Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 618. (Read 88754 times)

If we talk about Dortmund's luck in the Champions League last season, it felt really good. The reason is that they are quite underestimated and even getting through the group phase is very difficult. Because there are so many promising teams, but it looks like Dortmund can prove it with tireless achievements until the final match against Real Madrid.

I think all teams have the same opportunity as long as they don't get afraid or give up first with the existing situation. Maybe Dortmund will also find it difficult to repeat the same success as last season but they will definitely come back even stronger.

They're obviously one of the best when it comes to buying young players and making good fortune from them whenever they're sold outta the club. I can mention countless players who they brought in for a lesser figure, a good example to mention recently who left the club would be Jude Bellingham. ( As he was brought in for a lesser fee, same goes to Jadon Sancho before his big money move to Manchester United )

What titles would that be? Lol. They are no different from Arsenal. I consider them bottlers because they could have done better so they could win the German Bundesliga League Competition that same season. It's nothing about luck, they just don't have the character, not even the capability, more to add would be experience.


What breakthrough would that be? Well, I will wish them well next season ( Godspeed ). In my own opinion, they should focus on winning the Bundesliga League Competition first.
Let's see what they can do, for the Champions League Competition next season, I'm expecting more from the Seria A Italian clubs, I would love to see a change, I don't like how La Liga and English Premier League Clubs have dominated the Champions League Competition alone.

I think it is still quite early to conclude that a team's performance is in a worse direction because the team you mentioned could make a breakthrough again next season, although I am also not sure that Borussia Dortmund will reach the Champions League final again. However, we also have to understand that it is not impossible for Borussia Dortmund to repeat this as long as they have the ability and a much higher level of luck next season. Because last season, few people predicted that Borussia Dortmund would reach the Champions League final, but in reality they could get there.

Borrussia Dortmund are really known for being business minded and selling their best players to bigger clubs to improve their self financially.  Despite selling their players they still always perform well and they have good scouting staffs that always scout talented players for them. Dortmund always fight for titles because if they don’t they wouldn’t have challenged Bayern the season before this this one that just ended, they almost won the title but it was unfortunate that they lost the title in the final game of the season and this season they were still able to make it to the Champions League final and they lost again. It’s just that luck has not been on their side lately but i know they always work hard to win titles.

Real Madrid were just more experienced in such stages of the competition but Dortmund gave them a strong fight.

To some extent, this season turned out to be unique for Borussia Dortmund, but only due to the fact that they were able to reach the Champions League final, without this, their season would have been very ordinary, and their main success would have been just reaching the Champions League zone in the Bundesliga. Yes, they were very lucky in the match with Barcelona, ​​when Barcelona received a red card in the first half, or with PSG when the ball stubbornly did not want to fly into the net, but luck also plays an important role.

The moment we saw that Dortmund would face Real Madrid in the Champions League final, we knew Madrid was going to win it again. However, the match did not end as some of us expected since Dortmund did not have the strength of Real Madrid. I did not underestimate Dortmund's ability against Real Madrid since I saw how they eliminated PSG in the semifinals, defeating them both at home and away with a narrow win. The first half of the Champions League final was difficult for Real Madrid because Dortmund's midfielders were very strong, they even had opportunities to score at least two goals in the first half, but they lacked the experience that Real Madrid had, I believe that if Vinicius has the opportunity like Adeyemi did in the first half, Real Madrid will lead the first half with a goal.

However, Dortmund did not have many players to compete in the next Champions League since Hummel and Reus are expecting to leave after this season, while Chelsea has already sold Maastsen to Aston Villa, Dortmund needs to focus on signing young players after selling their top players to other big teams, I believe they will understand how good it is to keep important players in the team.

I agree with you that Borussia Dortmund may not be able to repeat there performance they had on this season to this upcoming season because just like you said they defeated PSG and Atletico Madrid but with all the amendments and strategies those clubs has put in place there is no way Borussia Dortmund will beat them and besides it was even fortunate for them to have win them because normally PSG is more in a good shape than them so wining then was actually a narrow escape, however one of the things I even noticed about Borussia Dortmund performance is that there performance is always seasonal because at a moment they will be very inform and the next season they will start performing poorly.

