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

[Smartvirus]

Chelsea got a clear 2-0 win against Porto but when it comes to the performances, I can't say that Chelsea were too dominant. Porto were quite clumsy on finding the target and couldn't even score 1 goal. After this result, I expect Chelsea to finish the job in Stamford Bridge and advance to the semi finals.

I don't know how you saw this Porto vs Chelsea fixture  but, Chelsea wasn't the better side in this fixture. They might have won but, that's because, they were lucky with the ball else, Porto out played Chelsea in most parts of the second half. Not until, the Giroud and Kante substitute came through. That was the game turner for Chelsea and a nice change from Thomas Tuchel. He picked the two guys that wasn't in the game no more that is; Harvetz and M. Mount the goal scorer. Quite an effective substitute.
Bayern didn't do so well today, they very much missed Robert Lewandowski on that pitch. Well, they got a taste of how much damage PSG can do and as such, they've got to prepare a winning trick for the second leg.

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[Luzin]

Match statistics do not matter in football it only shows how unprofessional Bayern was.

I think Munich will win, they have the game. The attempts made by Munchen are very many, there are 10 kicks that lead to the goal. PSG is lucky to have Navas he was very good earlier. Neymar and Mbape also appeared carefree. They deserve to be the beasts of the match. After this I think more people who championed PSG to qualify for the semifinals, not Munich.

[masulum]

Chelsea have managed to step up to beat Porto, in the 2nd leg, Chelsea will certainly play better. In this match, Mendy became the hero of Nagi Chelsea in this match. he saved the goal from various opportunities created by Porto.

[kawetsriyanto]

After this I think there are many who favored PSG to qualify for the semifinals

PSG has the advantage after they won the first Leg in Bayern's home. Moreover, PSG can make 3 away goals and the second Leg will be in their home. If Robert Lewandowski cannot play in the second Leg, I am optimistic that PSG will win the next match and qualify to the next stage. PSG players' performance looks better than the previous Champions League, they deserve to beat Bayern and got to the semi-final or even the final stage this season.

[arallmuus]

Psg players showed at what point they are hungry for the trophy and now they are very close from the sumi final...1-0 or 2-1 win in the second leg forbayern will not be enough and i believe their mission will be very hard...

The only reason was probably because Bayern Munich has no capable strikers to score . No offence to Choupo but he is not at the same level with Lewandowski. Tons of goal attempts from Bayern munich but they only score two goals and it was really an intense match

psg will not wast this golden opportunity to reach the sumi final again

Most likely no, it would be hard for Bayern Munich and It seems Lewandowski wont be fit enough to play for the next leg

[Joca97]

Psg players showed at what point they are hungry for the trophy and now they are very close from the sumi final...1-0 or 2-1 win in the second leg forbayern will not be enough and i believe their mission will be very hard...

The only reason was probably because Bayern Munich has no capable strikers to score . No offence to Choupo but he is not at the same level with Lewandowski. Tons of goal attempts from Bayern munich but they only score two goals and it was really an intense match

psg will not wast this golden opportunity to reach the sumi final again

Most likely no, it would be hard for Bayern Munich and It seems Lewandowski wont be fit enough to play for the next leg

A lot of diffrence between chuppo moting and lewandowski . Lewandowski is top class while chupo just waits as a joker card for bayern munich
I think lewandowski scored o most 40 goals this season already. But will be injured i think for second leg as well

[hd49728]

Results for the first leg of quarter final round

Real Madrid - Liverpool: 3 - 1
Manchester City - Dortmund: 2 - 1

Bayern Munich - PSG: 2 - 3
Porto - Chelsea: 0 - 2

PSG after the amazing adventure in the last season have become a much stronger team. They beat Bayern Munich even in Germany and have advantage with 3 points and 2 goals in the opponent's home stadium.

Chelsea with Tuchel have been improved and the last weekend defeat in Premier League does not break their confidence. Porto probably have to end their journey in this quarter final round.

Predictions:
In my opinion and I hope that the semi-final round will be reserved for: Real Madrid, Manchester City, PSG and Chelsea. I hope to see the final match between Real Madrid and PSG.

