UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season

[kotwica666]

Madrid may be at the top now but believe me when i say Manchester city is coming to take that position.
The fact still remains that Manchester city is way far better than Madrid in performance.
Julian Alvarez and Halland are two perfect players in Manchester city. I have so much confidence in man city that they will win the League.

There is no doubt that City is the best team in Europe presently and their consistency so far has made them the favorite I believe man city can win the game the have one of the best midfielder Kevin Debruyne and they also have a good and prolific goal scorers in the person of haaland, I think it may come down to city pace against real Madrid a quicker tempo favors city if real Madrid dictate the pace and can avoid conceding on the counter. Things might just go their way

They didn't start this season very well and lost many points, especially in the premier that's why Arsenal was the first team in the premier league for weeks but in the champions league Manchester City had a stable performance, and they won many great games like Bayern Munich but since Manchester City never won the champions league and they never even played on the final match this game can be very much important for Manchester City.

You're right Manchester City didn't do anything great from the start in the Premier League Arsenal were ahead. But Manchester City has been doing great since the beginning of the Champions League and is currently in the semi-finals, hopefully this team will do something amazing against Real Madrid in the semi-finals.

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There are still 2 matches before they meet and I think for now I will continue to wait and see the progress of the two because it is possible that in these 2 matches there will be some unexpected events such as player injuries which might make the odds change later.

Yes of course. Injuries before their match will definitely affect the odds and the outcome. I was actually monitoring the Modric hamstring situation - he is still doubtful the last time I checked and he's likely to miss the first leg. I think that's one of the reason why RM is the current underdog. He may be old but he is still one of their best midfielders.

[mamesso]

At this point, everyone is free to make their predictions but one thing is sure, they may be weak in Spain league but they are the best in this Champions League, and in 8 days, we will know anyone that will win the first leg. However, I have been trying to see if there are any errors Manchester City has done in their last matches even when they are winning, I couldn't find any and that gives me fear of what they will do or maybe I'm overthinking it, who knows if Real Madrid will score early goals like 2 goals in the early match to maintain the league for the rest of the match, I know this is hard but I believe they can do it.

Real Madrid always looks different in the Champions League than La Liga, ahead of the match vs Manchester City Real Madrid's defense was in the spotlight due to conceding six goals in the two matches that have just passed in La Liga. Manchester City could torture Real Madrid if their defense played undisciplined, conceding four goals from Girona is a job that Ancelotti must fix immediately.

Manchester City's charming appearance when they beat Arsenal and Fulham became a good capital ahead of the match against Real Madrid. Guardiola men were also very productive, they were able to score six goals in the last two games. Even though Real Madrid is listed as the best team in the Champions League, they have to be careful with the strength that Manchester City has.

[LittleBitFunny]

At this point, everyone is free to make their predictions but one thing is sure, they may be weak in Spain league but they are the best in this Champions League, and in 8 days, we will know anyone that will win the first leg. However, I have been trying to see if there are any errors Manchester City has done in their last matches even when they are winning, I couldn't find any and that gives me fear of what they will do or maybe I'm overthinking it, who knows if Real Madrid will score early goals like 2 goals in the early match to maintain the league for the rest of the match, I know this is hard but I believe they can do it.

Real Madrid always looks different in the Champions League than La Liga, ahead of the match vs Manchester City Real Madrid's defense was in the spotlight due to conceding six goals in the two matches that have just passed in La Liga. Manchester City could torture Real Madrid if their defense played undisciplined, conceding four goals from Girona is a job that Ancelotti must fix immediately.
Manchester City's charming appearance when they beat Arsenal and Fulham became a good capital ahead of the match against Real Madrid. Guardiola men were also very productive, they were able to score six goals in the last two games. Even though Real Madrid is listed as the best team in the Champions League, they have to be careful with the strength that Manchester City has.

