UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[Queentoshi]

Indeed we have to accept all the truth, but for Real Madrid vs Chelsea I think this is a draw that has 2 sides, one side that is definitely difficult for blues fans to accept and the second side chelsea wants revenge in the previous meeting and Real Madrid certainly wants to get rid of chelsea like in the previous season.

Chelsea is in a very tough situation, even if they find a way to win Real Madrid, they will still need to face either Manchester City or Bayern Munich. If they survive the first game, they may not get past the winner between Manchester City and Bayern Munich that are still very good teams. The team that is luckiest in this draw is Napoli, because it looks like their games will not be as Challenging as Chelsea's. Chelsea is a tough team still even with how they have failed to impress. It is not impossible that Chelsea gets to the finals, but it is a very slim chance. Since the chmpions league is the only league left where they still have some hope, they have to put in their very best.

[Daniel91]

I'm looking forward to what Napoli can do in the Champions League this season with their excellent form this season both in Serie A and in the Champions League. In this round they will face AC MIlan which we know are from the same league, so they have met a lot on the field. Napoli are much better than AC Milan in Serie A, but I don't know if they meet in the Champions League, because for sure AC Milan will not want to be knocked out by the Serie A leaders. but for now it seems that Napoli is my favourite.

Napoli has proven so many times if it could win against ac milan in serie a. I think that the result can be seen easily. Napoli gonna be qualified for the next round and ac milan will be leaving from UCL after the match against napoli. A bit surprised that if ac milan must have faced napoli this time. I think that the result will not be so different compared with serie a. Ac milan will always be losing against napoli. Ac milan is not having good performance during the match against totenham.

I would not be surprised that if napoli can beat it soon. You should take a look at the previous meetings between both of clubs.

Napoli was always dominating the match against ac milan since early season.

For me, Napoli is also the favorite in that match, and I think that it has the best chance of reaching the final of the Champions League from this part of the draw.
In the Italian league this season Napoli is very dominant and in two games I don't believe they can lose to any team in the Italian league right now.
After a very long time, Italian football will most likely, if there are no big surprises, have a representative in the final of this competition, which is great news for Italian football.
I don't even remember the last time they had 3 representatives at this stage of the competition.
Does this mean that the Italian league is raising its quality and finally becoming competitive with the Spanish and English leagues?

[snipie]

These features are fixed. Why are all the Italian cups on one side? Nevertheless I see Real Madrid vs Napoli finals. Because Chelsea with is Their current form can't beat Real Madrid the defending champion. Napoli gonna win AC Milan and other Italian cups in the group to get the final ticket.

I assume there will be an Italian finalist, not necessarily Napoli even though they are the first and the best in Serie A but they have their moments of weakness and Milan or Inter could surprise them.
Real Madrid in the other side is experienced with Champions League games but Bayer and City are pretty well right now and passing them will not be easy at all.

[Leviathan.007]

I'm looking forward to what Napoli can do in the Champions League this season with their excellent form this season both in Serie A and in the Champions League. In this round they will face AC MIlan which we know are from the same league, so they have met a lot on the field. Napoli are much better than AC Milan in Serie A, but I don't know if they meet in the Champions League, because for sure AC Milan will not want to be knocked out by the Serie A leaders. but for now it seems that Napoli is my favourite.

Napoli has proven so many times if it could win against ac milan in serie a. I think that the result can be seen easily. Napoli gonna be qualified for the next round and ac milan will be leaving from UCL after the match against napoli. A bit surprised that if ac milan must have faced napoli this time. I think that the result will not be so different compared with serie a. Ac milan will always be losing against napoli. Ac milan is not having good performance during the match against totenham.

I would not be surprised that if napoli can beat it soon. You should take a look at the previous meetings between both of clubs.

Napoli was always dominating the match against ac milan since early season.

There is no doubt that Napoli will be able to beat Milan in the quarter-finals of the UCL later and the statistics for the two matches in Serie A are as clear as you said. But not only against Napoli, but in several matches that should have won against weak teams, they (Milan) actually lost or drew. Perhaps this result is the basis for Milan's inconsistency so far and it seems that Napoli will not have much difficulty getting rid of Milan from the first leg later.

Honestly, it's still hard to tell if Ac Milan or Napoli will win because there is still a chance for both teams and we still have a month left to start the game. Having seen the last few games Napoli played so far, I can safely say that Napoli won the last one they had with a 2-1 result. Technically, Napoli can have a better chance if they perform like they do normally and have the full squad on board when playing.

