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

[snipie]

Agnelli spoke yesterday and he said, "we will take some days, we will talk if we will continue in this direction" and other stuff.

He said as CR7 will stay, Paratici and Nedved will stay, nothing on Sarri so he is on the list of possible people in the firing list.

He also said he wants younger people in the team.

They better rebuild his ineffective defence strategy and stop receiving goals in every game seriously...
8 hours to go for the games and to know who will pass between Barca and Napoli!

[hd49728]

They better rebuild his ineffective defence strategy and stop receiving goals in every game seriously...
8 hours to go for the games and to know who will pass between Barca and Napoli!

Without Chiellini, Bonucci can not play at his highest level and he can not play as the heart of Juventus' defense system. Chiellini on the other hands, has been older each season and next one I don't think Juventus can rely on him too much.

Juventus is right to finish an expensive transfer for De Ligt from Ajax but the failure of Bonucci hurts them in important match. They have good midfielders and forwards, strikers but need to rebuild its defense system, make it younger and stronger.

[tyKiwanuka]

Have an all-favs parlay still alive. Much of the same tonight?

I think these odds for Bayern are extremely poor considering a) Bayern doesn't need to win and b) they are out of competition for over a month now. You could see in EL with Leverkusen/Frankfurt/Wolfsburg that these teams were not super sharp and even ran a bit out of gas in the end. Now Chelsea isn't super strong, but Bayern could live with a draw here in which is most likely a better friendly match at hot temperatures even in the evening. 1.80-ish for Bayern would be more reasonable imo.

[tyz]

Bet on Real Madrid and hope to win. And finally I lost again. Today I was back betting on Bayer Munich, even though Chelsea are in good form. I hope today's match will make me win in betting. And for Barcelona - Napoli, it looks like it's an even more difficult match. because both of them will fight together and for defense, Napoli is definitely superior.

Well, I was in your team I bet on double chance Real with really fair odds. By halftime, it looked like the bet will work out. That Real is going to make such two defensive booboos was not to expected and is rare. This destroyed the bet. Today I make a similar bet as written a few posts before. Double chance Napoli, also with fair odds. Let's see if it works this time.

[Trofo]

Juve is out, but Ronaldo showed once again what kind of player he is. Here are few numbers to put it in perspective. He scored more goals in knockout stage then some very respective clubs.

Goals in Champions League Knockout stage:
Ronaldo - 67
Milan - 65
Arsenal - 53
PSG -41
Dortmund - 40

If we are watching just players who scored goals in CL knockout stage he is by far first on the list and he has the same amount of goals as next two players combined
Ronaldo - 67
Messi - 46
Muller - 21

He also scored all Juventus goals in knockout stage in the last two years, all 7 goals (100%)

Source ESPN twitter.

[tomahawk9]

Can Manchester City go all the way?

maybe? last night was the RO16 with the agg score in favor, but now's when the real thing starts, in the quarters and beyond with one-leg matches...also, let's not forget that City are big chokers in the later stages of this tourney (2015, choke in the semis, 2017 choke vs. monaco, 2018 choke vs. Pool, and last year choked in the quarter finals vs. Spurs)

Have an all-favs parlay still alive. Much of the same tonight?

Bayern have the edge if the play their best team, if not then prepare for an upset unfortunately (didn't add this match to my ticket). Napoli are gonna put up a good fight vs. one man team Barca, could see this game ending with a draw in FT or ET (1-1 or 2-2)

Still, best of luck today!

[buwaytress]

I think these odds for Bayern are extremely poor considering a) Bayern doesn't need to win and b) they are out of competition for over a month now. You could see in EL with Leverkusen/Frankfurt/Wolfsburg that these teams were not super sharp and even ran a bit out of gas in the end. Now Chelsea isn't super strong, but Bayern could live with a draw here in which is most likely a better friendly match at hot temperatures even in the evening. 1.80-ish for Bayern would be more reasonable imo.

Agreed. I only kept them in because it was boosted odds on my parlay (it's a Sportsbet special), so I'm looking good on it right now. Bayern not needing to win, I'm not so concerned. They'll want to boost all kinds of morale with a strong victory, but they for sure won't risk injury or yellows to their strongest, and Chelsea while I agree are more match fit no longer have Pulisic (injury) and will still be tired, again, a draw is still the best option being objective but I still think quality will shine through, even if just barely.

@toma thanks! I doubled down on Barca on another parlay and lost already but I put down another big single haha, so yes, definitely good luck to me and you;)

[BIT-BENDER]

 The video assistant referee decision in last night game between juventus vs Lyon was a flat mess, I heard the commentator on the commentary of the match say that the VAR would check the first penalty decision and call it of but we where shocked that it stood and the second penalty this time for juventus -i don't know if it was some sort of amendment- the Lyon player could not make him self invisible and had his hands on his body, I think VAR should sit up

[dwminer1]

Today I'm betting on two home team wins. Barcelona, despite not the best form at the end of the season, should beat the team from Naples today. After losing the championship badly, the Champions League is the only way to save the season for Barcelona. Napoli also showed an average form at the end of the Serie A season. In the second match, I bet the Bavarians will win. At Chelsea, many players are on the injured list. In addition, the result of 3-0 in the first match probably dispels the dreams of the London team to advance to the next phase of the tournament.

