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

[Ratash]

Real Madrid just didn’t want to go further as in the moment Atalanta got a completely unjustified red card from a big error from the referee Real calmed down as they know they are going to easily qualify for the next round.Real has a lot of injured players so they are hoping to recover some of them for the next game after they pass through Atalanta.It should be a walk in the park the return leg for them in Santiago Bernabeu.

True there were a lot of injured players but real madrid players are not performing well this season if it werent for the red card they would have not win and the next match wont be easy but with this poor performance even if they pass this round when they play against bayern or city they will lose.

[abhiseshakana]

They destroyed Atalanta? Don't know why game you watched but playing the biggest part of the game against 10 man and just win with 1-0 in the last minutes isn't really destroying your opponent.

They were still struggling against 10 man. Of course they had a lot of ball possession but Atalanta just let them have the ball.

I think this is one of Real Madrid's poor performances. Despite having superior in the number of players since 17th minutes, Real Madrid looked struggling to break the Atalanta defense and was only able to make 1 goal at the last minute.

Of course, with more players, Real Madrid dominated the ball possession. Moreover, Atalanta prefers to play defensively and rely solely on counterattacks. But despite all that Real Madrid already has good points ahead of the second leg, so they are having a great chance to advance to the Quarter-finals.

[kayiboyu]

They destroyed Atalanta? Don't know why game you watched but playing the biggest part of the game against 10 man and just win with 1-0 in the last minutes isn't really destroying your opponent.

They were still struggling against 10 man. Of course they had a lot of ball possession but Atalanta just let them have the ball.

I think this is one of Real Madrid's poor performances. Despite having superior in the number of players since 17th minutes, Real Madrid looked struggling to break the Atalanta defense and was only able to make 1 goal at the last minute.

Of course, with more players, Real Madrid dominated the ball possession. Moreover, Atalanta prefers to play defensively and rely solely on counterattacks. But despite all that Real Madrid already has good points ahead of the second leg, so they are having a great chance to advance to the Quarter-finals.

According to the performance of Real Madrid in this game, I think the result could be way different if Atalanta didn't play with 10 players. Because it was totally obvious that Real Madrid had so much difficulty in even this condition of Atalanta. They hardly managed to win it 1-0 with the goal Mendy scored in the last ten 10 minutes. I'm not so sure about Real Madrid qualifying for the quarter final yet. They are still not credible and there is still a possibility that Atalanta may eliminate them.

[tyz]

Seems my idea worked out Chelsea won 1-0 and they should have even win with at least two goals ahead since Chelsea was clearly the better team with some missed chances.

That really surprised me winning with 1-0 against Atletico. Great job with getting advantage over if first leg but yeah its not job done yet .

The team is much more stable in the defence and the offensive is more effective. That doesn't mean that they will move on to the next round. The second leg will not be easy. But they scored an away goal so they can play for a draw now. All cards are with Chelsea.

Still with the depth like Chelsea has right now they should be scoring more goals...

I agree with you. The only thing you have to criticize about the current development of Chelsea are the few goals they score. They have many good opportunities that they often miss. If they become even more effective, Chelsea could at least make it to the semi-finals of the CL. It's also up to Werner, who hasn't really made it into the team yet and has more of a support role in the offensive, on the contrary to his time in Leipzig. I am curious whether he can make his potential available to the team in the upcoming matches.

[Jackl87]

Both matches yesterday were pretty underwhelming in my opinion.
Man City didn't even play that well but it was still more than enough to beat Gladbach. They could have even scored more goals than they did.
Madrid vs Bergamo was also not very exciting. The very early and probably unjustified red card for bergamo resulted in a defensive battle from bergamo for the rest of the match and Real barely managed to score a goal close to the end of the game.
They really need to improve if they want to reach the semi-final or more.

[dishku]

Both matches yesterday were pretty underwhelming in my opinion.
Man City didn't even play that well but it was still more than enough to beat Gladbach. They could have even scored more goals than they did.
Madrid vs Bergamo was also not very exciting. The very early and probably unjustified red card for bergamo resulted in a defensive battle from bergamo for the rest of the match and Real barely managed to score a goal close to the end of the game.
They really need to improve if they want to reach the semi-final or more.

