Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 411. (Read 90759 times)

Atletico's result against Benfica was really shocking to me. It's such a very embarrassing and disgraceful result. Many pundits, and even i, favored them to win at least with a narrow score, but they lost 4 goals to Benfica. They have no pattern in their gameplay, no mentality (they gave up after the second goal was scored). They have been so poor in the first half, then completely collapsed in the second half.

Hopefully, this match is gonna be a great wake-up call for them about how horrific their gameplay is right now.

Real Madrid had lots of rotations in their lineup against Lille. Maybe that's why they've lost the game, but I don't think that such result would be considered a tragedy. Real will continue in the UEFA Champions League for sure. Bayern had a bad day against Aston Villa, but I'm sure that they will win against the English team in Munich. Weird result for Atletico against Benfica and lots of goals in several other matches.
Arsenal and Liverpool has no problems against PSG and Bologna. I really wish Arsenal to reach of the final of the UEFA Champions League in 2025.

Most likely this is a fatigue factor when ATM previously hosted their city rivals Real Madrid, and not only ATM who suffered a defeat but Real Madrid was also defeated by LiLLE 0-1 even though LiLLE's victory was a stroke of luck from the penalty spot but the result of the victory was able to change the position of the Champions League standings, so regarding ATM's defeat it is very clear that they are far inferior to Benfica's game quality in any aspect.

That's why I love the uefa champions league bro, no team should be underated completely, who will ever believe that atletico madrid would lose to benfica with such a margin, I never saw this coming to be honest, so this particular result shows that if you became complacent as a top team and gives in a below pair performance, you might pay for it so dearly, and that was what happened to Atletico madrid, I believe that in their next outing, they would certainly not be complacent or  lackluster as they were last night, that is what am quite sure of.

Then as for the performance of Aston Martin, sincerely speaking, I was impressed, because I initially thought that Bayern Munich would ran them over, but it wasn't meant to be, they were very balance tactically and because of how organise they were, it was extremely difficult for Bayern Munich to create a clear cut chances as they usually does.
I believe that last night was a terrible day for gamblers, because the losing of Bayern Munich, real madrid and atletico madrid will definitely make them lose, because  almost everyone will definitely give any of these teams winning without even thinking twice, which they all failed to win.

Day by day Arsenal continue to improve and make shocking statements each season. This season they are making a statement that they can continue to perform without Odegaard. Their level of team work and commitment has risen to top level and the results are out there for all to see. It was a satisfactory win indeed, a victory the players and the club will be proud of. Arsenal did not just beat PSG but outclassed them and kept a clean sheet. Like it or not, Arsenal have made a strong statement in Europe.

A match full of surprises but the most striking was Atletico Madrid's defeat by Benfica, no one expected that Atletico Madrid would lose by a score of 4 goals.

And another big surprise was Real Madrid's defeat by the French team, this was quite surprising to me because Lille is a team that is not favored in the Champion League this season but in fact they managed to beat Real Madrid.

And in another match that caught my attention was Juventus' victory, this was quite dramatic, they managed to win at Leipzig's stadium even though they only played with 10 players after their goalkeeper Di Gregorio got a red card in the 59th minute but Juventus was able to turn the score into a victory for them with a score of 3-2.

I just like what's happening in the premier league and how underdogs are fighting real hard to push teams that feels the champions league trophy is thier personal property. Check well you will see that iether Dortmund or Bayern Leverkusen will make it really far this season and for Dortmund that even got to the finals of last session of the champions league, the motivation is already thier and sitting on the top of the table at this Early stage is quite a good start. Real Madrid that's even the favourite is still struggling to keep a clean sheet or even win against weaker opposition like lille when obviously tougher games are lined up ahead is a thing of concern most expecially when you consider the fleet of players that are in the team. It's been struggling upon struggling for them in terms of being consistent with how they score goals and it seems like it's going to tell on them now that the battle is up and running.

After this away loss to Lille, they will be playing home to the Dortmund team who will certainly take the match as a form of revenge  to thier last champions league loss at the  Santiago Bernabéu and coming back will on that same sport will be all thier is to be played for. If care is not taken, this might be the season where a team we've not really considered a potential candidate for winning the champions league will eventually emerge the winner.

Second season in charge and it's all positives for them , they have started well both in the Premier League Competition and Champions League, it's finally two wins out of two games in the Champions League Competition. Up next would be a crunch tie against Manchester United in the Premier League. Unai Emery displayed his tactical intelligence against Bayern Munich and Vincent Kompany last night.

Atletico Madrid losing 4 to Nil was mind blowing yesterday. Jesus Christ!

Very far Barcelona should be in the top 5 in the ranking of teams entering the UCL ranked 16th, not a disappointing result, but it is very doubtful that they will be in the top 8 in the UCL matches this season. Before Xavi Hernandez was fired, the management had entered a new name for Barcelona, ​​namely Hansi Flick. During the arrival of the new coach, the management had not completely seen changes in the team, even though Hansi Flick had worked well at the start of the season and was at the top of the La Liga standings for a while.

Emery built a very good defense that Bayern couldn't cope with, it's a rare occurrence when Bayern couldn't score, but sometimes it happens, and Aston Villa only needed one mistake from Neuer to score a goal. I agree that the result was unexpected, I like how Emery was able to strengthen Aston Villa, but to beat Bayern and not let them score a single goal is a great achievement. Disappointed Atletico, losing with such a crushing score is unacceptable for such a team. And Juventus was also a surprise, I didn't expect that they would be able to win, considering that they had to play catch-up and play with a man down.

