UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[Oluwa-btc]

Its going to be an interesting period when the round 16 will kick off in the UEFA champions league.The teams that are expected to go through this round to the quater final are Madrid,Bayern,Manchester City, Arsenal,Dortmund,I Include Dortmund because they are so good this season in the Champions league, finishing first in their group of death is not an easy task,so I will include them to go far past the round 16 stage.There are other teams that will push towards making the quater  final,but i'm optimistic about this few I mentioned.I really can't wait for this period to come because it is through this league that the best teams in the world are known.Last season,it was Mancity,but I doubt if they will be able to defend the tittle this season.

A club and squad with Pep Guardiola shouldn't be underated, he's done it before, he could still do it again. I always want to see amd observe how he thinks. With Rodri currently out Injured, I'd love to see who he deploys to play as a single pivot for Manchester City. Though, I believe he'll be definitely back before their first round of sixteen game  come February.

I'd love to see who Bayern Munich brings into the squad during the transfer window before I can say they'll end up as winners of the Champions League. They have a good goalscorer ( Harry Kane ) but, they need the upgrades in midfied.

Real Madrid remains my favorite even without a central forward. They're capable of running causing damages to any club with or without them very best players.

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[zaim7413]

For some reason, I also had doubts about PSG this season, they don't seem ready and their strength is only strong in Ligue 1, but not in the UCL league. Even though they are trained by a great coach like Enrique and have star players, they have not been able to show their toughness in the UCL. Just look at PSG qualifying for the round of 16 through luck only with a difference in goal difference with AC Milan.

I think Sociedad will win the match, because Real Sociedad's game is so solid in defense, very good at controlling the ball, and killing counter attacks through player Kubo.

PSG's performance at the start of this season did indeed decline slightly compared to last season, but slowly they can continue to develop their team's performance in a more positive direction and that makes their chances in the last 16 of the UCL even greater and the opponent they face is Real Sociedad, if We look at the quality of both teams. I think PSG is a little better than Real Sociedad, so I don't doubt that PSG's percentage of getting to the next round is much greater than Real Sociedad.

PSG performance has improved much more than since the start of the season, but they need to be even more solid in the Champions League because the competition in the future will be even tougher. The opponents they face in the round of 16 are slightly weaker than PSG's squad, but Luis Enrique should not underestimate Sociedad because their ambitions are very big this season.
The Champions League always provides unexpected surprises, PSG, who have qualified for the round of 16 with great difficulty, need to play more solidly to reach the quarter-finals. After that I can't say much more about PSG if they make it through to the quarter-finals because the fewer clubs that survive the smaller their chances.

[Jody.Drummer]

Even top teams with big finances are not always able to play at the highest level, recessions are a normal phenomenon and this is normal not only for the team but also for the players. Haaland showed excellent results in the previous season and set many records, do you think it’s so easy to exceed your achievements every year? Don't worry, Guardiola is a great coach and if he needs new players he will find them.

Coaching is not easy as we all think, we have different goals and also expects ourselves to become very competitive when dealing with challenges. Manchester City is an elite EPL club that's currently the best club in the world of football currently, not easy for the players and the coach to hook up City to these standards. Pep Guardiola knows what he's doing and allow him to whatever he pleases freely. He's experienced and have been in the football managerial business for years, he certainly know how to take down his opponents and win his targets.

True, coaching is not an easy job, because they have to think not only in terms of players, but also they have a responsibility for the future with the club itself. But it is also a risk if the coach is the first person to be blamed when the club he leads cannot play well, even though it may not be entirely their fault.
Many coaches fail at one club, but succeed with another. Management support will also be crucial for them, but management should not interfere in terms of player recruitment and strategy, because that will also be very influential. Many clubs fail because management interferes in the affairs of the coach and again the first person who will be blamed is certainly the coach himself.

[Volgastallion]

About what coaching are we talking about? About the IG coach for mens?  That is pure bullshit.

