UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[Hirose UK]

It really shame that Manchester City had to lose the opportunity to fight for the title because they lost in penalty shootout, their match was very fierce from the start and they really played carefully.
This was much more tense than the first leg match, I felt Pep had prepared everything and was able to win over Real Madrid at home but it turned out it wasn't that easy.
Results were quite disappointing and will have to be repeated again next season.

Haaland is still too gentle in important matches like this. He had almost no threat from the first leg to this second leg. If it weren't for Kevin De Bruyne, Mancity probably would have lost in the main round.

Mancity repeated Barca's mistake when playing at home but could not take advantage of this great advantage. When the match went to penalty shootouts, it was clear that the pressure on Mancity was much greater than on Real Madrid. They put an end to themselves when they missed two penalties. It's a pity that both PRemier League representatives had to stop in the quarterfinals.

How can Haaland be able to score if all Real Madrid's defenders are put an eye on him?

Manchester City performed admirably in this match, taking 33 shots with 9 on target, but luck was not on their side. This is in stark contrast to Barcelona, who did not control the game and lacked the determination to secure a victory.

Not surprising to see they got eliminated, Premier League's teams are just overrated while the truth any strong teams from other leagues are as good as them.

Yes, you are right that all of Real Madrid defensive line players are more focused on Haaland so that his movements are completely restricted, something different is experienced by De Bruyne who can find position much more freely.
Moreover, thanks to De Bruyne, Manchester City had 1 goal which made the result 1 - 1 draw.

Two Premier League teams previously remaining in this competition have been eliminated and now there are 4 team remaining from three domestic competitions.
Match schedule has also been clearly stated and it is possible to predict what the outcome of this semifinal will be.
Real Madrid and PSG might be the team that have big chance of winning in the semifinals and could meet in the final later, now Real Madrid opportunity to win the UCL title is really wide open.

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[Silberman]

Many say that a manager's role in football is very small and the manager's role in winning or losing the team is very small. Those who think so should realize for themselves how important Luis Enrique is now playing for PSG. PSG had more world-class star players including Messi, Neymar, Mbappe Ramos, but PSG lacked a quality manager at that time, as we saw PSG exiting the Super Sixteen. But this season PSG have appointed a quality manager in their club who sold several key players as soon as the manager came to the club still with a relatively less strong squad but PSG qualified for the semi-finals and they are very likely to qualify for the final. That is, it is clear here that the success or failure of a football game depends a lot on an experienced and skilled manager.

Personally I have always thought that the manager represents roughly 20% of the performance of a team, which is not small at all, since that 20% can be the difference between beating a team that on paper is better than your own, so without a doubt Luis Enrique is doing a good job with PSG, also sometimes having so many stars in a single team can be counterproductive, since everyone wants to be the one that leads the team, while there is no one that is willing to follow their lead.

[RaltcoinsB]

There is no doubt that Manchester City's performance was good enough in this match. City players tried to dominate the home match. But Manchester City was defeated by Madrid's experienced match tactics.

Haaland is still too gentle in important matches like this. He had almost no threat from the first leg to this second leg. If it weren't for Kevin De Bruyne, Mancity probably would have lost in the main round.

Mancity repeated Barca's mistake when playing at home but could not take advantage of this great advantage. When the match went to penalty shootouts, it was clear that the pressure on Mancity was much greater than on Real Madrid. They put an end to themselves when they missed two penalties. It's a pity that both PRemier League representatives had to stop in the quarterfinals.

In the overall match, Manchester City was the better side, and I was saddened by their elimination. Real Madrid played a defensive game, especially after Rodrygo's goal, and they tried hard to prevent Manchester City from scoring. When I saw them get eliminated despite all their efforts, I saw once again how beautiful a sport football is. Even if you are the best playing team, you can lose.

[rachael9385]

In the overall match, Manchester City was the better side, and I was saddened by their elimination. Real Madrid played a defensive game, especially after Rodrygo's goal, and they tried hard to prevent Manchester City from scoring. When I saw them get eliminated despite all their efforts, I saw once again how beautiful a sport football is. Even if you are the best playing team, you can lose.

