UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[rendravolt]

Since Pep Guardiola left Barcelona, it has been a difficult task for him to give one Champions League to Manchester City and after 2 attempt of a loss to Chelsea and dropped by Real madrid, I think the third time is deserved one for them, he didn't give up neither does the players, they have patient enough to lift this one. The only thing they need now is to finish Inter Milan in the final, the match has been decided but they shouldn't underestimate them because that is what they did with chelsea 2 years ago and they conceded an early goal and that was how they lost the battle.

Indeed, for a great coach like Pep Guardiola, it seems that he has had enough bad luck to be able to win the Champions League title since becoming Manchester City coach. He repeatedly failed and without ever giving up he did a very good job of bringing Manchester City to the Champions League final this season.

I think maybe that history must have felt very bitter for Pep Guardiola when they lost to Chelsea in 2020 and Real Madrid always haunted them to qualify. But soon we will see Pep Guardiola's dream come true next month and this is the most important trophy for The Cityzen this season.

It would be a great achievement if Pep Guardiola managed to lead Manchester City to win the Champions League for the first time. Now their chances are bigger after two seasons he failed and failed. Inter Milan is the last opponent they have to face. If you look at it now I think Manchester City will be able to beat Inter Milan, but we don't know for sure what will happen, maybe Inter Milan will fail them again right?

Even though I really favor Manchester City to be able to win the Champions League title this season, I also had the same feeling that Inter would reverse that advantage. We know that Inter's experience is also not to be taken lightly for this competition, they have won 3 Champions League titles so far and that is a pretty good collection of trophies for one of the big Italian teams.

Inter last won the champions league title back in 2010, at that time the coach was Jose Mourinho and that was over a decade ago they haven't won it yet. I think Manchester City can have an amazing squad this season but Inter have history in this competition and it is a prestige for Inter to be able to win this title again.

[Mame89]

It is true that Inter Milan has performed well in the Champions League. But look at Inter Milan's opponents in the knockout round. They played against Porto in the round of 16. In the quarter-finals, they play against Benfica, and in the semi-finals they played against AC Milan. I do not consider any opponent too strong. Manchester City, on the other hand, qualified for the final after defeating the likes of Leipzig, Bayern Munich, and Real Madrid. Manchester City beat Munich and Madrid quite easily. And so I don't think Inter Milan will be a tough opponent for Manchester City.

Regardless of the superiority of Man city because of its luxurious players, Inter came to the final confident with its history. Moreover, he once beat Pep Guardiola when he was still coaching Barcelona. I've seen Inter play against Lazio, that's a very good Inter Milan game, the Presingn is fast. Of course it's different from Man City which is already better. Surely Pep Guardiola will be very careful later.

What will make the difference is mental. Because Inter's pressing is incredibly tight and his counter-attacks are always dangerous. If someone says later that Man city will easily beat Inter with a big score, that's Bulshit. If Man City wins, maybe yes, but in my opinion, it won't be easy to win, let alone win big like against Real Madrid. overall the final match will run tough.

[shinratensei_]

We didn't see Haaland's outstanding performance against Real Madrid. And he missed some great opportunities. However, we can expect Haaland to perform well against Inter Milan as their defense is not as strong as Manchester City's attack.

At least haaland was making all of madrid defenders were paying their attention to him. Haaland has been missing some golden opportunities but if you were watching how all of defenders from real madrid put their focus into the haaland.
It's not the same like the first leg when any defenders of real madrid have their own target to be marked during the match. Haaland is always become a threat for its opponent but when it will be facing intermilan. I think that intermilan is also having lukaku which has same capabilities as haaland as forward.

[rahmad2nd]

We didn't see Haaland's outstanding performance against Real Madrid. And he missed some great opportunities. However, we can expect Haaland to perform well against Inter Milan as their defense is not as strong as Manchester City's attack.

You can see how Haaland is marked strictly by Real Madrid players. and how the first goal was created, the Madrid players focused on marking Haaland who had previously had several chances but was saved by Courtois. when everyone was focused on Haaland and De Bruyne, Benardo Silva had free space to move into the penalty area even though he was only one or two meters from Luca Modrid. unfortunately, it was too late for Modrid to shut down Benardo Silva and in the end City scored their first goal.  after that, the scheme of the second goal looked no different. again, Benardo Silva has free space near the goal of Madrid. which at its core, City is not just about Haaland alone.  when Haaland is not able to score for his team, other teammates can be counted on and it has proven.

So, in the final match will the Inter defender be able to withstand the onslaught of the City players? plus, closing Haaland's movements and marking him tightly. I won't say that they won't be able to, but what is more certain, we'll have to wait for the final match to be held.

