UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[Lordhermes]

Chelsea outcome of the game was not a surprise and Chelsea had many opportunities but it was of no used to them. What I didn't expect from the Champions League game yesterday is the Napoli and ac milan game, normally ac milan has been playing quality games against Napoli in Italian League but I never thought it will be the same in Champions league.  Napoli have been really good from the beginning of the season, so difficult for them to win their games this period.

Chelsea record defeat home and away and it's definitely not a surprise to me, real Madrid took the better accolades than the blues. Napoli got knockout from the quarter final against AC Milan, it was a top game. My expectations for such good performance from the Stefano Pioli's men and they will do more better in the semi final. Victor Osimhen was tied down in the game, not having good scoring opportunities on the pitch, but he managed to net the goal post injury time, there was no time to levelled the game.

Chelsea is in very bad form right now and their defeat is very natural, moreover Real Madrid is a quality team and one of the favorite teams to win the UCL this season, there is no possibility whatsoever for Chelsea, and this is a very reasonable result.

while it's a shame that Napoli had to be eliminated even though they drew 1-1 because in the first leg Napoli lost 1 goal so that Agg ended up being 2-1 for AC Milan's advantage.
Napoli actually played very well, but AC Milan also played very disciplined, especially after they won 1 goal which made them play more comfortable while Napoli were increasingly panicking so many of their attacks were ineffective.
these two teams do not have much difference in quality, and AC Milan deserves to be able to win and qualify for the semi-finals of the UCL this season.

Napoli was just rated so high because of their performance in the league and in the group stage of the champions league, when i saw the fixture of them playing Ac milan i thought it will be easy for them to win Ac milan , but i got it all wrong, Ac milan shown that they have Champions league experience than Napoli. they outshined Napoli in the first and second legs of the knockout stage. it was a good outing for the Italian giants. i hope of the team get to the final.
 The chelsea vs Real Madrid game was very intensive, chelsea lost so many chances in this game, they would have sent Real madrid home if they were able to convert those chances. but they messed up. Real madrid had to convert the two chances they had in the game.

[Inwestour]

I think we might see a high scoring match between Bayern Munich and Manchester City today, since Bayern Munich are falling behind by 3 goals on aggregate, it would simply make no sense for them to play defensively at the Allianz Arena in front of their home fans. The only slim chance for Bayern Munich to progress further in the Uefa Champions League would be to attack right from the start of the match and hoping to score goals with full support of their home fans cheering loudly for them.

I guess Bayern Munich might be able to beat Manchester City today but it might not change the result of Bayern Munich crashing out of the Uefa Champions League as falling behind by 3 goals on aggregate are a tough task to overcome.

Bayern can beat City, but City will also score and they have a more than comfortable lead in the second leg, so yes, Bayern have very little chance. In addition, Bayern I do not look very confident in recent games, Tuchel's arrival in the team did not change anything, he had very little time for this, so I also do not rule out City's victory today.

In the second leg Benfica can beat Inter but they will have to work very hard for that as I am sure Inzaghi will want to play defensively and Benfica players will have to rely on long shots as Inter's defense is going to be very tight today. But I think that Benfica has a chance to beat Inter today, the most important thing is not to concede any more goals.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Chelsea outcome of the game was not a surprise and Chelsea had many opportunities but it was of no used to them. What I didn't expect from the Champions League game yesterday is the Napoli and ac milan game, normally ac milan has been playing quality games against Napoli in Italian League but I never thought it will be the same in Champions league.  Napoli have been really good from the beginning of the season, so difficult for them to win their games this period.

Chelsea record defeat home and away and it's definitely not a surprise to me, real Madrid took the better accolades than the blues. Napoli got knockout from the quarter final against AC Milan, it was a top game. My expectations for such good performance from the Stefano Pioli's men and they will do more better in the semi final. Victor Osimhen was tied down in the game, not having good scoring opportunities on the pitch, but he managed to net the goal post injury time, there was no time to levelled the game.

I never thought Chelsea will have a chance to defeat Real Madrid since, as we all know, they haven't been in good form the beginning of season.Football can be lucky, but I never even considered Chelsea having it against Real Madrid, so with their performance I was not surprise when Chelsea lost both at home and away.However, Chelsea did perform admirably against Real Madrid yesterday, despite the fact that they did not win.the fact is that if they had a good scorer on the field yesterday with that their performance it could have changed the outcome of the game at yesterday

As for Napoli match against ac Milan they both played well, but if have to concluded I may say that ac Milan  was lucky and they are more experience in term of playing champion league than napoli.infact what make me have little confidence in ac Milan than napoli for who to qualify to semi final before even their first leg was  because how ac Milan defeated Napoli with many goals.

