UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[Doell]

Real Madrid always surprises at the end of the match, Shakhtar should have been more wary in the last minute, today heroes is Antonio Rudiger and Kroos. Matchday 4 was full of surprises, we saw Manchester City couldn't get a score and PSG also ended in a Draw, but not for Chelsea under manager Graham Potter getting better.

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[royalfestus]

The red card that Tomori received was considered by some on social media to be inappropriate, he should have been given a yellow card and a penalty. But it seems the referee was very clear on his decision and all parties should be able to accept this decision. in the second half no goals were created until the last minute. Maigan absence was very influential on the AC Milan defense and also Tomori red card made the atmosphere of AC Milan game feel like it was out of control. Fick ac milan must accept the harsh reality in this match and their chances in the champions league will be very small to qualify for the next round.

the role the referee play will make the game a controversial one. It is quite debateble and the decision of the VAR is not justified. More than 5 referees had to take a decision on that red card that is controversial. The Tomori defence is not hard on the player, very soft, though is goal bound however he was not the last man at the back the time. I am a chelsea fan and I will wait to hear from other referees their verdicts on the decision.

[G_Besar]

The red card that Tomori received was considered by some on social media to be inappropriate, he should have been given a yellow card and a penalty. But it seems the referee was very clear on his decision and all parties should be able to accept this decision. in the second half no goals were created until the last minute. Maigan absence was very influential on the AC Milan defense and also Tomori red card made the atmosphere of AC Milan game feel like it was out of control. Fick ac milan must accept the harsh reality in this match and their chances in the champions league will be very small to qualify for the next round.

the role the referee play will make the game a controversial one. It is quite debateble and the decision of the VAR is not justified. More than 5 referees had to take a decision on that red card that is controversial. The Tomori defence is not hard on the player, very soft, though is goal bound however he was not the last man at the back the time. I am a chelsea fan and I will wait to hear from other referees their verdicts on the decision.

I am very disappointed with tonight's match, because the Milan players got a red card and maybe the referee thought he was right with his decision. Even though this match was highly anticipated by many people and I'm sure everyone would like to watch the game normally, it's a shame that this match was spoiled by the situation.

[rby]

Tonight Champions League fixtures has taught us many things personally I have learnt many things tonight.

It is obvious that no club is Invincible in this champions league and it is clear that PSG cannot beat Benfica. After the first match I thought that on the return match PSG will be able to win convincingly but it is obvious that they failed twice. Onthe other hand Juventus loss to Meccabi I don't even know the magic or the luck that is still holding Juventus from sucking their coach.

Manchester City decided to rest their super striker and then got unlucky and drew the match with a red card and Real Madrid suffered and had to bleed Rudiga in order to get a draw .

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

the role the referee play will make the game a controversial one. It is quite debateble and the decision of the VAR is not justified. More than 5 referees had to take a decision on that red card that is controversial. The Tomori defence is not hard on the player, very soft, though is goal bound however he was not the last man at the back the time. I am a chelsea fan and I will wait to hear from other referees their verdicts on the decision.

I'm a Chelsea fan but wasn't happy with the way the game went, the referee made the game boring and in favor of Chelsea to dominate. How can that be a red card for Tomori and what was going on with all the yellow cards here and there that the referee was just issuing. The incident on Mount was definitely a fowl and penalty but Red card, no. I'm even surprised that there was not another red card in the game as the amount of players that receive a yellow card was much.

Nevertheless we'll take the win as this could have gone the other way and we (Chelsea fans) would had been the ones crying about the referee poor officiating. It is no news that we are always at the receiving end of poor refereeing in the premier league so when one goes our way, we just have to accept it. We're now top of the group and another clean sheet for Kepa, seems Mendy won't be getting his shot at the post anytime soon.

[arallmuus]

Not only was the Copenhagen Vs Manchester City match strange

It was not actually that strange if you take into account that Haaland has been scoring like close or over 50% of all City's goal this season so playing without Haaland pretty much means that they are playing with a whole different strategy that they are not familiar with. The missed penalty and the red card totally made it worse for the team to play with that whole new strategy though

[BuNga_cute]

Strange that Manchester City did not win today at Copenhagen. But of course there was no pressure at all on that match. At the moment PSG - Benfica is 1-1, it didn't look like that for a while. Most striking is the result of Shaktar Donetsk - Real Madrid, which is currently 1-0 for Donetsk. I'm sure the gun factor is very high for the team from Ukraine. I don't know if it's enough to win, we still have a while to go. It would be a stunt. Chelsea seem to have taken the win anyway as they are still 0-2 up and Milan seems to be getting no closer.

