UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[shogun47]

So Manchester itself deserved what is happening to it now and apart from the failed transfers the management should not have let De Hea be sacked like that, considering how much De Hea has done for the club. It was quite possible to leave him second to replace Onana, but apparently Ten Hag decided to show that he is a tough coach and De Hea's contract was not renewed and now Manchester will be good if they get into the europa league, because for that we need to gain points with Bayern Munich.

I am not at all surprised by Manchester United's results. I expected a draw from this match. But I will say that Manchester United players have performed better in this match compared to every previous match. Although they have won their last three Premier League matches, their performances have been very poor. But Manchester United played well enough against Galatasaray. They led 3-1 at the start of the second half. If the match strategy and defense were good then Manchester United had a chance to win this match. After going 3-1 up, United's players should have just kept their defense tight. I would definitely blame Ten Hag's poor match strategy as the reason for not winning this match.

People are now focusing on how to blame onana for his mistake. Ziyech was really an underrated player during the game.  Ziyech was scoring through free kick and that's amazing how onana was unable blocking one of these shoots by ziyech.
No doubt that if galatasaray deserves to draw against manchester united. His goals were simply unbelievable. Manchester united really needs to get a new goal keeper to help the club. Having onana is not solving the problem faced by manchester united.
I kinda feel united will be struggle against bayern. Even it will face stronger opponent compared with galatasaray. Ten hag shall do gamble for that match or he will be missing the only chance.
The fans need also to hope there will be no winner between galatasaray vs copen hagen.

Getting draw is the only solution to help united.

I don't like Manchester United's overall performance. So I don't blame Onana for Manchester United not winning. In the home match, Onana did not make any big mistakes, but Manchester United was defeated in the match. We have seen Manchester United's poor defense in every Champions League match. In 5 matches they scored 12 goals and conceded 14 goals. Celtic and Antwerp conceded 14 and 15 goals respectively in the Champions League. Manchester United has one of the worst defenses in the Champions League.

Both Galatasaray and Copenhagen have almost the same situation. It is not possible to predict which team will win this match. Both teams have chances to win. However, Galatasaray shared the points against Copenhagen in the home match. It will be very difficult to beat the Copenhagen team in away matches.

I think there are a lot of effects between players and also events that happen on the field. Often times a goalkeeper can also benefit from the team not doing too well because there are a lot of opportunities to show high potential saves. But then as you said, when the whole team has issues, how fair would it be to blame one player when everyone sees how Manchester United is doing in any of the competitions they are playing. Some of the mistakes he made should have been avoided, but how of the mistakes should have been avoided before the opponent got into the position to score that goal. I think the draw was ok and I thought that Galatasaray would win the game.

[BabyBandit]

CL-Evening tonight  
Bayern is always strong home and got unreal stats in the Champions League group stage. They had some half good performance lately but tonight I think it will loosens up and be some goals against Copenhagen.
HCP -1.5 @ Bayern 1.62. & HCP -2.5 @ Bayern 2.35. is a bit interesting.  

The purpose of clarification is not that Bayern has underperformed. Bayern are always trying their best in every match, so I don't know why you're saying that they had a half-performance against FC Copenhagen, because even in their first match Copenhagen was also defeated and the ended up at 2-1 in their first meeting, even yesterday's match was highly entertaining. the match exactly ended in a stalemate, We all know that the game ended in a draw, but Bayern's performance was excellent.

Sure. but i don't know why you posting it to me and claims things that I haven't said.
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[Jossque]

Benfica were so close to their first win in the group, but thanks to Inter's tremendous comeback, they couldn't do it. Inter led 3-0 at half time thanks to three goals from J.Mario. In the second half, Benfica was not in control and could not respond to Inter's fast play. Inter increased the pressure from the beginning of the second half and scored two goals in the first 15 minutes to make it 3-2. In the 72nd minute, Inter made a tremendous comeback to draw with a goal scored by Alexis Sanchez.
Real Sociedad hosted Salzburg at home. Although they played dominantly from the beginning to the end of the match, the home team could not find a goal and unfortunately had to finish the match with a draw. Sociedad, who had 21 shots throughout the match and scored in 4 of them, left the race for the leadership to the last match.

