UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[koang]

Two matches for the round of 16 will take place today. The two matches are the Copenhagen vs Man City match and the Rb Leipzig vs Real Madrid match. I think these two matches will be very easy to predict. For example, Real Madrid will face RB Leipzig. Even though Real Madrid will not be strengthened by Bellingham, I think Real Madrid will still be favorites and will succeed in winning today's match. Because Real Madrid, who is leading the standings in Laliga at the moment, is really in extraordinary form. Even Girona, who has been very consistent this season in Laliga, who also managed to beat Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid, was also defeated by Real Madrid twice in a row. So I think there is no reason for Real Madrid to lose to RB Leipzig.

Time for the Champions League! The great competition ever...
Real Madrid is full of determination and skill. The Champions League never disappoints. I Can't wait to see Rodrygo in action.
The match is gonna be bonkers, but I'm just saying my cat could predict the outcome better
And yeah, Real Madrid and The Citizens will win and qualify for the next round.
Every team has its day, but my gut feeling is that Madrid and The City will meet in the Champions League final.

[Cryptmuster]

Two matches for the round of 16 will take place today. The two matches are the Copenhagen vs Man City match and the Rb Leipzig vs Real Madrid match. I think these two matches will be very easy to predict. For example, Real Madrid will face RB Leipzig. Even though Real Madrid will not be strengthened by Bellingham, I think Real Madrid will still be favorites and will succeed in winning today's match. Because Real Madrid, who is leading the standings in Laliga at the moment, is really in extraordinary form. Even Girona, who has been very consistent this season in Laliga, who also managed to beat Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid, was also defeated by Real Madrid twice in a row. So I think there is no reason for Real Madrid to lose to RB Leipzig.

Leipzig began to concede a lot, and Real should take advantage of this, now it is difficult to imagine that Leipzig could beat Real. But there is a different opinion about City, and everything is fine with Guardiola now, but I see that he allows to play in a draw away, in order to win at home, and although Copenhagen does not look like a very strong team compared to City, but if City will be set for a draw, then this may happen, although in this match City is the favorite, and they should also win.

[swogerino]

The games of tonight looks rather easy on paper as for Real and City both should win their games.I am afraid to bet on them though as since we are playing a 2 game elimination match both Real and City can be happy with a draw as they would be definitely winning their return game at home and qualify further.I think though that if they are smart they need to win tonight in order to be safe in the return leg.

[Uruhara]

Carlo Ancelotti have an idea of the actions to expects from his opponents in the UCL round of 16 and he will give his best to qualify for next phase. Real Madrid can survived without Jude Bellingham, there's no scenario for Real Madrid to become vulnerable because there's still presence of big names in the team, players that are willingly to always give their 100% energy for the team. What's up with these numerous injury cases held by the Englishman? I hope he return back to the team in good shape and not some of these players that ends up as flop after recovery from injuries.

Jude Bellingham is one of the most productive players at Real Madrid, but even without Bellingham, Real Madrid would be fine in the match against RB Leipzig. Because Real Madrid does have many good players who can also replace Bellingham.

It's just that in this match I'm not sure Real Madrid will score many goals. Because without Bellingham, Real Madrid's goal productivity level might decrease slightly. But if we talk about victory then of course Real Madrid will still be the favorite to win today's game. So betting on Real Madrid will still be the majority's choice.

[Davian144]

why is real madrid's super star and temporary top score for real madrid not included in the list of players sent down by jude bellingham. is it due to card accumulation or injury so it is not included in the list of players.

Maybe there is a reason why one of the players was not included in the list because the Real Madrid coach really understands how to field players to keep the team's stamina strong. Because Real Madrid does not have as many strikers or reserve wings as in previous seasons, the Real Madrid coach must be able to devise a unique strategy when competing in the Champions League, which has enormous prestige. Because if the opponent is Leipzig, you shouldn't have any doubts about Real Madrid.

[emrecemsan]

This is the squad list that Real Madrid brought to play the first leg away match against Leipzig today and as you can see, Jude Bellingham's name is not there. Previously, the news that Jude Bellingham had suffered a left ankle injury was true and he would also be out for several weeks. Currently the most appropriate option to replace his position is Brahim Diaz who can also operate as AMF.

