Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 65. (Read 35060 times)

The absence of these players will have an impact on their performance, If am not mistaken, I do not think Real Madrid ever played a game last season without Tchouméni and Camavinga, as both contributed to strengthening the defensive midfield. Both players will miss the Champions League game. A big team cannot win a game without great players. However, there is positive news for the team, Bellingham and Militao are training with the squad. I hope Camavinga, Tchouméni, and Mendy return soon, I do not want Real Madrid to be eliminated from the Champions League since, without the name, the competition becomes less interesting.


We cannot write Real Madrid off this season, I believe that you view Manchester City as the favorite team to win the Champions League because of the opponents they dominated this season. If Real Madrid defeated their league opponents in the same way that Manchester City did, I believe people would still consider them the favorite team. However, Manchester City were consistent in their games throughout all competitions last season, but they were unlucky to be eliminated in the Champions League by Real Madrid. You are right, Guardiola cannot rely on Haaland as a striker this season because his injury will have an impact on the team performance. Guardiola sold Alvarez to Atletico Madrid and has no striker to replace him, so he must get another top striker because no one can tell whether Haaland will be injured this season or not.

Seriously, we don't know how lucky Real Madrid will find themselves in lifting the Champions League this upcoming season. It's hard to say whether they continue their winning streak of lifting the Champions League trophy again, as they have been known for. For the record, Real Madrid has been known for lifting the champions consistently; it all started in 2013/2014, till date; it was only in 2019/2020 that Chelsea denied them the lifting of the Champions League trophy, but every other season, they did that.

For this upcoming season, who knows whether Real Madrid might find themselves lucky to repeat the same thing since they have Mbappe to strengthen the team formation.

Atalanta last season could indeed be a strong challenger. But I don't think Atalanta can expect too much this season. And so does AC Milan. Milan started the season quite badly with their new coach, Fonseca. So I don't think many people will want to bet on them this season. Because that would be very risky. So I think the real challenges for Real Madrid are only Dortmund and Liverpool. Dortmund surprised us all last season and it is not impossible that this season they will also make the same surprise. Meanwhile, Liverpool looks as strong as last season. Arne Slot managed to maintain the strength established by Klopp at Liverpool. With a slight change in strategy, I think Liverpool could become the biggest threat to Real Madrid. But of course I will still favor Real Madrid when it comes to all matches in the UCL.

Shall we look at Real Madrid's opponents and fixture in league phase? 



Dortmund and Liverpool look like the biggest challenges. The name of the previous CL finale was Dortmund - Real Madrid you know. Dortmund lost maybe but that was a big success for them anyway. When it comes to Liverpool, they have started the season really strong with Arne Slot in the PL. I can't wait to watch them in the CL. They haven't made much change in the squad but a new manager and a fresh journey. 

I would love to say Milan also but they look terrible for now. Fonseca still needs time seemingly. Pioli was managing better than this. Atalanta are the last champions of the Europa League. However Real Madrid have already beaten them once in the Super Cup.

The rest of the matches look more winnable for Real Madrid. Maybe Stuttgart would be the biggest challenge among them.

The new Champions League format may cause confusion for many people, so there are quite a few who hate seeing the changes that are taking place in the current Champions League, but I think that gradually we will get used to it and understand what the format will look if has it starts, Liverpool vs Milan will be will be an interesting match to watch apart from several matches which will be played simultaneously on Wednesday, Arne Slot is Liverpool's new coach and if we look at his coaching history so far he has never coached a team that plays in the Champions League so I think this season will be his first experience facing tough competition in the Champions League.

Arne Slot has so far still been able to bring Liverpool to a very impressive performance in the premier League, even though they didn't bring in many players in the transfer market, their performance in the league has been very impressive, so  I think the match against Milan won't be a difficult match for them, especially Milan still hasn't found its best performance with Fonsesca.

Head to Head Milan vs Liverpool:

The fact that Manchester City has the best odds here to win the Champions League is not surprising. I have checked it and it is around 3.8, which I think is neither too high nor too low. But it's still damn risky to go for it as the numbers speak for themselves. Manchester City is trying hard to win it for over a decade now and they were only able to win it once. But some of the odds are quite interesting. Arsenal for example is about 9.0 while Bayern Munich is around 13.0. I am not convinced whether there is any justification for that difference. I think Arsenal against Bayern Munich in the final rounds of the Champions League would be a 50:50 game.

