Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 879. (Read 141855 times)

Based on my personal point of view, Barcelona has a competitive squad. It's just that, because several players were injured, their performance experienced a slight decline. Plus, the chemistry between Bacelona's midfield players has not yet reached maximum results even though they have shown quite good progress. For now, Barcelona's key is the role of Fankie De Jong. But gradually, Gundohan will return to playing as extraordinary as when he played with Manchester City.
For me, it's just a matter of time. In time they will become a very strong squad, especially if all the injured players fully recover. Barcelona will move smoothly in this group H phase by becoming group champions.

Talking about the match against El Clasico, the fact is that Barcelona was able to balance and provide resistance even though their front line was filled with young players. If only, if Xavi had rotated other players from the start to become main starters, perhaps the results would have been different. Fermine Lopez can be in the middle, Gundohan can be an attacking midfielder. Even though it seems risky, it seems ideal for experimenting. plus, Lamine Yamal's duet with Joao Felix. There's no harm in experimenting, after all Ferran Torres isn't that reliable.

Despite the fact that Barcelona lost the El Calsico match, it was not embarrassing for them, especially since Real Madrid's winning goal came in the 90+ minute. Next, Barca will be much more established and ready to challenge any team even though they are not favorites like Manchester City and Real Madrid. Even so, we agree, Xavi has a lot of work to do to make his squad more solid and ideal.

But in the future, Barcelona must have had most of their injured players back on their feet unless they meet up with more karma. I believe they don’t have much stress in the champions league because of the group they’re placed in and the teams that are playing and competing with them in the group stage. Before the end of the group stage matches and qualification for the next round, they must have had most of their injured players back and ready for the knockout stage which is more vigorous than the group stage matches.


Barcelona have always being known for their good performance in the league even when they’re performing poorly in other competitions. I know the two clubs are rivals and their rivalry will continue for a long time to come. Real Madrid will always play better in the Champions League and Barcelona will always do better in the La Liga matches. With time, we will know who will do better in the long run and have more opportunity of winning any of the titles they’re currently playing in.

In fact, Manchester United's opportunity is still wide open and they have the same opportunity as Galatasaray, but if you look at Manchester United's current performance, I am very pessimistic that Manchester United can qualify from the group phase.
Manchester United have to face Galatasay at Galatasay's home ground, that will make it difficult and if Manchester United cannot win that match then there is no possibility for them to qualify.

Manchester United's defeat against their city rivals will actually make the Manchester United team's self-confidence mentality even worse and this will make it even more difficult for this team to recover.
What Manchester United is experiencing in the domestic league is the worst in the last 2 decades, they have lost 5 of the 10 matches they have played, isn't that a sign that the Manchester United team is getting worse this season.
I don't have a positive view of the current Manchester United team going forward, I don't see that they can improve significantly in the near future.

Everyone will see how Barcelona performs in the last 16 of the Champions League because there is a big possibility that Barcelona will qualify for that round. This can be seen from the three matches that Barcelona won in the group stage so that Barcelona does not have any pressure to qualify for the next round of the Champions League.

I don't doubt Real Madrid's consistency in continuing to win in La Liga this season and this has been quite visible so far, including when Real Madrid slaughtered Barcelona at the Estadio Olimpico Lluis Companys. This is part of the proof of Real Madrid's consistency this season so that Real Madrid can still sit at the top of the standings even though there is a possibility for Atletico Madrid to take it in the near future because Atletico Madrid will face quite easy opponents this week. Meanwhile, Barcelona has dropped to the top four in the standings.

Manchester United's opportunity to qualify for the UCL group is not an easy thing and of course it is very difficult, especially since they haven't really played well so far, unless they manage to beat Munich and Galatasaray in the second meeting, even though it is difficult, they have to play as hard as possible to be able to. qualify for the next round in the UCL and pick up win after win to be able to show their fans that they can qualify in the group phase.

Even though they were defeated by Manchester City in yesterday's derby, they still have a chance and a lot of time to restore their condition and position in the top standings or the top four in the domestic league standings so it is not a big problem, what they have to do now is improve confidence to succeed and qualify for the next round of the UCL group phase this season.

