UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[red4slash]

I read the interview of Gundogan and he criticized three biggest mistakes in the match that caused the painful loss for Barcelona. I really agree with his thinking like in the first conceded goal, Araujo actually can do it better. He can simply let that situation goes on and accept risk that PSG will score a goal from it. If more luckily, Barcelona goalkeeper can save it and no conceded goal at all.

By making a foul like this, he gave PSG a penalty and risk to get a conceded goal is higher and another big advantage is a red card when the match still has many time ahead. This situation and that bad decision from Araujo actually cost too much for Barcelona. A red card destroy the tactical operation of Barcelona and gave PSG very good advantage to control the match even they played home away.

The fact that it was Araujo who made the actual mistake is hard to excuse regardless of the situation and I think it was purely an unnecessary mistake. There are a few reasons that Araujo should have thought further about this, firstly Barcelona were still ahead on aggregate and they were still 1 goal up at the time so even if the worst case scenario was a goal it was still 11 against 11 which meant Barcelona wouldn't be at a numerical disadvantage.

However, in other situations it's not entirely possible to get away with it because with the high tension of a match we are sometimes required to think faster and the unconscious action of a hand gesture like Araujo's is inevitable in some circumstances which makes it an unexpected reflex. Unfortunately in this case with an unexpected mistake it actually made Barcelona feel the prolonged impact and made them eliminated from the Champions League this season.

[rahmad2nd]

That is the one thing that Tuchel has that he could go for. At this point if he somehow manages to beat Real and whoever else they are going to face, I think that is going to be the biggest deal of their season, winning UCL would make him look very good.

We all know that he wasn't good at all, but somehow he managed to come to semi-finals of UCL one way again, and I believe that Tuchel should be fired after having such a horrible season at Bayern, but even if he wins UCL, it will not make him look good but he could totally go for his next job saying he has won another UCL as well. I do believe that Real Madrid looks much better though, it could mean that they could just lose next game up, and we just need to make sure all looks decent.

Last night's match was beyond my predictions, especially the Manchester City match. we failed, and had to be willing to lose in the bet on choosing the team we chose.  especially City, who had to be beaten by Real Madrid. as for Arsenal, I predict that both teams will have a chance and it turns out that Bayern Munich will be able to take advantage of the match at the Allianz Arena, their home ground. in the semi-finals between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, in the semi-final match, both Thomas Thucel and Don Carlo will prepare their teams to both qualify for the next phase, namely the Champions League final match.

Talking about Bayern Munich, Tuchel has failed to maintain the tradition that has so far dominated Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. however, Bayern still has hope in this competition. their goal now is none other than how to overthrow Real Madrid. Tuchel still has time to strengthen his team, and welcome Real Madrid to the Allianz Arena in the first leg. I think, however, if it gets to this stage, Bayern Munich has a chance to overthrow Madrid. because they will give their all, even though Real Madrid is much better. I don't dare to speculate too far, especially since this match still has a time lag. we watch and wait, when the time comes for this fight to take place.

[rdluffy]

Yesterday I lost a bet, but it was to my friend  

I had a lot of confidence that Manchester City would manage to qualify, with difficulty of course, but I was wrong
Real have shown once again that they are the greatest team in the Champions League and that tradition plays a big part in deciding matches, it's hard to explain and perhaps it doesn't even have a logical explanation, but in deciding matches the team achieves unbelievable results

This was something I was expecting though I never thought the winner will be determined by a penalty shoot out though when the penalty shoot out started I had almost full feelings that Real Madrid will win since they were used to such situation, having experienced than any other team to me though I might be wrong.

The next Real Madrid vs Bayer Munich match is going to be very interesting
Will Real be able to nullify Harry Kane like they did Haaland?

Harry Kane is totally a different player than Haaland and I don't think that there is any actual 9 is better than him now. While this game in general is a game I can't predict though Real Madrid as mainly been the better team against Bayern Munich in the champions league but I think Bayern still have a chance to win even if they are having one of their worst season in over a decade now. This is their only chance of getting a trophy this season.

I think we might be getting another Psg vs Bayern Munich final which will be more intense than seeing Real Madrid VS psg in the final.

