Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 961. (Read 141760 times)

I wouldn't write Manchester United off just yet and prescribe their elimination from the Champions League. In general, they may well qualify for the Europa League, I don't believe in more than that, but anything is possible. "Galatsaray certainly look better than them, so I would favour them more in the fight to qualify for the 1/8 stage

Real Madrid are the 3rd favoured team for the Champions League title by bookmakers. However I have started seeing them like they have nearly equal chances with Manchester City for winning it this season.    The reason why is that Real Madrid have made a huge progress since last season. Especially the Bellingham transfer could be the best move they have made in the recent years.

Because he is like a goal machine right now. Real Madrid were being criticized for not signing a solid replacement for Benzema.

But here we are seeing Bellingham fill that gap incredibly well.  

On the one hand I would say you are right, on the other hand we all know by now that Newcastle can be a magnificent team and they have again played a good game in the Premier League and only tied it because they got unlucky in the 89th minute. But when they play at home they can absolutely beat any team.
In my opinion that landslide victory against PSG at home massively increased their chances to advance to the next round. They have the goal advantage most likely on their side and they can play confidently in the next Champions League matches. There is nothing to fear and they can afford a loss, which sometimes gives a team an additional edge over others who are under pressure.

Newcastle is also somewhat a newcomer since most of the people can't remember the day when Newcastle played in the Champions League for the last time. It is 20 years ago. They have all the good things on their side and if they win their last home game against AC Milan, I think that's almost the ticket into the knockout games.

All the teams in the group F are definitely very good. But the problem is right now none of them are consistent. So that is a problem, which is eventually making people be not sure about which team is actually going to get to the next stage.

If we just judge by looking at the performance that they are doing right now, we have to say that Dortmund is probably not going to qualify. But at the same time, the point difference between all four teams is not very big. so every team still has a chance to qualify in my opinion. All the teams are also very much capable. All of them are big clubs, that is why it is much harder to predict right now.

The candidates who will qualify for the next round seem to be Newcastle or Milan, who are currently still unbeaten and Newcastle's only very strong challenger is Milan because in terms of experience, Milan has a bigger chance, but in terms of the depth of the players performance, Newcastle is better prepared to continue to the next round.
Newcastle next match will be against Dortmund, one of the big clubs in the Bundesliga and if you look at the performance of the Dortmund players, they are not in consistent state so if Newcastle wants to remain in the lead in group F, at least they can beat Dortmund or at least they will only draw.
But if we really predict that Newcastle can beat Dortmund it will only be a very narrow victory because after all Dortmund also has very strong defense at the moment.

What is clear is that there is no club in Group F that is safe and has guaranteed itself to qualify for the next stage, I think the opportunity is still wide open for these four clubs. It's confusing to see the inconsistency shown by PSG, both in Ligue 1 and in the UCL, as well as Milan, who played well in Serie A but failed to win in the UCL. After winning over PSG, Newcastle is now the favorite to qualify, while in my opinion Dortmund is the weakest of the three other clubs in Group F.

At the moment it is still very difficult to predict the strength of each club in group F, because the third matchday is still a long time away. However, I still believe that PSG has a real chance of qualifying for the last 16, even though they won't be group winners.

In fact, Bayern Munich have not yet found a strong or balanced team that will be their tough opponent in this group phase. So, it's too soon to conclude that Bayern can progress smoothly to the final of this competition. In the Group A phase, as far as we predicted at the start, United would be a strong opponent for Munich. but after the two teams met, they could beat United. It's just that Bayern has a few obstacles that are their weakness, namely goalkeeper Sven Ulreich, who always has difficulties when they play against quite strong teams.

Talking about the match against Galatasaray, on paper Bayern will win this match, especially if we refer to the available odds.  even though in reality, the first leg match will be held at Galatasaray headquarters. Apart from that, Bayern has a high probability of qualifying as winner of Group A. Last season, Bayern escaped the group phase with a perfect score. Likewise their chances this season, Tuchel will be happy if his team escapes with a perfect score without defeat. Well, after the group phase ends, the real match for Bayern has just begun. However, matchday 3 still has some time left before it takes place. Therefore, Tuchel's focus is currently on the Bundesliga before they play in the Champions League.

