UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[makishart]

This statistic does not give Manchester City an advantage over Bayern Munich in their quarterfinal matchup, but they should be better prepared now that a coach with more Champions League experience has taken over at Bayern Munich. The match will be more interesting now that we have two experienced coaches who will want to add to their head-to-head wins.

The old story was repeating. I remembered how sad it was when Chelsea beat City in the final. It seems like that pep is so careful with bayern under tuchel. Bayern will be facing the first match against dortmund. Tuchel will have a huge challenge to beat bayern.
I meant let's say that if tuchel will not try to miss any points against dortmund to make sure if the club will able to take at least two trophies. If bayern and chelsea will able to go to the semi final and that's gonna be a very big revenge by tuchel to the chelsea as a club that was sacking him before. This unexpected movement by bayerns were really making surprise for so many people in the football. I never heard that if naglesmann was getting bad news before.
It's surprisingly that if the bayern's management decided to terminate his contract and replace it with tuchel.

[lalabotax]

This is like a last chance for Potter. I mean I assume Chelsea need to win the Champions League title for Potter to be able to stay here.
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But I don't expect the same performance this time. Potter doesn't have the same kind of strategies that can help them be that much successful now. They are still a very inconsistent team about scoring multiple goals in a match or keeping a clean sheet.

It seems that this season is not Chelsea's season, especially if we look at how Chelsea's performance so far, how Potter's tactics have been implemented for the squad, and the decisions made during the match. In like it hasn't blended well. And UCL is not a test event. Indeed nothing is impossible. However, this is only a fraction of a percent and is really due to luck if you are able to escape. moreover, they will play against Real Madrid who will definitely try their best in the UCL, because they have lost their chance in La Liga. Even though Real Madrid's strength may not be as strong as last season, if you look at their performance in the UCL, I'm sure they can still overcome Chelsea well.

[Awaklara]

This is like a last chance for Potter. I mean I assume Chelsea need to win the Champions League title for Potter to be able to stay here.
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But I don't expect the same performance this time. Potter doesn't have the same kind of strategies that can help them be that much successful now. They are still a very inconsistent team about scoring multiple goals in a match or keeping a clean sheet.

It seems that this season is not Chelsea's season, especially if we look at how Chelsea's performance so far, how Potter's tactics have been implemented for the squad, and the decisions made during the match. In like it hasn't blended well. And UCL is not a test event. Indeed nothing is impossible. However, this is only a fraction of a percent and is really due to luck if you are able to escape. moreover, they will play against Real Madrid who will definitely try their best in the UCL, because they have lost their chance in La Liga. Even though Real Madrid's strength may not be as strong as last season, if you look at their performance in the UCL, I'm sure they can still overcome Chelsea well.

not only can overcome, but Madrid also gets the luck to face Chelsea. it's like 1 free ticket to the semi-finals. I'm not belittling Chelsea, but it's very unlikely that Chelsea will qualify for the semi-finals if their performance is just like today. Madrid will break the hopes of Chelsea who pinned their hopes on Potter. and when Chelsea has to go out, I think Potter will leave his seat at Chelsea.

[Rengga Jati]

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.

Totally agree with this opinion. Although anything is possible to do, or nothing is impossible, from fact, the chance is very small. Although we know that everything can happen in a football match, we are talking also about the statistic of the performances so far. Napoli is exactly leading, and it should be much better than Milan. Expect that Napoli has some mistakes and cannot optimize their chance to win.

[nurilham]

I think Bayern Munich's changing their manager is a really significant move just before facing Manchester City here. It can upset the balances very much I mean. I was really surprised to hear about the news first. Because I wasn't expecting any such move from Bayern Munich team while they were in a title race in both tournaments - Bundesliga and Champions League.

But this can result in really positive for Bayern Munich as well. Because Tuchel knows the Bundesliga teams very well. He would be able to adapt to Bayern Munich quickly I assume. Even his experience would be enough for him to do so. Guardiola doesn't have a very good history against Tuchel in the Champions League as well. You know how Chelsea defeated Manchester City in the Champions League finale in the 2020/21 season.  

Yes, it is surprising that Bayern Munich changes their coach immediately. But I think it is a good decision and may bring a significant impact on Bayern performance. Sure, they need a coach/manager who has a good experience against Man City and they need someone who can defeat Dortmund in Bundesliga. Tuchel is the best option that fits the criteria. As what you explained above, Tuchel is superior against Guardiola or Man City and he knows well how to handle Dortmund. Tuchel is expected to win 2 next big matches that will be faced by Bayern Munich.

