UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[KTChampions]

After the match Xavi spoke very harshly about the referees. Naturally Xavi was very angry when the referees changed the course of the match and the round, they thought they could win this cup. It's a pity for this good team, they had the round in their hands with a 2 goal lead, but one red card changed everything. Barca could have stayed motivated but they couldn't win this psychological battle.

I don’t remember a single press conference after losing a big game (Xavi already had a whole bunch of them) where he simply admitted defeat. He always had many reasons - from bad luck, incorrect refereeing, to improperly watered field, etc. In this case, Araujo is clearly at fault for earning an “unnecessary” penalty. Optional not in the sense that the referee could not call this penalty, but in the fact that Araujo could not commit a foul for which he received a straight red card. But of course it’s easier to blame everything on the referee. By the way, is it normal that the team was unable to rebuild and, having +2, ended up with -2? It seems to me that even for a game with ten players this is an abnormal result.

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[Marvell1]

It is impossible to predict the outcome of this match. Every team in the Champions League is strong now. And we are seeing strange results in the matches too. After Barcelona and Atletico Madrid won the first leg, the second leg saw Barcelona lose 4–1 and Atletico Madrid 4–2. The results of these two matches were completely unexpected.

The first leg match between Atletico Madrid vs City was a 3-3 draw. Real Madrid failed to win their home matches. Both the teams have performed well and although today's match is City's home match, City cannot be considered favourites. Madrid are more experienced than City on the Champions League platform. Both have equal chances of winning.

[Patrol69]

PSG are likely to play in the UCL final for the second time under Luis Enrique. PSG confirmed the semi-finals by defeating Barcelona by a huge margin in the second leg of the quarter-finals. 
While Barcelona's semi-final is assured, Barcelona's opponents are Dortmund. Barcelona and Dortmund are in the same category and it cannot be said that this team is doing very well in their league this season, in that case PSG under the leadership of Luis Enrique can easily cross the semi-final barrier. If PSG make it through the semi-finals, they will face either Manchester City, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the final. 

Although the semi-final match is easy, the final match will definitely be tough for PSG if PSG can make it to the final.
Considering PSG's current performance, I would say PSG definitely deserves to qualify for the finals.

[execijutiere]

In the Champions League, we saw some really competitive matches. Dortmund led at half-time, but Atletico Madrid managed to make it 2-2 in the second half. Dortmund didn't give up and scored 2 more goals in 3 minutes to win the match 4-2 and go through. I expected the game to go to extra time, but Dortmund managed to get through the round with a good game. I must say it was a result that surprised me. Likewise, Barcelona's red card and PSG's complete control of the game after the red card told us who would win the round.

[bering]

It is impossible to predict the outcome of this match. Every team in the Champions League is strong now. And we are seeing strange results in the matches too. After Barcelona and Atletico Madrid won the first leg, the second leg saw Barcelona lose 4–1 and Atletico Madrid 4–2. The results of these two matches were completely unexpected.

The first leg match between Atletico Madrid vs City was a 3-3 draw. Real Madrid failed to win their home matches. Both the teams have performed well and although today's match is City's home match, City cannot be considered favourites. Madrid are more experienced than City on the Champions League platform. Both have equal chances of winning.

After Atletico Madrid and Barcelona eliminated by their opponents yesterday then Spanish only have 1 representative team Real Madrid and today Real Madrid has hard task because they should being an the last Spanish team who can advances to the semifinal and after playing draw in the first leg Real Madrid is in the unfavourable situation because they have to win at Manchester City home ground and actually win with 1 goal margin is enough for them

But the most problem is Real Madrid has poor records during playing at Etihad Stadium and last season Real Madrid was humiliated by Manchester City with big scores 4-0 at there so that's why after Real Madrid only playing draw at the first half then people has starting to predict Manchester City is the team who will advances to the semifinal match because they so sure Manchester City will going to win second leg match

For team condition i can see Manchester City can be playing with all of their key players because so far there was no important player from them who will be absense but for Real Madrid they will lost Aurelien Tchouameni because of suspension and about betting option i am still sure Manchester City win could be the best pick for this match but if you aren't so sure then probably over 2.5 goals also is good because my prediction is there will be many goals happened in this match

[Stable090]

Arsenal will have a difficult march at Allianz Arena in the second leg of the quartse-final against rival Bayern Munich. In the last two visits, Arsenal lost 1-5 to Bayern Munich. This match is predicted to not be good for Arsenal.