Newcastle missed the European Champions League for two decades, their ambitions of a first win thwarted after a draw with AC Milan. For this reason, many did not expect that Newcastle managed to beat PSG on the second Matchday and marked its first victory after a long sleep, which was very impressive because this success was achieved at home. With the background of being absent from the UCL for quite a long time, it is natural for everyone to doubt Newcastle, especially joining in Group F which is considered difficult. Now Newcastle strength will be taken into account by other clubs, the next four matches will determine the fate of each club to qualify for the next stage.

On the other hand, PSG is in a stage of ups and downs in performance, in other words, Luis Enrique squad is not completely stable this season. Some of the new recruits have not had the impact and contribution that was expected, adaptation within the PSG squad has been stagnant, although it cannot be said to be bad.

The fact that Milan did not win in the game with Newcastle was mainly due to the Newcastle goalkeeper, it is true. But the game with Dortmund, I would say, was equal, that is, Milan was definitely not a higher level. But at the same time, Milan has excellent statistics in Serie A; if you look at PSG, they are doing poorly in both Ligue 1 and the Champions League. Quite confusing isn't it? But PSG don't look like clear favourites. Both teams need a win, but as they say, it will be a game of “three results.”

Not just Onana, Manchester City has a Goalkeeper that's very poor at saving goals. Ederson we all know has good passing abilities but very poor when it comes to saving balls.
Erik Ten Hag would have dumped Onana out of the squad if he was the problem with the squad. He sucks at saving important and last hope moments lately, but I will say it forever, Andrea Onana has never been part of Manchester United issues.

Yes he gave a pass too short for Casemiro which lead to him being carded and he was poor against Bayern Munich. Disregard whatever you read and hear about Andrea Onana. He is a very quality player. Soon, once the defense is fixed, Y'all will see the best of Onana.

After all, even if for example Bayern Munich does not have Kane too, that Bayern Munich will still be the team projected to win if the opponent is only Galatasaray. So yes, moreover in this season Bayern Munich has Kane and also, Kane managed to make a good contribution to Bayern Munich and although Kane is still relatively new to playing at Bayern Munich but Kane still managed to play well. So yes, there is no good reason for Bayern Munich not to beat Galatasaray, because the victory on paper for Bayern Munich will certainly be the real final result.

One thing is that since Newcastle is new, most people and club will underestimate them and will not give them must attention, unknown to them that Newcastle came to the league to play aggressively in order for them to go far. The club is strong and the coach is a good coach that knows the important matches to win. Clubs will begin to take them serious such in case they go far, it will be a good record to them because after a long stay at home, they came back to price to the world that they are back and better. I know that they will still qualify to the champions league next season because they are doing well in EPL

Since the start of the draw for group F, Newcastle has been in the hell group with AC Milan, PSG and Borussia Dortmund. Newcastle was labeled the weakest club in their group because they had just returned to the Champions League after not appearing for a long time but again in the UCL but now they are in first place in the group. Indeed, the Champions League is difficult to predict, the aura of playing in the Champions League is very different from playing in the domestic league.

Yes, the match is still long, but looking at the current condition of the Newcastle squad, the players' skills are very evenly distributed from the back to the front lines, they are really evenly distributed in all lines, the reserve players are also good, so Eddie Howe just needs to mix it up with the right composition so he can beat Borussia Dortmund. Yes, PSG is still the favorite in the match against AC Milan, especially since the match is being held at PSG's home ground, I think this match will be a fixed price for PSG to get three points so that their hopes of qualifying for the next phase are still maintained.

