UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[kawetsriyanto]

Real Madrid does not win any matches and titles because of the big name and history of the club, but it is because of the strategy of the coach and the quality of the players. If they won it all because of the club's big name and history, then Milan and Manchester United should always be able to dominate the Premier League, Serie A and Champions League because of their name.

Exactly. Real Madrid could win some UCL trophies because they had good coaches who applied great tactics/strategies and they had quality players in their squad, too. Real Madrid couldn't win any title if they only rely on their big name.  

Real Madrid is a big team with good squad depth. Look and compare with the squad depth of other teams so you have to say one fact that Real Madrid did that because of the coach and the squad.

It was, it is different now. You can state it when Real Madrid still had Ronaldo, Benzema, Ramos, and other top players. At that time, Real Madrid was also managed by Zidane. But when Zidane left Real Madrid and some key players decided to move, Real Madrid never had good squad depth (especially for the attackers). Well, if you look at the current Real Madrid squad, they have bad squad depth both in attacking and defense line.

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[Iroh]

I think that Kevin De Bruyne's absence will be felt even more in the Champions League. I mean that the group stage is comfortable for them of course as they don't have very tough opponents. But when they face title contenders in the later stages they would feel the absence of him surely.

Because there has been a really great cooperation between him and Erling Haaland especially. He has been creating so many goal chances for Haaland so far. He is an amazing player with his passes and impressive shots as well. Foden is trying to make up for De Bruyne but their playing styles are very different. Foden is more selfish than De Bruyne.

In my opinion, his absence is noticed in the EPL and would definitely be noticed in the champions league. The group stages were easy enough as they didn’t face a major threat that could hinder them from reaching the finals and possibly winning it too.

I think Haaland is not finding it that easy to score a lot of goals as one would expect. De Bruyne, who would have located and given Haaland some beautiful passes to enable the lad score goals is out of action.
Both players are in sync on the pitch and that coordination between them and in general, the rest of the team yields positive results. I have little doubts that Man City, without De Bruyne is still a formidable opponent.

[Volgastallion]

De Bruyne is a key player obviusly but i think Manchester City can sub him very well, in fact i really think this injury helped Manchester City thinking in the future of the team. Now they know they can play very good without him, so we can some news in the next summer transfers window.

[Sakanwa]

I think that Kevin De Bruyne's absence will be felt even more in the Champions League. I mean that the group stage is comfortable for them of course as they don't have very tough opponents. But when they face title contenders in the later stages they would feel the absence of him surely.

Because there has been a really great cooperation between him and Erling Haaland especially. He has been creating so many goal chances for Haaland so far. He is an amazing player with his passes and impressive shots as well. Foden is trying to make up for De Bruyne but their playing styles are very different. Foden is more selfish than De Bruyne.

In my opinion, his absence is noticed in the EPL and would definitely be noticed in the champions league. The group stages were easy enough as they didn’t face a major threat that could hinder them from reaching the finals and possibly winning it too.

I think Haaland is not finding it that easy to score a lot of goals as one would expect. De Bruyne, who would have located and given Haaland some beautiful passes to enable the lad score goals is out of action.
Both players are in sync on the pitch and that coordination between them and in general, the rest of the team yields positive results. I have little doubts that Man City, without De Bruyne is still a formidable opponent.

Manchester City without Debruyne can still twist out wins abut Haaland won't get enough goals,but If Rodri is not in the team,Manchester City is so shapeless and naked.These two players are unarguably the two most important players at Etihad stadium,and I think Pep Guardiola knows that now.Haaland has not been able to get many goals in the champions league,and without Debruyne giving him finishing passes that will lead to goal,but is unavailability has made Haaland see no goal.

However,let's hope to see if Manchester City will start performing well the moment Debruyne and Rodri are fully active and engaged in their team.

[Ruttoshi]

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From the past to the present and in the future, Real Madrid will remain an absolute team that should be considered dangerous. Not because of the players or coaches because of Real Madrid's big name as the strongest team in the world. Moreover, Jude Bellingham has chosen the right club to play for Real Madrid this season, of course this will be a calculation for every opponent in the UCL.

That's why I'm a little surprised that someone doubts Real Madrid's ability against Braga, it's true that in football anything can happen, but if you look at the strength of the team, it seems a bit confusing if someone believes that Braga can beat Real Madrid.

