UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[baeva]

Erling Haaland is most important part for Manchester City and has small opportunity without him will get highest phase in this season, if can't recovery as soon possible I doubt with their opportunity will lead until final round for this season or not.

Haaland is not the most important player in Manchester City's team, he also contributes to the team's success in the last Champions League victory; If the team have him, it will be an added advantage but without him, they will still play well since De Bruyne is back from Injury.

Yes, having Haaland will increase the attacking power for the better, but if we flashback to last season when in the semi-finals and final of the UCL he couldn't do anything because his movements were always broken by Madrid and Inter Milan's back line, actually I don't think so either. Haaland can do a lot in the UCL this season, even though he has always been Guardiola's mainstay in the front line. KDB's return is actually more than enough.

Without Haaland, it seems that Manchester City will be fine in facing their opponents in the UCL. I think they will be successful again this season in reaching the final because Manchester City has risen from adversity since KDB managed to recover from injury. I also hope that Manchester City will win the title again this season. this is as perfect as they did last season, no matter without Haaland I think with the main squad which is currently more than enough in my view.

The round of 16 will soon start where they will face Copenhagen who managed to become Runner UP in group A which is quite difficult but they managed to escape with a surprise, I think Manchester City cannot underestimate them, even so they could make things difficult for Manchester City later.

If Haaland is not in the squad, Man city will still win their matches, but if De Bruyne is not in the squad, a big problem for Man city a d they might have difficulties winning matches. Man City is on the relieve now that De Bruyne is back because he is a key player in the team. However, I don't think that Haaland will do all those goal scoring if Dr Bruyne is not in the match because De Bruyne assist is what hpd him to score more goals. What a bad season for Haaland, he has not scored much goals this season and I don't think he will be among the highest goal scorers this season. Round of 16 is a win win for Man City, but the next round might be difficult for them because they be meet a strong team.

I see no reason for De Bruyne not to be on the pitch in 1/8, he's fully fit now. As for Haaland's goals, I'm sure the team's tactics have changed a bit and Haaland can't score as much now for that reason. Purely theoretically they can make it to the semi-finals, but looking at their game and condition I think they have something wrong and are hardly a contender to win this season

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[QueenVera]

Messi left as a free agent, if I'm not mistaken, so did Ramos. they let go of Neymar, because PSG saw an opportunity to profit from Al Hilal. moreover, Neymar is very prone to injury. currently PSG only has Mbappe, there is no choice for PSG to change their philosophy. from mega star projects, now it is dominated by young players. PSG actually doesn't recruit mediocre players, Dembelle is Barcelona's mainstay player. Goncalo Ramos is a young talent, Kolo Muani has talent that can be developed. plus, the current PSG coach is quite accomplished, at least he won the treble winner if I'm not mistaken with Barcelona in his first season. Apart from that, in the second season Enrique won two wins with Barcelona. at least, he was a pretty good coach. the reason is, not all coaches are able to handle a top team filled with many stars. there are egos among the players, there is also competition, but Enrique is able to handle it well, especially in the dressing room.

With PSG, he did the same thing. now, disputes between players can no longer be heard despite the departure of Messi and Neymar. Just look, how Enrique brings PSG better than Galtier without Messi, Neymar, Ramos and several other players. he proved his worth, that he is a worthy coach. in this season, I'm sure that Enrique is fully aware that his team is not strong enough to compete with other top European teams. But at least, he and his squad will always try to work as hard as possible. In the next season, if Enriue is still trusted as PSG coach, maybe he will be given full support to bring in the players he wants.  Apart from that, Enrique's current task is to build his team so that it becomes more established and brings out the talent and potential of its players. that means, he is building the team's mentality to achieve what both the coach and the club want.

Well you're right, Messi and Sergio Ramos really needed to leave the team, it needed immediate structuring that's why had to let go of the Super stars Messi and the rest, sell off Neymar for a worthy offer to the Saudi side, to fund new young talented recruits, well though they didn't start up quite well, but they're doing pretty good currently and with the right coach like Enrique who's achieve quite a lot and with experience, I think their new project would he quite successful sooner or later.