IMO Real Madrid is very lucky to win this game with that kind of the game play. I also agreed with you how long they could remain lucky and with current game style it would be hard for them to survive in next round where competition will be more though so they need to learn from their mistakes and improve it before this game.

[Turbolinea]

Both matches yesterday were pretty underwhelming in my opinion.
Man City didn't even play that well but it was still more than enough to beat Gladbach. They could have even scored more goals than they did.

~snip~

Manchester City could really have scored at least even 4 goals in this match but I assume they didn't want to wear out so much as they are gonna play against West Ham home in two days. They are trying to balance the two tournaments I think. They want to be the champions in the EPL and do their best in the CL also.

[boltz]

UCL way to boring for what games we have lately so I don't get it how a game between Atalanta and Real Madrid can be over with just only 1 goal scored. The game as awfull, both teams were bad and the referee had no mood for that game as he did not even wanted to check VAR... . I think the only game that deserved to be watched , was Barcelona PSG and nothing else.

Also , it was a disaster day for betting ...

[Iranus]

Both matches yesterday were pretty underwhelming in my opinion.
Man City didn't even play that well but it was still more than enough to beat Gladbach. They could have even scored more goals than they did.
Madrid vs Bergamo was also not very exciting. The very early and probably unjustified red card for bergamo resulted in a defensive battle from bergamo for the rest of the match and Real barely managed to score a goal close to the end of the game.
They really need to improve if they want to reach the semi-final or more.

I won the bet in both the matches yesterday. But those two matches were not competitive. I thought Gladbach would be able to put up a strong resistance against Manchester City. But they have failed miserably. They were not able to make any strong attack. On the other hand, getting a red card at the beginning of the match slowed down Atalanta's gameplay. As a result, the match was not competitive competitive

[Cafex]

Both matches yesterday were pretty underwhelming in my opinion.
Man City didn't even play that well but it was still more than enough to beat Gladbach. They could have even scored more goals than they did.
Madrid vs Bergamo was also not very exciting. The very early and probably unjustified red card for bergamo resulted in a defensive battle from bergamo for the rest of the match and Real barely managed to score a goal close to the end of the game.
They really need to improve if they want to reach the semi-final or more.

Manchester City got a nice result even though they were not very good. It shows that Gladbach are really bad right now and City will finish their work in the second leg very easily. As for Atalanta-Real Madrid, I think the result is still not too bad for Atalanta if we think that they played with 10 players for a very long time. I didn't like this Real Madrid even a little and Atalanta have still a chance to make it to the quarter final as Real Madrid are struggling with injuries too.

[snipie]

UCL way to boring for what games we have lately so I don't get it how a game between Atalanta and Real Madrid can be over with just only 1 goal scored. The game as awfull, both teams were bad and the referee had no mood for that game as he did not even wanted to check VAR... . I think the only game that deserved to be watched , was Barcelona PSG and nothing else.

Also , it was a disaster day for betting ...

lol why it was a disaster day? I believe most people assumed City to win which was the case and for Real Madrid, I believe their supporters do trust them to win which was also the case although many waited to see Atalanta do something.
Overall the game wasn't that bad, that red card made Atalanta concentrate less on attacking, that's why the game doesn't have many goals as expected. For the VAR, no need to check it since it is pointless to give 2 red cards for the same Atalanta's player. He deserves it and the decision was right.

[DeathAngel]

UCL way to boring for what games we have lately so I don't get it how a game between Atalanta and Real Madrid can be over with just only 1 goal scored. The game as awfull, both teams were bad and the referee had no mood for that game as he did not even wanted to check VAR... . I think the only game that deserved to be watched , was Barcelona PSG and nothing else.

Also , it was a disaster day for betting ...

It’s football buddy, some games are tight with low goals. It doesn’t help with the no fans situation, it’s killing football. Empty stadia sucks the life out of football.

[LUCKMCFLY]

UCL way to boring for what games we have lately so I don't get it how a game between Atalanta and Real Madrid can be over with just only 1 goal scored. The game as awfull, both teams were bad and the referee had no mood for that game as he did not even wanted to check VAR... . I think the only game that deserved to be watched , was Barcelona PSG and nothing else.

Also , it was a disaster day for betting ...

