Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 218. (Read 75643 times)

Undoubtedly Aston Villa, Liverpool and Manchester City are at their best. With three Premier League teams occupying the top 3 spots in the Champions League points table, this points table is undoubtedly interesting to look at. But they have just played 3 matches each, now the key is to watch how they will perform in their next matches. We need to be consistent to progress to the next round of the Champions League. Even though they still have a lot of matches left, a poor performance must face a tough equation to advance to the next round, or the road to the next round could be closed. Now it remains to be seen what they can do in the end.

This looks very interesting to see the premier league teams taking over the top table of the champions league standings. They look like they have all what it takes to get to the next round of the Champions league but that will still be possible if they maintain their consistency in their remaining matches. They still have lots of match to play in which if they don’t do well, they may not have the chance to make it to the next round. I just hope they can keep up with their performance and make it to the next round of the competition.


When you watch and analyse their match with Barcelona, there was no doubt at any point that they were going to lose that big in that match. They really played well to me but were just unlucky not to have scored a lot of goals in the match and only got one goal throughout the match. The luck on goals was not on their side and that was why when Barcelona utilized the chances they got, they end up winning the match over Bayern Munich.

A lot may think that Bayern Munich under the new manager Kompany may not do well, but I still keep seeing no reason why they can’t do well this season under his management. They may be bad days for them and they lose some matches, that’s what all team cannot avoid when it comes. So their bad times may be over and we see the real Bayern Munich that will be more dominating in their games.

The top 3 UCL teams are currently also performing well in the EPL. This means that they are currently in their best form. It's just a matter of how they can stay consistent.
Liverpool still have strong opponents for the rest of their UCL matches. While Aston Villa I think has the remaining matches that should be safer for them.
The points difference is still tiny. There is still a lot that can happen in the next few matches. I hope Man City and Liverpool will still be in the top 8 until the 8 matches are finished.

Munich suffered a very bad defeat to Barcelona in yesterday's match, but that doesn't mean they are a bad candidate to be able to advance to the next round, so far they have lost two matches but let's not forget if there are still 5 more matches that they can potentially win if we look at the next club they will face later, Not only against Benfica but I think Munich has a greater chance to be able to get 3 points from PSG, Feyenoord, Slovan Bratislava and also Shaktar Donetsk later, the defeat to Aston Villa and Barcelona should be a reference for Kompany at this time in improving the weaknesses they currently have, so that they can show a better performance in the next match in the UCL later.

People sometimes underestimate the quality of the Premier League because of Real Madrid's success in the Champions League. However, when we look at the Champions League right now, English teams occupy the top three spots. I am curious to see how Arne Slot will do against Real Madrid and Leverkusen. Liverpool can win both games if they maintain their current performance.

It means that Munich is not prepared to face popular teams like some of the teams you mentioned. And in fact, Munich can get maximum results when playing against teams that are not so popular.
And regarding the upcoming match against Benfica, I think there is no guarantee that Munich can beat Benfica because Benfica will certainly also put up a strong fight. On the one hand, if the performance of Munich defenders is still like yesterday when playing against Barcelona, a draw could happen.
But we'll see what happens later whether there will be any absent players that could affect the performance of these two teams.

That's the rating number of players that are not good, especially Kimmich and Neuer. On one hand, the success of the Barcelona attack line that made their ratings like that. For Kompany, for the defeat, he must evaluate the defensive line of Bayern Munich when facing the opposing team in a play style like Barcelona.
Kompany should need to apply a different strategy when they get a variation of attacks as made by Raphinha, Yamal and Lewandowski.
If Kompany does not evaluate after Bayern's first defeat over Barcelona after 5 matches they are always with the result of victory, then Kompany will again accept defeat when facing them.

What they showed in the Bundesliga is very different from what we see in the Champions League today, Munich showed a very impressive performance in the Bundesliga but instead they have to go through a difficult journey in the Champions League competition, the negative results achieved in the Champions League are certainly not something that fans expect, Moreover, they have so far had great hopes and desires to win the Champions League trophy again after failing in a few seasons, but I think Munich fans should not expect too much from Kompany because it seems that he does not have the good mentality and ability to bring Munich to compete in the Champions League in his first season of coaching, the defeat to Barcelona shows their very vulnerable defense and we cannot blame Neuer on the defeat, Because after all, Barcelona has show for us if Munich defensive line that is very easy to exploit and the fragile defensive wall is certainly very easy to destroy by Hansi Flick squad, So Neuer couldn't do much to prevent his goal from conceding 4 goals in that match.

Munich Defense Players Rating in the match :

Bayern Munich's defense has been so sloppy lately we can see in the match against Barcelona yesterday where they conceded 4 goals Manuel Neuer usually can do well in guarding the goal but unfortunately in this match he did not make any saves at all and finally Bayern had to suffer a crushing defeat.
I am increasingly doubtful of Bayern Munich in the Champions League this season usually they are always strong candidates but 2 defeats from 3 matches make it even more difficult for them to enter the last 16.

Bayern Munich have won their first few games this season by big margins. And for this reason we expect Bayern Munich to do well in the Champions League this season while also dominating the Bundesliga. However, looking at Munich's performance in the last few matches, I don't think this team will do well in the Champions League. Even if Bayern Munich fail to win the Bundesliga title, I wouldn't be surprised.

Bayern Munich won their Champions League opener against Dinamo Zagreb by a huge margin of 9-2. However, Munich lost their next two matches against Aston Villa and Barcelona. Munich will play against benfica in the next Champions League match. Munich has a big chance to win this match.

