UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[Docnaster]

Karabakh lost their home match. Ludogorets managed to get an important away win with a goal in the last minutes. We can say that they have the advantage now in terms of going through the round. Although the hosts found positions and dominated the game, they struggled to get a win. Ludogorets have the potential to draw at home. Karabakh will face a difficult match.

I didn't watch the UEFA Champions League qualifying game between Azerbaijan champions Qarabag their Bulgarian opponents Ludogorets last night but when I checked to see the result this morning, I was surprised to see that the away team got a crucial win in that game. In terms of team strength, Qarabag with their recent results and performances have shown that they're better on paper but Ludogorets surprised them last night. Seriously, I doubt that they're going to get a result that'll see them progress to the next round of the competition when they travel to Ludogorets for the second leg of the tie.

[Altryist]

Karabakh lost their home match. Ludogorets managed to get an important away win with a goal in the last minutes. We can say that they have the advantage now in terms of going through the round. Although the hosts found positions and dominated the game, they struggled to get a win. Ludogorets have the potential to draw at home. Karabakh will face a difficult match.

Karabakh created many chances, but shot only few times on target, and perhaps Ludogorets were even lucky to some extent that they were able to win this match, but they did everything possible for this. By the way, this is the only team that managed to win an away match in the Champions League qualification yesterday. With such a defensive game, I think they have a good chance of not losing the home match. Salzburg should have won more confidently, and the goal they missed in extra time was not at all necessary.

[pusaka]

History is not something new to Real Madrid because they are use to making history. They made history this past season by winning UCL 15 times and they have also won UCL back to back, meaning Real Madrid is history themselves.

The team has a wonderful combination of world class players which are still young and desperate to create records for themselves. The old players in terms of age in Real Madrid are leaving gradually and soon the squad will be of young and vibrant players which will serve the club for a long period of time before they will leave.

When talking about Real Madrid in the Champions League, then we will talk about the achievements they can achieve in the Champions League, one of which is when they were able to defend the title for 3 consecutive seasons in 2016, 2017 and 2018. In 2018, many said that the Champions League was a curse when a team would be able to defend it for 3 seasons, and that year Real Madrid managed to prove that the curse did not exist. Now with the squad they have, it is a great hope for them to be able to defend the title again and at the same time win their 16th title. If Real Madrid succeeds in getting it, then they will also create a new achievement with the status of the first team to win the title in the new Champions League format.

[Palakka]

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Barcelona, Girona and Atletico Madrid are the only opponents that can pull threat for the club, it's definitely going to be really hectic for Los Blancos but they always succeed in all levels. Real Madrid is the best club in the European football. They're the best among the best, Florentino Pérez and Carlo Ancelotti made it really possible for the players. Next season, no stress for Real Madrid, they've stuck the necessities and the players needed, they're favorite to win treble next season.

Last season was a challenging season for Real Madrid but they were most successful in that season so they have no reason to worry about next season. Their squad lacked a main striker after the departure of Karim Benzema which has been filled in this transfer window. They signed Jude Bellingham and at that time Jude Bellingham joined Real Madrid as a midfielder but Real Madrid turned him into a striker.  

At the Euros we saw Bellingham perform as the main striker for the England national team. Real Madrid have recruited a great man in their finishing position as well as having two of the best star players in the left winger and right winger positions so maybe Jude Bellingham will play in the midfield next season. If Jude Bellingham plays in midfield, just imagine how strong Real Madrid will be next season. Real Madrid can make history next season if the opposition is easy.

History is not something new to Real Madrid because they are use to making history. They made history this past season by winning UCL 15 times and they have also won UCL back to back, meaning Real Madrid is history themselves.

The team has a wonderful combination of world class players which are still young and desperate to create records for themselves. The old players in terms of age in Real Madrid are leaving gradually and soon the squad will be of young and vibrant players which will serve the club for a long period of time before they will leave.

The enormous support from Perez has made Madrid one of the teams that continues to be able to win every competition they have participated in so far, Last season, Madrid was able to achieve what no other team could achieve, namely winning the La Liga and winning the Champions League for the 15th time in last season, Perez has very big ambitions and while Madrid is very  strong in last season but now he continues to bring in new players now to further strengthen his squad next season, so this is what makes Madrid continue to be able to create many records and history, so I think that for the next few seasons there will be no team that can achieve what Madrid has achieved so far in the Champions League, even to become a team that can win the Champions League for three consecutive seasons like Madrid did in 2016 to 2018 of course , it will be very difficult for other teams in Europe to repeat it in the future.

