UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[marcous]

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Everything happened exactly as it was originally supposed to, this is the most difficult and most interesting group in this Champions League. Well, Dortmund surprised us very pleasantly yesterday, and even though for half the match they simply kicked the ball away from their goal, the beauty of football is that any strategy can work here. Newcastle had a very good chance to level the score, especially at the end of the match, but Dortmund survived, and Milan looks like it will remain in last place, the opponents are too strong...

I honestly don't know if Milan will remain last in the standings, what is certain is that in 3 matches they have scored zero goals and 3 conceded! too little, but it can improve! if Milan changes their mentality I think we will see some exciting matches in this group, since everyone still has the chance to finish first and no one wants to finish last! so there will be good challenges for third place too

Group F this season is seen as the most difficult group to guess, it really deserves to be called the hell group. Three group phase matches have already been played, and all four clubs still have a chance to qualify for the next stage, how difficult it is to predict this group. Previously I thought that milan could qualify with PSG for the last 16, but it seems that this will be difficult to achieve if you look at the performance they have shown. Hope is still wide open in the remaining three matches ahead, two home matches and one away match. If Milan has the ambition to qualify, then they can no longer afford to lose points, even though at the moment I know that this is quite difficult for Pioli's squad to achieve.

On the other hand, rossoneri must at least be able to finish in the top three of the standings and continue their struggle in the European League, perhaps that is more realistic for them at this time. After losing to PSG, milan was again faced with a heavyweight match against napoli in the continuation of the Serie A match. This was a tough week for Giroud and his friends, and i think pioli must find the right formula to improve his squad performance soon.

[GbitG]

Barcelona failed to reach the last 16 in the last two seasons, so this is the perfect season to expect them to return to the last 16. The match will be even more difficult in the knockout round, especially if both teams are strong teams from their respective groups.

Yes, obviously, he has lost his concentration in the UEFA Champions League competition since the last two seasons. Barcelona has continuously set the standard for qualifying for the UEFA Champions League with a 17-year streak, but previously they ended their 17-year streak by not qualifying in the round of 16. But this time, Barcelona can be expected to maintain their performance in the Uefa Champions League. Barcelona may see weakness in team tactics due to injuries, but if the team learns to survive in big matches without relying on crucial players, then it can be expected that Barcelona will do something better in the UEFA Champions League compilation. I hope to get it done. And if Barcelona doesn't find a way without relying on injured players, these injuries can be a loss for them in big matches.

[Iroh]

I just see Haaland as a small game player, never scoring in big games because he's usually locked by the defense. I still maintain that he's a flop no one is talking about. Imagine not being supplied passes by the wingers, midfielders and fellow attackers, you will find Haaland getting exhausted and easily dribbled. To be frank, nominating him for the ballon d'or is not something he merits, he should rather focus more on not allowing everything be centered around him. I think if he had not being nominated to taking spot kicks and De bruyne hadn't been feeding him those passes, his goals will not have amounted to the 36 he netted last season and even though he has 8 goals in 8 games for now, we are still seeing if the second season syndrome will grip him.

Haaland is definitely a big game player. He may score more goals when going up against no so tough teams than really tough ones. Isn’t that to be expected playing against a stronger and experienced opponent? You think he’s a flop but I bet Man City thinks otherwise and he wouldn’t have been brought in if he was indeed a flop.
He’s a good player and he always strives to score goals which are vital for a win in any game. He can’t help it if his goal scoring abilities are noticed. I’m curious on what you would have him do so everything wouldn’t seemingly be centered on him.

[savetheFORUM]

Newcastle are very unlucky to be in this group... I'd probably say it's the group of death... But Borussia and Newcastle still have a good chance to be in second place... But Milan have to show their best football to try to get out of the group... But I'm more interested in how Newcastle will play...

Well that's what Newcastle have to do except keep trying to win in the next match.
Our guess is that Dortmund and Newcastle might be able to compete for second place while PSG is still safe at the top of the table....
For Milan a bit skeptical they look very difficult to be in this group of death, can Milan be with the last remaining matches?

I feel PSG and Newcastle will probably qualify, it is possible that Dortmund could take over the position. It's still very difficult who deserves it.

