Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 152. (Read 72633 times)

Not much can be said about that yet until we see a consistency form from the team throughout this phase to the knockout phase of the competition. It is very clear that they’re amongst the only team that are dominant and maintaining it to this stage this season. The other team showing same thing is Liverpool and only with time we will see how well this two teams will do in this competition from the first round of it to the second round. I have much hope on both team’s coach. They’ve really come in for an excellent season and they’re already prove it in both competitions they’re participating in.


Bayern Munich are not focused in the champions league and they’re playing the better game in the Bundesliga. It seems they’re prioritising the Bundesliga more than the champions league and their focus is on just that competition for now. They have the player and a good team that can do well in the champions league maybe the coach is just not yet experienced in that competition and may find it hard to win games their easily as he does in the Bundesliga. Kompany should try and make it to the next round of the champions league competition, I mean the knockout stage because it won’t make any sense for a top tier team like this with this quality of players to be eliminated from the first round of the competition.

I don't think that Bayern Munich this season is targeting to win the champions league, because you must put your team in the best form first for them to be capable of winning UCL, and Kompany is still working on that. Kompany is bdought to bring back their domestic league back to Allianz Arena first before thinking of winning champions league, because it is not as easy as you think to win UCL.

Pep isn't the most creative manager in the history of the European football, but he operates in a very tactical strategy that most coaches can't, even with the availability of potential players all year round.

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It's one thing to have an opportunity to sign players when the transfer windows open (just like we anticipate in January) but it's a different thing to know who to sign, what position to pair them in and how long it'll take for them to adjust in the new league (assuming this is an instance like that of halland).
If you think it's easy to pair 'em players towards achieving the best results, take a look at how mbappe struggles in Madrid for a position to play.
Mhannn, I learnt he's been so strict with the players that he's ruled out the fines for lateness (which was initially €5000)...  You're late for training? Sit on the BENCH!

I didn't watch this match, so I only saw the match highlights, data and statistics. Based on what I saw from the highlights and statistics, Bayern played very well and had many opportunities. It's just a shame that not many were able to be converted into goals. They had 24 total shots, 1 big chance, 10 shots on target and 74% possession. Well, we agree that in fact, even though they only won by a narrow score, Bayern Munich actually played very dominantly and offensively. We can see how Benfica prefers a defensive pattern, there are 5 players in the defense line in formation. 5-3-2 implemented by Bruno Lage, he only relies on counterattacks. It's natural that Bayern Munich has to work hard to break through their opponent's team, they have a lot of opportunities. Luckily Benfica didn't lose with a bigger score, Anatoliy Trubin guarded his goal very well. He made 9 saves, he struggled so that his goal would not be conceded. Unfortunately, in the end Jamal Musiala was able to break through Benfica's goal. Well, some points have been reviewed for this match and we agree. Talking about Bayern Munich, they still have a chance to qualify for the next phase. But on condition that they sweep the remaining matches with victory, including defeating Paris Saint-Germains in the next meeting.

It seems those bigger teams have an understanding of Kompany’s strategy more and are going all serious to not let him have a victory against them that easily. Kompany has really done a great job at Bayern Munich so far the start of the season but his performance is yet to show in the champions league as their position does not speak well for them to what they’ve achieved in this season so far in the Bundesliga. Bayern Munich have had a very good record in the past in the champions league and they could still do the same this season with a good plan.

Kompany’s first season in the champions league hasn’t been that easy for him, but I’m still optimistic that he may just be observing the games now and until he gets a better plan, he’ll find his way through to the next round of the champions league competition. I don’t see them falling out of the champions league race this early, they have the strength, quality and players to take them far in this competition just like every other formidable team participating in the competition has.

Barcelona played the game like they have no burden, even though they have massive injuries on their squad. I think this all caused by a very well players management by their coach, Hansi Flick.



When we are talking about Barcelona's chances to win the title, their chance are low. I said that based on the latest UCL odds. Liverpool still leads to be the most favorite club to win the title, and Barcelona is still at the 6th place.

