UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[Hirose UK]

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The teams in Group F still have the same chance of qualifying for the next round. The remaining two matches will change their fate if they manage to secure 3 points in the next match. As you said, from the start they performed brilliantly by winning but in the end they failed and that was the fierce competition that occurred in Group F.
These four teams still have a chance and I think we will see until the last round to determine who will qualify for the round of 16.

AC Milan was also very underestimated before, but when they managed to get 3 points against PSG, it opened up their opportunity to qualify for the next round. For Dortmund, they are more efficient in reversing the fact that previously they were in 4th place and now they are leading the standing. I want to see Ac milan and Dortmund successfully qualify for the next round and Newcastle united and PSG will compete to take 3rd place in the European League. It would be a big surprise for me if that happened.

Indeed, the remaining two matches ahead will determine who will be able to qualify for the next round and victory in these two matches will really be contested so it will be quite fierce match.
The four teams must prepare everything so they can get points, if they win both matches they can get 6 points and when they get it they are guaranteed to have a safe place in this group phase.
We don't know who is the strongest and makes it through, we just have to wait and watch the match.

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.

That was my previous prediction at the start of the group phase and it looked like PSG and Dortmund were worthy candidates but as time went by in 4 matches it became clear that the four teams were really almost equal in terms of quality of performance.
It just that when I see the latest developments and news about these four teams, it makes me even more doubtful about having favorite on one of the teams.

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With the team returning from injuries I think, they’ll become that unbeaten team everyone’s scared to play, these 4 teams are pretty cool but I think Bayern might not get into the semis except they work on being clinical and being tactical in style of play, but I see Real Madrid going quite far in this year’s UCL and probably taking the trophy back to Spain.

If some people speculate that Bayern Munich will not qualify until the semi finals, I hope this team can qualify for the semi finals.
not because I am Munich fan but I just want to see very strong and interesting competition to watch when Real madrid, Man City, Inter and Bayern Munich will continue to compete strongly to qualify in each round and I am sure there will be Kane mainstay player in Munich team , Tuchel has confidence and tries playing style with safer strategy to stay through to next round.

maybe we are speculating too early about which team will qualify for higher rounds, but there no harm in trying to guess who really has right opinion.

[Pandu Geddon]

The previous landslide victory against Celtic put Atletico in first place in Group E with 8 points. However, this will not guarantee that they can qualify easily because the competition is still open with two other teams, namely Lazio and Feyenoord, who have collected 7 and 6 points respectively. These three teams each have a difference of 1 to 2 points and the remaining two matches will determine the fate of these three teams to qualify for the round of 16.

In my opinion, Atletico is still the favorite to qualify considering they are in the top 16 of the Champions League and maybe in second place we will see an exciting competition between Lazio and Feyenoord. Actually I prefer Feyenoord to qualify with Atletico, but sometimes Lazio's mentality in this competition cannot be underestimated and they have a good defense. So, I hope there will be surprises in group E later which will be no less exciting than the other groups.

if Atletico can win the remaining matches, that means they will qualify. facing Feyenoord and Lazio is a decisive match. The previous meeting with Lazio ended in a draw, and Atletico had a chance to win by playing at home.
maybe Atletico and Lazio will qualify. they are more favorites now than Feyenoord. although their chances will still be determined with the two remaining matches in the group stage.

[bering]

The previous landslide victory against Celtic put Atletico in first place in Group E with 8 points. However, this will not guarantee that they can qualify easily because the competition is still open with two other teams, namely Lazio and Feyenoord, who have collected 7 and 6 points respectively. These three teams each have a difference of 1 to 2 points and the remaining two matches will determine the fate of these three teams to qualify for the round of 16.

In my opinion, Atletico is still the favorite to qualify considering they are in the top 16 of the Champions League and maybe in second place we will see an exciting competition between Lazio and Feyenoord. Actually I prefer Feyenoord to qualify with Atletico, but sometimes Lazio's mentality in this competition cannot be underestimated and they have a good defense. So, I hope there will be surprises in group E later which will be no less exciting than the other groups.

