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

[Minecache]

There is a deciding match on March 16.

Man United vs Atletico Madrid
Ajax vs Benfica
Juventus vs Villareal
LOSC vs Chelsea

Only Chelsea create two goals in the first leg. The others matched the final draw. Maybe interestingly they still have the same chance of qualifying. But I think the hosts in this 2nd leg have a greater chance of qualifying except LOSC.

Well, I am actually not sure about the host paying the winners because I don't honestly expect Manchester United to win against Atletico Madrid in the second leg. I think Atletico Madrid is a far better team than Manchester United at this moment. Because Manchester United does not have any chemistry between their players.

But, I do agree about the LOCS vs Chelsea match because it seems honestly unwinnable for LOCS. Actually, other than Manchester United versus Atletico Madrid, I agree with you on the other predictions.

[Sebas.tian]

Manchester United are going to have a really tough game against Atletico Madrid in a few days. Even though I see Manchester United as the favourite side, their job is still not going to be easy. Atletico Madrid can cause them to have big difficulties and they have an equal chance with Manchester United to advance too. Manchester United had an important victory against Tottenham today and it was a big morale booster for them before this huge game. When Ronaldo plays well, the team are also very good. I hope the same thing happens again.

Yes, the match will going to be tough between Manchester United and Atletico Madrid but Manchester United will definitely achieve the victory at the end of the match.  I believe Manchester United coach will like to use Ronaldo for first half because of his performance in today match that made them to defeated Tottenham team 3-2 with the help of Ronaldo that scored 3 goals that made their point to improve. Manchester United coach is fully ready to make use of today match strategies to defeat Atletico Madrid on the 16 of March without allow them to have a goal till the end of the match.

[Daniel91]

The Premier League board has disqualified Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich as a director at the English top-flight club, the league said in a statement on Saturday.

Now it will be very interesting to see how this decision will affect the game and the results of Chelsea in the English league and in the Champions League.
I read somewhere that they will now have a very limited budget for travel expenses, salaries and other expenses.
It has even become questionable whether they will have enough money to continue competing in the Champions League.
This will now be a very difficult situation for the club and its players and fans.
Can Chelsea in these circumstances be equal to the competition in the Champions League and the national league?
The end of this season will probably be followed by a big sale of the team.

Previously Roman Abramovich had said that the proceeds from the sale would go entirely to the victims of the war in Ukraine, but after that the British government made a very unfair decision for Chelsea by freezing all income. In fact, Roman Abramovich himself will not receive money from the sale, but why does the British government seem to strongly condemn Chelsea from the war that took place there. It was a very unfair decision because Chelsea is only a football club and not a supplier of weapons, such a decision will certainly greatly disrupt Chelsea's future performance in both the EPL and UCL.

I feel the Uk government are somewhat harsh on Chelsea FC, this seem to be beyond Roman Abramovich right now as person. The club has staffs, they can seize the club till they have a buyer to purchase it but they should allow the club run as it should. It is becoming boring to see how they are literally destabilizing  that club day after day with the stiff laws/sanctions.

All clubs in any competition should have equal conditions, otherwise the question of the regularity of the competition may be raised.
I don't think it's good to mix politics and sports and that Chelsea should be allowed to compete normally in the English Championship and the Champions League, regardless of their current owner.
Chelsea players and fans deserve the same treatment and chance for sporting success as all other clubs.
I think the UK government has gone too far here.
They punished not only the owner of the club but also all employees, players and fans of the club what is not sustainable and fair.

[Retro Harmony]

There is a deciding match on March 16.

Man United vs Atletico Madrid
Ajax vs Benfica
Juventus vs Villareal
LOSC vs Chelsea

Only Chelsea create two goals in the first leg. The others matched the final draw. Maybe interestingly they still have the same chance of qualifying. But I think the hosts in this 2nd leg have a greater chance of qualifying except LOSC.

Well, I am actually not sure about the host paying the winners because I don't honestly expect Manchester United to win against Atletico Madrid in the second leg. I think Atletico Madrid is a far better team than Manchester United at this moment. Because Manchester United does not have any chemistry between their players.

If Manchester United have a good day, they will easily win the match against Atlético Madrid.  However, the fate of this match depends on the compatibility of the players with each other.  If we look at the players independently, Manchester United's squad quality is higher.  However, their chemistry is not compatible with every match.  If they can do this, they can get good wins.  Ronaldo also draws a pretty good graph.  Especially in the last match, he gained morale by making a hat-trick.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Manchester united has a great chance to qualify for the quarter-finals of the champions league, because they play in public themselves, seeing Ronaldo's performance last night it is very likely that Manchester united can beat ATM, Ronaldo has never been absent from playing in the champions league, maybe with last night's game capital and experience Ronaldo plays in the champions league, I am very optimistic that representatives from England are able to advance to the quarter-finals of the champions league.

