UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[Palakka]

It's an intriguing dynamics ahead of the match between Dortmund and PSV. It's more about mentality rather than the perceived material superiority of Dortmund's players compared to their struggles in recent domestic league matches. The emphasis on high motivation, especially during the away leg at PSV's home ground, is crucial. Facing strong opposition in the form of PSV adds an extra layer of pressure to secure a favorable position in the preliminary round.

The challenges Dortmund has faced in the domestic league might indeed make this match a critical test of their mental resilience. PSV dominating their domestic league adds an element of unpredictability to the upcoming clash. I think Dortmund seem differrent when they play in Champions League games. They seem to feel less pressure and I think it will hard for PSV to beat full-motivated Dortmund, because they have the ability to win games at home and away like they've done in the group stage. In football, the mental aspect is often as significant as the material one. It will be fascinating to see how Dortmund responds to this challenge.

I think both teams have the same strength and it is not impossible that this match will be quite exciting in the first leg. But generally, Dortmund journey in the Champions League this season looks quite good because they were in a quite difficult group but they managed to win the group. Even though their performance hasn't improved much in the Bundesliga, I don't think this will affect their mentality in the Champions League.

It is very natural that these two teams will compete quite strongly, especially for PSV because they will be the hosts for the first leg. Apart from that, Dortmund has shown their away strength quite well in the Champions League this season where they were able to beat AC Milan, hold PSG to a draw and were also able to beat Newcastle United. So the match against PSV in the first leg I think Dortmund will be able to put pressure on them like they did in the group stage match away from home.

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[rahmad2nd]

I think Leipzig was unlucky because they had to face Real Madrid while Leipzig is not experienced in the Champions League and they don't have superstar players like Real Madrid, Leipzig is a newcomer in this tournament and they can't definitely have any chance against a team like Real Madrid. Maybe that's the safest bet we can have for for Real Madrid because Real Madrid will not lose this match to Leipzig in any situation and Leipzig needs a miracle against Real Madrid otherwise the result is clear.

If we refer to the squad depth of these two teams, it is clear that Madrid will always be the favourite. but I have a different thought, if Leipzig has a chance to give Madrid a fight when playing at the Red Bul Arena, their home ground. I think Marco Rose, as the architect of Leipizig, will provide resistance to Real Madrid in front of his own supporters. sometimes, this team is able to provide fierce resistance to the opposing team. like when Leizpig played against Bayern Munich, it is not uncommon for Munich to have difficulty overthrowing Leipzig at the Red Bul Arena. like when Leizpig played against Manchester City last season, Leipzig was able to match City with a score of 1-1 in the first leg. although as we know, this season the team coached by Marco Rose is a little unstable in its performance. well, even though Madrid is actually in their best performance, they shouldn't underestimate Marco Rose's team. especially, when visiting the Red Bul Arena. The reason is, this team can give surprises, especially when playing at its own headquarters.

On the other hand, it is very likely that Leipzig will not do much when playing their match at the Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid's headquarters. for me, this is where Madrid will destroy Leipzig. however, if we talk about the first leg, it is possible that Leipzig will be able to match the game of Carlo Ancelotti's team. At least the first match could end in a draw, especially if I refer to betting odds. even though it is still temporary, the odds that the bookie presents do not have a very obvious gap. which means, this match can end unexpectedly. I mean, Madrid could only produce a draw when they visit the Red Bul Arena. so, to be sure, we'll just have to wait for the meeting between these two teams to be held.

[SATWAT]

Real Sociedad's performance was good, but it wasn't that strong. I believe the first leg against PSG is an advantage for PSG. If Sociedad can hold back or at least reduce their losses by conceding a lot, they can hit back in the second leg.
PSG will still be the favorite, but I don't expect PSG to be eliminated faster if they lose to Soicedad. There is still enough time to prepare. and Sociedad also still has a match against a strong team like Girona to prepare for the match against PSG.

Rea Sociodad has a good defense and good counter-attack, this can be seen in the group phase and even in Laliga. However, PSG this season also has big motivation in the UCL League because their big goal is to get the UCL League trophy.

