Barcelona vs Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League, who's taking home three solid winning points? You going to vouch for Barcelona to have e trembling winning against the Bundesliga giant? I don't think so because Barcelona have poor records when it comes to UEFA Champions League. They can only dominate in La Liga, Copa de Rey but absolutely ghost out when it comes to the main UEFA Champions League. Perhaps Barcelona now have Hansi Flick, one of the most promising manager to make things worked out for the club and we know his presence is core development for the club.
Barcelona are competent and alway deliver good results. They will strive for the very best this season, we just have to be patient and watch how everything will play out for the club. Barcelona now have dashing performances and currently ranked first on La Liga table, I think they can actually go far this season.
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Real Madrid will probably play their best XI for the first time this season. In almost every match in the past, a key player in Madrid's squad has missed the match due to injury. However, almost all the important players of Madrid will be in the squad for this match. Dani Carvajala will not be with the squad due to injury. However, Madrid will not face too many problems for this. Lucas Vázquez, Rudiger, Militao and Mendy are all very talented players.
Madrid will probably play in a 4-1-2-3 formation in this match. The attack will be Vini-Mbappe-Rodrygo. Everyone is a great player. And able to attack very quickly. So I would say today it will be very difficult for Dortmund to counter the counter attacks of Real Madrid players.
This is only possible lineup because actually the lineup for both teams hasn't published yet but although Real Madrid has facing storm injury but Ancelotti still utilize the current squad and for front lines Real Madrid had no problem because Vinicius, Rodrygo, Mbappe and Endrick will be available today and my prediction for this match is Real Madrid will taking initiative to playing attacking since early minutes and they will aiming fast goal and Real Madrid have already to lost once so win result is mandatory for them to open their chances to finish at top 8 but i am very confident Real Madrid can able to overcome Dortmund today and at stake.com Real Madrid win has odds @1.54 and although the odds is not high i think this is good option to pickedReal Madrid will probably play their best XI for the first time this season. In almost every match in the past, a key player in Madrid's squad has missed the match due to injury. However, almost all the important players of Madrid will be in the squad for this match. Dani Carvajala will not be with the squad due to injury. However, Madrid will not face too many problems for this. Lucas Vázquez, Rudiger, Militao and Mendy are all very talented players.
Madrid will probably play in a 4-1-2-3 formation in this match. The attack will be Vini-Mbappe-Rodrygo. Everyone is a great player. And able to attack very quickly. So I would say today it will be very difficult for Dortmund to counter the counter attacks of Real Madrid players.
I also think that Real Madrid team will play attacking strategy from the first minute of the match. Vinicius, Mbappe, Rodrygo and Bellingham are all capable of attacking quickly in Madrid's attack. Another important point is that Dortmund's defense is not strong. Dortmund's performances in the Bundesliga have been erratic and poor due to their poor defence. Dortmund conceded 12 goals in 7 matches.
Ancelotti identifies his opponent's weaknesses and then develops his own match strategy. Ancelotti will want to take advantage of Dortmund's weak defense. And if Madrid players play attacking from the beginning of the match, Dortmund players will be under pressure from the beginning of the match. It will be easy for Madrid to dominate the match.
If PSG step up their games I don’t think there will be a problem winning PSV. No doubt we all know PSV have a good squad. But that doesn’t mean they’re on same level with Arsenal who won against PSG.
So I think it’s either a win for PSG of a draw in worst case.
PSG will not have any trouble when hosting PSV at Parc des Princes in today's match because PSG still looks pretty good when playing in the Champions League. In addition, during the two matches that PSV has played, the team has never tasted victory so that could be an opportunity for PSG to make PSV still lose in their third match in the Champions League this season. And the note is as you said where PSG must play as well as possible so that PSG can get a much better position when they have full points in their home game today. So I think it’s either a win for PSG of a draw in worst case.
