Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 384. (Read 76609 times)

Usually Mbappe doesn't like to score between assists or assist anyone. I have noticed that the goals scored by him have very little contribution from others. It wouldn't be wrong to call him a selfish footballer, but if anything is better than selfishness, selfishness is better. Most of the time he contributes more to the goals he scores. I don't think it's fair to excuse Mbappe's inability to fit in with the team behind his good or bad performances. Because Mbappe is not a player who needs to adapt to the team to play well. But I think Mbappé is feeling the pressure because of the transfer and the high expectations on him. Due to which he is not able to perform conveniently.

No one would be wrong to deny that Mbappe is a quality player. It would not be wrong to say that he is the main player of his old club and national team. He has demonstrated his ability several times. For example, his hat-trick goal in the final of the 2022 FIFA World Cup almost left Argentina in tears. But they eventually became world champions thanks to a penalty save by their goalkeeper Amy Martinez. But I think a player cannot last at a club based on past performances. Must give good performance. The matter of Mbappe should not be seen differently. If he doesn't return to form soon, it's only natural that there will be voices against him.

Ancelotti made several changes to his match tactics in the new season, as well as changing Madrid's formation. But before he could properly implement the strategy, Bellingham suffered an injury. And after that several other key players in Madrid's squad have suffered injuries. For this reason, Ancelotti cannot implement the 4-2-3-1 formation. And in the last match, Madrid reverted to their old 4-3-3 formation.

Ancelotti is likely to make further changes to his match tactics and formation once the injured squad players return to the squad. And I think Madrid will probably play in a 4-2-3-1 formation. I believe that Madrid's performance will be stronger if the injured players of the Madrid squad return to the squad. Because we have seen these players perform well in the previous season as well. So it can be expected that their performance will be stable in this season as well.

To whom much is given much is expected. Normally Mbappe is not the kind of player that will go come into a team and still need like a year or more to settle in. He is the kind of player that people expect to hit the ground running immediately with hat tricks and assists. Real Madrid bought him with the intention that he will start delivering goals immediately from the first game. The expectation on him is very high and it's quite a weight for such a young man like Mbappe to carry. Either ways he has to live up to the expectations because he has been doing it for years for both his former club and country. Not many football fans understands the fact that players do need time to adapt. Majority of the fans are not patient, if Mbappe don't start delivering goals and assists soon we might see some Madrid faithfuls turning against Mbappe. So Mbappe should have this in his mind and start putting more efforts.

He will definitely get better, it is not even just about him adapting to the team, which is one part of the equation, but it is also about the fact that we are talking about team adapting to Mbappe as well.

Last year at striker they had Joselu, who was so and that they had to get him out and play without a striker in so many games, he helped them win some cups too so I cannot blame him for everything, but going from Joselu to Mbappe takes time to adapt and adjust as well. So that is why while mbappe adjust to the team, the team will adjust to mbappe as well and this will take time but it looks like they are getting the chemistry high these days and doing fine.

I believe that they will do greatly with time so we shouldn't really worry about it. Mbappe will score bunch of stuff and it would not be really that good and we shouldn't really be worried about it all that much, it could be something that could benefit them eventually, he is already started so it should be great for him. Plus having that many great players that can pass him the ball would always feed him very well, Jude is not around for now, but he will come back and with Vini and Rodrygo next to him, he will get many great assists from them.

Unfortunately it is not as imagined as before and I think Real Madrid will still go through a tough competition even though they have luxurious depth. Their problems are quite complex from the chemistry between players which is still weak to other unexpected factors. Winning the 5 titles that exist this season is a challenge and at least they can first win 3 major titles to complete the treble nickname that they have never gotten.

Well, Real Madrid is indeed famous for its unconventional way in football and that is why they are the kings in this competition and if there is a team that wants to eliminate them then it is impossible especially since they have always qualified for the last 16 in the last few years. Their consistency has been going on for decades and that is what made them who they are today.

Real Madrid have a very strong squad this season. With the inclusion of Mbappe in the squad, it can be said that no other team has as strong and stable a squad as Madrid. Real Madrid also has an experienced coach like Ancelotti. So if Madrid want to win the title in all 5 competitions, they have the ability to win it. However, it will be very difficult. But it is not impossible for Madrid. Because Madrid has both experienced and talented players and experienced coaches.