Source: https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/fixtures-results/#/rd/2001254/1

[Rruchi man]

Chelsea with Tuchel have been improved and the last weekend defeat in Premier League does not break their confidence. Porto probably have to end their journey in this quarter final round.

It will take a special miracle for porto to be able to come back from this, the Chelsea side as we all know will not easily let go of this lead. Chelsea  only needed an away goal to drop the morale of the porto side, they not only got one but got two. Kudos to Mason Mount for that first strike.

As for Bayern, i really expected them to win that encounter PSG having the home advantage. But the game is far from over, we can still see a different result from the other game.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Predictions:
In my opinion and I hope that the semi-final round will be reserved for: Real Madrid, Manchester City, PSG and Chelsea. I hope to see the final match between Real Madrid and PSG.

I think so too. Real Madrid, Manchester City, Chelsea, and PSG Will play in the semi-finals. Real Madrid won 3-1. They don’t have to bother too much to get to the next round. If luck is not so bad, they will easily reach the semi-finals. Despite Manchester's 2-1 win over Dortmund, I think Manchester will win the next match as well. They are stable enough than Dortmund.
PSG beat Bayern Munich 3-1. We saw PSG's strategy against Barcelona in the previous round, they played completely defensively in the 2nd leg after winning by a huge margin against Barcelona in the 1st leg. Will they do the same in this round. On the other hand, Chelsea won 2-0. In the next match, they will play fully defensive and draw the match.

[Soonandwaite]

Predictions:
In my opinion and I hope that the semi-final round will be reserved for: Real Madrid, Manchester City, PSG and Chelsea. I hope to see the final match between Real Madrid and PSG.

I think so too. Real Madrid, Manchester City, Chelsea, and PSG Will play in the semi-finals. Real Madrid won 3-1. They don’t have to bother too much to get to the next round. If luck is not so bad, they will easily reach the semi-finals. Despite Manchester's 2-1 win over Dortmund, I think Manchester will win the next match as well. They are stable enough than Dortmund.
PSG beat Bayern Munich 3-1. We saw PSG's strategy against Barcelona in the previous round, they played completely defensively in the 2nd leg after winning by a huge margin against Barcelona in the 1st leg. Will they do the same in this round. On the other hand, Chelsea won 2-0. In the next match, they will play fully defensive and draw the match.

You got one result wrong. paris won 3-2 against munich, not 3-1.I therefore think that munich still has a great chance of reaching the next round.
in this corona period, surprising results are always possible. on april 13 and 14, we will all know which 4 teams are through to the next round.

[swogerino]

Beautiful game yesterday between what I consider the best teams in Champions League actually,Bayern and Paris.The game should have ended like 10-3 for Bayern with all the occassions they had but the goalkeeper of Paris was the hero of yesterday night.Paris with the counter attacks and Mbappe which looks unstoppable won the game yesterday.Now they have made a huge step toward further qualification.

[hd49728]

It will take a special miracle for porto to be able to come back from this, the Chelsea side as we all know will not easily let go of this lead. Chelsea  only needed an away goal to drop the morale of the porto side, they not only got one but got two. Kudos to Mason Mount for that first strike.

Porto tend to play their best with counter attack and this result will not give them opportunities to play like that in the second leg. Chelsea if won't self kill themselves, suicide, they will go to the semi final round.

As for Bayern, i really expected them to win that encounter PSG having the home advantage. But the game is far from over, we can still see a different result from the other game.

It is a very exciting match and any team win it is fair enough. Finally PSG scored more goals and won it.

I think so too. Real Madrid, Manchester City, Chelsea, and PSG Will play in the semi-finals. Real Madrid won 3-1. They don’t have to bother too much to get to the next round. If luck is not so bad, they will easily reach the semi-finals. Despite Manchester's 2-1 win over Dortmund, I think Manchester will win the next match as well. They are stable enough than Dortmund.

Dortmund rely too much on Haaland and Sancho in this season has average form, not excellent like in the past season. Dortmund will need the best Haaland and goals from him to win Manchester City. Manchester City on their side, don't convince me that they can easily beat Dortmund.