Real Madrid has been somewhat erratic in La Liga, but their performance in every Champions League match has been very consistent. Their performance in the Champions League is organized. And so La Liga's performance should not be compared with Madrid's Champions League performance. Madrid's main scorer Benzema is in very good form right now. He scored a hat trick in both matches. Madrid can expect good results if they play against Madrid like this.

Manchester United managed to reclaim the top spot in the Premier League. Now their target is the Champions League. Manchester City's midfield and striker Haaland is in great form right now. This is why no team can beat Manchester City. I think City are favorites against Madrid.

[makishart]

You're right Manchester City didn't do anything great from the start in the Premier League Arsenal were ahead. But Manchester City has been doing great since the beginning of the Champions League and is currently in the semi-finals, hopefully this team will do something amazing against Real Madrid in the semi-finals.

How can you say like that? Have you seen the stats that achieved by manchester city this season? It's now placed at the number one of EPL. Manchester city has even better statistic compared with arsenal. That means manchester city was doing so well since the league has been starting.
I think that you shall try to see the picture that i have mentioned below. It's clearly said that if manchester city will unable to be in the first place if it would have bad start at early of season.
I suggest you try to take a look at the picture.




Leading the league = More win and less loss. It's enough to say that manchester city's performace already so good since last year.

[W Jr.]

Next week it's that time again and we're going to look at the semi-finals of the CL. The first game is Real Madrid - Manchester City and that is also the most exciting game in my opinion. 2 teams that like to play football and are known for their scoring ability. That said, I thought last year was a bit disappointing in terms of goals. In Manchester it only became 1-0 for Manchester City, and in Madrid it was 0-1 in favor of Manchester until the 90th minute. 3 minutes later it was 2-1, but still, still only 3 goals. I think we will see more goals tomorrow and probably more than 4 goals in 2 matches. Real Madrid are no longer in top form in the league, but in the CL they often have a different level and style of play than in the league. Not very strange either, because in the league they are favorites every game except when they play against Barcelona.

Considering the defeats of Real Madrid in the league, we can talk about Manchester City dominating the match in England. If they dominate the match, they can easily pass the round with a solid defensive game in Spain. Real gave great danger signals in Girona match in the defending zone. If they repeat the same mistakes in the Manchester City game, they can concede 4 more goals.

[Iranus]

Next week it's that time again and we're going to look at the semi-finals of the CL. The first game is Real Madrid - Manchester City and that is also the most exciting game in my opinion. 2 teams that like to play football and are known for their scoring ability. That said, I thought last year was a bit disappointing in terms of goals. In Manchester it only became 1-0 for Manchester City, and in Madrid it was 0-1 in favor of Manchester until the 90th minute. 3 minutes later it was 2-1, but still, still only 3 goals. I think we will see more goals tomorrow and probably more than 4 goals in 2 matches. Real Madrid are no longer in top form in the league, but in the CL they often have a different level and style of play than in the league. Not very strange either, because in the league they are favorites every game except when they play against Barcelona.

Considering the defeats of Real Madrid in the league, we can talk about Manchester City dominating the match in England. If they dominate the match, they can easily pass the round with a solid defensive game in Spain. Real gave great danger signals in Girona match in the defending zone. If they repeat the same mistakes in the Manchester City game, they can concede 4 more goals.

Madrid beat Almeria 4-2 in their next match despite losing against Girona. I don't think we will see any effect of the level against Girona in the Champions League match. Because Madrid's performance in La Liga this season has been erratic, but their performance in the Champions League has not been erratic. Also, the first match against Manchester City is Madrid's home match. Madrid is always strong at home. Players will be very confident. And so the Real Madrid team will be ahead in the first leg. But the Manchester City team is very strong. So it is not possible to predict with certainty which team will win.

