UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[onecall123]

In the Champions League I consider Manchester City and Real Madrid as favourites. Both teams have great squads. Those who have been playing football brilliantly through their well-crafted strategy. However, I am putting Manchester City ahead of Real Madrid, they have the potential to do well.

Although Manchester City and Real Madrid are the favorites to win the champions league this season, a clash with them in the finals would be fantastic if they didn't already have a matchup before then. Real Madrid needs to take the match seriously in the round of 16, since beating Liverpool won't be simple. The fact that Manchester City will be playing Leipzig, a team that isn't as powerful as they are, makes them luckier in my opinion than Real Madrid because it will be easier for them to advance to the next round.

Injured Karim Benzema continues to work on his recovery. He might be recalled to France's squad before the knockout stages of the World Cup! In their round of 16 match against Liverpool, Real Madrid would be ready to give threat with Benzema in the squad. As a result of Carlo Ancelotti's return, the team has been able to gain some strength and push towards goals. Real Madrid is fully confident that it will make the Champions League and win it in 2022/23. Man City has the opportunity to win the champions league again this season. The champions league is becoming more exciting this season.

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[Jody.Drummer]

In the Champions League I consider Manchester City and Real Madrid as favourites. Both teams have great squads. Those who have been playing football brilliantly through their well-crafted strategy. However, I am putting Manchester City ahead of Real Madrid, they have the potential to do well.

Although Manchester City and Real Madrid are the favorites to win the champions league this season, a clash with them in the finals would be fantastic if they didn't already have a matchup before then. Real Madrid needs to take the match seriously in the round of 16, since beating Liverpool won't be simple. The fact that Manchester City will be playing Leipzig, a team that isn't as powerful as they are, makes them luckier in my opinion than Real Madrid because it will be easier for them to advance to the next round.

I would expect a club that will play in the top 16 to show a lot of surprises, especially from a club that is no better than its opponent. Like Leipzig for example, we cannot deny that Manchester City is better than RB Leipzig in any way. As you said, Manchester City can be said to be lucky because they have an opponent that many people make people believe that Manchester City will get through this round easily.
If Real Madrid met Manchester City in the final, that would be extraordinary. Manchester City will definitely start their revenge mission after last season they were hit by a comeback by Real Madrid. What's more, it's a final that will be even more painful for Real Madrid if Manchester City can carry out their revenge in the match that determines who will win.

[makishart]

But like I said, it's too early to talk about the final because there are a few more stages for these teams to go through including Manchester City. There are at least 6 matches that will await them to reach the final, meanwhile Manchester City is one of the most likely candidates.

I agree with you. We don't know which team will qualify for the final. The group stage has just ended. And almost every team in the Round of 16 is strong. If even big teams like Manchester City or Real Madrid make any mistakes in the knockout round, they will not be able to qualify for the quarter-finals. So now every team has to perform very carefully. But I would be happy if one of PSG or Manchester City were champions.

Argentina brilliantly managed to qualify for the next round as group champions. After Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia, many thought that Argentina might not make it to the second round. But they performed brilliantly to win the next two matches. All the fans have faith in Argentina again.

The contribution from messi was a lot for argentina and im sure that PSG will rely on him at the next match in the champion league. PSG will be facing bayern. Bayern will have some new ammunition that will be coming in january. i do believe bayern will have a strong striker as a replacement for lewandowski as choupo moting's performance didn't make the bayern's coach feel satisfied with the current performance.
Moting was contributing a lot but bayern needs more than him. The problem is whether messi will able to beat bayern or not. Messi has a very bad history when it was facing bayern munich.
PSG will be using messi as a key to win the match but messi must go with different style. it must be long pass style and counter attack play style

[lixer]

I haven't thought about whether Manchester City this season deserves to be in the final or not, but it seems like Manchester City's focus right now is to win matches in every rounde. This is much more important than thinking about the final even though it is totally expected.

Pep Guardiola has learned a lot from defeats, in finals or other big games. The players have got to learn a lot about that already, so I think Manchester City's play and chances this season should be very good.

In this season Manchester City is doing good job as they are changing their strategy match by match which is surely favourable to win Champions League because if you are looking for better results in Champions League then surely you need to be play on match by match basis instead as you are looking for the spot into final here mostly performance and luck both needed for having win.

