UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[Die_empty]

Chelsea can't challenge Real Madrid I'm very sure of that , Real Madrid don't joke with champions league even when playing with a team with the same quality of performance. Chelsea will only as much they can try but it won't stop Real Madrid from winning the game. Real Madrid already knows that Chelsea can't win them, this has already given them more confidence of winning the against Chelsea. Real Madrid already has experience of winning games, Chelsea are trying to get better and it won't be possible for them to win against Real Madrid.

Anyone that watched the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona will sympathies with Chelsea. A club that is coachless playing against a well-organized team with one of the best football technicians in the world. Chelsea has all it takes in terms of quality players to withstand the Real team but the players are not well coordinated to enable them to get winning goals. Chelsea has no chance to win this game except they are favored by mother luck. I don't know how true it is, I heard that Frank Lampard has agreed to manage Chelsea as an interim coach till the end of the season. Chelsea has a history of winning the Champions League with interim or newly appointed coaches. Lampard now has the opportunity to showcase what he has learned from his sack experience.

[Altryist]

His condition will increasingly make Madrid the favorite for now, especially if you look at it from the point of view of the conditions where Madrid's performance in the domestic league seems to be finding their performance again.
Chelsea can still compete, it's just very difficult of course for them.
In a week the first leg will start at the Bernabeu and of course Madrid will be even more favorite and will benefit because apart from their good performance, they will also be under the watch of thousands of fans who will fill the stands so this will be even more difficult for Chelsea if they are hit by a trigger from the start .

Real Madrid seems like a clear favorite in this match right? Right now even Napoli don't look as confident after losing to Milan in Serie A as Real Madrid who scored 4 goals against Barcelona at the Camp Nou yesterday. I expected Real Madrid to show a good game, but I didn't expect it to be such a confident game. Now with Chelsea they seem to be the clear favourites, but I don't really like it when almost everyone is sure that Real will win, it is in such matches that we are in for surprises.

[Pandu Geddon]

Chelsea can't challenge Real Madrid I'm very sure of that , Real Madrid don't joke with champions league even when playing with a team with the same quality of performance. Chelsea will only as much they can try but it won't stop Real Madrid from winning the game. Real Madrid already knows that Chelsea can't win them, this has already given them more confidence of winning the against Chelsea. Real Madrid already has experience of winning games, Chelsea are trying to get better and it won't be possible for them to win against Real Madrid.

Anyone that watched the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona will sympathies with Chelsea. A club that is coachless playing against a well-organized team with one of the best football technicians in the world. Chelsea has all it takes in terms of quality players to withstand the Real team but the players are not well coordinated to enable them to get winning goals. Chelsea has no chance to win this game except they are favored by mother luck. I don't know how true it is, I heard that Frank Lampard has agreed to manage Chelsea as an interim coach till the end of the season. Chelsea has a history of winning the Champions League with interim or newly appointed coaches. Lampard now has the opportunity to showcase what he has learned from his sack experience.

although Lampard managed to make Chelsea's players play better. but their opponent is Madrid, obviously, it will not be easy to resist Madrid's aggressiveness in making goals.
indeed Chelsea has good players, Potter's failure should be a lesson for Lampard to form his squad. against Madrid, maybe Chelsea will finish here. but we can see how Lampard will progress in the remaining matches this season. if Chelsea plays better, club management should consider Lampard to be the main coach at the club.

[barisbilgili]

His condition will increasingly make Madrid the favorite for now, especially if you look at it from the point of view of the conditions where Madrid's performance in the domestic league seems to be finding their performance again.
Chelsea can still compete, it's just very difficult of course for them.
In a week the first leg will start at the Bernabeu and of course Madrid will be even more favorite and will benefit because apart from their good performance, they will also be under the watch of thousands of fans who will fill the stands so this will be even more difficult for Chelsea if they are hit by a trigger from the start .

Real Madrid seems like a clear favorite in this match right? Right now even Napoli don't look as confident after losing to Milan in Serie A as Real Madrid who scored 4 goals against Barcelona at the Camp Nou yesterday. I expected Real Madrid to show a good game, but I didn't expect it to be such a confident game. Now with Chelsea they seem to be the clear favourites, but I don't really like it when almost everyone is sure that Real will win, it is in such matches that we are in for surprises.

with what Chelsea has experienced this season, of course, Real Madrid is very favorite, even though they don't like it, that's the current reality.
Real Madrid is a team with a very good mentality, especially after they were able to win big over their rivals in the El Clasico match, of course that will increase the team's confidence to perform even better in the next match.
while Chelsea, who recently changed coaches, are still very doubtful about being able to get up.
that way, no one would dare to bet on Chelsea in this match.

