Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 255. (Read 75975 times)

These 4 players are very important to Real Madrid but I don't think they're the only ones you should b praying to avoid an injury. The midfield and defence don't have enough depth too. An injury to Valverde or Camavinga can be a problem. In defence, Madrid have only Militao and Rudiger currently fit for centre-back positions, if an injury is to happen to any of them then there will be trouble.
So even if Bellingham, Mbappe, Vinicius and Rodrygo don't get injured, the team might be in serious trouble if more midfielders and defenders get injured.

The success of Madrid this season might rely solely on the chemistry between their front line. The wings need to be in sync because Madrid will rely on them to create chances and score goals since the midfield can't create chances.

Champions League surprises have always been a great highlight of this competition. With the new format-now creating more matches-an underdog win is now more possible than ever before. Big clubs like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich can slip up; this happened this season when they lost against underdogs like LOSC Lille and Aston Villa.

Another factor that makes the Champions League so difficult to predict is the diversity of teams from various top European leagues. Since they rarely meet each other in domestic competitions, doing so at this late stage, it makes it hard for coaches to fully understand the opponent's strategy- surprises often occur. With an intense player rotation system, the underdog teams also have every possible chance of doing better. This season, it could very well be that there is a new champion who has never lifted the Champions League trophy.

I have no doubt that Real Madrid's squad is very strong. Every player in the squad is very talented. However, Madrid's performance was unstable as several key players in the squad suffered injuries at the start of the season. If 4/5 key players in the squad are injured at the same time, the overall performance of the team will naturally slow down a bit. However, due to Ancelotti's excellent match strategy, Real Madrid team has not lost a single match in La Liga this season.

I'd say if Bellingham, Mbappe, Vini and Rodrygo don't suffer injuries, Madrid's performance will be stable. These 4 are the most important players in Madrid's squad at the moment. If the bonding between these four players is strong, Madrid's overall performance will be even stronger.

That's why the Champions League is interesting because this competition has many surprises, even the underdog team can advance further in this competition, even if you look at the history of the Champions League, the dark horse team or the underdog team can become champions. Moreover, this season with the new format, of course there will be many surprises, the match has only been running for two matches and there have been many surprises, Real Madrid lost to LOSC Lille and Bayern Munich lost to Aston Villa and surprises like this will continue to occur in the following matches.

This surprise occurs because all the best teams in each league in Europe are represented in the Champions League, of course each team often meets, there are also teams that have never met even once, so each team cannot read their opponent's game, so it is not uncommon for us to see surprises in the Champions League, big teams lose to small teams.

What is clear is that this new format is very interesting because besides there being more matches, all the main players or reserve players are automatically fielded because of course each coach will rotate. So with this new system, it will also be a new challenge, maybe this season a new champion will emerge who has never won the Champions League trophy, this could happen.

This season’s champions league is totally different from that of previous seasons and the surprises we will be coming across in this season’s champions league will be worth more than expectation than we’ve seen in the past before. Dortmund reaching the finals last season was indeed a big surprise but with Real Madrid still in the competition, we were all certain they were not going to win the Champions League title.

This season, with the new changes to the format of playing in the champions league, the most consistent and the team that has that resilience in them can go far. It doesn’t matter now whether it’s a small or big team, if you don’t have that qualities in your team, you’ll not go far and you might be eliminated from the first round of the competition. More surprises are coming as we dive in more into the champions league games.

Yeah, unexpected results happen all the time, Barcelona lost to Monaco, Real lost to Lille, Bayern lost to Villa, none of these were expected and all of them are a shocker to the world, I am sure nobody expected this to happen. I am sure there must have been some people who like to be contrarian when it comes to betting and bet on the other side, there can't be just one side betting like the whole world can't be betting on Real to win, some people must have bet on Lille to win as well.

But this doesn't mean it was a lot, I am sure it was quite small amount of people with a low amount of money compared to what was wagered on Real Madrid to win. This is why I believe we are going to keep seeing these type of games in the future as well, that's how UCL works.

Surprises are always possible but when I think about Real Madrid so far this season, it looks like Real Madrid will have a tough time making it to the Champions League final. Indeed, I recognize that Real Madrid have a great winning mentality, and that makes Real Madrid always have a chance to go further. Moreover, Real Madrid also has a good squad, so of course Real Madrid will always have a chance, but if in the January transfer window Real Madrid does not bring in other players, then it looks like Real Madrid will get difficulties.

