Topic: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season - page 72. (Read 55413 times)

Bayern Munich management never knew they gonna have a short fallout of performance in the Champions League under Vincent Kompany, to have had two loss matches and a win from their so far Champions League matches. However, they thought Vincent Kompany's hiring would bring togetherness and team spirit to the team and would lead the team to match victories in their Champions League matches. That's why they never thought about giving him a short target of "if he fails to accomplish a good result, let him resign". And getting to see the same results will be filled with lots of disappointment by the management because it's like nothing has changed in the team towards Champions League match. This is the exact way they have being known for, in losing to big teams in previous season. However, it's in the German Bundesliga League that they are always fond of topping the league table every given season. For the Champions League, they last won it in the 2019/2020 season since then they haven't had a better performing season.

Munich should not be a weak team and easily defeated by Barcelona with a score that is quite beyond prediction. Barcelona knows very well how Munich can be very threatening to them, and Flick plays a different game pattern, no longer with ball possession. but they are more on the effectiveness of the attack pattern made to score goals.

We can see their fast goal, it is very unimaginable that Munich will concede in the early minutes. indeed there was a change in game tactics made by Flick, and it managed to maintain Barcelona's good performance. and something that no one could have imagined including Kompany.

Kompany with a very experienced squad in the team could not do anything against a squad with minimal experience in the Champions League (Barcelona players have many young players), but Barcelona has an experienced coach. This is the difference.

Moreover, Hansi Flick is a former Bayern Munich coach, so he knows Bayern Munich's game very well, so it is not surprising that they won big against Bayern Munich. Barcelona under Flick's guidance this season, they have transformed quickly into a more ferocious team both in the Champions League and in Laliga.

Barcelona's game under Flick has become more direct and simple. They don't always have to dominate the pass and the game. However, their formation is always neatly structured, and Lamine Yamal can quickly adapt to Flick's tactics, this is Flick's greatness.

For Barcelona, ​​​​this victory will certainly be a good capital to face El Clasico, especially since previously Real Madrid also managed to make a comeback against Dortmund. El clsico this week will be very fierce, both teams have the same opportunities and the same spirit.

Atalanta tried to score and made 47 crosses into the penalty area during the match! So far it's more than the other teams have done by a big margin. So Atalanta honestly tried to score and Pasalic had 3-4 chances, which he did not realize, but he should have, especially considering the fact that he shot with his head almost 5-6 meters from the goal.
In the second half, Atalanta moved away from the tactics of the sheds and tried to play through the pass, but it was even worse than in the first half and Celtic managed to hold out.

At this point I think the performance of Bayern Munich has grown from bad to worse in the champions league under the management of Vincent Kompany, yesterday's defeat has nothing to do with their mistakes we saw how poorly the defense was against Aston Villa even in the league they are not so strong they have been dominating other teams because of their frontline but the performance of the defense is widely open and their defensive errors seen when they play against an experience team. Playing against Barcelona yesterday they lost total control of the game as they were unable to cope with the counter attacks that Barcelona kept launching against them, Bayern Munich is not unlucky in the champions their performance is totally bad.

I watched the Young Boys Inter match and if Young Boys had some quality players, especially in the forward end, they would have beaten Inter very easily.
I think Young Boys did not deserve this defeat. Because the side that was more dominant in the game was Young Boys.
His lack of quality footwork was noticeable in bringing the ball to the goal and making the final pass or making the final kick.
It is also a fact that Inter took the field with mostly reserve players.
If Arnautovic had scored from the penalty in the 48th minute, he could have pulled the plug on Young Boys.

Inter's winning goal was scored by M.Thuram, who entered the game in the 78th minute. In the extra time, Thuram entered the position again, but could not score the second goal because the defense put their foot down. From what I see, it's a shame for Young Boys.
A new coach needs to be appointed as the head of the team immediately. Since the coach is unknown, the players may be playing selfish football.

Bayern Munich is less effective than Barcelona even though they could have won ball possession. Besides that, Bayern Munich does not have good back line coordination, and they looked very nervous when facing counter attacks from Barcelona. This is clearly a slap for Vincent Kompany. How could it not be, they got a big win in their first match, but after that, they ended up losing in a row, and it was all because their effectiveness was not good.

