Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 173. (Read 59244 times)

If PSG is superior in possession of the ball, that's right, they dominate the game. I watched this match only the first half, because there are other matches that I want to watch. Well, Arsenal can actually play more aggressively as usual. However, in football it's not just a matter of performing better, but also related to tactics and strategy. In last night's match, Arteta again applied a different pattern, namely the 4-4-2 formation. Theoretically, this pattern emphasizes counterattacks and defense. Well, I don't know what Arteta planned with his tactics and strategy. What is clear is that the tactics implemented by Artera went according to plan. Regarding the point you said, I have actually discussed it in the previous post. But don't forget, that Arsenal also doesn't have a finisher who is a goal-scoring machine in their squad. But in fact, they were able to break through PSG's goal 2 goals. As an Arsenal fan, of course I am happy with this victory. Regarding PSG, we could actually review it in more depth, but PSG lost and Enrique has chosen the players who were his starting eleven in the match against Arsenal.

Salzburg humiliated at home... Maybe this is a confusion for bettors including myself, but what can make them play badly even though the possession of the ball is enough for but it does not guarantee for the host.

This time trying with multi bets again I hope no one misses...
Except for the Zegreb vs Monaco match I chose for both teams to score.
Everything else I believe the favorite team will win even though it won't be easy just because we know they have the ability to play better in UCL

Dortmund performed exceptionally by winning their second match in the UCL with a fantastic score (7-1) over Celtic, the 3 points make them temporarily at the top of the UCL league phase standings with 6 points, so far we see if the 3 strong Bundesliga team are very impressive in the semi-league phase, but I think the journey in the Champions League is not an easy thing although they went through two games with a win, because there are still 6 more matches that can be a challenge for them to qualify for the round of 16 later.
Every team that has a good enough squad depth will of course try to focus on every competition they participate in, including Munich, Dortmund and also Leverkusen who are currently still struggling in the Bundesliga and Champions League, focusing on winning one competition may be one way to maintain their chances of becoming champions, But I think when they are able and can stay focused in these two competitions, of course there is nothing wrong and it will be an impressive achievement for their later if they can win the Bundesliga and UCL at the same time in the end of the season.

But we have never doubted Arsenal's defense. So PSG had difficulty finding gaps that they could really exploit when they were in Arsenal's defense area. At least in yesterday's match I was only surprised by PSG's defeat by Arsenal and also AC Milan's defeat by Leverkusen. Apart from these two matches, I feel that all the teams won very fairly. But Man City, Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan and Dortmund in yesterday's match were truly unstoppable by their opponents. They all scored at least 4 goals and Dortmund had the most, namely 7 goals.

To me the 2 biggest games tonight are Lille Vs Real Madrid and Aston Villa Vs Bayern Munich.
In both cases, home teams are underdogs and we have a very similar odds in both matches. You could get around x1.60 for an away team to win.
I'm not sure about Lille Vs Real, as I don't follow the French league, but as for the second game, I don't think it will be an easy game for Bayern, I think the odds are misplaced and AV should not be that much of an underdog. I wouldn't go as far as to say AV should be the favourite, but I expect it to be a quite even game, and therefore I think a double-chance bet for AV to win or draw is a good value bet and could yield you around x2.20.

I think your conclusion looks too early by saying Bundesliga league will produce this season champions league winner when they only had their second game of the season, there are many battles await them, what about brest that come second or you are doubting them. Borussia Dortmund really played very well to earn what they got, although Dortmund haven't play with a tough team since from the beginning, I will even question them if they did not make it through with those team, I will only appreciate their effort if the succeeded with big teams then I will consider them as among the favorite to win the Champions League this season.

I really enjoyed the game yesterday from Dortmund against Celtic and specially the first halftime was very impressive from all.
Karim Adeyemi was on fire and the best player of that match , saddly he got injured and was missing the second halftime.
If Dortmund can keep up that performance in the Champions League and also in the German League they will get far in this competition.
I guess that this performance from yesterday cant be beaten.

To be honest with you I was thinking that Celtic will get three points from Borussia Dortmund because they seem more prepared on this season than Borussia Dortmund because already we can see the winnings Celtic has been having on there previous matches but however to see them loosing to Borussia Dortmund with this amount of goals makes me to think that I was just hyping them when the actual truth was that they were not that strong as I thought.

Perhaps it seems that all the numerous wining they have been having on there local league is as a result of playing with smaller clubs that has a lesser performance than them but unfortunately for them the champions League clubs are all strong, however I wonder how there match is going to be when they would meet clubs like Bayern Munich or Manchester City, which means that they would conceive up to 10 or more goals because this two teams I just mentioned are even more stronger and fierce than Borussia Dortmund.

The final result of 3 points is the main target of every team that competes. The match statistics that I assess are based on a summary of the overall numbers starting from ball possession to other records such as passes.
The losing team is still considered below the winning team. PSG has a higher percentage of ball possession. PSG's unluckiness can be seen from the number of shots they got even though Arsenal was more than PSG in terms of on target.

Arsenal deserved to win because Arsenal's game so far has been very cool. Arsenal's squad has been in tune for years and their management has been patient and trusting in Arteta and some additions as puzzle pieces have been successfully implemented. What I also see is that Arteta has made this team more mature.

The characteristic of a big team is that they play badly but still win, because the system is already in place. New or old players, they adapt easily. That's why Calafiori, Timber (who has only played due to a season-long injury), even young players like Ethan Nwaneri if given the opportunity to play can also adapt because the system is already in place. This is very different from PSG who lost their star players, they couldn't do much in the UCL league, even though they dominated the game but they had difficulty scoring goals.

