UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[Zaguru12]

Comparing these two teams is not hard if you compare their performance from the start of the season until this time, AC Milan couldn't have a good performance they lost many games recently against Udinese, Salernitana, and Fiorentina which can show us this team is not stable enough to beat Napoli, while Napoli didn't lose any games expect for only two games however, we can surely tell if Napoli is going to beat AC Milan or not yet.

On current form it will easily be a pass through for Napoli in the tie but they need to be wary of two things. 1 is the fact that Milan has a pedigree in this competition and this could champion them to spring a surprise win on Napoli. 2; we have seen in this competition where an informed team from the same league has their opponent had dumped out its leaders. Clear example is Liverpool dumping out leaders of Premier league Manchester City in 2017/2018 quarters finals. Napoli need not to be taken away by their current off before they got surprised.

While on paper it is seeming that Manchester City is the favourites to progress to the next level of the UEFA Champions League.
But in real life we need to be very sceptical and scared of the outcome of that results.
This is because unlike Bayern Munich, Manchester City Are always faced with a kind of confusion at the middle or beginning of some matches?

When Manchester City is playing clubs like Aston Villa in England, you would understand that they will at a time become confused and almost lose the match until they turn the match up again and win
But if such confusion happens in the Champions League against Bayern Munich, I am sorry that they might not be able to return back to winning.

This one fixture I wouldn’t predict on because both teams look excellent both on paper and on the field. Take away their recent performances both are the best in their respective league. Bayern has enjoyed huge success against English opponents in the past but this time around they are facing a tough test against their former boss. One of the key deciding factors of this tie will be tactics from both coaches. Pep is known for his tactics of dropping star players during important fixtures and that has cost him the champions league tittle in the past should he decide to rest one of his inform players like DeBruyne and Foden again then Bayern will coast through. Neglesmann on the other hand plays too way high line and a team with DeBruyne and Halaand in it will easily break through

[Alanaz]

Bayern vs man City, is definitely the most exciting fixture in the draw,the two teams are never scared to attack,but I just feel City will progress at the end of the day..watching City play,and seeing the amount of chances they create in every game is so unreal,it will take a lot to win them over the course of two legs

Of course it will be a big game. I try to look at the history of their meetings, they can beat each other. In their last 2 matches, Manchester City won those matches even though they were friendly matches. Now it will be a very different match, of course, both teams will play their best to be able to show who deserves to be in the semifinals.

[rahmad2nd]

Bayern vs man City, is definitely the most exciting fixture in the draw,the two teams are never scared to attack,but I just feel City will progress at the end of the day..watching City play,and seeing the amount of chances they create in every game is so unreal,it will take a lot to win them over the course of two legs

Yes, it would definitely take a whole lot to win them as they’ve been playing amazing football and winning games also. Bayern would probably need a miracle to win Manchester City. It would be a lot more exciting to watch them try though. I too feel Manchester City would win(perhaps not as easy as people would think) and progress at the end.

City is very good at penetrating their opponents defense thereby creating good chances that in most cases would lead to a goal. Not trying to undermine the capabilities of Bayern as even without Lewandoski, they’re still a force to reckon with. It would definitely be an existing fixture to watch. My money is on Manchester city though.

This fight should have been the Champions League final. too bad, one of these two teams had to be eliminated in the quarter-finals. even so, I hope both teams will both give their best version of the game. in particular, Bayern Munich. because, to overthrow Manchester City is not an easy matter, even though Bayern is a strong team. but that doesn't mean, Nagelmanss squad will take down their opponents as easily as before. because City is a team that has fairly even depth in terms of quality. defensive line that is quite solid, the midfielders are productive, has a striker who is hungry for goals. but, I'm pretty sure if Nagelsmann prepares the right tactics and strategies to face City later.

As for The Citizen, Pep Guardiola's team benefited more because they played as the home team in the first leg. to be sure, City will be eyeing a lot of goals when playing at their own headquarters. even so, it does not mean that Bayern is a team that is easy to beat. at least, Pep Guardiola will look for loopholes from Nagelasmann's troop squad. well, for sure, this fight looks like it will be very interesting.

[giammangiato]

I don't know if it's possible (definitely not) but my dream would be to be able to see Real Madrid vs Napoli
who knows what game it would be, on the one hand the experience of the Champions League on the other a team that is grinding victories after victories

[Coyster]

I don't know if it's possible (definitely not) but my dream would be to be able to see Real Madrid vs Napoli
who knows what game it would be, on the one hand the experience of the Champions League on the other a team that is grinding victories after victories

You mean in the final right, because the both of them can only meet in the final if they both win their QF and SF ties. Well it isn't something that's impossible, i for one believe Napoli would make it to the final because from my prediction, i pick them to beat AC Milan and to defeat the winner of the Benfica v Inter Milan tie.

