UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[TheGreatPython]

Have I mentioned how much I hate Galatasaray now? Lol, all jokes aside they have managed to make me lose money twice in a row, they were seen as clear favourites, odds as low as 1.33 some places, showing that they weren't just favourites, they were expected to dominate, and when you look at the teams that isn't really that shocking, they really did have that chance and could have happened, but didn't, why is that?

Well, simply answer is that we are talking about a situation where it's clear that we can't have results that we want anytime we want it, it's just not going to happen. Galatasaray was the better team, as agreed by all, but they were the team that played worse, which happens, usually not twice in a row but something must be wrong with them.

[Weawant]

Galatasaray had to admit the superiority of Young Boys, they had to lose again in the second leg with a score of 1-0 so they had to say goodbye to the Champions League because they lost with an aggregate of 4-2 to Young Boys.
Young Boys can be very calm in this match, they know that they are superior and they are aware that Galatasaray will play openly to find a quick goal, so they can prepare a strategy very well and win this important match again. Galatasaray had to experience bad luck because when they were racing against time to create an equalizer, they had to play with 10 men.
3 places have been filled, just looking for 4 more teams to complete the place in the Champions League.

damm...! that's all I can say about the match, previously I personally have high hopes if the galatasaray can turn the tide in the second leg and betting on their victory is not a disadvantage, but in fact the galatasaray was not able to do much in the match after the youngboy destroyed them in front of his supporters, to be honest what happened to galatasaray at the moment made me lose faith in Turkish clubs and It seems that they are no longer as great as they used to be when they played in European competitions, previously Mourinho failed to survive the Champions League with Fenerbache and now we see how Galatasaray have to be eliminated from a team that has actually been below them all this time, poor strategy and also Galatasaray lack of creativity in the game is one of the reasons for their defeat and even when they continued to waste many scoring opportunities in the first leg, but in the second leg they played more worse without any better chances to break into Young Boy goal.  

I don't know if it will be okay to say the red card has an effect on the psychology of Galatasaray such that it really has to show in their productivity, all along they had been the favourite for most persons and most hope were on them in the fact that they were looking better than young boys but interestingly, as football will always come with its own surprise and other forms of uncertainty, they have out chances to young boys and Young boys didn't fail to utilize it and here they are qualifying for the champions league but beyond this is another serious struggle for young boys so they shouldn't celebrate just yet except they aim to go get some experience alone from the champions league.

[nelson4lov]

Here are some of the projected UCL pots.


The draw will take place on Thursday afternoon so we will finally know teams and their opponents. If Y'all recall, there is a new format for European games called the league phase amd we would get to know teams playing against each other in those 8 games that each team would play against.

Have I mentioned how much I hate Galatasaray now? Lol, all jokes aside they have managed to make me lose money twice in a row, they were seen as clear favourites, odds as low as 1.33 some places, showing that they weren't just favourites, they were expected to dominate, and when you look at the teams that isn't really that shocking, they really did have that chance and could have happened, but didn't, why is that?

I have since avoided Galatasaray in any of my betslips so far. Their level of inconsistency is something I can not deal with this season. I tried to manage it last season but I won't bet on Gala for this unless I see significant improvement ib their overall team results and some consistency.

[Dzwaafu11]

Have I mentioned how much I hate Galatasaray now? Lol, all jokes aside they have managed to make me lose money twice in a row, they were seen as clear favourites, odds as low as 1.33 some places, showing that they weren't just favourites, they were expected to dominate, and when you look at the teams that isn't really that shocking, they really did have that chance and could have happened, but didn't, why is that?

Well, simply answer is that we are talking about a situation where it's clear that we can't have results that we want anytime we want it, it's just not going to happen. Galatasaray was the better team, as agreed by all, but they were the team that played worse, which happens, usually not twice in a row but something must be wrong with them.

Nobody thinks it will be like this because seriously, Young Boys is not supposed to be a challenge for Galatasaray that they cannot win in both the first and a second leg, which is too bad of them. This shows how poorly they will perform this season. It will be difficult to predict Galatasaray even though we said it before that Galatasaray will do well in the second leg; unfortunately, we have witnessed and still lost the game.

