Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 370. (Read 57294 times)

It is still doubtful that Bayern will be able to provide competition in the hunt for trophies, they are in an unstable situation after the change of coach. Kompany is expected to be able to take Bayern Munich to a better path, but it is still very doubtful that he will be able to do it because of his limited experience.

Real Madrid and Manchester City are the most favored teams based on the quality of their squad, especially Real Madrid who succeeded in bringing in Mbappe who will be plotted as a new goal machine. Mbappe joining Real Madrid will revive the competition between Haaland and Mbappe, their sharpness will be tested to become the top scorer and contribute to helping their team win the title. Support from his teammates is very necessary to make it easier for them to score goals, Mbappe might experience a few problems if Vinicius doesn't lower his ego in wanting to be the best player in the Real Madrid squad.

No doubt that Manchester City and Real Madrid are the strongest rivals of the Champions League in recent years if not it used to be Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Liverpool, AC Milan that rotates the Champions League title but all started underperforming apart from Real Madrid and even though Manchester City is seen as a great team in the champions league but if we look at the Champions League history Manchester City is not even close to being counted because they won the Champions League just once, their major dominance is always in the Premier league. It's really bad that all other teams that was making the champions league very competitive and interesting to watch have all dropped out in the competition and left it for Real Madrid as the club has always been in the limelight of the European competition for over a decade now and it is becoming worrisome because other teams also have nice and quality squad even have all the resources it will take to build a strong opposition against Real Madrid but instead the team keeps going higher and strengthening the squad year after year and they have got high quality players that always delivers for them.
            Kylian Mbappe is a great talented player and for the fact that he has joined Madrid now will even solidify the squad the more now tell me why everyone will not predict them to win the champions league with such squad of quality players even their substitutes is made up of great talented players. Honestly, I will be so glad if any team rise up to defeat Real Madrid next season because at this point it's almost impossible even though the table can turn but not when the handwriting is already in the wall for all to see how equipped the Madrid team is now.

The Champions League hasn't started yet, how can you say Real Madrid and Man City won't meet before reaching the final? Indeed, most people think that it is better for them to meet in the final because they have almost equal performance so they don't eliminate each other in the quarter-finals or semifinals. That makes the competition very tense if it happens in the final between Man City and Real Madrid, but don't forget about Bayern Munich, the club. This is also still a title contender in the UCL.
Not only do we think that Man City and Madrid are the strongest in the UCL, it feels unfair to clubs like Bayern Munich, Milan, Inter Milan and Dortmund which are a club that reached the final last season, we also need to give these clubs the opportunity to provide fierce competition at UCL.

This still means that the main factor isn't the luck, but efforts and strategy. that's also what we mean to think about Dortmund in the final of UCL.

Sometimes a club has to focus on one thing when they can no longer be as optimal on the other. Like Dortmund, to be honest, if you look at the Bundesliga, it is very unlikely that they can become UCL finalists. However, their efforts and strategy at UCL are very good. It's just that, if you compare it with Real Madrid, it's still not enough.

And this is definitely a very important homework assignment for Dortmund next season, because the Bundesliga is also very competitive now. It's not just about Dortmund and Bayern, but there are also Leverkusen and Stuttgart.

So, whatever it is, Dortmund with its experience of being in the UCL finals yesterday will hopefully improve the club's quality this season.

Last season the ideal final that many people hoped for happened too early, hopefully next season we can see the two best powers face each other in the final. In my opinion, Real Madrid and Manchester City will remain at the top of the list of favorite teams to win next season, Bayern Munich, Arsenal and several other teams will be below them. Change of match format will probably eliminate the dark horse teams more quickly, and allow the favorite teams to go further. Real Madrid, with its third volume of the Los Galacticos project, will be the club most feared by all contestants, and their chances of retaining the trophy in each competition are considered very high. In my opinion, that is a fact that is very difficult to deny at this time, because they have a number of star players in almost every sector, and they are accompanied by experienced managers.

We may see this Champions League final fixture a drag between Manchester City and Real Madrid. I know this time they will not be grouped together to face each other before the finals, so no one will be knocking the other out.  Real Madrid has the upper hand but we also know that Pep and his team are not ready to give up, this period they would put in their every effort into the Champions League other than the Premier League which will then stimulate there possibility of winning it. One other I believe Madrid is going to win with ease is the La Liga, no team is outstanding enough to knock them off.