Just kidding, well in the end for me today the coaching of football teams at very high level is more a leadership and a know how to managed the ego of the big players than a football knowledge. That is the key, for that Ancelotti si so good, he knows how to manage the behavior of the players, the players already know what they have to do.

[hahay]

Do you know how long Kevin De Bruyne have been away for Manchester City? If I'm recalling correctly, he's been out Injured since the Super Cup finals against Sevilla and during that game he didn't play for too long, no direct contact was seen from any player and someone here be saying we evil for giving our own opinions on matters. If they're not mature enough to ignore things, they should try not to become a prick.

For long term plans, I feel like they should plan ahead for a possible replacement. Check the performance of Erling Haaland, is it same as that of his first season? He has the best passes and combination from Kevin De Bruyne. He be still the leading goal scoring player but has seen a drop also struggles with his goals and contributions.

Even top teams with big finances are not always able to play at the highest level, recessions are a normal phenomenon and this is normal not only for the team but also for the players. Haaland showed excellent results in the previous season and set many records, do you think it’s so easy to exceed your achievements every year? Don't worry, Guardiola is a great coach and if he needs new players he will find them.

Yes, that's right, the last time Bruyne played was in the Super Cup Final against Sevilla but in reality, in that match Bruyne was also not included in the line up . Thus, the last time Bruyne played was in the first match of the season against Burnley in the Premier League and Bruyne was replaced in the 23rd minute with Kovacic. So ya,  in fact Bruyne only played one match this season and also, Bruyne only played 23 minutes this season.

Therefore, it is clear that Bruyne has suffered a serious injury, because it requires a very long recovery. Moreover, based on existing records, at least Haaland get injured too. But yes, fortunately Haaland did not suffer a serious injury so Haaland was still able to play. So ya, with these factors, I think it is natural that Manchester City is experiencing a decline in performance, because many key players are injured. Therefore, perhaps Manchester City no longer has a big chance of getting to the Champions League final this season.

[Blitzboy]

Without Lautaro Martinez, it will be very difficult for Inter Milan to win against Atletico Madrid. Inter Milan is a strong team but the key player in their squad is Lautaro Martinez. Scored 15 goals and 2 assists in 16 matches in Serie A. In every match we have seen excellent gameplay from Lautaro Martinez. Atletico Madrid is not a weak team. They have talented players like Griezmann, Depay, Morata and Correa in their attack. And so defeating this team will not be an easy task at all. However, Inter Milan's defense is very strong. Therefore, the Inter Milan team is considered as the favorite in this match. However, if Martinez is in the squad for this match, I've decided to bet Inter Milan to win.

So far we are only talking about the fact that Martinez will miss all matches in 2023, and these are matches with Lecce and Genoa, and what will happen next is unknown, but I have not seen any mention that the injury is so serious that he will have to miss the Champions League matches with Atletico, I think that by this time he will be able to return to the game. Against a defense like Atletico's, Martinez will be a very useful player.

Yes, it is very likely that Martinez will miss 2 matches at the end of 2023 against Lecce and Genoa, however Inter is still the favorite because Inter still has Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Marcus Turam who Inter can rely on to score goals and win. Moreover, Inter's defense is very strong so it is very unlikely that Lecce and Genoa will be able to beat Inter by breaking through Inter's defense even though Martinez is not in the team.

I hope that the muscle injury suffered by Martinez can recover quickly. There has been no further news regarding how long Martinez will be out, but I hope that Martinez can recover soon and return to strengthening Inter.

Even without Martinez, Im optimistic about Inter. Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Marcus Thuram are key players in their team, capable of stepping up when needed. The team's 2-0 win over Lecce shows their depth and perseverance. Muscle injuries rarely cause long-term absences like Martinez's. Thus, I hope he returns soon. Martinez has time to rehabilitate without rushing back and risking more injury due to Inter's simple schedule.

