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

[S A KHAIR]

Real Madrid slightly benefited in the first leg against Manchester City, almost 6-day break in the competition schedule is a good time for the Real Madrid squad to rest compared to Manchester City who still have a game against Watford this weekend. Between Manchester City and Real Madrid have match last night and both team success got good result but different with Manchester City have home match against with Watford on April 23 and four days later will against with Real Madrid, except with Madrid after last night match defeated Osasuna just waiting with Manchester City match only.

Maybe in terms of rest they will be favored but don't forget this first leg we will travel to the Etihad which indeed could be a blow too because City fans can be mentally shaken right now.
Well even though I'm still at Madrid's side now because of his performances but we also shouldn't be too confident because City are not an easy opponent to tame right now.

I think we all need to remember that the Real Madrid squad is a little old. And the rest will do a lot of good for them. I am sure that Manchester City is going to make it really hard for them to win. because, in my opinion, Manchester city is a lot better than the opponents that Real Madrid have faced before in this year's Champions League. 

But, this time I am not going to say that Manchester City will win because I have said that for the past two games and Real Madrid proved me wrong.

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[Alanaz]

Many people haven't really been paying attention to Villarreal, they are actually thinking Liverpool will have it easy. Villarreal are very stubborn and not so easy  to predict their style of play. Their defense block is mostly intact throughout their game and they are compact when they lose the ball.

Maybe some people only see Villarreal in their domestic league so they forget that Villarreal has struggled so far in the Champions League so they can meet a big and strong club this season like Liverpool and have also beaten Bayern Munich in the Champions League
So Liverpool must be wary of Villarreal in the Champions League this season.

Actually, Villarreal did surprise a lot of people in this Champions League and I don't know if we have seen the end of it. Because I have said that Manchester City is worried about the English Premier League and that might cause some problems in their performance in the Champions League.

But the same thing can be said for Liverpool in my opinion, because actually, Liverpool is the one chasing Manchester City. But still, I think this should be a win for Liverpool.

That's right, because it's not only City who are currently busy, but also Liverpool because they can be said to be competing now.
Even Liverpool are much tougher in this regard because not only UCL, they also still need to secure victory in EPL and FA cup and actually this is not the right reason for City in my opinion.
If they are really burdened, I think it's better to put one aside if they really find it very difficult to achieve all of them, at least it's more of a reference unless they want to fight to the end

[safari88]

City have been among the top favorites to win the Champions League for years, but have managed to make it happen once again. That must frustrate Guardiola somewhere in the back of his mind, so many good players, such a good team and it doesn't work every time. Best result reaching the final. I don't think it will work out for them this year either. Real Madrid could well be the final station actually.

[Magicalking]

Real Madrid slightly benefited in the first leg against Manchester City, almost 6-day break in the competition schedule is a good time for the Real Madrid squad to rest compared to Manchester City who still have a game against Watford this weekend. Between Manchester City and Real Madrid have match last night and both team success got good result but different with Manchester City have home match against with Watford on April 23 and four days later will against with Real Madrid, except with Madrid after last night match defeated Osasuna just waiting with Manchester City match only.

I don't think it will bother Manchester City performance because they're faced a lower rank team e.g. Watford, they will easily won the match and perhaps it will boosting/ motivating them when they faced against Real Madrid. The match will happen in Manchester City's home too, it's enough to take a rest. Manchester City also have many good players which the skills is above average, unlike Real Madrid who only focus on Benzema as the striker.

if you look at the quality of the players, both teams should have no problems. Man City and Madrid have it all. I'm sure the coaches of both teams will rest some of their players to be more ready and focus on the Champions League.
Madrid is not just Benzema, there are still many good players there. despite playing as the host, Man City must be careful with Madrid's pattern of play. Detaining Benzema may be what Man City will do, but remember Madrid's midfield has good names as well. they could be very scary for Man City.

It's a known fact that Pep Guardiola will do his best to contain Benzema and as much as Manchester City can, they will withheld the ball from Real Madrid; if this is done effectively I doubt if Madrid will stand a chance in the game. I love to see how Guardiola will break the tactics in eliminating Benzema or making him less effective though. It will be fun. Apart from Ederson unusual mistakes, I honestly think City aren’t easy to score against.

[sayaya17]

City have been among the top favorites to win the Champions League for years, but have managed to make it happen once again. That must frustrate Guardiola somewhere in the back of his mind, so many good players, such a good team and it doesn't work every time. Best result reaching the final. I don't think it will work out for them this year either. Real Madrid could well be the final station actually.