[fullhdpixel]

There is no doubt that City is the best team in Europe presently and their consistency so far has made them the favorite I believe man city can win the game the have one of the best midfielder Kevin Debruyne and they also have a good and prolific goal scorers in the person of haaland, I think it may come down to city pace against real Madrid a quicker tempo favors city if real Madrid dictate the pace and can avoid conceding on the counter. Things might just go their way

They didn't start this season very well and lost many points, especially in the premier that's why Arsenal was the first team in the premier league for weeks but in the champions league Manchester City had a stable performance, and they won many great games like Bayern Munich but since Manchester City never won the champions league and they never even played on the final match this game can be very much important for Manchester City.

You're right Manchester City didn't do anything great from the start in the Premier League Arsenal were ahead. But Manchester City has been doing great since the beginning of the Champions League and is currently in the semi-finals, hopefully this team will do something amazing against Real Madrid in the semi-finals.

Right now their consistency and aggression are allowing them to have impressive results because early rounds of this season they were checking their strength and working on their strategy which keep them behind Arsenal but now after having good results they are dominating in Premier League and Champions League as well which is surely good for them just before end of season now they are at the top of the table with having good advantage against Real Madrid which is currently struggling and having injuries issue as well.

After eliminating two English clubs in round of 16 and quarter-final now they have the toughest team in English Premier League at Bernabéu Madrid which is real test case for them and their love affair with Champions League now can they complete their hat-trick against English clubs, or now they will face elimination now we have just 8 days left in this all.

[makishart]

Actually I'm quite hesitant to make a bet even though Manchester City is the favourite, because as you said, Madrid is playing at home and the Bernabeu is still quite haunted for a club from England until now. So this can also be used as an excuse to be in Madrid, especially with their odds conditions.

I don't care so much about bookies were favoring manchester city in this case. I do know so well history of real madrid in UCL. It can't be underestimated. Im seeing how strong mancheter city right now. KBD and haaland are the key players that owned by manchester city. Beating manchested city meant if real madrid must put the main concern into those guys. It's caused by KDB and haaland are the best duo in EPL. Killing the movement from one of them will be giving difficulty for manchester city to create an attack.
The match will come very soon. I think that there will be many things to happened before the match will be occured.

There are still 2 matches before they meet and I think for now I will continue to wait and see the progress of the two because it is possible that in these 2 matches there will be some unexpected events such as player injuries which might make the odds change later.

I think that the coaches from any team are already aware of that. It can be seen from how ancelotti and pep were benching their key players. That's a good decision but at the same time those players need time to play as they can use it as training session before the real match will be coming soon. It's very hard to know what kind of plan that already prepared by the coaches from any team. This match is even bigger compared with intermilan vs acmilan.

[babo]

I must say that the Manchester City is the stronger team. They have consistently performed well in recent years, with a strong squad and a top-notch coach in Pep Guardiola. However, the Real Madrid is also a top team, with a long history of success and a talented roster of players.
however Real Madrid has a very long experience in UCL, I think it will be a good challenge..

[Despairo]

I think that the coaches from any team are already aware of that. It can be seen from how ancelotti and pep were benching their key players. That's a good decision but at the same time those players need time to play as they can use it as training session before the real match will be coming soon. It's very hard to know what kind of plan that already prepared by the coaches from any team. This match is even bigger compared with intermilan vs acmilan.

Usually the key players will keep playing, but the coach usually not let them play for full time, it could be just a half time or few minutes.

Pep Guardiola sometime use a controversial strategy during final or big match, this is why usually many fans hope Pep will not use his crazy strategy, just use a same strategy like when they match with other clubs.

Maybe we will see Haaland will play at right winger position? at attacking midfielder position? we're don't know about Pep's brain.

[hd49728]

I must say that the Manchester City is the stronger team. They have consistently performed well in recent years, with a strong squad and a top-notch coach in Pep Guardiola.

Manchester City are building and improving themselves to be stronger and more competitive in Champions League. Pep Guardiola after some defeats by his weird changes in squad choosing and his obsessive perfection, looks to change himself and switch to find stable squad for Manchester City. It makes Manchester City more dangerous in Champions League and they will have bigger chance to win it without sudden strange choice from Pep Guardiola.