[Ryu_Ar1]

not only can overcome, but Madrid also gets the luck to face Chelsea. it's like 1 free ticket to the semi-finals. I'm not belittling Chelsea, but it's very unlikely that Chelsea will qualify for the semi-finals if their performance is just like today. Madrid will break the hopes of Chelsea who pinned their hopes on Potter. and when Chelsea has to go out, I think Potter will leave his seat at Chelsea.

With Chelsea's current condition, it is difficult for them to make a breakthrough against Madrid. The conditions seemed to be the same as last season when they had to give up in the Quarter finals with an aggregate of 5-4 at that time. but the conditions from last season to now are very different and I'm pretty sure with Madrid at the moment, especially by looking at Madrid's current condition, it's likely they will go all out, considering that most of the competitions they do, especially for domestic, they most likely will lose trophies so the Champions League is the only thing a place to fight to the end.

[herurist]

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.

Totally agree with this opinion. Although anything is possible to do, or nothing is impossible, from fact, the chance is very small. Although we know that everything can happen in a football match, we are talking also about the statistic of the performances so far. Napoli is exactly leading, and it should be much better than Milan. Expect that Napoli has some mistakes and cannot optimize their chance to win.

The reference this time may be seen from their match which will be held next week in the continuation of Serie A.
If Milan can keep up with or even outperform their chance, they still have a chance for this, although of course Napoli's concentration will obviously be full on the Champions League, but if they fail to score points on Matchday 28 in Serie A then Milan's chances for the Champions League are clearly closed ithink.

[nara1892]

It's only natural that many would say that when looking at Chelsea's current performance, because they sacked Thomas Tuchel even quicker after Chelsea didn't go the way they wanted. But Graham Potter now has a lot of opportunities from Chelsea even though he failed to bring Chelsea even better. Even I think Thomas Tuchel is better than their coach now. It's possible that Chelsea's management doesn't want to rush into sacking, because they don't want to feel the same way after they fired the previous coach.

This is one of the only explanation that make sense to try to justify the actions of the management of Chelsea, some fans and some players liked Tuchel but the management still got rid of him and then they brought Potter, and while the results of Potter have not been good they are afraid that if they fire him then they will be admitting in a way that they made a mistake by hiring Potter, and this is a mistake they cannot even try to avoid as they were to ones to make that decision, so they are hoping that somehow the performance of Chelsea improves and they do not have to fire Potter and admit their mistakes.

The ego of the top brass at Chelsea is too high to admit that they sacked Tuchel was a mistake so like it or not they have to do this season with Potter regardless of whether he succeeds or not, because indeed with the current conditions they also sacked apart from the compensation to be paid, they also clearly don't want to be seen as a misstep in sacking Tuchel beforehand.
Back to the topic of the Champions League now, it looks like it is indeed difficult for Chelsea with the current conditions to face Madrid as the defending champions last season even though with the conditions they spent a lot of money on overhaul.

[ginsan]

Todd Boehly has a project with Graham Potter so we should stop thinking the club will fire a manager when they know what they're doing. Immediately they see that the project won't work with Graham Potter, they'll have him fired and hire a new manager. For now we just have to trust the management of the club, already they have invested so much that if they allow the club to fail they'll be the ones to be affected the most, they could lose partnerships, sponsorships etc and all this will affect the revenue of the club. Thomas Tuchel had success with Chelsea wasn't totally on his coaching skills but because it the players that was built by Lampard.

We already had the talents and he just came in to do few amend and it worked out for him. Chelsea gave Thomas Tuchel his first champion league trophy and not the other way round which is something he couldn't do with PSG. Sometimes it isn't about the managers coaching but are the players ready to play for the manager. We could see the difference when the players played what was instructed to them by Graham Potter, Chelsea are now in the quarter finals of the competition and that's something many people didn't see happening. Just as they doubted Chelsea ability to defeat Dortmund so they're doubting us defeating Real Madrid forgetting that we won them the last time we meant.

The truth of your words is evident in the Chelsea team where Todd Boehly has a long enough projection with Potter because Todd Boehly in these two transfer seasons bought players who are of good quality but in their performance this season they have not shown relatively good performance but this is not bad for the coach as they will focus next season as their target to provide stronger competition.

But yes patience has a limit, if potter fails next season i think he will be sacked from chelsea coaching chair. for this season in the Champions league Chelsea fared better than Liverpool because Chelsea was able to advance to the quarter-finals.  the next opponent is Real Madrid which is the strongest team in the Champions League. Will Potter be able to take Chelsea one step further in the Champions League?

