UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

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The only team in the Champions League I was not expected to see at this stage is Chelsea because they had a bad performance in the previous weeks and I was expecting to see Dortmund at this stage instead of them but regarding the other teams, I guess we can see Manchester City and Napoli at the final match because they both are doing very well, especially Napoli because they have enough time to get recovery from the Serie A games and get themselves ready for champions league games.

Of course it would be very interesting if Napoli could be in the Champions League final this season against Manchester City (and even if Manchester City could beat Bayern Munich and also Real Madrid) because I'm also not sure that Chelsea can hold Real Madrid from advancing to the next round because Chelsea's performance this season is not very good and also not on par with other teams who are still in the Champions League now.

Before this season i always be underestimate Napoli to win champion league because just like i said before Napoli is always be underdog status because in the last several season they even cannot able reach to quarterfinal before and indeed Napoli highest achievement is came this season that they were always be performing well in every competitions and one thing for sure their journey until quarterfinal were very easy compared to other teams because since group stage until quarterfinal Napoli always be gets the weaker opponents than him

And if i am not mistaken the winner between Napoli vs Milan will be faced the winner Inter vs Benfica and if scheme is true then probably Napoli chances to advance to the final match is quite high because they can be avoiding strong teams such as Bayern or Real Madrid on semifinal match and this time probably they will fight for the title in the final match and they have good possibilities to get their first trophy in this competition

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[shinratensei_]

The only team in the Champions League I was not expected to see at this stage is Chelsea because they had a bad performance in the previous weeks and I was expecting to see Dortmund at this stage instead of them but regarding the other teams, I guess we can see Manchester City and Napoli at the final match because they both are doing very well, especially Napoli because they have enough time to get recovery from the Serie A games and get themselves ready for champions league games.

If you were ever watched how chelsea was winning its UCL trophies before and i think you will be very familar with this scenario. Chelsea is always facing so many difficulties in the domestic league before it will able to win UCL trophies. I would not be surprised to see that if chelsea will able to win UCL again this year. This club is full of surprises but the problem is that Chelsea is always facing real madrid over and over again in UCl. This makes chelsea's way to getting another trophy to become even harder than before.

I was not even expecting chelsea will meet real madrid again. Chelsea has been always facing real madrid since ucl 2020/2021. Three times chelsea face real madrid in UCL. The rivalry between madrid vs chelsea is real.

I were surprised to see how chelsea can get real madrid as an opponent. If chelsea would get italian club as its opponent and that may be making the club a big easy to go to the semi final.

[Bobrox]

From all quarter final UEFA Champion League participants only Chelsea drop from top fourth standing position in domestic league, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and FC Porto on 2nd position each domestic league. For Napoli and Benfica success manage top standing position in their domestic league and left Chelsea have dropped to 10th standing in Primer League.

Seems terrible with their performance between Champion League and Primer League because success qualify to quarter final but have poor performance in domestic league. I don't sure about Chelsea's lucky keep going on at the quarter final round because against Real Madrid are experienced team in Champion League is not easy and have quit well performance in La Liga.

[uswa56]

From all quarter final UEFA Champion League participants only Chelsea drop from top fourth standing position in domestic league, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and FC Porto on 2nd position each domestic league. For Napoli and Benfica success manage top standing position in their domestic league and left Chelsea have dropped to 10th standing in Primer League.

Seems terrible with their performance between Champion League and Primer League because success qualify to quarter final but have poor performance in domestic league. I don't sure about Chelsea's lucky keep going on at the quarter final round because against Real Madrid are experienced team in Champion League is not easy and have quit well performance in La Liga.

Yes, if you look at his performance in the domestic league, Chelsea seems to be having trouble in the quarter-finals. Real Madrid are the favorites in this tournament and they are quite experienced. Even though these two teams have met each other and produced fairly balanced average results, this season the performances of these two teams are in stark contrast. The Blues this season are in a transitional phase, many things have changed compared to Chelsea's previous face. The presence of a new owner and a new coach made the team's condition fluctuate, which is why they are still struggling in the Premier League to this day.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid, even though they started to slump in La Liga, in the Champions League they showed a different appearance. The current condition of the El Real team has not changed much, 90% of which are still adorned with old faces. With a wealth of experience and also being the defending champion, I'm sure Madrid will easily beat Chelsea, but with a record that the condition of the Madrid players are all in excellent condition.

