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

[Saint-loup]

Enjoy them before the retire!

Both Messi and Ronaldo scored in the Champions League. They are both awesome players, Ronaldo has won games in the finals in both international and club competitions on more than one occasion. Messi is the kind of player that runs the game, creates opportunities for others to score and then scores himself. As I am not comparing them, I have just focused on enjoying their game play. When these two legends retire, the football world will lose its magic.

Yes it has been incredible to see Leo Messi scoring in the UEFA Champions League against Manchester City at the Parc des Princes last week and finally winning 2-0. Next week PSG will play against Leipzig again at the Parc de Princes, I hope they will be able to achieve the same feat.

[leea-1334]

Yes it has been incredible to see Leo Messi scoring in the UEFA Champions League against Manchester City at the Parc des Princes last week and finally winning 2-0. Next week PSG will play against Leipzig again at the Parc de Princes, I hope they will be able to achieve the same feat.

That match was apparently incredible to watch as it kept showing how City tried a different tactic and yet PSG seemed to be able to beat them rather easily,,, Leipzig is not City however and play almost the same style no matter the opponent as they are as most football teams are, with an identity and a small size of squad so they cannot get creative and experimental like City can

[lixer]

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Interesting game, test for Ole. Maybe if Man United loses or draws again, the hashtag #Oleout will increase. Their league results are not good, they are very weak on the counter-attack. Ole has too many great players, but is not able to use them well. Maybe Ole should ask Sir Alex Ferguson for a prescription, he always comes to the stadium when Man United plays. Then for Atalanta, they are a great club. They were able to win 1-0 over Young Boys. But before playing in the UCL they will play Milan and Empoli in Serie A.

Atalanta already played against Milan and lost by one goal. As for Ole, he needs to figure out what he's doing wrong otherwise the owners might get tired of the lack of titles and ask questions that might lead to his dismissal. The owners have been understanding so far but I think there's only so much they can take before they look for an alternative. Let's hope Atalanta doesn't win them.

Current situation in Manchester United is going against Ole because he has all best players but still fail to give required results which is strange for him now he has good time need to sit and think about his mistakes or try to have some good favor from Sir Alex Ferguson because if he failed to give good results in next few matches then surely owners are going to be thought about some better option.

Right now, many big names want to work here in Manchester United with current squad because they have ability to win cups and give very good results which are not going to happen by Ole. Match against Aston Villa and Everton both was shocking results and now next result like this is very dangerous for him and his job at Manchester United.

[hahay]

Yes it has been incredible to see Leo Messi scoring in the UEFA Champions League against Manchester City at the Parc des Princes last week and finally winning 2-0. Next week PSG will play against Leipzig again at the Parc de Princes, I hope they will be able to achieve the same feat.

That match was apparently incredible to watch as it kept showing how City tried a different tactic and yet PSG seemed to be able to beat them rather easily,,, Leipzig is not City however and play almost the same style no matter the opponent as they are as most football teams are, with an identity and a small size of squad so they cannot get creative and experimental like City can

Usually, when a big team plays against a big team, the big team will play more seriously and carefully, so the result is quite surprising because City are not able to score goals. Although indeed, I don't see Leipzig as a mediocre team, but because their performance so far has not been optimal, it is possible that when against PSG, Leipzig may be more careful and more focused because of the failure in the previous two matches. I personally still can't predict PSG will win easily, because of the recent results PSG also lost easily to a mediocre team and it became a reference for me to avoid betting on PSG matches.

[onecall123]

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Interesting game, test for Ole. Maybe if Man United loses or draws again, the hashtag #Oleout will increase. Their league results are not good, they are very weak on the counter-attack. Ole has too many great players, but is not able to use them well. Maybe Ole should ask Sir Alex Ferguson for a prescription, he always comes to the stadium when Man United plays. Then for Atalanta, they are a great club. They were able to win 1-0 over Young Boys. But before playing in the UCL they will play Milan and Empoli in Serie A.

Atalanta already played against Milan and lost by one goal. As for Ole, he needs to figure out what he's doing wrong otherwise the owners might get tired of the lack of titles and ask questions that might lead to his dismissal. The owners have been understanding so far but I think there's only so much they can take before they look for an alternative. Let's hope Atalanta doesn't win them.

Current situation in Manchester United is going against Ole because he has all best players but still fail to give required results which is strange for him now he has good time need to sit and think about his mistakes or try to have some good favor from Sir Alex Ferguson because if he failed to give good results in next few matches then surely owners are going to be thought about some better option.

