Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 271. (Read 57923 times)

I don't think the new format will change the playoffs in any way. As I understand it, it was decided to abandon the Swiss system and now each team will play two games with teams from 4 baskets that are made up by the strength of the teams.
Thus, the outsiders are at a loss again, since no matter how weak their results are, they will still have to play with strong teams. In general, a murky format that essentially has not changed anything.

I think many people will agree about the favorite teams to win this season, that Real Madrid and Manchester City are the two teams with the highest chances. While other contestants such as Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Arsenal, Inter Milan could exchange positions along the way, although in fact they all have the same chances before the competition starts. In addition, Leverkusen consistency seems to be a special attraction in the Champions League this season, where they are still continuing their positive trend in the Bundesliga until now. With the change in match format, of course it will make the competition more competitive, and actually it will make it difficult for us to predict, because this is the first time. Currently the play-off round has entered the 2nd Leg, and will be played in the next two days, and we will see the 36 contestants of the Champions League this season in full.

This is main point which we need to understand as we have many weeks left in start of this event few teams are doing good job and having good chance of staying in touch for the title race few teams are having depressed start of their season, but things will be back to normal in few weeks Real Madrid is surely at his best but in first few games we have no depth into their performance with Mbappé is still had not scored any goal in Real Madrid Jersey in La Liga games mean things are surely needed to be had some time for having better results specially this was teasing time for many players those were involved into their national teams for big events.

In UEFA competitions we have too much creativity from few clubs which can bring surprises and shocking results so having prediction about any team is surely never been easy while now most of the supporters are cheering about Real Madrid surely we will have some surprises for them with things can take changes, and we will have challenges for them even currently on papers we are having Manchester City and Real Madrid at the top, but results can go either way, and we will have good changes which will increase the interest of the fans and will bring good results for the all soccer clubs which are coming for the title race in this prestigious soccer event.

Actually youngboy coach thought the first half would go as they expected, but when Batshuayi into the match actually surprised them with the two goals he managed to score to reduce the score, with an aggregate of 3-2 in my opinion it would be difficult for Youngboy to qualify for the Champions League, because playing at Galatasaray home is not a very easy thing for every team that has visited RAMs Park so far, even though at the moment Youngboy is superior, I don't think they should try to defend in the second leg because if we look at the first leg statistics, actually Galatasaray  just unlucky in optimizing every opportunity that exists, so that when Galatasaray really maximizes their attacks in the second leg later, of course it will make Youngboy defense must to work really hard to suppress every Galatasaray attack.
 My prediction is that Galatasaray will win in the second leg and ensure a one place in the Champions League is theirs this season.

The best of the "new" teams is Liverpool  Without them, something is missing in the Champions League + I'm always happy to see Real beat them. As for the odds, bookmakers see the top five as follows:

Manchester City - 3.25

Real Madrid - 4.00

Arsenal - 10.00

Fc Bayern Munich - 13.00

Liverpool - 13.00

By the way, Inter is behind Barcelona and PSG, on par with Bayer in 8th-9th place.
Overall, I hope for an interesting season, it’s a shame that we still have a long wait for real games (playoffs).

I think Young Boys team played well in this match and exert pressure from the start of match by doing first goal at 3 minutes after starting the match and they continue the effort and did second goal in 49 minutes of the game and after that Batshuayi did two goals for his team and did come back in this match and he made the match equal by doing 2 goals in only 6 runs. Young Boys team got penalty and they advantage of that penalty and did goal at crucial time and Young Boys team won the match by 3-2 score. Galatasaray team tried their best to do third goal but they became unsuccessful in their efforts and lose the match .

Artificial turf affected the Galatasaray football team. Young Boys were used to this pitch. But the Galatasaray players struggled with it. Of course, the pitch was not the only problem. Everyone who watched the match saw that Galatasaray had serious defensive problems. But these problems are fitness problems. Because they have quality defenders like Abdülkerim, Nelsson and Sanchez. If their fitness goes up until the second match, they can make fewer defensive mistakes and win the match and the round. I see Galatasaray as the favorite of the round. There is a difference in quality between the two teams on paper. I think this will be reflected on the pitch.