Man City is like PSG, which is a team with big ambitions to win the Champions League trophy, but has not been able to make it happen until now.
So far, Guardiola has only been able to lead Man City to runner-up in 2021. Hopefully Man City can win the Champions League trophy this year.
Moreover, Guardiola has led Barcelona to win the Champions League trophy twice, Guardiola should have known from his experience how to win
the Champions League trophy. The problem is that in the semifinals, Man City got a very strong opponent, Man City must be able to beat Real Madrid
first to get into the final for the second time. But Real Madrid is a team that is not easy to beat. Moreover, Real Madrid managed to get rid of PSG
and Chelsea, this has proven how strong Real Madrid is. Hopefully Guardiola can find an effective strategy to beat Real Madrid. But I predict Real Madrid
will be in the final, if we look at Real Madrid's extraordinary performance in this year's Champions League competition.

[rozak]

Benzema had a really poor game the last time. The game was against Osasuna in the La Liga and he missed two penalties and scored none. Therefore, I started thinking about whether this performance would demotivate him for the Manchester City game. But I still don't want to accept that as Benzema is a very experienced striker now. He is already having an insane season and I expect to see a solid effort by him against Manchester City. He is still going to be Real Madrid's biggest power.

Though it is tough to judge by one match, Benzema is really a great player at this time. He is leading Real Madrid and team performance of Real Madrid is also good. Last night wasn't good for Real Madrid as well as Benzema. I hope he will come back strongly in the next match.

We admit Benzema is a good player, he is very productive in scoring goals for Madrid. but sometimes he also has to open up opportunities for his teammates to score goals.
The game against City is very close, they have to be prepared. Both teams have a winning mentality. The fight between the two European giants will be of interest to all fans.
hopefully, both teams are in their best squad, both have to fight with full strength. because meeting a strong team always creates drama on the pitch.

[Emitdama]

City have been among the top favorites to win the Champions League for years, but have managed to make it happen once again. That must frustrate Guardiola somewhere in the back of his mind, so many good players, such a good team and it doesn't work every time. Best result reaching the final. I don't think it will work out for them this year either. Real Madrid could well be the final station actually.

Manchester City is currently one off best club in world with too many quality players and having manager like Guardiola they have done amazing things in last few years, but sadly they fail to win any Champions League which is big misery for many, but we can say as it is also bad luck because with this all they can win but never have mean lady of luck never favor them for this, and they are losing again and again just in hands of this lady of luck now again in this season they are amazing and having good fair chance, but now they are going to face giant killers Real Madrid which is having very good support from lady of luck in these competitions and won many matches those were never been expected as they can win so lets watch now in this season what we have from these two amazing teams of European soccer.

[bekti3]

We admit Benzema is a good player, he is very productive in scoring goals for Madrid. but sometimes he also has to open up opportunities for his teammates to score goals.
The game against City is very close, they have to be prepared. Both teams have a winning mentality. The fight between the two European giants will be of interest to all fans.
hopefully, both teams are in their best squad, both have to fight with full strength. because meeting a strong team always creates drama on the pitch.

The problem is that until now Madrid are still very difficult to find a target other than Benzema. and this is a fact. when Benzema became Ronaldo's partner he was often a supporter and a good assist creator there because Ronaldo could maximize opportunities there but for now he is not really there for that.
Vini is playing very well but he is only good at messing up the opponent's formation, Rodrygo and Asensio are still not completely good in my opinion because they are playing erratically

[Republikcoin.com]

Football is a team game it's very difficult to only rely on one player, and at the moment Real Madrid are like that, they are very difficult if Benzema is absent.
From the quality and consistency of these two teams I think Man City has a chance to beat Real Madrid and advance to the final, although it's not because Real Madrid is a very difficult club to beat in the Champions League.

In essence every club can win and can also lose in the Champions League even though it is not expected by many people, but try to look at historically where Manchester City has never won the Champions League trophy, while Real Madrid is a club that has won a lot of Champions League trophies. and still have the opportunity to add more in this season.

[omgitsmehehe]

We admit Benzema is a good player, he is very productive in scoring goals for Madrid. but sometimes he also has to open up opportunities for his teammates to score goals.
The game against City is very close, they have to be prepared. Both teams have a winning mentality. The fight between the two European giants will be of interest to all fans.
hopefully, both teams are in their best squad, both have to fight with full strength. because meeting a strong team always creates drama on the pitch.

