UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[Oluwa-btc]

The best team is rewarded with major titles, while the struggling clubs only fights harder to maintain a spot in the UCL. High spirit coming from elite clubs, every potential manager keen on lifting the UCL trophy but it's definitely going to be hard one because it consists of more competing clubs. This season comes different, Manchester City and Real Madrid are the frontline favorites to win, perhapes there are other competing opponents that tends to take their performance very very serious. Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola are experienced and hoping for the big winnings.

They've both won it with different clubs, different players at different levels and they sure know what's best to do to lift the same trophy this season.
I'd still say Real Madrid on top, Manchester City comes next. They're indeed sides who have kept or can keep a high consistent and winning rate in the Champions League and them various domestic league fixtures.

Bayern Munich even with the arrival of Harry Kane has since some good numbers generated but with the same performance. They need to improve with how they play. In conclusion the blame is on Thomas Tuchel to improve when the performance declines.
I'd want to add whoever proceeds to the next round between Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan, they're also top favorites for the Champions League!

[Docnaster]

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Without a doubt Manchester City and Real Madrid are the two favorites to win the UCL, but you never know what it may happen, as the draw could make those teams to face each other before the final and allow another team to have a chance to win it all, and from the remaining teams I think Bayern Munich is a team that has what it takes to get to the final and win it, so Manchester City and Real Madrid still need to be careful as anything can happen once a match starts and their hopes of winning the UCL can disappear rather quickly.

I not sure there will be draw that means the two strongest team will meet before the final, UEFA has way of scheduling matches and if indeed in every match they win then there is possibility that the final could bring these two team together.
But there is Bayern Munich and Inter Milan who are also contenders for the title.
I sure that in the semifinals these four team will be candidates who will be able to fight for place in the final.
It just that if the four strongest teams play the semi-finals and Manchester City doesn't face Real Madrid then we all know who will advance to the final.

They will continue to be careful in order to win the title in the most important competition in Europe, as far as the match progresses to the round of 16, Manchester City has proven that they are worthy of retaining the title.
But on the other hand, Real Madrid, which is the most successful team in the UCL, also really wants title to add to their collection of titles.
Ancelotti is definitely trying to bring Real Madrid to fight hard in this competition.

After the round of 16 knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League competition is completed, a draw is made and during the draw, there are no restrictions that stops a particular club from meeting another one and that's why over the years, we've seen the strongest teams in the UEFA Champions League pitted against each other in the quarter final and as well as in the semi final.

But whatever be the draw this season, reaching the final of the competition will be very difficult for all the clubs that are still in the competition because unlike last season, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid are currently in good shape and would definitely do anything within their strength to make it to the final.

Pep Manchester City who happens to be the reigning champions are still very much in contention to retain the European title once again because their two best players who suffered injury at the start of the season are fully back to action now. Also their defensive midfield rockie Rodri is also back to action so playing against Manchester City at this very moment will be a very difficult task for any European club

[Weawant]

A coach mapped out his priorities before the beginning of the season. One can start winning matches without the pressure coming in from other opponents, the winning is the top priority for most of these elite clubs. Aside Real Madrid and Manchester City, we have other top clubs in the picture, atleast we shouldn't count them out because they also have priorities to meet up this season. I'm looking forward to watching Manchester City face Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League grand finale because they're both tough side and one of them have to lose three easy points.

Winning is the most important thing at the end of every match been played by any team because to be sure to win the trophy you will have to Winn your games ,a team who succeeded in winning all their games will definitely be able to win the trophy by the end of the season without no doubts because winning all their games will mean them been at the top of the table.

Most coach definitely have priority and that's why you see that at a point In the league the coach may be letting go of certain league games so as to enable them get a better performance at an elite league such as the champions league and they major domestic league games. In the champions league without further taughts, it's very obvious judging by the performance so far that Real Madrid and Manchester city seem to have prioritize the champions league and are doing excellently at it making them the most probably to win the trophy but this isn't undermining the efforts of inter Milan and Bayern Munich as it's still possible they come up with better performance after all they are all still at the round of sixteen.

