UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[Luzin]

Real Madrid and Manchester City are still the favorites to win, but I don't rule out surprises in football. Something unexpected could happen that sees Real Madrid and Manchester City eliminated early and we will see new champions who are able to perform at their best.

I don't see much of Man City's transfer policy, so if they don't add a lot of new players I think they're still the same as last season. In fact, I think Man City is still below Madrid.
But the current condition of all teams is working hard to improve the condition of the team. So all UCL teams can always make big surprises. Because UCL always gives matches that are difficult to predict.

[TelolettOm]

Girona will not have difficulty if they appear like last season. Bologna will also experience the same situation as Girona in the Champions League in a new format. We imagine Girona and Bologna as a team that just competed in the Champions League will be difficult, but I don't think they will experience the worst level of difficulty because they are ready to face competition in a new format that has been set will take place in the 2024/25 season.

Honestly, it is quite doubtful to expect Girona and Bologna to perform well in UCL. You must be aware that these teams have changed, they are no longer the same as the previous season. Some of the key players of Girona have moved to other teams, even their captain left the club. It will be very difficult to maintain the performance if some of key players are no longer in the squad. Meanwhile Bologna has changed their coach because Motta moved to Juventus. I am sure the performance of Bologna won't be the same as the previous season under the new coach. Even in domestic competitions, these teams may be difficult to maintain their performance. It will be harder to play in UCL, I am a bit worried with the performance of these teams in UCL. If they can't play optimally, I think they can't reach the knock-out stage.

[xzone]

UEFA Champion League second qualifying round leg 2 of 2 Fenerbahçe vs Lugano

Fenerbahç's manager Jose Mourinho have ambition bring his team get qualify until third round of qualifying and has opportunity for participating in Champion League season 2024/25. Next tomorrow night will face Swiss Super League team Lugano and have advantage after winning first leg over 4-3, but its not really secure yet because lead one goal very risk for Fenerbahçe keep leading the winning aggregate qualify to last round of Champion League qualifier.

First leg match, Edin Dzeko have impressive performance by creating hattrick and he has potential for scoring as many goals on second leg with advantage as home match. I can't imagine with Fenerbahçe's fans atmosphere and give huge pressure for Lugano team behind not easily facing Fenerbahçe at their home match.

Fenerbahçe has established a very good player squad for the next season. I think they will win matches at this level, the motivation of the team is quite high right now and they are doing whatever it takes to win the matches.
They managed to score 4 goals in the first match. Now they will play on their home field, I think they will be much better. I think they will win this match without conceding a goal

[Docnaster]

The 2024/25 season of the UEFA Champions League competition is less than two months from kickoff and looking at the teams that's qualified already and the ones that's currently playing qualifying games to stand a chance to qualify, I think it'll be yet another exciting season. Real Madrid who happens to be defending champions I believe will start the competition as favourite team to win it but for them to be able to achieve that, they'll have to be more impressive than they were last season because the other top teams in the competition will definitely want to right their wrongs of last season which made the Spanish club go all the way to win it. Pep Guardiola's Manchester City I think will be another strong competitor for the UCL trophy as well as other top teams like Bayern Munich, Inter Milan probably Paris Saint Germaine.
The new season will see the competition record another first timer as Spanish La Liga club Girona will be playing in European Cup for the first time since the formation of the club. Fir Girona, I'm not expecting anything big from them but will be happy to see them have a great performance in the competition. Football fans across the globe who enjoys every moment of the UCL have been starved of it's entertaining games and can't wait for it's return.

[Republikcoin.com]

Girona will not have difficulty if they appear like last season. Bologna will also experience the same situation as Girona in the Champions League in a new format. We imagine Girona and Bologna as a team that just competed in the Champions League will be difficult, but I don't think they will experience the worst level of difficulty because they are ready to face competition in a new format that has been set will take place in the 2024/25 season.

Everyone will see how the two teams go through their season in the Champions League, because if the two teams are still more focused on finding good results in their respective domestic leagues, of course it will not be easy for both of them to go through their season in the Champions League because there are many teams that can be obstacles for them there, as well as other teams that are not used to entering the Champions League competition even though there is a new format that can be a little help for all teams.

