Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 174. (Read 59227 times)

I disagree with you; even Paris Saint-Germain is also performing pretty well in their league this season, and they are even topping the League 1 table. If you watched the Arsenal vs Paris Saint-Germain game last night, you will know that Paris Saint-Germain performed better than Arsenal in that game. Arsenal were lucky to have scored two goals against Paris Saint-Germain inside 35 minutes, which helped them beat Paris Saint-Germain at Emirate Stadium last night. With the chances Paris Saint-Germain had against Arsenal in their game last night, Arsenal would have found it hard to win that game if Paris Saint-Germain had a good finisher.

Yes, I missed it, these big-scoring wins are very important for the teams because even 1 goal has a lot of value in the new format.

The big teams' opponents are easy tonight, I think they will all get a comfortable win.

Benfica - A.Madrid match is important for me because Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Orkun Kökçü will play in this match.
Kerem and Orkun's performances are very good, I expect one of them to score tonight.

Dortmund success in winning a big 7-1 victory over Celtic on the second matchday of the UCL has brought the German club to the top of the standings with 6 points. Since the new format was used this season, the rivalry will increase because many teams have the same results, but goal productivity will differentiate their positions. Currently there are at least three teams that have collected the perfect number of points, Dortmund, Stade Brestois and Bayer Leverkusen. The three teams will have more competitors after the second matchday is finished, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Juventus, Real Madrid, Benfica. The teams have the potential to win again like in the first matchday.

I will not be surprised if they lose or draw because the match will held in Real Madrid's home and Real Madrid is way more stronger than Celtic and Club Brugge. The impressive result by Dortmund remind me with Manchester United, they can destroy small teams, but they getting humiliated by big teams.

Dortmund get humiliated by Stuttgart, I'm not sure they will win the Champions League.

Adeyemi is really inconsistent player, he mostly play bad and sometime he scored many goals.

The chances of both teams scoring goals in this match is about 90% but PSG still couldn't get a single goal in this match and I can't say it's because Arsenal's had a very strong defensive line up, the french club didnt even show much intensity in the first half, they allowed the home side dominate and made them look like a youth team thereby reducing their chances of finding themselves back into the game. In the case of Dembele, in as much as we cannot dispute the fact that he is a good player who has some level of exposure yet I think he has to work a little on his character so as to maximise his chances of becoming of the best players because he has the potentials of achieving all these but hasn't been able to achieve such feat even after winning the world cup with France and several other laurels, he also has to respect the coach and acknowledge that the coach is the principal factor in the team.

Before the match between Celtic and Borussia I didn't understand why Celtic had such a high odds of 5.6, because before that Celtic had 12 wins in a row(!), and Celtic's goal difference in the Scottish league was 20-0 and I couldn't understand why the odds were so high on Celtic's victory and I thought it was probably a gift of fate and bet on Celtic, but I didn't even expect such a nightmare. Schmeichel play at Celtic and he is a great goalkeeper and I think he has not had such defeats during his career even in Leicester.

Certainly, Dortmund's previous performances is enough proof to think they'll win the Champions League, but it's too early to assume. However, they're still a reliable team and may reach the finals, unless the recent conducts is as a result of competing with low skilled teams. They have a nice game play, and the strikers are doing a great job. For instance, Adeyemi is a strong forward, and his shots are superb, he'd make similar efforts against other big teams.

Dortmund's attack looks better now, than it was in the final matches of the Champions League playoffs, so this game could be more interesting, but I doubt that despite what they were able to do with Celtic, I don't think they will be able to beat Real, these are teams of completely different levels. I also liked how Arsenal beat PSG yesterday, a very good game, I expected the match to be more equal, but Arteta beat Enrique, PSG's attack could not beat Arsenal's defense.

You called Arsenal lucky in that match? Come on, they did not only win PSG 2-0 but played so well. Their style of play in that match may not interest you much but that is how they play and they got the result. I was personally disappointed at PSG for not scoring even a single goal. Their performance in the French Lig 1 this season is outstanding which means they ought to score at least a goal even though they played away. Dembele, Fabian Ruiz and Bradley Barcola have been doing exceptionally well and I do not see any problem with their pattern of play. I just feel Arsenal deserve the win that they got.

