Asides of the reining team of Manchester City i dotn see another team in that level to be a contender for this Champions League, maybe if Real Madrid with Bellingham still in this apce can have a chance, but they need a real number 9 you cant play with Joselu in this level.
Sorry, we still have Bayern Munich team ! That club is still there Sir and should not be underestimated at all, perhaps I think they are also at the same level as Manchester City. Especially currently that club has a great English striker who often plays against Manchester City in the EPL, at least as a goal machine Kane experience will be very useful for Bayern Munich competing in the UCL. 
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When it comes to Group A the biggest surprise so far is indeed Galatasaray's getting way ahead of Manchester United in the group. That huge win in Old Trafford upset the balances very much. Manchester United were already having tough days and Galatasaray made it even more difficult for them.
Manchester United had better collect 6 points from the Copenhagen matches up next. Otherwise the biggest achievement they can get would be to join the Europa League. Even if they beat Copenhagen in both matches their job would be really tough against Galatasaray in Turkey as well.
Manchester United had better collect 6 points from the Copenhagen matches up next. Otherwise the biggest achievement they can get would be to join the Europa League. Even if they beat Copenhagen in both matches their job would be really tough against Galatasaray in Turkey as well.
At the moment I don't see any good chances for Manchester Utd to stay in the Champions League after the group stage. With their performance, they can be happy if they finish third and can continue playing in the Europa League. Galatasaray will probably continue in the CL.
When it comes to Group A the biggest surprise so far is indeed Galatasaray's getting way ahead of Manchester United in the group. That huge win in Old Trafford upset the balances very much. Manchester United were already having tough days and Galatasaray made it even more difficult for them.
Manchester United had better collect 6 points from the Copenhagen matches up next. Otherwise the biggest achievement they can get would be to join the Europa League. Even if they beat Copenhagen in both matches their job would be really tough against Galatasaray in Turkey as well.
Manchester United had better collect 6 points from the Copenhagen matches up next. Otherwise the biggest achievement they can get would be to join the Europa League. Even if they beat Copenhagen in both matches their job would be really tough against Galatasaray in Turkey as well.
Asides of the reining team of Manchester City i dotn see another team in that level to be a contender for this Champions League, maybe if Real Madrid with Bellingham still in this apce can have a chance, but they need a real number 9 you cant play with Joselu in this level.
Then you have some difficulty with looking and seeing potentials. You should look harder again this time you might find some more qualities in other clubs.
Jude Bellingham deserves all the talks but it's already too much and boring.
Manchester City winning the Champions League once again is not gonna happen no ( LoL )
Quit talking about Manchester United, they should be the worst team weak after weak in the Champions League and amongst the clubs that joined and qualifed for the Champions League, they're the weakest link of them all!
Manchester United remain in a really tough position and will find it difficult but not impossible to qualify from the group they are in. They can win all their next four games if the players play with urgency and a sense of necessity. Manchester United were able to score against Bayern Munich and the result was not so poor, the way we expected, and against Galatasaray, poor defending was what made them loose, they still did not have a challenge scoring. So if Manchester United can fix their errors, they can win their remaining games.
There's every possibility Manchester united qualifies for the knock out stage but this will require putting in more work than usual because this possibility means they would have to win possibly all four matches remaining for them, and if they must win all four they will have to sacrifice some strength at the premier league to play better at the UCL.They have to bring in preference to get this done and Manchester has not been doing so well at the EPL which the also need some work to get things right there too, so it's really going to be a hectic one for them after the international break , although so far the performance they have been putting up at the UCL is one that we can say with some extra efforts they could possibly get a chance to qualify, if ten hag could come up with an improved version of the tactics used against Munich in the first UCL game, he can possibly win all four game remaining as they are not such that should give Him a hrd time.
Asides of the reining team of Manchester City i dotn see another team in that level to be a contender for this Champions League, maybe if Real Madrid with Bellingham still in this apce can have a chance, but they need a real number 9 you cant play with Joselu in this level.
Sevilla and Arsenal may look good but lets not forget about Lens, they managed to beat Arsenal, not that I am saying they will keep doing that, but they already got a decent chunk of points, and they may get some more, I am guessing that they will make it hard for other teams. In that case, Lens and Arsenal going up, and Sevilla going back to Europa would be so funny to see.
