UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[rahmad2nd]

Mikel Arteta's squad has developed rapidly since last season.
Their financial resources have allowed them to buy the best players at the highest level.
Arsenal are more mature and solid now, but Arsenal have still conceded a silly goal. That has to stop.
Porto themselves are used to playing in this competition because they play in the Champions League every year and are known as a team that can often spring a surprise in the Champions League.
And yeah, this game will be very competitive, and all the fans will enjoy every moment.

From what has been seen this season, it is true that Arsenal is more solid than last season in terms of strength, but I also agree with what you say that Arsenal must be able to handle conceding ridiculous goals in every important match. And in the Champions League, all rounds must always be considered important by any team if they still have the desire to get the Champions League trophy this season so that the match is quite likely to be very competitive.

Please explain, I don't understand what kind of ridiculous conceding you mean. In the Premier League, Arsenal conceded 21 in their 22 matches. Meanwhile, City conceded 23 of their 21 matches. in the Champions League, City conceded 7 goals. Meanwhile, Arsenal only conceded 4 goals. I know that in some cases Arsenal is not performing as well as usual. However, in some cases, Arsenal's defenders sometimes make mistakes, including David Raya, who made blunders in several matches. after all, sometimes Arteta rotates his players and plays second-string players. or, because of injuries to several of their defense players. So for me, the problem of conceding goals depends on how we look at the situation and conditions.

Talking about the match against Porto, so far I can't speculate too far. I enjoy their matches more in the Domestic League first. However, if we refer to the betting market, for the time being, Arsenal is superior even though the first leg match will be held at home to Porto. Arsenal with @1.84, while Porto with odds @4.20. At the very least, Arsenal has a chance to beat Porto if we refer to the betting odds options. although in reality, the result will be determined when the match is held later. Let's just wait for this competition to start, that way we can watch the real match.

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[tbterryboy]

Arsenal are in the Champions League after the last time they joined it - 2016/17 season. It must be a really exciting run for the team and fans both so far.    They were lucky to have a comfortable group draw also and their luck hasn't run out yet. Because they have drawn Porto in this round you know. What do you think?

I'm expecting a decent performance from Arsenal. Porto struggled against Barcelona in the group stage. I think Arsenal are in much better condition than Barcelona now. Arteta's system has been working smoothly and Arsenal should be able to reach the quarter finals. Porto are strong in the Liga Portugal but not so much in the Champions League. 

Now things are completely changed with Arsenal which was in troubling time fighting back and having two wins which bring their confidence back hopefully on Sunday we will have another positive result for them against Liverpool which will bring back this title race back for the three teams instead of two and Arsenal is having good youngsters which are also quality players their game against Porto could be not easy but with their current performance and Porto's group stage performance things can go into their favour, and they can go into last eight which will be good achievement for them and their moral could be also better with this win.

Arteta is doing too many experiments which are creating problems for them, hopefully now with this recent bad results he will try to keep things on positive mode, and they will be also able to give their best against top teams which will be brought good chances for them.

[Leviathan.007]

Everyone is too focused on the Napoli vs Barcelona game. However, if you are not certain about it, or if the public looks to be not certain about it, we could just look at other games as well. There are simpler games as well, like how City will play Copenhagen and I am expecting them to have an easy win on both games for that one.

Real Madrid is playing Leipzig and even though Leipzig is a good team, they are no match for Real Madrid so that should be an easy win for both games as well. PSG is playing Sociedad, and I would be shocked if there would be even a single goal by Sociedad in either game, so that one is quite easy as well. Bayern playing Lazio should be easy too. Arsenal in theory should be able to beat Porto too, but I have a small doubt about that one.

I can't believe I'm saying this regarding the game between Barcelona and Napoli but considering the current situation of Barcelona, I think there much higher chance for Napoli to beat Barcelona and it is worth to even betting on Napoli for this match.
Currently, Xai is about to leave to get fired from the team and there are many injured players there also there is not a good atmosphere in Barcelona at all.

