Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 65. (Read 92218 times)

I think both teams, Manchester City and Real Madrid, are in the same difficult position.
One of them will win the match and qualify for the round of 16, but at this time we cannot say for sure who will advance to the next round. Manchester City and Real Madrid have each other's strengths and weaknesses and I hope this will be a match that offers the best drama in the playoffs compared to the others.

I know a lot of people don't like Manchester City because they are Real Madrid fans, but this is definitely not a joke. This match will produce one winner regardless of who they are, but both teams have the same chance of winning the match. If there are those who favor Real Madrid in that match, then I'm sure there are also those who hope Manchester City wins it.

We all know that it's a goal for Real Madrid, even though I know Manchester City will try to put more effort in, but it has been identified that their defense is very weak, which will be a nice hope for Real Madrid to win the game, even though we know it's a home and away game, so it will not be a big challenge for Ancelotti.

Moreover, this February will be so hot for Manchester City because in both the Champions League and Premier League, they will be playing with teams like Arsenal in the Premier League, Real Madrid in both the home and away games in the Champions League, and then Liverpool again in the Premier League. I don’t think they will be able to even do anything tangible this coming month, because all the opponent teams are in their best performance unlike Manchester City.

True, it's too early for such a big match because it's even like an ideal final at the moment but Manchester City and Madrid still don't seem to have a good situation where they are playing a Champions League match in a final because they sometimes always meet in quarter finals or semi finals which is always a difficult situation and now they are in the play offs which is also a situation that must be a little difficult to guess.

But with this I again believe in accordance with what happened in the past when Madrid and Mancehster City met whoever won then they most likely could reach the final and even win even though this is just a speculation but by looking at their history in terms of taking the trophy in the last few seasons it has always been like that.

On the other hand, it will also be an interesting match for Haaland and Mbappe to meet at two supposedly big clubs

Mancity could have just let go off the race to the title against Club Brugge, now here they are, stucked with the defending champion Realmadrid, this is going to be hard especially in their current state..
They still have some unsettled business regarding their last game now with their current form I don't think k there's hope for revenge , they can only win the game only by luck unless they improve before 11/02.. at least it's going to be a good Val present  for  the win side  .
Everyone got a nice opponent except Mancity 

In the Champions League, Real Madrid is a sure thing. They have a strong urge to kill... It's a whole new level. They were hit by City once, but "lightning doesn't strike the same spot" all the time. With fifteen Champions League wins, how can you even come close? When you play Madrid, they will find a weakness in your defense and beat you, no matter how fancy Guardiola's strategies are. Vinícius Jr. running down the side, Bellingham in the middle of the field, they can't be stopped

And the talk about how deep City's team is is true, but Madrid loves high-stakes games. They'll hold on tight, take the hit, and then strike again when it really hurts. It's not pretty, and it's not always right, but football is all about success. City might win a crown if this were a beauty show. But it's a cold, cruel knockout finish, and the white shirts deserve that stage

Well real madrid are in good shape they will have to win. Beyond any doubt they will win rest of thier matches now I believe on them, while on the other side Manchester city are not looking good. They are still struggling with injuries thier key players are still missing and the team sheet also feels like a lack of defense due to Rodri absence. It is true Pep made some new changes to filled the team gap but I don't think so that they will easily get through or not. It is a bit skeptical.
While compared to them Angelotti team were looking in good rythm and doing quite good. More ever they are holding top position in league competition, although they were performing quite badly from the beginning of the season. But now they looking stable and reliable. Anyway Manchester City have had a tough time with the absence of their key players. But it is difficult that they will be able to defeat real madrid in coming matches, because real madrid plays with a lot of passion in UCL and this passion is the reason for victory.

Real Madrid seems one step ahead, but City is not an empty team either.
If City corrects its defensive weaknesses, it may have a chance to qualify.
Real Madrid is a team that stands out with individual performances rather than team play. Real have not been a good team and anything can happen this tour. There will definitely be matches with goals, but it is not possible to predict which team will advance.

