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

[giammangiato]

 Atalanta is a very strong club and similar mistakes in the Champions League are simply not forgiven. This is why it is important to watch the line-ups of the clubs before the match, because sometimes overconfidence leads to the coach placing young players on an important game, and the result is almost always the same...

Sure, but Atalanta is young to Champions League.. i mean newbie.
Need lot of experience to use right combination of players in SerieA and ChampionsLeague.
My two cents

[babo]

it's true, Atalanta has no Champions League experience. But it is a very solid company based on very strong principles.
They have worked well over the years, building brick by brick.
I expect (if all goes well) that they reach the quarters and that's okay. They gain experience and make money.

[kassex]

I didn’t envision Inter Milan so weak. Just one shot on goal in 90 minutes. And this with such strikers as Lukaku and Martinez. Real Madrid lacked three main players. Real Madrid surprised me.

[leea-1334]

I just finished listening to an interview with Antonio Conte on Italian TV. Fabio Capello asked him if it was not the case to change the tactical module, given that they score little and Conte, furious as usual, said that it is not true.
I wonder how the Inter executives can go on with a man who continues to deny the evidence, has scored 4 goals in 4 Champions League games, Borussia scored 14 and Real Madrid 9

One interview does not give the whole picture,,, but yes I think Conte made a small mistake with that, but at the same time, you do not need to question a manager and coach on his tactics game by game. Inter scores enough, they just need to find a way to start their games early and finish strong because that is the problem with them they cannot last long enough.

Apart from Atalanta Liverpool only scored 2 goals in 3 games in CL. 1-0, 1-0 (own goal), and lost 0-2 will you say this is evidence to say they cannot score a lot?

[ampere]

I didn’t envision Inter Milan so weak. Just one shot on goal in 90 minutes. And this with such strikers as Lukaku and Martinez. Real Madrid lacked three main players. Real Madrid surprised me.

There is nothing surprising about Inter Milan to be honest because their performances has not been up to standards for a long while now and it has been under the radar. Madrid is also out of form as well; but were able to string a performance with the Kroos / Modric pivot. Inter can go back to the europa league were they belong.

[Smartvirus]

but were able to string a performance with the Kroos / Modric pivot. Inter can go back to the europa league were they belong.

I'm glad someone is really taking note of Kroos performance in the Real Madrid team. Not so long ago, Toni Kroos and Eden Hazard was criticized for their  bad play before I stepped in. They both saved Real Madrid today from Inter. For sure, this was not an Inter game because, I really didn't see them winning but then, they made it worst by conceiving a penalty too early which put them in pressure, Arturo Vidal took a red card though not a straight red as it is common of him and Inter crowned it up with an own goal.
It was really not their day as they played below expectation.
Atletico Madrid' seemed to have had a rather difficult game with the Russian side Locomotive Moscow. Luiz Suarez should have really been on that pkiych, I'm sure the game would have ended favourably for them.

[dishku]

I didn’t envision Inter Milan so weak. Just one shot on goal in 90 minutes. And this with such strikers as Lukaku and Martinez. Real Madrid lacked three main players. Real Madrid surprised me.

There is nothing surprising about Inter Milan to be honest because their performances has not been up to standards for a long while now and it has been under the radar. Madrid is also out of form as well; but were able to string a performance with the Kroos / Modric pivot. Inter can go back to the europa league were they belong.

Indeed Inter Milan missed a wonderful opportunity to keep them into the event while Real Madrid was not playing with full strength but they played very nice. I placed my bet on Real Madrid because the odds were so attractive and it was worth to put trust on them. There is still big question mark on the performance of Real Madrid how they will survive against strong team in upcoming matches they have to make comeback and make the new strategy for it.

[RealMalatesta]

Nobody has to explain why Liverpool lost or why Atlanta won because let's be honest it was just bad play. Liverpool is such a big club that (won premier league last year, won champions league before that, huge club right now) they should have won this game even if they go out with bench players, this is the same team that won over Barcelona 4-0 to go on without salah arguably their best player.