 Well judging from Enrique's past experience, it was quick sure that doing very good in their domestic league was assured, even though, Nice tried to pull a stunt at the beginning of the season by shaking PSG a bit, they've still humbled and PSG is at their rightful position. Enrique have tried in capturing their domestic league but now he has to work on helping them doing better in the UCL even though it means them reaching the Semi's, it would really boost them to do better, next season with or without the presence of Mbappé.

[ndutndut]

PSG qualify in the round of 16 and the team they will face doesn't seem to be a threat for them. Real Sociedad are completely no challenge for PSG. Luis Enrique is a promising coach but winning the UCL trophy in his first year managing Les Parisiens have slim chances and personally, I don'tsee that happening, probably not now. Lifting the UEFA Champions League title this season won't be an easy task for Les Parisiens because they need to apply strong force of concentration. I can't justify the act that Paris Saint-Germain are not giving up but pressing for good results.

If PSG underestimate Real Sociedad, perhaps PSG will fail to advance from the round of 16. Don't look at Real Sociedad just looking at the La Liga standings. However, if you look at their matches against Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and REal Sociedad lost all three matches. however they were the more dominant team but were ultimately unlucky, failing to capitalize on the easy chances they usually convert and conceding goals to Barcelona and Atletico in the final minutes.

I mean, Real Sociedad is good enough to impose their style of play against any team, even PSG, and as long as they convert their chances, they are good enough to beat anyone. There is a reason why all supporters of the top team Laliga call Real Sociedad a Super team. So PSG should not take Real Sociedad lightly or some even say that PSG has the easiest opponent against Real Sociedad.

[bitvalak]

I want to see how Paris Saint Germain do in the Champions League this season, they are in the round of 16 and will face Real Sociedad who are not favored over them. But given Paris Saint Germain's inconsistent form in the Champions League, it raises my doubts about them.
Maybe they will be able to win the match in this round and go to the next round, but in the next round I am not sure about them, because in the next round their opponents will be much improved from this round of 16.
Their main target every season is to win the Champions League title, but that is not matched by the promising game they can show. It is impossible for them to rely on luck alone, because luck also needs something that can make the luck come, in this case a better game.

I don't have high hopes for PSG, it looks like their game only relies on a few players as their support. That is why they will be overwhelmed if they compete with a team of the same level.
Mbappe is one of PSG's pillars in every match. Of course, in every match, all teams will apply man to man marking to Mbappe with the aim of stopping the flow of the ball to Mbappe.
Hopefully Enrique can find the best combination with an even composition of players so that it can increase PSG's chances of qualifying for the next preliminary rounds.

The highest team collective is now held by Man City and Bayer Munchen. At least they are the 2 best teams that are favorites to win the UCL this season.
Even though Madrid just lost yesterday to Atletico in the Copa Del Rey, that's normal, because Real Madrid's busy schedule causes fitness to be affected when playing against Atletico.

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Every team has a different way of building their team and indeed PSG chose the wrong path because they didn't want to go through the process and rely on the power of money they have to buy star players and hope they will achieve achievements on the European stage, that's the wrong thing and Even Mancheter City used to be like that before they finally went through such a long process that it was only last season that they managed to become CUL champions.
Likewise with PSG at the moment, especially because in the French League there are no fierce competitors so PSG cannot measure its strength.

I think so too, what it means is that PSG has built their squad to be better in every transfer market, where PSG management is able to bring in many star players into their team every season. But what they lack is of course the frequent firing of coaches which they often did in previous seasons, which might make their performance less impressive in every Champions League competition. A team must be truly united between the players and their coach and if a team frequently changes coaches then the end result will be less than satisfactory as experienced by PSG.

It is quite natural for PSG to build their squad with money because they have strong enough finances to recruit star players. It won't be a big deal but they should give their coaches time to be able to implement better organized play each season. This season, PSG has a great coach and if Luis Enrique fails in the Champions League this season, management should not fire him, in fact management should give Luis Enrique time like Manchester City did with Pep Guardiola.
Well, this season PSG is so strong if you look at the depth of their players that perhaps they are also very favorites to reach the final this season.