Yes they are still better than the other 2 clubs below them, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund. However, they still have a long way to go, as they still have 4 matches to play, and in those 4 matches anything can happen. Because other clubs like AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund also want to do their best before the group stage really ends and determines their position at the end of the standings later. Paris Saint Germain are still on a good path for now, but they still have to be able to improve, because the competition in the group they occupy is a tough competition compared to other groups.

Although PSG has just lose from Newcastle but at least they still at 2nd position under Newcastle i think this is good if we compare to their upcoming opponent AC Milan because so far Milan has been wasted their chances to collect 3 points from Newcastle and Dortmund even while against Newcastle they have good chances to beat Newcastle at that time but apparently Milan players were failed to utilized plently of the opportunities to scores goals and it make they only can able to playing draw at home and for 3rd match Milan will fight against PSG but i feel like this match will belong to PSG especially this is home match for PSG so i don't think they want to losing points again and Milan performance in this competition doesn't really good because until 2 matches they still unable to scores so this make me so sure PSG will going to win this match

Yes I agree I doubt Manchester United can qualify for the knockout round, because the game displayed by Manchester United since the beginning of the season until now is not optimal until they always lose the match, right you say maybe Ten Hag is not good at managing players, one of which happens to the Red Devils goalkeeper, releasing De Gea and recruiting Onana of course spending a lot of funds, but unfortunately Onana always makes blunders in his job of guarding the goal, this proves that Ten Hag is not optimal in managing players he must replace Onana in the upcoming transfer market.

But the good thing is that in this Red Devils match against Brentford, the Red Devils excelled against Brentford even with an unpredictable victory, Manchester United returned to winning ways but this was different but in a tense way, having to turn things around in the final seconds to win 2-1 over Brentford, They thought they would bring home three points from Old Trafford, but their hopes ran aground in the bloody minutes after United midfielder McTominay scored two goals at once in second half injury time, I really couldn't think the Red Devils would win. Win or lose this Red Devils, I hope Ten Hag can maximize the game and bring the Red Devils back with a good game and not always get defeated.

Losing Hakim Ziyech to injury may not have a complete impact on Galatasaray's performance because basically this team was quite strong before Hakim Ziyech's arrival and I think they will still perform well in the next match. Currently, Galatasaray is indeed a team to be reckoned with because Manchester United, which was once the top dog, has now slumped, making Galatasaray the second strongest after Bayern Munich in Group A. Indeed, Bayern Munich cannot be careless, especially since Galatasaray is aiming for their second win and at least Tuchel must prepare for all possibilities so that his team continues to win in this match. I think it's still too early for Galatasaray to beat Bayern Munich and as I said before a draw is still possible.

It will be an easy match for Munich. I'm sure many people choose to bet on Munich because it is an almost guaranteed win. I can't guarantee there will be a lot of goals because Galatasaray is the second strongest team in the group based on the points obtained. But betting on Bayern is the best choice for that match. Or maybe for Bayern's entire group game.

Bayern Munich was the favorite in this match because they played well in the previous two matches. Tuchel wants full points in every match so that Bayern Munich emerges as group winners and avoid having to face a much more balanced club in the next phase. The key and the strategy that needs to be implemented as optimally as possible is in defense if Tuchel wants to get full points, because Galatasaray also plays very pressingly like when they faced Man United at Old Trafford. The weak defense shown by Man United will be a crucial point for Tuchel because Galatasaray could provide an unexpected surprise if Bayern Munich's defensive position is weak.

The problem of strikers and midfielders is not a problem for Bayern Munich because they have several quality players. Striker Harry Kane also performs very well every match, coupled with the good performances shown by Leroy Sane and Jamal Musala, so the front line is still quite confident of being able to score several goals against Galatasaray.

Newcastle has been very impressive with their performance in the UEFA Champions League this season and despite being one of the under dogs of their group, they've managed to be at the top of the group with four points after two matches.
That being said, their current positive doesn't mean that they'll remain at the top of the group if they fail to win more matches. The group F is still open if you ask me as there's every possiblity of  any of the other three teams to progress to the next round of the competition. So for Newcastle to progress out of the group, they must continue show resilience.