Topic: UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread - page 501. (Read 130210 times)
There are still months to go for the last 16 matchups to be played in the Champions League. And the covid-19 situation is getting heavier in Europe now. Therefore, I think that it is really difficult to comment on the matches. For example, Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho and Curtis Jones tested positive for covid-19 at Liverpool today and they couldn't play in the Newcastle match.
Still not understand why UEFA have make second drawing what the problem and mistake with first drawing still not clarify on the public, I see many time UEFA make big mistake but not any club like Real Madrid want to get new revolution on UEFA team. From super leagues ideas where club can get much money but still not agree by UEFA and now they not really contribute about how much money from champion league still not any clarify.
UEFA has certain rules according to which teams are distributed into baskets, and this time, for some reason, these rules were not followed, which led to a repeat draw. Speaking in general terms, Manchester United and Liverpool were not in their basket and it was perfectly noticeable during the broadcast. UEFA President Alexander Ceferin said on this occasion that something went wrong with the software and that they should depend less on technology. I would not scold UEFA so much about this, because it seems that such blatant blunders have never happened before and no one is immune from mistakes. As for the confrontation between Real Madrid and UEFA, this is a completely different story, which has nothing to do with this incident. It seems to me like that Ajax can advance to the quarter finals after having one of the best matchups which is against Benfica. I wouldn't like to underrate Benfica of course but it should already be seen clearly by many people that Ajax are in a much greater condition than their opponent now. The Ajax team are comprised of very talented players especially for scoring. I expect them to continue to show their real strength in this matchup also.
The round 16 results will be full of surprises. Is obvious that Ajax have a great squad, and also they are currently unbeatable in the Champion League. But no team is probably weak as far as Champion League is concerned. However, Benfica will be hosting Ajax in the round 16 Leg 1, and Benfica will struggle not to lose since is will be their home match. The match will be very tough, but honestly I don't think Benfica can be able to resist Ajax in both home and away. Anyway, Let wait and see how they plays.It would be really interesting to see Ajax in the quarter finals actually. But I don't say that they don't deserve it. They totally deserve this opportunity because their group stage performance was absolutely marvelous. They won huge victories against all of their opponents and finished the stage as the leader comfortably. But after this round, they will have a much more serious opponent certainly.
When the results of the first drawing were released, to be honest I was very surprised because manchester united would face villareal again, even though it was clear that both teams were in the same group in the group phase and it happened repeatedly, but thankfully the drawing has been repeated so the team who are in the last 16 get their real opponents right now.
I don't know if it was intentional or purely a technical error, but what is certain now is that many people think that there is a dishonesty in the draw for the Champions League round of 16 drawing.
I don't know if it was intentional or purely a technical error, but what is certain now is that many people think that there is a dishonesty in the draw for the Champions League round of 16 drawing.
I agree that it was really not a very cool thing that they did. I don't remember any time like this that they made a big mistake while the draw is going on. They are already very experienced in this and nothing has changed. Consequently, people start to think like there must be something as a reason behind this action and it could be an on-purpose action. On the other hand, I think like "What could be the reason?" if they really did this on purpose.
Not exactly that's one. Ancelotti don't follow a player rotation policy which leave him a injured team at the end of the season or at the time or crucial matches. That's happen with Real Madrid back in 0214/15 season IIRC. Since, Madrid is in winning streak, he can try with rotating some players and send some current players in rest. It's not easy to play 90 minutes two times in a week.
I noticed it too. The man has failed to rotated players especially the aging midfielders like Kroos and Modric, yet there are good replacements like Valverde and Isco at his disposal not forgetting camavinga.I feel Real Madrid might suffer from the consequences of player fatigue at the business end of the season and tornaments.
When the results of the first drawing were released, to be honest I was very surprised because manchester united would face villareal again, even though it was clear that both teams were in the same group in the group phase and it happened repeatedly, but thankfully the drawing has been repeated so the team who are in the last 16 get their real opponents right now.
I don't know if it was intentional or purely a technical error, but what is certain now is that many people think that there is a dishonesty in the draw for the Champions League round of 16 drawing.
I don't know if it was intentional or purely a technical error, but what is certain now is that many people think that there is a dishonesty in the draw for the Champions League round of 16 drawing.
I agree that it was really not a very cool thing that they did. I don't remember any time like this that they made a big mistake while the draw is going on. They are already very experienced in this and nothing has changed. Consequently, people start to think like there must be something as a reason behind this action and it could be an on-purpose action. On the other hand, I think like "What could be the reason?" if they really did this on purpose.
I don't know if it was intentional or purely a technical error, but what is certain now is that many people think that there is a dishonesty in the draw for the Champions League round of 16 drawing.
Surely UEFA will say this is a technical error and it is impossible to speak of dishonesty, but of course there is a lot of speculation at the level of UEFA, only making a few mistakes but causing a lot of harm to other clubs, so I think this is certainly UEFA should not repeat it again.But I saw that there was indeed an injustice in the lottery and this is the first time I've seen this draw twice, I know.