The problem is that until now Madrid are still very difficult to find a target other than Benzema. and this is a fact. when Benzema became Ronaldo's partner he was often a supporter and a good assist creator there because Ronaldo could maximize opportunities there but for now he is not really there for that.
Vini is playing very well but he is only good at messing up the opponent's formation, Rodrygo and Asensio are still not completely good in my opinion because they are playing erratically

We all know Manchester city have been outstanding since bringing in their recent coach Pep Guadiola. to me they are one of the best team in EPL, since bringing in their recent coach the team is known for their brilliant play and quality players. Pep Guadiola on the other hand is one of the best coach in the world since his arrival the team has been spectacular, it's so good to watch them play. Though realmadrid is a unpredicted team, watching them beat PSG and Chelsea frightens me they are the best team when it comes to champions league. Merely looking at the game, I think Manchester city is the favorite team to win the game, cause this is another chance for them to win the champions league.

[AndySt]

City have been among the top favorites to win the Champions League for years, but have managed to make it happen once again. That must frustrate Guardiola somewhere in the back of his mind, so many good players, such a good team and it doesn't work every time. Best result reaching the final. I don't think it will work out for them this year either. Real Madrid could well be the final station actually.

Man City is like PSG, which is a team with big ambitions to win the Champions League trophy, but has not been able to make it happen until now. So far, Guardiola has only been able to lead Man City to runner-up in 2021. Hopefully Man City can win the Champions League trophy this year. Moreover, Guardiola has led Barcelona to win the Champions League trophy twice, Guardiola should have known from his experience how to win
the Champions League trophy. The problem is that in the semifinals, Man City got a very strong opponent, Man City must be able to beat Real Madrid first to get into the final for the second time. But Real Madrid is a team that is not easy to beat. Moreover, Real Madrid managed to get rid of PSG and Chelsea, this has proven how strong Real Madrid is. Hopefully Guardiola can find an effective strategy to beat Real Madrid. But I predict Real Madrid will be in the final, if we look at Real Madrid's extraordinary performance in this year's Champions League competition.

Now, until the first matches have passed, you can say anything and make any predictions, but the real alignment of forces in pairs will be more or less visible only after the first matches. The most important problem of Real Madrid is that the team wins not because of its superiority over rivals, but in spite of this, and the fact that it was possible to do it, should not inspire confidence that it will be possible to do it again with another opponent. Therefore, if the strength of Manchester City is the ability to take control of the course of the match, then Real Madrid shows the ability in this Champions League draw to carry out a striking attack with several actions and thanks to this turn the result of the match in their favor.

[Lordhermes]

Villarreal are trying, to be able to reach the semi-final this season in the champions league is not easy. The yellow submarines beat Juventus at knock-out stage, as if that was not enough, they shocked the world of football when they eliminated almighty Bayern Munich from the quarterfinal. It's still a misery in football because Villarreal became the first team to beat Bayern Munich in champions league this season, and they beat them in the first leg of quarter finals, and draw them in the second leg. The Nigerian borne winger, Samuel Chukwueze levelled the game in the returning leg after Bayern dominated the game and outplayed Villarreal. One good thing with Villarreal is that, they don't have too much stars and are good when it comes to defensive tactics. They will face Liverpool in the semi-finals of the champions league. Let's see what will be the outcome of the game.

[Bobrox]

Villarreal are trying, to be able to reach the semi-final this season in the champions league is not easy. The yellow submarines beat Juventus at knock-out stage, as if that was not enough, they shocked the world of football when they eliminated almighty Bayern Munich from the quarterfinal. It's still a misery in football because Villarreal became the first team to beat Bayern Munich in champions league this season, and they beat them in the first leg of quarter finals, and draw them in the second leg. The Nigerian borne winger, Samuel Chukwueze levelled the game in the returning leg after Bayern dominated the game and outplayed Villarreal. One good thing with Villarreal is that, they don't have too much stars and are good when it comes to defensive tactics. They will face Liverpool in the semi-finals of the champions league. Let's see what will be the outcome of the game.

Villareal have different performance between domestic league and UEFA Champion league, not check with position standing of Villareal on La Liga because they have out from champion league spot next season after stuck on 7th position. Not only with champion league but also Villareal can't participants on UEFA Europe League with standing on 7th place. But have fantastic performance on champion league defeated Juventus and Bayern Munich looks not easy, but next match waiting by Liverpool need to all out again how can make predicting surprise with Villareal if reach to final.

[Furious 7]

Maybe in terms of rest they will be favored but don't forget this first leg we will travel to the Etihad which indeed could be a blow too because City fans can be mentally shaken right now.
Well even though I'm still at Madrid's side now because of his performances but we also shouldn't be too confident because City are not an easy opponent to tame right now.

