UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[BlackBoss_]

All match ended as predicted by most people, all big teams won the match.

Liverpool vs PSG is surprising because you judge them based on their statistics.

Nevertheless, they're all deserved with their winning, I'm happy to see there's no shitty referee who unfair and favor on one team.

It's easy to say a winner deserves it, but PSG have many big reasons to firstly disappointed about themselves, and secondly to feel that win is not well deserved for Liverpool. I am sure that PSG feel about that defeat like this after playing very well but did not score any goal just because of Becker and at the end, they lost it to Liverpool.

You are absolutely right, in fact Luis Enrique said that Liverpool had 3 planes that were very difficult to stop, however Luis Enrique has to make a better strategy.

Luis Enrique can not talk about what Arne Slot and Liverpool prepared for their match in Paris against PSG. He is not their head coach, and what he can talk is about his plans for PSG in that match. He is an experienced coach with Champions League title years ago with Barcelona and a good tournament in Euro with Spain, and in this match with Liverpool, he did well.

PSG played well and it has contribution from their head coach Luis Enrique, but it's not enough and as a head coach Luis Enrique is responsible for it too. Now, after getting a defeat at home, Luis Enrique need to have different plans, perhaps up to 3 or more than that, for PSG in a next match. They must win at Anfield in 90 minutes for at least equalizing an aggregated result.

[lizarder]

When you are the smaller team, or worse team, or basically poorer team in this case, then you can't really play an offensive football where you pressure the other team full court. That would cause other teams players to just pass from stuck place to open space and they will get a good goal chance.

We have plenty of games where neither team had 7 on goal shots, and this is basically the most common result, we do not see 7+ shots that hit the market, let alone be a goal at all. So the fact that Arsenal managed to score 7 goals, not just shoot, but actually score 7 times, means PSV just let their defense be destroyed. PSV needed to play much more defensive, park the bus style of football in order to get the win or at least a tie, hell even just less goals conceded.

Defensive play can sometimes be disadvantageous against much tougher opponents and letting the opposition take control of the game will make it difficult for teams to keep up. PSV don't have the defence of the Italians and it may be difficult for them to defend all out against the attacks that Arsenal players are trying to build which in turn creates gaps for them to break through.

But we have to look at the history of English football where we will see how the league is played quite hard and even though PSV played defensively it didn't make Arsenal lose concentration to score goals. It's a different story to most clubs in Italy and there is no doubt that they have a much better defence.

[Ruttoshi]

Liverpool has a 1 goal advantage but considering PSG impressive performance, Liverpool must ensure Alisson is in top condition to ward off any threats. Reflecting on Leg 1 of course we will be surprised by the total opportunities that PSG got, and Liverpool with its defensive style must clearly be more aware of PSG ambitions in Leg 2. Although playing at Anfield, it is not a guarantee that PSG cannot put pressure on so the defense must be thickened by Arne Slot to anticipate it.

If Liverpool wins by a goal or even more they will still be ahead,  the one goal advantage for me is even enough for them not to stress much in this second fixture as even if the game ends in a draw they still gwt that opportunity to be regraded as the winners and will make it to the next round,  they just have to make sure not to loose in the end so they don't move to extra time and then penalty shoot out which may further reduce their chances because that is actually a method that come with almost no assurance but hopes on luck.

The one goal can be equalized easily if Liverpool do not play their best on that day. You saw the pressure that they faced and if not for luck, the match would have ended in a draw. Don't believe that of PSG play the second leg with the same force that they used in the first leg, they will score at least one goal.

If Liverpool needs to qualify easily to the next round, they need to play the match as if it's the finals for them. One goal difference is not enough to relax and feel that you have already qualified.

[Farma]

The one goal can be equalized easily if Liverpool do not play their best on that day. You saw the pressure that they faced and if not for luck, the match would have ended in a draw. Don't believe that of PSG play the second leg with the same force that they used in the first leg, they will score at least one goal.

