UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[wmaurik]

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

In addition to the Young Boys team who can play more intensely in the second leg later, Galatasaray who are the hosts will also try to build attacks and take advantage of every opportunity in order to win by more than one goal. Because it would be better to win by more than one goal than having to go through penalties because of being affected by the same aggregate, so both teams seem to be playing as well as possible in the second leg in order to qualify for the Champions League this season.

[mammusu]

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

In addition to the Young Boys team who can play more intensely in the second leg later, Galatasaray who are the hosts will also try to build attacks and take advantage of every opportunity in order to win by more than one goal. Because it would be better to win by more than one goal than having to go through penalties because of being affected by the same aggregate, so both teams seem to be playing as well as possible in the second leg in order to qualify for the Champions League this season.

The young boy who won in the first leg of course has high motivation and self-confidence to face Galatasaray in the second leg, but motivation and ambition are certainly not enough to be able to win at Galatasaray home easily, in factz I think it will be very difficult match for youngboy to be able to beat Galatasaray in the second leg match because so far Galatasaray is known to be quite tough when playing in front of its own supporters, apart from that, if we look at the first leg match, Galatasaray was actually able to dominate the match and create lots of opportunities but Galatasaray attackers were not optimal in that match so make a lot of wasted opportunities, so I think Okan Buruk, will definitely optimize their attack line in the second leg and it is very likely if Batshuayi who scored two goals in the first leg, will play from the start of the match and young boys should be wary of him if they don't want to fail to qualify for the  champions league.

[pusaka]

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

In addition to the Young Boys team who can play more intensely in the second leg later, Galatasaray who are the hosts will also try to build attacks and take advantage of every opportunity in order to win by more than one goal. Because it would be better to win by more than one goal than having to go through penalties because of being affected by the same aggregate, so both teams seem to be playing as well as possible in the second leg in order to qualify for the Champions League this season.

There is no choice for Galatasaray other than to go out attacking in the second leg and look for a goal as soon as possible so that their aggregate becomes the same, after that they can be more calm in finishing the match. On the other hand, Young Boys will be in confusion in my opinion, because when they apply a defensive strategy, they will lose a little chance to attack, but when they play more openly and attack, maybe that will create a gap in the back line that can be exploited by Galatasaray.
An aggregate of 1 goal will be very risky when two teams with almost the same strength meet. Young Boys will indeed get a little fresh air after they bring the advantage they achieved in the first leg, but that cannot be a guarantee because they are under threat from the host.

[Blitzboy]

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

Galatasaray, sure, they ran upon an obstacle. Perhaps some guys were a little rusty, but they are a proud club with a past of performance when it counts. On their home ground particularly, expect them to come out swinging in the second leg. Look for them to press Young Boys' defense and intensify their attack. Red Star is now somewhat in a tough place. They have to score, although we all seen Bodø/Glimt's tenacity. It will call for a competent, orderly performance. They must grab possession of the midfield and generate opportunities.

[hyudien]

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

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

They are the ones who will determine whether they will be able to advance to the Champions League or not, one last match with Young Boys leading the aggregate over Galatasaray. Galatasaray is indeed more advantaged because they will play as hosts in the second leg later, it will be a mental pressure that will be obtained by Young Boys players from the home supporters. On paper Young Boys can be said to be more favored because they won in the first leg, but the problem is that the distance of 1 goal is rarely very close that can be overcome by Galatasaray. I do not mean to underestimate Young Boys because after all they are a good team and can be up to this point. But what I mean is when Galatasaray can score a goal first then mentally I think Young Boys will decline and that can be exploited by the opponent.

[Palakka]

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

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

The defeat against Youngboy was of course very painful for Galatasaray and I don't think we can say that Youngboy was just lucky in that match, youngboy who played at home played very impressively in contrast to Galatasaray who actually had great difficulty in maximizing every opportunity that existed in that match, Of course luck doesn't exist without hard work, so that's what makes me think that youngboy really deserves to won in the first leg if we look at their performance and hard work in that match.

The 2-3 advantage means that Youngboy has the advantage in the second leg with  just only need get a draw, but in my opinion it will be difficult for them to do so when they play at Galatasaray home, because previously Galatasaray failed to take advantage of every opportunity to score a goal and I think they won't again repeat this in the second leg, so it is very likely that we will see that Galatasaray will be able to take advantage of the momentum of playing at home to win and qualify for the Champions League this season.