Fact is Manchester United are playing on the verge between win and lose. They can win and they can lose very easily because their defense is weak and they rely on shining matches of star players to score goals. Sometimes attacking players score goals but they fail to win because of weak and terrible defense.
No guarantee that Ronaldo will score goals in match with Athletico Madrid so without Ronaldo and his goals, how will Manchester United can win? Athletico Madrid have enough dangerous attacking players to score goals from any mistake by Maguire. I see a draw result in the first leg gives an opened match for both clubs but again, my belief is on the Spanish club, not on Manchester United.

Manchester United has a great squad, I have no doubt about that. I am going to say something that is known to everyone at this point. I think the coach is the problem. You know this is the same problem with both Manchester United and also PSG.

But with PSG we can straight up say that it is the fault of the coach but about Manchester United, I think we have a rather difficult problem than PSG. In Manchester United, the link-up play between the players seems absolutely non-existent. Ronaldo is not scoring goals as he should be. And ultimately they are just too inconsistent to make any prediction.

[Fesatmas]

There is a deciding match on March 16.

Man United vs Atletico Madrid
Ajax vs Benfica
Juventus vs Villareal
LOSC vs Chelsea

Only Chelsea create two goals in the first leg. The others matched the final draw. Maybe interestingly they still have the same chance of qualifying. But I think the hosts in this 2nd leg have a greater chance of qualifying except LOSC.

Well, I am actually not sure about the host paying the winners because I don't honestly expect Manchester United to win against Atletico Madrid in the second leg. I think Atletico Madrid is a far better team than Manchester United at this moment. Because Manchester United does not have any chemistry between their players.

But, I do agree about the LOCS vs Chelsea match because it seems honestly unwinnable for LOCS. Actually, other than Manchester United versus Atletico Madrid, I agree with you on the other predictions.

That's right, as a team Atlético Madrid is better than Manchester United. We have seen lately that Manchester United has shown a monotonous game, they play like they are not a team. They have had a disappointing season in the Premier League, although there have been a few games they have performed well but still it is not what is expected in a team.

[Tony116]

Chelsea is/was not founded by  Russia or by Roman Abramovich either..  Owners will certainly come and go but the club will remain. The club was in existence and running before Roman bought and they obviously got these level of successes but since this is a football club and should have the liberty to keep running until a new owner comes not telling the club not sell tickets, Jerseys and freezing their bank account. That is totally unfair.

I tell you the whole agenda against Chelsea is now obvious. Big shout out to Roman for taking one for the club. He is constantly putting the club first in whatever decision he takes. The British government should stop punishing Chelsea for  whatever reason they know nothing about. Put the sanctions on Roman, but leave Chelsea out of it. Don't go punishing your citizens indirectly that get their daily bread from the club just because of some political sentiment.
Chelsea needs this champion league win for Roman, both for the premier and champion league games, the fans should sing his name whenever the opportunity is given because without him we won't have been where we're now.

Chelsea can obviously win the champions league this time in my opinion because they are playing quite well. Even though they are not doing something absolutely out of the world, I think they are still showing some good football all around. And I think that the politics going on around Chelsea is just unbelievable to me. A club should not face such problems politically in my opinion.

[Bloodseekers]

Chelsea is/was not founded by  Russia or by Roman Abramovich either..  Owners will certainly come and go but the club will remain. The club was in existence and running before Roman bought and they obviously got these level of successes but since this is a football club and should have the liberty to keep running until a new owner comes not telling the club not sell tickets, Jerseys and freezing their bank account. That is totally unfair.

I tell you the whole agenda against Chelsea is now obvious. Big shout out to Roman for taking one for the club. He is constantly putting the club first in whatever decision he takes. The British government should stop punishing Chelsea for  whatever reason they know nothing about. Put the sanctions on Roman, but leave Chelsea out of it. Don't go punishing your citizens indirectly that get their daily bread from the club just because of some political sentiment.
Chelsea needs this champion league win for Roman, both for the premier and champion league games, the fans should sing his name whenever the opportunity is given because without him we won't have been where we're now.

Chelsea can obviously win the champions league this time in my opinion because they are playing quite well. Even though they are not doing something absolutely out of the world, I think they are still showing some good football all around. And I think that the politics going on around Chelsea is just unbelievable to me. A club should not face such problems politically in my opinion.