So my prediction for this match is that PSG can win this match but they cannot score +2 goals at home, they are really struggling with Real Sociedad's defense. And maybe PSG in this match will give Enrique extra instructions to Mbappe and Dembele when building attacks so they can score goals quickly. Because I still believe PSG is a very good team and of course if PSG is not clinical then PSG can beat Real Sociedad in the first leg. My prediction for this match is 1-0 for PSG to win, I'm not sure if I bet on the number of goals in this match.

Here I am not agreed about this all as they are having very good defense but sadly their attack is not effective as they needed because currently in last few games they are fail to score good number of goals which is brought them down into La Liga table and their performance in last few group stage matches was also not good because they have two draws with in both matches their attack fail to score any goal which is surely problem for them which needs to be fixed before this big event and if they want to have better results in coming matches as well.
Most chances both teams will win their home games, and then we will have decision on penalties or extra time because things could be not easy for them to win in away games, but surely we will have full time entertaining soccer from the both teams in these matches.

[X-ray]

Real Sociedad's performance was good, but it wasn't that strong. I believe the first leg against PSG is an advantage for PSG. If Sociedad can hold back or at least reduce their losses by conceding a lot, they can hit back in the second leg.
PSG will still be the favorite, but I don't expect PSG to be eliminated faster if they lose to Soicedad. There is still enough time to prepare. and Sociedad also still has a match against a strong team like Girona to prepare for the match against PSG.

Rea Sociodad has a good defense and good counter-attack, this can be seen in the group phase and even in Laliga. However, PSG this season also has big motivation in the UCL League because their big goal is to get the UCL League trophy.

So my prediction for this match is that PSG can win this match but they cannot score +2 goals at home, they are really struggling with Real Sociedad's defense. And maybe PSG in this match will give Enrique extra instructions to Mbappe and Dembele when building attacks so they can score goals quickly. Because I still believe PSG is a very good team and of course if PSG is not clinical then PSG can beat Real Sociedad in the first leg. My prediction for this match is 1-0 for PSG to win, I'm not sure if I bet on the number of goals in this match.

Real Sociedad as one of top teams in the Spanish La Liga is a very good team when it come to getting their desired results and my opinion is backed by their performances during the group stage of the current UEFA Champions League season. But against the French champions Paris Saint Germaine, I think Real Sociedad have a very little chance of reaching the last eight of the competition.

Sociedad was one of the strongest club in the la liga. it will be a blunder for PSG if the club will not be seeing it as a worthy opponent. PSG needs to try even harder to beat it. Sociedad is likely playing fully offensive against PSG. Sociedad was performing quite good in the grou stage and paris saint german needs to be carefully in playing the game against it.
The club needs to put its defenders as the priority caused by PSG will be facing a club that was very often in attacking its opponent. PSG needs to owning the ball possession to limiting the movement from real sociedad to explore any chances that potentially gave good result for the club.

Paris Saint Germaine as we all know is a club with so many top quality players including the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele Kolo Muani and even Marco Asensio. For attacking players of with the intimidating qualities these players possess, it'll be very difficult to stop them from scoring whenever they want to.

True but despite the fact that PSG was a strong caused by it has quality players but the club shall not also underestimate its opponent. Real sociedad was still performing very well at this moment. It was making the situation to be even better than before.
PSG can win easily against real sociedad as long as its defenders will be consistently defending the goal keeper properly.

[topbitcoin]

Speaking of strength, for individual skills they are still below PSG but for teamwork problems they are not a weak club and it could be that their strength is comparable to PSG when talking about cohesiveness and teamwork.
Don't forget that last season's semi-finalists Inter just had to be willing to be positioned below Sociedad in the group phase so they need to be wary even though they are dark horses.

The current situation for PSG remains a favorite in the match in the round of 16 this time but that does not mean they will win easily in this match considering as I said Sociedad is a dark horse that could surprise.
If in the end PSG let their guard down or underestimated Sociedad, they could lose the match later. The advantage that PSG has is that at least some of their players have known how Sociedad plays because surely Asensio and Dembele know what to do because this is not the first time for them to face Sociedad.