[reagansimms]

Let's prepare for the worst, I don't think any other team will win the UCL title apart from Real Madrid and Manchester City this season. The potential possibility of these teams winning the title is high compared to other clubs that lacks consistency in matchs. I've seen and watch the performance of most elite clubs, they don't play upto standards. Speaking of high standards, Manchester City and Real Madrid are the two clubs that have prioritized themselves to be eligible for the UEFA title. Watching both team's performance in their various UCL matches, it says it all.

Without a doubt Manchester City and Real Madrid are the two favorites to win the UCL, but you never know what it may happen, as the draw could make those teams to face each other before the final and allow another team to have a chance to win it all, and from the remaining teams I think Bayern Munich is a team that has what it takes to get to the final and win it, so Manchester City and Real Madrid still need to be careful as anything can happen once a match starts and their hopes of winning the UCL can disappear rather quickly.

What these teams have to do is always consistently maintain their performance. Manchester City and Real Madrid are still considered the favorite teams to win the UCL trophy, but there are still other teams who are ready to provide competition, such as Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. Anything can still happen in the next few matches, it is very difficult to guess who will make it to the final.

Real Madrid will try to challenge Manchester City after being humiliated last season, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan are also still in their best condition. Losing several key players could have a fatal impact on the team's performance. Manchester City experienced difficult times when several key players suffered injuries. Coaches must be careful when playing important players when facing weak teams because the lack of rest time can make players very vulnerable to injury.

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Bayern Munich is one of the favorite teams to win UCL. I think there are 3 teams as the favorite teams to be the champion. They are Real Madrid, Man City, and Bayern Munich. We can't deny that Bayern Munich also has a very strong squad, they are quite solid in each line. I even think that Bayern Munich is ideally the team that have most strong players in all the lines. Real Madrid and Man City still have the weaknesses in their defense. But Bayern Munich has the top players in their defense line.

Bayern Munich didn't get very satisfying performance in their domestic league. However, they performed quite well in UCL. I think Bayern Munich may more focus to win UCL trophy. Real Madrid and Man City are no longer in their best condition, it is the time for Bayern Munich to steal the UCL trophy for this season.

This season, not only Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich are the favorites, but Inter milan is certainly considered the strongest team this season. The performance of these 4 teams is quite good this season because they also performed quite impressively in the domestic league. Apart from that, there are many surprises that might happen this season because all teams are really focused on achieving the trophy. If you look at Real madrid performance this season, of course they are very strong and full of ambition to make history if they win a trophy this season.

Meanwhile, for Bayern Munich, Tuchel is very ambitious to bring the UCL trophy home to the Bundesliga. In fact, Harry Kane performance has been very good with Bayern munich this season, of course he will be a player that opposing defenses will be very wary of this season. So, if you say that Manchester City is not performing well this season, of course that is a big mistake because Manchester city got additional strength after Kevin and Haaland recovered from the injuries they suffered.

[twiki]

Bayern Munich didn't get very satisfying performance in their domestic league. However, they performed quite well in UCL. I think Bayern Munich may more focus to win UCL trophy. Real Madrid and Man City are no longer in their best condition, it is the time for Bayern Munich to steal the UCL trophy for this season.

This season, not only Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich are the favorites, but Inter milan is certainly considered the strongest team this season. The performance of these 4 teams is quite good this season because they also performed quite impressively in the domestic league. Apart from that, there are many surprises that might happen this season because all teams are really focused on achieving the trophy. If you look at Real madrid performance this season, of course they are very strong and full of ambition to make history if they win a trophy this season.

Meanwhile, for Bayern Munich, Tuchel is very ambitious to bring the UCL trophy home to the Bundesliga. In fact, Harry Kane performance has been very good with Bayern munich this season, of course he will be a player that opposing defenses will be very wary of this season. So, if you say that Manchester City is not performing well this season, of course that is a big mistake because Manchester city got additional strength after Kevin and Haaland recovered from the injuries they suffered.