I hope for next season they meet in the final because indeed seeing from the course of the Champions League in the last few seasons Madrid and Manchester City always meet in the quarter-finals or semi-finals and one of them can win then indirectly they will become champions.
It was proven when Madrid won 2 times against Manchester City this season and in the last 2 seasons Madrid automatically won the Champions League and likewise before that where Madrid was destroyed by Manchester City at Etihad Stadium made Manchester City in the final and won.

Hopefully this season they meet again in the Champions League especially for now we already know that Mbappe is in Madrid and Haaland in Manchester City which will definitely add a spice to the competition later.
Although it does not deny that we also have to pay attention to other clubs, but still Manchester City and Madrid will always be an attraction in the end.

What about Bayernj.  
Maybe because they are use to playing against each other more often  in the Knockout  stage always but we can still say that they are the strongest for now since they've been so tough to challenge and overcome in UCL..
Next season, the only way realmadrid can make a significant impact the more using Mbappe is by doing all balls for goal to mbappe which means Mbappe will be their main goal machine just like halland in Mancity

You have already stated the fact, as is known to everyone, that Real Madrid and Manchester City are the two strongest teams as far as the Champions League is concerned. We might still think that this will still happen in this upcoming season, but to be sincere, Real Madrid are going to be super strong as far as this upcoming season will start because Real Madrid with mbappe is a new definition. So I know that Real Madrid will display a new performance that we will never expect, but it is also luck, as you mentioned. So even with the talented players that will be present at Real Madrid, they might still not get the victory of next season. 

It is just a matter of the knockout stage draws that will determine more if Real Madrid and Manchester City will be meeting in the Champions League finals. If they are on the same side during the draws, that means they’ll meet earlier than in the final just like what happened in the last season’s champions league. I also wish to see a final champions league match between Real Madrid and Manchester City because that will be one of the best finals to be played in this era.


You are right because we have seen a lot of that already but now we want to see a pure final match between the two of them where there will be no second leg matches and both teams will be at their best to give us the best they got in order to win the trophy. It is only in final matches that I test the best teams between two rivalry teams that each claims they’re the best. Let them bring them on to meet each other in the finals next season.

Currently it is only Manchester City and Real Madrid that is the strongest in UCL, and it is only Manchester city that is Real Madrid rival. Any club that is in its best form has the chance of winning UCL that season. This was what happened when Chelsea won UCL. However, luck is also part of succuss because if you are not lucky, you will not be able to overcome tough clubs like Real Madrid.

Next season will favor Real Madrid more only if City can stop them but I doubt this can happen because scoring goals would not be a problem for Real Madrid anymore now that they got Mbappe as their number 9 striker, he will be scoring very easy because he will have all the assist he needs.

Yeah of a truth, many people were expecting to see Real Madrid and Manchester City reach the final of the UEFA Champions League competition last season and I think they would've definitely reached the final if the knockout stages draw never made it impossible for the two teams to reach the final. The two teams were undoubtedly the best teams in the UEFA Champions League last season but in your other statement regarding Chelsea's second European Cup, I don't think they were lucky with the draw rather, Chelsea were just too good to stop in the 2020/21 season that they won the UEFA Champions League title.
Chelsea eliminated a big club like Real Madrid in the semi finals of the competition that very season before defeating a Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in the final. I don't think it was because of luck rather they actually deserved their win.
For next season, I think Real Madrid stands above any other team in terms of quality players in the teams and I strongly believe they'll be the favorites to win the UCL come next season

Just as many people were expecting Manchester City Vs Madrid in the UEFA Champions League final last season, and the draws changed the narrative, that might be how this season’s draw will be because draws are not predictable especially in the Champions League.

Draws used to favor some teams which is exactly the scenario you explain of Chelsea winning their second Champions League title, there were lucky and they used their opportunities well which they letter defeated Manchester City in the Champions league final.

In the next coming Champions League season, many teams need to be given attention because Madrid will hardly win the competition again next season, I am expecting Arsenal to do something on the next coming season.

I agree that a finals between them would be a dream for anyone who likes watching football. Their styles are so different, both the teams and also the managers as well. One of them tries to keep the possession as much as they can and keeps passing back and forth constantly and just try to find an "in" to score all game long and their press is otherworldly when they don't have the possession just so they can win it back quickly. Whereas, the other is just direct football, get the ball, give it to attack, and go towards the defense, try to pass them if you can and then shoot, if failed? Try again later.

