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

[narcopop]

Not bad! You got prediction absolutely right. 
Actually Barcelona is my favorite team and I get quite sentimental every time they play. Therefore, my 5:1 prediction was quite sentimental one, lol. But it was beautiful game, every second of the game was awesome. I enjoyed it thoroughly especially the second half. What an enthralling performance from both, Messi and Suarez.

All due respect to Leo, Frenkie, Arthur & Marc-Andre (they're all top of tops at their positions), Barca with Valverde as a coach is a loose cannon. You can't expect anything peculiar from this team, especially in away games. Barca can play like a Champions League contender but at the same time like a mediocre LaLiga team. Pure and really annoying (for everyone that sympathizes with Catalans) charm of the team run by an incompetent guy.

[Bitinity]

I saw the Highlights & Goals that happened in that match because I couldn't watch it live. Looks like Bayern are too strong to be against Tottenham.
Hopefully Lionel Messi is also able to score 4 goals like the Bayern players did.

I doubt Messi can do it this time, he is not fully recovered yet. Barcelona is still under their best form since the new season start, on other side Inter is on their best form in Serie-A. Barcelona may win the match as they are playing at Nou Camp but the score wont be that high. I guess there will be only 1 or 2 max goal difference at the end of the match, I predict the match will end in 2-1 or 2-0.

Inter is in top form and leading the Serie A with 6 consecutive victories and by showing a great deal of beautiful football.I think they play motivated at their highest against a team like Barcelona and they will hope to beat Barcelona tonight,which in my opinion is far from their best form,so it will be a beautiful game to watch on Tv.

What a nice comeback from Barcelona with the two world class goals by Suarez. I predicted it correctly and it is a nice win for Barcelona and of course nice win for me. Too bad I did not brave enough to place live bet when there was a fast goal by Inter, I wonder how much was the odds for Barcelona to win the match when Inter was leading by 1 goal. I expect to see a revenge from Inter on the 2nd match in Giuseppe Meazza/San Siro.

[slaman29]

It's going to be very hard for Inter to qualify from the group stages now except they can get 4 points from the two consecutive fixture coming up against Dortmund. While Barcelona is in a very good position as they should comfortably get 6 points for Slavia Prague.

I think inter have blown their chances of qualifying, I knew this was going to be a tough group for them, and now it is proving even tougher, it'll take a miracle for inter to qualify ahead of Dortmund, but it's still a bit open.
They shouldn't have drawn against slavia Prague, when you're in such group, you need to beat and take away six points from the weakest team.

I never expected them to perform too well in the UCL, it's in the Italian seria A that I'm backing them to win the trophy, only if juve has something to say about this.

Inter can even get 2 points from Dortmund, and full points from the 2 remaining games and I think they still have a chance, but they depend on other results.

Very tricky and this was what everyone called the group of death anyway. Barcelona also is not a given factor here, they will really continue to struggle and they still have to go to Italy and get at least a draw there. I'm closing my eyes the entire match here!

[tomahawk9]

It was one game. No need to panic,,, seriously. If it was like my team where we are constantly conceding then I would be worried.

4 games at home this season, 6 goals conceded in total (at least 1 in each game). Most people won't talk about this (fans probably don't care) because the team is an unstoppable machine in the league right now, but it is actually a pretty shocking stat if you ask me.

I forgot to talk about the only game I watched yesterday: Slavia Prague vs Dortmund. I gotta say, Slavia are really good team, despite the result and the germans missing a couple of clear chances, they're actually a really solid team. The fact that they managed to get a draw against Inter, and they could've done the same yesterday (they were the better team, but they weren't clinical enough with the chances they had) against Dortmund says a lot about this team. Slavia at home is no joke.

[SummerBliss]

Not bad! You got prediction absolutely right. 
Actually Barcelona is my favorite team and I get quite sentimental every time they play. Therefore, my 5:1 prediction was quite sentimental one, lol. But it was beautiful game, every second of the game was awesome. I enjoyed it thoroughly especially the second half. What an enthralling performance from both, Messi and Suarez.

All due respect to Leo, Frenkie, Arthur & Marc-Andre (they're all top of tops at their positions), Barca with Valverde as a coach is a loose cannon. You can't expect anything peculiar from this team, especially in away games. Barca can play like a Champions League contender but at the same time like a mediocre LaLiga team. Pure and really annoying (for everyone that sympathizes with Catalans) charm of the team run by an incompetent guy.