So long story short, Atlanta could be a very solid team on their own and Liverpool may miss few players this year and so forth but that is not an excuse to lose this match. They have to keep showing that they are a great team in every single game in order to have the advantage, if they stop caring about the games, they are going to lose to even worse teams than Atlanta.

[cryptofrka]

Liverpool only needs a point against Ajax to qualify, so there's really no point in analyzing it too much.

It's a season where teams need to heavily rotate their squads, the players did not have a preseason or a longer period of rest so things like these are normal for all teams, even the best.

Liverpool really did not play well but they will qualify from the group and the real competition starts when you reach the knockouts.

[snipie]

That Atalanta is a weird team, failing vs weaker teams, beaten by LFC with 5 goals then come back from nowhere to win this game with 2 goals to 0! My condolences to bettors 
ATM draw vs Lokomotiv wasn't expected much too imo
Now Bayern and City joined Chelsea, Sevilla, Barca and Sevilla to the finals.
Group D and H are on fire!

[slaman29]

it's true, Atalanta has no Champions League experience. But it is a very solid company based on very strong principles.
They have worked well over the years, building brick by brick.
I expect (if all goes well) that they reach the quarters and that's okay. They gain experience and make money.

Atalanta a solid company? Strong principles? First time I've heard such a description about any football team haha, but yeah, to be fair to them, they've really spearheaded the Italian football revolution. From being slow and defensive minded, they're now one of the most fearsome attacking teams that are also strong in creativity. Credit to them and may they go far in Champions League (unless they meet Barca that is).

[celot]

it's true, Atalanta has no Champions League experience. But it is a very solid company based on very strong principles.
They have worked well over the years, building brick by brick.
I expect (if all goes well) that they reach the quarters and that's okay. They gain experience and make money.

What happen with Liverpool during first leg with Atlanta could win with bigger score 0-3 but when playing in the Anfield Stadium how come Liverpool could be loss, I bet all amount for Liverpool last night but have loss all with Liverpool loss from Atlanta. I think is very bad performance from Liverpool because they can't make one shoot to Atlanta goal keeper and become bad for Mohammad Salah and Sadio Mane, I think Liverpool is not success to pass next stage but why they not try to get win last night, what exactly happen with Liverpoll and could be loss on the anfield stadium and become the first team for Atlanta defeat Liverpool in their home.

[babo]

Atalanta a solid company? Strong principles? First time I've heard such a description about any football team haha, but yeah, to be fair to them, they've really spearheaded the Italian football revolution. From being slow and defensive minded, they're now one of the most fearsome attacking teams that are also strong in creativity. Credit to them and may they go far in Champions League (unless they meet Barca that is).

Dude.. i said Inter lost and Real win.. and this HAPPEN.

Inter is not mature team.
it is not so much the team or the players or the coach who are not mature, the club is not mature!

obviously in my humble opinion, then clearly I could be wrong

I consider the coach a not very serious person, who whines because they don't give him what he wants, when in reality it is the opposite..

in this situation, for me win real

Strong analysis of situation, of coach, team, company and other stuffs.

I said Atalanta win, and Atalanta win because is strong company (team not so strong, medium).
Many years ago, Greek win European Championship vs Spain (strong) and vs Portugal (of CR7).

I talk with facts, not with words

[NotATether]

That Atalanta is a weird team, failing vs weaker teams, beaten by LFC with 5 goals then come back from nowhere to win this game with 2 goals to 0! My condolences to bettors 

Good thing I did NOT bet in that match 

ATM draw vs Lokomotiv wasn't expected much too imo
Now Bayern and City joined Chelsea, Sevilla, Barca and Sevilla to the finals.
Group D and H are on fire!

Atletico has messed up quite a few of my recent bets now, and I think I will stop betting in their matches for the time being as they are a kind of wild horse.

I'm not surprised with the Inter Milan vs Real Madrid result. I think Madrid had higher odds than Inter because of injured players, it's mainly Arturo Vidal's fault for getting heated up which ultimately got him a red card and took Inter down to 10 men 33 minutes into the first half. The own goal did not help them either.

