UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[Ojima-ojo]

Given the performances I've seen from Chelsea players in the last few matches, I don't think Chelsea will be able to take any home advantage against Real Madrid. The Madrid team is very strong and organized. In the first leg match against Chelsea, we only saw Real Madrid's dominance. Chelsea's performance was very poor. Madrid won this match by 2-0 margin. And the important thing is that Chelsea managed only 7 shots in this match. Chelsea will not be able to break down Madrid's defense if this poor attacking performance continues. I decided to bet Madrid to win the second leg.

For me the chances of FC Chelsea to advance into the next round are just as slim, or even non-existent, as the one of Bayern Munich tomorrow. While FC Chelsea is "only" 2 goals behind against Real Madrid for me the performances of Chelsea in the last few games were even weaker than the ones of Bayern Munich. Real totally dominated them in the first leg and could have scored even more goals, while Bayern Munich was at least at the same level as ManCity until they conceded the second goal, after that, they completely fell apart.
That being said, this is football and if Chelsea can go into the halftime break with a 1-0 lead then everything is possible again because even Real will get nervous when they are in the 80th minute with a 1-0 for Chelsea.

I agree with you, the only reason we cannot discard completely a possible comeback by Chelsea is that we have seen even crazier things happening in the past, and as such Chelsea still has a chance to win and move forward to the next round, but if Chelsea plays at the same level they played their last match and Real Madrid does the same then there is almost no way for Chelsea to stage that comeback, so something must be done by their coach and their players to try to improve their performance in a hurry.

We should not expect anything out of the box tonight with Chelsea as it is evident that there has been a lot of holdback for Chelsea this season both in the premier league and champion league and at that, we can not bet on Chelsea winning the game between them and real Madrid in the champions league game tonight.


I am sure most gamblers will drive around to choose Real Madrid, since Real Madrid is more consistent and versed in their ability to make goals scores,  compared to Chelsea who has been on a total decline lately.

[izsara]

I agree with you, the only reason we cannot discard completely a possible comeback by Chelsea is that we have seen even crazier things happening on the past, and as such Chelsea still has a chance to win and move forward to the next round, but if Chelsea plays at the same level they played their last match and Real Madrid does the same then there is almost no way for Chelsea to stage that comeback, so something must be done by their coach and their players to try to improve their performance in a hurry.

But with their current condition, and with their current poor finishing, I think it's still a little difficult.
Chelsea even only scored 1 goal in their last 5 matches and even then this week and had to lose to Brighton in the Premier League which made me doubt their comeback.
Even though this does not rule out the possibility of something like this happening, I still feel that this is an impossibility that will happen.

[Smartvirus]

I believe that there is every possibility of Chelsea coming back to win Real Madrid in this game but the only thing I am doubtful right now is that Chelsea is not in their best of form and Frank lampard the Chelsea coach we still use the same players he used against Madrid in the first leg and against Brighton that almost destroyed Chelsea completely.

The various reasons you've spelt out there coupled with Real Madrid's record in the UCL are the reasons why you shouldn't have doubts on Real Madrid beating Chelsea home and away at this stage of the competition. Yeah, anything could happen in football and as such, I would love to watch Chelsea try and not just measure up in aggregate but, to eliminate Real Madrid which I highly doubt.

Same Chelsea that couldn't manage it and hold off Crystal Palace in the EPL, even with a good start of having scored the first goal, Crystal Palace was still able to run them down.

Real Madrid we know are best at that. The won't stand a chance with Vini Jnr. running the sidelines, Benzema and Luca Modric troubling the mid field, its almost a no contest match for Chelsea at this point.

[hahay]

I agree with you, the only reason we cannot discard completely a possible comeback by Chelsea is that we have seen even crazier things happening on the past, and as such Chelsea still has a chance to win and move forward to the next round, but if Chelsea plays at the same level they played their last match and Real Madrid does the same then there is almost no way for Chelsea to stage that comeback, so something must be done by their coach and their players to try to improve their performance in a hurry.

