Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 221. (Read 36811 times)

The Champions League always positions itself as a competition that many people look forward to, because the teams here are big teams who have good performances too. So the level of competition here is much more competitive because it is filled with giant teams from their respective countries. It is not easy for any team to compete in a tight competition like this. However, there are always favorite names that appear.

Real Madrid, Manchester City are one example. With the strength they have from the composition of players in the squad, they are believed to be a team that has a high percentage of chances of winning the title. Moreover, a team like Real Madrid is the one who wins the most, and every season they are the favorites to win the championship.

Even the teams that are considered dark horses here are also good teams in their domestic leagues, so all teams have to be wary of every opponent they face.

now it's the rest of the world against real.madrid I'm really happy that teams like Borussia or let's say smaller teams reach the Champions League final also because wisdom always becomes the same and the gap gets bigger and bigger, I also supported Dortmund but it wasn't enough

Last season,I made a prediction that Dortmund will teach the UEFA champions league final,and even if they weren't able to win it from Madrid,to me,they really tried their best.
And if not for the chances they missed,they were going to win that cup.They played Madrid to the extent I was really surprised,I never expected such from them,but the chances they missed made them lose the chance of lifting the Champions league trophy.
Next season,I am going for Arsenal to reach that level,with the way they are growing and being consistent,I am confident they can reach the finals of the competition.

Arsenal have not been able to make their game consistent when they are in different competitions, apart from that I also agree that their mentality is still not yet formed, so when they get greater pressure than they usually get, they are unable to show their usual game. they demonstrate.
This is also an influence, because when players play under pressure and they don't have the mentality, they will play without being able to show their best performance. The coach must give them special instructions regarding the players' mentality, because that will have an impact on the field.

In my opinion, no team can be underestimated when they are in the Champions League, especially if it is a big team that is also in good condition like Manchester City, so if they are underestimated maybe it will be a problem for the team that underestimates them, this is no exception. Real Madrid.
Manchester City have good capital and they even have a good game under the direction of Pep Guardiola. So they will definitely have a target to become champions again in the Champions League next season.
This season they had to lose to Real Madrid who finally managed to become champions, and if the situation was different, then I'm sure they would be able to replace Real Madrid, but unfortunately they have to admit Real Madrid's superiority.

Champions League tournaments are usually organized with the top teams of Europe, so there is no doubt that Champions League tournaments are much tougher than other tournaments. But for Real Madrid, the Champions League next season would have been very difficult if other teams had strengthened their squads as much as Real Madrid. Every season we see that the most competitive teams in the Champions League are teams like Manchester City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. You try to match Real Madrid with these teams and you can easily find the difference between Real Madrid and these teams. Real Madrid will be the favorite team next season. They have lacked a quality finisher this season, but since they won the Champions League title, they will be an even more formidable team next season.

Looking at the history of Real Madrid in the Champions League, it is quite clear that this club has a strong performance and its players have a winning mentality. So it is natural that Real Madrid is always favored by most people to win the Champions League every season, it is one of the clubs that has won the most Champions League titles and there is no club that can truly beat Real Madrid's dominance in the Champions League, even Manchester City, which is considered the strongest candidate because it was able to get rid of Real Madrid several times in the Champions League, this club has not been able to completely beat Real Madrid.

I think Real Madrid will be stronger next season with the addition of a reliable striker who will make Real Madrid attacks even more brutal and other strong candidate clubs will have more difficulty facing Real Madrid and even Manchester City, because this club has only won the Champions League once, so It cannot be said that they are fully capable of beating Real Madrid in the Champions League.

I don't understand that you said Arsenal used EPL style in playing, is there is a specific style of playing in EPL? I think there is no difference with other league, every team used almost the same style. If most of EPL teams played with quick players and they played more aggressive, it is because the level of the teams in EPL is quite equal. It is different with other leagues that have 2-3 teams which are too superior. That makes the competition in the league be very boring. For example in France league, PSG has no competitor. And in La Liga, Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid are too strong compared with other teams.

Anyway, Arsenal only could win with narrow aggregate in the quarter-final of UCL 2023-2024.

