UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[klidex]

I wish Qarabag had a better result than a 3-0 loss.    Because they didn't play badly actually. But their not being able to score any goal cost them a lot. I guess this is the end for them here...

Remember in the previous match when Qarabag played against Ludogorets in the first leg they lost at home with a difference of 1 goal I thought it was over for Qarabag because in the away game, precisely in the second leg, it would be difficult for them to win but in fact they were able to score 7 goals and that was an unexpected result so we should not think this is the end for Qarabag because they could do the same thing as before because they will definitely change their strategy and beat Dinamo Zagreb when playing at home, but a difference of 3 goals is indeed very difficult at least Qarabag must score 4 goals without conceding in the second match later, that is their only chance to play in the Champions League in this final round.

It's a shame that I lost my bet, Dynamo Kiev was defeated by Salzburg with a score of 2:0. Dynamo was unable to create any scores at all, and Midtjyland vs Slovan also drew in this match 

[Chikito]

I just won Young Boys Bern, and Sparta Prague this night. I dare to bet on Young Boys Bern because of their performance before, Young Boys Bern created 10 goals without reply versus FC Printse-Nendaz on swiss cup, This is a trigger for their enthusiasm to win. while Sparta Prague, I dare to bet them because they created 3 won in the row on the last 3 match, and all play away.

[ajanwalker]

Turkish Sports writers saw Young Boys Team as an easy opponent, but yesterday Young Boys showed that they are not such an easy opponent at all.
The teams took the lead at the beginning of the match and made the score 2-0 in the last minute of the first half. In the second half, Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk took a risk very early and doubled the striker. I can say that Batshuayi, who entered the game, gave the kiss of life to Galatasaray.
He made the score 2-2 with the goals he scored, but Young Boys gained a slight advantage by making the score 3-2 with the goal from the penalty in the 86th minute.
It will be difficult for Young Boys in next week's match, but they still have an advantage. They will take to the field in Istanbul to avoid defeat.

[Cryptmuster]

Yeah, Young Boys is the best team and the Swiss League champion last season of course it is not easy to beat them especially they are playing at home on the other hand Galatasaray is not in the best condition, we can see their performance in the pre-season matches I mean most of their games lost so Galatasaray were quite lucky today because they were only one goal behind and as you said they still have time to catch up.

Now this is interesting, I didn't expect Young Boys to beat Galatasaray, although it seems to me that it will be difficult for any team to play against Young Boys away, because they have an artificial surface on the field, and it takes a long time to get used to it. At least Galatasaray lost with a difference of only one goal and it is quite possible that they will be able to win back this difference at home. It is difficult to draw any conclusions from friendly matches, official games are completely different.

I just won Young Boys Bern, and Sparta Prague this night. I dare to bet on Young Boys Bern because of their performance before, Young Boys Bern created 10 goals without reply versus FC Printse-Nendaz on swiss cup, This is a trigger for their enthusiasm to win. while Sparta Prague, I dare to bet them because they created 3 won in the row on the last 3 match, and all play away.

Of yesterday's matches, perhaps the biggest surprise was Galatasaray's defeat, but they didn't deserve to lose based on their game, and if it weren't for the penalty at the end of the match, they would have been able to end this match in a draw, which would have been better for an away match. Salzburg and Sparta's victories were also more expected, these teams were able to win their away matches, and most likely they won't miss the opportunity to bring things to a victory at home.

[tusandii]

It's a shame that I lost my bet, Dynamo Kiev was defeated by Salzburg with a score of 2:0. Dynamo was unable to create any scores at all, and Midtjyland vs Slovan also drew in this match 

Your prediction is reversed should be in the Dynamo Kiev - Salzburg match choose to bet on double chance and the Midtjyland- Slovan match should choose BTTS "Yes".
I know why you take a double chance bet on the bet to perfect your bet and get profit but in fact small odds ruin your bet.
Previously I have said that betting on small odds on double chance is very risky and does not match the profit you get and my advice is better to choose other options with higher odds with equivalent risk.

It is clear that Salzburg and Dynamo Kiev are difficult clubs to predict because both clubs actually have equal performance but Salzburg as I remember is the favorite in this match which should make you choose not to choose BTTS.

