UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

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Real Madrid should control the games against Manchester City and as possible have dominance in midfielder area,

Well, i don't think Real Madrid are going to control the game against Manchester City, in last season's SF when the both sides squared off, City controlled the game for the both legs, and still did not win. I don't think any football side can control the game against Manchester City, you just have to come up with a different game plan, and last season Real Madrid chose to hit City on the counter attack, which they were successful at.

Having said that, i don't expect Real Madrid to seek complete dominance against City, they will be patient and wait for their time on the counter attack, but i think it is City that would progress to the final this time around, they definitely must have learnt their lessons from last season and i am pretty sure they'd not allow it to repeat again this time around.

The counterattack is the only thing Real Madrid knows how to do better because they have more experience; however, Manchester City is also good at attacking now that they signed Haaland, and the plan has worked for them so far this season.

The Semi-Finals are a battle of Champions because both Real Madrid and Manchester City have experienced coaches who use different tactics to win games, making it difficult to predict, but this season, I believe Manchester City will eliminate the defending Champions.

[EdenHazard]

I see Manchester City becoming the dominant side in this game instead of Real Madrid, they got more formidable midfield and wingers to operate in this game more than Madrid do, but in other hands Real Madrid is well known for their ability to contain any amount of pressure coming from their opponent side which they did during the second leg match between them and Chelsea in the first half game and would finally sort their way out in winning at the end.

Ancelotti well known have a counter attack masterclass.

If by then manchester city had the possession and pushing all the time then ancelotti might winning it at the end of the game ... im pretty sure about it.
Manchester city and pep cant be overconfident being favorited by the bookies and everyone else.

[nurilham]

Everyone has been making predictions but to be honest, Madrid can lose this phase and so does Manchester City, the reason why I think Real Madrid will lose this Semifinal is attributed to the performance of Manchester City, these guys have been playing great games, no loses and Real Madrid has been doing off and on matches without any form of consistency and the reasons Real Madrid may likely win this round is because they have done it before, Real Madrid trash Manchester City even when they put in all their effort.

Everyone can predict Man City to eliminate Real Madrid because their current performance looks awesome. But I believe that Real Madrid is still stronger than Man City when it is in UCL matches. We know that Real Madrid was often in a bad situation, people predicted they will be eliminated, but they can show the people that they can deal with any challenges in UCL. Real Madrid is the most experienced team to win UCL matches, so I predict Real Madrid will be qualified for the final round.

[alpamar99]

Real Madrid should control the games against Manchester City and as possible have dominance in midfielder area,

Well, i don't think Real Madrid are going to control the game against Manchester City, in last season's SF when the both sides squared off, City controlled the game for the both legs, and still did not win. I don't think any football side can control the game against Manchester City, you just have to come up with a different game plan, and last season Real Madrid chose to hit City on the counter attack, which they were successful at.

Having said that, i don't expect Real Madrid to seek complete dominance against City, they will be patient and wait for their time on the counter attack, but i think it is City that would progress to the final this time around, they definitely must have learnt their lessons from last season and i am pretty sure they'd not allow it to repeat again this time around.

It is difficult to do that because it is typical for Madrid to hold back and defeat big clubs by relying on counterattacks, especially if you look at their performance last season when they faced PSG, Manchester City and Liverpool in the Final.
I think the conditions will still be the same even though this is risky but this is still possible for them to do of course especially on several occasions, Manchester City is a little late when facing a quick counter attack.

[baeva]

Real Madrid have completed all position except with center forward where Karim Benzema not have compete back up, for midfielder have many players between main and substitute with the same quality. For midfielder, Madrid has many option and there are not difficult if Modric or Toni Kroos have absent. But difference against Manchester City exactly Haaland, I worry who will give huge pressure for this player will enough with Militao or Madrid need use three center defender from Miliato, Alaba and Rudiger how to make Haaland can't have space for scoring goals.

Manchester City performance this season difference than last season performance where Real  Madrid success eliminated them on semifinal stage.