[rendravolt]

We didn't see Haaland's outstanding performance against Real Madrid. And he missed some great opportunities. However, we can expect Haaland to perform well against Inter Milan as their defense is not as strong as Manchester City's attack.

At least haaland was making all of madrid defenders were paying their attention to him. Haaland has been missing some golden opportunities but if you were watching how all of defenders from real madrid put their focus into the haaland.
It's not the same like the first leg when any defenders of real madrid have their own target to be marked during the match. Haaland is always become a threat for its opponent but when it will be facing intermilan. I think that intermilan is also having lukaku which has same capabilities as haaland as forward.

What Haaland has done will definitely be the main focus for Real Madrid's defense in yesterday's second leg and it's clear the Real Madrid defense doesn't realize that there is a midfielder who really stands out like Bernardo Silva who often stabs at goal and scores goals. Maybe it's time for Real Madrid to start building a new squad for next season's champions league and their main target if they meet Manchester City again is to take revenge. Inter do have Lukaku who has a high status like Haaland, it's just that in my opinion Haaland is still quite superior in terms of aggressiveness, speed and physical contact. Haaland is more troublesome in my opinion than Lukaku.

[EdenHazard]

We didn't see Haaland's outstanding performance against Real Madrid. And he missed some great opportunities. However, we can expect Haaland to perform well against Inter Milan as their defense is not as strong as Manchester City's attack.

At least haaland was making all of madrid defenders were paying their attention to him. Haaland has been missing some golden opportunities but if you were watching how all of defenders from real madrid put their focus into the haaland.
It's not the same like the first leg when any defenders of real madrid have their own target to be marked during the match. Haaland is always become a threat for its opponent but when it will be facing intermilan. I think that intermilan is also having lukaku which has same capabilities as haaland as forward.

What Haaland has done will definitely be the main focus for Real Madrid's defense in yesterday's second leg and it's clear the Real Madrid defense doesn't realize that there is a midfielder who really stands out like Bernardo Silva who often stabs at goal and scores goals. Maybe it's time for Real Madrid to start building a new squad for next season's champions league and their main target if they meet Manchester City again is to take revenge. Inter do have Lukaku who has a high status like Haaland, it's just that in my opinion Haaland is still quite superior in terms of aggressiveness, speed and physical contact. Haaland is more troublesome in my opinion than Lukaku.

Pep using haaland as a trap card ... and it works really well!

As always it's a masterclass and it's against real madrid! Pep played it and ancelotti got trapped , that's why we witnessed that manchester city being so dominant to end real madrid campaign to reach the final and win the trophy , it's a mess for ancelotti ... he might really leaving after this to manage brazil national team.

[Alanaz]

We didn't see Haaland's outstanding performance against Real Madrid. And he missed some great opportunities. However, we can expect Haaland to perform well against Inter Milan as their defense is not as strong as Manchester City's attack.

At least haaland was making all of madrid defenders were paying their attention to him. Haaland has been missing some golden opportunities but if you were watching how all of defenders from real madrid put their focus into the haaland.
It's not the same like the first leg when any defenders of real madrid have their own target to be marked during the match. Haaland is always become a threat for its opponent but when it will be facing intermilan. I think that intermilan is also having lukaku which has same capabilities as haaland as forward.

Haaland acts as a substitute for the Real Madrid defense, and that allows other players to take advantage of existing gaps to score goals. That is part of the strategy, Pep Guardiola is well aware that this player will get tight marking, so he takes advantage of it with other players who can act as real goalscoring targets. And the strategy worked flawlessly.

[Jackl87]

Pep using haaland as a trap card ... and it works really well!

As always it's a masterclass and it's against real madrid! Pep played it and ancelotti got trapped , that's why we witnessed that manchester city being so dominant to end real madrid campaign to reach the final and win the trophy , it's a mess for ancelotti ... he might really leaving after this to manage brazil national team.

Well i don't really think you need a huge brain tactic in order to use the advantage of having a striker like Erling Haaland on your side that has this incredibly strong statistics this season. The defenders of the opponent will automatically focus on Haaland because everyone knows how many goals he has already scored this season, therefore other attacking players of Manchester City have more room to play and to score. This happens automatically i think and there is no coaching masterclass needed to make that happen. It will be interesting to see what happens in the final in terms of coaching, because so far Pep seemed to have "overcoached" a lot of times in big games.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I also think the same, for me there is no other team that is stronger in this UCL season, I do not deny that Haaland is a player who can solve a game quickly, and if Pep is a great strategist, I imagine that he has already studied Madrid from above and below and he himself recognizes that Madrid is one of the best teams in the world, he also knows that if Ancelotti assigns 2 players so that Haaland does nothing, he will disable him and let 10 players play in attack completely, this The game will be very interesting, I think that the winner here will be Madrid.

