Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 29. (Read 34839 times)

So here we are, the last day of the first round of the new, group stage.
Here are the odds for today's games:



The most interesting match for the most is probably Monaco Vs Barcelona, but personally, I'm more interested in Atalanta Vs Arsenal. Atalanta might not be doing that great in the Serie A (9th place after 4 rounds, 2 wins and 2 losses), but they've won the Europa League cup last season, so should not be underestimated, especially when playing at home.

Barcelona has another great news: they are no longer the unfortunate team that got beaten by Bayern Munich by 8 points since Dinamo Zagreb was knocked by 9 in UEFA Champions League
Barcelona will play today vs Monaco. This French team isn't well, even when playing home. Any result other than a clear victory will be shameful for Barcelona.
I saw some talks about Manchester City and Inter. It is true City failed to win and Haaland didn't score but this has not a big impact on the team. At the opposite, it will boost them further.

looking at the UEFA Champions League fixtures of today, I think there are three games that are more interesting than others.

 Last season UEFA Europa League winners Atalanta host Arsenal

 Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid welcome German club RB Leipzig

 Current Spanish La Liga leaders Barcelona travel to Monaco

 Personally, I feel Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are going to get wins in their games while Arsenal might either get a win or go home with a point from their own game. I will want to know your takes on these crucial games as well as your predictions

What do you classify as a big match? He has scored against every opponent he has faced in the Premier League and lots on the list are big opponents. I understand that people want to find a flaw in his game, but he's an almost perfect striker.

Looking forward to watching the revitalized Barcelona today. Flick is really doing a good job with the boys and the Champions League has eluded the New Camp for 9 year now, so lots of focus will be on bringing that trophy home.

Atalanta vs Arsenal.

This match seems quite interesting, Atalanta is a team that was a Europa League finalist last season. Now, Gian Piero Gasperini's squad will host Arsenal at Gewiss Stadium, Atalanta's home base. Meanwhile, Arsenal, this is their second season back competing in the Champions League. Of course, Arteta has more attention for this season. However, even though Atalanta's performance is not that good, it is not an easy job for Araenal to defeat them. To be honest, I don't really know the Atalanta players, but some of them will be absent from this match, whether they are important players or not. In Arsenal's camp, Odegaard's absence is very important for their midfield. Apart from being the team captain, he is a smart midfielder. Arsenal's odds are quite good at @1.85, while the home team is at @4.20. Obviously, I choose Arsenal even though they won't play full core players.

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Monaco vs Barcelona.

Monaco has performed quite well in their domestic league, they have not been defeated in their 4 matches. In this match, Monaco will host Barcelona at Stade Luis, Monaco's home ground. Barcelona, ​​will certainly not play Olmo due to injury. Lately, Olmo has been in the spotlight when his debut with Barcelona immediately played well. Instead, Flick might play Torres. I'm sure Flick will aim for victory over Monaco, so he will definitely continue to apply the same system and pattern. Appearing with an attacking pattern throughout the match, providing high pressing. I'm not sure if Monaco will play openly, because that will make it easier for Hansi Flick's system to work. Based on the betting exchange, Barca is more favored and that's natural. However, this is a new match for Barcelona's young players. Even so, Barca still has a great chance of winning this match. My prediction, a score of 3-0 victory for Barcelona. btw, my two favorite teams play at the same time, it's really confusing to watch which one.

In addition to better defense, Inter Milan also needs to improve their attack when facing big teams like Manchester City and others because if a team is only able to defend better, they will also concede goals from their opponents even though only by a small amount. And for Manchester City, of course they also need a little evaluation before returning to the match this weekend because the opponent they will face this weekend is also a strong candidate in their domestic league this season, namely Arsenal, who is currently right below Manchester City in the League table.

Haaland struggles in big matches and often disappears against top teams. His performance in big games hasn't improved and continues against Inter Milan.
Inter Milan has a strong defense, and defense is key to winning championships. It seems like that’s Inter Milan's motto.
Man City will face tougher opponents ahead. They need to improve, or their season could be challenging both in Europe and in the league.

Dinamo Zagreb sack coach Sergej Jakirovic after Bayern 9-2 thrashing

Bayern revived their European steamroller nights with a 9-2 thrashing of Dinamo Zagreb, a scoreline that has already claimed a major victim. On Thursday, the Croatian club announced the sacking of coach Sergej Jakirovic. Edin Terzic or Niko Kovac are being touted as replacements.

The first matchday of the new Champions League 2024-25 left us with a historic record. Bayern Munich achieved the biggest win in the modern history of the tournament, which was re-established in 1992, by beating Dinamo Zagreb 9-2. Although the Croatian side had their moments of lucidity and came close to equalising after the break when they were 3-0 down (they went 3-2 behind), the Bavarians went into demolition mode and swept aside Dinamo Zagreb.

The result embarrassed Dinamo Zagreb, who on Thursday ended up sacking their coach Sergej Jakirovic. The 9-2 scoreline was not the only cause, but it was the trigger for his departure in a truly fateful week for this Croatian storied club. Four days before their visit to the Allianz Arena, they had lost one of the country's derbies to Gennaro Gattuso's Hadjuk Split (0-1), who is also struggling at the moment.

Source link: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.besoccer.com/new/amp/dinamo-zagreb-sack-coach-sergej-jakirovic-after-bayern-9-2-thrashing-1331180

Lautaro really hasn't scored a goal in 3 games so far, but this happens to all strikers and it's ok, it's life. For now format of meetings is such that the teams play not 6 but 8 games, which means that the chances of getting to the next round have also increased by 30% and therefore teams like City may not focus so much on the Champions League, especially if in a couple of days to meet their rival for the championship in the EPL.
City's first serious attack was in the 69th minute, and before that there were no dangerous chances. At the end of the half, City still could have scored, but Sommer played well and Inter managed to get a draw in this match.