Dembele had a great start and has already scored 4 goals and given 3 assists and Dembele already has more goals than he had last season, so his suspension looks like a weakening of the team and Arsenal couldn't help but take advantage of that.
Of course if the success of the team depends on a player like Dembele, then apparently the team is not doing well, because Dembele with all due respect is not Mbappe, Bellingham or even Vinicius, he is a good player, with quick feet but very average other characteristics.

Also Donnaruma helped a lot to Arsenal, cause Donnaruma decided to concede goals like young players do after the academy in their first matches, especially the offensive second goal which a goalkeeper like Donnaruma should have deflected.
Without their key player at the moment and with such goalkeeping errors, PSG were apparently doomed to defeat.

The game against Real Madrid will be the real test of Borussia Dortmund. They have been lucky to play with two average clubs in their two last games. The first game against Club Brugge brought three goals and yesterday's game with Celtic attracted seven goals. We will evaluate the ability of the team to make it to the further rounds of the championship with the match with the Los Blancos.

Karim Adeyemi's worth in the market might have skyrocketed due to his uncommon performance. He might soon get some offers from top clubs in Europe. Serhou Guirassy was also outstanding in the match where get got a brace. He seems to be recovering his scoring abilities since his transfer from VfB Stuttgart.  

Yeah, Dortmund is topping the table. I hope they won't be overconfident. They haven't faced the real test. their test will come soon, once they meet Real Madrid. It's gonna be a real test to measure how good their performance is when they face a top-tier team such as Madrid.

I really appreciate Dortmund's performance in the last game. They won with big scores. However, their opponents, Celtic and Brugge, were second-tier teams. And i realized they still have a problem. It remains unsolved. Their defense is shaky when their defenders got blitzed.

Dortmund should settle it before they face a very strong opponent soon.

That yesterday's match missed Dembelea while lot, it was like the PSG players were lacking the attacking force tho make something meaningful from the match yesterday. They clearly dominated the game, but it's not about possession, but who wins the match. Arsenal played business football and took away the three points.

Dembele would've given the attacking force a kind of craftiness and troubled the arsenal defense a bit, although he might have wasted a lot of it, but there would've been more chances and some would've possibly converted.

I still feel Arsenal enjoyed a lot of favoring from the referee. The arsenal defender had the ball to his hand in the final minutes and the referee pretended he didn't see it.

I don't know how well the Lille side are going to take this game from the visitors since Madrid is one of the biggest team in this champions league with the record they have when it comes to the champions league. I hope the host will do everything possible to hold Madrid to a draw or get all 3pt (that's if they can, anything is possible). Like you said the Lille side are weak in their defense but they can start making it strong in this game and again Madrid are weak in the attack like you also said but I'll have to disagree with you on that.
Real Madrid are weak in the attacking department when they have Mbappe on the side, his presence has no positive effect but when playing without him (Mbappe) the team play with so much energy and aggressiveness towards goal, I believe if Mbappe isn't playing or on the bench like he wasn't in the game against Atletico Madrid they'll perform better, on his case I think there are some games he's not suppose to play or shortlisted.

I was surprised that PSG couldn't score Arsenal after they conceded two goals before halftime when they were giving Arsenal a lot of pressure which led to them possessing the ball more but Arsenal got a clean sheet from them though Arsenal number 1 the goal keeper tried in making some good saves for his team to win without conceding any goal against PSG. I don't think the absence of Dembele affected PSG much even though he would have make a lot of positive impart in their gameplay. Where Arsenal killed PSG was the second goal they scored because for PSG to recover and score more goals is very difficult since they are also facing strong opponent and not a medioce team. Gianluigi Donnarumma made some huge mistakes that contributed to PSG losing to Arsenal because the goal keeper overlapped too much.

