UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[wmaurik]

A huge career blow to the Manchester City coach who has always been very successful through the group stages of all the Champions League competitions he has been in. It crowns this season for him as the worst he has had in his career, and it may continue if they fail to qualify for the next champions league competition as well from the Premier league competition where they are just picking up speed. It will be back to the drawing board for the Manchester City coach because his career and records are threatened.

This season Manchester City is indeed in poor condition so it is very natural that Manchester City did not qualify for the next round because the opponent they faced was a team that is very often strong in the Champions League, namely Real Madrid. But for the Premier League I hope Manchester City can maintain their position in the top four zone so that they can return to the Champions League next season with greater enthusiasm. So from now on Manchester City must be able to improve themselves in order to increase their fading strength.

[Hewlet]

Yesterday Real played so much more confident and aggressive than City that it seemed that they played 2 teams from different leagues, so great was the difference in the class of the teams.
Real did not let City relax from the first minute until the 80th minute, when Ancelotti made 3 substitutions to start keeping the score and if Real had not relaxed, I think City would not have been able to score a single goal. Rudiger and Asensio played very confidently and even the usually not the most stable Tchouameni played well.

City is still not out of the crisis and although the City management will probably not fire Guardiola, given his former merits, but it is clear that City is not able to completely overcome the crisis.

Did I just see Gurvadol slide past my apartment yesterday? Hahaha, everything was like a film when watching the game. From the beginning of the first half to the end of the game, Real Madrid dominated while pressing Manchester City at every opportunity they got. Literally, Pep will be paranoid yesterday and might even be crying. At least he was removed from the league by another champion of UCL. Imagine it was Club Brugge and other smaller teams that removed them from the league. It will be so shameful and painful. Time of Pep has passed to be sincere.

pep was trying to play smart and refused starting Erling halland hoping that marmoush would do something remarkable against the real Madrid defense that is gradually coming back to he complete form. unfortunately, real Madrid where not into the game expecting anything unserious, they prepared to silence halland and bringing marmoush in place of halland even make the defense work much easier for them. an hatrick for kelian mbappe even makes it more devastating for Pep and for carlo Ancelotti, he keeps believing that he leads Madrid to getting the 16th champions league trophy and doing his last on this tune will be the greatest way of signing out of the coaching space.

the responsibility is now on the shoulder of Liverpool and arsenal who are currently the strongest premier league team that can put up a good fight for the European teams that are still left in the champions league. with the form Madrid has entered into, the rest of the teams in the round of sixteen will be hoping they never get to play against madrid because the goal as it stands is to make it to the finals and if possible take it all home. coming from a playoff to get this will be quite a remarkable journey.

[Juicyhome]

A huge career blow to the Manchester City coach who has always been very successful through the group stages of all the Champions League competitions he has been in. It crowns this season for him as the worst he has had in his career, and it may continue if they fail to qualify for the next champions league competition as well from the Premier league competition where they are just picking up speed. It will be back to the drawing board for the Manchester City coach because his career and records are threatened.

This season Manchester City is indeed in poor condition so it is very natural that Manchester City did not qualify for the next round because the opponent they faced was a team that is very often strong in the Champions League, namely Real Madrid. But for the Premier League I hope Manchester City can maintain their position in the top four zone so that they can return to the Champions League next season with greater enthusiasm. So from now on Manchester City must be able to improve themselves in order to increase their fading strength.

When i saw the knockout stage fixture, Real Madrid vs Manchester city, i knew Manchester city won't scale through. Manchester city is in their worse form no doubt, couple with the coach Pep Gurdiolar marriage crisis. It has not been easy for the team, even in the Premier league games, they have been having difficulty. A lot is going on with Manchester city, 4 of their senior players are in injury. Everything have their challenging time, Manchester city will focus on the league games now, they will definitely earn the top 4 at the end of the season.

Real Madrid is the  king of champions league, they have shown that over and over, and they are favorite to win the champions league title this season, no team can stop them, Manchester city was the only team in the league that has the quality to deny Real Madrid but they are knockout by Real Madrid, is a free express for Real Madrid.

[Frankolala]

Yesterday Real played so much more confident and aggressive than City that it seemed that they played 2 teams from different leagues, so great was the difference in the class of the teams.
Real did not let City relax from the first minute until the 80th minute, when Ancelotti made 3 substitutions to start keeping the score and if Real had not relaxed, I think City would not have been able to score a single goal. Rudiger and Asensio played very confidently and even the usually not the most stable Tchouameni played well.

