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

[cryptofrka]

PSG players came to the match with a very bad philosophy, you could agree with me that after they scored the first goal they try to manage the game, they switched to defend an early  1 goal lead thus giving man city the momentum to press them, man city had the whole game under control, PSG was trying to play on the counter attack which didn't yield any result because the midfield was already taken by mancity. We are having another English Final and nothing is stopping it now.

I actually think they managed the game well before conceding that total fluke of a goal. It was a clear goalkeeper error, there weren't even that many players in front of him.

After that goal PSG lost its balance and City took over, probably deserving the overall lead even though the 2nd goal was a clear mistake as well. They did not play much better than PSG, for a majority of the game I felt they were the worse team yesterday.

[ILuckyGuyI]

When Paris SG took the lead, I thought they were going to win this game. Failing to keep the score and scoring 2 goals in 7 minutes caused them to leave the match with a defeat. Now we can say that Manchester City is in the final.  In the rematch, Paris needs at least 2 goals without scoring themselves. Manchester does not give this advantage.

PSG will have to work really hard in the rematch to be able to eliminate City. But they even lost their home game and City play their home games really superbly. Maybe PSG managed to beat Bayern 3-2 away but I don't think they will be able to do it against City too.

[Altryist]

I agree with what you say, but PSG can reserve some surprises!!

it is amazing how much he has done so far and I would not take it for granted

remember, the deeper we go to the championship the more difficult it is to predict the outcome of "fight"

After PSG conceded the first goal, they immediately began to play nervously, there was more aggression, and this never leads to a good result, and as a result - a red card. I think that PSG has very few chances of reaching the final.

[condoras]

PSG players came to the match with a very bad philosophy, you could agree with me that after they scored the first goal they try to manage the game, they switched to defend an early  1 goal lead thus giving man city the momentum to press them, man city had the whole game under control, PSG was trying to play on the counter attack which didn't yield any result because the midfield was already taken by mancity. We are having another English Final and nothing is stopping it now.

I actually think they managed the game well before conceding that total fluke of a goal. It was a clear goalkeeper error, there weren't even that many players in front of him.

After that goal PSG lost its balance and City took over, probably deserving the overall lead even though the 2nd goal was a clear mistake as well. They did not play much better than PSG, for a majority of the game I felt they were the worse team yesterday.

It seems that Mbappe's poor performance took PSG to the ground. If he plays well the whole team performance going upwards and yesterday he wasn't good at all.
Anyway, I think that PSG still has chances but it's not easy at all. Man City was and is the favorite in this duel and IMHO the winner of this season CL...

[Karartma1]

Guardiola is a genius! One of the most beautiful match I've ever seen in my life, great from both sides but with a clear winner! Pep is a football master, the way City was able to find this win is simply astonishing.
This is the team best equipped to raise the cup in Turkey and I can't wait to see if PSG will try to fight back or not.

[leea-1334]

Much stronger than PSG, no, they (Manchester City) are not.

They won and got three points, 2 goals at PSG's home stadium but they are not much stronger than PSG. The match is splitted into two parts: the first half belongs to PSG and the second half belongs to Manchester City. If you watch the match, you will see that PSG missed two great opportunities to expand the gap from 1 - 0 to 2 - 0. What wil happen if PSG score one or two more goals? I believe Manchester City will collapse as they shown in many seasons in Champions League.

Two goals from Manchester City have faults of goalkeeper and defenders of PSG and in my opinion, I don't see any reason to call Man City as a dominating team in that match.

100% with you on this. At this stage, both semifinalists are equal teams on both sides of the fight. Real and Chelsea are equal matches. Same as PSG and City, who are the stronger two of the four.

And both teams dominated each half too,,, so it is all "equal" but City got lucky with their chances. PSG can still win but they have to score two goals minimum. Not impossible:)

[Jackl87]

Guardiola is a genius! One of the most beautiful match I've ever seen in my life, great from both sides but with a clear winner! Pep is a football master, the way City was able to find this win is simply astonishing.
This is the team best equipped to raise the cup in Turkey and I can't wait to see if PSG will try to fight back or not.

Well i agree with you that Guardiola is a genius because of his tiki-taka football that he played with barca back in 2009 to 2013. That was really beautiful to watch.
That game yesterday though? I mean come on that was an average match nothing more and PSG was the better team and was clearly dominating ManCity during the first half. Then after the break ManCity scored 2 extremely lucky goals within 7 minutes. From that point on ManCity was the dominating team which is also not really surprising because those 2 lucky goals were just to much for the PSG players to handle and they clearly lost their confidence.

[Igebotz]

I actually think they managed the game well before conceding that total fluke of a goal. It was a clear goalkeeper error, there weren't even that many players in front of him.

There is no way the keeper could've stopped the ball it was clearly a defensive error, the ball went to the second bar while the keeper was at the first bar, let's give the credit to Kelvin that was an amazing curling there.

