Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 64. (Read 55319 times)

We expected Atletico Madrid to win against Lille. But Atletico Madrid lost the match by 3-1. Atletico Madrid lost despite a good overall performance. I have seen the performance of the Lille team this season. This team is very strategic. And because of the excellent match strategy, the team was able to continue the winning streak. Lille also won 2-0 in yesterday's match against Lens. Interestingly, Lille scored both goals after 90 minutes.

Atlético Madrid might not have been defeated if they had performed a little more carefully. Atletico Madrid took the lead with Alvarez's goal just 8 minutes into the match. Atlético Madrid led in the first half but in the second half we saw the dominance of Lille's players. And Lille scored 3 goals. Atletico Madrid need to strengthen their defense.

Well, it seems that the difference in coaches' experience was really visible in that match. But actually, if Bayern's players were better able to take advantage of the opportunities they had then they wouldn't have lost with that much goal difference. And actually it was an unexpected result. Indeed, I hope Barcelona wins. But seeing them win by a big score really surprised me. but not as surprised as I was to see Lille beat Atletico Madrid. And I'm starting to think that Atletico Madrid this season will not be able to go further in the UCL. Moreover, their next opponent is PSG. But I still hope they recover and can still go further.

There is no doubt that this match is going to be very competitive. Because the Liverpool team is in a very strong position this season with the help of Arne Slott. Liverpool players are able to perform very well in the Premier League. Despite not winning by a large margin, Liverpool's overall performance has been very stable. Liverpool has also managed to win all three matches in the Champions League platform.

The Leverkusen team is not in the same great form this season as it was last season. However, with the help of Xabi Alonso, the Leverkusen team is able to play quite well this season. Leverkusen have won two of their three Champions League matches and drawn one. Also shared points with the mighty Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga a few days back.

Both Leverkusen and Liverpool are likely to win this match. This is Liverpool's home match. Considering the home match, maybe many people will consider the Liverpool team as the favorite in this match. But I think the match will be a 1-1 draw.

It is normal for Real Madrid to come back like this. But what Barcelona did against Bayern Munich was truly unexpected. Even before the start of the match, every Bayern Munich player seemed very confident and their speeches and the way they spoke at the press conference seemed to make it seem like they were going to win the match against Barcelona. But when the match started against Barcelona, 90 minutes were in possession of Barcelona and in these 90 minutes Barcelona performed as they wanted and they beat Bayern Munich by a huge margin. 

Bayern Munich's journey to the Champions League has been tough at the start and it remains to be seen how easily they can overcome the difficult times ahead and qualify for the next round.

The match between Liverpool vs Leverkusen will be an emotional match for Alonso, because of his history as a former Liverpool player before, besides that Alonso has always respected Liverpool who has raised his name as a player, but regardless of all of that of course both teams will certainly aim for victory to strengthen their position in the Champions League at the moment, so I think the match will be very tight and show how the two teams Title contenders from two different leagues will give all their abilities to win the match later, But to be honest, if the two clubs meet then it will be difficult for us to predict which team will win because both have quite balanced performance and consistency at the moment, both teams has shown quite good form with solid defense and also very strong attacks both in the league and the Champions League so far, so I think it's very likely that the match will end in a draw later.

Last season I might have believed that Leverkusen would be superior if they met Liverpool. But this season I will agree with you if in this UCL Liverpool has a greater advantage to win.
From the performance of the two teams is very different even though the results are the same but Liverpool will be more confident when playing at home and Leverkusen certainly if not ready to accept the obstacles the confidence of the players will decrease when Liverpool supporters start to give support to their favorite team.
If the odds are big, I will bet on Liverpool victory.

There are so many big matches in the 4th round of the Champions League this season, one of which is the meeting between Liverpool vs Leverkusen. Last season we had hoped that they would meet in the final round of the Europa League, but that did not happen because Liverpool had to be eliminated from the Europa League by the team that also eliminated or thwarted Leverkusen from becoming champions in the Europa League, Atalanta.
Their meeting will also satisfy our curiosity about the meeting of these two teams that we have been waiting for last season. But of course there will be something that changes and that might be a difference. I prefer Liverpool as the favorite in this match, what about you?