Meanwhile, Barcelona really deserved the win because they know how to score goals and they are also quite good at defending. A significant motivational booster in the lead up to the El Clasico match because their opponent will certainly be on fire as Real Madrid also got a big win over Borussia Dortmund.

Atalanta and Celtic played to a goalless draw.I was surprised that Atalanta didn't score in this game.Although they played a dominant game against Celtic, they were ineffective in front of goal.I hope that Atalanta won't regret not winning this game in the coming weeks because 3 points are out of their hands.Celtic were not in the game at all.
Another game that I was surprised to see end in a draw was definitely the match between Brest and Leverkusen.Both teams have started the season well but I expected Leverkusen to win this away game.Brest showed them that it's not that easy to win.

I think it's not just yesterday, and I agree that Bayern makes a lot of mistakes when they are caught on the counter-attack, the same thing happened in the match with Eintracht, when they conceded three goals and missed the victory, but then their attack played much better, and yesterday everything was worse. So far in the Champions League Bayern is unlucky, by the way, they lost to Aston Villa also because of a mistake in the counter-attack.

Who knows what happened to Bayern Munich this time. Even though they dominated the game, Munich's frontline seemed to lack effectiveness in converting the chances into goals. Normally, Bayern is excellent in front of goal, though in this match, there seems to be something not right with the way they approached their attack. A big question mark for them, especially since they've always seen to be very dangerous when facing the big teams.

Barcelona collected what would probably be considered an important victory to them. Having gone for so long without beating Bayern, the curse was finally broken that string of bad records. From 16 previous encounters between the two sides, Barcelona had only managed 3 wins compared to 2 draws and 11 victories for Bayern. So, this win is about much more than just three points but about raising the morale of a team that has always found it hard to beat Bayern. It may just be the push they need to take them even further in this competition.

Yesterday I was very excited while watching the live broadcast of the match between Bayern Munich and Barcelona. Especially the Barcelona team went ahead by scoring a goal in the first minute. And that goal was scored by Brazilian Midfielder Rafinha. The way Rafinha performed in yesterday's match, it seems that the entire Bayern Munich team was defeated by him. The Brazilian is in great form at the moment as he has been excellent in most of his matches for Barcelona, even scoring a hat-trick against the mighty Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League.

In this match of the UEFA Champions League, Bayern Munich was ahead of Barcelona in all aspects, but they could not score many goal. We thought Bayern Munich was a very strong team but after their poor performance against Barcelona, it looks like they won't be able to win the match when they face strong teams.

First I didn't see the drive and motivation to win in Bayern Munich players. Second, the defence was one of the worst I have ever seen in a long time. They can't handle counterattacks and the goalkeeper didn't also help matters. Third, there was no striker to create chances, and some of them preferred to go for goal even when there were better chances to score. It is getting clearer that the job is too big for Vincent Kompany. He has not done much to improve the team, and I will not be surprised if there is disaffection in the dressing room.

It is also possible that yesterday was a bad day for the club, it happens in football. If I were the management of Bayern, he would be given a short target, and if he fails, let him resign.

Yep , I think the same. Only luck made his team to win so far and in the upcoming future , I doubt luck will save him again. We saw last night that Bayern has no real vision when it comes to play against great teams and I didn't even what Bayern tried to play on the pitch because it was nothing like the previous years.

However , for Barcelona was a splendid game with awesome goals and a Raphina in great form ...after having difficulties at Barca for 2 years already but under command of Hansi , he is completely a new player.

Yea I think I totally agree with you, most German team are really not that god and we see how they struggle when the play a big side in the bundesliga, even in the champions league they lost 2 matches already and are not currently doing well. Hiring Vincent kompany is really a bad decision for Bayern, they should have signed a more experienced coach.

Barcelona really played very well yesterday from the start of the match to the finish, they took their chances and I would even say they could have scored more. Raphina is currently in an insane foam this season and he scored a deserving hattrick. Good game to Barcelona.

