UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[Ndabagi01]

The new format will now be interesting but I'm not sure any English club will be able to compete for trophies other than Manchester City.
For the previous few seasons Liverpool could still do that but for now I want to relax my expectations for Liverpool because although they at the beginning of the domestic competition they played very well but in the end there are still doubts for Arne slot in this regard.

Liverpool can play well in the champions league as they have a history of winning. It is the same history that is helping real madrid to always be the team winning every time too. Liverpool already has 6 champions league therefore they can win more with or without a stronger team. Let say Real Madrid and Liverpool meets at the champions league final, Real Madrid might still win them as they have a better squad but it isn't going to be easy for Real Madrid as how it would had been when they hey meet a smaller team as Arsenal. Arsenal aren't a champions league team as they do not have any experience or heritage in the champions league.

You can’t just look down on Arsenal like that not to be a competent team enough in the champions league. They may have failed to go far last season but their performance in the premier league and the little they’ve done in the champions league is enough for them to be one of the worthy teams in this year’s champions league competition. They may have no experience but even last year, they may have gathered some experience already and if they can, they can always improve for the better this season. No team should be underrated this early when the champions league competition has not even began yet. Arsenal and Liverpool are suppose to be a worthy team in the champions league this season but until the season starts, I’ll continue to have much hope in them.

[hahay]

The new format will now be interesting but I'm not sure any English club will be able to compete for trophies other than Manchester City.
For the previous few seasons Liverpool could still do that but for now I want to relax my expectations for Liverpool because although they at the beginning of the domestic competition they played very well but in the end there are still doubts for Arne slot in this regard.

Liverpool can play well in the champions league as they have a history of winning. It is the same history that is helping real madrid to always be the team winning every time too. Liverpool already has 6 champions league therefore they can win more with or without a stronger team. Let say Real Madrid and Liverpool meets at the champions league final, Real Madrid might still win them as they have a better squad but it isn't going to be easy for Real Madrid as how it would had been when they hey meet a smaller team as Arsenal. Arsenal aren't a champions league team as they do not have any experience or heritage in the champions league.

About the Premier League teams I think there will still be good results for those teams like Manchester City, Liverpool and maybe Arsenal. But even so, it seems that for now I personally will not associate their success in the past too much  because at least, with the squad and the form of the team that they currently have,  it seems like they have a good chance in the Champions League too. Although indeed, we can't expect too much but at least, we also want to get other teams to get the Champions League trophy and not only about Real Madrid.

Also, I think there are still some other teams from different leagues that seem like this season there will be stronger competition from several teams and not just about one or two teams. Moreover, there will be a new format that basically we still don't know for sure what it will be like. But if it's about the Champions League, I think even though there will be a new format,I personally believe that the Champions League will still be interesting because of the competition that occurs from the top European teams of course.

[Velvet78]

There are three games to be played today:

- Galatasaray - Young Boys
- Salzburg - Dynamo Kyiv
- Sparta Prague - Malmo

I have shown the teams in bold about whom I expect to advance to league phase. I already see Salzburg and Sparta Prague there. 2-0 is a really good advantage and they both got it in away games. 

Galatasaray is the most difficult one to predict here. They are 3-2 behind on aggregate. But they are a huge favourite at home. You can understand it from the odds given too (1.33 against 8.00). I think Young Boys will get ahead first but Galatasaray will come back. We will watch extra time and Galatasaray will score another goal there to finish the job. This is my opinion. 

[Lidger]

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?

The Champions League is back, baby. Everyone is also staring at Real Madrid. Back-to-back titles? No one's done it in ages, but if anyone can, it's Los Blancos. They're the kings of Europe for a reason. Man City's seems dangerous, without doubt. Guardiola has them operating perfectly. But let's be real, the Champions League is a different beast. Liverpool? They pose a constant danger.  Never count them out; and Bayern? They are Bayern. Constant as hell. Yet at the end of the day, it's Real Madrid's trophy. They possess the experience, the aptitude, the hunger. Rest of Europe is competing for second place

When discussing the Champions League, it cannot be that the name of Real Madrid does not come, the Champions League seems incomplete without Real Madrid. However, in such a big tournament, it is normal for a strong team to have a big rival every season. We consider Manchester City as favorites for the Champions League, but Real Madrid are our top picks. Apart from these two teams, many times other teams are doing very well in the Champions League and they are playing till the finals. The season before the last one ended, Real Madrid exited in the semi-finals as well as Inter Milan played in the Champions League final in that season, even though we considered Real Madrid as the favourites. I won't worry about anything exceptional this season but I will say that Real Madrid Manchester City can do better than these two teams.