[imamusma]

The 2024/25 season of the UEFA Champions League competition is less than two months from kickoff and looking at the teams that's qualified already and the ones that's currently playing qualifying games to stand a chance to qualify, I think it'll be yet another exciting season. Real Madrid who happens to be defending champions I believe will start the competition as favourite team to win it but for them to be able to achieve that, they'll have to be more impressive than they were last season because the other top teams in the competition will definitely want to right their wrongs of last season which made the Spanish club go all the way to win it. Pep Guardiola's Manchester City I think will be another strong competitor for the UCL trophy as well as other top teams like Bayern Munich, Inter Milan probably Paris Saint Germaine.
The new season will see the competition record another first timer as Spanish La Liga club Girona will be playing in European Cup for the first time since the formation of the club. Fir Girona, I'm not expecting anything big from them but will be happy to see them have a great performance in the competition. Football fans across the globe who enjoys every moment of the UCL have been starved of it's entertaining games and can't wait for it's return.

Real Madrid is considered a strong candidate for the title, and I think teams like Manchester City, Bayern Munich, PSG, Inter Milan and even Arsenal deserve to be favorites, at least they have more complete attributes than other contestants. Next season there are several new teams besides Girona, but it seems they will have difficulty competing with the more favored teams. The opportunity to create a surprise is open, but in my opinion the opportunity is very slim, even for Laverkusen and Atalanta. Whoever wins the Champions League next season will make history, because the format of the competition has changed. Meanwhile, if you look closely, the strength of the favorite teams is very different from the dark horse team, but I am quite sure that the competition for the trophy will be very entertaining.

[slapper]

and Girona of course has the potential to surprise us all because Girona in the Domestic league playing well and surprising us all because in the 2022-2023 season Girona is ranked 10th but in the 2023-2024 season they finish in 3rd place, of course Girona give a surprise in Laliga. Yes, of course, these two teams certainly have the potential to surprise all of us in the UCL next season and of course we'll see what happens in the next season.

Girona will have like one chance in their club history to play in Champions League. It's the first season ever in Champions League for Girona and nothing to be sure that they will be eligible to represent La Liga in Champions League again. Girona, even will have to play only in La Liga, still struggle to maintain their performances because in a new season, no more surprise from other clubs. They already have a last season, some summer months to analyze Girona's players, tactics, and will have more solutions play against Girona. With limited player resource, Girona will not have good adaptability to adjust their tactics against competitors.

Additionally there are more difficulties for Girona, because they will not only play in La Liga but also play in Champions League. It will put Girona under bigger pressure of exceeding their limits and when being overwhelmed, they will likely not gain good results.

Girona, excellent season last year, true Cinderella story, entering the Champions League. This ain't La Liga anymore. Deeper squads, more experience, and a heck of a lot more resources mean you are fighting against seasoned veterans

Look at Union; they are an excellent example of what occurs when one overdoes. They made it to the Champions League, fantastic, but now they find it difficult to maintain in their home league since they simply lack the depth

Girona must thus really hit the transfer market. Get some reinforcements in there; keep Dovbyk; he is your star player; don't let him go. Your squad will be eaten alive in the Champions League if you fail to improve it. And also guess what? That would influence your performance in La Liga as well

[Zaguru12]

Girona, excellent season last year, true Cinderella story, entering the Champions League. This ain't La Liga anymore. Deeper squads, more experience, and a heck of a lot more resources mean you are fighting against seasoned veterans

Look at Union; they are an excellent example of what occurs when one overdoes. They made it to the Champions League, fantastic, but now they find it difficult to maintain in their home league since they simply lack the depth

Girona must thus really hit the transfer market. Get some reinforcements in there; keep Dovbyk; he is your star player; don't let him go. Your squad will be eaten alive in the Champions League if you fail to improve it. And also guess what? That would influence your performance in La Liga as well

One thing about this small clubs that we need to understand is that they do not have the finances to actually maintain this high level of football, after every fairy tale season they fall off because of player sales, this sales are something I can’t blame them for, it’s either they cash in big on the player or they risk keeping them and later losing them on a low amount. Also keeping this players is usually against the players wishes because most of them usually have the clubs of their dreams and when does clubs come for them they simply want to go, even if it means playing in the lower European competitions like the Europa league or conference league and this smaller clubs usually respect their wishes which is the best thing to do

The only time you can keep the high level performance of this teams is only when they have a very rich sponsors or owners that can run the club very well if not it is not usually possible. Take a look at the Leicester City side that won the Premier League, they tried to keep their players but in the end they still couldn’t keep them, because most of the players wanted the big club move. This same thing that happens with clubs having same story. So Girona and Bologna should just look for a way to manage the resources they have now and just motivate the remaining players to give their all and that’s it

[X-ray]

UEFA Champion League second qualifying round leg 2 of 2 Fenerbahçe vs Lugano

Fenerbahç's manager Jose Mourinho have ambition bring his team get qualify until third round of qualifying and has opportunity for participating in Champion League season 2024/25. Next tomorrow night will face Swiss Super League team Lugano and have advantage after winning first leg over 4-3, but its not really secure yet because lead one goal very risk for Fenerbahçe keep leading the winning aggregate qualify to last round of Champion League qualifier.

