Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 544. (Read 74523 times)

Despite all this their big name and good squad,if they do not stay humble and work in unity and corporation,they will still be eliminated.To me,the main reason why they won the Champions league this season is because they had this team spirit within themselves,they worked together,knowing fully well that there are teams that are better than them,but this winning mentality and team spirit they had made them stick together through tough moments in the different games they play,till they will get the results they want.That is what even made them win Dortmund in the final of that champions league game,else, Dortmund played them,created more chances than them,but could not score them.

Well that's the most popular opinion about it and I actually understand why everyone is of this opinion, I mean the likes of Liverpool, arsenal, Bayern Munich, PSG and so many who would have actually challenge these clubs have fall out of the hands of actually trying their very best although let's see what the future holds this season maybe some new team can shock the competition since we already have the likes of the wonder team present @xabi Alonso

The stance of Real Madrid still remains stronger and the best amongst all the teams that will be competing in the champions league next season. When you look at their squad they used to win the champions league, no doubt they’re are still the best in the competition and can win it again. Then, there comes another great footballer, Mbappe signed from PSG, who is also very ruthless in goals, I will call him a goal machine. With this addition into this squad, they still stand a good chance to win the champions league next season. As you’ve said, only Manchester City can stand them with this current squad and since from the day they eliminated Manchester City from the league, it was obvious that they’re going to win the champions league at the end of the day which they did. They are so strong that no team could stop them after they’ve removed their biggest rival Manchester City.

Liverpool have dropped terribly when it comes to stellar performance, they're currently struggling to trigger their peak and this is not happening anytime soon, it can take a couple months or season because they now have new manager which will decides the strategies to implement in EPL and other elite tournaments. Liverpool will definitely rise back to form and winning becomes the usual goals for them.

Yes that's right. Liverpool this season was good at the start, but at the end of the season they were often inconsistent. Even though many thought Liverpool would get a trophy this season as a tribute to Klopp, in fact they did not get a single trophy. In the EPL League, they were initially favorites to win the trophy, but were unable to compete with Man City and Arsenal. In the European League, their chances were actually quite big, but they also lost to Atalanta, maybe they underestimated Atalanta so they lost badly. Klopp finally left Liverpool without a special gift, and next season I doubt Liverpool can compete in the EPL because they have just brought in a new coach, namely Slot, of course with a new coach a team needs chemistry and that chemistry takes time. .

Moreover, it seems Liverpool will not be able to spend a lot of money to buy players in the transfer market this summer due to financial problems. Coach Slot will only rely on the legacy of coach Klopp's squad. Indeed, Liverpool is not a poor team in the transfer market, but Liverpool usually cannot compete financially in pursuing the players they are targeting, in contrast to Man City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Newcastle. Therefore, in my opinion, Liverpool will not be strong enough to compete for the EPL trophy next season, let alone the UCL league.

Their experience is superior but for the current Champions League they are still ultimately a dark horse even though last season they had a very good performance and managed to get a trophy in the domestic competition but until now I still feel that in the end Leverkusen's situation is the same as what Atalanta and Girona have only the experience is a little better.

But regardless, this season is likely to be very interesting to wait for the Champions League title because just like before there are several clubs that are debutants this season such as Girona and Bologna. Hopefully the fate of these two clubs is not the same as the previous debutants where Union Berlin and Newcastle last season had to be in a complicated situation when stepping on their feet in a big competition like this Champions League.

In terms of strength, of course Liverpool will be quite wary of their opponents next season. Apart from that, in terms of experience, of course Liverpool is a team that other teams should be wary of. But experience is no longer a benchmark because AC Milan is certainly more experienced but they are not very strong in several seasons so AC Milan is often eliminated early from the Champions League.

So next season, the stronger teams will have the potential to go further into the next round. On the other hand, Real Madrid and Manchester City are quite great teams, they have good players and great coaches, so it is quite natural that Real Madrid and Manchester City are still very favorites to reach the final in the Champions League next season.

Emery did a good thing by being able to bring Aston Villa to the Champions League while emphasizing that Emery is currently one of the dark horse specialist coaches.