PSG beat Bayern Munich 3-1. We saw PSG's strategy against Barcelona in the previous round, they played completely defensively in the 2nd leg after winning by a huge margin against Barcelona in the 1st leg. Will they do the same in this round. On the other hand, Chelsea won 2-0. In the next match, they will play fully defensive and draw the match.

PSG now are not an apprentice in Champions League. The final match in the past season help them a lot. They have become top clubs in the Europe, not in Ligue I.

You got one result wrong. paris won 3-2 against munich, not 3-1.I therefore think that munich still has a great chance of reaching the next round.
in this corona period, surprising results are always possible. on april 13 and 14, we will all know which 4 teams are through to the next round.

Yep, the result is 3 - 2 for PSG in the home stadium of Bayern. To be fair, Bayern played a good match but the absence of Robert Lewandowski brought lot of troubles for them. They would have scored more goals in that match.

3 - 2 is not a too bad result and they can have hope to flip the aggregated result in Par de Princes stadium. It won't be an easy task.

[SammyBiG]

Psg players showed at what point they are hungry for the trophy and now they are very close from the sumi final...1-0 or 2-1 win in the second leg forbayern will not be enough and i believe their mission will be very hard...psg will not wast this golden opportunity to reach the sumi final again

Saw the fire in both team.
Bayern got a good stance even without Lewy

[SammyBiG]

Bayern Monaco deserved to not only draw the game but to win the game.
PSG got destroyed in ball possession, shoots, and missed goal.

It will be a fun second leg next week.

Match statistics do not matter in football it only shows how unprofessional Bayern was. PSG only came to get the job done, they didn't come to contest possession with Bayern. The instructions were to sit back and hit on the counter-attack nothing more nothing less. At this point, PSG and Chelsea are at an advantage to proceed to the semi-final

I'd agree with this to an extent. Bayern played somewhat different not considering the ucl changes
Its a game of luck and also a game of work.

[Lordhermes]

PSG and Chelsea are at an advantage to proceed to the semi-final

This advantage is too high and it will take Bayern Munich team hard work to get qualified in their next match. Chelsea two away goals got them more chance to beat Porto at Stanford bridge, as for PSG, I don't trust them enough, over the previous champions league season, Barcelona and Manchester United defeated PSG after a huge loss at first leg, I just hope you can remember what happened, PSG aren't consistent in their winning, and so if Bayern can put more effort, they can equally do the same thing Barca and ManU did to PSG some season back., can't recall the score outcomes but you can google out that.

[joker_josue]

PSG and Chelsea are at an advantage to proceed to the semi-final

This advantage is too high and it will take Bayern Munich team hard work to get qualified in their next match. Chelsea two away goal got them more chance to beat Porto at Stanford bridge, as for PSG, I don't trust them enough, over the previous champions league season, Barcelona and Manchester United defeated PSG after a huge loss at first leg, I just hope you can remember what happened, PSG aren't consistent in their winning, and so if Bayern can put more effort, they can equally do the same thing Barca and ManU did to PSG some season back.,can recall.

I agree!
Chelsea with two goals ahead is a matter of knowing how to manage the result well.
Bayern, on the other hand, I believe they will be much better in the second leg. The elemintoria is open. The probability that Bayern will win is great, despite the result of the first leg.

[cryptofrka]

Very disappointed but in reality, without VVD, Gomez & Henderson we were never going to win the CL were we?
City, Bayern or PSG would tear our defence to pieces with the current personnel we have out there. Kabak is young, talented but inexperienced. Phillips is a lower PL standard CB.

Keita was terrible but he wasn’t the only one. I can’t believe the 1st half performance, totally embarrassing. I can accept being outplayed but we didn’t show any fight, determination, spirit, nothing in the 1st half. It’s a CL 1/4 final & we were playing like we didn’t care.

2nd half was better but still not good enough. If we score the first goal in the 2nd leg we have a chance but I don’t think we’ll do it. Shame but I expected to win nothing this season as soon as we lost VVD & Gomez.

Yup, I was furious as well - it seemed as if we lacked any drive and commitment. I know it isn't the case, but Real made it look like it and we should have snapped out of it a lot earlier. I did not like the lineup we started with - I felt we needed Fabinho in defence and wanted Firmino to play instead of Jota. Jota is in great form but can bring more of an impact when coming off the bench - Firmino does not have that in his game but is better for positional and defensive play.