City is still not out of the crisis and although the City management will probably not fire Guardiola, given his former merits, but it is clear that City is not able to completely overcome the crisis.

Did I just see Gurvadol slide past my apartment yesterday? Hahaha, everything was like a film when watching the game. From the beginning of the first half to the end of the game, Real Madrid dominated while pressing Manchester City at every opportunity they got. Literally, Pep will be paranoid yesterday and might even be crying. At least he was removed from the league by another champion of UCL. Imagine it was Club Brugge and other smaller teams that removed them from the league. It will be so shameful and painful. Time of Pep has passed to be sincere.

Of course, Pep should be proud that his rival kicked his ass out of the league. However, something strange happened yesterday. Unlike Manchester City who we know are always dominating their opponents and do have the highest ball possession, was unable to hold the ball for long. Madrid was the ones in charge of all the ball possessions, dominated the game and scored more goals.

[OcTradism]

Of course, Pep should be proud that his rival kicked his ass out of the league. However, something strange happened yesterday. Unlike Manchester City who we know are always dominating their opponents and do have the highest ball possession, was unable to hold the ball for long. Madrid was the ones in charge of all the ball possessions, dominated the game and scored more goals.

Pep possibly feels very bad with his decision to stay with Manchester City after winning 3 titles exclusively Champions League title three seasons ago. If he had left them in that summer, he would have been recognized differently. With this season, it's another evidence that Pep Guardiola is repeating his failures in Barcelona and Bayern Munich when his tactics were constrained by opponents and he failed to change and series of bad results come consequently.

Even though Mbappe is a star player, of course Real Madrid's success is the result of the cooperation of all the players, in the end Mbappe is the person who can continue and take advantage of the opportunities created. In essence, all Real Madrid players are extraordinary.

Mbappe is fighting for his first Champions League title ever in his career and this hat-trick is a best match he has had for Real Madrid so far. Not only about total goals he scored in a match, but also importance of the match for his club. Beating Manchester City convincingly, Real Madrid shown that they are really ready to win another title in Champions League.

Haaland won his first Champions League title after leaving Dortmund and joining Manchester City, and Mbappe is fighting to do the same in his first season for Real Madrid after leaving PSG.

[adultcrypto]

I didn't doubt that PSG would win, but I didn't expect them to humiliate Brest so badly... But still the result was predictable... I was most disappointed with the Dortmund vs Sporting match... The Germans looked much better by the way and only by a miracle could not score a goal, giving opportunities for Sporting... But Lisbon couldn't do anything and were relegated from the UCL... The most dramatic and interesting was the PSV vs Juventus match... That's where the real battle was... Man City also failed to surprise, but at least they managed to score a prestige goal... By the way, the odds on Madrid's win were against Madrid...

What happened was the Brest gave up already after the three zero defeat they suffered in the first leg so PSG used that opportunity to practice different scoring skills. So the match was more like training or practice for PSG and I hope to see them implement some of those new scoring tactics in th3ir coming matches, starting from the next French Lig 1 match coming weekend.

[Uruhara]

The Real Madrid squad has always had a very strong mentality. Even when they were behind, like in the first leg, we still saw that Real Madrid could recover thanks to their strong mentality and could turn things around because they never gave up until the end. And in the second leg they also once again proved who was the host in the match. With a much better mentality we can see Real Madrid beat Man City very cleanly. Mbappe was truly extraordinary in that match. In the end he was able to execute the kick calmly in front of the opponent's goal and unlike when he first came here, he was always in a hurry. But now Mbappe really has composure in checking opponents and shooting the ball. Real Madrid really won convincingly. And Man City had to go home and be eliminated from the UCL earlier this season. This will be a big note for Pep considering how weak Man City's defense is currently.

Yesterday result was so impressive and it was a great victory for Real Madrid, the best of all time in the champions league and indeed the champions league spirit and experience is still in them and it is like in-built. Even though I believe Real Madrid was going to win yesterday I didn't expect Real Madrid to score before 6 minutes and Manchester city last game in the premier league makes me feel that they were going to disturb Real Madrid but reverse was the case and Real Madrid beat them 3:1, Manchester city really needs to improve in order to qualify for the next champions league and maybe next season they can do more better.

Yesterday's match was quite impressive for Real Madrid. And I think in this play-off round Real Madrid gave a strong impression to all clubs that they could even beat Man City quite easily. So Real Madrid's strength, which was in doubt at the start of the season, must now begin to be taken into account again. And I think with their current performance and with Mbappe's epic performance, Real Madrid's attack line will be really difficult to stop. And I think everyone will now even feel quite confident about Real Madrid being able to progress further in the UCL convincingly.

