Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 216. (Read 75622 times)

These two matches are very surprising to many people, for me, especially Madrid, because Dortmund is superior first 2-0 and then replied with a score of 5-2, and that is a very epic match for me, with circumstances like Real Madrid should be able to lose even I turned off my TV to stop watching, but a few minutes later the year on my cellphone showed that Real Madrid dominated the match very crazy.

Regarding Barcelona, ​​it was a very interesting match because before Barcelona experienced more defeat than Bayern Munich than H2H data.

I agree with you that xavi was part of the process of revamping Barcelona and he deserve to be praised too for such commitment, its a fact that xavi didn't meet Barcelona in a good shape and he did all he could tring to revamp the club irrespective their financial state though couldn't stay to continue the job based on the decision of the management, every manager has players they like and want to be part of their team at all time despite how people see things, xavi was doing all he could to secure his job and do his best for the future of the team which we have seen materializing today in the club but who knows what would have been the fate of Barcelona if xavi were to be managing them till this moment, I have watch Barcelona matches recently, I see a good team in them, there performance is a topnotch, if you watch there match with Bayern, they played as if bayern was a small team, I'm one of those people that believe that Bayern will win them or almost the event end in a draw but their display was very much impressive and i believe that its the hand work of the new manager.

Real Madrid game with Barcelona will be a game thats unpredictable because both teams are not in bad shape but if am to predict I will give the match BTTS meaning both team to score or handicap Barceolaon aside the afforementiomed predictions, It will be difficult for me to tell who will win the match.

Everything looks easy when said, so that no one will realize that in the Champions League a small mistake can cause defeat and that was also experienced by Barcelona this season when the team was defeated by a team that was not so tough. In addition, a team like Atalanta should not be underestimated even though their appearance is a little different from last season, but it is always important to consider every opponent as a serious opponent when a team competes in the Champions League.

Lille's performance in the Champions League has surprised me as well after the first three games. When I watched their Champions League qualifying match against Fenerbahçe, I thought that Lille would be eliminated at the first stage of the tournament. However, after losing to Sporting Lisbon in the first leg, they made a big surprise by beating both Madrid teams. I'm really curious to see how they will do in their home game against Juventus on november 5th.

Real Madrid- Barcelona game will be another interesting game, these teams are Rivals against each other and Barcelona is doing very well this season which it will be difficult for Real Madrid to take advantage on Barcelona. I think this is one of the biggest game that will be taking place this season and since the both teams are doing well, I think any of the team that wins the game will be consider as the hardest team for the season,  but I think from the performance of both  teams I can see they have the same quality but let watch and see what the outcome of the game would look like.

Lewandowski still has great potential to return to being one of the top scorers in La Liga at the moment, although he is competing with younger and more talented players but so far he has been able to show his sharpness as a goal-hungry striker, in CL  I think for now he just needs to maintain his consistency to be able to add to his goal tally in the, I think Lewandowski has a great chance to be the top scorer in the CL because indeed the tempory  top scorer in the Champions League (Kane) at the moment has only scored 5 goals, while Lewandowski has managed to score 3 goals so far, so with the remaining matches of course the opportunity to remain the top scorer in the Champions League at the end of the season is still wide open for him.

Yes you are absolutely right in the hands of Hansi Flick Lewandowski returned to his best version like when he was at Bayern Munich creating many goals there but now he is at Barcelona of course he wants to continue to show his best performance wherever he is.
Yes the top scorer competitors in the Champions League are more difficult because there are many clubs competing in this round if Lewandowski can create goals every match and until the next rounds he will be on the list of top scorers in the Champions League but for now Lewandowski has not even scored many goals in the UCL tournament.

A good player that wabts to bring out the best in him all the time needs to be happy wherever he is. Lewandowski was also very happy when he was in Bayern Munich, and that was when we saw the best in him. He has not scored any goal or displayed his best performance in Barcelona compared to when he was in Bayern, because you cannot cheat nature. Saying that he is happy in Barcelona makes it look as if he is happier in Barcelona than when he was in Bayern which might not be true. Last season Lewandowski was not in form and does that qualify him to be happy.

Now Barcelona has valuable capital to face Real Madrid in La Liga. Their success in defeating Bayern Munich is a signal and a threat to every competitor, maybe it's just a matter of time for Hansi Flick to prove his managerial quality. The El Clasico match will provide a complete picture of Barcelona current strength, if successful it will increase their chances of winning trophies in every competition.
The remaining five matches on the League phase look quite easy for Barcelona to overcome, the only serious opponent is Dortmund, while Red Star, Brest, Benfica and Atalanta are relatively easy. Thus, Barcelona chances of finishing in the top 8 to reach the next round are very open. Tomorrow Real Madrid will test Hansi Flick cool hand.

I just look at to the current position of League phase and i have seen until week 3 the teams from Premier league did a good jobs because Manchester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa can able to taking over top 3 place and i think these proven the teams from Premier League can being an strong contender for the title besides those teams above Premier league also still have Arsenal and indeed they current position is out from top 8 but Arsenal still unbeated which i still considers their performance too is still impressive

Besides Premier league teams i think the teams from Ligue 1 also has impressive performance and we can see it that Brest and Monaco has been able to collect 7 points and i think Brest is the most surprising team this season because they are new comer but Brest is really fantastic especially they can able to playing draw from Leverkusen and i know it is too early but i just thinking probably Brest will made a history by advances to the round of 16

Yeah his career is already finished, he no longer able to play in the most competitive competition.