Regarding Dortmund behaviour for transfer players the owner has been admitted that he says Dortmund is not rich club so if there are any clubs who interested to their players and those clubs will dare to paying with expensive price then Dortmund is willing to sell those players because from these transfers Dortmund can gets a lot of money to managed their financial conditions so that's why we were often to see Dortmund always be selling their potential players to other clubs but Dortmund management is very smart because they can buy young players with cheap price and within years they can sell those players with expensive price and these things were happened plenty

And your opinion about Dortmund journey can reach to Champion League final match of this season is make sense and i think i have to agree with you that they were luck because at that time before reach to the final match Dortmund can beat several strong clubs such as PSG and Atletico Madrid which if we see from the squad these clubs quality is above to Dortmund and for next season i think it's quite hard for Dortmund to repeat their this season achievement especially next season with new format Dortmund potentially will met against several strong teams early at league phase

Dortmund was so sure of their self that they can win the champions league, we that already know who Madrid is did not argue much, Madrid have players that are very experience in the premier league so they won’t even panic just because they have experienced player. When it comes to Madrid I know there are chances that they can win but we are going to act as an obstacle to them this season. They disqualified us last season but I don’t think they will be given that opportunity to do that this season. We are getting ready for them when they kick off for a new season. We know that the game was not really easy but there was still assurance that Madrid will win. The goal changed everything. All dortmund  attack were failing and Madrid know how to take advantage of the situation than dortmund and it is all because of experience.

Actually, when I look at the statistics, I cannot see any statistics where Dortmund was ahead until the end of the match. I agree that Real Madrid opened up in the second half of the match. Dortmund, which made many attacks in the first half, could not find a goal, but Real Madrid managed to win. Dortmund could not capitalize on many attacks. If they had managed to score an attack, perhaps they could have beaten Real Madrid with the excitement of the game. Now we will observe the situation in other matches together. We all expect next year's Real to be better than this year.

The new format will not be a serious problem for real madrid, and that's why majority of us still favored it. Real Madrid will do it easily. The new format requires you to have two teams in your squad.

The two teams are the primary and secondary teams. The main team will often be substituted with the backup team. This is to avoid its players getting injured. Then again, the new format forced you to have two squads with the same qualities.

But real madrid has it all. And last, i don't see a chance for a new format to be a very big obstacle for real madrid.

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La Liga failed to get an extra UCL spot due to poor performances by La Liga clubs. But, adding slots for the Bundesliga and Serie A won't help UCL victory chances. Right?

They seem to be risking their own club by selling their good players to their closest rivals and don't seem to think about the impact that will occur because they only think about the profit from the sale.
I think these clubs really prioritize their business in order to become rich clubs in the league while other clubs try to improve and improve their performance so they can compete fiercely.
Indeed, getting profits is a good thing, but it must also be balanced so that there is no decline.

Meanwhile, Bayern Munich always has a way to ensure that their club remains balanced in gaining profits but their performance remains strong.
And Bayern is trying to add great players to strengthen their competition next season but I'm not sure Borussia Dortmund can repeat the same performance as last season they were lucky enough to reach the final.

Every season we will definitely see Dortmund main star go to another team at a great price, but the strange thing is that they have always been able to continue to orbit new star players to their main squad so far, Haaland, Lewandowski, Bellingham and Sancho are players who have managed to develop and in the end are sold to other teams, for now Dortmund always sell their star players but I think we also have to understand why they have done so far, Dortmund is not a rich team in the Bundesliga even financially, they are still worse than the current team like leipzig  and stuttgart, so indeed to stabilize finances of course selling players is one of their solutions to survive.

The sale of players to rival teams has of course made Dortmund weaker and that is what they should be avoiding at the moment, but it seems that in the last two seasons we no longer find Dortmund players bought by Munich, because Dortmund has reportedly confirmed that no more Dortmund players will be sold to Bayern Munich, about Dortmund success in qualifying for the Champions League final,  It looks like luck, but I think it's the result of Dortmund hard work and unyielding spirit.

One important thing with Real Madrid fans keep confidence after their favorite team success reach the final round guarantee will be the winner, since last 9 record final in Champion League Real Madrid never get defeated and I have good memorize how the winning mentality having by Madrid although conceded early and one minutes left but success being draw Atletico Madrid on season 2013/14.

Next season, UEFA Champion League have new format and Madrid keep become the favorite teams although next season many new teams participants as their first appearance.
One bad thing with UEFA regulation about extra quota slot for Bundesliga and Serie A teams for next season have five teams participants, in other side Real Madrid success become the winner but can't help more for their domestic league get 5 slot participants in Champion League.

When Real Madrid reached the Champions League final, most people speculated that they would win the title again considering their history in the Champions League was so good compared to other strong contestants. In my opinion, playing against Dortmund was an easier obstacle than Real Madrid having to play against Manchester City and also Bayern Munich because I see that Dortmund is still far below these two clubs in terms of strength, although we cannot deny that Dortmund be able to reach the final, but the opponents they face are relatively easier compared to Madrid.