[rahmad2nd]

Havertz is starting to gain its confidence in arsenal. His performance during the last two matches have proven his quality as a world class player. He was helping arsenal against brentford by scoring the only goal that happened in that match.
He is now also helping the club to build its mentality to be even better after havertz was scoring the first goal. Trossard's possition being threaten by him if havertz will able to keep his performance.
Arteta is starting to feel impressed with his performance. It's likely arteta is now considering putting havertz as starting line up. It will be so bad for trossard if he was losing the position against havertz.
The real challenge is just starting. I don't even count group stage as a challenge for arsenal caused by it was getting the weakest group.

Right, Havertz is starting to gain trust in the Arsenal squad. even though the goal scored in the 13th minute was a Tap In goal, aka an easy goal. However, with that opening goal, Arsenal was able to open up a gap in Franck Haise's squad to score other goals in last night's match. Havertz is starting to follow the rhythm of Arsenal's style of play, which so far has looked stiff in his game. Havertz has contributed to his squad in two different matches, and this can motivate him to be even better when playing his matches with the Gunners.
At least, as an Arsenal fan I am very happy with the Gunners' victory. In fact, this match was far from the excitement I predicted. Previously, I thought that at least this match would only result in a maximum of 3 goals.

As for Trossard, he is a versatile player and is often the supersub player who gives his team victory. Arteta knows very well what he has to do. Since Havertz is currently starting to find his rhythm, Arteta is trying to give him back playing time. Meanwhile for Trossard, he can be any player according to his team's needs, although Arteta will initially place this player in a central position. What is clear is that Arsenal is in a safe position in this group phase and can be sure of qualifying for the next round.

[Bobrox]

I am quite interested on Group F of the Champions League, so far Dortmund have confirm have been qualified for the round of 16 and only one  of three teams has chance for qualifying for the knock out phase, starting from PSG, Newcastle and Milan.

PSG opportunity qualify to next round

• Achieve victory over Dortmund whatever the result of the match between Newcastle vs Milan
• Draw against Dortmund and Milan win against Newcastle.
• Lost to Dortmund but the Newcastle vs Milan match had to be a draw

Newcastle opportunity qualify to next round

• Win over Milan but PSG have loss or draw against Dortmund

Milan opportunity qualify to next round

• Achieve victory against Newcastle and PSG have loss from Dortmund

between Newcastle and Milan less opportunities qualifying to next round regarding they wait with PSG loss points but one of them have win on last match, if draw will be over and PSG will qualify to next round.

[fzkto]

Benfica were so close to their first win in the group, but thanks to Inter's tremendous comeback, they couldn't do it. Inter led 3-0 at half time thanks to three goals from J.Mario. In the second half, Benfica was not in control and could not respond to Inter's fast play. Inter increased the pressure from the beginning of the second half and scored two goals in the first 15 minutes to make it 3-2. In the 72nd minute, Inter made a tremendous comeback to draw with a goal scored by Alexis Sanchez.
Real Sociedad hosted Salzburg at home. Although they played dominantly from the beginning to the end of the match, the home team could not find a goal and unfortunately had to finish the match with a draw. Sociedad, who had 21 shots throughout the match and scored in 4 of them, left the race for the leadership to the last match.

Yesterday there were many matches where there were clear favourites first. For example Manchester United and Galatasaray, Sevilla and PSV, Benfica and Inter. By the way about Inter, it was probably the most interesting game because they didn't have to play well, but they managed to draw after conceding three goals.

[Falconer]

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I have lost confidence in the Manchester United squad this season and even though Baryen Munich must do everything possible to make every possible tactic that will improve the performance to be able to use Manchester United's mistakes in the match to record some winning against the club and this make the difference and possible miracle winning for Baryen Munich in this stage of the round in champion leagues,  although at most the game may end in a draw for both clubs which will further increase the chances for Baryen Munich and a declining record for Manchester united.

I don't expect any miracles that Manchester United will get in the Champions League. It is very difficult for Ten Hag and his players to beat Bayern Munich and difficult for Copenhagen to thwart Galatasaray's mission. The last chance was lost shortly after the match against Galatasaray ended, meaning failure for Manchester United was in sight.