Real Madrid will probably play their best XI for the first time this season. In almost every match in the past, a key player in Madrid's squad has missed the match due to injury. However, almost all the important players of Madrid will be in the squad for this match. Dani Carvajala will not be with the squad due to injury. However, Madrid will not face too many problems for this. Lucas Vázquez, Rudiger, Militao and Mendy are all very talented players.
Madrid will probably play in a 4-1-2-3 formation in this match. The attack will be Vini-Mbappe-Rodrygo. Everyone is a great player. And able to attack very quickly. So I would say today it will be very difficult for Dortmund to counter the counter attacks of Real Madrid players.
2 matches as the opening will be played today and what caught my attention was the match between AC Milan vs Club Brugge, this is the 3rd match for AC Milan in the Champiosn League and the previous 2 matches AC Milan were defeated well this is the right time for them to catch up in points if not then AC Milan will be left behind. As a home team, AC Milan should be able to take advantage of the situation and get the first win and this victory is important to increase the confidence of the players, I don't think it's a bad idea if we place a bet there I mean on the market 1x2 on AC Milan side. The odds are also not bad 1.42 and this will continue to change before the match is played.
Milan are in crisis right now and I think that just the odds for a Brugge win at 7.0 are very good. For those who don't believe in Brugge's victory you can consider a draw with odds of 5.0, which is also a great odds, but betting on Milan's victory with such a small odds seems too risky to me, especially considering the team's recent games. It's not very clear what Milan will do? Milan have a lot of injured players, no team play and the last win against Udinese they managed to hold on to only because Udinese failed to score in 70 minutes on the power play. 
How can be @1.42 isn't bad? Milan isn't a strong team and they will play in their home, on the other hand Club Brugge is unbeaten 5 away match. I feel the odds is low for Milan, it should be like @1.70 since both of them are uncertain. I'd would go for draw instead.
Generally it is said to be not bad when AC Milan as a better team and playing at home has the potential to win so 1.42 is not a bad return. If you expect a return 1.7 of course it is impressive and bookies don't want to do it. And if you think Club Brugge wins in 5 away matches it cannot be compared between local matches and Champions League clearly the competition is different and Club Brugge only won once in the Champions League against the mediocre team while AC Milan lost against strong teams like Liverpool and Leverkusen. That's why I say AC Milan will try to get 3 points in this match to catch up and they don't have many choices.
Real Madrid will probably play their best XI for the first time this season. In almost every match in the past, a key player in Madrid's squad has missed the match due to injury. However, almost all the important players of Madrid will be in the squad for this match. Dani Carvajala will not be with the squad due to injury. However, Madrid will not face too many problems for this. Lucas Vázquez, Rudiger, Militao and Mendy are all very talented players.
Madrid will probably play in a 4-1-2-3 formation in this match. The attack will be Vini-Mbappe-Rodrygo. Everyone is a great player. And able to attack very quickly. So I would say today it will be very difficult for Dortmund to counter the counter attacks of Real Madrid players.
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Talking about luck. Leicester can attest to that when they won themselves the English premier league back in 2015/2016 campaign. One could say this was more of a luck to them aside the hard work they putted in. There were the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and other top performing clubs then. But they went past all this clubs to become champions. So it’s clear luck plays a big roll when it comes to football.
Again can we say that luck has also played a huge role in winning the champions league back to back for Real Madrid, or there some kind of favoritism attached to it?
Pls someone help explain this to me.
One problem is that luck can be misunderstood. If a boxer has odds of 10.0 to win the fight and lands one lucky punch (there is a reason for that name), is it luck if he boxed against a triple world champion or so? It was weak by the champion to make a defensive mistake, but how often does the champion do that? Obviously hardly ever or otherwise the champion wouldn't be the champion. But do we call that luck or skill?
