UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[RockBell]

I don't think anyone has any doubts that Napoli will eliminate Milan. Besides the fact that Napoli has a better squad than Milan, they are more in shape side with high morale. They want to win everything this season. Milan players' this season performances have been hugely disappointing, except Giroud, Leao and Tonali. On the other hand Napoli have talented young star players who are on the transfer list of every major team. Milan's history may be bigger, but their current situation matters most. Napoli will pass quarter final like a walk in the park.

They will pass Milan very easily. As far as I can see in the league, Milan is having a hard time against other teams in the league. There is no team that Napoli has difficulty with. They can easily beat all of them one after the other. Milan is a great team with deep-rooted past victories, but everything matters in its time. An easy match for Napoli, I don't expect a different result. I'm more curious about what will happen next. They don't stay where they can go very far.

Since they are already in the quarterfinals, they won't want to take any of these clubs lightly. Most of these big clubs have good players who strike well when it comes to goals, talk of Haaland, salah Benzema and osimen like this are players who have made a name and still perform very well. Of all the clubs that qualified for the quarterfinals, clubs that won't go far are Milan, Benfica, and Inter compared to the big dog Manchester City, Bayern, Napoli, and Real Madrid.

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[Jackl87]

We know Napoli is a stronger team than Ac Milan because they got better results in Serie A and they are the first team with a huge difference from AC Milan while in the last game, AC Milan had they lost the game against Udinese in Serie A games with a 2-1 result while the only goal they scored was from a penalty kick not in-game, and three goals is a lot for a team like AC Milan, I guess with this bad defense power, AC Milan will have problems against Napoli.

I don't follow the Italian Serie A so i can not really say if Napoli or AC Milan is the stronger team at the moment, but looking only at the table then i think it is pretty obvious that Napoli is by far the strongest team in the league in this season and the gap to the second best team is almost 20 points, which is a huge amount. So i think it is safe to say, that Napoli is by far the strongest team of the italian league at the moment and therefore also the big favorite in the match against AC Milan in the Champions League.
Napoli has a huge chance to even advance into the final of the Champions League, because they are in the easy bracket with Inter and Benfica.

[jayce]

At a time when most people are waiting for the match between Manchester City v Bayern Munich and Real Madrid v Chelsea, but I personally really look forward to Benfica's progress at this moment. Playing against Inter and for me Benfica still has a chance to be able to win and qualify for the semifinals and then, in the semifinals maybe Benfica will play against Napoli and again I personally feel Benfica can do their best.

Because after all, this season in the Champions League Benfica has gone through difficult times and in fact Benfica was able to go through well by beating PSG and also Juventus. Therefore, I feel that Benfica still has good abilities if it only plays against Inter and Napoli.

Actually I also expect Benfica to go to the final and it would be the most hilarious moment in UCL this season if that really happens, which Benfica will beat all of remaining Italian teams to make their way to final. Napoli obviously is their biggest problem, but who knows, anything is possible in UCL.

[Oluwa-btc]

I don't think anyone has any doubts that Napoli will eliminate Milan. Besides the fact that Napoli has a better squad than Milan, they are more in shape side with high morale. They want to win everything this season. Milan players' this season performances have been hugely disappointing, except Giroud, Leao and Tonali. On the other hand Napoli have talented young star players who are on the transfer list of every major team. Milan's history may be bigger, but their current situation matters most. Napoli will pass quarter final like a walk in the park.

AC Milan are bigger European Competitive sides than Napoli especially when it comes to the Champions League football, they currently have bout three to four Champions League, but with current form, whoever writes Napoli off is simply cynical.
They're the best side in the world the most consistent side who have scored more goals and conceded lesser too, they have shown desire and dedication from the back on how they're just focused on winning alone.

If it finally comes to the Champions League next round, I'm not giving a final conclusion on who wins but then, I'm backing Napoli to knock Ac Milan who struggled to get three points against Udinese.

[SquallLeonhart]

Ancelotti puts the best at the moment and if no one better than Modric, Benzema, Kroos and Vinicius, then it's the club's problem that he spent the transfer campaign that way. Ancelotti squeezes the maximum out of the squad that he has, most of the players are already old and nevertheless, in principle, Real Madrid can fight to the end if they want, but they can't do that in every match. The same way to beat seemingly outsiders is not easy and that's why sometimes such strange losses to 1-0 happen to Real.