On the other hand, it is possible that Ancelotti will still pair Dani Carvajal and Tchouameni considering that in previous big matches in the domestic league, this formula was considered quite good and there were no problems. Even though Nacho is starting to get fit, I don't think Ancelotti will take any more risks considering that Nacho's performances are sometimes inconsistent and can be detrimental to the team.

Real Madrid defense line is really worrying to tell the truth.    Carvajal - Tchouameni duo at the centre of the line is a result of being in desperate situation. Alaba, Militao and Rüdiger all are still injured. I don't even understand why Real Madrid didn't sign anyone for the defense line during the January transfer window.  

Maybe they are still doing okay in the La Liga but it is alarming for the Champions League. Just think about them facing teams like Manchester City or Bayern Munich. This wouldn't be good for a team targeting the title.

[Awaklara]

why is real madrid's super star and temporary top score for real madrid not included in the list of players sent down by jude bellingham. is it due to card accumulation or injury so it is not included in the list of players.

Maybe there is a reason why one of the players was not included in the list because the Real Madrid coach really understands how to field players to keep the team's stamina strong. Because Real Madrid does not have as many strikers or reserve wings as in previous seasons, the Real Madrid coach must be able to devise a unique strategy when competing in the Champions League, which has enormous prestige. Because if the opponent is Leipzig, you shouldn't have any doubts about Real Madrid.

Even without Bellingham, I think Madrid will still be a team that is too strong for Leipzig. No matter what possible opportunities Leipzig has, Madrid will still be the favorites.
Madrid will be one of the favorite teams for the final match. Maybe it's too soon to talk about the final, but Madrid will have a chance to qualify for the next round. especially if Leipzig is unable to beat Madrid in the first leg.

[Miles2006]

My thoughts on the Copenhagen vs Manchester City game
Copenhagen are a disciplined and organised team who surprised many by getting out of the Champions League group. They can hold the ball up well and are dangerous on the counter-attack. But it won't be easy for them to play against City. Manchester City are in good shape. The Citizens have de Bruyne back, Haaland scored at the weekend. City will control the ball, create chances and have the advantage. The probability of Copenhagen's success is low, given the strength of their opponent. I think Guardiola wants to solve all questions in ths match. Therefore, my prediction is a win for the English, they are favourites. I assume that in this game City will win, and there will be at least three goals scored.

Ever since they released the round 16 draw I knew Manchester city will definitely win the match, there's nothing to argue about, although I'm not too familiar with Copenhagen skill but I've watched matches like this so I'm definitely predicting the match in favour of Manchester city. Kevin is back and that's enough reason why city boys will defeat Copenhagen.
The return of Kevin has impacted the team and truly the combination of Haaland, Kevin will be so good and interesting to watch

[3meek]

why is real madrid's super star and temporary top score for real madrid not included in the list of players sent down by jude bellingham. is it due to card accumulation or injury so it is not included in the list of players.

Maybe there is a reason why one of the players was not included in the list because the Real Madrid coach really understands how to field players to keep the team's stamina strong. Because Real Madrid does not have as many strikers or reserve wings as in previous seasons, the Real Madrid coach must be able to devise a unique strategy when competing in the Champions League, which has enormous prestige. Because if the opponent is Leipzig, you shouldn't have any doubts about Real Madrid.

Even without Bellingham, I think Madrid will still be a team that is too strong for Leipzig. No matter what possible opportunities Leipzig has, Madrid will still be the favorites.
Madrid will be one of the favorite teams for the final match. Maybe it's too soon to talk about the final, but Madrid will have a chance to qualify for the next round. especially if Leipzig is unable to beat Madrid in the first leg.

Yes, Leipzig are not performing well in the Bundesliga, although they often score goals... Real, on the contrary, shows great results in La Liga and is now in first place in the standings... I think that Leipzig can not win today, but I do not exclude that this match can be a draw...