The problem is not just one player, but Manchester City's style of play itself. They are very fast, and English football in general is like that, but you are right, in the past Real Madrid did well with that, but I think the situation is completely different now, Manchester City as a whole has become stronger, even without the presence of Haaland, it will be a difficult match, but very interesting

The Champions League match between Real Madrid and Manchester City will not be easy for Manchester City as many people has thought. This is because the same style of football, which you say that Manchester City play is the same type of ball that Madrid plays also.
If you look at both teams, they all play forward passes and they are also fast and they have very good finishers and good midfeeders.
It is really going to be a difficult one for Manchester City even if Bookmakers have chosen them to be the favourites.

I haven't looked at the odds the bookies are giving me yet, I thought I would do that closer to the match. But still, I didn't say it would be an easy match for Manchester City. Yes, it will be a challenge for both teams, but I only compared the line-ups and suggested that maybe MC will win. And it will be great, an English team in a final against an Italian one, this kind of football will be much more interesting than another final against Madrid which is already boring, it makes the Champions League boring

[terrorJR]

Everyone has been making predictions but to be honest, Madrid can lose this phase and so does Manchester City, the reason why I think Real Madrid will lose this Semifinal is attributed to the performance of Manchester City, these guys have been playing great games, no loses and Real Madrid has been doing off and on matches without any form of consistency and the reasons Real Madrid may likely win this round is because they have done it before, Real Madrid trash Manchester City even when they put in all their effort.

Everyone can predict Man City to eliminate Real Madrid because their current performance looks awesome. But I believe that Real Madrid is still stronger than Man City when it is in UCL matches. We know that Real Madrid was often in a bad situation, people predicted they will be eliminated, but they can show the people that they can deal with any challenges in UCL. Real Madrid is the most experienced team to win UCL matches, so I predict Real Madrid will be qualified for the final round.

Everyone has their own perspective on this, especially the fans who are sure to say that their club is the strongest, whether it's Madrid or Manchester City with their respective advantages mentioned. But in this case it is clear that the conditions are not that simple because both of them still have the same opportunity, whether it's Manchester City or Madrid, they have their own advantages and disadvantages at this time.

[arimamib]

It is difficult to do that because it is typical for Madrid to hold back and defeat big clubs by relying on counterattacks, especially if you look at their performance last season when they faced PSG, Manchester City and Liverpool in the Final.
I think the conditions will still be the same even though this is risky but this is still possible for them to do of course especially on several occasions, Manchester City is a little late when facing a quick counter attack.

I'm not too sure that Real Madrid will use a playing strategy to take advantage of counter-attacks because if they do this I'm sure they will be under enough pressure to beat Manchester City. Because Manchester has the quality of defenders who are quite solid in their defense, so if counterattacks become a mainstay of Real Madrid then it will have a less solid effect in winning.

I think this match will be quite hot at the Bernabeu stadium because Pep Guardiola will try his team to play better than what they have done so far. They don't want to repeat mistakes like last season.

[Ndabagi01]

Everyone can predict Man City to eliminate Real Madrid because their current performance looks awesome. But I believe that Real Madrid is still stronger than Man City when it is in UCL matches. We know that Real Madrid was often in a bad situation, people predicted they will be eliminated, but they can show the people that they can deal with any challenges in UCL. Real Madrid is the most experienced team to win UCL matches, so I predict Real Madrid will be qualified for the final round.

The saying "once a king, always a king" is not necessarily true. Real Madrid is without a doubt the king of the Champions league and has accumulated more experience than any other side in that tournament. However, today's performance of Real Madrid and the performance of their opponent, Manchester City, will make you question whether they can defeat Manchester City and advance to the final.

Manchester City is the team they must defeat in order to win the champions league; nevertheless, they must put in extra effort because Manchester City is not a team to be trifled with right now if they must win the Champions league.