You are right that Madrid's main obstacle to a good performance this season is the injury problem. Madrid's players have been plagued by injuries at a rapid pace this season. Several key players in the squad have suffered injuries. This is why Madrid's performance has been somewhat unstable at the start of the season. Ancelotti was probably not prepared at all for such an eventuality. However, once the players return to the squad, Madrid's performance will be strong again.

As far as I know there are 5 different competitions this season that Real Madrid is playing, namely La Liga, Champions League, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super and Club World Cup, but I think Carlo Anceloti's priority is not only La Liga and Champions League. Anceloti definitely wants the Treble Winners title to create history for himself at Real Madrid like Pep Guardiola did. Real Madrid has a good and complete squad, they must be able to maximize the best results this season.
But the many injuries experienced by Real Madrid players at this time can hinder Real Madrid's journey to achieve the results that Carlo Anceloti expects, the coach must work very hard so that the club performs well with the players they have and in the first match in the UCL Real Madrid will face the Bundesliga club Stuttgart, it seems this is not too difficult because I am sure Stuttgart will not be able to make it difficult for Real Madrid.

Seven(7) matches seem to be alot  and also providing more chances to win new titles and reclaims, at the same time the journey to seven competitions is starting with several injuries taking almost half of the team squad. At the moment, their performance is not upto satisfaction  tbh and they are looking forward to playing 7 games ... they are some kinda strong team though, they figure their sh*t out and if they don't they get to enjoy seven competitions atleast but I know they will atleast finish the season with at least one or two trophies.

Maybe for players playing outside the Premier League this can be a problem while for players playing in Premier League they do not care much as they have already a tight schedule in many seasons and they are used to it. For sure players playing in Germany, Spain, Italy and other leagues will be the most tired players when the number of games will increase for them as they are not used to it, they have one cup in Italy and the Serie A and that is it, they try to keep it as simple as possible while in England they have about three cup competitions and many games are played on a really tight schedule. Based on this new format of games the teams from Premier League should have an advantage over the long term as they should be more resilient than any other players playing in other leagues in Europe for the above reason. Let's see how Manchester City and Liverpool, two strong teams from Premier League do this time in the new format, I am sure they will be doing very well but let's see.

Most players are already complaining about the number of matches they will be playing and I agree with them, considering that most of them have domestic League games and some other competitions that they engaging almost every week, take for instance the English premier league players, they have to play the FA cup and carabao cup plus international games they have to play for their countries, all of this most be put into consideration because this current champions League schedule will only lead them to fatigue. the schedule is too tight and should be reconsidered, players are humans and they need time to rest too.

Last season we saw several players in Real Madrid's starting XI suffering from injuries but this season we don't see any injury problems in Real Madrid. Real Madrid have qualified replacements for those who are injured. Maybe the new season has started and they didn't play their best in the first few matches that's why many Real Madrid fans feel like maybe their team won't perform well this season but very soon we will see Real Madrid in a terrible form again. We don't know what kind of team Real Madrid won the Champions League title with last season. Compared to last season, Real Madrid's team is much stronger this season so we can definitely expect good things in La Liga or Champions League this season.

Madrid is indeed a big team, they are the favorites and will always remain the favorites to win the Champions League, but this time, it seems like they are not as strong as we are expecting, because they have large injury list and the list consists of some important players in the squad that are reliable especially in the midfield and the defense. And again, we can not because of that conclude that they will not perform well because anything can happen and Ancelotti is a big coach with great experience and there are players that can do wonders in the team especially Mbappe and Vinicius Jr and the main players will get well before the competition mover further; nevertheless, there are several teams that can do better in the Champions League especially Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and the rest of them; therefore, we have to wait and see how the competition go before we can conclude.

Real Madrid this season will participate in at least 7 different competitions, the Champions League and La Liga are certainly their main priorities. We can easily see the reason, their weekly expenses are quite large, by winning the two competitions, Real Madrid can operate the club and maintain its existence as a dominant team every season.