Now I am really looking forward to how they will perform in the round of 16. And I wonder which team will face Real Madrid. And we can be sure that the team is in an unlucky situation. 

[3meek]

I didn't doubt that PSG would win, but I didn't expect them to humiliate Brest so badly... But still the result was predictable... I was most disappointed with the Dortmund vs Sporting match... The Germans looked much better by the way and only by a miracle could not score a goal, giving opportunities for Sporting... But Lisbon couldn't do anything and were relegated from the UCL... The most dramatic and interesting was the PSV vs Juventus match... That's where the real battle was... Man City also failed to surprise, but at least they managed to score a prestige goal... By the way, the odds on Madrid's win were against Madrid...

What happened was the Brest gave up already after the three zero defeat they suffered in the first leg so PSG used that opportunity to practice different scoring skills. So the match was more like training or practice for PSG and I hope to see them implement some of those new scoring tactics in th3ir coming matches, starting from the next French Lig 1 match coming weekend.

I don't really like PSG, but they are playing even better now than last season when they had Mbappe... It just so happens that they have a very easy opponent from Ligue 1... It will be really interesting to see how they play against more difficult clubs... PSG are regularly unlucky in important UCL matches... I don't think they can make it to the final...

[Uruhara]

I didn't doubt that PSG would win, but I didn't expect them to humiliate Brest so badly... But still the result was predictable... I was most disappointed with the Dortmund vs Sporting match... The Germans looked much better by the way and only by a miracle could not score a goal, giving opportunities for Sporting... But Lisbon couldn't do anything and were relegated from the UCL... The most dramatic and interesting was the PSV vs Juventus match... That's where the real battle was... Man City also failed to surprise, but at least they managed to score a prestige goal... By the way, the odds on Madrid's win were against Madrid...

PSG humiliated Brest 3 times with big scores. First in their domestic league with a score of 2-5, then in the first leg of the UCL play-off round with a score of 0-3. And yesterday was the worst for Brest who lost with a score of 7-0. And yes, anyone would have guessed that PSG would be very favored and have the potential to win. But no one would have thought that PSG would beat Brest with a huge score of 7-0.

The only match result that disappointed me was the PSV vs Juventus match. Not because I lost the bet but because I really hope that Juventus can progress to the next stage. After Juventus won the first leg, it turned out they had to lose the second leg and PSV advanced convincingly to the next stage while Juventus had to be eliminated.

[Akbarkoe]

I didn't doubt that PSG would win, but I didn't expect them to humiliate Brest so badly... But still the result was predictable... I was most disappointed with the Dortmund vs Sporting match... The Germans looked much better by the way and only by a miracle could not score a goal, giving opportunities for Sporting... But Lisbon couldn't do anything and were relegated from the UCL... The most dramatic and interesting was the PSV vs Juventus match... That's where the real battle was... Man City also failed to surprise, but at least they managed to score a prestige goal... By the way, the odds on Madrid's win were against Madrid...

PSG were lucky enough to face an easy opponent, who came from the same league. And when it comes to dominance in the French League 1, of course PSG are the dominant team, so they could easily beat Bret with a landslide score.

Regarding Sporting CP, when Ruben Amorim chose to leave Sporting CP and take over Man United, Sporting CP's performance and consistency slowly declined. In fact, in previous matches, when still in Amorim's hands, Sporting always got the best results, even when facing big teams.

And regarding the match between Juventus and PSV Eindhoven, with the 1 goal advantage they brought in the previous match, Juventus were actually quite favored to win this match. However, unexpectedly, playing as the host PSV actually performed very well, even being able to force Juventus to play until extra time, and at that time PSV dashed Juventus' hopes of being able to qualify for the next round.

Lastly regarding the match between Manchester City VS Real Madrid, appearing as the host and with the return of players from long injuries, Real Madrid really appeared solid in the match, and even K.Mbappe was able to score a hat trick against Manchester City. The goal scored by Mbappe in the 4th minute really destroyed the mentality of Manchester City players. On the other hand, in the defensive line

[Marykeller]

I didn't doubt that PSG would win, but I didn't expect them to humiliate Brest so badly... But still the result was predictable... I was most disappointed with the Dortmund vs Sporting match... The Germans looked much better by the way and only by a miracle could not score a goal, giving opportunities for Sporting... But Lisbon couldn't do anything and were relegated from the UCL... The most dramatic and interesting was the PSV vs Juventus match... That's where the real battle was... Man City also failed to surprise, but at least they managed to score a prestige goal... By the way, the odds on Madrid's win were against Madrid...