That's more or less what I meant in my post, Real Madrid's tradition is very strong and it seems to be an advantage for them in difficult situations
I was believingin Man. City's qualification and even more so when the penalties started, Modric missed, then I thought the English team would qualify
I couldn't believe Bernardo Silva's penalty kick, he practically gave the ball to Lunin, he hit it into the middle of the goal, right over him

About Bayern vs PSG, I confess I prefer this final instead of Real vs PSG or Borussia
Real already won too many times hahaha, and it would be very ironic if PSG won the UCL the same year Mbapee will left

[Moreno233]

My predictions went horribly wrong for the quaterfinals for the champions league. After the 1st leg, I had predicted Barcelona to win over PSG on homeground and I was wrong. I predicted the same for Manchester City and I was wrong again. I got right on Dortmund and Bayern but that don't matter much.
Now there two all time highest semi final participants team in this season semi finals too. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich and I believe we'll see them fight for the finals and Dortmund and PSG both are not in their best and are on semis winning poorer teams.

As Real Madrid is a very good team and Man City is also a good team, it was a very tough game in this match, but in this match Man City won the match but lost it after protecting themselves for a few steps. However, PSG's match with Barcelona was a boring game. It was not expected that Barcelona would play so badly against PSG. Like you, I predicted that Barcelona would win that match, and I was wrong. But I was confused about today's match against Man City and Real Madrid. Here Real Madrid won the match

If you have been following Barcelona over few seasons ago, you will realize that they did not live up to expectations this season. Their performance was very poor and for a very long time they have been ruled out as a possible team to win the Spanish La Liga. Even after signing big name like Robert Lewandowski, it would have been expected that they will do so well. But it seems the same fate that greeted Harry Kane in Bayern Munic is what Lewandowski is facing in Barcelona. I was not surprised with the performance of Barcelona, I never expected them to give PSG so much headache like they did and PSG winning them is in agreement with my projections.

[Baki202]

My predictions went horribly wrong for the quaterfinals for the champions league. After the 1st leg, I had predicted Barcelona to win over PSG on homeground and I was wrong. I predicted the same for Manchester City and I was wrong again. I got right on Dortmund and Bayern but that don't matter much.
Now there two all time highest semi final participants team in this season semi finals too. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich and I believe we'll see them fight for the finals and Dortmund and PSG both are not in their best and are on semis winning poorer teams.

Everyone was not expecting Real Madrid to disqualify Manchester city, I had made analysis of how they are going to qualify for quarter finals and also semifinals but what has happened has happened and it won’t change the fact that we did not make it to the finals. We don’t have a choice than to focus now on the premier league the more. Clubs Bayern did a great job. Aside we been disqualified I was impressed with the performance of psg also they played well. Especially mbappe and since is dream is to win the champions league let’s see if he will make the dream come true.

As Real Madrid is a very good team and Man City is also a good team, it was a very tough game in this match, but in this match Man City won the match but lost it after protecting themselves for a few steps. However, PSG's match with Barcelona was a boring game. It was not expected that Barcelona would play so badly against PSG. Like you, I predicted that Barcelona would win that match, and I was wrong. But I was confused about today's match against Man City and Real Madrid. Here Real Madrid won the match

Real Madrid was lucky and God was on their side to have been able to win Manchester City if not we all know what Manchester City is capable of doing. Have accepted our fate. And it was a fair game between the two clubs. If not for that I would have lashed on my club for bad performance. PSG Barcelona I was wondering how Barcelona was even able to keep up during the first leg. I was happy they did not qualify for the semifinals and psg did, I knew Barcelona won’t win.

[Zanab247]

Despite Bayern Munich lackluster performance in the Bundesliga League this season, they still managed to send Arsenal crashing out from the Uefa Champions League. It was quite a pity to see Arsenal failing to reach the semi finals of Uefa Champions League this season as I felt the current squad of young players playing in Arsenal does have a lot of potential to create some great result with their efforts. Hopefully Arsenal will be able to reach greater heights in the Uefa Champions League next season.

It was like a dream to me yesterday seen Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen beat with many goals in the Bundesliga hodling ground with Arsenal and they use 1 goal to beat Arsenal to lock them out from UEFA champions league quarter-final.


I don't know what Arsenal do to Bayern Munich that is making them to always use this stage to lock Arsenal out from the tournament, despite the hope they have this year to beat Bayern Munich but they didn't make their hope to work out for them in this season.

Bayern Munich coach will surely remain in the team next season because their President was not comfortable with the Bundesliga trophy they missed in this season, but Bayern Munich coach use this UEFA champions league qualify for semi-final to make their president happy.