[shogun47]

PSG qualify in the round of 16 and the team they will face doesn't seem to be a threat for them. Real Sociedad are completely no challenge for PSG. Luis Enrique is a promising coach but winning the UCL trophy in his first year managing Les Parisiens have slim chances and personally, I don'tsee that happening, probably not now. Lifting the UEFA Champions League title this season won't be an easy task for Les Parisiens because they need to apply strong force of concentration. I can't justify the act that Paris Saint-Germain are not giving up but pressing for good results.

If PSG underestimate Real Sociedad, perhaps PSG will fail to advance from the round of 16. Don't look at Real Sociedad just looking at the La Liga standings. However, if you look at their matches against Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and REal Sociedad lost all three matches. however they were the more dominant team but were ultimately unlucky, failing to capitalize on the easy chances they usually convert and conceding goals to Barcelona and Atletico in the final minutes.

I mean, Real Sociedad is good enough to impose their style of play against any team, even PSG, and as long as they convert their chances, they are good enough to beat anyone. There is a reason why all supporters of the top team Laliga call Real Sociedad a Super team. So PSG should not take Real Sociedad lightly or some even say that PSG has the easiest opponent against Real Sociedad.

I think the first and most important thing to keep in mind in the round of 16 in the Champions League is that there is no such thing as an easy opponent. Underestimation can still happen, but I think it would rather happen once in the first game. If then the presumably weak opponent wins the game, it is time to reconsider their own position about that opponent and correct their approach for the next game.

A few years ago we would have said that this is definitely a win for PSG, but I am not so sure about that. I think Real Sociedad has often shown hard it can be to beat them and they will show this again against PSG.

[temple]

But who are these players then after they bought Neymar, Messi and Mbappe? I think it can't get any better than that if we talk about star players that they could buy. I think there isn't much they can do from here. But let's assume that their goal would be to bring in a whole new set of star players, who are these players then?

Sometimes the problem may not lay within the players but with the club but the management may fail to understand this and because they are financially capable they keep buying more and more players who will come receive pay check and go without achieving that which the team did bought them for .

If PSG keeps buying new sets of players more like a continuous overhauling, how then can they build a team that can be formidable enough to stand the teat of times. The basics of a good and strong team isn't in buy new players every season but building these players just like Dortmund does only that Dortmund is in a contentious habit of selling them off if not with their building skill they would have had one of the best team across Europe, rather than scouting for new players to buy for the team, PSG should focus on building the ones they have already and in few years to come they will be ready to lift the champions league.

If we are looking back, I think it is safe to say that they took a lot of time to build a competitive team over the last decade, which actually culminated with having Neymar, Messi and Mbappe on the team at the same time. It is not only these three players, but also top defensive players like Achraf Hakimi and many others and yet it wasn't good enough to win the Champions League. I wonder if the discussions about PSG not winning the Champions League would still be similarly intense if they won that Champions League final against Bayern Munich back at the time. It would have changed a lot for PSG I think.

[Docnaster]

Erling Haaland is most important part for Manchester City and has small opportunity without him will get highest phase in this season, if can't recovery as soon possible I doubt with their opportunity will lead until final round for this season or not.

Haaland is not the most important player in Manchester City's team, he also contributes to the team's success in the last Champions League victory; If the team have him, it will be an added advantage but without him, they will still play well since De Bruyne is back from Injury.

Yes, having Haaland will increase the attacking power for the better, but if we flashback to last season when in the semi-finals and final of the UCL he couldn't do anything because his movements were always broken by Madrid and Inter Milan's back line, actually I don't think so either. Haaland can do a lot in the UCL this season, even though he has always been Guardiola's mainstay in the front line. KDB's return is actually more than enough.