Winning this game is a thing of high probability for Manchester City but not like the finals where Manchester City won because in that game it was like a must for them to win since it was supposed to determine if they will be the champions or they are going to be the runner u so guardian at that point will literally do everything to keep the citizen ahead but in this game there's a difference tho the same champions league spirit but this time Manchester City and inter Milan are going to kick off the champions league for the season tho it's not a primary determinant to anything but it's surely going to count so a draw wouldn't do much harm, invariably I'm saying if you get to see the game end a draw, just know it's not supposed to be a surprise as both teams doesn't have so much to look up to from this game.

A new look but a good look like in the era of Klop the performance level is going up day by day after taking charge by Slot the way Liverpool plays their starting 3 games in EPL is amazing to watch and everyone hopes they will be a strong contender.

Last season Manchester City were also the favourites to win but eventually had to experience surprising results, while the Champion League is now Manchester City most troublesome opponents are Inter, Juventus and PSG while the remaining 4 clubs are not too serious a threat.

However, we still have other candidates including Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Barcelona, Madrid also cannot be underestimated when it comes to the Champions League because no matter how inconsistent they are, their motivation in the UCL is different especially last season without Benzema also managed to lift the 15th trophy. There are still many other dark horse clubs that we definitely don't expect to surprise us.

Everything is still early days so we'll have to wait and see.

Indeed, Manchester City against Inter Milan will be the most difficult march of the first week, I remember the last time they met in 2023 in the Champions League final, which Man City won by one goal. Inter Milan will have a difficult match because, based on their performance this season, Manchester City performs better than Inter Milan in league games. According to the betting sites, Manchester City is the favorite to win @1.56, while Inter Milan has @5.99 odds, both teams are in great shape, but let's see whether Manchester City can defeat Inter Milan at home like they did in the past.

In addition, other interesting match of the Champions League first week is PSG vs Girona, I believe this will be a difficult game because Girona has not competed in this kind of tournament in a decade and has performed better since last season, PSG is still doing well without Mbappe, but I believe they will struggle against Girona.

Liverpool performance has improved rapidly at the start of this season, while Milan still looks to be struggling because they have not found their best form. Liverpool are of course the favourites to win this game, but Milan are also a very experienced team in the Champions League. Paulo Fonseca will not let this important match end in disappointment, he will try to motivate his players to perform optimally. A draw in the match is fair for both teams, skipping the bet on this match might be better as Milan might cause a surprise in UCL.

Real Madrid will certainly be the heavy favorites when facing Stuttgart, the difference in quality between the two makes Ancelotti a little calmer even though many key players are injured. However, Real Madrid must remain alert to surprises from Stuttgart, especially since they have already drawn twice since the start of the season.

You don't worry about the new format, because Liverpool will always be ready to perform optimally. After all Arne Slot is very steady in facing his opponents. Based on the schedule, Liverpool will visit Milan headquarters and in terms of Head to Head we don't need to worry that Liverpool both at home and away are still superior. Moreover in Arne Slot hands so far we have not found any vulnerable gaps in each line. With the current squad capital, we are much more ready than any club including the host Milan.

Anfield became Milan nightmare in their last match with Liverpool.

My favorite matches that day is actually many which is AC Milan against Liverpool, Real Madrid against Stuttgart and Bayern Munich against Dining Zagreb, I think that day matches will be the most easy game to predict because already from the three matches I have listed above has already picked the best club of each of the matches, however let me start with Liverpool because they are one of the most promising team on the premier League this season and if you check there record you will see that they are still unbeaten and they have win all there straight three matches while AC Milan on the other hand are less compare to Liverpool considering there performance on there local league.

So with the above analysis Liverpool is considered the best team on that match, also Real Madrid against Stuttgart, though Stuttgart can be challenging at times but not for a club like real Madrid and lastly Bayern Munich against Dinamo Zagreb will be the less toughest match on that day because Kompany is on a mission to take the club to another level on this season so Zagreb will not stand on there way.