[SatoPrincess]

I heard Pep Guardiola is curse, atleast that's what podcaster say due to his misunderstanding with Yaya Touré and his agent way back, maybe this is the year to break that curse since their next opponents aren't in their best shape compared to other seasons. Real Madrid can't defeat Manchester city, they are desperate for the champion league trophy. Pep Guardiola and his boys has won everything locally and now they want to dominate Europe and to do that they have to win the champion league before moving on to win other competition that comes as a result of winning the champions league.

Yeah I also came across those statements on several occasions but I can't say because I am not a seer and I can't tell if their failure to win the Champions league trophy all these years has been as a result of a curse. This season they have another opportunity to try again but first have to defeat Real Madrid who are a huge mountain in the way of their champions league victory. Hopefully they can make it count or record another failure this season.

Real madrid have not been at their best level in performance this season especially in the La liga they have lost many points in the race for the title. Against Manchester United it will be a much tougher experience and they will have to be at their best to stop Haaland from scoring and Guardiola's midfield machines from dominating the game.

[GxSTxV]

After receiving the bad news of Luka Modrić's injury and his expected absence in the upcoming important UCL game against Manchester City the White House is in a tough spot. In my opinion Luka's services are irreplaceable and even with his age and long career there isn't a player who can replace him yet.
Fortunately today there is some good news for Real Madrid fans as I came across a hopeful update. Luka was seen heading to Marijana Kovacevic's office who is known for providing fast treatment for muscle injuries so maybe we will see him ready for the Champions League and absent for the Copa Del Rey final and you can find more details on this article:
https://therealchamps.com/2023/04/30/real-madrid-fans-happy-luka-modric-news/

[asriloni]

Everyone can predict Man City to eliminate Real Madrid because their current performance looks awesome. But I believe that Real Madrid is still stronger than Man City when it is in UCL matches. We know that Real Madrid was often in a bad situation, people predicted they will be eliminated, but they can show the people that they can deal with any challenges in UCL. Real Madrid is the most experienced team to win UCL matches, so I predict Real Madrid will be qualified for the final round.

People are underestimating real madrid, i don't even know why they were always thinking like that while at the same time real madrid is always winning more and more UCL trophy. I will not even underestimate real madrid at this moment. Manchester city looks like a very strong team with haaland but real madrid is having so many world class player. The player like benzema has also got d'or. That is also proving if the level of benzema is the same like haaland.
I think that if i gonna take real madrid at this moment compared with manchester city. pep guardiola has been preparing its squad to face this biggest match in UCL right now.
The next match gonna be a tough one as one from the duo milan will be qualified for the final. Ancelotti is also wanna adding more UCL trophy to its collection. Madrid has so many UCL trophies. The consistently from this club is real in UCL.

[shogun47]

Who says that Inter has been much stronger than Milan this season? As far as I can see they are about as even as it could get in Serie A with respect to both the points and the goals scored and conceded. There isn't really much of a difference between them. Inter has beaten Juventus in Coppa Italia, which I think shows that they are definitely able to beat Milan as well in the Champions League. This is a 50:50 game in my opinion. None of the teams really has an edge over the other team. Inter has a bit more pressure in the league as well if they want to qualify for the Champions League. Even though I think they can beat Milan, I doubt that without tons of luck they could also win the title in this competition.

Yes, it seems that Inter and Milan's performances are not much different, in Serie A they are also not very consistent. Maybe if you look at the performances of these two teams since the group phase, the Nerazzurri are a bit more favorites because they were able to overcome difficult obstacles. But I agree that the match between the two teams from this city has the same opportunity. It is very difficult to predict who will qualify for the final. There are several factors that will later determine their steps, such as pursuing targets in Serie A. Pioli and Inzaghi certainly have to rack their brains to be able to provide the best for their team and which targets will be their top priority.

Most people always like to talk about the odds, but if you look at the last season Champions League, how often have the odds been against Real Madrid to advance to the next round? How often have the odds been in favor of Manchester City or even PSG? These games are often decided by minimal details. Usually it isn't like one team gets totally destroyed in the first leg and can't come back in the second leg. We have seen a lot of come backs so far and it is perhaps the header in the 92nd minute or a penalty that could or could have not been awarded, or even a mistake by the goalkeeper or defender. It usually doesn't have anything to do with events anyone could predict. When Donnaruma failed big time against Real Madrid, nobody could have ever predicted it and yet it happened and turned the game upside down. I expect a very close game between Inter and Milan and the team with a little bit more luck is going to make it in the end.

