Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 72. (Read 35100 times)

UEFA's new Champions League format is straight out of the Super League playbook - more money, less sport. Yeah, we might get some juicy early matchups, Liverpool vs. Real Madrid in the group stage? Sounds great. But what about the smaller clubs? They're getting thrown to the wolves, playing each other in meaningless games while the big boys duke it out

This ain't good for anyone. The knockout stages could be a snoozefest if half the big names get knocked out early. And let's not forget about the Europa League. It's supposed to get a boost with no more Champions League dropouts, but let's be real, it'll be completely overshadowed by the new UCL format

UEFA's chasing the cash. It's the same story with all these football associations: squeeze every last penny out of the clubs, the fans, everyone. The beautiful game is becoming the business game, and that's a damn shame

Seems you are so accustomed to watching the big teams of the famous leagues only but you may not know that some matches might even be more interesting than those you listed. If you watch Portugal match against Scotland yesterday, you will be surprised at how tough and captivating the match was even though no one would expect it will be that way. Scotland had an early lead that kept Portugal on their toe throughout the match and it only took the extraordinary effort of Cristiano Ronaldo to turn the match around and that was how they got the last minute goal that gave them the winning. So, there are many matches you did not mention that will be very interesting. Just try and watch highlights and to see some of the key moments of the various matches and you will know. Although, I will agree with you that Manchester City against Inter Milan and Atalanta against Arsenal are among the tough matches in the fixture.

Don't forget failure in this game is actually inevitable in rhw long run so if for any rare reason ancelotti fails at some point, a big deal shouldn't be made of it, he's human and we are bound ro fail at some point regardless of our level of perfection due to experience, times will come when it becomes inevitable. The advantage Ancelotti is having currently is with time and so believing he's going to capitalize on this advantage it appears failure for his isn't an option just yet and ofcourse he's got his strategies and ways around this as almost always. If the injury time of some of these players could be shortened, it will mean a lot and also help get the team back in shape almost sonner, this does not mean the team is in their worse just yet but they are definitely going to build even stronger confidence. The likes of mbappe vinicius is still sound and healthy not injured so I believe something can be made off them to keeping the team strong before the injured will be back.

My opinion is that Real, although very strong now, considered themselves invincible even before the first games, especially after Mbappe joined the team, but perhaps excessive confidence is now preventing them from showing the football that helped them become champions. Maybe injuries also play a role, Ancelotti needed to rebuild the midfield after Kroos left, then there were several injuries and this definitely complicates everything. Ancelotti is capable of dealing with this, 4 points is a lot, but so far nothing has been lost.

And in the group stage of the Champions League, Real will have no problem reaching the playoffs, it seems to me that this format will only be beneficial for strong teams.

Madrid started to face a storm of injuries even at the beginning of the season and this will certainly raise a lot of doubts about Madrid's ability to play in the Champions League this season, but I think, Ancelotti. as an experienced coach and also coaching a team that has a strong mentality of course the injury is not something that will make Madrid lose their status as favourites in the Champions League, If other teams experience a storm of player injuries, of course the coach will complain and even we can get rid of them as favorites but not with Madrid at this time, because so far Ancelotti has many solutions in overcoming this, besides that Madrid has a qualified squad so it is not difficult for Ancelotti to close the hole left by injured players with reserve players and young players from their academy later for a while time.

I tried to check the meeting of these two teams, but it seems that Manchester City and Real Madrid did not meet in the group stage. That's good, at least if these two teams qualify, both have the potential to advance to the next rounds. If these two teams meet later, I try to imagine how the match will go. We know very well that Madrid has a very competitive team, but City is rich in tactics and strategies. Pep will always instruct his team to control the ball more in the middle of the field. The goal is, they want to have more players and can rotate each other to find empty space so that one player can stab the heart of the opponent's defense. However, with the players that El Real has, their counterattacks are very dangerous. They do it quickly every time there is an opportunity, like when Camavingga dribbled the ball from the defense and passed several City players. Unfortunately, Madrid has one weakness, namely a qualified midfielder. It doesn't mean that the available players are not talented, but losing Kroos who is often the driving force of the attack will have a big impact without his presence. As for Luca Modric, he can't play fully because of his age. In addition, Madrid players must recover quickly from their injuries. especially, some of their defenders. In the City camp, Gundohan's return will be very helpful for Pep Guardiola. In addition, Pep has Savinho who can be relied on. Well, this is based on my personal analysis. At least, let's just wait if these two teams will be met in a more crucial phase.

Too many hopes on Ancelotti even when his team is facing little challenges, fans still believe in Ancelotti great potentials of winning the league at the end of this season.

I have no doubt about Ancelotti capability and i also hope to see him make things happen as he use to in previous seasons. Injuries can also be a setback for him but he knows how to maneuver his way to victory.

Ancelotti has always succeeded and will always succeed in transforming teams into authentic goal-scoring machines. Real Madrid was still a team that had a lot of potential but Ancelotti always manages to bring out the best in the teams and Real Madrid will return to winning in the next matches. I'm sure

I agree with you. My guess is that Ancelotti will be able to transform this squad into a strong one in the next few weeks. I'm just waiting to see when Bellingham returns to the squad. Bellingham's return to the squad will stabilize Madrid's midfield. And if the midfield is stable, the performance of Madrid's forward players will naturally be stronger.

In the last match we saw Mbappe perform very well and managed to score two goals. Mbappe's brace helped Real Madrid win 2-0 against Real Betis. Mbappe has slowly adapted to Ancelotti's match tactics. Now that Bellingham is back in the squad, Madrid's performance will be even stronger.