One thing about the champions league is that, it's  a meeting of big teams and experienced players who did very well in their respective leagues with the help of their coaches, so if you are to be opportuned to get a goal, the best solution is to secure the goal especially when your opponent is adding more pressure to break your defense. Madrid is fund of player such football pattern... After which they must have scored 1 goal they'll defend until another loop hole is generated to score again. Manchester city did more of the playing but there were not lucky enough to win the penalty shootout. Definitely, Manchester City and arsenal would be going back home to concentrate on the EPL.

[Phoenix Anka]

Haaland is still too gentle in important matches like this. He had almost no threat from the first leg to this second leg. If it weren't for Kevin De Bruyne, Mancity probably would have lost in the main round.

Mancity repeated Barca's mistake when playing at home but could not take advantage of this great advantage. When the match went to penalty shootouts, it was clear that the pressure on Mancity was much greater than on Real Madrid. They put an end to themselves when they missed two penalties. It's a pity that both PRemier League representatives had to stop in the quarterfinals.

How can Haaland be able to score if all Real Madrid's defenders are put an eye on him?

Manchester City performed admirably in this match, taking 33 shots with 9 on target, but luck was not on their side. This is in stark contrast to Barcelona, who did not control the game and lacked the determination to secure a victory.

Not surprising to see they got eliminated, Premier League's teams are just overrated while the truth any strong teams from other leagues are as good as them.

Premier league teams are not exaggerated, but they attract attention because the competition is at a high level. Teams that have achieved significant success in Europe, such as Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, United, Tottenham and Chelsea, compete in the same league. It's like a UCL league on its own. That's why I think the EPL is a league that receives the necessary value. It is a pity that they have no representatives this year. They threw in the towel early in the tournament.

[Strongkored]

Haaland is still too gentle in important matches like this. He had almost no threat from the first leg to this second leg. If it weren't for Kevin De Bruyne, Mancity probably would have lost in the main round.

Losing in normal time and going through a penalty shootout, in my opinion, is the same as the result of still being knocked out, and a player like Haaland will always be the target of tight guarding defenders City opponent, that's why he will experience problems in scoring goals, unfortunately, his header hit the crossbar so it didn't come into goals, and it's quite unfortunate because in two meetings with Real Madrid, he didn't score.

Mancity repeated Barca's mistake when playing at home but could not take advantage of this great advantage. When the match went to penalty shootouts, it was clear that the pressure on Mancity was much greater than on Real Madrid. They put an end to themselves when they missed two penalties. It's a pity that both PRemier League representatives had to stop in the quarterfinals.

What Barcelona experienced was different from what Manchester City experienced, Barcelona was quite disadvantaged by the red card they received in the first half while Manchester City was clear because they couldn't penetrate Real Madrid's defense, many of their opportunities were wasted because there were at least nine shots on goal but City can only score one goal.
Arsenal losing to Bayern Munich is not surprising, they are a good team but not in the Champions League.

This time Real Madrid has succeeded in showing themselves as kings of the Champions League again, is it possible that they will become champions again? because it looks like the opponents they will face are not as good as they are currently.

[bering]

Haaland is still too gentle in important matches like this. He had almost no threat from the first leg to this second leg. If it weren't for Kevin De Bruyne, Mancity probably would have lost in the main round.

Mancity repeated Barca's mistake when playing at home but could not take advantage of this great advantage. When the match went to penalty shootouts, it was clear that the pressure on Mancity was much greater than on Real Madrid. They put an end to themselves when they missed two penalties. It's a pity that both PRemier League representatives had to stop in the quarterfinals.

How can Haaland be able to score if all Real Madrid's defenders are put an eye on him?

Manchester City performed admirably in this match, taking 33 shots with 9 on target, but luck was not on their side. This is in stark contrast to Barcelona, who did not control the game and lacked the determination to secure a victory.

Not surprising to see they got eliminated, Premier League's teams are just overrated while the truth any strong teams from other leagues are as good as them.

Real Madrid is really learn from the first leg match that their players is put an their eyes to Halland and De Bruyne and this strategy was successfull to make Manchester City players looks frustrate because although Manchester City is really dominate the game but they were unable to broke the defense of Real Madrid and i can see the players such as Rudiger, Nacho and their holding midfielder Camavinga is really discipline to guarded Real Madrid defensive lines and it makes the match have to ended draw until extra time and for penalty kick this is mentally fight because those who have strong mentally will win the match and it's clearly Real Madrid  mentally is more better than Manchester City

Quarterfinal stages has been ended and there was no England teams representative who playing on that stage this season because Arsenal too have already lost from Bayern Munich with narrow score and this indeed is predictable because before this match Bayern Munich who favourited will be advances to the next round and i think this is the first time that two German representatives have played for the semifinals and i know it's hard but it could be very fantastic if Dortmund and Bayern Munich can eliminate their opponents and met at the final match

[Polkeins]

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.