There is a reason why people call it "the sevilla cup" and that would be fun to see. They are much more comfortable there and they have won it so many times, most recently the last one, and they could keep doing fine there as well. If they keep going with UCL then I am sure that they will lose next stage right away, but if they go back down to europa cup then there is at least a chance that they may do well. This season I am sure even Europa cup will be a hard one since there are so many good teams, but not like Sevilla hasn't beaten any good teams there before, they may do it again.
I think it would be very interesting to see Sevilla return to the European League and win the title again in that competition. There is a reason why people call it "the sevilla cup" and that would be fun to see. They are much more comfortable there and they have won it so many times, most recently the last one, and they could keep doing fine there as well. If they keep going with UCL then I am sure that they will lose next stage right away, but if they go back down to europa cup then there is at least a chance that they may do well. This season I am sure even Europa cup will be a hard one since there are so many good teams, but not like Sevilla hasn't beaten any good teams there before, they may do it again.
And actually, in the match against Arsenal, Sevilla is expected to have difficulties and will ultimately lose. Sevilla will indeed play as hosts but this will not change the fact that Sevilla's performance this season is quite bad. Even in Laliga, it turns out that Sevilla is currently ranked 14th. This is different from Arsenal, which is currently ranked 2nd in the Premier League standings.
Arsenal have never even lost at this point in the Premier League. and in their latest match they also managed to beat last season's Champions League champions, namely Man City. But losing to Lens in the UCL really made everyone doubt Arsenal in the UCL. But Arsenal should still be the favorite when facing Sevilla.
Lens is currently at the top of the group right now. Arsenal is right below them. The point difference is absolutely minimal between all the teams in this group. The points are 4,3,2,1 for Lens, Arsenal, Sevilla and PSV. If I am not wrong, this is actually the most competitive group in the Champions League competition in terms of points alongside group F. Which also has a similar points between all the teams and in that group, all the teams are really big.
Arsenal is definitely performing really well in English Premier League. But I wonder if they will actually be able to transition that good performance into the Champions League. Because both are very different kind of competitions.
Arsenal did not score any points when playing away in France,in London in their first game they crashed PSV by winning 4-0 and I doubt Sevilla waits a different fate from that of PSV.Sevilla is in an even weaker form than PSV and they may risk to be drown much further deep and Arsenal may entertain themselves with a lot of goals scored.
I don't see any randomness element or surprise element that would make Arsenal not win this game so I agree with the bookies,most likely there will be very modest odds to them for this game.
Sometimes I'm a little confused about who is the strongest between Sevilla and Arsenal, whereas Arsenal is very clear that in the future this club will be the leader to qualify for the next round, but up to now Sevilla for me is still inconsistent or seems unstable even though they haven't been beaten yet, but there are doubts. comes when I think about how strong Arsenal is in this champions league even though Lens will also be a candidate to qualify for the next round but Arsenal is more worthy.I don't see any randomness element or surprise element that would make Arsenal not win this game so I agree with the bookies,most likely there will be very modest odds to them for this game.
In the upcoming match it looks like I will have a little difficulty placing a bet but I will wait for other information here to see whatever is happening to determine my prediction and for the moment I think the two clubs are a draw.
Arsenal did not score any points when playing away in France,in London in their first game they crashed PSV by winning 4-0 and I doubt Sevilla waits a different fate from that of PSV.Sevilla is in an even weaker form than PSV and they may risk to be drown much further deep and Arsenal may entertain themselves with a lot of goals scored.
I don't see any randomness element or surprise element that would make Arsenal not win this game so I agree with the bookies,most likely there will be very modest odds to them for this game.
Sometimes I'm a little confused about who is the strongest between Sevilla and Arsenal, whereas Arsenal is very clear that in the future this club will be the leader to qualify for the next round, but up to now Sevilla for me is still inconsistent or seems unstable even though they haven't been beaten yet, but there are doubts. comes when I think about how strong Arsenal is in this champions league even though Lens will also be a candidate to qualify for the next round but Arsenal is more worthy.I don't see any randomness element or surprise element that would make Arsenal not win this game so I agree with the bookies,most likely there will be very modest odds to them for this game.