I won't argue with that. Valverde is an average manager, his tactics are standard and too ordinary. The possession play and build-up from wings, this tactic is used by almost 30-40% clubs around the world. Considering the stature of Barcelona, he is not capable enough. Barcelona needs coach who can build a link-up play between midfield and forward line and at the same time, keep defensive line intact. My choice would be Erik Ten Hag.

[Barracuda]

I hope Leipzig can regain their best appearance. because in the previous game Leipzig suffered defeat in the domestic market.

That's what I thought. They did experience an unexpected defeat in the German league. If a similar appearance is brought to this UCL match, they will most likely lose points.

But behind it all, I am sure Leipzig will return to their previous best performances in today's match and will not waste this opportunity.

I do not believe this, Finally the concern happened too. Leipzig really lost their game, even that happened in the domestic league and the champions league yesterday. A drastic decline occurred for the appearance of Leipzig, I really did not expect them to lose at home.

[langlulach]

With Tottenham losing 2:7 to Bayern München, now i have high hopes that Red Star Belgrade could also win against Spurs lol 😂

[Pab]

What a crazy was Liverpool-Salzburg yesterday.It looks like Liverpool was too sure too fast of  his win
I am happy with Ajax.Second game second win with class.It looks like that Ajax will count in current CL edition
Barca-Inter Barca has a lot to improve but at least his performance was much better than Real

[cryptofrka]

With Tottenham losing 2:7 to Bayern München, now i have high hopes that Red Star Belgrade could also win against Spurs lol 😂

They won against Liverpool last season, 2-0.

I never thought they were a decent team, I might watch a game or 2. They surprised me against Oly on Tuesday.
Marko Marinb plays there, anybody remember him? He was supposed to be the next great thing in football at some point.

[Rikafip]

Not bad! You got prediction absolutely right. 
Actually Barcelona is my favorite team and I get quite sentimental every time they play. Therefore, my 5:1 prediction was quite sentimental one, lol. But it was beautiful game, every second of the game was awesome. I enjoyed it thoroughly especially the second half. What an enthralling performance from both, Messi and Suarez.

All due respect to Leo, Frenkie, Arthur & Marc-Andre (they're all top of tops at their positions), Barca with Valverde as a coach is a loose cannon. You can't expect anything peculiar from this team, especially in away games. Barca can play like a Champions League contender but at the same time like a mediocre LaLiga team. Pure and really annoying (for everyone that sympathizes with Catalans) charm of the team run by an incompetent guy.

While i don't think that Valverde is top coach, i don't think that it's all his  fault. This Barcelona team is going towards it's end. Barcelona is basically at the top since 2004 and Frank Rijkaard, sooner or later this domination has to come to an end, and we are witnessing it. Period after Messi will be tough.

[Chrystora123]

With Tottenham losing 2:7 to Bayern München, now i have high hopes that Red Star Belgrade could also win against Spurs lol 😂

Tottenham is currently being chaotic because of the issue of Jan Ver having an affair with Ericksen's wife.  Bayern's goal party to Tottenham successfully made Gnabry the top score of UCL current, A fresh breeze is blowing into Bayern Munich  . Bayern proved to be one of the UCL champions' favorite teams this season.

[DeathAngel]

With Tottenham losing 2:7 to Bayern München, now i have high hopes that Red Star Belgrade could also win against Spurs lol 😂

They won against Liverpool last season, 2-0.

I never thought they were a decent team, I might watch a game or 2. They surprised me against Oly on Tuesday.
Marko Marinb plays there, anybody remember him? He was supposed to be the next great thing in football at some point.

Red Star Belgrade travel poorly but they have an incredibly passionate, intimidating atmosphere at their home stadia. They are not to be underestimated in Belgrade.

[Upgrade00]

Regarding defense, I agree that it is important for Barcelona to evaluate what has happened.

The problem in Barcelona's defense does not include the four man wall alone. It is rather a team problem. The midfielders and wing forwards okay very important roles in the defensive shape of any team. Poor trackbacks and closing of spaces down the middle would leave the defense line exposed time and again.

They are likely to concede in any game against a side with a decent attack.

[Daniel91]

Once again it turns out that Barcelona have a lot of problems in their game.
Inter was much better in the first half and missed a great opportunity to secure the win.
Vidal's entry in the second half and the individual quality of Messi and Suarez decided the match.
Barcelona still have big problems in their game, especially when they play away.
Plus, they depend too much on one player, Messi, and that’s not good for the team’s ambitions.

[Daniel91]

One thing i noticed about Liverpool is that they play a high line of defense( I think it's a Klopp style just like he did at Dortmund) which is not good if a team is very tactical and can catch you on the break. Maybe Klopp could do some reinforcing in the near future.