Many say that a manager's role in football is very small and the manager's role in winning or losing the team is very small. Those who think so should realize for themselves how important Luis Enrique is now playing for PSG. PSG had more world-class star players including Messi, Neymar, Mbappe Ramos, but PSG lacked a quality manager at that time, as we saw PSG exiting the Super Sixteen. But this season PSG have appointed a quality manager in their club who sold several key players as soon as the manager came to the club still with a relatively less strong squad but PSG qualified for the semi-finals and they are very likely to qualify for the final. That is, it is clear here that the success or failure of a football game depends a lot on an experienced and skilled manager.

Apparently, those who think that manager is not very important do not know about such people as Diego Simeone, who has made a very average team into a world famous club, which fights for European cups and victory in La Liga.

Luis Enrique is a good coach, but PSG have already reached 1\2 finals of the Champions League and the final, but never won it, but if PSG wins the Champions League this year, then Luis Enrique can be considered as someone who was able to complete the dream of the owners of PSG.
I would just as soon point out this time not just Luis Enrique, but Carlo Ancelotti. Carlo Ancelotti helps Real to win with any lineup of players and after many years has made Real again a club that is feared by all opponents and can beat any team, even Guardiola's Manchester City.

[knowngunman]

Are you actually kidding me? Deserve some recommendations why? It has always been the same story of disappointment not just to their fan who are used to it but also to the neutral fan who supported them this time around, though initially I believe that Bayern Munich would send them home due to their experience in the competition and arsenal lack of experience, because I know very well that in the uefa champions league experience is one vital component a team needs to be successful, which this arsenal team is lacking massively.

No, I'm not kidding. I think you're misunderstanding my point here mate. I didn't say they should be applauded for bottling their chances both in the Premier league and champions league but let be honest with ourselves and give commendation when necessary. The present Arsenal squad is nowhere close to Bayern standard but we all saw it how they rubbed shoulder with them in the first leg and even this second leg. Take a look at Arsenal squad and tell me how many experience players present in the squad. When last did they participate in Champions league? The truth is Arsenal present squad is occupied by inexperienced players who are still coming up and I think no one expected them to reach this stage but they did.

It wasn't too good but it is something to be proud of considering their present situation. If you take a look at some clubs like Manchester united and Chelsea perhaps you would understand why I applauded them in my earlier comment. You also confirmed that Arsenal lack experience of champions league, so what more do you expect from them? Let see what will happen in the Premier league since both of them (City and Arsenal) are out of UCL and their third contender might possibly be out of UEL tonight. The race will get more interesting by this development.

[legendbtc]

Haaland is still too gentle in important matches like this. He had almost no threat from the first leg to this second leg. If it weren't for Kevin De Bruyne, Mancity probably would have lost in the main round.

Mancity repeated Barca's mistake when playing at home but could not take advantage of this great advantage. When the match went to penalty shootouts, it was clear that the pressure on Mancity was much greater than on Real Madrid. They put an end to themselves when they missed two penalties. It's a pity that both PRemier League representatives had to stop in the quarterfinals.

How can Haaland be able to score if all Real Madrid's defenders are put an eye on him?

Manchester City performed admirably in this match, taking 33 shots with 9 on target, but luck was not on their side. This is in stark contrast to Barcelona, who did not control the game and lacked the determination to secure a victory.

Not surprising to see they got eliminated, Premier League's teams are just overrated while the truth any strong teams from other leagues are as good as them.

Yes. Haaland still fails in Man City's big matches. I know it is difficult to ask a big striker taller than 1m94 to move in a bit of space because they are not agile enough to manage. Haaland is not an Aguero, Romario, Shearer, or Drogba striker who is flexible enough to separate from his marker; he can only play according to the qualities given to him.  Haaland's most apparent effect on the field is to create space for his teammates. In short, Haaland is "a world-class finisher but not a world-class player."

