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

[BIT-BENDER]

Great match yesterday, I think it all making sense now, the winner of PSG vs Manchester city to me are the most likely to win the UEFA champions league, although am not going to write-off Real Madrid and Chelsea, but PSG and Manchester city in history will be more hungry, they haven't had the feeling of what it's like to be champions, and They are playing very well, especially Foden which brings me to the hype on halland I think Foden is the most exciting player now of his age bracket and I would want to see him lift the UEFA champions league with Manchester city.

[leea-1334]

Impossible night to win any tickets in UCL and I think today won't be different but let me give you an advice : Liverpool won't manage to qualify further! I've already made my predictions some time ago and I said that PSG-Real will be the final , with PSG winning. Last week , most of my friends laughed at me for picking PSG ...guess who's laughing now:)). So yea, tricky games in UCL and low odds ...pick wisely.

Looks like you were right after all. Do you really think PSG can meet Real in the final? If so, I think they will win it. Real Madrid are a strong team even with all the injuries but they were very lucky to progress and not lose at Anfield.

In fact,,, the same for PSG lucky to progress even though I would say they were the lesser team in both legs against Bayern.

[mv1986]

The prediction in yesterday's match was a mistake and it is a big consideration for me personally to bet on today's match. Liverpool - Madrid and Dortmund - City, I'm still not sure Liverpool and Dortmund will comeback, but if I consider the results of the previous matches about Bayern and Porto, at least it's a doubt for me to bet on Madrid and City. Apart from that, betting on Over goals is still something that makes me doubt, because Madrid and City will be easy to implement a defensive strategy and that will make the match not as many goals as yesterday's.

It is not like City is a no brainer. Dortmund can beat any team on a good day, and the first leg was a close call given the late goal for city. Liverpool Madrid is tough. Without fans in Liverpool I think Madrid will make it. Would be insane to see Zidane getting to the finals soon again. Most CL titles for one coach are three I think, right?

All depends on Dortmund's shape tonight. They can make it I believe.

People are still under shock to see Bayern eliminated, I don't think City will get eliminated too although the tight gap between it and Dortmund.
For Real Madrid, it has to score 1 goal to literally kill the game.

You've been right obviously City was the better team in the end and they deserve it. I find it always funny to see how De Bruyne looks like a little babyface but is an absolute superstar.

[Koal-84]

I don't like that Liverpool is out but we also have interesting semi finals. I prefer a Final between Manchester City and Real Madrid. But for Manchester City it's very hard to win against PSG. They play this year very good and always come back when the should they fall behind.

[Jackl87]

It was a good match between Dortmund and Mancity yesterday. I have to say that i didn't expect Dortmund to be able to keep up with Mancity so well. They had a real chance to advance into the semi finals against the team which was considered the as one of the 2 strongest teams in the tournament (Bayern and Mancity). That also proves though that the BVB is not giving 100% in most of their bundesliga matches, but that is probably a topic for another thread here.
In the semi-final of PSG vs Man City i really hope that Manchester will advance.

[youdacapt]

Finally, we have four teams remain in 14th UCL. The semi-finals has been scheduled as below:

Paris Saint-Germain vs Manchester City
Real Madrid vs Chelsea

Final Real Madrid vs Paris Saint-Germain and I'm expecting the 14th UEFA Champions League loaded in for PSG, change my mind.

Just as the quarter finals went; the team who takes their chances wins the knock out tie; PSG vs City will be an eye catching tie; with Neymar, Mbappe and Di maria on the wings; how does pep handle this onslaught ? if PSG can cut open Bayern high line repeatedly; who is City ? Bar terrible finishing; i see PSG In the finals of the champions league.

Zidane has proved time and time again that his midfield maestro of Casemiro, Kroos and Modric will disable any tactics; and with Ramos, Carvahal returning for this tie; how would Tuchel 5 man at the back cope with Madrid onslaught ? I am tipping a Real Madrid qualification.

[kassex]

Liverpool is not the same club that won the Champions League anymore! It's not showing its best football this season... Real Madrid deservedly made it to the next round... It will be very hard to beat Chelsea, but I think they have a chance!

I think Chelsea have no chance with Real Madrid. You can try to make life difficult for them, but in the end Real win.