[X-ray]

Bayern Munich is not the club it used to be in terms of dominance of the German league. Thomas Tuchel is not a magician, hence I am not expecting him to get an instant result in Bayern Munich. Manchester City has the advantage in this match because it will take sometime for the new coach to stabilize the team.

You can at least provide a reliable data to prove it. Bayern is still dominating the league and it's been a decade bayern was dominating bundesliga.



what are you talking about? bayern is still a few steps away to get bundesliga again. The gap to the dormnud was only 1 point.

Tuchel has some matches to adapt to the situation in the club, bayern can use the match against dortmund tomorrow and then freiburg in DFB pokal as a way to train the team. Tuchel has been thinking so hard about how to make bayern becomes even better since he was coming to the club.

I expect the Bayern team to improve with time because Tuchel needs understand the team. The match between these two teams is unpredictable City might win the first leg but the second leg will be the real battle. Thia match will be a real thriller and a must watch.

It needs the time and bayern has three matches to do that before it will be facing chelsea. That's enough for tuchel to adapt to the club but the match against dortmund is very important.

[laurenB7742]

Napoli, Real Madrid, and Manchester City are unlikely teams to win the title. Also, we are neglecting. Benfica has been performing exceptionally well in the Champions League this season. Benfica also won the last match against Club Brugge 5-1. This group should not be neglected either. The way they are performing so far, I wouldn't be surprised to see Benfica in the Champions League final. Benfica will play against Inter Milan in the quarter-finals. Inter Milan's performance is not regular. So Benfica has a chance to win this match. I think the semi-final will be between Napoli vs Benfica.

If Napoli, Real Madrid, and Manchester City are unlikely to win the title, who do you think will? Is it Bayern Munich?
You have a lot of faith in this club Benfica, which is fine because they're doing extremely well right now and the opponent they'll be facing can easily be passed through to the semifinals. But seeing them in the finals is something I'm certain is extremely unlikely. Consider any of the other teams they could face after successfully passing through AC Milan; do you think they'll win and advance to the finals?

Among the 8 teams in the quarter-finals, I think the weakest teams are AC Milan, Inter Milan and Chelsea. I call these three teams weak because their performances are so erratic. They are not performing well in their own league and even in the Champions League, the performance of the teams is not very good. My guess is that Napoli and Benfica will meet in the semi-finals. And it is difficult to predict which of these two teams will make it to the finals. On the other hand, Manchester City and Real Madrid will meet in the semi-finals. However, it is not possible to predict which team will qualify for the finals or become champions.

[swogerino]

Napoli, Real Madrid, and Manchester City are unlikely teams to win the title. Also, we are neglecting. Benfica has been performing exceptionally well in the Champions League this season. Benfica also won the last match against Club Brugge 5-1. This group should not be neglected either. The way they are performing so far, I wouldn't be surprised to see Benfica in the Champions League final. Benfica will play against Inter Milan in the quarter-finals. Inter Milan's performance is not regular. So Benfica has a chance to win this match. I think the semi-final will be between Napoli vs Benfica.

If Napoli, Real Madrid, and Manchester City are unlikely to win the title, who do you think will? Is it Bayern Munich?
You have a lot of faith in this club Benfica, which is fine because they're doing extremely well right now and the opponent they'll be facing can easily be passed through to the semifinals. But seeing them in the finals is something I'm certain is extremely unlikely. Consider any of the other teams they could face after successfully passing through AC Milan; do you think they'll win and advance to the finals?

Among the 8 teams in the quarter-finals, I think the weakest teams are AC Milan, Inter Milan and Chelsea. I call these three teams weak because their performances are so erratic. They are not performing well in their own league and even in the Champions League, the performance of the teams is not very good. My guess is that Napoli and Benfica will meet in the semi-finals. And it is difficult to predict which of these two teams will make it to the finals. On the other hand, Manchester City and Real Madrid will meet in the semi-finals. However, it is not possible to predict which team will qualify for the finals or become champions.

If I assume that Benfica and Napoli will face each other at the semi final which can happen I think that between these two teams it is only natural for Napoli to come out victorious because of their awesome performance during all the season in Serie A and in Champions League.Benfica had somewhat of a same season but I think the difference in Serie A and Liga Portugal is still notable despite Serie A losing value each year that we pass.For me personally though I predict Inter to be in the semi-finals and I have no prediction of which other team will be here.