[Daniel91]

Bayern are so sure of their victory tonight that they are playing with numbers on the club's official Twitter profile and thinking about how many goal differences they will win tonight.
Source: https://twitter.com/FCBayernEN/status/1292044664128843776

It's true that they have a very big advantage, but bigger miracles have happened in football before.
It would be better for them to focus more on the opponent and show more respect.

[notblox1]

Juventus were not lucky enough to scale, they need a good coach, now that Sarri has been sacked a good coach should be hired,, more younger players are needed, they have been knocked out by small teams with young players, those old men need to be played as substitute

Just like it was announced, Sarri is gone after Juventus dropped out Champions League
Ciao Sarri  

Today champions league matches and my predictions:
Barcelona vs. Napoli
Napoli should be very happy with results so far, and they even managed to get 1:1 draw with Barcelona in first leg, but now they must play in Camp Nou.
Goof thing for them is that they have full squad, unlike Barcelona with six injured or suspended players.
Same thing for coach Quique Setien as for Sarri and Juventus, and Barcelona must win or progress here or he is out.
Only Champions League win can save Setien  
Risky bet: Messi to score
I am picking Home win here


Bayern Munich vs. Chelsea
First leg was easy 3:0 win for Bayern, and Chelsea is coming here with 8 or 9 injured players!
They must try to attack but I don't believe they can score 4 or more goals.
I expect Bayern to start slow and wait for Chelsea youngsters mistakes.
Risky bet: half time draw, full time home win.
My pick here is one more Home win.

[Barcode_]

I guess Cristiano Ronaldo have already tried his best for trying to help his team progress to the next stage of the Uefa Champions League, but the defense of Lyon are just too good in shutting down the attack of Juventus, the goalkeeper of Lyon did not even need to make many crucial saves in the match, it shows the defenders of Lyon did really put in their best effort at the back line. I believe the remaining teams competing in the Uefa Champions League this season would surely thank Lyon for eliminating Juventus.

[SFR10]

Can Manchester City go all the way?

With the kind of quality and squad depth that they have, I'm expecting nothing less.
^{- It'll be them or Bayern.}

Barcelona, despite not the best form at the end of the season, should beat the team from Naples today.

Regardless of Napoli's mixed form towards the end of their league, I'm expecting them to get a surprising win against Barca...
^{- Both teams to score.}

[RapTarX]

Lost a good amount yesterday night. I haven't thought of such a result in Madrid match. Well, City planned well and played well too. They deserve the win.
It's Bayern tonight, the most deserving team of UCL this season I guess. They have no pressure at all and I guess they will get Chealsea easily while FCB have to struggle IMO. Anyway, I will be betting on Bayern to win and FCB vs Nappoli to draw tonight.

[LTU_btc]

I think these odds for Bayern are extremely poor considering a) Bayern doesn't need to win and b) they are out of competition for over a month now. You could see in EL with Leverkusen/Frankfurt/Wolfsburg that these teams were not super sharp and even ran a bit out of gas in the end. Now Chelsea isn't super strong, but Bayern could live with a draw here in which is most likely a better friendly match at hot temperatures even in the evening. 1.80-ish for Bayern would be more reasonable imo.

Good point. Bayern have safe result from first leg, they haven't played for a month, so today they just need not to make any problems for themselves. Chelsea is interesting young team under Lampard management, but I think it's safe to say that they are out of competition already. So, considering these facts, odds is really bad for them. Probably I will only make bets on this game when I will see Bayern squad.
In Barca - Napoli game I'm going with Barca win obviously and maybe over 2.5 @1.62.

[BIT-BENDER]

Lost a good amount yesterday night. I haven't thought of such a result in Madrid match. Well, City planned well and played well too. They deserve the win.
It's Bayern tonight, the most deserving team of UCL this season I guess. They have no pressure at all and I guess they will get Chealsea easily while FCB have to struggle IMO. Anyway, I will be betting on Bayern to win and FCB vs Nappoli to draw tonight.

I wish varane a quick mental recovery, he was astonishingly off yesterday, and as a defender you don't give such to the -pep city boys-
On tonights game. Bayern will be waiting to know who they face in the quarter finals, it would still be a win but not an embarrassing lose for Chelsea maybe 1 or 2 goals win, like I have been saying it's a win for FC Barcelona of Spain tonight against Napoli.

[RapTarX]

I wish varane a quick mental recovery, he was astonishingly off yesterday,

Varane is certainly a good one but the way city had attacked, much experienced player would be nervoused too IMO. There were a lot of mistakes along with no much pressure on City defense. Nevertheless, it was the day of City and they made it easily.

[Harkorede]

That surely didn't take, Bayern are ahead... this might be another riot. Barcelona on the other hand still can't string together a couples of passes!  

EDIT: Out of no where, Barcelona are ahead 

[Fatemablabla]

That surely didn't take, Bayern are ahead... this might be another riot. Barcelona on the other hand still can't string together a couples of passes! 

Lenglet just scored a goal from header. Barcelona got the advantage. But from watching Napoli's game and playing style Barca can concede a goal anytime. They are pressing hardly to Barca's D-box.

[Fatemablabla]

Ohh my man!!! What a goal from L. Messi!!!  Was covered by 4 Napoli defenders but still manage to shoot the ball to the net. Great goal from the great player.