Just like i said before the competition for the team who will be qualified in group E is belongs to 3 teams Atletico Madrid, Feyenoord and Lazio so these teams had equal chances to qualified but indeed if we see from the schedules Atletico Madrid is more hard compared to Lazio this because Atletico Madrid upcoming match is against Feyenoord although in the first meeting Feyenoord was lose but this team cannot easily to beated and at home Feyenoord records was very fantastic that from 8 latest home matches Feyenoord can able to gets 7 wins so these records is proven Feyenoord was very strong during playing at their home ground and even i was thinking probably Feyenoord can able to overcomes Atletico Madrid and if this really happend then Atletico Madrid will be in a difficult situation especially for 6th match they have to fight against Lazio

[Oluwa-btc]

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.

You are right, Manchester City is dependent on Haaland, Munich is dependent on Kane's performance and Madrid is now dependent on Bellingham's performance. And if these players suffer injuries in the knockout round, it will become much more difficult for the teams to qualify for the quarter finals. Because almost every team in the knockout round will be strong. So it will be much more difficult to win without a full strength squad. However, if clubs are not too unlucky their key players will not suffer injuries. Because Kane, Bellingham and Haaland are all fit enough.

I can agree with you when you say Manchester City and Bayern Munich depends on their natural strikers to score goals but in between, they're useless without those players from the midfield and flanks creating and working chances out for them to score goals.
For Manchester City, they have Doku, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Bernado Silva and Rodri all contributing to make Erling Haaland a damn great player.
I can say same for Bayern Munich, Harry Kane couldn't have been able to score all those goals alone, Sane, Gnabry and all other innit that club play to his strength.

But I can't say same for Real Madrid. Did you see the games they played without Jude Bellingham? Real Madrid may work around a certain player but not Jude Bellingham ( Even if he is a fantastic player. )
Check out the games Real Madrid played against Braga in the Champions League and them Valencia in La Liga.

[Republikcoin.com]

The previous landslide victory against Celtic put Atletico in first place in Group E with 8 points. However, this will not guarantee that they can qualify easily because the competition is still open with two other teams, namely Lazio and Feyenoord, who have collected 7 and 6 points respectively. These three teams each have a difference of 1 to 2 points and the remaining two matches will determine the fate of these three teams to qualify for the round of 16.

In my opinion, Atletico is still the favorite to qualify considering they are in the top 16 of the Champions League and maybe in second place we will see an exciting competition between Lazio and Feyenoord. Actually I prefer Feyenoord to qualify with Atletico, but sometimes Lazio's mentality in this competition cannot be underestimated and they have a good defense. So, I hope there will be surprises in group E later which will be no less exciting than the other groups.

if Atletico can win the remaining matches, that means they will qualify. facing Feyenoord and Lazio is a decisive match. The previous meeting with Lazio ended in a draw, and Atletico had a chance to win by playing at home.
maybe Atletico and Lazio will qualify. they are more favorites now than Feyenoord. although their chances will still be determined with the two remaining matches in the group stage.

Atletico only needs 1 more win from the remaining 2 matches and if you look at the strength it is very realistic for Atletico to qualify even as group winners, in fact now Feyenoord and Lazio are competing fiercely to get through the group phase because currently Feyenoord and Lazio are only separated Only 1 point and in terms of strength, Feyenoord and Lazio are quite evenly matched so these two teams still have the same chance of qualifying from the group.

[TastyChillySauce00]

With the team returning from injuries I think, they’ll become that unbeaten team everyone’s scared to play, these 4 teams are pretty cool but I think Bayern might not get into the semis except they work on being clinical and being tactical in style of play, but I see Real Madrid going quite far in this year’s UCL and probably taking the trophy back to Spain.

If some people speculate that Bayern Munich will not qualify until the semi finals, I hope this team can qualify for the semi finals.
not because I am Munich fan but I just want to see very strong and interesting competition to watch when Real madrid, Man City, Inter and Bayern Munich will continue to compete strongly to qualify in each round and I am sure there will be Kane mainstay player in Munich team , Tuchel has confidence and tries playing style with safer strategy to stay through to next round.

maybe we are speculating too early about which team will qualify for higher rounds, but there no harm in trying to guess who really has right opinion.

