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

[Harkorede]

Yeah, boring, same teams as all expected except maybe Chelsea who I feel are still weaker than Atletico but somehow found a way to get the goals. I don't think there was really any real upsets in who qualified this time (except for poor Juventus). Now I feel like I should just back Porto all the way, who knows, at least until the final?

Over two legs, I had expected Atletico Madrid to advance, but I must admit that the changing coach might have been the best thing Chelsea has done this season. I'd love to witness a Bayern Munich vs Manchester City in the quarterfinals, or PSG vs Manchester City.

[swogerino]

Yeah, boring, same teams as all expected except maybe Chelsea who I feel are still weaker than Atletico but somehow found a way to get the goals. I don't think there was really any real upsets in who qualified this time (except for poor Juventus). Now I feel like I should just back Porto all the way, who knows, at least until the final?

Chelsea is absolutely better than Atletico Madrid.They won in total 3-0 against them.Atletico lately has become weaker and weaker not only in La Liga but also in Champions as we saw yesterday.Now it will be tough for teams like Porto as they will be out of the Champions whichever team faces them from.

[Koal-84]

All of today's games actually turned out more clearly than expected in the overall result. All games with 3 or more goals differed in the overall result. Impressive and that in the Champions League.

right, all the results created as expected...
tomorrow will be a tough match to predict. as a Chelsea fan of course I hope my team will win but the possibility of a draw is also very high. We all know that ATM are at the top of the Spanish league

After the next round the same, each game with 3 or more goals different. For the Champions League impressive when the games go out with so many goals difference, the power density already so different?

[Jackl87]

Why do not put few bucks on Porto now? The odds is the highest compared to the other teams obviously. Below is the average odds of every single team who goes to the quarter finals based on some sources:

Man City 3.25
Bayern Munich 4
PSG 6.5
Liverpool 7
Chelsea 8.5
Real Madrid  10
Borussia Dortmund 18
FC Porto 36

Honestly, I'm a bit surprised to see Real Madrid is under Chelsea. Of course the odds may change once the draw is done. I guess we will see an early Final match on the Quarter Final.

I guess everyone wants to draw Porto now for the quarterfinals and maybe Dortmund all other teams are top class and every match between two of those teams could also easily be a final.
Even as a bayern supporter i have to admit that ManCity looks stronger at the moment than bayern. The odds you posted also confirm that. Bayern is not as stable as last league, but they still have time to improve.
Real Madrid is just not the same team as in previous years and i think that the high odds of them are justified.

[Ratash]

Yeah, boring, same teams as all expected except maybe Chelsea who I feel are still weaker than Atletico but somehow found a way to get the goals. I don't think there was really any real upsets in who qualified this time (except for poor Juventus). Now I feel like I should just back Porto all the way, who knows, at least until the final?

I was not surprised about chelsea they really improved since tuchel arrival and atletico recently are losing points and they might even lose the title but i still think its a logical outcame since atletico they did nothing to win yesterday match.

[cryptofrka]

Another dominant Chelsea performance, they are really looking good under Tuchel. I have to admit I expected way more from Atletico over 2 legs - it seemed almost too easy for Chelsea.

I'm looking forward to the draw, I really hope we get Porto. I know it isn't sexy and we played them recently, but give me a tie with the best chance of progress.

[Igebotz]

Another dominant Chelsea performance, they are really looking good under Tuchel. I have to admit I expected way more from Atletico over 2 legs - it seemed almost too easy for Chelsea.

I was full of confidence, Tuchel is a masterclass he has turned Chelsea to a champions league contenders. That's a consecutive 13 game  unbeaten run with 9 clean sheets
for a coach who just took over a month ago.

I'm looking forward to the draw, I really hope we get Porto. I know it isn't sexy and we played them recently, but give me a tie with the best chance of progress.

Porto won't be a bad idea but we need something more challenging and tough, Dortmund won't be a bad idea for me.