Ancelotti has the most ideal squad at the moment, which can make his job easier, besides that the current Real Madrid squad is a dream for every manager.

However, for now, Real Madrid journey is slightly hampered, due to player injuries and the adaptation process within the team. In the future, if the injury problem is resolved, I am quite sure they can create consistency in various competitions.

Although favored in every competition, the most important thing that Ancelotti must pay attention to is to emphasize his players not to be arrogant and underestimate any team. We have seen surprises so far, many favorite teams have fallen surprisingly when facing mediocre teams, Real Madrid must remain vigilant.

That's what the Champions league organizer wants as they want the weaker teams to be eliminated faster and only the strong teams left so more people will be interested in watching the champions league games. The players that use to make the champions league interesting are all retiring or have stop playing in Europ, therefore they're looking for new strategy to help increase the interest in the league again. Teams that have very strong players depths are going to be the ones that'll advance to the further stages. Real Madrid reaching the playoffs isn't going to be a problem for them because they can use their second team to play and still defeat the other smaller teams.

Real Madrid is a team with a very impressive history and in fact,  the great quality of Real Madrid is still happening today. Unlike with other top teams that have a great history in the Champions League, but until this moment, other top teams do not have good quality, because they also have difficulty winning trophies although just in the domestic league. So, with such differences, of course every player who plays for Real Madrid will certainly have a very good champion mentality too.

But indeed, for this moment at least the young Real Madrid players still need time to be able to have the excellent quality of performance as before. Therefore, although Real Madrid is sometimes doubted,  but the fact is that Real Madrid always manages to advance further in the Champions League and of course, Real Madrid is always a very dangerous team for any team.

There are too many changes that do happen in the Champions League every season but I don't see it will make the Champions League better, this season we will see a new format and I think a lot of surprises will actually happen in the change of format, including we will see how often big teams meet now in the semi-league phase started which we rarely found in the previous group phase,  Maybe it will look interesting but the possibility for us to see a more exciting and high-intensity knockout phase seems unlikely to happen, because currently with the increase in the number of matches in the Champions League and also the schedule at clubs in the domestic league will actually make many players in big club clubs exhausted which in the end a storm of injuries will hit their squad,  Especially with the national team matches which are indeed close to the schedule that the club currently have, so I think every big team is no longer ready to face competition in the Champions League like what happened to Madrid today which has lost many players due to injury.

R.madrid is undoubtedly the best team in football as we speak. If the players have so much confidence in themselves, who am I to look at it the wrong way?... It's obvious that they're never going to back down. Even before the endeavors althrough -- when the transfer windows began, I always knew Madrid would maintain the standard that earned them the back-back-back champions league titles under omw of greatest coach, Zidane.

I'd like to see them meeting up with bigger teams as the competition goes by.

You know, Rodrygo and Federico Valverde are two who could do anything to uphold the them.
What kind of mentality is it?? I don't know, just Bravo man .
Not only Mbappe and Vini jr. Every player of Los Blancos are so determined to win everything as much as they can.

I will say there is no chance Real Madrid will have any problems in the group stage or even in the knockout stage.
the problems are going to start from the semifinals. Because that is the time when they will start facing big opponents.
Also, Real Madrid is not very much worried about the La Liga. Because they are definitely the best team in La Liga.
So I think they should only be worried about the Champions League.
OK let me word it better, "they should be more concerned about the Champions League compared to the La Liga" 

I agree that Real Madrid was actually feeling invincible at the start of the season but it’s more like they have got a reality check. But it is still the start of the season and a lot of big teams do not perform as well as they should at the start of the season.

Yes, the fact that all three tournaments are now isolated from each other gives them additional value (but in reality only eliminates an absurdity that should not have existed in the first place) I forgot this positive improvement since it was self-evident. It remains to be seen how this will affect the viewer interest. It seems to me that it will be low and we should at least get rid of the Conference League.

That's on the positive side, while now there are quite a few players who disagree with the new format of the Champions League, one of them is Kevin De Bruyne because what UEFA is doing is increasing the schedule while attracting more sponsors and that means bringing in more money for them without paying attention to the condition of the players. They will be victims in this case risking everything with the risk of injury which is always not light.