[Pulsar77]

It's a shame that I lost my bet, Dynamo Kiev was defeated by Salzburg with a score of 2:0. Dynamo was unable to create any scores at all, and Midtjyland vs Slovan also drew in this match 

I think so many people placed a bet on both teams to score for the Dynamo Kiev - Salzburg match. Because it looked really obvious but the result was very unexpected. Not scoring even a goal in a home match? It is terrible considering how productive they have been so far.    I was expecting Midtjylland to win but it also didn't end as expected...

Galatasaray should have played better than that. They were too bad and Young Boys could have really scored more goals. If it weren't for the Batshuayi move, I don't think Galatasaray would be able to score any goal.

[mammusu]

An interesting start for the Young boy and Galatasaray game as its just 15mins of play and the switz team are already ahead by a goal in which they scored very early during the 4th mins of gameplay. Why I find this game interesting is because from my own take of the match I really never game the home team a chance looking at how bad and poor they have performing.

Young Boys isn't that simple team as many supposed Galatasaray to win easily on it.
Galatasaray made mistakes that cost them the game. Luckily they have one more chance to try to pass especially that the points difference isn't that hard to eliminate and overtake it.
In the other matches I didn't see anything special. Ordinary games with ordinary results.

Before the match started, many parties favored Galatasaray to win the match and tended to see that the Young Boys no hope of even scoring a goal in the match, Predictions that favored Galatasaray were of course a natural thing considering that Galatasaray came into the match with positive results in the domestic league, while the young boys have not yet won a single win in the Swiss league, but in fact they were able to appear open at home and did not wait long for the young boys to score a goal in that match, with a 3-2 win over Galatasaray in the first leg It should make their journey to qualify for the Champions League this season easy, but considering that Galatasaray has a very large fan base and often intimidates opponents when playing at home, I think it will be difficult for the young boys to win in the second leg which will be played at Turkey.

This season Champions League leaves 7 tickets for the 7 teams that have the right to qualify for the Champions League, so I think in the second leg of the play-off round we will see all the teams who are fighting and will give everything to secure the remaining 7 tickets this season.

Results of other matches in the final round of the Champions League play offs for the 2024/25 season:

 Bodo/Glimt 2 Vs 1 Red Star

Lille 2 Vs 0 Slavia Prague

Dinamo Zagreb 3 Vs 0 Karabakh

Young Boys 3 Vs 2 Galatasaray

Midtjylland 1Vs 1 Slovan Bratislava

Dinamo Kyiv 0 Vs 2 RB Salzburg

Malmö 0 Vs 2 Sparta Prague

[boltz]

An interesting start for the Young boy and Galatasaray game as its just 15mins of play and the switz team are already ahead by a goal in which they scored very early during the 4th mins of gameplay. Why I find this game interesting is because from my own take of the match I really never game the home team a chance looking at how bad and poor they have performing.

Young Boys isn't that simple team as many supposed Galatasaray to win easily on it.
Galatasaray made mistakes that cost them the game. Luckily they have one more chance to try to pass especially that the points difference isn't that hard to eliminate and overtake it.
In the other matches I didn't see anything special. Ordinary games with ordinary results.

That is true. Young Boys is a mature team with a lot of experience in UCL and the rest of European Competitions so it was kinda clear that Galatasary won't have an easy game against them it it's still not an easy qualification for them to obtain and I think Young Boys will actually manage to make a positive result in Turkey too.

I personally expected more from Malmo because I saw what Sparta Prague are capable of when they played against FCSB and they really didn't impress with anything so I thought Malmo should win this game with at least 2 goals in front but it ended up with a brutal defeat of Malmo by 3-0 score...

[Hanadawa]

Yeah, Young Boys is the best team and the Swiss League champion last season of course it is not easy to beat them especially they are playing at home on the other hand Galatasaray is not in the best condition, we can see their performance in the pre-season matches I mean most of their games lost so Galatasaray were quite lucky today because they were only one goal behind and as you said they still have time to catch up.

This is a match result beyond my expectations. I know Young Boys is not a weak team. As far as I remember they have qualified for the Champions League group stage. They have a level that I think is slightly below Galatasaray. The match was intense and Young Boys managed to get a win through a goal scored from a penalty. Of course Galatasaray still has a chance because they are only 1 goal behind. However, Young Boys will not let Galatasaray get an easy win. Young Boys will try to strengthen their defense in the second leg match.

