Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 907. (Read 141855 times)

There is one lesson I would want us to take home in this Manchester United match Vs Copenhagen in the Champions League. Infact there are more than 1 lesson, let's go this way;

• Any player(s) performing badly for a long time or have been inconsistent just only one match to lift the player. The confidence of both Maguire and Onana is boosted, wait for great performances from henceforth
• Always be humble even when the whole world is against you. There is rarely any player that will receive criticism and attack as Maguire and his football career will not end. Maguire dealt with all this in silence, he is a true hero
• There could still be a win after two consecutive losses

The match is already over,which saw Arsenal defeat Sevilla in a 2:1 win.This game was very interesting and full of tension.Arsenal winger Gabriel Martinelli score the first goal,which motivated and push them towards getting the second one in the second half,as they edged Sevilla that was looking at the possiblity of winning Arsenal by all means to grab the three points,which would have seen them be in the second place on the table.So far,Arsenal and Lens are the two teams who are favourite to qualify from that group.
From all indications,tonight's matchh is what shows that the premier league seriously are the only place s that can come and go,but still barack remains.

United in third position after winning their opposition. Manchester united secured their first 3 points in UEFA Champions League tonight. It have been really challenging for the Red Devils to grab points and recording a thrilling winning against Copenhagen is exactly the motivation the team's needs to boost their performance. Harry Maguire goal made the difference and André Onana brilliant save secured a well deserved points for the Red Devils, atleast Onana have proven himself eligible to fixed his position in forthcoming games for Manchester United.

This group could still go anywhere, but Arsenal is now in the driving seat as they have their 6 points now and they have 2 games at home in the last 3 games. This makes a significant difference regarding the competition for rank 1 whereas Lens now has had their opportunity in this game against PSV to take an important hurdle towards the next round in the Champions League. This draw isn't quite what they wanted. A win would have been huge because now they know what to expect from their last 3 games with 2 games being away against Arsenal and PSV. That's why PSV still isn't lost here. It is unlikely that they will score against Arsenal, but they will get their final game against Sevilla, which ended in a draw in the first leg, which means if they win it, they would also win the comparison in case they end up with the same number of points.

PSV are really in a tight situation no doubt but it was actually quite expected as their are not that strong when it comes to playing in the champions league. But when it's comes to comparing these two team performance currently now , I think I would count PSV a better team because of their ability to win games  their league and although their opponent the french team actually finished second but still no doubt that this PSV team is actually better in performance.

I think it was a beautiful game today. The both England team played well against their opponent. Kudos to Gabriel Jesus for that wonderful assist to Martinelli. As a striker he was able to score a goal and assist on another. That is wat a quality striker should bring to the team. Am impressed because the the two Brazilians made a very impact to the Arsenal game today and as well as other team member. I highly comment their effort to maintain a win at the end.

Towards the end of the Man United match I was surprised to see a penalty against Man U. It all went down on them with the look of pain and agony in the face of their fans. But well Onana came through for them and still maintained their victory. I could remember in the previous champions league match day the both England teams lost same day but today they secured a win. That alone shows some improvement in their play.

Actually, it should be an easy match for Man United. They are against the weakest team in group A and they play at home. In theory, Man United must win the match easily. But in fact, they almost got a draw. lol  

It was surprising that Man United got difficulty to play against Copenhagen in the first half. Man United may play under pressure, they think it was like a big match. And they also must get 3 points if they want to compete for 2nd place in group A. It may cause Man United bad performance in the first half.  

Well, Maguire and Onana are the Hero today.
This is amazing, we know that these players often became the problem for Man United. But today, they became the Hero.
I can't believe that Maguire succeed to score goal in the right direction. Usually, he scored own goals.  

Bayern Munich won 3 points in this match.
Bayern Munich consolidated their position at the top of Group A of the Champions League after defeating Galatasaray. The match ended with a score of 3-1 in favor of the away team. With a squad of outstanding quality, Bayern proactively played offensively from the beginning and soon opened the scoring thanks to Kingsley Coman. Faced with strong attacking power, Garatasaray could not stand and had to concede 2 consecutive goals after that. Galatasaray only got 1 consolation goal, scored by Mauro Icardi on the penalty spot.
After this victory, Bayern Munich became the first team in Champions League history to win 8 consecutive away matches in the group stage. Bayern Munich extended their unbeaten streak in the Champions League group stage to 37, the longest unbeaten streak in the tournament's history. What an outstanding achievement for the team representing Germany.

You know one thing that gives a club confidence is winning against a stronger team as Lens winning Arsenal which is a competitive club boast their morales in their match against PSV, I see france Ligue 1 division producing a competitive team in Lens because they have shown consistency in their champions league campaign this season

I think this is quite natural because Bayern munich visited Galatasaray's headquarters where they had to play carefully and not care whether their game was bad or not. Their target was to win and they succeeded in doing that. Indeed, if you look at it, of course galatasaray was able to play better and was far superior in possession of the ball and they also recorded a lot of shots in this match, but bayern munich is a strong team and full of experience, they can survive pressure situations to steal the win.