There is no doubt Pep Guardiola is having changes in his strategy and learning new things with Manchester City to win the title and in this season their main focus is also Champions League instead of fighting hard for the Premier League title they have few top quality players which can change game momentum and things could be good for them at the end.

[savetheFORUM]

Even though for now Manchester city already has Erling Halland who is playing very well and is able to contribute to the team and can score goals in almost every game, but I'm not sure that Manchester city can win the Champions League title, because to win the Champions League trophy you have to need mentality. champions, because having many great players cannot guarantee getting the Champions league trophy, because we saw the experience of the Champions league last season, even though Real Madrid only had makeshift players but Real Madrid managed to lift the Champions League trophy.

Erling Haaland is surely a big advantage for the Manchester City but as we already watch in his absence we have too many issues for the Manchester City so if they want to win this season then surely they have to work on this as well because his absence is surely having big impact on their quality and performance which is not good for the matches in knock out stage and if he has any trouble then surely this is going to be big setback for their title race.

Few teams are looking for this season to be in their hands, and they already have enough strategy and sources as well, but again nothing is surely for any team as on match day poor performance from any team can turns into big advantage for the opponents as it's usually happening in this event.

[bitgolden]

But like I said, it's too early to talk about the final because there are a few more stages for these teams to go through including Manchester City. There are at least 6 matches that will await them to reach the final, meanwhile Manchester City is one of the most likely candidates.

I agree with you. We don't know which team will qualify for the final. The group stage has just ended. And almost every team in the Round of 16 is strong. If even big teams like Manchester City or Real Madrid make any mistakes in the knockout round, they will not be able to qualify for the quarter-finals. So now every team has to perform very carefully. But I would be happy if one of PSG or Manchester City were champions.

@skarais the key thing here is the injury factor and in this case City is lucky as Haaland is not playing in the World Cup hence he’ll be injury free, but other team’s like Madrid and PSG already have injury concerns. Furthermore I would yet like to back Real Madrid because when it comes to champions league they just have to win it, but besides them I would pick City and that’s only due to Haaland’s insane goal scoring ability.

I would guess that City had some troubles with players as well, I mean like Kevin De Bruyne played for Belgium, that's a proof that it was a problem for them, and other players too. In the end Haaland not playing is not that great neither if you look at it long term, because World Cup is a place where players shine their talents.

I know City has no intention of selling Haaland anytime soon, they would rather keep him until he is 35 years old, but I feel like it could be something that would increase his value, and him being more valuable must be some asset they could take a loan against and that would be financially better for them in the future.

[Alanaz]

But like I said, it's too early to talk about the final because there are a few more stages for these teams to go through including Manchester City. There are at least 6 matches that will await them to reach the final, meanwhile Manchester City is one of the most likely candidates.

I agree with you. We don't know which team will qualify for the final. The group stage has just ended. And almost every team in the Round of 16 is strong. If even big teams like Manchester City or Real Madrid make any mistakes in the knockout round, they will not be able to qualify for the quarter-finals. So now every team has to perform very carefully. But I would be happy if one of PSG or Manchester City were champions.

Who can guess exactly which team made it to the final, we are only speculating here on strong teams like Real Madrid, Munich, Man City and PSG. It could be that two of these four teams made it to the finals or not at all. Football is full of surprises, no one can predict the outcome of the game with certainty. The seeded teams even fell faster than expected, there were also other surprises such as the underdog team that made it into the finals.

But in the Champions League it's rare for an underdog to reach the final. We can see from the past few seasons that it is the favorite team that is always able to go to the final. To predict who will enter the final is something that is difficult especially since this is still the round of 16 where there are still many matches to be played which bring together big teams and will beat each other in this match.

[safari88]

The matches all seem to be far away, but they are also creeping closer again. I hope we will see great games, and that Benzema and Mane will both be there again. I don't know how serious the injuries of both players are. But Liverpool also has something to put right after losing the final against the same Real Madrid last year. Real Madrid are currently in a better phase with football, but Liverpool could flourish again in the new year.

[emrecemsan]

Chelsea is a really interesting team when it comes to the Champions League. They always seem the underdog in this tournament. But they are always one of the teams to be careful against in the Champions League. Because they have played completely different here for long years. It is like they have been caring about this title more than the Premier League title in the meantime. I don't see other explanation to their success here in the recent years. We can give the 2020/21 season as an example for this. While not many people were thinking of them to win the CL title they just made it.

