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

[kassex]

Leizpig's victory was unexpected for me. The team was very nice. And the coach is quite strong. Reminds Borussia Dortmunt of the Klopp times. And Barcelona disappointed again. I haven’t seen it so helpless for a long time. Perhaps the team will gather in the next game.

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[btcsmlcmnr]

Leizpig's victory was unexpected for me. The team was very nice. And the coach is quite strong. Reminds Borussia Dortmunt of the Klopp times. And Barcelona disappointed again. I haven’t seen it so helpless for a long time. Perhaps the team will gather in the next game.

It is a surprise because Leipzig is very weaker than they were last season, in Champions League and in Bundesliga tournaments. Nevertheless, I am not surprised with the bad result and performance from Solsa and Manchester United. Solsa is bad as a coach and he slowly makes Manchester United become too much depend on Bruno Fernandes.

The opponents of Manchester United know this dependence and they certainly will often try to break the circuits between Bruno and his teammates. Sometimes they fail because they are weak or Bruno is too excellent but sometimes they succeed. Leipzig is an example of successful efforts to break and isolate Bruno Fernandes in order to get win against Manchester United.

[Karartma1]

Two unbelievable things happened yesterday: Barcelona got smashed really bad by Juventus (what an amazing score by the American player Weston McKennie!) and a very unfortunate series of events which caused PSG - BSK to cancel the match. These actions should be a thing of the past.

[Strongkored]

MU flopped in yesterday's match I was them to play well  expecting an outright win from them having improved and in-form lately in premier league however they disappointed their teeming fans.

In the league, they are impressive 4 matches unbeaten, but MU is still MU with all its surprises that often make fans happy but also disappointed, and it looks like they have no more chances in CL.

It is a surprise because Leipzig is very weaker than they were last season, in Champions League and in Bundesliga tournaments. Nevertheless, I am not surprised with the bad result and performance from Solsa and Manchester United. Solsa is bad as a coach and he slowly makes Manchester United become too much depend on Bruno Fernandes.

The opponents of Manchester United know this dependence and they certainly will often try to break the circuits between Bruno and his teammates. Sometimes they fail because they are weak or Bruno is too excellent but sometimes they succeed. Leipzig is an example of successful efforts to break and isolate Bruno Fernandes in order to get win against Manchester United.

Relying on one player is bad, and agree that Solsa is not very smart so their tactics llegible by the opposing team.

[swogerino]

I heard people when I was coming to work in the bus joking around with Barcelona.They had won money from this game yesterday from what I heard and the funniest thing I heard from them was “Barcelona lost to Cadiz let alone Juventus,we knew it was a sure win with 3.5 odds” and I think they are right.Chelsea the biggest surprise for me although they were already qualified.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Leizpig's victory was unexpected for me. The team was very nice. And the coach is quite strong. Reminds Borussia Dortmunt of the Klopp times.

RB Leipzig played well enough. And they have tried to make the best use of every opportunity they have. If you watch the full match, you will understand that Manchester Utd has a lot more chances to score than Leipzig. But still, they have been failed to score enough. Although Leipzig had fewer chances, they were able to score.

[babo]

edit* forgot to post this pic, such a beautiful moment


https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjLLsyjqi5/

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Yeah, very nice picture
Even if barcelona was only a shadow compared to the past, I liked the match
and
I enjoyed watching the game on TV.. really - worth the ticket price paid and worth the time spent watching the game

[adamvp]

I was very pleased that the PSG players left the pitch together with those of Basaksehir, what happened today has no excuse, I read in an Italian newspaper that that idiom in Romanian is not offensive, but this is an international referee and cannot afford these things.
For the other games, I never thought that Juventus could humiliate Barcelona or that Manchester United could leave the Champions League.

I found such tweet:
https://mobile.twitter.com/Emishor/status/1336422228649533444

Also, before anything, please consider the fact that Coltescu, the 4th ref, is an emotionally fragile person, having tried to take his own life 12 years ago. The case was big in Romania back then.

