Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 364. (Read 57348 times)

Haaland has a very strong physics, and this makes him less flexible like suarez or aguero. The problem is that the team now knows how to stop him. They sent two CBs to guard him. This is also very effective in stopping him because Haaland is not flexible.

I consider Haaland is fast enough. But, flexibility is key to dodging opponents. That's why haaland is playing as a pure striker only.

That's why it's hard to find someone like CR7 at his prime. He is very flexible, strong, and fast.

Injury factors and card accumulation can actually also affect each Champions League contestant chances of going further. Apart from that, mentality plays a quite big role, where the Champions League has a very different level of intensity and pressure from domestic competitions. Dortmund last season performed surpass expectations, they were lucky to be on a path that was relatively easier.

In general, not many teams can be as lucky as Dortmund, where they managed to show a different performance when playing in the Champions League. Meanwhile, I don't yet fully understand in detail the new format of the Champions League next season, the course of the competition will probably provide a thorough understanding of all the new formats.

I would put Madrid and City as the two favorite clubs to win next season, both of which look very dominant. We hope that next season Champions League final can take place in an ideal form, bringing together elite teams. Dortmund looks like it will have difficulty reaching the final, they have changed managers and parted ways with several experienced players.

Although Man City wants him to stay a longer time, it is clear enough that it is probably the last season for Pep Guardiola. He already stated that he wants to leave Man City, he may feel bored and wants to get a rest for a moment. I think we must appreciate the decision made by Guardiola if he really leaves Man City after the season 2024-2025. However, there is still the opportunity that he may changes his mind. It is not impossible if he wants to extend his contract for 1-2 years more.

Anyway, I never read any issue that Guardiola asked some conditions to extend his contract with Man City. Where do you read the news? I think it shouldn't be about the salary or funds allocation to buy new players. I guess it should be about the personal reasons. I assume Guardiola may have the same reason as Klopp, he wants to take a rest for a moment.



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Actually Real Madrid didn't always win UCL in every season. They also experienced losses and failed to win UCL trophy. But they become very superior if they reach the final round. That's why Guardiola stated that to beat Real Madrid shouldn't be in the final, beat them before they reach the final round.

This is actually but a fact about guardiola and interestingly he's always got a very matching consistency to making sure the whole combination is a success Madrid have almost similar form and strength like city, if not even better. All of Madrid's squad are very much in a good position and just like guardiola prepares for the future before it comes, Madrid does almost same and for both team next season is going to be a very serious one and as a matter of fact, this may be peps last season at city so making it a memorable one is most definitely in his agenda and almost same is with ancelotti but not confirmed yet tho.

The thing with champions league games is the fact that the prediction sometimes is done according to the performance of the team at the moment and how experience team has in the Champions League competition how ever the elite teams seem to be more favored in the champions league predictions because of the level of players they have got in the team when compared to the players of other teams. If you look at how the prediction is actually done the big teams in every league is picked to be on a stand out but when the group stages is passed, the possibility of teams that should get to the semi finals or finals is easily predicted based on the performance of the teams but sometimes a small club can get to the finals as a result of their form in the champions league competition.

Dortmund had a poor performance in the German league last season but their performance in the champions league was different and it took them to the finals even though they lost against the Real Madrid team but next Champions league is on the way I believe the prediction will also be made according to the form of the team, the champions league experience and the performance of the team in the champions league games.

What happened in the UEL last season was totally shocking. I'm a Liverpool fan and I was shook to my bones watching Atalanta demolish Liverpool at Anfield. I was even more surprised when they handed Leverkusen their first and only loss of the 2023/2024 season and it was no small goal margin. Despite all those surprises last season, I still maintain my stance that the UCL is an entirely different ball game compare to what we saw in the UEL. In the UEL, we only had 2 favorites. In the UCL, almost all teams that qualified are all top tier teams so if you miss the first one, there's a chance the next is going to knock you out for good.

I'm in the same line of thoughts with you even though I cannot also rule out the fact that the big clubs are there to make their efforts too and they are also trained to take the trophy home. Nevertheless, narrowing down the predictions to only the big English or La Liga clubs is not just enough because if we were to follow the same line of thoughts, we would have written off clubs Like Dortmund which actually got to the final position against Madrid in the last season. So, Champions league should be bigger than those thoughts.