[KTChampions]

Historically Porto is clearly better than Arsenal, because the Portuguese representatives have two UCL trophies in their cupboard while Arsenal have none. In terms of mentality, it is clear that Porto is better than Arsenal, but things have now changed and Arsenal has better bargaining power than Porto. Reasonably enough, Arsenal has better attributes and squad depth than Porto, Arteta spent big last summer. However, Arsenal and Porto are not favorites to win this season, because clubs like Madrid, Man City and Bayern have better strengths.

On paper, I'm pretty sure Arsenal can get through to the round of 16 by beating Porto, even though we realize that Porto is not a team that can be underestimated. In the group phase Arsenal suffered one defeat, while Porto experienced it twice, maybe this can be a reference if you want to bet on their match. So far Arsenal have been considered consistent in the EPL, and in my opinion they have a chance to reach the semi finals this season.

Historically, many can be called strong, for example, Crvena Zvezda or Steaua - both of these clubs won the Champions League, but in today's realities they cannot be favorites even in the Conference League. Likewise, Porto are clear underdogs in games against Arsenal. Here are the odds for the first game:

4.31 - 3.58 - 1.78

Even away, Arsenal are favorites. Taking into account the fact that this is the most convenient scheme for a two-game confrontation (first an away game then at home), I don’t think that there can be any surprises here. Even if Porto somehow manages to win in the first game, Arsenal will solve all the issues in the return game.

[Obari]

Mikel Arteta's squad has developed rapidly since last season.
Their financial resources have allowed them to buy the best players at the highest level.
Arsenal are more mature and solid now, but Arsenal have still conceded a silly goal. That has to stop.
Porto themselves are used to playing in this competition because they play in the Champions League every year and are known as a team that can often spring a surprise in the Champions League.
And yeah, this game will be very competitive, and all the fans will enjoy every moment.

From what has been seen this season, it is true that Arsenal is more solid than last season in terms of strength, but I also agree with what you say that Arsenal must be able to handle conceding ridiculous goals in every important match. And in the Champions League, all rounds must always be considered important by any team if they still have the desire to get the Champions League trophy this season so that the match is quite likely to be very competitive.

Arsenal this season has indeed performed well in terms of player material with Porto. But don't celebrate too early because beating Porto won't be easy, they have also beaten Arsenal before at Porto's home ground. Apart from that, Porto has won the Champions League twice, Arsenal has never won, maybe this doesn't have much of an impact but for me this has an effect on the players' mentality.

So the round of 16 match, could be worse for Arsenal. I also wouldn't be surprised if Porto got an easy draw, so not an easy game. If Arsenal want to win this game they can't make silly mistakes like you say.

With the way Arsenal play,and how they defend,it might not look easy,but I think they are going to eliminate FC Porto from the round of 16.I know Porto is good,but they aren't as good as Arsenal team now.They qualified on top of their group,they currently seat third on the premier league table,and their pattern of play is really good and can be compared to that of City.If Arsenal wingers are in form,it is going to be an easy game for Arsenal players because they can get many goals as possible,which can push their opponent away from the road very fast.
I see Arsenal past this stage already,and they will get through to the quarter final of the tournament.

[marcous]

Everyone is too focused on the Napoli vs Barcelona game. However, if you are not certain about it, or if the public looks to be not certain about it, we could just look at other games as well. There are simpler games as well, like how City will play Copenhagen and I am expecting them to have an easy win on both games for that one.

Real Madrid is playing Leipzig and even though Leipzig is a good team, they are no match for Real Madrid so that should be an easy win for both games as well. PSG is playing Sociedad, and I would be shocked if there would be even a single goal by Sociedad in either game, so that one is quite easy as well. Bayern playing Lazio should be easy too. Arsenal in theory should be able to beat Porto too, but I have a small doubt about that one.

I think Napoli and Barcelona attract more attention due to their ups and downs in performance, therefore most football fans are curious about the conditions experienced by these two clubs. We know that at domestic level Napoli and Barcelona are the defending champions, but now both have very low chances of retaining it. The impact that could result from their inconsistency in domestic competitions might spread to the UCL, in my opinion it will more or less affect their future matches in the round of 16.