After that goal PSG lost its balance and City took over, probably deserving the overall lead even though the 2nd goal was a clear mistake as well. They did not play much better than PSG, for a majority of the game I felt they were the worse team yesterday.

Lol, the second goal was a pure class of a goal you can not classify such beautiful free kick as mistake, the best team won the game, PSG players were just running after the ball the whole 2nd half, they could not register a single shot on target in the 2nd half of the game. Man City had the entire game to themselves.

[AakZaki]

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Two goals from Manchester City have faults of goalkeeper and defenders of PSG and in my opinion, I don't see any reason to call Man City as a dominating team in that match.

If you look at the statistics, they own the ball 60% (Here). They have more kicks than PSG. Even though it's a mistake, Man City is still good. He is able to take advantage of what you think is the fault of the goalkeeper and defenders. For other teams, it is not certain that they can take advantage of these opportunities. I saw the footage in the second half of Mbape and Neymar that City made no move. Even though in the first chapter they performed well, even Neymar did a nutmeng Kevin De Bruyne. But in the second half they were very depressed, especially after City's first goal.

[Iranus]

After that goal PSG lost its balance and City took over, probably deserving the overall lead even though the 2nd goal was a clear mistake as well. They did not play much better than PSG, for a majority of the game I felt they were the worse team yesterday.

Lol, the second goal was a pure class of a goal you can not classify such beautiful free kick as mistake, the best team won the game, PSG players were just running after the ball the whole 2nd half, they could not register a single shot on target in the 2nd half of the game. Man City had the entire game to themselves.

I don't understand how he called this goal a mistake. This is a pure class. It was a great free-kick. And the whole of the second half was occupied by Manchester City. PSG was not able to attack well in the second half. Manchester City have played well and they deserve this win.

[Coyster]

I actually think they managed the game well before conceding that total fluke of a goal. It was a clear goalkeeper error, there weren't even that many players in front of him.

That was definitely no 'fluke' from Kevin De Bruyne, true he needed a little bit of luck for the ball to go in, but you can as well take nothing away from the quality of the delivery into the box, if it wasn't a quality delivery, then it wouldn't have even troubled Navas, and looking at that goal for a second time, I see no reason to blame Keylor Navas cause John Stones was about to attack that ball, though the ball curled out of his reach, but just that action by John as he tried to attack the ball confused the goalkeeper as he felt the direction of the ball was about to change, it happens quite a lot of times in football.

PSG can still win but they have to score two goals minimum. Not impossible:)

Of course, the tie isn't decided just yet, but City would love the position they are in at the moment, PSG will have to stop City from scoring at the Etihad if they are to have a chance of going through, but it's pretty difficult to stop City from scoring, they have so much quality in their side, and they are always in pole position to outscore any team they face.

[onecall123]

After that goal PSG lost its balance and City took over, probably deserving the overall lead even though the 2nd goal was a clear mistake as well. They did not play much better than PSG, for a majority of the game I felt they were the worse team yesterday.

Lol, the second goal was a pure class of a goal you can not classify such beautiful free kick as mistake, the best team won the game, PSG players were just running after the ball the whole 2nd half, they could not register a single shot on target in the 2nd half of the game. Man City had the entire game to themselves.

I don't understand how he called this goal a mistake. This is a pure class. It was a great free-kick. And the whole of the second half was occupied by Manchester City. PSG was not able to attack well in the second half. Manchester City have played well and they deserve this win.

No matter what! but he scored. Poor kick but astonishingly made it goal! 1st Half was poor for City but they turned the tables in the 2nd half. This is how Guardiola's master class prevailed. PSG will have to play their best possible football at Etihad Stadium and need to score two goals minimum. Party is still pending, let's wait and see.

[Maidak]

After that goal PSG lost its balance and City took over, probably deserving the overall lead even though the 2nd goal was a clear mistake as well. They did not play much better than PSG, for a majority of the game I felt they were the worse team yesterday.

Lol, the second goal was a pure class of a goal you can not classify such beautiful free kick as mistake, the best team won the game, PSG players were just running after the ball the whole 2nd half, they could not register a single shot on target in the 2nd half of the game. Man City had the entire game to themselves.

I don't understand how he called this goal a mistake. This is a pure class. It was a great free-kick. And the whole of the second half was occupied by Manchester City. PSG was not able to attack well in the second half. Manchester City have played well and they deserve this win.

No matter what! but he scored. Poor kick but astonishingly made it goal! 1st Half was poor for City but they turned the tables in the 2nd half. This is how Guardiola's master class prevailed. PSG will have to play their best possible football at Etihad Stadium and need to score two goals minimum. Party is still pending, let's wait and see.

