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

[Jackl87]

PSG have poor capital when they will face Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League, they have just been knocked out of the France Cup and this is an indication for Madrid to be able to beat PSG. Currently Madrid and PSG both have complete squads without any injuries and yellow card accumulation, I think this match will be very interesting considering that PSG is very ambitious to win the champions league title for the first time. However, the series of poor results obtained by PSG has become an obstacle to being able to beat Real Madrid, which has appeared quite consistent this season.

I agree that Paris SG has not performed very well in the last few games, but i also think that this doesn't mean much for the big game against Real Madrid. I would say it is commonly known by now that Paris has 3 divas in their offense now, that don't seem to be motivated in their normal games in the french league or in the french cup. Those 3 do literally nothing for the defense in those games and this is just very hard to compensate in the modern football of today where each and every players has to defend in order to make the system work.
In the big match against Madrid though i think that Neymar, Mbappe and Messi really want to show what they are capable of, so i think the outcome of the game is completely open.

[babo]

PSG have poor capital when they will face Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League, they have just been knocked out of the France Cup and this is an indication for Madrid to be able to beat PSG. Currently Madrid and PSG both have complete squads without any injuries and yellow card accumulation, I think this match will be very interesting considering that PSG is very ambitious to win the champions league title for the first time. However, the series of poor results obtained by PSG has become an obstacle to being able to beat Real Madrid, which has appeared quite consistent this season.

I agree that Paris SG has not performed very well in the last few games, but i also think that this doesn't mean much for the big game against Real Madrid. I would say it is commonly known by now that Paris has 3 divas in their offense now, that don't seem to be motivated in their normal games in the french league or in the french cup. Those 3 do literally nothing for the defense in those games and this is just very hard to compensate in the modern football of today where each and every players has to defend in order to make the system work.
In the big match against Madrid though i think that Neymar, Mbappe and Messi really want to show what they are capable of, so i think the outcome of the game is completely open.

although he has some champions, he didn't perform very well
because making many champions work in a team is very difficult
in fact I repeat it every day, PSG has spent a lot of money without obtaining a benefit proportional to the money spent

[Velvet78]

The Atletico Madrid - Manchester United draw is another one that I'm curious about. If we compare the current forms of these teams, I see Manchester United as the better side now. Atletico Madrid have had bigger struggles than them in the recent times. And Manchester United have started playing better than their poor look before. They have a more promising lineup also that includes very capable players. Even Ronaldo would be enough to scare Atletico Madrid. Because they don't have a good history with him while he was at Real Madrid. Maybe Ronaldo will have a big role in his team to advance to the quarter finals here.

[Tony116]

The Atletico Madrid - Manchester United draw is another one that I'm curious about. If we compare the current forms of these teams, I see Manchester United as the better side now. Atletico Madrid have had bigger struggles than them in the recent times. And Manchester United have started playing better than their poor look before. They have a more promising lineup also that includes very capable players. Even Ronaldo would be enough to scare Atletico Madrid. Because they don't have a good history with him while he was at Real Madrid. Maybe Ronaldo will have a big role in his team to advance to the quarter finals here.

Ronaldo will obviously have a big role in the team for them to advance to the quarterfinals. I think that Manchester United is actually back in their element even though they suffered a lot at the start of the season and I think that they will obviously give Atletico Madrid a very good fight. But it's really hard to predict who will win. One thing I am sure of is that this match is going to have a lot of goals in it.

[Maidak]

PSG have poor capital when they will face Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League, they have just been knocked out of the France Cup and this is an indication for Madrid to be able to beat PSG. Currently Madrid and PSG both have complete squads without any injuries and yellow card accumulation, I think this match will be very interesting considering that PSG is very ambitious to win the champions league title for the first time. However, the series of poor results obtained by PSG has become an obstacle to being able to beat Real Madrid, which has appeared quite consistent this season.

I agree that Paris SG has not performed very well in the last few games, but i also think that this doesn't mean much for the big game against Real Madrid. I would say it is commonly known by now that Paris has 3 divas in their offense now, that don't seem to be motivated in their normal games in the french league or in the french cup. Those 3 do literally nothing for the defense in those games and this is just very hard to compensate in the modern football of today where each and every players has to defend in order to make the system work.
In the big match against Madrid though i think that Neymar, Mbappe and Messi really want to show what they are capable of, so i think the outcome of the game is completely open.

