Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 281. (Read 57796 times)

Leverkusen fans were sweating bullets! To be honest, though, this Bundesliga season is great. Everyone properly is talking about Bayern and Leverkusen. Still keep an eye on Dortmund. Particularly with that new striker, they have been displaying some wise decisions. They are not wasting time playing about. I understand as the bookies still favor Bayern right now. They are the top. But Leverkusen has the title to defend. And of course, Dortmund is arriving hot.

Leverkusen displayed some magic against Stuttgart. That comeback is classic. I hope that they can be consistent like they were. Every match counts. Bayern is going to pack the heat; Dortmund has their team very strong. Its not only about the title this season. Its about pride, about showing your worth. And including these three teams, it will be a combat royale.

I always say, a strong team will not always win every match. That's why football is unique and interesting. Talking about Madrid's match in La Liga, I quote what Don Carlo said after the match ended. He said he was not happy with the draw, but we can learn more from this match because it was clear where we could have problems. Well, we can examine what Ancelotti said, that he saw something lacking in his team. Real Madrid is a very competitive team, but that doesn't mean they will definitely beat every opponent in various competitions. Especially in the Champions League, they need to be careful because their competitors are also strong teams. Last season Madrid still had two tough midfielders, Toni Kroos and Luca Modric. These two players play a very important role in the Madrid team itself. Currently, Don Carlo prioritizes his young midfielders, they need adjustments so that the team can synergize and play impressively in every match they play. Moreover, currently Modric is only a substitute player. Even so, Madrid will again be a team that is highly respected by every opponent. this is just the beginning and maybe Mbappe needs to adjust to achieve chemistry with his teammates, what is certain is that Madrid's chances in the Champions League are wide open to defend the title they won last season.

What you wrote above cannot be denied because in football there are always unexpected surprises, Real Madrid failed to win their first match in La Liga because Mallorca defended very well. The recent draw in the domestic league does not mean that Real Madrid's strength and sharpness are starting to decline, any team will have difficulty facing an opponent who places most of their players in the defensive area.
The draw that Real Madrid just achieved will actually make Ancelotti maintain the tactics used by his opponent even more in order to find a solution to penetrate the solid defense. This is just the beginning, in the next few matches Real Madrid players will show everyone their true strength.

Bookmakers see the first game as:

4.10 - 3.75 - 1.85

Galatasaray is the obvious favorite in this game and in the sum of the two games. But still, it seems to me that Turkish teams have a big imbalance between their results on away and in home games. And knowing that they have a return game at home in reserve, they might not be very motivated to win. If I were to bet here I would go for Young Boys Double Chance.

The attacking depth this season from Real Madrid is very good. They have added Mbappe who will be a very big asset to the team if he is able to adjust properly and put his ego aside which I think he has done. I am saying this because of what I saw from their match against Atalanta. But still, I think Real Madrid has some work to do.

Real Madrid’s weakness I think is their weakest point right now, although I am calling it weak, it is not really that weak and best in Europe probably. But what I am concerned about their defense is its depth. Its depth is very low, now that Nacho Fernandez has left Real Madrid. Alaba was never a good center-back to me. Militao and Rudiger are their first-team defenders. On his day, Militao is very good but I think he is very inconsistent. I think Real Madrid should invest in a very good center-back and increase its depth. But if this team is consistent and can keep the form of last season, they might win all 3 competitions this season.

Regards

Duke

It's not a matter of likely but Real Madrid is the defending champion and of course, is a viable one that might replicate the success if they can maintain a good feat like last season. This time that Mbappe has joined them, I wish them better luck and another UCL added to his achievement in football. It's nevertheless disappointing with what the club has played this new season, I never expected Mallorca to draw them and it shows that more is to be done.

But Barcelona won its first season match against Valencia though everyone is still silent about that because Real Madrid is the reigning champion in both La Liga and the UCL. People often talked about the winner and no wonder the wide gap of 3.95 (Madrid) to 13.10 (Barcelona) in that book maker's speculation. This is however not so important because the bookies could be wrong and odds are not the yardstick to know the club that will lift the trophy. Still, I love the way the bookie did not undermine the capability of Man City and gave them the best odds. I've not seen a better club than it in Europe this time, UCL or not.