I think I agree with your opinion to an extent and that's because the  UEFA Champions League competition sometimes doesn't end up as predicted but most of the times, it's always been won a a team that deserves it. The arrival of Kylian Mbappe to the Real Madrid squad if you ask me will definitely boost the strength of the Real Madrid squad and that's why I strongly believe that they'll likely win the UEFA Champions League next season. Just before Kylian Mbappe arrived, Real Madrid had just won the competition and considering the fact that very few players from the squad that won it in the just concluded season have left, stopping Real Madrid's attacking line next season will be a very difficult task for any team that'll play against them. As a Real Madrid fan, it feels good to know that your team is regarded as the best in the whole Europe and I don't think that's gonna change anytime soon.

Manchester City is up to the very task to win the champions league title when they face Real Madrid. They are not a team that cannot be beaten and needs some extra force to penetrate into their defense. Every team has their weak points and if the weakness of a team is known by the rival team, it becomes easier for them to penetrate into them and get their win. Real Madrid is not an easy club to beat in the champions league and the same thing applies to Manchester City. They’re both big teams in Europe and when they face, the outcome is always unknown and we always wait to see how the match is being played before one can predict how it can end. With addition of new players or not, this team can be at their best and will eventually become the team to defeat Real Madrid in the champions league and raise the trophy once again.

It's not even the issue of him.not playing well against Real Madrid, I believe its the fact that Harland is just so direct and when he is been tightly marked off then the ability to score goal will be reduced. Any team that successful man mark Harland he finds hard to score against them, he is not like the likes of aguero and squarez that are very good with their feet and also flexible too.

Although there have been no rumors about anything regarding Pep's future including extending his contract or finding a new club but as long as the contract is still there then we will definitely still see Pep at Manchester City next season.
His contract is until 2025 which means that even though there is still no further talk about Pep's future there is still at least 1 season and it is clear that there is still time for Manchester City to negotiate especially for the beginning of this season it seems that before the coach they still have to make changes in terms of players, although until now it cannot be denied that their squad is still above average but on the other hand, changes must still exist so that they remain stable in navigating next season especially at this time the situation is still very favorable for them and the target is bigger where in addition to the EPL they will also definitely target the Champions League again which was released this season.

One thing I've always known about Pep guardian is that he always make  replacement and extra even if there's  no need... he might not need players to cover up but he always refresh his team with new players even if he didn't sell but he does have a pattern of selling.
For realmadrid, I don't think they really  have anything to worry about interm of squad , they have a very string one... I believe next season is going to be LaHot

But in this case, you should expect that City will once again be knocked out by some ordinary club and Real won’t even have to strain 
In general, it’s quite sad that everyone began (and probably rightly) to evaluate the Champions League as a tournament for a narrow group of clubs where the favorites are rated as 2.5-4.0. This says a lot about the predictability of the tournament. If I remember correctly, this season the NHL favorite was rated as 7.0. That is, in fact, many clubs had a chance to win and the whole tournament was interesting.

It is a good idea if Pep Guardiola can sign more quality players to strengthen the team's standard. Despite the team being strong enough to compete with any other teams, it will be a great idea in case issues like injuries arise during the competition, like how Kevin De Bruyne was suffering from an injury last season and also Haaland. Just imagine they have great replacements for these players; they may not suffer from losing some matches last season. It is not that Haaland can't do much better when facing Real Madrid, but the truth is that Real Madrid is not a small team.Real Madrid has a better squad, the same as Manchester City, so I don't expect either Real's striker or Manchester City's top striker to always find it easy to score like that. In fact, it is the collective effort of all players in the team. If they play well and create good chances for Haaland, he will definitely score because he is a very good scorer.

Lol let pep guardiola not end the season Trophyless like Jürgen klopp did last season with Liverpool after it was looking like he will leave at the end of the season with the hope that he was going to win a trophy for them, even if it was the FA cup for The REDS. i was saying so because you said pep guardiola will do something to make his farewell full of happiness. However pep guardiola has done his best for Manchester City, be has brought them to the spotlight of European football for more than five running, even if he ends up trophyless next season, they will still bid him farewell and appreciate him for the good works he has done.

talking pep guardiola wanting to extend his contract with Manchester city, I doubt if such thing will happen, as it has already been rumoured since last season that, this season might be pep guardiola last with the Citizens.