In the upcoming match it looks like I will have a little difficulty placing a bet but I will wait for other information here to see whatever is happening to determine my prediction and for the moment I think the two clubs are a draw.
Qualifying for Manchester is very slim as they would have to win all four remaining matches to be able to fully qualified for the knockouts stage of Wich the chance this happens is very slim, because other teams in the group are also hoping to win to qualify so they will be putting up their best performance to get a win or draw in their every game
Manchester United remain in a really tough position and will find it difficult but not impossible to qualify from the group they are in. They can win all their next four games if the players play with urgency and a sense of necessity. Manchester United were able to score against Bayern Munich and the result was not so poor, the way we expected, and against Galatasaray, poor defending was what made them loose, they still did not have a challenge scoring. So if Manchester United can fix their errors, they can win their remaining games.Manchester United can try their hardest to win their next four matches in order to qualify for the round of 16 in the Champions League, but it will be very difficult for them to defeat Bayern Munich because Bayern is in good form this season and Galatasaray is playing well as well. I don't think Manchester United will qualify easily, but I believe they will try their hardest to win all of their remaining matches in order to qualify, Even when they are performing poorly in the league, they can perform well when they return from the international break. The coach should speak with Onana about not making unnecessary mistakes because it is one of Manchester United's problems this season, I wish De Gea was still at Manchester United the issue of the goalkeeping problems will be solved they will just focus on strikers.
Man United still has a chance in the Champions League, especially if they can continue to win in their remaining matches. This is not an easy target considering that their performance has not looked consistent to date. As long as they can get the full 6 points against Copenhagen, then their opportunities are still quite open. But if they fail to get these 6 points, they will most likely be eliminated from the Champions League.
Manchester United still has a chance of qualifying for the knockout phase of the last 16 of the Champions League because they still have four matches remaining, but they must win all the remaining matches. Looking at Manchester United's performance so far, which has not consistently maintained its best performance, the chances they have are very small, especially since they have to undergo two tough matches when they host Bayern Munich and visit Galatasaray headquarters.Ten Hag must take advantage of the match against Copenhagen to get their first points. A victory over Copenhagen could increase the enthusiasm of Manchester United players to maintain their chances considering that they have lost their first two matches. The opportunity for Manchester United to overtake Galatasaray in second place, which has only collected 4 points, is very open if they can achieve two wins against Copenhagen. Moreover, at the same time Galatasaray has to play two matches against Bayern Munich, the potential for losing points could happen to Galatasaray.
Manchester United do not deserve to play in the Champions League in the next stage. they are the only team in group A with zero points. The way they have performed, it is not justifiable by anyone. Another thing is Ten Hag got the money that he wanted, he got the players that he wanted and he got the time that he wanted. But he is still unable to bring in good results for Manchester United. I don't know what excuse he's going to give now. Especially when he has been making bad decisions consistently as the coach of Manchester United.
I actually do not think that Manchester United will be able to have a dominant performance against Copenhagen.
Bayern Munich and Galatasaray are gonna progress at the expense of Man United and Copenhagen.
Mere looking at group A UCL, it's simple to draw out the maps of teams that would make it out and the ones that will be pushed to Europa League, but the system doesn't work like that because we have alot to learn. Bayern Munich ranked first, followed by Galatasaray that are sitting second on the table, the other two teams would struggle in the second legs because they have priorities to reach this season. My major pressing concerns is on Manchester United because they're weigh below the standards of competitive matches, total reluctance and fatigue hits the players, perhaps there's still hope for the Red Devils. But it is not that easy to do so, because Galatasaray who in the first match defeated Manchester United will be as much as possible to maintain its position in the standings in order to qualify from the group phase. Mamchester United will have to change a lot of things from their game if they want to qualify.
