UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[gabbie2010]

temporary score chelsea vs RB salzburg 1-0. advantage for chelsea. but Real madrid vs LB leipzig still stuck 0-0. LB leipzig has been doing well so far. but i hope real madrid can score soon and win this game. because it will be very surprising if Real madrid can not score in this match. which is very surprising is Manchester city vs Dortmund 0-1. Man City are 1 goal behind. really heartbreaking to see Man City trailing by 1 goal. I think Man City could be better.

The surprises still continue in the Champions League Chelsea 1-1 salzburg  and Madrid 2-0 Leipzig we can make sure Madrid is safe
Meanwhile in another match Manchester City and PSG managed to make a comeback, these two teams are also guaranteed to secure 3 points

Another disappointing result from Chelsea in a match they could have won convincingly against a lowly rated RB Salzburg, yet they have themselves to blame for being wasteful in front of goal, they could have seal a win lately, however no thanks to Ziyech and Broja wasted efforts, now Chelsea are in a precarious position being in the last position in Group E table with one point only with back to back matches against AC Milan, if they cannot defeat RB Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb how will they beat AC Milan? though the group is still open for all the club for qualification.

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[SatoPrincess]

Yesterday games except Bayern,Inter and Liverpool all other ones ended with somewhat a surprise result,the more surprising being Club Brugge victory over Porto at 4-0 which was totally unexpected especially after Porto executed a so well game played against Atletico Madrid in the first game of the Champions League.I think tonight the favorites should win comfortably almost all of them,the only downside is that they will have lower odds but combined in a perfect parlay it can make the odd significant amounting to a good amount of money won.

We have witnessed some shocking results this week and the way I see things more shocking results are still to come. I also didn't expect such a result from the game between Porto and Club Brugge, the goal margin (4 goals) is the most shocking part of it not even the lose especially after an impressive game against Atletico Madrid in the first game everyone expected Porto to win the game.

[ShowOff]

Dortmund apparently is not as easy as I thought. Their defense was so good that Manchester City were unable to score in the first half. I enjoyed this whole match and overlooked many more because this was the best match in my opinion.

I was frustrated when Bellingham scored in the second half while Manchester City were still struggling to find a way out. But fortunately Stones managed to score a spectacular goal with a hard kick before finally Haaland completed the victory with his kung fu kick. 6 points now seems good to stay on top of group G standings.

Chelsea had a disappointing start to the champions league and with the recent sacking of the former coach Thomas Tuchel it is clear the club was not happy with the performance and the result of the game but that is past now, with the new coach arriving I think some things will change and I expect the new manager will come with new strategies and tactics that will improve the squad and their playing style.

Potter is also like Tuchel, he also still failed to make Chelsea win this match vs Salzburg. Obviously it's still bad for Chelsea.

[SatoPrincess]

surprising indeed to see Tottenham lose to the sporting. but Tottenham didn't play well enough. their position is under pressure. it keeps the game from progressing.
but if you look at the game stats, the two are quite balanced. Tottenham also had 12 shots, meaning they didn't just last the longest. it's just that they only take advantage of opportunities when Sporting attacks.
2 goals at the end of the second half, showed Tottenham lost focus at the end of the match. maybe right as they aim for a draw. but they lost by 2 goals at the end of the match.

It is unlikely that Conte wanted to draw this match, knowing the ambitions of this coach, he certainly wanted to win. He just chose a cautious defensive tactic, because he understood that Sporting was a difficult opponent at home. It's a shame to lose the match in the last minutes, the match was statistically equal, I didn't manage to watch it, but if the team concedes twice after 90 minutes, then this is a loss of concentration.

The Spurs defense had lost full concentration at the end of the game which resulted in conceding two goals it was really painful in reality a draw was enough but that says otherwise and I think the defense is still not focused so it is easy for Sporting CP players to end up scoring goals.

On the other hand, Bayern Munich succeeded in defeating Barcelona at Allianz's cage, which is the advantage over h2h, indeed Bayern has won more than Barcelona, so it's only natural that they can win again.
But we'll see how the revenge will be at Camp Nou.

Spurs are still shaky defensively, it is really disappointing to be losing the first game of the competition as all games are important so as all points, Conte is an experienced coach and I believe he is able to identify the weak spots in the game and will restrategize and come back better in the second leg game. Bayern also defeated Barcelona  in the first leg  meeting, they will be anticipating a revenge game in the second leg.