Most of the big teams that participated in the UEFA Champions League yesterday were unexpectedly defeated. For example, Atletico Madrid lost four goals to Benfica. Real Madrid lost 1-0 to LOSC Lille while one of the Bundesliga's strongest teams, Bayern Munich, were also unexpectedly defeated by Aston Villa. Among these matches I was watching the live broadcast of the match between Atletico Madrid and Benfica even observed only Benfica's goal celebration in that match. Benifica conceded two penalties against Atletico Madrid which helped them increase their goal score. Moreover, in this match Di Maria's team Benfica always advanced in terms of competition.

Benfica celebrated their second win of the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 season by defeating Atletico Madrid. With the win in this match, they have improved the standings a lot, as a result of which they have moved up to the third position with six points.

Aston Villa did great keeping out Bayern Munich, this team are getting better and shouldn't be underestimated because we saw how well they were able to hold Bayern Munich to a win which wasn't actually expected but kudos to Emiliano Martinez and the entire team, Unai Emery is doing really well.

I was really disappointed from the fact that they ought to win this game, base on both teams performance we can say Lille deserved this win, the sometimes shaky Real Madrid team this season really needs to improve and do well, I don't really know what affect them that did stop their always comeback win sadly. Now their next game is a much difficult one against Dortmund, who just continue to do well in the Champions League, scoring a lot of goals, I hope Real Madrid can get win again like the last season champions league league final.

Are you kidding me, Barcelona is currently in 16th place out of 32 teams competing in the UCL, they are currently in the middle of the table, not at the bottom of the standings. Didn't the board of directors just do it, Hansi Flick just started his career as Barcelona coach this season replacing Xavi Hernandez who was fired last season. At this time it cannot be said that Barcelona's results in La Liga and the Champions League are very disappointing, they are still at the top of the La Liga standings and have just beaten Young Boys 5-0 on the second Matchday of the UCL.

Sometimes football is unpredictable incredible results last night indeed I never thought both Bayern Munich and Real Madrid would loss they couldn't even draw really crazy my prediction yesterday never work out as we saw Atletico Madrid also lost against Benfica conceded 4 goals without scoring a single goal against Benfica I believe yesterday results will be unfavorable to gamblers as it was only Liverpool that was able to deliver that yesterday.
The most shocking result that yesterday was Aston Villa vs Bayern Munich game I believe winning Bayern Munich at the Villa Park will be Aston Villa biggest win this season I know Bayern Munich never saw it coming, Bayern Munich might have underrated the Aston Villa team thinking it will be an easy win for them but at the end reverse was that case Aston Villa has made me believe that as long as the game of football is concerned there is nothing like small club because any team win as long as the game if soccer is concerned.

Barcelona are not in good shape at all. I used to watch this team and liked their tactics, but now everything is sad. If I were the management, I would think about urgently changing the team's training staff and, most likely, the players. No, this will not work. Almost at the bottom of the table. This upsets me very much. I wish the team success, but now it is hard to believe in this.

Many people would have lost money yesterday. The results of some games were far beyond expectations. LOSC Lille beating Real Madrid at home and Aston Villa winning against Bayern Munich is unpredictable. Lille succeeded in breaking Real's 37-game unbeaten and got their first win in this Champions League. The French clubs deserve lots of praise for their defensive strategy, which withstood the fierce attacking style of the visitors. Aston Villa's win over Bayern was another wonder of yesterday's matches. Hope Vincent Kompany has learned never to underrate any club in the competition. Rotating players is fine but not in the UCL.

UEFA has been criticized for the new Champions League style because they thought that weak teams would be demolished by the stronger sides. From the games we saw yesterday, it looks like these critics are wrong.

The match was an away match against Atletico Madrid. But I don't expect Atletico Madrid to perform so badly. Atletico's squad is very strong. So I thought Atletico Madrid players would be able to perform well against Benfica. But I was disappointed by the performance of the Atletico Madrid players.

Atlético Madrid players could not make a single on-target shot in the entire match. On the other hand, 10 of the 19 shots made by Benfica players were on target. I think Atletico Madrid's problem is tactical. Atlético Madrid is behind due to tactical weakness.

It's really mind blowing to see the results in this week.

Well done for both Martinez and Chevalier, they saved so many attack during high pressure.

I like the way Aston Villa won the match because they proving if the one deserve to win, they will win at the end. They prove it because the first goal was offside, however they keep trying till they can score a goal.

The current standings is full of underdog.

Mbappe was not in the starting XI. And we saw its effect throughout the match. Also an important player like Rodrygo was not in Madrid's squad. Due to the absence of these two players, Real Madrid team performed poorly in this match. We have seen good performances from Endrick in few matches. However, he is not yet worthy of a place in Madrid's starting XI.

To be honest, I couldn't be happy with Madrid's performance in this match. The Lille team was not a very strong opponent for Madrid. The performance of Lille's players is not very good in Ligue 1 matches either. However, the team played well against Madrid. Lille won this match mainly by taking advantage of Madrid's weaknesses. However, if Mbappe, Rodrygo and Courtois were in the starting XI in this match, the result of the match would have been in favor of Madrid.

Loss of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich with minimal result can be considered as their accidents but the big defeat of Atletico Madrid is very shocked. Benfica is an experienced club but they have less experience than Porto in Champions League. For many years, Porto is a best representative of Portugal in Champions League but Benfica with this big win against a big club from La Liga, is changing it.

They are really ready to make Portuguese League more competitive against other leagues in Champions League. The new format of Champions League will give clubs like Benfica more chances to go through group phase with good results and standings.