[TastyChillySauce00]

But Napoli is currently even worse in Serie A, ranking 9th. So we also can't expect Napoli to beat Barcelona. But after seeing Barcelona held to a draw by Granada, now we also can't hope that Barcelona will succeed in beating Napoli. This is very funny because the Barcelona vs Napoli match will be a match that brings together two teams that have experienced inconsistencies this season. It's just that in terms of rankings, Barcelona is still ahead in 4th place in the league. This is different from Napoli which was thrown all the way to 9th place. Last season these two teams were champions in their respective domestic leagues. But this season, both of them are having difficulty getting close to first place. 

Barcelona isn't any better either so I aswell will not be expecting Barcelona to beat Napoli, moreover this is champions league an snot their various domestic leagues where they are usually able to put up any form of performance and be able to still get ahead probably because they are used to the style of play in their domestic league.

Barcelona has managed to maintain a fair position in their league table but then if you take a proper look at their performance, considering the fact that they don't have a really good defense, if Napoli is able to penetrate their defense well enough then they can be sure to beat Barcelona because Napolitano doesn't conceed as much goals as Barcelona do conceed in a single match recently, just that Napoli is suffering some kind of set backs recently and that has got a whole lot of effects on their performance generally  but then they could do better in the champions league as they don't have a really rough team to contend.

Although Barcelona is currently weakening in the domestic league, Napoli's performance in the domestic league is worse than Barcelona. Napoli is currently only ranked 9th in the Italian league. while Barcelona is still in the top flight of the Spanish league right at number 3.

We can take barcelona is equally compared to the napoli at this time. Barcelona had many of its players were injured while at the same time napoli was trying so hard to reach its peak performance again after spalletti has gone. There will be a tough game but i think that napoli may be giving us a surprise.
barcelona will be obviously playing use tictac strategy which can be prevented by used the defensive strategy. If napoli was willing to win the game then it must be going all defensive against barcelona. Let barcelona goes to the trap then the opponent can striker back through counter attack.

I have been observing the main weakness of barcelona in any season. It seemed to me that if barcelona was not as strong as what it used to be. It's quite easy for napoli to beat barcelona soon. Things are changing a lot. Napoli is not as good as what it used to be.
There were many problems occurred for both of clubs. I hope that everything will be alright for napoli. The club can try to beat barcelona. I hope that barcelona will be out from UCL coz this team is not good enough to play in UCL.

I hope that napoli will be qualified for the next stage caused by napoli deserves it all. Napoli needs to use defensive strategy to face barcelona. The only way to destroy it.

[asriloni]

Barcelona isn't any better either so I aswell will not be expecting Barcelona to beat Napoli, moreover this is champions league an snot their various domestic leagues where they are usually able to put up any form of performance and be able to still get ahead probably because they are used to the style of play in their domestic league.

We are aware that both teams are doing poorly and inconsistently. Between Barcelona and Napoli, who will qualify for the next UCL phase? Probably I chose Napoli because they know how to handle the highest ranking team. I'm sick and weary of Barcelona dropping points against destitute opponents. This is clearly not the clue technique we all expected from the club this season. Xavi Hernandez has a core task to strive for this season, but it appears that it is taking the coach longer to achieve his ambitions, he needs to put in more work.

If you look at it in terms of performance, to be honest, Barcelona still has the advantage in the UCL and in the domestic league Barcelona's position is better than Napoli, while Napoli is in a less good position because Napoli is also less stable regarding its performance. I think between Napoli and Barcelona, both of them still have a chance. to continue to advance to the next round, yes, maybe for the first leg many people favorite Napoli because they are playing at home, but Napoli home game cannot be fully expected as well as Barcelona, so it is quite difficult to decide between these two teams because their performance is almost equal.