[Asiska02]

After receiving the bad news of Luka Modrić's injury and his expected absence in the upcoming important UCL game against Manchester City the White House is in a tough spot. In my opinion Luka's services are irreplaceable and even with his age and long career there isn't a player who can replace him yet.

Ceballos is expected to fill in for him for the time being, but we all know he can't perform as well as Luka Modric in that position. Manchester City will be eager to take advantage on his absence, since Real Madrid's midfield will be depleted. Pep will put his boys in position to exploit the void in Real Madrid's midfield, whether he succeeds or not.

Fortunately today there is some good news for Real Madrid fans as I came across a hopeful update. Luka was seen heading to Marijana Kovacevic's office who is known for providing fast treatment for muscle injuries so maybe we will see him ready for the Champions League and absent for the Copa Del Rey final and you can find more details on this article:
https://therealchamps.com/2023/04/30/real-madrid-fans-happy-luka-modric-news/

I still believe that rushing his recovery for this upcoming match is a bad idea. It would have been preferable to skip the first leg and be fully fit for the second. Rushing the treatment could be harmful for them, and it could be even more disastrous if he has another injury during the game, causing him to miss the rest of the season. His treatment should be approached with caution and without haste.

[D-law]

Everyone has been making predictions but to be honest, Madrid can lose this phase and so does Manchester City, the reason why I think Real Madrid will lose this Semifinal is attributed to the performance of Manchester City, these guys have been playing great games, no loses and Real Madrid has been doing off and on matches without any form of consistency and the reasons Real Madrid may likely win this round is because they have done it before, Real Madrid trash Manchester City even when they put in all their effort.

Everyone can predict Man City to eliminate Real Madrid because their current performance looks awesome. But I believe that Real Madrid is still stronger than Man City when it is in UCL matches. We know that Real Madrid was often in a bad situation, people predicted they will be eliminated, but they can show the people that they can deal with any challenges in UCL. Real Madrid is the most experienced team to win UCL matches, so I predict Real Madrid will be qualified for the final round.

Real Madrid are almost like Arsenal you put too much hope and they will crash at the end
They do not even defend well this days that is also to add
The season looks like a good one for Pep to set and make history City has to knock Madrid off

[maju69]

Everyone can predict Man City to eliminate Real Madrid because their current performance looks awesome. But I believe that Real Madrid is still stronger than Man City when it is in UCL matches. We know that Real Madrid was often in a bad situation, people predicted they will be eliminated, but they can show the people that they can deal with any challenges in UCL. Real Madrid is the most experienced team to win UCL matches, so I predict Real Madrid will be qualified for the final round.

The saying "once a king, always a king" is not necessarily true. Real Madrid is without a doubt the king of the Champions league and has accumulated more experience than any other side in that tournament. However, today's performance of Real Madrid and the performance of their opponent, Manchester City, will make you question whether they can defeat Manchester City and advance to the final.

Manchester City is the team they must defeat in order to win the champions league; nevertheless, they must put in extra effort because Manchester City is not a team to be trifled with right now if they must win the Champions league.

But the king doesn't necessarily always win, right? they can still feel defeat. Now in terms of strength, Manchester City is better than Real madrid, but Real Madrid wins in terms of mentality with the wealth of experience they have. We'll see later, whether their mentality can bring positive results for them or it's not enough. But on the other hand, I think Manchester City is more motivated to be able to beat a team that is difficult to beat in the Champions League.

[Docnaster]

Everyone has been making predictions but to be honest, Madrid can lose this phase and so does Manchester City, the reason why I think Real Madrid will lose this Semifinal is attributed to the performance of Manchester City, these guys have been playing great games, no loses and Real Madrid has been doing off and on matches without any form of consistency and the reasons Real Madrid may likely win this round is because they have done it before, Real Madrid trash Manchester City even when they put in all their effort.