I actually thought that PSG is really a better team and really consistent right now, at least before they lost against NICE. They also recently have a draw against OL.

I know this obviously does not prove anything and obviously does not prove that they are going to lose in the match but if we talk about consistency then I still think that PSC is not that consistent which there should be. I was quite confident that they will win against Real Madrid but now I am starting to doubt them.

[swogerino]

PSG have poor capital when they will face Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League, they have just been knocked out of the France Cup and this is an indication for Madrid to be able to beat PSG. Currently Madrid and PSG both have complete squads without any injuries and yellow card accumulation, I think this match will be very interesting considering that PSG is very ambitious to win the champions league title for the first time. However, the series of poor results obtained by PSG has become an obstacle to being able to beat Real Madrid, which has appeared quite consistent this season.

I agree that Paris SG has not performed very well in the last few games, but i also think that this doesn't mean much for the big game against Real Madrid. I would say it is commonly known by now that Paris has 3 divas in their offense now, that don't seem to be motivated in their normal games in the french league or in the french cup. Those 3 do literally nothing for the defense in those games and this is just very hard to compensate in the modern football of today where each and every players has to defend in order to make the system work.
In the big match against Madrid though i think that Neymar, Mbappe and Messi really want to show what they are capable of, so i think the outcome of the game is completely open.

I actually thought that PSG is really a better team and really consistent right now, at least before they lost against NICE. They also recently have a draw against OL.

I know this obviously does not prove anything and obviously does not prove that they are going to lose in the match but if we talk about consistency then I still think that PSC is not that consistent which there should be. I was quite confident that they will win against Real Madrid but now I am starting to doubt them.

That is for the cup game they surely took it easy and thought we are PSG and we can win against any opponent but in the end with penalties being played,there is a lottery to be won and they did not win it.For the draw with Olympique Lyon they are leading comfortably the table and have most likely already won the Ligue 1 for this year with the nearest opponent being 11 points behind them.Their full focus I believe to be in the Champions League and I predict them going far ahead in this competition.

[shawon01]

Interesting match i Won't want miss PSG vs Real madrid match.PSG have a better squad and opponent team also good. I hope this match will be more interesting and enjoyable. PSG have their star player Messi,Neymar,Mbappe.But Madrid played really well this season matches.And good combination their team.I hope PSG vs Madrid, PSG Will win Both league.

When both of them look good then only hockey can be hoped for by both teams, because Real Madrid also doesn't want to lose and see the other team win, so they (Real Madrid) will also play very well to win the match with PSG in the round of 16 later

I think the reason both teams play well is that both teams have good players. No one wants to let anyone down. It can be seen here that the team that plays well will win.

[LUCKMCFLY]

PSG vs Real Madrid for some People It's a match like Final match because both team are favourite and have huge fan Both teams.Two team are Strong i hope this match will be heavy enjoyable. PSG star Messi,Bappi,Neymar they can change single match and they have and Madrid's Vini and Benzema is playing last some match very well.2week reaming round 16 match predict very difficult but i hope PSG will be qualify for next round.

psg versus real madrid will be a very crucial match, both teams will definitely play an attacking game, the two giant teams that are candidates for champion champions, must face each other in the round of 16, psg has star players who already have a lot of experience in the champions league, but Unfortunately PSG have not yet tasted the sweetness of lifting the Champions League trophy, while Real Madrid is currently still the king of Europe, because Real Madrid is listed as the club that has collected the most Champions League titles, a total of 13 times Real Madrid have won champions, but for this match I am optimistic that PSG will be able to beat Real Madrid.

Well this is one of the most anticipated games, however I don't think Real Madrid will let PSG win, I think if things continue as they are going, the balance of bets will focus on Real Madrid despite the presence of Neymar, Messi , Mbappé are in the same team, because the gear that makes all this possible is to play very well is the same team, and I see that PSG still have the same attitude.I also think that if Real Madrid does not take advantage of this opportunity, it is something unique.

The PSG vs Real Madrid match is arguably the tightest comparison and will be a very interesting match to miss, because both are strengthened by many star players and are also favorites because they are both capable of winning the Champions League this season.
Good news for Real Mandrid that Neymar still doesn't know if he will be able to recover in time, as he is still suffering from an ankle injury and it wouldn't be perfect for PSG if one of their best forwards like Messi, Mbappe and Neymar doesn't play together, as he will against the best and strongest teams in the world.

