Topic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season - page 986. (Read 141760 times)

I think we could see some surprise results in most of the matches today, I expect goals in most of the matches and it's also possible that some of the matches will end in a goalless draw.
Like everyone else, I normally think we will see a lot of goals in the Leipzig-City match, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a goalless draw. In most games I expect the favorites not to lose, yesterday already a lot of favorites lost.

Just as Haaland improved the chances of Manchester City to win the champions league last season, Bellingham in Real Madrid and with how well he plays has improved Real Madrid's chances to win the champions league again this time, and even the La Liga. Bellingham is the best transfer they have made so far in this season. Real Madrid will easily qualify from the group stage, they have six points currently from their group and can also win their next game to have a perfect start to the competition.

It baffles me to see that Man United time to participate in UCL is a blunder to their fans and the club, because of the poor defensive pattern and Onana worst performance. I don't have any hope for them to pass this group stage because since this season started and after I watched two of their games in the premiership, I knew it that Man United will be a mess in the champions league and I wasn't surprised at what happened yesterday because I knew it that Man united is suffering from a big problem that might not be gotten rid of this season.

How do you see Jude Bellingham's development so far? isn't this young player so amazing?

In fact, in the 9 matches he has played with Real Madrid in all competitions he has scored 8 goals and assisted 3. Last night's match against Napoli also added to his contribution with 1 goal and 1 assist which earned him the MOTM award. Moreover, the goal he scored was extraordinary by dribbling the ball alone into the opponent's penalty box before he finally kicked the ball into a goal. Of course, those of you who have watched him a lot lately will not be surprised because he is a midfielder who also acts as a striker for Real Madrid and that is why Real Madrid is currently not having too much difficulty in terms of goal productivity since the presence of Jude Bellingham. I think this player will continue to break new records, especially in the Champions League and by being on the team with the most UCL titles he will certainly be even more enthusiastic about being the difference in every match he plays in the future.

That's the depravity of MU's management, who wasted so much money on buying players that they thought would advance the club, but in fact, on the contrary, the expensive players they bought didn't meet the club's expectations and only filled the medical room. The Red Devils have really slumped this season, not only in the UCL, even in the League, they don't seem to have the fighting spirit to compete. In fact, this is different from their city rivals who are able to change everything from season to season, at least MU can emulate their city rivals, we don't need to talk about opportunities in Europe, because there are no more opportunities.

I think it will be difficult for Manchester United, there are still many changes that have to be made by this club, especially the coach, I think they will not qualify for the group and will go home early in the UCL this season, I don't think Manchester United is worthy of qualifying for the next round in the UCL and I also think it takes time to fix everything and recover from adversity so it looks like they will fail in the UCL.

I think they might just be able to focus on the EPL and several other championships which they might still be able to face rather than meeting great clubs in the UCL which makes them helpless and even looks like they have no hope of getting through the group phase to the next round, I'm sure Manchester united will return home first from the UCL this season and they need to overhaul everything for the better. 

maybe someone knows the answer to this question.....without reading the answer :
after how many champions league matches did Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal ? .....

CR7 didn't score his first goal until the 27th Champions League game. i didn't know that myself and only read it today. 26 games without a goal is a long time for such a star.

Moving to Manchester United was like a disaster for Andre Onana, his performance has declined since he was in goal for Manchester United, even though previously he always performed well when he was playing for Inter. In two games in the UCL this season,
The goal guarded by Onana has been conceded 7 times. This number was the worst conceded figure for Manchester United and was accompanied by blunders and an unconvincing performance from Onana.

After being humiliated by Galatasaray at Old Trafford, Onana was considered a source of disaster for Manchester United because he was thought to have contributed to Manchester United's defeat to Galatasaray due to a series of blunders he made. Onana made the most serious blunder when Manchester United were defeated by Galatasaray, Onana pass went to the opposing player (Mauro Icardi). Icardi looked like he had just received a beautiful assist and then immediately took the ball into the penalty box. Casemiro, whose position was not far from Icardi, immediately made a tackle and caused Icardi to fall and at the same time earned him a red card from the referee which resulted in Galatasaray being awarded a penalty.

As a result of two consecutive defeats, Manchester United is at the bottom of Group A with 0 points and makes its chances of qualifying for the next round increasingly slim.

In the end, it wasn't wrong as Bayern were still very good and managed to win against Copenhagen who were quite troublesome in terms of defence in this match.
On the other hand, this is increasingly difficult for Manchester United because seeing Copenhagen when facing Bayern, this is a burden for Manchester United later because they must win in this match but on the other hand they will also be very inconvenient to face Copenhagen with a strong defence.

A few minutes after I posted, a goal was scored by Tel and Bayern secured 3 points in this match.
Copenhagen is quite good at compensating for the performance of Bayern, it's just that in terms of experience and conditions Bayern is much stronger than Copenhagen makes them difficult. The defence needs to be appreciated because however trying to keep up rather than defending completely against Bayern is very worthy of praise but the crucial minutes they seem to lose focus.

Arsenal's dominance was actually very good and they also had quite good initiation but Lens is also clearly not a bad club even though their performance in Ligue 1 is currently not very good but they are still very good and of course in this match Lens needs to thank Bamba who made some good saves in this match.
David Raya's mistake must also be addressed by Arteta because this is purely a mistake he made so there needs to be improvements in buying time and finding a rhythm so that something similar does not happen again.