I don't know how credible this mixing of games are but somehow my mind is telling me that Manchester City and Real Madrid selection is mostly done on purpose because tell me, is there a season Real Madrid and Manchester City don't join each other, most often they play and meet before the quarter final. It's mostly when they meet in knockout stage, probably to quickly eliminate hard guys or they don't want to combine hard teams and soft ones.

I still believe Manchester City wouldn't be able to beat Real Madrid, they are struggling in their domestic league and again, they are doing and here as well even the top teams in the Premier League are doubt better than them, Real Madrid going to play off was as a result of some bad errors that happened to them but they have since improved for now, if they can continue like this, trust me they will do better in the Champions League but I can't guarantee the trophy because of there defense strength.

Thanks man, your explanation really made a lot of sense to me at least this has calmed my curiosity of wanting to know why two teams from same league would be meeting at this stage of the Champions League. Lol, PSG Vs Brest, of cause they will continue sucking it from where they stopped in their league. It's an easy win for PSG more like a piece of cake, Brest definitely has no chance Vs PSG, they will be eaten both home and away.

While putting all the importance into UCL is great, I do not think that is really that easy for any other team, and Real Madrid isn't really doing anything extra about UCL aside from just building a good team. I mean what can you really do? Lets say you want to win UCL, what can you really do that would give you an advantage that other teams can't do?

You just simply build a good team and then win that, there isn't really a "focus" that changes anything. Maybe you tell the players that no other game matters but UCL and that could be ok but that's it, nothing else really can be done. Real doesn't win UCL that frequently because they do something different, they win because they just build a great squad and that's it.

I also believe that Real Madrid will not disappoint their fans, meaning they will definitely be able to win the trophy. But we can't call Real Madrid's performance in the Champions League this recent season a great performance. You mentioned that Real Madrid has won the most Champions League titles so far, if that's the case then maybe they will have to be much stronger to win this year's Champions League title. If Real Madrid are not able to perform aggressively in the Champions League from now on, they could fall even further behind, where other teams will have a better chance.

Manchester City have just completed a tough test to qualify for the play-offs, and now they face another tough opponent. Real Madrid will be their opponent in the play-offs.

In the home and away matches, both teams will compete for tickets to get a position in the last 16, and for the first match, Manchester City will appear as the host. Appearing as the host, Manchester City should be able to use this momentum to be able to take an early lead over Real Madrid, before they will later travel to the Santiago Bernabeu, again facing Real Madrid in front of thousands of Los Blancos supporters.

This will be quite an interesting match to watch, even though this is not the final match.

This is actually an unexpected coincidence, namely that the conditions of Manchester City and Real Madrid are actually quite similar in the Champions League this season. Namely, both of them have not performed optimally since the start of the Champions League this season. And both of them also struggled with quite difficulties in the initial phase. And both will have to make a lot of plays just to get into the playoffs. And now the two of them met earlier. Well, this is the culmination of the drama that determines two strong teams who have to eliminate each other just to enter the round of 16. Well, it's a little early but yeah, this is another surprise from the Champions League itself which always provides unexpected excitement.

I personally am also ready for an early meeting of these two big teams. because from the start I expected the schedule to be like now in the play-off round. But to be honest, I can't be a favorite to win for either of these teams. For me, Man City and Real Madrid have consistency that is difficult to predict in the Champions League. both are difficult to predict. It's just that Real Madrid seems to have risen early.

Seeing Manchester city and Real Madrid meet early like this is actually what I really don't want. Because after all that means we will see the round of 16 without one of them. But it's not the first time we've seen strong clubs brought together early. Because for example, in previous seasons, Real Madrid sometimes faced the giant Premier League team, namely Liverpool, from the early rounds or at least in the round of 16. But maybe this time Real Madrid will only meet earlier, namely before the round of 16, namely in the play-off round which determines which teams qualify for the round of 16. Basically these big teams are paying for their inconsistency at the start of the season. So like it or not, those who enter the play-off round have to meet each other early. But what is clear is that this will indeed be like a final again for all the teams in the play-off round. But I was having a chuckle remembering how Manchester City struggled in the previous phase just to get into the play-offs. And Manchester City continues to play matches like a final, such as against PSG and then Club Brugge. All of them are decisive matches for Manchester City. And now there are two more decisive matches, namely against Real Madrid in two meetings. 