I cannot deny that the game was somewhat boring, but in this case betting is a different world, of course what was expected was that Real Madrid won with force, all more emotion in these games, but we could wait, I am sure there will be better presentations, the level of football that was shown was something bad but congrats to those who won in general.

[Spack17]

UCL way to boring for what games we have lately so I don't get it how a game between Atalanta and Real Madrid can be over with just only 1 goal scored. The game as awfull, both teams were bad and the referee had no mood for that game as he did not even wanted to check VAR... . I think the only game that deserved to be watched , was Barcelona PSG and nothing else.

Also , it was a disaster day for betting ...

It was a terrible penalty decision and I was shocked by referee not even checking VAR. It was absolutely a wrong decision and it cost Atalanta maybe a victory or a draw. Real Madrid still played very boringly and hardly scored a goal finally in the last minutes.

[CryptocurencyKing]

It was a terrible penalty decision and I was shocked by referee not even checking VAR. It was absolutely a wrong decision and it cost Atalanta maybe a victory or a draw.

It's a probability statement, i can't say i was clearly satisfied with the officials decision but then, Real Madrid could still have won the match. It's always not a very good idea to make a penalty call in a relatively equaled team game, its more like making the odds uneven for one team as well as spoiling the morale of the other so, it doesn't work so well. But, its decided and the refs final whistle is what settles it.
Manchester city on the other hand dominated the Borussia Moenchengladbach team and won as expected as well. It was a winning Wednesday.

[Daniel91]

UCL way to boring for what games we have lately so I don't get it how a game between Atalanta and Real Madrid can be over with just only 1 goal scored. The game as awfull, both teams were bad and the referee had no mood for that game as he did not even wanted to check VAR... . I think the only game that deserved to be watched , was Barcelona PSG and nothing else.

Also , it was a disaster day for betting ...

It was a terrible penalty decision and I was shocked by referee not even checking VAR. It was absolutely a wrong decision and it cost Atalanta maybe a victory or a draw. Real Madrid still played very boringly and hardly scored a goal finally in the last minutes.

I think this is a free judge's conviction and not an obvious and intentional mistake.
Don’t forget that Real had a lot of injured players who couldn’t play and that certainly affected their performance on the pitch.
Great teams find their way to victory even in difficult moments.
It seems to me that Real could remain the only Spanish club in this competition which is surprising given the quality of the Spanish league.

[ILuckyGuyI]

The all of the first leg matches of this round ended and the most enjoyable matches for me were Barcelona-PSG (1-4), Sevilla-Dortmund (2-3) and Lazio-Bayern (1-4). The most boring matches for me were Atalanta-Real Madrid (0-1) and Atletico-Chelsea (0-1).

[DIA7]

A clear advantage for the leaders of the groups outside their stadiums,
No team won on the ground of their field, in other words, the first of the groups all won outside their homes (except for Juve), so there will be no surprise and any of the teams that will play the second leg outside their stadium qualify.
The 4 teams (Paris Bayern City and Liverpool) were able to achieve a positive result more than an impressive outside their field to set foot in the quarter-finals. While Juventus is able to clinch his qualification at home, while the chances are still close between Dortmund and Seville, with the advantage of the Germans, as is the case between Chelsea - Athletic, Real and Atalanta.

[babo]

It was a terrible penalty decision and I was shocked by referee not even checking VAR. It was absolutely a wrong decision and it cost Atalanta maybe a victory or a draw. Real Madrid still played very boringly and hardly scored a goal finally in the last minutes.

obviously how could I comment on a non-existent penalty
the game was one-sided in favoring real madrid (obviously)
but I am happy with the performance of my team (Atalanta) he fought hard and in 10 men he managed not to concede any more goals

on the return, I expect a very hard-fought match and more punches for real madrid

[kodtycoon]

The all of the first leg matches of this round ended and the most enjoyable matches for me were Barcelona-PSG (1-4), Sevilla-Dortmund (2-3) and Lazio-Bayern (1-4). The most boring matches for me were Atalanta-Real Madrid (0-1) and Atletico-Chelsea (0-1).

I think the result of Barcelona v PSG is the result that most people predict, a 1-4 defeat is not an easy defeat to be avenged in the second leg
With Barcelona's situation like that, PSG can be sure to go further and Barcelona should look for a replacement for Koeman