You are right, experience is very vital when it comes to  champions league and some other things and the reason why it's vital is because you can restrategies anything you see your players are not doing well but company lacks that champions league experience or idea. Just imagine club like Real Madrid no matter how strong that club is when it comes to champions they are always on the Apex, sometimes a club might be possessing them but they will win definitely, you can also imagine the come back from behind against Dortmund that's was experience and champions league Spirit, I wasn't expecting that result though. That first half, when Bayern equalized Barcelona I was thinking they are going to win the match because of the way the were possessing, I later got tired of the match because I was thinking it will be a very tough one but anyways congratulations to Barcelona for the victory yesterday and I'm anticipating on El classico.

In the past seasons Bayern Munich has been dominating Barcelona in the UEFA Champions league so that made me thought that it won't be any easy game between both sides though Barcelona performance this season is excellent as they still remain on top of laliga table and I thought if Barcelona will win the goal different wouldn't be much but the score line yesterday really surprised me as they were trash 4-1 by Barcelona at camp nou.
Bayern Munich losing to Aston Villa and Barcelona in the UEFA Champions league shows that Bayern Munich can't go any were in the UEFA Champions league, I think Vincent Kompany doesn't have much experience to manage Bayern Munich since he couldn't retain Burnley in the English premier league before signing for Bayern Munich.
Barcelona Raphinha was in fully in the game as he scored a hat trick in that game to give Barcelona a strong lead against Bayern Munich.

Many people will not notice what Barcelona did yesterday to scored 4 good goals to defeated Bayern Munich 4-1in their home, the match started like what will end up draw 1-1 in the beginning but what I saw before the end of 45 minutes make me to believe in Barcelona, that they will have a solid ground to battles with those teams that cross semi final last season. Barcelona are doing well in the la Liga league and they are still doing well in this champion league, which is a good sign for those that know how to predict wisely because there is no way you will predict for the favour of Barcelona in any match for you not to win from the prediction.

It was a devastating moment to see Bayern concede such amount of goals in that match, I never thought they will lose, atleast a draw would have been better, although I was judging with their previous meetings, it's not a good one for Bayern, Barcelona had really improved and as it stands they aren't joke at all, this winning alone has shown how prepared they are for this season, though all the kudos should go to their manager because many people were expecting the financial problem rocking the club to affect their performance based on the available players but thats not the case right now, everything seem to be in other, the players understands themselves very well I think that's the reason for the good performance so far.

Yea, kompany has not given his best, it not a good one to see things falling apart, though they are trying im their league probably because most of their competitors are not their equals, this is also the same case with Dormund that score 2goals against Realmadrid in the first half of the match and later lost 5:2 in the said match, with the performance of german bundesliga teams in champions league, we can easily conclude that their no atom of seriousness from the league side in this competition.
Your conclusions are correct, though having good players in a team is good but in some cases without a good manager there is nothing good players can do, the Barcelona team has been able to prove that it isn't about having superior and expensive players, is all about what they can offer with the help of their manager, congratulations to one of the Spanish laliga giants on their well deserved winning.

I don't think that Kompany was hired to win UCL but to bring back Bundesliga title to Allianz Arena, and no one will blame him this season on his poor performance in the Champions League because he is inexperience in this competition. All clubs that Kompany have coached has never qualified to  UCL because they are small clubs.This is the first big club Kompany have ever coached in his coaching career, so let's give him more time to understand the league properly. Kompany is doing brilliantly in his domestic league,and I think that's the most important thing for Bayern Munich. Assuming Kompany has more experience in UCL, he would have done better because Flick used his experience over him.

Barcelona thrashed Bayern Munich at home with plenty of goals, this is the worst season of Bayern Munich I have watched in the past few years. The Bayern Munich players are just too big for nothing, they don't have the experience to stop Barcelona little players from attacking. I don't think Bayern Munich will play Barcelona so poorly. Honestly, Barcelona won this game very easily and without any kind of stress. They scored three goals in the first half, and even though Barcelona had to defeat Bayern, I did not think it would be so simple, however, I thought they would have to fight to win at home by a score of at least 2:1.

Bayern Munich must consider another goalkeeper as their top priority, Manuel Neuer has already finished, and this is not the same Neuer who has saved Bayern Munich's matches in recent years. However, we shouldn't be surprised that Bayern Munich lost to Barcelona because Aston was able to defeat them in the previous two Champions League games, so Barcelona's home victory is not unexpected. Kompany has absolutely nothing to prove on his debut, everything regarding this team has been worse since the previous season. Even the Bundesliga will fall out of their hands this season.