UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[tusandii]

Initially I thought PSG and Dortmund were the two most dominant candidates to qualify, but now seeing what is happening there will be big change where uncertainty is presented in the next two matches, group F is really the most difficult group so far.
There is some truth about every team trying to win from the start and now we can feel how fierce the competition is between the top teams.

IMO, we can't assume the chance of Dortmund and PSG for now, because the points different is too close. AC Milan have a chance to beat dortmund in the next match, if it happens, Dortmund will be in the third, in case PSG win over Newcastle. We have to wait the next week match, but I personally still support AC Milan with their problem can go to the next round, I know this is will be hard for Milan, since they are facing inconsistent lately, as a fan I will be waiting them give their best form vs Dortmund and get 3 points.

It look like Milan still has a chances to qualify for the next round but it will be quite a difficult job when behind the scane Milan player have a little less consistency and in term of performanced strength they may be ready to compete but somehow I still enjoyed it more if Dortmund are the candidate to qualify for the next round is a little difficult, but I am just saying according to my opinion in term of the performanced of the players from several club in this group.
Meanwhile, PSG currently has almost the same consistency as Milan, which is a bit erratic or less stable, but I am not sure whether it will be able to compete with a more experienced club likes Milan.

[slapper]

Erik Ten Hag's team are bottom of Group A with 3 points, but they are only one point behind second-placed Copenhagen with two matches remaining. Man Utd will visit Galatasaray in the penultimate match before hosting Bayern Munich at Old Trafford. Coach Ten Hag and his team need to win both remaining games. Even if they win both of these matches, coach Erik ten Hag and his team are still not sure of continuing. There is still a case where Copenhagen also wins both Galatasaray and Bayern Munich, and then Copenhagen will win a ticket to the 1/8 round. Not to mention, in the final match, Man Utd will have to face a mighty Bayern Munich. It's difficult for Man Utd to get a ticket to continue.

What's happening with Manchester United worries me. They're in trouble and haven't played well this season. They were in jeopardy after losing at home to Galatasaray and losing to Copenhagen, especially after Rashford's error that got him sent off. In any case, their attack has been poor. Not exceeding 13 goals in 12 league games? Obviously not Manchester United. Defence isn't improving either. They need to reverse their form, which is unlikely, to win their next two games. To qualify for the Europa League, they should aim for third place. Though difficult to admit, their present play makes it impossible to beat Bayern Munich. Their Champions League trip appears more like a fight to survive than a win. Things are sad, but they must accept it

[fzkto]

Erik Ten Hag's team are bottom of Group A with 3 points, but they are only one point behind second-placed Copenhagen with two matches remaining. Man Utd will visit Galatasaray in the penultimate match before hosting Bayern Munich at Old Trafford. Coach Ten Hag and his team need to win both remaining games. Even if they win both of these matches, coach Erik ten Hag and his team are still not sure of continuing. There is still a case where Copenhagen also wins both Galatasaray and Bayern Munich, and then Copenhagen will win a ticket to the 1/8 round. Not to mention, in the final match, Man Utd will have to face a mighty Bayern Munich. It's difficult for Man Utd to get a ticket to continue.

What's happening with Manchester United worries me. They're in trouble and haven't played well this season. They were in jeopardy after losing at home to Galatasaray and losing to Copenhagen, especially after Rashford's error that got him sent off. In any case, their attack has been poor. Not exceeding 13 goals in 12 league games? Obviously not Manchester United. Defence isn't improving either. They need to reverse their form, which is unlikely, to win their next two games. To qualify for the Europa League, they should aim for third place. Though difficult to admit, their present play makes it impossible to beat Bayern Munich. Their Champions League trip appears more like a fight to survive than a win. Things are sad, but they must accept it

Manchester United really don't have the toughest group. Only Bayern are serious opponents, but for unknown reasons Manchester United have lost three games and won just one. I always thought that they will not experience difficulties in this qualification, but Galatasaray and Copenhagen have more points so far.

[Velvet78]

I really admire the work Real Sociedad have done in Group D so far by the way. They have collected 10 points and they are the leading team as well in a group with teams like Inter and Benfica. I wasn't expecting Benfica to be this terrible of course before the group stage started. They just can't perform the same as they do in their domestic league. 

This has created an opportunity for Salzburg to move them out of their way to make it to the Europa League as well but let's see. There are still two more games for Benfica which can be seen as an opportunity to make it to the Europa League instead at least. But I can't trust them even as much as I do for Salzburg.