Yes, oh, Carlo doesn’t give a damn. Carlo is not stupid, he sees problems in defense and attack. Namely, that there are no players. It’s just that Perez gives him a lot of money so that Carlo works with what he has. And even so, Real won the Champions League and is still winning trophies, or at least at least presses on them.

[makishart]

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True, it could be said that Inter Milan were lucky enough to reach the final last season, but I also agree that they could match the play of Manchester City in the final match. Even if they have fast players up front, then they might be able to capitalize into goals. But they don't have that speed so in that match I think they wasted a lot of chances, especially at the end of the match.
Honestly, Inter Milan exceeded my expectations in that match and I really appreciate them because they can answer all the doubts that come to them. This season maybe they're in an easier group than last season, but their performances are also better than last season.

For me it wasn't just luck because Inter Milan also fought very hard to reach the final in the Champions League, in fact big clubs like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich failed to reach the final and Inter Milan was able to answer the doubts that came to them even though at first they weren't so favored by many bookies because Inter Milan's performance is very doubtful in the domestic league, but this season it seems like Inter Milan wants to repeat the same thing as last season and prove that they have improved their performance both in the Champions League and in the domestic league because of their current performance much more impressive than last season.

Yes, this season Inter Milan is not in a tough enough group so Inter Milan can qualify easily with Real Sociedad and have the same points. I don't really have full expectations for Serie A clubs, but Inter Milan's achievements last season are enough to prove that Italian league clubs cannot be underestimated.

Clubs from the Italian league should not be underestimated. Because we can also see that last season there were 3 Italian clubs who were able to qualify for the quarter-finals and 2 clubs qualified for the semi-finals, namely Milan and Inter. Unfortunately Milan and Inter had to meet in the semifinals which meant one of them had to fall. And Inter Milan managed to advance to the final.

So true but many people were not seeing italian club as strong candidates to win the competition this season. It's very strange to see how the club like intermilan which was able entering into the final being unfavored among all of the favorite teams. it surprises me that a club like arsenal which never ever won any european competition being favored to win the competition.
This is very very strange. I think that people can try to think that if italian clubs can be considered as strong candidates to win the competition as well. It doesn't even matter how strong clubs from other league but serie a clubs totally underrated club at this time.

And I even feel that this season Inter Milan is much stronger and maybe Inter Milan will once again be in the final.

I do agree with you and that's why im thinking that if intermilan shall be considered as strong clubs to enter to the final this season. Theer are some clubs are competing for the title race like manchester city and bayern munich but im still seeing intermilan is stillt he strongest team compared to the bayern munich.
The competition in the bundesliga was far stronger compared to the other clubs from the different league. I think that if intermilan potentially to enter into the final.

[Xxmodded]

Without a doubt Manchester City and Real Madrid are the two favorites to win the UCL, but you never know what it may happen, as the draw could make those teams to face each other before the final and allow another team to have a chance to win it all, and from the remaining teams I think Bayern Munich is a team that has what it takes to get to the final and win it, so Manchester City and Real Madrid still need to be careful as anything can happen once a match starts and their hopes of winning the UCL can disappear rather quickly.

Although both teams are favorable teams for winning UEFA Champion League must looking the match drawing will face early on quarter final or semifinal round? regarding with the other team Madrid and Manchester City have quit well performance between domestic league and Champion League. Difficult with Manchester City become the second teams after Real Madrid success win Champion League tittle back to back but Pep Guardiola have improvement well with his team performance.
If quarter final drawing match both teams separated for facing in the final, I think Manchester City and Real Madrid will play in Champion League final this season than other teams.

[Jody.Drummer]

Without a doubt Manchester City and Real Madrid are the two favorites to win the UCL, but you never know what it may happen, as the draw could make those teams to face each other before the final and allow another team to have a chance to win it all, and from the remaining teams I think Bayern Munich is a team that has what it takes to get to the final and win it, so Manchester City and Real Madrid still need to be careful as anything can happen once a match starts and their hopes of winning the UCL can disappear rather quickly.