[Slow death]

Game for in out for Juventus, another big chance for Miretti.

speaking of juventus, as expected they lost against benfica

Juventus 1 - 2 Benfica

when i saw that juventus would play against benfica i ran to bet that benfica would win this game, honestly as a juventus fan and as a benfica fan for me both juventus and benfica winning for me would already make me happy, but as a bettor and thinking about the profit I bet on benfica that are at the moment a much better team than juventus. In my opinion, Juventus needs to change coaches, this irritating way of playing is already becoming a big disappointment, since last season Juventus has become a low-level team, today talking about Juventus playing against any team the person already thinks : " is it really that juventus will win? " even if we are talking that juventus will be playing against a small team I'm not confident that juventus will win, it's time for juventus to change coach

[SatoPrincess]

It will be interesting to see Juventus play Benfica... Many make Juventus the favourite, but Benfica have excellent stats over the last five games, unlike Juventus... I wouldn't be surprised if Benfica win tonight... By the way, there have been a lot of draws in personal meetings between these clubs, but Benfica has won more often... Let's see what happens today...

In the last match juventus was getting draw again salernitana. The performance that has been showing by benfica is far better compared with juventus. I would believe if benfica will defeat juventus in the next match. In my opinion if a good team can always become consistent on its performance.
Juventus has been showing so many inconsistent performance during several last matches. Benfica is more favorite for me to win against juventus.
I do believe benfica can beat juventus easily. After losing from PSG and it seems like performance from juventus was decreasing

Juventus have been suffering inconsistency in the league runs, I can bare tell what the problem could for Juventus, they have the quality players in their starting line-up and substitutes and they have a good coach. Benfica seem to be doing much better in the group and with the way  they are playing I have a feeling they will top the table at the group level.

[sayaya17]

So Juventus is almost out from the Champions, they need a miracle to qualify.


Do they need to sack Allegri?

Juventus in the 1st match against PSG suffered a defeat I can fully understand, because PSG do have better quality. But the defeat of Juventus against
Benfica, is something that is very disappointing and very difficult to accept. How could Juventus, who play at home and have better quality players,
be beaten by Benfica. Even looking at the statistics, it is clear that Benfica dominated the match and deserved to win. Even though after Arkadiusz Milik
scored a goal in the 4th minute, I think Juventus can win easily. But my guess was wrong, Juventus played badly, as they were unable to attack effectively.
Too many mistakes made by Juventus players, it seems Allegri is not able to improve Juventus performance.

Although there are still 4 games to go in the Champions League, but if Juventus's game doesn't improve it looks like Juventus need a miracle to qualify
from the group stage. Seeing Juventus not only playing badly in the Champions League, but Juventus performance in Serie A was disappointing,
I agree if Allegri is fired and replaced by someone who is more competent. I see Allegri is not able to make Juventus perform well.

[terrorJR]

First half results:
Real Madrid vs Leipzig 0-0

Well, i actually predicted Real Madrid to win the game over Leipzig, at the first half was a very high tension level which i concluded all to be draws but i was amazed what happened on the 2nd half Real Madrid did a very great calculation by scoring Leipzig
Real Madrid vs Leipzig 2-0, At least i was on the right track and luckily enough to got it right.

Until now there is still no one who can stop Madrid's scheme by maximizing in the last 10 minutes because they look monotonous in the first half but during the second half, especially when the last 10 minutes of the match they always make a breakthrough that makes the opposing team gasp.
Ancelotti knows that the last 10 minutes are crucial so instead of defending he did his best by attacking totally and in this game it was like that too.

[Frankolala]

It is a great win for Manchester city.

Football is unpredictable especially the champions league that is why it is very surprising this season. Man City are have the best players so I believe they will go far this season but I can't count on them winning the final match,they lack the spirit of being desperate to lift the cup in the final games compare to Real Madrid. It is only if Real Madrid looses out before the final that they don't win the cup. Manchester City needs to be more desperate this season, if it happens that they qualify to the final game so that they can win the cup.

[SatoPrincess]

I haven't seen Lewandowski showing this much bad performance since the beginning of the season. Actually he was really trying but he was so bad at finishing. Especially one of his attempts was an absolute goal chance but the ball went right above the upper goal post. Pedri also had a very clear opportunity but he targeted the goal post after a great give and go. Bayern Munich were as usual. The first goal helped them start playing better and the second one came very quickly. Barcelona are still very unlucky against them but I hope they will win the game in Camp Nou.

I was expecting the Liverpool win. They needed this improvement in their performance after all those poor games. They had a good past against Ajax as well. Despite Liverpool's dominance Ajax still did a good job with the chances they found. Kudus scored an incredible goal and Alisson had just nothing to do about it. Salah finally scored and this would be a help for him to improve his effort. Ajax were nearly going to get one point actually despite being under pressure but they couldn't prevent the winning goal in the last minutes.