Real Madrid does not win any matches and titles because of the big name and history of the club, but it is because of the strategy of the coach and the quality of the players. If they won it all because of the club's big name and history, then Milan and Manchester United should always be able to dominate the Premier League, Serie A and Champions League because of their name.

Real Madrid is a big team with good squad depth. Look and compare with the squad depth of other teams so you have to say one fact that Real Madrid did that because of the coach and the squad.

I agree with you Falconer that it is the quality of coach and players that has made Real Madrid the best club in the world, ever since history. I could remember was I was still in college years back, I and my friend, we so call Real Madrid an all star club because you must have build yourself and make name before you can play in Real Madrid.

The have the money and they know what they want, so they spend their money for the best players and coach to enable them be as successful as this. If you also look at this right now, they are still following their same old pattern, which is getting the best because they have seen the benefits of having the best players in their club.

[Phoenix Anka]

De Bruyne is a key player obviusly but i think Manchester City can sub him very well, in fact i really think this injury helped Manchester City thinking in the future of the team. Now they know they can play very good without him, so we can some news in the next summer transfers window.

Kevin has high-level game intelligence. Maybe Manchester City can replace him, but I don't know if they can be as productive as him. I think Manchester City should keep Kevin in their squad for a longer time. They can still benefit from it.

[X-ray]

De Bruyne is a key player obviusly but i think Manchester City can sub him very well, in fact i really think this injury helped Manchester City thinking in the future of the team. Now they know they can play very good without him, so we can some news in the next summer transfers window.

He was someone who was controlling the way of manchester city attacked its opponent. So many times de bruyn has helped manchester city through doing his magic. Im still waiting for the good news to come about him. We do know that his injury really affected the club caused by there was no good guy who is also handling the attacking line better than him. Missing de bruyne is a big lose for manchester city. Once he will comeback and everything will be ok. Haaland really needs him at this moment.
Guardiola might be targeting some players to fill his position temporary. De bruyne might be also absent till the end of season but none know what's gonna be the result of this. The competition in UCL is very strict these days by many big clubs qualified for the play off stage.
So far so good for city right now. The lucky thing if manchester city is still having rodri who is playing as a creative attacking midfielder to help the club.
Rodri has become a new centre for manchester city to build its attacking line. Im still waiting for a good news that will come about de bruyne's injury.

[Doell]

SC Braga, who in their next match in Group C will face Real Madrid, will likely have a little difficulty winning even though the match will be played at the Estadio Municipal de Braga.

Braga at home might also make it difficult for Real Madrid to get full points, although in terms of quality and experience Real Madrid is much better, but Braga is not bad either. In my personal opinion, this match is actually difficult to predict, although also I actually support Real Madrid to win, but anyway Braga is not an easy opponent to beat. Especially, Braga will face a big team at home, that will motivate them to show their best performance.

Wow is it a surprise that there are still people who doubt the quality of Real Madrid, despite the fact that Real Madrid are on fire at the moment. I don't know, on what basis you doubt Real Madrid because after all, Real Madrid are unbeaten in the two matches that have been played in this group phase. While about Braga, the truth is that Braga only got one win and one loss. Also, last season Scudetto winner Napoli was beaten by Real Madrid at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. So yeah, it's funny if you think Braga has the ability to beat Real Madrid or draw.

You're right, I was a little doubtful that Real Madrid would win. Braga will probably be motivated in that match to get points, so they might be able to show their best performance in that match. Braga win against Berlin and lost 1 match against Napoli, but if Napoli had not been helped by Braga player "Sikou Niakate" who panicked in the 88th minute, perhaps Napoli maybe would have 1 point at home Braga. In fact, Napoli victory in that match also was because of the defender Braga player. Indeed, Real Madrid was able to beat Napoli but isn't Napoli performance this season is also not good? So yes, I personally difficult predict this match Sir.

[makishart]

De Bruyne is a key player obviusly but i think Manchester City can sub him very well, in fact i really think this injury helped Manchester City thinking in the future of the team. Now they know they can play very good without him, so we can some news in the next summer transfers window.

Kevin has high-level game intelligence. Maybe Manchester City can replace him, but I don't know if they can be as productive as him. I think Manchester City should keep Kevin in their squad for a longer time. They can still benefit from it.