The match isn’t going to be easy for Arsenal, I don’t know if Arsenal will be able to win the match, Arsenal wasted the opportunity they had in the first leg, they had opportunity to win in the first leg of the match, but they didn’t utilize the opportunity they had, if they won the first leg, then they should be able to play at least draw against Bayern Munich today, but right now they will have to be aiming for a win and not draw in the match which is not going to be a easy one for them.

After the recent defeat, Arsenal lost the top spot in the Premier League rankings to Man City, and now they are facing the risk of being kicked out of the Champions League by Bayern.

I think what happened to Arsenal last season is repeating itself this season again, I don’t just know why Arsenal are always performing poorly towards ending of the season, i was thinking maybe Arteta have learnt from his mistakes, but the same thing is repeating itself this season also. I won’t be surprise if Arsenal gets kicked out of champions league today.

[hahay]

In the Champions League, we saw some really competitive matches. Dortmund led at half-time, but Atletico Madrid managed to make it 2-2 in the second half. Dortmund didn't give up and scored 2 more goals in 3 minutes to win the match 4-2 and go through. I expected the game to go to extra time, but Dortmund managed to get through the round with a good game. I must say it was a result that surprised me. Likewise, Barcelona's red card and PSG's complete control of the game after the red card told us who would win the round.

Great efforts were made by Dortmund and Atletico in this second leg, and Dortmund acting as a home team can also really maximize the moment of playing at home by making two goals in the first half. But yes, because Atletico also still had a great effort, then Atletico also had at least two goals back in this match and made the aggregate 3-4. But then again, Dortmund can really maximize playing at home so Dortmund also managed to make two goals back quickly and make the aggregate 5-4. Thus, Dortmund managed to qualify for the semifinals with a very good effort in this second leg. Also, if for example today Real Madrid fails to beat Manchester City, then the result will make all three La Liga teams fall in the quarterfinal phase.

[shogun47]

Arsenal will have a difficult march at Allianz Arena in the second leg of the quartse-final against rival Bayern Munich. In the last two visits, Arsenal lost 1-5 to Bayern Munich. This match is predicted to not be good for Arsenal.

The match isn’t going to be easy for Arsenal, I don’t know if Arsenal will be able to win the match, Arsenal wasted the opportunity they had in the first leg, they had opportunity to win in the first leg of the match, but they didn’t utilize the opportunity they had, if they won the first leg, then they should be able to play at least draw against Bayern Munich today, but right now they will have to be aiming for a win and not draw in the match which is not going to be a easy one for them.

It is going to be the hardest match of the season for them and if Bayern plays without major mistakes, the chances for Arsenal aren't that good. But I said "if Bayern..." because they have had some horribly bad defending in some of the games and made huge mistakes, for example against Lazio and in countless Bundesliga games. That's where I think Arsenal could get some incalculable chances.

After the recent defeat, Arsenal lost the top spot in the Premier League rankings to Man City, and now they are facing the risk of being kicked out of the Champions League by Bayern.

I think what happened to Arsenal last season is repeating itself this season again, I don’t just know why Arsenal are always performing poorly towards ending of the season, i was thinking maybe Arteta have learnt from his mistakes, but the same thing is repeating itself this season also. I won’t be surprise if Arsenal gets kicked out of champions league today.

That's what I thought. They look strong for so long and leave no doubt that this season could be their season finally, but then there is Manchester City lying in ambush, knowing that Arsenal may once again not be able to cope with the pressure. Lots of goals could be in shambles within two weeks time for them. Champions League and Premier League if they don't win against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Still can't believe PSG made it through to the semis by knocking out Barcelona without stress after the home side ending the first half with 10 men. PSG will be facing Dortmund to finish their story since they had that long clash in the group stage and I must confess that Dortmund are having a better form in the UCL and nobody is talking about them since the beginning of the season in this competition.
I never thought Dortmund would make it this far but this stage isn't a new thing for the German side, let's see how both teams would battle it out in the final chapter of their story, would it still be Dortmund who'll dominate in this encounter or PSG to correct their mistakes, with just 2 games to the finals who would be advancing to the next stage?🤔

[Salahmu]

Although the semi-final match is easy, the final match will definitely be tough for PSG if PSG can make it to the final.
Considering PSG's current performance, I would say PSG definitely deserves to qualify for the finals.