Apart from that, I agree with your prediction in several other matches in the round of 16. Man City, Madrid, PSG, Bayern and Arsenal can finish their matches and advance to the quarter finals. On paper, these these clubs are superior teams facing non seeded teams, which makes it easy for us to predict the final results they can get. This is different from the match between Napoli and Barcelona, a match that is difficult to predict because both of them experienced a decline in performance.

[Oluwa-btc]

Even though PSG has great financial strength, it is still not enough to compete with big clubs in the Champions League, especially Real Madrid which has great strength in the Champions League competition. Manchester City also has great strength in terms of finances and also in terms of performance player and coach factors are the most important thing for clubs in building good cooperation. If they are not able to build good cooperation then they will not be able to achieve success in winning the title. Financial factors are not a problem for PSG, but they must have strong cooperation between players and coaches.

Yes, currently Barcelona's condition is different from last season, this season Barcelona seems to be having difficulty competing in the domestic league and also the Champions League because Barcelona's squad is decreasing and its performance is decreasing. Sooner or later if Barcelona's finances don't improve soon, it's not impossible that it will end up like Chelsea. Currently, the Premier League continues to experience setbacks, even though Chelsea was originally a big EPL club.
Luis Enrique is one step better than the previous coach but it cannot be said to be completely good if he cannot bring PSG to the Champions League title, even though it sounds impossible, PSG still has a chance because the squad that PSG has also has good potential if Luis Enrique hones their skills well good.

PSG need European success and the key to that is proper investment and evaluation of the team by the owners and coach because without evaluating the team they’ll keep placing responsibilities on the shoulders of a player and he could probably get tired soon from shouldering those responsibilities.

 They need to use their financial power to be able to get some better replacements for Mbappe incase he gets tired of playing for the club. They need to build a team with enough squad depth so as to be able to compete with clubs like Man City and Real Madrid. Financial state of a club is key and that’s what Barca is suffering at this point and it’s making their form decline daily even some EPL giants like Chelsea and Manchester United. Well PSG should use their finances to their advantage else they’ll keep being termed Local Champions.

It took Manchester City some failures and some lessons to be learnt, some loses during the Champions League finals which happened severally or should I just say twice? Against Chelsea in the finals and also against Real Madrid quarter finals?
Finally, last season it paid off, they have what it takes to assemble a good squad, a good coaching staffs and also the management and fans to back them. Best believe in the next two years they'll make up something good!!

Luis Enrique already has experience with this Champions League Competition. If the right players are assembled they could makeup a competitive squad to challenge for the Champions League gradually.

[tiCeR]

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If the situation is like this, Barcelona will automatically not fire Xavi because Barcelona doesn't want to spend money to pay Xavi for their decision. Barcelona will wait until the end of this season to look for a new coach for Barcelona next season. I'm pessimistic that Xavi will be able to work more optimally after he announces his resignation.
He will look more relaxed in coaching Barcelona because there is no more pressure after the announcement of his resignation at the end of this season.

From Barcelona side they will continue to be patient in the second half of this season to stay with Xavi. Yes, Xavi must also be respected because he was successful in bringing the title to Barcelona last season. He deserves to be a successful coach at Barcelona because he coached for just 2 seasons and was able to bring trophies for Barcelona.

Well this is what I described what happens when a club fires the coach or when the coach steps back himself. If the latter is the case, the coach forgoes a lot of money because the club would owe him the salary until his contract officially ends or they agreed upon a lump sum that would have to be paid if the coach gets sacked at a certain point in time.
But from that standpoint Xavi got my respect because if he says he will leave the club as it doesn't make any sense anymore, at least the club doesn't owe him the money and he did them a favor if their plan was to sack him anyway.

[Kristiyana]

Manchester City has solid composition between their main and reserve players, in phase group matches Pep Guardiola losses many main players but its not problem for him how the same level with reserve players and The Citizen easily manage group standings position. I think has opportunity for Manchester City for defending their UEFA Champion League tittle in this season but depend on drawing match schedule on quarter final until semifinal round.