[Roseline492]

Yeah, Young Boys is the best team and the Swiss League champion last season of course it is not easy to beat them especially they are playing at home on the other hand Galatasaray is not in the best condition, we can see their performance in the pre-season matches I mean most of their games lost so Galatasaray were quite lucky today because they were only one goal behind and as you said they still have time to catch up.

I no that Young Boys is a very strong club that normally impress there fans almost every season but wining Galatasaray on that match was what i never see coming because even if Galatasaray was not that too good on there pre season matches I never believe that they would perform bad on a real league because the previous season was very good for them by coming out victorious but is actually very unfortunate for them right now because they seem to have lose form, though in terms of cashing up of course they have enough time to catch up but the question remains that will they be able to peak form? Because there league is highly competitive on this season and any lapses they would be left behind.

[Jatiluhung]

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But now the situation has turned back to benefit Young Boys again. 1 Galatasaray player received a red card so now Galatasaray only plays with 10 players. And Young Boys have also increased their lead through the penalty they received. So the current score is 3-2 in favor of Young Boys. And actually I also saw Galatasaray starting to turn things around in the second half. And after they equalized the score, it looked like Galatasaray were going to add another goal. But it looks like Young Boys has a higher level of luck. And the quality of the young boys is also worthy enough to win. But in the second leg, maybe Galatasaray will be able to win. Because in the away game we saw Galatasaray playing well, of course in the home game they will be even better.

Galatasaray losing one of their players in the game with a red card caused them the loss of that game because when the young boys get their penalty goal, they will definitely have the least chance of winning again because it is almost time to the end of the game, so that is what makes Galatasaray lose hope of having a win in the game, but it is still not bad. It is just as you said that young boys have the luck of this game, which is why they were able to get the win today, but Galatasaray also tried their possible best in the game. 
 
I am somehow not happy because I have in mind that Galatasaray will win the game, but my prediction was not right as the winners were the young boys, so it was a good game for them, but still Galatasaray played more than them in the game.

What makes me happy about this match is only because both teams actually scored the goals I expected. But even though Galatasaray lost, they actually had an extraordinary performance in the second half. If they didn't get a red card then maybe Galatasaray could have won the match. Because turning things around after being two goals behind is already quite impressive. And the opportunity for Galatasaray is still wide open. Because there is still a second leg where in the second leg we know Galatasaray will be the host. And maybe Galatasarau will be able to make good use of it and win the match in the second leg.

[Spaceman1000$]

It was nice to see Bodo/Glimt winning. After the 2022/23 season qualification round, this is the second time they are this close to qualifying for the main stage in the CL.    Back then they got eliminated by Dinamo Zagreb and missed the chance. However I think Crvena zvezda is a team that they can eliminate by a bigger probability. A 2-1 win is a good advantage for now.

I wish Qarabag had a better result than a 3-0 loss.    Because they didn't play badly actually. But their not being able to score any goal cost them a lot. I guess this is the end for them here...

Not quite an impressive results for the Norwegian outfit, except they can manage the situation carefully not to concede or loose the return leg to the opponent especially now that they are this close to qualifying for champions League. Crvena Zvezda could be a very hard knot to crack and might seek to overturn Bodo Glimt advantage especially now that the away goal rule has been cancelled, perhaps they might score an early goal or two since they have the home advantage and wouldn't want to disappoint their home fans whom are craving for champions League football, so we will see who finally qualifies for the champions League after the next match come next week.

[mamesso]

An interesting start for the Young boy and Galatasaray game as its just 15mins of play and the switz team are already ahead by a goal in which they scored very early during the 4th mins of gameplay. Why I find this game interesting is because from my own take of the match I really never game the home team a chance looking at how bad and poor they have performing.

Young Boys isn't that simple team as many supposed Galatasaray to win easily on it.
Galatasaray made mistakes that cost them the game. Luckily they have one more chance to try to pass especially that the points difference isn't that hard to eliminate and overtake it.
In the other matches I didn't see anything special. Ordinary games with ordinary results.

The match between Young Boys and Galatasaray was more interesting than other matches, five goals were scored which decorated the match and Young Boys managed to emerge as the winner 3-2. In this match, Young Boys were on the same level as Galatasaray, this is what was seen during the match. Young Boys played better in the first half, they were two goals ahead through Joel Monteiro's brace, Galatasaray started to rise in the second half and increased their attacks to catch up. Michy Batshuayi managed to make it 2-2 again, but a heavy challenge from Abdulkerim Bardakci resulted in a penalty for the home side, which Filip Ugrinic converted well.

