Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 131. (Read 50496 times)

I would be lying if I said I was expecting similar results and records from Bayern Leverkusen as they did last season in the Bundesliga but they are still a good side and still have very good players enough to come close or maintain top three finish this new season. Leverkusen will face very difficult competition against Bayern Munich for the league title this season.

Although Bayer Leverkusen has experienced a decline in performance this season but still, the fact that Bayer Leverkusen still has good results and it is not bad at all and Bayer Leverkusen does not have big problems that affect their performance. After all, Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga standings are actually still in second place and just below Bayern Munich and also, in their first match in the Champion League also the fact that Bayer Leverkusen despite playing away but managed to win with a score of 0-4.

What is also impressive is that Bayer Leverkusen managed to make four goals in the first half, and in the second half Feyenoord was unable to score even though Feyenoord continued to attack. Thus,  in my judgment Bayer Leverkusen is still fine and not too bad regarding the decline in performance, because Bayer Leverkusen is still strong and can be consistent with good match results so far.

Honestly Leverkusen performance is little down compared to how they make a good performances last season that they where able to remain uneaten in Bundesliga league; they performed very admirably in that season, but this they’ve never show up any better performances in both Champions and the Bundesliga: It will good if their coach Xabi Alonso will do something that will make the team improve much so that they get back to their Normal performed.

Although that their lack of defense, but is not only the defense is there main problem the entire team have issues they don’t want to keep their consistent life before that is why performance has come with some changes; some people are stated that, because they been playing with big teams all this while let see how their next match will goes on.

The draw that Arsenal got in their first UCL match was actually not that disappointing. Because we are all used to seeing the surprises that Italian teams always present. Likewise, Barcelona's defeat by Monaco was not that surprising. Because this defeat can be said to be quite natural. because Barcelona played with only 10 players for almost the entire match from the start of the first half. Because in normal time Barcelona only plays with 11 players for 10 minutes. And the rest they played with 10 players until the match was over. In fact, I want to give appreciation to Barcelona because they didn't concede many goals when they were in a difficult position. because a lack of players on the field is usually a big problem for other teams. I think Arsenal and Barcelona will both win in the next match. But Arsenal was a little unlucky because in the next match a very strong enemy awaited them, namely PSG.

  I don't understand what you're writing about, friend. It's only the beginning of the group stage and no result is dangerous for any club as there are still 7 games to go. Also, maybe I'll surprise you but Barcelona won't play Monaco in the group stage anymore, in the new format these are one-off games and not "home - away". The quarterfinals are still so far away that there is no point in discussing them. I am sure that there will be interesting pairings in the 1/8 and in the intermediate playoffs.

Well I actually think the opposite of what you are trying to say because I mean haven't you seen Barcelona play of recent, I mean they have improved their gameplay alot and for now the goals are actually coming in and that's the good part although they lost to Monaco which was a surprise to me which I know the red card also had some impact to it.

Leverkusen had a good team in the last season and they got good results but still they are not complete yet. In the Champions League, they should play against many stronger teams with stronger forwards which can cause problems for Leverkusen but they are not ready for it because Leverkusen doesn't have good defensive power as you said.
They are famous for doing comebacks but this is not going to be enough and I think Xabi Alonso needs to start working there to get the team improved for this tournament.

Personally, I don't expect to see a good performance from Barcelona in the Champions League because Barcelona recently had many financial issues and they couldn't have a strong team while the results they get are mostly because of their coach and because of using younger talents while Barcelona can never race with this young player in the tournaments like the Champions League because they don't have the enough experience for it as they have in the other teams like Manchester City.

Therefore I wouldn't be too quick to consider the team currently leading the last 8 as strong candidates because as we can see, it's still early and anything can still happen. It's not easy to go on an 8 game winning streak, even Bayern Munich would find it very difficult, but if they manage to go 8 games in total without a loss, then they are the candidates with a better chance of winning the trophy. The Champions League season will be even more difficult when players are busy with domestic league matches and international breaks that will always have an impact on injuries. In October every player needs to take good care of their health, especially those called up to their respective national teams.

So far, Arsenal's obstacle is a pure striker who can be relied on by the team, unfortunately Arteta has not brought him even though he is actually their need. Talking about Arsenal in the Champions League, I don't have much hope. However, if Arsenal's players recover from their injuries as a whole. I am quite sure that every team that meets Arsenal will have a hard time facing their resistance. Although, they do not have a very qualified number 9 player. Uniquely, Arsenal is that every player is allowed to take the opportunity if they have the opportunity to score a goal. Like in Arsenal's front line, their three front strikers always rotate, open up space for their teammates, then try to penetrate the opponent's defense and create opportunities. As for Atalanta, several teams that are their opponents in the group stage are tough opponents. There is Stuttgart which I think is equal, Real Madrid and Barcelona. We all know, it is not easy for Atalanta to win the match.

Sometimes we bash a good team for failing to win, but this time it was different, I think we should praise Atalanta more than we bash Arsenal. Arsenal didn't play that badly, I think Atalanta played great and that's why they got point, and that feels like a good thing for Atalanta and not a bad thing for Arsenal.

Sure, everyone expected them to win and it would have been great for them if they got a win, nobody says Arsenal should be happy, but sometimes teams you play against have a great game and you just have to accept it.

Plus there are seven more games to play and I think Arsenal could win most of them, if not all, and that means they are going to end with some good points, the estimates is that any team who reaches near 20 points would be automatically going up, so they still have that chance, even six wins and a tie would be good enough probably, and they have what it takes to do that.

So I believe that neither Barcelona nor Arsenal, both of which had "disappointing" results should be sad with what they have right now, I think they are doing fine and they shouldn't really be worried about what they have. They can totally consider this as one bad mistake and could fix it later on.