As far as goals for Inter match they are Italian team, they will play dead game with no chances. If Benfica doesn't score early than it's big possibility that game will end 0-0 or 1-0, but you never know with Inter season. If they get eliminated also wouldn't supprise me.

Yes, I agree that Inter will use every effort to advance to the next round but i simply think that the match will be very difficult because Benfica is in good form, and with that, the outcome of the match will be difficult to predict because anything can still happen. However, I will say that with their current result Inter Milan have more advantages of making it to the semi-finals.

[Strongkored]

The matches to be played today will be full of goals. I expect at least 3 goals in every match.

Because indeed teams like Bayern Munich and Benfica need quite a lot of goals if they want to qualify for the semifinals, both teams need at least 3-4 goals without conceding at all.
On paper, it may look possible but once the matches start it will be difficult to guess who will eventually make it to the semi-finals.
Even though Munich will have a match at the Alianz Stadium, if City plays more and tend to defend then it will be difficult for Munich to score many goals because they need 4 goals.
Benfica will go to the San Siro, although they have always been productive in the matches they played except for the first leg of the quarterfinals but 3 goals will be difficult for them to score this time, because maybe Inter will immediately try to score a goal early in the match to suppress the mentality of Benfica's players

[maju69]

I think we might see a high scoring match between Bayern Munich and Manchester City today, since Bayern Munich are falling behind by 3 goals on aggregate, it would simply make no sense for them to play defensively at the Allianz Arena in front of their home fans. The only slim chance for Bayern Munich to progress further in the Uefa Champions League would be to attack right from the start of the match and hoping to score goals with full support of their home fans cheering loudly for them.

I guess Bayern Munich might be able to beat Manchester City today but it might not change the result of Bayern Munich crashing out of the Uefa Champions League as falling behind by 3 goals on aggregate are a tough task to overcome.

Yes, there was no other choice for Bayern Munich in this match other than for them to come out on the attack to score goals and catch up with them in the first leg. Playing defense is the same as allowing Manchester City to easily take 1 place in the semifinals. However, when playing attacking hope will always be there even though it is very difficult to actually make it happen. They might get a win, but it's not just a victory that is needed at this time because they have to score more than 3 goals.

[tazmantasik]

Today matches

• Bayern Munich 0 vs 3 Manchester City
• Inter 2 vs 0 Benfica

Based on first leg result seems not doubt for favorite both team between Manchester City and Inter Milan will qualify to semifinal stage, both team have enough capital after winning on first leg exactly for Manchester City has three winning goals from Bayern. Another games Inter Milan won 2-0 on first leg from Benfica, second leg games at home make them more confidence for winning again or get draw for lead to semifinal stage after last edition on 2010 become the winner in Champion.

[Coyster]

Real madrid is the strongest candidate and the most consistent team in the Champions league, I think real madrid will again qualify for the final before we say they are the team that will win the champions league this season.

Real Madrid awaits tonights winner in the game between City and Bayern Munich, of course Pep's men are already 3-0 up, and have one foot and a half in the CL SF, i don't see a way back for Bayern Munich, thus it's going to be City v Real Madrid in the SF, and i don't think Real Madrid are going to eliminate them like they did last season. City made quite a lot of errors in that game with Real Madrid last season, they failed to score more goals in the first leg, and they failed to defend well in both legs, this season they have a goal machine in Erling Haaland, and their defense are at their best in this period, City are going to be in this season's CL final in Istanbul.

[fzkto]

I guess it's not a matter of luck, it's a matter of consistency. Yesterday's draw with Milan was the third game in a row that Milan have not lost. I also think that Napoli are very young for the Champions League, they have very little experience in such serious competitions. Napoli have had a very good season indeed. Perhaps they will try their luck in the Champions League again in the future.

They had to score that penalty. What a travesty! Napoli had a good chance of playing the semi-final for the first time. I don't understand how they beat Milan easily in Serie A but lose in Champions League. The teams are same, only the platform is different. That shows Champions League arena is way different than any other tournament. Only the name is enough for teams to stay out of their routine.

