UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[Pandu Geddon]

I think there are nearly finished matchups before the rematches already. Salzburg, Sparta Prague, Dinamo Zagreb and Lille seem really close to league phase. Of course nothing is guaranteed in football but my opinion is this. 

I assume I will bet on Galatasaray to win home. After losing by 3-2 away, they have no choice other than a win. They are normally a better team than Young Boys. But it is just on paper so far. We couldn't see a good defensive effort. I hope to see it next time.    What do you think about Bodo/Glimt? Will they make it? They have a 2-1 score advantage but I can't be sure. I like their game so I hope they also qualify.

Maybe I might bet on this one (3.48 total odds):

Galatasaray will maximize the second leg. They are only 1 goal ahead of Young Boys, it will not be difficult to get that advantage at their home ground. But for Bodo/Glimt, I am not sure about this team, the same as Young Boys they won the first leg by 1 goal. But they also have to play at Red Star. Your bet on both teams makes the score even better.

Dinamo Zagreb who I think are impressive. They have a 0-3 advantage over Qarabag. Qarabag will have no chance even though they will play at home. Chasing 3 goals is very difficult in a match like that. Unless they are Madrid.

[Hanadawa]

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I think the match between Young Boys vs Galatasaray and Red Star vs Bodo/Glimt still has to be decided in the second leg. Beyond my expectation, both teams, Young Boys and Bodo/Glimt can win the match. But it is a narrow score. Galatasaray and Red Star still have the opportunity to catch up on the goal deficit. They only need 1 goal to equalize the aggregate. This is not difficult because Galatasaray and Red Star are the favorite teams in this match. I predict that both can turn things around and advance to the next round.
GNK Dinamo Zagreb managed to get a satisfactory result after defeating Qarabag 3-0. There is no more chance for Qarabag to catch up on the 3-goal deficit. That is an almost impossible mission.

[joniboini]

GNK Dinamo Zagreb managed to get a satisfactory result after defeating Qarabag 3-0. There is no more chance for Qarabag to catch up on the 3-goal deficit. That is an almost impossible mission.

From the stats alone it seems like their first match is quite even. Even their xG is quite the same[1]. But it's clear that Dinamo Zagreb has more big chances that they successfully utilize to score goals. If Qarabag can utilize this data properly, they should at least be able to win on the second leg, although scoring 3 goals are a tough task. On the other hand they aren't facing a team like Real Madrid or another big shot so there's a slightly better chance as long as they play properly. 

[1] https://www.fotmob.com/matches/qarabag-fk-vs-dinamo-zagreb/2pxn6a

[Rikafip]

Dinamo Zagreb who I think are impressive. They have a 0-3 advantage over Qarabag. Qarabag will have no chance even though they will play at home. Chasing 3 goals is very difficult in a match like that. Unless they are Madrid.

As a Dinamo fan, I don't think that this is over despite the 3-0 win and if you saw the game, you would think the same. If Qarabag scores an early goal things could go south very fast and if they showed something in these CL qualifications is that they know how to score goals (despite the bad day in Zagreb). I hope that I am wrong though.

Galatasaray and Red Star still have the opportunity to catch up on the goal deficit. They only need 1 goal to equalize the aggregate. This is not difficult because Galatasaray and Red Star are the favorite teams in this match.

Tbh, I considered Bodo as a favorite vs Red Star and they should have win by much more than 2-1 (that astro turn thing is an advantage). Having said that, with only 1 goal behind Red Star has a real chance now to qualify for CL (which I hope they won't  ).

[Dailyscript]

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I think the match between Young Boys vs Galatasaray and Red Star vs Bodo/Glimt still has to be decided in the second leg. Beyond my expectation, both teams, Young Boys and Bodo/Glimt can win the match. But it is a narrow score. Galatasaray and Red Star still have the opportunity to catch up on the goal deficit. They only need 1 goal to equalize the aggregate. This is not difficult because Galatasaray and Red Star are the favorite teams in this match. I predict that both can turn things around and advance to the next round.
GNK Dinamo Zagreb managed to get a satisfactory result after defeating Qarabag 3-0. There is no more chance for Qarabag to catch up on the 3-goal deficit. That is an almost impossible mission.

