UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[Zaguru12]

For the first time in since the UEFA Champions League competition was rebranded in 1992, Aston Villa will play in club football's most prestigious competition and the manager that'll lead them in the competition is no other than the very experienced Unai Emery. The former Sevilla boss is the most successful manager in the history of the UEFA Europa League competition but when it comes to the Champions League, he's yet to record any success. The quality of players at Aston Villa is strong enough to have a good campaign in the competition but I don't think they're strong enough to get past the quarter final stage.
The other clubs that aren't regular in the competition such a Girona, Bologna and Bayer Leverkusen I think also stands a good chance of making it outside the group stage of the competition

Aston Villa under Unai Emery have been a team to beat, they started last season in a good form and at one time a tittle contender but they fell off as we all know due to lack of squad depth. They were even lucky to me get this opportunity to compete in the Champions League due to Tottenham mixed performance. Right now in the champions league I hope they don’t end up as Newcastle that is getting a group of death and exiting at an early stage. But one thing the makes me think they will at least get out of the group stage is that Unai Emery is frequent in the competition than some middle club coaches. He guided Villarreal to the semis the last time he competed in the competition and his experience will be much more valuable at this time.

Firstly I wouldn’t put Bayer Leverkusen In the same category with Girona and Bologna in the champions league. Yes they haven’t won it but they are very much familiar with the competition, they have even in the last few years been in the competition more than even Aston Villa who had won it in the past. It will be a mixed feeling for First time Girona, maybe they will push harder to the quarterfinals like Leicester did when they came or fall fiat like Union Berlin

[SOKO-DEKE]

Liverpool not winning either of the two trophies(Europa League or Premier League) last season was surprising to many because the majority of football fans were anticipating a trophy win for Liverpool towards Klopp, to honor him for all his wonderful years as Liverpool coach.

Liverpool played well in the Premier League until their performance dropped towards the end of the season, they lost matches which i never expected them to lose. There was a point at which I was thinking the premier league winner would be between Arsenal and Liverpool because Manchester City was in 3rd place. Then, until Liverpool started performing poorly, they were losing matches that they were supposed to win, so they dropped to 3rd place, and the premier league title was between Manchester City and Arsenal. Seriously, I was expecting a better performance from Liverpool, but things didn’t go well for them, and Klopp couldn’t win any trophy.

Liverpool's performances this season were not bad, but they did not meet the high expectations that many people had for them. At the beginning of the season, Liverpool played very well, and almost everyone thought they might win the Premier League and even the Europa League trophy. However, as the season went on, their performances got declined. This decline was really surprising to me because during this time, I don't think any of Liverpool's key players were injured; the squad was complete.It was really strange and a bit funny to me how Liverpool kept losing matches one after another, even though they had all their important players available. This was not what people expected from a team that started the season so strong and was seen as one of the top contenders for major trophies.

[SUPERSAIAN]

It's nice to open a new topic and discuss it in advance, thank you OP. When we look at the squads of Real Madrid and Manchester City, who have won the Champions League for the last two years, in general, there are not many teams that can come close to these two teams in the UCL.

I think there is a high probability that Real Madrid and Manchester City will win the cup this season. Like the general opinion, there are always surprises, of course I leave that aside. With Mbappe, Real Madrid became very strong offensively, so Vinicous Jr. was doing all the work alone in the future, now they brought an incredibly agile football player to help him.

[Mayor of ogba]

Adding to what has been responded to you, which day status of Liverpool for the past few seasons, I no longer see them as serious contenders for the Champions League. The lost their ability to contest effectively in the Champions League when they lost Sadio mané. We must come today realization or understanding that there are many other good teams better than Liverpool. For instance, Dortmund and Leverkusen are to me better than the Liverpool of today.

As Doomloop observed, Liverpool just changed their coach, you don't expect them to continue with the momentum of Klopp. It is possible that the momentum could and if care not taken, drop low before they could rise again.

The Liverpool we know today is nothing compared to the glory they use to have. Come to talk of their performance this past season, it was one of worst they've done towards the end of the season, and that fully explains that they might not be in good shape to compete with high probability of winning the Champions league, and it quite unfortunate that the had all their players in good shape but yet their performance wasn't good. However if Manchester City keeps up their good form to next season, they are likely to win the league but it seems their favourite opponents Real Madrid  is cooking and ready for next season.