I don't doubt Ancelloti's ability to bring out the talents of his players including Mbappe who is currently still unable to integrate with the team, we are just waiting for the right time for Mbappe to bring out all his talents at real Madrid and help real Madrid win the La Liga and European trophies, So for now as supporters should be more patient because the team needs time especially at this time the real madrid squad is in a player crisis, most of its core players are injured we must understand that the current situation experienced by real madrid will inevitably have an impact on the improvements they are currently doing, and honestly real madrid for now still shows a good game despite being hit by injuries. Therefore as I have said, there is still plenty of time for recovery, wait for the time to come mbappe brings glory with real madrid.

Get ready to watch the stellar performance of Real Madrid, they're the best team with the most amazing talents although we have other elite clubs that would pulled competitive challenge for the club. Real Madrid winning the UEFA Champions League title as if it's less competitive for them do create memorable seasons for them. They've included top signings for the adoption of new style of play.

Kylian Mbappe is one of the best signings this season for Los Blancos and Carlo Ancelotti, team's supporters expects more from the new signing. Mbappe will prove himself worthy to grab the available accolades and amazing odds for himself. Expects more from the Frenchman in Santiago Bernabéu because this is just the beginning of the player bagging goals, he will score more in Real Madrid jersey this season.

Ancelotti changed his match strategy in the fourth match. And we got to see the benefits. In the first three matches, Real Madrid played in a 4-2-3-1 formation. And Madrid's overall performance in this formation was quite poor. Both Mbappe and Vini performed poorly in this formation and strategy in particular. However, I think Madrid's overall performance in the 4-3-3 formation is quite organized. Especially Vini, Mbappe and Rodrygo performed well. Also the performances of Valverde and Tchouemeni were quite good. Madrid will probably play in this formation in the upcoming matches. It is expected that Madrid's performance will be even sharper in the upcoming matches.

For the Real Madrid squad line-up, it is clear that the front line is very sharp with Mbappe and several other Real Madrid players such as Vinicius, and they also have good support from the midfield that can continue to help attack or defense so that we don't need to worry about Real Madrid performance in the UCL competition.
So far, Real Madrid peak performance has not been found during Mbappe presence, but over time and more matches can make them work together and become truly tough squad.
Ancelotti is great and experienced coach, he has handled Real Madrid for long time so that in any condition it can definitely be resolved well, I believe that for the match in the UCL later Real Madrid can show competitive game.

Sooner or later Mbappe will definitely be able to follow the flow, it is not easy to adapt in a very competitive league, it requires a strong mentality, Real Madrid players have a strong enough mentality and Mbappe cannot be said to be completely strong even though he has natural talent because Mbappe has spent most of his time in League 1 for 9 years with easier competition. League 1 is very different from La Liga so he needs to repeat honing his abilities Carlo Anceloti will give him time and many opportunities so that he can become the top scorer at Real Madrid, Mbappe is a player who replaces Karim Benzema and Ronaldo in the present so the coach must be able to use him well.

In as much as it's expected of Kylian Mbappé to hit the ground up and running in his scoring of goals at Real Madrid and starts performing as expected, but it still very early to expect that such performance from him, despite his an incredible player that wouldn't find it very difficult to adapt and blend into any team which he finds himself, Mbappé has just had few weeks play time at Madrid, to me, I won't expect much now from him and until after his first season at Madrid, but if he does performance well, then good.

Mbappe is a very talented player. And he could score plenty of goals in the future if he settles into Madrid's squad. We have seen Vini perform very poorly a few seasons ago. Even he missed many easy opportunities. But Ancelotti gave Vini enough opportunities. And at the moment one of the most important scorers in the Madrid squad is Vini. So Mbappe is yet to perform as well as expected with Madrid. But given enough time and opportunities, Mbappe should be able to adapt to this team. However, in the last match we saw a much better performance from Mbappe. Mbappe has to maintain this consistency.

Yeah, basically UEFA is getting inspired by Super League with this new format. But, the good thing is that no Champions League teams dropped to Europa after failing in the group stages. It means the competition in Europa league won't be diluted by the Champion leagues team.

It makes the Europa League more prestigious than last year. CL teams have no chance to get revival on Europa League after getting knocked out from the CL. And i'd be more excited for this.

There may be less spectators in the competition below UCL due to the new format, but i have no problem with it. I know UEFA <3 money.

It is about getting more games and giving chances for new teams to join but in reality, we all know it is about the money.
There will be some interesting matches in between for sure especially when you see the face of PSG president

Back at the time when Vinicius Junior joined Real Madrid squad, he wasn't any better than Kylian Mbappe right now and I remember Benzema saying about him to his mates, that he is playing against us. Everything takes time and we all know about the quality and performance of Mbappe.

The only good thing I've seen about this new UCL format so far is the fact that you can even get to see an early UCL final clash at this league phase. Liverpool will be playing some of the best teams in the champions league this season and majority of this would be in the league phase if at all they don't go on to qualify for the knockout rounds. Even that itself is a negative because smaller teams are stacked up against each other while the big teams face off to eliminate each other. It might be the case that we would have majority of the biggest teams out of the tournament before knockout stages.

The synergy between mbappe and vinicius is another thing that Ancelotti is yet to completely tackle a s fix and now he's got piles of injuries to handle, putting all together, he's got a whole lot to handle which is why most persons are already panicking about their champions league performance because I know that as human that he is, it's enough to put some pressure on him so he  may get some hitches on the way trying to get all of this fixed.  Talking about time, he needs some time to get things back afloat and he's got the time as currently he's got from now till almost mid season a d for champions league there's still few weeks ahead to kick off, I'm trusting him and aswell keeping a good level of optimism for Madrid.