I'm honestly looking forward to this season's Champions League because after seeing some surprise clubs like Leverkusen, Aston Villa, Girona, Bologna and Atalanta it's pretty clear that this season will be a bit different.
Especially for Aston Villa this could be a pretty serious dark horse because although Emery is a coach who lacks trophies but indeed we don't need to doubt the playing style of the club he is in charge of even when he coached Villarreal, Emery was able to bring Villarreal to win the Europa League and get to the Champions League semi-finals so for now there is certainly great hope for Aston Villa in making a good breakthrough in the Champions League.
For Leverkusen and Girona are also the same, at this time they still have to be required to show good performance because indeed they were really impressive last season so this season they will clearly be in the lyrics of many people.

But it was a poor performance for Liverpool last season and this season too, because the same clud that won last season trophy still win the trophy this season for you to know that Liverpool need to get a new coach to help them to bring back the 2005 performance that was making people happy in their games.

Hope there was nothing like injuries in this season that made them to lock out from the quarter final in the UEFA champions league, because they were still lacking in some areas which their coach cannot find solution to solve the problem that is making the club not to lift trophy.

I don't think you watch Liverpool games through out this season, because they continue repeating the same mistakes that is making them to lose trophies, which their president need to invite talented coach and new players to help the club to dominate in next season.

He doesn't act like a "boss" that many managers do, he acts like a leader among the group. There are two type of managers, one of them is the "manager" style where they act like they are the boss and the players are below that person and they must follow his orders, like they are some sort of general that gives out commands.

And there are managers like arteta, pep, xabi, ancellotti and many more successful ones, who ends up being in there with the players, see themselves equals, be in the same fight, and just show some leadership. That is the type of manager that makes a good return, those days where Mourinho type of boss level managers are gone, players do not respect those managers anymore and that's why teams with those managers end up failing and losing now.

Liverpool is among the clubs that have dominated the UEFA Champions League competition, and I can't forget their great comeback against AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League finals in 2005. Liverpool's performance last season was due to their late injury, which affected their performance in all competitions. For the past 5 years, Liverpool has been performing well in the UEFA Champions League competition, and I don't see them as people who can't compete in the UEFA Champions League competition. The Liverpool squad is okay, and if their new coach deploys a good tactic that will fit the current Liverpool squad, they will be a threat in next season's UEFA Champions competition.

It's nice to open a new topic and discuss it in advance, thank you OP. When we look at the squads of Real Madrid and Manchester City, who have won the Champions League for the last two years, in general, there are not many teams that can come close to these two teams in the UCL.

I think there is a high probability that Real Madrid and Manchester City will win the cup this season. Like the general opinion, there are always surprises, of course I leave that aside. With Mbappe, Real Madrid became very strong offensively, so Vinicous Jr. was doing all the work alone in the future, now they brought an incredibly agile football player to help him.

Liverpool's performances this season were not bad, but they did not meet the high expectations that many people had for them. At the beginning of the season, Liverpool played very well, and almost everyone thought they might win the Premier League and even the Europa League trophy. However, as the season went on, their performances got declined. This decline was really surprising to me because during this time, I don't think any of Liverpool's key players were injured; the squad was complete.It was really strange and a bit funny to me how Liverpool kept losing matches one after another, even though they had all their important players available. This was not what people expected from a team that started the season so strong and was seen as one of the top contenders for major trophies.

Aston Villa under Unai Emery have been a team to beat, they started last season in a good form and at one time a tittle contender but they fell off as we all know due to lack of squad depth. They were even lucky to me get this opportunity to compete in the Champions League due to Tottenham mixed performance. Right now in the champions league I hope they don’t end up as Newcastle that is getting a group of death and exiting at an early stage. But one thing the makes me think they will at least get out of the group stage is that Unai Emery is frequent in the competition than some middle club coaches. He guided Villarreal to the semis the last time he competed in the competition and his experience will be much more valuable at this time.