Liverpool is among the clubs that have dominated the UEFA Champions League competition, and I can't forget their great comeback against AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League finals in 2005. Liverpool's performance last season was due to their late injury, which affected their performance in all competitions. For the past 5 years, Liverpool has been performing well in the UEFA Champions League competition, and I don't see them as people who can't compete in the UEFA Champions League competition. The Liverpool squad is okay, and if their new coach deploys a good tactic that will fit the current Liverpool squad, they will be a threat in next season's UEFA Champions competition.

[beerlover]

Arteta is actually quite mature in improving the mentality of Arsenal players after experiencing the many failures they experienced in the UCL and also in the domestic league, I believe they are much more ready to compete next season, Manchester City also definitely feels that there will be changes at Arsenal that could be a difficult team in the UCL next season, I just want to see how Arteta can improve the quality of his players and also add some good players to their main squad after the new season starts.

I also saw them fighting hard to win trophies in the domestic league as well as in the UCL, but they didn't look good enough in their mentality as champions last season, ahead of this new season I'm sure they are quite ready to give a new breakthrough representing the team from England that will next season, Arteta's challenge is to maintain consistency and also rotate players so they can be consistent in facing every opponent they will face both in the domestic league and in the UCL next season. Arteta doesn't want to continue experiencing failure again next season. a team will become great and strong after experiencing many failures and I believe in Arsenal next season they will show their best performance.

He doesn't act like a "boss" that many managers do, he acts like a leader among the group. There are two type of managers, one of them is the "manager" style where they act like they are the boss and the players are below that person and they must follow his orders, like they are some sort of general that gives out commands.

And there are managers like arteta, pep, xabi, ancellotti and many more successful ones, who ends up being in there with the players, see themselves equals, be in the same fight, and just show some leadership. That is the type of manager that makes a good return, those days where Mourinho type of boss level managers are gone, players do not respect those managers anymore and that's why teams with those managers end up failing and losing now.

[Zanab247]

Adding to what has been responded to you, which day status of Liverpool for the past few seasons, I no longer see them as serious contenders for the Champions League. The lost their ability to contest effectively in the Champions League when they lost Sadio mané. We must come today realization or understanding that there are many other good teams better than Liverpool. For instance, Dortmund and Leverkusen are to me better than the Liverpool of today.

As Doomloop observed, Liverpool just changed their coach, you don't expect them to continue with the momentum of Klopp. It is possible that the momentum could and if care not taken, drop low before they could rise again.

The Liverpool we know today is nothing compared to the glory they use to have. Come to talk of their performance this past season, it was one of worst they've done towards the end of the season, and that fully explains that they might not be in good shape to compete with high probability of winning the Champions league, and it quite unfortunate that the had all their players in good shape but yet their performance wasn't good. However if Manchester City keeps up their good form to next season, they are likely to win the league but it seems their favourite opponents Real Madrid  is cooking and ready for next season.

Liverpool is among the clubs that have dominated the UEFA Champions League competition, and I can't forget their great comeback against AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League finals in 2005. Liverpool's performance last season was due to their late injury, which affected their performance in all competitions. For the past 5 years, Liverpool has been performing well in the UEFA Champions League competition, and I don't see them as people who can't compete in the UEFA Champions League competition. The Liverpool squad is okay, and if their new coach deploys a good tactic that will fit the current Liverpool squad, they will be a threat in next season's UEFA Champions competition.

But it was a poor performance for Liverpool last season and this season too, because the same clud that won last season trophy still win the trophy this season for you to know that Liverpool need to get a new coach to help them to bring back the 2005 performance that was making people happy in their games.

Hope there was nothing like injuries in this season that made them to lock out from the quarter final in the UEFA champions league, because they were still lacking in some areas which their coach cannot find solution to solve the problem that is making the club not to lift trophy.

I don't think you watch Liverpool games through out this season, because they continue repeating the same mistakes that is making them to lose trophies, which their president need to invite talented coach and new players to help the club to dominate in next season.

