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

[efialtis]

Having discussions with several guys, everybody is so sure the Spurs will get an easy away win in Greece. Why exactly? They are even going to rest up to 6 players, lol. My money is on 1X tonight (1.80 odds!!!!) and some on 1 (~4.2!!!!).

[Barcode_]

After watching Liverpool suffered a loss to Napoli yesterday, I think there is a chance Tottenham might suffer the same fate as Liverpool too when they play against Olympiacos Piraeus today away from home, I checked the match history of Olympiacos Piraeus and it seems that they are a strong team whenever they are playing at their home stadium.

[efialtis]

After watching Liverpool suffered a loss to Napoli yesterday, I think there is a chance Tottenham might suffer the same fate as Liverpool too when they play against Olympiacos Piraeus today away from home, I checked the match history of Olympiacos Piraeus and it seems that they are a strong team whenever they are playing at their home stadium.

Back in the day they were almost unbeatable at home even in CL matches - that changed in the last years - but they seem to be "back"... as much as I hate to say that myself as an AEK supporter.

[EdenHazard]

I don't usually play safe just like last night putting my money on over/under goals with low odds .. guess the result is that i lost them all .

The matches which promised lost of goals on paper last night, ended up disappointing, producing little or none.
That's the unpredictability of football.
Salzburg were the surprise package with 5 first half goals.

I was expecting lots of goals from the PSG - Madrid fixture, but I'm not so sure on that now, may just back the French side to grab all three points.

Yeah it's just a disaster to see every matches against me yesterday and I think I won't make any bet tonight ... taking break for a couple days till this weekend to get some fresh air as I have experienced whenever I keep pushing myself to recover a loss immediately... I ended up with more and more losses.

Has anyone managed to calculate how much money could have been made if they bet on the right winners of last night? I mean I am pretty sure you would have a great odds at your hands and if you bet a decent amount you could have tested the max mounts of any sportsbook out there.

If I'm not mistaken you'll get @3.8 for slavia Prague +0.5 handicap

Then you'll get @4.75 for Valencia to win away against Chelsea

Dortmund vs Barcelona under 0.5 goals gives you @15

If you make those three games as a parlay you'll get @270.5

Put 4 mbtc and you'll get 1 bitcoin in return
But come on ... noone crazy enough to place bet for Barcelona match under 0.5 goal ...

[LFC_Bitcoin]

After watching Liverpool suffered a loss to Napoli yesterday, I think there is a chance Tottenham might suffer the same fate as Liverpool too when they play against Olympiacos Piraeus today away from home, I checked the match history of Olympiacos Piraeus and it seems that they are a strong team whenever they are playing at their home stadium.

The atmosphere will be hostile in Greece but if Spurs can survive the first 15-20 mins without conceding they should go on to pick up 3 points. They are a good team.

[Coyster]

Has anyone managed to calculate how much money could have been made if they bet on the right winners of last night? I mean I am pretty sure you would have a great odds at your hands and if you bet a decent amount you could have tested the max mounts of any sportsbook out there.

You can only say that right now because you've seen the outcome of the games, before the games kicked off it'll be almost impossible to predict them all correctly.
You can't calculate how much money you would have made because it always looks really easy when the games are over.

You can try predicting tonights games prior to its start and see how lucky you'll be in winning, I bet you wouldn't be so lucky.

[Murat]

Real Madrid will start the UCL journey today against PSG. Several players from both teams would be absent due to injury such as Marcelo, Mbappe, Modric. And Neymar, Ramos won't be able to play because they are on a ban. Real Madrid always fired up at UCL and I hope we will watch a great show on Le Parc des Princes.

Juventus is going to take on Atletico Madrid today. Ronaldo would want a great start because I think he is the king of UCL. Lat time. Ronaldo scored a hattrick and knocked Simeone out of the UCL. I am really excited to watch these massive matches.

[Harkorede]

PSG vs Real should be a great game tonight, there will probably be goals both ways. I’m leaning ever so slightly towards thinking PSG will win a close game.

I really hope the match doesn't disappoints in terms of goals scored just like everyone had anticipated a goal festival in Barça vs Dortmund (But the game wasn't by any means a boring one), just the lack of goals. That said looking at the line up, despite Real Madrid obvious struggle recently, I still think they will win the game.