[EdenHazard]

These features are fixed. Why are all the Italian cups on one side? Nevertheless I see Real Madrid vs Napoli finals. Because Chelsea with is Their current form can't beat Real Madrid the defending champion. Napoli gonna win AC Milan and other Italian cups in the group to get the final ticket.

I assume there will be an Italian finalist, not necessarily Napoli even though they are the first and the best in Serie A but they have their moments of weakness and Milan or Inter could surprise them.
Real Madrid in the other side is experienced with Champions League games but Bayer and City are pretty well right now and passing them will not be easy at all.

I have pretty strong feeling that the final going to be between napoli vs chelsea for somehow ... chelsea always underestimated ... especially this time this season as they are in tough situation at the domestic league ... having a consecutive losses and bad performance in the last two months.

But you know what? Chelsea always surprising everybody included the bookies. I wish this did happened.

[hahay]

These features are fixed. Why are all the Italian cups on one side? Nevertheless I see Real Madrid vs Napoli finals. Because Chelsea with is Their current form can't beat Real Madrid the defending champion. Napoli gonna win AC Milan and other Italian cups in the group to get the final ticket.

I assume there will be an Italian finalist, not necessarily Napoli even though they are the first and the best in Serie A but they have their moments of weakness and Milan or Inter could surprise them.
Real Madrid in the other side is experienced with Champions League games but Bayer and City are pretty well right now and passing them will not be easy at all.

I have pretty strong feeling that the final going to be between napoli vs chelsea for somehow ... chelsea always underestimated ... especially this time this season as they are in tough situation at the domestic league ... having a consecutive losses and bad performance in the last two months.

But you know what? Chelsea always surprising everybody included the bookies. I wish this did happened.

It really doesn't make sense to choose Chelsea to play in the Champions League final this season, even though sometimes Chelsea can give a surprise but I'm sure Chelsea doesn't always have luck. In fact, last season, Chelsea basically still had a better performance than this season, but the fact is that playing against Real Madrid is still difficult for Chelsea to qualify.

Moreover, so far this season Chelsea's performance is very worrying and for example, if Chelsea qualify for the semifinals then the opponent will be Manchester City or Bayern Munich. The opponent that Chelsea will face is very difficult to reach the final, so choosing Chelsea as a team that reaches the Champions League final I think is a wish that will not come true.

[Naficopa]

These features are fixed. Why are all the Italian cups on one side? Nevertheless I see Real Madrid vs Napoli finals. Because Chelsea with is Their current form can't beat Real Madrid the defending champion. Napoli gonna win AC Milan and other Italian cups in the group to get the final ticket.

I assume there will be an Italian finalist, not necessarily Napoli even though they are the first and the best in Serie A but they have their moments of weakness and Milan or Inter could surprise them.
Real Madrid in the other side is experienced with Champions League games but Bayer and City are pretty well right now and passing them will not be easy at all.

I have pretty strong feeling that the final going to be between napoli vs chelsea for somehow ... chelsea always underestimated ... especially this time this season as they are in tough situation at the domestic league ... having a consecutive losses and bad performance in the last two months.

But you know what? Chelsea always surprising everybody included the bookies. I wish this did happened.

Chelsea on the other hand are 11th in the Premier League points table. Chelsea's opponent in the Champions League is a strong team, Real Madrid. It will be very difficult for Chelsea to win this match. Because Real Madrid are in much better form than them. But since this is the quarter-final, Chelsea are not to be underestimated.

[Silence Scream]

I'm looking forward to what Napoli can do in the Champions League this season with their excellent form this season both in Serie A and in the Champions League. In this round they will face AC MIlan which we know are from the same league, so they have met a lot on the field. Napoli are much better than AC Milan in Serie A, but I don't know if they meet in the Champions League, because for sure AC Milan will not want to be knocked out by the Serie A leaders. but for now it seems that Napoli is my favourite.

Napoli were giving a good performance on Champions League, so I don't think there's should be any difference when Napoli met AC Milan in Serie A or Champions League. If Napoli's players are playing under pressure and don't have a strong mentality, they should be lose from the beginning. But Napoli is already reach quarter final, so I think Napoli will easily win this match against AC Milan.