 I can’t call this luck as I did for their first leg, but I will directly say that Young Boys are currently stronger than Galatasaray. However, we have now realised that Galatasaray is not a team that we should put high hope on. With the way they are playing currently, I don’t think it will favour them this time around. 

[kawetsriyanto]

Arsenal are not good in Champions league and I don't think that the management will give him any warning because even during Arsene Winger time, it was difficult for Arsenal to excel in UCL. Reaching the quarter finals last season is not a sign of improvement that they will reach the semifinals.

I can't totally agree if you claimed Arsenal is bad in UCL. Even if they are very often eliminated in round of 16, they ever reached UCL final in Henry era. Sure, the quarter-final wasn't an impressive achievement for Arsenal in the last season. However, we can understand if they were defeated because they played against Bayern Munich. If we consider the squad quality, Bayern Munich was surely ahead of Arsenal. Bayern Munich is also one of the favorite team to win UCL and they are more experienced than Arsenal. They may be unlucky to face Bayern Munich in the quarter-final last season. Who knows that they may have a better luck this season.  

Semifinals is for strong teams who are dominating UCL and not for a team like Arsenal who don't have the winning mentality when they are facing pressure and they easily give up. Bold, confident and desperate teams are the ones who reaches the semifinals.

Of course, weak teams will never reach the semi-final round. Regarding the mentality of Arsenal players, it can be debatable. But if we consider the squad quality, I've no doubt that Arsenal is actually capable to reach the semi-final round this season. It is all about their consistency to play in each competition, specifically in UCL matches. If they can do it, they will have a chance to reach the semi-final.

[W Jr.]

Galatasaray had to admit the superiority of Young Boys, they had to lose again in the second leg with a score of 1-0 so they had to say goodbye to the Champions League because they lost with an aggregate of 4-2 to Young Boys.
Young Boys can be very calm in this match, they know that they are superior and they are aware that Galatasaray will play openly to find a quick goal, so they can prepare a strategy very well and win this important match again. Galatasaray had to experience bad luck because when they were racing against time to create an equalizer, they had to play with 10 men.
3 places have been filled, just looking for 4 more teams to complete the place in the Champions League.

damm...! that's all I can say about the match, previously I personally have high hopes if the galatasaray can turn the tide in the second leg and betting on their victory is not a disadvantage, but in fact the galatasaray was not able to do much in the match after the youngboy destroyed them in front of his supporters, to be honest what happened to galatasaray at the moment made me lose faith in Turkish clubs and It seems that they are no longer as great as they used to be when they played in European competitions, previously Mourinho failed to survive the Champions League with Fenerbache and now we see how Galatasaray have to be eliminated from a team that has actually been below them all this time, poor strategy and also Galatasaray lack of creativity in the game is one of the reasons for their defeat and even when they continued to waste many scoring opportunities in the first leg, but in the second leg they played more worse without any better chances to break into Young Boy goal.  

I don't know if it will be okay to say the red card has an effect on the psychology of Galatasaray such that it really has to show in their productivity, all along they had been the favourite for most persons and most hope were on them in the fact that they were looking better than young boys but interestingly, as football will always come with its own surprise and other forms of uncertainty, they have out chances to young boys and Young boys didn't fail to utilize it and here they are qualifying for the champions league but beyond this is another serious struggle for young boys so they shouldn't celebrate just yet except they aim to go get some experience alone from the champions league.

Young Boys, despite having much lower opportunities than Galatasaray, managed to win two matches despite doing very badly in the league. Last year in the Champions League, all teams had a hard time in Galatasaray Istanbul, but this year in the preliminary round, Young Boys crushed them. Galatasaray players started to get angry towards the end of the match. Since the match reports, everyone believed that Galatasaray would make it through the round, but with an expected elimination, Galatasaray will not be able to take part in the Champions League after many years.

[Hanadawa]

Arsenal are not good in Champions league and I don't think that the management will give him any warning because even during Arsene Winger time, it was difficult for Arsenal to excel in UCL. Reaching the quarter finals last season is not a sign of improvement that they will reach the semifinals.