[Docnaster]

Away from the the UEFA Champions League qualifying games, the
2024/25 UCL will officially kick off in less than 1 month from now and to some of us, we can't just hold back the excitement of seeing club football's most prestigious competition return back to our screens again. As a Real Madrid fan, I'm very optimistic that the reigning European and Spanish champions stands a very good chance of retaining the competition. Do you think we're going to have a different winner? How about Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, do you think they'll steer themselves to glory once again this season?

[hahay]

Away from the the UEFA Champions League qualifying games, the
2024/25 UCL will officially kick off in less than 1 month from now and to some of us, we can't just hold back the excitement of seeing club football's most prestigious competition return back to our screens again. As a Real Madrid fan, I'm very optimistic that the reigning European and Spanish champions stands a very good chance of retaining the competition. Do you think we're going to have a different winner? How about Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, do you think they'll steer themselves to glory once again this season?

To be honest, previously I was very confident that Real Madrid still had a very big chance to win the Champions League trophy this season. Of course, the factor about Real Madrid's success in bringing Mbappe, it became a factor for me to be very confident that Real Madrid would succeed again this season. But unfortunately, from the two  matches that Real Madrid have played in La Liga, at least make me slightly lower my confidence in Real Madrid. But even though I slightly lowered my expectations of Real Madrid but still, it is difficult to eliminate Real Madrid from the list of title candidate teams.

Because after all, although Real Madrid have experienced bad results in La Liga, but the fact is that Real Madrid still managed to get good results in the Champion League. Therefore, I say it is difficult to ignore Real Madrid in the Champions League, because basically Real Madrid always has a great effort and the right tactics to compete great in the Champions League.

[Weawant]

Away from the the UEFA Champions League qualifying games, the
2024/25 UCL will officially kick off in less than 1 month from now and to some of us, we can't just hold back the excitement of seeing club football's most prestigious competition return back to our screens again. As a Real Madrid fan, I'm very optimistic that the reigning European and Spanish champions stands a very good chance of retaining the competition. Do you think we're going to have a different winner? How about Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, do you think they'll steer themselves to glory once again this season?

Honestly I don't want to be quick to . making conclusions or even predictions, I would have said probably judging from the performance of the teams who qualified for the champions league so far in their various domestic leagues, we could get a go idea into what their performance would look like in the champions league but on a second taught, champions league do come with a different kind of spirit and the energy there is very different so I believe they may perform absolutely differently and this was seen with some teams last season, especially the German teams who where not doing so well in their domestic league but got to perform brilliantly in the champions league, my anticipations are actually high and Madrid and city been top choice for the league winners is another highlight to watch out for.

[KTChampions]

To be honest, previously I was very confident that Real Madrid still had a very big chance to win the Champions League trophy this season. Of course, the factor about Real Madrid's success in bringing Mbappe, it became a factor for me to be very confident that Real Madrid would succeed again this season. But unfortunately, from the two  matches that Real Madrid have played in La Liga, at least make me slightly lower my confidence in Real Madrid. But even though I slightly lowered my expectations of Real Madrid but still, it is difficult to eliminate Real Madrid from the list of title candidate teams.

Because after all, although Real Madrid have experienced bad results in La Liga, but the fact is that Real Madrid still managed to get good results in the Champion League. Therefore, I say it is difficult to ignore Real Madrid in the Champions League, because basically Real Madrid always has a great effort and the right tactics to compete great in the Champions League.

It is too early to judge the team's shape based on the first games. It is obvious that Ancelotti will lead Real to the peak of shape by the Champions League playoff stage. I wouldn't forget the fact that almost all of the Real Madrid players didn't have a summer holiday, but worked hard in their national teams, so it's quite logical that they are "resting" at the beginning of this season.

[Lillominato89]

Away from the the UEFA Champions League qualifying games, the
2024/25 UCL will officially kick off in less than 1 month from now and to some of us, we can't just hold back the excitement of seeing club football's most prestigious competition return back to our screens again. As a Real Madrid fan, I'm very optimistic that the reigning European and Spanish champions stands a very good chance of retaining the competition. Do you think we're going to have a different winner? How about Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, do you think they'll steer themselves to glory once again this season?