[Hvdv]

Karabakh lost their home match. Ludogorets managed to get an important away win with a goal in the last minutes. We can say that they have the advantage now in terms of going through the round. Although the hosts found positions and dominated the game, they struggled to get a win. Ludogorets have the potential to draw at home. Karabakh will face a difficult match.

Vidal will not be able to play in the return leg after receiving a red card after scoring the goal. Ludogorets won a very important victory because Qarabağ almost eliminated Leverkusen last year. It is the hardest thing to beat a strong team at their home ground and Ludogorets did it. The return leg will be in Bulgaria and they can advance by playing good defense.

[tiCeR]

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The usual suspects aren't guaranteed a win anymore. The format modifications allow underdogs to compete, which is great. Barcelona getting Olmo? Good move, but they're going all-in on offence. N. Williams' sacrifice may backfire, but that's the risk. Football money talks, and you have to make harsh decisions. Truthfully, Olmo is a beast. He will be a major threat in La Liga and Champions League

La Liga is a different animal. Real Madrid and Barcelona are usually in the mix, but these squad alterations make it anyone's game. It's so exciting because the stakes are bigger than ever. Do not ignore La Liga. Talent and ambition are a powerful mix, and this season will be memorable

I agree and I am not sure how you see it, but in my opinion Olmo should be preferred over Williams. If they had the choice to sign either one of them, I believe the better choice would have been Olmo. He brings such a sophisticated game to the table. Williams is another pure offensive striker. Olmo is this weird player who can do it all. I think he gives more to the game than Williams. Since they already have Yamal, having an additional hyper versatile midfielder is the right choice here.

What sets Williams apart is his ability to assist goals. Last season he had 8 goals and 19 assists in 37 games. Olmo's stats are not as impressive when it comes to assists and goals, but his contribution to the game is impressive. Williams' performance will be measured by goals and assists, but a player like Olmo has a variety of other metrics that increase his value. As I said good call by Barcelona and I think we will see the best Olmo ever very soon, given that he remains without injuries of course.

[Jossque]

In the match between Malmö and PAOK, there was no winner in the first meeting. PAOK took the advantage of the round with an away draw. They have more experience in the Champions League and they will most likely win at home and will be the side to win the round.
Midtjylland, on the other hand, won at home against Ferencvaros and took the advantage in the match.Both teams had plenty of chances in the match, but there were not many goals.Although the away team had more possession, they were not very effective in front of goal.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Currently Royale Union SG are being beaten hard by Slavia Prague away. It is 3-1 now and there isn't much time left for the final whistle. Most probably Slavia Prague will advance to next round.

But honestly this isn't surprising to me.    Because there is a huge experience gap between two sides in European competitions. Royale Union SG even promoted to Jupiler Pro League a couple of years ago. They are competitive there but still not ready for Champions League level.

By the way I'm sad to hear that Fenerbahçe lost. I couldn't watch it live but watched the highlights. It looks like they were really bad and deserved the loss. They should be even thankful for not losing by a bigger goal difference with that poor defending.

[tygeade]

What you said is true but the reason why people are talking so much about the champions League is because of how interesting is going to be on this upcoming season because of the changes and secondly people are also concerned about the possible outcome because unlike most of the season were everybody use to be on the same page about the exact club that would win but in this upcoming season people has different opinions about it because they believe that there would be a very serious competition on this upcoming season, however it doesn't change the interest people also have on Spanish La Liga because we are also expecting a lot of resistant on this upcoming la Liga against real Madrid.

That is true, I think they did something correct with a change, now I am not saying that THIS change is a good one, we still don't know and we are going to see it with time, I can't really say anything about that, but I think it's quite easy to say that A change must have been done, was this the right one? I don't know.

The fact that there is a chance made a lot of people very excited about the situation and that's why they are seeing these changes and I think it is going to be quite good with time, and I think that's a good thing to have right now, should be something that we could definitely use, would be very very profitable for everyone involved as well. I believe that teams will benefit from this a lot more than the old system.

[Jossque]

Dynamo Kiev and Rangers drew in the first leg. I think that both teams have a chance to go through this round.Of course, the fact that Dynamo Kiev drew at home in the first meeting may indicate that Rangers are one step ahead, but anything can happen in this match.Although Rangers scored the equalizer in the last minutes, we have to say that neither team played very well in the match.
One of the matches that I was most surprised by the result was Sparta Prague's 1-1 draw at home.Sparta Prague should have beaten their opponent here with a score of at least 3-0 and could have had a more comfortable away match for the round.Although they are still the favorites, they have perhaps made the round difficult.We will see this in the second match.