Right now, many big names want to work here in Manchester United with current squad because they have ability to win cups and give very good results which are not going to happen by Ole. Match against Aston Villa and Everton both was shocking results and now next result like this is very dangerous for him and his job at Manchester United.

Sir Alex Ferguson feels disturbed by the recent performance of ManU. Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has gone viral for criticizing Everton's approach against them. Ole, however, is the best thing that has ever happened to Manchester United after Ferguson. He should be allowed to manage properly. Also, I pray for Ole to upgrade his tactics for better results. He is doing an excellent job, and we at Stamford Bridge wish him many more such decisions.at he is doing, we at Stamford Bridge wish him many more such decisions. Ole for Coach of the year!

[leea-1334]

That match was apparently incredible to watch as it kept showing how City tried a different tactic and yet PSG seemed to be able to beat them rather easily,,, Leipzig is not City however and play almost the same style no matter the opponent as they are as most football teams are, with an identity and a small size of squad so they cannot get creative and experimental like City can

Usually, when a big team plays against a big team, the big team will play more seriously and carefully, so the result is quite surprising because City are not able to score goals. Although indeed, I don't see Leipzig as a mediocre team, but because their performance so far has not been optimal, it is possible that when against PSG, Leipzig may be more careful and more focused because of the failure in the previous two matches. I personally still can't predict PSG will win easily, because of the recent results PSG also lost easily to a mediocre team and it became a reference for me to avoid betting on PSG matches.

It was a surprise yes but not a big one,,, as I said and as all Pep Guardiola fans know, he is a guy who likes to experiment with his huge squad. It is a nice compliment of course to see them play so well every game no matter who they put into the lineup, for example against Liverpool again they tried different things and again without a true striker, Grealish playing with Foden on the left.

And last season they showed as well they have a problem at some days to score goals because they keep using wingers and midfielders only.

And Rennes is not a mediocre team though, they won majority of last 10 games with PSG

[DU18]

Yes it has been incredible to see Leo Messi scoring in the UEFA Champions League against Manchester City at the Parc des Princes last week and finally winning 2-0. Next week PSG will play against Leipzig again at the Parc de Princes, I hope they will be able to achieve the same feat.

Messi managed to deliver a pretty good performance during the PSG vs Man City match on the second matchday of the Champions League group A phase, the 1 goal scored by messi is certainly his first goal in the champions league with PSG this season, I think now messi is starting to understand the style of play PSG and he began to adapt to other PSG players and of course it will make PSG front line more solid and sharp later.

[add1ct3dd]

A long gap between the upcoming game and the recent one completed on 30th September. Seems a big gap? Next Besiktas is going to play against Sporting team. Both team have not yet won a single match in Group C. Its Ajax and Darmund who had the chance to win 2 matches each. Lets see who wins on October 16th. Hope they do not make the game draw. One should beat the other. Lets see.

Sporting is better than Besiktas in quality, and they have better player most chance this match will be ended in draw because at home Besiktas is better in few circumstances they can beat sporting but still this is going to be very good competition between two teams those have nothing for next round just fighting for spot in Europa League spot.

Ajax Vs Dortmund is fight for top spot in this group both teams are equal in quality but Ajax done very good in first match against sporting, and they also won second match as well but Dortmund done some hard work but still here both teams will fight for their spot and Ajax can win this race because they are some better than Dortmund recently.

[Minor Miner]

Yes it has been incredible to see Leo Messi scoring in the UEFA Champions League against Manchester City at the Parc des Princes last week and finally winning 2-0. Next week PSG will play against Leipzig again at the Parc de Princes, I hope they will be able to achieve the same feat.

Messi managed to deliver a pretty good performance during the PSG vs Man City match on the second matchday of the Champions League group A phase, the 1 goal scored by messi is certainly his first goal in the champions league with PSG this season, I think now messi is starting to understand the style of play PSG and he began to adapt to other PSG players and of course it will make PSG front line more solid and sharp later.

I don't think so. Although PSG played great against Manchester City, they lost to weaker Rennes in their next match. The PSG team is not stable yet. The bonds between the players are not strong. Neymar is not in form. There are a lot of problems within the team. PSG will be stronger if Ramos joins the squad. At the same time, the coach should gradually solve the problems.