To be honest, previously I was very confident that Real Madrid still had a very big chance to win the Champions League trophy this season. Of course, the factor about Real Madrid's success in bringing Mbappe, it became a factor for me to be very confident that Real Madrid would succeed again this season. But unfortunately, from the two  matches that Real Madrid have played in La Liga, at least make me slightly lower my confidence in Real Madrid. But even though I slightly lowered my expectations of Real Madrid but still, it is difficult to eliminate Real Madrid from the list of title candidate teams.

Because after all, although Real Madrid have experienced bad results in La Liga, but the fact is that Real Madrid still managed to get good results in the Champion League. Therefore, I say it is difficult to ignore Real Madrid in the Champions League, because basically Real Madrid always has a great effort and the right tactics to compete great in the Champions League.

We are at the first games of the new football season, it is also normal to start with some not excellent results, but Real Madrid have already won the European Super Cup against Atalanta, and already there you could see that the fitness of the players was not at the top. Surely they will start getting excellent results and as far as I am concerned Real Madrid is still the main candidate to win the Champions League again this year.

[Jegileman]

Away from the the UEFA Champions League qualifying games, the
2024/25 UCL will officially kick off in less than 1 month from now and to some of us, we can't just hold back the excitement of seeing club football's most prestigious competition return back to our screens again. As a Real Madrid fan, I'm very optimistic that the reigning European and Spanish champions stands a very good chance of retaining the competition. Do you think we're going to have a different winner? How about Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, do you think they'll steer themselves to glory once again this season?

Right now, your assertion on Real Madrid can still stand because you’re rating them according to their last season’s performance and how they were able to end the season with a champions league win. Manchester City looking from last season still remains the only team that can give Real Madrid a very tough time to prevail easily to win the trophy again. This season’s champions league format has been changed and for that reason, we have to wait to see how each team will be playing and how well they can make it out of the first round of the competition. A lot will happen because it may look like they’re playing to league matches and will have to be at their best to maintain the top level of the champions league table. So until the season starts, I am not sure who will be the best candidate this year.

[promise444c5]

Away from the the UEFA Champions League qualifying games, the
2024/25 UCL will officially kick off in less than 1 month from now and to some of us, we can't just hold back the excitement of seeing club football's most prestigious competition return back to our screens again. As a Real Madrid fan, I'm very optimistic that the reigning European and Spanish champions stands a very good chance of retaining the competition. Do you think we're going to have a different winner? How about Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, do you think they'll steer themselves to glory once again this season?

Right now, your assertion on Real Madrid can still stand because you’re rating them according to their last season’s performance and how they were able to end the season with a champions league win. Manchester City looking from last season still remains the only team that can give Real Madrid a very tough time to prevail easily to win the trophy again. This season’s champions league format has been changed and for that reason, we have to wait to see how each team will be playing and how well they can make it out of the first round of the competition. A lot will happen because it may look like they’re playing to league matches and will have to be at their best to maintain the top level of the champions league table. So until the season starts, I am not sure who will be the best candidate this year.

That's just how it works... I mean everyone supports that because of their last performance and their new current squad, no doubt  they stand a chance to compete with any team but we don't actually know how the input from each team will go this time around,we are yet to see and confirm  each teams performance even though leagues has started but all still fresh for a rational conclusion and even with the conclusion, there's still a 50-50 chance of what UCL is gonna be  or how the performance is going to look like...just for now let's just keep believing the specs

[Solokan]

Away from the the UEFA Champions League qualifying games, the
2024/25 UCL will officially kick off in less than 1 month from now and to some of us, we can't just hold back the excitement of seeing club football's most prestigious competition return back to our screens again. As a Real Madrid fan, I'm very optimistic that the reigning European and Spanish champions stands a very good chance of retaining the competition. Do you think we're going to have a different winner? How about Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, do you think they'll steer themselves to glory once again this season?

I am also happy because soon we will see a Champions League match which will definitely be more exciting because in the UCL all the teams that enter the UCL are strong teams and of course the competition will be tighter.

Yes, of course You as a Real Madrid fan will certainly be optimistic about Real Madrid being able to defend their title in the UCL. and to be honest, I personally also predict that Real Madrid will definitely have the potential to continue to defend their title this season and the reason is simple because Real Madrid has many star players.