I do not doubt that the young boys won Galatasaray in the second leg. If you watch the last game they had good ball possession and successful through-pass playing at their home. I expect such consistency when they meet Galatasaray at their home. Galatasaray needs one goal to equalize the aggregate and you expect young boys to let them have that opportunity. Instead, you said Galatasaray would win. There is no way that they will win. Young boys hold this wining.

[CageMabok]

I think the match between Young Boys vs Galatasaray and Red Star vs Bodo/Glimt still has to be decided in the second leg. Beyond my expectation, both teams, Young Boys and Bodo/Glimt can win the match. But it is a narrow score. Galatasaray and Red Star still have the opportunity to catch up on the goal deficit. They only need 1 goal to equalize the aggregate. This is not difficult because Galatasaray and Red Star are the favorite teams in this match. I predict that both can turn things around and advance to the next round.
GNK Dinamo Zagreb managed to get a satisfactory result after defeating Qarabag 3-0. There is no more chance for Qarabag to catch up on the 3-goal deficit. That is an almost impossible mission.

Galatasaray and Red Star must be able to win more than one aggregate because if the aggregate is the same, then they must follow the penalty which in general can also be difficult to predict. But on the one hand I also prefer both teams when playing at home even though both teams have to catch up on a one-point deficit at home which can be obtained by the home team even though it is not easy. And while waiting for the second leg for them, it is good for us to watch domestic matches in several Leagues this weekend.

[KTChampions]

I think there are nearly finished matchups before the rematches already. Salzburg, Sparta Prague, Dinamo Zagreb and Lille seem really close to league phase. Of course nothing is guaranteed in football but my opinion is this. 

I assume I will bet on Galatasaray to win home. After losing by 3-2 away, they have no choice other than a win. They are normally a better team than Young Boys. But it is just on paper so far. We couldn't see a good defensive effort. I hope to see it next time.    What do you think about Bodo/Glimt? Will they make it? They have a 2-1 score advantage but I can't be sure. I like their game so I hope they also qualify.

Maybe I might bet on this one (3.48 total odds):

The bet on Galatasaray looks like easy money, but those two bets on BTTS are extremely dubious in my opinion. Roughly speaking, we get a coefficient of 2.56 (1.58*1.62) if each of the 4 teams scores a goal. Purely intuitively, this looks like a small reward for a big risk. If I were to make such a bet, I would leave one outcome BTTS or even take an increased risk and bet BTTS No. And maybe it makes sense to bet on Galatasaray to win with a handicap of -1.

[Webetcoins]

That penalty was discussed at length on by some pundits. Turns out there are cases and rules about it that made it legit penalty. The idea is that, if it hits your normal body part first and then hit your hand then normally it is not a penalty, the only exception is that if it is your body part and then it still goes to goal and then hits your hand that's penalty.

In this case, Galatasaray player had the ball hit his leg first, but even after hitting the leg, the ball was still going in, before it was touched by the hand.

Was this the case? Was the ball going in if it didn't touch the hand? I do not know, I can't know the trajectory of the ball, but that is what the referee decided, and that is why he gave the penalty. Rules are rules and I guess this applied here.

[Palakka]

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I think the match between Young Boys vs Galatasaray and Red Star vs Bodo/Glimt still has to be decided in the second leg. Beyond my expectation, both teams, Young Boys and Bodo/Glimt can win the match. But it is a narrow score. Galatasaray and Red Star still have the opportunity to catch up on the goal deficit. They only need 1 goal to equalize the aggregate. This is not difficult because Galatasaray and Red Star are the favorite teams in this match. I predict that both can turn things around and advance to the next round.
GNK Dinamo Zagreb managed to get a satisfactory result after defeating Qarabag 3-0. There is no more chance for Qarabag to catch up on the 3-goal deficit. That is an almost impossible mission.

Victory in the first leg clearly does not make the current position of the two teams safe to qualify for the champions league, young boy and Bodo/Glimt must be able to maintain their victory in the second leg or at least force their opponents to draw, for Bodo/glimt it will probably be it's easy to do this considering that their opponents are not stronger than them, but for the young boys of course I really doubt if they can maintain their victory in the second leg later, Galatasaray who will play at their home is not an easy opponent to beat let alone force them to a draw until At the end of the match, the chances of winning at Galatasaray's home ground are of course very small for the young boys, but even so, of course maybe they can surprise us all by beating Galatasaray later, but I think to ensure qualification for the Champions League this season, the young boys must not survive in the match is because it will make it easier for Galatasaray to dominate the match and it would be better for the young boys to continue to attack and trouble the Galatasaray defense so that they can break the concentration of the Galatasaray players later.