I am not agreed about this even few teams are underperforming in early matches but still all four teams in this competition for the qualifying into next round because AC Milan is having two home matches and suddenly Newcastle United is having trouble into their offense which is not good sign for their next two away matches which are against PSG and Dortmund even I am still feeling AC Milan done poor work in early matches, but they are capable of fighting back in big matches.

PSG is now on right track and Dortmund and Newcastle United are doing good for their chances into knock out round but still next match AC Milan vs PSG and Dortmund vs Newcastle United will be give better view how things will be gone because if we have no improvement from AC Milan then surely things could be gone into worst for them, and we will have PSG with better team in next round I am cheering for the Newcastle United.

[redsun114]

Feyenoord was the profitable team after the matches played in Group E. After beating Lazio at home, the hosts took the lead after three games. Atletico Madrid's 2-2 draw away to Celtic worked in their favor and they took the lead from Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid struggled to turn the game around in the second half after trailing at half-time. Even though they played better than Celtic and had more scoring chances, they couldn't capitalize on them well enough to score the winning goal.

Feyenoord's performance is really impressive in this season even still they are having chance of slipping, but things are going impressive for them specially after win against Lazio at home they are having good chance and confidence as well for jumping into next round, but next away game will be decider with who is going for the second round and here Atlético Madrid is surely going to stay at the top but for the second team we have to wait until last game.

Atlético Madrid were surely not well organized in second half which bring them down against team like Celtic but still they have done much better performance after conceding early goal and then having red card in last few minutes because Celtic try their best for the having full points, but this was not easy which is good from the Atlético Madrid.

[hahay]

Barcelona failed to reach the last 16 in the last two seasons, so this is the perfect season to expect them to return to the last 16. The match will be even more difficult in the knockout round, especially if both teams are strong teams from their respective groups.

Yes, obviously, he has lost his concentration in the UEFA Champions League competition since the last two seasons. Barcelona has continuously set the standard for qualifying for the UEFA Champions League with a 17-year streak, but previously they ended their 17-year streak by not qualifying in the round of 16. But this time, Barcelona can be expected to maintain their performance in the Uefa Champions League. Barcelona may see weakness in team tactics due to injuries, but if the team learns to survive in big matches without relying on crucial players, then it can be expected that Barcelona will do something better in the UEFA Champions League compilation. I hope to get it done. And if Barcelona doesn't find a way without relying on injured players, these injuries can be a loss for them in big matches.

I think, in this season it seems that Barcelona can also be assumed to be in a group that is not too strong, so Barcelona has a great chance of qualifying for the round of 16 this season. Even, at this moment Barcelona has a good chance of winning group H, because the other teams are not too strong like Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk and Antwerp. Unlike the previous two seasons, which can be assumed Barcelona was in a difficult group in the previous two seasons. So ya, Barcelona failed to qualify for the round of 16 in the previous two seasons but despite this, Barcelona also managed to finish third in the previous two seasons and Barcelona continued in the Europa League. But unfortunately, Barcelona still got bad results because Barcelona was easily eliminated there as well.

[borovichok]

Barcelona failed to reach the last 16 in the last two seasons, so this is the perfect season to expect them to return to the last 16. The match will be even more difficult in the knockout round, especially if both teams are strong teams from their respective groups.

Facts about Barcelona, they are not competent when it comes to elite competitions, always playing like some random average team but when it comes to La Liga, their performance is outstanding and incredible, they're ranked #1 favorites to lift the domestic league trophy. This is the exact ratings that Real Madrid utilized to outperformed the blaugrana. However this current UCL might turn out to be different for them. Barcelona made mistakes in the past, they looked forward to correcting them because Xavi Hernandez keen on improving his team's performance and setting a good reputation.

[Distraction]

I have seen some data focused on different areas for the teams in the Champions League. Galatasaray seem really ambitious from this data. The players are just very hungry for winning. We watched this determination in their last two matches also. Their opponents were the toughest ones in the group but they still showed an incredible performance. 

But the main problem with Galatasaray is finishing. Because they are the 2nd team with wasting most number of goal opportunities coming right behind Manchester City according to this data.

The manager Okan Buruk had better focus on improving the finishing more if they want to get positive results more.