[CLS63]

Lack of experience in Champions League!
This is what happened yesterday between Real, which has won the highest number of cups so far, and Atalanta which evidently still need to get a sense of what's like to play big teams in the final stages.
I enjoyed the game and I won my bet, I had no doubts that RM was going to win the game.

The match was very close when it comes to the statistics actually. But Real Madrid were the side that made a very good use of their goal chances and finished Atalanta home 3-1. Benzema and Ramos both were injured in the first leg but they have come back and each of them scored a goal last night. And I must admit that I enjoyed Muriel's free-kick goal also. 

I am a bit disappointed by Atlanta, expected that they have enough power to at least make Real Madrid sweat a little. As mentioned before experience matter a lot in these games and there are very few teams with more experience than Real, if any.

Atalanta could also be pissed on referee and VAR calls. That red card from first game would have been yellow if it happened for Real and also this penalty yesterday looked a bit off. I am thinking the foul started outside the box and that should have been a free kick.

No matter, Atalanta scored that one goal and I had both to score on my ticket so all good here  

I agree with you. I would also expect much more from Atalanta in this match. I expected them to fight back against Real Madrid and it would be a very hard match for Real Madrid even if they advance to the quarter final. But it was a different match than expected unfortunately. I wonder which team will be Real's opponent next and whether they will manage to eliminate them too.

[$crypto$]

Another dominant Chelsea performance, they are really looking good under Tuchel. I have to admit I expected way more from Atletico over 2 legs - it seemed almost too easy for Chelsea.

I'm looking forward to the draw, I really hope we get Porto. I know it isn't sexy and we played them recently, but give me a tie with the best chance of progress.

Tuchel brought Chelsea better with last night's match made Chelsea more confident in their increasingly scintillating game, this is a big change so I think Tuchel can bring Chelsea champions if they have a really brilliant performance, this is the best coach where they recruit not wrongly , and most likely in the future Tuchel can bring more trophies with Chelsea.

[snipie]

Man City 3.25
Bayern Munich 4
PSG 6.5
Liverpool 7
Chelsea 8.5
Real Madrid  10
Borussia Dortmund 18
FC Porto 36

I agree with your ranking and odds except for Liverpool which I am not sure where to put it exactly!

[DeathAngel]

Excited to see the draw for the 1/4 finals tomorrow. Big teams remain, I wonder who will play who.

PSG
Man City
Liverpool
Chelsea
Dortmund
Porto
Bayern
Real

[Coyster]

Excited to see the draw for the 1/4 finals tomorrow. Big teams remain, I wonder who will play who.

All the other teams will be hoping to escape Bayern and City, and I also hope they do not face each other, at least not yet, that game will be fitting of a UCL semi-final or final. Liverpool have it all to play for now that they are in the last eight of the UCL, it's been a disappointing season for them in the English league, so they'd hope for the weakest team in Porto so they could make it to the last four and maintain hopes of winning the CL and qualifying for the tournament next season, as it's their only chance.

Pep really has a lot to prove this season, after four failed outings in the CL with City and having won so many domestic titles, his critics will be holding their breath, waiting to criticize him if he fumbles this season. All this and many more will come into play as these teams pray for a favorable draw for themselves tomorrow.

[SammyBiG]

Seems Chelsea has a saviour in Tuchel...
Honestly their games compared has being better in performance and delivery. Now playing like the days of Di Matteo👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[sedinvore]

I am too excited about tomorrow's draw. Being a Madrid fan I want Madrid to face Chelsea or Porto because I think Madrid has a good chance of going through if it happens.

[acquafredda]

I was thinking of placing another kind of bet tonight for Bayern Munich Lazio: given the fact that the Italians have no absolute chance of winning the game or even go the next stage, I will place a bet on Lazio to score at least one goal. Risky one but profitable.

Right strategy that paid off! Lazio ended the Champions with dignity.
Chelsea instead was superb, I could not believe that they were able to win so easy. Next stage is going to be very exciting!
Man City is my fav team to win at the end.