No need for Pep Guardiola to sign new players to assist Haaland, Kevin De Bryune is there to assist him but due to the injury that both players suffered towards the ending part of last season made them not to be able to Perform as they normally do, instead of signing more players to the team Pep Guardiola should consider using some of the players in substitute to balance up the challenge that Haaland is getting and Guardiola should not be overdependent on Haaland alone, he should try and build up other players in the squad so that in a case of injury he can have a reliable replacement for Erling Haaland. Haaland still shine even when playing against a strong opponent so saying that he only performs when they meet a mediocre team is not true. Remember he scored a hat trick in their derby match against Manchester United last season so except you will classify Manchester United as a mediocre team then I can agree to what you said.
One thing you need to know is that Manchester City, even though they are one of the strongest contender of the Champions League but they are mostly unlucky in winning the Champions League so even if they sign new players, don't think it will make any difference.

Haaland can't do much when facing Madrid, therefore Guardiola needs new players on the front lines who can accompany Haaland to be more productive in scoring goals easily. Haaland can only shine when facing an underdog team, whereas if he meets a strong team In fact, he can't penetrate the defense well and even has difficulty scoring goals. I don't think Guardiola can continue to rely on Haaland because there are still many great players who can be recruited into Manchester City's main squad to fill the front line so they can be more productive when facing strong and difficult teams. . I'm still not sure Manchester City will win the UCL next season if they don't make changes to their current main squad.  

Both teams have shown the quality and quantity they have previously in the quarter-finals last season, Manchester City, who were superior in possession, were actually able to take the lead against Madrid, but it wouldn't be Madrid if they couldn't make a comeback and instead destroyed Manchester City in the second leg despite winner must be determined by penalty kicks, so far both teams have experienced many squad changes due to players leaving and coming, but despite the many changes that have occurred of course both are still the favorite teams to be able to win the Champions League next season, the quality of the squad and supported by the cool hands of great coaches like Guardiola and Ancelotti certainly make Madrid and Manchester City look quite perfect as a team.

I am quite sure that next season they will still be able to be candidates and favorites in the Champions League, but to see these two teams meet in the final seems unlikely to happen due to changes in the format of the Champions League this season, but even so, of course we hope that next season Champions League will be very more tight and full of surprises from the teams that are the favorites so that way we will see the Champions League being better than before, of course I personally and maybe we are all too bored seeing rich and strong teams continuing to dominate the Champions League all this time.

Of course we know, this is because it is different from the Domestic League competition. Apart from meeting sessions at the UCL not being as busy as the Domestic League, the UCL competition does not offer many options apart from requiring the competing teams to win every match. especially in the knockout phase, the team that loses must be willing to step aside. That's why the atmosphere of the Champions League is different from other competitions. Plus, the teams involved in this competition are one of the strong teams in their respective leagues. although so far, we agree that Real Madrid and Manchester City have a high probability of appearing in the final match. However, as we discussed, there is no definite guarantee that these two teams will be able to progress perfectly. In fact, several other teams also have the potential to match or could overthrow the top team.

The tough competition hasn't started yet, but we will find out soon at least after various teams are in the stage of deepening their squads in this transfer window. Apart from wanting their team to be more competitive, any team would really want to lift the Champions League trophy. The difference is, there are those who have great opportunities with the depth of their team and there are also those who have to fight and work hard to get maximum results. It is not impossible that Bayern Munich can appear competitive even though they are led by a young coach who does not have much experience. Even though many doubt it, Bayern is still a strong team. maybe from a team from the Italian League, maybe they will surprise you. or, a Premier League team other than Manchester City. well, what we are talking about is still in the discussion and speculation stage.

Football sometimes brings unexpected surprises that cannot be avoided, although currently many people favor Real Madrid, but the surprise of an injured player can always be a big problem.
Just look at how Manchester City looked at that time after getting the UCL but Kevin De Bruyne suffered an injury, making the club's performance in the following season less than optimal.
A problem like this could happen to any club, Real Madrid, which looks very strong, could also suffer the same fate.

I don't expect that to happen, but at least we shouldn't have too much hope for Real Madrid because even though Mbappe's arrival currently provides additional value, we haven't seen how he looks with Real Madrid.

Manchester City is currently still very ready and could easily beat Real Madrid again.
Haaland is still Pep Guardiola's mainstay and as long as these two important roles are still with Man City, they will remain the strongest club after Real Madrid.