Firstly I wouldn’t put Bayer Leverkusen In the same category with Girona and Bologna in the champions league. Yes they haven’t won it but they are very much familiar with the competition, they have even in the last few years been in the competition more than even Aston Villa who had won it in the past. It will be a mixed feeling for First time Girona, maybe they will push harder to the quarterfinals like Leicester did when they came or fall fiat like Union Berlin

They played well it’s not something to argue about, but what is the essence of starting well and not ending well because the whole purpose of participating in the premier league is to be able to win the title and they were close because the title was between, Manchester City, Liverpool and arsenal at least arsenal was even better than them. When everyone was trying to win towards the end of the season that was when Liverpool start becoming unstable. And it affected them because they had a better chance to even win. And before of the drama of who is going to win the premier league title I already know that it is going to be Manchester City, no bother is better than us in the premier league we are the best, nobody can argue that because we have been dominating and just the way Madrid are king of champions league so we are the king of premier league and all it’s a matter of time. Don’t be surprised to see Liverpool in a worst condition next season. We have a way of managing our players and that is why even with the injury of De Bruyne we were still doing well, even if we felt is absence our performance is still the best.

Klopp signature after winning a match or a goal will remain in Liverpool for a long time, not sure if there is going to be anyone to change that soon, his absent is going to make a new mark on the club as I see some guys will leave the club as well particularly, Salah. Klopp is one of the reason for his stay all this while and since he has decided to retire, I'm sure we are going to hear some news about him going to Saudi Arabia to go and collect his retirement plans as well from Al-clubs where his mates are swimming in money.


I still don't understand why Liverpool board went for Slot, the appointment was quick one and when I checked his profile, he only has two trophy so far in his career. I'm not saying he isn't capable but he doesn't look appealing for the job or perhaps he wasn't popular and has been working in Feyenoord Dutch club and doesn't have high recognition like other clubs but I hope it goes well for the club this season to chear up the mind of the fans.

Liverpool played well in the Premier League until their performance dropped towards the end of the season, they lost matches which i never expected them to lose. There was a point at which I was thinking the premier league winner would be between Arsenal and Liverpool because Manchester City was in 3rd place. Then, until Liverpool started performing poorly, they were losing matches that they were supposed to win, so they dropped to 3rd place, and the premier league title was between Manchester City and Arsenal. Seriously, I was expecting a better performance from Liverpool, but things didn’t go well for them, and Klopp couldn’t win any trophy.

We won't know because Kompany has never experienced that but comparing Xabi to Kompany at this time is a bit of a joke in my opinion because after all the situation has become a little different even though Kompany previously managed to bring Burnley to the EPL but he also made Burnley to the championship division this season.

When juxtaposed with Xabi, who in the last 2 seasons has always made a good contribution and even made his own record, this is indeed too far in terms of difference but hopefully the current doubts for Kompany will be a whip of enthusiasm for him in proving that he is indeed able to compete and bring Bayern back to a better situation after previously being quite chaotic in the hands of Tuchel.
Now all he has to do is provide valid evidence that he is really worthy and Bayern are not wrong to choose but when his contribution becomes mediocre and does not bring Bayern to a good direction then it is certain that his career that is being built will definitely fade immediately.

Then, why don't you compare the achievements by xabi and kompany? Just like this

V kompany : Championship league champion (burnley)
Xabi alonso : Champion of bundeslikga 23/24, DFB pokal champion 23/24

The gap is toooooo farrrrr between kompany and xabi alonso. They are also having different results in the career as football players as well. I remind you that how kompany helped burnley to play in EPL this season then he sends it back to the championship league again. 


Kane doesn't deserve it since bayern picked kompany as a new appointment. 

Kompany is not tuchel, then better to lower our expectation for kompany.

We don't know the real reason behind Klopp's decision to leave Anfield, there are many factors and the statement he said to step down from the Liverpool coaching chair implies a big question. He said that he felt like he was running out of energy managing the team. we can interpret it, according to our thoughts. and now Liverpool have appointed Arne Slot, due to the empty training seat for the Red squad. Arne Slot is believed to be in charge of Liverpool this summer, and he deserves to be given the opportunity.

Well, that's why it's also as you said. Of course, Arne Slot needs time to form an ideal team, especially as several core players are rumored to be leaving. in other words, he will form a new team according to the club's vision and mission. in particular, Arne Slot's involvement in the selection of newcomers to his squad. So it's natural that most people doubted him in his first season, after all Arne Slot hasn't proven anything so we let him work. Nevertheless, it seems that the Dutch coach is confident enough in himself to accept the challenge of leading Liverpool. He also had good statistics when he coached the previous team, so Liverpool brought him to Anfield. Whether he is successful or not in his first season, we will find out all that later. What is certain is that as a coach he must prepare his team as thoroughly as possible to face various competitions in the new season.