If we look at the Atletico Madrid - Manchester United matchup, we can say that it is going to be a very competitive matchup for sure. Because I don't see a big difference between these teams now. Maybe Atletico Madrid's form lately hasn't been better than Manchester United. But if we take their general performances into account, it is more visible that they are close to each other. If I'm to favour one of them, my choice would be Manchester United.
Not only that, this is a competition between two people, Diego Simeone and Cristiano Ronaldo. Several times Atletico Madrid's steps under Diego Simeone in the Champions League had to be stopped by the team that Cristiano Ronaldo defended, while still at Real Madrid or Juventus. Uniquely Ronaldo was able to dominate the goals scored against Atletico Madrid. Will Diego Simeone break that, or vice versa Ronaldo will add to the nightmare for the 51-year-old coach. 
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If we look at the Atletico Madrid - Manchester United matchup, we can say that it is going to be a very competitive matchup for sure. Because I don't see a big difference between these teams now. Maybe Atletico Madrid's form lately hasn't been better than Manchester United. But if we take their general performances into account, it is more visible that they are close to each other. If I'm to favour one of them, my choice would be Manchester United.
Both teams are currently experiencing the same problem in the league, which is both have not found their best performance, but even so I think the match will be very exciting, because both teams who are currently slumped in their league will certainly show their best performances to secure the chance to qualify for the the next round, I will not bet or choose one team in the match because it is very risky in my opinion.My favourite team for this matchup will be Manchester United. But it is really early to talk about which team can advance to the next round. Because there is still a long time for the first leg to start. Until that time, everything can change about these teams. Atletico Madrid are in a bad situation for example. But they are still a strong team that they can fix their problems in this time period. And Manchester United have been newly recovering. We will see if they will be able to get better until this matchup. If they develop their game more and more, they can fight really hard against Atletico Madrid.
If we look at the Atletico Madrid - Manchester United matchup, we can say that it is going to be a very competitive matchup for sure. Because I don't see a big difference between these teams now. Maybe Atletico Madrid's form lately hasn't been better than Manchester United. But if we take their general performances into account, it is more visible that they are close to each other. If I'm to favour one of them, my choice would be Manchester United.
Both teams are currently experiencing the same problem in the league, which is both have not found their best performance, but even so I think the match will be very exciting, because both teams who are currently slumped in their league will certainly show their best performances to secure the chance to qualify for the the next round, I will not bet or choose one team in the match because it is very risky in my opinion.
Even if Chelsea continues to slip, and Lille improves its game, then 99.99% you can be sure that Chelsea will still be the winner of this pair. Lille is very bad this season - 11th in the weakest of the top leagues. Making it to the playoffs from the Champions League group stage is easy to explain - they had the weakest group (possibly one of the weakest in history) and scored only 11 points. I think Chelsea will never get nervous about this confrontation and will easily succeed here.
Yes, basically on paper Chelsea will qualify, no matter the bad momentum that may occur in the Chelsea team later if something happens, basically Chelsea have a great chance to qualify. At least that's what I also believed before, Chelsea have a great coach but still, they won't always get the results they hoped for. I only consider Chelsea's situation as it is now at least in the last 5 games yesterday, the results were not so good and it looks very difficult for Chelsea to get out of that pressure. For this reason, I made a thought and became worried if a situation like this happened again when Chelsea played against Lille, at least it would make me doubt it only if bad conditions like now happen again.The underdog always has a chance, I agree with you. Even now, based on the odds that bookmakers give for Lille's success:
UEFA Champions League 2021/22 - Lille OSC reach the Quarter-Final?
No - 1,25
Yes - 3,60
it can be seen that, in their opinion, Lille has an approximately 25% chance of winning this confrontation. By the way, I am surprised because I thought that Lille's chances would be estimated as about twice as bad.
If we look at the Atletico Madrid - Manchester United matchup, we can say that it is going to be a very competitive matchup for sure. Because I don't see a big difference between these teams now. Maybe Atletico Madrid's form lately hasn't been better than Manchester United. But if we take their general performances into account, it is more visible that they are close to each other. If I'm to favour one of them, my choice would be Manchester United.
Those who think Atletico Madrid are going to lose to Man Utd because Ronaldo has 4 hattricks against them and are in for a huge disappointment. Man Utd were Premier League Champions for decades, now a decade is almost gone without a single league title, This is the beauty of football. Things change. Nobody ever thought Barcelona would come crashing down, high flying Barcelona are now in Europa League, and you think Cristiano will bail Man Utd out once again because of history? He's going to fail spectarcularly.