[Hyphen(-)]

Therefore, it is clear that Bruyne has suffered a serious injury, because it requires a very long recovery. Moreover, based on existing records, at least Haaland get injured too. But yes, fortunately Haaland did not suffer a serious injury so Haaland was still able to play. So ya, with these factors, I think it is natural that Manchester City is experiencing a decline in performance, because many key players are injured. Therefore, perhaps Manchester City no longer has a big chance of getting to the Champions League final this season.

Most of their injured players will soon be back because Kevin De Bruyne has almost fully recovered, and he is one of the key players in Manchester City's squad; therefore, if he recovers fully, the Manchester City squad will have some strength and will be a better team. Although only he can make the team better, there are other players in the team who are playing very well and will do well before Haaland recovers from injury. Nevertheless, even if all of them are back from injury, their chance of going to the Champions League final this season is not guaranteed because they don't have as strong a squad as they used to have in previous seasons, unless they sign more players in January, which might affect the team financially through Financial Fair Play.

[marcous]

PSG's performance in the Champions League is a bit doubtful because PSG doesn't seem to have the enthusiasm to play in the Champions League, they are just trying to fight hard to qualify for the round of 16 and look like they are having difficulty getting there, but indeed PSG is in quite a tough team like Milan and Dortmund so that This made PSG have to fight hard to qualify and it was fortunate that PSG was able to qualify with only a goal difference from Milan.
Meanwhile, Real Sociedad is also in a tough group like Inter and Benfica, but Real Sociedad has not experienced a defeat at all, even though this is the first time Real Sociedad has competed in the Champions League, but this club was able to emerge as group winners even though it has the same points as Inter.

Real Sociedad's enthusiasm cannot be doubted and it looks like PSG will experience difficulties when facing Real Sociedad, but PSG experience competing in the Champions League cannot be denied but if PSG cannot achieve unexpected results, it will still be difficult for PSG to advance to the next rounds.

PSG are a good side but they've not really been so good as one would expect them to be. Even their advancement was a narrow one and then they're fixed with a new coming team to the UCL who are eager and hungry to compete and still go far in the contest. PSG still got a shot though, well let's see how far they'll get this season in the UCL tournament.

Not trying to be little Sociedad but PSG has got players with UCL experiences and then judging with that they've got an upper hand but for Sociedad, even though they're newbies to the tournament, they had an intriguing record in the group stage ans so they ought to be given that respect that's deserving of them. They're still a threat. They're doing well also in the La Liga and they seem like real goal getters. All will be concluded after the first leg results in February.

I agree with you that Real Sociedad deserves the respect it deserves, qualifying as group winners and competing closely with Inter Milan is a signal that PSG needs to be wary of. In terms of attributes and experience of playing in the UCL, PSG has a better advantage, but we cannot use that as a complete benchmark. Sociedad didn't make it through to the last 16 easily either, it was their strength and effort that got them through at this stage.

I want to see this meeting from Luis Enrique point of view, his experience coaching Barcelona and the Spanish National Team gives PSG an advantage when meeting Sociedad. The advantage I mean is that Enrique really understands the character of the Spanish representative, so he can prepare his squad well to beat Sociedad.

It's true that PSG this season is far from great in the UCL, but I feel that to qualify for the quarter-finals they can do it. This is a moment that PSG must make good use of, while Mabeppe is still at the club. Yes, we need to wait to see how each of them performs before february, many things have changed because there are several matches that must be finished first.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Do you know how long Kevin De Bruyne have been away for Manchester City? If I'm recalling correctly, he's been out Injured since the Super Cup finals against Sevilla and during that game he didn't play for too long, no direct contact was seen from any player and someone here be saying we evil for giving our own opinions on matters. If they're not mature enough to ignore things, they should try not to become a prick.

For long term plans, I feel like they should plan ahead for a possible replacement. Check the performance of Erling Haaland, is it same as that of his first season? He has the best passes and combination from Kevin De Bruyne. He be still the leading goal scoring player but has seen a drop also struggles with his goals and contributions.