Bayern is one of strongest team this season. It has a very strong club and adding kane to the line up made bayern is very strong. kane has been also recording fantastic result by making 17 goals from 13 games. that's unbelievable result. This can be more once kane will be fully adapted to the club.
People who said that bayern will not be able to go to the final was not even aware if bayern is far stronger than last season. it has muller and kane. These guys are also good combination at this moment. Leroy sane was still there too.
It doesn't even make sense to see how people called bayern will not be able to go to the semi final.

We must also aware with the quality owned by any clubs based on their line up. We can correctly predict which club that will be going to the semi final. The most potential clubs will be 1. real madrid 2. Man city 3. Bayern.
I was even valuing barcleona under those clubs. People who regularly watched UCL agreed that if those clubs are regularly playing in UCL.
Bayern, man city and rela madrid are always always able to passing the group stage as well as top 16.

[Roseline492]

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.

You are right, Manchester City is dependent on Haaland, Munich is dependent on Kane's performance and Madrid is now dependent on Bellingham's performance. And if these players suffer injuries in the knockout round, it will become much more difficult for the teams to qualify for the quarter finals. Because almost every team in the knockout round will be strong. So it will be much more difficult to win without a full strength squad. However, if clubs are not too unlucky their key players will not suffer injuries. Because Kane, Bellingham and Haaland are all fit enough.

Yeah what you said is true but however I don't think Manchester City depend much on Haaland because irrespective of how good in performance Haaland is there are players in Manchester City who also plays his scoring role very well because there are some matches he could hardly score while others will maintain the scoring and also with how strong Manchester City is, it will be very difficult for one person to have the leading role because all the players are very much in a good shape.

In times of Bayern Munich do to how there performance is Harry Kane is obviously there key player because there is no much of a competitive performance there.

[Blitzboy]

What is the fate of Newcastle United in the champions league. This is a very big question I have been asking myself since this week. When Newcastle qualified for the champions League, I was very happy for them but when the champions league fixture landed them in the group of death, I pitied thek and predicted that they will not qualify. There first match supported my claim. But from their second match, it seems that they had big chances of qualifying from the group. But now they are at the bottom, I don't know their fate again.
Considering the number of injuries Newcastle has, what is their fate in the champions league group of death?

Although Im happy for Newcastle in the Champions League, I cant help but worry about them. Especially being in the dreaded Group F, their trip has been a wild ride. I didnt think they had a chance at first, like a lot of other people did, especially after that first game. They have been a nice surprise with how they've played since then, especially against teams like PSG. Even in such a tough group, they've shown that they can handle themselves.

But its hard to stay too positive when you see how bad things are for them right now - they're at the bottom and accidents are increasing. It will be very hard to win the game against PSG, especially since it will be played on PSG's backyard. On the other hand, sport is unpredictable, and Newcastle has already shown that they can shock people. Our fingers are crossed that they can find the same drive that helped them beat PSG earlier.

[DanWalker]

When it comes to Barcelona topic I think it would still be improvement even if they get eliminated right after reaching the 1/8-finals stage. Because I mean they have been unable to even get past the group stage for the last 2 seasons. The fans and the board must be waiting for the team to do better than that finally in this season. Barcelona are very close to guaranteeing their slot for 1/8-finals now already. They had better finish as the leader to go beyond the expectations as much as possible.

After that it is going to be up to the strength of their opponent about how far they can go on. If they face an opponent like Manchester City then it is over for them. 

I know, so expect Barcelona to reach somewhat around the same level that you said. I don't think they are going to get knocked out from the round of 16. But when it comes to the quarter-final, I don't think Barcelona will be able to get past that successfully. And if Barcelona actually can reach the semifinals I will think that it is a win for Barcelona. Well, I mean an improvement. And I certainly hope that Barcelona is going to take the Champions League competition, a little more seriously. Because they are not doing, as well as they should be in the La Liga competition, to be honest. But with all the problems that they are facing, I understand it is going to be really hard.

[Helena Yu]

Although Im happy for Newcastle in the Champions League, I cant help but worry about them. Especially being in the dreaded Group F, their trip has been a wild ride. I didnt think they had a chance at first, like a lot of other people did, especially after that first game. They have been a nice surprise with how they've played since then, especially against teams like PSG. Even in such a tough group, they've shown that they can handle themselves.