Real Madrid will always being an the favourite of this competition because you can see based on the champion lists in the last 10 season that Real Madrid is really dominate this competition with gets 5 trophies so these achievement possibly will be hard to pursued by any other teams even there was opinion about them that if don't want Real Madrid gets the trophy then don't ever let them reach to the final matches because according to the statistics Real Madrid has more than 80% winning percentages on the final matches of Liga champion

For other team just like Manchester City probably they also can be considered as strong contender for race title especially after the return of Gundogan it makes them more stronger  but it's hard to predict who is the winner of this season because the league hasn't starting yet especially Champion league has new format but we cannot ruled out other teams just like PSG or Bayern Munich especially PSG that they are really on fire without Mbappe at Ligue 1

These two teams will be feasting on the advantage they have got over other teams which happens to be the fear other teams have as they believe and think Manchester city and Madrid has got a very vast superiority over them such that they may not be equal contenders but just have to try anyways, if they are taught full enough they will be able to device means against these team as challenge them equally that they are definitely not going to have to really see any tough challenges in taking any on these big two head, rather they will now be the reason these big two will have to sit back and try to sharpen their game as there are threats awaiting them in the champion's league.

Some new teams have qualified for the Champions League this season and there are some teams who didn't qualify for the Champions League last season but they again performed well in the local league last season and qualified for the Champions League this season. So it can be said in advance that this season of Champions League is going to be interesting. But apart from these, the important discussion is which team will be in the favorite position this season. In such discussions there are several parties whose names will come first. If the top five teams were to be listed, there would be Real Madrid first, Manchester City second, Bayern Munich third, Arsenal fourth and Inter Milan or Liverpool fifth. These teams are known to us, but the five teams mentioned will always do well, but we have seen evidence in previous seasons that new teams can also do well here. However, the mentioned teams will only be in the list of favorite teams.

Real Madrid and Manchester City and several other teams from the Premier League could be tricky competitors for every candidate in the current Champions League. Because Real Madrid and Manchester City also still need to develop new strategies for their squads in order to compete better in this Champions League by following the new format. In addition, each fan who wants to see their team become champions is a very natural thing even though for now it is still too early to make predictions about who will win it.

It is difficult to predict who will be the champion in this Champions League, because there are many factors that can bring them to win the title, such as the game, mentality and luck of a club. Real Madrid is currently the defending champion after last season they managed to record their 15th title, but their biggest threat is Manchester City. The bookies themselves give Manchester City a chance above Real Madrid, which means they are still widely believed to be able to win their second title this season. But don't forget other clubs that will also be able to provide a surprise. Last season who thought that Borussia Dortmund would reach the final? few thought they would go that far. But in reality they were able to reach the final with all the difficulties that existed. So no club can be underestimated in this Champions League.

We are just waiting for 7 more teams that are competing in the qualifying round to ensure  place in the current champions league, but I think it is too early for us to say who deserves to win the champions league, as a madrid fan of course you will support them to win the Champions League again this season and your trust in Madrid is of course supported by the quality of the squad and also Madrid performance which is currently considered very worthy of being a favorite, but even so it feels unfair for us to underestimate other teams to be able to compete this season in in the fight for the Champions League title, apart from Madrid, so far no team has been able to defend the Champions League title in a row, so I think Madrid has a bigger chance of being able to defend the Champions League again this season, but I personally tend to see Manchester City if their  becoming tight title contenders again,but apart from them, of course we cannot underestimate teams like Liverpool and Munich this season after their failure last season.

The performance of the clubs that'll participate in this season's UEFA Champions League competition in their respective leagues at the moment can serve as a determining factor on how far they'll go in the competition but like you rightly said, the spirit and energy of the UEFA Champions League is different from that of the league football.
For instance, Borussia Dortmund finished fifth in their league table last season behind Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig but were still able to reach the final of UCL just because they were playing in the competition with a different momentum from what we saw in their league games.

