Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 10. (Read 69301 times)

The change in the format of the Champions League seems to have given a lot of significant changes to the competition and also the current pressure, so it really affects the performance of the favourite teams this season, this season the champions league looks more competitive and unpredictable which is when teams like Manchester City and Madrid, who are usually the favourites, seem to face greater challenges, so this opens up opportunities for other teams and even the underdogs benefit greatly from the schedule and also the selection of opponents based on the coefficient value, because that allows them to get equal opponents in the semi league phase.

When I decide to bet on a match where it is very difficult for me to determine the winner, but I know that both teams are good in attack, I choose to bet on the total over. In this case, you support both teams and want them to score as many goals as possible, when everything goes as you need, it is a great pleasure to watch such a match. At the moment, these are the two best attacks in this Champions League, Barcelona has 21 goals scored, and Dortmund has 18 goals scored in 6 rounds, these are excellent indicators.

Manchester City in the last few seasons has been a strong candidate in the Champions League but that was accompanied by its good performance in the Premier League but this season Manchester City does look like it has declined drastically especially in the Champions League Man City does not look like a strong club and even had difficulty qualifying for the last 16, I am also starting to think that most likely this season Man City will not participate in the hunt for the UCL trophy even Real Madrid also looks not as strong as before, we'll see if there will be any surprises this season regarding the winner of the UCL title.

That's also a proof of teams being different year to year. Chelsea was barely good enough to go to Conference league this season, this means that last season they weren't good at all, however it has to be noted that we are not going to end up with a lot of problems on the long run, it has to be realized that Chelsea could be playing at UCL at the moment and would have still be doing amazing.

So year to year changes a lot, a team that could be a great team at UCL this season, barely managed to finish at conference league spot last season, just a summer difference could make teams change so much. In the end, we could also see Real Madrid and City, until last season they were the best teams ever, now this season we see them as terrible and could face at playoff against each other, not even last sixteen.

I don't mean to belittle Dortmund, but it seems like they won without intending to compete at the highest level in this competition. Even if their journey is smooth like last season, for example, it's just part of their job. Moreover, Dortmund is currently being coached by a young coach, he really needs experience to become a stable and mature coach. It doesn't mean that Dortmund is not able to become one of the teams that has competitiveness in the competition and even the Bundesliga, but indeed every season their target is not to become champions. Regarding their performance against Barca, they were brave enough and were able to score two goals against Barcelona. Like the previous Dortmund vs Madrid match, they were also able to put up a fight even though they lost. Maybe next season they will be much more prepared and strong, whether it's for Nuri Sahin and his players. Some of Dortmund's young players are quite prominent and play well, they will be even greater if they are trained very well. Apart from all that, Dortmund has a great chance to qualify for the next phase. Dortmund's presence in the Champions League certainly adds to the excitement and is an important part of this competition, maybe Dortmund is able to advance to a much higher stage. Like last season, for example, they gave a surprise.

Real Madrid is the favorite in this match and victory is certain for them. I don't see any magic that Brent will perform on that day to enable them share point with Real Madrid or win them, because they don't have the quality to make that happen. This is a very important match for Ancelotti, and victory is his target in order to reduce the pressure on him to advance to the next round.

The depth of the squad is indeed very important for the club because if there are injuries to several core players it will affect the team's performance in facing the competition, especially if Liverpool currently has a fairly tight match schedule that they have to run. The squad owned by Arne Slot is a player left by Jurgen Klopp and there may not be much change if they do not try to make some efforts to recruit new players in the upcoming transfer market and Liverpool also need second-tier players to help them compete in the Champions League and the Premier League.

Liverpool is much easier to qualify for the next round because they are in the first standings table so there is no big burden to qualify for the next round. But the problem is when going through the next round because there will be a lot of competition that they might face in the future.

After the red card they received early in the match against Fulham, the balance of the game was disrupted. However, Liverpool still managed to draw the match. Yes, they conceded five goals in the last two league matches and they need to work on this. We see that the defense was better in the past. They started making critical mistakes in the last matches. We don't want things to go wrong later when everything is going great for a team like Liverpool. I think coach Arne Slot will definitely take precautions in this regard.

I think the reason why some teams that we all expect to be in the top 8 are not here is that they are not in good shape and injuries affect some teams, a team like Real Madrid, I would like to say Manchester City but Manchester City have lost many games even when their players are back, Arsenal, Liverpool Barcelona, Aston Villa and Inter deserve to be among the top 8 to qualify for round the of the 16 because they play well and won their games and even if they have lost a game it will not pass more than 1 games.

Brest and Lille also try their best and in their next matches they will face strong opponents, Brest is going to face Real Madrid and Real Madrid is going to be in good shape by then and it will be very difficult to defeat Real Madrid because that match is very important for Real Madrid, this season Champions League is just somehow and some teams that are in top 8 will not qualify for the semi-final stage of the League because they don't have winning Penalty and Champions League deal with Winning mentality.

Liverpool have good position in Champions League and Arne Slot can consider to rotate his most important players in the last two matches. He needs them for a next round in Champions League and in Premier League. Season is long and maintain your best player resource till the season ending, to win titles is more important than one or two more win in a short time, when your task in this phase is completed well already.

Mohamed Salah is playing amazing at his 32-year old but he is no longer young and lesson of Klopp in the last season, is a valuable warning for Arne Slot in this season. If he wants to win titles with Liverpool, he needs Salah in as many matches as possible, but surely in unimportant matches, Salah needs to be put on bench. It's good for Salah and Liverpool because their targets are titles when season ends, not one or two beautiful wins in mid of season.