Qualifying for Manchester is very slim as they would have to win all four remaining matches to be able to fully qualified for the knockouts stage of Wich the chance this happens is very slim, because other teams in the group are also hoping to win to qualify so they will be putting up their best performance to get a win or draw in their every game
Manchester United remain in a really tough position and will find it difficult but not impossible to qualify from the group they are in. They can win all their next four games if the players play with urgency and a sense of necessity. Manchester United were able to score against Bayern Munich and the result was not so poor, the way we expected, and against Galatasaray, poor defending was what made them loose, they still did not have a challenge scoring. So if Manchester United can fix their errors, they can win their remaining games.I dont think they will be able to pull through and get that second position. For me Galatasaray has good quality and their moral after winning against Man Utd is big. Bayern Munich will for sure take the first place but i think Man Utd with Ten Hag dont have the power to turn this season in the champions league around.
Qualifying for Manchester is very slim as they would have to win all four remaining matches to be able to fully qualified for the knockouts stage of Wich the chance this happens is very slim, because other teams in the group are also hoping to win to qualify so they will be putting up their best performance to get a win or draw in their every game
Manchester United remain in a really tough position and will find it difficult but not impossible to qualify from the group they are in. They can win all their next four games if the players play with urgency and a sense of necessity. Manchester United were able to score against Bayern Munich and the result was not so poor, the way we expected, and against Galatasaray, poor defending was what made them loose, they still did not have a challenge scoring. So if Manchester United can fix their errors, they can win their remaining games. 
MU must show the quality of their own game to the maximum. play well and get the win. No need to think too much about the results from Munich. the most important thing is that they have to win first, and hope that there is still a chance to qualify.
but I have a feeling that this will be quite difficult for MU, they may have to fight again for the Europa League if they are eliminated from the Champions League. currently the biggest possibility that Ten Hag and his team can have is that. It's not that there's no chance, but I think the best possibility for MU is the Europa League.
You seems to be really sure if Manchester United at least will be in the top 3, don't underestimate Copenhagen since they can still able to compete against Galatasaray while Manchester United can't. There's a possibility Manchester United would be in the bottom and not enter Europa league.but I have a feeling that this will be quite difficult for MU, they may have to fight again for the Europa League if they are eliminated from the Champions League. currently the biggest possibility that Ten Hag and his team can have is that. It's not that there's no chance, but I think the best possibility for MU is the Europa League.
Manchester United is really struggle due to lack of good player, so it's not something could be easily solved.
MU will be playing away soon. Im always hoping copenhagen to take full points. Im ready to risking myself to pick copenhagen/btts for the upcoming match.
Im waiting for such moment to come and then MU fans will boo its coach and said TENHAGOUT. When that moment will come and it will be crazy to see so many criticisms will come toward him.
Ten hag needs to prepare himself for that moment.
I personally do not think Manchester United is actually going to finish in any kind of respectable position in the Champions League. They will be very lucky to actually finish in any kind of decent position in the English Premier League. Expecting anything from Manchester United in the Champions League is actually a dumb expectation in my opinion.
Yes, they do have a chance against Copenhagen. But the way they have been inconsistent, it is probably not a good idea to expect a win from them to be honest. There is nothing to be surprised if the match ends in a draw. And personally, I will not be surprised if they actually end up losing the match.
With Copenhagen they would most definitely utilize that opportunity and probably kick start their new streaks of winning from there if only they change their strategy or tactics and get the players in their right position with perfect combination aswell. The defence system is another aspect of the team Erik ten hag have to work on seriously els he will continue conceding more goals and may hardly secure wins, the defense is so weak they it will cost stronger team less efforts to break in. But with good improvement I'm sure the red devils still have a chance to secure a good position in the UCl as they still gat some good number of game to play.
Well, I think that Manchester United has a match against Sheffield United, which is going to be played two days ahead of the match against Copenhagen. I will say that Manchester United is going to lose at least one of them. My best guess is there will lose one and win one between these two. Either they are winning the match against Sheffield United and performing/losing against Copenhagen or vice versa. With the inconsistency that Manchester United has right now, I do not believe that they will be able to win both of them, especially when they will be played with only two days of difference.
I don't think there's anything strange about that, because scoring a goal or a lot of goals doesn't guarantee they can win the game, right? We can see from the results of their first match against Bayern Munich. They scored 3 goals, but Bayern Munich scored 4. Against Galatasay it was the same, they could create 2 goals but Galatasaray could create more than what they could create so that made Manchester United lose the match.