Regarding Leicester City, it's a great example and Leicester has played a season that they won't be able to repeat in a very long time. But when you look at the Premier League winners of the last 10 years, Leicester City would have never won the title in a different year with 81 points. It was the least number of points in the Premier League that led to the title win in a very long time! But still it was mind-blowing what Leicester City did because they did something nobody else was able to in that particular season. So I wouldn't call that luck despite the fact that 81 points are by far not enough if you look at the years when Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City took it to 100 points. Leicester was kind of dependent on the others to be weak. It's not like Manchester City when you could say that there was literally no way around them.
In the Champions League these lucky punches like in boxing play a much more important role. The last minute goal or a very questionable early red card. These are things that have an impact far more in the CL than in the PL (or any other domestic league).
because both teams are strong teams, there could be attacks on each other during the match and they could score goals against each other and of course there would be the potential to produce lots of goals because Dortmund and Real Madrid are strong teams that have strong attacks when playing.
Yes, it looks like Real Madrid will remain the favorite because of course in Real Madrid there are many star players, so of course Real Madrid will be the favorite in that match, but of course Dortmund as last season's runner up champion will definitely try hard to win that match and that is certain. It's possible that Dortmund will surprise us all. If you look at the domestic league, of course Real Madrid is superior because in La Liga, Real Madrid is currently in 2nd place in the standings while Dortmund is in 7th place. So I personally predict that Real Madrid will have great potential to win that match.
But now the number of injured Real Madrid players that I know has decreased and now Vinicius can play for Real Madrid so I predict that in that match Real Madrid will have a big potential to win against Dortmund. yes I hope my bet is successful and makes a profit.
Real Madrid will win, Dortmund are lost many important players.
Just don't expect Real Madrid will score many goals, when I see Mbappe is playing, regardless he score a goal or not, Real Madrid tend to win.
Just don't expect Real Madrid will score many goals, when I see Mbappe is playing, regardless he score a goal or not, Real Madrid tend to win.
Although Dortmund currently hold the top spot in the Champions League table, I don't think Dortmund is a very strong team. Because I saw Dortmund's performance in the Bundesliga. Dortmund players are not able to play very well. Even in the Bundesliga, Dortmund's performance is quite erratic.
Dortmund have won their first two matches, but their opponents have not been strong. The Dortmund team is going to face a strong opponent for the first time on the Champions League platform. And Dortmund is more likely to lose in this match. Vini, Mbappe, Rodrygo and Bellingham are in Madrid's attack in this match. Resisting the attacks of these players is a big challenge for Dortmund's defenders.
In the aspect of Manchester City and Liverpool, City has been doing more better than Liverpool, especially these past two seasons where Liverpool has failed to be consistent notably last season where they're like the best team to win the EPL and possibly get the Europa league also but shockingly fell off in both, I don't know what this season in the Champions league holds for them, they make it to the quarter or semi finals, depending how consistent they are and how severe the injury crisis they may suffer this season.
Yes, that is something that has been happening to them from time to time, many of the friends that we play soccer with sometimes think that they have bad luck, they reduce all that to that conclusion, and if we look at it, well, it has its quick and easy logic, it may be that they have bad luck, but on the technical aspect I think that the players are affected by the pressure and the tiredness , many players have to make great efforts to perform in the games and the training sessions are not easy at all , that is something that they have to see and that I think is one of the reasons why they can have that performance, it is difficult to maintain the level as they advance more.
But at times luck does play a role. Sometimes luck is the decisive factor whether a team makes it into the final or not. In sports luck can play such a big role in the knockout rounds because if you get incredibly lucky in the round of 16, you would have never reached the final afterwards and maybe not won the trophy. That is why it is good that there is the VAR because I remember quite some time ago when Real Madrid eliminated Bayern with I think two very obvious offside goals. One of them has been so obvious and Real Madrid may have not reached the next round because of it, but the referees didn't see it. Or imagine a team gets a penalty awarded against them in the fifth minute of extra time and the shooter slips away with his feet or something. There are other very nuanced things that can decide over win or loss.