[Mr.suevie]

Karabakh lost their home match. Ludogorets managed to get an important away win with a goal in the last minutes. We can say that they have the advantage now in terms of going through the round. Although the hosts found positions and dominated the game, they struggled to get a win. Ludogorets have the potential to draw at home. Karabakh will face a difficult match.

This particular game and Sparta Prague performance cost me a whole lot of cash because I really thought that they would win and that's for Sparta Prague case because they were playing ta home and with their previous performance and strength I was really convinced that they would score even atleast a goal and seal their winnings but all that was ended when they actually conceive first.

[KTChampions]

Karabakh created many chances, but shot only few times on target, and perhaps Ludogorets were even lucky to some extent that they were able to win this match, but they did everything possible for this. By the way, this is the only team that managed to win an away match in the Champions League qualification yesterday. With such a defensive game, I think they have a good chance of not losing the home match. Salzburg should have won more confidently, and the goal they missed in extra time was not at all necessary.

I hope Karabakh can turn the situation around in the return game, I would like them to get into the group stage of the Champions League. Last season, Karabakh caused Bayer big problems in the playoffs of the Europa League and generally looked good. It would be nice if this season they had the opportunity to show themselves in the Champions League and perhaps meet Bayer there again. But with a one-goal deficit and an away game, this doesn’t look very likely since Ludogorets is also a good team.

[Jossque]

In the matches played today, Slavia Prague took a step forward by defeating their opponent 3-1 in the first match of the day. The Prague team played a good game against their opponent and took a big advantage to get through the round. USG will definitely have to win at home, but it won't be easy for them to reach a score that will allow them to go through.
S.Bratislava vs APOEL continues without a goal. Since this is a match where 2 teams can go through, it is hard to predict what will happen.

[hahay]

Lille beat Fenerbahce 2-1 in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final qualifying round and I think, Lille also won in terms of statistics. Indeed, there is still a second leg to be played at Fenerbahce home later but I think, it is also not a guarantee for Fenerbahce to be able to make a comeback. Because at least, considering that maybe Lille is used to more difficult competition in Ligue 1 and will probably be able to maintain the 2-1 advantage they got in this first leg.

But even so, at least I also still recognize that Fenerbahce still has great ambitions to be able to comeback in the second leg later because Fenerbahce will play at home. Also, basically Fenerbahce has a great coach who has great experience too and therefore also, maybe it will also prove whether Mourinho will succeed in making Fenerbahce comeback or not in leg two later. Very interesting to look forward to for sure

[Josefjix]

The usual suspects aren't guaranteed a win anymore. The format modifications allow underdogs to compete, which is great. Barcelona getting Olmo? Good move, but they're going all-in on offence. N. Williams' sacrifice may backfire, but that's the risk. Football money talks, and you have to make harsh decisions. Truthfully, Olmo is a beast. He will be a major threat in La Liga and Champions League

La Liga is a different animal. Real Madrid and Barcelona are usually in the mix, but these squad alterations make it anyone's game. It's so exciting because the stakes are bigger than ever. Do not ignore La Liga. Talent and ambition are a powerful mix, and this season will be memorable

La Liga is tough and it takes only elite advanced players to excel in the league. It's definitely not going to be difficult or challenging for the new players especially the ones that has good vision to strive for greatness. Barcelona and Real Madrid are the main clubs that keeps close sights on major titles.

Barcelona will always make sure they're bringing in top talents and in the current transfer window, the president ensure they signed their very best. Dani Olmo is an experienced player, having special abilities to comprehend his performance and contributions to the club.

[promise444c5]

The usual suspects aren't guaranteed a win anymore. The format modifications allow underdogs to compete, which is great. Barcelona getting Olmo? Good move, but they're going all-in on offence. N. Williams' sacrifice may backfire, but that's the risk. Football money talks, and you have to make harsh decisions. Truthfully, Olmo is a beast. He will be a major threat in La Liga and Champions League

La Liga is a different animal. Real Madrid and Barcelona are usually in the mix, but these squad alterations make it anyone's game. It's so exciting because the stakes are bigger than ever. Do not ignore La Liga. Talent and ambition are a powerful mix, and this season will be memorable

La Liga is tough and it takes only elite advanced players to excel in the league. It's definitely not going to be difficult or challenging for the new players especially the ones that has good vision to strive for greatness. Barcelona and Real Madrid are the main clubs that keeps close sights on major titles.

Barcelona will always make sure they're bringing in top talents and in the current transfer window, the president ensure they signed their very best. Dani Olmo is an experienced player, having special abilities to comprehend his performance and contributions to the club.