First leg match, Edin Dzeko have impressive performance by creating hattrick and he has potential for scoring as many goals on second leg with advantage as home match. I can't imagine with Fenerbahçe's fans atmosphere and give huge pressure for Lugano team behind not easily facing Fenerbahçe at their home match.

The result from the second leg is gonna be a bit easy to predict. It's easy to believe Fenerbahce will destroy Lugano. They host the second leg. I trust Mourinho's club will win it.

Again, it's also worthy to bet on the 1x2 or even take a club that will qualify for the further stage. I have bet on Fenerbahçe. They played badly in the first leg, but they scored 4 goals and still won the game.

I think Jose knows Fenerbahçe's defense was terrible in the first leg. They gifted Lugano three goals. I hope in the second leg, Fenerbahçe's defensive line is going to improve a lot.

Fenerbahce defend like amateurs in the first leg, but i hope they will not repeat it soon.

This is also my parlay for the second leg.

[SUPERSAIAN]

UEFA Champion League second qualifying round leg 2 of 2 Fenerbahçe vs Lugano

Fenerbahç's manager Jose Mourinho have ambition bring his team get qualify until third round of qualifying and has opportunity for participating in Champion League season 2024/25. Next tomorrow night will face Swiss Super League team Lugano and have advantage after winning first leg over 4-3, but its not really secure yet because lead one goal very risk for Fenerbahçe keep leading the winning aggregate qualify to last round of Champion League qualifier.

First leg match, Edin Dzeko have impressive performance by creating hattrick and he has potential for scoring as many goals on second leg with advantage as home match. I can't imagine with Fenerbahçe's fans atmosphere and give huge pressure for Lugano team behind not easily facing Fenerbahçe at their home match.

The result from the second leg is gonna be a bit easy to predict. It's easy to believe Fenerbahce will destroy Lugano. They host the second leg. I trust Mourinho's club will win it.

Again, it's also worthy to bet on the 1x2 or even take a club that will qualify for the further stage. I have bet on Fenerbahçe. They played badly in the first leg, but they scored 4 goals and still won the game.

I think Jose knows Fenerbahçe's defense was terrible in the first leg. They gifted Lugano three goals. I hope in the second leg, Fenerbahçe's defensive line is going to improve a lot.

Fenerbahce defend like amateurs in the first leg, but i hope they will not repeat it soon.

This is also my parlay for the second leg.

Mourinho is also aware of how fragile the defense is, he will change three players in the first 11, these players are defenders, I believe that Mourinho has done the necessary precautions and work. Fenerbahçe will have less difficulty compared to the first match, and they are currently the home team.

The Lugano team was ready because their season started, so they made Fenerbahçe very difficult in the first match. Fenerbahçe will be much more comfortable in Kadıköy and will be able to read the opponent's game. I definitely expect the defense line to be much better with the atmosphere and changes.

[Slow death]

I personally also predict that it will definitely not be easy for Girona and Bologna to get through from the group phase(new format) to the next round, but I am sure that one of them will make it to the next round and honestly I idolize Girona who makes it to the next round.

Girona will not have difficulty if they appear like last season. Bologna will also experience the same situation as Girona in the Champions League in a new format. We imagine Girona and Bologna as a team that just competed in the Champions League will be difficult, but I don't think they will experience the worst level of difficulty because they are ready to face competition in a new format that has been set will take place in the 2024/25 season.

I honestly don't see any chance for Girona in the European Champions League. They may have had a good campaign in La Liga, but that was because Barcelona is shit and Atlético Madrid, along with Real Sociedad, are also doing very well. To add to that, Betis and Sevilla were also very bad. The teams I listed were the ones that constantly finished at the top and last season they weren't doing well. So Girona, which did well, managed to finish in a good position. But in the European Champions League they will play against teams that are much better than the ones I listed. That's why I believe Girona won't go through to the next round.

About Bologna, they changed coach. With the old coach, they played better in defense and conceded few goals, but they also didn't score many goals. This strategy allowed them to finish in a good position in Serie A. But I very much doubt that with a new coach they will have the same strategy. In the European Champions League, they will play against very strong teams. I think that Bologna will not advance to another phase, they will only give points to the strong teams


I'm thinking of betting on Fenerbahce to win



but it has low odds, I also see it as risky to bet on the over or under goals market, in the both teams score market it has good odds, but I also see it as a bit risky, Fenerbahce did not show good defense in the first leg game and made serious mistakes, while the attack is good, I will probably bet that both teams score

[Furious 7]

Girona will not have difficulty if they appear like last season. Bologna will also experience the same situation as Girona in the Champions League in a new format. We imagine Girona and Bologna as a team that just competed in the Champions League will be difficult, but I don't think they will experience the worst level of difficulty because they are ready to face competition in a new format that has been set will take place in the 2024/25 season.