So we should  be carefull and not blame this referee  too much.

[xxjumperxx]

Leizpig's victory was unexpected for me. The team was very nice. And the coach is quite strong. Reminds Borussia Dortmunt of the Klopp times. And Barcelona disappointed again. I haven’t seen it so helpless for a long time. Perhaps the team will gather in the next game.

How so unexpected?
Leipzig has been playing very strong lately, even beating Bayern in the Bundesliga.
I had the DNB Option for Leipzig and a smaller stake on the ML because I was pretty sure Leipzig would be actively trying to win this game.

Good for Leipzig, I like their style of play!

[adamvp]

Today we will start with 3 matches.
2 group D and PSG - Baseksehir, BTW do you know if it will be continued or it will start  from 0? And what with cards  from yesterday? PSG will fight for 1st place in group, so they should mobilize to win it

In group D Liverpool is sure to take 1st place so it gives possibility for surprising result against Midtjylland.
Atalanta Bergamo will face to Ajax in Amsterdam and this should be definitelly  most interesting of these 3 matches.
Ajax surprisingly lost to Twente last league matchday, but maybe the reason is they are more focused on CL now?
And Atalanta has not played

[tomahawk9]

Liverpool could rotate the squad tonight https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1370124/Liverpool-team-news-expected-Midtjylland-Jurgen-Klopp
 
as the article suggests, very likely that we see maybe two or thee players from the main starting XI. Midtjylland upset incoming?

Today we will start with 3 matches.
2 group D and PSG - Baseksehir, BTW do you know if it will be continued or it will start  from 0?

match will resume at 13' minute. Source: https://twitter.com/mohamedbouhafsi/status/1336433688385564672
this journo is legit when it comes to football news

[Slow death]

Manchester United lost to Leipzig, which means they are out of the champions league again and will be moving to play Europa league. Am very disappointed in the team for wasting their chance to book a slot in the quarters.

it became evident that manchester unted needs to leave certain players and place other players because with certain players the team is not going anywhere. i only see bruno fernandez with a player who is useful, but the other players need to be reviewed and possibly replaced. being a fan of manchester united must be very tough, the level of constant disappointment is high, thankfully i'm not a fan of manchester united.


Real Madrid - Monchengladbach

it will be a very difficult game for real madrid and i don't understand why the odd is @ 1.60 in favor of real madrid, are they underestimating Monchengladbach?

[MCobian]

Leizpig's victory was unexpected for me. The team was very nice. And the coach is quite strong. Reminds Borussia Dortmunt of the Klopp times. And Barcelona disappointed again. I haven’t seen it so helpless for a long time. Perhaps the team will gather in the next game.

How so unexpected?
Leipzig has been playing very strong lately, even beating Bayern in the Bundesliga.
I had the DNB Option for Leipzig and a smaller stake on the ML because I was pretty sure Leipzig would be actively trying to win this game.

Good for Leipzig, I like their style of play!

I also didn't expect Leipzig to play very well this season, both in the Bundesliga and in the Champions League. Even though Leipzig this
season has been left behind by Erling Haaland and Timo Werner, this does not make Leipzig weak. What made me surprised when Leipzig
beat Manchester United, even made Manchester United have to leave the Champions League. Even in the Bundesliga only 2 points away
from Bayern, there is a possibility of winning trophies if Bayern and Dortmund are not careful.

[LTU_btc]

In group B situation is very hot, but if I would have to predict, I'd say that Inter and Real will go to next round. But everything can happen in this group.
Salzburg and Atletico will face in direct fight for spot in next round. Atletico are favorites, nice odds for them, but game is really tricky.
Liverpool will play without some key players, but despit it I think they should beat Midtjylland, 1.85 odds looks nice for it.

Today we will start with 3 matches.
2 group D and PSG - Baseksehir, BTW do you know if it will be continued or it will start  from 0? And what with cards  from yesterday? PSG will fight for 1st place in group, so they should mobilize to win it

They will continue game from the moment when it was stopped and all cards will remain.