If we look at the Atletico Madrid - Manchester United matchup, we can say that it is going to be a very competitive matchup for sure. Because I don't see a big difference between these teams now. Maybe Atletico Madrid's form lately hasn't been better than Manchester United. But if we take their general performances into account, it is more visible that they are close to each other. If I'm to favour one of them, my choice would be Manchester United.
If we compare PSG, Manchester United or Manchester City, Chelsea has the least number of star players. Moreover, the pace of Chelsea's game has slowed down a bit now. In January, Chelsea's management should appoint some experienced players to the team. Their defense is strong enough, but forward lineup needs some improvement.
when compared to other big teams, yes chelsea only have very few star players however When a team has a good depth of squad and team mentality that has been formed, I think big names or star player are not a big deal. and bringing in star players is not always the solution, some players or teams actually need time to adapt, seeing the condition of their squad at the time I think they are still able to compete in the EPL and UCL at the same time.I totally agree, that just because you have the most big names in your team does not automatically make you the strongest team, it can actually be the complete opposite. Just look at PSG for example, they now have Mbappe, Neymar and Messi as their attackers, i would say that this is probably the best offense that you can have, but still i think that PSG is not better than last year, they are probably worse. One reason for that is, that they now have 3 players that are doing absolutely nothing to support the team while in defense. For me PSG is a bad example for a club that has unlimited amount of money. ManCity does it way better, they have a real team.
If we compare PSG, Manchester United or Manchester City, Chelsea has the least number of star players. Moreover, the pace of Chelsea's game has slowed down a bit now. In January, Chelsea's management should appoint some experienced players to the team. Their defense is strong enough, but forward lineup needs some improvement.
when compared to other big teams, yes chelsea only have very few star players however When a team has a good depth of squad and team mentality that has been formed, I think big names or star player are not a big deal. and bringing in star players is not always the solution, some players or teams actually need time to adapt, seeing the condition of their squad at the time I think they are still able to compete in the EPL and UCL at the same time.I hope Chelsea can recover soon from the injury storm, because we can't deny that injured players have contributed a lot to Chelsea's pattern of play. Like Jorginho and N'Golo Kante. In the middle of the field we can see N'Golo Kante can be a frightening figure for the opponent. I think in the transfer market this season, Chelsea must add players to keep the squad more evenly distributed.
I hope so too. Chelsea are facing a situation that some of their important players are absent now. It is more due to covid-19 actually. If I'm not wrong, Lukaku and Werner have gotten covid-19. Chelsea really feel their absence in their attacking line. Their inadequate condition causes them to lose points these days. But there is still a long time period for the CL matches. I think they will have their full lineup then.
Chelsea are a very lucky team that they have one of the easiest matchups among the favourite clubs to win the Champions League title. And it was really interesting to see that they got a draw against Lille two times. 
It must be really frustrating for Lille. As Lille are not having a very satisfying season, Chelsea should be able to move them out of the CL by not having too much problem. I know that there has been a decrease in Chelsea's performance lately but they are still too powerful against their opponent.
In the league they do look to have a declining performance. It seems like it happened because they have a lot of players who are injured and affected by Covid-19. Kante who became the first choice suffered an injury, and chelsea's game was like losing a midfielder tirelessly. The UCL knockout stages are still long enough, I think chelsea will go through the transfer market as well. They can add players to fix their weaknesses. Besides I think the next game at UCL is the best players in the best of circumstances. It must be really frustrating for Lille. As Lille are not having a very satisfying season, Chelsea should be able to move them out of the CL by not having too much problem. I know that there has been a decrease in Chelsea's performance lately but they are still too powerful against their opponent.
Atletico Madrid - Manchester United can be a really interesting draw I think. I really wonder why Atletico Madrid are in such a bad condition this season after winning the La Liga title. There is a huge gap with the leader Real Madrid now. And they hardly managed to qualify for this round of the Champions League. As Manchester United are trying to recover by getting nice results, they seem to be the most advantageous team in this draw for now at least. I will be supporting Manchester United to qualify for the quarter finals.
Precisely in my opinion, Atletico Madrid has the advantage in this case because it meets with Manchester United, we know that Manchester United this season has almost the same conditions as those experienced by Atletico Madrid and of course the match will be quite balanced in my opinion, apart from that, Athletico Madrid, which is the team that is considered the underdog this season, will certainly be able to surprise Manchester United later and make the mentality of the Manchester players shrink a little with the hard game that has been the hallmark of Athletico, and even I think now Ralf Ragnick has not been very tested in Manchester when facing big teams.So I think Manchester's journey in the Champions League will end in the hands of Atletico Madrid this season.