Although both teams are favorable teams for winning UEFA Champion League must looking the match drawing will face early on quarter final or semifinal round? regarding with the other team Madrid and Manchester City have quit well performance between domestic league and Champion League. Difficult with Manchester City become the second teams after Real Madrid success win Champion League tittle back to back but Pep Guardiola have improvement well with his team performance.
If quarter final drawing match both teams separated for facing in the final, I think Manchester City and Real Madrid will play in Champion League final this season than other teams.

In previous seasons, they always met before the final match, which was why they couldn't face each other in the final match. This season they are the 2 biggest favorites to win the Champions League, but according to what we get from our analysis, if the results are different it could very well happen.
The final match is a match that we will always play in the future, apart from that we want to see that the clubs that will be in the final have the same strength or at least not much different to make the match interesting and also not easy to predict. Because for me, if the final match is easier to predict, it's not interesting at all. From the group stage we saw very fierce competition and if the final match doesn't bring together two equally strong clubs, in my opinion you won't get anything very satisfying at the end.

[X-ray]

What about Bayern Munich? You don’t think that they’re also favorites to win the UCL title amongst the teams you’ve mentioned? All of this three teams have the experience and at the moment they stand a very good chance to win the champions league because their performances are exceptional both in their domestic league and champions league. What fascinates me more is the fact that the favorites team to win the champions league are all playing in different European leagues which makes it looks more competitive to catch up with. If an elimination does not affect any of this teams and they all made it to the semifinals, that is when I think we’ll know the two teams that can meet in the finals and the ones that have the potential to win the finals.

Bayern Munich is one of the favorite teams to win UCL. I think there are 3 teams as the favorite teams to be the champion. They are Real Madrid, Man City, and Bayern Munich. We can't deny that Bayern Munich also has a very strong squad, they are quite solid in each line. I even think that Bayern Munich is ideally the team that have most strong players in all the lines. Real Madrid and Man City still have the weaknesses in their defense. But Bayern Munich has the top players in their defense line.

Bayern Munich didn't get very satisfying performance in their domestic league. However, they performed quite well in UCL. I think Bayern Munich may more focus to win UCL trophy. Real Madrid and Man City are no longer in their best condition, it is the time for Bayern Munich to steal the UCL trophy for this season.

Bayern munich has not yet faced the strong team in the UCL. The performance from bayern is still questionable at this time caused by it's also inconsistent in la liga compared to the leverkusen. Im willing to see bayern munich to face a strong club after this round caused by i need to measure how strong bayern munich is right now.
It can only be measured when bayern munich was facing a strong club. I have some candidates who will be winning UCL this season.

Manchester city
intermilan
Bayern munich
Real madrid

Those teams are the strongest team in UCL right now. The only strange thing that i have seen if bookies were putting arsenal as the strongest candidate to win the competition.
Those clubs have proven thsemselves to win so many UCL trophies but what about arsenal? It was strange and really really strange to see that. I thought that bookies would put intermilan on it but i was wrong.

Arsenal never ever had good performance in the UCl.

[QueenVera]

What about the other teams, just like last season, Inter is not at all a candidate to advance to the Champions League final. is it possible that this season there will be a surprise or the Underdog team could be a threat to Real Madrid, City, Bayern Munich. It is possible that Arsenal will be able to put up resistance and stop one of the three teams mentioned above. the reason is, Arsenal has a team that is quite competitive and has an energetic playing pattern, especially capable of overthrowing City. even though in reality the opportunities they have are not as big as the three teams who are always favorites. But Arsenal only lost in terms of experience. Arteta should not underestimate tactics and strategy.

In essence, I am not in the capacity to favor Arsenal, that is just one example. it could be that Inter will advance to the final round again. or Atletico Madrid for example.in fact, this competition relies more on luck, regardless of the teams included in the elite team squad in this competition. after all, each team only meets two matches. if they lose it means they are eliminated. unlike the Domestic League competition, there are many matches that will be played by a team. but yes, still if we talk theoretically, statistics and data. Manchester City, Real Madrid and even Bayern Munich are the most favorite teams and that is very natural. however, the competition has not yet started. so, let's just wait to speculate further.