It was a bad move they sell Yan Sommer to Inter, now Bayern Munich has no reliable goalkeeper at the moment. However, De Gea is joining small team in Serie A and willing to get smaller salary, Bayern Munich can sign him since they can afford to pay higher for De Gea.

This is the reason why La Liga is the strongest football league in the world, Premier League and Bundesliga are behind La Liga.

Unexpected results occurred in both matches, Bayern Munich who were believed to be able to beat Barcelona ended up losing points, on the other hand Borussia Dortmund who already had a safe position at the end of the first half had to be embarrassed in the second half by Real Madrid. Outside of UCL, I think the Real Madrid - Barcelona meeting is really anticipated, because both teams come with confidence.

That's thanks to being in the right hands, moreover Hansi Flick was his coach at Bayern Munich, so Hansi Flick knows what to do with a Lewandowski. Let's see when he was still in Xavi hands, was it like this? Well it has proven that the right hands can return Lewandowski to his ideal phase as Lewangolski.
But since this is a Champions League thread, it would be unfair not to talk about other competitors from different leagues who also scored more goals. The point is that in the Champions League being top scorer is not as easy as in the domestic league.

The strikers will finish well and the midfielders will help the strikers to score but if the defense is not strong then the opposition strikers will come into their own defense and score against their own team. If the condition of the team is like this, then the team will never be able to do well. I think it is more necessary to strengthen the defense before strengthening the strike positions and midfield positions. If you don't score extra goals then no problem at least the result of the match will be a draw but if the defense is shaky then your own team players will fail to score against the opposition and the opposition strikers will easily score against their own team. The Bayern Munich manager may be realizing where they need to make changes.

My greatest annoyance with the Bayern team was that they could not play the ball in the middle, always buddy flanking the Barcelona team without being able to cross the ball for heading out to make out something. Most times in the game it's as though they're afraid to take the ball forward, always returning it home and leaving Neuer to be making some bad decisions regarding spread of passes which almost cost them goals. It was only with the arrival of Musiala that the ball was being pushed forward and they mounted his pressure on the defense.

The finishers for Bayern were not also at their best. They missed good chances which did not come back again later on when Barcelona took the defense to another level.

I also think Neuer is getting old and less flexible for the first choice goalkeeper. Some goals conceived by him was a testimony of his being less fight for the job.

There is no doubt that Lewandowski is an excellent player. He has a lot of scoring ability. Also he is able to perform well consistently. We have seen better performances from Lewandowski in the last two seasons as well. And Lewandowski has been in great form since the start of this season. I would say we can see Lewandowski's performance improve even more with Hansi Flick.

Lewandowski scored 12 goals and 2 assists in 10 matches in La League. In almost every match we see better performances from Lewandowski. Lewandowski managed to score three goals in 3 Champions League matches. We also saw Lewandowski's impressive performances a few seasons ago with Bayern Munich. And he managed to score against Bayern Munich a few days ago. Lewandowski scored a nice goal. It is normal for any player to celebrate a goal after scoring a goal. It cannot be justified that Lewandowski would not celebrate a goal against Munich as he has played with Munich for a long time.

Well there's nothing wrong with any of that. Lewandowski has now been at Barcelona since 2022 so celebrating when he scores a goal for the team he plays for is normal. even though the club he is facing is the club he previously played for. But that was 2 seasons ago and as long as he doesn't make any outrageous celebrations. Because celebration is just an expression of happiness and doesn't mean anything other than that. And I agree that Lewandowski seems to really like and feel comfortable at Barcelona. He has even improved rapidly this season. And has become the top scorer in La Liga this season. He has scored 12 goals in La Liga with Barcelona in just 10 matches there. And that is extraordinary if we remember that he is no longer young.

Maybe or maybe not but there was a logic behind what he did just that the defence wasn't good enough I don't know why they all have to give open margin at a time...if the game turned out to be 2-1 with Bayern leading and let's say the first half ends with 2-1 then the game could have changed drastically with the players brought in by Bayern in second half  though barca also has player to counter it but the game could have been a very hard one and maybe 2-1 or 2-2 because the real game started when the game changed somehow when the players were brought in but Barca already got their point and they defend more.
Thus even at that moment, to show that the defence is somehow weak.... there was a chance that was missed by lewy around 80+ mins I think (I had no idea how olmo and lewy were able to get through the defence so easily even though they weren't lucky to score it). My point is that the coach also had a logic behind his game even though he was unlucky.... u guess experience matters too sometimes 

They have a whole lot to do around the defense line especially when participating in the champions League as Bayern Munich cannot use the bundesliga mentality to handle the champions League games same way and expect to get good results because it's different levels of competition which I expect them to know actually so kompany still have some assignments to take care of after all. Barcelona has a really brilliant rhythm which I initially doubted untill they brought same energy to the champions League and their was a mind shift for me as it regards their prowess.

I wouldn't be writing Bayern off just yet. They still have 5 games to play in the league stage and they only need to finish in the top 24 to advance to the next stage (or in the top 8 if they want to avoid play offs) and they currently are 23rd.
Yup, they've lost 2 out of the 3 games but we have to consider that Barcelona is in their top form and Aston Villa is a strong team, currently placed 4th in the Premier League with the same number of points as Arsenal and are 1st in the UCL table.

Their next 5 games in the UCL are:
Benfica (H)
PSG (H)
Shakhtar Donetsk (A)
Feyenoord (A)
Slovan Bratislava (H)

They should get a minimum of 10 points there, which should be more than enough to advance to the next stage.