[GiftedMAN]

Seeing how Real Madrid won over Barca in the copa del rey even though they are quite doubtful to be able to do this, will make Real Madrid's confidence even higher and Chelsea, who are the opponents, will find it difficult to withstand the onslaught Madrid in the first leg, my prediction will be a match where Chelsea will concede quite a lot of goals from Madrid without them being able to reply to any of it.
Chelsea is a club with quite a lot of expensive players in the transfer market but they don't have good coordination with each other, that's why any team always has a chance to beat them as well as Madrid.
Benzema will be very comfortable scoring in this first leg and a new record for him will be possible.

Chelsea will obviously struggle against Madrid. even the results of the last 3 matches of Chelsea are also not good. Chelsea's last 3 matches without a win. if Chelsea can hold Madrid to a draw in the first leg, it is a miracle that no one can predict.
it is not impossible that Chelsea can play well later. but their team's current condition is not good to face a team as strong as Madrid. maybe Madrid will indeed get a lot of goals, Benzema could be a beast again.

I disagree agree with you on this,  Chelsea will be motivated to play with anger after Finding it difficult to get to the top4 in the EPL and with the Champions League as their only hope to play in the Champions League  they will shock Real Madrid and looking at their past history you can see that Chelsea have a good record against Real Madrid except last season that Real Madrid humiliated them in the knock out stage.

Chelsea will be eyeing to get a win in the first leg clash against Real Madrid regardless of their poor performance when it comes to Champions League Chelsea can not lose easily to any team not even to Real Madrid whom they know has more chances of beating them if they don't play very well .

[masulum]

Chelsea will be eyeing to get a win in the first leg clash against Real Madrid regardless of their poor performance when it comes to Champions League Chelsea can not lose easily to any team not even to Real Madrid whom they know has more chances of beating them if they don't play very well .

I don't think it's will be very hard for Chelsea to beat Madrid. Chelsea's current position is not very good, the change of the coach will greatly affect the game. Chelsea players must adapt to the new coach's style, and sometimes this is not necessarily going well. Indeed, motivation can beat everything, but Madrid players also has motivation to add their collection of UCL trophies even though they have become king of UCL with the most winners.

[bitgolden]

mentality is really needed in important Champions League matches but I think Manchester City already have that.
the chance for Manchester City to beat Bayern I think is very big because Bayern this season is not at their best, they just changed coaches and of course it takes a little longer for their new coach to adapt and meanwhile Manchester City is currently very strong .
and I think Manchester City will be able to get past Bayern and even I made Manchester City the favorite to win the UCL this season.

Mentality of Manchester City is stronger than PSG because they usually play in Premier League which is a more competitive league than Ligue 1. They both did not win Champions League but performance of Manchester City is more stable and better than PSG.

I believe sooner or later Manchester City will win Champions League and they need to have a lucky season to win it. Beating Bayern Munich will be a big task for Manchester City but if they beat this strong opponent, they can aim at semi final with higher confidence. Likely Real Madrid will be an opponent for them in semi final but I don't think Manchester City will feel fearful when opponents are big clubs in Champions League like Real and Bayern. They want to win it and have to big all strongest competitors there.

I think it is not just about the tougher league, but more about the fact that we are talking about manager differences. First of all City has a much much better midfield, PSG has basically no midfield at all, have you checked who plays there? It is like they have a car, and put e ferrari engine, and then a lambo chasis, and then the rest was made of 1930 cars, just doesn't fit at all, useless.

However, even bigger difference is that PSG is managed by Galtier, a guy who hasn't managed a big club before in his life, vs Pep who has won multiple cups with all kinds of teams and doing great here too. I think City will win it this year, or given enough time, they will eventually win it without a doubt.

[Leviathan.007]

Chelsea will be eyeing to get a win in the first leg clash against Real Madrid regardless of their poor performance when it comes to Champions League Chelsea can not lose easily to any team not even to Real Madrid whom they know has more chances of beating them if they don't play very well .

I don't think it's will be very hard for Chelsea to beat Madrid. Chelsea's current position is not very good, the change of the coach will greatly affect the game. Chelsea players must adapt to the new coach's style, and sometimes this is not necessarily going well. Indeed, motivation can beat everything, but Madrid players also has motivation to add their collection of UCL trophies even though they have become king of UCL with the most winners.

