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Quote from: coinlocket$ on January 31, 2025, 09:34:19 AM

unexpeted game for Mancehster City vs Real Madrid.

I thought we would see both Manchester City and Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. But now that is no longer the case. Two of the best teams in the Champions League are going to face each other in the play-offs. And one of them will be eliminated. And this will be the most competitive and exciting match of this round. Because both teams were considered one of the favorites for the Champions League title.

I will put Real Madrid ahead in this match. Real Madrid is a much stronger and more organized team than Manchester City. We have not seen much better performance from Manchester City on the Champions League platform. So I don't think City can win against a strong team like Madrid.

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Quote from: Adbitco on January 31, 2025, 11:40:21 AM

As the old format changed and we got a new one, I'm still to get accustom myself to this new format. I saw the draws for the play offs few minutes ago and I don't understand how come Beest and PSG were paired together. Brest and PSG are from the same league and this isn't yet the Quarter finals of the Champions League, my question is, why were they paired together knowing fully well that they are from the same league or the format changed, a new rule was applied? I'm ignorant here, can anyone help me to understand why we will be watching Brest Vs PSG?

That's why it is the new format, where football is supposed to be played by football teams irrespective of their countries... Lol. Maybe the old rule has been abolished. Maybe the new rules say that if you finished at a particular position in the champions League table, you will automatically face the next opponent who finished at another number. I don't know if you are getting my point. Let's say in the new format, if team A finishes at 13 in the table, he will face team B that finishes at 23. So it doesn't matter which country those two teams are coming from. I think that's what happened, that made PSG meeting breast.

Or who knows PSG might want to suck some more breasts.... 😂😂😂😂 The ones they sucked at Ligue 1 ain't enough. Lol. That's why they are meeting breast in the champions League.

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Guardiola must be having the nightmare again. Tongue

Because he already had a very tough fixture waiting for him in the Premier League. And now it got even tougher after having a draw against Real Madrid here. There are only 2 weeks for the first leg by the way. Now I'm more curious about how he will handle this time period. The fans must be excited and nervous both. They see how unstable their team have been. Those wins over Chelsea and Club Brugge could be very misleading considering the general performance.

Personally I'm also one of those people who believe in Real Madrid to advance. Ancelotti reads Guardiola well. They were even worse in performance than Manchester City last season but they eliminated them. They can do it again while playing better this time.

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Pep Guardiola seemed resigned when he found out that his opponent in the play-off phase was Real Madrid, a source from the BBC. Given Manchester City's current unstable performance, of course there are many doubts whether they will be able to beat Real Madrid later. But this is interesting to me, I hope there will be an exciting fight considering the strength of these two teams. I have not referred to the betting exchange, whether the bookie will give unequal odds to City. In the Madrid camp, this Spanish team seems to be more favored than Manchester City. Moreover, it seems that Madrid is more ready than Manchester City, Mbappe will probably be very happy to meet Haaland, he hopes to give his best performance and bring Real Madrid to the next phase. But in any case, City is a strong team, I remember very well that Ancelotti once said that it would be very good if City did not qualify in the play-off phase. And, this match is the challenge, not an easy job even though City is unstable.

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Quote from: Awaklara on January 31, 2025, 11:17:47 AM

it's a shame we have to see the round of 16 without one of them. or maybe there will be another big team that is also surprisingly eliminated.
somehow I prefer to see both of them face each other in the last 8 or semi-finals, not in the playoff match to determine entry into the round of 16.
maybe Madrid will get that place. maybe I'm wrong.

The play off round is like a final, two big teams meet just to compete for one place in R16, this is very crazy and the first surprise in this new format. A bad new format in my opinion. Real Madrid or Man City one of them must stop their steps and I don't expect that because anyway both teams don't deserve to be eliminated early it will reduce the excitement of the UCL competition in the future.

Well, I guessed you're used to the old format that's why you're sounding this way. I don't want to criticize this new format because it's still in its experimental stage and btw I don't really see anything wrong in paring Real Madrid and Manchester City together because they're paired based on their performance in the preliminary stage. They both finished in the playoff zone and whichever progresses meet either ATM or Leverkusen, which did better and made the last 8.

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Quote from: bitgolden on January 31, 2025, 10:41:29 AM

To be honest, City will face either Madrid or Munich and both of those are huge games that would be very crucial. And also, the fact that one of these teams will lose out and not go further in the UCL at playoff stage is kind of funny, I really find it quite entertaining without a doubt.