This is not to say that I don't believe in skill. I do believe in skill and how it impacts the outcome, but I am not of the opinion that it is always the best team that wins the title. There have been some incredible seasons when somehow a team made its way through while nobody could believe what is going on. The Champions League is a competition where the smallest details count and that can be quality or luck.
In the domestic leagues it is of course different as there are 34 or 38 games to go and luck pretty much evens out in most situations. Football isn't like chess where you can often pin down the problem on one specific move. In football you have goals after corners, free kick goals, you have shots from a distance that a player takes 10 times and hits it once, you have referee decisions that can go in favor or against you, you have questionable penalties that usually don't decide who wins a league title, but can definitely impact the outcome in a Champions League quarterfinal in a decisive manner.
Talking about luck. Leicester can attest to that when they won themselves the English premier league back in 2015/2016 campaign. One could say this was more of a luck to them aside the hard work they putted in. There were the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and other top performing clubs then. But they went past all this clubs to become champions. So it’s clear luck plays a big roll when it comes to football.
Again can we say that luck has also played a huge role in winning the champions league back to back for Real Madrid, or there some kind of favoritism attached to it?
Pls someone help explain this to me.
In addition, the PSG vs PSV Eindhoven match is also interesting to watch.
Winning against PSV is going to be a big challenge for Luis Enrique. PSG lost against Arsenal in the second match after a narrow 1-0 win against Girona in the first match of the Champions League. PSG lost 2-0 against Arsenal. PSV is a very tough opponent for PSG at the moment.
PSV team is very strong. PSV is at the top of the table in the Eredevisie league. The important thing is that PSV won all 9 matches in the Eredevisie. PSV is in great form this season. That is why it will be very difficult for PSG to secure 3 points from today's match. Both have strong squads.
If PSG step up their games I don’t think there will be a problem winning PSV. No doubt we all know PSV have a good squad. But that doesn’t mean they’re on same level with Arsenal who won against PSG.
So I think it’s either a win for PSG of a draw in worst case.
Another interesting game to watch is that of Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund. They might as well shock the world by getting a point off Real Madrid. Not after losing the champions league final to them. They might want to prove something. Just maybe.
In the aspect of Manchester City and Liverpool, City has been doing more better than Liverpool, especially these past two seasons where Liverpool has failed to be consistent notably last season where they're like the best team to win the EPL and possibly get the Europa league also but shockingly fell off in both, I don't know what this season in the Champions league holds for them, they make it to the quarter or semi finals, depending how consistent they are and how severe the injury crisis they may suffer this season.
Yes, that is something that has been happening to them from time to time, many of the friends that we play soccer with sometimes think that they have bad luck, they reduce all that to that conclusion, and if we look at it, well, it has its quick and easy logic, it may be that they have bad luck, but on the technical aspect I think that the players are affected by the pressure and the tiredness , many players have to make great efforts to perform in the games and the training sessions are not easy at all , that is something that they have to see and that I think is one of the reasons why they can have that performance, it is difficult to maintain the level as they advance more.
But at times luck does play a role. Sometimes luck is the decisive factor whether a team makes it into the final or not. In sports luck can play such a big role in the knockout rounds because if you get incredibly lucky in the round of 16, you would have never reached the final afterwards and maybe not won the trophy. That is why it is good that there is the VAR because I remember quite some time ago when Real Madrid eliminated Bayern with I think two very obvious offside goals. One of them has been so obvious and Real Madrid may have not reached the next round because of it, but the referees didn't see it. Or imagine a team gets a penalty awarded against them in the fifth minute of extra time and the shooter slips away with his feet or something. There are other very nuanced things that can decide over win or loss.
This is not to say that I don't believe in skill. I do believe in skill and how it impacts the outcome, but I am not of the opinion that it is always the best team that wins the title. There have been some incredible seasons when somehow a team made its way through while nobody could believe what is going on. The Champions League is a competition where the smallest details count and that can be quality or luck.
