⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 winner - Real Madrid!

[Daniel91]

This matchday isn't such exciting as it was yesterday :/
City played 1:1 with Atalanta. It's unexpected, but probably City weren't very motivated when they almost have spot in next round and very big game weekend.
Real 6:0 Galatasaray. Real is back on track but Galatasaray isn't CL level team.
What a crazy match between Dinamo Zagreb and Shakhtar. Dinamo were better and were leading 3:1 and then Shakhtar made amazing comeback. Moraes goal in extra time and penalty. FT 3:3. Everything is still possible for both teams.
Bayer 2:1 Atletico. Didn't saw match, but seems it was close game.

WOW Dinamo Zagreb and Shakhtar, what a crazy match.
Dinamo was very close to win but it seems to me that they began to praise the victory prematurely and have relaxed too much.
Now the Ukrainian club is in a great psychological advantage in the fight for second place and not sure how and when Dinamo players will recover from this shock today.

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[ene1980]

PSG match we only saw one goal till now and lets see how things goes  .

I was expecting more goals in this match but it ended with just a single goal and PSG continues their winning ways and leading the group.

In the Real Madrid match the young Rodrygo was really a score making machine as he completed his hat trick in the final minutes of the match, Sergio Ramos would have given the penalty to Rodrygo and i was disappointed when he took that himself.

[LTU_btc]

This matchday isn't such exciting as it was yesterday :/

Yesterday we had Dortmund and their great comeback. Today we had Dinamo vs Shaktar. I'd say we're even  

Yeah, actually I wrote this sentence before Shakhtar comeback happened . And you forgot to mention Chelsea comeback yesterday .

[watergold]

Dramatic goal from Douglas Costa in the last minute made it a victory for Juventus and now has 10 points meaning it is safe to advance to the next round.
In this match my bet wins

[Juggy777]

City played 1:1 with Atalanta. It's unexpected, but probably City weren't very motivated when they almost have spot in next round and very big game weekend.
Real 6:0 Galatasaray. Real is back on track but Galatasaray isn't CL level team.

@LTU_btu you’re right Manchester City didn’t play their usual attacking football, they even missed a penalty and had to play with a make shift goal keeper in the second half of the match. There’s no doubt that Galatasaray vs Real Madrid was a one sided match, but I liked the intent shown by Real Madrid players to score goals even in the last few minutes of the game. I feel this victory shall boost Real Madrid’s confidence ahead of their clash with PSG, but I yet don’t expect them to beat PSG.

https://www.skysports.com/football/atalanta-vs-man-city/report/420396

https://www.skysports.com/football/r-madrid-vs-galatasaray/420403

[Upgrade00]

Manchester City would have an eye on their clash with Liverpool over the weekend, and would love to make quick work of Atlanta and give their key players a much needed rest. Then again pep would be wary of complacency and would not want to overlook tonight's match.
I also expect lots of goals as we got in the reverse fixtures, City, PSG, and Tottenham few of the teams I expect to score lots of goals; possible over 3.5.

City obviously were the later and didn't have enough focus to win this match, this does not set the right tone for their weekend fixture, but it does little to harm their UCL group stage qualification.
There were not as many goals as expected in the fixtures I highlighted, only Tottenham scoring over 3 goals. But there were plenty goals on the night, and also plenty of drama.

[Avirunes]

Dramatic goal from Douglas Costa in the last minute made it a victory for Juventus and now has 10 points meaning it is safe to advance to the next round.
In this match my bet wins

Last night so many crucial goals happened in last minutes. Zagreb and Shakhtar - Zagreb were leading 3-1 in 89th Minute but Shakhtar made it in extra time and played draw 3-3

Also I almost thought that I would lose my bet on Juventus to win but they just made it in time. 

[mu_enrico]

Is it just me or it seems that there is no superior club that can dominate European football at the moment, well after Barcelona and Real Madrid domination ended actually. Let's look at the top four favorites:
- Man City
- Liverpool
- PSG
- Barcelona
https://www.oddschecker.com/football/champions-league/winner

Only Liverpool and PSG have a strong performance in both domestic and European matches up to this week.

[bassbity]

Real Madrid won 6-0 and now have shown their performance at the Bernabou whether next week will face PSG at the Bernabou will win too?
Zidane has implemented his performance in a good strategy.

[Naida_BR]

It was a typical gambling day yesterday.
As expected all the favorites won except from one, Manchester City. That happens in most of the cases and I think that many people might have lost money due to this result. Atalanta might have won it as well in the end.

[swogerino]

I think and I hope that a lot of people won their ticket in yesterday games,I did with Tottenham,Juventus and Paris as my choices for a good odd of near 3.The results yesterday were really as expected from almost all of the big names so I think that yesterday was a good day in the Champions League.

[Furious 7]

Dramatic goal from Douglas Costa in the last minute made it a victory for Juventus and now has 10 points meaning it is safe to advance to the next round.
In this match my bet wins

Last night so many crucial goals happened in last minutes. Zagreb and Shakhtar - Zagreb were leading 3-1 in 89th Minute but Shakhtar made it in extra time and played draw 3-3

Even though I was already worried about the first round, but after the second round began I was optimistic the team would win at the end of the match, last night CL was really tense even though at the end of the match many bets had won.