[red4slash]

For the first time in since the UEFA Champions League competition was rebranded in 1992, Aston Villa will play in club football's most prestigious competition and the manager that'll lead them in the competition is no other than the very experienced Unai Emery. The former Sevilla boss is the most successful manager in the history of the UEFA Europa League competition but when it comes to the Champions League, he's yet to record any success. The quality of players at Aston Villa is strong enough to have a good campaign in the competition but I don't think they're strong enough to get past the quarter final stage.
The other clubs that aren't regular in the competition such a Girona, Bologna and Bayer Leverkusen I think also stands a good chance of making it outside the group stage of the competition

Emery did a good thing by being able to bring Aston Villa to the Champions League while emphasizing that Emery is currently one of the dark horse specialist coaches.

I'm honestly looking forward to this season's Champions League because after seeing some surprise clubs like Leverkusen, Aston Villa, Girona, Bologna and Atalanta it's pretty clear that this season will be a bit different.
Especially for Aston Villa this could be a pretty serious dark horse because although Emery is a coach who lacks trophies but indeed we don't need to doubt the playing style of the club he is in charge of even when he coached Villarreal, Emery was able to bring Villarreal to win the Europa League and get to the Champions League semi-finals so for now there is certainly great hope for Aston Villa in making a good breakthrough in the Champions League.
For Leverkusen and Girona are also the same, at this time they still have to be required to show good performance because indeed they were really impressive last season so this season they will clearly be in the lyrics of many people.

[ginsan]

Liverpool is among the clubs that have dominated the UEFA Champions League competition, and I can't forget their great comeback against AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League finals in 2005. Liverpool's performance last season was due to their late injury, which affected their performance in all competitions. For the past 5 years, Liverpool has been performing well in the UEFA Champions League competition, and I don't see them as people who can't compete in the UEFA Champions League competition. The Liverpool squad is okay, and if their new coach deploys a good tactic that will fit the current Liverpool squad, they will be a threat in next season's UEFA Champions competition.

In terms of strength, of course Liverpool will be quite wary of their opponents next season. Apart from that, in terms of experience, of course Liverpool is a team that other teams should be wary of. But experience is no longer a benchmark because AC Milan is certainly more experienced but they are not very strong in several seasons so AC Milan is often eliminated early from the Champions League.

So next season, the stronger teams will have the potential to go further into the next round. On the other hand, Real Madrid and Manchester City are quite great teams, they have good players and great coaches, so it is quite natural that Real Madrid and Manchester City are still very favorites to reach the final in the Champions League next season.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Firstly I wouldn’t put Bayer Leverkusen In the same category with Girona and Bologna in the champions league. Yes they haven’t won it but they are very much familiar with the competition, they have even in the last few years been in the competition more than even Aston Villa who had won it in the past. It will be a mixed feeling for First time Girona, maybe they will push harder to the quarterfinals like Leicester did when they came or fall fiat like Union Berlin

Their experience is superior but for the current Champions League they are still ultimately a dark horse even though last season they had a very good performance and managed to get a trophy in the domestic competition but until now I still feel that in the end Leverkusen's situation is the same as what Atalanta and Girona have only the experience is a little better.

But regardless, this season is likely to be very interesting to wait for the Champions League title because just like before there are several clubs that are debutants this season such as Girona and Bologna. Hopefully the fate of these two clubs is not the same as the previous debutants where Union Berlin and Newcastle last season had to be in a complicated situation when stepping on their feet in a big competition like this Champions League.

[Mame89]

Liverpool's performances this season were not bad, but they did not meet the high expectations that many people had for them. At the beginning of the season, Liverpool played very well, and almost everyone thought they might win the Premier League and even the Europa League trophy. However, as the season went on, their performances got declined. This decline was really surprising to me because during this time, I don't think any of Liverpool's key players were injured; the squad was complete.It was really strange and a bit funny to me how Liverpool kept losing matches one after another, even though they had all their important players available. This was not what people expected from a team that started the season so strong and was seen as one of the top contenders for major trophies.

