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

[LGD2Business]

Poor performance by Barcelona. They are already at the bottom of the table. Though the stage matches are not done yet, but if they don't win the next match against Dynamo, they will be in great trouble. A draw will not be even enough for them to qualify to the next round I'm guessing. Pretty hard times ahead for them without Messi. Now it is getting clearer how important Messi was for them.

Now Barcelona must win both Dynamo Kiev games, also beat Benfica differently at home and get at least one point from Bayern Munich game or they don't even have a chance to be second. Things got really tough for them. The matches that Benfica will play will be decisive. If Benfica lose points in their home match against Kiev, then Barcelona may have a bigger chance. I haven't seen Barcelona this desperate in a long time. Players are backing Koeman though.

[RapTarX]

Ronaldo's goal in the additional times, has burning my smile, bcoz i bet for draw in this matches

Same here  I thought I was winning the match. Last night was a nightmare for me. I lost all the bets. Placed bet for Barcelona to draw & Chelsea to win as well but both of the team messed up; I didn’t expect Chelsea to lose at all.
Besides, I had placed bet for both team to score in all this three matches. Win only one. Out of 6 matches, I won only one LOL. I need to have a break.

[Luzin]

Ronaldo's goal in the additional times, has burning my smile, bcoz i bet for draw in this matches
Personally, I see that Villareal will make it difficult for United during the game, so I believe that the match will end in a draw. What I expect is proven, Villareal put up a fight against Manchester United. Unfortunately, Ronaldo made a surprise in the last minutes with 1 goal which he created.

Actually I was worried from the start when Villareal was able to make a kick on goal and was denied by De Gea. After that they continued to use the right side of the MU defense. How bad United's defense I think, if De Gea didn't perform well maybe Villarreal would have been 2-0 up in 20 minutes. Their counterattack was effective and more dangerous. United's midfield creation didn't seem to be developing, they had the ball but very rarely made a danger against defen Villareal's.

[DIA7]

The group stage is full of surprises until this moment and the next is greater.
United, if they were without Ronaldo and De Gea, their score would be a point after two rounds Maximum.
Sheriff leading a group in which Real, Inter and Shakhtar with two victories.
Barcelona without points and without a shot on goal after two rounds and bottom of the standings.
Milan played two games From the highest performance possible and still lost both times after they were in the the lead in the result.
Chelsea was defeated by Juve without Morata and Dybala and did not pose any danger throughout the match.
City created dozens of opportunities to score and lost to PSG with two goals, each one sweeter than the other.
Sebastian Haller scored 5 goals with Ajax after only two matches.
Inter lost and tied after two rounds, as if the Champions League is their difficult point.

[BALIK]

Was really distracted with other results of the day and other players individual performances and just learnt of Barcelonas humiliating result which comes just a day after their counterparts Real Madrid were stunned with a shocking result. What's really happening in LA liga?? Most Spanish teams have failed to perform in the champions league....Atletico Madrid had to dig deep to turn this around but now teams like Barca failing to even get a goal...who would have seen this coming?? If we continue on this path expect coaches to be sacked in the near future. Not a Barca fan but it's now worrying with the results these guys bring forth.
Benfica 3-0 Barcelona

This was a really tough transfer window for the La Liga teams, specially Real Madrid and Barcelona. They lost their important players, Real lost Ramos and Varane the two pillars of their defense over the years and Barcelona lost their Gem Messi and Griezmann. These players were so vital to these teams. Real's lack of defense was very noticeable. And Barca is not able to score without Messi. They are not even creating those chances. Tough times ahead for La Liga up ahead. I'm guessing La Liga's viewership also went downwards after this window.

[borovichok]

Poor performance by Barcelona. They are already at the bottom of the table. Though the stage matches are not done yet, but if they don't win the next match against Dynamo, they will be in great trouble. A draw will not be even enough for them to qualify to the next round I'm guessing. Pretty hard times ahead for them without Messi. Now it is getting clearer how important Messi was for them.

Now Barcelona must win both Dynamo Kiev games, also beat Benfica differently at home and get at least one point from Bayern Munich game or they don't even have a chance to be second. Things got really tough for them. The matches that Benfica will play will be decisive. If Benfica lose points in their home match against Kiev, then Barcelona may have a bigger chance. I haven't seen Barcelona this desperate in a long time. Players are backing Koeman though.