I don't see barcelona is superior compared to the napoli. I do aware that if napoli has been trying so hard to get back into its best performance again. Im hoping napoli can beat barcelona. I took over 2 for this match but i expect at least three goals will happen soon. Napoli is even still strong enough even though it was as good as when minjae and spalletti were there.
Things are changing a lot caused by napoli was not able keeping its performance in the serie a. Neither of them being favored to win the game. I saw that if barcelona is equal to the napoli. There will be no a team that will be dominating the match. i aware how mostly of people were putting barcelona as the favorite club to win the competition.
barcelona shall need to be careful caused by it can also become a flop against napoli. As long as napoli knew how to intercept barcelona properly and i think everything is fine for the club. barcelona is still strong enough but it will be missing some important players.
i have no faith anymore in barcelona. I prefer to see napoli to qualify for the next stage instead of barcelona. gogo napoli, you can win against barcelona. The fast napoli kick barcelona leave from UC and the better for xavi coz he will leave from there asap.

[Inwestour]

Real Madrid defense line is really worrying to tell the truth.    Carvajal - Tchouameni duo at the centre of the line is a result of being in desperate situation. Alaba, Militao and Rüdiger all are still injured. I don't even understand why Real Madrid didn't sign anyone for the defense line during the January transfer window.  

Maybe they are still doing okay in the La Liga but it is alarming for the Champions League. Just think about them facing teams like Manchester City or Bayern Munich. This wouldn't be good for a team targeting the title.

Why do you think that Real Madrid have problems in defense, in La Liga they only conceded 15 goals and they have the best defense in the championship, even Lunin looks more reliable, so I would be more worried about Leipzig's defense, which really looks leaky.

If you remember Bayern, then I will say that their defense looks worse, at least the match with Bayer showed this. It may be more difficult with City, but for now they should beat Leipzig and should focus on these matches.

[Luzin]

Copenhagen vs Man City.
Cepenhagen will play at home and they have a chance not to lose, at least maybe a draw. There is a bad record of Man City when facing Denmark clubs. Man City have never won at the opponent's home, when against Team Denmark. While their Man City are very superior, they qualify with the title of never losing. Their performance in the EPL is also very good, they have not lost in the last 10 Matches. With these circumstances I would bet 0.5 on City.

[Unsoldier]

why is real madrid's super star and temporary top score for real madrid not included in the list of players sent down by jude bellingham. is it due to card accumulation or injury so it is not included in the list of players.

Maybe there is a reason why one of the players was not included in the list because the Real Madrid coach really understands how to field players to keep the team's stamina strong. Because Real Madrid does not have as many strikers or reserve wings as in previous seasons, the Real Madrid coach must be able to devise a unique strategy when competing in the Champions League, which has enormous prestige. Because if the opponent is Leipzig, you shouldn't have any doubts about Real Madrid.

Even without Bellingham, I think Madrid will still be a team that is too strong for Leipzig. No matter what possible opportunities Leipzig has, Madrid will still be the favorites.
Madrid will be one of the favorite teams for the final match. Maybe it's too soon to talk about the final, but Madrid will have a chance to qualify for the next round. especially if Leipzig is unable to beat Madrid in the first leg.

Yes, Leipzig are not performing well in the Bundesliga, although they often score goals... Real, on the contrary, shows great results in La Liga and is now in first place in the standings... I think that Leipzig can not win today, but I do not exclude that this match can be a draw...

Leipzig is having a bad season and the situation in the team is ambiguous. While Real Madrid are showing a good game, especially in the last match against Girona, despite the absence of Bellingham. In the upcoming match Real Madrid will probably win, but I think Leipzig will attack a lot to please their fans. Madrid have fast players who can influence the game. Therefore, it is important for Real Madrid to win the first game so as not to leave the decider for the second match. It's important to remember that everything will be decided in a two-match encounter, the first game is important. But still the second match will be decisive.

[bitLeap]

My thoughts on the Copenhagen vs Manchester City game
Copenhagen are a disciplined and organised team who surprised many by getting out of the Champions League group. They can hold the ball up well and are dangerous on the counter-attack. But it won't be easy for them to play against City. Manchester City are in good shape. The Citizens have de Bruyne back, Haaland scored at the weekend. City will control the ball, create chances and have the advantage. The probability of Copenhagen's success is low, given the strength of their opponent. I think Guardiola wants to solve all questions in ths match. Therefore, my prediction is a win for the English, they are favourites. I assume that in this game City will win, and there will be at least three goals scored.

