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

[watergold]

I didn't expect Juventus to get knocked out in the Champions League by Villarreal. At first I predicted that Juventus would win and qualify from the last 16, but that didn't happen at all. And even they had to admit defeat by conceding quite a distance too. But this is what happened, I had to lose this match.

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[laurenB7742]

and hopefully representatives from England become UCL champions this season and I want Liverpool.

Yes, it doesn't matter. But I think we also have to consider Manchester City this season as title contenders besides Liverpool, Bayern Munchen and Real Madrid. A good performance from them so far can be expected to finish the season for their first Champions League title and I hope they can achieve it after their massive investment with Guardiola.

Manchester City are considered to be the contenders for the Champions League title every season. But they disappoint the fans every time. Remember the previous season? The most deserving and consistent team for the title was Manchester City. But in the final they lost to Chelsea. I think we'll see the same thing this season. Manchester City will leave the semi-finals or finals.

[Fesatmas]

With this victory, England is confirmed to send three of their representatives in the last 8 of the Champions League this season. Liverpool, Manchester City and now Chelsea get one ticket. Yes indeed Chelsea are favorites in this match and they managed to answer that belief.
On the other hand, the unfavorable result was experienced by the Italian representative, Juventus. They must admit defeat to Villarreal and at the same time stop their steps in the Champions League.

[Bitinity]

What I'm worried happen eventually, the pattern goes as what the previous 2 CL matches where away team go the the next round. This week all 4 teams that played as away team are those who win the match and eligible for the next round. I was watching the match and I predicted that Juve will lose after the shoot from Vlahovic hit the bar. It is a well known myth in my country where there is a shot on goal but it hit the bar then it will be hard for the team to win. Juventus played well in the first half, but everything changed after the penalty by Gerard Moreno. Juventus were so frustrated because they tried hard but failed to score goal. Villareal's goalkeeper deserve to be man of the match obviously as he made many significant saves.

[swogerino]

This week bad luck or better the worst luck has been seen in the game of yesterday between Juventus vs Villareal.Juventus did a lot of attacking and dominated the game until that 78th minute that completely turned things around.The real hero of Villareal was the goalkeeper and not any midfielder or attacker,they just took profit of a great counter attack which was turned into a goal and that was all.I say worse luck because there is a non written saying in football which is "if you don't score,you will concede no matter how good you play" and that is exactly what happened yesterday night.

[Smartvirus]

What I'm worried happen eventually, the pattern goes as what the previous 2 CL matches where away team go the the next round. This week all 4 teams that played as away team are those who win the match and eligible for the next round.

Wow! That's some accurate and notable prediction. I just got curious after finding that on your comment and the pattern is exactly as you said. All away teams winning there games this week and qualifying for the next round but, what is also more surprising is that last week, all home teams although not all of them scored or won in the second leg but, the teams got to qualify for the next round. Interestingly it seems to be a home against away side on consecutive weeks, lol... I think this could be an option in sports betting of the book markers takes note of this events and your sure bettors will bet and its going to come with a lot of money too.

[cryptofrka]

Villarreal showed once again just how efficient they can be. They patiently waited for their chance, scored from their first shot on target and eventually finished the game with 100% scoring efficiency - 3 shots and 3 goals.

They showed last year in the EL final just how tactical they can be, and even if they will be one of the weakest teams in the QF-s they can still be really dangerous in the knockout phase.

[xmonkeyx]

Villarreal showed once again just how efficient they can be. They patiently waited for their chance, scored from their first shot on target and eventually finished the game with 100% scoring efficiency - 3 shots and 3 goals.

They showed last year in the EL final just how tactical they can be, and even if they will be one of the weakest teams in the QF-s they can still be really dangerous in the knockout phase.

Villarreal played very patiently in this match and took advantage of the mistakes of Juventus players to score, this result was really unexpected, not many predicted they would be able to win with a big score. besides that Juventus have really been really bad this season both in this match and in the Domestic league matches, they are not able to be consistent in giving their best game.
Villarreal can be a dangerous team in the UCL this season, it can't be underestimated they played very patiently and neatly. maybe on the next trip they will return a surprise.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Another Chelsea win against Lille. Lille scored first, but in 2nd half they were so dull and Chelsea achieved well deserved win.

The equalizer at the first half demoralized the Lille players. They came out for the second half trying the shake off that disappoinment with their impressive performance but lost all after Chelsea scored the second goal. Assuming the first half had ended in the favor of Lille then Maybe the story now would had been different. Nevertheless Lille give Chelsea a fight but at the end the better team won. I could easily see Chelsea progress to the next stage of the tournament.