[Naida_BR]

Two unbelievable things happened yesterday: Barcelona got smashed really bad by Juventus (what an amazing score by the American player Weston McKennie!) and a very unfortunate series of events which caused PSG - BSK to cancel the match. These actions should be a thing of the past.

It is very unfortunate politics being part of sports.
This match cancellation has absolutely a politics background due to the recent collide between Emmanuel Macron and Recep Tagip Erdogan. Basakcehir is Erdogan's team and I think that they got the perfect opportunity to continue the collision with France.

It is unacceptable for someone to express racist phrases to someone this is an undeniable fact. But why this happened in a match between those two countries...?

[SFR10]

Shame on them , it is not players racism anymore , even a referee who basically taught to promote the no room for racism who did it this time, fucked up.

I can't believe what I just witnessed ^[SMH]

So is Juventus not so bad after all or is Barca a really trash team right now?

It's more like the latter one

edit* forgot to post this pic, such a beautiful moment
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Looks good by the competition between Messi and Ronaldo and their good relationship beyond the field and matches.
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Those pictures are priceless, missed seeing both of them competing in the same league.

Now Barca finished 2nd in the group and could face Bayern, Liverpool or Man City...oh boy  

I really do feel for Messi.

but MU is still MU with all its surprises that often make fans happy but also disappointed, and it looks like they have no more chances in CL.

That usually happens when you have a static player in the form of Maguire ^{[I'm expecting a similar result in UEL]}.
Group B is going to be quite interesting tonight...
^{- I won't bet but have a feeling both home teams would win in a tight match.}

[Igebotz]

Real Madrid - Monchengladbach

it will be a very difficult game for real madrid and i don't understand why the odd is @ 1.60 in favor of real madrid, are they underestimating Monchengladbach?

A must win game for the real madrid sides it's going to be a very interesting game as both are trying to avoid the Europa League spot. Monchengladbach are top of the log with 8 points, a draw would be enough for them to progress to round 16 while real madrid need full 3 points to secure the next round.

[xxjumperxx]

Real Madrid - Monchengladbach

it will be a very difficult game for real madrid and i don't understand why the odd is @ 1.60 in favor of real madrid, are they underestimating Monchengladbach?

A must win game for the real madrid sides it's going to be a very interesting game as both are trying to avoid the Europa League spot. Monchengladbach are top of the log with 8 points, a draw would be enough for them to progress to round 16 while real madrid need full 3 points to secure the next round.

Wasnt this the same scenario yesterday with Leipzig and MU?
MU would have been happy with the draw and Leipzig needed the win?
We all saw how that happened.
Real will be playing with a full attacking squad trying to sneak in early goal and Gladbach will probably (hopefully not), try to keep their goal clean and maybe sneak  out a draw because thats all they need.

[Yogee]

Real Madrid - Monchengladbach

it will be a very difficult game for real madrid and i don't understand why the odd is @ 1.60 in favor of real madrid, are they underestimating Monchengladbach?

A must win game for the real madrid sides it's going to be a very interesting game as both are trying to avoid the Europa League spot. Monchengladbach are top of the log with 8 points, a draw would be enough for them to progress to round 16 while real madrid need full 3 points to secure the next round.

I don't think they aren't underestimating Monchengladbach. It's just that it's Real Madrid. You know that big club with most titles in the competition? Apart from the club itself, I also think bookies expect RMA to perform when their backs are against the wall.

If they fall short here, it would be fun to see RM and Man U fight for the Europa League hehehe.

[slaman29]

Koeman was right when he criticised the attitude of Barca player last week. 'I can handle the criticism. We cannot become obsessed by it': Ronald Koeman urges Barcelona stars to keep their heads amid financial storm and player rows engulfing the club

To be fair, it's always tough for me at a personal level when surrounded by political nonsense and financial headaches, as professional as a person wants to be, they always will be humans in the end, impossible to not play 100% with nothing hanging over your heads. But he's right, my team needs to buckle up and punish goals!