Manchester city are overhype in games compared to Real Madrid. It's important to state out the clear facts among both clubs, the Los blancos have the experience and confidence to win any opponents when it comes to UCL games while Manchester city have good records in UCL and also EPL. They got eliminated by real Madrid last season, although they will not take it easy on with real Madrid. However I'm pretty sure Carlo Ancelotti have a way he absorbed the pressure from Pep Guardiola, he always sort out good goal opportunities against English clubs. Erling Haaland is not a threat because if city midfield is comprehended by Madrid, Haaland won't be able to net a single goal in the game.

Well, we all had the hope that Carleto could solve the difficult situation, the first game was very useful to be able to know his strategies, but the second game back was the most important, it was the definitive one, it is not to detract from the other party of the teams, but I also think that Milan lacked a lot to prove and the Real Madrid vs. Milan final could not take place, just as Madrid did not like how Milan played in the UCL semifinal , in the local League they are in a normal way, not so Prominent, normally we have seen that many teams that are first in the Local leagues and win the UCL , but this case is very Different.

The Frenchman remains a central player for Los Blancos, despite their failure to retain the La Liga and Champions League titles, in a frustrating end to the campaign.

Benzema’s contract expires in June, but the veteran striker is expected to sign another 12-month renewal in the Spanish capital, as a show of faith in the 35-year-old.

Despite only managing four Champions League goals in 2022/23, Benzema has racked up 17 league goals, in an injury disrupted season.

Source: https://www.football-espana.net/2023/05/20/carlo-ancelotti-rejects-karim-benzema-criticism

[len01]

After Manchester City beat Bayern and Real Madrid by huge scores, there is probably no doubt that they will win the Champions League this year. Inter Milan have also played well in recent matches and got to the final for a reason, but Manchester City are much stronger than them. It will be a very big surprise to me if City can't win. But I don't think Inter can do anything.

already sure that Man City will really win this champions league with the performance of very strong players who can beat Inter Milan in the final round again. to be honest, I actually didn't think that Man City would be this great to be able to get rid of strong teams in the past like Real Madrid.
and I'm sure that Man City will get the champion's league title trophy even though Inter Milan is also very good but for me it can't beat Man City.
if Man City succeeds in getting the title, this will be the first title they have won and will be something new in the champions league.

[CryptoPanda]

We thought the same when Manchester City played their first Champions League final against Chelsea a few years ago. We all know very well how that match ended, even though Manchester City was a big favorite in the bookies.
The final of the Champions League is always a very difficult game, which is very difficult to play, and the game can very easily go in an unwanted direction.
Inter showed that they play very well and organized, especially in defense, and they should not be underestimated.
Of course, Manchester City is a big favorite, but favorites don't always win. The longer the Inter players last without conceding a goal, the greater their chances in the final will be, and the Manchester City players will be more and more nervous and the pressure on them will be increasing.

I hope that history doesn’t repeats itself this season with Inter Milan vs Manchester City in the finals. As much as Manchester City have proven to be a formidable opponent by eliminating one of the best in the history of the competition, it would be a pity to see Inter Milan winning the trophy this season.

[baeva]

We didn't see Haaland's outstanding performance against Real Madrid. And he missed some great opportunities. However, we can expect Haaland to perform well against Inter Milan as their defense is not as strong as Manchester City's attack.

At least haaland was making all of madrid defenders were paying their attention to him. Haaland has been missing some golden opportunities but if you were watching how all of defenders from real madrid put their focus into the haaland.
It's not the same like the first leg when any defenders of real madrid have their own target to be marked during the match. Haaland is always become a threat for its opponent but when it will be facing intermilan. I think that intermilan is also having lukaku which has same capabilities as haaland as forward.

What Haaland has done will definitely be the main focus for Real Madrid's defense in yesterday's second leg and it's clear the Real Madrid defense doesn't realize that there is a midfielder who really stands out like Bernardo Silva who often stabs at goal and scores goals. Maybe it's time for Real Madrid to start building a new squad for next season's champions league and their main target if they meet Manchester City again is to take revenge. Inter do have Lukaku who has a high status like Haaland, it's just that in my opinion Haaland is still quite superior in terms of aggressiveness, speed and physical contact. Haaland is more troublesome in my opinion than Lukaku.

Real Madrid will not be able to completely rebuild their squad in a few months, but they can do it before the match with Manchester City because it could be a year, two years, five years, etc.