Barcelona had a much better transfer campaign which resulted in a lot of young players who can keep up with the rapid pace of the game, playing both in La Liga and the Champions League, and then in the Europa League. Hence the result in the championship, but Real can still win the Champions League and then Ancelotti can also buy good players if he is lucky.

I would agree that they are still the best even at that age, but they are a level that is hard to catch, it is not other players problem that they are not as good as Modric for example, not many people in the world could be better than him, there are like maybe 10 names you can count, probably not as many.

This is why it is going to be him as long as he keeps this up, but we all know eventually he will get too old and stop playing this well and he will retire, so they need to be ready for that anyway, and they have amazing midfielders for that position as well. Their midfield is not an issue, they locked that in with young players, they need defenders and one striker, that's their future issue, specially striker.

[Google+]

I agree with you, I think so too. Real Madrid must change their coach. And I think the position of central midfield must be filled by several new players who are relatively young, to replace Toni Kroos and Luka Modric who are over 30 years old.

As we know, most players over the age of 30 are not as good at playing football anymore, especially when dealing with Barcelona players who have midfielders who are still very physically strong like Gavi.

I think this is what made Real Madrid different this season from previous seasons.

Yes, Real Madrid should be able to make a bigger transition in the middle sector in the next summer window because logically it will not be possible next season for Toni Kroos and Modric to perform more optimally because both players are already old but they can still make a big contribution but Their physical condition is relatively decreasing due to age factor.

So, the name Bellingham continues to be associated with Real Madrid and many even predict that Bellingham is the right person to replace Toni Kroos. we will see the opportunities that real madrid has in the next summer transfer window, I think a lot of changes will happen to the real madrid team.

[CLS63]

Manchester City are going to have a really serious test in this stage. Leipzig wasn't a very serious challenge for them to be honest. Yeah maybe the first leg finished very unexpectedly. But Guardiola knew what to do after that and we just saw Manchester City playing their usual game in the rematch. This brought about a huge victory and Haaland put on an incredible show at the same time.

Haaland is the key player for the Champions League title as well this season. Bayern Munich is one of the biggest obstacles for them. If they manage to eliminate them most probably they will have a draw against Real Madrid. It would be interesting to see another Manchester City vs Real Madrid matchup after watching the last one in the previous season. 

[safari88]

4 nice matches in the quarterfinals. And yes, City did not hit it with the draw, but of course not Bayern either. But that those 2 would meet each other was inevitable. Perhaps also nice that it is not the final yet. Benfica is also priced by many people, but Napoli has shown much more than Benfica so far in this tournament? Napoli may have a slightly lower level than City, but it has enough chances to get the final in every gauge. And then you can look further from there.

[emrecemsan]

Milan can't stand a chance against Napoli. That should be obvious already I think. Because Milan are already struggling with the same issues. They are still bad at defending their opponents most of the time. They had a time period in which they kept a clean sheet and it made me really hopeful for a second. But like I said it didn't last long. Milan returned to the same look very quickly. I don't know what is wrong with them exactly. They haven't made a big change in the squad either.

It is just hard to understand the reason behind this performance. Teams like Liverpool and Chelsea are also having a very inconsistent season though. Sometimes big teams really can't make things working smoothly for them.

[Docnaster]

Manchester City are going to have a really serious test in this stage. Leipzig wasn't a very serious challenge for them to be honest. Yeah maybe the first leg finished very unexpectedly. But Guardiola knew what to do after that and we just saw Manchester City playing their usual game in the rematch. This brought about a huge victory and Haaland put on an incredible show at the same time.

Haaland is the key player for the Champions League title as well this season. Bayern Munich is one of the biggest obstacles for them. If they manage to eliminate them most probably they will have a draw against Real Madrid. It would be interesting to see another Manchester City vs Real Madrid matchup after watching the last one in the previous season. 

Judging by Manchester City's standard and how they've played good football this season it will be easy to say that they're going to beat Chelsea whoever emerges as their semi-final opponent as well. They have a very clinical and lethal striker in Erling Haaland who has been banging goals for fun this season and he's not even showing any sign of slowing down at the moment

But champions league football is different from domestic league football and if carefully analysed we all know that Chelsea knows how to play in the competition better than Manchester City does and that's a reason why I think it'll be disrespectful to Chelsea as a club to totally write them off going into that tie

[Rengga Jati]

Milan can't stand a chance against Napoli. That should be obvious already I think. Because Milan are already struggling with the same issues. They are still bad at defending their opponents most of the time.

