be a lot more fun, but until that moment we are going to keep seeing these teams not being all that low, Lens type of loss situations rarely happens, you could have 5 wins and 1 loss and the bets will be still profitable for us in the end when it's like that.

Arsenal has lost one UCL game. They played against Lens on the third of October, and it was a good performance for Arsenal that they were unlucky that they have to concede a goal during the end of the match. Arsenal has 9 points as you mentioned and is leading with 4 points. Followed by PSV 5points, Lens 5 point and lastly Sevilla 2 points. Arsenal is to play Lens again at emirate stadium on the 29th of November.

It would be a very tough game because both team wants to win the game. Lens will struggle to see if they can get the three points again so that they can top PSV. While Arsenal wants to maintain their kingship on the group and to be of a safer and higher chances to qualify for the next group stage. The game might be difficult for Arsenal because most of their players are facing injuries and these players are mostly their key players, perhaps before the matchday one or two may have returned from injury.

For me no team asides of Manchester City and Real Madrid can have a chance right now to become the champion of the season of UCL, the 15% for Bayern can be accurate but also overstimate, because they havent played against any good team until now. And this Bayern is going from less to more, but lets see how they do against big teams, against a weak Man utd they strugled a lot.

Dortmund seems even more favorite in this match. The main reason for Dortmund's advantage is that they will be fielding their strongest lineup, whereas AC Milan will be without key players such as Leao due to injury. Pioli is also under pressure since the performance of acmilan in serie is also very bad. Winning against acmilan is the golden key for dortmund to qualify for the last 16. Dortmund needs to push its club beyond the limit to beat acmilan. I can't really sure milan will able to beat dortmund with the current performance.
It seems that Acmilan is making a concerted effort to exceed its previous boundaries, especially considering that this may be their final opportunity to secure a place in the UCL. Losing against dortmund will make milan to go out from the UCL or drop to th eeuropa league.

Dortmund is very strong and it's also far stronger than newcastle. Bookies were giving 2.00 for milan compared with 3.65 for dortmund. Seeing how acmilan consistently losing against weak club made me feel milan will have no chance pass the group stage.
Dortmund just need to win and it will secure a spot into the last 16.

I agree with everything you said, but why are you surprised by Real's third place? Real Madrid does have one obvious weakness in the form of the lack of a top striker, but this weakness is only relative to Bayern and City whose lineups are close to ideal. If we consider other teams as contenders for the top 3, then they are all much worse. Napoli? Inter? PSG? Arsenal? This is not the level of Real Madrid and I’m not surprised that they are rated 2-3 times worse, it’s just logical.

There are clubs with similar cases and still progressing like they don't have no problem within,  this should not be the same for all clubs as they do not have Same level of management.

Newcastle should put the players available in other, Howe can work with the players he has. Cases like this are what bring clubs down from the champions league or europe competition back to various domestic league games.
Psg also have consistency issues but still on striving no excuses will be entertained.

But this is not the first time that Milan almost didn't make it out of the group stage. Last season, Milan actually almost didn't qualify for the round of 16. Because at that time Milan's performance was not that good. But somehow this Italian club can always make their club qualify. But the difference is that last season Milan was lucky not to be in the Hell group. In contrast to this season, Milan is quite unlucky because they have to be in the same group as the strong clubs in Group F.

I also think Dortmund and PSG will probably qualify. But the remaining 2 matches might be able to turn things around. It could be that one of these clubs, Newcastle or Milan, will qualify for the round of 16.

Yes, even though in their last match Milan managed to beat PSG, bu it looks like Milan will still find it difficult to qualify for the round of 16. Because I'm sure, because at this moment Dortmund and PSG are in the top two, then of course they will maintain that position in the remaining matches whatever happens. But indeed, if we consider the points obtained which are still close together, then they still have the same chance of finishing in the top two. But yes, because I just consider their ambition to qualify for the last 16 and consider that Dortmund and PSG are still capable of maintaining that position. So maybe, Milan and Newcastle will fight for third place, who knows, and maybe there is a surprise and certainly interesting to look forward to from this hellish group.

Currently with their current points they have so far, Arsenal has qualified amongst it's group members for the next stage of the champions league, they are at the top of their group with nine points even with their inconsistency so far, although they have not lost one of their UCL games, they still remain at the top and their next match isn't a determinant for their qualification.

Making it pass the round of sixteen better known as the knock out stage is something we can't really determine now , although they have been really good with their performance so far but we are yet to have the complete teams qualify so who they will be meeting at this stage is yet uncertain and it's important to know that at this stage everyone plays their very best so the competition is much more than bit was at the group stage which will require more efforts than they did at the group stage so let wait till the draws for the round of sixteen is out then we could better determine if they could make it pass that stage.

It's really sad to see Manchester United experiencing things that bad this season, making everyone in the team confused about what attitude to take. Because if Manchester United really wants to kick Erik Ten Hag in a certain time, Manchester United must prepare another coach who is greater than Erik Ten Hag so that there are quite basic improvements for Manchester United in the coming season. Because the coach problem is a fairly sacred problem for any team at this time.

Newcastle United are playing well and impressive in Champions League and it is more impressive for their first season there are many years. However, it's doubtful that it's enough for them to take one of two spots in this group to be eligible for round of 16. PSG, AC Milan and Dortmund are not weak teams and they won't give up easily before the last match in this group.

The previous match, they got a win against Copenhagen to keep up their chance to go to a round of 16 but the latest match, they lost against Copenhagen. That defeat nearly puts an ending for Manchester United in Champions League. With their bottom ranking and poor form, I don't think they will get enough good results against Bayern Munich and Galatasaray to go through a very slim gate. They will nearly lose against Bayern Munich that are on fire in both Champions League and Bundesliga. Galatasaray are not an easy opponent and if it is a direct match to decide a second ticket in this group.

I think this is really true, Erik ten Hag has had too many issues with too many players that seemingly had not only to do with their performances on the pitch, but also with personal disputes. ten Hag would never confirm that, but this is what I think most people understood from what was said at press conferences and interviews that also the players gave. Some of them tried to be quiet, but you could tell from their wording that something is not going well in the locker room. He has made several decisions regarding the squad that I never understood. Maybe I have seen the Ronaldo vs. Ten Hag dispute in a wrong way back then. I thought Ronaldo is mostly to blame. NowTen Hag got the bill for his behavior in the Champions League.

The Manchester United coach figured out that the entire normal lineup of players would run away from him.
Using the example of Jadon Sancho - whom Hag did not let onto the field because of his conflict with him. Second in line is Richarlison. but this is no longer a transfer by mutual consent. By disbanding the Manchester United squad, the rescue will remain with the broken core. The club is hanging by a thread before the abyss and Hag is only making the situation worse! It's time to kick this trainer in the face!

I will be happy if your prediction comes true. Because personally  I like PSG team and Luis Enrique. I  don't want them to get knocked out in the first round of the Champions  League. I know the situation  of PSG team is not very good right now. But  Luis Enrique is trying to strengthen  the team gradually. And he has  managed to stabilize this team as well. Perhaps we will see more organized performances from PSG in the future if they qualify for the knockout rounds.

PSG lost the first leg  match against Newcastle  by a big margin. PSG's players will have to try  their best to avenge the previous humiliating defeat. And if PSG's players stay confident they have the ability to pull off a big win against Newcastle.