So far I am happy that Real Madrid is still able to maintain its best form in the Champions League. The win against Napoli was very important as there were many concerns about Madrid's performance due to player injuries. Real Madrid's performance is good and this is something that can refute many assumptions about a decline in performance due to a storm of injuries. The 4-2 win over Napoli was great proof, this is what I expected.

[Ndabagi01]

A lot of fans are saying that the culprit of this defeat was Onana's overreaction to mistakes, but I wouldn't put it past him that sometimes Onana likes to make good saves but his illness will relapse when the team needs him.

The scenario they were hoping for:
Galatasaray vs Copenhagen draw
Man United vs Munich - Man United win (by any means)

But I think that scenario will be difficult to happen, maybe Munich was held to a draw by Copenhagen and other assumptions say Man United should be able to win, it will never be imagined because however Munich will be stronger and more aggressive when dealing with Man United.

The way Copenhagen defenders held Bayern Munich to a draw in their match yesterday was firm; I doubt Manchester United will have such a coordinated defence to not allow Bayern Munich to score or the match to be in their favour. I do not expect a win in this match because Bayern Munich will not take it easy on them because they are a bigger and more experienced team than Copenhagen that they drew with.

Manchester United would be better off fighting for Europa League qualification, which is also difficult at this point given that their match against Bayern Munich is more likely to end in a loss than a draw. The winner of the match between Galatasaray and Copenhagen will join Bayern Munich in the competition's knockout stage. The real match is now between Galatasaray and Copenhagen, not between Manchester United and Bayern Munich.

[emrecemsan]

It would be too much to put all the blame on Onana about this draw for Manchester United side. It is absolutely the truth that he made mistakes leading to goal. However I can't say Manchester United had a great defending either. Because Maguire and Lindelöf aren't the players to trust very much in the defense line. Even Varane is in the substitutes just think about how serious the situation is for Manchester United at the moment. Martinez's loss is felt really a lot in their defense area.

Ziyech played really extra by two free-kick goals and made a nice assist too. By the way I didn't expect that shot by Kerem to end up by a goal honestly. I was really suprised. Galatasaray are keeping their hopes alive for the Champions League more than Manchester United for sure.

[Spaceman1000$]

I saw Onana wasn't concentrating very well, with two free kicks from Hakim Ziyech going into the net and that's one of the things Onana didn't do well and he should have anticipated better, but he made a mistake the second time, that's unlucky.

How could Man United not have won if Onana had done a good job but what happened the blunders still happened and this in an important match where Man United almost qualified for the next phase but had to disappear even though there was still a chance but it was still thin and we never thought there was more magic in the last match.

Quite sorry to bet on Man United as well, having to draw a game that could have been won. Ahhh

Onana is the main reason why Man Utd didnt take the three points and this two big mistakes by Onana will probobly cost Man Utd huge because now i think all the hopes for Man Utd are gone of passing to the next round. They need a draw by Galatasaray and that they win against Bayern Munich so i think they might even lose the europe league spot.

A lot of fans are saying that the culprit of this defeat was Onana's overreaction to mistakes, but I wouldn't put it past him that sometimes Onana likes to make good saves but his illness will relapse when the team needs him.

There is no single doubt about the fact that Onana does make brilliant saves, even during the galatasaray game, he made some good saves as well, the major point people are lambasting onana is the fact that, those mistakes he has made, has cost the team a lot,  for instance, in one of the goals that was scored during the galatasaray game, he was supposed to hold the ball but rather he punched the ball and the ball went straight to the other bar and went in the net.  Mistakes like this will increase the confidence of the opponent and they will begin to increase their pressure on the winning team, that's exactly what happened to Manchester United yesterday, because check at the statistics of the game, you will see that Manchester United where confidently winning that match before the onana drama started.

[ShowOff]

I am quite interested on Group F of the Champions League, so far Dortmund have confirm have been qualified for the round of 16 and only one  of three teams has chance for qualifying for the knock out phase, starting from PSG, Newcastle and Milan.