Well yes, you're right, watching this game will be very interesting, although many are used to seeing the golden trident Neymar, Messi, Mbappé, this time with Messi and Mbappé they can do very well, Real Madrid have a very good team and against everything that has happened in the world, from the League competition, pandemic, and UCL, I think that this time they have very good chances of winning, and here if they do, it would no longer apply to those who thought that Real Madrid would go down without the presence of CR7.

[DanWalker]

There are exactly two weeks to go for the first matches to begin. The one between PSG and Real Madrid must be the most waited one for most people I guess. When we assess the current situations of these teams now, we can see that both of them are amazingly good. I really admire Real Madrid especially. They seem to be a more credible team than PSG these days to me for some reason. It is a great pleasure to watch this version of Benzema now. He is having one of his best seasons certainly and he is a big threat to PSG. If PSG don't get a nice result in the first match, Real Madrid can really eliminate them by the rematch.

Good talk. I agree that both teams have been doing very well lately - Madrid in particular that has been terrible in the last 2-3 seasons finally seem like they have found their rhythm. Definitely going to be a match to look out for. However, I still think that PSG would be a hard nut to crack given their superb and extensive squad list. PSG has limited chance to win the UCL so they would want to win.

Real Madrid is still a big and great team in every season I think it's just that, sometimes competition with different team situations and conditions at all times makes Madrid not always look good in the UCL, especially in the previous few seasons but for the 2020/2021 season yesterday Madrid arrived at the match semifinals. Regarding PSG, I think we will all agree that the number of star players that PSG currently has is not strong enough and in fact, recently PSG were eliminated in the round of 16 in the Coupe de France event. PSG lost by Nice on penalties, with this result I think it is clear PSG are not good enough to win against Madrid.

I don't think that PSG is going to do good against Real Madrid because previously I thought that they are stable right now and quite consistent but after the loss against NICE, I am starting to doubt PSG they should be really doing far better than this. If this was a small team then I could have used the term unpredictable but that does not apply here.

[masulum]

I don't think that PSG is going to do good against Real Madrid because previously I thought that they are stable right now and quite consistent but after the loss against NICE, I am starting to doubt PSG they should be really doing far better than this. If this was a small team then I could have used the term unpredictable but that does not apply here.

PSG may be able to buy all the star players, but they can't imitate how Madrid and Barcelona made all the star players able to play into a solid team to win the UCL. Before many star players join PSG, they had dominated Ligue 1 already, but after some star players there, in the UCL, their best was only as runners up. This is indeed a good achievement, but this is before Messi joined PSG, this season, PSG already have to face Madrid and become an early final, this will be a proof for PSG, that their purchase was not in vain. Wll Ronaldo isn't happy with MU anymore, maybe he will be linked with PSG once again in the next transfer windows.

[KTChampions]

PSG cannot be underestimated and I don't think that Real Madrid will have an easy time playing against PSG.
The Cup of France isn't a top priority for PSG.Their top priorities are becoming champion of France and wining the UEFA Champions League.I don't think that the PSG owners really cared that much about the game against Nice.Real is really consistent this season,but that doesn't mean that they are capable for defeating every opponent.

This is a controversial statement, as in previous years, PSG have consistently achieved a good result in the French Cup. This season, their result is the worst in more than 10 years. Also - for what reasons should they "ignore" this cup? In the domestic championship they have no competitors and no problems, Champions League matches are now played with less frequency due to the play-off stage.  I think PSG wanted to win the French Cup this year too, but they couldn't.

[laurenB7742]

PSG cannot be underestimated and I don't think that Real Madrid will have an easy time playing against PSG.
The Cup of France isn't a top priority for PSG.Their top priorities are becoming champion of France and wining the UEFA Champions League.I don't think that the PSG owners really cared that much about the game against Nice.Real is really consistent this season,but that doesn't mean that they are capable for defeating every opponent.

This is a controversial statement, as in previous years, PSG have consistently achieved a good result in the French Cup. This season, their result is the worst in more than 10 years. Also - for what reasons should they "ignore" this cup? In the domestic championship they have no competitors and no problems, Champions League matches are now played with less frequency due to the play-off stage.  I think PSG wanted to win the French Cup this year too, but they couldn't.