Ever since they released the round 16 draw I knew Manchester city will definitely win the match, there's nothing to argue about, although I'm not too familiar with Copenhagen skill but I've watched matches like this so I'm definitely predicting the match in favour of Manchester city. Kevin is back and that's enough reason why city boys will defeat Copenhagen.
The return of Kevin has impacted the team and truly the combination of Haaland, Kevin will be so good and interesting to watch

Copenhagen will definitely continue to provide tough resistance to Man City, despite the superiority that Man City currently has, but it will not be easy to overcome a team like Copenhagen whose game is difficult to predict. At the same time, Madrid will play Leipziq and you also need to be alert because playing at Leipziq home ground will definitely create high motivation for the hosts. Leipziq performance has indeed decreased slightly, but because this is a different event, it will be difficult to determine the points obtained. Therefore, I am more interested in watching Madrid match and for Man City, no matter how difficult the opponent is, they can still come out with 3 points.

We can take barcelona is equally compared to the napoli at this time. Barcelona had many of its players were injured while at the same time napoli was trying so hard to reach its peak performance again after spalletti has gone. There will be a tough game but i think that napoli may be giving us a surprise.
barcelona will be obviously playing use tictac strategy which can be prevented by used the defensive strategy. If napoli was willing to win the game then it must be going all defensive against barcelona. Let barcelona goes to the trap then the opponent can striker back through counter attack.

Despite Barcelona poor performance in La Liga perhaps the UCL could provide different results. Napoli are strong and I know this team in Serie A is in a situation not much different to what Barcelona is feeling. Based on the probability that the two will draw, this could be a betting option, because the Napoli players have not yet shown compatibility with their new coach.

[Bobrox]

Leipzig is having a bad season and the situation in the team is ambiguous. While Real Madrid are showing a good game, especially in the last match against Girona, despite the absence of Bellingham. In the upcoming match Real Madrid will probably win, but I think Leipzig will attack a lot to please their fans. Madrid have fast players who can influence the game. Therefore, it is important for Real Madrid to win the first game so as not to leave the decider for the second match. It's important to remember that everything will be decided in a two-match encounter, the first game is important. But still the second match will be decisive.

RB Leipzig had bad performance last five matches in Bundesliga, 3 losses of 5 matches and get one winning match is not good capital for facing Real Madrid with high level their performance in La Liga. I think Real Madrid will play more aggressive and scoring many goals on the first leg to make easily on second leg match, regarding both teams performance in last several matches Madrid is favorite team for winning and get chance scoring above two or three goals.

Actually Leipzig had opportunity with Real Madrid without get real central defender, last match in La Liga Ancelotti put Carvajal and Aurélien Tchouaméni as central defender, will possibilities Madrid without real defender against Leipzig?

[Minor Miner]

why is real madrid's super star and temporary top score for real madrid not included in the list of players sent down by jude bellingham. is it due to card accumulation or injury so it is not included in the list of players.

Maybe there is a reason why one of the players was not included in the list because the Real Madrid coach really understands how to field players to keep the team's stamina strong. Because Real Madrid does not have as many strikers or reserve wings as in previous seasons, the Real Madrid coach must be able to devise a unique strategy when competing in the Champions League, which has enormous prestige. Because if the opponent is Leipzig, you shouldn't have any doubts about Real Madrid.

Even without Bellingham, I think Madrid will still be a team that is too strong for Leipzig. No matter what possible opportunities Leipzig has, Madrid will still be the favorites.
Madrid will be one of the favorite teams for the final match. Maybe it's too soon to talk about the final, but Madrid will have a chance to qualify for the next round. especially if Leipzig is unable to beat Madrid in the first leg.

Yes, Leipzig are not performing well in the Bundesliga, although they often score goals... Real, on the contrary, shows great results in La Liga and is now in first place in the standings... I think that Leipzig can not win today, but I do not exclude that this match can be a draw...