Even top teams with big finances are not always able to play at the highest level, recessions are a normal phenomenon and this is normal not only for the team but also for the players. Haaland showed excellent results in the previous season and set many records, do you think it’s so easy to exceed your achievements every year? Don't worry, Guardiola is a great coach and if he needs new players he will find them.

Well of course him being injured is going to have an effect on his performance. But at the same time it is also true that his performance has dropped quite significantly. And it is definitely time for Manchester City to look for a replacement. Because he is already starting to get injured. Who knows for how long he will actually be able to compete?

So yes I think for long-term plans, Manchester City should start thinking about a replacement. Maybe get a young player and shape him up to be a good replacement. Or maybe just go and get a player who will be another great one. They can afford it in my opinion.

[tusandii]

Indeed, this is quite difficult to predict because Real Sociedad has quite strong strength this season and in fact it was quite surprising to many people that they managed to escape from the group as leaders of the standings and on the other hand PSG is also unstable in performance and the strength of the PSG team is not better from last season so the percentage of these two teams that can qualify from the round of 16 I think is still the same.

It is very surprising to see that Real Sociedad, who is currently leading in first place on the CL points table, was even able to hold Inter Milan to a draw in the last match yesterday and this makes everyone hesitate to predict who will win when playing against PSG.
But according to my predictions, this round of 16 match will have 2 rounds and for the 1st leg PSG will be the host and this is an opportunity for PSG if they want to qualify for the next round Enrique must be able to fight to get the right strategy to win with a bigger score so that In the 2nd leg match when playing away, PSG already had bigger aggregate points, but the problem is that Real Sociedad has a very strong defense and I doubt whether PSG, who will rely on Mbappe, will be able to break into Real Sociedad's goal.
It's very difficult to predict but I can only speculate, but if I look at these two clubs, both clubs will score equally and I still hope that PSG will win the 1st leg match with a higher score.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Real Sociedad are a really unpredictable team indeed. Finishing a group including Inter in itself as the leader isn't an easy task to perform at all. In the end there is technically a big strength gap between these teams on paper. But team effort can upset the balances quite much. I can say that Real Sociedad have played really well as a team until now.

I wonder how successful they will be against PSG as well. I don't find PSG better than Inter first of all. PSG are just not like in the Ligue 1 here.

They are much more inconsistent and they could have even been in the Europa League now. If they keep this up Real Sociedad can really punish them for that weakness.

[hahay]

For some reason, I also had doubts about PSG this season, they don't seem ready and their strength is only strong in Ligue 1, but not in the UCL league. Even though they are trained by a great coach like Enrique and have star players, they have not been able to show their toughness in the UCL. Just look at PSG qualifying for the round of 16 through luck only with a difference in goal difference with AC Milan.

I think Sociedad will win the match, because Real Sociedad's game is so solid in defense, very good at controlling the ball, and killing counter attacks through player Kubo.

PSG's performance at the start of this season did indeed decline slightly compared to last season, but slowly they can continue to develop their team's performance in a more positive direction and that makes their chances in the last 16 of the UCL even greater and the opponent they face is Real Sociedad, if We look at the quality of both teams. I think PSG is a little better than Real Sociedad, so I don't doubt that PSG's percentage of getting to the next round is much greater than Real Sociedad.

If we compare PSG and Real Sociedad, I think PSG still has a better chance than Real Sociedad of winning and qualifying for the quarter-finals. Even though it is true that Real Sociedad also won group D, leading over Inter and only goal difference is the difference, but that doesn't mean Real Sociedad is better than PSG.

Because after all, playing in the knockout phase of the Champions League clearly has different pressure too, what's more PSG is a team that has good dominance in Ligue 1 . Also, basically Enrique is used to facing or against La Liga teams and with the experience Enrique has like that. So ya, of course Enrique really understands the right strategy for playing against Real Sociedad later and thus, of course PSG has a very good chance of beating Real Sociedad.