With Real Madrid winning 2-0 on aggregate over Chelsea, Real Madrid has a much more chance of advancing to the semifinals, although Chelsea still has the chance to make a comeback and I think this is slim, maybe in this second leg match the two teams are both trying to improve their performance which is Real Madrid must maintain their advantage and Chelsea are required to make a comeback to qualify for the semifinals, but given the small chance this provides a good opportunity for Real Madrid to be able to maintain it or be able to add to the results

I'm quite curious, about in the past regarding the teams that managed to comeback so crazily. Was it at that time that the teams that managed to make a comeback were having a difficult time in the local league, or were they actually having good performance in the local league. So that this can encourage the team to be able to comeback in this Champions League.

Because I'm sure, situations and conditions like what Chelsea is currently experiencing are of course very difficult to make a comeback. Also, if for example Chelsea get lucky but still, I personally believe Chelsea's luck still won't make Chelsea make a comeback.

[Furious 7]

I'm quite curious, about in the past regarding the teams that managed to comeback so crazily. Was it at that time that the teams that managed to make a comeback were having a difficult time in the local league, or were they actually having good performance in the local league. So that this can encourage the team to be able to comeback in this Champions League.

Because I'm sure, situations and conditions like what Chelsea is currently experiencing are of course very difficult to make a comeback. Also, if for example Chelsea get lucky but still, I personally believe Chelsea's luck still won't make Chelsea make a comeback.

The problem is that when we talk about Comebacks we also realize that it is Madrid who often do things like that and last season it was probably the most successful comeback they have always made because it was not the only time they did something like that.
Of course it will be a little difficult to hope for a comeback to the king of comebacks but indeed all possibilities are of course still there but when we talk about advantages now Madrid will definitely be favorites again in this match.

[rendravolt]

Confirmation of the line up for the Napoli vs Milan match is available and we can see that there are the names Osimhen and also Kvaratskhelia who fill in the Napoli line up this time. The return of these two players is very important for Napoli to beat milan at home as well as overturn the aggregate advantage currently held by Milan. On the other hand, Milan is still with its main squad which will also compete for this second leg, we can see that Rafael Leao and Brahim Diaz will be the axis of attack from Milan's flanks.

I think the two teams will attack each other from the early minutes and especially for Napoli, they will definitely fight very hard to be able to secure a ticket to the semifinals of the champions league. My prediction is that although it is a bit hard for Napoli because in several previous matches they also lost against Milan, a score of 2-0 was enough for Napoli to get rid of Milan.

[Igebotz]

I know anything can happen in today's second leg between Chelsea and Real Madrid. But if I analyze their game in the last few matches, I don't think Chelsea will be able to score those 2 goals easily even though they are playing at home. Real Madrid are the team that will likely make it to the semi-finals this season, they are unstoppable.

Chelsea has nothing to play for in this game. I've seen the lineup and every hope of us coming back or having a good game at home has gone away; I'm not sure how long Lampard will keep experimenting with the lineup; the team will not go anywhere with heavy rotation each game; why can't the team stick to a good lineup and let the players build chemistry among themselves; you can't keep rotating players and expect the team to play as a team. The season is already over, and the owners will be held accountable; they took over a champions league-winning squad and sunk it with foolish decisions and poor player scouting.


Real Madrid will have a lot of fun with chelsea today no doubt, the team is in a horrible form and the expectations  are low on chelsea side.

Real Madrid we know are best at that. The won't stand a chance with Vini Jnr. running the sidelines, Benzema and Luca Modric troubling the mid field, its almost a no contest match for Chelsea at this point.

Chelsea are simply horrible; this Madrid squad is not as good as it appears on paper; as bad as Chelsea were in the first game, they still had more scoring chances than Madrid but were not as clinical. A complete team like Man City can easily sink this Madrid.

[Fara Chan]

I believe that there is every possibility of Chelsea coming back to win Real Madrid in this game but the only thing I am doubtful right now is that Chelsea is not in their best of form and Frank lampard the Chelsea coach we still use the same players he used against Madrid in the first leg and against Brighton that almost destroyed Chelsea completely.

The various reasons you've spelt out there coupled with Real Madrid's record in the UCL are the reasons why you shouldn't have doubts on Real Madrid beating Chelsea home and away at this stage of the competition. Yeah, anything could happen in football and as such, I would love to watch Chelsea try and not just measure up in aggregate but, to eliminate Real Madrid which I highly doubt.

Same Chelsea that couldn't manage it and hold off Crystal Palace in the EPL, even with a good start of having scored the first goal, Crystal Palace was still able to run them down.