[Docnaster]

Thomas Tuchel will receive contracts in the next hours to sign as new Bayern coach — contract will be valid until June 2025, two year & half deal as expected. #FCBayern

First training session, on Monday.

Tuchel didn’t hesitate — he was leading candidate and wanted the job.

I think this decision was very sudden especially because Julian Nagelsmann has successfully brought Bayern Munich to this stage. But good, this is good news for Manchester City and not bad news.

I read in an article Guardiola have a five wins against Tuchel in their ten matches, meanwhile Tuchel was only able 3 wins and the rest match with a draws. This is a good statistics for Guardiola, also current Manchester City squad is really great, so I also assume that is good news for Manchester city. Previously I predicted Bayern Munich would be able to stop Manchester City in UCL, but now I'm not too sure.

The past records of the coaches involved has always been a good way of predicting their matches,  but I don't think Guardiola vs Tuchel record will be a good way of measuring the possible outcome for this season UEFA champion league clash between Bayern and Manchester city.
Personally  I see that Bayern Munich sacked their coach not just for a rejuvenation in the domestic league performance but also for this purpose. In a thousand count I will bet on bayern to win this match.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Yeah, the sad thing is that FIFA is rich enough that they do not need to be corrupted, it's the people that are corrupted at the top, or at least it was, can't talk about the current one but they did not reverse any decision neither for legal scare.

However, if you pick people who are honest and true to their word, then you shouldn't be worried about corruption because FIFA is not corrupted as an organization, it's the people in that organization, so you fire them and get honest people and FIFA would not be corrupt at all. Paying a few million or even a lot of million to people could sound easy, but you need people who will say no to bribery like that, hard to find but they exist.

A very serious delusion. FIFA = corruption. You can change people as much as you like, but if the system is created as corrupt, then the result will be corruption. Wherever there are officials who dispose of the fruits of the labor of others, there is corruption. Football is a business, business should be run by businessmen and not corrupt officials. If you build a system that does not allow corruption, then you will not have it even if there are dishonest people inside it. And what we are seeing now shows precisely the systemic problem.

Once it had happened and then the officials gets used to it. This is how corruption continues even when the officials weren't interested to take bribe. The involvement of businessman corruption can be eradicated, but when we move towards the national team businessman weren't able to make certain decisions. It is said that Qatar bribed the officials and got the hosting rights. I'm not sure of it, if that's true some other country will be allocating a big fund and waiting for its turn. This is how it continues.

When talking about corruption in FIFA, they still cover a lot of ground, I have seen that there is corruption in referee decisions, and when a referee decides something because he "supposedly saw it" VAR does not come into play, of course this is the In a way that I have seen that they can evade the VAR, and since now they are not allowed to broadcast what the VAR sees, well that is where it lends itself to a lot, I have never really seen FIFA as clean as such, for me there is still corruption , only now for it to be discovered it will be very difficult, maybe in the years it can be seen, but not for now.

Bayern Munich has a new manager in the person of Thomas Tuchel

Bayern Munich sack Julian Nagelsmann and prepare to appoint Thomas Tuchel.

Nagelsman was sacked because of Bayern poor performance in Bundesliga and they can lose it in this season to Dortmund. It is not familiar feeling for Bayern Munich as they easily dominate Bundesliga in many seasons and in its long history.

that should be a big worry for Manchester City as a team and Erling Haaland as their star striker because Thomas Tuchel is known for how well he drills his defense line

Maybe Bayern Munich hope that Tuchel will repeat his success with Chelsea. He brought Chelsea to their second Champions League after joining them in middle of season. Some coaches have very special traits and destiny and maybe Tuchel will be considered as a golden alternative coach if he brings Bayern to Champions League title in next 2 months.

Before now, I was expecting Manchester City to defile all odds and beat Bayern which I know would have been a difficult task for them but now that Thomas Tuchel has taken over it will be more difficult task for the Citizens. The tie will be Pep Guardiola's biggest test of the season and he must prove to Manchester City's heirarchy that he's equal to the task

Even without appearance of Tuchel (he has yet been appointed), Manchester City would feel fearful when the opponent is Bayern Munich. I don't think Tuchel can help Bayern Munich too much to control Haaland. He left Bundesliga many seasons ago and did not work there when Haaland joined Bundesliga. However, I am not doubtful about Tuchel ability and perhaps he is a better coach than Nagelsman.