We saw what happened on the field. Man City controlled the ball 68%, and they played better than Real. Man City was defeated because Real Madrid is always the lucky team in the lucky penalty shootout. They didn't make any mistakes in this match. You should remember that Real Madrid is the king of this tournament, not just a big team. This loss was simply because Man City was unlucky. Sometimes, failures are difficult to explain. The whole team will have to accept and forget this match. Now, Man City needs to stand up after defeat and continue playing because they still have goals to conquer this season.

[Hewlet]

There is no doubt that Manchester City's performance was good enough in this match. City players tried to dominate the home match. But Manchester City was defeated by Madrid's experienced match tactics.

Haaland is still too gentle in important matches like this. He had almost no threat from the first leg to this second leg. If it weren't for Kevin De Bruyne, Mancity probably would have lost in the main round.

Mancity repeated Barca's mistake when playing at home but could not take advantage of this great advantage. When the match went to penalty shootouts, it was clear that the pressure on Mancity was much greater than on Real Madrid. They put an end to themselves when they missed two penalties. It's a pity that both PRemier League representatives had to stop in the quarterfinals.

I don't know if Holland is probably allowing th social media ranter get at him and his play in there last two matches have been below his normal performance and in games like this when you should have expected the beast in him to come out, he lies low and you can't really sea the halland effect like what the little palmer is even putting up at Chelsea. No doubt, real Madrid isn't a team you can just break their defense easily when you have rudiger standing strong as a tough knot to crack but I feel if halland had put in additional effort and supported the first team with the same energy the likes of KDB and foden brings, it would have been a tough game for the Madrid side.

You look at the way Rodrygo, vini jnr and Bellingham put in the fight and you're just certain that you have three threats you need to tackle differently. If it's not coming from vini, Bellingham is a great threat and looking at the form of Rodrygo, you beat you've got to ensure your attackers are as aggressive as this dudes if you're hoping to get a win. And yeah, it's sad the two teams that are representative of the English league are all outta the champions league and I'm just hoping at this point, it's real Madrid time to go home with the champion League trophy.

[len01]

Real Madrid is really learn from the first leg match that their players is put an their eyes to Halland and De Bruyne and this strategy was successfull to make Manchester City players looks frustrate because although Manchester City is really dominate the game but they were unable to broke the defense of Real Madrid and i can see the players such as Rudiger, Nacho and their holding midfielder Camavinga is really discipline to guarded Real Madrid defensive lines and it makes the match have to ended draw until extra time and for penalty kick this is mentally fight because those who have strong mentally will win the match and it's clearly Real Madrid  mentally is more better than Manchester City

Quarterfinal stages has been ended and there was no England teams representative who playing on that stage this season because Arsenal too have already lost from Bayern Munich with narrow score and this indeed is predictable because before this match Bayern Munich who favourited will be advances to the next round and i think this is the first time that two German representatives have played for the semifinals and i know it's hard but it could be very fantastic if Dortmund and Bayern Munich can eliminate their opponents and met at the final match

not only learning from the experience of the first leg but also learning from past mistakes when Man City failed, but Ancelotti is a smart coach who has many ways to find out the right strategy to give Man City a dead end by focusing on Guardiola mainstay players like Haaland and De Bruyne had difficulty scoring because Madrid defense as a whole focused on De Bruyne and Haaland.
after giving each other attacks several times, I thought it looked like Real Madrid would just try to survive until the last minute ended and entered the penalty round and all of that came true without seeing the penalty shootout round. I confidently said that Real Madrid would win and qualify for the semi finals.

in this semi final round, we all know who the strongest candidate is to win the UCL title this season, even though Real Madrid still faces strong obstacles against Bayern Munich, but Real Madrid has more experience to be able to find a way to qualify for the final round.
If Madrid qualify for the final round and Dortmund qualify for the final round, it is certain that Real Madrid will hold the title this season, but if PSG qualify for the final round, I think Madrid will work a little harder because facing PSG will also provide difficulties that they will experience Ancelotti squad.


even though my bet lost with the Man City vs Real Madrid draw, at least I was proud to see my favorite team qualify for the semi finals and my loss was covered the victory from Bayern Munich.