If Liverpool needs to qualify easily to the next round, they need to play the match as if it's the finals for them. One goal difference is not enough to relax and feel that you have already qualified.

A 1 goal difference is not safe for Liverpool, but in the second leg they will play at home so there is a big possibility for Liverpool to win the match again and advance to the quarter-finals.
Overall, Liverpool's strength is slightly better than PSG, although PSG showed impressive performance in the first leg, but that was because they played at home and Liverpool played a defensive strategy, even so Liverpool was able to win the match.
So indeed, if you look at the percentage, of course Liverpool has a very large percentage to be able to advance to the quarter-finals.

[Derekfunds]

All match ended as predicted by most people, all big teams won the match.

Liverpool vs PSG is surprising because you judge them based on their statistics, Barcelona vs Benfica also surprising if you judge them based on their performance, playing with 10 players against 11 players was never been easy.

Nevertheless, they're all deserved with their winning, I'm happy to see there's no shitty referee who unfair and favor on one team.

You are absolutely right, in fact Luis Enrique said that Liverpool had 3 planes that were very difficult to stop, however Luis Enrique has to make a better strategy, regarding the match between Benfica and Barcelona, ​​it is worth noting that Barcelona knew how to adapt to their situation and managed to score the winning goal, the Portuguese team did not know how to take advantage of the advantage they had, it is regrettable that they did things like that, they were at home, they had everything to win and they let it pass, as for Madrid, they knew how to undermine Atlético, they beat them and left them there, now they have to play at Atlético's stadium, and it is dangerous.

If Benfica can not win Barcelona even when Barcelona was playing with red card then how can they win when Barcelona will be complete, I mean it is humanly impossible because Barcelona will so deal with them after stressing them last time and they are coming to Barcelona's home, I doubt if they will even  see any opportunity and as for Atletico de Madrid they are already gone even though they appears to be in a good form, it is not where Real Madrid is because Real Madrid always play with a different mentality when it comes to champions league, if there is a club you shouldn't joke with in champions league then is it Real Madrid.

[Futurexxx]

All match ended as predicted by most people, all big teams won the match.

Liverpool vs PSG is surprising because you judge them based on their statistics, Barcelona vs Benfica also surprising if you judge them based on their performance, playing with 10 players against 11 players was never been easy.

Nevertheless, they're all deserved with their winning, I'm happy to see there's no shitty referee who unfair and favor on one team.

You are absolutely right, in fact Luis Enrique said that Liverpool had 3 planes that were very difficult to stop, however Luis Enrique has to make a better strategy, regarding the match between Benfica and Barcelona, ​​it is worth noting that Barcelona knew how to adapt to their situation and managed to score the winning goal, the Portuguese team did not know how to take advantage of the advantage they had, it is regrettable that they did things like that, they were at home, they had everything to win and they let it pass, as for Madrid, they knew how to undermine Atlético, they beat them and left them there, now they have to play at Atlético's stadium, and it is dangerous.

If Benfica can not win Barcelona even when Barcelona was playing with red card then how can they win when Barcelona will be complete, I mean it is humanly impossible because Barcelona will so deal with them after stressing them last time and they are coming to Barcelona's home, I doubt if they will even  see any opportunity and as for Atletico de Madrid they are already gone even though they appears to be in a good form, it is not where Real Madrid is because Real Madrid always play with a different mentality when it comes to champions league, if there is a club you shouldn't joke with in champions league then is it Real Madrid.

No football is not like that, their is always surprises, and you and I can attest to that, on paper it looks like benfica is gone, but if in any case Barcelona start being complacent and give in a below pair performance on the day, they might be knockout, unless they approach the game with a lot of seriousness and with the mindset that nothing is won yet, because in a situation like this, complacency is one principal enermy that can bring any team down regardless of their status.
Then as for the Atletico madrid vs real Madrid game, my advice to you is that you should not be too confident in real madrid progressing to the next round because atletico madrid is a dark force in this competition that most teams in the uefa champions league don't like playing against, the game is still wide open for any of them to win, one nil can be cancelled anytime any day, so don't think that real madrid can't be beaten two zero or three nil, nothing is impossible in football, it's still an open game as I have already said, and it can still go either side, but on that day any of the  team that step up their game more, will definitely carries the day.