Because it seems, Real Madrid is also still in transition after other key players retired and also about Carvajal's recent injury. Therefore, there will always be difficult obstacles to consistent good results throughout the season. With key players injured and young players still needing time, it will not be easy at least for the team to advance further in the highly competitive Champions League.

The Champions League is always very competitive. Because all the big clubs of the world perform here. Therefore, if you do not perform well, it is impossible to win the Champions League match. In the last match we saw strong teams like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich lose against weak Lille and Aston Villa. Also, despite Barcelona being in great form, they lost their Champions League opener against Monaco. This proves that it is not possible to win the Champions League matches if you do not perform well.

Dortmund have been in great form so far. The team has won the first two matches by a big margin and now Dortmund are at the top of the table. However, they will play against Real Madrid in the next match. It is going to be very difficult for Dortmund to get points in this match.

But I think the most exciting match will be Munich vs Barcelona. Munich have always performed well against Barcelona on the Champions League platform. However, Barcelona are in very good form this season. So Barcelona also has a chance to win.

The doubt is normal because Slot's predecessor (Klopp) was very good at managing the Liverpool squad so that when there is a transition of changing coaches, there will be a lot of doubts that arise, especially since Slot has not been tested in the EPL because he has never been in the EPL before so doubts like this are normal.

The good thing is that Slot has not been bothered by doubts and pressure so far and in my opinion that is a good thing because he remains focused on giving his best and it is proven that until now he has done it quite brilliantly and even returned Liverpool's position in the trophy hunt which is what should happen.
But it's still early in the season and entering mid-season so we still have to continue to wait whether this consistency will continue to last for the Slot or instead make this a boomerang which in the end the same situation as the Klopp era in the middle of the season which is not very good happens again at this time. Slot must remain focused so that what he gets from the current great appreciation does not turn into criticism because of the decline in performance that occurs.

Before the start of the season when every club strengthens their squad basically we look at the strength of the squad and give an opinion on how they can perform for the whole season but always our opinion will be the same but not like this. 

Real Madrid Manchester City Bayern Munich Arsenal These teams are without a doubt the best teams for the Champions League. Real Madrid performed better than expected last season. Ever since Bayern Munich completed the signing of Harry Kane, we have been expecting big things from Bayern Munich but so far the team has not been able to reach their goals. If they can perform well this season then their dream of winning the Champions League title can be fulfilled this season.

Experienced manager, experienced players, everything is there in this team, now just waiting to do well.

There will definitely be a lot of surprises that occur, seeing how Real Madrid performed not as expected last season, then Man City who experienced a draw match, Barcelona who lost to Monaco it made me quite surprised at the beginning of this season, especially as the league goes forward, there will definitely be many new things that make our eyes open with new surprises this season, such as Dortmund last season which provides a different atmosphere, but it seems that what is always expected and becomes a favorite is that there are still many people who believe in Man City and Real Madrid to have the champions league victory this season.

Liverpool have good progress performed under Arne Slot not only in domestic league but also have won 2 of 2 matches in Champion League after defeating the Serie A teams AC Milan and Liverpool. Looks not get difficult for Liverpool reach the UEFA Champion League spot place directly qualify to knock out round by finish on top eight standings place, actually Liverpool have won 8 of 9 matches all competition between domestic league and champion league matches.

Upcoming match, Liverpool will face RB Leipzig in Champion League but in this weekend will face big match against Chelsea at domestic league, I doubt will Arne Slot make huge rotation for playing full teams in Champion League match or Liverpool will play with second composition team facing Leipzig keep focus for Premier League match against Chelsea.

We just have to wait to see how far Slot can come with Liverpool this season. From his management of the club since he took charge, I’ll say he’s doing exceptionally well and if he continues like this, he’ll win a lot of trophies for Liverpool. He is really a good successor of Jurgen Klopp who also did well during his time as the head coach of the team. Liverpool in the champions league have also achieved some level of success also and their stance in the premier league is also no doubt of them been a potential player that will maintain that first position and also could win the title by end of the season if they continue to play well in all competitions.