In my opinion there are two factors why Man City failed to win, the first Man City did not play its main players. Because Guardiola considers
the match against Copenhagen not an important match and must be won. Therefore, Guardiola chose to rotate some of his players, including
Haaland who did not play at all in that match. The second reason why Man City could not beat Copenhagen was that Man City had already received
a red card in the 30th minute, and playing with 10 players is not easy. So it's only natural that the Copenhagen vs Man City match ended in a draw.
Moreover, the Dortmund vs Sevilla match also ended in a draw, meaning Man City is still safe at the top of Group G. What is certain is that it is most
likely that Man City and Dortmund will qualify from Group G,  because the points that are owned by Man City and Dortmund are difficult to be pursued
by Sevilla and Copenhagen.

Unexpectedly PSG again failed to win against Benfica, in which PSG and Benfica's match ended in a draw. But PSG and Benfica certainly qualified from
the group stage, as Juventus were surprisingly beaten by Maccabi Haifa. Then the match Shakhtar vs Real Madrid ended in a draw, but it didn't matter
to Real Madrid, because previously Real Madrid had won 3 victories, meaning the points owned by Real Madrid are difficult to catch. So I really believe
Real Madrid will definitely qualify for the next round. Then AC Milan lost again against Chelsea, meaning that AC Milan's position is not safe now.
Naturally, AC Milan was difficult to face Chelsea because in the 18th minute Fikayo Tomori got a red card. By only playing 10 men it is very difficult
to face Chelsea who do have a lot of good players. I am increasingly amazed by Graham Potter, the positive results have continued to be obtained
by Chelsea since Potter became Chelsea coach. Although Chelsea's position in Group E has not been said to be safe too,  looking at Chelsea's performance
so far I am very optimistic that Chelsea will definitely qualify for the next round.

[SatoPrincess]

Copenhagen are a good side but shouldn't be difficult competition for Manchester City, the red card gave Copenhagen thr upper hand in the game but in my opinion Manchester City were a the better side. It’s disappointing Manchester City were unable to find a winning goal in this game even with one man down. This disappointing result is giving the impression that “No Haaland no Manchester City”

[Furious 7]

Copenhagen are a good side but shouldn't be difficult competition for Manchester City, the red card gave Copenhagen thr upper hand in the game but in my opinion Manchester City were a the better side. It’s disappointing Manchester City were unable to find a winning goal in this game even with one man down. This disappointing result is giving the impression that “No Haaland no Manchester City”

Interestingly in this match even though City lost players, their dominance still could not be eliminated when facing Copenhagen. in the last 3 matches it's actually not that important to win for City so they even rotated quite a lot in this match and this could also make the players more ready to face Liverpool and the substitutes still have a chance to play.
Regardless of the score, I still enjoyed this match.

[nara1892]

Chelsea vs milan a return match from Chelsea, Ac Milan  playing home from the former defeat from Chelsea is going to be an entertaining match to Chelsea fans feeling or rather thinking Acmilan is a cheap club to beat the second time  the match set to begin 20:00 my chips will be set to eat during the match to keep my self entertained  am predicting a draw match between the two clubs  given Chelsea 2.28  and Milan 3.30 I feel like Milan will not want to accept defeat from Chelsea, after their previous game.

Chelsea's victory in the previous match was surprising after seeing their performance in several matches. 3-0 is a result that is beyond the prediction that many talk about AC Milan will get points in that match. But Chelsea can break all the doubts that have been pinned on them lately. In Group E, everything is still possible, because no team really dominates the standings. Whoever will be the winner in this match, they will further widen their chances of qualifying from this preliminary round.

Leo Messi will miss tomorrow's Champions League match between PSG and Benfica due to an injury. It is good news for Benfica that their focus has shifted over to other players. Having him absent is definitely a big loss, but the good thing is that it's a home game. If Mbappe and Neymar both contribute to the win, it would be great. We can pray for his speedy recovery, he will certainly miss tomorrow's game.

You are right if Lionel Messi doesn't play then the focus of Benfica's players will be reduced and he can focus on other players. But the task of these two teams seems a little easier compared to Juventus, if the same result happens again this match will not be a problem for them. Because I don't think that Juventus will get maximum points from the 3 matches they will run.
Back to the Paris Saint Germain and Benfica matches, if Benfica can repeat the same game as before then their chances of getting points are very high in this match.

Chelsea has a difficult match against Milan and its completely different then in London,they won 3-0 at home but to win on a hot away field is really hard and Milan also coming to this match from a really big win in their league against Juventus so we can expect a really good match tonight between these two teams with lots of goals from both sides.

The fact that in this match they did not experience any difficulties and Milan are now the clowns of the Champions League this season although indeed in this match losing one player from the first 20 minutes of the match clearly made them suffer a lot.
Currently the chance for Milan is slightly slim and they must be able to win in the last 2 matches if they really want to qualify for the Champions League.
Obviously this is not something easy for them especially in this case Salzburg and Zagreb chances are still the same.