Yes that's right. Liverpool this season was good at the start, but at the end of the season they were often inconsistent. Even though many thought Liverpool would get a trophy this season as a tribute to Klopp, in fact they did not get a single trophy. In the EPL League, they were initially favorites to win the trophy, but were unable to compete with Man City and Arsenal. In the European League, their chances were actually quite big, but they also lost to Atalanta, maybe they underestimated Atalanta so they lost badly. Klopp finally left Liverpool without a special gift, and next season I doubt Liverpool can compete in the EPL because they have just brought in a new coach, namely Slot, of course with a new coach a team needs chemistry and that chemistry takes time. .

Moreover, it seems Liverpool will not be able to spend a lot of money to buy players in the transfer market this summer due to financial problems. Coach Slot will only rely on the legacy of coach Klopp's squad. Indeed, Liverpool is not a poor team in the transfer market, but Liverpool usually cannot compete financially in pursuing the players they are targeting, in contrast to Man City, Chelsea, Manchester United and Newcastle. Therefore, in my opinion, Liverpool will not be strong enough to compete for the EPL trophy next season, let alone the UCL league.

[entertheabyss]

The Liverpool we know today is nothing compared to the glory they use to have. Come to talk of their performance this past season, it was one of worst they've done towards the end of the season, and that fully explains that they might not be in good shape to compete with high probability of winning the Champions league, and it quite unfortunate that the had all their players in good shape but yet their performance wasn't good. However if Manchester City keeps up their good form to next season, they are likely to win the league but it seems their favourite opponents Real Madrid  is cooking and ready for next season.

Liverpool have dropped terribly when it comes to stellar performance, they're currently struggling to trigger their peak and this is not happening anytime soon, it can take a couple months or season because they now have new manager which will decides the strategies to implement in EPL and other elite tournaments. Liverpool will definitely rise back to form and winning becomes the usual goals for them.

[Jegileman]

It's nice to open a new topic and discuss it in advance, thank you OP. When we look at the squads of Real Madrid and Manchester City, who have won the Champions League for the last two years, in general, there are not many teams that can come close to these two teams in the UCL.

I think there is a high probability that Real Madrid and Manchester City will win the cup this season. Like the general opinion, there are always surprises, of course I leave that aside. With Mbappe, Real Madrid became very strong offensively, so Vinicous Jr. was doing all the work alone in the future, now they brought an incredibly agile football player to help him.

The stance of Real Madrid still remains stronger and the best amongst all the teams that will be competing in the champions league next season. When you look at their squad they used to win the champions league, no doubt they’re are still the best in the competition and can win it again. Then, there comes another great footballer, Mbappe signed from PSG, who is also very ruthless in goals, I will call him a goal machine. With this addition into this squad, they still stand a good chance to win the champions league next season. As you’ve said, only Manchester City can stand them with this current squad and since from the day they eliminated Manchester City from the league, it was obvious that they’re going to win the champions league at the end of the day which they did. They are so strong that no team could stop them after they’ve removed their biggest rival Manchester City.

[Mr.suevie]

It's nice to open a new topic and discuss it in advance, thank you OP. When we look at the squads of Real Madrid and Manchester City, who have won the Champions League for the last two years, in general, there are not many teams that can come close to these two teams in the UCL.

I think there is a high probability that Real Madrid and Manchester City will win the cup this season. Like the general opinion, there are always surprises, of course I leave that aside. With Mbappe, Real Madrid became very strong offensively, so Vinicous Jr. was doing all the work alone in the future, now they brought an incredibly agile football player to help him.

Well that's the most popular opinion about it and I actually understand why everyone is of this opinion, I mean the likes of Liverpool, arsenal, Bayern Munich, PSG and so many who would have actually challenge these clubs have fall out of the hands of actually trying their very best although let's see what the future holds this season maybe some new team can shock the competition since we already have the likes of the wonder team present @xabi Alonso

[Sakanwa]

It's nice to open a new topic and discuss it in advance, thank you OP. When we look at the squads of Real Madrid and Manchester City, who have won the Champions League for the last two years, in general, there are not many teams that can come close to these two teams in the UCL.