The humiliation was something else. I was crying over Manchester City's humiliation by Real Madrid, I didn't know there was a big one to see.

This is just the first time a club has been humiliated 7-0 by seven different goal scores in a Champions League match. Within 27 minutes in the second half, up to 5 goals have been scored by different players. I didn't expect Brest would perform badly this way after they have already lost in their home by 0-3 against PSG. I was expecting a little goal defeat, not a big one like this(7 goals).

[Jatiluhung]

It was very unique when Juventus met in the first leg, they lost with a score of 2-1 and Juventus has now lost to PSV with a score of 3-1 in the second leg. It really looks like Juventus really lost to PSV and of course Juventus in terms of quality has really been defeated by PSV and what is certain is that PSV is now happy because they were able to qualify for the last 16 and it is definitely a shame that in Serie A there is only 1 club that has progressed to the last 16, namely Inter and of course now many people are pinning their hopes on Inter to be the champions when compete for the championship title.

Now PSV must be proud to be able to play well in fighting for tickets to the last 16 and they as hosts are very great because they were able to win and not disappoint the audience. and of course what I remember from the Eredivisie was that there were only 2 who advanced to the last 16, namely Feyenoord and PSV, of course everyone will fight as hard as possible to get a good place in the match.

[jstyler]

Dortmund deserved a goal, those chances they created were unmissable, but Sporting killed themselves with silly mistakes"

[3meek]

I don't know why many here were confident in Juventus... Juve spent a lot of energy in the previous game against Inter, maybe that's why they couldn't beat Einhoven... But on the other hand - PSV play great at home... Now it's hard for me to say when they last lost a home game in the UCL... Especially they were able to beat, though not motivated, but still strong Liverpool... In general, the statistics of clubs can often give tips... PSV is definitely not a weak club and I would say that they are not worse than Juve...  What is surprising is that all Italian clubs are out of the UCL thanks to Belgium and the Netherlands... The only one left is Inter, who were lucky to get to 1/8...

[Fakhrulenclix]

In fact, the truth about Juventus is that their performances are not stable. They can do well in one match, and in their next match, they can mess up.

I feel like this "inconsistency" applies to many big teams this season. On the other hand, if we're looking at league form I think 4 wins in 5 games is quite consistent. Sadly these forms don't translate well across different competitions. A post-match analysis that I watched suggests that Juventus is struggling defensively at times so conceding 3 goals is not a surprise, even though they managed to keep their GA quite low in the UCL. I agree that the atmosphere of the stadium gives more power to PSV though.

The game yesterday was also unlucky by Juventus, they took poles, the goalkeeper saved many dangerous balls, but it must be said that the PSV played better over the whole game and they deserved a victory and the passage of the round, L 'trend of the Italian teams is this here, unfortunately it is like this and we must take note of it and try to improve the situation

Not only Juventus but also several Serie A teams this season have problems with the consistency of their performance, the proof is that AC Milan and Atalanta also had to be eliminated in the play-off round, now only Inter Milan remains as a representative of the Italian team.
Juventus' defeat to PSV was not so surprising because Juventus was unable to show good performance in the second leg even though they got the advantage because they were ahead on aggregate in the first leg, but PSV was able to appear stunning to put pressure on Juventus in front of their own supporters.

[rahmad2nd]

What makes Real Madrid stand out from the rest of the teams in the UEFA Champions League competition this season is the mentality of the club players and that's why you'll still see them show strong spirit of determination even when they're losing. Most of the players in the squad have either won one or multiple UEFA Champions League trophy with the current manager so they already understand the level of positive mindset they should always possess whenever they're on the pitch.
Kylian Mbappe was star performer of the night but you can't take away the fact that all members of the team played important roles in helping the club beat a strong European club like Manchester City.

It's true that Real Madrid's mentality is of course always good which in the end always creates good games, so it's not surprising that Real Madrid won now and also the victory in the 1st leg at the Etihad because Real Madrid's mentality is of course very strong and it seems like this has become a characteristic of Real Madrid. Yes, it is true that having experienced players who have won trophies in the UCL such as Vinicius, Belingham and others certainly makes Real Madrid a club that will undoubtedly be able to overcome existing problems.