Bruyne has long term contract with manchester city. The club is really need him at this moment yet his injury is the problem now. There is currently no estimated time of arrival for his return from injury, and we eagerly await the opportunity to see him playing alongside Manchester City again.
There is a large number of individuals eagerly anticipating his return, however, even medical professionals are unable to provide a definite timeline for Kevin De Bruyne's comeback from his injury. Bruyne is not only producing a lot of goals but he was making a lot of assists as well.
Manchester city probably has a plan to extend his contract in the club. Bellingham, who is currently playing for Real Madrid, was being reminded to me by De Bruyne.
Bruyne is also having an instinct to play as good as striker in scoring the goals as well.

[borovichok]

De Bruyne is a key player obviusly but i think Manchester City can sub him very well, in fact i really think this injury helped Manchester City thinking in the future of the team. Now they know they can play very good without him, so we can some news in the next summer transfers window.

Manchester City was not competitive due to the absence of key players, until they appointed Pep Guardiola in 2016/2017 EPL campaign, Pep is widely recognized as aggressive coach that has full ambition for the team to become great. He doesn't lack the full tendency but always curious about the performance of his team, ensuring for placing alternatives options in situations were the intended primary ones failed.  Kelvin De Bruyne is injured and has not been with Manchester City for months now, probably might return in January because he's gradually making some vital recoveries, most football lovers can't wait for Kelvin De Bruyne to start games on the pitch for the Citizens.

[Tipeform$]

De Bruyne is a key player obviusly but i think Manchester City can sub him very well, in fact i really think this injury helped Manchester City thinking in the future of the team. Now they know they can play very good without him, so we can some news in the next summer transfers window.

Manchester City was not competitive due to the absence of key players, until they appointed Pep Guardiola in 2016/2017 EPL campaign, Pep is widely recognized as aggressive coach that has full ambition for the team to become great. He doesn't lack the full tendency but always curious about the performance of his team, ensuring for placing alternatives options in situations were the intended primary ones failed.  Kelvin De Bruyne is injured and has not been with Manchester City for months now, probably might return in January because he's gradually making some vital recoveries, most football lovers can't wait for Kelvin De Bruyne to start games on the pitch for the Citizens.

Always if the coach is experienced then definitely the team goes towards higher status. Although Manchester City Club is the center of discussion at the moment, they are also strong in terms of playing power. So I would like to say that an experienced coach must be appointed so that Manchester club can be in a fast position for the future. In the current position, the defensive department and the attacking department are both strong, but due to lack of proper monitoring, Manchester City Club cannot go and attack at the right time. So it is important to appoint a course as a proper consultant from outside.

[Nerdy doctor]

Bruyne has long term contract with manchester city. The club is really need him at this moment yet his injury is the problem now. There is currently no estimated time of arrival for his return from injury, and we eagerly await the opportunity to see him playing alongside Manchester City again.
There is a large number of individuals eagerly anticipating his return, however, even medical professionals are unable to provide a definite timeline for Kevin De Bruyne's comeback from his injury. Bruyne is not only producing a lot of goals but he was making a lot of assists as well.
Manchester city probably has a plan to extend his contract in the club. Bellingham, who is currently playing for Real Madrid, was being reminded to me by De Bruyne.
Bruyne is also having an instinct to play as good as striker in scoring the goals as well.

I had earlier read it in an article that he is expected to be out for about four months. That’s a pretty long time for Manchester City to go without him but they seem not to be missing him all that much as they’ve been managing just fine so far.
A lot of supporters are praying for a speedy recovery and a much anticipated return back to the team. He is a valuable player and has been instrumental in a lot of Manchester City goals and wins in their games.
He need not worry much. His teammates are in the very capable hands of Pep and are doing okay.

[Hanadawa]

He need not worry much. His teammates are in the very capable hands of Pep and are doing okay.

It is very sad that De Bruyne was only able to complete 1 match in the League this season and had to be replaced due to injury. I can say that currently there is no player who can play a role as good as De Bruyne as a tempo maker for City's game in the middle of the field. Even though you have a striker like a goal machine like Haaland, without sufficient ball distribution it will be difficult for Haaland to repeat his extraordinary performance last season.

As you said, his teammates are fine but the problem is that the 2 defeats City have suffered at the start of the season will slightly hinder their chances of winning the title. I'm not saying City can't win the League, it's just that this time it won't be as smooth as the previous season.

[FanEagle]

It is guaranteed in my mind that Napoli and Real Madrid will go up, the other teams Berlin and Braga do not look like they have a single chance of going up, some groups are like that, the top two is already decided in my brain. Like group G for example, Leipzig and City should be going up, there is a very small chance Young Boys and that other team could go as second normally and in my brain it's zero.