[Blitzboy]

It's very disappointing how Galatasaray was ruined by the ref for the penalty which is hitting the leg first. And i think this time the handball decision is based on the vibes now. I hope they're removing this trash rule as soon as possible. This is because it gave no certainty to the clearance of handball.

Also, the decision to give a second yellow was really shocking to me, too. Any decision in this game makes no sense to me at all.

This is a very interesting match of course because in this match full of drama that finally resulted in five goals scored in the Young Boys vs Galatasaray match. I will not blame the referee's controversial decisions if you think so but in my opinion Galatasay's defense was very weak in this match and Young Boys really took advantage of this opportunity especially playing in front of their own supporters and they succeeded.

This defeat is not the end for Galatasay because they still have a chance in the second leg to be able to turn things around in front of their own supporters. Galatasaray still has a lot of time to evaluate their squad before the second leg starts especially the defense line and must be able to score a quick goal so that their confidence increases. Moreover, the Galatasaray squad is superior to Young Boys because Galatasaray has several star players who are experienced in dealing with situations like this.

Back-and-forth 3-2 game that makes you dream for days. Galatasaray lost. But they showed flashes of brilliance. They had game-controlling moments. They couldnt turn dominance into goals. Then came the penalty and red card. Such things can ruin momentum. Character and pressure-handling are tested. Now Galatasaray failed that test.

It's not over yet until the second leg. The talented Galatasaray can fix this. Batshuayi scored easily upon arrival. That guy's a natural goalscorer. So, what do they need to do? Defense must be tightened. Stay focused and disciplined. The same fire they displayed in previous dominating moments must be shown again. They could win this tie if they can do that with the home fans behind them. Its difficult but achievable.

[Jody.Drummer]

A difference of 1 aggregate is not enough for Young Boys to qualify from the play off round because in the second leg they must beat Galatasaray again or get a draw, if the referee does not award a penalty maybe their match will be a draw unfortunately Galatasaray is very aggressive and and one of the players gets a red card so they are disadvantaged by the referee's decision but in the second leg everything becomes not easy if Galatasaray only wins by a difference of 1 goal they will take it to a penalty shootout to determine who the winner is, Young Boys and Galatasaray are both tough clubs so it is quite difficult to determine who deserves to win because all of them deserve to continue playing in the Champions League but only one of them will qualify.

Because both are tough clubs, that's what makes their match more interesting in the second leg later even though Galatasaray must be able to win by more than one goal because they lost one aggregate in the first leg. However, I am more confident in Galatasaray's hard work because the team will definitely not let Young Boys win easily at Galatasaray's headquarters even though their potential looks equally strong. But I think it will be a different story if they have to go to penalties in the second leg.

Yes, Young Boys are not completely safe after they managed to win the first leg match against Galatasaray, because their opponent is not an easy opponent and with a 1 goal advantage it is not safe at all.
When we look at the statistics in the first leg, we will see that Galatasaray could actually play well, but in my opinion they were just unlucky in that match. Because I myself think they deserved to draw with their game like that. Not to say that Young Boys played badly, they are also good, but the statistics say that their game is actually not much different, so I say they deserved to draw.

[emrecemsan]

That penalty was discussed at length on by some pundits. Turns out there are cases and rules about it that made it legit penalty. The idea is that, if it hits your normal body part first and then hit your hand then normally it is not a penalty, the only exception is that if it is your body part and then it still goes to goal and then hits your hand that's penalty.

In this case, Galatasaray player had the ball hit his leg first, but even after hitting the leg, the ball was still going in, before it was touched by the hand.

Was this the case? Was the ball going in if it didn't touch the hand? I do not know, I can't know the trajectory of the ball, but that is what the referee decided, and that is why he gave the penalty. Rules are rules and I guess this applied here.

I have watched the incident once again now. To tell the truth, it is really hard to be sure of a thing there.    But I also know the rule exactly the way you said. I hope it wasn't a wrong decision because it gave Young Boys an important advantage.

Anyway the most important thing now is that Galatasaray should play much better in the second leg. The things I saw in their defense line was horrible. Things could have turned into a nightmare easily for them.

