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

[bitzizzix]

Sheriff Tiraspol are the new Sheriffs of UCL haha. Who would've imagined that they will be in 1st place with full points after 2 games ? They just made that group so nice to watch but they can still lose the 1st and 2place and finish on 3rd but after I saw how they play ...I do believe they will move further from 2nd place.

In the next turn, they can do something very important.

If they will win with Inter, Inter will most likely be excluded (again) at the group stage.

Although initially only considered as a complementary team to group D, the Sheriff actually gave a surprise and proved that he could play better than the top teams and was able to beat him.
and after beating Shakhtar 2-0 in their first match in UCL and after that beat Real Madrid 1-2 which I think is very unexpected because Real Madrid is a team that has world class players.
and this achievement was not a matter of luck alone for the Sheriffs as they played very well, were disciplined in defense and took advantage of the opponent's negligence for a deadly counterattack.
and if the Sheriffs keep their game, I'm sure Inter will suffer the same fate as Shakhtar and Real madrid, because he plays as a team without relying on star players.

[TheGreatPython]

I knew Lionel Messi's time will come and he will start scoring for his new club. That time came against Manchester City. The most painful part for me is that his first goal came against his former and coach, Pep Guardiola. But that is football for you and Messi played like a professional not minding he was playing against his former boss.

Lionel Messi and C Ronaldo are both massive stars of this era and fans mostly expect from them something big which happen for both in crucial matches Messi done for PSG against Manchester City and specially against his former and favourite coach and Ronaldo done against Vilareal for his first big love Manchester Untied its amazing for both players.

In Soccer, we have nothing special even Guardiola is his former coach, but now he is looking for better future at new club, so it's more important for him that he is giving his 100% for his new club which is more important for him. After this goal suddenly things are changing for him and his new club and many pundits feeling now they can go through for their first title in Europe.

[joker_josue]

Sheriff Tiraspol are the new Sheriffs of UCL haha. Who would've imagined that they will be in 1st place with full points after 2 games ? They just made that group so nice to watch but they can still lose the 1st and 2place and finish on 3rd but after I saw how they play ...I do believe they will move further from 2nd place.

In the next turn, they can do something very important.

If they will win with Inter, Inter will most likely be excluded (again) at the group stage.

And if they win, Sherif is practically guaranteed to go to the next stage, being either first or second in the group. So there is a high probability of being the great suppression of this edition.

[panjul07]

Sheriff Tiraspol are the new Sheriffs of UCL haha. Who would've imagined that they will be in 1st place with full points after 2 games ? They just made that group so nice to watch but they can still lose the 1st and 2place and finish on 3rd but after I saw how they play ...I do believe they will move further from 2nd place.

It is a surprising fact in this tournament, I believe there was no one predicted that they will get 6 points in the group Stage because there are Real Madrid, Inter and Shaktar.
The other 3 teams has more experiences than Sheriff but the results so far shows us that underdog team can do surprise.
Next match, Sheriff should play against Inter and it will be hard match as Inter will do everything to get 3 points to keep the chance of going further.

[babo]

Sheriff Tiraspol are the new Sheriffs of UCL haha. Who would've imagined that they will be in 1st place with full points after 2 games ? They just made that group so nice to watch but they can still lose the 1st and 2place and finish on 3rd but after I saw how they play ...I do believe they will move further from 2nd place.

It is a surprising fact in this tournament, I believe there was no one predicted that they will get 6 points in the group Stage because there are Real Madrid, Inter and Shaktar.
The other 3 teams has more experiences than Sheriff but the results so far shows us that underdog team can do surprise.
Next match, Sheriff should play against Inter and it will be hard match as Inter will do everything to get 3 points to keep the chance of going further.

because it is the game of football and it is; beautiful precisely for this reason
even a small team, if they play as a team, they can do many things

years ago a European was won by Greece, if you know what I mean ..
he certainly does not have super talents

or look now at Switzerland, from a hard time

[KTChampions]

I feel that this thread is too focused on the big western clubs and the football megastars like Ronaldo and Messi.This is quite normal,but there are other teams playing in the UEFA Champions League.
I was surprised that Zenit defeated Malmo 4-0.I thought that both teams were kinda equal,so the draw was my bet,but I was wrong.
I also wasn't expecting Inter to not win against Shakhtar.
Sheriff defeating Real Madrid was awesome.I've never liked Real Madrid.
My bold prediction is that Real Madrid and Manchester United won't get to the quarterfinals of UCL.
Maybe one of those teams won't get out of the group stage.
I'm 99% sure that Barcelona won't get out of the group stage,so there's no need to predict this.

Your bet on a draw between Zenith and Malmo was wrong - Zenit is a well-known Russian money bag and it is able to beat (sometimes) even the top clubs, it is much stronger than Malmo.
As for Barcelona, at the moment it does not have to do anything supernatural to advance to the next round, I already wrote about this. You shouldn't think that it have such small chances now.

[Swordsoffreedom]

You are so unlucky that you lost the bet and lost your money. But Ronaldo's goal was really impressive. When Ronaldo is in the team, there is hope until the last minute that the result will change. We have seen many times in the past that Ronald scored in extra time after 90 minutes to give the team the victory. I'm glad Manchester United won, they lost to the Young Boys in the previous match.