[Palakka]

There are about 10 teams capable of winning the CL guys. The best team doesn’t always win it. In a cup competition sometimes a bit of bad luck in one game can get your team eliminated.

The favourites are Man City and Real Madrid but there are a number of other teams very capable of winning it. With the new format we might get some real surprises this season.

The Champions League is a competition that is difficult to predict because indeed every team that plays in the Champions League is the best team from every league in Europe, previously we saw that there were only 32 teams that would beat each other to become one of the best at the end of the competition, but for now with the new format, of course we will see the addition of teams occur in the Champions League from the previous 32 will now be 36  which will automatically make the competition is getting tighter, in addition with the increase in club slots in the Champions League, it will automatically increase the number of matches they will play, the two big teams Manchester City and Madrid will of course be the two favorite teams in the Champions League considering the mentality and also the quality of their squad but I think like last season when Dortmund reached the final,  of course maybe we will see surprises that also happen this season.

List of 29 teams has qualified for the Champions League:

Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Atletico Madrid,
Atalanta, Inter, Milan, Juventus, Bologna
Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa,
Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund
Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco, Brest
PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord,
Sporting CP, Benfica
Club Brugge, Celtic, Sturm Graz, Shakhtar Donetsk.

And the other 14 teams that are struggling to get 7 tickets left at this time, namely:

Lille / Slavic Prague
BodoGlimt / Red Star Belgrade
Dinamo Zagreb / Qarabag
Young Boys / Galatasaray
Midtylland / Slovan Bratislava
Dynamo Kiev / Salzburg
Malmo / Sparta Prague

[bering]

I can see it that for play off stages second leg tonight there are 3 matches available

Galatasaray vs Young Boys
Salzburg vs Dynamo Kyiv
Sparta Prague vs Malmo

I think Sparta Prague and Salzburg in the comfortable position because in the first leg they have already to win from their opponents and today as a host i think these teams have good chances to beat their opponents again and i am sure they can able to do that and advances to the League phase of champion league

For Galatasaray i didn't watching their match on first leg but i believe if Abdülkerim Bardakcı not gets the red card i think Galatasaray can gets at least draw result from Young Boys and today they playing as a host and if want to qualified to the next round Galatasaray should be win at least 2 goals margin or more but i think this time Galatasaray will win

Today i had just make multi bets by putting Galatasaray, Salzburg and Sparta Prague win into my bets and total odds of my bets is @4.09

[bitgolden]

Well, I certainly hope that Galatasaray wins this time and doesn't disappoint me, they made me lose my parlay last time, and they looked like they were awful. Young Boys might be the champions but the yare a terrible team so far this season and a much smaller club as well, the fact that they are not capable of beating such a smaller club shows that it is not about the players you have, it's about the system you play and Galatasaray doesn't even have a proper system, they just throw the best players they can buy together and hope for the best.

Hell they didn't even utilized Zaha, if I had Zaha on a team like that then there is absolutely no chance that I would not play him, he would be starting without a doubt. In the end, they should be able to get this one, we have to see them do as much as possible to get a win, and if they get a draw or a loss then that's it for me on European competitions for them, I would only bet on them on their league.

[ajanwalker]

Galatasaray came to the field with a squad with high offensive power, but they are having a hard time creating positions.
Since a win was essential, he went on the field with a double striker, but Icardi was walking on the field and Batshuayi was not productive at all.
Galatasaray has to make substitutions in the second half. Being a double striker does not mean that you will find many positions and score many goals in today's football.
There are 45 minutes left and Galatasaray definitely needs a goal.
I think Ziyech should leave the game at the beginning of the second half.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I don't understand what's wrong with us... Why in the hell are we preferring a long ball system instead of entering the penalty area by passes? 

If we were an underdog club here then I would understand. But we are the much more powerful club on paper. But we just can't show it on action and this makes me more disappointed as time goes on. 

By the way I don't want to see Derrick Kohn in this club anymore, seriously. He is a terrible left-back. Zero defense, and bad attacking skills for an offense-oriented back. Anyway I hope we get better in the 2nd half.