Without Haaland, it seems that Manchester City will be fine in facing their opponents in the UCL. I think they will be successful again this season in reaching the final because Manchester City has risen from adversity since KDB managed to recover from injury. I also hope that Manchester City will win the title again this season. this is as perfect as they did last season, no matter without Haaland I think with the main squad which is currently more than enough in my view.

The round of 16 will soon start where they will face Copenhagen who managed to become Runner UP in group A which is quite difficult but they managed to escape with a surprise, I think Manchester City cannot underestimate them, even so they could make things difficult for Manchester City later.

If Haaland is not in the squad, Man city will still win their matches, but if De Bruyne is not in the squad, a big problem for Man city a d they might have difficulties winning matches. Man City is on the relieve now that De Bruyne is back because he is a key player in the team. However, I don't think that Haaland will do all those goal scoring if Dr Bruyne is not in the match because De Bruyne assist is what hpd him to score more goals. What a bad season for Haaland, he has not scored much goals this season and I don't think he will be among the highest goal scorers this season. Round of 16 is a win win for Man City, but the next round might be difficult for them because they be meet a strong team.

Erling Haaland have been Manchester City's highest goalscorer for the past two weeks and it's absolutely understandable when people come up with the opinion that Manchester City are going to  struggle in the knockout stages of the UEFA champions league competition if for any reason he fail to return on time for their games.

However, we mustn't forget that Manchester City is managed by Pep Guardiola who knows how to rotate his squad, pick new formations in important game and still end up winning those games. Even without the presence of Haaland, Manchester City I think are still gonna have a successful season in the UEFA champions.

[Velvet78]

I believe Bayern Munich are one of the luckiest teams in the draw of this round. Because their opponent is Lazio which haven't been doing well since the beginning of the season. I mean Lazio are really bad in the Serie A but better in the Champions League. But being better here wouldn't be a big help for them against Bayern Munich.

Maybe Bayern Munich weren't very impressive with their game in the group stage in general. However they are still a much more qualified team than Lazio. In addition to that I expect a big improvement in their game from now on. I don't think Bayern Munich would have any issue no matter home or away.  

[TastyChillySauce00]

Manchester City last season can’t be compared to this season after what they’ve faced in this season that caused the a setback in the league. Most of their talented players that will move the team to the next level are out on injury for a very long time and it affected their games very well. Now that they’re back, I anticipate that they’ll be having a smooth season henceforth and improving their rankings on the standing ahead to finish in a better position.

But I don't think City will be able to back to back Champions this season. Injuries to key players will greatly affect their performance even though they have recovered from injury. City is currently not as strong as last season. I think Real Madrid will get the treble winner this season. They have already won the Supercoppa Espana, then they are huge favorites to win La Liga. And they are the best team and have a big chance to become champions in my opinion. They appeared very solid and had a winning mentality even though there was a lot of pressure on them after Benzema left.

More players are slowly recovering again. Don't worry about that KING city will be back again soon with so many surprises. City only needs haaland and stones to recover from their injury and you will be seeing the best performance of manchester city again.
De bruyne has been recovering again but he is not playing intensively caused by it is still being monitored by his doctor regarding his injury. It's just matter of time until manchester city will be coming back again with the best squad.

You shall not feel worry about that and just try to keep your eyes on the news site or x. You will be seeing another update about the injured players of manchester city soon. Im thinking that they are still performing the best regarding this.
City is still very strong even when the club was playing without de bruyne. You can imagine that once de bruyne will be playing together with haaland. That will become a disaster for the other clubs soon.

[TelolettOm]

PSG qualify in the round of 16 and the team they will face doesn't seem to be a threat for them. Real Sociedad are completely no challenge for PSG. Luis Enrique is a promising coach but winning the UCL trophy in his first year managing Les Parisiens have slim chances and personally, I don'tsee that happening, probably not now.