In my opinion, Chelsea is not the favorite for the season to win the Champions League, despite Chelsea's status as defending champion. For this season, there are many clubs that are more worthy of being candidates for the Champions League, because we can see their game in their own domestic league. maybe From the representatives of the English league who deserve to be a candidate for champions, Manchester city, we can see their progress in the domestic league, they dominate the temporary standings. As for the German league, the only one that deserves to be associated with the Champions League is Bayern Munich. I think they both deserve to be made the strongest candidates to become Champions Champions. but what you need to remember is that luck is also very important in winning the Champions League. Many clubs are so mighty but because of lack of luck they failed to win the Champions League

[judas]

Juventus - Villarreal seems to be another interesting game next week. The first leg ended by a 1-1 draw. Villarreal showed that they were a durable team and they weren't going to give up easily against Juventus in this matchup. Maybe the rematch is in Turin but Juventus shouldn't be so comfortable already. They must be aware of the threat coming too. Juventus should be able to score the first goal of the game as early as possible to have a good advantage. Because Villarreal are even tougher to defeat when they score first.

[tyz]

Chelsea can obviously win the champions league this time in my opinion because they are playing quite well. Even though they are not doing something absolutely out of the world, I think they are still showing some good football all around. And I think that the politics going on around Chelsea is just unbelievable to me. A club should not face such problems politically in my opinion.

Yes, I agree with that. But the key question will ultimately be how the current situation surrounding the owner and the cuts the team has to make will affect the club and its future performance. For me, Chelsea is not a favorite to win the CL under the current circumstances.

[xmonkeyx]

Juventus - Villarreal seems to be another interesting game next week. The first leg ended by a 1-1 draw. Villarreal showed that they were a durable team and they weren't going to give up easily against Juventus in this matchup. Maybe the rematch is in Turin but Juventus shouldn't be so comfortable already. They must be aware of the threat coming too. Juventus should be able to score the first goal of the game as early as possible to have a good advantage. Because Villarreal are even toughter to defeat when they score first.

Villarreal have a very good defense and Juventus are currently in a positive trend, they have continued to get wins in recent weeks in the domestic league.
I think Juventus will benefit a little because this match will be played at their home and if you look at the statistics of Juventus' matches in the last few matches I really believe they will be able to win this match, maybe with a narrow score.
I myself do not hesitate to bet on Juventus' victory.

[Distraction]

Yeah Villarreal are one of the strong teams in defense. And I'm confident about one thing that they won't give up until the final whistle. This can be their biggest chance to reach at least the quarter finals in the Champions League. We don't see Villarreal in this tournament very often in the end. And big teams should always watch out for this kind of teams as they have nothing to lose. Hence, I think that Juventus will focus on keeping a 1-0 advantage if they score first. I don't expect them to play fully attacking in this.

[herurist]

Man United vs Atletico Madrid

This is a difficult match to predict because the two clubs are still very inconsistent in playing the game.
but indeed I still tend to MU here even though they have to improve their defensive line, especially discipline Meguire who always makes mistakes unnecessarily

Ajax vs Benfica

Their first leg is a draw but Ajax are still very well seeded here

Juventus vs Villareal

The case of this team is the same as the case of Manchester United and Atletico, they still haven't been able to be consistent in their form which makes this also worth seeing

LOSC vs Chelsea[/b]

Absolute win for Chelsea now and I'm pretty sure they're 99% sure to qualify

[junmisakiro]

Yeah Villarreal are one of the strong teams in defense. And I'm confident about one thing that they won't give up until the final whistle. This can be their biggest chance to reach at least the quarter finals in the Champions League. We don't see Villarreal in this tournament very often in the end. And big teams should always watch out for this kind of teams as they have nothing to lose. Hence, I think that Juventus will focus on keeping a 1-0 advantage if they score first. I don't expect them to play fully attacking in this.

the match will be played at home to juventus and they are in good form, although Villarreal have a good defense but in my opinion it will be very difficult for them to win the match played at home to Juventus, although the score will be thin I believe Juventus will be able to win this match, predictions I was 1-0 for Juventus win.

[Sterbens]

Yeah Villarreal are one of the strong teams in defense. And I'm confident about one thing that they won't give up until the final whistle. This can be their biggest chance to reach at least the quarter finals in the Champions League. We don't see Villarreal in this tournament very often in the end. And big teams should always watch out for this kind of teams as they have nothing to lose. Hence, I think that Juventus will focus on keeping a 1-0 advantage if they score first. I don't expect them to play fully attacking in this.

Take a look at his opponent in the Champions League, Juventus, which in fact is a very difficult player for Villarreal to beat. Even though Villarreal itself is a club that is considered strong, perhaps with Juventus it will be a little different and become a big challenge to qualify for the quarter-finals. In Leg 1 the result was a draw, but in Leg 2 later I am still positive that Juventus can beat the match.