I think there is a high probability that Real Madrid and Manchester City will win the cup this season. Like the general opinion, there are always surprises, of course I leave that aside. With Mbappe, Real Madrid became very strong offensively, so Vinicous Jr. was doing all the work alone in the future, now they brought an incredibly agile football player to help him.

The stance of Real Madrid still remains stronger and the best amongst all the teams that will be competing in the champions league next season. When you look at their squad they used to win the champions league, no doubt they’re are still the best in the competition and can win it again. Then, there comes another great footballer, Mbappe signed from PSG, who is also very ruthless in goals, I will call him a goal machine. With this addition into this squad, they still stand a good chance to win the champions league next season. As you’ve said, only Manchester City can stand them with this current squad and since from the day they eliminated Manchester City from the league, it was obvious that they’re going to win the champions league at the end of the day which they did. They are so strong that no team could stop them after they’ve removed their biggest rival Manchester City.

Despite all this their big name and good squad,if they do not stay humble and work in unity and corporation,they will still be eliminated.To me,the main reason why they won the Champions league this season is because they had this team spirit within themselves,they worked together,knowing fully well that there are teams that are better than them,but this winning mentality and team spirit they had made them stick together through tough moments in the different games they play,till they will get the results they want.That is what even made them win Dortmund in the final of that champions league game,else, Dortmund played them,created more chances than them,but could not score them.

[Tony116]

It's nice to open a new topic and discuss it in advance, thank you OP. When we look at the squads of Real Madrid and Manchester City, who have won the Champions League for the last two years, in general, there are not many teams that can come close to these two teams in the UCL.
I think there is a high probability that Real Madrid and Manchester City will win the cup this season. Like the general opinion, there are always surprises, of course I leave that aside. With Mbappe, Real Madrid became very strong offensively, so Vinicous Jr. was doing all the work alone in the future, now they brought an incredibly agile football player to help him.

The stance of Real Madrid still remains stronger and the best amongst all the teams that will be competing in the champions league next season. When you look at their squad they used to win the champions league, no doubt they’re are still the best in the competition and can win it again. Then, there comes another great footballer, Mbappe signed from PSG, who is also very ruthless in goals, I will call him a goal machine. With this addition into this squad, they still stand a good chance to win the champions league next season. As you’ve said, only Manchester City can stand them with this current squad and since from the day they eliminated Manchester City from the league, it was obvious that they’re going to win the champions league at the end of the day which they did. They are so strong that no team could stop them after they’ve removed their biggest rival Manchester City.

The Real Madrid team has performed brilliantly this season. Real Madrid won the La Liga and Champions League titles. And with the signing of Mbappe, Real Madrid have strengthened their attack. Madrid will undoubtedly be considered one of the favorites for the Champions League title next season.
But Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool and Xabi's Leverkusen side will also compete for the Champions League title. And these teams are looking to strengthen their squads this season. Hopefully next season will be more competitive.

[Google+]

Firstly I wouldn’t put Bayer Leverkusen In the same category with Girona and Bologna in the champions league. Yes they haven’t won it but they are very much familiar with the competition, they have even in the last few years been in the competition more than even Aston Villa who had won it in the past. It will be a mixed feeling for First time Girona, maybe they will push harder to the quarterfinals like Leicester did when they came or fall fiat like Union Berlin

This season there are many surprising teams in the league that will compete in the Champions League next season, some debut teams will feel how tight the competition in the Champions League is, as well as teams that have been absent for a long time in the Champions League and will again feel the competition among the best clubs in Europe, Leverkusen who have appeared surprisingly this season of course will  try again to repeat their history of being able to reach the final like in 2002, so with Leverkusen performance and performance this season, of course we cannot underestimate them in the Champions League next season, especially since Leverkusen is indeed a team that has a lot of experience in the Champions League compared to other surprise teams this season, so indeed we cannot deny that Leverkusen is several levels even above Aston Villa, Girona and Atlanta.

Girona, of course a Spanish underdog team that will try to have its first season in the Champions League, but whether or not Girona is ready to compete in the Champions League will depend on their squad, currently Girona of course has a pretty good squad competing in La Liga, but to compete in the Champions League next season of course they still have to make a lot of improvements to their squad,  In my opinion, among the surprise teams that you mentioned, of course Leverkusen is the team that has the most chance of going far compared to other teams.   