Imo, PSG's victory in round 16 against Real Sociedad was quite big and Mbappe and his friends certainly don't want to give up this opportunity to have the chance to advance to the next qualifying round. Real Sociedad is not a weak club, but compared to PSG, which actually has a fairly strong attacking line, Real Sociedad has to be quite wary of this. However, the problem is that if they have progressed to the next round, they will likely meet other big clubs who will definitely not be easy to deal with. However, PSG must continue to learn and try as optimally as possible to be recognized in the UCL and be able to reach the final. However, this is certainly not easy because they also have Man City on their line.

[bering]

I believe Bayern Munich are one of the luckiest teams in the draw of this round. Because their opponent is Lazio which haven't been doing well since the beginning of the season. I mean Lazio are really bad in the Serie A but better in the Champions League. But being better here wouldn't be a big help for them against Bayern Munich.

Maybe Bayern Munich weren't very impressive with their game in the group stage in general. However they are still a much more qualified team than Lazio. In addition to that I expect a big improvement in their game from now on. I don't think Bayern Munich would have any issue no matter home or away.  

Bayern Munich is similar just like Manchester City and they are lucky because since group stages these teams always be gets easy opponents so that's why without any trouble Manchester City and Bayern Munich can successfully to qualified with unbeatable status and after drawing for round of 16 both teams also gets easy opponents too because Manchester City will fight against Fc Copenhagen and Bayern Munich opponent is Lazio and indeed Lazio president Claudio Lotito has been confirmed Lazio is unlucky because they gets hard opponent on round of 16 because he know Bayern Munich is strong candidate for the trophy and it's hard to beat them

I think this has been discussed before and not required to analyzed more because obviously from the experience and achievement Bayern Munich much better than Lazio so that's why some people predict this should became an easy match for Bayern Munich and they will be advances to the quarterfinal stages without any problem however for the first leg Lazio as a host and the bookmakers provide high odds for Lazio @6.20 and Bayer Munich has low odds @1.54

[Dzwaafu11]

Buying star players and building great squad depth is part of the process for a team that wants to win the title. PSG did it right and they have gone through that stage, but that doesn't necessarily make them successful in the Champions League.

So far PSG have dominated Ligue 1 and that is part of their success in building squad depth so far. The Champions League is a difficult competition, so it is not easy to win even if the squad is good. However, PSG qualified and fought in the Champions League final several seasons ago even though in the end they lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich. It was part of an experience they must not repeat if they qualify for the finals next season.

Yeah. You are right. Buying some talented players means a club wants success in any competition they are in by the time they buy that player, and I think other clubs need this too, although, as you said, it is true that the Champions League is also a tough competition and not all teams can endure the pressure in it. That is why you will see teams doing very well in some leagues, but when it comes to the Champions League, they find it more difficult to shine by having some tough teams here with talented players than we think.

You cannot guarantee or be very sure that PSG will not repeat that mistake again. You already said that these competitions are tough leagues, so therefore, in the next season, we should not put any hope in any team yet till we see them succeed to the final stage of the competition. So PSG, I think losing to Bayern Munich is a mistake, but Bayern's squad is stronger than theirs, and that’s why it happens that way.

[makishart]

I want to see how Paris Saint Germain do in the Champions League this season, they are in the round of 16 and will face Real Sociedad who are not favored over them. But given Paris Saint Germain's inconsistent form in the Champions League, it raises my doubts about them.
Maybe they will be able to win the match in this round and go to the next round, but in the next round I am not sure about them, because in the next round their opponents will be much improved from this round of 16.
Their main target every season is to win the Champions League title, but that is not matched by the promising game they can show. It is impossible for them to rely on luck alone, because luck also needs something that can make the luck come, in this case a better game.

PSG qualify in the round of 16 and the team they will face doesn't seem to be a threat for them. Real Sociedad are completely no challenge for PSG. Luis Enrique is a promising coach but winning the UCL trophy in his first year managing Les Parisiens have slim chances and personally, I don'tsee that happening, probably not now. Lifting the UEFA Champions League title this season won't be an easy task for Les Parisiens because they need to apply strong force of concentration. I can't justify the act that Paris Saint-Germain are not giving up but pressing for good results.