You don't need to use the performance of a club in the or domestic league to judge their performance in champions league because you can be strong in your domestic league and weak at UCL. One thing I know is that Real Madrid result on their two matches is not a poor one and drawing their first match does not mean that the have dropped form.

Real Madrid can play with their Laliga matches because they are not much concerned and focus on that competition but they don't joke with their UCL matches because that was why they bought Mbappe and Endrick to strengthen the club performance. Currently, I don't have anything to say about City because they are consistent.

Young Boys will certainly try hard to maintain the points and add to them because it is not easy to beat them they are already very big in Switzerland by winning 17 times in their league of course they can not be considered easy in fact both meetings that have occurred Young Boys are unbeaten from Galatasaray one draw and one win for Young B. in this match of course their squad under Rahmen will certainly try their best to get a ticket to the next match, Galatasay is indeed not an easy club especially they will play at home but overall Young Boys still have the ability to win this match. Losing Bardakci will of course make Galatasaray a little careless because he is very good at Galatasaray's game and this is also a problem for them the Young Boys squad which is still the same who has full strength I am sure they will defend fiercely to maintain their ticket, Monteiro who managed to break into Galatasay's goal in the first leg with his two goals of course he will make that opportunity again because this player is in his best form so there is a possibility they will add to this victory.

The home advantage may chance Galatasaray to show their best performance in front of the fans and fight not to disappoint, I see Young Boys is not better than Galatasaray if not for the penalty kick maybe Young Boys will not win easily I am sure in the second leg Galatasaray will be more focused and will not waste the opportunity to qualify for the Champions League, Galatasaray must be able to maintain their defense tightly so that the opposing club cannot increase their aggregate total at least by scoring 2:0 Galatasaray does not need a penalty shootout and they can win and qualify.

I am also happy because soon we will see a Champions League match which will definitely be more exciting because in the UCL all the teams that enter the UCL are strong teams and of course the competition will be tighter.

Yes, of course You as a Real Madrid fan will certainly be optimistic about Real Madrid being able to defend their title in the UCL. and to be honest, I personally also predict that Real Madrid will definitely have the potential to continue to defend their title this season and the reason is simple because Real Madrid has many star players.

However, if I look at Real Madrid's match in Laliga, of course I see that their performance is less than satisfactory because in their last 2 matches, Real Madrid won once against Valladolid and drew against Mallorca. However, if I look at Manchester City's match in the EPL, I can see that Manchester City is performing well because in the last 2 matches, Manchester City managed to win the match, so of course these 2 teams will have great potential to compete closely with Real Madrid in the UCL, but yes, I still predict that Real Madrid will have great potential to win the title again. because I see that with the squad that Real Madrid currently has, it feels like it will be difficult for any team to beat them in the UCL because last season Mbappe was defending PSG, now Mbappe is defending Real Madrid, so I definitely predict that Real Madrid will be able to win the title again.

That's just how it works... I mean everyone supports that because of their last performance and their new current squad, no doubt  they stand a chance to compete with any team but we don't actually know how the input from each team will go this time around,we are yet to see and confirm  each teams performance even though leagues has started but all still fresh for a rational conclusion and even with the conclusion, there's still a 50-50 chance of what UCL is gonna be  or how the performance is going to look like...just for now let's just keep believing the specs

Right now, your assertion on Real Madrid can still stand because you’re rating them according to their last season’s performance and how they were able to end the season with a champions league win. Manchester City looking from last season still remains the only team that can give Real Madrid a very tough time to prevail easily to win the trophy again. This season’s champions league format has been changed and for that reason, we have to wait to see how each team will be playing and how well they can make it out of the first round of the competition. A lot will happen because it may look like they’re playing to league matches and will have to be at their best to maintain the top level of the champions league table. So until the season starts, I am not sure who will be the best candidate this year.