Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 284. (Read 37970 times)

We all can see and know that the move of Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid is for more glorious days for the team because they’ll continue to dominate the competition and also prevail amongst other teams in this competition. Bring the first tier most competitive competition in Europe all the best teams will like to showcase their best to win the trophy but with Real Madrid squad and what they’ve done this concluded season, you don’t need to think or compare with any other team that can match and defeat their stands currently in Europe. They remain the best and Mbappe’s dream of winning the champions league is now almost fulfilled because in his first year with them, he’s going to win the trophy and adds to the list of his career records soon.

I think it's not only you who not familiar because i am sure everybody didn't familiar with new format and correct me if i am wrong because according to the history of this competition this is the first time UEFA using this format for Champion league and just like people know next season UEFA will adding 4 more teams to joining which mean total there will be 36 teams participant in this competition besides that there will be no more Group Phase because all of the teams will be put in together into a League Table

I think it's been explained before and according to the UEFA rules mechanism for the new format is the team who finish at top 8 on League Phase will be automatically advances to the round of 16 and the teams from 9th to 24th places will be playing at play off stages and from this method indeed we will be watching more matches because every teams have to playing 8 matches total from home and away however i am not really sure new format will be effective or not because teams participating in this competition will have a busier schedule than last season

You make a very fair point tbh if we want to be objective but I won't be making an expectations or setting the bar too low until I've seen a couple of Liverpool games under Arne Slot. It's a big ask for him to feel Klopp's shoes but somehow, I have a feeling that he'd do great maybe not immediately so I'm still retaining my 25% tip for Liverpool to win the Champions league.

If the players you mentioned leave, there's good to be new ones coming in as well. That's how it is with teams.

The arrival of kylian mbappe to Madrid is definitely going to breed so many speculations in the fact that they will trust thag he's most definitely going to win the league title with Madrid this season as that ahs always been his dream in a very long time before now, I still believe it's possible too , Madrid without mbappw did it and even win it severally in a row, maybe it's possible they are going to embark on another streak again to winning multiple times in a row.

Madrid have always been a very strong name when it happens to do with the champions league and their prowess a Ross the champions league is such that every one who's followed by up with the champions league will agree to that, they have their complete squad intact and now have another new and good player along side who happens to be mbappe, for me that alone is another reason not to doubt how formidable t hey can be, even if it may sound too early to make such predictions but they have such a good team that almost no doubts could be placed on them.

As a striker who's determined to advance his career beyond what it has been before now, I want to believe mbappe will be very useful to Madrid and aswell to himself, dedicated to producing results that will get him to be able to stand out and aswell making Madrid a  very formidable team across Europe such that no other team can be able to contend them to the point of causing them any form of set back, not with ancelotti as their head coach.

Don’t you think the percentage given to Arsenal and other teams are very low?
Manchester City is good and can do it again same as Madrid because they have been doing it and they are the defending champion.

I am expecting another team apart from Madrid and Manchester City to win the Champions League next season, I don’t think Leverkusen, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, and other teams can be that slack in the tournament because all the teams have managers that wants to win something especially the Champions League.

I also didn't know about that until looking into the details of the new format. I also got surprised. Because I believe this was making the Europa League more attracting thanks to additional quality teams coming from the Champions League.

It looks like Sevilla won't be able to have any such challenge as of now. They can't even finish at top places in the La Liga though. 


It is really not easy to satisfy everyone I'm afraid. I was okay with the group stage format for example but I have no idea how I will feel in this new format now. I just hope that I like it also. 

I don't even know why they felt the need of such change. Of course not everyone was pleased with the previous format but they still continued with it for so many years.

Ok thing is that football cannot be decided on paper, it's been earned on the pitch, how can I make a prediction when we haven't seen players coming in and leaving? Who expected Atalanta to win the Europa League Competition? And who did with Bayern Leverkusen getting such results?

Some other club with definitely win the Champions League Competition. I agree they're having a killer mentality in this Competition, but, No! Let's be open minded, we'll definitely face tougher Competitions next season.