Galatasaray still has a chance to make a comeback in the second leg, Batshuayi sharpness will help Galatasaray win a ticket to the main round of the Champions League. Mistakes will be fixed soon when playing at their home ground, Galatasaray has the quality to appear in the UCL this season.

[X-ray]

It's a shame that I lost my bet, Dynamo Kiev was defeated by Salzburg with a score of 2:0. Dynamo was unable to create any scores at all, and Midtjyland vs Slovan also drew in this match 

I think so many people placed a bet on both teams to score for the Dynamo Kiev - Salzburg match. Because it looked really obvious but the result was very unexpected. Not scoring even a goal in a home match? It is terrible considering how productive they have been so far.    I was expecting Midtjylland to win but it also didn't end as expected...

Kiev matched Salzburg's strength, which explained the popularity of BTTS bets. The problem is that Kiev has been wasteful. They missed many chances, and an unexpected result occurred. If they had not missed loads of chances, I think Kiev would not be losing this badly to Salzburg.

But yeah, that's terrible for not scoring in a home game against Salzburg. Many problems remain unsolved on Kiev's side. Their poor finishing and inconsistent defense lost them the first leg with a bad score. It's hard to believe they will be able to qualify when they play in an away game against Salzburg.

[rendravolt]

A draining match and we can see that Galatasaray can be defeated by Young Boys with a dramatic victory. The goal chase was inevitable, especially in the second half, all players played so intensely to excel, but it felt like the host this time was still too strong to be defeated. Some important notes where both teams were almost balanced in all statistics made it very difficult for anyone to predict the outcome.

Galatasaray's hopes of at least holding a draw were dashed in this first leg after Ugrinic scored the winning goal in the 86th minute and this gave Young Boys more capital to be confident to play the second leg at Galatasaray's home later. I didn't bet on this match considering that I was still quite upset with what happened, but seeing Galatasaray fall was the right decision not to bet on them.

[Distraction]

Galatasaray were just really bad. I wasn't expecting them to be this ineffective in defense and offense both.    I mean I was aware of the defensive issues but they were normally strong enough to make up for it by scoring.

In this match, they played a horrible first half... They should be grateful for the score not being more than 2-0 meanwhile. Because Young Boys wasted more chances to score. I can't imagine what could have happened if there was a more capable team there.

Batshuayi made a direct impact by 2 goals in less than 10 minutes. Still a 3-2 loss but not a big advantage. Galatasaray had better show better performance home. I still think they will reach league phase.

[Polkeins]

Galatasaray were just really bad. I wasn't expecting them to be this ineffective in defense and offense both.    I mean I was aware of the defensive issues but they were normally strong enough to make up for it by scoring.

In this match, they played a horrible first half... They should be grateful for the score not being more than 2-0 meanwhile. Because Young Boys wasted more chances to score. I can't imagine what could have happened if there was a more capable team there.

Batshuayi made a direct impact by 2 goals in less than 10 minutes. Still a 3-2 loss but not a big advantage. Galatasaray had better show better performance home. I still think they will reach league phase.

“Young Boys” just turned out to be much more experienced than Galatasaray in qualifying for the Euro Cup and Galatasaray was still lucky that Batshuayi was able to score 2 goals in the end and leave Galatasaray in the game and the difference in 1 goal Galatasaray is quite able to win back, the main thing is not to play as in defense as in the first match and then the chances of getting out of the playoffs will be.
Both teams play attacking soccer and watching their games is quite enjoyable, so I think the return match will be very interesting. 

[Slow death]

it took me a while to post here because I was still trying to come to terms with the mistake I made when I bet on Midtjylland. I'm really mad at Midtjylland. I bet on them accidentally and I'm pissed because I didn't cancel the bet and went back to betting without placing Midtjylland. Midtjylland was seen as the favorite to win the game against SK Slovan Bratislava. The odds weren't that great either. I had placed the 4 games from yesterday, but I wanted to remove Midtjylland. It turns out that I went out for a while and left the computer on. When I came back, I just clicked on bet. Only after I had placed the bet and the game had already finished halfway did I realize that I hadn't removed Midtjylland. Unfortunately, Midtjylland ruined my bet with this draw.