Real Madrid we know are best at that. The won't stand a chance with Vini Jnr. running the sidelines, Benzema and Luca Modric troubling the mid field, its almost a no contest match for Chelsea at this point.

Chelsea's condition is currently in a slump, it is very difficult for them to turn things around when serving Real Madrid at Stanford Bridge. Madrid are very comfortable with a 2-0 lead and of course they won't give the hosts space to terrorize them either. My prediction is that the Whites will continue to play seriously in the 2nd leg, it is likely that they will be able to win again with a big score.

With Chelsea's condition getting worse at the hands of Lampard, it is not impossible that the Blues management will fire the former player and top scorer of all time again. The results of the match later might be the last game for him if he suffered another defeat.

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Tuesday 18th April
Chelsea 20:00 Real Madrid

Napoli 20:00 AC Milan

Source: https://www.skysports.com/champions-league-fixtures


Games of the day

Prediction,

Real and Napoli will pass.

[terrorJR]

Real Madrid we know are best at that. The won't stand a chance with Vini Jnr. running the sidelines, Benzema and Luca Modric troubling the mid field, its almost a no contest match for Chelsea at this point.

Chelsea are simply horrible; this Madrid squad is not as good as it appears on paper; as bad as Chelsea were in the first game, they still had more scoring chances than Madrid but were not as clinical. A complete team like Man City can easily sink this Madrid.

Come on, even Manchester City also had to be hit by a comeback last season.
Now talking about Chelsea and Madrid, this is clearly an advantage for Madrid because Chelsea's problems are still quite complex, with their condition that there are still many gaps in every line.
Their defense line still has some gaps between players, on the other hand their attack line is currently also in a bad condition even though it is filled with great young players.

[Uruhara]

Confirmation of the line up for the Napoli vs Milan match is available and we can see that there are the names Osimhen and also Kvaratskhelia who fill in the Napoli line up this time. The return of these two players is very important for Napoli to beat milan at home as well as overturn the aggregate advantage currently held by Milan. On the other hand, Milan is still with its main squad which will also compete for this second leg, we can see that Rafael Leao and Brahim Diaz will be the axis of attack from Milan's flanks.

I think the two teams will attack each other from the early minutes and especially for Napoli, they will definitely fight very hard to be able to secure a ticket to the semifinals of the champions league. My prediction is that although it is a bit hard for Napoli because in several previous matches they also lost against Milan, a score of 2-0 was enough for Napoli to get rid of Milan.

Well I hope Napoli will win in this second leg match. Even though there is still a bit of doubt left, Osimhen should be on the field to motivate the Napoli players to be better. But Milan must also have prepared for today. so this fight will definitely be fierce. My prediction is 3-1 for Napoli's victory.

and my prediction for the Real Madrid vs Chelsea match is 2-1 in favor of Real Madrid. I hope Chelsea in the match this time can entertain us more with a better performance.

[abhiseshakana]

I'm quite curious, about in the past regarding the teams that managed to comeback so crazily. Was it at that time that the teams that managed to make a comeback were having a difficult time in the local league, or were they actually having good performance in the local league. So that this can encourage the team to be able to comeback in this Champions League.

Because I'm sure, situations and conditions like what Chelsea is currently experiencing are of course very difficult to make a comeback. Also, if for example Chelsea get lucky but still, I personally believe Chelsea's luck still won't make Chelsea make a comeback.

The problem is that when we talk about Comebacks we also realize that it is Madrid who often do things like that and last season it was probably the most successful comeback they have always made because it was not the only time they did something like that.
Of course it will be a little difficult to hope for a comeback to the king of comebacks but indeed all possibilities are of course still there but when we talk about advantages now Madrid will definitely be favorites again in this match.

I have the same thought. Several times Real Madrid failed to play well in the first leg, but they often made surprises in the second leg. So even though they will be playing as guests this time, I think Real Madrid still has a big chance to win this match. It is clear that the crowd will be Chelsea's advantage because they are playing at home, but Real Madrid has a winning mentality that Chelsea doesn't currently have.