Having said that, the problem is if Real Madrid can pass through their own hurdles, they have Chelsea to contend with in the QF, and should they come out of that tie unscathed, then they have the winner of City v Bayern to face in the SF, it is going to be really tough. Personally i want to see City in the final at Instanbul, Real Madrid have won this tournament too many times and i don't wish them to win it again this season, or even get to the final.

[KTChampions]

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.

No offense, but yes, you look like that person. Plus it looks like you have a poor understanding of mathematics  
I have already shown the math of the Napoli championship, and if you have any ideas of your own (besides the well-known fact that Napoli is really not technically a champion yet), then I would like to see them. And since you have already started, maybe you will continue your thought about the tragedies of the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons and say how they are related to the current situation?

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Chelsea was almost making it by going to the next round if it's not caused by the goal in additional time that was eliminating chelsea last season. Chelsea will face king of UCL three times including upcoming duel.
As a former coach of chelsea and i think that if ancellotti is also aware about what's gonna be a weakness of chelsea.

Ancelotti urged its players to be careful against chelsea.

Actually we won that game, I think 3-2 in favor of Chelsea but the goal they had against us at our home due to them wining the first leg, gave them the advantage. Chelsea aren't scared of Real Madrid, aren't they the same team we defeated last two years. Real Madrid should be the ones scared, Chelsea defeated them at home in a time when no club was able to achieve that. Chelsea has a more attacking team now and it seems the boys are beginning to listen to Potter directive because they have been playing brilliantly if recent. I love when Chelsea are the underdogs in games because they get underestimated then they perform. They weren't favorite with Dortmund but that's history now.

Good thing we're playing at Real Madrid home first because just like in 2021 we could win that game or probably just get a draw then when Real Madrid comes visiting we show them (as we mostly do) when they come visiting to Stamford bridge. I just hope injuries doesn't get the worst if us as it usually does. Hopefully we can have everyone fit including Kante for this game so we go in much prepared and ready to get something from this awful season we have been having so far

[RockBell]

Bayern vs man City, is definitely the most exciting fixture in the draw,the two teams are never scared to attack,but I just feel City will progress at the end of the day..watching City play,and seeing the amount of chances they create in every game is so unreal,it will take a lot to win them over the course of two legs

Yes, it would definitely take a whole lot to win them as they’ve been playing amazing football and winning games also. Bayern would probably need a miracle to win Manchester City. It would be a lot more exciting to watch them try though. I too feel Manchester City would win(perhaps not as easy as people would think) and progress at the end.

City is very good at penetrating their opponents defense thereby creating good chances that in most cases would lead to a goal. Not trying to undermine the capabilities of Bayern as even without Lewandoski, they’re still a force to reckon with. It would definitely be an existing fixture to watch. My money is on Manchester city though.

Given that everyone assumes that Manchester City will easily defeat Bayern, despite the fact that Bayern also has a strong record, and despite the fact that Manchester City is a good team, I often feel that the team is overhyped. I know they are good, but they also have clubs and good players who score goals, so don't be surprised if Manchester City doesn't even sniff the trophy this season. But good luck to them when they resume back the league.

[ShowOff]

Tactical brilliance also plays a major role in a team's performance every season, a team can have good and experienced players and still find it difficult to win games and competing against top teams for trophies. I think Ancelloti has a major role to play and Real Madrid have not been so good this season in the league as a result of decisions made by Ancelloti who seem to channel his focus on the Champions league title.

But I wouldn't really expect Real Madrid's domination of the Champions League title to be unstoppable this season. I hope another team will replace him as title winner, no matter who.

I hope Chelsea stop Real Madrid in the quarter-finals and get Ancelotti in trouble. Real Madrid is the best in the history of the Champions League, I know that, but the Champions League can't be about one team like Real Madrid every season because it must be very boring. Napoli and Manchester City or maybe Bayern Munich are the teams I hope to win this season, but of course it's difficult to do so if Real Madrid go through to the final.

[giammangiato]

I don't know if it's possible (definitely not) but my dream would be to be able to see Real Madrid vs Napoli
who knows what game it would be, on the one hand the experience of the Champions League on the other a team that is grinding victories after victories

You mean in the final right, because the both of them can only meet in the final if they both win their QF and SF ties. Well it isn't something that's impossible, i for one believe Napoli would make it to the final because from my prediction, i pick them to beat AC Milan and to defeat the winner of the Benfica v Inter Milan tie.