I doubt with Bayern Munich performance in Champion League this season, seems less opportunity for winning Champion League actually after looking their inconsistency performance in Bundesliga. Has easy opponent team in 16 round against Lazio but doubt chance for Bayern when facing Man City or Real Madrid in quarter final or semifinal round.

[TelolettOm]

Mikel Arteta's squad has developed rapidly since last season.
Their financial resources have allowed them to buy the best players at the highest level.
Arsenal are more mature and solid now, but Arsenal have still conceded a silly goal. That has to stop.
Porto themselves are used to playing in this competition because they play in the Champions League every year and are known as a team that can often spring a surprise in the Champions League.
And yeah, this game will be very competitive, and all the fans will enjoy every moment.

I agree that Arsenal squad this season is better than the last season. However, Arsenal strikers performed worse this season, Gabriel Jesus even only could score 4 goals from 17 matches in EPL. But he looks better in UCL, he scored 4 goals from 5 matches in UCL. I really expect Gabriel Jesus can maintain the good performance in UCL.

I don't know about Arsenal finance, but it looks good because they could sign an expensive player like Declan Rice. Arsenal midfield line have a great progress, it is stronger than the previous season. The current problem of Arsenal is the inconsistency of their attackers. If Arteta wants to play in the final of UCL, he must ensure that there is a good progress in Arsenal attacking. They must increase the productivity in scoring goals.

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It took Manchester City some failures and some lessons to be learnt, some loses during the Champions League finals which happened severally or should I just say twice? Against Chelsea in the finals and also against Real Madrid quarter finals?
Finally, last season it paid off, they have what it takes to assemble a good squad, a good coaching staffs and also the management and fans to back them. Best believe in the next two years they'll make up something good!!

Luis Enrique already has experience with this Champions League Competition. If the right players are assembled they could makeup a competitive squad to challenge for the Champions League gradually.

In fact, Manchester City is quite patient with Pep Guardiola so that Pep Guardiola is gradually being able to polish the Manchester City squad to become stronger. Management's patience to see Manchester City become mighty in Europe has been successfully realized by Pep in the previous season who was able to bring the treble winner as a result of their patience and also hard they are.
For this reason, a team that wants to achieve success in their targets of course must learn from what Manchester City has done. Even this season, Manchester City is still quite the favorite to win the title again.

Manchester City strength looks very strong in every line because the players trained by Pep Guardiola have a strong enough mentality to continue trying to achieve their targets. If you look at the failure experienced by PSG in the Champions League, of course they have to learn from what Manchester City did by being patient and giving the coach a long time to build the squad. This season there are many teams that are quite strong, such as Inter Milan, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, but Manchester City, as the defending champion, will of course try to defend their title.

[arimamib]

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I agree that Arsenal squad this season is better than the last season. However, Arsenal strikers performed worse this season, Gabriel Jesus even only could score 4 goals from 17 matches in EPL. But he looks better in UCL, he scored 4 goals from 5 matches in UCL. I really expect Gabriel Jesus can maintain the good performance in UCL.

I don't know about Arsenal finance, but it looks good because they could sign an expensive player like Declan Rice. Arsenal midfield line have a great progress, it is stronger than the previous season. The current problem of Arsenal is the inconsistency of their attackers. If Arteta wants to play in the final of UCL, he must ensure that there is a good progress in Arsenal attacking. They must increase the productivity in scoring goals.

It's a serious concern about the striking department, particularly with Gabriel Jesus struggling to replicate his form from the previous season in the Premier League. While Jesus has demonstrated better performance in the UEFA Champions League, scoring four goals in five matches, consistency in the domestic league is crucial for Arsenal's success. The emphasis on increasing productivity in goal-scoring is valid, and Arteta will need to address the inconsistency among the attackers to ensure a strong push, especially if they aim to reach the final of the UCL.