However, the Real Madrid is also a top team, with a long history of success and a talented roster of players.
however Real Madrid has a very long experience in UCL, I think it will be a good challenge..

True so. Real Madrid looks to be a perfect competitor that can beat Manchester City in Champions League. Will they repeat what they did in the last season against Manchester City in semi finals ?

Their striker Benzema is simply at his good form with 4 hat-tricks recent weeks. More dangerous, Real Madrid don't only have Benzema but also have some dangerous and energetic attacking players like Vini Jr., Rodrygo as well as ability to find goals from distant shots with Valverde, Kroos. They have some good alternative players like Asensio who has very good performances in the last one month.

[BRINIRHA]

I must say that the Manchester City is the stronger team. They have consistently performed well in recent years, with a strong squad and a top-notch coach in Pep Guardiola. However, the Real Madrid is also a top team, with a long history of success and a talented roster of players.
however Real Madrid has a very long experience in UCL, I think it will be a good challenge..

In fact, almost everyone is aware that Man City's performance is slightly superior to Real Madrid. This was even evident from last season's UCL semi-final match. But sometimes in football the team that is superior in terms of play and the quality of the players cannot be used as a benchmark to determine which team will lose and which team will win. Because like many of us have encountered both in Laliga and in the Premier League and even in the UCL. sometimes many match results are far behind our expectations or predictions. Even after we have collected statistical data for each team carefully.

And especially with this very hot semi-final match. Real Madrid also doesn't only have experienced players. but the Real Madrid coach (Carlo Ancelotti) is actually much more experienced than the Man City coach, namely Pep Guardiola. So that the strategy of the coach is also what sometimes determines the success of a team. Both of these teams have their own advantages.

[Dickiy]

At this point, everyone is free to make their predictions but one thing is sure, they may be weak in Spain league but they are the best in this Champions League, and in 8 days, we will know anyone that will win the first leg. However, I have been trying to see if there are any errors Manchester City has done in their last matches even when they are winning, I couldn't find any and that gives me fear of what they will do or maybe I'm overthinking it, who knows if Real Madrid will score early goals like 2 goals in the early match to maintain the league for the rest of the match, I know this is hard but I believe they can do it.

Real Madrid always looks different in the Champions League than La Liga, ahead of the match vs Manchester City Real Madrid's defense was in the spotlight due to conceding six goals in the two matches that have just passed in La Liga. Manchester City could torture Real Madrid if their defense played undisciplined, conceding four goals from Girona is a job that Ancelotti must fix immediately.

Manchester City's charming appearance when they beat Arsenal and Fulham became a good capital ahead of the match against Real Madrid. Guardiola men were also very productive, they were able to score six goals in the last two games. Even though Real Madrid is listed as the best team in the Champions League, they have to be careful with the strength that Manchester City has.

Between the two teams Manchester City and Real Madrid became the main focus of discussion everywhere, seeing from the condition Real Madrid was indeed not so healthy in his playing performance, moreover Benzema, who has always been the spearhead of Real Madrid in attacking him several times suffered injuries so that the ability he has show no longer completely.
The defense that Real Madrid had when facing Girona did not completely reduce his best players. One of them was in the last defense, namely the Keeper against Girona. Anceloti relied on A, Lunin and did not use their main keeper Courtois.
Manchester City is indeed experiencing very good improvement in every game, we cannot deny that, even though Real Madrid has a lot of experience in the Champions League but for Manchester today they cannot be complacent with Guardiola's strategy in using it to be terrible like today.

The results of the Madrid match against Almeria are of course of particular concern again, because Benzema as Real Madrid's goal machine scored three goals in that match, a special concern for Manchester City's defense,

[puloweh555]

Real Madrid has been somewhat erratic in La Liga, but their performance in every Champions League match has been very consistent. Their performance in the Champions League is organized. And so La Liga's performance should not be compared with Madrid's Champions League performance. Madrid's main scorer Benzema is in very good form right now. He scored a hat trick in both matches. Madrid can expect good results if they play against Madrid like this.

