Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 137. (Read 59796 times)

It is always hard to predict  which team to win the Champions League at this time because their are still more games. Normally Manchester City is always among the favourite to win the league because of they have been able to win Champions league back to back.

Real Madrid is also another team that has chances of winning because of their experience but Real Madrid haven't really be so impressive in their games in laliga,  it just seems the season won't be easy for Real Madrid.  Since Manchester City wasn't able to win the league last season I don't know if it is going to affect their winning mentality.  Most of the tops teams are doing very well in performance this season, so I think Champions league will be interesting and unpredicted.

Bookmakers are already backing the English Premier League leaders to beat RB Leipzig even when they're playing away from him but personally, I feel it'll not be an easy game for Arne Sloth's men when they travel to Germany next week. In the past, we've seen Leipzig shock the big European clubs especially when they're playing at home and again Liverpool as well, I think they also stand a chance of getting something out of the game. Liverpool are favorites to win that game but Leipzig shouldn't be written off.

Unfortunately for Leipzig, this new and far different CL version has been more than negative. At least until now. The game against Liverpool though, I doubt that it will be different for them. The Reds this season look very solid and serious with all their opponents and if they get out from serious injuries, can be a favorite to reach at least the quarter-finals.

There's no surprise about Leipzig's two losses at the moment - I mean, Leipzig lost to two big teams who have good squad depth in my opinion. Leipzig lost to Atletico Madrid and Juventus - so the two defeats felt normal considering the difference in experience and quality of the teams in the Champions League.

I also don't expect Leipzig to hope for their first Champions League win against Liverpool - in fact a Leipzig defeat is what I was hoping for. Liverpool are the favorites in this match who rencently also hold two wins. I hope Liverpool win - but I'm not underestimating Leipzig playing at home.

This season it's hard for me to guess who will make it to the final, but a few favorite teams can always be identified.
Real Madrid and Manchester City are two favorite teams who can be counted on to progress from one stage to another until they reach the final, but we never know what will happen to them in the knockout stages this season.

Real Madrid has suffered 1 defeat in the group stage against Lille, while Manchester City was held to a draw by Inter in the first match. These two favorites did not get as smooth a result as expected, Bayern Munich was the same. At the top of the standings currently is Dortmund with 2 wins, while Liverpool and several other teams with the same points are in the position below. But there are still 6 matches in this round and we will find 8 of them qualify for the round of 16 and the other 16 will compete in the playoffs.

That is the thing that made Champions League look special, because mostly toward the end of the season we always came across some upcoming teams that will came as a surprise, which some get success by luck. Although in Champions League mostly experienced teams are always at the top. Take and instance of last season no one expected Dortmund will make it to the finals, but they did, even though they didn’t win but at least they try there best. But for this season I know it will be very tough then we expect but let see how it will end.

As you have already emphasised Liverpool are in impeccable form, so I think that the upcoming match against Chelsea inside the championship will be no problem for them, I think that the maximum they can be afraid of is a draw, and even then in a global sense it will hardly affect the position in the table in the championship. As for the Champions League, there too the opponent is not the strongest compared to Liverpool, so there is nothing to worry about there either

While I do believe he is probably going to be top three at premier league which is great for a new manager at premier league, we are also talking about UCL here and I do not think we are going to see him do much at UCL at all, we are going to see quite a bit of a difference in the end. We can't really make much out of this deal because we are seeing how Liverpool is just getting ready to play Slotball and because of this they can't just beat the best teams in the world, well not technically the world but Europe but lets be real, the team that wins UCL is also the team which is best in the world.

So Liverpool would have hard time and I do not think we can do this, we are not going to end up with any type of result which they will love. However, there is no rush, he is settling in very fine, having a better first season than Klopp did, and he is going to only improve hopefully which would mean in the future they could do a lot better and could maybe get a title here too.

The season Barcelona performances has been so great full unlike last seasons that there not able to play well, but this season they make very good improvement which if we check theirs performances now there doing better, especially in the La Liga they the one leading the league with high points, and now Real Madrid is try to catch them up because their points gap with Real Madrid is just three points.

Furthermore, Barcelona have to tight and hold there consistency more again, if not something might happen in their next match; Because once the Real Madrid play any match and able to win they will be claim the same points: and if the Barcelona mistakenly lose any of their match that’s all.

This is just too much hype for a season just getting started let's wait till the season ends and see his achievements before we can even at least say he is really the right replacement for Klopp. Though he has been doing well but Liverpool last season performance has made me lost hope on them being actually consistent in getting a trophy, especially during hard times like injury woes or even outside that.

Is good to  appluad Arne Slot for his job welldone to this point but how you're currently rating him is as if he has won a trophy and consistently dominated the league till this season ends.

These 4 players are very important to Real Madrid but I don't think they're the only ones you should b praying to avoid an injury. The midfield and defence don't have enough depth too. An injury to Valverde or Camavinga can be a problem. In defence, Madrid have only Militao and Rudiger currently fit for centre-back positions, if an injury is to happen to any of them then there will be trouble.
So even if Bellingham, Mbappe, Vinicius and Rodrygo don't get injured, the team might be in serious trouble if more midfielders and defenders get injured.

The success of Madrid this season might rely solely on the chemistry between their front line. The wings need to be in sync because Madrid will rely on them to create chances and score goals since the midfield can't create chances.

Champions League surprises have always been a great highlight of this competition. With the new format-now creating more matches-an underdog win is now more possible than ever before. Big clubs like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich can slip up; this happened this season when they lost against underdogs like LOSC Lille and Aston Villa.

Another factor that makes the Champions League so difficult to predict is the diversity of teams from various top European leagues. Since they rarely meet each other in domestic competitions, doing so at this late stage, it makes it hard for coaches to fully understand the opponent's strategy- surprises often occur. With an intense player rotation system, the underdog teams also have every possible chance of doing better. This season, it could very well be that there is a new champion who has never lifted the Champions League trophy.