Champions League is a different level. I don't think the Management can give Arteta a warning for failing to qualify for the final or semi-finals. This is different from the domestic league where every team has a different level of strength and is almost the same. It's like Arsenal who have City and Liverpool as their tough rivals. The competition season will be very long and consistency will help the team win the title. This is different from UCL because in each round there are only 2 matches against the same team and one final match. All UCL teams are at the level of league champions. Successfully qualifying for the semi-finals or quarter-finals is already an extraordinary result that deserves to be appreciated. I think with Arsenal's current level they have a chance to qualify for the semi-finals this season.

[klidex]

The Champions League qualifying round is over and the clubs that will qualify and enter the Champions League phase include:

• Young Boys
• Sparta Praha
• RB Szalburg
• Dinamo Zagreb
• Red Star
• Slovan Bratislava
• Lille

These clubs will fight in the Champions League 2024/25 season with a different format from previous seasons and not the group phase anymore, totaling 36 clubs who will risk their abilities here.

It is very unfortunate that my bet had to be thwarted by the Red Star vs Bodø/Glimt match because betting on BTTS Bodø/Glimt could not create opportunities in this match, those who were initially superior in the first leg had to suffer defeat in the second leg and failed to qualify.

[legendbtc]

Arsenal are not good in Champions league and I don't think that the management will give him any warning because even during Arsene Winger time, it was difficult for Arsenal to excel in UCL. Reaching the quarter finals last season is not a sign of improvement that they will reach the semifinals.

Champions League is a different level. I don't think the Management can give Arteta a warning for failing to qualify for the final or semi-finals. This is different from the domestic league where every team has a different level of strength and is almost the same. It's like Arsenal who have City and Liverpool as their tough rivals. The competition season will be very long and consistency will help the team win the title. This is different from UCL because in each round there are only 2 matches against the same team and one final match. All UCL teams are at the level of league champions. Successfully qualifying for the semi-finals or quarter-finals is already an extraordinary result that deserves to be appreciated. I think with Arsenal's current level they have a chance to qualify for the semi-finals this season.

Arsenal have never won the Champions League. They reached the final in 2005/06, only to be beaten by Barcelona. That season, Arsenal was led by coach Arsene Wenger. They defeated Real Madrid, Juventus, and Villarreal in the knockout stages to reach the final. It can be said that Arsenal is the biggest club that has not been able to win the Champions League and has the worst record. A club of Arsenal's stature should have a better European Cup legacy. Arsenal are on the rise, they have a chance to win the Champions League thanks to their economic foundation and heavy spending in the transfer market.

I believe Arteta will help the team reach the semi-finals. I just want Arteta to focus only on the Champions League. Their squad lacks the depth and experience to aspire to win multiple tournaments. Arsenal should learn from what Dortmund did last season. They focused on the Champions League. Arsenal should choose their target this season.

[Pandu Geddon]

It is very unfortunate that my bet had to be thwarted by the Red Star vs Bodø/Glimt match because betting on BTTS Bodø/Glimt could not create opportunities in this match, those who were initially superior in the first leg had to suffer defeat in the second leg and failed to qualify.

I also lost in this bet. I didn't bet on many matches, only 2 matches but lost because Lille performed beyond my prediction.
even though Lille qualified I didn't expect them to lose 2-1 to Slavia Prague. After the first leg, they won 2-0. it seems they want to play safe even though they have to lose in the leg.


in a single bet, I actually got lucky in Red Star vs Bodø/Glimt match. not betting on a 1x2 win, but on both teams not scoring. I was not sure about this bet but it was a pretty consoling result for me from the previous loss.

[asriloni]

Young Boys did very well with their limited budget and managed to qualify for the Champions League. Galatasaray had a fiasco despite having a very big squad with a very high budget. In 2 games they played very badly, they didn't deserve to qualify for the Champions League. All that money and investment was wasted. Young Boys should be congratulated, money is not everything. It's more important to be a team.

Young Boys deserve to qualify for the UCL, after their hard work to beat Galatasaray. They beat Galatasaray in both games; they deserved this CL participation. That's insane for a club that is winless in the last 5 games of the Swiss Super League.

I'm really shocked at how poorly Turkish clubs perform in Europe, given all the money they spend. In general, they're shocking; Fenerbahce and Galatasaray are all doing poorly this season. Though they still played in the Europa League. But missing spots in the UCL is really painful for them.