Manchester United managed to reclaim the top spot in the Premier League. Now their target is the Champions League. Manchester City's midfield and striker Haaland is in great form right now. This is why no team can beat Manchester City. I think City are favorites against Madrid.

Don't look at Real Madrid's performance in La Liga. Lots of injuries especially Benzema missed 11 matches in La Liga due to injury. Actually Vini, Rodrygo, Camavinga, Ceballos and Valverde are doing much better now than last year. Benzema and Rodrygo have been in good form recently, especially Benzema returned to prime at the right time with 3 hat-tricks in April and Rodrygo steadily secured the RW position. Only Militao will miss the first leg, Modric should be fit by then.

It must be admitted that on paper Man City is better and superior in terms of players but once again Real Madrid is a Real Madrid full of mentality that has been tested in the UCL and for me it will be a difficult game but I believe in Real Madrid will fight this year to enter the Finals again.

[len01]

I must say that the Manchester City is the stronger team. They have consistently performed well in recent years, with a strong squad and a top-notch coach in Pep Guardiola. However, the Real Madrid is also a top team, with a long history of success and a talented roster of players.
however Real Madrid has a very long experience in UCL, I think it will be a good challenge..

Man City and Real Madrid will be very tight matches because these two teams are very strong and have good experience from the history of travel in their respective leagues. even though everyone prefers Man City but I still choose Real Madrid as the favorite team in UCL even I still bet on Madrid.

even though Man City has some very good players, it is rather difficult to get past the experience of Real Madrid, who have won the UCL for a long time and have won several trophies that have added to the enthusiasm of the Madrid players.
but if Madrid fail to get to the final round and Man City can qualify for the final round, this match in the UCL is like something new when Man City is able to qualify for the final round.

[piebeyb]

The results of the Madrid match against Almeria are of course of particular concern again, because Benzema as Real Madrid's goal machine scored three goals in that match, a special concern for Manchester City's defense,

I really can't wait for the match between these two clubs, I will bet on Manchester City because I know they are different from last season, now they also have a goal machine like Haaland, I think that also needs to be paid attention to by the Madrid defense, I worried that in the first leg meeting madrid would be humiliated by manchester city, i would be happy to see him as a manchester city supporter.

I know Madrid are not very consistent in the league so I wouldn't be surprised if they often lose in the league, because it's different from playing in CL because they have a winning mentality especially as defending champions of course Madrid has its own way to qualify for the final or win the CL season. This. Even so, I still believe that Manchester City will get rid of Madrid in the semifinals and will win the CL this season.

[Jody.Drummer]

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There are still 2 matches before they meet and I think for now I will continue to wait and see the progress of the two because it is possible that in these 2 matches there will be some unexpected events such as player injuries which might make the odds change later.

Yes of course. Injuries before their match will definitely affect the odds and the outcome. I was actually monitoring the Modric hamstring situation - he is still doubtful the last time I checked and he's likely to miss the first leg. I think that's one of the reason why RM is the current underdog. He may be old but he is still one of their best midfielders.

I immediately looked for news about this and it is true that the news is that he will be resting due to recovery and it is very likely that he will miss 4 matches including the Copa del Rey final and the first leg with Manchester City.
This is definitely a real loss for Madrid, but in other cases Ancelotti must also hope that other players do not follow, including in this case Benzema, who is always prone when it comes to injuries.

This will be a problem for the midfield even though there are still a number of players who can compete, it will still be a shame.

Actually I'm quite hesitant to make a bet even though Manchester City is the favourite, because as you said, Madrid is playing at home and the Bernabeu is still quite haunted for a club from England until now. So this can also be used as an excuse to be in Madrid, especially with their odds conditions.