If their performance is still the same as in the Serie A, then it is absolutely true that Milan's chances of winning against Napoli are very small. Especially with their inconsistency. This is not a sure thing, but at least so far Napoli has been playing very well and consistently. it was just bad luck if they lost later. Milan is actually also a big club, but the problem is in their poor performance for the most part this season.

[Docnaster]

Milan can't stand a chance against Napoli. That should be obvious already I think. Because Milan are already struggling with the same issues. They are still bad at defending their opponents most of the time.

If their performance is still the same as in the Serie A, then it is absolutely true that Milan's chances of winning against Napoli are very small. Especially with their inconsistency. This is not a sure thing, but at least so far Napoli has been playing very well and consistently. it was just bad luck if they lost later. Milan is actually also a big club, but the problem is in their poor performance for the most part this season.

Every day strange things happen in football. This thing are enough to give us reasons not to doubt the football possibilities. Liverpool in EPL we're doing exceptionally great after winning Manchester united, but meeting a club like zbobemouth who is already close in relegation zone.
What I'm saying in essence is that Bapoli can wake up not to see this match in their favor . AC Milan is also a well known giant team in Italy.

[DaNNy001]

Milan can't stand a chance against Napoli. That should be obvious already I think. Because Milan are already struggling with the same issues. They are still bad at defending their opponents most of the time.

If their performance is still the same as in the Serie A, then it is absolutely true that Milan's chances of winning against Napoli are very small. Especially with their inconsistency. This is not a sure thing, but at least so far Napoli has been playing very well and consistently. it was just bad luck if they lost later. Milan is actually also a big club, but the problem is in their poor performance for the most part this season.

The champion league offers a totally different atmosphere all together and plus the fact that football is a game of strange and wonderful wonders, I wouldn't be surprise if Milan knocked out Napoli even with this poor form, I mean same thing is happening with sevilla in the Europa league , in the Spanish LA liga they are the worst team when its comes to performance but when the atmosphere is change they are beast and will defeat any opponent.

[shogun47]

Milan can't stand a chance against Napoli. That should be obvious already I think. Because Milan are already struggling with the same issues. They are still bad at defending their opponents most of the time. They had a time period in which they kept a clean sheet and it made me really hopeful for a second. But like I said it didn't last long. Milan returned to the same look very quickly. I don't know what is wrong with them exactly. They haven't made a big change in the squad either.

It is just hard to understand the reason behind this performance. Teams like Liverpool and Chelsea are also having a very inconsistent season though. Sometimes big teams really can't make things working smoothly for them.

I think saying Milan can't stand a chance is a bit too harsh as a pre-game assessment. I agree with you that it is not looking very promising for Milan, but we have seen some surprises this season already not only in the Champions League, but also in the Europa League. Nobody would have thought that Braga can stand a chance against Arsenal in two games.

Last season it was Villareal against Bayern Munich. There haven't really been surprises in this season in the Champions League, but there is still some games to go. Sometimes games take some wild turns and weird events happen, like a goalkeeper makes a huge mistake or even receives a red card because he makes a bad move in the first 20 minutes. If both play their best, I agree that Napoli is going to make it.

[Asiska02]

But champions league football is different from domestic league football and if carefully analysed we all know that Chelsea knows how to play in the competition better than Manchester City does and that's a reason why I think it'll be disrespectful to Chelsea as a club to totally write them off going into that tie

This is an important aspect that many people do not understand about the Champions League; it is a different league that is played differently by each team without taking their performance in the domestic league into consideration.

When Chelsea was drawn against Dortmund, many people overlooked Chelsea's superior performance in the Champions League compared to Dortmund's superior performance in the domestic league. In the end, we saw Chelsea triumph over them despite losing the first leg match. Experience counts in this league, which is why it's called the League of Champions.

[Velvet78]

Manchester City don't have an easy job at all this time. Bayern Munich are still very strong after parting ways with Lewandowski. Their disciplined game plan helps them stay focused in the Champions League.

They have eliminated PSG new as you know. This is a really significant achievement despite playing against an amazing trio. Of course we didn't watch all of those three players at the same but still there were at least two of them. Manchester City have even a much stronger squad but they still need to play carefully not to let their opponent capture an advantage easily. I wonder how good Haaland would be this time. He is familiar with playing against Bayern Munich.