Leipzig is having a bad season and the situation in the team is ambiguous. While Real Madrid are showing a good game, especially in the last match against Girona, despite the absence of Bellingham. In the upcoming match Real Madrid will probably win, but I think Leipzig will attack a lot to please their fans. Madrid have fast players who can influence the game. Therefore, it is important for Real Madrid to win the first game so as not to leave the decider for the second match. It's important to remember that everything will be decided in a two-match encounter, the first game is important. But still the second match will be decisive.

Real Madrid are in great form at the moment. After a long time they managed to occupy the top position of the table in La Liga. And the descent is ahead of Girona by points difference. In La Liga now, Madrid is very much pressure free. So now their main target is to perform well in Champions League.

Madrid's opponents, Leipzig, are not in good form. Leipzig's performance in the Bundesliga has been erratic. In the last 5 matches the team won only one match and lost three matches. This is why Real Madrid is considered as the favorite in this match.

[MK-74]

Copenhagen - M.City game is tonight. M.City will win this game with a different score tonight. Copenhagen is the easy team for them.

RB Leipzig - Real Madrid, Real Madrid will win this game. It could be an exciting and enjoyable game, I will watch this game tonight.

[rendravolt]

This is the squad list that Real Madrid brought to play the first leg away match against Leipzig today and as you can see, Jude Bellingham's name is not there. Previously, the news that Jude Bellingham had suffered a left ankle injury was true and he would also be out for several weeks. Currently the most appropriate option to replace his position is Brahim Diaz who can also operate as AMF.

On the other hand, it is possible that Ancelotti will still pair Dani Carvajal and Tchouameni considering that in previous big matches in the domestic league, this formula was considered quite good and there were no problems. Even though Nacho is starting to get fit, I don't think Ancelotti will take any more risks considering that Nacho's performances are sometimes inconsistent and can be detrimental to the team.

Real Madrid defense line is really worrying to tell the truth.    Carvajal - Tchouameni duo at the centre of the line is a result of being in desperate situation. Alaba, Militao and Rüdiger all are still injured. I don't even understand why Real Madrid didn't sign anyone for the defense line during the January transfer window.  

Maybe they are still doing okay in the La Liga but it is alarming for the Champions League. Just think about them facing teams like Manchester City or Bayern Munich. This wouldn't be good for a team targeting the title.

I think now Real Madrid are very annoyed because they didn't buy a central defender in the winter some time ago and now they can only depend on the players who are available. But Ancelotti also said previously that if he offered Dani Carvajal to choose to fill the right or left side but Dani Carvajal answered that he would fill any position as long as it could help the team and in the end he was placed on the left side and we know that as a right wing defender he should be more compatible if placed at center back (right side) but once again there is no doubt about his professionalism after playing for Real Madrid for seasons.

Well, that's what we're worried about when we face Manchester City or Bayern Munich because we know that both teams have tall strikers and if Real Madrid is pressured with long balls then defenders like Dani Carvajal will have difficulty handling aerial duels. I hope that before meeting one of these terrible teams, either Militao or Alaba will be able to return and it also looks like Rudiger will return quickly at the end of March.

[piebeyb]

Copenhagen vs Man City.
Cepenhagen will play at home and they have a chance not to lose, at least maybe a draw. There is a bad record of Man City when facing Denmark clubs. Man City have never won at the opponent's home, when against Team Denmark. While their Man City are very superior, they qualify with the title of never losing. Their performance in the EPL is also very good, they have not lost in the last 10 Matches. With these circumstances I would bet 0.5 on City.

I think Copenhagen could make it difficult for Manchester City to win in today's first leg, playing at home to Copenhagen of course they will play optimally to win this first leg, I don't want to underestimate Copenhagen's strength because they are always full of surprises against other teams. The strong always play well, Guardiola of course has to be careful in rotating his players to face Copenhagen today, because of course it will be detrimental to Manchester City if a player is injured in this important round.

I hope that Manchester City can overcome Copenhagen well because at least a narrow win is enough, you don't have to win big, because playing away from home, of course Manchester City doesn't want to bring out too many of their key players in this match, but winning is of course very important for them. Even so, I would probably bet on Manchester City winning 0 - 2. This result would be enough for Manchester City to get rid of Copenhagen in the round of 16 and Manchester City could advance to the quarter-finals.