I don't think it's inappropriate, but rather that they were unlucky because the opponent they faced before reaching the final was Real Madrid. If they met in the final, I think their performance would be more equal to fight for the trophy.

At that time, many people predicted that Dortmund would win and many also predicted that Real Madrid would win. Dortmund did perform very well at that time and indeed Dortmund competed very closely with Real Madrid and of course in the match before facing Real Madrid in the final Dortmund was the team that could be predicted to win against Real Madrid because Dortmund's defense was very strong and strong. has strong sharpness. when attacking.

but yes, even though Dortmund didn't win the title, they have tried their best and of course being runners up is certainly an extraordinary achievement. Yes, when we see Real Madrid against Dortmund in the final, of course we will see how strong Dortmund's attack is, but unfortunately their attack did not produce results and what I remember was that the ball only hit the goalpost which was finally controlled by the Madrid players. In the end, Dortmund failed to score against Real Madrid.

Yes, the opportunity to win for Dortmund at that time was wide open, but of course Real Madrid did have a strong squad and luck was still on Real Madrid's side. Yes, Arsenal is a strong team and it is possible that Arsenal's performance will be even better in the 2024-2025 season, but I personally support Real Madrid who will become champions again because their squad is now getting stronger.

Dortmund and Ajax are so funny when it comes to releasing of players that are capable not even to somewhere safer but to their rivals , only if Ajax and Dortmund have retained some players then they might have become ustoppable.. I think they are just in for business ( business clubs indeed ).
Bayern on the other requit good players to replay old ones, I don't think Bayer have too much of old players (always profitable ..Next championship is gonna be a tough one , hardly we should see  games of luck like  in the recent concluded UCL. No doubt they made by luck to the final but if they don't prepare for the upcoming I don't see them getting to the knockout stage

Edin Terzic thought he could win Carlo Ancelotti in the UEFA Champions League final but that was mission impossible for him and there's more challenges for the club, he had no option than tender his resignation letter and move on because it hurts to lose in the UCL final.

Borrusia Dortmund would have assembled to be UCL winners the previous season but facing Real Madrid, it completely turn to different matter and everyone have something to deal with. Real Madrid are always consider to be the very best club when it comes to UEFA Champions League, they're currently ranked first on the list based on their fierce performance against oppositions.

Arteta already improved Arsenal, he showed his quality as a young manager. In the last 2 seasons, Arsenal always finished the season as a runner-up, Arteta is quite successful to build Arsenal team. If Arteta still couldn't win the EPL trophy, he is just unlucky because Arsenal often did mistakes in second half of the season. But in the last season, Arsenal looks changing some matter, they didn't waste too many points in second half of the season. If Arteta keeps managing Arsenal, I think someday he can succeed winning EPL trophy. Meanwhile in UCL, I think Arsenal shouldn't expect too much, Arteta needs to get some experiences in UCL firstly. Also, Arteta needs to have a sharp striker if he wants to reach the UCL final. The current striker of Arsenal looks not strong enough, Gabriel Jesus is no longer as strong as in previous seasons.

By the way, even if Arsenal management fires Arteta, they won't be easy to get a new coach with the same level. There is no guarantee that the new coach can manage Arsenal better, so it is like gambling if Arsenal management wants to fire Arteta. I think Arsenal should keep Arteta as long as he still can maintain the performance of Arsenal.

What is certain is that the Champions League is not like the Domestic League, where each team has a minimum of 34 or 38 matches throughout the season. different from the Champions League, each team taking part in this competition will go through the play-off round first. then, proceed to the next round for those who qualify and only have a short meeting. so, it is natural that each team will devote more attention to this competition. after all, every team involved is a top-ranked team in its domestic league. it would be natural for each team to be more careful when playing their match, because one mistake could have fatal consequences for those playing the match. Real Madrid and Manchester City are no exception, they will not underestimate the team they are opposing. moreover, a team that has the potential to overthrow these two teams. That's why the Champions League is an opportunity for all teams to measure their strength and at the same time win the highest caste trophy in all existing leagues. so, it's true that the Champions League is a little difficult to predict.

However, several dominant teams are always strong candidates as challengers to win the trophy. apart from having a very capable depth of players, mentality is also one of the supporting factors for teams competing in the UCL. like Real Madrid, a team that is always a candidate to win. yeah, they have a winning mentality as well as a depth of players who are very competitive this season with the presence of several newcomers including Mbappe. however, there is no guarantee that Real Madrid will retain the trophy they won last season, because other strong teams are ready to serve Real Madrid when they meet. one of them, Manchester City. well, maybe this season there will be another surprise in the Champions League final. so, let's just wait.