Apart from that, it can be said that they are really comfortable in Serie A with their current point advantage, so they can focus on the Champions League when they face AC Milan. Napoli is currently benefiting more because in terms of burden, a large burden is more on AC Milan's side. Napoli in their last match against AC Milan they were able to win even though by a narrow score. Napoli also have an impressive game, they have a very good striker to score goals.

We can say that Napoli are almost champions in Serie A.  They have big points difference.  It makes more sense to focus on the champions league right now for Napoli.  I think it will be a more difficult match for Milan, who will face Napoli.  I think Napoli can leave this tournament as champions.

[piebeyb]

These features are fixed. Why are all the Italian cups on one side? Nevertheless I see Real Madrid vs Napoli finals. Because Chelsea with is Their current form can't beat Real Madrid the defending champion. Napoli gonna win AC Milan and other Italian cups in the group to get the final ticket.

I'm not a fan of Chelsea or even Milan, but what I know is that the two clubs might look a little bad playing in the league, but this is the Champions League and all the clubs fight to reach the quarter-finals, of course it's not an easy job, I think everyone will predict this that madrid will win against Chelsea and Napoli will win against Milan, but keep in mind that every club can surprise, so I can't predict or underestimate a club, I think the meeting of the clubs in the quarter-finals will be a great meeting. BTW as a Manchester City supporter I only hope that Manchester City can reach the final 

[Jody.Drummer]

These features are fixed. Why are all the Italian cups on one side? Nevertheless I see Real Madrid vs Napoli finals. Because Chelsea with is Their current form can't beat Real Madrid the defending champion. Napoli gonna win AC Milan and other Italian cups in the group to get the final ticket.

I assume there will be an Italian finalist, not necessarily Napoli even though they are the first and the best in Serie A but they have their moments of weakness and Milan or Inter could surprise them.
Real Madrid in the other side is experienced with Champions League games but Bayer and City are pretty well right now and passing them will not be easy at all.

Yes, I agree, maybe Real Madrid will go through this phase well because Chelsea is in a bad state right now, so they have a chance to be in the semifinals. But in the semi-finals they will be faced with a strong team between Manchester City or Bayern Munich, it will not be easy for them at all. Manchester City is a strong club, as well as Bayern Munich, both of them will beat each other and challenge Real Madrid (most likely, because I see Real Madrid will be in the semifinals). IN last season, Real Madrid almost lost to Manchester City before they made an extraordinary comeback. And also if Bayern Munich were their challenger then they would be as strong as Manchester City.

Honestly, it's still hard to tell if Ac Milan or Napoli will win because there is still a chance for both teams and we still have a month left to start the game. Having seen the last few games Napoli played so far, I can safely say that Napoli won the last one they had with a 2-1 result. Technically, Napoli can have a better chance if they perform like they do normally and have the full squad on board when playing.

I don't doubt Napoli's quality in Serie A this season, they are very good. But when in the Champions League, everything will be much different in my opinion, because every club that is here must have a strong mentality. Napoli have an advantage over AC milan now, but mentally I will go to AC Milan. It is very difficult to determine who will make it to the semifinals between these two clubs. I will look forward to meeting them in the second round of Serie A first.

[KTChampions]

It looks like one of the Italian teams will be in the finale for certain. Benfica's job won't be easy at all against Inter in my opinion. But this matchup will still be very competitive for sure. Both of these teams are really strong and I see them nearly equal to each other in performance. But I still see Inter one step ahead of Benfica here. It is because of Inter's playing style actually.

I think they have the strength to stop Benfica now. They can do a really good job at keeping Benfica away from scoring goals easily just as they did it to Porto newly.

Bookmakers rate Benfica as the favorite (albeit slightly) of the upcoming confrontation:

To Qualify

SL Benfica 1.85

Inter Milano 1.95

It seems to me that this is an obvious and correct assessment, given that Benfica outperformed both PSG and Juventus in the group, and then played much more confidently than Inter in the 1/8 finals. I would even say that Inter is overrated simply by virtue of its name.

[BitcoinAccepted]

Fun matches through this draw. And also matches with teams that are evenly matched. Real Madrid seems to me to be the favorite against Chelsea, but Porto and Inter Milan that is about 50-50 to continue. Bayern Munich and City already against each other. Some people would rather see this as a finale, so would I, but a meeting would have been possible. Now in the quarterfinals, otherwise possibly in the final or semifinal. It's hard to say who's going through. The last time I remember this game, Manchester City won away at Bayern Munich and ended in a 2-3 victory for City. But earlier that year, Munich won 1-3 away at City, which was really one of the best matches Bayern has ever played, I read.