Inter last season against all odds advanced to the finals and this season they could probably still advance to the finals again. Yes we have top teams like Real Madrid and City still in this competition but I think with luck on Inter’s side they will be able to get glory from their matches.

 The fun thing about UCL is there’s always load of surprises  every elimination stage of the competition and for that reason, I’m having my eyes on both Inter and also Arsenal to be one of the big surprises for the season. Yes Arsenal have shown strong determination and have a very energetic team who could take on challenges. Yes luck as well as experience is essential in this kind of competition but you could be safe when you got much of luck on your side and that’s why I probably can’t write off Inter and Arsenal yet because they’re teams that could take on any challenge they get and get luck on their side.

[rendravolt]

The best team is rewarded with major titles, while the struggling clubs only fights harder to maintain a spot in the UCL. High spirit coming from elite clubs, every potential manager keen on lifting the UCL trophy but it's definitely going to be hard one because it consists of more competing clubs. This season comes different, Manchester City and Real Madrid are the frontline favorites to win, perhapes there are other competing opponents that tends to take their performance very very serious. Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola are experienced and hoping for the big winnings.

They've both won it with different clubs, different players at different levels and they sure know what's best to do to lift the same trophy this season.
I'd still say Real Madrid on top, Manchester City comes next. They're indeed sides who have kept or can keep a high consistent and winning rate in the Champions League and them various domestic league fixtures.

Bayern Munich even with the arrival of Harry Kane has since some good numbers generated but with the same performance. They need to improve with how they play. In conclusion the blame is on Thomas Tuchel to improve when the performance declines.
I'd want to add whoever proceeds to the next round between Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan, they're also top favorites for the Champions League!

Talking about Real Madrid and Manchester City, who is the best will certainly be a debate every season and I agree with you that Real Madrid is above Manchester City. Maybe from me the benchmark is of course Real Madrid's consistency over the seasons in winning the Champions League title and their quality did not decline one bit when they failed to win this title. Manchester City had everything last season and this season even with almost the same squad they will have much more difficulty facing Real Madrid with significant changes to the squad.

Bayern Munich is indeed good but sometimes the results do not meet expectations more than last season and I think Tuchel is the person responsible for all these situations. Atletico and Inter have become champions league regulars in the higher stages and perhaps Atletico, who is still with the same coach, Diego Simione, is still a real threat considering the aggressiveness of their players is at a different level in this competition.

[AYOBA]

Bayern Munich didn't get very satisfying performance in their domestic league. However, they performed quite well in UCL. I think Bayern Munich may more focus to win UCL trophy. Real Madrid and Man City are no longer in their best condition, it is the time for Bayern Munich to steal the UCL trophy for this season.

This season, not only Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich are the favorites, but Inter milan is certainly considered the strongest team this season. The performance of these 4 teams is quite good this season because they also performed quite impressively in the domestic league. Apart from that, there are many surprises that might happen this season because all teams are really focused on achieving the trophy. If you look at Real madrid performance this season, of course they are very strong and full of ambition to make history if they win a trophy this season.

To be honest, those four teams have performed well this season; they work hard and contribute from all leagues, including the La Liga title and the champions league. Real Madrid is playing extremely well, and since they are at the top of the standing, and they can even prove their performance in the Champions League, I doubt that they will have any chance of winning the La Liga trophy this season. Based on their performance thus far this season, it appears that they are highly motivated and strong, and if they maintain their consistency and keep working hard, they will undoubtedly succeed in reaching their goal.

Meanwhile, for Bayern Munich, Tuchel is very ambitious to bring the UCL trophy home to the Bundesliga. In fact, Harry Kane performance has been very good with Bayern munich this season, of course he will be a player that opposing defenses will be very wary of this season. So, if you say that Manchester City is not performing well this season, of course that is a big mistake because Manchester city got additional strength after Kevin and Haaland recovered from the injuries they suffered.