Everyone can predict Man City to eliminate Real Madrid because their current performance looks awesome. But I believe that Real Madrid is still stronger than Man City when it is in UCL matches. We know that Real Madrid was often in a bad situation, people predicted they will be eliminated, but they can show the people that they can deal with any challenges in UCL. Real Madrid is the most experienced team to win UCL matches, so I predict Real Madrid will be qualified for the final round.

In as much as it's very clear to most football faithfuls that Manchester City stands a better chance to eliminate Real Madrid and play in the final of this season's UEFA Champions League competition, it is worth of note to everyone that Real Madrid is club that knows how to get the job done in the competition especially when the odds are against them.
Manchester City hasn't lifted club football's most prestigious trophy and same is applicable to their players who as well has no champions league medal and knows that they are facing the 14 time winners Real Madrid who has 5 time winners in the squad. So it'll be a very tight encounter but just like bookmakers, I expect City to scale through

[SatoPrincess]

I have no idea why many people keep mentioning Luka Modric, this guy is really overrated.

He's already old, you can see his performance isn't that good anymore like the last year. Real Madrid currently depends on Kroos and Valverde, there's no other player has stable performance like both of them. Ancelotti will put a big hope to Camavinga and Tchouameni for playing this big match, since it looks like a gambling, I don't really believe they will beat Manchester City.

Manchester City has De Bruyne, Gundongan, Rodri and Silva, four of them are in the same level like Kroos and Valverde.

That will be blasphemy to say Luka Modric is overrated because not only in the Champions league or La liga has he proven himself to be worth the hype but in the world cup and every other International competitions. Talking about stable performance, Luka Modric is one of the best midfielders currently in the game now so you cannot say he is overrated or less important to Real Madrid.

https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2022/11/02/ancelotti-is-the-coach-who-has-won-the-most-champions-league-games-ever

Ancelotti has surpassed ferguson. I think that ancelotti will not try to mis the golden opportunity to win the UCL again this season. The key is to beat manchester city. As long as real madrid will able to beat city and it will become an easy task to beat the winner from the duel of duo milan.

Ancelotti is very happy right now and he was aiming to increase his winning count in UCL. It will be so good to him if he will able to win another UCL trophy again.

It's zidane who has been winning UCL three times in a row.

This indeed will be a great opportunity for Carlo Ancelloti to win the trophy twice in a row with Real Madrid and already we know how much determination and seriousness this team gives to the Champions league competition, I really hope Real Madrid can defeat Guardiola in this tie.

[bangjoe]

Everyone has been making predictions but to be honest, Madrid can lose this phase and so does Manchester City, the reason why I think Real Madrid will lose this Semifinal is attributed to the performance of Manchester City, these guys have been playing great games, no loses and Real Madrid has been doing off and on matches without any form of consistency and the reasons Real Madrid may likely win this round is because they have done it before, Real Madrid trash Manchester City even when they put in all their effort.

Everyone can predict Man City to eliminate Real Madrid because their current performance looks awesome. But I believe that Real Madrid is still stronger than Man City when it is in UCL matches. We know that Real Madrid was often in a bad situation, people predicted they will be eliminated, but they can show the people that they can deal with any challenges in UCL. Real Madrid is the most experienced team to win UCL matches, so I predict Real Madrid will be qualified for the final round.