[Roseline492]

Erik Ten Hag's team are bottom of Group A with 3 points, but they are only one point behind second-placed Copenhagen with two matches remaining. Man Utd will visit Galatasaray in the penultimate match before hosting Bayern Munich at Old Trafford. Coach Ten Hag and his team need to win both remaining games. Even if they win both of these matches, coach Erik ten Hag and his team are still not sure of continuing. There is still a case where Copenhagen also wins both Galatasaray and Bayern Munich, and then Copenhagen will win a ticket to the 1/8 round. Not to mention, in the final match, Man Utd will have to face a mighty Bayern Munich. It's difficult for Man Utd to get a ticket to continue.

What's happening with Manchester United worries me. They're in trouble and haven't played well this season. They were in jeopardy after losing at home to Galatasaray and losing to Copenhagen, especially after Rashford's error that got him sent off. In any case, their attack has been poor. Not exceeding 13 goals in 12 league games? Obviously not Manchester United. Defence isn't improving either. They need to reverse their form, which is unlikely, to win their next two games. To qualify for the Europa League, they should aim for third place. Though difficult to admit, their present play makes it impossible to beat Bayern Munich. Their Champions League trip appears more like a fight to survive than a win. Things are sad, but they must accept it

Manchester United really don't have the toughest group. Only Bayern are serious opponents, but for unknown reasons Manchester United have lost three games and won just one. I always thought that they will not experience difficulties in this qualification, but Galatasaray and Copenhagen have more points so far.

Including me I was thinking Manchester United has an upper chances of easily qualifying from there group because Manchester United was not supposed to have much issues on winning there matches because the only strong team that could beat them there is Bayern Munich but on the contrary Manchester United is even making themselves to look like they are the smallest club on there group.

Imagine as big as Manchester United they are on the last position on there group table when they are supposed to be on the second position on the group table if they had performed well, truly Manchester United has really lost form this season.

[Weawant]

Manchester United really don't have the toughest group. Only Bayern are serious opponents, but for unknown reasons Manchester United have lost three games and won just one. I always thought that they will not experience difficulties in this qualification, but Galatasaray and Copenhagen have more points so far.

At the beginning of the champions league when I first saw the draws, I felt Manchester united will definitely not find it difficult getting pass the group stage because the only team I felt would be a challenge to them was Bayern Munich and if the lost only two game against Bayern, it definitely wouldn't be enough to stop them.

But it's unfortunate that they had performed so poorly that they now have to be in so much struggle to get pass the group stage, the opportunity they had to strengthen their chances was lost due to their inconsistency, if they had won their last games again Copenhagen, they most likely wouldn't be struggling to get unto the next stage of the UCL at this moment rather they would have been playing to keep their position as second in the group but now they missed that and have given every team the Chance to qualify if they win their next match except for Bayern Munich who are already qualified.

[tiCeR]

Including me I was thinking Manchester United has an upper chances of easily qualifying from there group because Manchester United was not supposed to have much issues on winning there matches because the only strong team that could beat them there is Bayern Munich but on the contrary Manchester United is even making themselves to look like they are the smallest club on there group.

Imagine as big as Manchester United they are on the last position on there group table when they are supposed to be on the second position on the group table if they had performed well, truly Manchester United has really lost form this season.

Never underestimate teams like Copenhagen and Galatasaray is the lesson that every team can learn from this group. Manchester United fell for both Copenhagen and Galatasaray despite having the better team. But not only Manchester United, even Bayern Munich was facing big struggles against Galatasaray and could and should have lost the game. I think it is time to acknowledge for these favorite teams that these seemingly weaker teams can still fight back.

But I disagree about Manchester United and what they were supposed to be as you said. Manchester United is having problems for a while now and I am sure that there were people who bet against them because they knew that this is not gonna be easy for them and they were correct. I didn't expect Manchester United to lose those two games, but I was far from sure that they would win both games.

[red4slash]

I really admire the work Real Sociedad have done in Group D so far by the way. They have collected 10 points and they are the leading team as well in a group with teams like Inter and Benfica. I wasn't expecting Benfica to be this terrible of course before the group stage started. They just can't perform the same as they do in their domestic league. 

This has created an opportunity for Salzburg to move them out of their way to make it to the Europa League as well but let's see. There are still two more games for Benfica which can be seen as an opportunity to make it to the Europa League instead at least. But I can't trust them even as much as I do for Salzburg.