[Marykeller]

Juventus becoming a joke honestly. Today's game was supposed to be an easy one and at this point, they could say goodbye to CL..almost.
City getting a draw against Copenhagen was unexpected too. Mahrez missed a penalty in the first half and they were playing with 10 players most of the time.
In the remaining games, PSG and Chelsea are leading while Real Madrid is 1 goal behind Donetsk

PSG and Benfica have drawn, which means that Juventus are 5 points behind both of these teams, which means 99% elimination from the tournament with two rounds to go.
In general, surprising results today, the only thing that is bad is the small number of goals scored.

We have about 4 draw matches out of the 8games played today in champions league games. The big teams that are supposed to win, draw in their matches. Which is quite disappointing and unbelievable. The whole match played today is full of a physical compact. No team was less aggressive than her opponent. To qualify for the 2nd round will now depend on your physical strength cos no team will allow the other to win her easily

[lalabotax]

Manchester City decided to rest their super striker and then got unlucky and drew the match with a red card and Real Madrid suffered and had to bleed Rudiga in order to get a draw .

It is good to let Haaland sit on the bench in this match because it is not a really crucial match. A draw isn't a too bad result, at least Man City can get 1 point and they still lead the table. In the next matchday, they will against Dortmund, it will be a crucial match that requires Haaland to play fulltime. So, resting on the bench in this match is the right decision.

Regarding Real Madrid, they finally get 1 point from a single goal made by Rudiger in minute 90+5'. From this match, we can see that Real Madrid is no longer as strong as the last season. Their productivity in scoring is decreasing much. They are lucky that they have strong midfielders and defenders.

[rby]

Manchester City decided to rest their super striker and then got unlucky and drew the match with a red card and Real Madrid suffered and had to bleed Rudiga in order to get a draw .

It is good to let Haaland sit on the bench in this match because it is not a really crucial match. A draw isn't a too bad result, at least Man City can get 1 point and they still lead the table. In the next matchday, they will against Dortmund, it will be a crucial match that requires Haaland to play fulltime. So, resting on the bench in this match is the right decision.

This is rather a poor calculation if it was what Guardiola did. This is group match and every match has a maximum of 3 points to be grabbed. Assuming Manchester City won today against Copenhagen, they would  have been under zero pressure to play Dortmund. 
Why rest your best striker in champions league, where else do you want to play him. That was how Guardiola substituted him the other time that he got a brace and denied him Hatrick.
I am beginning to dislike the whole thing, Guardiola should be very careful with Haaland. He should allow this guy make his history in champions league please. That is the most prestigious league in football and other players like Mbappe, Benzema,  Lewandowski, Messi are in this league.
I don't support Guardiola's decisions on Haaland.

[dataispower]

They ended with 2 zeros though the capitalized and maintained their precious goals instead of putting efforts to have more goals. Chelsea were playing with full confidence and even having nice passed across them selves than the AC milan, there is no sign of settlement among them self so do we say chelsea is more higher than the ACM.

Chelsea actually served us with a synchronizing and admirable football construction that needs to be thunderously applauded. The precision, the coordination and flow was topnotch.
It's safe to say that Aubameyang has broken the jinx of goal drought surrounding the number nine jersey.
Confidence is gradually coming back to the team. It's good to be back to winning ways.

The only thing i noticed in Chelsea team is that they system of football have changed and they are playing more better in football, at least two of their matches currently no one they have lose again as they were losing again, i think that all their matches now is impressive because of the featuring of the team and coach, and it seems that they have gone back to their drawing board to identify the fault of losing numerous matches, some times it's not the effort of the coach that determine winning in football clubs or team.

[alpamar99]

They ended with 2 zeros though the capitalized and maintained their precious goals instead of putting efforts to have more goals. Chelsea were playing with full confidence and even having nice passed across them selves than the AC milan, there is no sign of settlement among them self so do we say chelsea is more higher than the ACM.

The problem is in the number of players.
In this match Milan were clearly determined to get points, but when they lost a game even from the start of the first half it was clear it became very difficult for Milan.
Even though both clubs played quite hard in this match but Chelsea's advantage is clearly more because they are playing with 11 men but Milan are only playing with 10 men and their defender is limping.

[SOKO-DEKE]

They ended with 2 zeros though the capitalized and maintained their precious goals instead of putting efforts to have more goals. Chelsea were playing with full confidence and even having nice passed across them selves than the AC milan, there is no sign of settlement among them self so do we say chelsea is more higher than the ACM.