Actually, Bayern Munich is a really good team this season as well. Their performance thus far is quite intriguing since nearly every player is currently working hard to demonstrate that they can defeat any squad they face. Regarding Manchester City, anyone attempting to criticize the team for their poor performance this season is simply demonstrating a lack of interest in them, otherwise, who can look at Manchester City's performance this season and conclude that the team is weak? Their performance has improved significantly since two of the Manchester City players returned back from injury.

[Docnaster]

The best team is rewarded with major titles, while the struggling clubs only fights harder to maintain a spot in the UCL. High spirit coming from elite clubs, every potential manager keen on lifting the UCL trophy but it's definitely going to be hard one because it consists of more competing clubs. This season comes different, Manchester City and Real Madrid are the frontline favorites to win, perhapes there are other competing opponents that tends to take their performance very very serious. Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola are experienced and hoping for the big winnings.

They've both won it with different clubs, different players at different levels and they sure know what's best to do to lift the same trophy this season.
I'd still say Real Madrid on top, Manchester City comes next. They're indeed sides who have kept or can keep a high consistent and winning rate in the Champions League and them various domestic league fixtures.

Bayern Munich even with the arrival of Harry Kane has since some good numbers generated but with the same performance. They need to improve with how they play. In conclusion the blame is on Thomas Tuchel to improve when the performance declines.
I'd want to add whoever proceeds to the next round between Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan, they're also top favorites for the Champions League!

Talking about Real Madrid and Manchester City, who is the best will certainly be a debate every season and I agree with you that Real Madrid is above Manchester City. Maybe from me the benchmark is of course Real Madrid's consistency over the seasons in winning the Champions League title and their quality did not decline one bit when they failed to win this title. Manchester City had everything last season and this season even with almost the same squad they will have much more difficulty facing Real Madrid with significant changes to the squad.

Bayern Munich is indeed good but sometimes the results do not meet expectations more than last season and I think Tuchel is the person responsible for all these situations. Atletico and Inter have become champions league regulars in the higher stages and perhaps Atletico, who is still with the same coach, Diego Simione, is still a real threat considering the aggressiveness of their players is at a different level in this competition.

In terms of experience, Real Madrid is the most experienced club in the UEFA Champions League as well as the most successful club in the competition but in the last three seasons, Manchester City have risen to be one of the strongest teams in the competition. In the last three seasons, Manchester City were able to reach the final of the UCL in two different time and the other one they failed to make it to the final, they reached the semi final before they were eliminated by Manchester City who pulled one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the competition to stop City to reach the final last two seasons.

This season in the UCL, Real Madrid and Manchester City are still the only two clubs that are maintaining a  perfect start to the season as both clubs have won all the games they've played on the competition. Without taking anything away from Manchester City, I think Real Madrid are going to beat them should they meet again this season.

[beerlover]

This season, not only Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich are the favorites, but Inter milan is certainly considered the strongest team this season. The performance of these 4 teams is quite good this season because they also performed quite impressively in the domestic league. Apart from that, there are many surprises that might happen this season because all teams are really focused on achieving the trophy. If you look at Real madrid performance this season, of course they are very strong and full of ambition to make history if they win a trophy this season.

Meanwhile, for Bayern Munich, Tuchel is very ambitious to bring the UCL trophy home to the Bundesliga. In fact, Harry Kane performance has been very good with Bayern munich this season, of course he will be a player that opposing defenses will be very wary of this season. So, if you say that Manchester City is not performing well this season, of course that is a big mistake because Manchester city got additional strength after Kevin and Haaland recovered from the injuries they suffered.

I would say they are not along with those teams. I am not saying Inter is a bad club or anything like that, Inter is still good, but would I put them next to City or Madrid? I would not, even Bayern may not be good for that place at the time looking at their league, but I would say they are not too far off, they are somewhere between the two great ones and Inter. Sure, those four teams are great teams but I would say it is not clear for them to have that result.

City and Real finals game is still what the world needs, that will still be the biggest finals game and should be as fun as it gets, I understand that it may not happen this year as well, but if it does happen then it would be something worth watching for sure, without a doubt.