Yes they have done a good job so far in the Champions League group stages. They have confirmed themselves to be in the round of 16 with Inter Milan representing group D. In the last 2 matches they will play, they can be more relaxed because they can rotate players to anticipate things that are not desirable. Things like this are an advantage in itself, because they can breathe more in the midst of this very busy schedule.
La Liga is a bit of a struggle right now, which is inversely proportional to what they can do in the Champions League. The increased competition in La Liga is one of the causes in my opinion.

[BRINIRHA]

PSG is actually a strong team and is always the favorite candidate every season. But it is quite surprising because PSG always finds it difficult to go further in the Champions League. Even though at that club last season there were Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. Now only Mbappe is left in the spotlight. And it has been proven that PSG is now increasingly having difficulty qualifying from the group stage. Because almost all of the clubs in Group F have long experience in the Champions League except Newcastle. But Newcastle itself has shown its quality by beating PSG in the first meeting and that surprised everyone. Luis Enrique, who has been coach since this season, will certainly be under a lot of pressure if he fails to take PSG to a higher level. But if only to qualify for the round of 16. I still feel optimistic for PSG. But for more than the top 16 I still have doubts. Unless they get an opponent who is not too strong. Currently Milan, PSG, Dortmund and Newcastle appear to be evenly matched in strength. so it is difficult to see which of the 4 clubs will qualify. But many are pessimistic about Newcastle, including me personally. My prediction is that Milan and PSG will ultimately succeed in qualifying from the group stage.

Even me I use to be very surprised as how good in performance they are but always difficult for them to perform on champion league, especially when the club was feel with experience players like Lionel Messi so then I was expecting that since they have all those quality players the possibility of wining any league will be very easy for them but on the contrary it became worst because after having those quality players PSG was as if there load was much and they were losing matches they had chances of wining.

But however they seem to have been performing really well now after selling most of there stars but there challenges is always on champion league because no matter how they tried they always end up not going far.

Sometimes having too many star players on the field is not always a positive thing for a team. Because sometimes all the star players want to be the most prominent, so competition within the team itself makes the squad less harmonious. And that's what I saw from PSG in the last few seasons. They have a great squad. But this does not mean that PSG can climb to the top of the Champions League. Even though the games they show are always classy and very neat.

And conversely, sometimes teams that don't have many star players can play better. Because they don't try to shine alone but they work together well and unite their strengths. Because they realize that they are not the favored players. so that only good cooperation can cover their shortcomings. And things like this usually happen to clubs that are dark horses in a league.

[Docnaster]

Including me I was thinking Manchester United has an upper chances of easily qualifying from there group because Manchester United was not supposed to have much issues on winning there matches because the only strong team that could beat them there is Bayern Munich but on the contrary Manchester United is even making themselves to look like they are the smallest club on there group.

Imagine as big as Manchester United they are on the last position on there group table when they are supposed to be on the second position on the group table if they had performed well, truly Manchester United has really lost form this season.

Never underestimate teams like Copenhagen and Galatasaray is the lesson that every team can learn from this group. Manchester United fell for both Copenhagen and Galatasaray despite having the better team. But not only Manchester United, even Bayern Munich was facing big struggles against Galatasaray and could and should have lost the game. I think it is time to acknowledge for these favorite teams that these seemingly weaker teams can still fight back.

But I disagree about Manchester United and what they were supposed to be as you said. Manchester United is having problems for a while now and I am sure that there were people who bet against them because they knew that this is not gonna be easy for them and they were correct. I didn't expect Manchester United to lose those two games, but I was far from sure that they would win both games.

Anyone who watched the second leg game between Copenhagen and Manchester United last week will definitely not want to underestimate the strength of the Copenhagen team. The resilience spirit of the is like that of team who's desperately trying to make it out of the group and knowing fully well that a win against Galatasaray in their next game can be enough to see them make it to the knockout stages of the competition, I think they'll even show more strength in that very game. In the first game they played against Galatasaray this season at the home of the Turkish champions, Copenhagen got a 2:2 draw and with the support of their home fans, they can take all three points in the game against Galatasaray.