[makishart]

Milan can't stand a chance against Napoli. That should be obvious already I think. Because Milan are already struggling with the same issues. They are still bad at defending their opponents most of the time. They had a time period in which they kept a clean sheet and it made me really hopeful for a second. But like I said it didn't last long. Milan returned to the same look very quickly. I don't know what is wrong with them exactly. They haven't made a big change in the squad either.

It is just hard to understand the reason behind this performance. Teams like Liverpool and Chelsea are also having a very inconsistent season though. Sometimes big teams really can't make things working smoothly for them.

There must be reason why the performance from ac milan was declining so hard. The last match has proven how bad ac milan right now. The performance is steadily going down instead of going up. That was leaving us fear about ac milan will not able to go to the semi final caused by it must be faced by napoli. I wonder what people think regarding it. I do believe if most of the people will go for napoli instead of ac milan. Only loyal supporters who will be picking ac milan instead of napoli. Pioli said that if UCL was different with serie a.
This may be true as ac milan was focusing to go all in against napoli in serie a but it doesn't mean ac milan must also lose against another team too.

AC milan has been contacting enriique to replace pioli if ac milan will be losing against napoli. Pioli had no choice other than gave good result in UCL. If ac milan will be going out from UCL and that might be the end of his career in ac milan.
It's caused by ac milan is always monitoring the performance from club under him.

[herurist]

Milan can't stand a chance against Napoli. That should be obvious already I think. Because Milan are already struggling with the same issues. They are still bad at defending their opponents most of the time.

If their performance is still the same as in the Serie A, then it is absolutely true that Milan's chances of winning against Napoli are very small. Especially with their inconsistency. This is not a sure thing, but at least so far Napoli has been playing very well and consistently. it was just bad luck if they lost later. Milan is actually also a big club, but the problem is in their poor performance for the most part this season.

The champion league offers a totally different atmosphere all together and plus the fact that football is a game of strange and wonderful wonders, I wouldn't be surprise if Milan knocked out Napoli even with this poor form, I mean same thing is happening with sevilla in the Europa league , in the Spanish LA liga they are the worst team when its comes to performance but when the atmosphere is change they are beast and will defeat any opponent.

This is only a small possibility of the biggest possibility that Napoli will win in this match. The conditions are still the same as before, I think even if what you say is true because Milan could win in the Champions League, but the possibility is only small, especially by looking at their h2h in the last few meetings.
I think Napoli can easily qualify for the semi-finals later.

[logfiles]

Am ure you get the point he is driving at because, having that much points with little chance that they could lose as much as 2 games should they lose at all. So far into the season, they've only lost 2 games. They very much are champions of the Serie A this season and there isn't any team to contest that from that standing.

Do I look like someone who's clueless about football to you?

Point is, they are not yet champions. Come on, stop handing out titles like you started watching football yesterday. I have been watching since early 2000s. They still have some games to go otherwise the scudetto would already be theirs by now, Mr Seria A champion's winner awarder. For starters, do you still remember what tragedy happened in the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons?

Do you doubt that Napoli became the champion? In order to "officially" complete the title, they need to score only 14 points in the remaining 11 games. And this is provided that Lazio will not lose points. It seems to me that in about 4 games Napoli will officially become the champion because Lazio will not win every game, and Napoli just need to be no worse than the pursuers (which is easy for them because they are better).

Here comes another one  

I am not about to waste time with this pointless arguments.

[onecall123]

Manchester City don't have an easy job at all this time. Bayern Munich are still very strong after parting ways with Lewandowski. Their disciplined game plan helps them stay focused in the Champions League.

They have eliminated PSG new as you know. This is a really significant achievement despite playing against an amazing trio. Of course we didn't watch all of those three players at the same but still there were at least two of them. Manchester City have even a much stronger squad but they still need to play carefully not to let their opponent capture an advantage easily. I wonder how good Haaland would be this time. He is familiar with playing against Bayern Munich.

Can't wait to watch this match! It's going to be a thrilling experience for all football lovers out there. Man City seems to have the edge, being the favorites in this game. However, with that comes added pressure to come out on top. Bayern, on the other hand, will have the advantage of playing at home during the second leg, which could prove crucial in determining the final outcome. Bayern is always ready to take on the best teams in Europe. With their skills and determination, they're sure to give hard time Man City. Despite Man City's impressive performance over the years, luck hasn't seemed to be on their side when it comes to the Champions League. I have believe that they will be knocked out by Bayern at this stage of the campaign.