There is a question occupying my mind like whether this would be another season similar to that. But on the other hand I just don't give it much chance. Because we still haven't seen an example of a strong performance. They struggled against even Dinamo Zagreb so I don't know what they can do against the biggest title contenders.

[ginsan]

Chelsea is a really interesting team when it comes to the Champions League. They always seem the underdog in this tournament. But they are always one of the teams to be careful against in the Champions League. Because they have played completely different here for long years. It is like they have been caring about this title more than the Premier League title in the meantime. I don't see other explanation to their success here in the recent years. We can give the 2020/21 season as an example for this. While not many people were thinking of them to win the CL title they just made it.

There is a question occupying my mind like whether this would be another season similar to that. But on the other hand I just don't give it much chance. Because we still haven't seen an example of a strong performance. They struggled against even Dinamo Zagreb so I don't know what they can do against the biggest title contenders.

This season Champions League will look different from the various teams that have qualified for the last 16 because the teams that have qualified for the last 16 are very strong teams and it is difficult to predict in advance who will be strong candidates to win the Champions League. if we look at chelsea, indeed they performed better in the group phase by managing to win the group. but I doubt they will be able to continue their good trend in the round of 16 later because my doubts come from their front line which in my opinion is less aggressive in terms of scoring goals. contrast to psg, manchester city and bayern munich they are stronger than chelsea but that's just in my opinion.

Apart from that, Napoli cannot be underestimated in the Champions League competition this season because they are a very competitive team this season. i think we will see ucl title winner this season from unseeded team even though it is impossible but it will be our hope.

[Pokapoka124]

Chelsea is a really interesting team when it comes to the Champions League. They always seem the underdog in this tournament. But they are always one of the teams to be careful against in the Champions League. Because they have played completely different here for long years. It is like they have been caring about this title more than the Premier League title in the meantime. I don't see other explanation to their success here in the recent years. We can give the 2020/21 season as an example for this. While not many people were thinking of them to win the CL title they just made it.

There is a question occupying my mind like whether this would be another season similar to that. But on the other hand I just don't give it much chance. Because we still haven't seen an example of a strong performance. They struggled against even Dinamo Zagreb so I don't know what they can do against the biggest title contenders.

Most teams tend to take the Champions league competition more seriously than their league and Chelsea seem to be one of such teams the season because that is the best explanation to their successful stats in the Champions league and struggles in the league with same players and same manager. I agree with you that Chelsea should not be underated in the Champions league because if their poor form in the league, who knows whether the Champions league trophies is the major objectives for them this season.

[bestcoins1]

Apart from that, Napoli cannot be underestimated in the Champions League competition this season because they are a very competitive team this season. i think we will see ucl title winner this season from unseeded team even though it is impossible but it will be our hope.

Actually, this season Napoli is one of the teams that will be favored by some people because their consistency in Serie A has not faded this season. So the impact might also be very good for the Champions League even though the Champions League is a competition that is very different from the local leagues of each country. But in general, Napoli should not be underestimated this season because Napoli could give unexpected surprises in the Champions League this season.

[Jody.Drummer]

Apart from that, Napoli cannot be underestimated in the Champions League competition this season because they are a very competitive team this season. i think we will see ucl title winner this season from unseeded team even though it is impossible but it will be our hope.

Actually, this season Napoli is one of the teams that will be favored by some people because their consistency in Serie A has not faded this season. So the impact might also be very good for the Champions League even though the Champions League is a competition that is very different from the local leagues of each country. But in general, Napoli should not be underestimated this season because Napoli could give unexpected surprises in the Champions League this season.

Their consistency is not only in Serie A but has indeed had an effect on Champions Legaue and indeed this has been proven by only 1 defeat against Liverpool and this is Napoli's only defeat to date in all competitions that have been running.
Their strengths are now different, coupled with the consistency of the players, this is obviously a plus for them. but indeed the problem for now is that it is possible that there are several players who are indicated to be leaving, it is clear that this must be addressed immediately, especially if these players are core players and there are already several who are being targeted by other clubs now.

[X-ray]

Apart from that, Napoli cannot be underestimated in the Champions League competition this season because they are a very competitive team this season. i think we will see ucl title winner this season from unseeded team even though it is impossible but it will be our hope.