[Lida93]

Given the performances I've seen from Chelsea players in the last few matches, I don't think Chelsea will be able to take any home advantage against Real Madrid. The Madrid team is very strong and organized. In the first leg match against Chelsea, we only saw Real Madrid's dominance. Chelsea's performance was very poor. Madrid won this match by 2-0 margin. And the important thing is that Chelsea managed only 7 shots in this match. Chelsea will not be able to break down Madrid's defense if this poor attacking performance continues. I decided to bet Madrid to win the second leg.

For me the chances of FC Chelsea to advance into the next round are just as slim, or even non-existent, as the one of Bayern Munich tomorrow. While FC Chelsea is "only" 2 goals behind against Real Madrid for me the performances of Chelsea in the last few games were even weaker than the ones of Bayern Munich. Real totally dominated them in the first leg and could have scored even more goals, while Bayern Munich was at least at the same level with ManCity until they conceded the second goal, after that they completely fell apart.
That being said, this is football and if Chelsea is able to go into the halftime break with a 1-0 lead then everything is possible again because even Real will get nervous when they are in the 80th minute with a 1-0 for Chelsea.

I agree with you, the only reason we cannot discard completely a possible comeback by Chelsea is that we have seen even crazier things happening on the past, and as such Chelsea still has a chance to win and move forward to the next round, but if Chelsea plays at the same level they played their last match

Chelsea should just enjoy the moment tonight and nothing more. Gone are times we had a Chelsea with a come-back possibility based on performance. Everyone has their moment and this is a moment for the unstoppable two Benzema and Vinicius Jnr, not even the Chelsea defense is capable of stopping them tonight.
More so, looking at Chelsea's formation tonight it doesn't look like a team that is here to win tonight

[skarais]

Chelsea has nothing to play for in this game. I've seen the lineup and every hope of us coming back or having a good game at home has gone away; I'm not sure how long Lampard will keep experimenting with the lineup; the team will not go anywhere with heavy rotation each game; why can't the team stick to a good lineup and let the players build chemistry among themselves; you can't keep rotating players and expect the team to play as a team. The season is already over, and the owners will be held accountable; they took over a champions league-winning squad and sunk it with foolish decisions and poor player scouting.


Real Madrid will have a lot of fun with chelsea today no doubt, the team is in a horrible form and the expectations  are low on chelsea side.

There is only one hope regarding Chelsea against Real Madrid today, that is luck.

Lampard was not really able to build a better Chelsea squad because there were many players of the same quality on every side. The average player is of the same form, so Lampard struggled to find his best line-up and gave them a lot of time on the pitch. Instead of using 3 strikers, Lampard only used 1 in this match, Havertz. There's nothing interesting about the line-up, except for the midfield.

[aylabadia05]

I also favored Real Madrid to qualify for the semifinals, but in the second leg at Stamford Bridge I was more certain that it would be a draw.
I expect high spirits will occur to convince the Stamford Bridge public that Chelsea always try to give their best.
Chelsea is not in the best shape realized by Carlo Ancelotti, but Ancelotti will also aim for goals in London from the early minutes to avoid Chelsea scoring 2 goals.

Real Madrid are in a better shape than Chelsea and if Chelsea fail to control Modric, Vinicius and Benzema, they will fail in a second match. It sounds impossible for the to control those players as they already failed in a first match.

More than that, Real Madrid also have Rodrygo who is another Vinicius and Kroos can make good key passes too. The return of Kante could not help Chelsea to control Modric in a first match and they will get more issues in a second leg. Real Madrid won't easily lose big advantage with two leading goals even at Stamford Bridge. In general, Chelsea players are not at their best personal forms as well as their whole team are in bad streak too.

A good opportunity to bet in my opinion for this match is not who will win, but the number of goals that will be scored.
Real Madrid has a goal-hungry front line like Benzema and Vinicius. Meanwhile, Chelsea is also targeted to be able to score goals to equalize the score in leg 1 even though Chelsea's weakness this season lies on the front lines.
I have a feeling Lampard will demand that of his players.

[G_Besar]

Chelsea should just enjoy the moment tonight and nothing more. Gone are times we had a Chelsea with a come-back possibility based on performance. Everyone has their moment and this is a moment for the unstoppable two Benzema and Vinicius Jnr, not even the Chelsea defense is capable of stopping them tonight.
More so, looking at Chelsea's formation tonight it doesn't look like a team that is here to win tonight

I have a hunch that Chelsea will be slaughtered by Real Madrid again tonight. Benzema and his friends will certainly continue to hunt for victory by looking for lots of scoring opportunities to seek individual satisfaction. I hope Lampard doesn't need to play open play because it will be very dangerous for the defense. Of course it would be a dark note for Lampard if he failed to give the best for his former team again and with the conditions that were slaughtered.