[Falconer]

For me, Napoli is also the favorite in that match, and I think that it has the best chance of reaching the final of the Champions League from this part of the draw.
In the Italian league this season Napoli is very dominant and in two games I don't believe they can lose to any team in the Italian league right now.
After a very long time, Italian football will most likely, if there are no big surprises, have a representative in the final of this competition, which is great news for Italian football.

Napoli is one of the favourites, but I don't expect Milan to be the weakest team Napoli have encountered in the Champions League this season. I really hope Milan's performance is different from their performance in Serie A, this is the Champions League where both have the same chance to qualify for the semi-finals.

I don't even remember the last time they had 3 representatives at this stage of the competition.
Does this mean that the Italian league is raising its quality and finally becoming competitive with the Spanish and English leagues?

I know it's not a fluke for a representative of Serie A, but the hard work of these three teams is really worthy of attention.
I agree that there are many new things that they will prove in the Champions League this season, especially about the strength of Napoli. But let's see how many teams will qualify for the semi-finals this season, I think 1/3 of the teams will probably be.

[visionE2]

The results of the UCL draw are very unpredictable. I think that the Man City vs Bayern match is the final too early. Because it so happens that the two teams are the most favored in percentage terms for the UCL champions this season. They had also beaten each other in the UCL the previous season and had been in the same group in the group stage. Though I hope they can meet in the final. But how else can that be the result of the drawing, you have to accept it as it is.

[sana54210]

Bayern Munich had a solid defense both during the Pep Guardiola and Nagelsmann eras, but with the composition of the players that have now changed. Man City has the advantage because Pep Guardiola has led Bayern Munich for quite a long time and coupled with Haaland presence, Man City can tear apart Bayern Munich's defense a little more. In my opinion, it's 40:60 for this big match, because it's Bayern Munich who will feel a little overwhelmed, at least they have to be able to control Haaland fast movements, who always chase the ball's reflection in the penalty box.

I would guess that they possibly could, City has Haaland after all and I agree that he could be amazing and beat them, but the reality is that we are talking about a situation where it won't be getting that much easy, Bayern is Bayern after all and even though City would be my favorites as well, I wouldn't really consider them to be that great at this moment, I would consider them to be equal powers going against each other with one of them have a special player that breaks the tie.

If Haaland plays well then they can easily win, but if Haaland is defended well and doesn't play that well then I would guess that Bayern could end up getting a win too.

[Zackgeno96]

I don't know who is the favorite in Bayern Munich against City. I think it comes down to the form of Haaland's day, that is a player who will decide this game or not. Man City has Haaland, Bayern don't have a player of that caliber I think. But they are both very strong teams, as a team collectively but also individually. The first game is in the week of April 10, so in just over 3 weeks we will see the first game. I'm looking forward to this match. For Real Madrid, this seems like a golden opportunity to advance to the semi-finals. Chelsea is an ideal opponent on paper, I think for a CL quarterfinal, but Chelsea may also think that of Real Madrid.

[Oneandpure]

Drawing the Champions League quarter-finals is little interesting because ther eare have potential for Serie A team to qualify for the finals, but there is still a possibility that if Benfica is able to win against Inter Milan in the quarter-finals and beat the winner between Napoli vs Milan, Serie A might not. got a team in champions league final.

Chances for Serie A team to advance to the Champions League final depend on the outcome of the Benfica vs Inter match, if Inter can beat Benfica then for the first time since the 2015 season when Juventus made it to the final it will come true again this season. Looking forward with Inter Milan could eliminated Benfica and make Serie A team get one slot for Champion League final team.

[RaltcoinsB]

The results of the UCL draw are very unpredictable. I think that the Man City vs Bayern match is the final too early. Because it so happens that the two teams are the most favored in percentage terms for the UCL champions this season. They had also beaten each other in the UCL the previous season and had been in the same group in the group stage. Though I hope they can meet in the final. But how else can that be the result of the drawing, you have to accept it as it is.

The Manchester City-Bayern Munich match was an early final.  Bayern Munich had come out of 2 tough matches with Psg.  Maybe they were expecting an easier opponent and they were matched with the toughest opponent.  I think we will meet two very good matches.

