Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 114. (Read 55756 times)

I don't think there will be a favorite in the match between Bayern Munich and Barcelona because Barcelona can get surprise defeats in some matches. Bayern Munich is also going through a very good process this year. Don't let the draw in the last match fool us, they played very well. Frankfurt saved many positions with their goalkeeper and they caught the equalizer in the last second. In such a game, the dominant Bayern Munich confines Barcelona to its own field. This match has a chance for both teams to win.

In as much as I quite agree with some of the points you made, I would also want to state that it takes a good coach with an extraordinary personality to achieve such a laudable feat with a team like Liverpool despite the fact that coach Arne slot is not a famous coach and may not have managed a team in the magnitude or class of Liverpool, be that as it may, you would agree with me that so many experienced coaches didn't succeed with teams with great players and wonderful tactics which was why I said that the Liverpool bosses style is quite commendable because it is rare.

Liverpool this season is really good and beyond my expectation. I am the same as you. I wonder why Liverpool did not recruit players this season. I thought they would adapt to the new coach. But it seems that Arne Slot has found a good chemistry. It looks like Liverpool is ready to be a title contender.

Yes Bayern have been impressive every time they play against Barcelona even when they still have Messi. Munich has always been able to beat Barcelona every time they play. It is hard to choose which team will win this match. Both have the same points and Munich has a better goal difference. But I think Barcelona will be able to win this match.

it's not only the effort of a coach that determines the success of a team. The individual abilities and how matured they are in the also contribute to thier continuous good performance with or without a coach they've probably become used to. Another thing could be that the new coach started off with a tactics the team is already used to while improving on it but by bit so players can't naturally adopt to his new tactics which is likely what Arne Slot might be using probably.

Staying unbeaten in the champions league so far and only suffering a single defeat in the EPL for the season  even though they are just adopting to the current coach is an effort that's worth commending and kudos to the technical team, the coach and the players that made this possible. Liverpool is one team that's very matured and filled with talents and this season, is they continue in their current form, regardless of what people expect of them due to the coach, they will get top of the league.

I still have the believe that Bayern Munich will win this match despite that the game will be hosted by Barcelona and Hansi Flick have shown greater performance on the club this season. The last time both clubs met each other was in the group stage and it was hosted by the Barcelona side in Camp Nou with Bayern Munich defeating over the Barcelona host team. Bayern Munich won three goals to none with Sadio Mane, scoring the first goal, Moting scoring the second and Pavard scoring the winning goal at the injury time. Before then, Barcelona met with Bayern Munich at Arena Munchen stadium to play the first leg and they were yet defeated by the Bayern Munich club with two goals to none. These were the two occasions both clubs met in 2022.

Prior to that, Bayern Munich have met Barcelona on several occasions for several years and it hasn't gotten any better for the Barcelona team as they have continued to win over Barcelona will at least 2 to 3 goals difference on an average with Bayern Munich defeating over Barcelona home and away. The most heartbreaking one for the Barca fans was seen in the 2019-2020 tournament when Bayern Munich lashed Barca 8 steady goals to 2 with 6 goals difference in a quarterfinals match in Lisbon. The stars of the match remained Muller and Courtinho who both scored two goals in one match. Courtinho left the Barcelona to joined the Bayern Munich team on loan back then and Lewandowski who will later become one of Barcelona's top players also scored one goal against his present team.

Mo Salah is one of my favorite players but he’s not as good as he was in his prime. He’s a older player now so we shouldn’t expect to see the Salah we saw in his best years. However Mo Salah has been impressive this season and is capable of doing more under Arne Slot. Salah’s critics have gone silent, talks about if Liverpool made the right decision to extend the contract of the 32 year old has gone silent for the time being. According to reports, Mo Salah has been offered early exit from Egypt duty and will be returning to Liverpool. Saka has already been injured playing in the international break, it seems Liverpool do not want to take that risk with their player, Mo Salah.

I think with the change in the format of the Champions League this season will make PSG's journey in the UCL easier, but it turns out that their journey to qualify directly for the knockout stage is starting to look difficult, So far achieving 3 points from two matches is not the result they expected but I think actually if they can win the match against PSV,  Salzburg, and Stuttgart maybe they can at least still remain in the last 16 play-offs, but at least they should also get at least 1 point from matches against Manchester City, Munich and also Atletico Madrid, so far we have not seen a decent mentality from PSG to be able to be a contender for the UCL title, but in order not to be too embarrassing for their reputation as a big team in Ligue 1 of course at least they should be able to be in the semi-finals or quarterfinals later, but in football, anything can happen and we also can't underestimate PSG who have quality players, so if they can find their consistency and best performance then it is not impossible that they can become a contender for the UCL title although their the chances may be very small .

Liverpool's continuous progress under a new coach is something that is a bit rare and should be emulated by other clubs in England and in the entire Europe. After Jurgen Klopp left Liverpool, a lot of football enthusiasts predicted  that Liverpool were going to struggle as they were about to go through a transition process which is quite normal as we have seen with several clubs in Europe where things fell apart after a new coach was introduced and that is why Coach slots transformation of Liverpool is quite commendable moreover he has also succeeded in winning the trust of his players and fans which is also key.

PSV and Stuttgart aren't even easy team to be honest since PSG is still struggling in Ligue 1, so I see all of them are equal. This is really hard for PSG, I don't think they will qualify for the next round considering their poor performance and face many strong teams.