Overall, Haaland is still performed extraordinary this season, even in the last match against Manchester United Haaland was able to contribute 2 goal at once against Manchester United. In my opinion, Haaland still has the potentials to win the Ballon d'Or award this season if he continues to demonstrate his ability to scored goal and indeed Haaland is still in the first tier of top goal scored in the Premier league in his last 10 match. but Haaland still has tough competition to wins the award. namely Bellingham, he also perform well at Real Madrid and currently Bellingham has also score 10 goal in La Liga and 3 goal in the Champions League, with a small differenced. Haaland has to try as hard as he can to created as many goal for Manchester City as last season.

When we talk about top teams (or those teams that claim this status) we need to look at the results in the “big” games. Barcelona have only had one such game this season so far and they lost it. At the same time, in La Liga they drew three times with obvious outsiders, and Real lost points in games with Atletico and Sevilla, so in my opinion this is not just a 4-point difference, it is a more significant difference in the results. In the Champions League, the whole thing will begin from the playoff stage and much will depend on the result of the draw, maybe serious games will begin only in 1/4.

It's hard to predict it. PSG is also able to go down again if it will not be winning the upcoming game. Acmilan is the only club that struggle to win a game. I dunno how long acmilan will be trapped into the same thing. Pioli needs to create a new strategy to help acmilan in getting three points.
There are some matches remaining at this moment and it's likely we will be seeing some changes to happen in the ac milan. Milan got draw against napoli which has proven that if the club is not yet in a good shape.
Napoli placed at the bottom of acmilan right now. It will be a shame if acmilan will not be able to go to the UCL knock out stage. Im stillw aiting for something new to come from acmilan. Pioli can't always rely upon its old strategy.
Giroud is the only one who is really hardworking to win the game. The rest of players are nothing compred with him.

With what we see in the standings now, the opportunity for Manchester United to qualify is still open. But the problem is when we look at their appearance which will not be certain whether they will play well or vice versa. They have just lost the derby match at home to Manchester City and surely it is something that hurts because they have to lose in front of their own supporters.
In the Champions League, in the first 2 matches they had to lose and fortunately they could still win in the 3rd match so that their chances were still open. But their journey is still tough in the next match. Honestly, it's hard to predict them.

In group F, PSG might be one of the teams that has better strength than the other teams and they might qualify for the next round as group winners. Well, 2nd place will probably be contested by three other teams and it could be that it will belong to Newcastle United if they are able to win the match in the second leg. Well, if you look at the other groups, of course their opportunities are even more open after successfully securing 3 wins in the first leg, such as City, Barcelona, ​​Bayern and Madrid.

But for Arsenal, who are in Group B, of course they are currently favorites to qualify for the round of 16 and there is also an interesting competition in group E because Feyenoord and Atletico Madrid and Lazio have a fairly close point difference. So the second leg of the group stage matches will be utilized as best as possible by several teams to change their fate in the standings.

I think why some people say this is not only because Haaland didn't score a goal but also because of the final results his club got when he didn't score so his presence is questionable because in the English Premier League Manchester City experienced two consecutive defeats before finally being able to come back to win matches as well as matches in the champions league, the results of which were according to predictions because Young Boys was not a suitable opponent for City who had players above their opponents. Haaland is very likely not to score a goal in one or two matches, especially when his teammates don't provide good passes for him to execute and that should be normal because other strikers also experience the same thing, it is almost impossible to score goals in every match played, because he is not a robot set up like that.

From the start there was no doubt that the 4 teams would qualify and maybe we will see them play in full in the next 2 matches before they can finally take the time to advance to the next round. Group F is still the hottest this season and seeing as all teams have the same opportunities, the second leg for each team will determine the final result to qualify as group winners and runners up. Maybe in my opinion, the ones from Newcastle, PSG, Milan and Dortmund who have the chance to qualify are Newcastle and PSG because both of them have performed well so far and in the domestic league they continue to win consistently. So maybe Milan and Dortmund will surprise but I still hope PSG and Newcastle can do more than that.

If Haaland is able to continue his form this season, Haaland will definitely be the top scorer in the Premier League. Haaland has been in great form this season, just like last season. He managed to score 11 goals and 2 assists in 10 matches. He also managed to score 2 goals and an assist in the Champions League match. Mohamed Salah and Son Heung Min, who are second and third in the list of Premier League top scorers, scored 8 goals. Haaland is far ahead. And since haaland gets a lot of support from Manchester City players. So if he doesn't face injury then it seems that he can easily score more than 30 goals in the Premier League this season as well.