Every year UEFA keeps changing every rule that applies in European competitions and they do it well, but instead they seem to have trouble regulating something quite as simple as the draw, isn't that a pretty strange thing?
I think the draw has been prepared for a long time, so there shouldn't be the slightest mistake in its implementation, but this season they made two mistakes in drawing of course it's quite embarrassing, even if we remember it seems like every year UEFA always make mistakes that give rise to speculation
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I wonder if we can see a surprising result after the Villarreal - Juventus matchup ends. Villarreal have performed really good in the CL so far. But one important thing comes to my mind also that Manchester United defeated them twice in their group games. Maybe they weren't the most comfortable victories but in the end they did. Villarreal seem to have a lower chance to advance compared to Juventus. As long as Juventus don't struggle with serious injuries, they would eliminate Villarreal.
I don't know if it was intentional or purely a technical error, but what is certain now is that many people think that there is a dishonesty in the draw for the Champions League round of 16 drawing.
Surely UEFA will say this is a technical error and it is impossible to speak of dishonesty, but of course there is a lot of speculation at the level of UEFA, only making a few mistakes but causing a lot of harm to other clubs, so I think this is certainly UEFA should not repeat it again.But I saw that there was indeed an injustice in the lottery and this is the first time I've seen this draw twice, I know.
The toughest ones among the last 32 round matchups are PSG vs Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid vs Manchester United. PSG seem to be a little better than Real Madrid recently but we never know what can happen in this. Real Madrid are really strong this season and they are capable of eliminating PSG actually. Bu my favourite is PSG here. And in the other one, my favourite is Manchester United. Because they seem to be more capable than Atletico Madrid for now. But things can change until the CL games also of course.
I don't know if it was intentional or purely a technical error, but what is certain now is that many people think that there is a dishonesty in the draw for the Champions League round of 16 drawing.
Surely UEFA will say this is a technical error and it is impossible to speak of dishonesty, but of course there is a lot of speculation at the level of UEFA, only making a few mistakes but causing a lot of harm to other clubs, so I think this is certainly UEFA should not repeat it again.But I saw that there was indeed an injustice in the lottery and this is the first time I've seen this draw twice, I know.
In fact, it is not yet clear who should be more afraid in this pair. Both clubs are in crisis now, but before the games there is enough time to change the game and get the necessary game form, so whoever solves these problems will be the favorite in the upcoming confrontation. I hope it will be United and objectively speaking United has more potential for growth than Atlético.
It's silly to talk about the strength of the teams, because there are still two months left before the confrontation and a lot can change during this time. I have no doubt about the class and strength of Cristiano Ronaldo's game, but football is a collective game and 11 people participate in it, and a lot also depends on the efforts of the other players. I would not dare to talk about the greater potential of the Manchester United squad compared to Atletico Madrid, because Diego Simeone has proven throughout his previous career and skill at Atletico that he is able to remove stronger teams from his path, skillfully building the game and tactics of the team in such matches.Past achievements are worthless, so they can be ignored. This season, Simeone received the world's strongest (as it seemed at the beginning of the season) bunch of strikers Suarez + Greenzman, and how did he dispose of it? Atlético continued to play tedious defensive football, which yielded mediocre results all season (they miraculously got into the Champions League playoffs and their position in La Liga is weak). What is the likelihood that Simeone will be able to radically change something? Historically, I see that it is very small. What is the likelihood that a great team (in composition) will finally start to play well? Much more since real changes are taking place in United (for example, a change of coach).
but maybe if compared to Atletico's performance is better than MU at this time depending on how Rangnick can mix something new or not now because the possibility of MU will lose is quite large
Are you talking about a winning streak of 22 matches?
Not exactly that's one. Ancelotti don't follow a player rotation policy which leave him a injured team at the end of the season or at the time or crucial matches. That's happen with Real Madrid back in 0214/15 season IIRC. Since, Madrid is in winning streak, he can try with rotating some players and send some current players in rest. It's not easy to play 90 minutes two times in a week.At the moment, Real Madrid has no players who can replace Casemiro, Cross and Modric. And in past matches, Ancelloti was forced not to rotate. Of the experienced players, there are Hazard and Bale, but alas, they are not ready to play at full strength and are unlikely to play in the future. Now the Covid-19 epidemic has disabled Modric, so he will rest for the next 2 weeks.
When the results of the first drawing were released, to be honest I was very surprised because manchester united would face villareal again, even though it was clear that both teams were in the same group in the group phase and it happened repeatedly, but thankfully the drawing has been repeated so the team who are in the last 16 get their real opponents right now.
I don't know if it was intentional or purely a technical error, but what is certain now is that many people think that there is a dishonesty in the draw for the Champions League round of 16 drawing.
Speculation about Uefa's dishonesty in the draw hasn't just happened once, but you must have been hearing about it for a long time now. Maybe they can reason about a technical glitch, but I'm sure there must be a shrimp behind the rock. But what is clear is that everything is official now and nothing will change.I don't know if it was intentional or purely a technical error, but what is certain now is that many people think that there is a dishonesty in the draw for the Champions League round of 16 drawing.