Galatasaray were just really bad. I wasn't expecting them to be this ineffective in defense and offense both.    I mean I was aware of the defensive issues but they were normally strong enough to make up for it by scoring.

In this match, they played a horrible first half... They should be grateful for the score not being more than 2-0 meanwhile. Because Young Boys wasted more chances to score. I can't imagine what could have happened if there was a more capable team there.

Batshuayi made a direct impact by 2 goals in less than 10 minutes. Still a 3-2 loss but not a big advantage. Galatasaray had better show better performance home. I still think they will reach league phase.

“Young Boys” just turned out to be much more experienced than Galatasaray in qualifying for the Euro Cup and Galatasaray was still lucky that Batshuayi was able to score 2 goals in the end and leave Galatasaray in the game and the difference in 1 goal Galatasaray is quite able to win back, the main thing is not to play as in defense as in the first match and then the chances of getting out of the playoffs will be.
Both teams play attacking soccer and watching their games is quite enjoyable, so I think the return match will be very interesting. 

Turkish teams have not been doing well in European competitions, which is why I have avoided betting on Turkish teams when they are games outside of Turkey. I have doubts that Galatasaray will be able to win the 2nd leg, but I will not bet on the 2nd leg games because there have been many more surprises compared to the 1st leg games.

[Frankolala]

Galatasaray were just really bad. I wasn't expecting them to be this ineffective in defense and offense both.    I mean I was aware of the defensive issues but they were normally strong enough to make up for it by scoring.

In this match, they played a horrible first half... They should be grateful for the score not being more than 2-0 meanwhile. Because Young Boys wasted more chances to score. I can't imagine what could have happened if there was a more capable team there.

Batshuayi made a direct impact by 2 goals in less than 10 minutes. Still a 3-2 loss but not a big advantage. Galatasaray had better show better performance home. I still think they will reach league phase.

“Young Boys” just turned out to be much more experienced than Galatasaray in qualifying for the Euro Cup and Galatasaray was still lucky that Batshuayi was able to score 2 goals in the end and leave Galatasaray in the game and the difference in 1 goal Galatasaray is quite able to win back, the main thing is not to play as in defense as in the first match and then the chances of getting out of the playoffs will be.
Both teams play attacking soccer and watching their games is quite enjoyable, so I think the return match will be very interesting. 

An interesting match from both teams but one goal was able to make the difference between the two team and we saw how Young boys performed brilliantly and tirelessly to make sure that they get all three points. I never expect such performance from them.

Galaxatary played their best but it was not enough to give them a draw in the match because Young boys were not after drawing the match but to win it and their dreams was achieved. I hope to see a better performance from Galaxatary in their second leg.

[Palakka]

A draining match and we can see that Galatasaray can be defeated by Young Boys with a dramatic victory. The goal chase was inevitable, especially in the second half, all players played so intensely to excel, but it felt like the host this time was still too strong to be defeated. Some important notes where both teams were almost balanced in all statistics made it very difficult for anyone to predict the outcome.

Galatasaray's hopes of at least holding a draw were dashed in this first leg after Ugrinic scored the winning goal in the 86th minute and this gave Young Boys more capital to be confident to play the second leg at Galatasaray's home later. I didn't bet on this match considering that I was still quite upset with what happened, but seeing Galatasaray fall was the right decision not to bet on them.

Galatasaray who were the favorites over young boys couldn't do much in that match, even though they fielded their best squad when facing young boys but they perform  didnt optimally when facing the first leg match, the young boys who played at home actually played quite impressively, even without waiting long they was able to score a goal in the 4th minute and made the mentality of the Galatasaray players immediately drop,  and even when the first half of the match was almost over they were able to increase the score to lead 2-0 over Galatasaray in the first half, when Galatasaray have Batshuayi for some reason the okan buruk didn't played him with Icardi from the start of the match and actually played him as a substitute in that match, but fortunately Galatasaray was able to score two goals in that match and reduced the score to 2-3.

In my opinion, defeat in the first leg does not necessarily mean that Galatasaray chances of qualifying for the Champions League are destroyed, because after all they still have a second leg to avenge their defeat at home later, I personally am quite confident that Galatasaray in the second leg will be able to beat the young boys and qualify as the only team from Turkey playing in the Champions League this season.