[Velvet78]

I hope to see a more convincing Bayern Munich as of last 16 phase. I mean I know how many points they collected in the group stage. It looks impressive on paper but it is like that only there. When I think about how they played generally I don't think their performance was parallel to the amount of points they got. 

There were some serious problems back then which could be dangerous for them on this road in the Champions League. But these days they seem to be in a better shape. If they reflect that on their Champions League games as well then I wouldn't have big doubts about them.

[Gencecikmen]

When I look at the matchups I think that the most difficult to predict result can the Napoli v Barcelona and Inter v Atlético Madrid. I mean theory there are favourite of this matches which is Barcelona and Inter. You know Barcelona are having really tough days and Xavi even announced his parting ways with Barcelona this summer. Napoli could make a surprise. Also, Atletico Madrid plays very consistently in Laliga as well as Inter Milan in Serie A, so these two clubs will play carefully, aggressive and defensive, play both of them are equally good.

[barisbilgili]

I hope to see a more convincing Bayern Munich as of last 16 phase. I mean I know how many points they collected in the group stage. It looks impressive on paper but it is like that only there. When I think about how they played generally I don't think their performance was parallel to the amount of points they got. 

There were some serious problems back then which could be dangerous for them on this road in the Champions League. But these days they seem to be in a better shape. If they reflect that on their Champions League games as well then I wouldn't have big doubts about them.

I look at it from the other side and in my opinion Bayern's performance has dropped enough at the moment so I'm a little worried about them.
However, to get past the round of 16, I think it will not be difficult for Bayern, they will face Lazio and Lazio's performance this season is also not that impressive so Bayern has the opportunity to face or get through the round of 16 of the Champions League this season without any significant difficulties.

[Weawant]

Actually, Bayern Munich is a really good team this season as well. Their performance thus far is quite intriguing since nearly every player is currently working hard to demonstrate that they can defeat any squad they face. Regarding Manchester City, anyone attempting to criticize the team for their poor performance this season is simply demonstrating a lack of interest in them, otherwise, who can look at Manchester City's performance this season and conclude that the team is weak? Their performance has improved significantly since two of the Manchester City players returned back from injury.

I can dispute how well Bayern Munich has performed so far this season and this includes in their domestic and champions league performance so far which has undoubtedly taken the this far they have come both in the champions league and in the premier league this season and I see them as having great potential for either of both leagues.

I don't really understand what you mean by Manchester city poor performance this season because to the best of my knowledge they only had a few set back when they were faced with some challenges and this is usually normal with every team to at a point in time they are been faced by a challenge to have a slow down in their performance and some team ends up not been able to survive it till the end of the season but in the case of Manchester city they have so far gotten up their feet and are even better and looking forward to probably win the champions or premier league this season.

[temple]

I hope to see a more convincing Bayern Munich as of last 16 phase. I mean I know how many points they collected in the group stage. It looks impressive on paper but it is like that only there. When I think about how they played generally I don't think their performance was parallel to the amount of points they got. 

There were some serious problems back then which could be dangerous for them on this road in the Champions League. But these days they seem to be in a better shape. If they reflect that on their Champions League games as well then I wouldn't have big doubts about them.

I look at it from the other side and in my opinion Bayern's performance has dropped enough at the moment so I'm a little worried about them.
However, to get past the round of 16, I think it will not be difficult for Bayern, they will face Lazio and Lazio's performance this season is also not that impressive so Bayern has the opportunity to face or get through the round of 16 of the Champions League this season without any significant difficulties.

Bayern Munich has struggled against smaller teams in the past, so there is no free lunch for them in the Champions League and you can see this in the Bundesliga too. It is not as if they wouldn't have any problems winning all their games. They actually have quite some difficulties recently and they concede goals every now and then. I think in the Champions League Lazio can still be a different team than they are in Serie A. If Lazio can score a goal in Munich, this is not going to be fun for Bayern to turn the game around as Lazio does understand quite well how to defend and protect that lead.

Of course Bayern is the favorite, but this is what Lazio wants them to think. Lazio has nothing to lose in this matchup and they are hoping for Bayern to play sloppily.