Now Abdülkerim and Kaan Ayhan are suspended. Davinson Sanchez is injured. There is only Nelsson left to play as a real centre-back in the next match. What happens now? Who is going to be Nelsson's partner?

[iBaba]

Yes, Young Boys are not completely safe after they managed to win the first leg match against Galatasaray, because their opponent is not an easy opponent and with a 1 goal advantage it is not safe at all.
When we look at the statistics in the first leg, we will see that Galatasaray could actually play well, but in my opinion they were just unlucky in that match. Because I myself think they deserved to draw with their game like that. Not to say that Young Boys played badly, they are also good, but the statistics say that their game is actually not much different, so I say they deserved to draw.

I'm a bit more confident on galatasaray winning the second leg than Young Boys, although the Young Boys did well during the game and took advantage of the slight opportunities they had, an example of which was the penalty that was scored by Ugrinic. But it doesn't show whether galatasaray had less capacity to win. What I suggest this second leg is for galatasaray to put themselves in order and go for the goals and not just anything else. I know the second leg will be tougher since Young Boys team will be more intense this time around

[hahay]

That penalty was discussed at length on by some pundits. Turns out there are cases and rules about it that made it legit penalty. The idea is that, if it hits your normal body part first and then hit your hand then normally it is not a penalty, the only exception is that if it is your body part and then it still goes to goal and then hits your hand that's penalty.

In this case, Galatasaray player had the ball hit his leg first, but even after hitting the leg, the ball was still going in, before it was touched by the hand.

Was this the case? Was the ball going in if it didn't touch the hand? I do not know, I can't know the trajectory of the ball, but that is what the referee decided, and that is why he gave the penalty. Rules are rules and I guess this applied here.

If the ball touches the body and then bounces or goes in, then it's a legitimate goal. But if the ball touches the hand regardless of the position and situation, then of course it will obviously get a penalty or freekick. But despite these problems, I think Galatasaray still have a chance to be able to turn things around in the second leg later. After all, with a case like that too, then of course Galatasaray will be more ambitious to beat Young Boys at Rams Park at Galatasaray's home in the second leg later. Of course, the issue of the penalty should not be an obstacle or barrier for Galatasaray to keep playing well at home later.

[Dzwaafu11]

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I think the match between Young Boys vs Galatasaray and Red Star vs Bodo/Glimt still has to be decided in the second leg. Beyond my expectation, both teams, Young Boys and Bodo/Glimt can win the match. But it is a narrow score. Galatasaray and Red Star still have the opportunity to catch up on the goal deficit. They only need 1 goal to equalize the aggregate. This is not difficult because Galatasaray and Red Star are the favorite teams in this match. I predict that both can turn things around and advance to the next round.
GNK Dinamo Zagreb managed to get a satisfactory result after defeating Qarabag 3-0. There is no more chance for Qarabag to catch up on the 3-goal deficit. That is an almost impossible mission.

Yeah. We can’t conclude that Galatasaray is not in good form yet. Because I also think the young boys had luck winning against them, so as you said, I think that will be the best time to know which team is stronger since this is the first leg and we need to wait for the second leg. Because I personally thought the same thing: Galatasaray are stronger than the young boys, and Red Star are also good. When I saw these two matches, I was surprised, and it made me think that maybe Galatasaray and Red Star are in bad form or what. Nevertheless, let’s watch out for the second leg.

[Lillominato89]

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I think the match between Young Boys vs Galatasaray and Red Star vs Bodo/Glimt still has to be decided in the second leg. Beyond my expectation, both teams, Young Boys and Bodo/Glimt can win the match. But it is a narrow score. Galatasaray and Red Star still have the opportunity to catch up on the goal deficit. They only need 1 goal to equalize the aggregate. This is not difficult because Galatasaray and Red Star are the favorite teams in this match. I predict that both can turn things around and advance to the next round.
GNK Dinamo Zagreb managed to get a satisfactory result after defeating Qarabag 3-0. There is no more chance for Qarabag to catch up on the 3-goal deficit. That is an almost impossible mission.

Yeah. We can’t conclude that Galatasaray is not in good form yet. Because I also think the young boys had luck winning against them, so as you said, I think that will be the best time to know which team is stronger since this is the first leg and we need to wait for the second leg. Because I personally thought the same thing: Galatasaray are stronger than the young boys, and Red Star are also good. When I saw these two matches, I was surprised, and it made me think that maybe Galatasaray and Red Star are in bad form or what. Nevertheless, let’s watch out for the second leg.

