Topic: UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread - page 256. (Read 130208 times)

Obviously, Benzema is now at the peak of maturity in football even when Ronaldo was at Madrid he has been like this but as expected Ronaldo always steals the headline. Benzema is a tactical player with high technique, a clinical goal scorer, a playmaker and most of all, a wonderful leader on the pitch and at moment many fans are pitching him to be favorite for Ballon D'or which I think he won't win by the way.

Bayern is not in an advantageous position, in fact for Villareal many opportunities are not just once. To make more than 1 goal if they really take advantage of the fragile condition of Bayern Munich players. Seen when the game Muller and Lewandowsky played quite badly. Playing at home should be an opportunity to equalize if you don't want to be humiliated by Villareal.

I really can't even describe the quality of those head shots, it's outstanding.. I thought that he took advantage of the goalkeeper's mistake and scored in the psg match, maybe the whole world thought the same thing, but today we understand that this man is chasing these positions, he doesn't let up the pressure by saying that the goalkeeper will hit anyway, and he gets paid for his efforts. .. Ambition and perseverance is a great chance for Real Madrid's young talents..

Everyone talked about Benzema, of course, but Vinicius is a very, very important player of this team. Every position has this man in the lead, and football is not just about goals and assists. Benzema-Modric-Vinicius is doing great work.

Real Madrid is not a small club at all, it is a strong club, I have thought before the match that Chelsea may not qualify, Real Madrid oust PSG, that is never easy at all, Real Madrid is a very strong club. If Real Madrid can win in 2 goals range in Stamford Bridge, I am wondering what would happen in the second match, highly likely Chelsea is out of UCL this season. I am still also expecting Real Madrid to win again in the second match as the club will not take Chelsea lightly at all.

I'm not sure what the issue is; they conceded four goals against Brentford in their last Premier League match, and now they've conceded three goals against Real Madrid at Stanford Bridge. Because the team's present performance is below average, the coach will need to make some adjustments. Many people expected Chelsea to get at least a point in their Champions League encounter against Real Madrid, but Madrid were unstoppable, and Chelsea goalkeeper Mendy was far from his best.

I also have the same hope, Liverpool and Man City at the moment are very strong teams this season, Liverpool got the Premier League and Man City got the Champions League I think it will be very fair to them for such a great performance this season.
Don't rule out Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, but it must be admitted that for now the Liverpool and Man City teams are much better than them.
as we saw in the 1st leg even though Real Madrid could win the match but they couldn't control the game well and it was clear that the Ballposition statistic was controlled by Chelsea.
as well as Bayern who failed to win even though they played continuously attacking since the early minutes.

In addition to wasting many opportunities in that match, chelsea performance is also quite bad in my opinion, the poor performance they have shown in the last 2 matches seems to be the effect of chelsea internal problems that have not found a solution at this time, chelsea players seem to lose the motivation to do their best at every turn their current match, if the problem is not resolved, of course it will continue to have an effect on chelsea game in the league and champions league, so I think they will be very difficult to get a miracle in the 2nd leg against madrid later, in my personal opinion chelsea journey in this season's champions league has ended in the hands of madrid.

Honestly, looking at the teams performance levels I've got to say that Man City, and Liverpool have to be favourites. Real Madrid had a good result against Chelsea, but I haven't been overly impressed with Chelsea as of recent, and to be honest Real Madrid looked very shaky against PSG. So, I'm not entirely convinced by them either. Bayern Munich I would have expected to be the favourite against Villareal, but they've also looked terrible in previous games, that they were expected to win.

Honestly, everything is pointing to either Man City or Liverpool for me. I'm hoping its the latter, but I feel that each team will stop the other from one title, be it the Premier League or Champions League so I think we'll basically split the spoils. I would fancy Liverpool in the Champions League more, just solely based on the 12th man from the crowd. However, I think I'd prefer Liverpool to get the Premier League, and Man City take us in the Champions League.

Important few weeks coming up that's for sure.

I think Chelsea team collectively were poor against Real Madrid. Mendy was a major culprit if you ask me. After he conceded the second goal, it's expected he would do his best not to concede another. Look at how easily Karim Benzema found the back of the net three times in a row. Romelu Lukaku had a chance to score and he missed the opportunity, he couldn't even control the ball. He is not a prolific player in Chelsea.

Even though Karim Banzema fasted the whole day, it didn't affect Karim Banzema's fitness at all, the proof is that he was able to score 3 goals against Chelsea, meaning if there is a coach who says the players' fitness will decrease because they are fasting, that is speculation. That doesn't make sense and cannot be accepted, because there is evidence that great players are able to play impressively even when they are fasting, such as Banzema, Moh Salah, and Sadio Mane.