[$crypto$]

Well I hope Napoli will win in this second leg match. Even though there is still a bit of doubt left, Osimhen should be on the field to motivate the Napoli players to be better. But Milan must also have prepared for today. so this fight will definitely be fierce. My prediction is 3-1 for Napoli's victory.

and my prediction for the Real Madrid vs Chelsea match is 2-1 in favor of Real Madrid. I hope Chelsea in the match this time can entertain us more with a better performance.

1-0 on aggregate is not tough for Napoli especially since Osimhen's return to Napoli will give confidence at home. I have placed a bet on Napoli and this will probably turn around where Napoli can qualify for the semifinals.
Of course that is my prediction, I really believe how Osimhen played such an important role tonight and of course Milan is not an easy opponent to beat.

I don't think there is much hope for Chelsea to stay here, of course, they will favor Real Madrid more as the betting team, they are not worthy enough if they are still playing badly until now.
My prediction is 2-0 to Real Madrid.

[rdluffy]

A good opportunity to bet in my opinion for this match is not who will win, but the number of goals that will be scored.
Real Madrid has a goal-hungry front line like Benzema and Vinicius. Meanwhile, Chelsea is also targeted to be able to score goals to equalize the score in leg 1 even though Chelsea's weakness this season lies on the front lines.
I have a feeling Lampard will demand that of his players.

I agree, it is very difficult to predict who will win this match, but predicting the goals I think it's easier and more interesting to bet on
My opinion is that above 2.5 goals is an excellent bet, paying 2.20 now, but if you wait a few minutes, it gets even better.
The goals can happen in the second half and especially at the end of the match, since the team that is being disqualified will go all out and usually have goals for both sides.


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With Benzema and Vini Jr, there's a good chance to have more than 1 goal
The Bayern vs M. City match will be a good one to bet on more than 2,5 goals too

Edit: I'm going to wait a few minutes, maybe I can get a 3.0 odd on 2,5 goals or more.

[Uruhara]

Well I hope Napoli will win in this second leg match. Even though there is still a bit of doubt left, Osimhen should be on the field to motivate the Napoli players to be better. But Milan must also have prepared for today. so this fight will definitely be fierce. My prediction is 3-1 for Napoli's victory.

and my prediction for the Real Madrid vs Chelsea match is 2-1 in favor of Real Madrid. I hope Chelsea in the match this time can entertain us more with a better performance.

1-0 on aggregate is not tough for Napoli especially since Osimhen's return to Napoli will give confidence at home. I have placed a bet on Napoli and this will probably turn around where Napoli can qualify for the semifinals.
Of course that is my prediction, I really believe how Osimhen played such an important role tonight and of course Milan is not an easy opponent to beat.

I don't think there is much hope for Chelsea to stay here, of course, they will favor Real Madrid more as the betting team, they are not worthy enough if they are still playing badly until now.
My prediction is 2-0 to Real Madrid.

And at this time in the first half Napoli showed quite good dominance in possession. and several times tried to make attacks to penetrate the defense of Milan. and it seems that it is true that with the presence of Osimhen the confidence of the Napoli players is getting better. even now they seem to be playing very comfortably. and Milan even seemed to lose their confidence. they kept losing the ball and struggled to build up attacks. Looks like Napoli can win this game.

[Davian144]

I have a hunch that Chelsea will be slaughtered by Real Madrid again tonight. Benzema and his friends will certainly continue to hunt for victory by looking for lots of scoring opportunities to seek individual satisfaction. I hope Lampard doesn't need to play open play because it will be very dangerous for the defense. Of course it would be a dark note for Lampard if he failed to give the best for his former team again and with the conditions that were slaughtered.

Right now I'm watching the match between Chelsea vs Real Madrid and it looks like Real Madrid won't slaughter Chelsea with more goals today even though Real Madrid is also aiming for a win to qualify for the next round, because on aggregate Real Madrid is already superior so Real Madrid Madrid will probably play safer in the current match and will not be too insistent on slaughtering Chelsea excessively.