[Avirunes]

I think and I hope that a lot of people won their ticket in yesterday games,I did with Tottenham,Juventus and Paris as my choices for a good odd of near 3.The results yesterday were really as expected from almost all of the big names so I think that yesterday was a good day in the Champions League.

Not if they had Manchester City to win against Atalanta from yesterday. City should have won that won. Jesus really wasted that opportunity. I was lucky enough to go for both to score  

Real Madrid won 6-0 and now have shown their performance at the Bernabou whether next week will face PSG at the Bernabou will win too?
Zidane has implemented his performance in a good strategy.

Real Madrid are slowly coming back to his performance. Rodrygo really performed well with his hat-trick and so did others. After a long time was able to see Real dominating the game but still they have yet to face some serious competition. They yet have to face PSG in next round and hope they take the revenge of the defeat 3-0 they faced in 1st round of group stage.

[JeromeTash]

It was a typical gambling day yesterday.
As expected all the favorites won except from one, Manchester City. That happens in most of the cases and I think that many people might have lost money due to this result. Atalanta might have won it as well in the end.

Not just Man City, Atletico Madrid were favourites, but they also didn't win. PSG survived a penalty scare and barely won the match. Juventus had a last minute winner.

Like is said yesterday, placing a bet on Manchester City to win wasn't a wise decision... They have all their eyes on Liverpool.

[Pmalek]

Juventus had a lot of possession last night but overall they didn't make much with it. The midfield remains the biggest problem. There is very little creativity. No one has the speed or power to go 1-on-1 with the opposition. Douglas Costa's goal was classy, great exchange with Higuain and a calm finish. Ronaldo hasn't been the best in the last 2 games probably due to the adductor muscle problems.
I expected more from Ramsey but he didn't offer any creativity either.

[Daniel91]

Is it just me or it seems that there is no superior club that can dominate European football at the moment, well after Barcelona and Real Madrid domination ended actually. Let's look at the top four favorites:
- Man City
- Liverpool
- PSG
- Barcelona
https://www.oddschecker.com/football/champions-league/winner

Only Liverpool and PSG have a strong performance in both domestic and European matches up to this week.

It is still an early stage of the competition and it is too early to reach such conclusions.
Real have won the Champions League 3 times in a row without being able to win the championship in Spain 
The Champions League is a completely different competition from the national championships and can't be compared.
In the Champions League, a weak match means the end, while in the Championship there are many opportunities to repair after a poor match.

[Scheede]

LOL Manchester City did all of their substitution and now they have no goalkeeper.

They lost 5 minutes to find someone to put on the door, we are going maybe for 10 minutes of overtime, it will be probably the champions league record.

Now they have a not-goalkeeper on the door

Haha, well deserved 1:1 draw (somehow). City was super dominant in 1st half, so I´ve entered a "over 1.5 goals in 1st half"- bet when the scoreline was 0:1 just to see this arrogant Gabriel Jesus wasting the golden opportunity with the penalty in 1st half. Grrrr... by that moment I was looking forward to see Atalanta punish that in 2nd half and so they did. Well, it didn´t hurt City to much, but I am still happy with that draw (so are the bookies)

Surprise of the day to me was Tottenham with that convincing victory at Belgrad, I was expecting the home-crowd to give the struggeling English-men a hard night, but it doesn´t seem like they did.

Beside of that yesterdays matches went as expected more or less and the groups are decided/boring for the final 2 matchdays.

[Harkorede]

Is it just me or it seems that there is no superior club that can dominate European football at the moment, well after Barcelona and Real Madrid domination ended actually. Let's look at the top four favorites:
- Man City
- Liverpool
- PSG
- Barcelona
https://www.oddschecker.com/football/champions-league/winner

Only Liverpool and PSG have a strong performance in both domestic and European matches up to this week.

It is still an early stage of the competition and it is too early to reach such conclusions.
Real have won the Champions League 3 times in a row without being able to win the championship in Spain 
The Champions League is a completely different competition from the national championships and can't be compared.
In the Champions League, a weak match means the end, while in the Championship there are many opportunities to repair after a poor match.

I agree with your sentiments, It's still way too early and most teams are still just tryna get themselves together. Once we get to the knockout phase there will be significant difference between big and not so big clubs.

Only 3 teams have been confirmed to have made to the next stage, perhaps we might see some surprising elimination in the group stages.

[DeathAngel]

Is it just me or it seems that there is no superior club that can dominate European football at the moment, well after Barcelona and Real Madrid domination ended actually. Let's look at the top four favorites:
- Man City
- Liverpool
- PSG
- Barcelona
https://www.oddschecker.com/football/champions-league/winner

Only Liverpool and PSG have a strong performance in both domestic and European matches up to this week.

The Champions League is normally really competitive with no one team dominating it every season. That’s why it’s the hardest club competition in the world to win. Lots of very good teams in it.

Only Real have won consecutive CL trophies in recent history (3 in a row). It’s very unlikely that one team dominates for long.

[notblox1]

I am glad Real Madrid trashed Galatasaray 6-0 for various reasons.
One interesting game was Dinamo Zagreb - Shakhtar Donetsk, that ended with 3:3 result.
Dinamo was holding 3-1 score until extra time