[CryptocurencyKing]

You're right, the Manchester City vs Bayern Munich match is a match that's very difficult to predict, because apart from the UCL, the two teams are still on their way to getting the domestic league title. But if I have to choose 1 team between Manchester City or Bayern Munich, I prefer Bayern Munich. This is very reasonable, because Bayern Munich from season to season shows their consistency in the UCL. But Manchester City is also not bad, they have very good squad depth, so I think their percentage of going to the semi-final is 40% (IMO).

The game between Manchester City and Bayern Munich is going to be very a difficult game,  is even going to be more difficult for Manchester City because Bayern Munich have changed there coach, Bayern Munich are going to make life really difficult for Manchester City because the coach they signed has played in the English premier League before and he has a very good record against Manchester City, but I still believe Manchester City will make it through to the next round, so is a win win for the Manchester City side.

Bayern Munich Board trust Tuchel to see Bayern progress in the UCL. He knows better than anyone else how to tactically overpower Guardiola... And Bayern Munich's board may have had that and the upcoming semifinals in mind and in perspective when they decided to hand the key of the house to him. I also know that Bayern with or without Tuchel, can still body Manchester City, like Zidane when he was in Madrid, Thomas doesn't need to do much for a few years, the system in Bayern has made them Bundesliga Champions for more than a decade.

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For example, if later in the first leg Inter lose, surely they will learn how to overcome Benfica in the second leg with a better strategy to outperform the aggregate results at home later. But indeed Benfica is an opponent who is quite defeated for Inter at this time, considering that Inter's performance is still below Benfica in the domestic league or UCL. But for sure if there is any miracle I think it will only come to inter and for benfica I am very sure they will get rid of inter in the QF stage.

Yes, the problem is in Inter's own performance which is still very inconsistent. Sometimes they are able to play very well, effectively, efficiently, and also accurately. So they are still able to provide very satisfying and surprising results. However, it is not uncommon for their appearance to disappoint because of the many wasted opportunities. Here, if Inter have its own challenges, at least to manage its own performance, each player. Meanwhile, Benfica has been playing more consistently

Indeed, that's how Inter is at the moment, they are very far from developing after some minor results in the domestic league and even in the UCL they seem lucky to get to the QF round. But I'm quite curious about Lukaku, he scored a hat trick while playing for Belgium in the previous Euro qualifier, is it possible that Lukaku will start to sharpen again in front of the opponent's goal? including against Benfica later, can he carry Inter to win the match. We have to wait for Lukaku's performance, which is currently starting to rise again and being a striker is a task that he has to do fully to bring Inter to victory.

[hd49728]

If I assume that Benfica and Napoli will face each other at the semi final which can happen I think that between these two teams it is only natural for Napoli to come out victorious because of their awesome performance during all the season in Serie A and in Champions League.Benfica had somewhat of a same season but I think the difference in Serie A and Liga Portugal is still notable despite Serie A losing value each year that we pass.For me personally though I predict Inter to be in the semi-finals and I have no prediction of which other team will be here.

Benfica look to be a good team and they did performed well in Champions League but I don't think they can easily beat Inter Milan. Between them and Inter Milan does not have big quality difference and they can beat Inter Milan but chance is like a little bit fluctuating around 50%, a bit lower or a bit higher than 50%.

Even Napoli will not surely beat AC Milan even they totally dominate Serie A in this season. However, in knock out matches, one mistake or one fantastic moment from a star player can decide winner. At this stage, all clubs have star players who can make such fantastic moment and we can not know what players will make it. Time will tell and we will know the winners after ending of quarter final stage.

I agree that having semi finals between two clubs from two domestic leagues would be more exciting than an internal meeting.

[Strongkored]

Seems terrible with their performance between Champion League and Primer League because success qualify to quarter final but have poor performance in domestic league. I don't sure about Chelsea's lucky keep going on at the quarter final round because against Real Madrid are experienced team in Champion League is not easy and have quit well performance in La Liga.

Had Dortmund played as they should in the 16 round they would have been in the quarter-finals because Chelsea were really in doubt in that game but football can always give us what we don't expect and Chelsea's win over Dortmund in the second leg got them into the quarter-finals but that's not the picture that finally they have come out of bad form because Chelsea still shows the same win and lose is just as easy for them to deal with, but in the UCL I think they are not big enough to have a chance, maybe Chelsea's first leg will play defensively and the second leg will attack more to win but Real Madrid proved themselves to be a strong club by beating Liverpool 5-2 at anfield so Potter's strategy might not work well when facing Real Madrid later.