Let's see how the group stages will end, it looks like it's close enough after tow games for many groups, and we need to see how they will do overall, I know that it will be hard but we should be getting some good results one way or another, and the last 16 will be very fun. Seeing different clubs there at times is great, sure there are still names we all know that will be there, but some of the teams will be rare to see.

[TastyChillySauce00]

De Bruyne is a key player obviusly but i think Manchester City can sub him very well, in fact i really think this injury helped Manchester City thinking in the future of the team. Now they know they can play very good without him, so we can some news in the next summer transfers window.

Manchester City was not competitive due to the absence of key players, until they appointed Pep Guardiola in 2016/2017 EPL campaign, Pep is widely recognized as aggressive coach that has full ambition for the team to become great. He doesn't lack the full tendency but always curious about the performance of his team, ensuring for placing alternatives options in situations were the intended primary ones failed.  Kelvin De Bruyne is injured and has not been with Manchester City for months now, probably might return in January because he's gradually making some vital recoveries, most football lovers can't wait for Kelvin De Bruyne to start games on the pitch for the Citizens.

Rodri may be coming back in upcoming weeks but manchester city needs to play without him for serveral weeks started from the match against arsenal. Losing him gave very big impact to the manchester city. I never expected that if rodri will be doing serious foul against nottingham forest.
Im not mentioning de bruyne caused by he will out for months, rodri will become the only hope owned by manchester city. His power really needed by the club at this moment. Losing him gave very big impact to the performance of manchester city.
I hope de bruyn will be back later but pep shall have focused into the how to build a proper attack without rodri and kdb. Many people have criticized how manchester city is declining so hard after the club was losing haaland and rodri.

In fact, these players are always contributing a lot in any season under city's shirt. No doubt if losing them all made great impact to the manchester city.
Pep has been lining up some players from another club to be recruited as backup once they will be out. Pep needs to make sure the replacement will have same quality as them. That's why dani olmo already targeted by pep at this moment.
There are also many clubs aiming to get him from leipzig. I hope pep will do something to save city.

[mamesso]

De Bruyne is a key player obviusly but i think Manchester City can sub him very well, in fact i really think this injury helped Manchester City thinking in the future of the team. Now they know they can play very good without him, so we can some news in the next summer transfers window.

Manchester City was not competitive due to the absence of key players, until they appointed Pep Guardiola in 2016/2017 EPL campaign, Pep is widely recognized as aggressive coach that has full ambition for the team to become great. He doesn't lack the full tendency but always curious about the performance of his team, ensuring for placing alternatives options in situations were the intended primary ones failed.  Kelvin De Bruyne is injured and has not been with Manchester City for months now, probably might return in January because he's gradually making some vital recoveries, most football lovers can't wait for Kelvin De Bruyne to start games on the pitch for the Citizens.

There can be no doubt, one of the reasons for Manchester City success in recent years is the influence of Guardiola who is able to manage the team well. Guardiola experience in managing big teams and his ingenuity in formulating strategies have made Manchester City successful in winning its first UCL trophy. This season, Guardiola has had a few problems in managing Manchester City due to the absence of key players who have contributed greatly to the team. Guardiola as manager certainly really wants the players who have been his mainstay to remain fit, but player injuries can come at any time.

Guardiola must be able to maintain Manchester City's quality at a high level even without the presence of several core players. Manchester City still has several other top players in the midfield position, Guardiola can rely on them even without Kevin De Bruyne. However, the quality of Kevin De Bruyne play has helped the team a lot so far, Guardiola really misses his presence back in the Manchester City squad.

[ancafe]

I think that Kevin De Bruyne's absence will be felt even more in the Champions League. I mean that the group stage is comfortable for them of course as they don't have very tough opponents. But when they face title contenders in the later stages they would feel the absence of him surely.

Because there has been a really great cooperation between him and Erling Haaland especially. He has been creating so many goal chances for Haaland so far. He is an amazing player with his passes and impressive shots as well. Foden is trying to make up for De Bruyne but their playing styles are very different. Foden is more selfish than De Bruyne.

The absence of Kevin De Bruyne and Rodri will clearly affect Manchester City when playing in the Champions League and this has even been felt since they lost several matches in the English league. But for the Group Phase, it looks like Manchester City is still quite safe because they are facing a team that is far below their quality they. Only RB Leipzig has the ability to play more evenly in terms of player quality but Manchester City managed to beat them at RB Leipzig's home ground. So there is no other team in the group that can play more evenly and I am sure Manchester City will come out as group winners.