After being eliminated from the Round of 16 in the France Cup, the PSG team proved that they are still weak as a team. There are no well-known star players in the Nice team. However, PSG's performance against this team was weak. PSG made only 10 shots in the entire match, of which only two were on target. Mbappe and Messi did not play well. PSG will undoubtedly lose if they perform so poorly against Real Madrid in the Champions League. Real Madrid is a good and experienced team.

[Marvell1]

And Real lost to Sheriff. Things that are totally unexpected could happen all the time, just because Leipzig is closer to City (not really) than Sheriff being close to Real, people think that City just played bad and these type of things could happen in the future as well, to me they were both the same type of games.

Sometimes huge names do not really care about some games and this is what happens, when you lose motivation that is what we have as a result. I do not mean to say that it is something I am not seeing ever happening again, of course it could happen again but I feel like City will be dominating and destroying Lisbon very easily. Not because Lisbon is a very low level team, they are a decent team of course but City is... well they are City, we all know what type of power they have and they may end up winning the whole thing.

It is not any unusual thing, we have seen a lot of great players and a lot of great teams lose to smaller teams, right? Sometimes fate behaves hostilely.

In my opinion this is just case of lack of concentration or probably just having a bad day.

Well, we also have even seen in Bundesliga, Bayern Munich lose to a lower ranked team of which the name I cannot even remember at this moment.

So, it's not that if a good team plays bad one day they are going to play bad the rest of the season or something like that, okay? So, I think even though City lost a match which they shouldn't have lost I still think they are going to dominate.

[sana54210]

I actually thought that PSG is really a better team and really consistent right now, at least before they lost against NICE. They also recently have a draw against OL.

I know this obviously does not prove anything and obviously does not prove that they are going to lose in the match but if we talk about consistency then I still think that PSC is not that consistent which there should be. I was quite confident that they will win against Real Madrid but now I am starting to doubt them.

That is for the cup game they surely took it easy and thought we are PSG and we can win against any opponent but in the end with penalties being played,there is a lottery to be won and they did not win it.For the draw with Olympique Lyon they are leading comfortably the table and have most likely already won the Ligue 1 for this year with the nearest opponent being 11 points behind them.Their full focus I believe to be in the Champions League and I predict them going far ahead in this competition.

I belive all these talks about Mbappe being in Real Madrid next season really got to them. He is either the best player or at least one of the best in the club, I could even say he could be the best, and when your best player is not even considering to stay, and he is talking with other teams, then you usually do not really have anything else to say.

I am not saying that we should avoid all of it and focus on just playing for the time being, because players can't really do that. How would you feel if your teammate agreed to join another club and you have only a few months to play with them? They will play like maybe 4 more months together and then he will be gone. This could be dropping the chemistry in the team, players may let this get to their heads and this could be causing the other players to not even want to play with him too much.

[Distraction]

After the PSG - Real Madrid matchup, the most remarkable matchup to me is Atletico Madrid - Manchester United certainly. Because this is also a matchup between close teams in terms of strength. Atletico Madrid seem to be an unpredictable team these days and Manchester United are also not much different than them actually. However, I still see Manchester United being one step ahead of their opponent now. Because there have been good signals for them as I really liked their performance in their last a few matches. If this goes on like this, Manchester United will be my favourite to eliminate Atletico Madrid.

[Pokapoka124]

PSG is a club with rich owners so I am sure they done really care if mbappe leaves on free or now, they made a gamble to bring him to the club hoping he can help them win the champions league but the gamble didn’t go their way so I can’t really say mbappe was a failed project, they bought all the players in the clubs to achieve a common goal so I don’t think one player should take the blame if their wish didn’t come through. And for me mbappe made the right choice, every player will love to play for Real Madrid and I think he possesses what it takes to succeed over they, and to think that he didn’t even consider if Messi was in the same team as him he chose his path and that’s how it should be.

[kawetsriyanto]

And for me mbappe made the right choice, every player will love to play for Real Madrid and I think he possesses what it takes to succeed over they, and to think that he didn’t even consider if Messi was in the same team as him he chose his path and that’s how it should be.