PSG isn't deserved to play in Champions League, they should play in Europa League instead.

Salah under Slot is back to his best and the man got even better after cutting off his hair
One of the most important elements of Slot's ball is the freedom of their midfielders. They often try to put as many players inside the box as possible.
I loved how central Liverpool plays breaking the lines with very few passes. So effective and good to watch.
And not just Salah, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Macca, and Trey Nyoni, under Arne Slot ball is fire...
But after the international break, Arne Slot must think harder because before visiting Leipzig, they must host Chelsea at Anfield

This season could be different because the change in Barcelona's performance has also been quite visible this season and I also feel that Barcelona will definitely be able to win their home game when they host Bayern Munich in that match. However, because this is the Champions League where every team will definitely use the best quality core players, of course every victory must be achieved in a very difficult way because Bayern Munich always tries to be a very strong team in the Champions League.

Liverpool after losing Klopp are a little bit worried but actually Slot on the contrary makes them better, with their extraordinary strategy Liverpool are quite good so far, Salah is a player who has improved again and also some other players who had been down they have come back much more effective lately, I think Liverpool can be better than before.

Liverpool after losing Klopp are a little bit worried but actually Slot on the contrary makes them better, with their extraordinary strategy Liverpool are quite good so far, Salah is a player who has improved again and also some other players who had been down they have come back much more effective lately, I think Liverpool can be better than before.

Salah under Slot is back to his best and the man got even better after cutting off his hair
One of the most important elements of Slot's ball is the freedom of their midfielders. They often try to put as many players inside the box as possible.
I loved how central Liverpool plays breaking the lines with very few passes. So effective and good to watch.
And not just Salah, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Macca, and Trey Nyoni, under Arne Slot ball is fire...
But after the international break, Arne Slot must think harder because before visiting Leipzig, they must host Chelsea at Anfield

PSG have difficult position for qualifying directly to knock out round after collecting three points from two matches, defeated by Arsenal last match make PSG have secure all three points on six matches left exactly have three difficult opponent teams from facing Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City. New format make difficult for every team reach the top eight position standings get qualify to knock out round and PSG waiting by most difficult opponent team on six matches left later.

In my opinion, facing PSV, Salzburg and Stuttgart seems have opportunities for securing three points but I doubt when facing Manchester City, Bayern Munich or Atletico Madrid will be most difficult opponent teams and doubt with PSG will easily get three points. PSG must securing three points on upcoming match against easily teams PSV before facing difficult teams.

PSG have already to collect 3 points which these points PSG got when they beat Girona in the first match and the loses from Arsenal makes they situation not comfortable because now they have to hard struggle to gets the winning results if they want to qualified and Salzburg and PSV probably the weakest teams for PSG so they should be able to collect 3 points from these teams

Indeed Manchester City and Bayern Munich is the strongest opponents for PSG because if we see based from head to head statistics PSG during against these teams they have poor records and assuming PSG lost from Manchester City and Bayern Munich but if they can win from PSV, Salzburg and Atletico Madrid i think PSG still have any chances to finish at top 8 but this is only my prediction and most likely it can be missed

Yes Bayern have been impressive every time they play against Barcelona even when they still have Messi. Munich has always been able to beat Barcelona every time they play. It is hard to choose which team will win this match. Both have the same points and Munich has a better goal difference. But I think Barcelona will be able to win this match.

Anyways, this year I have bigger hopes than Liverpool. I won't lie. I criticized them for not making proper amount of signings last summer. But Arne Slot still does a pretty good job with the current one. I'm curious about their Champions League effort in the rest of the games.

Bayern when meeting Barcelona always looks great and invincible so this can be a good situation for Flick at this time to prove that he is able to bring Barcelona in a better direction.

Liverpool fans were previously very sad after losing Klopp who had given them a lot of glory after a slump of more than 30 years, Klopp's decision to rest certainly gave them deep sadness especially with the substitute coach who was considered unqualified and had the same ability with Klopp, but now Liverpool fans are smiling with their team performance which is quite aggressive and has a good balance between the front line,  Central and also defensive, I think this season it can be seen that Liverpool has good capital to be able to be a challenger for the English League and Champions League titles, the strategy built by Slot actually gives freedom to the midfielders and makes the midfield the center of their attack and defense which ultimately makes their game very dynamic, aggressive in attack and also solid in defense.

Salah under Slot is back to his best and the man got even better after cutting off his hair
One of the most important elements of Slot's ball is the freedom of their midfielders. They often try to put as many players inside the box as possible.
I loved how central Liverpool plays breaking the lines with very few passes. So effective and good to watch.
And not just Salah, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Macca, and Trey Nyoni, under Arne Slot ball is fire...
But after the international break, Arne Slot must think harder because before visiting Leipzig, they must host Chelsea at Anfield

I think also Hansi Flick is a coach who is equally new to Barcelona, so this argument will not be strong if you look from that side like Kompany, but if you look at H2H wins Barcelona is in a bad experience when meeting with Bayern Munich, now we see that these two teams are in pretty good condition in their domestic league which will make it quite difficult for us to determine who will win, my analysis is quite lucky about this match, but if you talk about feeling and just rely on instinct alone I think Barcelona has the possibility to get a victory.