Having said that, the problem is if Real Madrid can pass through their own hurdles, they have Chelsea to contend with in the QF, and should they come out of that tie unscathed, then they have the winner of City v Bayern to face in the SF, it is going to be really tough. Personally i want to see City in the final at Instanbul, Real Madrid have won this tournament too many times and i don't wish them to win it again this season, or even get to the final.

would be very nice
who knows what numbers, both teams have always amused and fascinated me
I really like Real Madrid even if my favorite was Barcelona in the golden age, yes.
In any case, who knows, maybe it will happen

[CryptoPanda]

That is the surprising part of the Champions League this season. The underdogs play very strong in their domestic leagues (Napoli and Benfica) and the big favorites are all not ranked first in their leagues and also have some struggle once in a while. This is the chance for some new team to finally become the Champions League winner this year. Usually you wouldn't say that Napoli or even Benfica have a chance to win it, but this is year it is a different situation. More and more I lean towards Napoli being the real favorite here. Usually I would have said Manchester City, but Napoli is working like a perfect engine. They are probably the opponent who is most uncomfortable for any team to play against. You just know their results and even though they don't have the biggest name in the soccer world, every other team now knows that they are extremely hard to beat.

I know most persons will love to experience an unexpected team win the Champions league but I doubt that because despite the top favourites having one or two poor performances here and there they seem to move their focus to the champions league and play better in the UCL. I think in the end one of the top favourites will still come out victorious.

[JoyMarsha]

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.

Chelsea was almost making it by going to the next round if it's not caused by the goal in additional time that was eliminating chelsea last season. Chelsea will face king of UCL three times including upcoming duel.
As a former coach of chelsea and i think that if ancellotti is also aware about what's gonna be a weakness of chelsea.

Ancelotti urged its players to be careful against chelsea.

Both of them will be equally careful and alert because they feel that either Chelsea or Real Madrid will definitely show solid football. This is what is even more interesting meeting to reach the final has always been a subscription for Real Madrid. Likewise, Chelsea also needs to work harder. Graham Potter may not have much hope in the Premier League and his position is already very disappointing. Then this is the only chance for Potter to take back the fans' trust in him.

I think Chelsea's only hope is if they firmly believe that Real Madrid will beat them.  If Real Madrid feel complacent and confident that they will beat Chelsea for sure, then Chelsea can surprise them.  If they play their usual disciplined game, Chelsea don't stand a chance, frankly.

Chelsea vs Real Madrid is the two teams that have missed hope in their league(premier league and Laliga).
The Champions League is the only league they hold dearly in their eyes. So, in order to stay in the champions league, both teams must demonstrate their supremacy over one another.

I'm interested in watching the conflict between the two teams as they compete to win each other over in their home and away match

[laurenB7742]

That is the surprising part of the Champions League this season. The underdogs play very strong in their domestic leagues (Napoli and Benfica) and the big favorites are all not ranked first in their leagues and also have some struggle once in a while. This is the chance for some new team to finally become the Champions League winner this year. Usually you wouldn't say that Napoli or even Benfica have a chance to win it, but this is year it is a different situation. More and more I lean towards Napoli being the real favorite here. Usually I would have said Manchester City, but Napoli is working like a perfect engine. They are probably the opponent who is most uncomfortable for any team to play against. You just know their results and even though they don't have the biggest name in the soccer world, every other team now knows that they are extremely hard to beat.

I know most persons will love to experience an unexpected team win the Champions league but I doubt that because despite the top favourites having one or two poor performances here and there they seem to move their focus to the champions league and play better in the UCL. I think in the end one of the top favourites will still come out victorious.

It is not possible to predict which team will win the Champions League title. However, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Napoli are the favorites to win the title. I would say these four teams have equal chances to win the title. However, Munich and City will play against each other in the quarter-finals. The team will be eliminated from the quarter-finals. Napoli has been in great form this season. If this consistency continues, it will be very difficult for other teams to beat Napoli. I think maybe Napoli will be able to win the title.

[Iroh]

Given that everyone assumes that Manchester City will easily defeat Bayern, despite the fact that Bayern also has a strong record, and despite the fact that Manchester City is a good team, I often feel that the team is overhyped. I know they are good, but they also have clubs and good players who score goals, so don't be surprised if Manchester City doesn't even sniff the trophy this season. But good luck to them when they resume back the league.

I think the recent performance of Manchester City and perhaps the also amount of goals scored in their recent games is what’s edging people on to think that Manchester City would defeat Bayern though not as easily as you say. Bayern Munich is a big team with equally amazing players as Manchester City. Even without Lewandoski who I think was their star player, they’re still playing great football with Mane.
I actually won’t be surprised if Manchester City doesn’t win the game against Bayern or go ahead to win the trophy at the end. This is football where the result could go either ways and in this case, both teams are equally strong. What is sure is that the game would be an interesting one.

[wmaurik]

Chelsea vs Real Madrid is the two teams that have missed hope in their league(premier league and Laliga).
The Champions League is the only league they hold dearly in their eyes. So, in order to stay in the champions league, both teams must demonstrate their supremacy over one another.