Milan also failed to kick a penalty in the first half. Therefore, the chances of winning the game were equal. But Milan were stronger on the sum of the two games and that was no accident. Remember their 0-4 away win over Napoli. It's a great result for Napoli to be in first place in Serie A. So far, it has been very difficult for them to play effectively in several championships.

[LGD2Business]

I was expecting a much better game from Napoli, I was disappointed. Milan played very well, we have to give their due. The wind seemed to be in favor of Napoli when Giroud missed the penalty, but when Giroud scored a goal just before the end of the first half, the morale in Napoli broke down. Yet they tried so hard to return. Kvaratskelia failed to turn the penalty into a goal. If that goal had been scored, Napoli would have had enough time to find the second goal. Osimhen scored a great header but time was up for Napoli. It's necessary to congratulate Milan, they deservedly passed the tour. We can say that the experienced side wins.

[sokani]

Real Madrid awaits tonights winner in the game between City and Bayern Munich, of course Pep's men are already 3-0 up, and have one foot and a half in the CL SF, i don't see a way back for Bayern Munich, thus it's going to be City v Real Madrid in the SF, and i don't think Real Madrid are going to eliminate them like they did last season. City made quite a lot of errors in that game with Real Madrid last season, they failed to score more goals in the first leg, and they failed to defend well in both legs, this season they have a goal machine in Erling Haaland, and their defense are at their best in this period, City are going to be in this season's CL final in Istanbul.

Football is full of surprises and shocking results but I don't see a way Bayern Munich would be able to cancel the 3:0 established lead by Manchester City. Thomas Tuchel might be a fine manager but he just got employed and he's still getting to know his players, so I don't think they can get pass City. Like you said, it's going to be a Madrid vs City semifinal and Manchester City would have another opportunity to right their wrongs against Real Madrid in their last champions league outing. It's going to be a great encounter.

[Daniel91]

I was expecting a much better game from Napoli, I was disappointed. Milan played very well, we have to give their due. The wind seemed to be in favor of Napoli when Giroud missed the penalty, but when Giroud scored a goal just before the end of the first half, the morale in Napoli broke down. Yet they tried so hard to return. Kvaratskelia failed to turn the penalty into a goal. If that goal had been scored, Napoli would have had enough time to find the second goal. Osimhen scored a great header but time was up for Napoli. It's necessary to congratulate Milan, they deservedly passed the tour. We can say that the experienced side wins.

It seems to me that this result is not so unexpected. Napoli has been playing quite poorly in recent weeks and their level of play has dropped compared to the beginning of the season. They recently lost to Milan at home even 4:0.
Yesterday, Napoli was slow and ineffective in attack and very bad in defense.
If this match was played a few months ago, Napoli would be the favorite, but they are not playing well right now.
For Milan, this is a great chance to achieve a great result in the Champions League again after almost 20 years and reach the final.

[Razmirraz]

The situation is getting chaotic, it looks like Chelsea will be very difficult to get out of this bad period. Lampard's presence had no effect on the team at all. It's like it's hard to find a standard that matches Chelsea players. This season seems to be the last for the Blues to taste the Champions League competition. And if you don't immediately find the right coach, it seems it will be very difficult for Chelsea to be able to return to Europe's most elite competition.

Lampard who was appointed as coach until the end of the season since Potter was fired, is expected to provide fresh air for Chelsea. But what happened was the opposite, Chelsea was completely battered under Lampard control. Chelsea is under too much pressure this season, I think sacking Tuchel is the biggest mistake Chelsea have made this season. The mistake continued when appointing Potter as a coach who had no experience handling big teams. Appointing Lampard as interim coach was also a mistake because Lampard career as a coach was not as bright as when he was still active as a player.
Now Chelsea can only lament their fate after losing in two legs of the UCL, they will miss appearing in European competition next season because in the domestic league they cannot reach the top five.

[rahmad2nd]

I think we might see a high scoring match between Bayern Munich and Manchester City today, since Bayern Munich are falling behind by 3 goals on aggregate, it would simply make no sense for them to play defensively at the Allianz Arena in front of their home fans. The only slim chance for Bayern Munich to progress further in the Uefa Champions League would be to attack right from the start of the match and hoping to score goals with full support of their home fans cheering loudly for them.

I guess Bayern Munich might be able to beat Manchester City today but it might not change the result of Bayern Munich crashing out of the Uefa Champions League as falling behind by 3 goals on aggregate are a tough task to overcome.