Even though Mbappe is a star player, of course Real Madrid's success is the result of the cooperation of all the players, in the end Mbappe is the person who can continue and take advantage of the opportunities created. In essence, all Real Madrid players are extraordinary.

With this victory Madrid qualified for the next phase, and if I'm not mistaken the goal that Mbappe created was his first hat-trick in the Champions League with Real Madrid. we don't need to doubt the mentality of the Real Madrid players, because after all they are the top team and have many star players. well, in this second leg I saw something strange with Pep Guardiola, because he didn't play his main team. I'm not sure about Manchester City's lineup, I don't know what Pep Guardiola was thinking. maybe he's no longer interested in fielding his main squad, and giving more opportunities to other players. there are several things that I question, but all of that is no longer important, City failed in this playoff phase. my guess is, they are back to focusing on their Domestic League, they have to win the match against Liverpool so that their position is not shifted by the team below them. but what is certain is that Madrid played quite well, Valverde who became a wing-back, Rodrygo, Tchouameni, Bellingham and of course Vinicius Jr and Mbappe. well, congratulations to Madrid for the next phase.

[len01]

From yesterday's match results, only Juventus disappointed us as a team that was predicted to qualify for the next round but had to get pressure during extra time and the players' mentality declined greatly, causing failure.

But whoever watched the Madrid vs Man City match, do you agree that Raul Asencio was one of the most productive defenders in yesterday's match?
The first score that Mbappe managed to achieve was the result of a precise pass from Asencio and after that when Man City tried to attack Madrid, Asencio tried to make a successful tackle. I feel proud if Madrid has a young player like Asencio who is very productive in making contributions.
And actually Vinicius in yesterday's match seemed less enthusiastic and even Mbappe gave Vinic 2 opportunities to score. But his kick missed and was not on target.

Next I will criticize Man City who are currently losing their mentality in all competitions. And I just wonder, why did Guardiola bench Haaland in that match? It looks very strange.

BTW, I like Mbappe's celebration style 


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[Jewan420]

I don't really like PSG, but they are playing even better now than last season when they had Mbappe... It just so happens that they have a very easy opponent from Ligue 1... It will be really interesting to see how they play against more difficult clubs... PSG are regularly unlucky in important UCL matches... I don't think they can make it to the final...

They are performing better now after Mbappe left the club. Personally, I have never supported PSG and I have always been against PSG. But yesterday's match really surprised me. Even after such a performance, I don't see PSG going very far. Maybe they are going to be eliminated in the round of 16. Their opponent in the round of 16 has not been determined yet, if they have to play against one of the top 3 teams, they may be going to end the season with a humiliating defeat. I don't support PSG at all as a team that can compete in the round of 16. If they can get past the round of 16, that will be their greatest achievement.

[Joca97]

From yesterday's match results, only Juventus disappointed us as a team that was predicted to qualify for the next round but had to get pressure during extra time and the players' mentality declined greatly, causing failure.

But whoever watched the Madrid vs Man City match, do you agree that Raul Asencio was one of the most productive defenders in yesterday's match?
The first score that Mbappe managed to achieve was the result of a precise pass from Asencio and after that when Man City tried to attack Madrid, Asencio tried to make a successful tackle. I feel proud if Madrid has a young player like Asencio who is very productive in making contributions.
And actually Vinicius in yesterday's match seemed less enthusiastic and even Mbappe gave Vinic 2 opportunities to score. But his kick missed and was not on target.

Next I will criticize Man City who are currently losing their mentality in all competitions. And I just wonder, why did Guardiola bench Haaland in that match? It looks very strange.

Juventus was just disapointing and they were thinking they could close the game but that just didnt happen. PSV went to overtime and was more fresh to finish the game. While Man City was bad on all spots of the field and Mbappe just destroyed them. He took every chance and finally found his way in the team how to profit the most

[Ahli38]

Dortmund deserved a goal, those chances they created were unmissable, but Sporting killed themselves with silly mistakes"

Sporting CP in this match was only able to create defensive fortifications to withstand every quick attack from the Dortmund players. But I think Sporting CP is very lucky to have Rui Silva as goalkeeper. Because I think Rui Silva made a lot of saves. He always seemed to be able to read the direction of the ball with very precise accuracy. He even managed to save a penalty kick. At 31 years old, I think this goalkeeper is at the peak of his performance as a goalkeeper. Dortmund was finally able to qualify for the next stage. And yeah this draw is not surprising and is in line with what I expected. And I think the game that Dortmund showed was quite beautiful. They created good chances. Although in the end Rui Silva always managed to stop him.