They will have a new coach in their team and Lampard is familiar with the teams he doesn't need much time to use his tactics on Chslea because Chelsea is a team he was playing there for years and he is a famous person there, But I think Lampard is not experienced enough to face with Real Madrid, especially after the recent performance we saw from Real Madrid against Barcelona.

[Raflesia]

His condition will increasingly make Madrid the favorite for now, especially if you look at it from the point of view of the conditions where Madrid's performance in the domestic league seems to be finding their performance again.
Chelsea can still compete, it's just very difficult of course for them.
In a week the first leg will start at the Bernabeu and of course Madrid will be even more favorite and will benefit because apart from their good performance, they will also be under the watch of thousands of fans who will fill the stands so this will be even more difficult for Chelsea if they are hit by a trigger from the start .

Real Madrid seems like a clear favorite in this match right? Right now even Napoli don't look as confident after losing to Milan in Serie A as Real Madrid who scored 4 goals against Barcelona at the Camp Nou yesterday. I expected Real Madrid to show a good game, but I didn't expect it to be such a confident game. Now with Chelsea they seem to be the clear favourites, but I don't really like it when almost everyone is sure that Real will win, it is in such matches that we are in for surprises.

In this quarter final, attention is clearly focused on the Madrid x Chelsea and Bayern x Manchester City matches because this is where the excitement will definitely happen.
As for Napoli, a big defeat in the domestic league will obviously upset a bit, but I think they are still the favourites.
On the other hand, Osimhen is now certain to play against Milan later and of course this is an added value for Napoli. The problem is they really have to come up with some schemes now because the current strategy is too readable for Milan and it showed in the domestic league last week.

[Asiska02]

Seeing how Real Madrid won over Barca in the copa del rey even though they are quite doubtful to be able to do this, will make Real Madrid's confidence even higher and Chelsea, who are the opponents, will find it difficult to withstand the onslaught Madrid in the first leg, my prediction will be a match where Chelsea will concede quite a lot of goals from Madrid without them being able to reply to any of it.

That's not entirely correct. Real Madrid playing and beating Barcelona is no guarantee that they will easily defeat Chelsea in the Champions League. The Champions League is not the same as La Liga, as proved by Chelsea's elimination of Borussia Dortmund despite their poor form in the Premier League. Chelsea has a good record in the champions league and would like to maintain that record, as would Real Madrid. It's going to be an exciting match to watch.

Chelsea is a club with quite a lot of expensive players in the transfer market but they don't have good coordination with each other, that's why any team always has a chance to beat them as well as Madrid.
Benzema will be very comfortable scoring in this first leg and a new record for him will be possible.

So much confidence you have in Real Madrid in this upcoming match against Chelsea, which, as I've said before, will not be easy for Real Madrid to win. Chelsea's chances of finishing in the top four of the league have vanished, and this may be the only trophy they fight for this season. You can imagine how serious they'll be in that game to win at any cost.

[hahay]

Chelsea will be eyeing to get a win in the first leg clash against Real Madrid regardless of their poor performance when it comes to Champions League Chelsea can not lose easily to any team not even to Real Madrid whom they know has more chances of beating them if they don't play very well .

I don't think it's will be very hard for Chelsea to beat Madrid. Chelsea's current position is not very good, the change of the coach will greatly affect the game. Chelsea players must adapt to the new coach's style, and sometimes this is not necessarily going well. Indeed, motivation can beat everything, but Madrid players also has motivation to add their collection of UCL trophies even though they have become king of UCL with the most winners.

They will have a new coach in their team and Lampard is familiar with the teams he doesn't need much time to use his tactics on Chslea because Chelsea is a team he was playing there for years and he is a famous person there, But I think Lampard is not experienced enough to face with Real Madrid, especially after the recent performance we saw from Real Madrid against Barcelona.

I really don't understand why Chelsea brought back Lampard as interim manager, because previously Lampard was sacked and then Chelsea replaced him with Tuchel. With Chelsea's previous dismissal, this should have proven that Lampard cannot be expected too high.

It doesn't matter that Lampard has the status of a legendary player at Chelsea, but in terms of managers and/or coaches, it seems that Lampard has not fully guaranteed good results. Because even, Everton who was previously coached by Lampard, in fact Everton still have to fight to stay away from the relegation zone in the English Premier League.

Therefore, with a track record like that, I think Chelsea is making the wrong move at a very crucial moment like this, and this will really make Chelsea lose their chance in the Champions League.

[Coyster]

I don't think it's will be very hard for Chelsea to beat Madrid.