Regarding the top scorer in La Liga, I believe Lewandowski still has strong potential to become the top scorer there because under Hansi Flick, Lewandowski has become more productive in scoring goals, but what I talked about earlier was the player who became the top scorer in the Champions League and currently Lewandowski is below Harry Kane, but yes, it is only a small difference and if Lewandowski can continue to score goals, it is not impossible that he can become the top scorer in La Liga and also the Champions League. The most important thing is that Lewandowski does not experience a decline because that will greatly affect the team. I think the club will depend on Lewandowski again this season.

It was clear in the match that Munich was not that good compared to Barcelona, ​​​​not that they did not take advantage of it, but Barcelona was quite strong in the match, it was seen how the tiki taka and offside traps they applied often made Munich difficult, it was a trick from Barcelona's defenders, it was clear that this match was worthy of being won by Barcelona, ​​​​except Munich was very weak, Kompany was not very good at controlling big situations so the results were bad for them.

And now Munich is at the bottom of the standings and I'm not so sure if they will be able to get through this phase because they are not very strong in the Champions and also their tiki taka is weak, and I think this phase is difficult for Munich even though they have many star players, but in fact if it is not controlled properly, the results will be fatal.

Flick obviously is on a mission of transformation which Barcelona is experiencing and they are exhibiting some brilliance that is out of this world, in the champions League so far, they have lost no game yet and that is quite an impressive one, I wasn't expecting they win Munich and if they were to , not with this score line but then it's been a really different season for them and showing what they have got is what they do in every passing game, a draw wouldn't have been a surprise in that game because even Munich is doing well in their own domestic league but this epic victory was one never expected.

Aston Villa coming first in the champions league table is not something that was been expected from onset. With the many big name teams in the champions league, you wouldn’t have thought that they’ll come first on the table and won all of their matches even when they had to face a big team amongst this matches. Unai Emery has been doing a good job for the team and with this consistency in the league, they will be very much looking themselves in the next round already. The champions league continues to be getting interesting as it should be, we may see more teams on top of the table standings if more surprises is coming to this champions league.


Hansi Flick is very much full of experience and that really made him to come out victorious in this match. Fielding 9 players from the academy is such a great way to show that he can really make things work out for his team because he’s just too good at doing this job. Kompany needs to learn  and he really admitted that Barcelona was one of the big teams today and he must have learnt somethings from that match that will make him better to perform in the upcoming matches in the competition. It was a big loss to them, but to him it should be an experience to learn better in this big competition.

I'm not surprised that the game at Estadi Olimpic had lessons to teach the Bayern Munich team; proper use of opportunities. In the first half they didn't exploit their chances to level up in goals. However, Kane said they were carried away,  and wouldn't panic about the disappointing result, but learn to hold possessions before shooting out. Probably Bayern rushed their moments and didn't make something good out of it. While Barca played well when the game changed to their favor.

Barcelona football team is best team of this tournament and I am impressed by the performance of the players of that team and they have good combination of players which can play well in any situation and  we saw collaboration between players which we did not see in any team . Raphinha did 3 goals in last match and gave evidence of being good player and he gave good start to his team and did first goal at 1 minute and he did his second goal at 45 minutes and he continue to do well in this match and he did his third goal at 56 minutes and became match one sided and after that we saw Bayern Munich as a recessive team because he could not compete in this match.

If Bayern only scores 10 points out of 15 in games against these teams, it would be better for them not to make it to the playoffs at all. Slovan and Shakhtar are automatic 6 points. Does that mean PSG, Benfica and Feyenoord will give up only 4 points? In that case, it turns out that Bayern plays poorly against literally every strong and average team.
And by the way, I'm not sure that Bayern will get into the top 8 even if they score 15 points here.