I don't understand about Lukaku... How do you compare him with Haaland when they are completely different levels, Haaland is several times better than the former. Lukaku has only scored 8 in 22 games, he is bad at creating and taking chances.

[Ayers]

Pep using haaland as a trap card ... and it works really well!
As always it's a masterclass and it's against real madrid! Pep played it and ancelotti got trapped , that's why we witnessed that manchester city being so dominant to end real madrid campaign to reach the final and win the trophy , it's a mess for ancelotti ... he might really leaving after this to manage brazil national team.

Well i don't really think you need a huge brain tactic in order to use the advantage of having a striker like Erling Haaland on your side that has this incredibly strong statistics this season. The defenders of the opponent will automatically focus on Haaland because everyone knows how many goals he has already scored this season, therefore other attacking players of Manchester City have more room to play and to score. This happens automatically i think and there is no coaching masterclass needed to make that happen. It will be interesting to see what happens in the final in terms of coaching, because so far Pep seemed to have "overcoached" a lot of times in big games.

I also think that it is not some mastermind coaching. It is simple bait which the opponent seems to always fall for. And the opponent also knows very well that most of the time it is going to be really hard for a single defender to actually stop Haaland. So the team will almost always invest more players to stop him.

But while more than one player is trying to stop him the other players of Manchester City are enjoying space. And Manchester City is taking full advantage of that. I believe Manchester City has a good chance of winning both the Champions League and the FA Cup final. It will be actually unbelievable if they lose even one of that.

[lixer]

At least haaland was making all of madrid defenders were paying their attention to him. Haaland has been missing some golden opportunities but if you were watching how all of defenders from real madrid put their focus into the haaland.
It's not the same like the first leg when any defenders of real madrid have their own target to be marked during the match. Haaland is always become a threat for its opponent but when it will be facing intermilan. I think that intermilan is also having lukaku which has same capabilities as haaland as forward.

What Haaland has done will definitely be the main focus for Real Madrid's defense in yesterday's second leg and it's clear the Real Madrid defense doesn't realize that there is a midfielder who really stands out like Bernardo Silva who often stabs at goal and scores goals. Maybe it's time for Real Madrid to start building a new squad for next season's champions league and their main target if they meet Manchester City again is to take revenge. Inter do have Lukaku who has a high status like Haaland, it's just that in my opinion Haaland is still quite superior in terms of aggressiveness, speed and physical contact. Haaland is more troublesome in my opinion than Lukaku.

Now it's time to bring fresh players and having changes into Real Madrid because things are not going good after winning double in last season they completely outclass in this season with defence were completely not good, and they were focusing on Haaland and have no strategy for controlling other players which create problems, and they were not able to handle this all.

If we are going to compare these two players then surely things are going into Haaland favor because of his age and aggression is surely giving him advantage, but Lukaku is also a good player even his career is having too many injuries but still he can do good things for his team Inter.

[bitgolden]

The last game I know Manchester City won't allowed real Madrid to score my own reason is because there in home you can see that Manchester City have it in mind that they want the championship this season and they have been playing well that is why they didn't give Madrid any chance to score. Manchester City played half field with Real Madrid in the semi final second leg; they don't even give Real Madrid any opportunity of getting testing there goalkeeper with some short.
I was shocked when Real Madrid allowed Manchester City to win by a large margin by scoring 4-0 against them, despite the fact that Manchester City was at home and these is a horrible history for real  Madrid.

I think it is as much about what happened with the offense as it was about defense as well. I mean we are talking about a team that constantly attacked, City constantly had the ball and that mean that Real didn't really had that much chance to attack to begin with which caused them to have some doubts about what's going on.

This is why I am pretty sure that it is not going to be that much of a difference for Real to not score, because in the end City offense was so much that they scored 4 goals, if City defended even worse, would Real be capable of scoring 5 goals? Of course not, not when City had the ball attacking this much, so it wasn't really much about their defense but their offense being a lot better this game than any other game all season long.

[Oneandpure]

No matter the kind of analysis and statistics you might bring in in the Champions League finals between Manchester City and Inter Milan.
Everyone knows very well that city is a better club than Inter Milan. Even Inter themselves knows about this. It is not all about the seasons success so far. In fact, I don't think that there is any club that will be more successful that Manchester City this season. The English Premier League is 90% done, The champions league is almost done and they are in the finals of the English Premier League FA Cup. So what are you talking about?

No doubt with Manchester City tactic and how smart their player until success lead to final stage with impressive performance winning bigger score from Bayern Munich on quarter final and Real Madrid on semifinal stage. Manchester City is typical team with ball possession controlling, always try with patience when build up attacking and seems not hurry up how to create attempt.