Nice to see Chelsea playing like this, the coach is really trying his best with the confidence his is building in the team. Chelsea have played three  matches on a row without conceived any goal that means teams the team defenders are doing great job. Seeing Chelsea ending the game in  2 - 0 was a surprise thing to me because ACM is not a small club, infact currently they are in form. I can see now that Chelsea is really ready  to fight for this champions league

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We have about 4 draw matches out of the 8games played today in champions league games. The big teams that are supposed to win, draw in their matches. Which is quite disappointing and unbelievable.

Today's game was indeed surprising and disappointing. It started with the shocking defeat of Juventus, the draw of City then PSG and Real Madrid. Dortmund also got a draw vs Sevilla which is weak this season in La Liga.
What I call a predictable ending is somehow Zagreb - Salzburg draw and Leipzig victory.
Chelsea won vs Milan 2-0. There is some discussion about the red card but the odds for this game were in favour of Chelsea after all.

[Rengga Jati]

Barcelona is in a hell group qualification in which there are 3 giant clubs there. Once one of them is lost, they will have a lower chance to be qualified for the next step.

It's hard really not seeing Barcelona to be the threat here. A few years or seasons back and they would have been our favourite choice to winning the UCL trophy. Now, they struggle to earn a ticket to the round of 16! We might as well see them to the Europa real soon.

Actually, Barcelona's development is very fast and the game is really good. However, because they are in a tough group, Barcelona has to fight extra to get the ticket. And of course, this will not be easy, especially with the tough rivals, namely Bayern and Inter.
Especially in Barcelona's next match against Inter, will be the decisive match for Barcelona whether to be number 3 or overtake 1. And in the next round, Barcelona will also play Bayern.

Not only was the Copenhagen Vs Manchester City match strange, there were several other matches such as Haifa Vs Juventus, PSG Vs Benfica, Dortmund Vs Sevilla and the last one was Shakhtar Donetsk Vs Real Madrid. I don't understand what happened to the top teams.

Haaland was not in the lineup at that time, but I am also surprised enough that the result will be only a drawn result. I thought that his absence will not influence that high. Fortunately, Sevilla and Dortmund were also in the drawn result, so the point is the same gained.
For Real Madrid, I am also really surprised, by the drawing result. Their main goalkeeper was absent because of an injury. I really hope that Courtois will be in very good condition next week, moreover for El Classico. 

[Wawa2013]

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We have about 4 draw matches out of the 8games played today in champions league games. The big teams that are supposed to win, draw in their matches. Which is quite disappointing and unbelievable.

Today's game was indeed surprising and disappointing. It started with the shocking defeat of Juventus, the draw of City then PSG and Real Madrid. Dortmund also got a draw vs Sevilla which is weak this season in La Liga.
What I call a predictable ending is somehow Zagreb - Salzburg draw and Leipzig victory.
Chelsea won vs Milan 2-0. There is some discussion about the red card but the odds for this game were in favour of Chelsea after all.

It's true that there were some surprising results in the Champions League group stage matches, some of the top teams failed to win.
This proves the Champions League this season is much more competitive than the previous season. Some great teams even face weak
opponents, but unexpectedly they failed to win. Just as it was a disgrace for Juventus to be beaten by Maccabi Haifa, whereas Juventus
and Maccabi Haifa have different levels. With the defeat of Juventus, it seems that Juventus chances of qualifying from the group stage
can be said to be closed. Because the remaining two matches Juventus have to face Benfica and PSG which seems impossible
to beat Juventus, if we look at the poor performance of Juventus.

[abhiseshakana]

Manchester City decided to rest their super striker and then got unlucky and drew the match with a red card and Real Madrid suffered and had to bleed Rudiga in order to get a draw .

It is good to let Haaland sit on the bench in this match because it is not a really crucial match. A draw isn't a too bad result, at least Man City can get 1 point and they still lead the table. In the next matchday, they will against Dortmund, it will be a crucial match that requires Haaland to play fulltime. So, resting on the bench in this match is the right decision.

This is rather a poor calculation if it was what Guardiola did. This is group match and every match has a maximum of 3 points to be grabbed. Assuming Manchester City won today against Copenhagen, they would  have been under zero pressure to play Dortmund. 
Why rest your best striker in champions league, where else do you want to play him. That was how Guardiola substituted him the other time that he got a brace and denied him Hatrick.
I am beginning to dislike the whole thing, Guardiola should be very careful with Haaland. He should allow this guy make his history in champions league please. That is the most prestigious league in football and other players like Mbappe, Benzema,  Lewandowski, Messi are in this league.
I don't support Guardiola's decisions on Haaland.

I think the draw against Copenhagen is not the target that Guardiola is aiming for but if we look at the conditions, where Man City have to play away with 10 men and they have to play without their goal machine then getting 1 point isn't that bad. I understand why Guardiola chose to give Haaland time to rest and only played Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva in the last 15 minutes because this weekend they will play away against Liverpool.