To be fair to these two teams they have faced each other a lot, and most usually whenever one of them beats the other, the winner goes on to win the UCL title as well. Because these are the two best teams in the world, that means when they win against each other, whoever they face later on ends up being a team much worse and easier to defeat as well.

Over the last five seasons, I think Manchester City and Real Madrid have met more than two times.Despite it not being a final, the match was really tough and very interesting. So, I believe even if they both meet in the final, I don't think it will be that special because even last season, when they met in the quarter-final, the match was not easy for either Manchester City or Real Madrid. However, both teams showed their great performance, and it was the most interesting match I watched in last season's Champions League. But the truth is that whenever they meet it always be a great fight.

If both teams perform better and they do not meet in the quarter-final or semi-final, they will definitely meet in the final. So, it is very possible for both teams to meet in the final. The season that Chelsea won their last Champions League was a season almost everyone was expecting Real Madrid and Manchester City to play in the final, but in the semi-final, Real Madrid lost to Chelsea. At last, it was Manchester City and Chelsea that played in the final. But let’s see what will happen next season; maybe they will finally meet.

Whenever Real Madrid and Manchester City meet, the match is always tough and interesting because we know the two clubs are very strong and they will both do everything in their power to win the match, so just come to think about it that they are meeting in the final, it’s not really going to be an easy one for the two clubs. I am sure one day we are going to witness the two clubs play in the Champions League final.

It’s really possible, any two teams can meet each other in the final, depending on the fixture and the performance of the two clubs. I don’t know if this has happened before, but I am expecting it in the future.

A match like this is always worthy of a final and nothing less, but since it's the draw that decides everything now, it's not a given that they'll get caught in the final. It will be truly sad if such teams face each other in the 1/8 finals, but I can't imagine such a thing. And it's too early to discuss the final of the next Champions League, because it hasn't even started yet

I understand that you are a City fan? Because what you write looks like a City fan's dream. In fact, there is no alternation - Real wins the Champions League more often than other clubs. The others include City, they are no better in the Champions League than Liverpool or Chelsea.
And it is worth noting that both the results and City’s participation in European competitions are based on fraud. I hope the Premier League will complete what UEFA could not and City will be excluded from the competition.

No one can deny that Real Madrid and Manchester City are the favorite teams in this competition, looking at the depth of the team they have, it would be very natural if they were always predicted to reach the Champions League Final. but in reality, we are often presented with something different. for example, the previous final brought together Manchester City vs Inter Milan, last season's final brought together Dortmund vs Real Madrid. The same thing has the potential to happen again, a team that is favored against a team that is not so favored. However, it would be very interesting if the Champions League Final brought these two giants together. On the other hand, it is not fair for the other teams competing, because they also have the right to advance to the final round after putting in a lot of struggle and hard work. for example, like Dortmund last season, they were an underdog team but could surprise. What's unique is that I still remember very well the final round against Real Madrid. In the first half, Dortmund almost broke through Real Madrid's goal. I'm not really sure whether this season's Champions League will be more exciting or not, because several teams that can be said to be challengers are currently in the stage of revamping and changing coaches.  for example, Bayern Munich and Liverpool. In fact, PSG is without Mbappe. Nevertheless, this competition will still be gandrugi and I hope that there will be an Underdog team that will be the difference in this competition.

Last season, Dortmund was able to surprise us with their success in reaching the final round, with a limited squad and also their poor performance in the league, Of course, previously many of us were very pessimistic about Dortmund being able to qualify for the round 8, but in the end, Dortmund proved that they were able to compete with Another strong team and managed to enter the final to face Madrid, even though they lost in the final, we should appreciate Dortmund's extraordinary achievements in the Champions League last season, especially since they have a very big gap from teams like Atletico, PSG and Madrid in terms of player quality.

Talking about the quality of players, of course we cannot deny that Dortmund has been like a player factory, even though they have not stopped selling star players so far, but they have also not stopped creating new stars to continue to make their team strong to competing all this time, in fact Dortmund has a lot of talented young players and is supported by the experience of senior players so I don't think they can be said to be inexperienced, but currently the winning mentality is the main problem they have and of course to compete in the Champions League next season Nuri Sahin should prioritize that matter for he build.