From the Premier League Competition, I'd say Aston will go far. Barcelona I will also suggest, for christ sake, they've got a damn good coach who has won the Champions League Competition before with a big club like Bayern Munich. I'm sure with the signatures expected they'd definitely thrive.

Manchester City will be selling most of them players like Bernado Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Enderson. They're not going nowhere near that Semi finals next season. Bayern Leverkusen is also a tough side to watch, so much expectations from them.

It could be that your prediction is right if Kylan Mbappe will be the player as the top scorer next season. My question is, is it possible that in his first season Mbappe will not get a challenge with Real Madrid considering that Kroos as the top assist maker is no longer a Real Madrid player?

Real Madrid won the Champions League title three times in a row when they were still coached by Zidane. Real Madrid in the Ancelotti era to defend the UCL title is not easy because the competition for the Champions League next season will be more difficult.
As in the beginning of your post, don't be too hasty even though making predictions is something that needs to be done.

I do not think that Kroos would make a U-Turn at all. If he says he is retired then he is retired. On the odds, if anyone thinks that City has a higher chance to win than Madrid, then they have not checked the squads at all. I understand that Pep is loved, and his style definitely gets results, but that doesn't mean that a UCL winner Real Madrid would lose Kroos, gain Mbappe and not win it.

I think it is obvious that the yare going to be great without a doubt. Of course losing Kroos is terrible, his passes will be sorely missed and he was a great player but that doesn't mean that they got so worse that even Mbappe can't fix that issue. I believe that they are going to dominate both league and UCL to win both of them again.

Yes, as I said in the previous post, the season has not yet started and every team has not yet started their transfer well, so it is impossible to say who will do well in the Champions League next season. Although there is no chance to say so, there is no doubt that Real Madrid is always the favorite for the Champions League. Real Madrid and Manchester City are my favourites, but I never said that these two teams would win the Champions League. I want the new team to do well in the Champions League tournament and the new team to win the Champions League title. Real Madrid alone has won 15 Champions League titles. I want one of those teams to win the Champions League title because if a new team wins the Champions League title then everything will be much more of a celebration talk.

After Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid has also signed an agreement with young center forward Endrick Felipe. Real Madrid’s offensive line has become incredibly strong. Let’s take a look at the players in Real Madrid’s offensive line: Kylian Mbappé, Endrick Felipe, Vinícius Júnior, Rodrygo, Jude Bellingham, Brahim Díaz, and Arda Güler. It shines as brightly as the sun.

The next season for City will be difficult psychologically as the investigation against them is coming to an end and the verdict will be delivered in 2025 at the latest. I think one way or another this will affect the whole team as the players will worry about their future (no one wants to get into the Championship) and monitor how the club is doing in legal wars. If you could bet against City winning the title, it would be an easy bet.

Maybe we are too quick to make predictions, but that doesn't matter. Because the UEFA Champions League is one of the interesting discussions in the world of football. This year the UEFA Champions League was won by Real Madrid. Can I say next season will be won by Real Madrid. Because Real Madrid has officially brought in Kylian Mbappe, of course the Real Madrid squad is getting stronger on the front lines. In fact, my prediction is that Kylian Mbappe will be a candidate for LaLiga's top scorer. But, if Real Madrid cannot win LaLiga and UCL, it will be a bad start for Kylian Mbappe.

Anyone will definitely say that Mbappe will be good addition to Real Madrid performance next season, in fact I myself believe that Mbappe presence could be big threat to several other teams who will beat Real Madrid in the race for the title.
I also quite confident in making other team favorites, like last season, who initially sided with Manchester City to win over Real Madrid, but in reality Manchester City failed and Real Madrid continued to advance to the final.
Both are quite strong team, but repeating history, such as when Manchester City managed to win the 2022/23 UCL, is not an easy thing and I understand that improving the performance of each team in each season is bound to happen.
Next season, no one knows how and what the real competition for the UCL title will be like, but I remain optimistic that these two team, Real Madrid and Manchester City, will definitely be quite strong team and difficult to beat.