I don't think Koeman need to be sack,he needs time to rebuild this team, because this team is so average,if they can win Benefica in the second leg then they have big shot going to the knockout stage.we don't expect a team that has just lose Lionel Messi to be in top form, without bringing a top replacement, sacking him is not a good idea because the new coach will start afresh.and he we still struggle at the beginning.

[rahmad2nd]

Poor performance by Barcelona. They are already at the bottom of the table. Though the stage matches are not done yet, but if they don't win the next match against Dynamo, they will be in great trouble. A draw will not be even enough for them to qualify to the next round I'm guessing. Pretty hard times ahead for them without Messi. Now it is getting clearer how important Messi was for them.

Now Barcelona must win both Dynamo Kiev games, also beat Benfica differently at home and get at least one point from Bayern Munich game or they don't even have a chance to be second. Things got really tough for them. The matches that Benfica will play will be decisive. If Benfica lose points in their home match against Kiev, then Barcelona may have a bigger chance. I haven't seen Barcelona this desperate in a long time. Players are backing Koeman though.

I don't think Koeman need to be sack,he needs time to rebuild this team, because this team is so average,if they can win Benefica in the second leg then they have big shot going to the knockout stage.we don't expect a team that has just lose Lionel Messi to be in top form, without bringing a top replacement, sacking him is not a good idea because the new coach will start afresh.and he we still struggle at the beginning.

Not all fault made by Koeman why Barcelona failed on this year, all it happen because financial crisis happening with Barcelona and they should left by many player exactly most important player left Barcelona in this season, from Lionel Messi until Grizmann have go away from Barcelona and they not find the same quality player change position left by them, I think giving minutes more for young player is not enough right now and Barcelona should get new player on this window transfer.

[Cnut237]

I don't think Koeman need to be sack,he needs time to rebuild this team

They can't afford to sack him though. I think I mentioned the terms of his contract a couple of weeks ago in another post. There is the 6 million pay-off they have to give him to let him go, and I can't see that they can pay it even if they wanted him out. But equally Koeman is stuck, because he needs money to rebuild the team... and there isn't any.

Barca are in a bit of a mess at the moment, and they can't buy their way out of it. I can't see what they can do other than promote their own youth players.

[masulum]

Same here  I thought I was winning the match. Last night was a nightmare for me. I lost all the bets. Placed bet for Barcelona to draw & Chelsea to win as well but both of the team messed up; I didn’t expect Chelsea to lose at all.
Besides, I had placed bet for both team to score in all this three matches. Win only one. Out of 6 matches, I won only one LOL. I need to have a break.

Wow, this is really bad buddy, you really have to rest before betting again. For the prediction of MU winning, it's no longer surprising, I see a little chance of a draw based on statistics, haha. But, for Chelsea, I don't believe they can lose to Juventus who in their domestic league are in bad form, even though Chelsea are doing quite well in possession, they failed to make an effective attack even though they also have a lot of shot on goal.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Ronaldo's goal in the additional times, has burning my smile, bcoz i bet for draw in this matches
Personally, I see that Villareal will make it difficult for United during the game, so I believe that the match will end in a draw. What I expect is proven, Villareal put up a fight against Manchester United. Unfortunately, Ronaldo made a surprise in the last minutes with 1 goal which he created.

unfortunately you are out of luck ronaldo always surprises at the end of the game villarreal should be more aware of his presence for that ,but what I see is that he is very difficult to beat and the goal in the last minute amazed me his performance is still the same even though he is getting older
I hope next time you are more lucky for your bet

Manchester United were very fortunate to come out with the win. For those that duly followed through the match will agree with me that individual qualities came through in the die minute. Imagine there weren't such an intuitive quality baller like CR7 on pitch yesterday. It's already a draw game. And we we're lucky to catch up in the second half. Villarreal were better in first half. Created chances with much target on goal but De Gea came through. They were really lucky to pick those three points. Villarreal could have won easily have they utilized their chances well. Ole lacks it the quality, that tactical approach. No one can analysis our pattern of play. No pattern no tactics. It will tell now or later. He might get lucky yesterday but Ole's failure will still catch up with him.