Real Sociedad doesn't have the best of the top quality footballers in Europe on which a club can rely on their brilliance to win matches and that's why they're very good in teamwork. Against a big team like Paris Saint that possesses some of the best legs in Europe, you don't expect Real Sociedad to go for individual brilliance ahead of teamwork.

Paris Saint Germaine will not only make rely on their best players to destroy Real Sociedad but will also be doing their best by playing more like a team in other to eliminate Real Sociedad because if they choose to rely on individual performance of their star players, their opponents Real Sociedad might just capitalize on that and win the tie.

The individual skills of their players are evenly distributed, besides that, they also do not rely on just one of their players to boost the club's performance to be better because they always synergize on each line to create a good harmony that can support the performance of Sociedad.
Currently, when facing PSG, they will not be a favorite club and I am quite sure for the first leg Sociedad will only aim for a draw by implementing a defensive scheme and continuing with a counter attack.
The problem Sociedad have to think about now is how they can close Mbappe's movement for PSG because as long as Mbappe is closed, PSG will not be free and this could be a good advantage for them.

PSG is a pretty good club and their attack is still very good today but indeed when they are closed with a tight opponent's defense they will try harder and override the defense so that is what Sociedad should look for in their match in the round of 16 this time.

[Mayor of ogba]

Currently, Barcelona performance in La Liga and Copa del Rey not enough impressive and conceded goals evert match, eliminating from Copa del Rey after losing from Athletic Bilbao and how weakness defensive of Barcelona conceded 4 goals. Inconsistent performance made Xavi Hernandez not secure with his position and any rumor get potential sack from Barcelona manager exactly crucial losses in Copa del Rey from Athletic Bilbao.

In 16 of Champion League round, Barcelona will away first leg against Napoli and current bad record against Serie A teams give bad dreaming for Barcelona will impressive performance on first leg or not? Since become the UEFA Champion League winner season 2015/16, Barcelona never have good achievement lead until final round, last two season in a row failed qualify to 16 round and its first time for Xavi Hernandez made Barcelona lead to knock out round, for the final I doubt has inconsistency performance will be easy for Barcelona will get one place in the final round.

I also believe that unfortunately Napoli has no chance of winning against Barcelona, who have not had exceptional performances, but are certainly not facing the stability problems that Napoli currently have
Napoli lost badly against small teams like Frosinone, this is not a sign of health

With the way FC Barcelona is performing in La Liga currently, they even lost heavily to Villareal at Camp Nou with a 3-5 score in favor of Villareal. I know that Napoli is not also performing well this season, but there is a chance for Napoli to win against FC Barcelona in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.

[klidex]

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I think both teams have the same strength and it is not impossible that this match will be quite exciting in the first leg. But generally, Dortmund journey in the Champions League this season looks quite good because they were in a quite difficult group but they managed to win the group. Even though their performance hasn't improved much in the Bundesliga, I don't think this will affect their mentality in the Champions League.

It is very natural that these two teams will compete quite strongly, especially for PSV because they will be the hosts for the first leg. Apart from that, Dortmund has shown their away strength quite well in the Champions League this season where they were able to beat AC Milan, hold PSG to a draw and were also able to beat Newcastle United. So the match against PSV in the first leg I think Dortmund will be able to put pressure on them like they did in the group stage match away from home.

PSV Eindhoven is playing quite well in the domestic league and is at the top of the standings in contrast to Dortmund's performance in the domestic league which is currently ranked 5th, but this will not be a big influence for Dortmund because they are also quite good at playing in the Champions League and are in the group which was quite tough. While PSV Eindhoven played quite tough in the Champions League even though in the end they qualified for the round of 16. In the first leg, maybe PSV Eindhoven will have an advantage because they are playing as the home team, but Dortmund's performance in the Champions League cannot be underestimated even though they are playing away, so I think Dortmund can win or at least get a draw so that in the second leg, Dortmund can take advantage of it and achieved victory with a big score.

But even so, we also cannot underestimate PSV Eindhoven because it could be surprise us all if PSV they are serious about the Champions League competition because clubs that are sometimes considered incapable can usually appear impressive and surprise everyone.

