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

[poldanmig]

The first half of the match between AC Milan and Porto has ended with a temporary score of 0-1 for Porto's victory, in the first half statistics it can be seen that AC Milan had the ball around 51% and the game was fairly balanced in my opinion, but the intensity of the attacks from Porto was quite dangerous and they were able to get past the midfield and defense of milan and create 5 shots on target, do you think milan can turn things around in the second half?

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If the coach keeps an existing player I mean not making substitutions then I think the result is still the same Porto won
unless Ibrahimovic comes on in the second half maybe the situation can change because this player can motivate other players
this is Milan's worst season in the UCL without a win so far.

There doesn't seem to be any tactical change made by Pioli so far in the second half and he just made a defenders substitution of the Calabrian out and kalulu in, dunno what the Pioli was thinking but it looks like he wants to close down the right defense to block Porto attack, according to I am in this condition Pioli must dare to gamble to strengthen their attack by including ibra.

edit:
Right now the score is 1-1 and Ac Milan benefited from an own goal by Mbemba

[Pulsar77]

I believed in Manchester United to win their game against Atalanta last night but they were barely able to get one point with a goal came in the stoppage time. Ronaldo was the savior of the team in this game indeed. His 2-goal performance was really impressive for me and most people I guess. I really like to watch this version of Ronaldo. Maybe he is 36 now but he still makes a big effort and tries to show a big performance. And he did his work superbly in this one.

[3meek]

Still, Shakhtar looked even better than Real at times, especially in the first half... By the way, today they scored their first goal in this Champions League!
Milan were also lucky that the ball bounced off a Porto player... Milan looked much worse today than when they played at home against Roma...

[Smartvirus]

I believed in Manchester United to win their game against Atalanta last night but they were barely able to get one point with a goal came in the stoppage time.

You believed! You must be a very rear fan of Manchester United if you are actually. For me, I never for one second thought of them winning a team like Atalanta, especially with the team playing from a home side where they would be all in on the game. The best Manchester United could have got out of that game was the result they got last night, a draw. It's just how it is and they were very lucky to have had CR7 make those last minute goals.

Ronaldo was the savior of the team in this game indeed. His 2-goal performance was really impressive for me and most people I guess. I really like to watch this version of Ronaldo. Maybe he is 36 now but he still makes a big effort and tries to show a big performance. And he did his work superbly in this one.

You know, at times I hear people say CR7 is aged and I laugh. I laugh because, its a thing about football fans to criticise when the expected result don't seem to surface. Yeah, his aged but, his still good on the pitch and the best player on and for any team. I feel for him for being in Manchester United, I don't think it's a team for him neither is Ole a manager that could help him to his potent once more.

[poldanmig]

AC Milan and Porto match ended with the score 1-1, this draw makes Milan even lower at the bottom of Group B at the moment and makes their chances of qualifying for the next round look very improbable and I don't think they even have any chance at all get 3rd position and play in the european league this season, because the next two teams they will face are not easy teams to beat, namely Liverpool and Atletico Madrid.

[iv4n]

AC Milan and Porto match ended with the score 1-1, this draw makes Milan even lower at the bottom of Group B at the moment and makes their chances of qualifying for the next round look very improbable and I don't think they even have any chance at all get 3rd position and play in the european league this season, because the next two teams they will face are not easy teams to beat, namely Liverpool and Atletico Madrid.

Milan is a total disappointment! I was thinking to play 1x, but somehow I was convinced they will wake up... that didn't happen! As some other people already said, they probably have a focus on Seria A and I don't believe that will change in the next match where they are going in Spain... and for sure they will have problems with Liverpool at home...

And PSG is definitely crazy! In the last games, they first lose at half time and they win in the end... they are losing after 8 minutes! And penalty while I am typing this, what a crazy game in the first 10 minutes!

[RondoAnyar]

I believed in Manchester United to win their game against Atalanta last night but they were barely able to get one point with a goal came in the stoppage time. Ronaldo was the savior of the team in this game indeed. His 2-goal performance was really impressive for me and most people I guess. I really like to watch this version of Ronaldo. Maybe he is 36 now but he still makes a big effort and tries to show a big performance. And he did his work superbly in this one.

ronaldo performed brilliantly in this match, but on the other hand I regretted what was done by ole because in the match against tottenham they were good with the 3-5-2 formation that he did but what was done in this match they did a significant rotation with a formation 3 -4-2-1 and I think this is less effective because it only relies on Ronaldo on the spearhead.
it would be great if they re-duet ronaldo with cavani at least if ronaldo is shadowed tightly there will be a gap for cavani

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Still, Shakhtar looked even better than Real at times, especially in the first half... By the way, today they scored their first goal in this Champions League!
Milan were also lucky that the ball bounced off a Porto player... Milan looked much worse today than when they played at home against Roma...

But in the end, Real Madrid was able to beat Shakthar back with the final score of 2-1 and it was still a good win and Shakthar sank further by one point, just waiting for the result of Sherrif vs Inter Milan this will be very tense and Inter Milan will definitely dominate the game this. Hopefully, Inter Milan wins with Sherrif.

PSG without Messi, whose figure is a key player and is now one goal behind Leipzig but I see strikers Neymar, Mbappe and Di Maria are nothing short of and they are still good players, however PSG without Messi must really be Overwhelmed.
But Donnarumma was able to save a penalty from Leipzig.
A strong instinct for PSG goalkeeper.

[Mahdirakib]

As you said, for Milan is either a "do or die game"! This is their last chance to get back into the race... Definitely nice odds and I believe that Milan must win tonight!

Milan having troubles in champions league. They haven't won any match in UCL. I also thought they will win today. But they only managed to make a draw. Even they were going to loss the game. You were unlucky with your multi selection. BTW, Liverpool leading the game with two goals now. Most probably Atletico Madrid will loss again today.

[Slow death]

AC Milan 1 - 1 Porto



it was really bad luck that Porto didn't win, I was hoping to make a big profit with this game, once again I lose good profit in a game involving Milan

Real Madrid 2 - 1 Shakhtar Donetsk



with this victory, real madrid is more comfortable

[Smartvirus]

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Can someone please enlighten me as to why, L. Messi wasn't featured in the game, his not even on the bench.  Apparently, I've not been a fan of PSG lately neither am I a big fan of L. Messi but him missing this game,could be for obvious reasons for which, Di Maria, Neymar Jnr and Kylan Mbappe would handle. Though, I don't think he @Msssi would be missed much on the pitch, he haven't being making much of an impact. Its been him struggling to get ahead and get the goal scoring going.

Milan has been terrible thus far and Rela Madrid did there fans proud once more.

[add1ct3dd]

PSG without Messi, whose figure is a key player and is now one goal behind Leipzig but I see strikers Neymar, Mbappe and Di Maria are nothing short of and they are still good players, however PSG without Messi must really be Overwhelmed.
But Donnarumma was able to save a penalty from Leipzig.
A strong instinct for PSG goalkeeper.

Now we have just end of first half and after bad start from PSG they are recovering very good through Wijnaldum 2 goals give them better lead before end of first half. Messi's absence is not good for them, but today they are playing very good, a better team against very weak opponent. Hopefully we will have some good number of goals from these quality strikers in second half because now they have some better combination.

In one other match 10 men Dortmund is also leading against Ajax it's very interesting match which is going to be had some better result for home team because they have red card in very early stage of game.

[logfiles]

BTW, Liverpool leading the game with two goals now. Most probably Atletico Madrid will loss again today.

Atlético Madrid are now down to 10 men. It's game over for them. I will be very surprised if this game end with Liverpool scoring only 2 goals

PSG without Messi, whose figure is a key player and is now one goal behind Leipzig but I see strikers Neymar, Mbappe and Di Maria are nothing short of and they are still good players, however PSG without Messi must really be Overwhelmed.

Overwhelmed?
By the way PSG have been performing well in most matches without Messi this season. Anyway, they lead by 2 goals to 1 towards half-time.

[buwaytress]

That was some blazing fast start from Liverpool, while Atletico actually still look dangerous up front. Yellow card for Mane seems to have fired him up as he just brushed off everything to help set up, then score the second goal! Thought the Ref did seem to have it in for him... and then he showed he didn't like nonsense when he sent off Felipe for refusing to come to him to get his caution. Damn. Even I thought it was harsh but hey, gotta respect the ref.

I put a highly ambitious Betbuilder on this game, most of the boxes should be ticked off already. Now only need Salah to score, not let Atletico score last and get 5 more corners so I hope we don't slam the brakes like we did against United.

[LittleBitFunny]

Georginio Wijnaldum's two goals in the first half gave PSG a 2-1 lead. Messi is not in the squad today due to injury. My expectation was that Neymar would play well today. Because he has not done so well so far this season. His performance in today's match is not satisfactory. However, the second half looks set to be even more competitive. Leipzig is playing very attacking. I think they will score in the second half too.

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Can someone please enlighten me as to why, L. Messi wasn't featured in the game, his not even on the bench.

Reporting from the news that Messi has a knee injury, during the match with Lille he was withdrawn and was already feeling uncomfortable with his knee, and according to what I read in the local news.

PSG without Messi, whose figure is a key player and is now one goal behind Leipzig but I see strikers Neymar, Mbappe and Di Maria are nothing short of and they are still good players, however PSG without Messi must really be Overwhelmed.

Overwhelmed?
By the way PSG have been performing well in most matches without Messi this season. Anyway, they lead by 2 goals to 1 towards half-time.

It's too soon to conclude but after seeing PSG's good performance in the first half and already leading the score again, I'm excited to see the score, and in the second half there will definitely be another goal.

[JeromeTash]

Can someone please enlighten me as to why, L. Messi wasn't featured in the game, his not even on the bench.  Apparently, I've not been a fan of PSG lately neither am I a big fan of L. Messi but him missing this game,could be for obvious reasons for which, Di Maria, Neymar Jnr and Kylan Mbappe would handle. Though, I don't think he @Msssi would be missed much on the pitch, he haven't being making much of an impact. Its been him struggling to get ahead and get the goal scoring going.

Milan has been terrible thus far and Rela Madrid did there fans proud once more.

He was not included in the squad because he was ruled out with Injury. He picked up the injury in the last match when they were playing against Lille.
With the firepower PSG have, I don't think they will miss him that much.

[swogerino]

It looks like Milan is fully focused on Serie A as it has not won a single game yet in the Champions League group stages.It is most probably already out of any International competition during this year as it will be eliminated most likely in Champions League and its focus will be only Serie A this year.However the biggest obstacle they face this weekend in the local derby,if they win it most probably they are going to be crowned as Serie A Champions.It is a shame to see a name like Milan which has won several times the Champions league perform so badly this year.

[Harkorede]

I put a highly ambitious Betbuilder on this game, most of the boxes should be ticked off already. Now only need Salah to score, not let Atletico score last and get 5 more corners so I hope we don't slam the brakes like we did against United.

I hope your bet wins, I just think might Liverpool might be cautious with the number of games they've dropped points after leading this season, but having a man advantage would likely change the approach come second half.


Inter have finally broken the dead lock, all I need is for them to secure the win and PSG to win as well...

Ajax are playing their worse game of the season in the UCL so far this season, I would have fancied them to cause an upset tonight, but it looks as though that wouldn't happen, despite having a man advantage over Dortmund, but Dortmund are doing a great job, being very disciplined at the back.

[Dewi Aries]

My focus is on Dortmund play with 10 players and without Haaland then score or maybe win the game is this just luck?
In another match Liverpool was on fire for the 2nd time Atlético were defeated complete Liverpool's 4 wins , nice games