Lewandowski is past his days as the German goal machine. I am not surprised if he cannot perform as expected against a youthful and agile squad like the Bayern Munich team. Let's face the truth, he cannot put up the kind of shows we know him for anymore, he can probably put up an impressive performance playing against a less tougher side not Bayern Munich.

[ShowOff]

Until now there is still no one who can stop Madrid's scheme by maximizing in the last 10 minutes because they look monotonous in the first half but during the second half, especially when the last 10 minutes of the match they always make a breakthrough that makes the opposing team gasp.
Ancelotti knows that the last 10 minutes are crucial so instead of defending he did his best by attacking totally and in this game it was like that too.

In the end it is the last strategy to win the game. Being very attacking is great when the team is struggling to score goals, but the last 10 minutes of the game is a very dangerous time especially if the opponent is able to take advantage of the counter-attack then I think they will also concede. But so far Ancelotti's strategy has been useful for Real Madrid, but I don't think it will guarantee victory in every difficult match.

Manchester City needs to be more desperate this season, if it happens that they qualify to the final game so that they can win the cup.

Should despair or not despair?
Never give up is a more appropriate word for Manchester City.

[Smartvirus]

Another disappointing result from Chelsea in a match they could have won convincingly against a lowly rated RB Salzburg, yet they have themselves to blame for being wasteful in front of goal, they could have seal a win lately, however no thanks to Ziyech and Broja wasted efforts, now Chelsea are in a precarious position being in the last position in Group E table with one point only with back to back matches against AC Milan, if they cannot defeat RB Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb how will they beat AC Milan? though the group is still open for all the club for qualification.

Chelsea had all the chance to not end this game in a draw. So many unconverted chances in the first half and we saw similar chances chances the second half too. No doubt they played good football until the losed ball right from the RB Salzburg's halve that couldn't count as a foul, followed by some defensive error until Noah Okafor had it in the post.
Then you could see the coach lashing put with several substitutions and both Broja and Ziyech had pretty good attempt biy Ziyech most especially didn't do enough to produce a goal.
You can imagine his first attempt that he could have just jabbed right above the goalkeeper but he dropped it simply and the keeper swept it right out.
I don't know but, the could be pit as it is.

[Docnaster]

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Pep is one of the most phenomenal coaches at the moment and he's a pretty good tactician in my opinion. It's just that the lack or thing that has not been achieved with Manchester City is the champions league trophy. while in the domestic league, Pep has proven their quality. The champions league is a game full of prestige every top team from various leagues gather here and the champions league there is always a big surprise in every season. manchester city is one of the strong candidates in the title race if we look at the quality of the players they have. and this is still the group stage I must not say a big disappointment at the performance of manchester city in this ongoing match. Manchester City are already 1 goal down and I think they can turn things around.

I wouldn't consider Pep to be one of the super human coach with alot of tactics you acclaim to him. There is no doubt that Pep is a good coach but there is doubt if he is so much tactical and better than his colleagues. I am not sure if Manchester City squad is given to Klopp that he would misuse it. The perfect thing is that the best players are playing for the best coach. Check the years of Manchester City dominance of the English Premier league if any other club has better player than them or has a better team depth than them.

What Pep is doing is what every other good coach can do with a squad as good as the Manchester City team. The day is stopped seeing Pep as a tactical guru was his champions league finals with Tuchel of Chelsea. I didn't  believe how Pepe missed the finals with armature featuring. He kept his natural 9 on the bench, Kun Aguero and played his false 9 with a midfielder in champions league finals. Then he left his midfielder open by benching Fernadinho. Infact I don't still understand what happened that day.

[Velvet78]

It was such a difficult but great comeback by Manchester City. Both of the goals Stones and Haaland scored were incredible. Stones scored by a rocket that the goalkeeper didn't even see the ball and react to it. Cancelo - Haaland duo were great in the second goal also. Haaland proved once again that he can score in every kind of situation.    I was really worried about Manchester City after seeing their struggle against Dortmund after being 1-0 behind. But magically they scored two goals in four minutes and it was really devastating for Dortmund.

[Rengga Jati]

First half results:
Real Madrid vs Leipzig 0-0

Well, i actually predicted Real Madrid to win the game over Leipzig, at the first half was a very high tension level which i concluded all to be draws but i was amazed what happened on the 2nd half Real Madrid did a very great calculation by scoring Leipzig
Real Madrid vs Leipzig 2-0, At least i was on the right track and luckily enough to got it right.

I thought that Leipzig will be quite an easy opponent to fight against, but in fact, that was not. Leipzig really could balance the game with Real Madrid, but fortunately, Real Madrid has more effective and accurate attacking lines. So, they could really utilize the 3 shots o target to be goals (2 of them). While on the other hand, although Leipzig seemed to like having balanced performance and ball possession, they couldn't get much closer to the goalkeeper, moreover they also couldn't create any goal with that condition.
Real Madrid further strengthens its position in the top standing in the group F.