[Jody.Drummer]

My predictions went horribly wrong for the quaterfinals for the champions league. After the 1st leg, I had predicted Barcelona to win over PSG on homeground and I was wrong. I predicted the same for Manchester City and I was wrong again. I got right on Dortmund and Bayern but that don't matter much.
Now there two all time highest semi final participants team in this season semi finals too. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich and I believe we'll see them fight for the finals and Dortmund and PSG both are not in their best and are on semis winning poorer teams.

I am the same as you, namely that I was wrong in predicting Barcelona and Paris Saint Germain in the quarter-finals, more precisely in the second leg. I thought Barcelona would be able to secure a place in the semifinals of the Champions League, but in fact they had to lose with a landslide score in the second leg which made them have to swallow the bitter pill of not being able to continue their journey in the Champions League, and it is also very likely that they will end the season without a trophy. .

I was not wrong in predicting Real Madrid and Manchester City, because I still gave these two clubs odds, although slightly bigger for Manchester City. Real Madrid managed to get their revenge last season when they had to be eliminated by Manchester City at that time, and now they are the ones who eliminated Manchester City.

With this result, Real Madrid emerged as the biggest favorites to win the Champions League title this season, even though their journey was not easy.

[BABY SHOES]

I was not wrong in predicting Real Madrid and Manchester City, because I still gave these two clubs odds, although slightly bigger for Manchester City. Real Madrid managed to get their revenge last season when they had to be eliminated by Manchester City at that time, and now they are the ones who eliminated Manchester City.

With this result, Real Madrid emerged as the biggest favorites to win the Champions League title this season, even though their journey was not easy.

I almost won the bet but Real Madrid couldn't maintain the lead until full time, although in the end Los Blancos escaped on penalties.

It's a real payback for last season when Manchester City beat Real Madrid and went on to become champions, will Real Madrid be the same? It's still very possible with its potential.

My assumption about the prediction of the Champion League Final now (Real Madrid vs PSG) will they meet? I think Real Madrid can still qualify, while PSG was in the same group with Dortmund and the results were better for Dortmund.

[kro55]

Bayern Munich coach will surely remain in the team next season because their President was not comfortable with the Bundesliga trophy they missed in this season, but Bayern Munich coach use this UEFA champions league qualify for semi-final to make their president happy.

I don't think coach Tuchel will be with Bayern Munich next season. The probability of this is very low. Bayern Munich have lost their dominance in the Bundesliga after a long time. Unexpectedly, Munich lost several matches. And the team is behind Leverkusen by a big margin. It's a shame for Munich.

Bayern Munich is looking for an experienced coach. But if Munich can win the Champions League with Tuchel, maybe the Munich management will not fire Thomas Tuchel. But I think Tuchel will lose his job if he doesn't win the Champions League title.

[Uruhara]

I was not wrong in predicting Real Madrid and Manchester City, because I still gave these two clubs odds, although slightly bigger for Manchester City. Real Madrid managed to get their revenge last season when they had to be eliminated by Manchester City at that time, and now they are the ones who eliminated Manchester City.

With this result, Real Madrid emerged as the biggest favorites to win the Champions League title this season, even though their journey was not easy.

I almost won the bet but Real Madrid couldn't maintain the lead until full time, although in the end Los Blancos escaped on penalties.

It's a real payback for last season when Manchester City beat Real Madrid and went on to become champions, will Real Madrid be the same? It's still very possible with its potential.

My assumption about the prediction of the Champion League Final now (Real Madrid vs PSG) will they meet? I think Real Madrid can still qualify, while PSG was in the same group with Dortmund and the results were better for Dortmund.

After seeing how Real Madrid prevented Man City from winning at the Etihad stadium, I think that is enough to measure Real Madrid's strength this season, which is much better than last season. And I think Real Madrid really has the biggest chance of being able to continue going further and reaching the Final. Even Real Madrid could become favorites this season.

But the problem is that in the semi-finals, Real Madrid had to face Bayern, who could even beat Arsenal, who also had extraordinary performance this season. Arsenal even received great appreciation this season because in the Premier League, Man City couldn't beat Arsenal. But Bayern can do it. This indicates that Bayern and Real Madrid also have almost the same level. But maybe Real Madrid they deserved to go further and reach the final. And PSG might go further too. But Dortmund also looks very strong and I can't see which is better between PSG and Dortmund.