Chelsea are a very lucky team that they have one of the easiest matchups among the favourite clubs to win the Champions League title. And it was really interesting to see that they got a draw against Lille two times. It must be really frustrating for Lille. As Lille are not having a very satisfying season, Chelsea should be able to move them out of the CL by not having too much problem. I know that there has been a decrease in Chelsea's performance lately but they are still too powerful against their opponent.
In the league they do look to have a declining performance. It seems like it happened because they have a lot of players who are injured and affected by Covid-19. Kante who became the first choice suffered an injury, and chelsea's game was like losing a midfielder tirelessly. The UCL knockout stages are still long enough, I think chelsea will go through the transfer market as well. They can add players to fix their weaknesses. Besides I think the next game at UCL is the best players in the best of circumstances. It must be really frustrating for Lille. As Lille are not having a very satisfying season, Chelsea should be able to move them out of the CL by not having too much problem. I know that there has been a decrease in Chelsea's performance lately but they are still too powerful against their opponent.If we compare PSG, Manchester United or Manchester City, Chelsea has the least number of star players. Moreover, the pace of Chelsea's game has slowed down a bit now. In January, Chelsea's management should appoint some experienced players to the team. Their defense is strong enough, but forward lineup needs some improvement.
Well in the Champions League he has scored a couple of goals so far. In Ligue 1 it's definitely not going well for him. If I were Pochettino I would also leave Ramons on the bench. He doesn't seem to be at top level anymore. Way too bus with things that happen outside the pitch. Crazy that PSG decided to pay him such a high salary although they knew that Ramos is frequently injured and misses most of the games these days.
From my point of view PSG signed Ramos so as to add his wealth of experience into club defence, UCL trophy is the main target for PSG in order to win that coveted trophy they need to improve on their defence line and with the signing of Ramos that area of the team would have been taken care of, it is not compulsory Pochetino plays Ramos in every league-1 matches, which I agreed with you, of course PSG has dominance in that league but their main objective and aim is winning UCL this season thus has to fix their team in every department once they achieve that they might sell him.Yes I get that and usually the transfer could have made a lot of sense, but if you look at the games Ramos played for Real Madrid in his last season, he was really injured most of the time and when he played he wasn't very good as he was out of shape. What were the odds that he would fully recover and get back to old strength? He is going to turn 36 in 3 months. It is not like he had one single injury and could fully recover after some time. He had injury after injury, a very obvious sign for someone who has done the job but won't get back to top level anymore.
Chelsea are a very lucky team that they have one of the easiest matchups among the favourite clubs to win the Champions League title. And it was really interesting to see that they got a draw against Lille two times. It must be really frustrating for Lille. As Lille are not having a very satisfying season, Chelsea should be able to move them out of the CL by not having too much problem. I know that there has been a decrease in Chelsea's performance lately but they are still too powerful against their opponent.
In the league they do look to have a declining performance. It seems like it happened because they have a lot of players who are injured and affected by Covid-19. Kante who became the first choice suffered an injury, and chelsea's game was like losing a midfielder tirelessly. The UCL knockout stages are still long enough, I think chelsea will go through the transfer market as well. They can add players to fix their weaknesses. Besides I think the next game at UCL is the best players in the best of circumstances. It must be really frustrating for Lille. As Lille are not having a very satisfying season, Chelsea should be able to move them out of the CL by not having too much problem. I know that there has been a decrease in Chelsea's performance lately but they are still too powerful against their opponent.If we compare PSG, Manchester United or Manchester City, Chelsea has the least number of star players. Moreover, the pace of Chelsea's game has slowed down a bit now. In January, Chelsea's management should appoint some experienced players to the team. Their defense is strong enough, but forward lineup needs some improvement.
Basically, PSG is a strong team, they have many top players. So, they are possible to beat Real Madrid in theory. The problem is how the coach manages a strategy and motivates PSG players to play solidly. If Pochettino can do that, surely PSG strikers possibly make Real Madrid defenders in trouble. Messi, Mbappe, Di Maria, or Icardi look fit to play in the next match, these strikers are enough to beat Real Madrid if they are playing in their best performance.