In as much as it's very clear to most football faithfuls that Manchester City stands a better chance to eliminate Real Madrid and play in the final of this season's UEFA Champions League competition, it is worth of note to everyone that Real Madrid is club that knows how to get the job done in the competition especially when the odds are against them.
Manchester City hasn't lifted club football's most prestigious trophy and same is applicable to their players who as well has no champions league medal and knows that they are facing the 14 time winners Real Madrid who has 5 time winners in the squad. So it'll be a very tight encounter but just like bookmakers, I expect City to scale through

Indeed Manchester City have never won a trophy in the champions league, they have only ever entered the semi-finals and even then in the 2015 season, and today they are dealing with a club that has brought home the champions league trophy 14 times, it will indeed be a fierce match.
But if you look at the performance that was shown today from Real Madrid it was not as good as previous seasons, they tend to show mediocre matches, especially in Laliga, they are very unstable.
Judging by what Manchester City has shown this season, it has performed much better, especially after the emergence of Haaland into their squad, it made the goals rain at Manchester City very good, even though Citu had no experience in this prestigious league but I am quite confident in City's abilities today. this could kick Anceloti and his team out of this season's UEFA Champions league championship.

[sovie]

Everyone has been making predictions but to be honest, Madrid can lose this phase and so does Manchester City, the reason why I think Real Madrid will lose this Semifinal is attributed to the performance of Manchester City, these guys have been playing great games, no loses and Real Madrid has been doing off and on matches without any form of consistency and the reasons Real Madrid may likely win this round is because they have done it before, Real Madrid trash Manchester City even when they put in all their effort.

Everyone can predict Man City to eliminate Real Madrid because their current performance looks awesome. But I believe that Real Madrid is still stronger than Man City when it is in UCL matches. We know that Real Madrid was often in a bad situation, people predicted they will be eliminated, but they can show the people that they can deal with any challenges in UCL. Real Madrid is the most experienced team to win UCL matches, so I predict Real Madrid will be qualified for the final round.

In as much as it's very clear to most football faithfuls that Manchester City stands a better chance to eliminate Real Madrid and play in the final of this season's UEFA Champions League competition, it is worth of note to everyone that Real Madrid is club that knows how to get the job done in the competition especially when the odds are against them.
Manchester City hasn't lifted club football's most prestigious trophy and same is applicable to their players who as well has no champions league medal and knows that they are facing the 14 time winners Real Madrid who has 5 time winners in the squad. So it'll be a very tight encounter but just like bookmakers, I expect City to scale through

Indeed Manchester City have never won a trophy in the champions league, they have only ever entered the semi-finals and even then in the 2015 season, and today they are dealing with a club that has brought home the champions league trophy 14 times, it will indeed be a fierce match.
But if you look at the performance that was shown today from Real Madrid it was not as good as previous seasons, they tend to show mediocre matches, especially in Laliga, they are very unstable.
Judging by what Manchester City has shown this season, it has performed much better, especially after the emergence of Haaland into their squad, it made the goals rain at Manchester City very good, even though Citu had no experience in this prestigious league but I am quite confident in City's abilities today. this could kick Anceloti and his team out of this season's UEFA Champions league championship.

Manchester City have plenty of chances to secure a Champions League semi-final match. On the other hand, Real Madrid will use great strategy in this match, but Real Madrid team is not performing very well in other leagues except Champions League. So to some extent, Manchester City can be kept ahead in the match.

[makishart]

Everyone can predict Man City to eliminate Real Madrid because their current performance looks awesome. But I believe that Real Madrid is still stronger than Man City when it is in UCL matches. We know that Real Madrid was often in a bad situation, people predicted they will be eliminated, but they can show the people that they can deal with any challenges in UCL. Real Madrid is the most experienced team to win UCL matches, so I predict Real Madrid will be qualified for the final round.

I saw that most of people predicted that if manchester city would be winning the game against real madrid. I have different opinion regarding it. We shouldn't underestimate Real Madrid, who have won the most UCL trophies. Real madrid was a club with full of surprises. The fact that if real madrid has been winning the game so many times in UCL. Real madrid is also having more experience compared with manchester city in term to win the UCL. Im aware if these days people are putting their main concern into the haaland as the main striker of manchester city.
Haaland has been breaking more and more reacord in EPL with only less than a season I can't deny if that's incredible achievement by him but people shall remember that if real madrid has benzema which has been always playing in the highest level of football as striker.
I think that benzema had more experience compared with haaland. Manchester city and real madrid are a very strong team right now. Real madrid is still making me feel so confidence with it.