[Adbitco]

All match ended as predicted by most people, all big teams won the match.

Liverpool vs PSG is surprising because you judge them based on their statistics, Barcelona vs Benfica also surprising if you judge them based on their performance, playing with 10 players against 11 players was never been easy.

Nevertheless, they're all deserved with their winning, I'm happy to see there's no shitty referee who unfair and favor on one team.

You are absolutely right, in fact Luis Enrique said that Liverpool had 3 planes that were very difficult to stop, however Luis Enrique has to make a better strategy, regarding the match between Benfica and Barcelona, ​​it is worth noting that Barcelona knew how to adapt to their situation and managed to score the winning goal, the Portuguese team did not know how to take advantage of the advantage they had, it is regrettable that they did things like that, they were at home, they had everything to win and they let it pass, as for Madrid, they knew how to undermine Atlético, they beat them and left them there, now they have to play at Atlético's stadium, and it is dangerous.

If Benfica can not win Barcelona even when Barcelona was playing with red card then how can they win when Barcelona will be complete, I mean it is humanly impossible because Barcelona will so deal with them after stressing them last time and they are coming to Barcelona's home, I doubt if they will even  see any opportunity and as for Atletico de Madrid they are already gone even though they appears to be in a good form, it is not where Real Madrid is because Real Madrid always play with a different mentality when it comes to champions league, if there is a club you shouldn't joke with in champions league then is it Real Madrid.

You definitely didn't read his comment to understand what he meant, try to read the point he made about Benfica Vs Barcelona again maybe you can actually understand his point of view on the game. You might actually be right on the Real Madrid Vs Atletico Madrid observation because I took for one have seen Real Madrid thriving in difficulties, what I mean is, even though they struggle in the league they still manage to look for ways to do it differently in the the Champions League. I cannot underestimate Real Madrid whenever it comes to the Champions League but at the same time, I won't still underestimate their opponent too.

[MArsland]

If Benfica can not win Barcelona even when Barcelona was playing with red card then how can they win when Barcelona will be complete, I mean it is humanly impossible because Barcelona will so deal with them after stressing them last time and they are coming to Barcelona's home, I doubt if they will even  see any opportunity and as for Atletico de Madrid they are already gone even though they appears to be in a good form, it is not where Real Madrid is because Real Madrid always play with a different mentality when it comes to champions league, if there is a club you shouldn't joke with in champions league then is it Real Madrid.

Di Maria absence leaves a lot of work on Benfica front line so I'm not surprised with Leg 1 where even against 10 Barcelona players they couldn't score a single goal. Because Benfica attack power is still lacking without a player like Di Maria. So I'm still optimistic that Barcelona can win the match in Leg 2 especially since they will be playing at home so the conditions are much more favorable for the host.
I will add a point for you about Real Madrid. No matter how bad Madrid performance is, when it comes to UCL no club can underestimate them this is a competition that has been their favorite every season. There is always a way for Madrid to qualify and when there is only a 1% chance of winning that is more than enough to turn things around.

[Fiatless]

If Benfica can not win Barcelona even when Barcelona was playing with red card then how can they win when Barcelona will be complete, I mean it is humanly impossible because Barcelona will so deal with them after stressing them last time and they are coming to Barcelona's home, I doubt if they will even  see any opportunity and as for Atletico de Madrid they are already gone even though they appears to be in a good form, it is not where Real Madrid is because Real Madrid always play with a different mentality when it comes to champions league, if there is a club you shouldn't joke with in champions league then is it Real Madrid.

