Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 68. (Read 89873 times)

Imagine if in position 25 Real Madrid or Liverpool would certainly be the subject of endless ridicule and could even be considered a bad club this season. However, because Manchester City in 2 different competitions showed the same performance, the results did not have much to expect. Now they are in the Premier League starting to improve and some fans hope the same for their players to be motivated to win their 8th match later against Club Brugge. For me, it will not be that easy to get 3 points, Brugge is a team that is quite tough in terms of defense, this match requires Pep Guardiola to be able to sharpen the attack and when Haaland or Bernando Silva are tightly guarded it is difficult to penetrate Brugge defense.

The intensity in this new Champions League format is really something else, maybe because it's a new format. As it stands, only two teams have qualified yet from the first 8, which is Liverpool and Barcelona, the rest still stands risk of play offs. Arsenal and Inter Milan needs just a draw to secure automatic ticket, a loss will further bring them down the table. It's really going to be an interesting game on match day 8 because lots of teams will be fighting for survival.

I hope you're right, but with so many starters absent I don't think this match will end with many goals, also because both Brest and Real Madrid still have the chance to enter the top 8, whoever wins can hope to go directly to the round of 16, for this reason I think it won't be a very easy match for Real Madrid

I expect a definite win from Real Madrid tomorrow, I even think they will win by a big margin. I don't think Brest can do anything against Real Madrid. I think Real Madrid will win the match with a score of 3-0 or 4-0 to be able to move up to the top ranks.

Right now everything is left for Manchester city and there is no other way out which means they have to get a compulsory win to keep their hopes of qualifying for the next round alive. This would be worse performance we have ever seen from Manchester city since they started participating in this competition and perhaps since pep Guardiola took charge as coach, he wouldn't want a situation where it would be said that the club couldn't make it through the qualifying stages under his watch so I believe Manchester city are going to beat Brugge. I don't think club Brugge would be much of a problem for Manchester city due to city's home advantage and perhaps city have quite a good team that can win this game without any hiccups.

Real Madrid have been unlucky in the Champions League games. I believe that these defeats are related to injuries and the fact that at that time Mbappe had not yet managed to adapt well to the team. But now the situation is very different, Mbappe is already playing well. Tomorrow Real Madrid will be without: Vinicius, Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao and Eduardo Camavinga.

Stuttgart will be the first to be replaced if Manchester City wins against Club Brugge. Tomorrow's match will be a very big determinant, it will be deciding the fate of teams with 11 points and below because if a team with 11 points loses and one with 8 points who has more GD wins the will have to shift position.

The likes of Liverpool can decide to lose their next match because it won't make any difference. For PSG a must win is what they need too because the currently have 10 points which might not be to proceed to the next round. This week will be full of excitement, disappointment and the end of the first face of the champions league competition so we proceed to the playoffs and then the knockout stage.

The main reason bookmakers give smaller odds to Arsenal compared to Man City, Inter and Munich is because bookmakers still consider Arsenal's current position which is above the three big teams. Bookmakers also consider several factors such as Arsenal's current performance looks better. While in this UCL we cannot ignore any team even though there are other teams that are more experienced, but other teams also have the opportunity to compete in this UCL until the final round. Even though I am a Madrid fan, I will not underestimate Arsenal who could give a big surprise this season.

Club Brugge certainly cannot be taken lightly because of course they will try to win and yes in their last match in the UCL against Juventus of course Club Brugge was not too disappointing because the result was a draw and of course in the Belgian League they are in 2nd place and of course this should not be taken lightly by Pep Guardiola because it could be that even though Man City is the host, Club Brugge could play with a draw or win. of course Club Brugge if they draw in that match will benefit them.

by being the host of course Man City is very lucky and of course they have to win because this is a life and death fight for Man City and if you look at H2H of course Man City is superior but I predict City will win but the score is thin for example 1-0.

The bookies that gave Arsenal 7 odds don't know what they are doing. How can they give Arsenal 7 odds to win the champions League. Arsenal should be given like 5,000 odds to win the trophy. Arsenal haven't won a single champions League trophy and the last two seasons that they were hot, they couldn't win the champions League. Now that they are not in their best form they are giving them 7 odds to win the trophy. To me that's totally insane. Even Manchester city at their worst form this season, Arsenal can't win them in the champions League final. Why are give Inter Milan 15 odds and Arsenal 7 odds, what exactly has Arsenal achieved this season that made the bookies think they are deserving of the champions League trophy. Barcelona and Real Madrid will comfortably beat Arsenal if they are drawn together, so it's not right to rank them together in same odds range.

If it depends on the results of other matches, the opportunity for them to qualify will be a little more difficult so that it is not a step that needs to be done. PSG can win the last match in the Pase Group even though it looks a little heavier because it is under pressure but it should not be a big problem because before they succeeded in defeating Man City in a fantastic way. Man City faces a much easier opponent so that the match is almost certain to be quite likely to win.

And vice versa with PSG itself because they also need a victory in the final match of the group phase so that all efforts will definitely be made by Luis Enrique and I am sure both of them will get a victory in the final match of the group phase later because seeing the strength of the second team is much better than the opponent.

Club Brugge will be playing a very difficult away game against Manchester City. The fact that the game will be played in England will put them under even more stress. Because they should not lose this game. Similarly, Manchester City definitely needs to win this game. In this respect, it will be a critical game for both teams. Of course, I think Manchester City will win this game with the support of the fans and the home advantage. On the other hand, I think Paris Saint-Germain will win the game they play. It will still be a difficult game for them.