0 points from 2 matches, that's not a good result, and they are in danger of packing their bags and not making it to the knockout stages.
Its not really important with Manchester United player Rasmus Hojlund lead top scorer awhile in Champion League after scoring three goals but not guarantee with his team will qualify to the next round or not. Most important thing not only how many goals scoring but also Manchester United have to try without conceded any goal yet if want get placed on 16 round. Manchester United played two matches but still not get points yet, upcoming match face Copenhagen is important match for recovery and first three points will help United chance qualifying to next round or have eliminated early in Champion League competition. Beside try to score as many possible goals, Manchester United should strong in defense area how to secure their winning match.0 points from 2 matches, that's not a good result, and they are in danger of packing their bags and not making it to the knockout stages.
Manchester united needs to urges its defender to perform as good as they can when the club will face copenhagen as its opponent. Copen hagen might not be familiar for us but this club is quite strong like galatasaray.
Manchester united needs to be careful or it will miss another three points from copenhagen. Manchester united is having too many weakness spots at this moment. it's even hard to describe how manchester united can solve this problem.
It sounds like that everything about united is going down.
Bayern Munich and Galatasaray are gonna progress at the expense of Man United and Copenhagen.
It could be wise to take Manchester United out of the picture, in terms of teams that won't qualify in that group, but in my opinion, I can't specifically say that Galatasaray and Bayern Munich will only scale through and take Copenhagen for granted. So for me, both Galatasaray and Copenhagen have an equal chance of qualifying in that group alongside Bayern, regardless of which team is ahead of the other in their group table. And for Bayern Munich I am sure they will get full points when facing Galatasaray, the most important thing is to strengthen their defense because Galatasaray always takes advantage of counter attacks which are quite troublesome.
And Manchester United must be able to get full points at Old Trafford to host Copenhagen, and even though it is unlikely, I hope that in the remaining group A matches, Manchester United can give a surprise by finishing second.
Manchester United remaining four points left from Galatasaray who settled on 2nd standings position, with four matches left still have opportunity for qualifying to 16 round, must winning all matches left actually next match against Copenhagen. Loss two matches in a row give difficult position for Manchester United and their opportunity lead to 16 round, but United need help from Bayern Munich take three points against Galatasaray and give Manchester United cut off difference points.
Erik ten Hag must motovate his team keep optimistic with three points achievement on next match, if loss three points or get one points against Copenhange seems difficult for managing to 16 round.
MU must show the quality of their own game to the maximum. play well and get the win. No need to think too much about the results from Munich. the most important thing is that they have to win first, and hope that there is still a chance to qualify.Erik ten Hag must motovate his team keep optimistic with three points achievement on next match, if loss three points or get one points against Copenhange seems difficult for managing to 16 round.
but I have a feeling that this will be quite difficult for MU, they may have to fight again for the Europa League if they are eliminated from the Champions League. currently the biggest possibility that Ten Hag and his team can have is that. It's not that there's no chance, but I think the best possibility for MU is the Europa League.
They must win against Copenhagen but on the other hand they must also expect Galatasaray to lose their match against Bayern so that they are not too far from the gap with Galatasaray later.
Let go of Bayern because they are at a different level because there is no way they will be able to compete for the first place in this group especially when the opponent is Bayern but they can still fight for second place and that must be proven with a victory against Copenhagen and Galatasaray in the second leg later.
It could be wise to take Manchester United out of the picture, in terms of teams that won't qualify in that group, but in my opinion, I can't specifically say that Galatasaray and Bayern Munich will only scale through and take Copenhagen for granted. So for me, both Galatasaray and Copenhagen have an equal chance of qualifying in that group alongside Bayern, regardless of which team is ahead of the other in their group table.
If we talk about opportunities, in fact Manchester United also still has a chance at this time if Manchester United can win the four remaining matches in the group stage. But that is a very small possibility for Manchester United to get it, because in those four matches Manchester United will still meet Bayern Munich, who are currently still unbeaten in Group A. Apart from that, I still have doubts about Copenhagen's performance even though Copenhagen had draw at home to Galatasaray. Jump to: