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

[alegotardo]

Many people underestimate the strength of Ajax. I would not be surprised if they can get get it into the final, depending of the drawings of course.

Just because they thrash Sporting now several people appear saying that they are the best team.
I'm kidding, I know you didn't say that, but we have several great teams with the potential to advance and reach the finals, my bets right now for each of the groups are: Ajax (obviously), PSG, Liverpool, Inter, Bayern, United and Chelsea.

There are a lot of good big teams, and the championship is just beginning, so it's hard to make a more accurate bet, only time will tell what will happen

[blue Snow]

Many people underestimate the strength of Ajax. I would not be surprised if they can get get it into the final, depending of the drawings of course.

Can you really blame us if we don't think they can win against top teams in Europe? Great for them for doing well in their own group with a perfect record but they'll be facing tougher competitions next. We'll see how they do in the round of 16 and QF before we talk about the Finals. One step at a time.

The Champions league brings the best teams from around the world together, and with all due respect Ajax are a good team but currently we have several good better teams in it as well, we have teams that are defending champions, finalists and regulars of the competition you name them and frankly  I don't see these guys anywhere near the quarters.

If we have a few names to bring on board that can possibly win it, it has to be either Bayern Munich or Liverpool...indisputable  

Still on 1st round that possible anything change can happen in the future. Ajax so far is very well together with Juventus, Bayern, and Liverpool. I believed all of them might be continue at least on the big 8 teams who qualified. but we have winter windows transfer, that is possible the big change happens when another team builds up the formation like Chelsea, City, and Barcelona. Which have perfect points isn't enough to qualify as Champion until several next months.

[kassex]

How could they think that Messi was the problem, when Messi even said that he will play for half of his wage just to play for Barcelona. I think the board has become delusional and cannot take any decision with A straight mind.

Instead of accepting the blame for their mistakes they are looking for a scapegoat, the problem is that it does not make sense at all to blame Messi, he was one of the main reasons Barcelona has been as successful as it was, he brought a lot of revenue to the club by selling their merchandise, brought a huge number of fans which increased the revenue they got from TV rights and he did not managed the money of the club, besides by creating this kind of fight between the club and Messi they are forcing the fans to pick a side, and most of the time the fans will side with the player that has brought them so much joy over the years.

Everyone has the right to their point of view, but in my humble opinion it is extremely stupid to associate the current not the best position of Barcelona with the figure of Messi. I think Messi may well play for Barcelona not even for half of his current salary, but for one percent But not now, but in a few years when the career of a football player will already be at sunset and the football player will at least want to help his hometown club, like Alves who agreed to play for the lowest salary in the club Well, now, while Lionel is still in a pretty good condition, the hopes of Messi returning to the club for the sake of playing for pennies are very, very naive.

Messi should not be returned to the club, even if he wants to and even if he agrees to play for free. Barcelona needs to build a new team with new faces. Even the return of Alves is a step back. If Barcelona wants to go forward, then you need to boldly discard the past. Hold on to the past. will not give anything good to the team, but will only delay the development.

[Oshosondy]

Messi should not be returned to the club, even if he wants to and even if he agrees to play for free. Barcelona needs to build a new team with new faces. Even the return of Alves is a step back. If Barcelona wants to go forward, then you need to boldly discard the past. Hold on to the past. will not give anything good to the team, but will only delay the development.

I knew if Messi will leave Barcelona, it will be tough on the club and it will be a worst season for them, a league that is not competitive for Real Madrid and Barcelona is now a league that is not competitive for only Real Madrid. But Barcelona at 5th on the table is not that bad, we all know how Messi is very important for the club. It will be good if the manager can set up a good new squard to make Barcelona a better club as it once was before. But I noticed Barcelona had peak performance most in Messi time.

[poldanmig]

Many people underestimate the strength of Ajax. I would not be surprised if they can get get it into the final, depending of the drawings of course.

Ajax so far has shown a pretty good performance in both the league and champions league, although not the favorite team to win the champions league but I see if ajax might give a surprise this season in the champions league, as far as I see, this season ajax has proven if they don't may be underestimated by other clubs and I hope that in the drawing later ajax will get a balanced opponent with them.

[KTChampions]

Ajax so far has shown a pretty good performance in both the league and champions league, although not the favorite team to win the champions league but I see if ajax might give a surprise this season in the champions league, as far as I see, this season ajax has proven if they don't may be underestimated by other clubs and I hope that in the drawing later ajax will get a balanced opponent with them.

At the moment, the odds of Ajax winning the Champions League are 20.On the one hand, these are negligible odds compared to favorites - City 4.5 and Bayern 4.95, but this is higher than Real 24.2 Atletico 33 and Barcelona 50 (lol ). I think this can be considered a significant recognition that Ajax looks very strong this season.

[Velvet78]

Barcelona managed to get their first win with their new coach Xavi against Espanyol by 1-0 in the La Liga. It is time for the Champions League now. They have Benfica as the next opponent ahead. It is also going to be played in Camp Nou and this is another good advantage for Barcelona. Their last head-to-head ended horribly for Barcelona (3-0 loss). And this is a crucial game for Barcelona to guarantee promoting to the next round of the CL. If they win this game, Benfica will lose their chance of promoting before even the last games are played. I hope that Barcelona can win this.

[TopT3ns]

Barcelona managed to get their first win with their new coach Xavi against Espanyol by 1-0 in the La Liga. It is time for the Champions League now. They have Benfica as the next opponent ahead. It is also going to be played in Camp Nou and this is another good advantage for Barcelona. Their last head-to-head ended horribly for Barcelona (3-0 loss). And this is a crucial game for Barcelona to guarantee promoting to the next round of the CL. If they win this game, Benfica will lose their chance of promoting before even the last games are played. I hope that Barcelona can win this.

Champions League group E leaves only one team slot that will qualify and be contested by Benfica and Barcelona who will compete this week, the two teams are currently only two points adrift. Barcelona is in second place with 6 points while Benfica is in third place with 4 points, two games remaining but if Benfica manage to get three points they are very lucky because in the last match Barcelona had to face Bayern. Barcelona Vs Benfica match become a life and death match for both teams to be able to ensure qualification for the round of 16 alongside Bayern, which has already been confirmed to qualify as group winners.

[Jackl87]

Many people underestimate the strength of Ajax. I would not be surprised if they can get get it into the final, depending of the drawings of course.

Can you really blame us if we don't think they can win against top teams in Europe? Great for them for doing well in their own group with a perfect record but they'll be facing tougher competitions next. We'll see how they do in the round of 16 and QF before we talk about the Finals. One step at a time.

I agree. Yes Ajax has a pretty strong team and did very well in their group so far but you also have to look at the other teams of this group. Sporting and Besiktas are only tier 3 teams in Europe at the moment in my opinion. Dortmund is a tier 2 team (just as Ajax) and in theory should be even a little stronger then Amsterdam, but when those 2 teams played against each other Dortmund was not in really great shape and did not have the momentum on their side as they had like 8 injured players including very important ones like Haaland and Guerreiro. So yes Ajax did a brilliant job so far in the group stage but we also must consider the circumstances.

[Alisha-k]

Barcelona managed to get their first win with their new coach Xavi against Espanyol by 1-0 in the La Liga. It is time for the Champions League now. They have Benfica as the next opponent ahead. It is also going to be played in Camp Nou and this is another good advantage for Barcelona. Their last head-to-head ended horribly for Barcelona (3-0 loss). And this is a crucial game for Barcelona to guarantee promoting to the next round of the CL. If they win this game, Benfica will lose their chance of promoting before even the last games are played. I hope that Barcelona can win this.

Xavi is left with another bigger task ahead after defeating Espanyol with a narrow victory and it wouldn't be an easy task against  Benfica even with the home advantage at camp nou but Barcelona just have to secure their space for the next level in the champions league I still have some sort of confidence in Xavi something can be done to.salvage this

[KTChampions]

Barcelona managed to get their first win with their new coach Xavi against Espanyol by 1-0 in the La Liga. It is time for the Champions League now. They have Benfica as the next opponent ahead. It is also going to be played in Camp Nou and this is another good advantage for Barcelona. Their last head-to-head ended horribly for Barcelona (3-0 loss). And this is a crucial game for Barcelona to guarantee promoting to the next round of the CL. If they win this game, Benfica will lose their chance of promoting before even the last games are played. I hope that Barcelona can win this.

Judging by the last match, Barcelona cannot boast of a good game. Benfica lost big to Bavaria (but managed to score 2 goals) and after that won two big victories (in the domestic tournament). In my opinion, both teams are far from the best shape, the result of the match looks very random, but it seems to me that in any case you should not bet on the victory of Barcelona (odds 1.66) as the risk is much higher than the profit. Considering Benfica's performance, the bet on the fact that 2-3 goals will be scored in the match (odds 2.06) looks interesting.

[Luzin]

Barcelona managed to get their first win with their new coach Xavi against Espanyol by 1-0 in the La Liga. It is time for the Champions League now. They have Benfica as the next opponent ahead. It is also going to be played in Camp Nou and this is another good advantage for Barcelona.

Playing at the Camp Nou is Barca's main weapon. They should have a better mentality. But Benfica are not a weak team they are not easy to beat. I think the Barca players are adapting to Xavi, so I wouldn't bet on a big win. Tomorrow is a revenge mission and the match is the first Debut Xavi . They should have been able to win by a margin of 1 goal. That will be the decider to qualify for the next phase.

[masulum]

AC Milan has just lost in Serie A, in the UCL they still haven't get a single victory. This certainly has an effect on the mentality of Milan players. It's a tough game, and this streak of negative results will mean Milan will have to play hard in order to win. even I think Milan will lose again in this match.. I hope I'm wrong, Milan can get 3 points, at least it gives a chance to be able to play in UEL even though it failed in UCL. Is there any luck for AC Milan in these conditions?

[DanWalker]

Barcelona managed to get their first win with their new coach Xavi against Espanyol by 1-0 in the La Liga. It is time for the Champions League now. They have Benfica as the next opponent ahead. It is also going to be played in Camp Nou and this is another good advantage for Barcelona.

Playing at the Camp Nou is Barca's main weapon. They should have a better mentality. But Benfica are not a weak team they are not easy to beat. I think the Barca players are adapting to Xavi, so I wouldn't bet on a big win. Tomorrow is a revenge mission and the match is the first Debut Xavi . They should have been able to win by a margin of 1 goal. That will be the decider to qualify for the next phase.

I think that Barcelona will do that, when and their appointed is thought really big show if they play their best football and give it their 100%. I think they will not have any problems being the winners of this match. But I do think that there is not going to be a big margin of goal difference.

[Slow death]

Many people underestimate the strength of Ajax. I would not be surprised if they can get get it into the final, depending of the drawings of course.

if they win the champions league then my country will be third world country to become first world country in 2 days kidding, seriously they don't have any chance of reaching the finals or winning the champions league, they have very strong teams and they were just lucky to be in the group that had weak teams

Barcelona managed to get their first win with their new coach Xavi against Espanyol by 1-0 in the La Liga. It is time for the Champions League now. They have Benfica as the next opponent ahead. It is also going to be played in Camp Nou and this is another good advantage for Barcelona.

Playing at the Camp Nou is Barca's main weapon. They should have a better mentality. But Benfica are not a weak team they are not easy to beat. I think the Barca players are adapting to Xavi, so I wouldn't bet on a big win. Tomorrow is a revenge mission and the match is the first Debut Xavi . They should have been able to win by a margin of 1 goal. That will be the decider to qualify for the next phase.

I think that Barcelona will do that, when and their appointed is thought really big show if they play their best football and give it their 100%. I think they will not have any problems being the winners of this match. But I do think that there is not going to be a big margin of goal difference.

the bookmakers are exaggerating by putting Barcelona as the favorite I think Benfica is in a better position to win

[Maidak]

Barcelona managed to get their first win with their new coach Xavi against Espanyol by 1-0 in the La Liga. It is time for the Champions League now. They have Benfica as the next opponent ahead. It is also going to be played in Camp Nou and this is another good advantage for Barcelona. Their last head-to-head ended horribly for Barcelona (3-0 loss). And this is a crucial game for Barcelona to guarantee promoting to the next round of the CL. If they win this game, Benfica will lose their chance of promoting before even the last games are played. I hope that Barcelona can win this.

Judging by the last match, Barcelona cannot boast of a good game. Benfica lost big to Bavaria (but managed to score 2 goals) and after that won two big victories (in the domestic tournament). In my opinion, both teams are far from the best shape, the result of the match looks very random, but it seems to me that in any case you should not bet on the victory of Barcelona (odds 1.66) as the risk is much higher than the profit. Considering Benfica's performance, the bet on the fact that 2-3 goals will be scored in the match (odds 2.06) looks interesting.

I would back Barcelona to win because I want to see them in their winning form. I want to see how the players performed under Xavi. Placing a bet for this match is really really risky, just let's just enjoy the match. But Barcelona should win this match in my opinion.

[LGD2Business]

I would back Barcelona to win because I want to see them in their winning form. I want to see how the players performed under Xavi. Placing a bet for this match is really really risky, just let's just enjoy the match. But Barcelona should win this match in my opinion.

In the last match they played, Barcelona could not score in the flowing game, they scored from the penalty spot. I wonder how they will score in the flowing game. Xavi must first solve the problem on offense. Defensive weaknesses can be ignored as long as they can score.
Benfica game will not be easy. They gave very low odds to Barcelona, it's not worth the risk. I think they will win, but it won't be a simple win as this low rate shows.

[Minecache]

How could they think that Messi was the problem, when Messi even said that he will play for half of his wage just to play for Barcelona. I think the board has become delusional and cannot take any decision with A straight mind.

Instead of accepting the blame for their mistakes they are looking for a scapegoat, the problem is that it does not make sense at all to blame Messi, he was one of the main reasons Barcelona has been as successful as it was, he brought a lot of revenue to the club by selling their merchandise, brought a huge number of fans which increased the revenue they got from TV rights and he did not managed the money of the club, besides by creating this kind of fight between the club and Messi they are forcing the fans to pick a side, and most of the time the fans will side with the player that has brought them so much joy over the years.

Everyone has the right to their point of view, but in my humble opinion it is extremely stupid to associate the current not the best position of Barcelona with the figure of Messi. I think Messi may well play for Barcelona not even for half of his current salary, but for one percent But not now, but in a few years when the career of a football player will already be at sunset and the football player will at least want to help his hometown club, like Alves who agreed to play for the lowest salary in the club Well, now, while Lionel is still in a pretty good condition, the hopes of Messi returning to the club for the sake of playing for pennies are very, very naive.

Well, I think that Messi actually should not come back to Barcelona just because of his self-respect. I mean after doing so much for a club and with the club when they don't give you any respect, there are some problems. There could be more problems in the future also. And I also think that Messi will think something like that too.

[Furious 7]

I would back Barcelona to win because I want to see them in their winning form. I want to see how the players performed under Xavi. Placing a bet for this match is really really risky, just let's just enjoy the match. But Barcelona should win this match in my opinion.

In the last match they played, Barcelona could not score in the flowing game, they scored from the penalty spot. I wonder how they will score in the flowing game. Xavi must first solve the problem on offense. Defensive weaknesses can be ignored as long as they can score.
Benfica game will not be easy. They gave very low odds to Barcelona, it's not worth the risk. I think they will win, but it won't be a simple win as this low rate shows.

The previous match had to lose to Benfica 3-0 and it was still under Koeman's tutelage, but this UCL match will be very different of course Xavi wants to win and he has set the game strategy in UCL with Benfica I hope this will bring a good change where in the early game Xavi had enough to prove it.

The UCL opportunity for Barcelona for me is decisive if he wins then Barcelona will qualify if he loses then he has to give up leaving the UCL.
I'm sure Xavi can win easily, even though it's a UCL match.

[AakZaki]

Waiting for Carick's debut as a substitute coach for Man United. I didn't expect them to lose so much again. If we imagine when we play against Wtford (it seems weaker than Villareal) then it looks like Man United can be the source of Villareal's goals. Better quality UCL clubs I think can make that happen. But if Man United are able to appear confident then a draw is enough to make them qualify for the knockout stages.