[hyudien]

https://x.com/ChampionsLeague/status/1828915873601438173

Now we are in the draw phase and 4 pots have been announced. Each pot consists of 9 teams that will be drawn to determine who will be the opponents for each team. In the first pot there are teams that are indeed very favored, in the second pot there are also many teams that we are waiting for their appearance, such as Leverkusen for example.
Can't wait to wait for the results of the draw which will determine the opponents of each team in the Champions League this season.

[ajanwalker]

When Slavia Prague and Lille were matched, I said that Slavia Prague would pass the round, but I was wrong when I said it did not happen.
Lille may have made it to the Champions League groups, but Slavia impressed the audience with the football they played yesterday.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that he confined a team like Lille to their own field in the first 20 minutes.
Slavia Prague will continue on its way in the UEFA Europa League. If they do not have motivation problems, they can come to very good places in the Europa League. I will follow Slavia Prague in the group matches.

[len01]

It is really hard to determine the direction of the bet on the champions league qualifying round today and maybe this is the best option I choose to avoid bad results that occur.

Qarabag still has a big task where they lost with an aggregate of 3 goals from Zagreb and it feels quite impossible for them to catch up on the difference and rather than thinking about how to comeback they better think if the match will be a draw or even Zagreb wins again. Next Crvena against Bodo Glimt with a thin aggregate in the first leg 1-2 and I think Bodo Glimt will not give up easily even though this time they have to complete the mission of winning in the away game. So just in case I choose draw/bodo glimt.

For Slavia praha against Lille, this is a difficult possibility where I think both teams have the same chance of winning and even though Lille is ahead by an aggregate of 2 goals but the possibility of a comeback is quite large and on the other hand Lille can still add to their goals. So I choose the result over 2.5 goals. While Mitijland, I have no doubt that they will still win considering this is a decisive match with an aggregate draw against Bratislava.

It seems like your bet was ruined by the upset of Crvena Zvezda and the impressive performance of Slovan Bratislava. If I were to choose a parlay bet, I would probably choose the same option as what you have chosen. But I realize that surprises can happen and my prediction is correct if there is still a surprise that can ruin the parlay bet because I actually doubt Bodø/Glimt. Bodø/Glimt performance is very bad when playing away without being able to put up any resistance.


BTW, my prediction is very comfortable and free from surprises. Initially I predicted the Slavia Prague vs Lille match would end in a draw but it turned out that Slavia Prague was able to beat Lille. But still Lille is superior because they have a higher aggregate score.

[Velvet78]

I'm sure Okan Buruk will be fired

Galatasaray isn't a team that only focus on the domestic trophy, but they also looking to win in International League. It's true that they almost impossible to win Champions League, but Galatasaray mostly able to enter the group stage, but now they're lose in the qualification.

Anyway it seems Dinamo Zagreb will qualify to the next round, scores 3 goals is hard even though they will play in their home.

It doesn't look like Okan Buruk is being fired. He has just stated that their target is going to be to win the Europa League which doesn't look possible with this performance at all. 

I couldn't predict Bodo/Glimt correctly because they got eliminated. But they were just terrible so they deserved it. 0.03 xG... Crvena zvezda completely dominated the game.

Lille were nearly getting eliminated as well. Slavia Prague played way better than them. Despite winning the game by 2-1 it wasn't enough.    I wish they made it after watching that performance.

[IvugeoEvolutionCoin]

In today's match of Slovan Bratislava vs Midtjylland team, Slovan Bratislava team scored 3 goals and Midtjylland team scored 2 goals. If Midtjylland team could have scored 1 more goal in today's match, this match would have been a draw but after scoring 2 goals, Slovan Bratislava team players did not score any more goals.  Their performance was very good due to which Slovan Bratislava team won this match very easily in today's match.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

When Slavia Prague and Lille were matched, I said that Slavia Prague would pass the round, but I was wrong when I said it did not happen.
Lille may have made it to the Champions League groups, but Slavia impressed the audience with the football they played yesterday.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that he confined a team like Lille to their own field in the first 20 minutes.
Slavia Prague will continue on its way in the UEFA Europa League. If they do not have motivation problems, they can come to very good places in the Europa League. I will follow Slavia Prague in the group matches.