There is no doubt that Barcelona are very strong this season. Hansi Flick's match strategy is very good. With the help of Hansi Flick, the bonding between the players is even stronger. Flick has managed to boost the confidence of the Barcelona players. This is why Barcelona players are able to play consistently well.

Barcelona's defeat against Osasuna was an accident. At the same time I would say it was a strategic mistake by Hansi Flick. Hansi Flick wanted to rest Yamal and Raphinha, two important players of Barcelona in this match. And that's why Osasuna had the chance to dominate the match. However, Barcelona still managed to hold on to the top spot in the table.

It can be concluded that managerial experience plays an important role in the Champions League, Kompany is not yet at the level expected. Bayern Munich appeared convincing when facing weak opponents, but could not do much when facing fellow big teams, although we realize that the depth of their squad is quite good. Barcelona managed to improve their meeting record, and in my opinion they deserved an additional 3 points. Hansi Flick is arguably successful in increasing Barcelona reputation in the Champions League, Kompany needs to learn a lot from him. Of course, Bayern Munich struggle to qualify automatically will be even harder, they must immediately rise and sweep the remaining 5 matches in the League phase with a win. Progressing to the last 16 via the play-offs would not be a good idea, with the increasing number of matches it has the potential to disrupt their campaign in the Bundesliga. Their next toughest challenge is PSG, while Benfica, Shakhtar Donetsk, Feyenoord, Slovan Bratislava in my opinion are relatively easy opponents to handle. It must be admitted, Kompany is now under pressure, and it will continue to increase if he fails to create a turnaround in performance.

Barcelona played a very good game, they don't always play the way they want, remember the match with Osasuna, they are not the strongest team in La Liga, sometimes teams have bad games, like Bayern had this evening. Maybe we should look for the reason in Kompany, who sometimes gets carried away with attack and forgets about defense. I don't remember the last time Bayern conceded 4 goals, that's too many, and Barcelona made only 4 shots on target, which means they were able to score all the shots that were on target, this is a very bad statistic for Bayern.

Exactly, Bayern played well but it was quiet unfortunate for them and I won't judge them now just because they lost against Aston villa and Barcelona  I mean this is football anything is possible and Barcelona per say is not a small club and apparently there are very much inform so it shouldn't be a surprise thing but let see how it goes, after all they still have some match to play. Bayern is very good this season but I think or feel that the new coach ( Company) doesn't really know when to use each player for now, knowing when to use each player is very important

In my opinion, the pressure started on Bayern Munich when they failed to get any points at Aston Villa's home ground, and they were even more depressed after being crushed by Barcelona with a landslide score. Their position is getting more difficult after suffering two consecutive defeats, three points from three games is not a satisfactory result for a team like Bayern Munich. Now they must rely on themselves for the next match, Kompany must be able to make Bayern Munich play fiercely again to open up the opportunity to qualify for the next round. If they qualify for the Knock-out round, it might be through the Play-off route because the chances of qualifying automatically become smaller.

It may be true that the red card was one of the factors that caused their defeat in this match, because the goal that was scored against them came after they played with 10 men. However, if we look at the statistics or the overall course of the match, they also did not play well and I think Stuttgart deserved the victory they got in this match. I even think Stuttgart could have won with a bigger score if only they could maximize some very good moments, but they could not maximize them well. On the other hand, Juventus almost did not make a significant threat to Stuttgart's goal, they could not do anything when playing in front of their own supporters.

Bayern defense is weak, and vulnerable to counter attack which was what Barcelona noticed, and used it against them to score easily. A good coach will study his opponent weaknesses, and look for a way to use it as an advantage over them. Kompany has the attacking force and midfield but he does not have a good defense, therefore, any good player that break through their midfield to their defense will have a high chance of scoring. This was Barcelona why used long ball to counter them, and it worked out for them having Raphina a good finisher. It's not about dancing around with the ball and being in possession of the ball, but by goals.

Actually, in terms of appearance, they also played well, because in my opinion the score does not reflect the game and indeed in football such things always happen so this is a very natural thing to happen. Maybe if I judge from the game of both teams, then a thin score should have happened, but it turned out that Barcelona's effectiveness in carrying out an attack was very good. Look at the 4 attempts that led to the goal all ended in goals. This is a very important lesson for Bayern Munich, because when they face a team with good goal productivity they still have many shortcomings, so this can be an evaluation for them.

Juventus lost the game with a 1-0 result while they had a good performance against Stuttgart in the Champions League game. I think now this loss was important for Juventus because this way he could understand the weakness of this team. However, I think Juventus could even win this match and beat Stuttgart.
Stuttgart scored another goal, but the VAR did not accept it. Stuttgart also missed the penalty kick.
Maybe the red card was also effective in this match and this made Juventus lose this match.

That's how it seems to me, Bayarn Munich's early performance made it look like Bayarn Munich will do well in the Champions League, but looking at Bayarn Munich's performance against Barcelona, it looks like they may not be able to progress very far in their Champions League journey. Bayern Munich changed their manager last season and put a new manager in charge of their team. When the new manager took charge of Bayern Munich, we heard many rumors that this manager would not be able to properly carry out his duties at Bayern Munich. However, Bayern Munich have handed over the manager and despite a good start to the season, the team's performance has gradually declined under him, leading many to suspect that the team may not be in a good position at the end of the season.