[Ndabagi01]

If you have been following Barcelona over few seasons ago, you will realize that they did not live up to expectations this season. Their performance was very poor and for a very long time they have been ruled out as a possible team to win the Spanish La Liga. Even after signing big name like Robert Lewandowski, it would have been expected that they will do so well. But it seems the same fate that greeted Harry Kane in Bayern Munic is what Lewandowski is facing in Barcelona. I was not surprised with the performance of Barcelona, I never expected them to give PSG so much headache like they did and PSG winning them is in agreement with my projections.

Only few people predicted and projected that PSG will win against Barcelona in their yesterday’s match. After Barcelona won their first leg match against PSG, many would felt that they’ll eliminate PSG at this stage and qualify for the semifinals. PSG really took their time to prepare for this second leg match and it pave way for them for the qualification to the next round. Barcelona and PSG have not been at their best in the champions league competition for some seasons now, so the team that qualified could have been on luck or just extra hardwork put in by them.

Real Madrid was lucky and God was on their side to have been able to win Manchester City if not we all know what Manchester City is capable of doing. Have accepted our fate. And it was a fair game between the two clubs. If not for that I would have lashed on my club for bad performance.

I will also say Real Madrid win could have been on luck but their experience also helped them in winning that match and not just mere luck. Not any team can withstand that pressure from Manchester City for that long without conceding many goals from them. In the end, the game ended in a draw and that’s to show that both teams are top notch and the best wasn’t known in that full 90 minutes of the game. Penalty shootout is a game of luck but you’ve to be good to make your game reach the penalties or else you would have been won during the normal 90 minutes game.

[samuraijin]

Real Madrid was lucky and God was on their side to have been able to win Manchester City if not we all know what Manchester City is capable of doing. Have accepted our fate. And it was a fair game between the two clubs. If not for that I would have lashed on my club for bad performance. PSG Barcelona I was wondering how Barcelona was even able to keep up during the first leg. I was happy they did not qualify for the semifinals and psg did, I knew Barcelona won’t win.

This is not a matter of Real Madrid's luck, but Real Madrid knows very well how to beat their opponents well even though they come as guests, because the Real Madrid squad is in the DNA of the Champions League. It is impossible if a big club beats Real Madrid easily, we can see the mentality in  The wake up by Carlo Ancelotti to his team was perfect even though the score was a draw, but the fighting spirit of Carlo Ancelotti's children was very difficult for Man City to contain.

[Obim34]

Bayern Munich coach will surely remain in the team next season because their President was not comfortable with the Bundesliga trophy they missed in this season, but Bayern Munich coach use this UEFA champions league qualify for semi-final to make their president happy.

I don't think coach Tuchel will be with Bayern Munich next season. The probability of this is very low. Bayern Munich have lost their dominance in the Bundesliga after a long time. Unexpectedly, Munich lost several matches. And the team is behind Leverkusen by a big margin. It's a shame for Munich.

Bayern Munich is looking for an experienced coach. But if Munich can win the Champions League with Tuchel, maybe the Munich management will not fire Thomas Tuchel. But I think Tuchel will lose his job if he doesn't win the Champions League title.

Do anyone else or just me alone find it unnecessary and of no benefit to fire Tuchel, despite losing the Bundesliga, do they expect to forever keep on winning it, maybe other teams are under 16 or what, Tuchel is a nice coach and does not deserve to be fired most at times winning or losing a game is not actually from the coach but from the players. The race for the Champions league title is still on but how long can they last, facing Real Madrid, if paraventure they overall win Madrid to qualify for the finals then rest assured they must win the Champions league title, with how far they have gone, they aswell deserve to win it.

[bering]

Yesterday I lost a bet, but it was to my friend 

I had a lot of confidence that Manchester City would manage to qualify, with difficulty of course, but I was wrong
Real have shown once again that they are the greatest team in the Champions League and that tradition plays a big part in deciding matches, it's hard to explain and perhaps it doesn't even have a logical explanation, but in deciding matches the team achieves unbelievable results

The next Real Madrid vs Bayer Munich match is going to be very interesting
Will Real be able to nullify Harry Kane like they did Haaland?