Maintaining the positive trajectory of the midfield progress and finding a solution to the attacking inconsistency will be key factors for Arsenal's success in various competitions. The signing of Declan Rice suggests financial stability, but strategic decisions in player management and tactics will play a vital role in achieving the desired results.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

In my opinion, Barcelona and Napoli have the same percentage of being able to beat each other because so far both teams are at a very low level in their domestic leagues and in terms of team quality we can also see that the two of them do not have a significant difference.

In fact, this is quite a fierce match because both teams are in a slump, so in terms of strength the two teams are quite balanced so it is difficult to predict who will win the match.

In knockout matches like this, the team that is in better form at the time of play can win, regardless of their previous form. The next factor to consider is the home field. In this regard, Spanish teams have more difficulties when playing on the Italian team's field. I believe that the news of Xavi leaving will more or less affect the psychology of Barca players, but with his professionalism, I believe Xavi will still be determined to lead Barca to good results in the UCL.
Napoli are also having their problems as key player Osimhen continuously hinted about leaving, along with many uncertainties in the squad under new coach Walter Mazzarri. The opportunities will be divided equally for both, I think the team that takes advantage of home field advantage better will win the final.

I'm highly disappointed in Barcelona this season, missing the old days when Barcelona was a big threat in any league they qualified.
Xavi may not be the problem of the club on why their progress is limited, the players have a poor performance, poor goal scoring and nothing so interesting about their play.

Every big team, after a period of glory, falls into crisis and difficulties, not just Barca. No one can stay at the peak of glory forever. Many other big teams are also struggling with their own glory in the past such as MU, Chelsea... Barca is still much better than other big names that had to stop in the UCL group stage.

[Republikcoin.com]

It's a serious concern about the striking department, particularly with Gabriel Jesus struggling to replicate his form from the previous season in the Premier League. While Jesus has demonstrated better performance in the UEFA Champions League, scoring four goals in five matches, consistency in the domestic league is crucial for Arsenal's success. The emphasis on increasing productivity in goal-scoring is valid, and Arteta will need to address the inconsistency among the attackers to ensure a strong push, especially if they aim to reach the final of the UCL.

Maintaining the positive trajectory of the midfield progress and finding a solution to the attacking inconsistency will be key factors for Arsenal's success in various competitions. The signing of Declan Rice suggests financial stability, but strategic decisions in player management and tactics will play a vital role in achieving the desired results.

Not only on the front line, but in almost all areas, Arsenal sometimes does not show good performance, so if we look at Arsenal as a whole, Arsenal's problem this season is still the same as last season, namely their inconsistency.
This is also the case for Gabriel Jesus, he cannot perform optimally if he does not have strong support from his teammates.

It is difficult to predict Arsenal because in terms of strength they are quite capable and in the last few weeks we can see that Arsenal has returned to top performance and that is quite positive for those who will be facing the ULC round of 16 match.

[Hirose UK]

UCL matches will start in mid-February, exactly in two weeks and we will see each team fighting each other in this knockout round which will compete twice.
We will see whether the big team that are predicted to qualify can actually win each match or not.

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Not only on the front line, but in almost all areas, Arsenal sometimes does not show good performance, so if we look at Arsenal as a whole, Arsenal's problem this season is still the same as last season, namely their inconsistency.
This is also the case for Gabriel Jesus, he cannot perform optimally if he does not have strong support from his teammates.

It is difficult to predict Arsenal because in terms of strength they are quite capable and in the last few weeks we can see that Arsenal has returned to top performance and that is quite positive for those who will be facing the ULC round of 16 match.

Arsenal themselves will have schedule to meet Porto and the 1st leg match will take place at the Stadio do Dragao which is Porto home ground.
Porto itself is one of the strong team in the Portuguese League and of course this is tough challenge for Arsenal, Arsenal only chance is in the 2nd leg match where they are the hosts.

Arsenal line-up looks quite good lately, but in the upcoming UCL competition I not sure Arsenal can play well because the stability of their game tends to change.
There is no stability and consistency that all Arsenal players have.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

The stupid decision has been made by xavi to announce his step down from the club at the end of season. It will be obviously disrupt the mentality of the club as well. I can't even put some respects to this guy caused by xavi is not even making his club to have better vibes before the game will be starting at the middle of season.
It was also urging the players to use everything they have to save xavi from being replaced by a new coach at the end of season. Xavi was also explaining what he feels now to the journalisy, and he said that if he was a worthless coach.