[Rockstarguy]

Bayern Munich will find it really difficult to win  UEFA Champions league this season because of some reasons,they have a squad that can win anything,but they still need time to play well with a top nine that is consistent in goalscoring.Kane has been an answer to that problem ever since he moved to Spain,and I knew what ever thing that made him start to find the back of the net,it would be his habbit to score goals.I so much have faith in Kane but despite all of these,I still dont see them as people who can win the champions league.There are few teams which I tip to be stronger than Bayern,and those teams are City, Arsenal,and Dortmund.I know it might sound some how that I chose Dortmund over Bayern,Yes,Dortmund to me look stronger in the champions league than Bayern.

That's because Dortmund has currently managed to top a group containing strong clubs in the Champions League. Dortmund appeared consistently to be able to move to the next round. but Munich is currently also very tough. although it's too soon to say they can get the Champions League trophy. but they have a chance.
it all also depends on the situation of their next opponents in the last 16. there will bring together more strong teams. We can see what happened last season when several strong teams ended up being eliminated early in the round of 16. we won't know the result, but Munich and other strong teams have the same chance of winning the trophy. it all depends on their efforts and preparation.

Their are lots of clubs that are performing well in Champions league right now, it is still early to tell which club will end up winning the champions league.  One thing I can see in the Champions League this season is that most of the big clubs are really doing well  which is making the league to be very interesting.  It is so impressive seeing Dortmund doing well in Champions league but it will be very nice if they can still maintain their good enery in the competition. The competition will be tough because it will be a fight between teams like Bayern Munich,  Manchester City and Real Madrid.

[dzungmobile]

Sometimes having too many star players on the field is not always a positive thing for a team. Because sometimes all the star players want to be the most prominent, so competition within the team itself makes the squad less harmonious. And that's what I saw from PSG in the last few seasons. They have a great squad. But this does not mean that PSG can climb to the top of the Champions League. Even though the games they show are always classy and very neat.

Real Madrid got that issues with their Galaticos 1.0. After selling Makelele to Chelsea, their squad became weaker in defense and there is no longer proactively defense from the midfield. With many attacking star players, they became more sensitive with counter attacks from opponents and Galaticos 1.0 failed. They learned from it and improved with Galaticos 2.0 and we all witnessed they won 5 Champions League within a few years, that is a massive achievement from Real Madrid.

So far, PSG spent a lot of money but failed because their strategy is not good, can not compare to Real Madrid or Manchester City that started to gain success in Champions League last season.

And conversely, sometimes teams that don't have many star players can play better. Because they don't try to shine alone but they work together well and unite their strengths. Because they realize that they are not the favored players. so that only good cooperation can cover their shortcomings. And things like this usually happen to clubs that are dark horses in a league.

A team must be united and if they are a team like that, they can play well because players can cover each other and become a stronger team. With many star players, they have high ego and don't want to cover their team mates so a team with full of star players can still be a weak team like PSG.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Bayern Munich will find it really difficult to win  UEFA Champions league this season because of some reasons,they have a squad that can win anything,but they still need time to play well with a top nine that is consistent in goalscoring.Kane has been an answer to that problem ever since he moved to Spain,and I knew what ever thing that made him start to find the back of the net,it would be his habbit to score goals.I so much have faith in Kane but despite all of these,I still dont see them as people who can win the champions league.There are few teams which I tip to be stronger than Bayern,and those teams are City, Arsenal,and Dortmund.I know it might sound some how that I chose Dortmund over Bayern,Yes,Dortmund to me look stronger in the champions league than Bayern.

That's because Dortmund has currently managed to top a group containing strong clubs in the Champions League. Dortmund appeared consistently to be able to move to the next round. but Munich is currently also very tough. although it's too soon to say they can get the Champions League trophy. but they have a chance.
it all also depends on the situation of their next opponents in the last 16. there will bring together more strong teams. We can see what happened last season when several strong teams ended up being eliminated early in the round of 16. we won't know the result, but Munich and other strong teams have the same chance of winning the trophy. it all depends on their efforts and preparation.

Their are lots of clubs that are performing well in Champions league right now, it is still early to tell which club will end up winning the champions league.  One thing I can see in the Champions League this season is that most of the big clubs are really doing well  which is making the league to be very interesting.  It is so impressive seeing Dortmund doing well in Champions league but it will be very nice if they can still maintain their good enery in the competition. The competition will be tough because it will be a fight between teams like Bayern Munich,  Manchester City and Real Madrid.