We aren't playing Bayern Munich, Manchester City or Liverpool in this quarter final so for the other teams we can give them a fight that they won't come out successful. Last season we won both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Doing it again won't be easy but it's achievable.

[Wawa2013]

This week bad luck or better the worst luck has been seen in the game of yesterday between Juventus vs Villareal.Juventus did a lot of attacking and dominated the game until that 78th minute that completely turned things around.The real hero of Villareal was the goalkeeper and not any midfielder or attacker,they just took profit of a great counter attack which was turned into a goal and that was all.I say worse luck because there is a non written saying in football which is "if you don't score,you will concede no matter how good you play" and that is exactly what happened yesterday night.

Juventus were not lucky, none of their attacks resulted in a goal, even though the Juventus players released many kicks. It can't be helped that Juventus
attack was ineffective, too easy to read by the Villarreal defense who played very disciplined. Geronimo Rulli's performance was absolutely outstanding
in that match, at least Rulli managed to make 5 important saves that prevented the Villarreal from conceding a goal. Even though Juventus had controlled
the match, even the accuracy of the Juventus players passes reaches 90%, but Villarreal's defense was indeed very solid. Villarreal's luck occurred in
the 78th minute, after Villarreal scored a goal, Juventus players panicked and Villarreal took advantage of that to score two more goals. Juventus must
learn from their mistakes, which do not focus too much on attacking, because sometimes counter attacks from the opposing team are very dangerous.
For Villarreal an excellent result, they managed to surprise by winning when playing away.

[babo]

This week bad luck or better the worst luck has been seen in the game of yesterday between Juventus vs Villareal.Juventus did a lot of attacking and dominated the game until that 78th minute that completely turned things around.The real hero of Villareal was the goalkeeper and not any midfielder or attacker,they just took profit of a great counter attack which was turned into a goal and that was all.I say worse luck because there is a non written saying in football which is "if you don't score,you will concede no matter how good you play" and that is exactly what happened yesterday night.

I do not know
I didn't understand what happened to Juventus, losing the game could happen
but losing with 3 goals to 0 is a big humiliation in my opinion

I don't understand, I was also very surprised by this disappointing performance

[Pmalek]

I didn't understand what happened to Juventus, losing the game could happen
but losing with 3 goals to 0 is a big humiliation in my opinion

I don't understand, I was also very surprised by this disappointing performance

I think they lost faith immediately after the first goal. They realized they weren't going to score with the team they have. They had some good scoring chances and shots from Vlahovic in the first half, but the second one was just wasteful. Juventus is lucky there are only two goals on a football field, otherwise they wouldn't know which one to turn their back to. Disappointing. Arthur, De Sciglio, Cuadrado, and Danilo just passing the ball along. This is the 4th or 5th year in a row where they are knocked out in the 1/8 finals. Unless they bring in midfielders who know how to play football and create chances, I don't expect any improvements next season either. You can't have the likes of Rabiot and Arthur running your midfield, no matter what the injury situation is.   

[cryptofrka]

The draw for the quarterfinals is at noon tomorrow. According to the new system, the draw will be extended to the semifinal games as well.

Don't know about the rest of you, but I really hate the new rule. It takes away a lot of the mysticism - especially for the smaller teams.

Regarding Liverpool and my preferences - basically I'd like to avoid only City at this point. Villarreal or Benfica would be the best options, of course.

[D-law]

The draw for the quarterfinals is at noon tomorrow. According to the new system, the draw will be extended to the semifinal games as well.

Don't know about the rest of you, but I really hate the new rule. It takes away a lot of the mysticism - especially for the smaller teams.

Regarding Liverpool and my preferences - basically I'd like to avoid only City at this point. Villarreal or Benfica would be the best options, of course.

Man!! I was here to ask if the draws are out already.
I see they have to wait for the Europa league to finally come to an end this night.
So as they'll get both the Champions League draws and Europa league draws ready.

[Altryist]

I do not know
I didn't understand what happened to Juventus, losing the game could happen
but losing with 3 goals to 0 is a big humiliation in my opinion

I don't understand, I was also very surprised by this disappointing performance

Before the first penalty, the game was very good and nothing foreshadowed such a rout. I won’t say that I completely agree with this penalty, but I will say that it was this penalty that made adjustments to the result of this match and knocked down the whole mood of the Juventus players. 0:3 is a very unexpected result. Rulli was excellent in this match.