No dobt that barcelona,realmadrid snd athletico madrid were always holding the top position of the league and this has continue for years with athletico droping from the title recently although Girona picked up rrecently but we don't know how long they can continue to keeep up.
However, i don't really like the system it really gets both when there're no many high competence competitors to compete with each other when it comes to squad, maybe that can be reviewed to improve the system. By the way, i think Dani olmo is a perfect fit for the club

[Weawant]

La Liga is tough and it takes only elite advanced players to excel in the league. It's definitely not going to be difficult or challenging for the new players especially the ones that has good vision to strive for greatness. Barcelona and Real Madrid are the main clubs that keeps close sights on major titles.

Barcelona will always make sure they're bringing in top talents and in the current transfer window, the president ensure they signed their very best. Dani Olmo is an experienced player, having special abilities to comprehend his performance and contributions to the club.

I love the fact that Barcelona is really trying to get the team strong so they will be able to get something off the new season but then they are still not having that form they really did needed to be able to still contented firmly against other top team, Madrid has got a very different form that that keeps them outstanding and really different from others in their domestic and champions league and so it will be not really easy to get them to be at same level of comparison with them.

[TelolettOm]

History is not something new to Real Madrid because they are use to making history. They made history this past season by winning UCL 15 times and they have also won UCL back to back, meaning Real Madrid is history themselves.

In UCL, Real Madrid very often made a new history or made a new record. You're right, it is not something new for Real Madrid.  
The biggest history of Real Madrid is they never got a single defeat in the last 9 UCL finals. This is simply very difficult to follow by other UCL teams. I think this record may never happen with any other teams in the future.

Related information: https://www.givemesport.com/real-madrids-record-in-champions-league-finals/

The team has a wonderful combination of world class players which are still young and desperate to create records for themselves. The old players in terms of age in Real Madrid are leaving gradually and soon the squad will be of young and vibrant players which will serve the club for a long period of time before they will leave.

Real Madrid knows how to combine old and young players. They also know when the time to change the generation of the players. Real Madrid board has a good way in regenerating players. Real Madrid already prepares the changes of their squad with young players earlier. Real Madrid even bought the players below 20 years old. But they never changed the squad suddenly, they changed it gradually. So the young players have the time for adaptation and learn from old players.

[Lidger]

History is not something new to Real Madrid because they are use to making history. They made history this past season by winning UCL 15 times and they have also won UCL back to back, meaning Real Madrid is history themselves.

The team has a wonderful combination of world class players which are still young and desperate to create records for themselves. The old players in terms of age in Real Madrid are leaving gradually and soon the squad will be of young and vibrant players which will serve the club for a long period of time before they will leave.

History is what they do, if it were the case that all the Champions League trophies they won were long before the present, we might be talking about this team's past history. But when they embark on a new season, that's where they succeed and that's where they make history. Real Madrid alone have won 15 Champions League titles, while all other teams' UCL titles combined may not equal 15 Champions League titles. They have done this in the past, they are doing this consistently now and I believe they will continue to improve in the future.

If we only talk about next season's Champions League, I can't put any other team ahead of Real Madrid as they are expected to win their 16th UCL title with the proportion of the team they have formed.

[Hirose UK]

Why you guys are being concerned about next season Champions League, I am more concerned about the Laliga and the kind of intimidation that will be in the league. I really wished N.Williams joined forces with Jamal and others in Barcelona to give a better competition and resistance to Real Madrid.

As for champions league, I'm not afraid because it's a tournament of home and away(oh no, it has been changed). Hmmm let's see what the new season has for us.

If Barcelona had not bought Dani Olmo, they might have had a chance with Williams. However, after the Olmo transfer, they probably won't be able to provide enough budget for Williams' transfer. It will be a critical year for Barcelona. Real Madrid has created a great squad in recent years. If they can surpass them this year, they will make a big splash.

Dani Olmo was targeted and brought in by Barcelona before there was desire to bring in Nico Williams and of course Dani Olmo transfer was completed first by Barcelona, ​​moreover both of them are also quite great players from Spain.
Forcing the desire to bring in Nico Williams will have very bad impact on Barcelona financial problems to become more complicated to solve, I skeptical of the Nico Williams transfer even though there were some rumors of fundraising.
Basically what Barcelona has to do now is just really save money and optimize performance as best as possible even with only a few players or without overall transfer success.
And for La Liga itself, there are 4 team that will participate in the UCL competition, seeing them in preparation for next season, only Real Madrid is really considered very strong in competing for the championship title.
If there is chance, maybe Atletico Madrid will be the second team from La Liga that can perform well because their preparation is much better than Barcelona.