Things really got very heated for Bayern, however they are right, if they lose the Bundesliga For now it would be a very Hard blow for Bayern, firing a Technical director almost at this point is because the problems undoubtedly went further and Things got out of hand for everyone, now the performance that Bayern is Going to take from now on will be Crucial. They Have a UCL match and with all this it is to start thinking that they must win, apart from City And their very team focused, I would really have a lot of Pressure.

And:

Joao Cancelo found out Bayern had replaced Nagelsmann with Tuchel in interview

Journalist Fabrizio Romano took to social media on Thursday evening to reveal that Bayern were 'seriously considering' parting ways with the 35-year-old.

He confirmed that Bayern had made the decision to sack Nagelsmann shortly after.

Bayern have already lined up a successor.

Former Borussia Dortmund, PSG and Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has accepted to replace Naglesmann as Bayern manager.

Revealing the news, Romano wrote: "Exclusive news confirmed: Thomas Tuchel becomes new FC Bayern head coach, full agreement in place. He has already accepted the job. Contract agreed, documents are being prepared tonight."

Source: https://www.givemesport.com/joao-cancelo-found-out-bayern-had-replaced-nagelsmann-with-tuchel-in-interview/

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.

Totally agree with this opinion. Although anything is possible to do, or nothing is impossible, from fact, the chance is very small. Although we know that everything can happen in a football match, we are talking also about the statistic of the performances so far. Napoli is exactly leading, and it should be much better than Milan. Expect that Napoli has some mistakes and cannot optimize their chance to win.

The reference this time may be seen from their match which will be held next week in the continuation of Serie A.
If Milan can keep up with or even outperform their chance, they still have a chance for this, although of course Napoli's concentration will obviously be full on the Champions League, but if they fail to score points on Matchday 28 in Serie A then Milan's chances for the Champions League are clearly closed ithink.

It is doing very well, but I think it is deserved and in my opinion Milan needs to vindicate itself, also a final between Real Madrid and Milan is what I would love, and I also think that this is the final that most wants to happen according to Ancelotti, It would be epic because they are two great teams that could have every chance of winning the UCL title. Napoli is a very strong team and that is why I would like Milan to beat them and go much further, of course Real Madrid you have to do your part.

[JoyMarsha]

It seems that this season is not Chelsea's season, especially if we look at how Chelsea's performance so far, how Potter's tactics have been implemented for the squad, and the decisions made during the match. In like it hasn't blended well. And UCL is not a test event. Indeed nothing is impossible. However, this is only a fraction of a percent and is really due to luck if you are able to escape. moreover, they will play against Real Madrid who will definitely try their best in the UCL, because they have lost their chance in La Liga. Even though Real Madrid's strength may not be as strong as last season, if you look at their performance in the UCL, I'm sure they can still overcome Chelsea well.

Absolutely true. Chelsea's season is not this one. This season, the club has experienced a great number of events (change of coach, new signings of players, new club owner, and management). Chelsea won't be able to stand on their own for a while till the end of this season. By the next season, the Chelsea squad should start to benefit from Potter's adopted strategies.
The champions league and premier league top spots are beyond Chelsea's reach. Because of the extensive champions league experience that  Real Madrid's players and coach have gotten from past champions league games, Real will win against Chelsea

[laurenB7742]

It seems that this season is not Chelsea's season, especially if we look at how Chelsea's performance so far, how Potter's tactics have been implemented for the squad, and the decisions made during the match. In like it hasn't blended well. And UCL is not a test event. Indeed nothing is impossible. However, this is only a fraction of a percent and is really due to luck if you are able to escape. moreover, they will play against Real Madrid who will definitely try their best in the UCL, because they have lost their chance in La Liga. Even though Real Madrid's strength may not be as strong as last season, if you look at their performance in the UCL, I'm sure they can still overcome Chelsea well.

Absolutely true. Chelsea's season is not this one. This season, the club has experienced a great number of events (change of coach, new signings of players, new club owner, and management). Chelsea won't be able to stand on their own for a while till the end of this season. By the next season, the Chelsea squad should start to benefit from Potter's adopted strategies.
The champions league and premier league top spots are beyond Chelsea's reach. Because of the extensive champions league experience that  Real Madrid's players and coach have gotten from past champions league games, Real will win against Chelsea

Don't expect good performances from Chelsea this season. There are many weaknesses within their team. And the coach has yet to fix their weak spots. Chelsea's attack has been very poor this season. The team managed to score only 29 goals in 27 matches. Next season they will have to fundraise big to add talented players in attack. If the attack is not strong, Chelsea's overall performance will not be stable.