[Gencecikmen]

Haaland 2 goals from him yesterday makes Manchester City can able to beat Young Boys. They have won all the matches in the three matches so far Group G in the UEFA Champions League. Manchester City are top of Group G in the UEFA Champions League. We know they won the Champions League last season that the biggest candidate to win this season.

[Furious 7]

Looking at the dominance of Manchester United not only in the Champions League but in domestic competitions as well they are still very lacking but as long as the results are positive for them I don't think I have a problem for this because in the end regardless of the dominance they get it will be very bad if in the end they lose and again so it is better for them to improve their finishing rather than relying on dominance.
Indeed it is also a good thing to do because as a form of excellence only when they try to dominate more it is their defense that will be at stake and this is risky for Manchester United so I only expect a win for them regardless of whether they can have dominance or not it doesn't really matter.

This Manchester United team is one team I cannot predict on,they find it so difficult to win matches,and even when they have won a match,defending that winning seem so hard for them
I don't know what Ten Hag is doing,but through out this season,I haven't seen any time that I can say Manchester United are  very sure of winning.It looks as if they are being able to grind out wins now because they are facing teams that lack winning spirit as well,if they should face any side that is very strong like Newcastle and Brighton or Aston Villa,they will definitely lose against those sides because they aren't playing the best of football.It is high time Ten Hag knows his first eleven,and use them in every match so he would be able to win matches on a weekly basis.

Their condition with the lack of consistency on every line, the high level of ego of the players such as Bruno or Rashford and internal problems, especially the injury of these players, clearly makes it difficult to predict for Manchester United but seeing the current condition they should have realized with a few matches that have been lost and should be able to fix it. Indeed, for now apart from Bayern for the second position in group A it is still difficult to predict who will qualify but this is actually a good thing for Manchester United because with this indirectly they still have the opportunity to compete in the Champions League.

[giammangiato]

I don't understand with this, isn't Newcastle should be on the second position since they're leading in goal difference? Newcastle has 2 points while Dortmund has -1 points, but Dortmund overtake Newcastle's position.

However Milan seems hard to be qualify into the next rounds.

More than it seems difficult, I would say impossible.
Milan are out of the Champions League, I am a little disappointed and I dont understand how they managed to make such a poor impression in Europe while they are not doing too badly in the league.
Chiaro has ups and downs, like all teams

[Volgastallion]

I dont know if Milan is finished, all the teams in that group are playing really irregular, for example take Newcastle, they play like shit in Milan and deserve to lose, after that they destroy PSG like nothing, and now when you can think they are gonna make the same with Dortmund they lose in their home so.... its not so clear for me.

[RockBell]

Haaland 2 goals from him yesterday makes Manchester City can able to beat Young Boys. They have won all the matches in the three matches so far Group G in the UEFA Champions League. Manchester City are top of Group G in the UEFA Champions League. We know they won the Champions League last season that the biggest candidate to win this season.

Everybody knows the nature of Haaland to be a goal machine and knows how to utilize any small opportunity to score the only thing Haaland needs is a well-positioned ball and he will score and that is why De Brune's absence is affecting haalands performance in a way De Brune always give haaland good assist. if you carefully observe the game between Manchester City and Young Boys there is no way even with a miracle, that Young Boys would have won, so it's an already known game and an easy one to predict.  Even Group G is no worthy opponent for Manchester City so Manchester City will still lead till they graduate to the other stage, Manchester City is meeting young boys next month it is another sure win for the citys.

[baeva]

PSG might not have all the superstars like they did before but then they still have quality players like Dembele, Kolo muani, Mbappe e.t.c. I don’t know why the coach is finding it difficult to make things happen. With the way PSG are playing and don’t forget they lost lost 4-1 against Newcastle. I won’t be surprised if PSG get knocked out in the group stage.

I think it was just a single misfire and it won't happen again. At least looking at the way they started the game against Milan there is a feeling that they will win this match. So far in the match there was only one shot from Milan and it was not on goal, but possession is on PSG's side, and it's not just possession, they hold the ball well

Ball possession is all good and nice, but PSG after almost 25 minutes wasn't able to have a single shot. I am not talking about shot on target, but so far they weren't able to play an attack until the end and shoot.