However, if I look at Real Madrid's match in Laliga, of course I see that their performance is less than satisfactory because in their last 2 matches, Real Madrid won once against Valladolid and drew against Mallorca. However, if I look at Manchester City's match in the EPL, I can see that Manchester City is performing well because in the last 2 matches, Manchester City managed to win the match, so of course these 2 teams will have great potential to compete closely with Real Madrid in the UCL, but yes, I still predict that Real Madrid will have great potential to win the title again. because I see that with the squad that Real Madrid currently has, it feels like it will be difficult for any team to beat them in the UCL because last season Mbappe was defending PSG, now Mbappe is defending Real Madrid, so I definitely predict that Real Madrid will be able to win the title again.

[klidex]

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

In addition to the Young Boys team who can play more intensely in the second leg later, Galatasaray who are the hosts will also try to build attacks and take advantage of every opportunity in order to win by more than one goal. Because it would be better to win by more than one goal than having to go through penalties because of being affected by the same aggregate, so both teams seem to be playing as well as possible in the second leg in order to qualify for the Champions League this season.

The home advantage may chance Galatasaray to show their best performance in front of the fans and fight not to disappoint, I see Young Boys is not better than Galatasaray if not for the penalty kick maybe Young Boys will not win easily I am sure in the second leg Galatasaray will be more focused and will not waste the opportunity to qualify for the Champions League, Galatasaray must be able to maintain their defense tightly so that the opposing club cannot increase their aggregate total at least by scoring 2:0 Galatasaray does not need a penalty shootout and they can win and qualify.

[Farma]

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

In addition to the Young Boys team who can play more intensely in the second leg later, Galatasaray who are the hosts will also try to build attacks and take advantage of every opportunity in order to win by more than one goal. Because it would be better to win by more than one goal than having to go through penalties because of being affected by the same aggregate, so both teams seem to be playing as well as possible in the second leg in order to qualify for the Champions League this season.

The home advantage may chance Galatasaray to show their best performance in front of the fans and fight not to disappoint, I see Young Boys is not better than Galatasaray if not for the penalty kick maybe Young Boys will not win easily I am sure in the second leg Galatasaray will be more focused and will not waste the opportunity to qualify for the Champions League, Galatasaray must be able to maintain their defense tightly so that the opposing club cannot increase their aggregate total at least by scoring 2:0 Galatasaray does not need a penalty shootout and they can win and qualify.

Young Boys will certainly try hard to maintain the points and add to them because it is not easy to beat them they are already very big in Switzerland by winning 17 times in their league of course they can not be considered easy in fact both meetings that have occurred Young Boys are unbeaten from Galatasaray one draw and one win for Young B. in this match of course their squad under Rahmen will certainly try their best to get a ticket to the next match, Galatasay is indeed not an easy club especially they will play at home but overall Young Boys still have the ability to win this match. Losing Bardakci will of course make Galatasaray a little careless because he is very good at Galatasaray's game and this is also a problem for them the Young Boys squad which is still the same who has full strength I am sure they will defend fiercely to maintain their ticket, Monteiro who managed to break into Galatasay's goal in the first leg with his two goals of course he will make that opportunity again because this player is in his best form so there is a possibility they will add to this victory.

[Ruttoshi]

Away from the the UEFA Champions League qualifying games, the
2024/25 UCL will officially kick off in less than 1 month from now and to some of us, we can't just hold back the excitement of seeing club football's most prestigious competition return back to our screens again. As a Real Madrid fan, I'm very optimistic that the reigning European and Spanish champions stands a very good chance of retaining the competition. Do you think we're going to have a different winner? How about Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, do you think they'll steer themselves to glory once again this season?

I am also happy because soon we will see a Champions League match which will definitely be more exciting because in the UCL all the teams that enter the UCL are strong teams and of course the competition will be tighter.

Yes, of course You as a Real Madrid fan will certainly be optimistic about Real Madrid being able to defend their title in the UCL. and to be honest, I personally also predict that Real Madrid will definitely have the potential to continue to defend their title this season and the reason is simple because Real Madrid has many star players.

However, if I look at Real Madrid's match in Laliga, of course I see that their performance is less than satisfactory because in their last 2 matches, Real Madrid won once against Valladolid and drew against Mallorca. However, if I look at Manchester City's match in the EPL, I can see that Manchester City is performing well because in the last 2 matches, Manchester City managed to win the match, so of course these 2 teams will have great potential to compete closely with Real Madrid in the UCL, but yes, I still predict that Real Madrid will have great potential to win the title again. because I see that with the squad that Real Madrid currently has, it feels like it will be difficult for any team to beat them in the UCL because last season Mbappe was defending PSG, now Mbappe is defending Real Madrid, so I definitely predict that Real Madrid will be able to win the title again.