Yes, without me realizing it, Hansi Flick was once on Bayern Munich's side when Barcelona lost very embarrassingly to Bayern Munich, now he has turned things around and at the same time can heal the wounds that were actually wounds that he created himself for Barcelona. So this is a reverse situation and now it's Bayern Munich's turn to taste the bitter pill by the same coach who handled them before. He proved himself that he could bring Barcelona to achieve very satisfying results in the Champions League and that happened in a match that was actually not easy for him. But the journey is still long, so he can't be satisfied with what he has achieved now.

It may seem a bit surprising when you see the result of the match, but there will be a picture when Real Madrid made a much more sensational comeback in the Champions League before and Dortmund is not the only victim that has ever been made like this by Real Madrid. That's why you have to watch the match in full to know how great the effort was made by Real Madrid and when talking about the Champions League we can conclude that Real Madrid has everything to make a comeback.

Barcelona's victory did not go through a long process like Real Madrid did so people were not so surprised. Although we often see Barcelona lose in the last few seasons when facing Bayern Munich.

The Madrid vs Dortmund and Barcelona vs Munich matches really showed how dynamic football is, both matches showed how a team must a mentality and an attitude of never giving up in achieving victory, the comeback made by Madrid proves that they still deserve to be a championship candidate at this time and it seems that the term "get used to watching Madrid until the end" is indeed very appropriate .

As for Barcelona, the 4-1 victory over Munich is a great achievement, especially considering the history of their meetings which has often been dominated by Bayern so far, besides that Barcelona's current performance which is quite consistent has shown us that internal problems do not have an impact on the performance on the field, if you look at the two matches, of course it has shown how important determination and fighting spirit are until the final whistle sounded by the referee.

One of the factors behind Barcelona victory over Bayern was the influence and experience of Hansi Flick. He once traumatized Barcelona when he destroyed them 8-2, now he has erased that trauma after leading Barcelona to beat Bayern 4-1. Now he has managed to heal Barcelona's wounds with his experience in concocting the squad, he also fielded 9 La Masia graduates when facing Bayern. A bold decision but one that yields very satisfying results, when they are in the right hands, everything becomes easier. Kompany has a lot to learn when facing a coach who is more experienced than him.

Kompany is still experiencing the best of it in big games like this. Barcelona have had a very big nightmare facing Bayern Munich and that win was a very big one for them that they need to celebrate. It doesn’t matter if Lewandowski celebrated after scoring against Bayern Munich, it was a nice game for him that he ought to have celebrated with his teammates. Barcelona are still in their prime and their best is yet to happen by now. They should be on a big watch, or we may see them winning the La Liga title this season also. Bayern Munich will have a lot of chances going forward in the champions league and we may see them meeting Barcelona once again. And by that time, it’ll be a very big encounter and we may see a more competitive game for them once again to witness in the competition.


Hansi Flick is a very experienced coach and I will also say that he won that match with that experience he has in the league. Kompany also did well but it doesn’t only stop in best players but your strategy as a coach in the in game play is what’s more important here. Barcelona and Bayern Munich are two great teams in the champions league and with the way they’re both playing they’ll definitely go far in the champions league. The only thing that will keep them going as a team is their collective effort as a player and also as a team and strategy that the coach employ.

I personally see this more because Barcelona played better than Bayern Munich and of course because of the coach factor. It is true that there are some Bayern Munich players who are old which makes their performance no longer optimal, Bayern Munich must regenerate.

Bayern Munich's defeat was mainly due to Hansi Flick's very impressive strategy. Hansi Flick really changed Barcelona, ​​​​changing tiki taka to play more directly, playing double pivot, high press, exploring Raphinha to various positions, successfully orbiting La Masia, the physicality and discipline of the players were more considered.

Moreover, at the beginning of this season many core players were injured, with the players he had he was able to bring Barcelona to compete as far and as great as this. The highest respect for Hansi Flick. Apart from that, what I really admire about Flick is that he managed to create a mentality like now, Barcelona no longer gives up when under pressure, we can see that after Bayern Munich's reply goal, they played more aggressively so they were able to slaughter Bayern Munich in this match.