Barcelona is very productive in the UCL, eventhough they are not in the top 5 for outright odds. This shows Barcelona shall have tried harder to win the title. But, the odds can change based on the UCL results each week.

are you sure you don't need to fact check what you're saying? Bayern has won two of thier four games and only lost the other two remaining games against Barca and Aston Vila and for me, that's not a so bad record considering that they are still toping the bundesliga table. If you look at the two teams they lost to, you will  know that they are in Thier best of forms at thier respective leagues and even in the champions league. Barca is toping the laliga table and at the champions league have won three of there games with incredible win against real Madrid that are the defending champions.  Aston Vila on the other hand has had similar results both at the premier league and champions league and has the potential of winning any of the top teams across the league. It's not the best of outing thus far but it's definitely not enough reason to discredit thier overall performance. Even though there next two games are against PSG and Dortmund, I'm convince that they will get all six points from that game.

It looks like the Champions League is still a difficult match for Bayern Munich, because when Bayern Munich plays against a team that has good quality too, Bayern Munich has  difficulty getting a victory with a large score despite playing at the Allianz Arena. Only in the first match of the Champions League Bayern Munich managed to win with a huge score of 9-2  but only played against Zagreb, and after that Bayern Munich really struggled to win despite having good dominance. Thus, the Champions League still does not seem to be a major target  for Bayern Munich to get the trophy,  because only playing against Aston Villa and against Benfica in fact Bayern Munich is difficult to win.

Arne Slot made a big change after handling Liverpool this season and he also managed to make Liverpool much stronger. There are still too many matches that will be faced and efforts need to maintain consistency so that Liverpool can continue to be in the form of the best game. The Premier League will be the main target of Arne Slot this season and maybe for the Champions League we doubt a little because there are many other teams that are much stronger even though we also have to be optimistic that Liverpool are able to do it.

Passing to the round of 16 without following the play off pathway will be much better because they can ensure that they qualify automatically based on points that have been collected and so far Liverpool are more convincing than other British representatives.

I agree with you. The match was dominated by PSG and they even had 9 shots on target. Oblak was absolutely outstanding in that match. PSG lacks a good finisher and they missed a lot of chances when facing the goalkeeper. This result keeps PSG outside the playoff zone.

Inter Milan's defense is really solid. We know that Italian teams have a very good defense and this can make teams from other countries have difficulty in attacking. I think it's the same as Real Madrid who had difficulty breaking through AC Milan's defense. Arsenal played well in that match but it seems they were unlucky with the penalty. Of course we can't think they will continue to win. They are in 12th place in the UCL and I think that's not a bad position because there are still some games left.

Their defeat to Inter Milan made them have to drop out of the top 8 of the Champions League standings. However, with the remaining matches they still have a very big chance to be in the top 8 to avoid the play-off round in order to be in the last 16 of the Champions League this season, with the note that they must be able to win the remaining matches. Their defeat to Inter Milan was not because they played badly, because if you look at what they could show, they actually played better than Inter Milan. However, their mistake at the end of the first half gave Inter Milan the opportunity to get a penalty which Inter Milan did not miss.

I agree with you that in football, you will lose some and also win some, but those results where really shocking coming from Madrid and Arsenal. Arsenal has a lot in their hand right now, Arsenal will be playing against Chelsea this weekend a very tough game in Stanford bridge, they also will be playing against Juventus in their Tuesday champions league encounter, though a win against Chelsea will help boost their moral but that will be a bit difficult. However hoping for Arsenal to win the title will be an overestimation for me, they lack consistency, and consistency is one major ingredient you need to help you win titles, Arsenal are always on the flip-flop, though they have the talent but they just need to do a little bit of consistency.