I don't see any chance of Chelsea winning against Real Madrid unless a miracle happens. Real Madrid is an experienced team. And now their squad is quite stable. Benzema, Vini and Rodrygo are playing well enough. If these three players do not face injuries then it will not be difficult for Madrid to beat Chelsea.

[Naficopa]

It seems that this season is not Chelsea's season, especially if we look at how Chelsea's performance so far, how Potter's tactics have been implemented for the squad, and the decisions made during the match. In like it hasn't blended well. And UCL is not a test event. Indeed nothing is impossible. However, this is only a fraction of a percent and is really due to luck if you are able to escape. moreover, they will play against Real Madrid who will definitely try their best in the UCL, because they have lost their chance in La Liga. Even though Real Madrid's strength may not be as strong as last season, if you look at their performance in the UCL, I'm sure they can still overcome Chelsea well.

Absolutely true. Chelsea's season is not this one. This season, the club has experienced a great number of events (change of coach, new signings of players, new club owner, and management). Chelsea won't be able to stand on their own for a while till the end of this season. By the next season, the Chelsea squad should start to benefit from Potter's adopted strategies.
The champions league and premier league top spots are beyond Chelsea's reach. Because of the extensive champions league experience that  Real Madrid's players and coach have gotten from past champions league games, Real will win against Chelsea

Don't expect good performances from Chelsea this season. There are many weaknesses within their team. And the coach has yet to fix their weak spots. Chelsea's attack has been very poor this season. The team managed to score only 29 goals in 27 matches. Next season they will have to fundraise big to add talented players in attack. If the attack is not strong, Chelsea's overall performance will not be stable.

I don't see any chance of Chelsea winning against Real Madrid unless a miracle happens. Real Madrid is an experienced team. And now their squad is quite stable. Benzema, Vini and Rodrygo are playing well enough. If these three players do not face injuries then it will not be difficult for Madrid to beat Chelsea.

The match between Real Madrid and Chelsea will be very competitive. Because both parties are strong and self-supporting. Real Madrid have less focus on La Liga to do well in the Champions League. But I think Real Madrid will fail to secure victory in this match. Because of Karim Benzema, Vinicius Jr. is failing to perform like before.

[rendravolt]

It seems that this season is not Chelsea's season, especially if we look at how Chelsea's performance so far, how Potter's tactics have been implemented for the squad, and the decisions made during the match. In like it hasn't blended well. And UCL is not a test event. Indeed nothing is impossible. However, this is only a fraction of a percent and is really due to luck if you are able to escape. moreover, they will play against Real Madrid who will definitely try their best in the UCL, because they have lost their chance in La Liga. Even though Real Madrid's strength may not be as strong as last season, if you look at their performance in the UCL, I'm sure they can still overcome Chelsea well.

Absolutely true. Chelsea's season is not this one. This season, the club has experienced a great number of events (change of coach, new signings of players, new club owner, and management). Chelsea won't be able to stand on their own for a while till the end of this season. By the next season, the Chelsea squad should start to benefit from Potter's adopted strategies.
The champions league and premier league top spots are beyond Chelsea's reach. Because of the extensive champions league experience that  Real Madrid's players and coach have gotten from past champions league games, Real will win against Chelsea

It can be said that Chelsea have had a complicated season with so many big changes and they still haven't been able to give a good performance on the European stage. I think even next season Chelsea will likely still experience the same season as now because the adaptation time for new coaches and players still takes quite a long time and that cannot be measured in just one next season. Maybe we and others can already predict the outcome of Chelsea's match against Real Madrid and that can be a good experience for Chelsea, even if they are eliminated again by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

[Naficopa]

It seems that this season is not Chelsea's season, especially if we look at how Chelsea's performance so far, how Potter's tactics have been implemented for the squad, and the decisions made during the match. In like it hasn't blended well. And UCL is not a test event. Indeed nothing is impossible. However, this is only a fraction of a percent and is really due to luck if you are able to escape. moreover, they will play against Real Madrid who will definitely try their best in the UCL, because they have lost their chance in La Liga. Even though Real Madrid's strength may not be as strong as last season, if you look at their performance in the UCL, I'm sure they can still overcome Chelsea well.