We saw that against Porto, mainly in the second leg, Chelsea almost parked the bus in their midfield. Porto doesn’t have great players, otherwise they had lost both games. They were happy in the first leg, scoring 2 goals, in the 3 times that were the opposing goal, and ended up losing the second leg.

So I see Real easily winning against Chelsea. Obviously Real cannot help, but if you continue to play like this, it will not be difficult to reach the final.

Chelsea can play a defensive game against Real Madrid. Real Madrid always has problems with such teams and very often Madrid loses to such teams.
And I think Manchester City will still make it to the final this time. I think this time they deserve to play in the final and win it. But the semifinals of Manchester City - PSG will be a great game for football fans.

[Ratash]

It was a good match between Dortmund and Mancity yesterday. I have to say that i didn't expect Dortmund to be able to keep up with Mancity so well. They had a real chance to advance into the semi finals against the team which was considered the as one of the 2 strongest teams in the tournament (Bayern and Mancity). That also proves though that the BVB is not giving 100% in most of their bundesliga matches, but that is probably a topic for another thread here.
In the semi-final of PSG vs Man City i really hope that Manchester will advance.

Yes i was expecting a great performance from them before the game and they were close for qualifying if it wasnt for the bad second half they played and on the semi finals i think psg are more likely to pass to the finals they are dertermined since last year loss and considering the good performance they are showing and the fact that they eliminated barcelona and bayern the favorite team shows how difficult they are to beat.

[Karartma1]

Finally, we have four teams remain in 14th UCL. The semi-finals has been scheduled as below:

Paris Saint-Germain vs Manchester City
Real Madrid vs Chelsea

Final Real Madrid vs Paris Saint-Germain and I'm expecting the 14th UEFA Champions League loaded in for PSG, change my mind.

They'll be great semifinals for sure. Too early to make some predictions but I'd focus on Zidane and Real Madrid. They have some very big chances to reach the final because I don't see Chelsea able to stop them. Anyway, like I said it's too early but we all can't wait for these games.

[slaman29]

I didn't expect that Bayern would not get into the next round of the Champions League! PSG are good, I'm happy for them... So PSG token will work for some time... I recommend to buy it a few days before the game, several times I managed to earn good money on it!

I expect a Real Madrid win today!

I meant to ask you about this, were you referring to the PSG fan token the same one that Juventus and Barcelona also have from Iqoniq? I actually have been tempted to get some of my own (for Barca) but I stayed away because IQQ was quite shady in my opinion, despite launching their ICO already and getting some good traction.

Did PSG token really fly?

[snipie]

Liverpool is not the same club that won the Champions League anymore! It's not showing its best football this season... Real Madrid deservedly made it to the next round... It will be very hard to beat Chelsea, but I think they have a chance!

Liverpool is weak this season and being eliminated in the quarter finals is kind of an achievement... Real Madrid is better, they will face next Chelsea which isn't in its best shape. Let's say that facing Chelsea at this point is way better than PSG or City

The big thing is PSG CITY not only for the game itself but also for the political factor, study the history of their owners...

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FINAL PREDICTION. PSG-REAL

Real OK
PSG 51% City 49%. The +2% for eliminating Bayern!

[AakZaki]

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I don't like that Liverpool is out but we also have interesting semi finals. I prefer a Final between Manchester City and Real Madrid. But for Manchester City it's very hard to win against PSG. They play this year very good and always come back when the should they fall behind.

The UCL championship is getting closer. I am happy with this result that Madrid qualified for the semifinals against Chelsea. Chelsea's achievements in winning the champions league in 2012, they won 1 time. Madrid is currently strong with 13 UCL champions and 3 times with Zidane. Zidane's good stats should make Madrid more confident against Chelsea. I hope Madrid can take advantage of the game at home by scoring a lot of goals without conceding.

[joker_josue]

FINAL PREDICTION. PSG-REAL

Real OK
PSG 51% City 49%. The +2% for eliminating Bayern!

The English have to play a very bad game, for PSG to win. Honestly I have serious doubts.
Now, I believe it will be a great football game.

City are 10 points ahead of their league, so they will give everything in the game of the champions league.
PSG, on the other hand, have to keep fighting to try to reach the first place in their league.