This year's Champions League has become quite competitive. Bayern Munich  and Manchester City have  very strong squads. And they  are consistently playing well. In addition,  Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Real  Sociedad Atlético  Madrid and Inter Milan  have performed very well. The four La Liga teams Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico  Madrid and Sociedad have played well and will  surely qualify for the knockout rounds. City, Munich and  Madrid are considered to be the  favorites for this year's title. However  the road to qualifying for the Champions League final will not be easy for them.

[temple]

This year's Champions League has become quite competitive. Bayern Munich  and Manchester City have  very strong squads. And they  are consistently playing well. In addition,  Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Real  Sociedad Atlético  Madrid and Inter Milan  have performed very well. The four La Liga teams Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico  Madrid and Sociedad have played well and will  surely qualify for the knockout rounds. City, Munich and  Madrid are considered to be the  favorites for this year's title. However  the road to qualifying for the Champions League final will not be easy for them.

But a lot of things can happen until these games for the knockout round finally begin. For teams like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich it is incredibly important that the key players stay healthy. It would really change a lot for one of those teams if for example Harry Kane gets injured or Bellingham gets injured. I think Manchester City, due to having so many midfielders with offensive potential, would be most able to have a plan in case Haaland is injured. For Bayern Munich it would be tough and for Real Madrid Bellingham is also irreplaceable.

[Oneandpure]

I really admire the work Real Sociedad have done in Group D so far by the way. They have collected 10 points and they are the leading team as well in a group with teams like Inter and Benfica. I wasn't expecting Benfica to be this terrible of course before the group stage started. They just can't perform the same as they do in their domestic league. 

This has created an opportunity for Salzburg to move them out of their way to make it to the Europa League as well but let's see. There are still two more games for Benfica which can be seen as an opportunity to make it to the Europa League instead at least. But I can't trust them even as much as I do for Salzburg.

Unbelievable with Real Sociedad achievement as not favorite team but success managed to position awhile in Group D of UEFA Champion League, they have the same 10 points with Inter Milan and both teams have been qualified to 16th round just waiting for the first and second standings position finish. Current Group D teams, I think Inter Milan and Benfica are experienced teams in Champion League will be easily qualify to next round but unpredictable with Benfica have on the bottom placed without winning one match yet from four matches.

Left two matches on group stage, seems realistic with Benfica finish on 3rd standings place for qualifying to UEFA Europe League but they have win two matches left due the above standing teams RB Salzburg have three points right now, one match draw enough to lock one place in playoff round of Europe League.

[rendravolt]

Bayern Munich will find it really difficult to win  UEFA Champions league this season because of some reasons,they have a squad that can win anything,but they still need time to play well with a top nine that is consistent in goalscoring.Kane has been an answer to that problem ever since he moved to Spain,and I knew what ever thing that made him start to find the back of the net,it would be his habbit to score goals.I so much have faith in Kane but despite all of these,I still dont see them as people who can win the champions league.There are few teams which I tip to be stronger than Bayern,and those teams are City, Arsenal,and Dortmund.I know it might sound some how that I chose Dortmund over Bayern,Yes,Dortmund to me look stronger in the champions league than Bayern.

That's because Dortmund has currently managed to top a group containing strong clubs in the Champions League. Dortmund appeared consistently to be able to move to the next round. but Munich is currently also very tough. although it's too soon to say they can get the Champions League trophy. but they have a chance.
it all also depends on the situation of their next opponents in the last 16. there will bring together more strong teams. We can see what happened last season when several strong teams ended up being eliminated early in the round of 16. we won't know the result, but Munich and other strong teams have the same chance of winning the trophy. it all depends on their efforts and preparation.

Their are lots of clubs that are performing well in Champions league right now, it is still early to tell which club will end up winning the champions league.  One thing I can see in the Champions League this season is that most of the big clubs are really doing well  which is making the league to be very interesting.  It is so impressive seeing Dortmund doing well in Champions league but it will be very nice if they can still maintain their good enery in the competition. The competition will be tough because it will be a fight between teams like Bayern Munich,  Manchester City and Real Madrid.

That's true and whatever the result, these teams can still maintain the same chances as last season, but regardless of who will become champions, it is still difficult to predict. At least this team has fought well and it's just a matter of how they can maintain this until they advance to the higher rounds. Dortmund is still a team that has the possibility of qualifying despite the complicated competition in Group F and I want to see all the teams fight until the end to get a slot in the round of 16. Well, the three teams you mentioned have been strong candidates every season and are always at least the favorites to fight until the semifinals before one of them finally wins this competition.