How is PSG better than Arsenal in yesterday’s match?
I think the best statistics of judging a better team is based on the game’s outcome, and if it is true, then Arsenal is a better team yesterday because they get three points they needed in the game yesterday.

PSG played well in the match yesterday, they dominated the game but couldn’t use their chances well and that’s what Arsenal showed yesterday.
There is no doubt, PSG is a good team, they have good squad that are very competitive, but Arsenal’s defensive ability helped Arsenal yesterday because they play massive attack and massive defense and the players now have wining mentality and have more maturity than last season.

PSG's game last night was quite good, but they were unlucky. Why? because the top statistics show that PSG are much better than Arsenal.
I think Arsenal's victory was also not because of 100% luck but because Arsenal's finishing was much better than PSG. In fact, in terms of luck, PSG were far from lucky because they could not take advantage of the opportunities that existed throughout the match. I watched the match alone via streaming that's why I said that.

With Mbappe and without Mbappe PSG will remain the same, only able to dominate Ligue 1 and not the Champions League, so the defeat against Arsenal for me is a natural result and not surprising at all about what happened internally. But indeed, what was surprising was PSG's defeat with a score of 2-0, of course it was a bad result experienced by a top team that has great dominance in Ligue 1.

With this defeat I think it has also become a sign that PSG will still not be able to advance further in the Champions League. But maybe, if only qualifying for the last 16 seems like it can still be attempted by PSG but, if PSG targets to advance to the semifinals, I'm sure it won't happen because for me, if for example PSG is able to qualify to the quarter-finals, it is also a good result for them for their efforts to improve the quality of team performance after Mbappe's departure.

Arsenal played a very impressive game and they were perfect at finishing. They had just two threatening attacks and scored both times while PSG controlled the ball most of the time, they were not able to generate many opportunities and when they did, the finishing was poor. Premier league is certainly much better and competitive than Ligue 1 and PSG without Mbappe seems weak. PSG also made many changes on it's team this season and the new team don't seem to have get along.
The new format might give PSG more chances to get better and keep their journey on the championship.

However, Dortmund saw their best performance last season and they are following their best performance this season as well coming to UCL. We have seen them complete the two matches with impressive wins in both matches and the fans of Dortmund must have been overjoyed to see them win. Although Dortmund did not do well in the Bundesliga, we can see a lot of improvement in their performance in the Champions League. However, we can assume from the impressive performance that Dortmund will try to play their next matches with even better performance.

Doue has not shown anything for PSG. He was previously talked about replacing Mbappe at PSG, I think it's excessive. Dembele contributed greatly to PSG with his goals and assists. Unfortunately, he had problems with Enrique. I don't really follow what the problem was behind the dispute between the two that ended in Dembele not being played.

Dembele's not being played automatically means Enrique will have more hope for Barcola who is currently the top scorer in Ligue 1. and maybe Lee Kang-in, or Asensio who is also not performing so well. Enrique often experiments with his players' positions. Maybe he is having trouble finding the best formation for now.

Paris Saint Germain had to go home with disappointment after they lost to Arsenal with a score of 2-0. No matter how hard they tried to score goals, they couldn't do it because Arsenal's defense could work well in this match, on the contrary they defended with a few shortcomings so it was quite easy for Arsenal to score 2 goals.
This defeat made their position unsafe, because they lost when other favorite teams won. But I understand why they lost, because Arsenal is not an easy opponent for them, and indeed Arsenal is currently on a positive trend, I mean in the last few seasons they have improved, so Paris Saint Germain's defeat was actually quite a lot of people predicted that it would happen, especially since they played at Arsenal's headquarters too.

Dortmund, as runners up in the Champions League last season, has indeed performed impressively so far in the UCL and of course Dortmund has achieved extraordinary goals. Dortmund scored 3 goals against Club Brugge and most recently 7 goals against Celtic and of course against Celtic Dortmund really had a goal party on the field and the happy faces of the Dortmund players and Dortmund fans were visible.

Indeed, Dortmund started this season in the UCL well and of course this will make Dortmund more confident for the next match and indeed, if you look at Dortmund's standings in the UCL, of course Dortmund is in 1th place and of course currently Dortmund's performance in the UCL is better than the Bundesliga. . And indeed, other teams from the Bundesliga, such as Leverkusen, Bayern, of course have good quality. Well, let's see their actions to see whether many Bundesliga clubs will move up the rankings and consistently win or not in the UCL.

but of course this season is still early and of course there are still many matches that Dortmund will face in the UCL and of course in my opinion Dortmund should prepare mentally and physically for the next match because of course Dortmund will face Real Madrid which of course will not be easy for Dortmund to win. beat Real Madrid. and of course in Dortmund's match against Real Madrid this is a tough test for Dortmund and if Dortmund can beat Real Madrid I think Dortmund will have great potential to become UCL champions. But I personally predict that the match will be won by Real Madrid.

PSG just can't win a Champions League trophy in this way. They were really terrible against Arsenal.    It ended 2-0 maybe but the score difference could have been much more than that. Their defending was in bad shape and I can't say they were effective in the attacking area either. Why would you start with Lee Kang-in the centre-forward position?  

Dembele is left out of squad which is a big loss for PSG. If he can't get back in shortly then PSG can get quite weaker in the area. I'm not sure if Doue is ready for big challenges yet. What do you say, can he fill Dembele's place?

The feeling is mutual mate.

It's a frustrating result although I have had my fair share many times. Hardly will anyone had thought that PSG can't get a single goal against Arsenal even if they were going to lose the game.  This is part of the reason we don't have to stake beyond what we can afford to lose on any game irrespective of how sure we feel about our option. Nothing is sure until it's played as selected.

I just made some straight win selections for today on the big teams hoping they are going to make my day by taking all full points home.