[Maestro75]

They are not the club with the most championship trophies for no reason, they know how to play and it is in their DNA, most of their players actually have like what 3-4 UCL cups? Maybe even more who knows. That experience during those stages matter a lot.

It was the same way we knew of Barca as a mighty club. But today nobody talks of Barcelona with respect as a team with winning mentality. Things change and we know that form is not a permanent thing with sportsmen. A winning club can be destroyed by player injuries and also locker room disagreement which are allowed to get hold of them on the pitch. Things can get bad for any club and their players. There is no club that has winning forever in their DNA.

[LittleBitFunny]

Yeah Villarreal are one of the strong teams in defense. And I'm confident about one thing that they won't give up until the final whistle. This can be their biggest chance to reach at least the quarter finals in the Champions League. We don't see Villarreal in this tournament very often in the end. And big teams should always watch out for this kind of teams as they have nothing to lose. Hence, I think that Juventus will focus on keeping a 1-0 advantage if they score first. I don't expect them to play fully attacking in this.

For Villarreal, Juventus is neither too hard nor too easy opponent. If Villarreal can play well, they will win. Juventus beat Sampdoria 3-1 in yesterday's match. Juventus did not play very well. But their gameplay was tidy so they won. Villarreal's defense is very strong. Villarreal can win if the forwards players play well. However, this is Juventus' home match. All teams are strong in their home.

[yayayo]

Yeah Villarreal are one of the strong teams in defense. And I'm confident about one thing that they won't give up until the final whistle. This can be their biggest chance to reach at least the quarter finals in the Champions League. We don't see Villarreal in this tournament very often in the end. And big teams should always watch out for this kind of teams as they have nothing to lose. Hence, I think that Juventus will focus on keeping a 1-0 advantage if they score first. I don't expect them to play fully attacking in this.

For Villarreal, Juventus is neither too hard nor too easy opponent. If Villarreal can play well, they will win. Juventus beat Sampdoria 3-1 in yesterday's match. Juventus did not play very well. But their gameplay was tidy so they won. Villarreal's defense is very strong. Villarreal can win if the forwards players play well. However, this is Juventus' home match. All teams are strong in their home.

Both Juventus and Villareal are happy with the draw. They both could have faced completely different opponents. After the 1-1 in the first game, nothing has been decided yet. The fact that goals scored no longer count double is a slight disadvantage for Juventus, otherwise a 0-0 would be enough to advance to the next round. Juventus should normally finish this at home.

ya.ya.yo!

[KTChampions]

Man United vs Atletico Madrid

This is a difficult match to predict because the two clubs are still very inconsistent in playing the game.
but indeed I still tend to MU here even though they have to improve their defensive line, especially discipline Meguire who always makes mistakes unnecessarily

Yes, his series of critical errors has already been several matches. I hope this does not start to put pressure on him psychologically. United's victory over Tottenham is encouraging given the fact that Atlético beat Cadiz, but showed a very uncertain game. I hope that United will stop swinging like a pendulum from a bad result to a good one and back again and show a good game. They lost the season in the EPL but still have something to show in the Champions League.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Yeah Villarreal are one of the strong teams in defense. And I'm confident about one thing that they won't give up until the final whistle. This can be their biggest chance to reach at least the quarter finals in the Champions League. We don't see Villarreal in this tournament very often in the end. And big teams should always watch out for this kind of teams as they have nothing to lose. Hence, I think that Juventus will focus on keeping a 1-0 advantage if they score first. I don't expect them to play fully attacking in this.

For Villarreal, Juventus is neither too hard nor too easy opponent. If Villarreal can play well, they will win. Juventus beat Sampdoria 3-1 in yesterday's match. Juventus did not play very well. But their gameplay was tidy so they won. Villarreal's defense is very strong. Villarreal can win if the forwards players play well. However, this is Juventus' home match. All teams are strong in their home.

I think the strengths of Juventus and Villarreal are very balanced, nothing is easy in this match, I think the chances of both teams to advance to the next round are still 50-50. and everything is still possible.
I predict Juventus will win because of mentality not quality, just like Real Madrid beat PSG even though they were behind and the quality of their players lost to PSG but the mentality of the big game when competing with high tension in UCL matches until they get the win.
Likewise with Juventus, I think the mentality of Juventus is much bigger than that of Villarreal because Juventus is far more experienced in the UCL stage than Villarreal.
The match will be very tight and my prediction is that Juventus will win by a narrow score, maybe 1-0 and that is enough for Juventus to qualify for the next round.