[shinratensei_]

Erik Ten Hag's team are bottom of Group A with 3 points, but they are only one point behind second-placed Copenhagen with two matches remaining. Man Utd will visit Galatasaray in the penultimate match before hosting Bayern Munich at Old Trafford. Coach Ten Hag and his team need to win both remaining games. Even if they win both of these matches, coach Erik ten Hag and his team are still not sure of continuing. There is still a case where Copenhagen also wins both Galatasaray and Bayern Munich, and then Copenhagen will win a ticket to the 1/8 round. Not to mention, in the final match, Man Utd will have to face a mighty Bayern Munich. It's difficult for Man Utd to get a ticket to continue.

What's happening with Manchester United worries me. They're in trouble and haven't played well this season. They were in jeopardy after losing at home to Galatasaray and losing to Copenhagen, especially after Rashford's error that got him sent off. In any case, their attack has been poor. Not exceeding 13 goals in 12 league games? Obviously not Manchester United. Defence isn't improving either. They need to reverse their form, which is unlikely, to win their next two games. To qualify for the Europa League, they should aim for third place. Though difficult to admit, their present play makes it impossible to beat Bayern Munich. Their Champions League trip appears more like a fight to survive than a win. Things are sad, but they must accept it

It's unlikely to happen. Manchester united needs also to gamble with its last live. Draw or lose against galatasaray will be result manchester united will be out from the UCL. The chance for MU to win against galatasaray away is pretty small.
I would like to pick galatasaray in this case instead of manchester united. Galatasaray looks a bit better. It was able beating manchester united away. It will give galatasaray a lot of advantage to play at home against manchester united.
Manchester united may do some changes before the match like use the different strategy. I dunno whether manchester will able to use casemiro or it will keep stick with the same line up in EPL.
Ten hag needs to do some changes caused by this is really impacting the performance from manchester united at this moment.

[minoxpro]

What I can say about this that real Madrid can win this champions league 2023/2024 has a good team and perfect coach ; either for man city can win but real madrid have a good luck just we will wait the other days.

[indah rezqi]

This year's Champions League has become quite competitive. Bayern Munich  and Manchester City have  very strong squads. And they  are consistently playing well. In addition,  Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Real  Sociedad Atlético  Madrid and Inter Milan  have performed very well. The four La Liga teams Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico  Madrid and Sociedad have played well and will  surely qualify for the knockout rounds. City, Munich and  Madrid are considered to be the  favorites for this year's title. However  the road to qualifying for the Champions League final will not be easy for them.

In general, Real Madrid, Bayern Munchen, Manchester City and Inter Milan are at the top of the list as favorite clubs in the 2023-2024 edition of the Champions League. I am quite sure that two of the four clubs above will advance to the final round. Looking at the depth of the squad and the attributes they have, Arsenal and PSG actually have the same thing but both have not reached their best point in the last decade. Apart from that, I also agree with you regarding several clubs that are playing well at the moment, and in fact I think they can really make a surprise in the next round.

Several clubs who have the ambition to talk a lot in the UCL this season will be active again in the transfer market in January 2024, they will patch up the lines which are considered to be the team weak points. Big names like Mbappe and Osimhen are always linked with some of the UCL favorite clubs, I can't wait for the International break to end and enjoy the remaining two matches in the Group Phase.

[hahay]

I really admire the work Real Sociedad have done in Group D so far by the way. They have collected 10 points and they are the leading team as well in a group with teams like Inter and Benfica. I wasn't expecting Benfica to be this terrible of course before the group stage started. They just can't perform the same as they do in their domestic league. 

This has created an opportunity for Salzburg to move them out of their way to make it to the Europa League as well but let's see. There are still two more games for Benfica which can be seen as an opportunity to make it to the Europa League instead at least. But I can't trust them even as much as I do for Salzburg.

There are only two matches left and Benfica will play against Inter and in the last match later, Benfica will play away against Salzburg. With a schedule like that, it seems I am not sure about Benfica being able to finish in third place because of course, Salzburg will also try hard to be able to maintain its position to finish in third position. Benfica really had bad results this season in the Champions League, unlike last season when Benfica managed to win the group ahead of PSG and Juventus. But this season, it seems like Benfica is really experiencing a decline in performance in the Champions League, so I would doubt Benfica this moment.