[X-ray]

Arsenal once again out from UCL and yet again another excuse from rice. I think that he was overreacted with his own club by called it as one of the biggest clubs in the world. The btter for rice to tell his coach to recruit an experienced player rather than use the young group as an excuse caused by it was once again losing against bayern.

Bayern munich is very strong team and neuer is just getting back again. This is one of legendary goal keeper. Arteta was potentially trophyless again this season after it was missing UCL and probably PL soon. What's good from arsenal?

I think that it doesn't even matter how many times arsenal try and they will not get UCL. Never. Talk about the fact here.

I will be waiting what clubs will be planned by arteta for the upcoming season in UCL. Will he use the same composition like this time?

It reminds me with chelsea when havertz or even mount was there. It was winning UCL with so many young players on its squad.

[Mayor of ogba]

There is no doubt that Manchester City's performance was good enough in this match. City players tried to dominate the home match. But Manchester City was defeated by Madrid's experienced match tactics.

Haaland is still too gentle in important matches like this. He had almost no threat from the first leg to this second leg. If it weren't for Kevin De Bruyne, Mancity probably would have lost in the main round.

Mancity repeated Barca's mistake when playing at home but could not take advantage of this great advantage. When the match went to penalty shootouts, it was clear that the pressure on Mancity was much greater than on Real Madrid. They put an end to themselves when they missed two penalties. It's a pity that both PRemier League representatives had to stop in the quarterfinals.

This season, Haaland is not that good at scoring goals, so I was not surprised by his performance against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid's defense was so solid that they were able to make Haaland not score a goal in both Real Madrid's home and Manchester City's home. Even in the Premier League this season, Haaland is struggling to score many goals for Manchester City like he did for them last season in all competitions.

[Solokan]

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A really tense match. In this match Manchester City played very well. However, unfortunately there are still many opportunities that cannot be exploited properly. So even though in this match Manchester City managed to dominate the game well. However, in that match Manchester City was only able to score one goal through De Bruyne in the 76th minute. And in that match, the Real Madrid players actually came under quite a lot of pressure from the Manchester City players. Because how could it not be, in this match Real Madrid visits Manchester City's headquarters which will definitely make the game of the Manchester City players better. But fortunately, Real Madrid was able to hold Manchester City to a 1-1 draw and ultimately had to go to a penalty shootout. Then in the penalty shootout round, Real Madrid managed to win. So Manchester City was eliminated in the quarter-finals and Real Madrid managed to qualify for the semifinals. To be honest, at first I thought Real Madrid would suffer the same fate as the previous UCL (losing to Manchester City in the second leg). However, this year Real Madrid proved that Real Madrid is indeed better than the previous UCL.

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And in the match between Bayern Munich and Arsenal. In this match, Arsenal had to accept a narrow defeat from Bayern Munich. Actually, Arsenal played quite solidly in this match. However, in the second half, Arsenal conceded through Kimmich's header in the 63rd minute. And until the referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the second half, Arsenal were unable to equalize. So with this defeat against Bayern Munich, Arsenal had to be eliminated from the UCL with a 3-2 aggregate.

Of course, it was a very tense match and as the host, Manchester City was unable to fight against the away team. Indeed, many people thought that Manchester City would win because the Manchester City squad was in good form and De Bruyne returned from injury, so I personally predicted that Manchester City in the UCL would succeed in beating Real Madrid.
Yes, the pressure that Manchester City put on Real Madrid was very strong, but Madrid's defense line was so strong which ultimately made things very difficult for Manchester City. Yes, the point is that both teams are equally strong and I am amazed by both teams. Yes, but it's a shame that Manchester City has to swallow the bitter pill this season in the UCL.

Yes, I personally bet on Manchester City to win. I didn't expect to lose when betting on UCL this time.yes  Real Madrid is better than Manchester City.

Arsenal against Bayern ended with Bayern winning, of course, now there are no representatives from the EPL entering the semifinals of the Champions League. Honestly, I didn't expect that no team from the EPL would enter the semifinals.

[Majestic-milf]

I can understand why Vinicius said that "Hala Madrid" chant with so much fervour when he went to greet the fans because many of them thought their hard work was going to go down the drain after Luka Modric missed the shot. It's funny that for the whole of 120 mins, it was just two corners the Los Blancos had which was enough proof that Man City were the ones calling the shots at the Etihad and had that confidence that if it ever went to penalties, they will end the game because frankly the both sides had already given their best.
 It's safe to say that Madrid have avenged their loss àt the hands of Man City when Pep's men removed the Los Blancos last season during the round of 16, now they( Man City) are the ones being kicked out of the round of 16. I don't even blame Real Madrid for celebrating the way they did as if you didn't know what was happening you'd think they've won the champions league but for me, to remove Man City is not a small feat and that alone is like winning the title.