I have no doubt that Real Madrid's squad is very strong. Every player in the squad is very talented. However, Madrid's performance was unstable as several key players in the squad suffered injuries at the start of the season. If 4/5 key players in the squad are injured at the same time, the overall performance of the team will naturally slow down a bit. However, due to Ancelotti's excellent match strategy, Real Madrid team has not lost a single match in La Liga this season.

I'd say if Bellingham, Mbappe, Vini and Rodrygo don't suffer injuries, Madrid's performance will be stable. These 4 are the most important players in Madrid's squad at the moment. If the bonding between these four players is strong, Madrid's overall performance will be even stronger.

That's why the Champions League is interesting because this competition has many surprises, even the underdog team can advance further in this competition, even if you look at the history of the Champions League, the dark horse team or the underdog team can become champions. Moreover, this season with the new format, of course there will be many surprises, the match has only been running for two matches and there have been many surprises, Real Madrid lost to LOSC Lille and Bayern Munich lost to Aston Villa and surprises like this will continue to occur in the following matches.

This surprise occurs because all the best teams in each league in Europe are represented in the Champions League, of course each team often meets, there are also teams that have never met even once, so each team cannot read their opponent's game, so it is not uncommon for us to see surprises in the Champions League, big teams lose to small teams.

What is clear is that this new format is very interesting because besides there being more matches, all the main players or reserve players are automatically fielded because of course each coach will rotate. So with this new system, it will also be a new challenge, maybe this season a new champion will emerge who has never won the Champions League trophy, this could happen.

This season’s champions league is totally different from that of previous seasons and the surprises we will be coming across in this season’s champions league will be worth more than expectation than we’ve seen in the past before. Dortmund reaching the finals last season was indeed a big surprise but with Real Madrid still in the competition, we were all certain they were not going to win the Champions League title.

This season, with the new changes to the format of playing in the champions league, the most consistent and the team that has that resilience in them can go far. It doesn’t matter now whether it’s a small or big team, if you don’t have that qualities in your team, you’ll not go far and you might be eliminated from the first round of the competition. More surprises are coming as we dive in more into the champions league games.

Yeah, unexpected results happen all the time, Barcelona lost to Monaco, Real lost to Lille, Bayern lost to Villa, none of these were expected and all of them are a shocker to the world, I am sure nobody expected this to happen. I am sure there must have been some people who like to be contrarian when it comes to betting and bet on the other side, there can't be just one side betting like the whole world can't be betting on Real to win, some people must have bet on Lille to win as well.

But this doesn't mean it was a lot, I am sure it was quite small amount of people with a low amount of money compared to what was wagered on Real Madrid to win. This is why I believe we are going to keep seeing these type of games in the future as well, that's how UCL works.

Surprises are always possible but when I think about Real Madrid so far this season, it looks like Real Madrid will have a tough time making it to the Champions League final. Indeed, I recognize that Real Madrid have a great winning mentality, and that makes Real Madrid always have a chance to go further. Moreover, Real Madrid also has a good squad, so of course Real Madrid will always have a chance, but if in the January transfer window Real Madrid does not bring in other players, then it looks like Real Madrid will get difficulties.

Because it seems, Real Madrid is also still in transition after other key players retired and also about Carvajal's recent injury. Therefore, there will always be difficult obstacles to consistent good results throughout the season. With key players injured and young players still needing time, it will not be easy at least for the team to advance further in the highly competitive Champions League.

The Champions League is always very competitive. Because all the big clubs of the world perform here. Therefore, if you do not perform well, it is impossible to win the Champions League match. In the last match we saw strong teams like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich lose against weak Lille and Aston Villa. Also, despite Barcelona being in great form, they lost their Champions League opener against Monaco. This proves that it is not possible to win the Champions League matches if you do not perform well.

Dortmund have been in great form so far. The team has won the first two matches by a big margin and now Dortmund are at the top of the table. However, they will play against Real Madrid in the next match. It is going to be very difficult for Dortmund to get points in this match.

But I think the most exciting match will be Munich vs Barcelona. Munich have always performed well against Barcelona on the Champions League platform. However, Barcelona are in very good form this season. So Barcelona also has a chance to win.

The doubt is normal because Slot's predecessor (Klopp) was very good at managing the Liverpool squad so that when there is a transition of changing coaches, there will be a lot of doubts that arise, especially since Slot has not been tested in the EPL because he has never been in the EPL before so doubts like this are normal.

The good thing is that Slot has not been bothered by doubts and pressure so far and in my opinion that is a good thing because he remains focused on giving his best and it is proven that until now he has done it quite brilliantly and even returned Liverpool's position in the trophy hunt which is what should happen.
But it's still early in the season and entering mid-season so we still have to continue to wait whether this consistency will continue to last for the Slot or instead make this a boomerang which in the end the same situation as the Klopp era in the middle of the season which is not very good happens again at this time. Slot must remain focused so that what he gets from the current great appreciation does not turn into criticism because of the decline in performance that occurs.

Before the start of the season when every club strengthens their squad basically we look at the strength of the squad and give an opinion on how they can perform for the whole season but always our opinion will be the same but not like this. 

Real Madrid Manchester City Bayern Munich Arsenal These teams are without a doubt the best teams for the Champions League. Real Madrid performed better than expected last season. Ever since Bayern Munich completed the signing of Harry Kane, we have been expecting big things from Bayern Munich but so far the team has not been able to reach their goals. If they can perform well this season then their dream of winning the Champions League title can be fulfilled this season.

Experienced manager, experienced players, everything is there in this team, now just waiting to do well.