Di Maria absence leaves a lot of work on Benfica front line so I'm not surprised with Leg 1 where even against 10 Barcelona players they couldn't score a single goal. Because Benfica attack power is still lacking without a player like Di Maria. So I'm still optimistic that Barcelona can win the match in Leg 2 especially since they will be playing at home so the conditions are much more favorable for the host.
I will add a point for you about Real Madrid. No matter how bad Madrid performance is, when it comes to UCL no club can underestimate them this is a competition that has been their favorite every season. There is always a way for Madrid to qualify and when there is only a 1% chance of winning that is more than enough to turn things around.

Angel Di Maria is a vital player in Benfica and has scored seven goals and given seven assists in 18 games. He is an experienced and calculative player. He has the skills and drive to put Barcelona defenders under pressure. But there are also some young good players that can replace him.  Barcelona is a good side considering how they are performing in the local league. Real Madrid might be a force in the UCL tournament but there is no guarantee that they will qualify for the next round. They might have a massive advantage but they will be facing a good side.

[Oluwa-btc]

All match ended as predicted by most people, all big teams won the match.

Liverpool vs PSG is surprising because you judge them based on their statistics, Barcelona vs Benfica also surprising if you judge them based on their performance, playing with 10 players against 11 players was never been easy.

Nevertheless, they're all deserved with their winning, I'm happy to see there's no shitty referee who unfair and favor on one team.

As it should be, though I didn't expect Arsenal doing such numbers in a single game considering they've been bad with scoring goals within the last two games in the Premier League Competition.
I didn't predict the game between Paris Saint Germans and Liverpool. I wasn't certain what to go with even with the good form of Luis Enrique and his squad. Well after all of the hard work, possession and attempts on goals from league 1 giants, it's was mind blowing to see they could not go with the win. Finally,  I came to the conclusion that football is about winning. I was impressed with Barcelona even with 10 man. They've done well to manage the game and contain Benfica away from home.

[Webetcoins]

Liverpool couldn’t dominate in form of playing and creating chances, but surely they could dominate in the score when they managed to score at the very last moments, exactly at the 87th minute of the match. Personally, I was waiting for a win from PSG, they could dominate with many chances they have created, very close to score. However, Liverpool players performed a tight defense and with a half chance, they scored a very important goal, a goal that might be their key of qualification for the next round.

In the other side, almost the same scenario when Barcelona suffered from an early red card, which was a very bad luck to them but not totally after scoring with a counterattack and managed also to keep their sheets clean outside home. With a perfect chance for them also to pass this round against Benfica.

I am also fan of Liverpool dominance and aggression but now here also needed to praise PSG which done impressive job with average quality inexperienced players against team like Liverpool because before start of this game I was surely Liverpool is going to secure their spot for quarterfinals but PSG done good job and keep things on balanced.

In all matches, PSG have enough ball possession and shots on target, but Liverpool is without any doubt one of the best team in soccer world which never allowed them to have any goal while after watching dominance of PSG things were looking interesting, but Liverpool is surely deserved this win. PSG still in the game, but things could be not easy for them at the Anfield where Liverpool surely give them not chance like they have in first leg game at Paris.

[sana54210]

PSV's coach strategy was wrong in handling Arsenal's playing pattern so that Arteta's team easily beat PSV and I think Arsenal understand the conditions that need to be maximized well and they proved it. Chelsea are not worth discussing here because they are not in the championship that is considered necessary to analyze because they play in a different caste.

Real Madrid have always been the best and if you want to see them fail then don't let them advance to the quarter-finals. Because the conditions will be different when Real Madrid go further and it will be much harder to stop, believe it or not that is a fact that has happened in the last few seasons.

People overreact towards Liverpool playing a park the bus style football. We have seen PSG miss so many chances, but maybe that was what Liverpool counted on, maybe that was the strategy itself. When you look at xG, you will see that PSG had many chances, but their xG wasn't like some clear guaranteed goal, their shots were either a miss, or towards Alison, easier saves.