[imamusma]

Do you know how long Kevin De Bruyne have been away for Manchester City? If I'm recalling correctly, he's been out Injured since the Super Cup finals against Sevilla and during that game he didn't play for too long, no direct contact was seen from any player and someone here be saying we evil for giving our own opinions on matters. If they're not mature enough to ignore things, they should try not to become a prick.

For long term plans, I feel like they should plan ahead for a possible replacement. Check the performance of Erling Haaland, is it same as that of his first season? He has the best passes and combination from Kevin De Bruyne. He be still the leading goal scoring player but has seen a drop also struggles with his goals and contributions.

Even top teams with big finances are not always able to play at the highest level, recessions are a normal phenomenon and this is normal not only for the team but also for the players. Haaland showed excellent results in the previous season and set many records, do you think it’s so easy to exceed your achievements every year? Don't worry, Guardiola is a great coach and if he needs new players he will find them.

Well of course him being injured is going to have an effect on his performance. But at the same time it is also true that his performance has dropped quite significantly. And it is definitely time for Manchester City to look for a replacement. Because he is already starting to get injured. Who knows for how long he will actually be able to compete?

So yes I think for long-term plans, Manchester City should start thinking about a replacement. Maybe get a young player and shape him up to be a good replacement. Or maybe just go and get a player who will be another great one. They can afford it in my opinion.

It's true that Manchester City have to get ready to look for a potential replacement for De Bruyne, because apart from injuries, he is also close to 33 years old. In the next season or two, perhaps his performance will decline again, but for now everyone hopes that De Bruyne will be available again as soon as possible, to help Pep speak out through his actions in midfield. How unstable City would be without his presence in the main squad, after being left behind by Gundogan and Mahrez, Pep needs time to develop their current new signings.

Financially, we don't doubt that Manchester City has more power to recruit any player, their academy players could also be an alternative solution. The bargaining power that Pep has in hunting for players is very, very reliable, I think there are only a few players who will refuse the offer to join Manchester City at this time, except for those who are afraid of losing the competition, in terms of playing minutes and are fighting for it.

[Docnaster]

Real Sociedad are a really unpredictable team indeed. Finishing a group including Inter in itself as the leader isn't an easy task to perform at all. In the end there is technically a big strength gap between these teams on paper. But team effort can upset the balances quite much. I can say that Real Sociedad have played really well as a team until now.

I wonder how successful they will be against PSG as well. I don't find PSG better than Inter first of all. PSG are just not like in the Ligue 1 here.

They are much more inconsistent and they could have even been in the Europa League now. If they keep this up Real Sociedad can really punish them for that weakness.

Real Sociedad is one Spanish club that's shown over the years that they have all it takes to win any European team and despite the club's inability to have any of the biggest players in Europe, they play more like a team than relying on individual  brilliance to win games.  Paris Saint Germain is undoubtedly one of the strongest teams in Europe in terms of quality of players and would is backed by many including bookmakers to easily eliminate Real Sociedad from the competition.

With the help of players like Kylian Mbappe,  Ousmane Dembele,  Kolo Muani and others,  eliminating Real Sociedad shouldn't be a big issue against Paris Saint Germain but that I don't think should make them underrate  the Spanish team as they have all it taken to pull a surprise in that tie

[Leviathan.007]

Porto performance during group stages was quite impressive because at the end of group stages they can able to finish at runner up position and Porto has equal point with Barcelona and last season at round of 16 Porto journey have to stopped because at that time they were eliminated by Inter Milan and this season too Porto will gets strong opponent Arsenal and after absense for 6 years finally Arsenal can return to this competition and they were finish at first place after gets 4 wins and 1 draw and for this match Arsenal status as the favourite and Porto as underdog team