At least don't underestimate sociedad. It was still a strong club in the la liga while PSG was the only strong club in the french league. It means that if any club from the difficult league can be considered as a strong team compared to the PSG which was only the strongest club there. So, let's see how the game will be going on soon. Im doubting the performance from PSG once it's facing real sociedad. PSG may go home caused by it will be losing against sociedad.

Im feeling confidence to pick BTTS for this match caused by sociedad was always playing fully offensive and it will make the situation becomes very difficult to predict. Im feeling that psg is gonna face some difficulty to beat sociedad soon.
These clubs are so strong, but PSG is still having a lot of weakness on its defensive line. It was almost losing the last 16 spot due to small gap to the competitors in the group stage. There are some weakness owned by PSG and it can give sociedad win in the first leg as long as sociedad will be very well exploring it.

Having a better quality didn't guarantee PSG to win any game easily and it's still 0 UCL till this time.

[mv1986]

Yeah. You are right. Buying some talented players means a club wants success in any competition they are in by the time they buy that player, and I think other clubs need this too, although, as you said, it is true that the Champions League is also a tough competition and not all teams can endure the pressure in it. That is why you will see teams doing very well in some leagues, but when it comes to the Champions League, they find it more difficult to shine by having some tough teams here with talented players than we think.

You cannot guarantee or be very sure that PSG will not repeat that mistake again. You already said that these competitions are tough leagues, so therefore, in the next season, we should not put any hope in any team yet till we see them succeed to the final stage of the competition. So PSG, I think losing to Bayern Munich is a mistake, but Bayern's squad is stronger than theirs, and that’s why it happens that way.

But this begs an important question: does PSG need talented players or does PSG need players who are fully ready to rumble with the best of the best in the Champions League? They have tried different approaches over the years now to finally lift the Champions League trophy, but maybe building a young team that is hungry for titles would be a superior way to give their hope another shot. They did all kinds of stuff now and nothing worked till perfection. But now they are running out of time because once Mbappe leaves, the club isn't as great anymore for other players as well.

[udidrone]

Imo, PSG's victory in round 16 against Real Sociedad was quite big and Mbappe and his friends certainly don't want to give up this opportunity to have the chance to advance to the next qualifying round. Real Sociedad is not a weak club, but compared to PSG, which actually has a fairly strong attacking line, Real Sociedad has to be quite wary of this. However, the problem is that if they have progressed to the next round, they will likely meet other big clubs who will definitely not be easy to deal with. However, PSG must continue to learn and try as optimally as possible to be recognized in the UCL and be able to reach the final. However, this is certainly not easy because they also have Man City on their line.

I agree with you PSG has a big chance to qualify for the next stage of course after beating Real Sociedad, we are not underestimating Real Sociedad, it's just that I think PSG are at a better level, if it were Real Madrid or Barcelona maybe we could consider them on the same level. Apart from that, Mbappe certainly wants to make the best contribution to PSG before moving next season so he will make every effort to achieve it. I think PSG can reach the top 4 after that we can't be sure because its competitors are certainly increasingly competitive, how far do you think PSG will go in this Champions League?

[Mayor of ogba]

Manchester City not get difficult opponent team on 16 phase round but its not guarantee they will have easily opponent on quarter final until semifinal phase, no doubt with Manchester City opportunity will easily qualify to quarter final but if face with top teams such as Bayern Munich or Real Madrid I don't sure with The Citizen for defending their Champion League tittle for this season. Have good news after De Bruyne recovering from injury but still have problem with Erling Haaland has possibility to recovery before first leg match against Copenhagen three weeks later or not.

Erling Haaland is most important part for Manchester City and has small opportunity without him will get highest phase in this season, if can't recovery as soon possible I doubt with their opportunity will lead until final round for this season or not.

Manchester City will be playing against Copenhagen in the last 16 of the Uefa Champions League; without the match being played, we know Manchester City is through to the quarterfinals of the Uefa Champions League. Even though Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are in form this season, Manchester City has what it takes to beat them.