Sure there were plenty of chances where they could have scored too, but there is no way to park the bus without having the other side shoot, the entire belief of park the bus strategy is to make sure other side attacks but misses, which is exactly what happened. If PSG scored, then this system Liverpool tried would have failed, but they didn't, so maybe this was a successful strategy.

[Spack17]

The most surprising part of the 1st leg matches was to see Arsenal scoring 7 goals against PSV. They did it even in an away match man.    It was really unexpected considering Arsenal weren't doing great in the Premier League recently.

Another interesting match was of course PSG - Liverpool. Poor PSG... They tried so hard but stumbled against Alisson obstacle. He made such incredible saves that he was even the player of the match.

PSG have been trying for years to get a trophy here but the best thing they could do has been to qualify for the finale so far. It looks like this is also not their year.

[Hirose UK]

They dominated the attack and created lot of good chances but it could not be goal, it is true that this is all thanks to Alisson who also made 9 saves directly to be able to keep PSG from having goal advantage, haha ​​even though PSG is superior in the dominant game pattern but the final result is as I expected with Liverpool winning.
Next in the second leg later PSG must face Liverpool away, this will put pressure on PSG because playing at home they failed so for the away match the PSG players will definitely experience slight decline in mentality.

Allison had been impressive the whole season. But this is not the end for PSG, PSG defense too played well and they kept attacking, they just failed at scoring. Even though they are one down in Paris, they can make a comeback at Anfield. They probably are the two best teams to play at this stage. The table leader of English and French league playing knock out this early. The leader of Spanish, Italian and German leagues are almost certain to advance to quaterfinals.

Alisson is Liverpool main goalkeeper and in the next match for the second leg if Alisson returns to the line-up used as Liverpool goalkeeper then it is also very possible for PSG to have difficulty scoring goal again, of course in the next match Liverpool will be able to play better compared to the away match in the first leg.
I will still make Liverpool the favorite.

~snip~

Here are some of the mistakes of the PSG team, all the players who were in the attacking section failed to touch the ball inside the goalpost. However, their attacks were easy, not difficult attacks, but in this match, Alisson performed the best for the Liverpool team compared to the other matches.
 Alisson played the most role in the victory of the Liverpool team, because they were able to achieve success with little attack. The PSG team failed to win this match due to the lack of experienced players in their attacking section.

That not mistake, PSG attacking game is almost the same in every match, they always have good and quite lot of chance but many are wasted in vain, they are only sharp team in attacking for absolute winning when playing in Ligue 1.
PSG has some great attacking players but still lacks more dominant mentality, here in the UCL match the mentality of the players is really tested.

[Dump3er]

The most surprising part of the 1st leg matches was to see Arsenal scoring 7 goals against PSV. They did it even in an away match man.    It was really unexpected considering Arsenal weren't doing great in the Premier League recently.

Another interesting match was of course PSG - Liverpool. Poor PSG... They tried so hard but stumbled against Alisson obstacle. He made such incredible saves that he was even the player of the match.

PSG have been trying for years to get a trophy here but the best thing they could do has been to qualify for the finale so far. It looks like this is also not their year.

PSV is out already and it was unexpected as they had a couple of great performances before this disaster. But then again Arsenal had an exceptional day and won‘t repeat anything like that anytime soon I think. See what their conversion of their chances was… 8 shots on target and 7 goals. You could call it well played, but this is not what usually happens under normal circumstances. Still for PSV the Champions League journey comes to an end before the 2nd leg was even played. Playing games like that is awkward for the players.

[JeffBrad12]

The most surprising part of the 1st leg matches was to see Arsenal scoring 7 goals against PSV. They did it even in an away match man.    It was really unexpected considering Arsenal weren't doing great in the Premier League recently.

PSV sucks. They played like amateur team in the UCL. They're now out from the competition as i think they have no chance anymore to scored like 7 goals without even conceded one goal in the second leg. The next leg is Arsenal's game, and obviously they're out.