You don't need to use the performance of a club in the or domestic league to judge their performance in champions league because you can be strong in your domestic league and weak at UCL. One thing I know is that Real Madrid result on their two matches is not a poor one and drawing their first match does not mean that the have dropped form.

Real Madrid can play with their Laliga matches because they are not much concerned and focus on that competition but they don't joke with their UCL matches because that was why they bought Mbappe and Endrick to strengthen the club performance. Currently, I don't have anything to say about City because they are consistent.

[Docnaster]

Away from the the UEFA Champions League qualifying games, the
2024/25 UCL will officially kick off in less than 1 month from now and to some of us, we can't just hold back the excitement of seeing club football's most prestigious competition return back to our screens again. As a Real Madrid fan, I'm very optimistic that the reigning European and Spanish champions stands a very good chance of retaining the competition. Do you think we're going to have a different winner? How about Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, do you think they'll steer themselves to glory once again this season?

Honestly I don't want to be quick to . making conclusions or even predictions, I would have said probably judging from the performance of the teams who qualified for the champions league so far in their various domestic leagues, we could get a go idea into what their performance would look like in the champions league but on a second taught, champions league do come with a different kind of spirit and the energy there is very different so I believe they may perform absolutely differently and this was seen with some teams last season, especially the German teams who where not doing so well in their domestic league but got to perform brilliantly in the champions league, my anticipations are actually high and Madrid and city been top choice for the league winners is another highlight to watch out for.

The performance of the clubs that'll participate in this season's UEFA Champions League competition in their respective leagues at the moment can serve as a determining factor on how far they'll go in the competition but like you rightly said, the spirit and energy of the UEFA Champions League is different from that of the league football.
For instance, Borussia Dortmund finished fifth in their league table last season behind Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig but were still able to reach the final of UCL just because they were playing in the competition with a different momentum from what we saw in their league games.

[mammusu]

Away from the the UEFA Champions League qualifying games, the
2024/25 UCL will officially kick off in less than 1 month from now and to some of us, we can't just hold back the excitement of seeing club football's most prestigious competition return back to our screens again. As a Real Madrid fan, I'm very optimistic that the reigning European and Spanish champions stands a very good chance of retaining the competition. Do you think we're going to have a different winner? How about Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, do you think they'll steer themselves to glory once again this season?

We are just waiting for 7 more teams that are competing in the qualifying round to ensure  place in the current champions league, but I think it is too early for us to say who deserves to win the champions league, as a madrid fan of course you will support them to win the Champions League again this season and your trust in Madrid is of course supported by the quality of the squad and also Madrid performance which is currently considered very worthy of being a favorite, but even so it feels unfair for us to underestimate other teams to be able to compete this season in in the fight for the Champions League title, apart from Madrid, so far no team has been able to defend the Champions League title in a row, so I think Madrid has a bigger chance of being able to defend the Champions League again this season, but I personally tend to see Manchester City if their  becoming tight title contenders again,but apart from them, of course we cannot underestimate teams like Liverpool and Munich this season after their failure last season.

[Jody.Drummer]

Away from the the UEFA Champions League qualifying games, the
2024/25 UCL will officially kick off in less than 1 month from now and to some of us, we can't just hold back the excitement of seeing club football's most prestigious competition return back to our screens again. As a Real Madrid fan, I'm very optimistic that the reigning European and Spanish champions stands a very good chance of retaining the competition. Do you think we're going to have a different winner? How about Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, do you think they'll steer themselves to glory once again this season?

It is difficult to predict who will be the champion in this Champions League, because there are many factors that can bring them to win the title, such as the game, mentality and luck of a club. Real Madrid is currently the defending champion after last season they managed to record their 15th title, but their biggest threat is Manchester City. The bookies themselves give Manchester City a chance above Real Madrid, which means they are still widely believed to be able to win their second title this season. But don't forget other clubs that will also be able to provide a surprise. Last season who thought that Borussia Dortmund would reach the final? few thought they would go that far. But in reality they were able to reach the final with all the difficulties that existed. So no club can be underestimated in this Champions League.