I was predict this match will belongs to Manchester City because previously Real Madrid has poor records while playing at Manchester City home ground but clearly i was wrong because Real Madrid can be the winner of this match and actually i have been watching this match and Manchester City is performing well because they were displayed attacking style since the match begin but Manchester City was lost to focus because Rodrygo can scored from counter attack strategy and since that goal everything was change because Ancelotti has decide to playing defense and it was successfully to make Real Madrid not conceded more goals until match ended

About Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid i think Bayern Munich have good advantages because for first leg they will playing at Allianz Arena and according to the records from Bayern Munich during this season they were very strong to playing at there even the latest is Arsenal have to lost at there and Bayern Munich so far already failed in Bundesliga and DFB Pokal so their chances to gets the trophy only from this competition especially currently Bayern Munich have already reach to semifinal so this team is very near to the trophy so i am sure Bayern Munich will go all in for this match

[Altryist]

I am the same as you, namely that I was wrong in predicting Barcelona and Paris Saint Germain in the quarter-finals, more precisely in the second leg. I thought Barcelona would be able to secure a place in the semifinals of the Champions League, but in fact they had to lose with a landslide score in the second leg which made them have to swallow the bitter pill of not being able to continue their journey in the Champions League, and it is also very likely that they will end the season without a trophy. .

I was not wrong in predicting Real Madrid and Manchester City, because I still gave these two clubs odds, although slightly bigger for Manchester City. Real Madrid managed to get their revenge last season when they had to be eliminated by Manchester City at that time, and now they are the ones who eliminated Manchester City.

With this result, Real Madrid emerged as the biggest favorites to win the Champions League title this season, even though their journey was not easy.

It seems that only Bayern lived up to expectations and beat Arsenal at home, the rest of the matches were too unpredictable. The last thing I expected was to see Dortmund in the semi-finals, and so we have two teams from the Bundesliga in the semi-finals, but to see Bayern and Dortmund in the final is probably the least expected outcome that can be imagined. Yes, Real Madrid is very strong now, but Bayern will definitely not give up just like that, I see that few people expect victory from Bayern.

[Bobrox]

It seems that only Bayern lived up to expectations and beat Arsenal at home, the rest of the matches were too unpredictable. The last thing I expected was to see Dortmund in the semi-finals, and so we have two teams from the Bundesliga in the semi-finals, but to see Bayern and Dortmund in the final is probably the least expected outcome that can be imagined. Yes, Real Madrid is very strong now, but Bayern will definitely not give up just like that, I see that few people expect victory from Bayern.

Get chance to make Bundesliga final in champion league after Dortmund and Bayern Munich success qualifying to semifinal round, both Dortmund and Bayern Leverkusen on difference batch and has chance for both teams will face in the final depend their achievement will success make another magical for winning semifinal match? In semifinal, Dortmund will face again with PSG and both team have facing before on group phase, its difference intention when both teams facing in group phase and PSG won't get loss again after amazing come back against Barcelona on quarter final match.
Bayern Munich has difficult opponent team, I think defeat  Real Madrid in semifinal is not easily because they had success eliminated the favorite team Manchester City in quarter final match.

[adultcrypto]

Despite Bayern Munich lackluster performance in the Bundesliga League this season, they still managed to send Arsenal crashing out from the Uefa Champions League. It was quite a pity to see Arsenal failing to reach the semi finals of Uefa Champions League this season as I felt the current squad of young players playing in Arsenal does have a lot of potential to create some great result with their efforts. Hopefully Arsenal will be able to reach greater heights in the Uefa Champions League next season.

It was like a dream to me yesterday seen Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen beat with many goals in the Bundesliga hodling ground with Arsenal and they use 1 goal to beat Arsenal to lock them out from UEFA champions league quarter-final.


I don't know what Arsenal do to Bayern Munich that is making them to always use this stage to lock Arsenal out from the tournament, despite the hope they have this year to beat Bayern Munich but they didn't make their hope to work out for them in this season.

Bayern Munich coach will surely remain in the team next season because their President was not comfortable with the Bundesliga trophy they missed in this season, but Bayern Munich coach use this UEFA champions league qualify for semi-final to make their president happy.

Bayern Munic have always been Arsenal's nightmare. They have met fourteen times and in those meetings, Bayern Munic have won eight times, drew three times while Arsenal have only managed to win three times. In recent record, Bayern Munic have not been so merciful to Arsenal too and from what I have seen, the worst Bayern Munic in any season will be terrifying to Arsenal any time any day. It did not surprise me in any way because Bayern Munic has all it takes to defeat Arsenal and they actually did. I would have preferred Arsenal meeting Real Madrid which will give us a more fantastic and fun filled match.