[joniboini]

Girona, of course a Spanish underdog team that will try to have its first season in the Champions League, but whether or not Girona is ready to compete in the Champions League will depend on their squad, currently Girona of course has a pretty good squad competing in La Liga, but to compete in the Champions League next season of course they still have to make a lot of improvements to their squad,

I wonder what their target for the Champions League is. Based on the news I've read, they still want to play in their home stadium, even though it is very small and will make them lose attendance revenue if they can't expand it further[1]. I'm not sure if there's any update to this, but judging from how strong their attachment to their home stadium shows that they want to go as far as possible in the Champions League. Qualifying past the group stage is probably the minimum target, or they might be the underdog and go as far as QF or Semis.

[1] http://stadiumdb.com/news/2024/05/spain_girona_to_play_champions_league_at_montilivi

[Moreno233]

Firstly I wouldn’t put Bayer Leverkusen In the same category with Girona and Bologna in the champions league. Yes they haven’t won it but they are very much familiar with the competition, they have even in the last few years been in the competition more than even Aston Villa who had won it in the past. It will be a mixed feeling for First time Girona, maybe they will push harder to the quarterfinals like Leicester did when they came or fall fiat like Union Berlin

I agree with you that Bayern Leverkusen is more than such rating in the champions league. Perhaps he is using obsolete data because there is no way to compare Bayern Leverkusen with Girona and Bologna, that is a serious error. And referring to Aston Villa winning of previous champions league holds no water because that was not in this age and such records cannot be used as a basis for anything in this time and age. Aston Villa used to be a very serious team then, from what I have read but they have been struggling to remain in the premiership until lately when they became better and even qualified for the conference league season before last followed by their qualification for the champions league this season. They are doing well but I will not be confident playing them or expecting them to make any serious impact in the champions league next season.

[Mr.sprin]

The Real Madrid team has performed brilliantly this season. Real Madrid won the La Liga and Champions League titles. And with the signing of Mbappe, Real Madrid have strengthened their attack. Madrid will undoubtedly be considered one of the favorites for the Champions League title next season.
But Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool and Xabi's Leverkusen side will also compete for the Champions League title. And these teams are looking to strengthen their squads this season. Hopefully next season will be more competitive.

Real Madrid is one of the perfect clubs for Kylian Mbappe because Real Madrid has been waiting for the right time to bring Mbappe to their club, by signing a contract for the next 5 years, Mbappe is ready to make the name of the Real Madrid club proud in the future.

Even though Mbappe was labeled a traitor because he left the French club, this did not become an obstacle to further developing his career in the world of football. With Mbappe joining the club under the control of Carlo Ancelotti, they hope that Mbappe can make the club's name even brighter.

[Tony116]

The Real Madrid team has performed brilliantly this season. Real Madrid won the La Liga and Champions League titles. And with the signing of Mbappe, Real Madrid have strengthened their attack. Madrid will undoubtedly be considered one of the favorites for the Champions League title next season.
But Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool and Xabi's Leverkusen side will also compete for the Champions League title. And these teams are looking to strengthen their squads this season. Hopefully next season will be more competitive.

Real Madrid is one of the perfect clubs for Kylian Mbappe because Real Madrid has been waiting for the right time to bring Mbappe to their club, by signing a contract for the next 5 years, Mbappe is ready to make the name of the Real Madrid club proud in the future.
Even though Mbappe was labeled a traitor because he left the French club, this did not become an obstacle to further developing his career in the world of football. With Mbappe joining the club under the control of Carlo Ancelotti, they hope that Mbappe can make the club's name even brighter.

Mbappe would not have won the Champions League title with PSG. Mbappe came to Madrid to win the Champions League title. There is no team more experienced in the Champions League than Real Madrid. Also Real Madrid team is very stable. With the help of Ancelotti, Mbappe can further improve his overall performance.

Mbappe is a player who has the ability to score a lot of goals. Real Madrid's midfield is very experienced. If Mbappe is able to adapt easily to the midfielders, then I believe Mbappe will be the top scorer in La Liga next season.