I don't care so much about bookies were favoring manchester city in this case. I do know so well history of real madrid in UCL. It can't be underestimated. Im seeing how strong mancheter city right now. KBD and haaland are the key players that owned by manchester city. Beating manchested city meant if real madrid must put the main concern into those guys. It's caused by KDB and haaland are the best duo in EPL. Killing the movement from one of them will be giving difficulty for manchester city to create an attack.
The match will come very soon. I think that there will be many things to happened before the match will be occured.

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There are still 2 matches before they meet and I think for now I will continue to wait and see the progress of the two because it is possible that in these 2 matches there will be some unexpected events such as player injuries which might make the odds change later.

Yes of course. Injuries before their match will definitely affect the odds and the outcome. I was actually monitoring the Modric hamstring situation - he is still doubtful the last time I checked and he's likely to miss the first leg. I think that's one of the reason why RM is the current underdog. He may be old but he is still one of their best midfielders.

Yep, basically, sometimes the bets of the Banders still need to be seen, but for other conditions it can still be ignored.
Talking about KDB, the movements and passes that are always made are quite troublesome, therefore the Madrid midfield must try to cover the movement there because in this way the pressure on Madrid can be reduced because the supply from the Manchester City midfield is reduced which makes this good enough for Madrid, of course.

There are still 2 matches before they meet and I think for now I will continue to wait and see the progress of the two because it is possible that in these 2 matches there will be some unexpected events such as player injuries which might make the odds change later.

I think that the coaches from any team are already aware of that. It can be seen from how ancelotti and pep were benching their key players. That's a good decision but at the same time those players need time to play as they can use it as training session before the real match will be coming soon. It's very hard to know what kind of plan that already prepared by the coaches from any team. This match is even bigger compared with intermilan vs acmilan.

Now there is Modric who is most likely ruled out for Madrid but on the other hand KDB is also currently having a problem with his leg and he wasn't even in the squad against Fulham but there is still no further announcement on KDB's issue right now.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I know Madrid are not very consistent in the league so I wouldn't be surprised if they often lose in the league, because it's different from playing in CL because they have a winning mentality especially as defending champions of course Madrid has its own way to qualify for the final or win the CL season. This. Even so, I still believe that Manchester City will get rid of Madrid in the semifinals and will win the CL this season.

Every Champions League match was very important for Madrid. Real Madrid has dominated the Champions League matches since the beginning of the season. And so we have seen better performances from Real Madrid in almost every Champions League match.
Manchester City is a strong opponent. And so it won't be easy for Madrid to beat City. I would say both teams have a 50-50 chance of winning. The team that will be able to play well on the field will qualify for the finals. The Madrid team is experienced in the Champions League platform. Despite City being strong, against Ancelotti's match strategy, Manchester City will find it very difficult to win.

[asriloni]

Madrid beat Almeria 4-2 in their next match despite losing against Girona. I don't think we will see any effect of the level against Girona in the Champions League match. Because Madrid's performance in La Liga this season has been erratic, but their performance in the Champions League has not been erratic. Also, the first match against Manchester City is Madrid's home match. Madrid is always strong at home. Players will be very confident. And so the Real Madrid team will be ahead in the first leg. But the Manchester City team is very strong. So it is not possible to predict with certainty which team will win.

There are some things that need to be bolded about real madrid.

The performance of real madrid in UCL is far different compared in the league. it's caused by ancelotti is still trying to keep the chance to win UCL trophy become as big as possible. UCL trophy is far important for real madrid compared with the domestic league. It's caused by winning UCL will make the club to get UCL spot for next season. Real madrid was not also using full squads in the domestic league. It can be seen from the line up against girona.

Real madrid used full squads against almeria while almeria was using fully defensive strategy. Benzema was maing hatrick against almeria which is good.
It is not possible to use the performance in the domestic league as a good parameter to determine the result in UCL. I just try to understand if ancelotti knows everything what we didn't know.