I guess this is the end of knockout stage prospects for Inter.

[kodtycoon]

That Atalanta is a weird team, failing vs weaker teams, beaten by LFC with 5 goals then come back from nowhere to win this game with 2 goals to 0! My condolences to bettors 
ATM draw vs Lokomotiv wasn't expected much too imo
Now Bayern and City joined Chelsea, Sevilla, Barca and Sevilla to the finals.
Group D and H are on fire!

Very strange I almost disbelieve it as a guest team he beautifies the field, Liverpool is out of wits or how can lose vs atalanta I disbelieve but it is real.

Most make me confused when the first half inter vs real match should be a draw I think the penalty. turned out inverted around Vidal was rewarded with a red card damn ! regret not pick over goal 0.5 half time

[aomakun]

That Atalanta is a weird team, failing vs weaker teams, beaten by LFC with 5 goals then come back from nowhere to win this game with 2 goals to 0! My condolences to bettors 
ATM draw vs Lokomotiv wasn't expected much too imo
Now Bayern and City joined Chelsea, Sevilla, Barca and Sevilla to the finals.
Group D and H are on fire!

Very strange I almost disbelieve it as a guest team he beautifies the field, Liverpool is out of wits or how can lose vs atalanta I disbelieve but it is real.

Most make me confused when the first half inter vs real match should be a draw I think the penalty. turned out inverted around Vidal was rewarded with a red card damn ! regret not pick over goal 0.5 half time

Inter and real madrid are on paper equal when inter plays at home. real has a lot of quality, individually seen. it would be a match that has the best chance to end in 1-1, but I am not surprised about that 0-2 either

[nikola22]

I expect that Ajax will win the match tonight. They score so easily the last matches. Will be an interesting game.

it was easy to predict because Midtjylland is one of the weakest teams in this Champions League group stage. 1st half ended 0-0 but Ajax missed many chances to score. in 2nd half Ajax easily scored 3 goals and took 3 points.

[AakZaki]

Real Madrid leads 1-0. If they win against Inter Milano, Real and Mönchengladbach are very likely in the next round. Didn't expect that, especially Inter disappointed me a lot after last season.

It's great that Madrid finally won. I don't think he can win because many players injured. Even though their game is not good, at least the chances of getting away are getting bigger. Madrid was lucky because Vidal was red carded in the 33rd minute and an own goal by Achraf Hakimi. I was amazed by Vidal,  why he protested so loudly to the referee and got a second yellow card which was only so fast from the first. That benefited madrid and Vidal made a big mistake and made it difficult the club for the next round .

[Shasha80]

Real Madrid leads 1-0. If they win against Inter Milano, Real and Mönchengladbach are very likely in the next round. Didn't expect that, especially Inter disappointed me a lot after last season.

It's great that Madrid finally won. I don't think he can win because many players injured. Even though their game is not good, at least the chances of getting away are getting bigger. Madrid was lucky because Vidal was red carded in the 33rd minute and an own goal by Achraf Hakimi. I was amazed by Vidal,  why he protested so loudly to the referee and got a second yellow card which was only so fast from the first. That benefited madrid and Vidal made a big mistake and made it difficult the club for the next round .

Real Madrid deserved to win against Inter Milan, from statistics alone it shows that Real Madrid is indeed better than Inter Milan.
I agree that what Vidal did is very detrimental to his own team, making Inter Milan have to play with 10 people and ultimately have
to lose to Real Madrid. In my opinion, the chances of Inter Milan staying in the Champions League are very small, because Inter Milan
have to win the remaining two games.

[coinlocket$]

6 of 16 Teams are already qualified for the final stage at this moment.

1 of 16 Teams is already qualified as 1st of his group, it is the winner of the previous CL.




Germany - Bayern Munich       
England - Manchester City
England - Chelsea
Spain - Sevilla
Italy - Juventus
Spain - Barcelona

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_UEFA_Champions_League