I don't think this is gonna be a stressful game for Galatasaray. Though Young Boys is back to back play at Champion league, but i think this is somewhat an easy game for Galatasaray. This is because Young Boys has lost some players, and they started badly this season. This makes me feel so confident to believe if we're gonna beat them in the first leg.

I think there's nothing to feel worried about, and we're so lucky enough to have Young Boys as our opponent. However, people call Young Boys a team that fights and causes a lot of problems in Europe. But It will not be a complicated match for us to beat them.

I'm so optimistic to pick Galatasaray to qualify for the UCL. This is the last round before we can qualify for it. My prediction is the match gonna end with narrow score, 1-0 at best, and 1-1 at the worst result.

Lol 😂 this is exactly what some of the football fans have being trying to express because not without doubt people that  football very well saw this and also I said it in couple of my statement when some persons were being so certain that real madrid will literally destroy everyone that comes their way of which its just ain't that easy because just like you said even when barca was a complete team, they weren't the perfect team that won everything I believe they get beaten sometimes and even knocked out of the competition and I believe their own formation was far better than even this Madrid squad @ MSN

I no that so many people will be disappointed in real Madrid because playing 1:1 against Mallorca was the last thing  they expected from them and besides I know that with the kind of squad they have so many gamblers would certainly use them on there bet because there is no way they would imagine the match to end this way, i noticed that real Madrid force was not like there first match if not there is no way they would have draw the match, though they perform very well because they dominated the match very well but what they lack on that match was consistency if not after Rodrygo score the first goal real Madrid would have lock up, however in term of the red card they are even lucky they had it on the last minutes if not who knows what would have happened.

This is all a question of statistics. If they work well as a team there is no problem ever when it comes to the number of star players. As if Real Madrid wasn't full of star players all the time. See how Ronaldo took the leading role back at the time and Benzema and Higuain had trouble getting into the limelight themselves, but the fact of the matter was that Ronaldo had an inbuilt guarantee for goals. Hence nobody cared most of the time when he took a shot instead of passing the ball.

These guys will now need some time to learn all the mechanics from each other. What's indeed a bit complicated is that both Mbappe and Vinicius are high speed attackers who both love to have a lot of room and go for deep runs. They are very similar. In the game against RCD Mallorca they hardly found any solutions and that is what happens when you have these high speed strikers who are not given the space they need. It requires more genius dribblings. But I think Mbappe will become their most important striker.

Real as a club is bigger than the players, which I think helps that everyone subordinates himself for the success of the club. When Mbappe played for PSG, it wasn't like that. All of the superstars thought the club depends on them.

But again the problem against Mallorca was that there was no depth on the field for them as Mallorca knows what Mbappe and Vinicius love the most. That's where in the future they will need to find solutions. I can imagine that they are more dangerous against teams that love to have the ball themselves and are not waiting deep in their own half. Mbappe was up against three to four players at once all the time and the same happened to Vinicius.

It was an unexpected result indeed. Especially after getting a big win against Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup.    However I wouldn't still judge them for the rest of the season already now. Because we are in very much the beginning of the season. Many favourite teams can have a slow start in their domestic leagues. I believe we will watch a really effective Real Madrid in the Champions League.

Messi - Mbappe - Neymar was a great trio on paper. But Neymar's injury-prone nature was enough to break this trio. Messi wasn't in his prime either. I believe Real Madrid's current trio is better than that. 

The season have just started and you want to use the result of one match to conclude how the end of a team will be like. You should know that Real Madrid is not PSG who are local champions. Real Madrid are European champions and they have one of the best and most experienced coach in the world.

I don't see any reason why Real Madrid should not draw matches like every other team. However, drawing their first match does not mean that all hopes are gone because there are still a lot of matches to play.

There are currently multiple star players in Real Madrid. This is a great development on paper, but sometimes it backfires. Because every star player wants to see themselves in the foreground. A team should have a certain quota for star players. Not every player can be a star. Not every star can play in a team. Now, players like Mbappé, Vinicius, Rodrigo are trying to come to the forefront in Real Madrid. This can cause them to shoot when they should be passing. Because they want to come to the fore and show themselves. They showed this in the Mallorca match. I think they play more individually. If they had adapted to team games, I think they could have beaten them. If they play like this, we may not see Real Madrid in the rankings we expect towards the end of the season.