Yeah, this is the point. It doesn't matter how the kick is. He was able to score and Manchester City won the match 2-1. But we have to admit that PSG did not play as well as expected. We expect better gameplay from PSG. Because they have a very strong forward lineup.  Just wait, maybe they will perform better in the second leg.

[$crypto$]

Guardiola is a genius! One of the most beautiful match I've ever seen in my life, great from both sides but with a clear winner! Pep is a football master, the way City was able to find this win is simply astonishing.
This is the team best equipped to raise the cup in Turkey and I can't wait to see if PSG will try to fight back or not.

In fact, I also believe more in Pep Guardiola with his genius, this is a tactic he uses so he knows every game he has to defend.
Mancity is now more comfortable where they are only able to defend themselves at home or in reverse with the attacks that keep beating against the opponent, therefore I think Pep will still take the CL trophy this season with the tactics he uses.

Pochettino always has a failure at the end of the competition the same thing he experienced when he was with Spurs and now when he wants to peak again with PSG must collapse under the pressure of Mancity.

But this is only half, hopefully there will be changes in the second leg later.

[alegotardo]

I don't understand how he called this goal a mistake. This is a pure class. It was a great free-kick. And the whole of the second half was occupied by Manchester City. PSG was not able to attack well in the second half. Manchester City have played well and they deserve this win.

I was seeing a summary of the statistics, and if we look purely at the data the game, seems to be more balanced than we imagined...

Possession: PSG 40% x 60% Manchester City
Shots off target: PSG 2 x 3 Manchester City
Shots on target: PSG 4 x 6 Manchester City
Corner kicks: PSG 6 x 4 Manchester City
Offside: PSG 1 x 1 Manchester City
Fouls: PSG 9 x 15 Manchester City
Passes: PSG 457 (87% accurate) x 677 (92% accurate) Manchester City

Are we more used to evaluating only a second half? I also had the impression that City had played much better.

[DeathAngel]

Sergio Ramos returns from injury for the 2nd leg against Chelsea. Only El Capitano can save us from oil cheats Manchester City & Fraudiola taking the CL title.

[kassex]

Sergio Ramos returns from injury for the 2nd leg against Chelsea. Only El Capitano can save us from oil cheats Manchester City & Fraudiola taking the CL title.

Carvajal was injured and dropped out before the end of the season. If we take into account that Marcelo's participation in the second match is in question, then a difficult situation arises. Three defenders remain in the ranks. If Valverde passes a negative test for covid-19, then he may have to take on the role of the right defender.

[Smartvirus]

PSG was unbelievable yesterday, just unbelievable. I just couldn't understand how the game turned against them and suddenly too. After beating the Manchester City from the early minutes of the first half through the first half, they still came to loose in a PSG 1-2 Manchester City goals down. The goals came in suddenly and sequentially by kelvin De Bruyne and R. Mahrez. 2 goals in 5 minutes after not being able to net a goal in the first half. Pep has got this league figured out surely, PSG has got to do the extraordinary to be able to hope for a UCL finals.
I would have said the league is closed but then, goal difference in both games at Real Madrid 0-1 Chelsea  and PSG 1-2 Manchester City is slim hence, a come back can be attempted successfully if they've got a game plan figured out. Otherwise,  they are as well out of the league with this first leg.

[Daniel91]

Guardiola is a genius! One of the most beautiful match I've ever seen in my life, great from both sides but with a clear winner! Pep is a football master, the way City was able to find this win is simply astonishing.
This is the team best equipped to raise the cup in Turkey and I can't wait to see if PSG will try to fight back or not.

In fact, I also believe more in Pep  with his genius, this is a tactic he uses so he knows every game he has to defend.
Mancity is now more comfortable where they are only able to defend themselves at home or in reverse with the attacks that keep beating against the opponent, therefore I think Pep will still take the CL trophy this season with the tactics he uses.

Pochettino always has a failure at the end of the competition the same thing he experienced when he was with Spurs and now when he wants to peak again with PSG must collapse under the pressure of Mancity.

But this is only half, hopefully there will be changes in the second leg later.

There is a very short line between genius and lunatic, says a popular proverb  
The truth is, Guardiola had the courage to take a risk after a very bad first half and it paid off many times over for his club but with both goals Manchester had a lot of luck and that should also be said.
Of course, you need to know how to provoke luck and Manchester deserved the victory with a brave performance in the second half.
This semi-final has not been resolved yet and it will be very interesting to watch the rematch in the Manchster.

[Spack17]

Sergio Ramos returns from injury for the 2nd leg against Chelsea. Only El Capitano can save us from oil cheats Manchester City & Fraudiola taking the CL title.

Yes, he is expected to return tomorrow finally. I think Zidane won't risk him playing against Osasuna in case he could get injured again. So it means that we will see him playing against Chelsea in the rematch! He was a really big loss for Real in the first leg and they absolutely felt his absence on defense and offense both.