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

[Daniel91]

Big surprise in the match between Barcelona and Borussia, Rakitic playing from  the beginning. As expected, Barcelona putting a lot of pressure on Borussia players. Messi and Rakitic coperate very  well together. Dembele is the most dangerous player on offense so far.
Is this match last chance for german coach?

I don't see Barcelona at the moment.
I only saw statistics that happened in the match. I saw on minute 26' Dembele was replaced by Antoine Griezmann. Is Dembele injured? Because it is not usually Barcelona doing the substitutions in the early minutes.

Yes, it seems so.
BTW, Barcelona already lead 2-0, Messi showed his magic again.
There's no way Borussia can get out of this big black hole.
Their defense, known for its mistakes, making mistakes again.
Everything is already clear, it only remains to see the final result.

[coinlocket$]

With this result, Napoli is qualified for the final stage, quite surprising for me for the turn of the event they got in the past month.

If Dortmund will lose, Inter can lose too and they can pass winning the last game of the group vs Barcelona.

Group H is a thriller, with these results nothing will change

[cryptofrka]

A goal just happened for Napoli. A surprising goal for Liverpool because like no CB was there and it was also feared that VVD would get injured (but it looks like it only hurts normally) VVD can still play.

They looked at VAR but I'm sure this one was offside. If there are any pics with that line, please link it here. Mertens' foot is in front, 100%.

It must be said it is a great finish, though. Liverpool is horrible against Napoli again.

[webtricks]

With this result, Napoli is qualified for the final stage, quite surprising for me for the turn of the event they got in the past month.
If Dortmund will lose, Inter can lose too and they can pass winning the last game of the group vs Barcelona.
Group H is a thriller, with these results nothing will change

Group H was expected to be most exciting as there were 3 equally capable teams in that group. But the team that really amazed me so far is Red Bull Salzburg. Haland and co. has been playing exceptionally well. It would be biggest upset of 21st century if Liverpool lost today and Red Bull beat Liverpool in matchday 6 which is going to be at home turf for RB. The winner of CL getting eliminated in group stages of next year, rare sight! I would be delighted to see that.  

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

With this result, Napoli is qualified for the final stage, quite surprising for me for the turn of the event they got in the past month.

Nepoli and Liverpool is already qualified. Now they race for first place in the group and seems like Nepoli is ahead so far.

Group H is a thriller, with these results nothing will change

Well Ajax and Velancia is going to qualify. Chelsea could do better tonight.

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It must be said it is a great finish, though. Liverpool is horrible against Napoli again.

In last meeting we lost by 2 - 0 however we were away but I really hope this time in home we do not lose.

[cryptofrka]

Nepoli and Liverpool is already qualified. Now they race for first place in the group and seems like Nepoli is ahead so far.

Nope, if Salzburg wins in the last game Liverpool is out.
Napoli can get knocked out too, so nothing is sure in that group before the last games.

[webtricks]

With this result, Napoli is qualified for the final stage, quite surprising for me for the turn of the event they got in the past month.

Nepoli and Liverpool is already qualified. Now they race for first place in the group and seems like Nepoli is ahead so far.

Are you sure?
As per my calculations, any two of the top 3 teams could qualify for Round of 16. All depends upon the performance in matchday 6. Currently Liverpool have 10 points, Napoli 9 and RB 7. Final matches are between LFC vs RB and Napoli vs Genk. In case Liverpool wins or draws the match, Liverpool qualifies. But in case Liverpool loses the match and Napoli wins against Genk then RB and Napoli will qualify for next round since goal difference of RB is better than Liverpool.

[LTU_btc]

Tonight Barca had probably best match this season, very solid performance. Only last 10 minutes wasn't good, but then all questions already been answered. Despite this loss, Borussia still have fairly good chances to qualify, because they only have to beat Slavia.
in G group situation is very interesting. As I understand all 3 still have chances to qualify, and only Leipzig can be confident?

[nelson4lov]

Here are my predictions for today's UCL games (I plan on placing them in am accumulator bet later today)

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Liverpool vs Napoli –  Home Win.
Genk vs Salzburg – draw or Salzburg  ✅
Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund – Barcelona on this one ✅
Slavia Prague vs Inter – Away win. (Needs to close in) ✅
Zenit St. Petersburg vs Lyon – Home or draw.  ✅
RasenBallsport Leipzig vs Benfica – Home win
Valencia    Vs   Chelsea – Away or draw ✅
Lille   vs Ajax – Ajax win. ✅
Let's look forward to an interesting evening in the UCL!

Managed to get 6/8 predictions correct. Liverpool and RasenBallsport Leipzig coming short. It's funny how every other team's result is as predicted and my team's result is the one that made the bet lost. Quite the irony

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I found my picks for tonight and folded them in a 4 fold parley:
Valencia vs Chelsea: Chelsea to win
Barcelona vs Dortmund: Barcelona to win
Lille vs Ajax: Ajax to win. They are always exciting for me.
Liverpool vs Napoli: Liverpool to win. Do I have any choice? 😝

Looks like your bet lost Chelsea winning at Valencia was  a though one. Sorry on your lost.