Probably a lack of fitness could have been the main problem in these defeats, because Galatasaray and Red Star are two teams made up of very good players. In the return match we will probably see a different spectacle than in the first leg, or at least I personally hope so, without taking anything away from Young Boys and bodo glimt

[Furious 7]

Galatasaray will maximize the second leg. They are only 1 goal ahead of Young Boys, it will not be difficult to get that advantage at their home ground.

There is a mistake here because it is precisely now Galatasaray is left with a 1-goal deficit with an Aggregate of 3-2 in their first match at Stade de Suisse so for the second leg they must be able to maximize playing home in order to equalize the aggregate or be able to win with a difference of 2 goals so that they qualify for the league phase in the Champions League.

This is still a slightly difficult condition because if you look at the performance in the first leg of the two clubs actually quite balanced especially for the second leg this time they will also lose Abdülkerim Bardakcı in defense due to the red card obtained in the first leg. But the advantage of playing at home could provide more strength for them because however now Young Boys will still look more comfortable because they only have to hold a draw in this second leg to qualify for the next phase so Galatasaray will have to work harder in the second leg.

[Weawant]

Yes, Young Boys are not completely safe after they managed to win the first leg match against Galatasaray, because their opponent is not an easy opponent and with a 1 goal advantage it is not safe at all.
When we look at the statistics in the first leg, we will see that Galatasaray could actually play well, but in my opinion they were just unlucky in that match. Because I myself think they deserved to draw with their game like that. Not to say that Young Boys played badly, they are also good, but the statistics say that their game is actually not much different, so I say they deserved to draw.

It will be out of place if young boys think they are now at the top of their game and give room for any reluctancy because they were able to win Galatasaray. I even have the believe that young boys may not go too far in the champion's league this season but then if they improve their performance by doing more than they have been doing so far, the chances for them may improve and they hopefully may be able to get to finish decently in the champions league but are very likely not to get to the finals as there are far more top teams there to always be a hindrance to them getting it

[Hyphen(-)]

Yeah. We can’t conclude that Galatasaray is not in good form yet. Because I also think the young boys had luck winning against them, so as you said, I think that will be the best time to know which team is stronger since this is the first leg and we need to wait for the second leg. Because I personally thought the same thing: Galatasaray are stronger than the young boys, and Red Star are also good. When I saw these two matches, I was surprised, and it made me think that maybe Galatasaray and Red Star are in bad form or what. Nevertheless, let’s watch out for the second leg.

To sideline one team among these two teams is not fair in my opinion because in terms of their past performance as far as the Champions League is concerned, they are both trying. After all, both of them are doing credibly well. Young Boy playing away from home in the second League might be an advantage for Galatasaray because they will like to revenge what happened to them in the first leg, but it can also be possible for Youg Boys to defeat Galatasaray again because they have good Champions League experience than Galatasaray even though Jose Mourinho is the current Galatasaray's manager.

[klidex]

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I think the match between Young Boys vs Galatasaray and Red Star vs Bodo/Glimt still has to be decided in the second leg. Beyond my expectation, both teams, Young Boys and Bodo/Glimt can win the match. But it is a narrow score. Galatasaray and Red Star still have the opportunity to catch up on the goal deficit. They only need 1 goal to equalize the aggregate. This is not difficult because Galatasaray and Red Star are the favorite teams in this match. I predict that both can turn things around and advance to the next round.

It will not be difficult for Galatasaray and Red Star to equalize the aggregate because they have the advantage to win in the second leg otherwise they will end up here and that is very sad. Galatasaray and Youngboys they are 2 clubs that played in the Champions League group stage last season and they want to return to this competition unfortunately they met in this qualifying round so they can only fight hard to advance or fall behind.

GNK Dinamo Zagreb managed to get a satisfactory result after defeating Qarabag 3-0. There is no more chance for Qarabag to catch up on the 3-goal deficit. That is an almost impossible mission.

Yes I think it is quite difficult for Qarabag to catch up on the 3 goals in the second leg in the previous match maybe they were lucky to beat Ludogorets with a big score even though they were behind in the first leg but at that time they were only behind by 2 goals and now it is different with a different club I think Qarabag will end up in this play off round.