There are playoff matches tomorrow and Wednesday. Galatasaray will play Young Boys on Wednesday. The match will be played in Switzerland,
I don't think it will be an easy match but my favorite is Galatasaray. I hope they win.

Shocking how even Madrid drew their last game in La Liga fixture, it was really unexpected because everyone taught it was an easy win for Madrid. With what happened yesterday, shows that football is truly a game of luck no matter the squad list on that team there is still a level of possibility loosing some points to a minority team. Even though it doesn't affect their chances of winning the major trophies but still doesn't look like an easy win yet even with the appearance of Mbappe in the squad. Definitely Madrid are going to top the table, not every day are meant to be same, they will definitely do much better simply because they have all potentials.

Madrid has a very perfect squad at the moment to support them in winning the UCL trophy next season, so it is not surprising that many of us here are make their a favorites as candidates for champions in La Liga and the Champions League this season, so far Madrid has won their official matches first in the UEFA Super Cup final, but on the contrary they got a negative result by achieving a draw in the first La Liga match, this draw of course caused a lot of surprise from us considering the quality of the squad currently owned by Madrid looks very perfect even if compared to a team like Mallorca, we still cannot predict the final result of a football match with certainty because we cannot separate out the surprise factors that might occur in the match.

Winning, losing and drawing are normal results in a match, including what happened in Madrid vs Mallorca, but the most important thing at the end of the match is of course how the coach can evaluate the match to see where the gaps and shortcomings are in the their game strategy, so that the coach will be able to find the gaps they need to improve in the next match.

Carlo Ancelotti is a coach who is quite experienced in changing tactics and also in providing the best ways for all his players in the Real Madrid team so I still don't see a setback from the draw obtained by Real Madrid in their first match in La Liga this season. Because there are still many matches that Real Madrid can win and that was also often seen last season when Real Madrid made a comeback quite well in the championship they played. And so is the Champions League where in general Real Madrid must still be considered a tough team.

I agree with you completely, it's always easy for people to be conclusive already thinking a team is suffering a set back because they failed to meet up on a particular game only for such team to do better in the nearest future and regain all the support they had lost earlier, it will be a serious misconception to see a set back in this Madrid's draw because before mid Season, we can be sure to see better form and improvement from Madrid that will get us knowing this was just one of the football uncertainties playing out of which should always be expected, even with this they still have the possibility of winning the league title again so let's keep our fingers crossed.

Real Madrid does have the most expensive squad with the superstars they currently have, but that will not be a reference that they will return to glory in the coming season in the Champions League, what about City and Munich, they also have a good game scheme and they also have superstar players so I don't think it will be easy for Real Madrid next season, especially after considering the draw in La Liga I think Ancelotti has to re-evaluate how they should play and win the match.

With Mbappe in the Madrid camp it will not be easy for them because they both have goals in front of Vinicius and Rodrygo, of course they both expect goals so selfishness will be there, but if Ancelotti manages to match this team then the trophy will come but I think this season will be difficult for them in the Champions League zone because there will be many teams full of their good performances like Inter and many other clubs.

When Mbappe played for PSG he was still in the top 5 in the race to win the Ballon d'Or. But Lionel Messi was above everyone. As a result, they could never compete with Lionel Messi despite their good performances.

However, neither Messi nor Ronaldo are in Europe at the moment, and as a result, some of Real Madrid's players are dominating the Ballon d'Or, including Brazil's Vinicius Jr., England's Jude Bellingham. These two are leading the race to win the Ballon d'Or this season. Kylian Mbappé has joined the Real Madrid club to match himself in a new way in the upcoming season. Real Madrid is one of the best club ever in the history of football club, even they perform great in every season and win different titles. Many are saying that Mbappe's future Ballon d'O win is more likely by joining Real. Not only will he join the club but also show his ability and performance that will contribute to his winning the Ballon d'Or.