We won't truly know how someone feels if we aren't in their shoes. Therefore, Xavi's announcement that he will leave Barca at the end of the season has already been thought through carefully. With Xavi's position, he clearly understands how his actions will affect the team, but the team's internal affairs and decisions from the team's leadership are things we do not know. What we know is only information that has been released in the press.
Let's look at Klopp, he also just announced that he will leave Liverpool right at the time of preparing for the 1/16 UCL series, obviously that is a statement that has a negative impact on team spirit at the moment, but why? Why does he still do that? Is he as stupid as Xavi like you said? I don't think so.

Arsenal experienced a gloomy period some time ago and they proved that they are still capable of this competition by returning to winning ways in the domestic league. It's definitely an exciting match and I hope Arsenal don't underestimate Porto.

I believe that with their current situation, Arsenal will not dare to underestimate any opponent, especially Porto. This is an extremely annoying team in the UCL, Arsenal is only better than Porto with 1 win in the history of confrontation between the two teams. If Arsenal has good results at Porto's home field, I believe that the next ticket will definitely be in their hands.

[TastyChillySauce00]

I'm highly disappointed in Barcelona this season, missing the old days when Barcelona was a big threat in any league they qualified.
Xavi may not be the problem of the club on why their progress is limited, the players have a poor performance, poor goal scoring and nothing so interesting about their play.
Real Madrid and Man city are the beast of the league with stats of 6 games played, 6 won, 0 draw and 0 loss. Very brilliant performance from them both and I see the winners coming from any of them.

Barcelona performance doesn't follow suit in for Real Madrid and Girona this season. The problem of the club, ofcourse it's not Xavi Hernandez but points out to be the players and the board that have ruined the good flow of energy. Now the club's suffered from big loss, and this scenario will continue till the board worked on this problem. I also miss the good old days when Barcelona was the main trend in every competition they featured in. You wouldn't dare compare the performance of Barcelona to any other club, not even Real Madrid, they didn't have a style of play against the Blaugrana and always plays safe and defend.

The match against osassuna was so hard for barcelona to win the game. I meant that barcelona performing even worst. We do know that how bad the performance from osassuna and barcelona is not able winning the game against it easily. Look at the stats and it's not surprising me to call that if barcelona was not the favorite to win la liga.
Barcelona made 16 shoots and only 4 shoots were on target. It was showing that how barcelona doesn't have good accuracy on its attacking line this is quite embarassing for the club. It's caused by the quality owned by barcelona is very different compared to the osassuna at this time.

Barcelona should able to perform better in the upcoming game. The poor performance has been making xavi to leave from the club. Barcelona is now declining so hard. It doesn't have good performance like last season. Im very disappointed to see how barcelona is degrading a lot.
It must be pointed out that if some players are starting to leaving from their peak performance just like what lewandowski did. He has been top scorer last season but it's not at this moment. The main weakness of barcelona was facing the defending club.
That's what other clubs tried to implement. there no problem with it. As long as real madrid win the game and take the trophy this season. Just try to learn what the weakness point from your opponent. that will help you a lot to win the game.

[Abu-Naim]

Manchester City has solid composition between their main and reserve players, in phase group matches Pep Guardiola losses many main players but its not problem for him how the same level with reserve players and The Citizen easily manage group standings position. I think has opportunity for Manchester City for defending their UEFA Champion League tittle in this season but depend on drawing match schedule on quarter final until semifinal round.

Manchester City should not be scared of any draw now since they have all the players they need, for them to defend their Champions League title this season, they should be able to take any team been given to them since all their main players are back and fit. Just the way the Citizens are fully fit, other teams are fit and ready for the battle as well, and I am very sure that the Citizens will not find it easy to defend the title because Real Madrid and other clubs are also fit and have the quality to win the Champions League title as well. I am not supporting them to win because I am confident that they will not win the Champions League this season.