I was always a bigger fan of Messi than Ronaldo but that is just as a neutral,,, and it never meant that I said Ronaldo was shit. Remember,,, he has won games in final moments for his country and for clubs, over and over again.
This guy like Messi can continue to show their best for everyone for many more years. Enjoy them before the retire!

Both Messi and Ronaldo scored in the Champions League. They are both awesome players, Ronaldo has won games in the finals in both international and club competitions on more than one occasion. Messi is the kind of player that runs the game, creates opportunities for others to score and then scores himself. As I am not comparing them, I have just focused on enjoying their game play. When these two legends retire, the football world will lose its magic.

Ronaldo and Messi are the best players of this decade. Who is the best player cannot be said. Many say Messi has god-gifted skills, while Ronaldo has been talented through hard work. However, although I am a fan of Messi. Yet I do not want to say that Messi is better than Ronaldo. I think they are both players of the same quality. I was impressed by the playing skills of the two.

[kro55]

Ronaldo is a cheat code especially in the champions league. It takes just one moment for him to turn up either by scoring from open play or a penalty. Like the saying goes, do not write Ronaldo off until the final whistle has been blow. If you have Ronaldo on your team, you do not have to play well for you to win games. With him you already have atleast one goal advantage.

Maybe you are right. But having that kind of mentality is very risky for a team. As a result, players become overly dependent on a particular player. The performance of other players on the team tends to be poor. We saw Manchester United's match against the Young Boys. Though Ronaldo scored. However, Manchester United lost the match 2-1.

[RapTarX]

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.

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.

It was unfortunate. Chelsea is the defending champion of UCL and still more or less with the same team they are playing with. I expected this match to be on favor of Chelsea without second thought but it turned out the opposite. They are still the favorite for EPL and UCL.

[Zilon]

I knew Lionel Messi's time will come and he will start scoring for his new club. That time came against Manchester City. The most painful part for me is that his first goal came against his former and coach, Pep Guardiola. But that is football for you and Messi played like a professional not minding he was playing against his former boss.

This is football for you he has his fans to impress and also he needed to have his name on the score sheet for the season and also the chances of them securing their place in the champions league also depended on that last goal after a 1:1 draw with Club Brugge. I know Pep Guardiola would also nod his head seeing his former player deliver

Lionel Messi and C Ronaldo are both massive stars of this era and fans mostly expect from them something big which happen for both in crucial matches Messi done for PSG against Manchester City and specially against his former and favourite coach and Ronaldo done against Vilareal for his first big love Manchester Untied its amazing for both players.

Both players are massive stars and so much is expected of them this season. I will call Psg vs Manchester city a fair game but for Manchester united Villarreal it was a narrow win for Manchester united. We all watched Manchester united struggle all through the match. The team has so much work to do so C. Ronaldo can give in his best

[ShowOff]

Barcelona oh Barcelona, ​​0 goals in 2 match that ended in defeat in the group stage is a very sad slap for them. Honestly I really want them to go through to the next stage, but their poor performance in the last 2 games make no sense. None of the attackers the team has scored and they have conceded 6 goals. No longer great with the existing composition of players or R. Koeman should be fired? I agree with the second option, but it becomes impossible due to very bad financial condition and it looks like they have to accept the offer of fresh funds from the dubai company this time.

[Pulsar77]

Manchester United barely got a win against Villarreal by 2-1 thanks to Ronaldo's last minute goal. And they even won by making a comeback from 1-0 behind. All people know that they have been having big problems for some weeks. We saw that in this game also. Maybe they beat Villarreal here. But their games against Atalanta might not end like this. Atalanta are one of the good teams in this season. And they are the leader in the group also. Manchester United must work hard to start playing like they were playing before the recent poor form.

[Dragonfund]

Barcelona oh Barcelona, ​​0 goals in 2 match that ended in defeat in the group stage is a very sad slap for them. Honestly I really want them to go through to the next stage, but their poor performance in the last 2 games make no sense. None of the attackers the team has scored and they have conceded 6 goals. No longer great with the existing composition of players or R. Koeman should be fired? I agree with the second option, but it becomes impossible due to very bad financial condition and it looks like they have to accept the offer of fresh funds from the dubai company this time.

Barcelona is broke and this is why Messi had to leave in the first place, even when Moh sallah was attacking for making tears during his last day in Barcelona wasn't necessarily.
Since the Goat left, the house has become a chaos place and it's seems that Koeman will soon be looking for his future in another club, even at that, I have to agree with you that they need to sell some players and replace with new one but  isn't that late already seeing that group stage has begun.
Barcelona with Atletico would be interesting to watch in few hours time.

[Coyster]

But their games against Atalanta might not end like this. Atalanta are one of the good teams in this season. And they are the leader in the group also. Manchester United must work hard to start playing like they were playing before the recent poor form.