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich UCL 2023-2024


source: google

It is untrue if the play style of Arsenal is bad, I think they are just unlucky. If Arsenal will face Bayern Munich again in the next season, I assume Arsenal may defeat Bayern Munich. However, Arsenal needs to change something to be more aggressive in attacking. Maybe with a new striker because Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus are not strong enough as the main striker of Arsenal.

I admit that Real Madrid is still the favorite club but we shouldn't overdo it because surprises could happen and we also have to consider other clubs like Manchester City who are still ready to face Real Madrid's strength.
Real Madrid, before the arrival of Kylian Mbappe, was already a strong club that won the Champions League trophy this season, but we remember how Real Madrid played against Manchester City in the 2022-2023 season, when Benzema was still with Real Madrid, but the proof was that Real Madrid was defeated by Pep Guardiola's troops. .

Apart from favoring Mbappe's arrival, we also have to think about Toni Kroos' retired.

Source : Manchester City and Real Madrid Formations 2022-2023

Arsenal are not easy to let go of the coach because after all, seeing from Arsene Wenger's condition before the Arteta era, even Arsenal's performance was below Arsenal's performance now but Arsenal continued the contract with Arsene Wenger until he really left and did not train anymore.

This will also be the same, Arsenal is a great club but as long as in the EPL there is Manchester City and Pep then they can't do anything and sacking Arteta could also eventually be the wrong decision where it could make Arsenal's performance return to form and return to not being like a big club because the transition and performance is very bad.

Especially when talking about the Champions League where a lot of clubs are actually much better in terms of experience so expect Arsenal to win in this competition and when they fail to sack Arteta then it could be that next season they become more chaotic than at this time which is indeed the end of the season always not going well for them.

The only weak position I see in Arsenals squad is the striking role. They have Gabriel Jesus up there but I still feel they need a natural striker more than just a playmaker striker like Jesus. Asides that, no other position is left empty that needs replacement. I have hope for Arsenal for the next season competition and with the squad they have now, they just need the best strategy t be employed in order to be victorious.


I will see this something natural when we think of it. The champions league competition is more fierce than any of their competition all teams in Europe are participating in. The competition demands that you be at your best and better than your opponents and also be strategic in order to prevail in the competition. If Arsemal are losing to Bayern Munich, is because they’re more stronger and powerful than them not because they play in the German league. Arsenal might meet many other teams in the German side and win them easily. So that’s how the football is in my own view.

In UCL, Real Madrid is still the strongest one until now. For next season, Real Madrid has more complete squad, they finally signed the ideal striker for their lineup. This makes most people believe that Real Madrid will win again UCL trophy for the next season. I think their chance will be higher because they have a better squad and they have great history in UCL. Well, Real Madrid always knows to build a better squad in every season. That's why people always favor Real Madrid to be the winner in each season. Moreover, Real Madrid has Ancelotti as the best coach in UCL so far.

This has made the rounds amongst football speculators and the reason isn't far fetched, looking at the caliber of players and talents at Madrid it's enough to presume that they are the strongest in the champions league because they have a very solid and talented squad which doesn't seem to have an equal at the moment, I believe they are really strong enough as most people have seen and perceived them to be, this has come with the fact that they had a few superb signings which have given them such credence.

Just like it's been said of Madrid about their strength, the contrary appears to be the fate of Munich because most thinks that going by their performance in the just concluded season, they may be less Strong enough to handle the new season, and they have got a new coach who's been termed as not been really experienced enough. Loosing players last season in the case of Manchester city was due to injury of which I believe these players ha e been given the much needed attention and will most likely be back in the new season to effectively put out their best for the team.

Even before the season ended, Manchester city was having most of its injured players coming back fit and strong except for the fact that r hay may now be considered injury prone, they are still good enough to help the team make a name this season, it will be a huge mistake to thinking that Manchester city have lost players and are therefore to be considered weak or not going to be fit enough in the champions league, that will be undermining a d may turn out to be a trap and advantage for Manchester city at the end of the day.

