Things are going on really interestingly in the group stage this season. Many big teams of their groups like Chelsea, Juventus, Porto and Marseille have started really badly. Maybe we have left only two weeks in the group stage but the recent performances are indicating surprising results at the end.
Juventus are the most disadvantageous one among these teams. Because PSG and Benfica have already got six points ahead of them. Juventus have no chance other than hoping for PSG to defeat Benfica two times in a row while they are doing the same against Maccabi Haifa. If they don't manage to get six points against even Maccabi Haifa then they don't deserve the next stage in this tournament surely.
Well, of all the teams that you mention, the one that I see much more affected is Juve, because not only in the group stage that goes like this, not only have they had a bad start here but in the Italian league as well, things have not It went well, the last thing I investigated is that some players have some personal problems and that has not allowed them to do things well on the pitch, and I think that this is not only affecting Juve, but many famous teams as well, but I think that this is where the work of the technical director should be seen the most, but apparently things have not improved yet, Marseille is a strange case, they are not doing badly in the league but they started badly here in the group group, and I think that they if they can do it, so far this is what I see.
Barcelona still has a chance in the 2nd leg later. We can't see that Barca will definitely fail to advance to the knock-out stages. Because, their appearance in La Liga has shown a positive trend. With all the problem that Barcelona have, they currently have a solid team. Only 3 points behind Inter, this is not the end considering there are still 2 matches left. There could be a surprise in this week 5 & 6.
Although Barcelona has a positive trend in La Liga, it doesn't guarantee to win in UCL. In the next match, Barcelona will play against Bayern Munich, it is the strongest club in C. Bayern Munich wants to secure their position at the top table, so they will try all out to get 3 points. So, they won't give a chance for Barcelona to steal points. Even if the match will be held in Barcelona home, Bayern attackers look still too strong for Barcelona defenders. This makes me doubt that Barcelona to win it.
Well, the truth is, I think that Barcelona can lose against Bayern, and it will be something very decisive, I would like to see what Lewa's face will look like if he loses? and if Bayern passes and he is not there? Will it be a sentence for Lewa to start thinking that he should leave Barcelona? It would also be very sad not to see more action from Lewa there, on the other hand, I think that Muller will not let himself be won by his friend, this will be very good, I honestly think that this time Barcelona will not go through and he will have to concentrate only on the League, for many Barcelona fans they don't want to be in the Europa League, but I couldn't say that I won't drink this water.
Juventus are in a really bad condition in the Champions League and the Benfica match up next is going to be their silver lining. If they somehow manage to beat Benfica in Portugal the point gap will be only 2. But there is going to be only one match left at the same time. Let's say Juventus beat PSG in Turin, I don't know if Benfica would lose points against Maccabi Haifa. Benfica's match is going to be away against them but in this case Maccabi Haifa won't have any chance left for the Europa League from a realistic point of view. So they wouldn't make big difficulties for Benfica I mean.
Juventus will even need to get better than Benfica in head-to-heads as well so it is a very difficult job to do. We'll see them in the Europa League most probably. Besides I don't think that there would be such thing like they wouldn't care about the Europa League unless they improve their form in the Serie A and enter top 4.
The truth is I don't see Juve well, right now they are playing in Serie A and I don't see that they have scored a good goal against Torino, however I see it as difficult for them to beat Benfica, and this is something they can do if They have the pertinent determination, if we start to see Juve have great options to win, but if and only if they play with everything, I think that this is already a ceustipon of strategy on the part of the coach, I do not see another option because the players are doing very well, for me Cuadrado (the Colombian) is playing very well, and if they play against Benfica as they are doing against TORINO, very good things could happen.
Important Report:.
Report: There’s a growing number of Juve players who aren’t Max Allegri fans
According to La Repubblica earlier this week, there is a group of the Juventus locker room that is not happy with how Max Allegri is currently managing the squad. While there are veteran players like Wojciech Szczesny, Juan Cuadrado and others (translate: Mattia De Sciglio) who are very much in Allegri’s corner, the same can’t be said for the younger — and newer — section of the roster who are reportedly struggling to understand the method to the madness of Juve’s manager. That reported list includes Bremer, Filip Kostic, Manuel Locatelli and Weston McKennie, with Federico Chiesa and Fabio Miretti not exactly thought of as huge fans of Allegri.
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https://www.blackwhitereadallover.com/2022/10/14/23401612/juventus-max-allegri-andrea-agnelli-manuel-locatelli-weston-mckennie-2022-serie-a-team-management
But apparently Barcelona decided to go to the very bottom - their financial results are already terrible, and sports resalts will gradually become so (the first stage in the form of the Champions League can be said to have already been completed).