Stuttgart will not be satisfied with a draw if City win their game, because their goal difference will be better, so Stuttgart, in order not to worry, needs to win the match with PSG, the same goes for PSG, it is better to win and not depend on the results of other matches. For City, only a win is important, they will not be satisfied with any other result and a win will give them the right to the playoffs. The match will be held at the Etihad and Bruges is an opponent they must beat.

Due to new format in Champions League hype is at his best for few teams which are looking for spots into next round specially main focus is Manchester City which is currently at 25th spot and it's must win situation for them in case of draw or lost this could be huge upset. Currently, few teams are in deep trouble as their situation is not clear but still 3 teams are having great chance of going out from bottom, but few are having games at home which is good advantage for them PSG, Sporting CP and Stuttgart needed to be ended on draw as their spots could be settled.

Benfica going to visit Juventus while Manchester City going to be host Club Brugge which are surely interesting games for them in case of poor results things can take changes and these teams can lose their chances for promotion.

For now I have no favorite and I see this season's champions league winner as a club no one might expect to carry it. Heck, Man City could even come from their struggles to take it because at this moment no one is expecting them to because they are going through a rough patch but don't be surprised that if they win Club Brugge their morale can come back. We all know how much of a fighter Pep Guardiola is and if he could defeat Chelsea in their domestic league, the Belgian outfit may just be a walk in the park.

 Liverpool have the greatest odds of winning the title because they've not lost any of their games in this competition but fate has its way of fucking with this kinds of records as it could be that if they make it to the final, they may get sent packing by their opponents. Take the example of what happened to Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa last season.

The current odds for the Champions League trophy are as below.



Liverpool are the biggest favourite which isn't odd to see. Barcelona-Arsenal-Real Madrid trio are given the same chance for the trophy as you can see too. Despite Real Madrid's problematic start to the league phase nothing changed for bookies.  

This is mainly due to Real Madrid's literally owning this competition with most trophies by far. They surprise people even in times of struggle. How do you see it? Who is your favourite?

I'm sure Manchester City will win in this match, when the team are in crucial situation, they will play with full power. Club Brugge not a strong team, they beat Aston Villa when Aston Villa not in good form, they also beat Sporting Lisbon, but Sporting Lisbon isn't that strong too. Draw against Juventus, this is not surprising since Juventus is struggle to score  a goal.

Club Brugge should play with offensive play style if they won't want to lose, because they don't have a good defense.

If you look at the seasons that have passed, Manchester City has experienced many good things and they won many trophies in the UCL and in the domestic league and indeed at that time Pep was always able to do good and always improve the quality of Manchester City players well if Manchester City's performance was not good. or performance is down. but this season, unfortunately, Pep hasn't been able to improve his team's performance like last season, but of course it's definitely not an easy thing for Pep, but of course I see that Pep has done his best to improve his team and of course we'll see what happens in the next match Manchester city ​​against Club Brugge.

It is true that the match can be said to be like a final and of course there will definitely be an exciting competition here because Club Brugge will also definitely want to enter the play-off round and what is certain is that Manchester City will also definitely want to win this match because Manchester City will definitely be very embarrassed if for example until they didn't qualify for the play off round. Yes, it is true that the new UCL format is indeed causing problems for some of the big teams, including Manchester City and Real Madrid.

but personally, I think I want to bet on Manchester City's victory in that match and I'm sure Manchester City will be able to win and will be able to qualify for the play-off round because in the domestic league Manchester City is showing a positive trend because in their last match they were successful against Chelsea, I'm sure because This will make Manchester City more confident, plus Manchester City will be the host so I'm sure Manchester City will win.

Buddy you made a good point, two teams from differnt club side sometimes are very difficult to say the outcome especially now that Manchester City is not in their peak, City is in misform thats why I can't be convinced that they will win this match easily, for me I already know that club brugge wouldn't take things lightly in that match, despite how underperformed city has been, Club brugge will not see them as a weak team I think they will want to give them harder fight to prove a point,  mate the defense of city has always been my problem and that's why I don't believe in them for now until there's a positive change, Pep really need to do something to that effect, reoccurrence of this defense defects shouldn't be continuously entertained, yea foitball enthusiast will say Manchester City is the favourite in that particular match yes no doubt but the probem remains there defense.

the victory they had against Chelsea is not even enough reason to assume that they have returned back to form because the mentality the hold while playing against Chelsea in the premier league is nothing close to what you hope to expect when playing against any team in the champions league. those costly mistakes they made at their defense would have cost them the game if they did it against a team that is like club brugge and certainly they will have no option than working on that and not bring that dude in the game or else club brugge will cease opportunity of that obvious lapses and capitalize on it to their advantage. it is a must win game for city and normally, big teams always have a way of getting this kind of result to their favor, hopefully city will not disappoint.

it is always tough to predict the outcome of games that involve two teams in different leagues and even though city are the favorite due to the nature of the league they are coming from and the quality of the players, it can be very difficult to play against a team as this and the natural thing i expect club brugge to do is to face the game not as an underdog or to be fearful of city but to play looking for the result. city front line is good but her defense is still lacking a lot and that definitely is what is the difference and deficulty city will have to face going into the game. a lot of goals will pour in and this will surely be a tough battle for city to get over.