Real Madrid will come out through for their fans, and they're aiming to reach the UCL final this season. Real Madrid have proven to be the best team in the UEFA Champions League this season though meeting Manchester City was one of the most challenging opponents this season. Manchester City dominated the game fulltime recorded 16 corners but with all these dominating stats, who won? Carlo Ancelotti understands the game style of Pep Guardiola and he resolve weaknesses to work on and they were quite forced.

I quite agree because we saw how they determined to not repeat history, even though they didn't have much activity in Man City box, whenever they had the chance, they try to utilize it to the best of their ability, although we'd agree that Kyle Walker was a real pain in the side of Vinicius.
 In terms of defense, the both sides gave their all and now that Real Madrid have emerged the winner, I'm real curious to see how they will perform against Bayern Munich, whether they will let Thomas Tuchel's shrewd ways get the better of them or  whether they will show that they have got what it takes to carry the title again.

[temple]

In the round of 16 the teams from Italy were all eliminated. And will the same thing happen to the teams from Laliga in the quarter-finals? Now we just have to see how Real Madrid plays against Man City who are the hosts in today's match. Real Madrid has a tough task. Because Laliga's reputation is also at stake here. Because now only Real Madrid is the only team remaining from Laliga.

I am one of those who hopes Barcelona wins this match. But yes, they failed due to the imbalance of the game. because Barcelona, ​​which was initially superior, apparently had to lose one player due to a red card. And since then the game has belonged to PSG. So it is not surprising that PSG scored a lot of goals against Barcelona. Because Barcelona is quite weak by only playing with 10 players.

It is looking like it. The duel between Barcelona and PSG could have ended differently as I think the early red card against a team like PSG put the game upside down. The whole strategy fell apart for Barcelona and the last thing a team wants is to be a man down against an offensive consisting of Mbappe, Dembele and Barcona. Against a high speed opponent, losing possession of the ball and control over the game is the worst as that it is the best way to keep fast counter attacks under control.

Real Madrid will probably get eliminated unless they have somehow learnt their lesson from last season's game against Manchester City in the Etihad Stadium. I didn't think that it is possible to see two German clubs in the semifinals, but I believe that Bayern Munich has an advantage over Arsenal, since they are playing at home.

Well, the red card that Ronald Araujo received in the 29th minute was truly the turning point in the match. Even though Xavi withdrew Yamal and replaced him with a defender, this still did not strengthen Barcelona's defense. And in the end Xavi changed strategy again when PSG had equalized the aggregate by replacing Cancelo with Felix. But that also failed. Because against a team as strong as PSG with 10 players it is still very difficult.

Real Madrid really have to learn from the mistakes they made in the previous season when facing Man City. And I hope this time Real Madrid can entertain us. Bayern vs Arsenal will indeed be quite a difficult match for Arsenal. but I can't predict these two matches.

Of course a red card is almost always a turning point, at least in maybe 90% of the cases and especially when it is received so early in the game against a very strong opponent. But my point was that PSG despite the goal against them was the far more dangerous team even before the red card. Now nobody can tell how the game would have ended with the red card, but my best guess is that PSG would have kept dominating the game and would have generated more big chances. Barcelona lost a lot of important elements of their planned strategy for the game after that red card, but no matter what would have happened, I still don't see Barcelona as a top 3 team in Europe at this point. But it is great to see some of these super young Barcelona players playing in such a promising way. Really impressive speed and technique! Maybe they can finally build an impressive squad over the coming years with players from La Masia.

The semifinals are now somewhat surprising as I don't think a lot of people thought PSG and Dortmund would make it there. It's funny as the final takes place in Wembley and the last time there were two clubs in the semifinals and met in the final in Wembley was in 2013 I think, Bayern vs Dortmund!

[Dzigie]

Paris Saint Germans has always been favorites for me even before thengame against Barcelona. Glad they could make good use of the chances they had tonight. The spoiler of the game was that penalty awarded to Dembele and it was worth it.