Well from what i am reading in this thread and seeing online, it seems quite a lot of people now have renewned optimism for Chelsea against Real Madrid because they now have a new caretaker manager in the person of Frank Lampard, i get that feeling, and i am pretty sure the Stamford Bridge faithfuls would be buzzing right now, Lampard is a club legend and their former manager, so people are well within their rights to expect the best from him, and i am pretty sure he is going to give his best, but i do not think Chelsea are ready or can beat Real Madrid in this CL QF tie, the club is somewhat unstable, and before Lampard can bring that well needed stability, i expect them to already be eliminated from the competition, i'm afraid Real Madrid would just be too strong for them.

[$crypto$]

I don't think it's will be very hard for Chelsea to beat Madrid.

Well from what i am reading in this thread and seeing online, it seems quite a lot of people now have renewned optimism for Chelsea against Real Madrid because they now have a new caretaker manager in the person of Frank Lampard, i get that feeling, and i am pretty sure the Stamford Bridge faithfuls would be buzzing right now, Lampard is a club legend and their former manager, so people are well within their rights to expect the best from him, and i am pretty sure he is going to give his best, but i do not think Chelsea are ready or can beat Real Madrid in this CL QF tie, the club is somewhat unstable, and before Lampard can bring that well needed stability, i expect them to already be eliminated from the competition, i'm afraid Real Madrid would just be too strong for them.

I'm still quite skeptical about Prank Lampard being the coach at the moment I know this is the moment Chelsea will bring a change for the better but the truth is we still can't see and he still hasn't had success with a few other clubs as well like Everton and maybe Chelsea a bit higher because they have bought a lot of great players and just how Prank Lampard can make good use of their appearance on the field.

I doubt that Chelsea will have no trouble facing Real Madrid, but you are right that this club is not stable, so what Prank Lampard assigned is what must be resolved, for example in CL he did not qualify, but Prank Lampard at least in the Premier League can bring Chelsea to the top level again even though it's not from the top 4 ranking.

[emrecemsan]

Milan and Napoli are also going to face each other and I will be favouring Napoli to advance to the next stage to tell the truth. There is a significant level of difference between these teams normally now. I know about their lsat head-to-head match which was in the Serie A and Milan demolished them by 4-0 away. However we shouldn't forget about another fact that Napoli were already very comfortable in the league. This loss didn't affect their championship chance badly anyway.

I will be expecting to watch a completely different Napoli in the Champions League. I don't feel like Milan can resist them even in San Siro. But even if they get a draw there Napoli would still seal the deal home. Osimhen is expected to return on mid April by the way so he might be ready to play in the second leg I guess.

[CryptoPanda]

Bayern Munich can stand stronger than before against Manchester City from now on. Because it looks like Tuchel have made a really good impact on the team already. I mean he had a really tough and important match against Dortmund in his first time already. Winning this match was really important for the Bundesliga title as well. And he made a really great start there. They just demolished Dortmund with their game. I expect them to carry this effort to the matchup against Manchester City as well.

Besides Guardiola and Tuchel have a history as they faced each other while Tuchel was managing Chelsea. I wonder how this will face-to-face end this time. I still want to see Manchester City winning the Champions League title this season though because they still haven't won even once.

In football it doesn't always go how we expect and predict it to go but I will give Thomas Tuchel some level of trust to fare well against Pep Guardiola's men in the semi finals, Bayern Munich are a dangerous side as well but Ciry has been wanting the UCL title for so long. This game will definitely be a blockbuster match.

There are some people who still believe that Chelsea will be able to eliminate Real Madrid in the Champions League clash.
It is true that everything is possible in football, but Chelsea being able to eliminate Madrid does not seem so possible for me. Since the beginning of the season till today. Chelsea has been in one kind of problem to another from player injury problems to coaching problems.

In the other hand Real Madrid seems to be very stable and consistent in the Champions League. This is an exception to their Champions League history which is second to none in the Europe. I don't see the possibility of Chelsea winning Real Madrid in either legs.
Even if they have Ngolo kante Back to the team it will not be that possible.

It is okay to have big dreams and exercise hope in situations like this, for me Real Madrid is my favorite team to win the UCL and I am fully supporting Real Madrid to knock Chelsea out of the competition. Real Madrid form in the domestic league is very separate from when they play in the UCL, Real Madrid are a tough team when they compete in the Champions league.

[nicolas1979]

Chelsea will be eyeing to get a win in the first leg clash against Real Madrid regardless of their poor performance when it comes to Champions League Chelsea can not lose easily to any team not even to Real Madrid whom they know has more chances of beating them if they don't play very well .