Playing against Bayern Munich doesn’t mean that they’re playing against the German style of football. Every team in the champions league have a great technique they use to play different and better than what they use to play in their domestic leagues. Arsenal needs to improve their game pattern in the champions league before they can be better and be so great to stand other big teams in the competition. If they don’t they’ll continue to be failing to bigger teams that are playing way above them when they meet in the Champions league


Don’t underrate the Manchester City team. With Real Madrid squad including the addition of players to the squad, it doesn’t conclude that Manchester City won’t stand a chance to win the champions league too. It is a very competitive tournament and every team always showcase their best in the competition. Manchester City still remains on the same level with Real Madrid and I won’t see any difference between them for the fight of the champions league trophy. Other teams like Bayern Munich also can be so deceiving and look like an underdog to be feared for next season. The race has not yet began, so let’s wait for it to begin to have a better result on who will win the Champions League trophy.

It's not about style I think, it's about complexity. The EPL teams are more trained in strength, tactics and so on, because they play objectively in the most difficult league in the world and in many cases it is actually easier for them to play in the Champions League against teams that have lower tempos, because then the tempo of the game will be set by these same EPL teams

Arsenal does not have the habit of firing coaches even though they have failed for several seasons. Arteta has proven that Arsenal has improved with him, so Arsenal management must be more supportive of his plans by giving him more spending budget and making good use of the transfer market. So far in the last two seasons, Arsenal has performed better, but is still lagging behind because the winning mentality does not exist in this team.

Don't blame Manchester City for the failures of Arsenal and other teams, Manchester City has its own way of dominating. Other teams including Arsenal simply failed to take advantage of opportunities to be consistent as they led the standings, so it was only Arsenal's own fault when they came under pressure.

If Arsenal again fails to meet expectations in the Premier League and Champions League next season, in my opinion Arteta deserves to be fired, and Arsenal must have the courage to spend more money to appoint a more experienced coach. Arteta main priority is to end the Premier League title drought which has lasted for two decades, the Champions League trophy is still too difficult for them. The existence of Manchester City makes it difficult for Arsenal dreams to be realized at the domestic level, especially in the Champions League which has more elite teams. However, what Arteta has done in the last two seasons deserves appreciation, he has succeeded in managing Arsenal to get better every season. We realize that Arsenal has all the attributes needed to achieve success, but the front line of Arteta squad still needs to be improved.

Arsenal "might" succeed in the Premier League but not going no where near the Champions League title. Manchester City are not having their primary aim targeted at the Premier League, already won four in a row what more do they need, I feel they are willing to sacrifice the PL title for the Champions League, having lost to Madrid, guess we don't plan seeing that happen again.

Football is not about how much worth a player, players can be bountifully purchased but under perform, take a look at some Chelsea players. Arsenal has the squad but they feel a lot relaxed once they begin topping the table.

The trouble is that being able to go for three titles at the same time is nearly impossible, most teams give up on FA cup first of course, so lets assume two. You need experience along with talent, and you need a deep squad.

You can definitely buy your way into a deep squad if you want to, but you also need all of those people to have some experience, so if you want to win a title, you need to get people who already got title, not the whole squad but a few of them would benefit a lot. Right now, Arsenal failed to win the title for many years now, and they failed to get UCL too, so that means, they do not have that experience right now and each time they try, they reach what their talent can bring, but when experience matters, they fail.

I had such discussion with a close pal but he didn't see things the same way which I did anyways. When I looked at the players recently brought in by Mikel Arteta after Manchester City leapfrogged them to finally win the Premier League Competition, they made significant signatures that turned things around.

I looked at introduction of Declan Rice from West Ham United, Trossad from Brighton and then David Raya from Brentford United. These are obviously players who had experience already in the Premier League and settled in completely and speedily immediately they was signed into Arsenal.

The same could still happen for Isaak but, Arsenal haven't made anymove for him. Players they signed from the Premier League Competition are ready to make quick impact and I'd love to see him bringing the swedish international. The most important thing is the Premier League Competition and not the Champions League Competition. Hopefully they chase the right chase.

Undoubtedly, yes, because they got the capacity of players in their to help them out, plus the signing of Kylian Mbappé is really going to help step up the performance of the team greatly this season, but yet, isn't still going to be an easy Champions League season game for them because other teams are gonna tight up their squad too, but if at the of the season they were able to lift the trophy it means they will be creating a record that would be hard for other team to break.