[alpamar99]

Ronaldo's goal in the additional times, has burning my smile, bcoz i bet for draw in this matches

Same here  I thought I was winning the match. Last night was a nightmare for me. I lost all the bets. Placed bet for Barcelona to draw & Chelsea to win as well but both of the team messed up; I didn’t expect Chelsea to lose at all.
Besides, I had placed bet for both team to score in all this three matches. Win only one. Out of 6 matches, I won only one LOL. I need to have a break.

i did the same for chelsea because i thought for sure chelsea would win the match easily because considering chelsea's performance was very good.
and i bet everything on chelsea and what happened i lost all
but it is very likely to happen considering football can all happen in 90 minutes of a game.
and in this match I realized one thing, apart from the factor of calm and concentration, the luck factor also plays a role. a team that attacks all out and controls the ball as much as anything like chelsea which last night controlled the ball up to 70% more does not mean that the team can win the game easily.

[$crypto$]

Ronaldo's goal in the additional times, has burning my smile, bcoz i bet for draw in this matches

Same here  I thought I was winning the match. Last night was a nightmare for me. I lost all the bets. Placed bet for Barcelona to draw & Chelsea to win as well but both of the team messed up; I didn’t expect Chelsea to lose at all.
Besides, I had placed bet for both team to score in all this three matches. Win only one. Out of 6 matches, I won only one LOL. I need to have a break.

Not only you I also lost a bet because of the chaos from Barcelona and Chelsea that had to drop which I didn't expect, and the saddest thing was that Barcelona couldn't score a single goal against Benfica so this is really bad what I see in the current season for Barcelona.

I thought with Chelsea's continuous attack I could get back a goal or win but in fact it's still nil even with so many chances Lukaku can't enter it, ahh the main thing is that both teams I bet on are bad in UCL matches.

 

[hahay]

Same here  I thought I was winning the match. Last night was a nightmare for me. I lost all the bets. Placed bet for Barcelona to draw & Chelsea to win as well but both of the team messed up; I didn’t expect Chelsea to lose at all.
Besides, I had placed bet for both team to score in all this three matches. Win only one. Out of 6 matches, I won only one LOL. I need to have a break.

Wow, this is really bad buddy, you really have to rest before betting again. For the prediction of MU winning, it's no longer surprising, I see a little chance of a draw based on statistics, haha. But, for Chelsea, I don't believe they can lose to Juventus who in their domestic league are in bad form, even though Chelsea are doing quite well in possession, they failed to make an effective attack even though they also have a lot of shot on goal.

That's what usually happens when a match brings together a top team, usually the team that wins ball possession will actually find it more difficult or dull to score a goal. Actually, implementing a counter-attack strategy can be good and may also be a blunder if weak in defense, it seems that Juventus managed to implement this strategy and were able to break Chelsea's dominance. To be honest, I always lose bets for UCL but I don't really mind, because I can reverse bets every week for every league that rolls, so you don't lose alone here.

[joker_josue]

Wow, this is really bad buddy, you really have to rest before betting again. For the prediction of MU winning, it's no longer surprising, I see a little chance of a draw based on statistics, haha. But, for Chelsea, I don't believe they can lose to Juventus who in their domestic league are in bad form, even though Chelsea are doing quite well in possession, they failed to make an effective attack even though they also have a lot of shot on goal.

This journey of the Champions League had several suppressions in terms of results.
I believe that many have lost several bets, and some have won a lot on the riskier bets they made.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Poor performance by Barcelona. They are already at the bottom of the table. Though the stage matches are not done yet, but if they don't win the next match against Dynamo, they will be in great trouble. A draw will not be even enough for them to qualify to the next round I'm guessing. Pretty hard times ahead for them without Messi. Now it is getting clearer how important Messi was for them.

Now Barcelona must win both Dynamo Kiev games, also beat Benfica differently at home and get at least one point from Bayern Munich game or they don't even have a chance to be second. Things got really tough for them. The matches that Benfica will play will be decisive. If Benfica lose points in their home match against Kiev, then Barcelona may have a bigger chance. I haven't seen Barcelona this desperate in a long time. Players are backing Koeman though.