PSG opportunity qualify to next round

• Achieve victory over Dortmund whatever the result of the match between Newcastle vs Milan
• Draw against Dortmund and Milan win against Newcastle.
• Lost to Dortmund but the Newcastle vs Milan match had to be a draw

Newcastle opportunity qualify to next round

• Win over Milan but PSG have loss or draw against Dortmund

Milan opportunity qualify to next round

• Achieve victory against Newcastle and PSG have loss from Dortmund

between Newcastle and Milan less opportunities qualifying to next round regarding they wait with PSG loss points but one of them have win on last match, if draw will be over and PSG will qualify to next round.

I tend to hope that Luis Enrique can take his team through to the round of 16 whatever the scenario. PSG has a good chance of winning the match against a team that both plays attacking, but PSG will have difficulty winning if the opposing team really focuses on defending. A draw or win is the scenario that will take PSG through, so Luis Enrique must be able to find a way to get it.

PSG must ensure their escape from their own game without having to judge how likely Milan and Newcastle are to drop points. Of course the Group F match is very tense, but Dortmund doesn't seem to be too concerned about winning because they are guaranteed to qualify. Losing 0-1 to PSG is fine for Dortmund, unless they still want to lead the group.

[Joca97]

It would be too much to put all the blame on Onana about this draw for Manchester United side. It is absolutely the truth that he made mistakes leading to goal. However I can't say Manchester United had a great defending either. Because Maguire and Lindelöf aren't the players to trust very much in the defense line. Even Varane is in the substitutes just think about how serious the situation is for Manchester United at the moment. Martinez's loss is felt really a lot in their defense area.

Ziyech played really extra by two free-kick goals and made a nice assist too. By the way I didn't expect that shot by Kerem to end up by a goal honestly. I was really suprised. Galatasaray are keeping their hopes alive for the Champions League more than Manchester United for sure.

I think he is the main reason for the loss. If he didnt mess those free kicks up they would have won the match easily and would have gonna through. I think this draw is eliminating them from the champions league o most for sure. They need some insane stuff to happen so that they go through

[el kaka22]

Honestly Joselu goal came in a bit late, he has missed some amazingly open shots when he had the chance and made the game easier for his team but he didn't and scored at the very last moments. In the end, we all know that Joselu is no on par with a team like this, and they guaranteed to go up so that is why they didn't care and even the bench was full on young guys.

It's cool that UCL does allow players below certain age not required to be registered I believe, we get to see more people. In the end, we are talking about a great win for Real anyway, they could have lost and not matter at all, it wouldn't be a shock. One think I noticed, everyone talks about how Jude is a midfielder and still scored a lot of goals this season, but look at the goal, dude was at a striker position, I think he is not as midfield as we think, even on defense he is a bit higher than everyone else, sure he comes to help and not ahead, but I think he is like a false nine these days.

[Asiska02]

Playing at home for Manchester United does not provide any advantage because, after all, the opponent that Manchester United will face is Bayern Munich. Of course, Bayern Munich also has great prestige to keep playing well and will still target to win. There is no need to make a parable about the results of Copenhagen who managed to hold Bayern Munich to a draw because of course, the prestige of playing against Manchester United is greater than just playing against Copenhagen. So ya, of course, it will still be difficult for Manchester United to finish in second place but yes, at least Manchester United still have a chance to finish 3rd but with a different scenario.

I have lost confidence in the Manchester United squad this season and even though Baryen Munich must do everything possible to make every possible tactic that will improve the performance to be able to use Manchester United's mistakes in the match to record some winning against the club and this make the difference and possible miracle winning for Baryen Munich in this stage of the round in champion leagues,  although at most the game may end in a draw for both clubs which will further increase the chances for Baryen Munich and a declining record for Manchester united.

The result of this match won’t be a problem to Bayern Munich but it will be a big loss and disappointment to Manchester United. Manchester United needs to win this game than even Bayern Munich losing or drawing the game. With the current situation and stats of both teams, the game would likely end in a loss than even a draw for Manchester United. Drawing this game is the best that could happen to Manchester United and worst for Bayern Munich even when they don’t care about the outcome of the match. Bayern Munich won’t still take it on a casual level with them, they will give in their best to still beat Manchester United and add to their points in the group. I don’t know what strategy Manchester United will like to use in this match, but I have already lost hope in them that they will secure a qualification to the knockout stage of the competition.