I have been a Real Madrid Fan for a long time and one thing for sure is, defense has never been our thing. Yes we have brilliant individuals at the back, but they are mostly attack minded, that's why we barely keep clean sheets. Now this has been worsened as they age and there are no perfect replacements.

It was one game. No need to panic,,, seriously. If it was like my team where we are constantly conceding then I would be worried. But one game where they let in 3 goals was because their defense had a bad night. And they still have the best defense in premier league. So I would not be worried at all.

Spurs? I am afraid for them seriously.

Yeah Van dijk is not a perfect player, he can't always be brilliant, always onfire and play well every week. sometimes he has a bad night, which is normal for every player. Come on man this is only 1 game? before never has anyone scored more than 3 goals when Virgil played, that doesn't mean that Liverpool defense has begun to falter, this is only 1 game. and I'm sure Klopp will fix it soon and Virgil cs will start to learn better, which is far more important to them is they win the match.

It's not just one game, Van Dijk has been playing bad for a long time.
Van Dijk didn't make as many mistakes last season as he did in the last two months.
Against Arsenal he was the worst player and Pepe gave him a lot of trouble.
Against Napoli he was directly responsible for the second goal.
Against Salzburg he was responsible for at least 2 goals.
The fact is, he plays a lot worse than last season.

[btcdevil]

Once again it turns out that Barcelona have a lot of problems in their game.
Inter was much better in the first half and missed a great opportunity to secure the win.
Vidal's entry in the second half and the individual quality of Messi and Suarez decided the match.
Barcelona still have big problems in their game, especially when they play away.
Plus, they depend too much on one player, Messi, and that’s not good for the team’s ambitions.

I dont think that they are now dependent on messi as you can see that how good sqaraz played and scored goal and won for the team. But due to famous name of messi it is always used it for getting highlighted

[Daniel91]

Once again it turns out that Barcelona have a lot of problems in their game.
Inter was much better in the first half and missed a great opportunity to secure the win.
Vidal's entry in the second half and the individual quality of Messi and Suarez decided the match.
Barcelona still have big problems in their game, especially when they play away.
Plus, they depend too much on one player, Messi, and that’s not good for the team’s ambitions.

I dont think that they are now dependent on messi as you can see that how good sqaraz played and scored goal and won for the team. But due to famous name of messi it is always used it for getting highlighted

It seems to me that we watched 2 different matches 
Messi is most deserving for Barcelona's second goal as he made a mess in the Inter defense and Suarez had a very easy job finishing the action.
Otherwise, just look at Barcelone's results with Messi and without Messi to see how powerless Barcelona is when Messi doesn't play.

[Naida_BR]

What a crazy was Liverpool-Salzburg yesterday.It looks like Liverpool was too sure too fast of  his win
I am happy with Ajax.Second game second win with class.It looks like that Ajax will count in current CL edition
Barca-Inter Barca has a lot to improve but at least his performance was much better than Real

Liverpool was a masterpiece yesterday.
But I think that we have to give a lot of credits to Salzburg because they displayed an amazing performance yesterday against the best team in Europe.

[cryptofrka]

Red Star Belgrade travel poorly but they have an incredibly passionate, intimidating atmosphere at their home stadia. They are not to be underestimated in Belgrade.

Yes, passionate fans are a great addition, but they cannot win you the match. Serbian football is in a downfall for a long time, so I kind of ignored Red Star and thought they will get hammered.
I am pleasantly surprised by Red Star (back to back years in CL groups) so I plan to watch a game or 2 to see what that team is about and if they actually have some good players there.

[EdenHazard]

Regarding defense, I agree that it is important for Barcelona to evaluate what has happened.

The problem in Barcelona's defense does not include the four man wall alone. It is rather a team problem. The midfielders and wing forwards okay very important roles in the defensive shape of any team. Poor trackbacks and closing of spaces down the middle would leave the defense line exposed time and again.

They are likely to concede in any game against a side with a decent attack.

Any team playing with possession football like barcelona should have a strong midfielders who has extra stamina to cover the back everytime there's a quick counter attack ... and in my eye Barcelona midfielders especially bosquets is really slow in making transition from attacking to defending, just look at how many times Barcelona left behind this season? A lot of times! That's serious problem for them but a blessing for a bettor  considering they always make a good comeback!

Did you know how much the odds for barcelona to win inter when they lost 0-1 at the HT ? It's delicious @4.2 !!

Did anybody placed live betting for them?
It was really an entertaining week for champions league, 52 goals in two days!!!