I doubt with Bayern Munich performance in Champion League this season, seems less opportunity for winning Champion League actually after looking their inconsistency performance in Bundesliga. Has easy opponent team in 16 round against Lazio but doubt chance for Bayern when facing Man City or Real Madrid in quarter final or semifinal round.

Bayern Munich's performance is not consistent this season, they are yet to overtake Bayern Leverkusen in the Bundesliga title challenge; with this, I also don't think they can win the Champions League. I am counting on some teams like Arsenal, Real Madrid, PSG, and Inter Milan because they are all on form and can do something reasonable more than Bayern Munich this season.

[Uruhara]

Manchester City has solid composition between their main and reserve players, in phase group matches Pep Guardiola losses many main players but its not problem for him how the same level with reserve players and The Citizen easily manage group standings position. I think has opportunity for Manchester City for defending their UEFA Champion League tittle in this season but depend on drawing match schedule on quarter final until semifinal round.

I doubt with Bayern Munich performance in Champion League this season, seems less opportunity for winning Champion League actually after looking their inconsistency performance in Bundesliga. Has easy opponent team in 16 round against Lazio but doubt chance for Bayern when facing Man City or Real Madrid in quarter final or semifinal round.

Man City does have the best preparation of players compared to other teams. Even when Haaland is injured, we can see Man City is still a strong team and difficult to beat. And this is indeed due to their second-tier players who are also as good as their main players.

There is no doubt that Man City will make it to the final. But I am still not sure whether they can lift the UCL trophy again or not this season. Because I see Real Madrid this season is also a more solid team than last season. So it can be a difficult opponent for Man City. While Bayern they do sometimes lose points in the Bundesliga but I still see they also have a chance although not as big as the chances of Man City and Real Madrid.

[klidex]

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I agree that Arsenal squad this season is better than the last season. However, Arsenal strikers performed worse this season, Gabriel Jesus even only could score 4 goals from 17 matches in EPL. But he looks better in UCL, he scored 4 goals from 5 matches in UCL. I really expect Gabriel Jesus can maintain the good performance in UCL.

I don't know about Arsenal finance, but it looks good because they could sign an expensive player like Declan Rice. Arsenal midfield line have a great progress, it is stronger than the previous season. The current problem of Arsenal is the inconsistency of their attackers. If Arteta wants to play in the final of UCL, he must ensure that there is a good progress in Arsenal attacking. They must increase the productivity in scoring goals.

It's a serious concern about the striking department, particularly with Gabriel Jesus struggling to replicate his form from the previous season in the Premier League. While Jesus has demonstrated better performance in the UEFA Champions League, scoring four goals in five matches, consistency in the domestic league is crucial for Arsenal's success. The emphasis on increasing productivity in goal-scoring is valid, and Arteta will need to address the inconsistency among the attackers to ensure a strong push, especially if they aim to reach the final of the UCL.

Maintaining the positive trajectory of the midfield progress and finding a solution to the attacking inconsistency will be key factors for Arsenal's success in various competitions. The signing of Declan Rice suggests financial stability, but strategic decisions in player management and tactics will play a vital role in achieving the desired results.

Last season Gabriel Jesus was able to score 11 goals in 26 matches but only played in the Premier League, but this season Gabriel Jesus has scored 8 goals in 22 matches in all competitions and has contributed 8 assists. In my opinion, Gabriel Jesus' performance is still the same, just less productive in Domestic league because of the tight schedule he plays, maybe if he only plays in the Premier League Gabriel Jesus' performance will still be the same, Arteta really needs to improve Gabiriel's performance so he is more productive in the domestic league so he can increase Arsenal's attack in competing in the main competition and also the Champions League because of the season Arsenal have a tough task to be successful in these 2 big competitions.

Even though Arsenal doesn't have financial problems, it turns out Arsenal didn't buy the players they needed in the second half of this season, even though I hope Arsenal can recruit Mbappe to improve their attack in all competitions because Mbappe is very aggressive in doing what the club needs in terms of attack.