[Gencecikmen]

Galatasaray Manchester United match ended 3-3. With this match result, Manchester United's chances of qualify the group decreased. Also, Galatasaray increased its points to 5  and ranked 2nd in the group. Galatasaray will wait for the Bayern Munich-Copenhagen match tonight. If Copenhagen defeat to Bayern Munich tonight, Galatasaray will go to Copenhagen as 2nd in the group.

Manchester united once again have shown how they are very poor in holding on their lead as they have replicated similar results as what transpired in their first leg meeting. Its really disappointing to see Manchester united were actually leading by three goals to one and all of sudden handed their slim chance of qualifying to Galatasaray and let a two goal gap turn a dreadful and disappointing draw.

Very big disappointed from Manchester united. The truth is that the team still lacks a quality goalkeeper. Onana, for example, is not a good fit for Manchester United. Two free kick was score by one person and he couldn't catch it. His overconfidence is affecting him. The players are struggling to score, and the goalkeeper is doing what he like. Manchester United should have scored more goals than that. Ten Hag's failed to see that Garnacho and Hojlund should have not been substituted because Martial and Pellistri, who were replaced by them, had a lot missed opportunities. In my opinion, if Garnacho and Hojlund had been on the field, the opportunity will not be wasted.

The best thing Manchester United can do right now is to sack the coach. If a player returns from injury, the coach will not use him. However, when Onana gets hurt during the international break, Ten Hags refuses to give the second goalkeeper a chance, still using Onana. I always think that Manchester United's coach is to blame for their poor results, i keep on surprising despite winning 3:1, the game ends in a draw. I believed that Manchester United would defeat Galatasaray to revenge for their first meet.

As a Galatasaray fan, I thank Onana, but I wish you, Manchester United fans, patience for Onana. He has one of the worst goalkeeper performances I have ever seen. I don't understand why your coach insists on playing him. If Manchester United lose or draw against Bayern Munich in the last match, Manchester United fourth in the group.

[Hvdv]

Playing at home for Manchester United does not provide any advantage because, after all, the opponent that Manchester United will face is Bayern Munich. Of course, Bayern Munich also has great prestige to keep playing well and will still target to win. There is no need to make a parable about the results of Copenhagen who managed to hold Bayern Munich to a draw because of course, the prestige of playing against Manchester United is greater than just playing against Copenhagen. So ya, of course, it will still be difficult for Manchester United to finish in second place but yes, at least Manchester United still have a chance to finish 3rd but with a different scenario.

I have lost confidence in the Manchester United squad this season and even though Baryen Munich must do everything possible to make every possible tactic that will improve the performance to be able to use Manchester United's mistakes in the match to record some winning against the club and this make the difference and possible miracle winning for Baryen Munich in this stage of the round in champion leagues,  although at most the game may end in a draw for both clubs which will further increase the chances for Baryen Munich and a declining record for Manchester united.

Manchester United will definitely win the Bayern match because Bayern can play the last match with a predominantly rotation squad, as they are guaranteed to advance to the next round and are currently having a competitive Bundesliga season. Manchester, on the other hand, must finish the match by winning, otherwise they will not even be able to go to the European league. If this match ends in a draw, Manchester United will probably finish last in the group, regardless of the outcome of the Galatasaray Copenhagen match.

[Dzigie]

Benfica were so close to their first win in the group, but thanks to Inter's tremendous comeback, they couldn't do it. Inter led 3-0 at half time thanks to three goals from J.Mario. In the second half, Benfica was not in control and could not respond to Inter's fast play. Inter increased the pressure from the beginning of the second half and scored two goals in the first 15 minutes to make it 3-2. In the 72nd minute, Inter made a tremendous comeback to draw with a goal scored by Alexis Sanchez.

Alexis Sánchez scored a penalty. But it is admirable that at 34 he can still play at this level. I put Di Maria in the same class with him. These two players get better with age, like wine.