Even so, fans are quite satisfied with their performance because in the 3 matches in the Champions League where bayern munich were able to record wins in those 3 matches. And they are at the top of the standings as well as have a big chance of becoming group winners. I think Tuchel really needs to change the style of play for bayern munich in the next match.

Much appreciation to Andre Onana and Harry Maguire. I wasn't sure that today's match versus Copenhagen would result in a 1-0 tie, but these two guys rescued a lot of people's tickets. The biggest chance for Copenhagen was lost when they failed to score their penalty. Manchester United has win the UEFA Champions League for the first time.

However, since they made an effort to earn their three points, let us see whether they can perform well and defeat comprehend again, this time away from home, so that they can have six points and a strong chance to meet Bayern Munich if Galatasaray fails to win against them. Onana saved the penalty, and Maguire scored. That's good encouraging Man united are now in third position.

Manchester United had a better second half than the shambolic first half they played. The main player that changed the game was Christian Erickson. When Erickson came into  the game his composure and ability was the reason United dominated the midfield and one of his long balls was the what brought about the goal. Garnacho was missing one on one chances with the goalkeeper but also had a better game than Rashford that played complete nonsense. Garnacho should be given more playing time.

The two players that weren’t in the game was Scott MacTominay and Bruno. Aside the goals MacTominay doesn’t provide nothing more, he is part of central midfielders and could not dash back to recieve the ball more often when the defense has it. This was the space the opponent exploited and use to cause united problems in the first half. A better team would have done damage to united

The main factor in Real Madrid's victory over Braga is Vinicius Junior. He was responsible for both of the assists Real Madrid used to win in their Champions League match tonight. Real Madrid would not have been victorious if he hadn't pushed for those attacks.
The performance of Real Madrid is starting to decline. They aren't playing the outstanding football they used to. They should take note that they won't be at the top of the Laliga table by the weekend if they perform like this against Barcelona in their Laliga match.

The most surprising result of the day was Benfica losing at home to Real Sociedad. After finishing last season as champions in the league, Benfica couldn't get the results they wanted in the Champions League. There was a time when some teams were afraid of Benfica. Now those times seem to be behind them. Having been defeated in all 3 matches in the group, it will be very difficult for Benfica to get out of the group. Sociedad and Inter will most probably exit the group. Benfica, on the other hand, will have to push for the Europa League.

It was one of those days where you may look like you played better but the result may not come. There are a lot of similar games in football, and even games have this type of thing as well, you can have %70+ possession and 20+ more shots and still lose to a team that had just a few shots. We were unlucky, we had some great chances and amazing shots but it was either saved or missed by an inch, we could have scored 3 goals easily during the first half but we just missed. I congratulate Bayern, to be fair I always thought that the bigger chance would be losing to Bayern but we had a small chance, and that's exactly what happened, if those shots went in, we would have won. Unlucky, time to look for the next game.

Since the day Lens beat Arsenal 2-1 at home, I knew they would be the other team to make an effort to scale through the round of 16 because I never expected Arsenal to lose against them, and they defeated Arsenal, and today they have yet another outstanding performance as they were able to get a point in their match against PSV.

Before now, many people were not counting on Lens; they were only focused on PSV and Arsenal. But as it stands now, Lens and Arsenal might be the two teams that can qualify for the knockout stage of the 2023–2024 season.

As you can see, Bayern still won and this game seems to correspond to the pattern when the underdog plays very well and even better than the more eminent opponent, but in the end “for some reason” the better team wins. This is a common pattern when the stronger team strains exactly as much as it needs to strain to win. However, I’m not yet sure that this is exactly what is happening with Bayern, they don’t look convincing in the Bundesliga either. So maybe today luck was just on their side, who knows.

Yes, after match calm interviews of these two players where you can still see they peace. United still counts for 2nd place, although it will be difficult to play like this in two weeks, not to mention Turkey. We will also see what will happen in the derby.

Two in-form teams failed to meet. Lens drew 1-1 with PSV at home. Of course this result is a success for PSV. If I remember correctly, Lens finished 2nd in the league last season with 1 point difference behind PSG. A 1-1 draw away to a team that dominated the French league last season must be promising. Both teams had plenty of chances but didn't make the most of them. We could have seen more goals in the match. I don't know if PSV can get out of the group but I think this group will be more competitive than the other groups.

Manchester United struggled to win the game, which is why they worked so hard to do so. Thanks to Harry Maguire and Onana, United were able to defeated Copenhagen team and earn three points in the process. I can tell that the abuse that supporters have been giving Harry Maguire for his performances has helped him perform better in recent games. If Manchester United had lost today's game, I had doubts that they would not be successful for the entire of this season. However, given how well he played today, which included helping them win by scoring one goal that gave them three points. Fans of Maguire and Onana won't be upset about their efforts tonight, so I guess I can say that Onana is back.

If not for luck, Manchester United would not have won the game. I believe the team needs more attackers because Rashford has been a complete waste of space, having so many chances and failing to have any target, he also refuses to pass the ball, knowing only that he must score. Rashford is a major issue for the team, and I'm not sure if Ten Hag's was too afraid to replace him with Martial rather than Hojlund. He need to be punish like the way he did with Maguire. Garnacho is even contributing better than him but i see that the coach also want to leave the club sooner, they need to set more standards.