Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 31. (Read 34839 times)

And at least we can get 3 points to be a little ahead of Man City today. Liverpool played full of ambition to start the Champions League again with a satisfying result. To be honest, after we beat Milan, there is one more big match that will be Arne Slot focus to get the next 3 points against Bologna. But before that, Arne Slot task this weekend is to steal 3 points to seize the Premier League standings so that the gap is not too far from Man City.

Match Day 2 of the Champions League was not as exciting as the first day, I think Man City will do well to get 3 points but it is undeniable that Inter has a way to overcome the aggressive attacks built by Pep Guardiola. In terms of ball possession they are indeed advantageous but when entering Inter defense area how difficult it is to make Sommer give up many times the shots thrown did not become goals.

So far, Barcelona and Monaco have no history of meetings, both of them actually competed against each other in the Joan Gamper game about a month ago and Monaco managed to beat Barcelona with a score of 3-0. Monaco current strength is very difficult to predict because they have not qualified for the Champions League for a long time, but they are unbeaten in Ligue 1 and have only conceded one goal in four matches, the impressive results achieved in Ligue 1 indicate that this team cannot be underestimated.
Barcelona will be without Dani Olmo for this game due to an injury he sustained in the win at Girona, Ferran Torres or Ansu Fati likely to replace him. If Barcelona plays like in the last five matches with attacking football, the chances of winning are quite open.

This is not the best result that I was expecting to see last night from Manchester City because they have had a better start this season not like Inter Milan who didn't start this season in a good form considering the number of matches they have played in their domestic league and the points they have gathered from there. The first half of the game was very boring because there was no signs of goal and Manchester City weren't playing like a team that wanted to win the game so the entertainment part of it wasn't found, coming to the second half when the game was supposed to get more tough Inter Milan was able to play a very solid defense without collecting a single card.

Pep Guardiola will be disappointed at his boys for not registering a goal not minding the team they played against but for the Inter Milan team I believe Inzagni should be happy of course it is not easy to record a draw against a team like Manchester City from away.

My prediction regarding this match is correct. My guess was that we will not see many goals in the match and the match is more likely to be a draw. And the result of the match is a goalless draw. Neither team can score in this match. But the match was very competitive.

It was Manchester City's home match. However, it cannot be said that the match was dominated by Manchester City players. The performance of the players of both the teams was excellent. At the same time, I would say that the goalkeepers of both teams played the best in this match. Both Sommer and Ederson performed brilliantly in the match. This is why we don't see any goals in this match. But both teams tried their best to score.

The Monaco vs Barcelona match look very interesting to be played as away win. Looking at Barcelona current form they are actually doing well and this season Barcelona would want to make a statement that they are capable of winning this trophy by winning at Monaco. Monaco are not really playing that we'll in their league currently. I expect this match to be strong but I'm giving Barcelona the upper hand to win this match. Atalanta and Arsenal are going to play both team score. Atalanta is very strong at home and Arsenal are going to be without Martin Odegaard, and we know how important this player is to Arsenal midfield. It's difficult to actually predict who will win this match. But both team scoring in this match is very much likely to happen.

I knew this was going to be a very tough match for both teams, thought it not as entertaining as we want not just because goals weren't scored but little goal scoring chance was created. I think if you can build your low block very well against city it definitely going to be hard for them to score.

Well all credit goes to Yann Simmer who made some great saves to keep his side alive, he was The star player of the match, well maybe because Halland barely had a chance. To be honest inter defended very well and I Guadiola need to find a way to beat low block teams because I know Arsenal are going to do the same by weekend.

No doubt that every title is important and since Pep has won the league title more than he has done the champions league, he'd opt for winning it more but then, you'd agree that it's more easier for them in the league since they play these opponents all season long than those opponents in the champions league that they meet once or twice in a year. Besides, it was Pep Guardiola that attested that winning the league is more better than the champions league.
It will indeed be crucial as both sides would be looking to best the other and as for city who didn't win the Gunners last season, they will try to reinforce to ensure they don't repeat the same mistakes and for the Gunners, I think Arteta is getting better at hitting Guardiola where it hurts the most.
 I'm not bothered about the absence of the likes Martin Odegarrd or Declan Rice (the latter being likely to start for the Gunners since he's served his one match ban) because they've got Nathan Ake out too for injury and KDB may also be absent so it's not going to be much of a challenge.

it was a good match which was very close and didn't give much entertainment but I expected exactly this result and nothing more, Pep Guardiola takes home a point and is satisfied with his Manchester City's performance against an excellent Inter Inzagni also seems to be satisfied, it's still an excellent result against a team that could potentially win the champions

They’ve won 6 of the last 7 PL titles and won the CL in 22/23. If that’s not a squad full of big game players then I don’t know what is.

Any way, as a Liverpool fan I’m glad they didn’t win last night.

yes I saw the really nice interview and it gives hope for the next generations of Juventus players this yildiz is really a great player and he plays in Italy I just hope he doesn't go away and choose other teams but I see that he is a big Juventus fan and His idol is Del Piero, so I think he wants to spend his entire career at Juventus. Juventus' number 10 is heavy but I really think he manages to honor him.

I was surprised by seeing Manchester City's result against Inter Milan because I was expecting a win from Manchester City but the game ended in a draw, to be honest, the match was very tough because Inter Milan did not agree for Manchester City to score a goal in the game and also Manchester city did not agree for inter Milan to score a goal in the match, pep Guardiola will not be happy with the result because this is the champion league and they need a point to qualify from the group stage, Manchester City is going to qualify because they still have matches to play in the group stage that they will get a point.