[Litzki1990]

Currently, Barcelona performance in La Liga and Copa del Rey not enough impressive and conceded goals evert match, eliminating from Copa del Rey after losing from Athletic Bilbao and how weakness defensive of Barcelona conceded 4 goals. Inconsistent performance made Xavi Hernandez not secure with his position and any rumor get potential sack from Barcelona manager exactly crucial losses in Copa del Rey from Athletic Bilbao.

In 16 of Champion League round, Barcelona will away first leg against Napoli and current bad record against Serie A teams give bad dreaming for Barcelona will impressive performance on first leg or not? Since become the UEFA Champion League winner season 2015/16, Barcelona never have good achievement lead until final round, last two season in a row failed qualify to 16 round and its first time for Xavi Hernandez made Barcelona lead to knock out round, for the final I doubt has inconsistency performance will be easy for Barcelona will get one place in the final round.

I also believe that unfortunately Napoli has no chance of winning against Barcelona, who have not had exceptional performances, but are certainly not facing the stability problems that Napoli currently have
Napoli lost badly against small teams like Frosinone, this is not a sign of health

With the way FC Barcelona is performing in La Liga currently, they even lost heavily to Villareal at Camp Nou with a 3-5 score in favor of Villareal. I know that Napoli is not also performing well this season, but there is a chance for Napoli to win against FC Barcelona in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.

The Champions League equation is getting tougher for Barcelona. Despite Barcelona being a big team and a big team, this team is currently losing most of their matches in La Liga or Champions League. Barcelona lost 2-3 against Antwerp in the last match. Against Barcelona Napoli are performing better than Barcelona. Barcelona's chances of going to the next round are very low with the way they are performing but if Napoli can improve their performance and if they play seriously in the upcoming matches then Nepali can qualify for the next round. There are many reasons behind Barcelona's poor performance but the most notable reason is that both Barcelona's defense and midfield are weak. Barcelona is not able to perform well in big matches due to weak defense and midfield.

[entertheabyss]

With the way FC Barcelona is performing in La Liga currently, they even lost heavily to Villareal at Camp Nou with a 3-5 score in favor of Villareal. I know that Napoli is not also performing well this season, but there is a chance for Napoli to win against FC Barcelona in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.

Barcelona is shaky in performance, losing 5-3 to Villareal at Camp Nou, they're no longer the formidable Barcelona we all know, they're consider to be another average club in La Liga this season. Barcelona recently performance is sending an indirect message to their opponents in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. If Barcelona are unable to keep proper track record of winning, that means they have a whole lot of problems solved and this is certainly a big challenge that will continue to grow if Xavi Hernandez doesn't strive harder to resolved them.

[wakier]

Recently i comment in the Europa League thread we are not gonna see again the Liverpool Klopp in Champions League after this decission of get out of the red team after finish this season, in someways is a little bit sad, but it was a very long journey, lets see where he goes after that and wich team of him we are gonna see in the nexts Champions Leagues we need trainers like him.

This news is true because Kloop has also given an explanation to the media about his departure from the Reds team. After hearing the news that Salah was currently injured, Liverpool also had to receive other bad news. The coach who has guided Liverpool for many years and has achieved good results will soon leave the end of this season is certainly a major blow for Liverpool
However, life will go on, Liverpool must continue to move forward even without coach Kloop and we just pray that Kloop's departure will not have a big impact on Liverpool's performance in the EPL and UCL next season.

[asriloni]

Recently i comment in the Europa League thread we are not gonna see again the Liverpool Klopp in Champions League after this decission of get out of the red team after finish this season, in someways is a little bit sad, but it was a very long journey, lets see where he goes after that and wich team of him we are gonna see in the nexts Champions Leagues we need trainers like him.

This news is true because Kloop has also given an explanation to the media about his departure from the Reds team. After hearing the news that Salah was currently injured, Liverpool also had to receive other bad news. The coach who has guided Liverpool for many years and has achieved good results will soon leave the end of this season is certainly a major blow for Liverpool

Salah will be back later but klopp will have gone forever. This is the different between both of news that have been published. In fact, salah needs only a few weeks to recover from his injury while the club may be searching a good coach to replace him. Im feeling that liverpool has been silently started to hunt he good coach for the club.
Yet an official announcement may be happening at the end of season. We can only speculate which names that have been strongly linked to the him. This is also helping as to track the record from the coach. Just hope liverpool will not sign inexperienced coach like when it was coached by brendan rogers.