Yeah overall Slavia Prague played well with dominance at least 17 shots and 7 on target but unfortunately those efforts could not change the aggregate with a final score of 2-3 for Lille to advance to the next phase. From the start I had expected that both teams would score that's why I placed a bet on both teams to score YES It's just that I didn't expect Slavia Prague to score 2 goals because I predicted the match would end in a draw.

Previously I also watched the rematch between Galatasaray vs Young Boys and Galatasaray had to be eliminated from this competition after losing 2 matches home and away  even though at first I was quite sure that Galatasaray could win the match when playing at home, unfortunately Young Boys were lucky enough to score a goal in the 87th minute. Indeed, anything can happen in every match, even something we never thought.

[mammusu]

https://x.com/ChampionsLeague/status/1828915873601438173

Now we are in the draw phase and 4 pots have been announced. Each pot consists of 9 teams that will be drawn to determine who will be the opponents for each team. In the first pot there are teams that are indeed very favored, in the second pot there are also many teams that we are waiting for their appearance, such as Leverkusen for example.
Can't wait to wait for the results of the draw which will determine the opponents of each team in the Champions League this season.

The current European teams have joined each pot which is indeed in accordance with the value of their respective coefficients, including 7 teams that has completed all the qualifying matches so making the 36 team slots playing in the Champions League this season complete, so they currently only have to wait for their respective opponents after the Champions League drawing will be carried out. later, Each pot has contained the 9 best clubs in Europe and each team will play eight matches in the League phase to be able to qualify for the knockout phase, every teams will undergo 4 away and home matches so that the team that is ranked above the League phase will be confirmed to qualify for the round of 16 while the other temas that are ranked 9-24 must fight in the playoffs to get the remaining 8 tickets to advance to the next phase,reportedly, each team will have an equal opponent from each pot because each team will face two teams from different pots later.

Source : https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/

[rendravolt]

https://x.com/ChampionsLeague/status/1828915873601438173

Now we are in the draw phase and 4 pots have been announced. Each pot consists of 9 teams that will be drawn to determine who will be the opponents for each team. In the first pot there are teams that are indeed very favored, in the second pot there are also many teams that we are waiting for their appearance, such as Leverkusen for example.
Can't wait to wait for the results of the draw which will determine the opponents of each team in the Champions League this season.

Still with many top teams and don't forget the dark horse teams that will present a surprise in the champions league this season. I hope there is no gap that makes small teams feel sad when playing against big teams later. Of all these teams, there is one team from Slovakia, namely ŠK Slovan Bratislava, which will make its debut in the champions league which will also be in a new format.

On the other hand, if I'm not mistaken, each team will play 8 matches to determine their chances of advancing to the next round and I think it will drain the players' energy. But this must be tried so that we all know the good or bad with such a tight schedule starting this season.

[junder]

Arsenal are not good in Champions league and I don't think that the management will give him any warning because even during Arsene Winger time, it was difficult for Arsenal to excel in UCL. Reaching the quarter finals last season is not a sign of improvement that they will reach the semifinals.

Champions League is a different level. I don't think the Management can give Arteta a warning for failing to qualify for the final or semi-finals. This is different from the domestic league where every team has a different level of strength and is almost the same. It's like Arsenal who have City and Liverpool as their tough rivals. The competition season will be very long and consistency will help the team win the title. This is different from UCL because in each round there are only 2 matches against the same team and one final match. All UCL teams are at the level of league champions. Successfully qualifying for the semi-finals or quarter-finals is already an extraordinary result that deserves to be appreciated. I think with Arsenal's current level they have a chance to qualify for the semi-finals this season.

the champions league brings together the best teams in their respective domestic leagues, therefore arsenal must fight to bring out their full strength if they want to achieve success in this year's champions. we see in the two seasons in the EPL arteta's team has improved and made them a candidate for the premier champion but has always been taken by man city, most people think arsenal does not have a champion mentality and i agree with that arsenal must have it if they want to be a respected club in the champions league. this season they have the opportunity to prove it all and honestly i hope arsenal can surprise us all in the champions league.