But let's be honest, Manchester City players are not big game players because if you look at the game Manchester City played against Inter Milan it looks like the game of Real Madrid against Manchester City, Inter Milan uses the pattern of Real Madrid to play against Manchester City, inter Milan play a defensive game and that is what Real Madrid used to defeat Manchester city in the champion league last season, I have said it before that any team that wants to defeat Manchester city is going to use Real Madrid pattern to play the game and defend well, and about Haaland, we all know that Haaland is not a big game player that can score goals like he uses to do in the premier league.

I must have been distracted or absent-minded thinking I was typing in Inter Milan but put in AC Milan..thanks for the correction 

This is why I believe that the second I express doubt on a game, then I automatically skip it to avoid the I wish I didn't change my mind or I should have stuck to my gut feeling.

Back in the day before UEFA changed the format, Thursday games meant Europa games and this too meant goals, and for this reason I will bet blindly and go for the Both Teams to score on all the games.

They shots without aim, most of them they shots in front of the goalkeepers, that's why Manchester City didn't score any goal. They have so many chance and dominating the match, so it's not surprising they're rated bad in this match.

I agree with all of your prediction.

Barcelona is really fire in this season.
Arsenal looks weaker because they lost many important players.
Atletico Madrid and Leipzig is actually equal, but playing in home makes Atletico Madrid have an advantage.
Even though Feyenoord have a good results, but they're playing in noncompetitive league.

I predicted this game to be a game where we would see over 2.5 goals, but surprisingly there were no goals in the game that is why I agree with you that only very few gamblers would have been able to predict that the game will be goalless at the end.

It was the same method Mikel Arteta used in playing Manchester City last season, which is allow them enjoy the play and get all the possession, but strike when you have your chance. If you defend well against Manchester City, you could win the game. Inter Milan getting one point in England is almost a win. Biggest blow for Manchester City is that KDB looks injured, and may not be availiable for the weekend game against Arsenal in the premier league that he really like to play.

The Serbian team is called Crvena Zvezda, not "Read Star". I don't know why so many forum members call it Red Star. I know that the name Crvena Zvezda means "Red Star" in English, but the name of this football club that is accepted by UEFA is Crvena Zvezda.
Anyway, I couldn't care less about matches like Brest-Sturm or Feyenoord-Leverkusen. I would bet money on Arsenal losing against Atalanta.
The Italian team is capable of defeating almost every opponent in the European tournament, while Arsenal is capable of making mistakes in their Champions League matches.

My prediction in today's match.

• Monaco vs Barcelona (Barcelona Win)
• Atalanta vs Arsenal (Draw or BTTS)
• ATM vs Leipzig (ATM Win or BTTS)
• Feyenoord vs Leverkusen (Leverkusen Win)

I only chose a few matches and avoid Brest vs Sturm and Red Star vs Benfica matches.
Both of these matches are a little difficult to predict because the results are successful. I mean like Benfica seems to have a great chance to win. But Red Star is currently in a more stable state and appearing at home provides a greater mentality.
And for Brest actually could have defeated Sturm, but the problem is Brest today has no performance like last season so that doubt encourages me to avoid my betting slip.

Inzaghi often chooses such a defensive strategy against strong teams, and in this case the match becomes boring, City tried to find a gap in Inter's defense the whole match, but this time they were lucky. I think that City will achieve victories in the next matches, and the new format will most likely smooth out such results without any difficulties. At the beginning of the second half, Guardiola had to replace De Bruyne, this is the most unpleasant thing, now we need to wait for the doctors' verdict on how serious his injury is and how long he will be out of the game. By the way, today is the third day of the Champions League, it will be unusual to watch them on Thursday.

In addition to the result received by Manchester City when held to a 0-0 draw by Inter Milan which was a surprise considering Manchester City's performance in the Premier League, we are also discussing Pep Guardiola's reasons for responding to questions in a press conference.
For the result, although it was a bit surprising because Manchester City is the favorite team, for me it is a common thing to happen in a match.
Let's see what Pep Guardiola's response is when his team plays Arsenal in the domestic league. I mean, will he say the same thing about his team's performance.

It was a competitive tough match yesterday. The both teams really played impressively with all forces to score but was obvious that they both experiences hard times to score which ended the match goaless.

Haaland fans was really expecting he would deliver his team since he isa good goal scorers but the pitch did not favour the famous player while his anti fans mocks at him that he is being overrated and only has influences only when his teams are playing with the undergo. Lol.
Indeed sentiments in the game of football.

When a coach fails to earn 3 points and only gets 1, isn't there no other reason apar from say that they are happy to get 1 point?
Manchester City was able to dominate the match from the beginning of the match, even compared to Intermilan they had many chances that should have been converted into goals in the match, but Yann Sommer and also the solid Intermilan defense was one of the factors that made Manchester City lose full points in the match, I think so far Guardiola has managed to break the record as the only coach who is able to win the league trophy England 3 times in a row so he should must thought more about breaking the record held by Ancelotti in the UCL at this time, when every previous big team compete with tight in the domestic league just to end the season qualifying for the Champions League zone.,Then how can you say that winning league games is more important than in the Champions League?

The match against Arsenal will be a crucial match indeed for Manchester City in the Premier League, but I think they are more favored in that the match because the Arsenal squad is currently limping