When you read the names of their attacking line it's crazy and hard to imagine how that is even possible when there is Mbappe, Dembele and Kolo Muani. This is, if they all play at their full potential and are all having a good day and are in great shape, one of the best attacking lines in football I think. I am wondering how they can play so innocuously.

But in the end, they kept possession of the ball and won. And the victory was quite serious, they left no chance for Milan. Regarding the attacking line, what's wrong with it? They did what they needed to do, to the fullest extent, with Mbappe and Muani scoring goals

[Josefjix]

I dont know if Milan is finished, all the teams in that group are playing really irregular, for example take Newcastle, they play like shit in Milan and deserve to lose, after that they destroy PSG like nothing, and now when you can think they are gonna make the same with Dortmund they lose in their home so.... its not so clear for me.

Group F teams are inconsistent in their performance, recording an incredible victory and losing the next game, sounds funny to me. I'm confident Paris Saint Germain will qualify out because they're starting to bounce back to good shape in league games, Luis Enrique doing great job for Les Parisiens this season, despite his poor starting, he's still able to deliver in good shape. As for Newcastle, Borrusia Dortmund, they're competitive and one might end up Europa and the other qualifying with PSG. While AC Milan have no ambitious plans to explore their performance.

[Leviathan.007]

Newcastle are very unlucky to be in this group... I'd probably say it's the group of death... But Borussia and Newcastle still have a good chance to be in second place... But Milan have to show their best football to try to get out of the group... But I'm more interested in how Newcastle will play...

Well that's what Newcastle have to do except keep trying to win in the next match.
Our guess is that Dortmund and Newcastle might be able to compete for second place while PSG is still safe at the top of the table....
For Milan a bit skeptical they look very difficult to be in this group of death, can Milan be with the last remaining matches?

I feel PSG and Newcastle will probably qualify, it is possible that Dortmund could take over the position. It's still very difficult who deserves it.

Based on my personal point of view, Milan's style of play is not much different from Newcastle's. However, that doesn't mean they are playing pramagtis. It's just that their style of play doesn't really rely on tactics and strategy. btw, what I say is not necessarily the same as other people's opinions. These two teams tend to rely on how to play and win the match. That's why, in yesterday's match, I tried my luck betting on Dortmund. because Terzic prefers to anticipate when his team is about to play their matches, especially in crucial matches.

As for Milan, I'm not sure I need to comment too much on this team. but what is certain is that Milan still has matches to play in this group F phase, we'll see how Stepano Pioli's squad goes through their remaining matches in this group phase.
Talking about Newcastle, they are currently in 2nd place, having the same points as Dortmund.
On the fourth matchday, Dortmund will be the home team. it could be that the situation is reversed. Dortmund won their match again over Newcastle at Signal Iduna Park, BvB headquartrs. Thus, Dortmund's opportunity to qualify for the next phase is very wide open. Meanwhile, PSG is now in first place in the group phase.  In the next match they will face Milan, if PSG wins again.  That means, who knows what Milan's fate will be in this Group F phase.

I could never predict this result in this match because AC Milan is not a team in the bad form and I was expecting to see them win this match against PSG easily because PSG with Enrique is not performing well and even in the French League they are still not in the first place of the table.
After this result they got, PSG is now in a better situation and there's less pressure on Enrique.

[Rengga Jati]

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AC Milan really performed poorly in the Champions League this season, they were unable to get even one win in their last 3 matches. The defeat with a score of 3-0 makes us think that ac milan is really weak in this match.

Yeah, we could say that, because after all Milan is actually a big club. especially in the Champions League when Milan lost to PSG, maybe this could happen. but the very unfortunate problem was that they lost 3-0 without a single goal in return. Not only that, the performance of the Milan players was also not as good as usual. We understand that maybe because some of Milan's main players couldn't play in the match, that doesn't mean they couldn't compete optimally, right? This result is certainly very disappointing. Moreover, they are currently at the bottom of the group phase standings.

Indeed, they still have several matches left and if they cannot optimize their abilities again and win, then it will really be risky for them not to qualify for the group. because unfortunately Milan is in the group with the toughest competition and every club in that group has a chance to pass the qualifications. because they are a really big club.