I expected Barcelona to defend better in this match but they disappointed me. Barcelona could have conceded more goals if Ter Stegen didn't perform well. Ter Stegen made critical saves despite conceding 4 goals. Barcelona could have left with a more sensational defeat if he hadn't shown that performance. Of course, the most important reason for this score is the red card. This wouldn't have happened if Barcelona didn't have 10 men on the pitch. Before this match I thought that Barcelona would at least get a draw, but I was wrong because of things that could not be calculated or predicted.

[Justbillywitt]

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A really tense match. In this match Manchester City played very well. However, unfortunately there are still many opportunities that cannot be exploited properly. So even though in this match Manchester City managed to dominate the game well. However, in that match Manchester City was only able to score one goal through De Bruyne in the 76th minute. And in that match, the Real Madrid players actually came under quite a lot of pressure from the Manchester City players. Because how could it not be, in this match Real Madrid visits Manchester City's headquarters which will definitely make the game of the Manchester City players better. But fortunately, Real Madrid was able to hold Manchester City to a 1-1 draw and ultimately had to go to a penalty shootout. Then in the penalty shootout round, Real Madrid managed to win. So Manchester City was eliminated in the quarter-finals and Real Madrid managed to qualify for the semifinals. To be honest, at first I thought Real Madrid would suffer the same fate as the previous UCL (losing to Manchester City in the second leg). However, this year Real Madrid proved that Real Madrid is indeed better than the previous UCL.

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And in the match between Bayern Munich and Arsenal. In this match, Arsenal had to accept a narrow defeat from Bayern Munich. Actually, Arsenal played quite solidly in this match. However, in the second half, Arsenal conceded through Kimmich's header in the 63rd minute. And until the referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the second half, Arsenal were unable to equalize. So with this defeat against Bayern Munich, Arsenal had to be eliminated from the UCL with a 3-2 aggregate.

Of course, it was a very tense match and as the host, Manchester City was unable to fight against the away team. Indeed, many people thought that Manchester City would win because the Manchester City squad was in good form and De Bruyne returned from injury, so I personally predicted that Manchester City in the UCL would succeed in beating Real Madrid.
Yes, the pressure that Manchester City put on Real Madrid was very strong, but Madrid's defense line was so strong which ultimately made things very difficult for Manchester City. Yes, the point is that both teams are equally strong and I am amazed by both teams. Yes, but it's a shame that Manchester City has to swallow the bitter pill this season in the UCL.

Yes, I personally bet on Manchester City to win. I didn't expect to lose when betting on UCL this time.yes  Real Madrid is better than Manchester City.

Arsenal against Bayern ended with Bayern winning, of course, now there are no representatives from the EPL entering the semifinals of the Champions League. Honestly, I didn't expect that no team from the EPL would enter the semifinals.

Manchester City fought very well that's why the match ended in penalty shootout. Real Madrid are an experienced team when it comes to the champions league, so I wasn't surprised when they showed their class in yesterday's performance. They came with a determined mindset, got an early goal and it was a good one. Manchester City showed their class too and got a goal back in the 75th minutes. You see penalties can go either ways, once a game enters penalties, it is out of your hand, you don't have control over it again. So Manchester City losing on penalties is not something we will blame the squad. They did their best, but one team will win the shootout and it went Madrid's way yesterday. For me Manchester City players did very well.

[Nheer]

This season, Haaland is not that good at scoring goals, so I was not surprised by his performance against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid's defense was so solid that they were able to make Haaland not score a goal in both Real Madrid's home and Manchester City's home. Even in the Premier League this season, Haaland is struggling to score many goals for Manchester City like he did for them last season in all competitions.

He definitely dropped in performance this season, it’s difficult to tell the reason behind his drop of form but his silence in recent games is something that needs to be addressed. This happens in football and sometimes even Messi and Ronaldo struggle too but they still get involved and show impacts in matches even without scoring but it is not the case with Haaland, Haaland seem to be silent in every big game this season with no impact to show at all and if he is not careful he might lose the premier league golden boot.

Yesterday’s game was another interesting game and Real Madrid show their defensive skills which was the only way they could stand Manchester City, City dominated throughout but the result is all that mattered and Real Madrid got it. Congratulations to Real for proceeding to the next round.