I think we all need to remember that the Real Madrid squad is a little old. And the rest will do a lot of good for them. I am sure that Manchester City is going to make it really hard for them to win. because, in my opinion, Manchester city is a lot better than the opponents that Real Madrid have faced before in this year's Champions League. 

But, this time I am not going to say that Manchester City will win because I have said that for the past two games and Real Madrid proved me wrong.

I once read the average age of Madrid and City players in an article that said they have almost the same average age this season which for City players is 27.1 years and Madrid is 27.2 years old.
I don't think there's a problem with that because they both have almost the same average age in this regard.

Talking about their performance and strength, they are also not much different from PSG because indeed they have equal strength and the evidence has also been there when City were in the group phase.

City are still pretty underdogs but I still believe Madrid can make it to the final

[muratsink]

Villarreal are trying, to be able to reach the semi-final this season in the champions league is not easy. The yellow submarines beat Juventus at knock-out stage, as if that was not enough, they shocked the world of football when they eliminated almighty Bayern Munich from the quarterfinal. It's still a misery in football because Villarreal became the first team to beat Bayern Munich in champions league this season, and they beat them in the first leg of quarter finals, and draw them in the second leg. The Nigerian borne winger, Samuel Chukwueze levelled the game in the returning leg after Bayern dominated the game and outplayed Villarreal. One good thing with Villarreal is that, they don't have too much stars and are good when it comes to defensive tactics. They will face Liverpool in the semi-finals of the champions league. Let's see what will be the outcome of the game.

The elimination of Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of this season's UCL has surprised so many people considering they are one of the main candidates for the UCL title this season, but the hard work shown by Villarreal was truly extraordinary where they successfully beat Bayern Munich in the first leg and played draw in the second leg, how in the second leg Bayern Munich controlled 65% ball possession and released 4 shots on target but the carelessness of the bavarian rearguard was put to good use by Chukwueze while making the yellow submarine team qualify for the semifinals with 2-1 aggregate

[Daniel91]

Villarreal are trying, to be able to reach the semi-final this season in the champions league is not easy. The yellow submarines beat Juventus at knock-out stage, as if that was not enough, they shocked the world of football when they eliminated almighty Bayern Munich from the quarterfinal. It's still a misery in football because Villarreal became the first team to beat Bayern Munich in champions league this season, and they beat them in the first leg of quarter finals, and draw them in the second leg. The Nigerian borne winger, Samuel Chukwueze levelled the game in the returning leg after Bayern dominated the game and outplayed Villarreal. One good thing with Villarreal is that, they don't have too much stars and are good when it comes to defensive tactics. They will face Liverpool in the semi-finals of the champions league. Let's see what will be the outcome of the game.

The elimination of Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of this season's UCL has surprised so many people considering they are one of the main candidates for the UCL title this season, but the hard work shown by Villarreal was truly extraordinary where they successfully beat Bayern Munich in the first leg and played draw in the second leg, how in the second leg Bayern Munich controlled 65% ball possession and released 4 shots on target but the carelessness of the bavarian rearguard was put to good use by Chukwueze while making the yellow submarine team qualify for the semifinals with 2-1 aggregate

Did you watch the first match between Bayern and Villareal?
In that first game Villareal was much better than Bayern and it's a miracle that that game ended with only a minimal victory of the Spanish team of 1:0.
In fact, Villareal missed a great opportunity to solve the issue of the winner in that first match, but they also played very well in the second match, especially in defense, and deservedly made it to the semifinals.
I think that all those who think that Liverpool will easily reach the final and that villareal has no chance are wrong.
It will be two very difficult games for Liverpool.
As for Bayern, it is obvious that they are in a crisis of games and results, which could be seen in the first game against Salzburg in the Champions League.

[Dunamisx]

Villarreal are trying, to be able to reach the semi-final this season in the champions league is not easy. The yellow submarines beat Juventus at knock-out stage, as if that was not enough, they shocked the world of football when they eliminated almighty Bayern Munich from the quarterfinal. It's still a misery in football because Villarreal became the first team to beat Bayern Munich in champions league this season, and they beat them in the first leg of quarter finals, and draw them in the second leg. The Nigerian borne winger, Samuel Chukwueze levelled the game in the returning leg after Bayern dominated the game and outplayed Villarreal. One good thing with Villarreal is that, they don't have too much stars and are good when it comes to defensive tactics. They will face Liverpool in the semi-finals of the champions league. Let's see what will be the outcome of the game.