I was against the whole top 24 thing at first, I believed that 16 teams should go next stage, starting with 1st place meeting 16th place and 2nd place meet 15th place and so forth, instead of having this extra 2 games, and felt like they did it just for the money. And while they may have done it just for the money, we are getting quite amazing games at playoff stage as well, and one of these teams losing out at this stage shows how difficult UCL became with this new method.

Real - City at such an early stage is not what I would like to see, but perhaps given how poorly City have been this season, this is a natural result. Maybe it will be easier for Real to cope with such a City, but on the other hand, City seems to be coming out of the crisis and I think Guardiola will definitely try to do everything possible to stay in the Champions League. But most likely, we can say that City were simply unlucky with their opponent, because I very much doubt that Real will fly out of the Champions League at this stage.

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Quote from: ILuckyGuyI on January 31, 2025, 12:07:57 PM

Oh boy! An early matchup between Real Madrid and Manchester City? I'm in for that. Grin

It feels like Manchester City will get what they deserve this time. I expect Ancelotti to beat Guardiola once again.

You have all noticed Manchester City's weaknesses in the CL until now. They have really struggled against top clubs. Even against Club Brugge they didn't seem credible at all. We might not have seen them in playoffs now.

Real Madrid also started badly but made progress later on. I see them one step ahead with their recent effort. I think they will show Manchester City how it's done. Wink

Both teams started the season not well enough with some of their players injured. Especially Man City who looked difficult in the Champions League, after struggling to get through the Playoff, they faced a tough team like Madrid. How could the two big teams meet so early and have to see one of them not qualify. Even after one of them qualified, they still faced another strong team in the round of 16, what a tough situation.
Both Madrid and Man City have a good champion mentality. The match will be difficult to predict but I hope Pep will make a strategy that makes Ancelotti feel enough tension on the sidelines.

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Oh boy! An early matchup between Real Madrid and Manchester City? I'm in for that. Grin

It feels like Manchester City will get what they deserve this time. I expect Ancelotti to beat Guardiola once again.

You have all noticed Manchester City's weaknesses in the CL until now. They have really struggled against top clubs. Even against Club Brugge they didn't seem credible at all. We might not have seen them in playoffs now.

Real Madrid also started badly but made progress later on. I see them one step ahead with their recent effort. I think they will show Manchester City how it's done. Wink

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Quote from: Awaklara on January 31, 2025, 11:17:47 AM

it's a shame we have to see the round of 16 without one of them. or maybe there will be another big team that is also surprisingly eliminated.
somehow I prefer to see both of them face each other in the last 8 or semi-finals, not in the playoff match to determine entry into the round of 16.
maybe Madrid will get that place. maybe I'm wrong.

The play off round is like a final, two big teams meet just to compete for one place in R16, this is very crazy and the first surprise in this new format. A bad new format in my opinion. Real Madrid or Man City one of them must stop their steps and I don't expect that because anyway both teams don't deserve to be eliminated early it will reduce the excitement of the UCL competition in the future.

My opinion though, for now it looks awkward seeing two giants play each other at this stage of the game, but as time progresses we might get use to fixtures like this if the big teams don't perform well to qualify automatically. We are only seeing this fixture in this playoff because big teams like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester City and PSG didn't do well in the group stages and has to undergo the stress of play offs. We might actually be seeing fixtures like this in the coming seasons if big teams don't perform well in the group stages.

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Quote from: Lillominato89 on January 30, 2025, 02:59:55 PM

bad match yesterday for Milan, they took to the field convinced of an easy win since Dynamo Zagreb was almost eliminated and had little hope of being able to access the top 24 positions, but Milan had to do better, they absolutely had to win. now the road is complicated because they will have 2 matches against one between Juventus and Feyenoord. certainly not two comfortable teams

A bad game yes, i don't know if it was thanks to the Dynamo Zagreb or Milan demerit.
I certainly know that my Milanese friends have been made fun of wildly and i laughed a lot about this.
So even if Milan lost for me it was fun.
Among other things, if i am not mistaken, Dynamo Zagreb has not passed.

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Quote from: Awaklara on January 31, 2025, 11:17:47 AM

it's a shame we have to see the round of 16 without one of them. or maybe there will be another big team that is also surprisingly eliminated.
somehow I prefer to see both of them face each other in the last 8 or semi-finals, not in the playoff match to determine entry into the round of 16.
maybe Madrid will get that place. maybe I'm wrong.

The play off round is like a final, two big teams meet just to compete for one place in R16, this is very crazy and the first surprise in this new format. A bad new format in my opinion. Real Madrid or Man City one of them must stop their steps and I don't expect that because anyway both teams don't deserve to be eliminated early it will reduce the excitement of the UCL competition in the future.