More importantly they lose many players, they can only degrade to Europa League or get nothing. They can't get any new player because the transfer window still not yet open, I guess it's fine to lose as they already get experience, this is their first time to enter Champions League with the current players. Not many team make an outstanding achievement for their first league.

[BALIK]

Although Im happy for Newcastle in the Champions League, I cant help but worry about them. Especially being in the dreaded Group F, their trip has been a wild ride. I didnt think they had a chance at first, like a lot of other people did, especially after that first game. They have been a nice surprise with how they've played since then, especially against teams like PSG. Even in such a tough group, they've shown that they can handle themselves.

More importantly they lose many players, they can only degrade to Europa League or get nothing. They can't get any new player because the transfer window still not yet open, I guess it's fine to lose as they already get experience, this is their first time to enter Champions League with the current players. Not many team make an outstanding achievement for their first league.

The way Newcastle are performing with their average squad is admirable. They beat a strong PSG team by a big margin in the Champions League match. We saw a good performance from the Newcastle team. But I would be happy if Newcastle could qualify for the Europa League. I'm not sure if Newcastle will finish third in the Group F table.
However, Newcastle has the potential to do well in the Europa League if they play in the Europa League. Also, the Newcastle management is very rich. They can strengthen their team by adding star players if they want. Newcastle management has this capability.

[pusaka]

When it comes to Barcelona topic I think it would still be improvement even if they get eliminated right after reaching the 1/8-finals stage. Because I mean they have been unable to even get past the group stage for the last 2 seasons. The fans and the board must be waiting for the team to do better than that finally in this season. Barcelona are very close to guaranteeing their slot for 1/8-finals now already. They had better finish as the leader to go beyond the expectations as much as possible.

After that it is going to be up to the strength of their opponent about how far they can go on. If they face an opponent like Manchester City then it is over for them. 

I know, so expect Barcelona to reach somewhat around the same level that you said. I don't think they are going to get knocked out from the round of 16. But when it comes to the quarter-final, I don't think Barcelona will be able to get past that successfully. And if Barcelona actually can reach the semifinals I will think that it is a win for Barcelona. Well, I mean an improvement. And I certainly hope that Barcelona is going to take the Champions League competition, a little more seriously. Because they are not doing, as well as they should be in the La Liga competition, to be honest. But with all the problems that they are facing, I understand it is going to be really hard.

It depends on the draw in the round of 16, if they meet a relatively easy team, then they will most likely be able to go through the round of 16, but if they get a very strong team, then it will also be a big problem for them.
Now they are still in the group stage, and actually their position in this group stage is not completely safe, because they still have the opportunity to be shifted by their competitors in group H. They have 9 points, the same points as Porto, but Shakhtar are chasing with 6 points.

Although Im happy for Newcastle in the Champions League, I cant help but worry about them. Especially being in the dreaded Group F, their trip has been a wild ride. I didnt think they had a chance at first, like a lot of other people did, especially after that first game. They have been a nice surprise with how they've played since then, especially against teams like PSG. Even in such a tough group, they've shown that they can handle themselves.

More importantly they lose many players, they can only degrade to Europa League or get nothing. They can't get any new player because the transfer window still not yet open, I guess it's fine to lose as they already get experience, this is their first time to enter Champions League with the current players. Not many team make an outstanding achievement for their first league.

Although they have struggled in this group and are now bottom of the table, I appreciate their performance in not just being an appendage in this group, even though compared to other teams they are a team with very little experience in the Champions League. They still have hope of qualifying, albeit with a fairly small possibility, because the teams that are their competitors are very experienced teams and also big teams.

[Bobrox]

Although Im happy for Newcastle in the Champions League, I cant help but worry about them. Especially being in the dreaded Group F, their trip has been a wild ride. I didnt think they had a chance at first, like a lot of other people did, especially after that first game. They have been a nice surprise with how they've played since then, especially against teams like PSG. Even in such a tough group, they've shown that they can handle themselves.