Interesting, I'm sure this fight, will be much more interesting than the first leg. as you said, in this match, like it or not, Tuchel will instruct his team to press high from the first half whistle. that means, Bayern will play offensively and will do their job by appearing all out. to be honest, it's hard for me to predict what scenario will happen. the reason is, Bayern needs 4 goals to qualify for the next phase. however, their opponents are one hell of a strong team both in defense and in terms of attack.

And if I refer to the predicted line-up that Bayern will implement in this match, it seems that Tuchel will make no changes. it seems, Tuchel will continue to use his flagship formation with a 4-3-2-1 pattern. Regarding the line-up, there were no significant changes. however, Muller will be played as a center forward. By the way, these are only predictions, so changes may occur at any time.

As for Manchester City, in this match Pep was a little more relaxed when compared to Tuchel. as we know, they have won the aggregate 3 goals in the first leg. Pep Guardiola only needs a draw to ensure progress to the next phase. but I'm sure the scenario won't be like that, especially if I refer to City's predicted line-up in this match. Pep still uses the same system, with a 3-2-4-1 pattern. for players, there is no change, City continues to play the full main players. So, the question is whether Pep will still instruct his team to play offensively. because, if you look at their formation, it looks like Pep Guardiola will not let Bayern dictate the course of the match. well, this is an option. so, I will bet on Manchester City.

[yudi09]

I was expecting a much better game from Napoli, I was disappointed. Milan played very well, we have to give their due. The wind seemed to be in favor of Napoli when Giroud missed the penalty, but when Giroud scored a goal just before the end of the first half, the morale in Napoli broke down. Yet they tried so hard to return. Kvaratskelia failed to turn the penalty into a goal. If that goal had been scored, Napoli would have had enough time to find the second goal. Osimhen scored a great header but time was up for Napoli.

Napoli are not fortunate enough this season in the Champions League. That's a decent sentence in my opinion for Napoli.
Of course with various opportunities that Napoli get including penalty kicks that failed to be as a goal by Kvaratskelia.
Napoli's efforts to increase motivation in defeating AC Milan occurred when Giroud failed to execute a penalty, but the injury to Hirving Lazano had an impact on the Napoli game.

It's necessary to congratulate Milan, they deservedly passed the tour. We can say that the experienced side wins.

Yes. It is necessary for us to congratulate AC Milan as the first Serie A representative to qualify for the semifinals even though there is still one more Serie A team, Inter Milan who has a big chance to qualify.

[Oluwa-btc]

I was expecting a much better game from Napoli, I was disappointed. Milan played very well, we have to give their due. The wind seemed to be in favor of Napoli when Giroud missed the penalty, but when Giroud scored a goal just before the end of the first half, the morale in Napoli broke down. Yet they tried so hard to return. Kvaratskelia failed to turn the penalty into a goal. If that goal had been scored, Napoli would have had enough time to find the second goal. Osimhen scored a great header but time was up for Napoli. It's necessary to congratulate Milan, they deservedly passed the tour. We can say that the experienced side wins.

It seems to me that this result is not so unexpected. Napoli has been playing quite poorly in recent weeks and their level of play has dropped compared to the beginning of the season. They recently lost to Milan at home even 4:0.
Yesterday, Napoli was slow and ineffective in attack and very bad in defense.
If this match was played a few months ago, Napoli would be the favorite, but they are not playing well right now.
For Milan, this is a great chance to achieve a great result in the Champions League again after almost 20 years and reach the final.

Congratulations to Ac Milan, they're big European Sides, I was overwhelmed by Napoli's great performance in the league so they clouded my judgment on who wins. Though, Napoli hasn't been playing so badly, I really think they missed Victor Oshime off course Yes!
The absence of Victor Oshime made the attack look weak, with the last game and also with the one against Verona.

Zlantan Ibrahimovic would be hoping the be part of that final just if all of these high hopes Milan has off saving the trophyless season they'll have comes to reality.

[JeffBrad12]

Football is full of surprises and shocking results but I don't see a way Bayern Munich would be able to cancel the 3:0 established lead by Manchester City. Thomas Tuchel might be a fine manager but he just got employed and he's still getting to know his players, so I don't think they can get pass City. Like you said, it's going to be a Madrid vs City semifinal and Manchester City would have another opportunity to right their wrongs against Real Madrid in their last champions league outing. It's going to be a great encounter.