If you have observed the performance of two these clubs Liverpool and Milan since the season started, it is clear that Liverpool is in a better form of winning Milan due to their superb performance in their domestic league whereas, Milan is still struggling to win matches in Seria A. Arnse Slot have to scarifice his last EPL match before playing Liverpool in order for him to secure victory so that hia players will not play on fatigue.

Playing Leverkusen at home is something Milan should be careful about because Leverkusen is on fire and they won their first UCL match and playing at home will be a motivation to them. Fonseca should make his calculations very well and come up with a good game strategy that will give them a upper hand over Leverkusen in Germany if he really wants win his host.

I think their tactic is not to hold Atalanta to a draw. On paper Arsenal are more favored to win this match. Although Atalanta were UEL champions last season but that is not enough to make people think they are on the same level. I am not underestimating Atalanta but in terms of individual quality I think Arsenal are better here. This season every team must be able to rotate players because of the tight schedule. I think Arteta tried to rotate by focusing on players in their best form in the match against Man City and still aiming for a win in the match against Atalanta. A draw is not good for both teams. Arsenal will play as hosts in the next match but I think if Arsenal are not in their best form the next match will also be disappointing for The Gunners fans.

of course every football fan misses the champions league when it is not on. The Champions League brings a different level of entertainment and drama you can’t help but love. The thrills from the last outing is still in my memory and I am anticipating more of it. It’s quite fortunate that the Europa league also be entertaining with tough fixtures too while we wait for the return of Champions League football, indeed the coming fixtures will be an experience not to miss out on.

The 3-1 defeat at home was clearly a poor performance shown by Milan in the match, although statistically they were balanced, here Milan's attack line was not very active in creating many opportunities with a record of only releasing 8 shots and only 2 on target.
The next match, Fonseca's team must visit Leverkusen's headquarters, this is the next test for Fonesca to be able to win or at least steal points considering that it will not be easy to beat the Bundesliga representatives.
However, seeing their victory in Serie A against Inter indicates that there is an improvement shown and this will be a motivation for Milan to perform well at the BayArena later.

Monaco victory over Barcelona clearly surprised us if we compare the performance of the two teams in their respective leagues, I think we all here previously thought that Barcelona had an easy opponent when meeting Monaco, because Monaco was not a big team that was worthy of being favored before the match started, Monaco and Barcelona started the match well but we also do not deny that the red card obtained by Barcelona was actually Changing the course of the match, after getting a red card, it is clear that Barcelona has undergone changes in their game which is no longer compact and also dynamic so that it causes several mistakes that Monaco can make good use of, to be honest one win does not give great hope for Monaco at this time, because there are still seven more matches they must to play.
In the remaining Champions League matches, Monaco will face a team that is relatively weaker than they, but we know that if the Champions League has a different atmosphere and just as we favored Barcelona to win over Monaco before, it is not impossible that we will also see Monaco lose to teams such as Dinamo Zagreb, Crvena Zvezda,  Bologna?

San Siro STRIPPED of hosting 2027 Champions League final after Milan failed to guarantee iconic stadium would not be affected by planned renovation

UEFA will reopen the bidding to host the 2027 men's Champions League final after the match was taken away from Milan.

European football's governing body has gone back to the drawing board after authorities in the Italian city could not offer guarantees that refurbishment work at San Siro stadium and the surrounding area would not affect the match.

UEFA indicated in May that a decision on the 2027 final host was being postponed, subject to UEFA receiving the necessary guarantees around the San Siro refurbishment.

A decision on a new host is now expected in May or June next year, UEFA said.

Agreement has also been reached over UEFA's solidarity funding, with Premier League clubs outside of European competition receiving a smaller slice over the next three seasons than under the previous agreement.

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AC Milan lost by a big margin against Liverpool in the Champions League but the same team again defeated Inter Milan in their league tournament. As for Liverpool's opponents at the moment, AC Milan haven't had a very strong opponent but still being beaten by this team by such a big margin surprised me a bit. Before the match started and even before losing by a big margin I considered Liverpool and AC Milan to be almost equal opponents against each other so I naturally thought that maybe this match would result in a draw but it was not to be. 

However, AC Milan will have to do well in the matches ahead of them in the Champions League as they are already under a lot of pressure after losing their first match.

If we look at the squads of the two teams that played in the match, we can say that actually the two teams are not in good condition, considering that many of their main players are injured, if we compare in terms of team quality, of course, actually Arsenal is still better than Atlanta, but indeed Arsenal's game in the match does not show a team that has attractive characteristics and is also impressive in attacking,  Even in my opinion after the game against Porto last season it was clear that the game against Atlanta was the second worst game I have seen from Arsenal in the Champions League so far.


I don't think Arsenal failure to get full points in that match is just because Atlanta is a good team after they won the Europa League last season, because I think Arsenal mentality is actually very weak when they play in the Champions League so far, especially so far Arsenal has a bad record when facing a Serie A teams in Italy, but Arsenal should be grateful to Raya who is able to perform consistently at this time in guarding the Arsenal goal and we also cannot blame Retegui for failing to take a penalty in the match, because after all, a player has a burden when taking a penalty kick, especially if the penalty is a penalty that determines the a team victory.

Monaco was able to snatch victory only at the end of the match, and this is taking into account that they played the whole match with one player adventage. They were also lucky with their opponents, the next matches will be with Dinamo Zagreb, Crvena Zvezda, Bologna, all these teams can be beaten and these points should be enough for them to qualify for the playoffs. The rest of the opponents will be much stronger, so they need to get as many points as possible right now.