[fullhdpixel]

I have won all my games, it is really a good feeling. I have wagered on 2 bets, one was just real madrid, and city and bayern which was obvious if you ask me and that covered the costs of the two bets, and the other included chelsea as well as all other three teams again as well, I made a 4x return total from those two bets.

I am quite happy about it, I wasn't sure about chelsea and I can see many people wagered on ATM as well so I am glad that I separated my bets, if I wagered all my money on just one bet with all four winners I would have won more but I wasn't sure so I guaranteed myself with the big three before I wagered on the chelsea game and didn't want to risk it just for risking so added the other three on the second slip as well. Chelsea played much better; I hope ATM could return to la liga and gain momentum after such a defeat.

[AakZaki]

~snip~

I'm looking forward to the draw, I really hope we get Porto. I know it isn't sexy and we played them recently, but give me a tie with the best chance of progress.

Waiting for the UCL drawing, if I'm not mistaken it will be done this Friday. I hope the results will be good for Madrid. I hope Real Madrid will play Liverpol or Porto. Madrid is better than these two clubs. Apart from that seeing the country clubs qualify for, I think there will be a duel between two English league teams. They have the most representatives in this quarterfinals. Maybe for that there is a club from England that should stop until this round.

[Onuohakk]

Seems Chelsea has a saviour in Tuchel...
Honestly their games compared has being better in performance and delivery. Now playing like the days of Di Matteo👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Congratulations to all Blue Fans.

Time for some delicious Barbecue and a bottle of non-alcoholic wine to celebrate.

13 games.
11 wins.
2 draws.
0 lose. shocked
15 goals scored.
2 goals conceded.
Tuchel is the man.
2 goals conceded in 13 games, is not an easy feat mehn!

That it is 13 games unbeaten for Chelsea now under Thomas Tuchel.
This is now the longest unbeaten start to tenure by any manager in Chelsea club's history, overtaking Luiz Felipe Scolari's 12 games in 2008

[CryptocurencyKing]

Chelsea is doing really great in the UCL this season. There game with Atletico Madrid yesterday showed Chelsea to have improved a lot and adjusted to fit in Thomas Tuchels style of play. His doing good managing the team and the players are doing there best to keep up. The UCL is the tougher league there is and Chelsea are meeting top teams yet  they still managed not to conceive more than 2 goals so far. Its a good stats on them.

Waiting for the UCL drawing, if I'm not mistaken it will be done this Friday. I hope the results will be good for Madrid. I hope Real Madrid will play Liverpol or Porto.

It almost feels as though, Real Madrid isn't a good team and as such, they need easy teams wins in Porto and Liverpool that isn't in form at the moment for them to advance in the league. Well, Real Madrid stands as the only Spanish team in the UCL and that is a challenge for them to stay in to the finals at least so, there isn't that they wouldn't give a tough game.

[ILuckyGuyI]

And we have left the first half behind. Chelsea have got ahead 1-0 with a wonderful counter-attack goal that Ziyech scored and Werner made the assist. Now, Chelsea have a much stronger advantage and Atletico's job is very hard from now on. They have nothing to lose and they should make a much more effort and take bigger risks to have a chance maybe against Chelsea.

Atlético madrid shouldn't have allowed Chelsea take the lead if they were really serious about winning the match. You don't win a game in which you're at a goal deficit by conceding another goal. They had just 1 job - try deciphering the key to Chelsea's defense while trying as much as possible not to concede even more goals. Better luck next time to them. It's also beginning to look like Tuchel is planning to win Chelsea their second UCL title. Won't be an easy one but let's see.

I don't expect much goals in the second half except Atlético steps up their game.

Atletico Madrid couldn't even score one goal against Chelsea in both games. It shows that how much good Chelsea were in this draw and also how bad and desperate Atletico were. There was still a balanced game in the second half and Atletico didn't seem like they really want to make a comeback and move Chelsea out of the tournament. Chelsea really deserved to win and Atletico have so many things to take lessons from.