Actually, Benfica are a very experienced team in the European Cup. When I saw the scoreline in the first half, I thought Benfica would win the game, but Inter started the second half very quickly. We must not forget that Inter played in the final of this cup last year. You always have to be careful against a team like that. They can do anything at any moment, even if they are playing with a reserve team. Important players like Lautaro Martinez, Marcus Thuram, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Henrih Mhitaryan started this game as substitutes.

[Leviathan.007]

Braga drew at home against union berlin. In the 31st minute the hosts were reduced to ten men and it seemed to ruin all their plans. Although they played with 10 men for about 60 minutes, Braga managed to hold on to the match and managed to get a draw. If they had lost points in this match, or more precisely, if they had come, they would have had no chance of getting out of the group. Thus, at worst they will continue in the Europa League in third place.
In the Real Madrid - Napoli cross, we watched a goal duel and Real Madrid, who recovered quickly, managed to take the lead with two goals. Napoli, who started the second half fast, managed to find the equalizer almost immediately. In the last 10 minutes, while the excitement increased, Real Madrid scored two goals in the last 7 minutes to win the match 4-2 and guaranteed to be the leader of the group.

Real Madrid's performance in the Chmapmnios League is usually amazing and we saw that in the game they had against Napoli while Napoli tried to use a new coach and have a better performance in this match but they couldn't and Real Madrid won the game with a 4-2 result while they were about to lose the game also the performance of Jude Bellingham just like the other games he had in Real Madrid was amazing.

[tiCeR]

Playing at home for Manchester United does not provide any advantage because, after all, the opponent that Manchester United will face is Bayern Munich. Of course, Bayern Munich also has great prestige to keep playing well and will still target to win. There is no need to make a parable about the results of Copenhagen who managed to hold Bayern Munich to a draw because of course, the prestige of playing against Manchester United is greater than just playing against Copenhagen. So ya, of course, it will still be difficult for Manchester United to finish in second place but yes, at least Manchester United still have a chance to finish 3rd but with a different scenario.

I have lost confidence in the Manchester United squad this season and even though Baryen Munich must do everything possible to make every possible tactic that will improve the performance to be able to use Manchester United's mistakes in the match to record some winning against the club and this make the difference and possible miracle winning for Baryen Munich in this stage of the round in champion leagues,  although at most the game may end in a draw for both clubs which will further increase the chances for Baryen Munich and a declining record for Manchester united.

Manchester United will definitely win the Bayern match because Bayern can play the last match with a predominantly rotation squad, as they are guaranteed to advance to the next round and are currently having a competitive Bundesliga season. Manchester, on the other hand, must finish the match by winning, otherwise they will not even be able to go to the European league. If this match ends in a draw, Manchester United will probably finish last in the group, regardless of the outcome of the Galatasaray Copenhagen match.

This could be an interesting question because I doubt that Bayern Munich will easily risk to lose the game. They have been unbeaten and they have such an incredible run in the Champions League for a long time. Copenhagen now stopped their 16-games winning streak and the last time they have been beaten was in 2017 against PSG. This means they did not lose for 39 games in a row.

Some may think that this doesn't mean anything to a club, but I believe it does. Having such an amazing run in the toughest competition in Europe has its own value. I doubt that Bayern would take a loss against Manchester United lightly and that is why I expect a tough fight for Manchester United to say the least. But yes, there might be some truth to it that it will be slightly easier against Bayern Munich than it would be otherwise.

[Marykeller]

Arsenal took revenge on Lens. Arsenal, who managed to defeat their opponent 6-0 at home, showered Lens with goals. For the home team, who scored five goals in the first half, we can say that the match was actually over and won, we can say that the second half was played in form. Because it seemed impossible for Lens to recover after such a heavy first half. With this win, Arsenal are certain to leave the group as leaders. Although they didn't play very well in the match, it is necessary to say that the difference was so much because they made good use of their goal positions.

I was impressed by the well deserve revenge. I did not anticipate that Arsenal would score five goals in the first half. Instead of six goals, I thought the game would end with one or two goals in favor of Arsenal. It was amazing to learn about the scorelines yesterday, and I can't explain why Lens flopped so badly.

Since Arsenal started in good form to play in the Champions League and Premier League this season, they did a good job of demonstrating their superiority over Lens and warning other teams to be mindful of them when they play against them.