I never expected PSV to performed so badly like that. They played like they were not match to the gunners. There's nothing positive showed by their squad. They have awful attack, shaky defense, and stupid goalie.

They deserved to be ruled out from the competition as there's no quality in them.

[Moreno233]

So far looks like we get the following quater finals

Arsenal vs Real
Liverpool vs Aston
Barca vs Dortumnd
Bayern vs Inter

I know it is still early but this is the directin we are going

You are right in some of them but please its too early to call. Liverpool have not scaled through in the hands of PSG. If you watched the last match, you will confirm that PSG played better than them but were denied their chances by Liverpool goalkeeper who won the man of the match because of his outstanding performance. If such is repeated in the return leg, Liverpool will not escape being beaten by PSG, that I can assure you. Secondly, Barcelona is still not true in the hands of Benfica too because that match may turn a different turn if Barca exhibit any form of complacency. I know Of Inter and like Bayern Munic to have qualified together with Arsenal, those are the only teams I have the confidence in at the moment.

[Zanab247]

The most surprising part of the 1st leg matches was to see Arsenal scoring 7 goals against PSV. They did it even in an away match man.    It was really unexpected considering Arsenal weren't doing great in the Premier League recently.

Arsenal did what other teams couldn't did to their opponents in that first leg games,  they scored 7 goals in a single game to secured victory from PSV, but other teams struggle to secure 1 or 2 goals to secure victory from their opponents for you to know how prepared Arsenal really prepared to win this UEFA champion league trophy. For the Arsenal second leg, it will be easy for Arsenal to win, but the goals will not going to be in the first leg because PSV will not allow all those chances to come to Arsenal but Arsenal will still going to win the game.

PSG have been trying for years to get a trophy here but the best thing they could do has been to qualify for the finale so far. It looks like this is also not their year.

Despite Liverpool won that first leg, doesn't mean PSG are not trying in this tournament because PSG have beaten many teams to get to this final stage, and I have that confident  that the game will change for the favour of PSG to equalized the goal and still add 2 goals in the second leg.

[Republikcoin.com]

If Benfica can not win Barcelona even when Barcelona was playing with red card then how can they win when Barcelona will be complete, I mean it is humanly impossible because Barcelona will so deal with them after stressing them last time and they are coming to Barcelona's home, I doubt if they will even  see any opportunity and as for Atletico de Madrid they are already gone even though they appears to be in a good form, it is not where Real Madrid is because Real Madrid always play with a different mentality when it comes to champions league, if there is a club you shouldn't joke with in champions league then is it Real Madrid.

Real Madrid and Barcelona have almost the same chances because both teams were only able to win by a narrow aggregate in the first leg so when they play in the second leg they still have to play and attack very deadly. Because in the Champions League even the slightest mistake can have a fatal effect on any team so Barcelona also can't underestimate Benfica even though Benfica are the guests who will come to Barcelona in the second leg. Although I am also quite sure that Barcelona does have the ability to be able to bring themselves to the last eight of the Champions League this season.

[xzone]

The most surprising part of the 1st leg matches was to see Arsenal scoring 7 goals against PSV. They did it even in an away match man.    It was really unexpected considering Arsenal weren't doing great in the Premier League recently.

Another interesting match was of course PSG - Liverpool. Poor PSG... They tried so hard but stumbled against Alisson obstacle. He made such incredible saves that he was even the player of the match.

PSG have been trying for years to get a trophy here but the best thing they could do has been to qualify for the finale so far. It looks like this is also not their year.

PSG still has a chance, they have an advantage because they didn't concede too many goals in the first match. If they had lost by conceding too many goals, I wouldn't have been hopeful for them, but they can win the next match and continue on their way to the championship. Of course, Liverpool is also a strong team, but if PSG can't progress this year, it will be a bad season for them, they don't have a rival in the French league anyway, they need to show their strength in Europe