I don't think Koeman need to be sack,he needs time to rebuild this team, because this team is so average,if they can win Benefica in the second leg then they have big shot going to the knockout stage.we don't expect a team that has just lose Lionel Messi to be in top form, without bringing a top replacement, sacking him is not a good idea because the new coach will start afresh.and he we still struggle at the beginning.

Exactly. Laporta himself is not serious, to be talking about Xavi and Roberto Martinez replacing Koeman, it will still be the same disaster. What do the club actually expect after getting rid of most of their top players due to financial reasons. You got rid of most of the top players who helped the team win a trophy last season and u expect some kind of magic to be performed by Koeman?? It won't make a difference if a new coach is hired. It will take a long time for Barca to get back on their feet both on and off the pitch. For now they will have to suffer as I predicted for their lack of planning over the years due to their hopeless reliance on Messi. But how is Koeman even introducing more Dutch players.

[EdenHazard]

Ronaldo's goal in the additional times, has burning my smile, bcoz i bet for draw in this matches

Same here  I thought I was winning the match. Last night was a nightmare for me. I lost all the bets. Placed bet for Barcelona to draw & Chelsea to win as well but both of the team messed up; I didn’t expect Chelsea to lose at all.
Besides, I had placed bet for both team to score in all this three matches. Win only one. Out of 6 matches, I won only one LOL. I need to have a break.

Not only you I also lost a bet because of the chaos from Barcelona and Chelsea that had to drop which I didn't expect, and the saddest thing was that Barcelona couldn't score a single goal against Benfica so this is really bad what I see in the current season for Barcelona.

I thought with Chelsea's continuous attack I could get back a goal or win but in fact it's still nil even with so many chances Lukaku can't enter it, ahh the main thing is that both teams I bet on are bad in UCL matches.

 

guess that when chelsea conceded im pretty confident that my team would score the next goal to make it a draw at least or making a come back even better,  so yeah i put my money in live betting for both chelsea to come back from behind with a low odds @6.5 for such a game with 73 percent ball possesion on us, god damn difficult defence from juventus, we busted it all in the end.

at the other match i do loving how cristiano bagged another champions league goal and making him a caesar in UCL . i hate manchester united personally for no reason but i adore cristiano very much for his great achievements, attitude on & off the field. hat off.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Koeman said Barcelona's future is good. But under his leadership, Barcelona is deteriorating further. They have lost against Bayern Munich, as expected. With such an inexperienced team, it is not possible to win against a strong and experienced team. But yesterday they lost 3-0 to Benfica, proving how weak they are this season. Now their only future is the Europa League.

[KTChampions]

Now Barcelona must win both Dynamo Kiev games, also beat Benfica differently at home and get at least one point from Bayern Munich game or they don't even have a chance to be second. Things got really tough for them. The matches that Benfica will play will be decisive. If Benfica lose points in their home match against Kiev, then Barcelona may have a bigger chance. I haven't seen Barcelona this desperate in a long time. Players are backing Koeman though.

I think that Benfica will lose both matches of Bayern, if Barcelona beat Dynamo twice, then it will already be 2 points ahead of Benfica. And in front there will be a match against Benfica at home and a match against Bayern away (but also not the worst option for scoring points, since by that time Bayern have already guaranteed themselves an exit to the next round). So it turns out that now everything is still dependent on Barcelona.

[coinlocket$]

Good result for Juventus with another clean sheet in the Champions League, they could even score more goals.

Disaster however for Barca, their manager will probably be sacked before this evening the rumors are for Pirlo as the new coach.

[Pulsar77]

Barcelona were one of the losers last night. They were already very inconsistent before this game and we didn't have a very clear opinion about what they could have done against Benfica. And Benfica are not the easiest and the toughest competitor for them at the same time. Bayern Munich completely destroyed them with their game plan and it was a big warning to Barcelona to start playing better. But last night, we saw a struggling Barcelona again vs Benfica. And as a result, they were destroyed by Benfica by 3-0. I'm really sad about their current performance now and I hope that the players start having a 100% chemistry as soon as possible. Otherwise, a very tough season is waiting for them as it seems.