[JeffBrad12]

Manchester City not get difficult opponent team on 16 phase round but its not guarantee they will have easily opponent on quarter final until semifinal phase, no doubt with Manchester City opportunity will easily qualify to quarter final but if face with top teams such as Bayern Munich or Real Madrid I don't sure with The Citizen for defending their Champion League tittle for this season. Have good news after De Bruyne recovering from injury but still have problem with Erling Haaland has possibility to recovery before first leg match against Copenhagen three weeks later or not.

Erling Haaland is most important part for Manchester City and has small opportunity without him will get highest phase in this season, if can't recovery as soon possible I doubt with their opportunity will lead until final round for this season or not.

Manchester City will be playing against Copenhagen in the last 16 of the Uefa Champions League; without the match being played, we know Manchester City is through to the quarterfinals of the Uefa Champions League. Even though Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are in form this season, Manchester City has what it takes to beat them.

Manchester City is the best squad in the world. I meant that let's say real madrid and munich has been rebuilding their clubs but city have more experienced players compared to the all of them. Im not doubting that if city will be able to perform better with the comeback of de bruyne.
Im still awaiting haaland to rejoin in the squad again next month as per said by pep regarding the latest update about haaland's injury. We know that many people are naming real madrid and bayern munich as the strongest clubs based on their players in the squad.

Manchester city still the strongest one caused by it was able getting treble winner last season. We can use it as measurement to call that if manchester city is the strongest one. No doubt that even some coaches were commenting on the comeback of de bruyne.
This guy was a magic for the club. We have seen that how so many clubs were struggling so hard to beat city but they were still unable to beating city. Pep has been building the best squad.

He has wasted years to make it happen and city is the team who will able to win UCL again this season like madrid a few years ago.

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He has wasted years to make it happen and city is the team who will able to win UCL again this season like madrid a few years ago.

It could happen if Man City is able to be as consistent as Real Madrid before, but injured players are a serious problem in the UCL.
I mean, if Man City really wants to win the title in the UCL, it must at least have a depth of very quality players on one side, not only the main players but also the reserve players, who must have players who really have great talent to replace the main players injured because the match is still very far away and there are still many obstacles that must be overcome and if after gaining experience at that time Guardiola should be able to take advantage of this experience to win another title.

Real Madrid could win the title again this season to get rid of several strong teams that will hinder it because Real Madrid has a lot of experience in the UCL and from this experience there are many strategies that will be used to continue to the final round but the problem now is only Real Madrid needs a pure striker to further strengthen the attack line and it looks like Madrid can't bring in a pure striker and yeah, I hope Real Madrid can face Man City and see the strength of these two big teams when they face each other.

[klidex]

I believe Bayern Munich are one of the luckiest teams in the draw of this round. Because their opponent is Lazio which haven't been doing well since the beginning of the season. I mean Lazio are really bad in the Serie A but better in the Champions League. But being better here wouldn't be a big help for them against Bayern Munich.

Maybe Bayern Munich weren't very impressive with their game in the group stage in general. However they are still a much more qualified team than Lazio. In addition to that I expect a big improvement in their game from now on. I don't think Bayern Munich would have any issue no matter home or away.  

Yes, Bayern Munich is one of the lucky clubs because the opponent is not too tough because in the domestic league Lazio is not playing very well and consistently and is ranked 6th and I think Bayern Munich can win 2 matches in the first leg and 2nd leg like in the last 2 meetings both Bayern Munich were able to beat Lazio in home and away matches but that was their meeting in the Champions League in the 2020/21 season. I think Bayern Munich can get rid of Lazio easily considering Lazio condition is not very good.

Bayern Munich performed well in the group phase and did not experience defeat. How can you say Bayern Munich is not very impressive? Even though they achieved a draw in 1 match, this did not affect Bayern Munich performance at all because they are still quite strong, both in the Bundesliga and in the Champions League, especially since Bayern Munich has a productive striker like Harry Kane. This certainly adds to Bayern Munich strength to compete in the Champions League. and also in the domestic league and can definitely get rid of Lazio in the round of 16.