If we talking about recent performance from them both teams are equally in the good shape because their performance at their domestic league is quite good even Arsenal can occupy first place on league standings and their latest meeting on Champion league was happened on season 2009/2010 at that time Arsenal can able to win with big scores from Porto 5-0 and for the first leg Porto will playing as a host i think they will attempts to gets the winning results from Arsenal but for champion league Porto records at home isn't too impressive so let see who is the winner of this match whether it Arsenal or Porto

Arsenal should play many games before this match they are going to have against Porto and we can't predict anything yet about this match between these two teams but all I can say before the match is about the last meets the two teams had. Arsenal and Porto had some other games against each other and in the last fie games between these two teams, each team won two games while they had one draw.
The chance for Arteta and his players to win this match is obviously higher but I think Porto is also motivated to beat Arsenal in his match and everything depends on the performance of both teams in the next games before this match.

[Weawant]

PSG's performance at the start of this season did indeed decline slightly compared to last season, but slowly they can continue to develop their team's performance in a more positive direction and that makes their chances in the last 16 of the UCL even greater and the opponent they face is Real Sociedad, if We look at the quality of both teams. I think PSG is a little better than Real Sociedad, so I don't doubt that PSG's percentage of getting to the next round is much greater than Real Sociedad.

With respect to their domestic league, PSG did started on a relatively poor note but later were getting back to form and quickly got to the top of the table this season and now they are more likely to be the winners of the Ligue 1 as they are like the most formidable team in the Ligue 1 currently, their team form and Dept looks better than others.

Due to their dominance in their local league, I think they are showing some lax and negligence to the league but back in the UCL they are doing much better as they were able to get pass the group stage although with much struggle so they are gradually getting through the UCL even with their struggles, playing against Real socidad is going to be a struggle because real sociadad is doing well and they are also not weak both on the UCL and their local league so it's very possible it's ends in a draw in the first leg.

[Falconer]

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Arsenal should play many games before this match they are going to have against Porto and we can't predict anything yet about this match between these two teams but all I can say before the match is about the last meets the two teams had. Arsenal and Porto had some other games against each other and in the last fie games between these two teams, each team won two games while they had one draw.
The chance for Arteta and his players to win this match is obviously higher but I think Porto is also motivated to beat Arsenal in his match and everything depends on the performance of both teams in the next games before this match.

If we look at the squad depth between Arsenal and Porto, it is clear to us that Arteta squad deserves to be superior. It's true, there are still many considerations at the moment, because both of them have to continue several matches in their respective domestic competitions, we need to wait to assess the chances again when the meeting schedule approaches. The motivation of teams that qualify for the knockout rounds is much greater than before, no club wants to be eliminated early, many surprises can happen and we have seen this very often.

In my opinion, Arsenal can win the match and advance to the quarter-finals, in the sense of not underestimating the bargaining value that Porto has. The competitive level of the Premier League has made Arsenal a stronger team, currently they are leading the standings. It is true that domestic competitions cannot be used as a complete reference because the Champions League is very different, but at least this can be taken into consideration.

[Marvell1]

PSG's performance at the start of this season did indeed decline slightly compared to last season, but slowly they can continue to develop their team's performance in a more positive direction and that makes their chances in the last 16 of the UCL even greater and the opponent they face is Real Sociedad, if We look at the quality of both teams. I think PSG is a little better than Real Sociedad, so I don't doubt that PSG's percentage of getting to the next round is much greater than Real Sociedad.

With respect to their domestic league, PSG did started on a relatively poor note but later were getting back to form and quickly got to the top of the table this season and now they are more likely to be the winners of the Ligue 1 as they are like the most formidable team in the Ligue 1 currently, their team form and Dept looks better than others.

Due to their dominance in their local league, I think they are showing some lax and negligence to the league but back in the UCL they are doing much better as they were able to get pass the group stage although with much struggle so they are gradually getting through the UCL even with their struggles, playing against Real socidad is going to be a struggle because real sociadad is doing well and they are also not weak both on the UCL and their local league so it's very possible it's ends in a draw in the first leg.