But difference with Inter Milan games scheme, actually its not easy for predicting Manchester City will winning without any fighting from Inter, actually with some myth about Manchester City and Pep Guardiola failure how to get Champion  League tittle. Indeed Manchester City have been success in Primer League and can't guarantee with Champion League will be easy for them.

[wiss19]

Even though I really favor Manchester City to be able to win the Champions League title this season, I also had the same feeling that Inter would reverse that advantage. We know that Inter's experience is also not to be taken lightly for this competition, they have won 3 Champions League titles so far and that is a pretty good collection of trophies for one of the big Italian teams.

Inter last won the champions league title back in 2010, at that time the coach was Jose Mourinho and that was over a decade ago they haven't won it yet. I think Manchester City can have an amazing squad this season but Inter have history in this competition and it is a prestige for Inter to be able to win this title again.

Right now, analysis and statics are completely favoring Manchester City with their performance is also at the top just because of this we have them in three competitions and mostly peoples are predicting they can win from 3 to 5 titles in this season but for me, we can have upsets as well because things are never been easy in Champions League last year we have Real Madrid from nowhere, and now we have Inter even they are not near to Manchester City, but their current form is surely amazing as they are performing in both competitions they can steal the show.
 
Inter after 13 years having chance for increasing their tally of trophies from 3 to 4 and Manchester City which is going to win first time can feel pressure which could be dangerous for them and their hopes for the first title.

[Rengga Jati]

Yes, seen from various sides, Man City in the media competition is indeed superior in many ways.

Undoubtedly, Manchester City is the best team in the semi finals of this season's UEFA Champions League competition. Erling Haaland who has been banging goals for fun this season was unable to score in the two legged encounter and that's because Madrid defenders where very much careful with him coupled with his failure to convert the few chances .

Yeah, exactly.
We are here ralking based on the data and statistic of each club squad performance and strength. Although on the field, everthing suprisingly may happen. But once more, if compared to how each club players and how their performance consistency so far in all leagues, Man City has superior factors than Inter. As long as Man City can play their best performance as usual, not underestimating Inter, and also can optiize ever chance they have, indeed, they can be the winner of UCL this season.

For Inter, this will be tough final. They have the experience, but they must work harder and harder in every line to face Man City. But whatever the result, Inter really has great achievement being in the final.

[alpamar99]

Even if that is the biggest possibility but on the other hand of course we cannot underestimate Inter in this competition.
Their condition is still unpredictable because they are indeed in the final with a big fight.
Right now though Manchester City is likely to get the trophy but this will not be easy for them especially this is the final match.

If the final was played with two legs I would give an even greater edge to Manchester city as this could give them the chance to make a few mistakes and have the opportunity to recover, but everything is going to be settled in a single match, meaning that every single detail matters and can make a difference during the match, Inter players know this so I will not be surprised if they approached this game with the idea of defending as well as they can and then try to resolve this game with a single score.

Therefore, when indeed in this case Pep wants to really carry out his ambition that always runs aground in the Champions League, then they must continue to work harder than now even though their current condition is good.
The final is still long and that should be maximized well, especially in the care of the fitness of the players, lest any unwanted things happen considering such conditions for the players are still risky when they continue to be pushed.

[izsara]

Haaland was ineffective against Real Madrid maybe. But if he performs solidly in the finale it would be a very special and unforgettable night for him. I hope he prepares himself well mentally this time. Because he needs to get better at finishing after this matchup.

The possibility still exists but if Inter can adopt some of Madrid's strategies, especially when the marking is strong there then Haaland may not be effective again.
The problem for Manchester City this time is not only Haaland because indeed when he forces him it doesn't go well, another scheme about several players in the midfield also having high productivity to score goals for Manchester City.

I do not understand why anyone will say that Haaland was in effective in Manchester City match.
How do you define in effectiveness? Even if Haaland goes straight match without scoring a goal, it does not mean that he is ineffective. Only his presence in the box of the opposition will give the opposition very high pressure, not to be stable and this will give other players such as Guodugun and Marehz and others opportunity to take advantage. Like the first match between Manchester City and Real Madrid, Rudiger was able to mark Haaland out but that created opportunity for Kelvin to take a beautiful shot.

Even if what you say is true but the fact that when he was locked up did become a problem.
The advantage of Manchester City is that they have a very good squad advantage especially in scoring goals because not only are the strikers good at finishing but some midfielders are also very good at doing that but on the other hand the conditions are when they are not good at doing that for the attack so when Haaland being locked in is a problem, because of course a striker's main job is not to be a distraction but to create goals in the game.