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

[babo]

Small update on CR7 Covid Situation.
We have no update, he is probably positive but we have not official updates, he is training in a personal Gym/home, he is in a good shape but we don't know if he is positive or not so we can't know yet if he will play.

I think he is positive and he will not play, I don't think this is only a pretactic to make a surprice on the game with Barca.

McKennie however has been turned negative and he maybe be in the squad list.

this gives Juventus reason, I mean the purchase of Cristiano Ronaldo.. CR7 is a brand -- not just a strong and professional player.

all this (right) waiting, creates publicity for the club and even if LM10 and CR7 do not clash, they will have created anticipation for the next match! genius of marketing

[masulum]

hey will have created anticipation for the next match! genius of marketing

Exactly, just remember Juventus can get $60 Million from Ronaldo jersey it self within 24 hours. After that, Juventus success to get renewal contract with Adidas. I think this is happen because Juventus have CR7 and some star players. Compared with previous season they just get €14.65 million from Jersey sold.


Source: Statista

[slaman29]

It is interesting how Shakhtar will play with Inter after he managed to defeat Real in the guest match!?
Shakhtar got one of the most difficult groups, and they were the only ones who could score 3 points out of all!

Now if they beat Inter, it will be panic for both Spanish in Italian teams in that group. Remember they even won it with basically their second-string team so if they get all the first players back for the remainder of games, they might actually pull off the biggest upsets in this round.

Me, happy if Barca squeeze through on second and meet 1st winners of other groups. I have a feeling 2nd placed groups will be super tough.

[LTU_btc]

It is interesting how Shakhtar will play with Inter after he managed to defeat Real in the guest match!?
Shakhtar got one of the most difficult groups, and they were the only ones who could score 3 points out of all!

I think it will be more difficult game for Shakhtar, I doubt that Inter can understimate them after what they did in first round. Also, Inter trashed Shakhtar 5:0 just few months ago in Europa league semifinal. Another question, will Shakhtar will have full squad? Against Real they were missing 9 or 10 players because of Covid-19, so it will be big factor.

[babo]

Exactly, just remember Juventus can get $60 Million from Ronaldo jersey it self within 24 hours. After that, Juventus success to get renewal contract with Adidas. I think this is happen because Juventus have CR7 and some star players. Compared with previous season they just get €14.65 million from Jersey sold.


Source: Statista

exactly

it was just what I thought and you translated it into numbers.. thank you
this is what a solid and serious company with an intelligent project behind it does

in any case, I like Atalanta more than Juventus

[MusaMohamed]

Exactly, just remember Juventus can get $60 Million from Ronaldo jersey it self within 24 hours. After that, Juventus success to get renewal contract with Adidas. I think this is happen because Juventus have CR7 and some star players. Compared with previous season they just get €14.65 million from Jersey sold.


Source: Statista

Profits from jersey selling and other incomes from advertisement contracts with the appearance of Ronaldo are one of reasons why Juventus decided to make a big transfer with Ronaldo 3 seasons ago. $60 millions from jersey selling within 24 hours indeed is a very impressive record.

Do you know any source of stats on total money Juventus have gotten from Ronaldo's jersey since his transfer from Real Madrid to Juventus?

[1kodumtek7]

I made a betslip including 4 matches from Champions League. I'm curious about your comments. In my opinion, Real Madrid will definitely take the win after losing against Shakhtar. I liked Porto's game against Manchester City last week. I also think Shakhtar got lucky against Real Madrid.

[nelson4lov]

I made a betslip including 4 matches from Champions League. I'm curious about your comments. In my opinion, Real Madrid will definitely take the win after losing against Shakhtar. I liked Porto's game against Manchester City last week. I also think Shakhtar got lucky against Real Madrid.

Other selections seems doable but I'm quite skeptical about the about both Madrid clubs. Considering they both lost during their last UCL outing, you would expect them to try and get all 3 points from this week's fixtures. However, both teams are in the habit of losing when you expect them to and get a surprising with when you least expect. I will try out your picks on sportsbet but I'd take a more conservative approach - to give both teams a  double chance. You can't be too sure with teams like this.

[EdenHazard]

I made a betslip including 4 matches from Champions League. I'm curious about your comments. In my opinion, Real Madrid will definitely take the win after losing against Shakhtar. I liked Porto's game against Manchester City last week. I also think Shakhtar got lucky against Real Madrid.

I don't know man everything seems so unpredictable thesedays.
I would avoid a money line that has x1.8 x1.6 or so .. and prefer go for the other side of favorites one. Believe me it would worth the risk.
Despite a great performance from real madrid against Barcelona last week , it won't guarantee anything to win this game against gladbach especially with such high odds on real madrid itself , you need to be curious what's on bookie's mind.

Still i wish your bet to win though. Goodluck!

[DeathAngel]

Juventus vs Barcelona on Wednesday, it is Ronaldo vs Messi again. This should be a really exciting game, I look forward to it.

[CLS63]

My favorite team in this year is Bayern Munich as always. I don't see a team that can give trouble to Bayern Munich except British clubs. Despite them, Bayern Munich is by far my favorite. They have a strong system. I don't get surprised even if they won the Champions League cup 5 times consecutively.

[tomahawk9]

I made a betslip including 4 matches from Champions League. I'm curious about your comments. In my opinion, Real Madrid will definitely take the win after losing against Shakhtar. I liked Porto's game against Manchester City last week. I also think Shakhtar got lucky against Real Madrid.