In the domestic leagues it is of course different as there are 34 or 38 games to go and luck pretty much evens out in most situations. Football isn't like chess where you can often pin down the problem on one specific move. In football you have goals after corners, free kick goals, you have shots from a distance that a player takes 10 times and hits it once, you have referee decisions that can go in favor or against you, you have questionable penalties that usually don't decide who wins a league title, but can definitely impact the outcome in a Champions League quarterfinal in a decisive manner.
In addition, the PSG vs PSV Eindhoven match is also interesting to watch.
Winning against PSV is going to be a big challenge for Luis Enrique. PSG lost against Arsenal in the second match after a narrow 1-0 win against Girona in the first match of the Champions League. PSG lost 2-0 against Arsenal. PSV is a very tough opponent for PSG at the moment.
PSV team is very strong. PSV is at the top of the table in the Eredevisie league. The important thing is that PSV won all 9 matches in the Eredevisie. PSV is in great form this season. That is why it will be very difficult for PSG to secure 3 points from today's match. Both have strong squads.
If PSG step up their games I don’t think there will be a problem winning PSV. No doubt we all know PSV have a good squad. But that doesn’t mean they’re on same level with Arsenal who won against PSG.
So I think it’s either a win for PSG of a draw in worst case.
In addition, the PSG vs PSV Eindhoven match is also interesting to watch.
Winning against PSV is going to be a big challenge for Luis Enrique. PSG lost against Arsenal in the second match after a narrow 1-0 win against Girona in the first match of the Champions League. PSG lost 2-0 against Arsenal. PSV is a very tough opponent for PSG at the moment.
PSV team is very strong. PSV is at the top of the table in the Eredevisie league. The important thing is that PSV won all 9 matches in the Eredevisie. PSV is in great form this season. That is why it will be very difficult for PSG to secure 3 points from today's match. Both have strong squads.
In the aspect of Manchester City and Liverpool, City has been doing more better than Liverpool, especially these past two seasons where Liverpool has failed to be consistent notably last season where they're like the best team to win the EPL and possibly get the Europa league also but shockingly fell off in both, I don't know what this season in the Champions league holds for them, they make it to the quarter or semi finals, depending how consistent they are and how severe the injury crisis they may suffer this season.
Yes, that is something that has been happening to them from time to time, many of the friends that we play soccer with sometimes think that they have bad luck, they reduce all that to that conclusion, and if we look at it, well, it has its quick and easy logic, it may be that they have bad luck, but on the technical aspect I think that the players are affected by the pressure and the tiredness , many players have to make great efforts to perform in the games and the training sessions are not easy at all , that is something that they have to see and that I think is one of the reasons why they can have that performance, it is difficult to maintain the level as they advance more.
Even in the uefa champions league, if you pay close attention to both of these teams, you will definitely know that they are not on the same level in the past three to two seasons their about, so in as much as luck is very much important to strive successful in what ever you do in this life, talent and the ability to know how is way more important than anything else, because am quite sure that even if you aren't lucky, though you might not win it due to being unlucky, but you will definitely be among the top challengers year in year out because you are actually good.
Today there will be several matches and I only choose a few and I have predictions like this.
Although Milan has bad results, I believe more that Milan has better experience to be able to beat Club Brugge. Milan 2 defeats were because the opponents Milan faced before were very strong, such as Liverpool and Leverkusen. While Club Brugge got 1 win against a weaker team and lost against Dortmund.
So I will not hesitate to choose to bet on Milan victory.
And for Juventus, Aston Villa and Arsenal, everyone will also believe that this favorite team will have a great chance of winning because the opponents they will face are only unstable teams.
From the several teams I chose, I tried to use parlay bets on several of these teams.
And for this match, I will use single bet.
There is no other reason to choose BTTS because the 4 teams that will compete have almost the same performance and have their respective advantages. And in my opinion, these 2 matches can provide a surprise for a draw.