The quarter final is an interesting one and to be honest Villarreal has proven strong enough to withstand any challenging opposition team and i begin to develop more confidence in them in maintaining such performance even in the semi finals, as for Bayern Munich, they have to take this as their own fate for the season and try harder, this is a typical scenario of "the young shall grow" and football of today isn't the same as that of yesterday, and when they mighty Villarreal shall face Liverpool, it will be a contending match and I can't afford to miss such.

[Alanaz]

The quarter final is an interesting one and to be honest Villarreal has proven strong enough to withstand any challenging opposition team and i begin to develop more confidence in them in maintaining such performance even in the semi finals, as for Bayern Munich, they have to take this as their own fate for the season and try harder, this is a typical scenario of "the young shall grow" and football of today isn't the same as that of yesterday, and when they mighty Villarreal shall face Liverpool, it will be a contending match and I can't afford to miss such.

Unai Emery's strategy in suppressing big clubs is quite successful now because indeed 2 clubs that are arguably very big have fallen in their hands.
Now it's getting smaller and there are fewer teams, the stronger the team they have to hold on to.
Liverpool are certain with their fast game by relying on the midfielders and the trio on the front lines who are free to be filled by anyone because Firmino, Mane, Salah, Jota and Diaz are still playing very well.

It will be very difficult for Villarreal but if they succeed it will be very shocking again in my opinion

[xmonkeyx]

The quarter final is an interesting one and to be honest Villarreal has proven strong enough to withstand any challenging opposition team and i begin to develop more confidence in them in maintaining such performance even in the semi finals, as for Bayern Munich, they have to take this as their own fate for the season and try harder, this is a typical scenario of "the young shall grow" and football of today isn't the same as that of yesterday, and when they mighty Villarreal shall face Liverpool, it will be a contending match and I can't afford to miss such.

Unai Emery's strategy in suppressing big clubs is quite successful now because indeed 2 clubs that are arguably very big have fallen in their hands.
Now it's getting smaller and there are fewer teams, the stronger the team they have to hold on to.
Liverpool are certain with their fast game by relying on the midfielders and the trio on the front lines who are free to be filled by anyone because Firmino, Mane, Salah, Jota and Diaz are still playing very well.

It will be very difficult for Villarreal but if they succeed it will be very shocking again in my opinion

Of course it will be very difficult for Villarreal but it is also possible that they can make a surprise again.
In terms of quality, Liverpool is far superior to everything, both players and consistency, but in football anything can happen and this has reached the semifinals of course it will not be easy for any team.

[hahay]

The quarter final is an interesting one and to be honest Villarreal has proven strong enough to withstand any challenging opposition team and i begin to develop more confidence in them in maintaining such performance even in the semi finals, as for Bayern Munich, they have to take this as their own fate for the season and try harder, this is a typical scenario of "the young shall grow" and football of today isn't the same as that of yesterday, and when they mighty Villarreal shall face Liverpool, it will be a contending match and I can't afford to miss such.

Unai Emery's strategy in suppressing big clubs is quite successful now because indeed 2 clubs that are arguably very big have fallen in their hands.
Now it's getting smaller and there are fewer teams, the stronger the team they have to hold on to.
Liverpool are certain with their fast game by relying on the midfielders and the trio on the front lines who are free to be filled by anyone because Firmino, Mane, Salah, Jota and Diaz are still playing very well.

It will be very difficult for Villarreal but if they succeed it will be very shocking again in my opinion

Of course it will be very difficult for Villarreal but it is also possible that they can make a surprise again.
In terms of quality, Liverpool is far superior to everything, both players and consistency, but in football anything can happen and this has reached the semifinals of course it will not be easy for any team.

in theory Liverpool are superior, it is true that the semi-finals will be difficult but this is a bit advantageous for Liverpool because they are facing a team whose quality is below them.
different from the final between Man City and Real Madrid which both have good quality.

Anyway, if Liverpool are often beaten by mediocre teams in the local league, then maybe Villarreal will win it. If we look further at Bayern Munich and Juventus, sometimes they even lose and are surprised by mediocre teams in the local league, so Villarreal can use it to get rid of them. But regarding Liverpool who this season have performed above average in a local league that is competing for the title, I personally don't believe Villarreal can do the same here. I personally am pretty sure Liverpool will win the first match with a difference of two goals or more, because that's what Liverpool usually did before it was interesting to see how far Villarreal gave a surprise as a dark horse team here.