But its hard to stay too positive when you see how bad things are for them right now - they're at the bottom and accidents are increasing. It will be very hard to win the game against PSG, especially since it will be played on PSG's backyard. On the other hand, sport is unpredictable, and Newcastle has already shown that they can shock people. Our fingers are crossed that they can find the same drive that helped them beat PSG earlier.

I doubt with Newcastle United opportunity will easy get one ticket to knock out round, actually Newcastle United have good started until second match group round, but loss two matches in a row on third and fourth match round make Newcastle United have little opportunity and dropped to bottom place. Regarding next match PSG is their opponent teams I am not really sure with their opportunity will take three points and secure first or second position standings.

Left two crucial match but most important Newcastle United must win on next match against PSG, if loss three points almost close their way to qualify next round in Champion League and bad result for the first time in last several season where Premier League teams can't qualify with four team in 16th round.

[Weawant]

The way Newcastle are performing with their average squad is admirable. They beat a strong PSG team by a big margin in the Champions League match. We saw a good performance from the Newcastle team. But I would be happy if Newcastle could qualify for the Europa League. I'm not sure if Newcastle will finish third in the Group F table.
However, Newcastle has the potential to do well in the Europa League if they play in the Europa League. Also, the Newcastle management is very rich. They can strengthen their team by adding star players if they want. Newcastle management has this capability.

Newcastle is looking really promising in their group and their performance since this season in the champions league and premier league aswell have been little above average and it's really worth the commendation because they are brilliant with their performance so far and are suprising us with really good performance.

I least expected they would be really this good at this point although they weren't bad at all in the beginning but they were just doing average with a little bit of inconsistency such that one will doubt if they would be able to get pass the group stage in the UCL but currently it seems the have got a little hope on their side considering that they have won PSG in their first meeting at home, hopefully they would get a draw away but If they win they their chances to qualify definitely gets better.

[marcous]

The way Newcastle are performing with their average squad is admirable. They beat a strong PSG team by a big margin in the Champions League match. We saw a good performance from the Newcastle team. But I would be happy if Newcastle could qualify for the Europa League. I'm not sure if Newcastle will finish third in the Group F table.
However, Newcastle has the potential to do well in the Europa League if they play in the Europa League. Also, the Newcastle management is very rich. They can strengthen their team by adding star players if they want. Newcastle management has this capability.

Newcastle is looking really promising in their group and their performance since this season in the champions league and premier league aswell have been little above average and it's really worth the commendation because they are brilliant with their performance so far and are suprising us with really good performance.

I least expected they would be really this good at this point although they weren't bad at all in the beginning but they were just doing average with a little bit of inconsistency such that one will doubt if they would be able to get pass the group stage in the UCL but currently it seems the have got a little hope on their side considering that they have won PSG in their first meeting at home, hopefully they would get a draw away but If they win they their chances to qualify definitely gets better.

Newcastle is not doing well at the moment. A storm of injuries and sanctions hit their main squad, their chances of qualifying for the round of 16 are now slimmer than before. For me, Eddi Howe squad is very difficult to advance to the next round, because they have to beat PSG and AC Milan in the remaining two matches. Even though it is not impossible, the lack of options in the starting XI will make them unlucky.

The most realistic path is to finish in third place and continue competing in the Europa League, but this also requires that they be better than Milan, who are currently in that position. Overall, the fate of the clubs in Group F really depends on each other. I predict Dortmund and PSG will advance to the round of 16 from group F.

Next, Newcastle will be faced with testing weeks, Chelsea, PSG and Man United await them after the international break. With the facts we already know, it is very natural to say that Eddi Howe will experience a headache, considering that the current situation is not in his favor.

[tiCeR]

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.

You know what impressed me the most? It is not that one game that Copenhagen has played so well in the Champions League group. Every bad team could have a great and lucky day. What impressed me so much about Copenhagen is that they played four great games in the group, could have tied the game against Bayern Munich, could have won the game away from home against Galatasaray, won the game against Manchester United and lost the other game with only one goal in England. This is what made me think twice about this team and how I underestimated them. I thought that this is going to be an easy group for Manchester United and Bayern Munich, but seriously this was a tough group for them and Manchester United will probably fail to pass it.