Milan started this season very ambiguously, it will be difficult for them to play against such Liverpool, but despite this I am not ready to bet on Liverpool's victory yet. But in the match between Real and Stuttgart the favorite is more obvious to me, even despite the fact that Real has some problems with injuries and so far they cannot find their best game in attack, I think it is only a matter of time when they will happen and they will score a lot, in the match against Stuttgart I expect Real to score several goals, they concede in almost every match, their defense is not strong enough to withstand Real.

However, Manchester City is considered to be the favorite for the Champions League this season. But winning the Champions League title is always challenging. First, if you want to win the Champions League, you must have a consistent performance throughout the season. Champions League title is impossible to win if performance is erratic. If Haaland suffers an injury, City's performance will not be stable. Guardiola doesn't have a worthy replacement. They traded Alvarez this offseason. However, if Haaland is injury free this season, City have the potential to dominate the Champions League.

Inter Milan vs Manchester City match will be competitive. Manchester City's squad is slightly stronger, and since it's City's home match, City are said to be favourites. But Manchester City players have a big chance of losing points if they make any mistakes.

Even the dealers gave the biggest opportunity for Manchester City to be the champion in the Champions League this season, in terms of Real Madrid even in second place after Manchester City. This became something natural because at their previous meetings Manchester City also defeated Inter Milan in the final.
I agreed with you, even though the dealer sided with Manchester City, it did not mean they would easily defeat Inter Milan. Inter Milan is one of the good teams, last season they also won the championship in Serie A. This was the meeting of the two teams that won their local league. Of course what we hope is that they will be able to present a very interesting game for us to enjoy for 90 minutes in normal time.

Bookies consider Manchester City as favorites in this match. As the match is at City's home match, City are considered to be more favourites. Moreover, City's squad is also strong. Even in the last season, Manchester City's performance was very good.

However, I cannot call Inter Milan a weak opponent. The current strongest club in Serie A is Inter Milan. Milan have a very strong squad. Inter Milan's attack is also very strong this season. So, although City are considered favorites in this match, it is definitely not an easy task for City to beat Inter Milan. I would say if Inter Milan's defenders play well, Inter Milan can get points from this match.

It's normal if the bookies provide low odds for Manchester City because for this match Manchester City will playing as a host besides that Manchester City records at home for Champion league was very fantastic because they were unbeatable since 2018 and Manchester City total has been through an 31 home matches for Champion league and they have over than 60% winning rates during playing at Etihad stadium so i have no wonder if Manchester City status is the favourite

Besides that i have seen all of Manchester City players in the good fitness and all of their key players were available in this match including Haaland who on fire and do not forget too Manchester City has Gundogan and i think this player is important for this team so although Inter Milan is very impressive in Serie A i think there is no chances for them to beat Manchester City at Etihad Stadium

Under the tutelage of Arne Slot, Liverpool is again a team that must be watched out for by opponents both in the domestic league and UCL. Liverpool's playing style is very different now, they rely on one touch and distance between players in attack. They also have many smart runners and easy short passes. ​Liverpool's way of playing now, the players are well organized both in attack and in possession of the ball and they don't lose the ball easily. It can be said that Liverpool is currently playing like a unit and that is a good capital for Liverpool in the UCL this season. With Liverpool's current performance, of course they are very ready and enthusiastic to welcome the UCL league this season.

The first match in the UCL league they will face Ac Milan, if you look at the performance of both teams it seems that Liverpool will win this match, because Ac Milan is currently not doing well, they have not even won in the Domestic league from 3 matches. In addition, this victory is very important for Liverpool because they will also meet Leverkusen in the 4th match and Real Madrid in the 5th match. So stealing points at AC Milan's home is something that must be done so that Liverpool has high confidence.

Lol never learned the stats ...Well, If it's about stats then they won't have qualified at some point, I'm not really concerned about their previous UCL trophies but let's take a look at last year's  game ( If truly you want to judge by stats then check their stats).
At the same time I'm not insinuating that most/all their games are based
luck rather I'm just saying they do have the luck sometimes amd this falls at the last minutes . Earning that amount of trophy isn't actually a easy one, they really deserved it.
Anyways, this is another season for UCL let's see how things gonna be, Manchester Cuty with the first game...this is gonna be fun