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actually a pretty good acca you got there...but does anyone know if Shakhtar are still missing some players because of covid? cuz if they are then i'm thinking of adding Inter Milan 'asian handicap' to a single bet (-1.0 at 2.51 odds right now 👀 ). This is a must win for the italians after that pathetic draw at home vs. Gladbach

i'm also considering another greedy 'asian handicap' single ticket with Liverpool against MidtjyWHO? i honestly don't know what the danish are doing in the CL, maybe they got too lucky in qualifiers? i feel like they're gonna obliterated in every single match in the group stage 🤔

[Raflesia]

It is interesting how Shakhtar will play with Inter after he managed to defeat Real in the guest match!?
Shakhtar got one of the most difficult groups, and they were the only ones who could score 3 points out of all!

I think it will be more difficult game for Shakhtar, I doubt that Inter can understimate them after what they did in first round. Also, Inter trashed Shakhtar 5:0 just few months ago in Europa league semifinal. Another question, will Shakhtar will have full squad? Against Real they were missing 9 or 10 players because of Covid-19, so it will be big factor.

This could be a factor of weakness for Shakhtar who must lose a lot of players in his squad, but if it has been tested then have to wait for the results of the decision, this is an opportunity for Inter Milan with a full victory tonight, it's difficult if you don't imagine losing for Inter against the opposing team. whose squad is reduced.
Madrid will also have a hard time facing Gladbach, it's hard to guess if they have played at UCL.

Juventus vs Barcelona on Wednesday, it is Ronaldo vs Messi again. This should be a really exciting game, I look forward to it.

What about Ronaldo? will he play after passing the test results? I don't know whether the test result is positive or not.

[davinchi]

There are couple more games that could make that bet even higher and would also not look too scary neither, for example if you did add Liverpool and city which looks like more guaranteed than any other game on that slip, I would say the odds would skyrocket a lot and you are getting that huge increase thanks to very obvious games unless something totally unexpected happens, Liverpool and city should be winning very very easily.

There is also Bayern munich, they are still as amazing as it gets and they look like they are going to destroy any team right now, so I would say that would be a great addition as well, I am not going into games on later date, PSG vs Basaksehir type of games are looking very obvious as well but they are day later so you may not want to wait for them depending on your patience.

[coinlocket$]

Exactly, just remember Juventus can get $60 Million from Ronaldo jersey it self within 24 hours. After that, Juventus success to get renewal contract with Adidas. I think this is happen because Juventus have CR7 and some star players. Compared with previous season they just get €14.65 million from Jersey sold.


Source: Statista

a very long TDLR for this subject but the short version is:

Ronaldo cost for Juventus is around 15/20m€/year (like a mediocre player) and he will leave a +40m€ from the deal with sponsors when he will want to leave the club.

[LTU_btc]

Haven't made any bets yet, but I have some doubts about one game. Odds for Atalanta win over Ajax looks nice. Atalanta won first UCL game easy, but they suffered 2 big losses in Serie A. So, I'm not sure about their win.
I'm going to back some favorites like Inter, Atletico, maybe Porto. And I will look for goals over in Bayern and Liverpool games.

[notblox1]

Champions league is back with some good matches, and I am picking one of them early.

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Inter
Shakhtar made big surprise last time in champions league when they won against Real 3:2 with squad full of injuries, but how many times they can repeat that? They never won against Inter in h2h matches so far.
There will be up to 10,000 fan supporters on stadium in Kiev.
Both teams have some missing players, but I will still got for Inter win here and Lukaku to score.

[Adwoagyedom]

Haven't made any bets yet, but I have some doubts about one game. Odds for Atalanta win over Ajax looks nice. Atalanta won first UCL game easy, but they suffered 2 big losses in Serie A. So, I'm not sure about their win.
I'm going to back some favorites like Inter, Atletico, maybe Porto. And I will look for goals over in Bayern and Liverpool games.

Atalanta have some good records when it comes to the champions league, they will draw inspirations from the fact that they were quarter finalists in the previous season. Nevertheless, their Serie A form in recent matches has not been good, you can still go for goals in their match.

[Trofo]

Champions league is back with some good matches, and I am picking one of them early.

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Inter
Shakhtar made big surprise last time in champions league when they won against Real 3:2 with squad full of injuries, but how many times they can repeat that? They never won against Inter in h2h matches so far.
There will be up to 10,000 fan supporters on stadium in Kiev.
Both teams have some missing players, but I will still got for Inter win here and Lukaku to score.

I am going in slightly different direction here. I believe Inter is better team but Shakhtar should not be underestimated and they can score a goal or two in front of their own supporters.

I am going with both to score and x2 @1.9. The odds dropped to 1.85 as soon as I placed the bet. Did not think I was such high roller 

[daarul50]

Haven't made any bets yet, but I have some doubts about one game. Odds for Atalanta win over Ajax looks nice. Atalanta won first UCL game easy, but they suffered 2 big losses in Serie A. So, I'm not sure about their win.
I'm going to back some favorites like Inter, Atletico, maybe Porto. And I will look for goals over in Bayern and Liverpool games.

Will you ignore the fact that ajax won 13-0 against vvv venlo last saturday? They trashed venlo really hard , atalanta must be aware about this and wont  underestimate them.
Likely a draw will be fair for both , but i am more to ajax honestly.
The odds doesnt reflected anything to me.
1-2 for ajax , close match like that and the game must be openly both attacking , that is ajax philosophy.