However, life will go on, Liverpool must continue to move forward even without coach Kloop and we just pray that Kloop's departure will not have a big impact on Liverpool's performance in the EPL and UCL next season.

True and im guessing that the club will have so many preparations for the upcoming season. Liverpool needs also to find the new coach before the new season will begin. We will be getting so many surprises in the summer transfer season. It's started with some big rumor like mbappe will be answered too.
There will be many surprise to come at the middle of this month. it's also making the situation is even better than before. Im quite happy with the result right now. Liverpool can still even perform so well without salah and this is huge improvement by the club.

[mamesso]

With the way FC Barcelona is performing in La Liga currently, they even lost heavily to Villareal at Camp Nou with a 3-5 score in favor of Villareal. I know that Napoli is not also performing well this season, but there is a chance for Napoli to win against FC Barcelona in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.

Barcelona is shaky in performance, losing 5-3 to Villareal at Camp Nou, they're no longer the formidable Barcelona we all know, they're consider to be another average club in La Liga this season. Barcelona recently performance is sending an indirect message to their opponents in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. If Barcelona are unable to keep proper track record of winning, that means they have a whole lot of problems solved and this is certainly a big challenge that will continue to grow if Xavi Hernandez doesn't strive harder to resolved them.

The defeat that Barcelona just experienced in the continuation of La Liga in the last week 21 gave a signal to Napoli that their opponent's defense was very fragile, Barcelona goal was easily penetrated by a team whose performance was poor in La Liga. Napoli must exploit Barcelona weaknesses into an opportunity to win in the first leg. After Xavi officially announced that he would no longer manage Barcelona next season, it will be very difficult for this team to give its best performance due to the players' increasingly deteriorating mental state. With conditions like this, there is very little hope that Barcelona can go further in the UCL, the decreasing goal productivity and a very fragile defense line make it very difficult for Barcelona to win.

[pusaka]

Recently i comment in the Europa League thread we are not gonna see again the Liverpool Klopp in Champions League after this decission of get out of the red team after finish this season, in someways is a little bit sad, but it was a very long journey, lets see where he goes after that and wich team of him we are gonna see in the nexts Champions Leagues we need trainers like him.

This news is true because Kloop has also given an explanation to the media about his departure from the Reds team. After hearing the news that Salah was currently injured, Liverpool also had to receive other bad news. The coach who has guided Liverpool for many years and has achieved good results will soon leave the end of this season is certainly a major blow for Liverpool
However, life will go on, Liverpool must continue to move forward even without coach Kloop and we just pray that Kloop's departure will not have a big impact on Liverpool's performance in the EPL and UCL next season.

Maybe this will be a tough thing for Liverpool because they will lose the coach who has been giving something extraordinary for them. But they should not be in this situation for too long, they must start preparing and see who the coach they will appoint to replace Jurgen Klopp. The time they have is long enough to consider who they will appoint.
In football, separation is a certain thing, sooner or later they will definitely be at the point where they have to end their cooperation. Liverpool are now experiencing this, for Klopp himself of course this is also a tough thing, but surely he must have considered before deciding to leave Liverpool.

[Jatiluhung]

With the way FC Barcelona is performing in La Liga currently, they even lost heavily to Villareal at Camp Nou with a 3-5 score in favor of Villareal. I know that Napoli is not also performing well this season, but there is a chance for Napoli to win against FC Barcelona in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.

Barcelona is shaky in performance, losing 5-3 to Villareal at Camp Nou, they're no longer the formidable Barcelona we all know, they're consider to be another average club in La Liga this season. Barcelona recently performance is sending an indirect message to their opponents in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. If Barcelona are unable to keep proper track record of winning, that means they have a whole lot of problems solved and this is certainly a big challenge that will continue to grow if Xavi Hernandez doesn't strive harder to resolved them.