De Bruyne's ability has a big effect on the forward players because he has the ability to provide assists to strikers and what's even more amazing is that he also has an instinct for scoring goals. De Bruyne is also better than Foden and it is true as you say because these two players are different and De Bruyne is not selfish like Foden because he always makes the right decisions.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

It is very sad that De Bruyne was only able to complete 1 match in the League this season and had to be replaced due to injury. I can say that currently there is no player who can play a role as good as De Bruyne as a tempo maker for City's game in the middle of the field. Even though you have a striker like a goal machine like Haaland, without sufficient ball distribution it will be difficult for Haaland to repeat his extraordinary performance last season.

Haaland hardly had a chance to shine when De Bruyne was absent. He's got a hefty role at Man City, but his form seems to be slipping due to repeated injuries. Fortunately, Mancity has Julian Alvarez and Phil Foden, although they haven't reached De Bruyne's level. Still, their current form offers some comfort to Mancity fans.

I like everyone's confidence in Manchester City, as anything can happen. If their group exit is already clear, then at any stage further on they can face any team that can beat them. So far, I myself believe that MC can repeat last season's success this season, because they look just as good as ever

Mancity remains a formidable team, but repeating last season's success won't be easy. I think the best they can hope for is winning the Premier League.

[len01]

De Bruyne is a key player obviusly but i think Manchester City can sub him very well, in fact i really think this injury helped Manchester City thinking in the future of the team. Now they know they can play very good without him, so we can some news in the next summer transfers window.

Manchester City was not competitive due to the absence of key players, until they appointed Pep Guardiola in 2016/2017 EPL campaign, Pep is widely recognized as aggressive coach that has full ambition for the team to become great. He doesn't lack the full tendency but always curious about the performance of his team, ensuring for placing alternatives options in situations were the intended primary ones failed.  Kelvin De Bruyne is injured and has not been with Manchester City for months now, probably might return in January because he's gradually making some vital recoveries, most football lovers can't wait for Kelvin De Bruyne to start games on the pitch for the Citizens.

decline in Man City performance is more dominant in the problem of players who are injured and unable to appear on the field with their team and De Bruyne absence has had a big impact on Man City performance because all of this has been arranged in such a way as possible by Guardiola so that the team becomes stronger but the weakness is in composition. If the player is damaged or there is player injury, it will certainly have big impact because as I said earlier, everything has been arranged competitively by Guardiola and I will not worry about this problem because Guardiola is very experienced and has also really studied various player characters and he is currently looking for a temporary player who has very high quality talent to replace De Bruyne and the reason for temporarily replacing De Bruyne is because Guardiola is still very enthusiastic about getting another UCL title.

[bering]

Rodri may be coming back in upcoming weeks but manchester city needs to play without him for serveral weeks started from the match against arsenal. Losing him gave very big impact to the manchester city. I never expected that if rodri will be doing serious foul against nottingham forest.
Im not mentioning de bruyne caused by he will out for months, rodri will become the only hope owned by manchester city. His power really needed by the club at this moment. Losing him gave very big impact to the performance of manchester city.
I hope de bruyn will be back later but pep shall have focused into the how to build a proper attack without rodri and kdb. Many people have criticized how manchester city is declining so hard after the club was losing haaland and rodri.

In fact, these players are always contributing a lot in any season under city's shirt. No doubt if losing them all made great impact to the manchester city.
Pep has been lining up some players from another club to be recruited as backup once they will be out. Pep needs to make sure the replacement will have same quality as them. That's why dani olmo already targeted by pep at this moment.
There are also many clubs aiming to get him from leipzig. I hope pep will do something to save city.

Correct me if i am wrong but if we talking about champion league Rodri still available to play because his suspension for Premier league matches only but in this competition Rodri still available to play and when Manchester City play against Leipzig Rodri was in Manchester City line up and at that time Manchester City can able to beat Leipzig with final scores 3-1 and at group G Manchester City opponent is relatively easy because so far only Leipzig as their strongest opponent for them but the teams just like Young Boys and Red Star is weak teams compared to them

Losing De Bruyne indeed have an impact for Manchester City performance in Premier league and it proven Haaland performance looks decline when Manchester City playing without De Bruyne but in this competition i am sure Manchester City will be qualified with champion group status