The chance is pretty small for bayern to do that. Bayern is also having internal problem that may greatly affect the performance from the club. It's likely that if bayern will not able to perform so well even though it will be playing at home. It's caused by the fact that if bayern is not as good as when it was still being coached by naglesmann. Manchester city will be going all in against bayern. Bayern may not able to make goals against manchester city. Even if bayern was able to do that and that being said if bayern will not able to surpass the aggregates that already owned by manchester city. it's likely that if bayern is doing the same thing like the first leg.

I doubt if bayern will able to change the situation causeed by gap is very big. Manchester city is also having a goal machine that will able to make goal anytime. I would not be surprised to see manchester city to be qualified for semifinal.
Going all in for city is the best decision to be taken by me. gogo city. Let's kick bayern's ass once again.

[hd49728]

Congratulations to Ac Milan, they're big European Sides, I was overwhelmed by Napoli's great peformance in the league so they clouded my judgment on who wins. Though, Napoli hasn't been playing so badly, I really think they missed Victor Oshime off course Yes!
The absence of Victor Oshime made the attack look weak, with the last game and also with the one against Verona.

Again DNA of Champions League has its support for AC Milan. They do not belong to strongest clubs in Serie A and Champions League but silently they worked hard and with their DNA, they went to semi final in this season. It is more impressive than what a super rich club like PSG achieved in this season.

Osimhen is not ready for the match and he missed some opportunities too even he scored a very late goal for Napoli. I agree that the injury and absence of Osimhen impacted Napoli in general and in both two matches.

Zlantan Ibrahimovic would be hoping the be part of that final just if all of these high hopes Milan has off saving the trophyless season they'll have comes to reality.

He deserves to lift it one time in his career. Destiny is kidding him some times from Inter Milan to Barcelona and AC Milan and maybe this time, he will have luckiness behind.

[Yogee]

[.....]
Then you should have no problem putting your money on them then. I think the bookmakers are doing you a great favor with line at 2.50 for Real Madrid to win.

....I'm thinking of a draw or under 2.5.

[....] I decided to bet Madrid to win the second leg.

Good call and congrats on winning. I decided on under 2.5 so I'm still good even if I didn't pick RM.

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I'm not going to pick a side on Bayern Munich vs Man City. It will probably end in a draw or a team winning by one-goal margin only. I saw a comment about a high scoring game and I agree so betting on over 2.5 should be a "safe" bet but I just don't like the odds at 1.55.

[RockBell]

Real Madrid awaits tonights winner in the game between City and Bayern Munich, of course Pep's men are already 3-0 up, and have one foot and a half in the CL SF, i don't see a way back for Bayern Munich, thus it's going to be City v Real Madrid in the SF, and i don't think Real Madrid are going to eliminate them like they did last season. City made quite a lot of errors in that game with Real Madrid last season, they failed to score more goals in the first leg, and they failed to defend well in both legs, this season they have a goal machine in Erling Haaland, and their defense are at their best in this period, City are going to be in this season's CL final in Istanbul.

Football is full of surprises and shocking results but I don't see a way Bayern Munich would be able to cancel the 3:0 established lead by Manchester City. Thomas Tuchel might be a fine manager but he just got employed and he's still getting to know his players, so I don't think they can get pass City. Like you said, it's going to be a Madrid vs City semifinal and Manchester City would have another opportunity to right their wrongs against Real Madrid in their last champions league outing. It's going to be a great encounter.

I firmly concur that foreseeing how a game will conclude is not at all simple, and I am confident that the game won't go well for Manchester City. Bayern Munich might not be as good as Manchester City right now, but it doesn't surprise me to see them defeating City. Not all matches surprise me again, and Chelsea is a good match to bet on. I read a post that claimed Chelsea needed the advice of the former owner to succeed, but I think that's absurd. I also noticed the players' frustration while they were playing, and they really need to go work on themselves.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Real Madrid were again the better side against Chelsea but this time at least Chelsea were able to create more goal chances for themselves.

However Chelsea wasted a few critical goal chances also. Kante couldn't find the back of the net two times and they were literally absolute chances. Cucurella also wasted a big chance but Courtois saved his shot very nicely of course. If Kante or Cucurella was able to score one goal while it was still 0-0 then maybe there could have been some hope for Chelsea. But Rodrygo punished them really hard after these incidents. He worked really hard last night by scoring 2 goals. This is a fully deserved win for Real Madrid on aggregate.