[skarais]

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I am the same as you, namely that I was wrong in predicting Barcelona and Paris Saint Germain in the quarter-finals, more precisely in the second leg. I thought Barcelona would be able to secure a place in the semifinals of the Champions League, but in fact they had to lose with a landslide score in the second leg which made them have to swallow the bitter pill of not being able to continue their journey in the Champions League, and it is also very likely that they will end the season without a trophy. .

I was not wrong in predicting Real Madrid and Manchester City, because I still gave these two clubs odds, although slightly bigger for Manchester City. Real Madrid managed to get their revenge last season when they had to be eliminated by Manchester City at that time, and now they are the ones who eliminated Manchester City.

With this result, Real Madrid emerged as the biggest favorites to win the Champions League title this season, even though their journey was not easy.

There were many wrong predictions in the second leg of the Champions League, including Manchester City vs Real Madrid, Dortmund vs Atletico Madrid and Barcelona vs PSG. Barcelona, ​​Manchester City and Atletico Madrid were basically considered favorites to qualify for the semi-finals, but in reality they all failed because other teams were luckier.

Real Madrid, PSG and Dortmund deservedly earned their place in the semi-finals after a grueling battle in the second leg, so it wasn't all about luck. Real Madrid is now the main favorite to win the title again, but of course there are still teams to beat and it will never be easy.

[Leviathan.007]

The match between Bayern Munich and Arsenal was also interesting, but I had previously predicted that Bayern Munich would definitely beat Arsenal because in terms of quality and experience, Bayern Munich was far above Arsenal, Bayern Munich took advantage of the second leg to win and Arsenal couldn't score a single goal in the match in Alleanz Arena because Bayern Munich did not provide an opening for Arsenal to break through Bayern Munich's defense, Bayern Munich's next meeting will be against Real Madrid. I think Bayern Munich will be beaten by Real Madrid in this semifinal but we'll see what will happen next.

Arsenal journey in UCL end in Germany but they deserve commendation for coming this far. The fact that these young talents with no experience in the champions league came this far, it means Arsenal is moving on the right track. They showcase fighting spirit and team work. However, I hate to say this but it's the fact if we want to be honest with ourselves, Arsenal is having a great season with wonderful performances too but unfortunately there is nothing to show for it. One important thing lacking in the Arsenal squad is striker. The need for a clinical striker is more important than any other thing now and the management should do something about it if they truly want to be among contending teams.

Arterta also deserves some praise for bringing the team to this stage after several years of break from UCL but he is also part of the problem. Imagine Havertz playing absolutely nothing while Partey is on the bench watching. Who does that and expect a turn around when you failed to get things rightly? The earlier Arterta learn, the better for the team. UCL journey has ended, it's time to focus on the EPL and not allow this losing frustration to affect their next game.

I was expecting to see more from Arsenal because Arteta was more experienced than last season and they had a better situation to finally beat Bayern Munich. On the other hand, Bayern Munich had a bad situation and they had a bad atmosphere in the team because of losing the Bundesliga title to Leverkusen. Also, Tuche was under pressure in Bayern Munich.
But in this game, Joshua Kimmich saved his team and they won the game with a 1-0 result.
Now Bayern Munich will be in the semi-final game and Tuchel can even have the chance to stay in Bayern Munich if they achieve something in this tournament.

[Adams0001]

 
For Ancelotti, knocking Guardiola's teams out of the Champions League playoffs is routine (he's done it for the third time - more than anyone else), so he quietly enjoys the taste of his coffee while the team follows his instructions.
Last year City were able to take advantage of the fact that Real Madrid did not have a striker, but this year everything fell into place.

I believe in Ancelotti, and I know it will be extremely tough for Guadiola to overcome Real Madrid for the second time, because Ancelotti has realized his faults since the previous season, and he is correcting them now. Manchester City performs very well on the pitch, but they don't get the chance to break the Real Madrid defence. Real Madrid plays a defense game in the match because they know Manchester City players are stronger than them, and they don't have a stable striker that can suffer their players, and only Vini jr is trying, and Welker is stronger than Vini jr and he can't do anything, so Ancelotti used his experience and tried to defend Manchester City game and he done the best things in the match, now real madrid will be preparing for weekend games against xavi and madrid are confident about the el classico. Barcelona need to win the match if they want to compete with Real Madrid in the league table and get the chance and win the tittle.