Maybe at first I thought that it was very likely that Barcelona would be able to beat Napoli in the round of 16. But after seeing Barcelona lose to Villareal, I think Barcelona will be as bad as Napoli this season. So the Barcelona vs Napoli match will most likely be more difficult to predict after seeing both teams being inconsistent this season. But still, Barcelona is still quite good at controlling the ball on the field. But they are poor in defense and finishing. In contrast to Napoli, they are also bad at controlling the ball and they are also bad at defending. But Napoli's attacking power is sometimes still quite sharp. But Napoli have been poor since the start of the season. Meanwhile, Barcelona has been bad recently. So Barcelona may still have a slight advantage over Napoli.

[tusandii]

With the way FC Barcelona is performing in La Liga currently, they even lost heavily to Villareal at Camp Nou with a 3-5 score in favor of Villareal. I know that Napoli is not also performing well this season, but there is a chance for Napoli to win against FC Barcelona in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.

Barcelona is shaky in performance, losing 5-3 to Villareal at Camp Nou, they're no longer the formidable Barcelona we all know, they're consider to be another average club in La Liga this season. Barcelona recently performance is sending an indirect message to their opponents in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. If Barcelona are unable to keep proper track record of winning, that means they have a whole lot of problems solved and this is certainly a big challenge that will continue to grow if Xavi Hernandez doesn't strive harder to resolved them.

Maybe at first I thought that it was very likely that Barcelona would be able to beat Napoli in the round of 16. But after seeing Barcelona lose to Villareal, I think Barcelona will be as bad as Napoli this season. So the Barcelona vs Napoli match will most likely be more difficult to predict after seeing both teams being inconsistent this season. But still, Barcelona is still quite good at controlling the ball on the field. But they are poor in defense and finishing. In contrast to Napoli, they are also bad at controlling the ball and they are also bad at defending. But Napoli's attacking power is sometimes still quite sharp. But Napoli have been poor since the start of the season. Meanwhile, Barcelona has been bad recently. So Barcelona may still have a slight advantage over Napoli.

In fact, both of these clubs are both having bad performance at the moment and we'll see, we will see that Napoli will lose against Napoli and if that really happens, I'm sure it's difficult to prediction who will qualify.
As the matches progress, these two big clubs start to lose their performance because there are always changes happening and I have also said before that I will continues to bet on every Champions League match, but for the Napoli and Barcelona matches I will avoid them because there will continue to be surprises.
This is only temporary speculation because there is still a fairly long gap when positive changes can occur and according to my prediction, Napoli is slightly superior to Barcelona.

[rendravolt]

With the way FC Barcelona is performing in La Liga currently, they even lost heavily to Villareal at Camp Nou with a 3-5 score in favor of Villareal. I know that Napoli is not also performing well this season, but there is a chance for Napoli to win against FC Barcelona in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.

Every defeat for Barcelona this season will be an advantage for their opponents and of course Napoli knows that Barcelona is not as promising as before. With this news, this Italian team will try to get rid of Barcelona. Moreover, it has been quite a long time since Barcelona reached the round of 16 and of course the frustration of defeat will continue to plague the Barcelona players so that Napoli doesn't need to worry about destroying them.

In general, Napoli is not better than Barcelona, but the number of defeats that Barcelona has suffered so badly recently in all competitions will certainly make it easier for Napoli to beat them over two legs. It would be another history if Barcelona were truly eliminated in the round of 16.

[Jody.Drummer]

With the way FC Barcelona is performing in La Liga currently, they even lost heavily to Villareal at Camp Nou with a 3-5 score in favor of Villareal. I know that Napoli is not also performing well this season, but there is a chance for Napoli to win against FC Barcelona in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.

Barcelona is shaky in performance, losing 5-3 to Villareal at Camp Nou, they're no longer the formidable Barcelona we all know, they're consider to be another average club in La Liga this season. Barcelona recently performance is sending an indirect message to their opponents in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. If Barcelona are unable to keep proper track record of winning, that means they have a whole lot of problems solved and this is certainly a big challenge that will continue to grow if Xavi Hernandez doesn't strive harder to resolved them.