In my opinion, the draw for the round of 16 can benefit several team at this time where it will be very easy to guess who will qualify because of the quality of the team. Manchester City, Bayern Munchen, Chelsea and Ajax are some of the team that are highly believed to be able to qualify for the next round easily because they get opponents that are much easier than some other team. Meanwhile PSG, Madrid, Liverpool, AC Milan, Inter, Atletico and Manchester United had to go through a tough match where the quality of the team they faced was very difficult to beat. So maybe we will be surprised by the failure of some Premier League team in this round, but this is the best match in the round of 16.
Are you talking about a winning streak of 22 matches?
Not exactly that's one. Ancelotti don't follow a player rotation policy which leave him a injured team at the end of the season or at the time or crucial matches. That's happen with Real Madrid back in 0214/15 season IIRC. Since, Madrid is in winning streak, he can try with rotating some players and send some current players in rest. It's not easy to play 90 minutes two times in a week. 
I don't know if it was intentional or purely a technical error, but what is certain now is that many people think that there is a dishonesty in the draw for the Champions League round of 16 drawing.
Surely UEFA will say this is a technical error and it is impossible to speak of dishonesty, but of course there is a lot of speculation at the level of UEFA, only making a few mistakes but causing a lot of harm to other clubs, so I think this is certainly UEFA should not repeat it again.But I saw that there was indeed an injustice in the lottery and this is the first time I've seen this draw twice, I know.
Manchester United fans might be a bit scared already facing Athletico Madrid. Prior to this meeting,good thing they have Cristiano Ronaldo,as he holds the record of the only player that has an hat-trick against the defending champion's of La Liga. Will Cristiano secure another hat trick against the Spanish giant's once more ? This might seems to be a new era anyways.
In fact, it is not yet clear who should be more afraid in this pair. Both clubs are in crisis now, but before the games there is enough time to change the game and get the necessary game form, so whoever solves these problems will be the favorite in the upcoming confrontation. I hope it will be United and objectively speaking United has more potential for growth than Atlético.Last season, Ronaldo silenced Athletico with a hat-trick when Athletico met Juventus last season.
He will definitely be the main magnet at this time because even though Athletico is a strong team, Ronaldo is one of the players who have scored the most goals against Atlético with 25 goals at the moment.
It seems to me like that Ajax can advance to the quarter finals after having one of the best matchups which is against Benfica. I wouldn't like to underrate Benfica of course but it should already be seen clearly by many people that Ajax are in a much greater condition than their opponent now. The Ajax team are comprised of very talented players especially for scoring. I expect them to continue to show their real strength in this matchup also.
The round 16 results will be full of surprises. Is obvious that Ajax have a great squad, and also they are currently unbeatable in the Champion League. But no team is probably weak as far as Champion League is concerned. However, Benfica will be hosting Ajax in the round 16 Leg 1, and Benfica will struggle not to lose since is will be their home match. The match will be very tough, but honestly I don't think Benfica can be able to resist Ajax in both home and away. Anyway, Let wait and see how they plays. 
In fact, it is not yet clear who should be more afraid in this pair. Both clubs are in crisis now, but before the games there is enough time to change the game and get the necessary game form, so whoever solves these problems will be the favorite in the upcoming confrontation. I hope it will be United and objectively speaking United has more potential for growth than Atlético.
It's silly to talk about the strength of the teams, because there are still two months left before the confrontation and a lot can change during this time. I have no doubt about the class and strength of Cristiano Ronaldo's game, but football is a collective game and 11 people participate in it, and a lot also depends on the efforts of the other players. I would not dare to talk about the greater potential of the Manchester United squad compared to Atletico Madrid, because Diego Simeone has proven throughout his previous career and skill at Atletico that he is able to remove stronger teams from his path, skillfully building the game and tactics of the team in such matches.Past achievements are worthless, so they can be ignored. This season, Simeone received the world's strongest (as it seemed at the beginning of the season) bunch of strikers Suarez + Greenzman, and how did he dispose of it? Atlético continued to play tedious defensive football, which yielded mediocre results all season (they miraculously got into the Champions League playoffs and their position in La Liga is weak). What is the likelihood that Simeone will be able to radically change something? Historically, I see that it is very small. What is the likelihood that a great team (in composition) will finally start to play well? Much more since real changes are taking place in United (for example, a change of coach).
The mistake during the play-off drawings of Champions League was a great dissappoinment for the fans, for example me, I as a fan have been always relying on the justice of organization regardless of rumours like hot balls or big team effects until this incident . So, from now on I will be watching the games much more carefully than past and focusing on the refree decisions in detail.
We want a clean Champions League and please pay much more attention in next drawings !
When the results of the first drawing were released, to be honest I was very surprised because manchester united would face villareal again, even though it was clear that both teams were in the same group in the group phase and it happened repeatedly, but thankfully the drawing has been repeated so the team who are in the last 16 get their real opponents right now. We want a clean Champions League and please pay much more attention in next drawings !
I don't know if it was intentional or purely a technical error, but what is certain now is that many people think that there is a dishonesty in the draw for the Champions League round of 16 drawing.
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