They said he was useless in recent matches. To dispel all those prejudices, Striker Erling Haaland shines with a double goal and one assist in round 10 of the Premier League: Haaland destroyed Old Trafford, and Man City crushed Man Utd. Haaland is genuinely the right player for big matches. After the game, he increased the number of goals scored in the Premier League this season to 11, leading the top scorer list. And continues to chase Kane in the 2023/24 European Golden Shoe race. Regarding this year's Golden Ball, if Haaland is awarded, it will be a worthy achievement. Therefore, fans should not expect and pressure him, which is perfect for a young player like him.

Barcelona is one of the teams that has managed to collect 9 points in the group, so it will be much easier for them to emerge as group winners because the opponents they face are much easier. Luckily, Barcelona is in a group with a team that is not too strong, so even though several of their mainstay players are injured, it doesn't really affect them in the Champions League. For competition in the Champions League, I think Barcelona will still be quite difficult because when the group stage ends they will definitely face a team that is much tougher and more balanced.

El Clasiko is a reference that when several of their mainstay players suffer injuries, it can affect the result of the match. Xavi Hernandez found it difficult to place players who had experience to stem the attack that Real Madrid players were trying to build because in a match like this, senior players who had experience were needed.

Every team in Group F has a chance to qualify for the knockout rounds. After  Newcastle's big win against PSG we thought Newcastle might be at the top of the points table. But in the next match, Newcastle lost against  Dortmund. Newcastle lost by a narrow margin of 1-0. And now Newcastle are third in the table after this defeat. On the other hand, Milan team is at the bottom of the table but this team is strong. If  they do well in the next  three matches, Milan also have the potential to qualify for the knockout rounds. I'd say we'll have to wait until the last match of the group stage to know which two teams from Group F will play in the knockout rounds.

Barcelona has won 3 matches, they only need 1 more win to ensure they qualify from the group phase, this is very possible because the quality of the other teams in Group H is far below Barcelona.
I don't think there is any doubt that even though a storm of injuries is currently approaching the Barcelona team, I don't think there will be any problems for them to get through the group phase.

And indeed, in the know out round, I think it will be very difficult for Barcelona when they face the top European teams because so far this season Barcelona's performance has not been optimal, this is not a good season for Barcelona, apart from their defeat in the EL Clasico match, but overall Barcelona's overall performance is not yet comparable to top European teams.

there is a slight mistake in your writing that Milan is not in League 1 but in Series A.

the best candidate might mostly say PSG because currently PSG is leading group F but if you always watch UCL matches when group F competes you will definitely say Newcastle or Dortmund are also still worthy of qualifying from this round because almost all the teams in group F have performance which is pretty good except Milan are without a win since the preliminary round started. you can also see how PSG was completely beaten by Newcastle but after that Newcastle was beaten by Dortmund after that Dortmund was beaten by PSG, very interesting? yes, of course, because it is too early to determine who will qualify from Group F because there are still several matches remaining while these three teams are still a very competitive competition.

No one doubts Barcelona potential to get through the group phase as group winners, Barcelona quality is better than the other teams in their group. A number of Barcelona mainstay players injuries have had a big impact on their performance, Xavi had to use young players in several matches because his team was experiencing a player crisis due to being in the treatment room.

Barcelona is not yet fully able to compete with other clubs. The defeat that Barcelona just experienced in El Clasico indicates that Barcelona is still unable to maintain its momentum when it is ahead.
UCL which always presents big matches, will make it difficult for Barcelona when facing clubs such as Bayern Munich and Manchester City. There are still several tasks that Xavi must complete to make Barcelona able to compete with other favorite teams.

Don't assume like that just yet because in Group H which is considered to be Barcelona the strongest team can actually still be matched with Porto which is team from the Portuguese League and Porto cannot be taken lightly.
Just look at their previous match they were only able to give Barcelona 1 - 0 win and in that match Barcelona looked quite difficult to penetrate Porto defense.
In addition as you have said Barcelona has several players who are injured which will affect the quality of their play in the UCL.

For La Liga itself, I still believe that Real Madrid is superior and it can be proven from their match that Real Madrid is able to beat Barcelona.
For the UCL it also looks like it will be the same where when these two teams qualify for the next round Real Madrid will still be superior to Barcelona.