Honestly, it is quite doubtful to expect Girona and Bologna to perform well in UCL. You must be aware that these teams have changed, they are no longer the same as the previous season. Some of the key players of Girona have moved to other teams, even their captain left the club. It will be very difficult to maintain the performance if some of key players are no longer in the squad. Meanwhile Bologna has changed their coach because Motta moved to Juventus. I am sure the performance of Bologna won't be the same as the previous season under the new coach. Even in domestic competitions, these teams may be difficult to maintain their performance. It will be harder to play in UCL, I am a bit worried with the performance of these teams in UCL. If they can't play optimally, I think they can't reach the knock-out stage.

In the domestic competition last season, they have indeed changed because their performance improved quite well but that does not mean that this season they are doing the same thing because it is precisely the pressure of this season that will make them more stressed than before given the great expectations and of course with last season's comparison so well that they must try to do the same performance.

This is definitely not an easy thing because after all, this is a test for Girona or Bologna considering they have to prepare with additional portions that are quite different where their schedule is denser than before. For Bologna, it's undeniable that they thrived under Motta last season, so they'll have to prepare for when he leaves with a new coach and a lot of pressure.
Hopefully they don't fall far because they can't compensate for the tight schedule they have by exporting the players to play harder than before.

[tygeade]

On the one hand, I also agree that increasing the club quota in the Champions League to 36 increases opportunities for clubs that are not used to being here. But on the other hand, I am worried that these clubs are just accessories, or in other words, they can't do anything and become goal barns for strong clubs. These are two sides that according to assessment can be positive and negative. However, we have to get used to the new format that will be implemented this season.

Usually we will see 8 groups filled with 4 clubs each, but now all clubs will be in the same standings and the number of matches will increase to 8 in this early phase from the original only playing 6 matches. Each club will get an opponent based on a draw that will be divided into different pots. So as usual we will see the favored club facing the underdog club in this early round. It's just that we won't see the usual hell group that we often wait for in the draw.

The problem with smaller pool is that you are getting the same teams over and over again, with a bigger pool you are going to get some new names, and these clubs will get a lot of money to be there, something like 20-30 million euro per year, and while they won't be there every single year, when they are, that money could go to paying for salaries and new facilities or even getting better players.

That means they can get better, a 30 million is nothing for City or Madrid, but could be huge for some Greek team or some Turkish team or Cyprus or Israel etc etc, even Copenhagen last year did so well in the group stages could use 30 million because it's huge for them.

So think about how some nations may sound like rich nations, but they do not spend much money on football, hence we need to make sure that these teams get some money too. They may not look like they are awesome now, but if they keep getting in, and getting paid, eventually they can grow to be a better team, with right amount of support from fans as well, a team could grow from nearly nothing, to something greater. This is why I believe that increasing the pool is very important, allows more teams to have a better future ahead.

[baeva]

Girona will not have difficulty if they appear like last season. Bologna will also experience the same situation as Girona in the Champions League in a new format. We imagine Girona and Bologna as a team that just competed in the Champions League will be difficult, but I don't think they will experience the worst level of difficulty because they are ready to face competition in a new format that has been set will take place in the 2024/25 season.

Honestly, it is quite doubtful to expect Girona and Bologna to perform well in UCL. You must be aware that these teams have changed, they are no longer the same as the previous season. Some of the key players of Girona have moved to other teams, even their captain left the club. It will be very difficult to maintain the performance if some of key players are no longer in the squad. Meanwhile Bologna has changed their coach because Motta moved to Juventus. I am sure the performance of Bologna won't be the same as the previous season under the new coach. Even in domestic competitions, these teams may be difficult to maintain their performance. It will be harder to play in UCL, I am a bit worried with the performance of these teams in UCL. If they can't play optimally, I think they can't reach the knock-out stage.

I think a lot of people initially did not take these teams as something serious in the Champions League, obviously they are teams that will get into such a competition once in a decade, if not more. So for them to perform in the group stage is already worthy, and if they suddenly get to 1/8, it will be a real success for them

[Jossque]

The odds are in and it would be a miracle if Fenerbahçe doesn't win against Lugano. I expect Fenerbahce to score at least 2 goals and at most 4. I think Mourinho, who will shower the fans with goals this season, will be appreciated with his goal-oriented football while playing less with the ball. I expect that we will see 2-3 goals against Lugano even in the first half.