Absolutely true. Chelsea's season is not this one. This season, the club has experienced a great number of events (change of coach, new signings of players, new club owner, and management). Chelsea won't be able to stand on their own for a while till the end of this season. By the next season, the Chelsea squad should start to benefit from Potter's adopted strategies.
The champions league and premier league top spots are beyond Chelsea's reach. Because of the extensive champions league experience that  Real Madrid's players and coach have gotten from past champions league games, Real will win against Chelsea

It can be said that Chelsea have had a complicated season with so many big changes and they still haven't been able to give a good performance on the European stage. I think even next season Chelsea will likely still experience the same season as now because the adaptation time for new coaches and players still takes quite a long time and that cannot be measured in just one next season. Maybe we and others can already predict the outcome of Chelsea's match against Real Madrid and that can be a good experience for Chelsea, even if they are eliminated again by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

I would like to state with utmost confidence that Manchester City are very likely to reach the final of the Champions League. Because other teams have not been good at securing wins and consistent performances but Manchester City have been able to build themselves up brilliantly.

[asriloni]

I would like to state with utmost confidence that Manchester City are very likely to reach the final of the Champions League. Because other teams have not been good at securing wins and consistent performances but Manchester City have been able to build themselves up brilliantly.

don't rush. Everything has its own time. Manchester city had a chance to be qualified for the final of UCL but we have not yet got the candidates for the semi final and manchester city is not guaranteed to beat bayern. The chance for bayern to eliminate manchester city from UCL is still there.
I would not try to underestimate another team without proof if the team had a very bad history in the competition. It's likely bayern or real madrid will be qualified for the final. that's very bad to see that we will not be able to see a good match caused by mostly good teams will be eliminated before final.

It seems like that napoli is the strongest candidate to go to the final considering how consistent and steady their performance of napoli is at this moment. Intermilan and ac milan are facing difficulties in the serie a. I think that was giving really huge impact to the performance from the team. Benfica is under rated one. people rarely talked about that once benfica has been always dominating the local league.
It's very hard to pick the most favorite club to enter into the semi final but i guess it must be madrid or bayern.

hmm.. next month gonna be very interesting month to watch so many attractive matches played at the same week.

[keyscore44]

I would like to state with utmost confidence that Manchester City are very likely to reach the final of the Champions League. Because other teams have not been good at securing wins and consistent performances but Manchester City have been able to build themselves up brilliantly.

don't rush. Everything has its own time. Manchester city had a chance to be qualified for the final of UCL but we have not yet got the candidates for the semi final and manchester city is not guaranteed to beat bayern. The chance for bayern to eliminate manchester city from UCL is still there.
I would not try to underestimate another team without proof if the team had a very bad history in the competition. It's likely bayern or real madrid will be qualified for the final. that's very bad to see that we will not be able to see a good match caused by mostly good teams will be eliminated before final.

It seems like that napoli is the strongest candidate to go to the final considering how consistent and steady their performance of napoli is at this moment. Intermilan and ac milan are facing difficulties in the serie a. I think that was giving really huge impact to the performance from the team. Benfica is under rated one. people rarely talked about that once benfica has been always dominating the local league.
It's very hard to pick the most favorite club to enter into the semi final but i guess it must be madrid or bayern.

hmm.. next month gonna be very interesting month to watch so many attractive matches played at the same week.

I am always surprised by the Napoli team. Because the team is able to perform really well. The team players have been able to build themselves up brilliantly. However, the coach of the team played a great role behind this good performance of the Napoli team.

[rozak]

I would like to state with utmost confidence that Manchester City are very likely to reach the final of the Champions League. Because other teams have not been good at securing wins and consistent performances but Manchester City have been able to build themselves up brilliantly.

City will face Munich. indeed Munich's game is not as good as last season. but they are still dangerous and have a chance to beat City.
City is a strong candidate for the final after Madrid. first leg, City will be more favored. they play terrible at home. Munich must make a strong strategy in midfield and defense if they want to stem the dominance of City's attack line.
the second leg will be the winner, if Munich manages to minimize defeat or even hold City to a draw. then in the second leg Munich will be very favored to win. but after all, football is not an analysis, we have seen many surprises on the pitch. hopefully both teams are equally in their best performance.

[Despairo]

So many people underestimating Bayern Munich, just like the odds on sportsbook where the Bayern Munich become heavy underdog in this match against Manchester City. It's not profitable enough to bet Manchester City, so I'd better go to bet Bayern Munich. Similar like Benfica vs Inter Milan, Lukaku shocked everyone for scoring 3 goals on the Euro qualifiers, Inter Milan is an underdog club too.

Only Real Madrid and Napoli which I feel convincing enough they will win.