It was a bit too naive thinking we can play an open attacking game vs Real, but we scored one so we still have something to hope for in the 2nd leg.

I don't think the issue for Liverpool is the players. Obviously van Dijk is a big absence, but still, he's not the whole team.
Liverpool's big problem is confidence. They got into a bad place this season, and the confidence nose-dived. It doesn't matter who you pick for the team, when morale is that low.
The main thing that is beating Liverpool at the moment is their own collective mental state.

No, the problem is exactly the players. It's not just Van dijk, it's Van dijk, Matip, Gomez and Henderson combined. We are playing with 2 clueless centrebacks - one coming from a team that was in the bottom 3 in the Bundesliga and which has conceded like a million of goals and the other one is simply not good enough - not even for Championship level, let alone the CL quarterfinals.

[Shasha80]

PSG and Chelsea are at an advantage to proceed to the semi-final

This advantage is too high and it will take Bayern Munich team hard work to get qualified in their next match. Chelsea two away goal got them more chance to beat Porto at Stanford bridge, as for PSG, I don't trust them enough, over the previous champions league season, Barcelona and Manchester United defeated PSG after a huge loss at first leg, I just hope you can remember what happened, PSG aren't consistent in their winning, and so if Bayern can put more effort, they can equally do the same thing Barca and ManU did to PSG some season back.,can recall.

I agree!
Chelsea with two goals ahead is a matter of knowing how to manage the result well.
Bayern, on the other hand, I believe they will be much better in the second leg. The elemintoria is open. The probability that Bayern will win is great, despite the result of the first leg.

I think Porto will put up a fight against Chelsea, because Porto managed to get Juventus out of the Champions League. The fact is that Chelsea
can win easily, and of all the teams in the quarter finals, indeed only Chelsea and Real Madrid are likely to qualify for the semi-finals. What surprised
Bayern's defeat to PSG, even judging from the match statistics, Bayern are superior. So I'm sure in the second leg Bayern will play much better,
although it is not easy for Bayern to score 2 goals in the second leg without conceding. But with Bayern's experience in the Champions League,
they should be able to beat PSG in the second leg.

[Daniel91]

Beautiful game yesterday between what I consider the best teams in Champions League actually,Bayern and Paris.The game should have ended like 10-3 for Bayern with all the occassions they had but the goalkeeper of Paris was the hero of yesterday night.Paris with the counter attacks and Mbappe which looks unstoppable won the game yesterday.Now they have made a huge step toward further qualification.

I wouldn't really agree with you.
This was in any case one of the best matches in the Champions League ever, and in impossible weather conditions, but the final result should have been, in my opinion, 3:3 or 4:4 and by no means 10:3 for Bayern.
Mbappe was simply unstoppable and I think he showed that he is currently the best player in the world.
Everything is still open here, and Bayern also still have a chance to advance to the semi-finals, but it will be very difficult for them in Paris.

[gabbie2010]

PSG and Chelsea are at an advantage to proceed to the semi-final

This advantage is too high and it will take Bayern Munich team hard work to get qualified in their next match. Chelsea two away goal got them more chance to beat Porto at Stanford bridge, as for PSG, I don't trust them enough, over the previous champions league season, Barcelona and Manchester United defeated PSG after a huge loss at first leg, I just hope you can remember what happened, PSG aren't consistent in their winning, and so if Bayern can put more effort, they can equally do the same thing Barca and ManU did to PSG some season back.,can recall.

I agree!
Chelsea with two goals ahead is a matter of knowing how to manage the result well.
Bayern, on the other hand, I believe they will be much better in the second leg. The elemintoria is open. The probability that Bayern will win is great, despite the result of the first leg.

Chelsea will defend their two away goals with ultimate caution while Porto attempt to beat Chelsea in Stanford bridge in the second leg will an Herculean task that will be difficult to surmount, Chelsea is in the edge of securing a semi-final ticket.
PSG vs Bayern game yesterday was very entertaining and competitive both sides played attacking football, just like last season UCL final match between the two sides I really enjoyed the match I tip PSG to secure the semi final ticket provided that can continue with this form