Yep. We must respect Mbappe's decision. As an individual, he must have a dream. Real Madrid is a club that always has a high target in each competition, including in UCL. And this club is an experienced team to win many prestigious trophies (titles), both in Spanish and in international competitions. It makes sense if each player wants to join Real Madrid. Anyway, he must be aware that he will be prioritized to be the key player in Real Madrid future. So, de doesn't want to miss this chance.

[AndySt]

And for me mbappe made the right choice, every player will love to play for Real Madrid and I think he possesses what it takes to succeed over they, and to think that he didn’t even consider if Messi was in the same team as him he chose his path and that’s how it should be.

Yep. We must respect Mbappe's decision. As an individual, he must have a dream. Real Madrid is a club that always has a high target in each competition, including in UCL. And this club is an experienced team to win many prestigious trophies (titles), both in Spanish and in international competitions. It makes sense if each player wants to join Real Madrid. Anyway, he must be aware that he will be prioritized to be the key player in Real Madrid future. So, de doesn't want to miss this chance.

Whether Mbappe made the right choice, we will find out only after some time. However, despite the fact that everyone already supposedly knows Mbappe's entourage, they deny the very fact of making a decision, and therefore they will have to be content with speculation for now. I think more or less clarity will be officially introduced after the Champions League matches PSG and Real Madrid. By the way, the very presence in a club like Real Madrid does not mean the automatic conquest of all titles, let's remember how for more than ten years, or rather 12 years, the club could not win its tenth title in the European Champions Cup/Champions League.

[mamesso]

And for me mbappe made the right choice, every player will love to play for Real Madrid and I think he possesses what it takes to succeed over they, and to think that he didn’t even consider if Messi was in the same team as him he chose his path and that’s how it should be.

Yep. We must respect Mbappe's decision. As an individual, he must have a dream. Real Madrid is a club that always has a high target in each competition, including in UCL. And this club is an experienced team to win many prestigious trophies (titles), both in Spanish and in international competitions. It makes sense if each player wants to join Real Madrid. Anyway, he must be aware that he will be prioritized to be the key player in Real Madrid future. So, de doesn't want to miss this chance.

PSG have offered a salary increase and a long contract for Mbappe, but he is not tempted by a luxurious offer from PSG because Mbappe desire to play with Real Madrid is very strong. after not reaching an agreement with Mbappe, PSG must make a decision soon, because his contract will soon expire in June 2022. It would be a huge loss for PSG if they lost Mbappe on a free transfer. So PSG decision to let Mbappe go to Real Madrid was right.
Mbappe can be part of a new era that Madrid is trying to build, especially since Hazard has not been able to make a good contribution to Real Madrid. But Mbappe can't be on Real Madrid's list to play in the Champions League this season, because Mbappe has previously played with PSG.

[tokeweed]

And for me mbappe made the right choice, every player will love to play for Real Madrid and I think he possesses what it takes to succeed over they, and to think that he didn’t even consider if Messi was in the same team as him he chose his path and that’s how it should be.

Yep. We must respect Mbappe's decision. As an individual, he must have a dream. Real Madrid is a club that always has a high target in each competition, including in UCL. And this club is an experienced team to win many prestigious trophies (titles), both in Spanish and in international competitions. It makes sense if each player wants to join Real Madrid. Anyway, he must be aware that he will be prioritized to be the key player in Real Madrid future. So, de doesn't want to miss this chance.

Whether Mbappe made the right choice, we will find out only after some time. However, despite the fact that everyone already supposedly knows Mbappe's entourage, they deny the very fact of making a decision, and therefore they will have to be content with speculation for now. I think more or less clarity will be officially introduced after the Champions League matches PSG and Real Madrid. By the way, the very presence in a club like Real Madrid does not mean the automatic conquest of all titles, let's remember how for more than ten years, or rather 12 years, the club could not win its tenth title in the European Champions Cup/Champions League.

Wait...  Is his move to Real Madrid confirmed?  A quick search says it’s all talks and hear say as of now and that some players find the wage deal kind of ridiculous.  I think it’s the football journos trying to get a better meal than quick cook ramen guys.  Lol. 

And you’re right.  It def doesn’t mean cups right off the bat.  Everybody should remember the last two high profile signings of Bale and Hazard.  It could be a curse for Mbappe.