I'm starting to doubt Barcelona will be able to go far in the Champions League this season, the setbacks they're experiencing are real, and the latest result was when they lost to Villareal and that was after they were also eliminated from the Copa del Rey this season.
It's obviously not going to be easy for Xavi Hernandez and the players as they will be up against much stronger clubs in the Champions League. If they continue like this then Napoli will be able to eliminate them easily in the round of 16. The problem is that they can't do anything big in the transfer market because they have financial problems that don't allow them to spend more money to have a more solid squad. The key is to stick with the players they have at the moment.

[Pulsar77]

Barcelona is shaky in performance, losing 5-3 to Villareal at Camp Nou, they're no longer the formidable Barcelona we all know, they're consider to be another average club in La Liga this season. Barcelona recently performance is sending an indirect message to their opponents in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. If Barcelona are unable to keep proper track record of winning, that means they have a whole lot of problems solved and this is certainly a big challenge that will continue to grow if Xavi Hernandez doesn't strive harder to resolved them.

I have really missed the old Barcelona.    I try to understand that they are rebuilding on the other hand. They haven't been consistent so far. Their look in the previous season was much better at least in the La Liga. The only positive news is that they have qualified for last 16 this time by doing better in the group stage.

Especially after this huge loss vs Villarreal more people must have realized the huge weakness in defense this season. Their vulnerability is costing them too much and Napoli could also score many goals against them like this.

[Despairo]

Every defeat for Barcelona this season will be an advantage for their opponents and of course Napoli knows that Barcelona is not as promising as before. With this news, this Italian team will try to get rid of Barcelona. Moreover, it has been quite a long time since Barcelona reached the round of 16 and of course the frustration of defeat will continue to plague the Barcelona players so that Napoli doesn't need to worry about destroying them.

In general, Napoli is not better than Barcelona, but the number of defeats that Barcelona has suffered so badly recently in all competitions will certainly make it easier for Napoli to beat them over two legs. It would be another history if Barcelona were truly eliminated in the round of 16.

Napoli is better than Barcelona, Napoli only conceded with one goal when they play without their main goalkeeper and defenders, but Napoli's substitutes players can play very well. Sooner or later Barcelona will become a weak club, it will start from Xavi left the club, they will be forced to sell their good players and build a new club with unknown players.

If Barcelona insist to keep their good players, the players will need to accept salary cuts.

[X-ray]

The Champions League equation is getting tougher for Barcelona. Despite Barcelona being a big team and a big team, this team is currently losing most of their matches in La Liga or Champions League. Barcelona lost 2-3 against Antwerp in the last match. Against Barcelona Napoli are performing better than Barcelona. Barcelona's chances of going to the next round are very low with the way they are performing but if Napoli can improve their performance and if they play seriously in the upcoming matches then Nepali can qualify for the next round. There are many reasons behind Barcelona's poor performance but the most notable reason is that both Barcelona's defense and midfield are weak. Barcelona is not able to perform well in big matches due to weak defense and midfield.

I think what happened in the past doesn't have any influence, it's true that Barcelona is a big team in Europe, but this season their performance is quite poor.
From what happened in the La Liga match, we can predict that they will not be able to do much more on the Champions League stage because what is left in the UCL at the moment is the best team and in terms of quality, most of Europe's top teams are currently far above Barcelona.

That's now true. Once the club faced terrible results in the previous games and this will be also affecting the mentality from the players as well. This is giving a very big impact to the performance from the club. it's wrong to call that if what happened in the past was not influencing the performance from the club.

Look at what happened to the barcelona. The club's performance is being negatively influenced by the snowball effect that has carried over from previous games. This proves that if barcelona is not in a good shape. People were fully aware that barcelona has been making some mistakes.

It was also decreasing the mentality of the players, this is also the main reason barcelona was always bottling any games. Xavi is confusing how to fix the problem faced by barcelona this time. it's likely that barcelona will be trying so hard to win the upcoming game.

The club may face significant negative consequences due to Xavi's announcement about his departure at the end of the season. Xavi is so stupid by saying it at the middle of season. He can do it later once barcelona will be closer to the end of season.

He thinks that fans would be seeing their empathy to him but so many people were blaming him.