Edit: Tottenham just blew a two goal lead, It's 2 -2!

[GiannisK]

Real Madrid will start the UCL journey today against PSG. Several players from both teams would be absent due to injury such as Marcelo, Mbappe, Modric. And Neymar, Ramos won't be able to play because they are on a ban. Real Madrid always fired up at UCL and I hope we will watch a great show on Le Parc des Princes.

Juventus is going to take on Atletico Madrid today. Ronaldo would want a great start because I think he is the king of UCL. Lat time. Ronaldo scored a hattrick and knocked Simeone out of the UCL. I am really excited to watch these massive matches.

I am with Real tonight and placed a bet for fun with crypto, in a platform called Kryptium! Anyone against me??
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmTbkFwPMiPfkbVdk3nnCP5WTjvBqZZjWRaAtc1758WZN9

[Rikafip]

Incredible first half in Zagreb, Dinamo is completely dominating Atalanta and leads 3:0.

I knew that Dinamo will have chance against Atalanta but i didn't see this coming. They are good team, with one of the best  young players in Europe ( Dani Olmo) but i didn't expect this. I really hope they can continue like that in the 2nd half.

Bare in mind, Atalanta finished 3rd last season in Serie A, while scoring most goals (77) , so they are far from bad team, and that shows how good Dinamo Zagreb can be.

[Scheede]

After watching Liverpool suffered a loss to Napoli yesterday, I think there is a chance Tottenham might suffer the same fate as Liverpool too when they play against Olympiacos Piraeus today away from home, I checked the match history of Olympiacos Piraeus and it seems that they are a strong team whenever they are playing at their home stadium.

Good call from your side and "well done" to everybody who managed sitting in his/her hands for this first matchday (or the CL in general) 

If I'm not mistaken you'll get @3.8 for slavia Prague +0.5 handicap

Then you'll get @4.75 for Valencia to win away against Chelsea

Dortmund vs Barcelona under 0.5 goals gives you @15

If you make those three games as a parlay you'll get @270.5

Put 4 mbtc and you'll get 1 bitcoin in return
But come on ... noone crazy enough to place bet for Barcelona match under 0.5 goal ...

Nice numbers afterwards, but its like Lotto, we all would pick the numbers if we would just know them aforehand

[LTU_btc]

Well another night full of interesting results.
Atletico - Juve draw is somewhat expected, but I expected leass goals. Atleti made great comeback, I just don't understand why referee didn't gave penalty when Juve player touched ball with hand.
PSG 3:0 Real. I didn't watched this game, so I can't talk about it, but such score looks really big, especially without Mbappe, Cavani and Neymar. Real made 0 shots on target  
Bayer 1:2 Lokomotiv. Bayer were favorites, but as I said earlier today, this game is tricky.
Dinamo Zagreb 4:0 Atalanta - it's biggest surprise for me. 4:0 against solid Seria A team - wow. We have obvious leader in this group - Man City, and 3 teams which will fight for 2nd place.

[Harkorede]

Well another night full of interesting results.
Atletico - Juve draw is somewhat expected, but I expected leass goals. Atleti made great comeback, I just don't understand why referee didn't gave penalty when Juve player touched ball with hand.
PSG 3:0 Real. I didn't watched this game, so I can't talk about it, but such score looks really big. Real made 0 shots on target 
Bayer 1:2 Lokomotiv. Bayer were favorites, but as I said earlier today, this game is tricky.
Dinamo Zagreb 4:0 Atalanta - it's biggest surprise for me. 4:0 against solid Seria A team - wow. We have obvious leader in this group - Man City, and 3 teams which will fight for 2nd place.

A strings of unexpected outcomes again tonight, Bayer Leverkusen losing at Home against Lokomotiv Moscow and Atalanta's massacre at Dinamo Zagreb are probably the height of it.

[Upgrade00]

I was expecting lots of goals from the PSG - Madrid fixture, but I'm not so sure on that now, may just back the French side to grab all three points.

I was right that PSG would come away with the victory. And it was quite an impressive one, with notable absentees on both sides, Neymar, Mbappe, Cavani, Ramos, and the current balloon d'or holder Modric, all didn't feature in tonight's game.
There were lots of goals, although they all came from the home side, with Di Maria hurting his former employees.

I just don't understand why referee didn't gave penalty when Juve player touched ball with hand.