[acquafredda]

I vote for Manchester City winning Champions League! Guardiola cannot lose this opportunity to go back to the top: Man City under his management became a top team and his players are hungry enough to win the title. As many remembered, given the huge advantage they have in Premier League they can almost fully concentrate on winning the European Cup.

[cryptofrka]

Liverpool was actually really good yesterday. We had multiple chances to complicate the game, who knows what would have happened if Salah scored that great chance early on. We needed only 1 goal to have a completely different game, unfortunately our finishing let us down again.

I have a feeling it will be between City and Real for the trophy, with City having a much tougher semi-final game. PSG has probably the best attack in the world, while Chelsea is still finding their game and will probably be an easy draw for Madrid.

[Coyster]

I vote for Manchester City winning Champions League! Guardiola cannot lose this opportunity to go back to the top: Man City under his management became a top team and his players are hungry enough to win the title. As many remembered, given the huge advantage they have in Premier League they can almost fully concentrate on winning the European Cup.

Unarguably, City want to win the UCL, it's the title they have never won ever since Sheikh Mansour bought the club and was able to bring in the best of managers and players, but the desire to win the title is insufficient to make a team champions, cause definitely, every team in the last four and even those who have been eliminated along the way also want(ed) to win the title.

Having said that, it's the quality of the players and how focused they are on the night that'll determine who'll go through, the both teams have quality players, the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Foden, Mbappe, Neymar, Mahrez, Di Maria etc, will all be on display on the 27th of this month, it's going to be a really tight game, but I don't think City's advantage in the EPL will make them favorites or give them an edge.

[Mistafreeze]

I didn't expect Chelsea to go this far based on their performance in Premier League during this season but luck has been on their side so far.I wish Liverpool would have qualified and maybe we would see a Champions League of two Premier League teams.

No luck on football you proceed based on your performance, Chelsea was one of the best team from the group stage conceding only 1 goal, keeping 5 clean sheets and scoring about 7+ in the process, played Laliga table leader Athletico Madrid at their best form winning them home and away without conceding, played Portugal best team Porto and still knocked them out to proceed into the semi-final. If this is what you call luck then I don't know what else is Merit. Your favourite Liverpool struggles from the group stage of the competition, they were lucky they found themselves in quarter final after their poor performance....
Chelsea is likely to play City in the final who knows.

[Altryist]

I have a feeling it will be between City and Real for the trophy, with City having a much tougher semi-final game. PSG has probably the best attack in the world, while Chelsea is still finding their game and will probably be an easy draw for Madrid.

Regarding Chelsea, I agree, it will be very difficult for them to beat Real, but Tuchel knows how to tweak the team for a good game, however Chelsea's chances are not big. The match between City and PSG will be very difficult, for me City is the favorite of this pair, but PSG are also very strong. The team that was able to knock out Bayern itself from the tournament is worth attention, although I'm still sure that Bayern lost due to Neuer's mistakes in the first match, and this determined the outcome of this confrontation.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Liverpool was actually really good yesterday. We had multiple chances to complicate the game, who knows what would have happened if Salah scored that great chance early on. We needed only 1 goal to have a completely different game, unfortunately our finishing let us down again.

Yes, based on statistics Liverpool should be able to win but their opponent is Real Madrid, a team that is on fire and experienced in all competitions they know how to suppress and survive.  My prediction is that Real Madrid will go to the final with PSG both of these teams deserve to be in the final I watched how they beat the strong teams this week.

[DIA7]

After Paris Saint Germain qualified for the Champions League semi-finals for the second year in a row and their victory over Barcelona and then Bayern Munich.
 President Nasser Al-Khulaifi came out with statements saying that there is no longer a reason for Mbappe, Neymar to leave the Parisian club because they can win local and continental titles .
Logically speaking is convincing. Because the Paris project is ready for the continental coronation this season or next season, which was what the Brazilian and the French were looking for when signing with Paris, but the most important question remains, will the Champions League crown be the beginning of a new era between the players and the club, or the end after achieving the biggest goal of the club and the players together ??
Meaning, will the two players search for a new challenge in a new place, in the event of their coronation, of course, with the Parisian club !!