Manchester United struggled in their first two group stage games, losing one and managing to win the other, and their next game isn't going to be any different as I can also predict them struggling against Atalanta which is a very attacking team, Manchester United will prolly not win that game and that will mean they will be in a lot of problems, a position that they ordinary should not be in. When the draws were made, it was looking like it is going to be a smooth run for United in the group stage, but they now look like they may end up in a tight position to qualify from the supposed easy group.

[SquallLeonhart]

Ronaldo is a cheat code especially in the champions league. It takes just one moment for him to turn up either by scoring from open play or a penalty. Like the saying goes, do not write Ronaldo off until the final whistle has been blow. If you have Ronaldo on your team, you do not have to play well for you to win games. With him you already have atleast one goal advantage.

Ronaldo always turns up with the team needs him the most, some striker would have missed that chances but not Ronaldo and again he shouldn't be getting all the credit because Lingard played a very important role for that goal. Without him giving that assist instead of been selfish that would not have been a goal.

Ronaldo has been changing his game style ever since he got to Manchester united the first time. At first he was a very quick and talented player when he got there, his dribbling was awesome but his finishing was lacking just a bit, still a world class player but wasn't as good as his peak times. When he went to Real Madrid he worked on his finishing like crazy and he was scoring goals like it was nothing at all. After he moved to Juventus he worked on his set pieces, doesn't matter if he was the one that took them or he was the one that received the ball afterwards, he wanted to be there.

Nowadays he is working on his "finishing" as in places he needs to be, his positioning at his age is uncanny and never seen before. Dude knows how to get old in a sports world and he has been working on the game like his body changes as well, he knows what he needs to work on and that's is how he never gets bad.

[Emitdama]

Sheriff Tiraspol are the new Sheriffs of UCL haha. Who would've imagined that they will be in 1st place with full points after 2 games ? They just made that group so nice to watch but they can still lose the 1st and 2place and finish on 3rd but after I saw how they play ...I do believe they will move further from 2nd place.

In the next turn, they can do something very important.

If they will win with Inter, Inter will most likely be excluded (again) at the group stage.

And if they win, Sherif is practically guaranteed to go to the next stage, being either first or second in the group. So there is a high probability of being the great suppression of this edition.

Surely this is going to be very tough match for both teams as they already have 2 wins from 2 matches and Inter is looking for their first win of this season, and they are living on brink of drop from Champions League if they lost this match and Sheriff is living in dream's land after having 2 wins specially one which happen at home of Real Madrid because its one off biggest upset in this year's Champions League matches. Shakhtar is already out of competition, as now they have very few chances to qualify for Europa League.

Sheriff need just one win and on 1 of 2 top ranked teams out of Champions League next round what a setting going on we have to wait for nearly 18 days for next big announcement about this.

[Kusman]

After the last results, the best teams so far are Liverpool, Ajax and Bayern Munich. They won their matches with very good scores. And the most surprising team were Sheriff Tiraspol. They defeated not only Shakhtar by 2-0 home but also Real Madrid by 2-1 away. It is like they are living their biggest dream in the tournament. I don't know until when they will maintain this dream but we will see.

[Joca97]

After the last results, the best teams so far are Liverpool, Ajax and Bayern Munich. They won their matches with very good scores. And the most surprising team were Sheriff Tiraspol. They defeated not only Shakhtar by 2-0 home but also Real Madrid by 2-1 away. It is like they are living their biggest dream in the tournament. I don't know until when they will maintain this dream but we will see.

This is the biggest shock so far that Sheriff is the first in their group not only did they beat Shakhtar they beated Real Madrid and are first in the group.I think no one seen this coming,i have seen some crazy bets with some crazy odds wins on Sheriff against Real Madrid. With 6 points their chances of passing the group is now a lot bigger i think if they win 1 more game they will go through to the next stage.

[Silberman]

I am yet to understand the Mystery that happened this night.
How would football be so unpredictable?
Why didn't my instinct tell me Real Madrid will lose?
I would have been much richer tonight.
This has proven my statement that there is no underdog in champions league. As long as you are playing in Champions league, you are a champion. And a champion can do anything anytime.

That is the beauty of the sport world, if we knew what it will happen before it does and the favorites always won then there will not be any point in watching the games, just run a probabilistic tool to see which is the best team and then whoever comes at the top receives the championship, fortunately for us this is not the case, this is the champions league which means that every single team is good and even if on paper the other team is better they can always be beaten if you play better than them.

[Rengga Jati]

I am yet to understand the Mystery that happened this night.
How would football be so unpredictable?

That is the beauty of the sport world, if we knew what it will happen before it does and the favorites always won then there will not be any point in watching the games, ...... snipped

Well, actually, there are also some factors that influence a club playing well or not in the field. Sometimes, Maybe a club is considered winning on paper, with a more powerful composition of players, stronger strategy, and various lines more than the opponent's club. But in reality, in the field it is different and the club loses. This can happen because it is conducted when the game takes place. It could be that their communication is a mess because of something, greater pressure, or various conditions from the players may reduce. This can be a trigger for the team losing, not in accordance with what is expected or predicted.
Vice versa.
And prediction will be still a prediction, we don't know the future.
But, it may be known if the game is a setting and they have to know the setting of the match, whether to win or lose.