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the playoff pairings for the upcoming round of 16 have now been determined.
with the pairing man city vs. real madrid, there is actually already the encounter that puts all others in the shade... Shocked

play-offs will be played on february 12 and 19

If the Manchester City-Real Madrid pairing had taken place in previous years, we could have called this match an early final, but given Manchester City's current situation, Real Madrid are the clear favorites in this match. Real Madrid actually had a bad start to the season, but in recent matches the team has started to find its rhythm. This will definitely be a match where Real Madrid will be the favorites. In my opinion, the matchups were easy to determine the favorites. I think the Italian teams can have some surprise results this year.

Yes, if we look at Manchester City's current form then Real Madrid deserve to be favourites, but I still think highly of Pep Guardiola's men and it's possible that they'll be able to get past the bad spell they've had in the past. It's always an interesting match to look forward to and these two teams have already met in a back-and-forth affair. The two European giants shouldn't have met so soon because both teams deserved to reach the final, but with the new format things have changed.

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As the old format changed and we got a new one, I'm still to get accustom myself to this new format. I saw the draws for the play offs few minutes ago and I don't understand how come Beest and PSG were paired together. Brest and PSG are from the same league and this isn't yet the Quarter finals of the Champions League, my question is, why were they paired together knowing fully well that they are from the same league or the format changed, a new rule was applied? I'm ignorant here, can anyone help me to understand why we will be watching Brest Vs PSG?

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Quote from: TastyChillySauce00 on January 31, 2025, 09:05:51 AM

Holyshit!!! it feels like final of UCL comes earlier than what i've expected.

How lucky Bayern to get Celtic as their opponent. Their luck really helped them to milking City and Madrid. Shocked

The game between Real Madrid and Manchester City would have come maybe in the quarterfinals and above. It will be the star match in the playoffs. Both teams were not in good shape this season but it seems like Real had recovered fully. They have been having some convincing wins in their last games. I think they will be the favourites to win the game.

Manchester City are recovering but they still lack some defensive consistency. They are easily beaten by counterattacks and with the pace of Madrid players, City might not be able to stop Real from scoring. Underrating City might be counterproductive since they have fortified the squad with some good players.

Bayern Munich have not been consistent in the UCL, hence I don't see Celtic as an easy team that can easily be defeated. However, they are lucky they are not playing with teams like Real Madrid or Manchester City.

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Quote from: TastyChillySauce00 on January 31, 2025, 09:05:51 AM

Quote from: cygan on January 31, 2025, 06:53:28 AM

the playoff pairings for the upcoming round of 16 have now been determined.
with the pairing man city vs. real madrid, there is actually already the encounter that puts all others in the shade... Shocked

play-offs will be played on february 12 and 19

Holyshit!!! it feels like final of UCL comes earlier than what i've expected.

How lucky Bayern to get Celtic as their opponent. Their luck really helped them to milking City and Madrid. Shocked

This is an annoying new format change because the UCL final will take place earlier, Manchester City vs Real Madrid in the last 16 playoffs. It's strange, but we as football lovers have to accept it even though it's a bit strange because this is a big match that will take place in the last 16 UCL play-offs because both Manchester City and Real Madrid are seeded teams.

And what is clear is that the Bayern Munich vs Celtic meeting is an easy opponent for Bayern Munich and this is very beneficial for Bayern Munich to easily advance to the next round.

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Quote from: cygan on January 31, 2025, 06:53:28 AM

the playoff pairings for the upcoming round of 16 have now been determined.
with the pairing man city vs. real madrid, there is actually already the encounter that puts all others in the shade... Shocked

play-offs will be played on february 12 and 19

If the Manchester City-Real Madrid pairing had taken place in previous years, we could have called this match an early final, but given Manchester City's current situation, Real Madrid are the clear favorites in this match. Real Madrid actually had a bad start to the season, but in recent matches the team has started to find its rhythm. This will definitely be a match where Real Madrid will be the favorites. In my opinion, the matchups were easy to determine the favorites. I think the Italian teams can have some surprise results this year.

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Quote from: coinlocket$ on January 31, 2025, 10:31:42 AM

Updateds on ranking

Season association coefficients

England 20.892
Italy 17.312
Spain 17.142
Portugal 17.142

Top 2 teams will have 5 teams in Champion League next year.
Head to Head between Italy and Spain.

Paradoxically Italy will have more points with the playoff cause they also gives points, while Spain have less game played cause they have more qualified teams.

Source: https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/uefarankings/

The result from City and Real Madrid will decrease coefficients owned by England/La liga a lot. I think England has a chance to go down to the 2/3 place.