I have not seen them play that poor or exhibit any performance that will make me doubt their ability not to go far in the champions league or even not stand a chance in the long term as they play in the premier league and aiming for the top of the table. Arne Slot is capable I think, but we should also not forget that all teams have their good and bad times, hopefully if Liverpool did not experience such a bad time, we should not be ousting them for the league title and should be rated at least equally with Manchester City and Arsenal in the fight for the league title.

Champions League is one of the most unpredictable and inconsistent competition with usually we have too many surprises in every season in this season while we have few big surprises in early games because things are interesting with Barcelona Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have early defeats even win and lost all part of the game but still fans have shocks with these results while they were not expecting these are coming quickly.

Real Madrid defending champions try their best for 45 minutes to bring themselves to the level against Lille, but they fail to have equalizer in other surprising result game Bayern Munich were in good control from start, but their efforts were not enough to beat the Aston Villa defense so they humbled this defeat and have good wake-up call while now they are having few big games in coming days which needed more effort and better strategy from Kompany for keeping this club at the top level in all competitions.

Surprises in the champions league isn't new as it's something that happens almost often although it's on the final stages of the competition that things begin to take sharp and the usual clubs that we know are the biggest begins to win and finally lift the trophy. The last time an underdog won the trophy was when Chelsea won it against a very strong Manchester City. Since then It has always been the best teams that wins it. Dortmund tried last season but Real Madrid were just better than them and with their many years of experience and a very experienced manager, it helped them to lift the torphy, we're going to have more surprises this season but I don't think we'll get new winners.

Although many initially doubted his abilities, Arne Slot was able to prove his quality as an ideal successor to Jurgen Klopp. Slot's journey with Liverpool can be said to be very promising, he was able to make Liverpool top the EPL standings and appear promising in the UCL. Slot's performance in handling Liverpool has been very good, even exceeding management's expectations. The big challenge was successfully overcome by maintaining the consistency of Liverpool's game which has been known to have high intensity under Klopp's guidance. It is surprising what Slot has given Liverpool in his early days at Anfield, now the club is well and truly back on track and looking towards a bright future.

But in the Champions League things like this happen quite often. Even if we look at last season, we saw a surprise in the end because without our expectations we could see Dortmund reach the final even though they ultimately failed in the final. And it is possible that many surprising things will happen again this season where the competition will become fiercer with more clubs joining.

Real Madrid's defeat by Lille was very surprising and I think it was the most surprising thing this season. Which also makes us think that Real Madrid is unlikely to be able to reach the peak like last season again. But Real Madrid always rises at the right time and we have seen this quite a lot in the past.

It seems that Arne is able to establish a good bond with Liverpool players, even though he is a new coach. It seems that Liverpool players have confidence in this Dutch coach, so that the gameplay that he implemented Slot can be carried out well by the squad of his team. So far, Liverpool's progress has been in a positive trend in the two Champions League qualifying matches. In the Domestic League, their performance is also quite good, which is currently leading the standings. What is interesting at this time, Liverpool will meet Chelsea in the Premier League. Both teams will beat each other to get full points. 4 days later, the match against Leipzig will be a challenge for Arne Slot and his team in the away game. Although Liverpool is superior, sometimes Marco Rose's team often troubles strong opponents even though they lost in the previous two qualifying matches. What's even more exciting, in the 9th week Liverpool will visit the Emirates, Arsenal's headquarters. Of course, a fairly tense match. Well, the three upcoming matches that Liverpool will play seem to be very draining on the energy of Liverpool and Arne Slot's players.

You should understand that Liverpool is having a new coach now, and no one knows if he will be capable of studying his opponents loop holes abd take advantage of that to win thoss strong clubs in UCL. This is because the era of Klopp is gone and Arne Slot might be the right coach to win the champions league for Liverpool.

However, he needs to show he is capable of this withhis experience because there are other coaches who are well experienced, and are also aiming to win the league. It is when Liverpool clashes with these big club that Slot fate will be tested if he can do it.

In the English Premier League they played well and are now at the top of the standings, in the Champions League they also played well and were able to win in the 2 matches they have played. Although they are working with a new coach who was previously worried about, so far they have been able to show good things. Well, from the good things they have shown, expectations have come to them, it is natural when a club manages to show good play at the beginning of the season. Their first step to show good play has been shown, now their task is to maintain consistency very well. Because last season consistency was a problem for them, especially towards the end of the season. In the European League they failed and in the English League they had to get out of the competition faster.