[temple]

Real Madrid had some failures as well. They tied their home game against Rayo Vallecano, they also tied their game against a weak Sevilla team that couldn't win a game in ages and they lost the game against Atletico Madrid, which is not a big deal but still. Manchester City is one game behind Real Madrid if you compare the domestic leagues and if they win it they are about equal with Real Madrid. It is just 1 point. But in regards to Manchester City I think I understand what you mean. They are not the same as last season, but still very good and more importantly, good enough to beat any other team in the Champions League. But yes Bayern could be an interesting team for the final besides some others of course.

Last season when Man City won the Champions League it looked so strong and solid, Pep Guardiola's team was very difficult to beat in any competition last season. But this season they don't look as strong as last season and we can see some of the defeats they faced in the Premier League against clubs that were far below them. This is something to consider when looking at their condition in the domestic league, although we will not try to make predictions solely relying on the quality of their play in the English league.

I still see the opportunity for Real Madrid, Man City, Bayern Munich and AC Milan as strong candidates as teams that will qualify for the semifinals and I want to see Real Madrid who will face Bayern Munich in the final. Hopefully these four teams will not meet each other in the knock-out so that the semifinals and finals will be more competitive and exciting. What do you think about the predicted odds, is there a possibility that Real Madrid will face Bayern Munich in the final?

AC Milan not so much anymore as they did show some deficits that I thought they wouldn't have. Since they began with great attacking performances, I did not expect them to have so many problems scoring goals while having so many chances. I would rather add Inter Milan to the selection of clubs that have a good chance to win the Champions League title.

Manchester City seemed to be unbeatable last season, but I agree that this season it's not quite like that.

[hyudien]

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.

You know what impressed me the most? It is not that one game that Copenhagen has played so well in the Champions League group. Every bad team could have a great and lucky day. What impressed me so much about Copenhagen is that they played four great games in the group, could have tied the game against Bayern Munich, could have won the game away from home against Galatasaray, won the game against Manchester United and lost the other game with only one goal in England. This is what made me think twice about this team and how I underestimated them. I thought that this is going to be an easy group for Manchester United and Bayern Munich, but seriously this was a tough group for them and Manchester United will probably fail to pass it.

Man United position in the Champion League is quite pressed, like it or not, Copenhagen and Galatasaray have shown how their enthusiasm can change the mentality of their players on the field. Man United potential to qualify is very thin, even if it has to fall once it deserves to be obtained as a form of lesson where mental readiness, stable players and most importantly qualified coaches will be complementary. Galatasaray and Copenhagen may not have top players like Man United but when on the field teamwork, getting rid of each other's egos creates a more manageable match path.

[tiCeR]

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.

You know what impressed me the most? It is not that one game that Copenhagen has played so well in the Champions League group. Every bad team could have a great and lucky day. What impressed me so much about Copenhagen is that they played four great games in the group, could have tied the game against Bayern Munich, could have won the game away from home against Galatasaray, won the game against Manchester United and lost the other game with only one goal in England. This is what made me think twice about this team and how I underestimated them. I thought that this is going to be an easy group for Manchester United and Bayern Munich, but seriously this was a tough group for them and Manchester United will probably fail to pass it.

Man United position in the Champion League is quite pressed, like it or not, Copenhagen and Galatasaray have shown how their enthusiasm can change the mentality of their players on the field. Man United potential to qualify is very thin, even if it has to fall once it deserves to be obtained as a form of lesson where mental readiness, stable players and most importantly qualified coaches will be complementary. Galatasaray and Copenhagen may not have top players like Man United but when on the field teamwork, getting rid of each other's egos creates a more manageable match path.

The teamwork on the field is remarkable and the emotions that the coaches bring into the mix are also indispensable for their success. The Copenhagen coach looks like he would suffer from several heart attacks over 90 minutes and this is what electrifies the players as well.

But it is quite simple for Manchester United to be put into realistic terms; if they don't win the next game, it is over for them in the Champions League. Of course a draw would still keep them alive, but they would need a win in the game against Bayern Munich and a draw in the last game between Copenhagen and Galatasaray. That's not going to happen and I don't believe that Manchester United has a 30% chance to win the game against Galatasaray. I think it will end in a draw in a best case scenario for Manchester United.