Another interesting evening once again in the Champions League. What's your favorite goal/moment  tonight?

[Swordsoffreedom]

Another interesting evening once again in the Champions League. What's your favorite goal/moment  tonight?

I think Lukaku's goal which put Inter to lead after they were losing to Praha at first. He's so much more agile now compared to when he was in Man United. Here is his goal and you can also see Lautaro's goal in this video: https://youtu.be/BigAB0UsAlA?t=523
Their goals are super important because this win means Inter still have chances to be second in the group.

[coinlocket$]

Nice win for Inter now they only to win vs Barcelona already qualified to pass the turn.

They can also pass if they do the same result of Dortmund vs Slavia.

Can they win with Barca already qualified? Yes, this is their best shot.


Spurs and Real Madrid are now a high risk for Juventus on the final stage if 2 Italians teams will pass as the second team.

[notblox1]

I guess not many people expected to see 1:1 result for Liverpolo - Napoli, but they can't win all the time.
Expected wins for Barcelona and Inter made it a bit better day for me...

[Lafu]

I guess not many people expected the awesome comeback from RB Leipzig against Benfica in the last 10 Min.
Just have seen the whole best Scenes of the match and there was the chance that Leipzig would be win this game.
Nice to see that they in the next round.

[Upgrade00]

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It was quite a remarkable come back, silly mistakes led them to being two goals down early in the first half, but they were always expected to win and they pulled the game back.

Barcelona were also expected to win and put up a remarkable display at home, controlling majority of the game with brilliant displays from Ter Stegen as well as Messi. Dortmund now have a slim chance of qualifying and would be hoping that Barcelona do not let off against Inter Milan as the Catalans are already through to the next round.

[Juggy777]

Nice win for Inter now they only to win vs Barcelona already qualified to pass the turn.

Inter Milan played really well last night, and all the credit goes to Conte and Lukaku these two are shaping up the revolution at Inter Milan. While Barcelona may have qualified I don’t expect them to surrender the match, Inter Milan will have to fight their way to win the match against them.

I guess not many people expected to see 1:1 result for Liverpolo - Napoli, but they can't win all the time.

@notblox1 before the start of the match yes no one could have predicted a draw, but Napoli started this match with a totally different approach and it worked for them. This result means Liverpool can be eliminated from Champions League if they loose at Salzburg, but I highly doubt they’ll be eliminated what are your thoughts on this?.

Source:

https://www.skysports.com/football/liverpool-vs-napoli/420391

[BITCOIN4X]

I guess not many people expected to see 1:1 result for Liverpolo - Napoli, but they can't win all the time.
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Liverpool VS Napoli, it will be a difficult match for them. In the last decade the match results have been quite balanced for the two clubs.
But many people believe that Liverpool will be able to overcome Napoli on several occasions because they are the current champions, but the results are not satisfactory. UCL first meeting this season was Liverpool lose, and today they are just a draw.
Barcelona are a doubtful team to win last night because if you look at their last few matches, the fragility of the back line is the cause of this doubt. But Messi, Suarez and Griezman answered doubts through their goal against Dortmund. Messi and Griezmann look quite harmonious after the moment the third goal was created.  Fantastic.

[Coyster]

The final group games would be interesting in some groups, especially group F and group H. Dortmund would be hoping Barcelona does them a favor and beat inter, but with Barcelona already through to the next round and their poor form away, I don't know how possible that's going to be, I knew that group would be this close. In group H, nothing is settled yet, Chelsea must beat Lille and maybe hope for a draw in the other match, that way they'll finish second, Ajax on the other hand must beat Valencia to qualify, while Valencia need just a draw, it's intriguing.

This surely is one very interesting champions league group stage, teams are hanging in there and it was only business as usual in very few groups, we're going down to the last day in the others.

[hd49728]

Liverpool VS Napoli, it will be a difficult match for them.

The match between Liverpool and Napoli ended in a draw, that temporarily gives Napoli a little more comfortable situation for the last match. While at the same time, Liverpool will have a very difficult match against Salzburg that has Haarland who is a very hot striker in the market now. He is a very good potential candidate for next Golden boy, after Joao Felix who won this title days ago.

[swogerino]

I lost my ticket because of Leipzig game which I thought to be the easiest.I choose Barcelona and Inter and then I thought why not increase the odds with an easy game and chose Rp Leipzig.I never thought they would not be able to beat a weak Benfica but I hope to win today in Europa League games.

[Furious 7]

Watching the Valencia vs Chelsea match was very tense and the two teams attacked each other tirelessly, especially the very ambitious Valencia who kept attacking trying to score a goal and finally Wass equalized to 2-2 in the 82nd minute from a long range shot.
but it is not easy for Valencia to beat Chelsea in the second match at home to Chelsea and I am optimistic that Chelsea will win.

In the final phase of the match Chelsea will face Lille it will be easy for Chelsea to advance to the next round while Valencia will face a formidable Ajax,
Valencia and Chelsea both have 8 points but I think Ajax and Chelsea will advance to the last 16.