Liverpool have a solid squad with a coach who is able to maximise the potential of his  players, so it is not surprising that they can appear very impressive and able to show balance in the two big competitions, previously we always considered madrid as the favourite to win the UCL this season, but instead we were surprised by what was achieved by liverpool by successfully topping the UCL and premier league standings this season, I think if they can maintain consistency until the end of the season, of course their chances of winning titles in the Premier League and UCL are very large, for now, slot has proven himself to be a competent and worthy coach to lead Liverpool after being left by Klopp at the end of last season, besides Liverpool, I think Barcelona also has a good performance at the moment, so they also deserve to be considered as the favourite to win the end of the season later.

You misunderstood what I meant, the big chance I meant was to qualify for the R16 phase I assume so because this is just the qualifying round and arsenal has only played 4 matches with 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss and the remaining 4 matches are the reason I said so.
And I'm not saying that arsenal will win the UCL with the current conditions, regarding yesterday's match if you think arsenal played badly or couldn't win against inter, do you think inter is a weak team? or you didn't watch the match?
Inter won serie a last season and yesterday they were favored as hosts, you have to remember playing at home will increase the players' confidence.

Arsenal is doing decent enough, but I do not think that they will be in top 8. They will be one of those teams in the 9-24 range and they will play with a team and whoever they face will decide on the situation and maybe they will go further or maybe not, depends on who they face.

I believe we are seeing Liverpool do a different level thing though, they are leading right now and they are looking amazing, they do look amazing at premier league as well, things are looking great for them. I believe we are going to end up with a lot of trouble by them if we keep this up, and because of it we are going to see Liverpool cause issues for all those teams that spent 100+ million to win this, they just got a good coach instead.

Climbing to the top of the Premier League table when Arsenal and Man City are still classy, ​​Chelsea and Aston Villa are still convincing is not easy for Liverpool but they did it. Continuously winning in all competitions, Arne Slot's Liverpool is showing destructive power and consistency in all lines. Under Slot, Liverpool seems to have completely transformed. Players who lost form at the end of last season have been reborn.
Now it's time to see how long they can keep this up. One of the biggest challenges for Arne Slot and his students is the UEFA Champions League. As the new format increases the number of matches, Liverpool also has to put in more effort to plow through. Maintaining this form until the end of the season is too difficult for Liverpool.

To think that Liverpool new manager Arne Slot is yet to sign a new player since he arrived at the club in the summer but is still doing exceptionally well is another reason to give the Dutch manager more applaud s than he's currently getting. Leading the English Premier League standings and helping Liverpool to maintain a 100% start in the UEFA Champions League is incredibly impressive from Arne Slot and I hope he ends the season with a major trophy with Liverpool.
It's too early to determine if Liverpool will win the UEFA Champions League title this season but we can't shy away from the fact that they're now a strong contender for the biggest trophy in club competition. Hopefully for them, they continue to remain consistent with their great results and maybe win it at the end of the season

No doubt it looks very good for Liverpool in the early parts of Arne Slot’s reign. I am very happy with how he’s doing but we can’t get carried away. The season is still very young, we need to keep this form and probably even improve if we want to be there competing for the bog trophies at the end of the season.

To qualify for the last 16 without going through the play offs in the CL would be a big help. We do not need two extra games in an already busy period. Winning 4 out of 4 so far gives us a great chance to achieve that.

I know why all the favorite teams are performing badly this season. Real Madrid cannot accept poor performances with the team they have built. On the other hand, this season's Manchester City team has not changed much with last season's team, but why Manchester City's performance is getting worse is a big question.

Bayern Munich are favorites every season but they do not perform well in most of the seasons. Bayern Munich's performance in the Champions League last season was not good at all, maybe this season we will see the same performance from them in the Champions League. But I'm looking forward to a great comeback from Manchester City and Real Madrid in the Champions League soon, hope they do well soon.

Benfica only had 1 shot and 0 shots on goal, in stark contrast to Bayern Munich who had more 10 goals shots on goal but they could only score goals like this while in transition struggling with Vincent Kompany.

Although only 1 goal still gets full points in this match, but if the opponent is balanced it could be that Bayern Munich will not get the victory.
The upcoming week against PSG for me is not heavy, we know PSG is also a team that has suffered a setback where they lost at home.