Actually, this season Napoli is one of the teams that will be favored by some people because their consistency in Serie A has not faded this season. So the impact might also be very good for the Champions League even though the Champions League is a competition that is very different from the local leagues of each country. But in general, Napoli should not be underestimated this season because Napoli could give unexpected surprises in the Champions League this season.

Im sure that none underestimated napoli at this moment. Napoli has proven its quality through domestic league. However, napoli may face a problem once it will be losing some important players and that will be forcing napoli to think the best rotation and im sure that will give a very big impact to the performance from the napoli. napoli is very consistent at this moment but i didn't think that if the change of players will not give any impact to the performance from napoli.
Napoli has tried to sell some of its players and it was looking for buyers that can pay lots of money to the club. Napoli has a very good chance to win the current UCL now. It's worthy to watch any match that will be facing by napoli and see how napoli will be dominating the UCL.

[Rengga Jati]

Im sure that none underestimated napoli at this moment. Napoli has proven its quality through domestic league. However, napoli may face a problem once it will be losing some important players and that will be forcing napoli to think the best rotation and im sure that will give a very big impact to the performance from the napoli. napoli is very consistent at this moment but i didn't think that if the change of players will not give any impact to the performance from napoli.

Indeed, in the early matches, maybe Napoli was not considered, but over time and seeing how they have performed so far, Napoli really deserves to be considered and they are excellent. I'm sure that right now there are no clubs that underestimate Napoli's strength, maybe even several clubs have targeted Napoli players. So far, Napoli's results have been very consistent and keep getting better. Spalletti is truly extraordinary in devising tactics so that they are always able to attack their opponents and maximize their chances very well. Not only that but this tactic was also carried out optimally by all the players. So far, the players have been quite fair and solid in maximizing their roles and there is no strong desire to force themselves to stand out so that it will actually interfere with the game. Maybe there was, but it could be covered by the solidity of the other players and in the end, it didn't happen again.

[X-ray]

Im sure that none underestimated napoli at this moment. Napoli has proven its quality through domestic league. However, napoli may face a problem once it will be losing some important players and that will be forcing napoli to think the best rotation and im sure that will give a very big impact to the performance from the napoli. napoli is very consistent at this moment but i didn't think that if the change of players will not give any impact to the performance from napoli.

Indeed, in the early matches, maybe Napoli was not considered, but over time and seeing how they have performed so far, Napoli really deserves to be considered and they are excellent. I'm sure that right now there are no clubs that underestimate Napoli's strength, maybe even several clubs have targeted Napoli players. So far, Napoli's results have been very consistent and keep getting better. Spalletti is truly extraordinary in devising tactics so that they are always able to attack their opponents and maximize their chances very well. Not only that but this tactic was also carried out optimally by all the players. So far, the players have been quite fair and solid in maximizing their roles and there is no strong desire to force themselves to stand out so that it will actually interfere with the game. Maybe there was, but it could be covered by the solidity of the other players and in the end, it didn't happen again.

Spalletti gives a very big impact to the performance from napoli but the problem will be coming very soon. So many clubs putting their eyes into the napoli as those clubs may be interested with some starting line up from napoli. That will force spalletti think to get the best rotation when some main players in the current squad will be gone. Spalletti is very happy with the current squad from napoli caused by it was still doing more and more winstreak against another team in serie a.
It seems like that the same trend will continue when napoli will be facing frankfurt which can be considered as a strong opponent. Frankfurt can't be underrated team.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Chelsea is a really interesting team when it comes to the Champions League. They always seem the underdog in this tournament. But they are always one of the teams to be careful against in the Champions League. Because they have played completely different here for long years. It is like they have been caring about this title more than the Premier League title in the meantime. I don't see other explanation to their success here in the recent years. We can give the 2020/21 season as an example for this. While not many people were thinking of them to win the CL title they just made it.

You're right for saying we cared about the champions league more than the premier league. At some point winning the premier league was quite easy for the club but the champions league wasn't that easy which is why we focused more energy here to get another one which we successfully did with the most underrated team in history to win the tournament. I mean we won the competition with just academy boys and a new coach. At that time it was really a surprised especially as we played against an informed Manchester city at the finals. Although the match wasn't against Manchester united, still it brought back memories of when we got defeated by United in the 2008 edition that was meant to be the year we won the competition first.