It's not a foul anytime the ball touches an outfield players hands, the rules are meant to be interpreted accordingly. In my opinion, that's was not a pen.

[tomahawk9]

Galatasaray ML / Tottenham ML / Man City to win and over 1.5 - parlay ✘

Didn't expect the first two teams to draw their games, especially Spurs who had a 2-0 lead...bottlers!!

About Real Madrid, jesus christ, PSG didn't have Neymar, Mbappe, and Mbappe, and we still got absolutely dominated by their B-team attack. With their stars fit, this could've ended way, way worse.

Great comeback from Atletico, and Juventus, another team blowing a 2-0 lead. Biggest surprise for me today was Dinamo Zagreb winning 4-0 vs Atalata. Lesson from today's matches: should've gone with total goals rather than ML 

[Juggy777]

Galatasaray ML / Tottenham ML / Man City to win and over 1.5 - parlay ✘

Didn't expect the first two teams to draw their games, especially Spurs who had a 2-0 lead...bottlers!!

About Real Madrid, jesus christ, PSG didn't have Neymar, Mbappe, and Mbappe, and we still got absolutely dominated by their B-team attack. With their stars fit, this could've ended way, way worse.

Great comeback from Atletico, and Juventus, another team blowing a 2-0 lead. Biggest surprise for me today was Dinamo Zagreb winning 4-0 vs Atalata. Lesson from today's matches: should've gone with total goals rather than ML 

@tomahawk9 if you had seen how Tottenham have been playing in the premier league this season, then you would not have been surprised by thier draw in yesterday’s match. Who would have thought that Real Madrid would be defeated so easily, and I can’t help but wonder if they continue loosing matches will Zidane get the sack?. I was so confident Juventus would prevail over Atletico, but they stunned us all with their resilience and deserved the draw.

[Coyster]

I watched the city game, and to be honest that game could have finished 7- nil or something within that range, city missed plethora of golden opportunities, it was starting to look like they purposely didn't want to score, crazy.

City obviously should top this group with 18 points, that's a 100% record, I just hope after this stage, they do not fumble as usual.
I think this season the underdogs are proving they can also compete, take a look at the Atlanta game, who could have believed such an outcome. It was a fun-filled matchday one, I must agree.

[Naida_BR]

Galatasaray ML / Tottenham ML / Man City to win and over 1.5 - parlay ✘

Didn't expect the first two teams to draw their games, especially Spurs who had a 2-0 lead...bottlers!!

About Real Madrid, jesus christ, PSG didn't have Neymar, Mbappe, and Mbappe, and we still got absolutely dominated by their B-team attack. With their stars fit, this could've ended way, way worse.

Great comeback from Atletico, and Juventus, another team blowing a 2-0 lead. Biggest surprise for me today was Dinamo Zagreb winning 4-0 vs Atalata. Lesson from today's matches: should've gone with total goals rather than ML 

Such an unexpected result for Real Madrid. I was kind of sure that they won't be able to win this match but not to lose with so much scoring difference.
I think that Zidane is already in a bad position even if it is still early on the season.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

I really hope the match doesn't disappoints in terms of goals scored just like everyone had anticipated a goal festival in Barça vs Dortmund (But the game wasn't by any means a boring one), just the lack of goals. That said looking at the line up, despite Real Madrid obvious struggle recently, I still think they will win the game.

Real Madrid with their ₤200M+ front line up did not even register single shot on target the entire 90 minutes 
What a joke of a team.

Further more, the same team that just got rid of Keylor Navas hasn't kept a clean sheet since February 2019 with Courtois between the sticks. I am a Madrid fan but i have to admit that the team is ways so poor from what people expect.

I don't think the new signings will really help the club. It's in complete shambles and this might be another trophy-less season for us.

[buwaytress]

@Harkorede: Yikes sorry I just saw you followed me on the Pool/Barca parlay. On behalf of the Reds I ask for forgiveness, though the penalty that changed everything was, well, a dive. Maybe German refs in Italy don't agree =p

Anyway, I had a good first two nights. LOST 2 parlays in a row (thanks Liverpool and Real, but also Juventus and Barca, none could win!). Also lost a Lille upset but won my 10/1 Lokomotiv bet to put me in very good profit.

Now who said the group stages were predictable eh?