Yeah considering the performance of PSG if they managed to qualify to the finals it will surely not going to be easy on them because is quite obvious that their performance is not really good enough to challenge bigger teams and we all know how they struggled on the hands of Barcelona before they eventually qualify through a narrow escape because if Barcelona players were to be intact on that match PSG would not have qualify to another round.

So if for instance PSG qualify with either Bayern Munich, Manchester City or Bayern Leverkusen on the finals they will surely lose the trophy because those teams are more better than them so long as the league is concerned so since they find it very difficult on their match against Barcelona qualifying from their next round will tough on them if at all they can even pulled it off because they will be meetings with bigger team than Barcelona, so let's see how far they will go.

[$crypto$]

Alright now back to looking at the betting markets again, surprisingly Real Madrid have odds @4.90 and Man City @1.61 this is quite a difference but we still feel confident that Real Madrid still have a chance of qualifying.

I don't know why the bookies give such high odds to Real Madrid, do you dare to take these odds?

Broadly speaking Man City were able to hold Real Madrid to a draw even though Man City took an early lead, but I think the bookies are heading this way.

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich odds are not much different I guess what is seen in the betting market now, but it is interesting to do a parlay between Bayern Munich and Man City.

[Chilwell]

In the Champions League, we saw some really competitive matches. Dortmund led at half-time, but Atletico Madrid managed to make it 2-2 in the second half. Dortmund didn't give up and scored 2 more goals in 3 minutes to win the match 4-2 and go through. I expected the game to go to extra time, but Dortmund managed to get through the round with a good game. I must say it was a result that surprised me. Likewise, Barcelona's red card and PSG's complete control of the game after the red card told us who would win the round.

Both Dortmund and PSG that won yesterday game really surprised everyone because both teams that were eliminated secured victory in their first leg and everyone thought that they can make their win easily, i think the red card that was issued against Barcelona really helped PSG to gain their victory if not they can't defeat Barcelona. Dortmund dominated the games completely in Possession, Pass Accuracy, Accurate Passes, Total Shots, Shots On Target, they really prove that they are the host, Dortmund really shocked me compared to Barcelona, at least Barcelona have something to say about their defeat what about Atletico Madrid that have nothing to show.

[Cryptomultiplier]

Still can't believe PSG made it through to the semis by knocking out Barcelona without stress after the home side ending the first half with 10 men. PSG will be facing Dortmund to finish their story since they had that long clash in the group stage and I must confess that Dortmund are having a better form in the UCL and nobody is talking about them since the beginning of the season in this competition.
I never thought Dortmund would make it this far but this stage isn't a new thing for the German side, let's see how both teams would battle it out in the final chapter of their story, would it still be Dortmund who'll dominate in this encounter or PSG to correct their mistakes, with just 2 games to the finals who would be advancing to the next stage?🤔

Dortmund surely slipped unnoticed to the final stages of this competition and I am shocked really, but not as shocked after the results of last nights clash between PSG and Barcelona.
I was very certain that Barcelona would have won and told everyone to expect so at the end, only to be alarmed after PSG scored 3 and then added the last with a red card that saw the Barca team play in reckless formation nearing the final minutes of stoppage time.

Tonight is gonna be one interesting match between Arsenal, Bayern, Manchester city and real Madrid. Am hoping the gunners make it through having drawn the first leg but am sure Harry Kane would be having better plans to push the Bayern team to the next stage.
While between Real and Manchester, anyone can win.