[hd49728]

Sir Alex Ferguson feels disturbed by the recent performance of ManU. Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has gone viral for criticizing Everton's approach against them. Ole, however, is the best thing that has ever happened to Manchester United after Ferguson. He should be allowed to manage properly. Also, I pray for Ole to upgrade his tactics for better results

Again Ole shows that he is not a good coach as what the Manchester United hope he is. This season is the third season of Ole in Old Trafford and he has enough time to build up a team he want. Correct me if I am wrong but he was given enough time and big transfer budget. Perhaps the budget he spent for transfers is bigger than other previous coaches and he got biggest support from the club too.

He is doing an excellent job, and we at Stamford Bridge wish him many more such decisions.at he is doing, we at Stamford Bridge wish him many more such decisions. Ole for Coach of the year!

Really? Last season, he complained that he needs better defenders to support Maguire. Now he has Varane but the defense is still not improved. When Bruno is tired and can not play well, the creativeness of midfield is lost. Ole relies on Bruno and Pogba for creativeness and can not build up a system can provide good assists for strikers and can not maintain big pressure on opponents.

[kro55]

A long gap between the upcoming game and the recent one completed on 30th September. Seems a big gap? Next Besiktas is going to play against Sporting team. Both team have not yet won a single match in Group C. Its Ajax and Darmund who had the chance to win 2 matches each. Lets see who wins on October 16th. Hope they do not make the game draw. One should beat the other. Lets see.

Sporting is better than Besiktas in quality, and they have better player most chance this match will be ended in draw because at home Besiktas is better in few circumstances they can beat sporting but still this is going to be very good competition between two teams those have nothing for next round just fighting for spot in Europa League spot.
Ajax Vs Dortmund is fight for top spot in this group both teams are equal in quality but Ajax done very good in first match against sporting, and they also won second match as well but Dortmund done some hard work but still here both teams will fight for their spot and Ajax can win this race because they are some better than Dortmund recently.

Dortmund should be winning against Ajax I'm guessing. Till then Haaland will be back from his injury and although Dortmund played very well without Haaland, and with him in the attacking third, Dortmund is very dangerous. With Bellingham also playing very well, he active or passively made Dortmund score about 80% of their goals this season which is incredible.

[CryptoBuds]

He is doing an excellent job, and we at Stamford Bridge wish him many more such decisions.at he is doing, we at Stamford Bridge wish him many more such decisions. Ole for Coach of the year!

Really? Last season, he complained that he needs better defenders to support Maguire. Now he has Varane but the defense is still not improved. When Bruno is tired and can not play well, the creativeness of midfield is lost. Ole relies on Bruno and Pogba for creativeness and can not build up a system can provide good assists for strikers and can not maintain big pressure on opponents.

^ Well, we cannot deny that Ole is the best coach we had after Ferguson, because coaches like Mourinho and Van Gaal were abysmal. But I do feel like there is more room more betterment of his tactics. Because, even after getting Varane, we are still shaky defensively and with what we have for the attacking options, we should be scoring more goals. Ole is good, but maybe he isn't using the squad to its fullest potential.

[coderben]

Sheriff Tiraspol have drawn the attention of all people by the results they have gotten so far in their group matches. Who would have thought that they would play this smart and win both of their first two matches? I can get the win against Shakhtar by 2-0 as it was a home match and Shakhtar weren't in a very ideal shape. But the win against Real Madrid even away was just something else. I don't know how but they managed to defeat Real Madrid by 2-1 even though their competitor was completely dominating the match. It was like a miracle for them. I can't wait to watch their next match vs Inter.

[hahay]

Sheriff Tiraspol have drawn the attention of all people by the results they have gotten so far in their group matches. Who would have thought that they would play this smart and win both of their first two matches? I can get the win against Shakhtar by 2-0 as it was a home match and Shakhtar weren't in a very ideal shape. But the win against Real Madrid even away was just something else. I don't know how but they managed to defeat Real Madrid by 2-1 even though their competitor was completely dominating the match. It was like a miracle for them. I can't wait to watch their next match vs Inter.

I also don't understand about that because I didn't watch the match live, but apart from that I personally wouldn't assume that the favorite team underestimated Sheriff Tiraspol. I just think that Sheriff Tiraspol or weak teams or mediocre teams do sometimes give big surprises in the UCL, but the surprise they have given so far to win at the Santiago Bernabéu is something really extraordinary. But with this result I believe Inter will play better than Shakhtar and Madrid and also, I believe in the second leg Sheriff Tiraspol will not be able to do much, I can't wait for the moment and the result in the next match.