Beside with perfect performance from Karim Benzema with hattrick I think several save did Thibaut Courtois make Real Madrid just loss 1 goals only and have benefit with 2 goals on second leg, I think Real Madrid have opportunity lead to semi final Champion League on this season with second leg just draw or loss under 2 goal. I hope Real Madrid keep consistent on second leg match actually always have bigger motivation when playing match as home and we still remember with how come back from Real Madrid when success defeated PSG on 16 round. Just keep consistent for second leg and try with defensive and attractive games play how to make Chelsea on pressure less chance create.

Villareal 1-0 win over Bayern Munich did not make Villareal journey safe in the second leg later, Bayern Munich's game in that match was quite bad and they looked too focused on attacking so they were a bit off guard in defense, besides Unay Emery experience in the European League so far make him really understand what he has to do when facing a team as big and great as Bayern Munich, but I think to stop Bayern Munich with scoring 1-0 at Villareal is not enough, because it is certain that Bayern Munich will probably play better and score more goals a lot when playing in the allianz arena later.

In addition to the influence of the old coach from Real Madrid who already has a lot of experience in the Champions League, Chelsea at this time is also experiencing a very big problem in the club's internals so it is natural that this season Chelsea are not able to show a good performance because there are many things they cannot do. do this season.

His performances are indeed very extraordinary now and the proof of his good performance is by making many goals in all competitions now even he is in La Liga and UCL is at the top of the list which is only 1 goal behind Lewa for UCL and is at the top of the top scorers in La Liga.
This is of course the best achievement for Benzemea but in terms of champions I think this will still be something that is difficult to decide because the longer their opponent will certainly get better because it is getting narrower in the UCL, the stronger the opponent will be.

Before losing to Real Madrid in the Champions League, Chelsea in the previous match was defeated by Brentford with a fairly large score.
Even though Chelsea play at Stamford Bridge, and also what Chelsea is facing is Brentford who is a weak team in the Premier League.
Now Chelsea has disappointed its fans for the second time, they were humiliated by Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge which is the home of
Chelsea. It's a strange thing for a big team like Chelsea to have bad results twice in a row when they play at home.

Most likely Chelsea's declining performance because Chelsea are currently facing internal problems, so it will definitely have an effect on
Chelsea players. Hopefully Chelsea can win the game against Southampton this week, at least a win against Southampton can restore
the confidence of Chelsea players. Because next week Chelsea will play in the second leg against Real Madrid, in which Chelsea players
should have increased their confidence, so that Chelsea can win in the second leg match. Although I think it's very difficult to beat Real Madrid
at the Santiago Bernabeu, especially if Karim Benzema plays this will make it difficult for Chelsea to win. But surprises can happen,
we never know, who knows Chelsea will beat Real Madrid. So it will be interesting to watch the Real Madrid vs Chelsea match in the second leg.

I think we all know Benfica is low team and Liverpool is top team, of course many people will thought Liverpool will win. You can't blame Benfica since they can't make at least a draw on their own home. It was a good lesson for them to comeback stronger, they shouldn't feel depressed or shame with the lose on the first leg.

Modric is very underrated, same like Ibrahimovic who's an old player but can play very well, other people only recognize Messi and Ronaldo.

Yes, Chelsea did play badly in the match against Real Madrid, their performance was very disappointing, as defending champions they did not display an aggressive game like they did in the EPL. in Leg 2 I'm not sure Chelsea can turn things around because we know Real Madrid have quite an impressive experience in the Champions League.

The most tiring part about Modric is the constant mention of his age and how good he is, no article about him is complete without it. It gets a bit offensive, constantly wondering how he can play so well, but he shouldn't. Age is just a number, and for Modric it's a number that doesn't really matter. From day one of his career, as he is today, this man is a machine, perhaps the best midfielder who has ever played football.

Bayern is not playing as perfect or flawless football as it did at the beginning of the year. But I still don't think he will give his opponent a chance in such a match. Everyone on the team will focus on scoring goals and they will do anything for it.
We will see how well Villarreal can defend in the away game, if they can score with a counterattack they will be very comfortable

Chelsea did not perform at their best in the last match I don't know what was the reason but I guess it is not far from the lack of motivation resulting from their recent setback of being unable to sign a new player and the stepping down of the club owner, but I believe Chelsea will perform better in their next game with high goal scores that will increase the points.