Atleast we have done some payback to their brother club as we patiently wait for our revenge in the future that's if Manchester united can get their shit right and be the top club they were ones was. This season I still can't rule out the chances of we winning the competition again even though we haven't been as brilliant as we should be on the pitch with the talents that we have. You can see how the Chelsea players are giving in 'Man of the match' performance at the world cup but can't do such in Chelsea and it just keep me wondering if we have the right coach for the job.

[hahay]

Apart from that, Napoli cannot be underestimated in the Champions League competition this season because they are a very competitive team this season. i think we will see ucl title winner this season from unseeded team even though it is impossible but it will be our hope.

Actually, this season Napoli is one of the teams that will be favored by some people because their consistency in Serie A has not faded this season. So the impact might also be very good for the Champions League even though the Champions League is a competition that is very different from the local leagues of each country. But in general, Napoli should not be underestimated this season because Napoli could give unexpected surprises in the Champions League this season.

Their consistency is not only in Serie A but has indeed had an effect on Champions Legaue and indeed this has been proven by only 1 defeat against Liverpool and this is Napoli's only defeat to date in all competitions that have been running.
Their strengths are now different, coupled with the consistency of the players, this is obviously a plus for them. but indeed the problem for now is that it is possible that there are several players who are indicated to be leaving, it is clear that this must be addressed immediately, especially if these players are core players and there are already several who are being targeted by other clubs now.

Yes, it would be a shame if some of Napoli's main players chose to leave in the January transfer window. If an offer comes from a big club with several attractive bonuses, then it is very likely that Napoli's main player will accept the offer. But maybe the Napoli board or coach will block this by making new contracts or new bonuses for players who have contributed greatly to good performance for Napoli this season.
At least I hope that there won't be many changes in the Napoli squad after this long break, the point is that Napoli's main players now at least can choose to stay to finish this good season with Napoli.

But apart from the concerns about an overhaul in the main line-up in the Napoli squad, I personally still don't believe Napoli will be a team to challenge for the Champions League title this season.
Because even though Napoli has had good results so far, I still doubt Napoli's consistency for the upcoming matches. Moreover, the issue of major players who might leave, at least this factor will make Napoli's performance decrease as well.

[Awaklara]

Spalletti gives a very big impact to the performance from napoli but the problem will be coming very soon. So many clubs putting their eyes into the napoli as those clubs may be interested with some starting line up from napoli. That will force spalletti think to get the best rotation when some main players in the current squad will be gone. Spalletti is very happy with the current squad from napoli caused by it was still doing more and more winstreak against another team in serie a.
It seems like that the same trend will continue when napoli will be facing frankfurt which can be considered as a strong opponent. Frankfurt can't be underrated team.

the departure of several players in the main squad will be bad for Napoli. but if Napoli and the squad are currently thinking about trophies, at least they can get the Serie A trophy if they maintain the performance of the current squad.
thinking selling players who are currently bringing them better is a suicide bomb when they haven't found the right replacement.
I hope that this winter Napoli will bring in players to cover their main squad, not sell their players without good calculations.

[Docnaster]

Chelsea is a really interesting team when it comes to the Champions League. They always seem the underdog in this tournament. But they are always one of the teams to be careful against in the Champions League. Because they have played completely different here for long years. It is like they have been caring about this title more than the Premier League title in the meantime. I don't see other explanation to their success here in the recent years. We can give the 2020/21 season as an example for this. While not many people were thinking of them to win the CL title they just made it.

There is a question occupying my mind like whether this would be another season similar to that. But on the other hand I just don't give it much chance. Because we still haven't seen an example of a strong performance. They struggled against even Dinamo Zagreb so I don't know what they can do against the biggest title contenders.

Most teams tend to take the Champions league competition more seriously than their league and Chelsea seem to be one of such teams the season because that is the best explanation to their successful stats in the Champions league and struggles in the league with same players and same manager. I agree with you that Chelsea should not be underated in the Champions league because if their poor form in the league, who knows whether the Champions league trophies is the major objectives for them this season.

Chelsea should be underrated completely in the Champions League.  They have no track record, just that once they won the CL against Guardiola doesn't mean they are not experts in the Champions League. Chelsea is not a contender and their is no hope for them. They didn't take Champions League seriously than English Premier league, what happened is that EPL was stronger and hotter for them. Everyone wants to do well in EPL at the same time this season. There is no great hope for Chelsea in the CL.