[jakdanyel]

Barcelona got very bad results here and in the La Liga but the board still decided to continue with Ronald Koeman. This was a shock for me but then I realized that the real problem is not actually their manager. It is the players of course. They still haven't started playing as Barcelona players. And it may take a long time too as it is not easy to get accustomed to playing with each other strongly. I hope to see Barcelona getting better as soon as possible.

[poldanmig]

Barcelona got very bad results here and in the La Liga but the board still decided to continue with Ronald Koeman. This was a shock for me but then I realized that the real problem is not actually their manager. It is the players of course. They still haven't started playing as Barcelona players. And it may take a long time too as it is not easy to get accustomed to playing with each other strongly. I hope to see Barcelona getting better as soon as possible.

Barcelona currently have no other choice but to maintain Koeman until the end of this season, I think now barcelona are starting to leave the tiki taka style so that they make a lot of changes in their game and of course right now they still need a lot of time to fully master the style of play have implemented by Koeman and the changing playing style transition, in my opinion, is the problem for Barcelona today, although there is still a bit of a tiki taka style in Barcelona, ​​but they only have a few players who really understand the scheme of that the game.

[abhiseshakana]

Barcelona got very bad results here and in the La Liga but the board still decided to continue with Ronald Koeman. This was a shock for me but then I realized that the real problem is not actually their manager. It is the players of course. They still haven't started playing as Barcelona players. And it may take a long time too as it is not easy to get accustomed to playing with each other strongly. I hope to see Barcelona getting better as soon as possible.

The coach will always be the first to blame when his team slumps, although it wasn't really the coach's fault, but generally, he would still be considered incompetent to handle the team. Laporta certainly has his own thoughts on why he still believed and gave Koeman a chance. There may be some financial considerations, or maybe he wasn't sure that changing Coach would be the solution, and that might just make things worse.

[Zilon]

Barcelona got very bad results here and in the La Liga but the board still decided to continue with Ronald Koeman. This was a shock for me but then I realized that the real problem is not actually their manager. It is the players of course. They still haven't started playing as Barcelona players. And it may take a long time too as it is not easy to get accustomed to playing with each other strongly. I hope to see Barcelona getting better as soon as possible.

Adopting a new play pattern should be what Barcelona should look out for, the manager as well as the players has so much to work on as they have a great team but are yet to adopt a pattern that suits their current squad.

Roland koeman should look at his team get the strength of each players discover their different playing tactics then decide what formation suits the new club Barcelona is not the Barcelona Messi played. Since Messi has left Barcelona the game formation should change in the absence of a replacement

[Juggy777]

Barcelona got very bad results here and in the La Liga but the board still decided to continue with Ronald Koeman. This was a shock for me but then I realized that the real problem is not actually their manager. It is the players of course. They still haven't started playing as Barcelona players. And it may take a long time too as it is not easy to get accustomed to playing with each other strongly. I hope to see Barcelona getting better as soon as possible.

Adopting a new play pattern should be what Barcelona should look out for, the manager as well as the players has so much to work on as they have a great team but are yet to adopt a pattern that suits their current squad.

Roland koeman should look at his team get the strength of each players discover their different playing tactics then decide what formation suits the new club Barcelona is not the Barcelona Messi played. Since Messi has left Barcelona the game formation should change in the absence of a replacement

@jackdanyel Barcelona board hasn’t sacked Koeman because they’ll have to pay him a compensation if they sack him, and that’s the only reason stopping them. However if they continue to failing in champions league and La Liga then he’ll be sacked even if it means having to pay him compensation.

[3meek]

Sheriff Tiraspol have drawn the attention of all people by the results they have gotten so far in their group matches. Who would have thought that they would play this smart and win both of their first two matches? I can get the win against Shakhtar by 2-0 as it was a home match and Shakhtar weren't in a very ideal shape. But the win against Real Madrid even away was just something else. I don't know how but they managed to defeat Real Madrid by 2-1 even though their competitor was completely dominating the match. It was like a miracle for them. I can't wait to watch their next match vs Inter.

For the most part, Sheriff won the match against Real Madrid because of the hosts poor shape... For some reason the major Spanish teams have been playing very poorly this Champions League season!
Inter are not in the best position either and they need this win against a Moldovan club, which is now in first place in the group!
I would like Sheriff to win again, but I think it will be very difficult!