Winning the next four fixtures in the Champions League can be attained of Erik Ten Hag would stop being a full-time idiot. This are worrying times but how they are managed is all that matters.
Man United have a good ball playing goal keeper but not same for  all of the Central defender's since Lisandro Martinez got Injured. That should have been improved before the season kicked but Man United didn't take the bold steps towards it.
Those two goals are good for his confidence. The Denmark young man is growing into a mature striker for United. Some decisions need to be tough taken by Ten Hag. Qualifications for the knock out stage will be tough I have come to conclusion.

Man United's nightmare is not over yet and I think Ten Hag should start to worry about his position. Ten Hag prefers to ignore De Gea in favor of bringing in Onana from Inter Milan, who at that time came with full confidence. But so far, Onana has not been able to perform according to expectations. 2 defeats in the Champions League is a bad start for Man United. They still have a chance, but it will not be an easy fight and of course, there must be significant changes.

Actually for the own goal from Meret I don't think it was Meret's fault because after all it was a difficut ball to reach when Valverde's hard shot hit the bar and accidentally hit in the air which was not a deliberate action because it was not too unexpected so I don't think it was a mistake from a goalkeeper because it would be difficult to avoid the ball in that position.

For Manchester United and Arsenal it's a little unfortunate because they are the favorites in this match, it's just that their conditions are not so good that they have to be willing to lose points and for Manchester United they have to try better in match 3 because otherwise it will be complicated and they may not be able to qualify for the next phase.

Real struggled against Napoli, yes, but in my opinion Napoli is a strong team, full credit to the Italian team. Last year they made it to the semi-finals, they won the Italian championship and today they're 3rd, so it's normal to any team to strugle against them.




Hahaha, it seems the consensus is that Real Madrid need a striker ASAP
But you know what, I like the team like it is now, without a fixed striker and with very fast players who know how to dribble, give assists and score goals, in my opinion it's a difficult formation to opponents, hard to stop
Ancelotti is getting good results at least, as Real are top of La Liga too

Bellingham has already scored 8 goals in 9 games, if he keeps it up, Real will hardly miss another striker 

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In your opinion, can Real reach a final with this team? Or could the attack be the factor holding them back?

This club, which was once so dominant in European football, is now experiencing difficult times. It is very worrying to see MU's current condition, losing in the league and UCL and playing at home.
watching the match last night, I saw the beginning of disaster for Mu when Onana's mistake which resulted in Casemiro's red card became one of the crucial moments that had a negative impact on Manchester United's game. and everyone knew after that Icardi could score

It seems that at this moment I am quite doubtful about the Premier League teams in the Champions League because yes, it seems like the Premier League teams at this moment seem to be experiencing a bad trend because of the bad results obtained by Manchester United and Arsenal. Although indeed, we can still be confident in choosing Newcastle, but I am quite sure that PSG in the Champions League at this moment seems to have a better chance of win. So yeah, I'm personally not sure about Newcastle, even though Newcastle are playing at home and seem quite the favorites too based on the odds. But yes, I will still choose PSG in this match, because PSG has of course better experience in the Champions League compared to Newcastle.

The team's morale is seriously degraded. I believe they are being discussed and insulted by the press and fans. They must have a strong spirit to overcome and regain energy for the next matches. Now Manchester United will be the hottest topic.
Rasmus Hojlund played very well, and the attack was stable again. As for defense, there is no need to debate. They have terrible destructive power, especially goalkeeper Onana. He is the one responsible for the defeat in the last 2 matches. I wonder if this was the stupidest thing when Ten Hag bought him at a high price to replace an experienced De Gea. If we keep De Gea so that both compete fairly, we will know who is the club's worthy goalkeeper. And pressure them to do better. Ten Hag is too confident that Onana will do better than De Gea, leading to serious consequences.

Manchester United's overall performance was poor.  And so I will not blame only Onana. The chemistry between Manchester United players is not good, this is why i think their performance is poor. But maybe if Onana had performed a bit better, they would not have been defeated in the match,  maybe the team would have been able to draw the match. Still  there's no denying that United's performance was poor.

Ten Hag must first try to stabilize his team. I don't see any chance for this team to improve unless there is a change in match strategy. If they continue this poor performance, the management may soon start looking for a new coach.

Like I predicted before the match, Galatasaray came all the way from Turkey and defeated Manchester United in their own home ground. Manchester United is a big European club without doubt but their performances since the start of the season has been very poor and that was why I was of the opinion that they must be at their best against Galatasaray if they want to take anything away from the game. The Turkish champions have never lost a league match since the start of the season and that tells more of how good they are.
With United's result yesterday, they'll have to win all their remaining fixtures in the group stage to stand a good chance of progressing to the knockout stages of the competition

I anticipated something like this. When two strong teams compete,  it's inevitable that you feel the thrill and excitement. Napoli attempted to take control the game, but Jude Bellingham turned the tables. Bellingham certainly deserves applause for his assist and goal.
Real Madrid took 3 points. That's typical Real Madrid in the Champions League, when it comes to UCL leave it for Madrid.

It was a surprise to everyone, no one expected the result they saw from Manchester United and Arsenal. In yesterday's match, I wasn't expecting the two clubs to lose, but as we can see, they both were defeated. Manchester United lost their last two matches in the Champions League, which is really bad for them. I just hope ten hag will fix the club as soon as possible, but the result that Manchester United is getting is really bad currently.

One of the greatest mistake which Erik ten Hag made is signing Onana, Even with the errors De gea was making when he was in Manchester united, his performance is better than Onana, The same mistake which De gea was making, Onana is making similar mistake and his own is even worst. Manchester united defense is really poor, but as we can see, Onana is also a poor goal keeper, Ten hag should have just continued with De gea instead of getting a new goal keeper.