Well, Arne Slot really should think about this earlier before it's too late. But Liverpool's squad since the Klopp era has been like it is now and actually this team has quite good second tier players. Remember last season M. Salah was injured for a few weeks or longer but Liverpool was still good because the team's second tier players were quite good. But when facing a team that is quite weak, it would be better for Arne Slot to limit the playing time of the main players more. They can be played from the early minutes to lock in a scoring advantage and then pull it out in the second half and give time to the second tier players. This must be done in a busy match schedule. But I also understand that we know that in the Premier League the competition is very tight and there is no team that can be considered weak. But in the UCL I think in the remaining matches Liverpool can relax more. They just need to lock in winning points to qualify for the next stage and let the remaining matches be played by the second tier players. And playing the main players again in the round of 16.

They actually played a good game against Barcelona. However, they were unlucky and lost the game. This year is going to be quite a challenge for Borussia Dortmund. They need to prepare much better next year. They are far from the championship race this year and frankly, their chances of becoming champions are very difficult. We can say similar things about the Champions League. They are not very good in both the German league and the Champions League this year. Still, it can be considered satisfactory for them to be in the top ranks in the Champions League. They lost two games, one against Real Madrid and one against Barcelona. Considering that both of these teams are among the best teams, this can be considered an acceptable result.

After qualifying for the last 16 in the UCL, Arne Slot will definitely have an even heavier burden because it is certainly not easy to get his players to perform consistently with good performance. Yes, of course, by fielding second tier players when playing, that might be a good solution, but of course Arne also has to be full of calculations because of course he doesn't get bad results, but of course we'll see what happens later.

On the one hand, I am amazed that Arne has been able to bring Liverpool this far because even though he is a new coach, he has shown a good career with Liverpool and of course it would be a shame if for example Arne only focused on 1 league because of course Arne wants to be champion in Domestic league and UCL. and indeed in the domestic league Chelsea is a big threat to Liverpool and it would be a shame if Liverpool were to be shifted by Chelsea. In my opinion, in this case, Arne needs to imitate Ancelotti's strategy like last season because Ancelotti last season managed to win titles including UCL champion and Laliga champion.

but I'm sure that ability Arne Slot he can make Liverpool progress until now because of his good strategy so I'm sure Arne will be able to overcome everything and he will definitely want to win the UCL and EPL titles.

After Liverpool qualified for the last 16, the burden on Arne Slot became even greater. He must keep his players fit to face strong teams in the knockout stages, while they also have to fight to secure top spot from Chelsea. Player conditions need to be considered, Arne Slot must be wiser in formulating strategies to maintain opportunities in the two competitions. Liverpool have conceded 5 goals in their last 2 games in the EPL, this could happen in the UCL if the players are too tired due to the busy schedule, Arne Slot must anticipate early before it is too late.

Football just like every other sport is unpredictable. The addition of Mbappe to Real Madrid made most fans think that they will be outstanding both in the La Liga and the Champions League. But the reverse is now the case because they might not automatically make it to the round of sixteen if they don't win the next two games. But Barcelona which I thought would struggle based on their meagre and new coaching crew is now doing well in the domestic league and continental tournament.

It will not be a bad move for Barca coach Arne Slot to use reserved players for the next games since they have already qualified. It will help to protect important players from injury and also reduce fatigue. Young or second-fold players also need this game to help them gain experience and prepare them for the future.       

Agree with you, Arne Slot should maintain the condition of several main players so that in the last 16 they can still perform impressively, fielding second-string players is not bad thing considering that it can also be very useful to add experience to shape the mentality of the second-string players.
So far, whether in the Premier League or UCL, they have shown very perfect quality of performance, don't let problems like what Manchester City and Real Madrid experienced with player crises and getting series of difficulties to achieve victory, it just that we don't know how their ambitions and goals are because Arne Slot could also try to perform well in both competitions.

People who lost this match they defnetly lost the most interesting match they could watch because both Dortmund and Barcelona had good performances during this match and until the end of the match I could expect to see each team win this match because of the attacking style they both had.
Guirassy was the only good player in Dortmound, scoring two goals for team one from a penalty kick, but generally, I think Dortmund could even lose the match with the worst result to Barcelona without Guirassy.

The loss against Manchester United was the worst that could ever happen. It's only one more game that they lost on the one hand, but on the other hand losing against the weakest Manchester United there has ever been is quite a bad joke. The next game against Aston Villa will be the next big challenge for them and since they are in such a bad shape, I think Aston Villa will at least not lose that game.

And yes the next game against PSG is problematic for them because if they lose it, they could drop out of the ranks for the play-off round. There aren't too many reasons now to believe that PSG should be able to beat PSG away from home. The game against Juventus Turin was quite indicative of where Manchester City is currently at.

Just as you mentioned, Manchester city at. The moment is currently destroyed (currently),the best thing is just to stay away from their games as they are currently so unpredictable, I mean look at even their last game against Man U  in premier league, they are so messed up at the moment.. the problem about this game prediction is just that PSG is just another replica of Manchester when it comes to UCL but playing fine when it comes to league 1, I can still say they are even a little bit better in UCL than City, so for me I’m supporting PSG to win but tbh I will advise staying away on placing bet on them

I mean they could still recover from that, they have two games left and they are going to meet with Manchester City and Stuttgart. I am pretty sure that City game will be difficult, although City has been quite terrible recently, and getting losses after losses and they may do terrible there too and PSG may get lucky and might win the game, but Stuttgart game is even more important because PSG is a much better team on paper, at least much more expensive team with players who are valued higher, so that should make them better.

The problem with PSG is that they are not looking like they are a "team", they are individually talented players put together but they never feel like a team and this is causing them problems.