Even though these two teams are starting to lose hope in their respective leagues this season, the two are very different in terms of achievements and expectations. Because Real Madrid still has the chance to still appear in the Champions League next season if it fails in the Champions League this season. Meanwhile, Chelsea still has to fight from the top ten in the Premier League in order to achieve better results this season, and one more thing is that Real Madrid still has another hope of winning the Copa Del Rey trophy this season even though the opponent is the toughest rival.

I'm interested in watching the conflict between the two teams as they compete to win each other over in their home and away match

I'm also interested in watching their matches in the Champions League this season although I wouldn't be surprised if Real Madrid were able to win home and away because considering Chelsea's current condition is a bit far from good.

[SatoPrincess]

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. 

Definitely, playing against Bayern Munich is a lot more tougher than playing against Leipzig and Manchester will need to be at their best performance to scale past this one. Bayern Munich have been unbeaten in the Champions league this season so I am not expecting an easy test for Manchester city in this meeting, hopefully Guardiola will be depending on Haaland to be at his best also to help them defeat Bayern Munich.

[Oneandpure]

But I wouldn't really expect Real Madrid's domination of the Champions League title to be unstoppable this season. I hope another team will replace him as title winner, no matter who.

I hope Chelsea stop Real Madrid in the quarter-finals and get Ancelotti in trouble. Real Madrid is the best in the history of the Champions League, I know that, but the Champions League can't be about one team like Real Madrid every season because it must be very boring. Napoli and Manchester City or maybe Bayern Munich are the teams I hope to win this season, but of course it's difficult to do so if Real Madrid go through to the final.

Current poor performance in domestic league seems impossible for Chelsea stop Real Madrid domination in the Champion League but have potential for the winning team between Bayern Munich or Manchester City. I don't think boring with Real Madrid dominance in Champion League every season despite how impressive performance from Real Madrid and have winning mentality on every match.

For quarter final maybe Real Madrid not face any problem yet against Chelsea has inconsistent performance in domestic league and help Real Madrid for qualifying to semifinal, but seems little difficult in semifinal against the winner between Bayern or Manchester City have good performance exactly with Bayern have won all Champion League matches in this season.

[Jody.Drummer]

Chelsea vs Real Madrid is the two teams that have missed hope in their league(premier league and Laliga).
The Champions League is the only league they hold dearly in their eyes. So, in order to stay in the champions league, both teams must demonstrate their supremacy over one another.

I'm interested in watching the conflict between the two teams as they compete to win each other over in their home and away match

Even though Real madrid has lost hope in the domestic league, they are still better than Chelsea, who are in a bad state this season. In fact, I think when they manage to be in this place, it's something extraordinary, because I didn't expect this to be able to do this when looking at their overall performance. In the previous round they managed to turn things around in the second leg, but the opponent they will now face is experientially better than the club they knocked out earlier, Borussia Dortmund. So I'm going to Real Madrid to be my favourite.




Looking at Benfica's journey in the Champions League this season, they are actually in a group inhabited by strong clubs, but they managed to compete with Juventus and Paris Saint Germain and came out as group winners. In the round of 16 their task was not too difficult because they got the opponent Club Brugge. In the first leg they were 2-0 up and in the second they were able to beat Club Brugge without difficulty. Now they will face Inter Milan, one of the giant clubs from Serie A. This will be a difficult match for them to advance to the next round. Not only for Benfica, but the same is felt for Inter Milan.

[Leviathan.007]

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. 

Definitely, playing against Bayern Munich is a lot more tougher than playing against Leipzig and Manchester will need to be at their best performance to scale past this one. Bayern Munich have been unbeaten in the Champions league this season so I am not expecting an easy test for Manchester city in this meeting, hopefully Guardiola will be depending on Haaland to be at his best also to help them defeat Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich can be more dangerous than any team in the Champions League because they won the game against PSG with many stars they and they had a good performance against this team. Bayern Munich is also busy with racing with Dortmund in Bundesliga but they can still give some players rest in the games whenever they can to shave a fresh team against Manchester City in the champions league.

[Zackgeno96]

Bayern Munich and Manchetser City are the favorites with the bookmakers, but Napoli is not far behind. The reason for this is also the draw, in which Napoli has drawn a pleasant opponent in AC Milan, we can say. It is striking that there are no less than 3 Italian teams in the quarterfinals. Inter Milan and Benfica are the weaker teams in this match and are also linked. This will be a tie game, and I think it will be the same for Bayern Munich and Manchester City. Only Napoli is a heavy favorite to reach the next round and Real Madrid also has a very good chance to continue. Real Madrid - Manchester City would be a nice semi-final, then Manchester City get a chance for a rematch.