They're are not yet safe. We're just entering the real game. Any league contender who go home early would have also decreased league's chance to get 5 UCL spots next season.

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Quote from: HajiBagi on January 31, 2025, 11:02:49 AM

EUFA doesn't want Real Madrid or Manchester City to win the Champions League this season which is why they want one of them to be out before the Round of 16, Real Madrid and Manchester City have been playing against each other in the knockout stage for the past 4 year's and they still want them to be playing against each other so that one will not qualify to the final stage If Real Madrid or Manchester City qualify to Round of 16 they will play against Atletico Madrid or Leverkusen, this shows that they want both teams to be out.

Real Madrid and Manchester City have not been in good shape from the beginning of the season if not both teams will be in the top 8 of the League table, the match will be very difficult to predict as both teams can defeat each other, Real Madrid attacking players are in good shape and Manchester City players are also getting better than before, my predict in the match is that both teams can defeat each other.

it's a shame we have to see the round of 16 without one of them. or maybe there will be another big team that is also surprisingly eliminated.
somehow I prefer to see both of them face each other in the last 8 or semi-finals, not in the playoff match to determine entry into the round of 16.
maybe Madrid will get that place. maybe I'm wrong.

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Quote from: HajiBagi on January 31, 2025, 11:02:49 AM

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Quote from: cygan on January 31, 2025, 06:53:28 AM

the playoff pairings for the upcoming round of 16 have now been determined.
with the pairing man city vs. real madrid, there is actually already the encounter that puts all others in the shade... Shocked

play-offs will be played on february 12 and 19

Holyshit!!! it feels like final of UCL comes earlier than what i've expected.

How lucky Bayern to get Celtic as their opponent. Their luck really helped them to milking City and Madrid. Shocked

EUFA doesn't want Real Madrid or Manchester City to win the Champions League this season which is why they want one of them to be out before the Round of 16, Real Madrid and Manchester City have been playing against each other in the knockout stage for the past 4 year's and they still want them to be playing against each other so that one will not qualify to the final stage If Real Madrid or Manchester City qualify to Round of 16 they will play against Atletico Madrid or Leverkusen, this shows that they want both teams to be out.

Real Madrid and Manchester City have not been in good shape from the beginning of the season if not both teams will be in the top 8 of the League table, the match will be very difficult to predict as both teams can defeat each other, Real Madrid attacking players are in good shape and Manchester City players are also getting better than before, my predict in the match is that both teams can defeat each other.

Excellent, you are truly following the Champions League competition judging from your analysis. But either ways, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester City, these three teams would have still met each other in this playoff stage because the pairing was done long ago and outlined how this new format was going to be. It would have either been Real Madrid Vs Manchester City or Real Madrid Vs Bayern Munich or Bayern Vs Manchester City. The lot ollanded on Real Madrid Vs City that's how both teams are paired together for the play offs. On paper these three teams were not supposed to be playing playoffs but qualify automatically.

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It will be difficult for City to eliminate Bayern Munich I doubt if this will be possible, Real Madrid qualifying is sure because they will definitely win Celtic to qualify to the next round so difficult game there will be Bayern Munich vs Manchester City one of this big team will definitely be going home I believe one of these team here between Manchester City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will be playing this season UEFA Champions league finals despite they qualify to the knockout stage I think they are gradually gaining back form unlike when they were playing badly.

The draws hasn't yet been determined as it stands until Friday before every opponent will know whom to face. Real Madrid Vs Celtic isn't sure. Real Madrid might likely be paired with Bayern Munich or Manchester City. It's till Friday before we will know which team that faces the other.

Whoever Real Madrid is paired with, I have the believe and confidence that Real Madrid will prevail. This is because the champions league have reached the point where experience becomes the major decider of matches and by that Real Madrid have no rival. We might even be surprised to see Real Madrid winning the champions league despite their struggles at the early stages. If you observe, they have been making gradual improvement in all aspect which have transformed the team into a serious force now. This year champions league have been fun and I'm sure we will see more surprises.

I have full faith in Real Madrid so I know Real Madrid will definitely not disappoint their fans. If you were to pick the best five teams in the Champions League this season, you would have to put Real Madrid as the favorite among those five teams. We all know what has happened before, we have seen before that Real Madrid did not compete well in La Liga but they performed well in the Champions League. Most champions league titles real madrid has won so far and most finals real madrid has played so I think this season real madrid will at least qualify for semi finals and finals. At one time of this season, Real Madrid performed badly, at that time I thought about Real Madrid, but now Real Madrid has performed consistently, so now I have no tension with this team.

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