[X-ray]

Chelsea had a disappointing start to the champions league and with the recent sacking of the former coach Thomas Tuchel it is clear the club was not happy with the performance and the result of the game but that is past now, with the new coach arriving I think some things will change and I expect the new manager will come with new strategies and tactics that will improve the squad and their playing style.

Nothing changed so far, chelsea's performance is so bad at this moment. 1-1 against zalburg. Zalburg was also a bad team as well. I just wanna say if changing the coach will not change everything. The result was so bad. This time chelsea was at the bottom position with only 1 point that already collected from a few matches. This team will not be going to the next round. Im sure about this. Chelsea was become a mediocre team since todd boehley bought it.
The performance and everything in the team looks so different compared a few years ago.

[Marykeller]

Chelsea had a disappointing start to the champions league and with the recent sacking of the former coach Thomas Tuchel it is clear the club was not happy with the performance and the result of the game but that is past now, with the new coach arriving I think some things will change and I expect the new manager will come with new strategies and tactics that will improve the squad and their playing style.

Nothing changed so far, chelsea's performance is so bad at this moment. 1-1 against zalburg. Zalburg was also a bad team as well. I just wanna say if changing the coach will not change everything. The result was so bad. This time chelsea was at the bottom position with only 1 point that already collected from a few matches. This team will not be going to the next round. Im sure about this. Chelsea was become a mediocre team since todd boehley bought it.
The performance and everything in the team looks so different compared a few years ago.

A very disappointing start for Chelsea. Losing and drawing a match is not the best way to start. The problem with Chelsea is from the midfield. The absence of Kante not in matches is making Chelsea not win as they are supposed to. Chelsea needs a better midfielder not someone like Jorginho.

This is the first match for Potter handling Chelsea as a coach, hoping to see him play the new and old players that are yet to be played in any match since the beginning of this season(premier league and champions league)

[poldanmig]

Today Champions League Results:


AC Milan 3 vs 1 Dinamo Zagreb

Shakhtar Donetsk 1 vs 1 Celtic


Rangers 0 vs 3 Napoli
After destroying Liverpool, now Napoli have also managed to destroy Rangers with a fairly large score and dominate the top of the group A standings with 6 points.

Chelsea 1 vs 1 Salzburg
The disappointing debut from Potter today and left Chelsea at the bottom of Group E with 1 point.

Real Madrid 2 vs 0 RB Leizpig
Although the match went a little difficult, but madrid managed to show a winning mentality at the end of today match.

Manchester City 2 vs 1 Dortmund
Dortmund Has been destroy by the sharpness of its former player.

Copenhagen 0 vs 0 Sevilla
After seeing Highlights the match between the two teams, I think 1 point is a fair result.

Juventus 1 vs 2 Benfica
Bad luck still to be with juventus at the moment, looks like they haven't been able to bounce back after a series of bad results in the league and champions league.

Maccabi Haifa 1 vs 3 PSG
A match that have quite a difference in quality.

[Raflesia]

Real Madrid 2 vs 0 RB Leizpig
Although the match went a little difficult, but madrid managed to show a winning mentality at the end of today match.

It's still the same as imagined. They are still going strong and it seems that the nickname of last-minute specialist still lingers in this regard for Madrid as we know they always scored last-minute goals last season and now it looks like this is still going to happen.
Their performance in the final minutes seemed different to the game played in the early minutes of the half and it seemed that this was Ancelotti's scheme and way to win the game.

[bhooscream]

Bayern Munich, in this match, is more effective nd could really maximize their chance to score the game. Although Barcelona's ball possession was higher, in fact, that didn't guarantee to score.

Sane is showing his best skill against barcelona. The defensive player of barcelona is not quite good at this moment. How sane could run freely without any defensive player in front of him. I think that barcelona has a new homework with its defensive player. Barcelona will against real madrid very soon and this will become a very good match and if barcelona will be performing like that and im sure that real madrid can make lots of goals.
Im feeling disappointed with the performance that has been shown by barcelona.

Sure, he really showed his best, moreover, with the recent situation against Lewandowski, he and all the squads were really on fire and at a very good performance. I agree that Barcelona's defense seemed a bit overwhelmed against an attack like Bayern Munich. This is really a PR for Xavi for the next matches.

@Davian144
Exactly, in that match, Bayern was good at every line, their attacking lines, mid, and defense were optimal enough. Those really made Barcelona little bit overwhelmed. Although actually Barcelona also could play very well, but without any goal and its effectivity, this means that loss is a loss.