People say this match will be like a final, so we should enjoy the wait because we know two big teams meet in the Playoffs.

I don't know about this match right now because Manchester City also has a pretty good performance but this team will be against a tough team that Pep Guardiola and his team will face.

If Real Madrid is not to be doubted in this Champion League, because this team always has a smooth way to reach the final even though at the beginning it often loses, do not be surprised if Real Madrid qualifies I already know such a scenario.

But if Manchester City qualify then Pep managed to subvert the big club UCL.

We just talking about the potention of big match on playoff stages few hours ago and it just happend that after drawing ended we will have 1 big match available between Manchester City vs Real Madrid and it's very unfortunate that both teams have to met early on playoff stages but if we see from head to head statistics i can see both teams have been met almost for each year and the latest is on quarterfinal of last season which at that time both teams has same aggregate and the team who advances to the next round should be determined through an penalty shootout

This season Manchester City performance is not quite well this because they lost some players who got injured which makes them unable to playing consistent but gradually they have found their shape again after some players were recover and return to play and for Real Madrid they are not so different compared to last season because Ancelotti still able to make this team consistent and do not forget too about Mbappe because currently he is Real Madrid top scorer and i am sure he will makes a different and about the prediction who is the winner i think Real Madrid has good chances to overcome Manchester City

Come to think of it, this is the joy of the new UCL format. There are many matches, many surprises, especially because the play-off participants are not kidding, in the play-offs all the big clubs. 

And what's interesting about the UCL playoffs this season is the match between Man City vs Real Madrid. If we look at the two teams, they have always faced each other for four consecutive years, and this is like a derby match in the UCL. The difference is, last season Man City was very favored to win the UCL, but lost to Real Madrid in the semifinals, and in the end Real Madrid emerged as the UCL champion. However, this season, Real Madrid is more favored because Man City is not in good condition. This is interesting to wait and see, whether Real Madrid can repeat the success like last season.

But what is clear is, if Real Madrid or Man City win in this playoff round, then Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen are waiting in the last 16. The journey of both teams in UCL this season, both Real Madrid and Man City, is very difficult, they have to work hard since the beginning of the UCL match and usually if they succeed in passing all these challenges one of them will become the UCL league champion. But if I personally want Real Madrid to advance to the next round.

Both teams have started to improve recently and really I would also say that it was an interesting match. Real Madrid and Manchester City are not doing well this season in the Champions League, but you are right that Real Madrid is one step ahead of Manchester City.

Pep Guardiola and Ancelotti are both under pressure for the match. Of course, because both of them have to consider the match like a final considering that only one team will qualify for the round of 16. I would love it if Pep Guardiola could win that game and silence the many critics of his team's inconsistent performances, but it will certainly be difficult. Even Ancelotti will likely be confused because this is a tough match that he needs to win.

I just wish Manchester City can make it an interesting one to watch just like previous seasons where they meet in the semi-finals. I believe Madrid will be the favorite here but City should take their revenge for other seasons Madrid denied them the trophy. This season's play off will be an interesting one because lots of big teams are in the playoffs which will obviously make it worth watching.

Manchester City still has what it takes to win this game just the same way Madrid does just that it will take Gaurdiolla to start working on possible strategies that will yield the aggregate he needs to move to the next round of the competition. Madrid is strong but I don't think they are too strong for City to do their home work before they meet.

Awkward should be an understatement for the recent development of Manchester City and Real Madrid, imagine teams like Lille, Aston Villa and Bayern Leverkusen gaining direct qualifications ahead of Manchester City and Real Madrid which are literally the most decorated teams in the Champions League and their respective domestic leagues for quite some seasons. It could have even be better for them that they didn't qualify than to get involved in knockout round play-offs let alone to meet together in the play-off round. I weep for Manchester City and Real Madrid because it's such a shame that in the end, one among them will lose out of the Champions League after the play-off round.

For Bayern Munich and PSG, their opponents may not be difficult for them to win but it's still a baffling situation that they found themselves in the play-offs round as well. However, Bayern Munich's opponent Celtic looks easy for them but for Brest against PSG, since the both teams are from France Ligue 1 anything can be expected because they are familiar with the way they play against each other.