The match of Leverkusen against Ac Milan was very tough because both teams are very strong and they didn't want to give up easily for each other to score, leverkusen first scored an opening goal and it was offside and then Victor Boniface scored another goal to give Leverkusen a lead in the game and that makes Leverkusen keep look strong and start playing a defensive game to make sure they secure the points. The PSG and Arsenal match was not that tough because as I expected the game to end like that, I was expecting Arsenal to defeat PSG and that is what happened if we look at the game yesterday we will notice that the absence of Dembele affected the team the coach also decide to start the match with young players when Asenso is also in the squad, but is the absent of Dembele that make arsenal to defeat PSG?

Aston Villa is playing against Bayern Munich today and that will be a tough match today because many teams are expecting a win from Bayern Munich but we should also remember that Aston Villa is playing at home while Bayern Munich is playing in Aston Villa field, although Bayern Munich is good than Aston villa I don't think Aston Villa will allow Bayern Munich to score goals like the way Bayern Munich did against some team's from the first of the league, I don't think Bayern Munich will lose but it will be very difficult for them to defeat Aston villa easily.

It's always been an exciting first and second-match performance coming from Dortmund to have them top their Champions League table with 10 goals scored and only a goal conceded. That could show how mentally and physically prepared they are to contest for the Champions League title this season. However, their next meet of the Champions League match will be against Real Madrid, "the defending champion," who beat them in last season's Champions League finals by 2 goals to nil. It will be an exciting rematch to watch of last season's finals. Let's see who would later come out with a thrilled scoreline performance against the other.

Borussia were lucky to have played 2 games against weak teams. So it makes perfect sense that they are provisionally at the top and I doubt very much that at the end of all the games they will end up in that position. So I am not surprised by their current position.


Many people continue to underestimate Bayern, but in this case the Bayern coach knows Aston Villa well and now in Bayern with a better squad than when he was in the Premier League, he will have a good result. Aston Villa was lucky to win in the first game of the European Champions League because they played against an extremely weak opponent. But Bayern is not weak, on the contrary, it is a very strong team. That is why in my opinion I see Bayern winning this game.

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Lille - Real Madrid

Real Madrid has a good defense, although they have good players in attack, they can sometimes be very inefficient, but I see Real Madrid coming out of this game with a victory. I read that Mbappe traveled with the squad, so I believe he will be able to play. Lille's biggest problem is in defense, while Real Madrid's biggest problem is in attack. Knowing how experienced Real Madrid's coach is, I don't see Real Madrid losing. But I won't bet on this game.

Lille possible starting lineup:
Chevalier; Tiago Santos, Diakite, Alexsandro, Gudmundsson; Andre, Andre Gomes, Cabella; Zhegrova, David, Sahraoui

Real Madrid possible starting lineup:
Lunin; Carvajal, Eder Militao, Rudiger, Mendy; Valverde, Camavinga, Tchouameni; Bellingham; Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior

Liverpool - Bologna

Liverpool have been performing well this season since the new manager arrived, while Bologna have been performing moderately since the departure of last season's manager. They don't have the same defense they had last season, but they can't be underestimated. I won't bet on this game either. Although Liverpool are the favorites and have very low odds, I don't rule out a draw.

Liverpool possible starting lineup:
Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Konate, Tsimikas; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; Nunez

Bologna possible starting lineup:
Skorupski; Posch, Beukema, Lucumi, Lykogiannis; Aebischer, Moro, Freuler; Orsolini, Dallinga, Ndoye

My parlay was nearly going to win. Leverkusen won but it wasn't easy at all. They dominated the first half but the balances completely changed in the other one.    Dortmund also won and I must admit that it was like the game I was comfortable with watching the most.   

However PSG messed up really badly... I wasn't expecting to see this kind of a starting lineup first of all. I didn't even know Dembele had a fight with Luis Enrique and found himself out of squad right before. I wish I didn't take such risk like double chance on them.

Today I assume I would watch Aston Villa - Bayern Munich. It seems interesting. But I might pass for betting. 

It is quite interesting because we see it, but can only be assumed and cannot be used as a correct claim about this, the invoice we need to look at the team that plays, and we see from the whole whether every opportunity will be the same, the fact is impossible, this It could be coincidence, but if it runs long term, this is far crazier than the predictions of intelligent humans.