[ropyu1978]

This week bad luck or better the worst luck has been seen in the game of yesterday between Juventus vs Villareal.Juventus did a lot of attacking and dominated the game until that 78th minute that completely turned things around.The real hero of Villareal was the goalkeeper and not any midfielder or attacker,they just took profit of a great counter attack which was turned into a goal and that was all.I say worse luck because there is a non written saying in football which is "if you don't score,you will concede no matter how good you play" and that is exactly what happened yesterday night.

Juventus actually managed to dominate the game, Juventus also managed to shoot right at the goal 5 times, but unfortunately they conceded in the last minute of the match, the parking bus implemented by Villareal managed to silence Juventus with a score of 3-0, this incident reminds me of the match between Chelsea vs Barca, at that time Barca also managed to dominate the match but in the end they also lost at the hands of Chelsea, sometimes the coach also doesn't want to care about a beautiful and entertaining game but sometimes the coach just wants to win, with Juventus' defeat last night, representatives from Italy is no longer left in the champions league, representatives from England who have survived the most in the champions league. Hopefully this year's prestigious trophy can be brought home by representatives from England.

[tulusikhlas]

Villarreal showed once again just how efficient they can be. They patiently waited for their chance, scored from their first shot on target and eventually finished the game with 100% scoring efficiency - 3 shots and 3 goals.

They showed last year in the EL final just how tactical they can be, and even if they will be one of the weakest teams in the QF-s they can still be really dangerous in the knockout phase.

Indeed, the results obtained by Villarreal are extraordinary, they can answer all their doubts against Juventus. And they proved to lock the victory by creating goals that are not small as well.
They did their best so far, and now they are going to compete in the top 8, it's not easy for them, because from what I see Villarreal is one of the weakest teams in this top 8. But I hope they can change that with another win.

[skarais]

It's too early to say that this season's Champions League title will belong to the English team, don't rule out German Bayern Munich and Spain's Real Madrid, the kings of the Champions League, there is still a long way to go to win the title.

Of course, I'm also not sure who will win the title this season although it looks like the English teams, both Liverpool and Manchester City, are the favourites. I'm also not going to ignore Real Madrid and Bayern Munich because they are teams with good ability and quality so far. These teams also stand a chance to win the title.

I hope Manchester City can return to the final this season and successfully win the title. I know it's tough, but some of their previous failures should be a valuable lesson for success this season.

[Minecache]

What I'm worried happen eventually, the pattern goes as what the previous 2 CL matches where away team go the the next round. This week all 4 teams that played as away team are those who win the match and eligible for the next round. I was watching the match and I predicted that Juve will lose after the shoot from Vlahovic hit the bar. It is a well known myth in my country where there is a shot on goal but it hit the bar then it will be hard for the team to win. Juventus played well in the first half, but everything changed after the penalty by Gerard Moreno. Juventus were so frustrated because they tried hard but failed to score goal. Villareal's goalkeeper deserve to be man of the match obviously as he made many significant saves.

Actually, I have to say I don't believe in superstitions.

If we think about this tecnically, Juventus lost because of having a bad midfield and panicking at the wrong moment. I expected there to play better and also have better results. But credit goes to Villarreal. They played really smart and weighted for the right opportunity. But you are right about the home/away prediction though.

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Wow! That's some accurate and notable prediction. I just got curious after finding that on your comment and the pattern is exactly as you said. All away teams winning there games this week and qualifying for the next round but, what is also more surprising is that last week, all home teams although not all of them scored or won in the second leg but, the teams got to qualify for the next round. Interestingly it seems to be a home against away side on consecutive weeks, lol... I think this could be an option in sports betting of the book markers takes note of this events and your sure bettors will bet and its going to come with a lot of money too.

I agree that was some really good prediction. All the away teams seem to be ready and have done their homework correctly to win against the side that is playing in home conditions. Without this comment, I actually probably wouldn't have noticed that.

[Pokapoka124]

Manchester City can easily win the UEFA champion's league, what has been against them so far is the lack of experience to compete in the finals stage. The truth is on paper, that team is formidable and having Pep Guardiola as the coach makes it more exciting. In my honest opinion, I think they are ready ; they should have learned from the previous champions league seasons. Remember, Chelsea was once like City in the UEFA champions league before they could crack the code. I would like to give Manchester City a chance to win the title.