Manchester City did there best they could do in there match against Inter-milan, Inter-milan is not just a team to write home about they have been playing in the UEFA Champions league for long now, we shouldn't also be expecting  Erling Haaland to be scoring in all the matches and besides Inter-milan defense also did very well in that game to make sure Manchester City had no goal and this is the first time both teams are playing goal less draw for in there last 3 meeting in the UEFA Champions league there has been a winning a goal. Manchester City has won two time against Inter-milan in the UEFA Champions league while Inter-milan where able to win one time.

I think it's normal when they can't maximize the opportunities that exist, because their opponent is also a club that is very favored to become champions again in this Champions League, so even though they couldn't score a goal, they also managed to hold Manchester City to a draw, that's a good point for them.
I think their toughest task has been passed quite well, 1 point is a very valuable point for them. Now they have to focus on the next match by evaluating what they lacked in the previous match. This is the job of a coach to see how far they can develop, because even though they are quite good now, they have to be able to improve more overall.

There isn't anything difficult to predict there. It's a straight win for Barcelona. But I am not expecting many goals in the game. It may end in a 2 goal win against Monaco. If it still seems difficult to you then just bet on Barcelona to win or draw.

Today's game i will bet Barcelona to win Monaco, Arsenal win or draw and over 1.5 goals, Sturm Graz and Brest for over 2.5 goals, Bayern Leverkusen and Freyenoor for both teams t score and over 2.5 goals and lastly Benefica to win FK Crvena

Yes, the match yesterday, between Celtic FC and Slovan Bratislava was one I enjoyed. Celtic played a good game against Slovan Bratislava with 5-1 win.

Celtic team started strong with Liam Scales scoring the first goal. Then Kyogo Furuhashi added the second one the  Arne Engels kicked off the penalty goal while Daizen Maeda and Adam Idah finished off the game with two more goals. Epic I must say
The cool thing was that Celtic had five different  players score the goals - something they haven't done in decades! Wooo

 Brendan Rodgers was so happy at their match performance, I mean who wouldn't be. Now, I'm looking forward to their next game against Falkirk on Sunday. Can Celtic keep winning? I think so, if they keep playing the way they did yesterday

Therefore, it is quite strange if @Distraction feels bored watching the match. unless the match is very slow, there are not many attacks made by both teams and the fight will only occur in the midfield, maybe it makes sense.
Looking at the match statistics alone, Man City made 22 shots and Inter made 13 shots, most of which were attempted from counterattacks. they are quite fast in planning counterattacks. but in that match 3 Inter defenders never left their positions. they played very disciplined.

Maybe s/he saw an exciting and interesting match like United's 7-0 win over Barnsley in the EFL Cup.

Celtic who were able to dominate the match against Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League did look quite extraordinary and Celtic also had the lead in the first half. And then in the second half Celtic continued to play more aggressively so that they were able to add another goal to five goals against Slovan Bratislava. Actually this is an opponent that is not quite balanced for the Celtic team because Slovan Bratislava was unable to block the attacks built by the Celtic players until Slovan Bratislava suffered so many defeats.

However, from the results of 4 on target, none of them made it into a goal, and after that there were no more meaningful opportunities for Inter Milan, not only in the European league but also bad results were experienced in the Domestic League and that this is clearly a decline in performance experienced by Inter Milan which has a long-term impact, of course there must be an evaluation for the next match.

In the UEFA Champions League today Celtic vs Slovan Bratislava two team match, Celtic team won the match with a great performance. Celtic team won today's match by scoring 5 goals. On the other hand, Slovan Bratislava team scored 1 goal. The performance of Slovan Bratislava team players was very bad from the beginning.  For this match Slovan Bratislava team played badly. If we look at the points table, Celtic team is in 2nd position. On the other hand, Slovan Bratislava team is in 35th position in the points table.

This is the real Big Match, when 2 teams with different characters face each other, it will result in a fierce match. Guardiola total football style has been successfully suppressed by the cattenacio used by Inzaghi, he always makes Inter maintain balance when defending and carrying out counter attacks which makes Manchester City defense have to work hard. Both teams had good chances to score, but poor finishing meant the match ended in a draw.

Inter managed to make 4 on target, but none of their efforts turned into goals. The players must take advantage of the opportunities when facing Manchester City, as Real Madrid did last season, even though they lost in Ball possession, but Real Madrid players managed to take advantage of the opportunities well.

Point 1 for losing the bet. 
Point 2 for no goals scored in this tense match.
I have high hopes for Man City and I even give them an 80% chance.
Even so, I agree with you that these two big clubs showed an interesting game.
Inzaghi knows that it will be difficult to keep up with Guardiola's troops, choosing a full defensive strategy is an effective way, and keeping Halland's movement was proven in last night's match that he could not contribute much to Man City, another thing I am amazed by Inter's counter attack, they are fast in flowing the ball forward,
The draw is fair enough for both teams.

This is UEFA champions league, where strong teams meet to show their strongest which is what you experienced from inter Milan defenders yesterday because Manchester city players thought they can beat inter Milan the way they used to beat Chelsea and other teams in the premier league competition, but there was not such opportunity for them through out the game than to shared the points equally with inter Milan. Even Haaland and other strikers knew that it will not going to be easy for them to secure goals in that game, because they have tested their defenders before in the last season and those defenders are still in the inter Milan in this season that made them not to scored a single goal from the game.

Is like you don't know that Real Madrid are in this competition too, and they may likely give Manchester city what inter Milan gave to them in their first meeting in the UEFA champions league game, Based on my observations in this new tournament, Manchester city will not escape in the hands of Real Madrid and inter Milan to lift the trophy because they are coming with full force to challenge many strong teams in this tournament.