[ginsan]

Facts about Barcelona, they are not competent when it comes to elite competitions, always playing like some random average team but when it comes to La Liga, their performance is outstanding and incredible, they're ranked #1 favorites to lift the domestic league trophy. This is the exact ratings that Real Madrid utilized to outperformed the blaugrana. However this current UCL might turn out to be different for them. Barcelona made mistakes in the past, they looked forward to correcting them because Xavi Hernandez keen on improving his team's performance and setting a good reputation.

Last season and this season of course their performance has been different and it is all thanks to the polish of Xavi who was able to recruit several experienced players to compete in the Champions League. Of course they will target to qualify for the round of 16 and can also go far in the Champions League this season. Xavi succeeded in recruiting Gundogan and Cancelo as quite experienced players and was also supported by the good performance of old and new players so that they were ready to fight aggressively this season, especially in the Champions League.

Joao Felix also showed his best qualities on Barcelona front line, he was able to blend in quite well with the game scheme implemented by Xavi. In fact, he is always Xavi mainstay in every match. And also xavi is able to give birth to new star players by providing opportunities for young players to show their qualities like Lamine Yamal.

[Joca97]

Newcastle are very unlucky to be in this group... I'd probably say it's the group of death... But Borussia and Newcastle still have a good chance to be in second place... But Milan have to show their best football to try to get out of the group... But I'm more interested in how Newcastle will play...

Well that's what Newcastle have to do except keep trying to win in the next match.
Our guess is that Dortmund and Newcastle might be able to compete for second place while PSG is still safe at the top of the table....
For Milan a bit skeptical they look very difficult to be in this group of death, can Milan be with the last remaining matches?

I feel PSG and Newcastle will probably qualify, it is possible that Dortmund could take over the position. It's still very difficult who deserves it.

Based on my personal point of view, Milan's style of play is not much different from Newcastle's. However, that doesn't mean they are playing pramagtis. It's just that their style of play doesn't really rely on tactics and strategy. btw, what I say is not necessarily the same as other people's opinions. These two teams tend to rely on how to play and win the match. That's why, in yesterday's match, I tried my luck betting on Dortmund. because Terzic prefers to anticipate when his team is about to play their matches, especially in crucial matches.

As for Milan, I'm not sure I need to comment too much on this team. but what is certain is that Milan still has matches to play in this group F phase, we'll see how Stepano Pioli's squad goes through their remaining matches in this group phase.
Talking about Newcastle, they are currently in 2nd place, having the same points as Dortmund.
On the fourth matchday, Dortmund will be the home team. it could be that the situation is reversed. Dortmund won their match again over Newcastle at Signal Iduna Park, BvB headquartrs. Thus, Dortmund's opportunity to qualify for the next phase is very wide open. Meanwhile, PSG is now in first place in the group phase.  In the next match they will face Milan, if PSG wins again.  That means, who knows what Milan's fate will be in this Group F phase.

I could never predict this result in this match because AC Milan is not a team in the bad form and I was expecting to see them win this match against PSG easily because PSG with Enrique is not performing well and even in the French League they are still not in the first place of the table.
After this result they got, PSG is now in a better situation and there's less pressure on Enrique.

Nobody expected such a big win from PSG and it was just too easy. Milan has a great team but just couldnt find a way to score a goal,they had some big chances but just couldnt convert them to goals. While Mbappe on the other side showed some big magic and leaded PSG to a win. PSG aint looking good this season but this win might turn the season around.

[Dzwaafu11]

Haaland 2 goals from him yesterday makes Manchester City can able to beat Young Boys. They have won all the matches in the three matches so far Group G in the UEFA Champions League. Manchester City are top of Group G in the UEFA Champions League. We know they won the Champions League last season that the biggest candidate to win this season.

The game between Manchester City and Young Boys is not hard to predict as their performances are obviously not even close to Manchester City's, so from the start of the game, I predicted that Manchester would win the game. However, Halaand scoring goals is not something we will be surprised by. We all know how the player always uses small opportunities to score goals. Halaand always utilises small chances to score goals without wasting much time as far as a balance assist is given to him, and that is why De Bryune assistants affect the player in my opinion, because if you carefully look at how the player performance is going this season, it is obvious that is not the same as last season, which I think is because of the De Bryune absence, the guy has been assisting Erlin Halland to score goals for the squad.