I don't think it's will be very hard for Chelsea to beat Madrid. Chelsea's current position is not very good, the change of the coach will greatly affect the game. Chelsea players must adapt to the new coach's style, and sometimes this is not necessarily going well. Indeed, motivation can beat everything, but Madrid players also has motivation to add their collection of UCL trophies even though they have become king of UCL with the most winners.

Madrid and Chelsea have a good record in UCL matches. It's hard to predict if they face each other in the UCL. These two clubs have no influence on the position of the league standings when playing in the UCL. In 2021 chelsea won the UCL title, english league placing 4th position.
But this season Madrid will do everything to get the UCL title. And this is Luka Modric's struggle. Reportedly Modric will end up in Madrid. Modric has an effect on age, so Ancelotti prepared Camaviga.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

As a coach now it remains to be seen. Maybe he has developed himself and grown up in the two years, but he didn't do so well at Everton either. The club now wants to see what happens and then decide, but I believe that they would prefer some well experienced professional coach. But who would be willing to take that job?

I think Todd Boehly is been smart here with his appointment of Frank Lampard, let say things were to get worse and we didn't win the champion league and also don't make the top 4 by the end of the season, that means we won't be playing champions league football next season and the club will automatically become unattractive to managers especially the top ones that the club has been linked with. If that was to happen then we'll have to work with Frank Lampard by just promoting him to the head coach of the club. Frank Lampard loves Chelsea and will definitely take the job knowing he won't be under much pressure and won't have other league distractions.

Frank Lampard is a builder and he has helped Chelsea once when we had financial issue that we couldn't sign players in the transfer window, Frank Lampard worked with the academy to promote some players that are now enjoying first team football today. I don't doubt Frank Lampard ability to build a team no body will want to to play against like the 2020/2021 team that won us the title although not under him but he built that team. I just hope he has improved on his players management skills so he can work with the current squad to get something to smile about this season.

[BIT-BENDER]

The appointment of Frank Lampard shows that the new Chelsea administration aren’t solid in terms of handling a professional football team. It’s been down heel for Chelsea since the present owners took over.

My biggest problem with them was the move to saw to the sacking of Tuchel. I think he is a solid coach and chelae was in a haste to sack him and employe Graham potter who hasn’t has hood experience handling a big team.

[Jackl87]

I don't think it's will be very hard for Chelsea to beat Madrid. Chelsea's current position is not very good, the change of the coach will greatly affect the game. Chelsea players must adapt to the new coach's style, and sometimes this is not necessarily going well. Indeed, motivation can beat everything, but Madrid players also has motivation to add their collection of UCL trophies even though they have become king of UCL with the most winners.

I think the chances of FC Chelsea to beat Real Madrid and to advance into the semi final of the Champions League are significantly higher than most people think. First off all Chelsea still has a good squad and even though they have a pretty bad run in the premier league at the moment, the champions league simply is a totally different competition and every player will go all out in such matches.
Secondly i think that Real Madrid is not really that strong. For me clubs like Manchester City or Bayern Munich are way stronger than Real at the moment. So it is not like Chelsea is facing an unbeatable opponent here. Of course Real also was not the favorite to win it last year, so that does not necessarily mean that much.

[Bobrox]

Milan and Napoli are also going to face each other and I will be favouring Napoli to advance to the next stage to tell the truth. There is a significant level of difference between these teams normally now. I know about their lsat head-to-head match which was in the Serie A and Milan demolished them by 4-0 away. However we shouldn't forget about another fact that Napoli were already very comfortable in the league. This loss didn't affect their championship chance badly anyway.

I will be expecting to watch a completely different Napoli in the Champions League. I don't feel like Milan can resist them even in San Siro. But even if they get a draw there Napoli would still seal the deal home. Osimhen is expected to return on mid April by the way so he might be ready to play in the second leg I guess.

It seems difficult to predict which team will qualify for the semifinals between Napoli vs Milan, from the last game Milan managed to win quite a landslide when they beat Napoli with a score of 4-0 in Serie A. However Napoli have consistency performance in domestic league indeed losing from Milan last match, but the winning against Napoli in domestic league become good capital and Milan's player more confidence against Napoli on Champion League match.

Have difference thing between domestic league and champion league exactly for both team have longer time not qualify until semifinal stage in champion league, I agree with your about Napoli is more favored than Milan but I doubt after last match result when Milan success defeated Napoli with four goals.