PSG has been able to recover quite well so far, I think they are not going to have any problem trying to be the winner of Ligue 1. But if we are talking about the UCL they definitely are going to have a lot of problems. Because in UCL they are facing a lot of teams that are actually better than them and they actually have competition in the UCL. That is a big reason I don't think that they will win the UCL. You can not prepare for the biggest competition of football by playing against some mid-teams throughout the whole season. And yes I do not think they will be able to win the UCL this season as well. They are just not good enough.

[Oluwa-btc]

Do you know how long Kevin De Bruyne have been away for Manchester City? If I'm recalling correctly, he's been out Injured since the Super Cup finals against Sevilla and during that game he didn't play for too long, no direct contact was seen from any player and someone here be saying we evil for giving our own opinions on matters. If they're not mature enough to ignore things, they should try not to become a prick.

For long term plans, I feel like they should plan ahead for a possible replacement. Check the performance of Erling Haaland, is it same as that of his first season? He has the best passes and combination from Kevin De Bruyne. He be still the leading goal scoring player but has seen a drop also struggles with his goals and contributions.

Even top teams with big finances are not always able to play at the highest level, recessions are a normal phenomenon and this is normal not only for the team but also for the players. Haaland showed excellent results in the previous season and set many records, do you think it’s so easy to exceed your achievements every year? Don't worry, Guardiola is a great coach and if he needs new players he will find them.

Well of course him being injured is going to have an effect on his performance. But at the same time it is also true that his performance has dropped quite significantly. And it is definitely time for Manchester City to look for a replacement. Because he is already starting to get injured. Who knows for how long he will actually be able to compete?

So yes I think for long-term plans, Manchester City should start thinking about a replacement. Maybe get a young player and shape him up to be a good replacement. Or maybe just go and get a player who will be another great one. They can afford it in my opinion.

I've read recently how he's said he'll love to play with Cristiano Ronaldo before he retires completely from football completely. He's already have a good taste of what success and excellence be at club level and I believe it's time for him to leave Manchester City. Planning for his exit and another Injury would be great. I don't like the way he's been getting these injuries, though I can't do nothing to stop em from happening.

Planning for his exit would help the club even if Pep Guardiola plans on leaving, the replacement would just come in and continue from the particular project he stopped. Kevin would definitely be back in action against Everton on the 27 of December.

[Cookdata]

If we compare PSG and Real Sociedad, I think PSG still has a better chance than Real Sociedad of winning and qualifying for the quarter-finals. Even though it is true that Real Sociedad also won group D, leading over Inter and only goal difference is the difference, but that doesn't mean Real Sociedad is better than PSG.

I like how consistent PSG has been these season even though their form is not that good in the Champions League, the progressed to these stage by luck because if not for Milan lower goal difference, they would have been out of these discussions we are having but maybe the dynamics of their performance will yield something more warble than we had before.

From another angle, Real Sociedad have been sparkling in their domestic league the past few weeks and that made me think PSG need to be careful, some small teams in Ligue1 has humiliated PSG this season, it shouldn'tbe Real Sociedad that will remove them finally.

Because after all, playing in the knockout phase of the Champions League clearly has different pressure too, what's more PSG is a team that has good dominance in Ligue 1 . Also, basically Enrique is used to facing or against La Liga teams and with the experience Enrique has like that. So ya, of course Enrique really understands the right strategy for playing against Real Sociedad later and thus, of course PSG has a very good chance of beating Real Sociedad.

I'm having some doubts even as I want to believe Sociedad can pull some stunt on PSG, in group stage some teams might be unlucky to meet one of the strongest opponents. I don't know for Copenhagen and Galatasaray in the past but they gave in their best in the Champions League group B, one of the best I enjoyed I must say and PSG suffered a lot to come out good, perhaps things might change after this stage but at the same time, Sociedad is good in domestic league. Predicting this might be hard but double chance will certainly give a good money when they meet.