[Raflesia]

I'm thinking of betting on Fenerbahce to win



but it has low odds, I also see it as risky to bet on the over or under goals market, in the both teams score market it has good odds, but I also see it as a bit risky, Fenerbahce did not show good defense in the first leg game and made serious mistakes, while the attack is good, I will probably bet that both teams score

It is still possible to happen even the chances are quite high for Fenerbahce to win for the second leg this time because besides they are superior on aggregate, they will also play home. In addition, they are still favorites because the level difference is still there and Fenerbahce is still above Lugano, it's just that in terms of performance it looks like Mou should try to change some schemes so that the match goes well.

Their attack line is quite good for now especially with Dzeko who does have good experience so indeed this can be a pretty good weapon for Fenerbahce. but a good attack line is inversely proportional to the midfield and defense that is less solid where their chemistry is still quite weak.
This must be fixed and of course Mou must have realized that so for tomorrow's match with odds of 1.27 it seems that it will not be in vain even though the bet is quite small.

[Silence Scream]

UEFA Champion League second qualifying round leg 2 of 2 Fenerbahçe vs Lugano

Fenerbahç's manager Jose Mourinho have ambition bring his team get qualify until third round of qualifying and has opportunity for participating in Champion League season 2024/25. Next tomorrow night will face Swiss Super League team Lugano and have advantage after winning first leg over 4-3, but its not really secure yet because lead one goal very risk for Fenerbahçe keep leading the winning aggregate qualify to last round of Champion League qualifier.

First leg match, Edin Dzeko have impressive performance by creating hattrick and he has potential for scoring as many goals on second leg with advantage as home match. I can't imagine with Fenerbahçe's fans atmosphere and give huge pressure for Lugano team behind not easily facing Fenerbahçe at their home match.

Fenerbahçe has established a very good player squad for the next season. I think they will win matches at this level, the motivation of the team is quite high right now and they are doing whatever it takes to win the matches.
They managed to score 4 goals in the first match. Now they will play on their home field, I think they will be much better. I think they will win this match without conceding a goal

They scored four goals in the first match, but they also conceded three. I don't think Jose Mourinho is happy with this situation. Lugano is a team that is not at Fenerbahçe's level. There should be a big difference in quality between the two teams. However, when we look at it, we see Fenerbahçe conceding 3 goals from its opponent. Of course, Fenerbahçe has the advantage since tomorrow's match will be at home, they will be able to pass this stage. However, if they pass this round, their opponent will be Lille, and beating them may not be as easy as Lugano.

[W Jr.]

The odds are in and it would be a miracle if Fenerbahçe doesn't win against Lugano. I expect Fenerbahce to score at least 2 goals and at most 4. I think Mourinho, who will shower the fans with goals this season, will be appreciated with his goal-oriented football while playing less with the ball. I expect that we will see 2-3 goals against Lugano even in the first half.

Lugano will prefer a defensive style of play. The earlier Fenerbahçe unlocks this lock, the more goals they will score, but if they cannot score in the first half, they may see dangerous positions in their goal with counterattacks in the second half. To be honest, I also expect a Fenerbahçe victory with at least three goals in this match. Fenerbahçe was the team that was much superior in terms of football in the first match. I am sure that they will not give up the advantage in this match either.

[Silberman]

I think a lot of people initially did not take these teams as something serious in the Champions League, obviously they are teams that will get into such a competition once in a decade, if not more. So for them to perform in the group stage is already worthy, and if they suddenly get to 1/8, it will be a real success for them

Each club has their own goals when participating on the UCL, and while some of them have as a goal to win it all, as it is the case of Real Madrid and a few other teams, there are other clubs which goal is nothing more than to participate and make the best impression they can, as in this way they can sell the players currently playing for them for a better price and improve their finances on this way, which is not really a bad move when you think about it.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I'm thinking of betting on Fenerbahce to win



but it has low odds, I also see it as risky to bet on the over or under goals market, in the both teams score market it has good odds, but I also see it as a bit risky, Fenerbahce did not show good defense in the first leg game and made serious mistakes, while the attack is good, I will probably bet that both teams score

Only on this one? Do you think of placing a big amount of money? That would also be pretty risky though.    I think it would be better to add a few more games to increase the odds to at least 3-4 but it is your choice of course.

I believe Fenerbahçe are going to win once again. This time I expect a more comfortable win honestly. The reason why it ended 4-3 in the 1st leg was that they weren't fully ready for new season yet. I guess they would get better now.

I have also checked the second leg games to see if it makes sense to bet again. The odds are just too low I'm afraid... Maybe I would take some risks by adding 4-5 games anyway.