[rahmad2nd]

These features are fixed. Why are all the Italian cups on one side? Nevertheless I see Real Madrid vs Napoli finals. Because Chelsea with is Their current form can't beat Real Madrid the defending champion. Napoli gonna win AC Milan and other Italian cups in the group to get the final ticket.

I assume there will be an Italian finalist, not necessarily Napoli even though they are the first and the best in Serie A but they have their moments of weakness and Milan or Inter could surprise them.
Real Madrid in the other side is experienced with Champions League games but Bayer and City are pretty well right now and passing them will not be easy at all.

I remain convinced that Napoli will do a good job against Milan in the quarter-finals later. even though in the first leg Nopoli will play as an away team, it is difficult for Milan to overthrow Napoli which incidentally is currently in a very positive trend. it can be said, at this time Napoli is in a state of on fire even though it had experienced two defeats in its domestic league.

For Milan, their performance has not been so stable this season. even before that, Stefano Pioli's team had experienced a downward trend before they bounced back. unfortunately, their performance is not yet stable. but that doesn't mean Milan doesn't have a chance, it's just that the chance they have is very small when compared to Napoli.

Meanwhile, once again Madrid is the favorite to qualify for the next phase. because, the opponent they will face is currently in a phase that is not okay. although we can't take it for granted, however, on paper, Madrid has a higher probability than Chelsea to qualify for the next stage.
On the other hand, the City vs Bayern match should have been the top match, a final that was too premature. IMO, one of the teams that won this match, is more entitled to go to the final round match.

[LUCKMCFLY]

With the way Chelsea and Tottenham go about the games they play can we say they are not going to qualify for the next level Tottenham are still without the coach due to illness.
Ac Milan are more ready for the next level they look set and put. I have followed the training section well

Milan won the first match 1-0. Tottenham should definitely show their strength in the home game. Milan have been weak in Serie A lately. We saw this once again with his defeat in the last match. Tottenham has a solid striker line. Kane and Son are the strongest players for Tottenham. At the moment, these forwards are their biggest trump card to pass the round.

Milan is a team that really wants to go far, and the way they are playing, they have very good fútbol, I would like to see Ibra play because he is a very emblematic player, he gives Milan another tonic when he is inside, In particular, Milan have everything to be able to win their games, only sometimes I don't understand their strategies, I know that the technical director has his reasons for not using a formation that is quite focused on attack, because he has it to do it, on the other hand Tottenham I think Harry Kane is the best player here, and thanks to him I see Tottenham in great shape and showing beautiful fútbol.

These features are fixed. Why are all the Italian cups on one side? Nevertheless I see Real Madrid vs Napoli finals. Because Chelsea with is Their current form can't beat Real Madrid the defending champion. Napoli gonna win AC Milan and other Italian cups in the group to get the final ticket.

I assume there will be an Italian finalist, not necessarily Napoli even though they are the first and the best in Serie A but they have their moments of weakness and Milan or Inter could surprise them.
Real Madrid in the other side is experienced with Champions League games but Bayer and City are pretty well right now and passing them will not be easy at all.

I remain convinced that Napoli will do a good job against Milan in the quarter-finals later. even though in the first leg Nopoli will play as an away team, it is difficult for Milan to overthrow Napoli which incidentally is currently in a very positive trend. it can be said, at this time Napoli is in a state of on fire even though it had experienced two defeats in its domestic league.

For Milan, their performance has not been so stable this season. even before that, Stefano Pioli's team had experienced a downward trend before they bounced back. unfortunately, their performance is not yet stable. but that doesn't mean Milan doesn't have a chance, it's just that the chance they have is very small when compared to Napoli.

Meanwhile, once again Madrid is the favorite to qualify for the next phase. because, the opponent they will face is currently in a phase that is not okay. although we can't take it for granted, however, on paper, Madrid has a higher probability than Chelsea to qualify for the next stage.
On the other hand, the City vs Bayern match should have been the top match, a final that was too premature. IMO, one of the teams that won this match, is more entitled to go to the final round match.

Eventually Real Madrid is a favorite team to win the "Orejona" it is not a myth or anything like that, I know that for now Chelsea is going through a very good moment, because they have won some victories, but I don't think that they can do nothing against Real Madrid, however, anything can happen, Chelsea's football has improved a lot, on the other hand, Napoli is a team that has a lot to do to reach the final, but they will meet a great rival, for now what remains for us is to see which team prepares best for this UCL, it looks very interesting, anything can happen.