[babo]

Football is beautiful for this reason, it is unpredictable. For this reason, sometimes a technically poorer team wins.
If you remember a few years ago Greece won the European Championship with a cheap team. He played as a team and defeated everyone.

Remember?

[fzkto]

If I assume that Benfica and Napoli will face each other at the semi final which can happen I think that between these two teams it is only natural for Napoli to come out victorious because of their awesome performance during all the season in Serie A and in Champions League.Benfica had somewhat of a same season but I think the difference in Serie A and Liga Portugal is still notable despite Serie A losing value each year that we pass.For me personally though I predict Inter to be in the semi-finals and I have no prediction of which other team will be here.

Benfica look to be a good team and they did performed well in Champions League but I don't think they can easily beat Inter Milan. Between them and Inter Milan does not have big quality difference and they can beat Inter Milan but chance is like a little bit fluctuating around 50%, a bit lower or a bit higher than 50%.

Even Napoli will not surely beat AC Milan even they totally dominate Serie A in this season. However, in knock out matches, one mistake or one fantastic moment from a star player can decide winner. At this stage, all clubs have star players who can make such fantastic moment and we can not know what players will make it. Time will tell and we will know the winners after ending of quarter final stage.

I agree that having semi finals between two clubs from two domestic leagues would be more exciting than an internal meeting.

I think Napoli have no problem beating Milan. Probably even in two matches. Napoli are playing well this season, both in Serie A and in the Champions League. Milan have struggled to beat unstable Tottenham at home and not lose away. But they won't be able to do the same against Napoli. They have been playing much worse in Serie A and Napoli know how to play against Milan.

[Swordsoffreedom]

you are right Despite performing poorly in the league, there are many teams who are capable of performing well in the Champions League. We have seen Chelsea's performance in 2020-21. Chelsea's performance in the Premier League was very poor. But this team has managed to win the Champions League title. Real Madrid and Manchester City are not at the top of their respective leagues, but they are doing well in the Champions League. However, it is not possible to predict which team will win the title this season. Several teams are favorites to win this year's title. I look forward to seeing the four teams qualify for the semi-finals.

Real Madrid, Manchester City, Napoli and Inter are some of the teams I hope to qualify for the semifinals this season.
I'm also not looking down on Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Benfica or Milan, but I think it's good to expect the top 4 teams above to qualify for the semi-finals based on the odds.
Chelsea is not getting good results in the Premier League, of course that is true. But Chelsea's performance has been very solid and they are a very dangerous team in attack. Bayern Munich is another good team but I tend to think Manchester City are the better favourites.

Real Madrid, Manchester City and Napoli are the most likely to qualify for that final. Madrid will play against Chelsea, Chelsea's performance is erratic. The new coach could not stabilize the team. So the chances of Madrid winning this match are high.

Manchester City will play against the mighty Bayern Munich. Although Bayern Munich is a strong team, they have changed coaches in recent times. And the team's performance is likely to deteriorate slightly due to a change of coach before such an important match. So Manchester City is favorites against Munich.

AC Milan's performance is very poor. If Napoli doesn't make any big mistakes in this match then Napoli will win. However, it is foolish to consider Inter Milan as one-sided favorites in the Inter vs Benfica match. I watched Inter Milan's recent performance. There is no doubt that the team is renowned. But their performance is erratic. There is also the possibility of their defeat against Benfica.

[asriloni]

Of course it would be very interesting if Napoli could be in the Champions League final this season against Manchester City (and even if Manchester City could beat Bayern Munich and also Real Madrid) because I'm also not sure that Chelsea can hold Real Madrid from advancing to the next round because Chelsea's performance this season is not very good and also not on par with other teams who are still in the Champions League now.

It's very hard for manchester city to go to the final. Im doubtful if city will able to beat bayern under tuchel. Tuchel has known so well about the play style of manchester city and bayern will not let city go to the final as bayern is aiming tot ake UCL this season. The condition of haaland is not so good at this moment caused by he was getting serious fouls during the international match. Some players like foden will not able to play against bayern as well.

De bruyne will have become the key players of manchester city against bayern while at the same time, bayern is also fully prepared against manchester city at this moment. Bayern was always facing a strong team like barcelona and PSG since the group stages.