[Balmain]

Still can't believe PSG made it through to the semis by knocking out Barcelona without stress after the home side ending the first half with 10 men. PSG will be facing Dortmund to finish their story since they had that long clash in the group stage and I must confess that Dortmund are having a better form in the UCL and nobody is talking about them since the beginning of the season in this competition.
I never thought Dortmund would make it this far but this stage isn't a new thing for the German side, let's see how both teams would battle it out in the final chapter of their story, would it still be Dortmund who'll dominate in this encounter or PSG to correct their mistakes, with just 2 games to the finals who would be advancing to the next stage?🤔

The way PSG beat Barcelona so effortlessly was astounding and enjoyable at the same time. It was Dembele's revenge day against his former team Barcelona. Raphinha scored Barcelona's first goal. He was just in the right place. In fact, it was Yamal who carried all the positions. He does valid things in every match, for example, he did it in this match, but the next thing did not develop very well for Barcelona. Lewandowski consumed too many positions. We can say that these are the best quarter-final matches in history. Take a look at how this year's matches turned out. It's incredible how PSG actually got through the second leg with zero worries.

[makishart]

Still can't believe PSG made it through to the semis by knocking out Barcelona without stress after the home side ending the first half with 10 men. PSG will be facing Dortmund to finish their story since they had that long clash in the group stage and I must confess that Dortmund are having a better form in the UCL and nobody is talking about them since the beginning of the season in this competition.

A common thing in UCL. This is why people called that UCL was in another level caused by this. The situation is kinda different when barcelona got its red card. barcelona's gameplay was changing a lot as it was only able playing defensively. it must be noted that barcelona's defensive line was not that good.
This is also making the situation even worst. Playing with 10 players are forcing barcleona to did nothing in the game. it was making PSG attacking it so crazily without even stopped.

I never thought Dortmund would make it this far but this stage isn't a new thing for the German side, let's see how both teams would battle it out in the final chapter of their story, would it still be Dortmund who'll dominate in this encounter or PSG to correct their mistakes, with just 2 games to the finals who would be advancing to the next stage?🤔

A surprise from dortmund and i strongly agree with you here. Dortmund has been showing impressive performances which is unbelievable to see that. Maatsen and several dortmund's players. That's amazing to see how ATM has lost a chance to go to the semi final.
Dortmund never be considered as a strong team by majority of football fans but it's always able winning the game. That's amazing performance from the club.

[Dailyscript]

PSG are likely to play in the UCL final for the second time under Luis Enrique. PSG confirmed the semi-finals by defeating Barcelona by a huge margin in the second leg of the quarter-finals. 
While Barcelona's semi-final is assured, Barcelona's opponents are Dortmund. Barcelona and Dortmund are in the same category and it cannot be said that this team is doing very well in their league this season, in that case PSG under the leadership of Luis Enrique can easily cross the semi-final barrier. If PSG make it through the semi-finals, they will face either Manchester City, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the final. 

Although the semi-final match is easy, the final match will definitely be tough for PSG if PSG can make it to the final.
Considering PSG's current performance, I would say PSG definitely deserves to qualify for the finals.

I dont think they PSG will make it to the final this season. Beating Barca is not a criteria it is just a step to the next strong opponent they will face. They will be facing either Dortmund, Real Madrid or Arsenal. Real Madrid will win their match today against Manchester City but it will be hell of fight for both teams. One thing i am very certain about is that by first half of the game the both teams are likely to score and the match will end with multiple goals from 3 - 6. Both teams will score two goals and above.

[Palakka]

Great efforts were made by Dortmund and Atletico in this second leg, and Dortmund acting as a home team can also really maximize the moment of playing at home by making two goals in the first half. But yes, because Atletico also still had a great effort, then Atletico also had at least two goals back in this match and made the aggregate 3-4. But then again, Dortmund can really maximize playing at home so Dortmund also managed to make two goals back quickly and make the aggregate 5-4. Thus, Dortmund managed to qualify for the semifinals with a very good effort in this second leg. Also, if for example today Real Madrid fails to beat Manchester City, then the result will make all three La Liga teams fall in the quarterfinal phase.

Two teams have now secured their place in the Champions League semi-finals this season, Dortmund who fell in the domestik league surprised us all because they managed to qualify for the semi-finals after beating Atletico Madrid in the second leg, I think before Dortmund no longer had hope after they lost to Atletico Madrid in the first leg, because I was quite sure if Atletico Madrid would also be able to beat Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park,  But it was quite surprising to see Dortmund able to make a comeback by destroying the Atletico Madrid defense for reverse the aggregate score to 5-4.