- Milan win
- Aston Villa win
- Arsenal win
- Juventus win
Although Milan has bad results, I believe more that Milan has better experience to be able to beat Club Brugge. Milan 2 defeats were because the opponents Milan faced before were very strong, such as Liverpool and Leverkusen. While Club Brugge got 1 win against a weaker team and lost against Dortmund.
So I will not hesitate to choose to bet on Milan victory.
And for Juventus, Aston Villa and Arsenal, everyone will also believe that this favorite team will have a great chance of winning because the opponents they will face are only unstable teams.
From the several teams I chose, I tried to use parlay bets on several of these teams.
And for this match, I will use single bet.
- Madrid vs Dortmund (BTTS)
- PSG vs PSV (BTTS)
There is no other reason to choose BTTS because the 4 teams that will compete have almost the same performance and have their respective advantages. And in my opinion, these 2 matches can provide a surprise for a draw.
A prestigious match will be presented in the Champions League in the middle of this week on Matchday 3, interestingly, two teams from Germany will play away to Spain, Dortmund and Spain will face a top Spanish club that is in top form. Bayern Munich must be more careful this time because Barcelona is very powerful when playing in front of their supporters, Sevilla has just become a victim of the ferocity of Barcelona players who performed brilliantly under the guidance of Hansi Flick. Ancelotti must focus more on defense because Dortmund has a very dangerous counter-attacking pattern, conceding one goal when beating Celta Vigo must be evaluated immediately so they don't lose points in this important match.
In addition, the PSG vs PSV Eindhoven match is also interesting to watch.
In addition, the PSG vs PSV Eindhoven match is also interesting to watch.
2 matches as the opening will be played today and what caught my attention was the match between AC Milan vs Club Brugge, this is the 3rd match for AC Milan in the Champiosn League and the previous 2 matches AC Milan were defeated well this is the right time for them to catch up in points if not then AC Milan will be left behind. As a home team, AC Milan should be able to take advantage of the situation and get the first win and this victory is important to increase the confidence of the players, I don't think it's a bad idea if we place a bet there I mean on the market 1x2 on AC Milan side. The odds are also not bad 1.42 and this will continue to change before the match is played.
How can be @1.42 isn't bad? Milan isn't a strong team and they will play in their home, on the other hand Club Brugge is unbeaten 5 away match. I feel the odds is low for Milan, it should be like @1.70 since both of them are uncertain. I'd would go for draw instead.But now the number of injured Real Madrid players that I know has decreased and now Vinicius can play for Real Madrid so I predict that in that match Real Madrid will have a big potential to win against Dortmund. yes I hope my bet is successful and makes a profit.
Real Madrid will win, Dortmund are lost many important players.Just don't expect Real Madrid will score many goals, when I see Mbappe is playing, regardless he score a goal or not, Real Madrid tend to win.
Yes, that is something that has been happening to them from time to time, many of the friends that we play soccer with sometimes think that they have bad luck, they reduce all that to that conclusion, and if we look at it, well, it has its quick and easy logic, it may be that they have bad luck, but on the technical aspect I think that the players are affected by the pressure and the tiredness , many players have to make great efforts to perform in the games and the training sessions are not easy at all , that is something that they have to see and that I think is one of the reasons why they can have that performance, it is difficult to maintain the level as they advance more.
Luck is often very important in the game. But you can never win a match or a tournament by relying on luck. I will give priority to skill in sports. No matter how bad your luck is, if you have the skill and determination to win, you can definitely win the match or tournament. Some moments of luck work in your favor but most of the time you have to rely on skill. But when unintended player injuries cost a team the most, you can blame luck.
The City team is currently in a strong position in the Premier League. They are in the second position with 20 points after playing 8 matches and Liverpool are at the top position with 21 points. In this case, we will see a tough competition between Liverpool and Manchester City to retain the top position. But it remains to be seen how the players of their team will perform in the next matches. Whether they perform consistently or their performance downfalls will determine their position.
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