Bayern's mentality has already proven if it will be so difficult to be beaten by manchester city. I personally think that if bayern had prepared something big. Haaland was always could do nothing when he was facing bayern.

[Inwestour]

It's very hard for manchester city to go to the final. Im doubtful if city will able to beat bayern under tuchel. Tuchel has known so well about the play style of manchester city and bayern will not let city go to the final as bayern is aiming tot ake UCL this season. The condition of haaland is not so good at this moment caused by he was getting serious fouls during the international match. Some players like foden will not able to play against bayern as well.

De bruyne will have become the key players of manchester city against bayern while at the same time, bayern is also fully prepared against manchester city at this moment. Bayern was always facing a strong team like barcelona and PSG since the group stages.

Bayern's mentality has already proven if it will be so difficult to be beaten by manchester city. I personally think that if bayern had prepared something big. Haaland was always could do nothing when he was facing bayern.

OMG, I didn’t even think about it from this point of view, could Bayern take such a step because Guardiola plays badly against Tuchel? This sounds a bit dubious, and if it's a coincidence, it's very interesting. Both teams look great, I can’t determine the favorite in this match.

Haaland was injured not in matches for the national team, but in the match with Burnley, he missed the matches for the Norwegian national team due to injury, and by the way, his participation in the match with Liverpool is in question. But I hope he can recover for the game against Bayern as he has become a very important player for City.

[Minor Miner]

You are right. It is much more difficult to predict which team will win the Champions League title. Manchester City and PSG were the favorites for the title in the last few seasons. But they could not win the title. On the other hand, the Chelsea team won the title in the 2020-21 season. No one expects Chelsea to win the Champions League title. And so I would say every team that qualified for the quarter-finals has a chance to win the Champions League title. It is impossible to predict which team will win the title so early.

Maybe by first going through the first leg of the quarterfinals we can start predicting which team will have the ability to be able to compete in the finals later, because these quarterfinals are the best teams who even though they didn't perform satisfactorily in the local league but they managed to beat their opponents in this competition, if the assessment is the results in the league then Napoli and Benfica have a chance to reach the final but other teams have better statistics in the champions league Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, so it's really early enough to say which team will win because every team has a same chance because football is often unpredictable.

Every team in the quarter-finals has a chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Because the teams have qualified for the quarter-finals by performing well in the group stage and round of 16. Although the performance of the teams in their own league is not as good as expected, the teams are trying to perform well in the Champions League. The performance of teams like Chelsea or Milan is not very good. However, these groups cannot be neglected. Football is always unpredictable. In the past, we have seen many times in the Champions League that the less-favored teams have won. And so if they want to perform well in the quarter-finals, the teams must try their best to maintain consistency of performance.

[Alanaz]

Football is beautiful for this reason, it is unpredictable. For this reason, sometimes a technically poorer team wins.
If you remember a few years ago Greece won the European Championship with a cheap team. He played as a team and defeated everyone.

Remember?

Indeed football is full of surprises, no matter how strong a team is if they are not in good luck then they will lose to a team that is not underdog at all. It's not only internal factors that will affect the outcome of the match, external factors will also be very influential, as for example what I said before, namely luck. Things like this are why football is in great demand.

[Razmirraz]

Football is beautiful for this reason, it is unpredictable. For this reason, sometimes a technically poorer team wins.
If you remember a few years ago Greece won the European Championship with a cheap team. He played as a team and defeated everyone.

Remember?

No one can predict the exact outcome of the match, there are many surprises that can occur while the match is still in progress. Your argument cannot be refuted, the unseeded team can win the match with several factors.
Still remember what happened in the 2004 final, the two Underdog teams Monaco and Porto managed to advance to the final round while overturning many people's assumptions and managed to defeat the toughest opponent on their way. Surprises like this can still happen in modern football, underdog teams can make big surprises.

[KTChampions]

Football is beautiful for this reason, it is unpredictable. For this reason, sometimes a technically poorer team wins.
If you remember a few years ago Greece won the European Championship with a cheap team. He played as a team and defeated everyone.

Remember?

"a few"  It's time to wake up, that was 19 years ago 
But I remember all this, it is noteworthy that in that year Porto won the Champions League, which in modern conditions no nontop club can even dream of.
We can say that all the surprises remained in the Europa League. Now, even if we take relative outsiders like Benfica or Napoli, they are actually very strong teams. And real outsiders like Milan and Chelsea have at least a loud brand.