Like Dortmund, PSG who came to Barcelona home was also injured after losing the first leg, even PSG had fallen behind Barcelona again after Rapinha scored in the first half, but unfortunately for Barcelona who received a red card gave PSG an advantage in the match to rise and turn the situation around that made PSG in the semifinals at this season.
Currently only Madrid remain in the Champions League as Spain's representative and let's see if they will also follow in the footsteps of Atletico Madrid and Barcelona today or Madrid can still boast Spain in the Champions League this season.

[Smack That Ace]

PSG are likely to play in the UCL final for the second time under Luis Enrique. PSG confirmed the semi-finals by defeating Barcelona by a huge margin in the second leg of the quarter-finals. 
While Barcelona's semi-final is assured, Barcelona's opponents are Dortmund. Barcelona and Dortmund are in the same category and it cannot be said that this team is doing very well in their league this season, in that case PSG under the leadership of Luis Enrique can easily cross the semi-final barrier. If PSG make it through the semi-finals, they will face either Manchester City, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the final. 

Although the semi-final match is easy, the final match will definitely be tough for PSG if PSG can make it to the final.
Considering PSG's current performance, I would say PSG definitely deserves to qualify for the finals.

I dont think they PSG will make it to the final this season. Beating Barca is not a criteria it is just a step to the next strong opponent they will face. They will be facing either Dortmund, Real Madrid or Arsenal. Real Madrid will win their match today against Manchester City but it will be hell of fight for both teams. One thing i am very certain about is that by first half of the game the both teams are likely to score and the match will end with multiple goals from 3 - 6. Both teams will score two goals and above.

As far as I know PSG's next opponent is Dortmund. PSG will play against Dortmund in the semi-finals. And is it too difficult a task for PSG to beat Dortmund? I don't think so.

If PSG had faced Madrid, Arsenal or City in the semi-finals, it might not have been easy for PSG to qualify for the final. However, Dortmund's performance is not very consistent. I even consider PSG as favorites against Dortmund. Luis Enrique is a very experienced coach. He will surely create a perfect match strategy to defeat the Dortmund team. This season we will see PSG in the Champions League final. I think so.

[ancafe]

Yep, this might be a chance for PSG to win Champions League because Dortmund isn't that strong. Even though able to beat Atletico Madrid, but Atletico Madrid is just a mediocre team in this season. Although the final match would be either Real Madrid or Manchester City i.e. toughest opponent, but any teams that can enter to final already have a mentality to win.

Both Atletico Madrid and Dortmund want to score as many as possible, that's why their take risk to sacrifice their defense lines.

If you look at the strength of the two teams, PSG has a much greater chance of advancing to the final, but Dortmund also cannot be underestimated because currently they really have quite a lot of motivation. Luis Enrique only needs two more steps to bring PSG to the Champions League title this season and it may not be an easy job because they still have three games to win.

Dortmund will not let PSG play openly and they will try to prevent PSG from easily getting full points. This will be interesting to wait for because both of them are not the favorite teams to win the Champions League this season. But their struggle so far cannot be separated from the ability of their respective coaches to see the opportunities that exist.

[GxSTxV]

After Atletico Madrid and Barcelona eliminated by their opponents yesterday then Spanish only have 1 representative team Real Madrid and today Real Madrid has hard task because they should being an the last Spanish team who can advances to the semifinal and after playing draw in the first leg Real Madrid is in the unfavourable situation because they have to win at Manchester City home ground and actually win with 1 goal margin is enough for them

Spanish teams aren't performing as well this season compared to previous versions of UCL amd even in LaLiga, despite their historical dominance in winning the Champions League trophy over the past decade and of course the white house won 5 out of 10 trophies.
Now Real Madrid is the only Spanish representative in the Quarter Finals, their chances of qualifying to the Semifinals are slight this time. Manchester City, playing at home with a perfect record against Real Madrid at the Etihad Stadium, this adds more pressure on the team. However, as you mentioned this match is unpredictable, and we have seen Real Madrid overcome worse situations in worse scenarios so maybe it’s their chance to win tonight and prove them wrong.

Moreover, the away goals rule which was previously used as a tiebreaker is no longer effective. This change gives Real Madrid a slightly better chance if this rule still used,  as they drew 3-3 in the first leg. If they manage to win with a 1 goal margin they will advance to the Semifinals and surprise everyone.