Yes, PSG's squad quality is much better than Real Madrid's now. Because Real Madrid still couldn't make the transfers they wanted. But Real Madrid are still in a great form these days. They are dominating the La Liga now. And their CL performance also has been fascinating. They really want both titles this season. PSG is a big hindrance for them as long as PSG have their best performance against them. But they are still a capable team to eliminate PSG also.But, sadly we have to wait for nearly two months for this match which is not easy as during this time many theories and conspiracies will be happened but still it's one of the best match to watch.
Chelsea are a very lucky team that they have one of the easiest matchups among the favourite clubs to win the Champions League title. And it was really interesting to see that they got a draw against Lille two times. It must be really frustrating for Lille. As Lille are not having a very satisfying season, Chelsea should be able to move them out of the CL by not having too much problem. I know that there has been a decrease in Chelsea's performance lately but they are still too powerful against their opponent.
In the league they do look to have a declining performance. It seems like it happened because they have a lot of players who are injured and affected by Covid-19. Kante who became the first choice suffered an injury, and chelsea's game was like losing a midfielder tirelessly. The UCL knockout stages are still long enough, I think chelsea will go through the transfer market as well. They can add players to fix their weaknesses. Besides I think the next game at UCL is the best players in the best of circumstances. It must be really frustrating for Lille. As Lille are not having a very satisfying season, Chelsea should be able to move them out of the CL by not having too much problem. I know that there has been a decrease in Chelsea's performance lately but they are still too powerful against their opponent.PSG is strong in names. But are names on the pitch that strong? Remind me of the game this season, when exactly did the strikers do something at the extra level and PSG beat a strong team?
Basically, PSG is a strong team, they have many top players. So, they are possible to beat Real Madrid in theory. The problem is how the coach manages a strategy and motivates PSG players to play solidly. If Pochettino can do that, surely PSG strikers possibly make Real Madrid defenders in trouble. Messi, Mbappe, Di Maria, or Icardi look fit to play in the next match, these strikers are enough to beat Real Madrid if they are playing in their best performance.Yes, PSG's squad quality is much better than Real Madrid's now. Because Real Madrid still couldn't make the transfers they wanted. But Real Madrid are still in a great form these days. They are dominating the La Liga now. And their CL performance also has been fascinating. They really want both titles this season. PSG is a big hindrance for them as long as PSG have their best performance against them. But they are still a capable team to eliminate PSG also.
PSG is strong in names. But are names on the pitch that strong? Remind me of the game this season, when exactly did the strikers do something at the extra level and PSG beat a strong team?
Basically, PSG is a strong team, they have many top players. So, they are possible to beat Real Madrid in theory. The problem is how the coach manages a strategy and motivates PSG players to play solidly. If Pochettino can do that, surely PSG strikers possibly make Real Madrid defenders in trouble. Messi, Mbappe, Di Maria, or Icardi look fit to play in the next match, these strikers are enough to beat Real Madrid if they are playing in their best performance.This is also true for Real, I do not see any differences. By the way, how do you explain the fact that such a stellar attack that PSG has scored 38 goals in 18 matches of a very weak French championship? While Real Madrid have scored 39 goals in the same number of matches in the much stronger La Liga.
If Chelsea's performance continues to decline and of course it will be a pressure on the team, at least the problem will have an impact on their performance as well. But if some key Chelsea players can get back into shape and keep them safe until the match against Lille, then of course Chelsea have a great chance of qualifying. I'm just worried that the pressure on the team can't be overcome, because after all even though Lille looks worse in the domestic league but the fact that throughout the group stage Lille can prove their capacity and Lille still can't be underestimated.
Even if Chelsea continues to slip, and Lille improves its game, then 99.99% you can be sure that Chelsea will still be the winner of this pair. Lille is very bad this season - 11th in the weakest of the top leagues. Making it to the playoffs from the Champions League group stage is easy to explain - they had the weakest group (possibly one of the weakest in history) and scored only 11 points. I think Chelsea will never get nervous about this confrontation and will easily succeed here.
Atletico Madrid - Manchester United can be a really interesting draw I think. I really wonder why Atletico Madrid are in such a bad condition this season after winning the La Liga title. There is a huge gap with the leader Real Madrid now. And they hardly managed to qualify for this round of the Champions League. As Manchester United are trying to recover by getting nice results, they seem to be the most advantageous team in this draw for now at least. I will be supporting Manchester United to qualify for the quarter finals.
Manchester United and Atletico Madrid are not far apart in their respective leagues, they are both outside the UEFA Champions League zone which indicates they are not doing well in the league. Maybe the match between them will be very boring, but I will still choose Atletico Madrid to win in the first leg because the match will be held at the Wanda Metropolitano.
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