See Real Madrid preparations, it is clear that they are slowly starting to appear and we will certainly also see every preparation from several team who are trying to perform optimally in every competition, especially for the 2024/25 UCL season.

The Real Madrid having 60% chance of winning, will be similar to what sportsbooks will provide next season because they know Real Madrid without having Mbappe with their current squad has high chances of winning it again and now with a player like Mbappe joining the likes of Vinicius, Rodrygo and Jude things will be much easier and we shouldn't forget another key factor which is aside these stars mentioned any player can step up in the Real Madrid team just like we saw this season.

Manchester city may just be the other on the line though they have to try to get a proper substitute for KDB when he is tired/injured in order to create better chances for Haaland though I won't disrupt the fact that Haaland also has to step up his game this season and try to convert more chances to goals and possibly find ways to overcome defenses better.

Yes indeed, I don't care about these statistics because of course, currently there are no sportsbooks that provide bets on the winner of next season's Champions League. Because in fact, the Champions League started a long time ago, at least the domestic league matches will roll out first and then the Champions League will follow. But regarding Real Madrid being said to be the favorite team then of course, there is nothing wrong with thinking like that. Because, basically,  Real Madrid will always be a title candidate team, so even though this figure is just a personal opinion, but for me it is not wrong at all.

Looking at the charismatic pattern Toni kroos is able to navigate within central midfield and his ability to distribute the ball, I don't think he looks tired, Toni kroos playing style can be ascribed to that of Andrea pirlo, who was still playing till he was 38, so Toni kroos with his wealth of experience can still offer Real Madrid some years of good football. The appeal by Coach Carlo ancelotti to Toni kroos to rethink his decision on his retirement stance is not out of place, as players of such calibre of experience still needs to be within and around the team to help share their experience with the young ones. I'm not tired of seeing Toni kroos play, just the way I'm not tired of seeing Luka modric.

It seems too early for us to be able to give predictions that do not have a reference in the prediction, currently Manchester City is indeed a pretty strong team in the English league and also the Champions League, but that doesn't mean we have to favor them better than teams like Madrid and Bayern Munich next season, I think this season football continues to present many surprises that we can't expect at all so far,  Football, of course, cannot only stick to predictions and also the quality of the team because indeed so far we can see how big teams actually have to get a defeat from a team that has never been favored at all, of course Dortmund entry into the final can open our minds about how victory in football is not only dominated by the favorite team so far.

Teams like Arsenal, Inter, Milan, Barcelona, PSG, and Leverkusen have a fairly small chance in this prediction, of course, it is quite natural if you look at their mentality so far, but in this case maybe we will also be able to see the surprise that they may give next season, especially Leverkusen who is indeed the best team in my opinion this season, even though the team has a small percentage of winning the UCL,  but in football everything can happen and of course Football is always full of surprises, and everything will depend on the team performance on the pitch in my opinion.

It is not surprising that Real Madrid can get an estimate of around 60%. They became UCL champions this season even though they didn't have a pure striker. Ancelotti is a great coach who is a genius at making strategies with the current squad. And with Mbappe next season, Real Madrid will be able to play a 4-3-2-1 or 4-3-3 formation in the season with Mbappe being number 9. I don't see other teams having good transfers at least for now. City have a good team at the moment but they cannot always rely on the current squad. Next season Kevin De Bruyne will be 33 years old and that is quite old for a footballer.

The percentage for arsenal, inter, Milan, Barcelona, PSG, Bayern Munich, Leverkusen is too small, given the fact that this are teams that have the capacity to pull up surprises, nobody knew Dortmund will get to the point of playing in the champions League finals against Real Madrid. Manchester city too are not too much of contender in my opinion as i see them as a team without much champions League Dominance, the 39% given to them is on the high side for me. Real Madrid are the kings of the champions League, so i agree with you on the 60% chance you gave them. However i will be looking out for others teams for suprise, as this is the game of football, so anything can happen.