[Ahli38]

Galatasaray came to the field with a squad with high offensive power, but they are having a hard time creating positions.
Since a win was essential, he went on the field with a double striker, but Icardi was walking on the field and Batshuayi was not productive at all.
Galatasaray has to make substitutions in the second half. Being a double striker does not mean that you will find many positions and score many goals in today's football.
There are 45 minutes left and Galatasaray definitely needs a goal.
I think Ziyech should leave the game at the beginning of the second half.

It seems that Galatasaray no longer has any hope of winning this match. Apart from being 1 goal behind, they are now playing with only 10 players because just like in the first leg, now they also lost 1 player due to a red card. and the match will also end soon. It seems certain that Young Boys will qualify from the Play-off round. In fact, I always preferred Galatasaray to go further. And in the first leg, more precisely in the second half, Galatasaray looked more reliable. But in the second leg match now they are not very reliable. Young Boys can always handle it well. It looks like this match will end with a score of 0-1.

Sparta Praha's Malmo match has ended and Sparta Praha managed to beat Malmo according to the expectations of the majority of us with a score of 2-0.

[Baki202]

You can’t just look down on Arsenal like that not to be a competent team enough in the champions league. They may have failed to go far last season but their performance in the premier league and the little they’ve done in the champions league is enough for them to be one of the worthy teams in this year’s champions league competition. They may have no experience but even last year, they may have gathered some experience already and if they can, they can always improve for the better this season. No team should be underrated this early when the champions league competition has not even began yet. Arsenal and Liverpool are suppose to be a worthy team in the champions league this season but until the season starts, I’ll continue to have much hope in them.

I would have said the same thing about arsenal because for two season now they have been able to lose the trophy at the tip of their finger last season was even worst because they had all the chances they can get to actually win but they were unable to win, their performance in the premier league, they did not play any serious game during the champions league we are just waiting for arsenal to actually do well and the only way they get an acknowledgement from is when they are able to win the premier that is when i can actually say that they have done well. am trying to understand by what you mean by worthy team did they win anything because the only thing that counts is not more winning a trophy any other thing is not an achievement to me so we need something to signify that you success and arsenal as nothing to show so they should keep trying their luck they might get it right one day, if they keep pressuring, because that is one thing that matters a lot is consistency if they can keep up they might be able to win something for their self.  

[Raflesia]

There are three games to be played today:

- Galatasaray - Young Boys
- Salzburg - Dynamo Kyiv
- Sparta Prague - Malmo

Young boys, Salzburg and Sparta Praha have all qualified for the Champions League play offs and for Salzburg and Sparta Praha I think it's a foregone conclusion but for Galatasaray it's quite regrettable as I expected a lot from them in the second leg but in the end they had to accept the fact that Young Boys' strategy was much better than theirs in today's match.
However, it was a very good match where both teams did not stop buying and selling attacks from start to finish even though in the few minutes before the match entered the crucial time there was a little incident that in the end apart from Galatasaray who had to lose they also lost their goalkeeper because of a red card. However, despite the incidents that occurred, this match was really worth watching.

[red4slash]

The new format will now be interesting but I'm not sure any English club will be able to compete for trophies other than Manchester City.
For the previous few seasons Liverpool could still do that but for now I want to relax my expectations for Liverpool because although they at the beginning of the domestic competition they played very well but in the end there are still doubts for Arne slot in this regard.

Liverpool can play well in the champions league as they have a history of winning. It is the same history that is helping real madrid to always be the team winning every time too. Liverpool already has 6 champions league therefore they can win more with or without a stronger team. Let say Real Madrid and Liverpool meets at the champions league final, Real Madrid might still win them as they have a better squad but it isn't going to be easy for Real Madrid as how it would had been when they hey meet a smaller team as Arsenal. Arsenal aren't a champions league team as they do not have any experience or heritage in the champions league.

Still, it also doesn't have a big impact because experience is only a support for how they convince themselves mentally but what happens now is still what is shown is performance and for this time I still have to see how Slot can do it or not considering that currently Liverpool are certainly still in the transition phase of changing coaches which could have more impact on them in terms of performance in the end even though in domestic competitions in the first few matches Slot did well.

Last time Liverpool won in the 2018/19 season and lost the final afterwards in Klopp's heyday at Liverpool and Klopp also needed a few seasons of trying before finding a good formula and this season I think I'm still quite rational if in the end there are still a few doubts about Slot in all the competitions he has with Liverpool.

[kizilhare]

Galatasaray played very bad football and was rightfully eliminated from the Championship League.
Young Boys Team played smart football.
If they had wanted to, they could have scored two or even a third goal.
Galatasaray will continue on its way from the UEFA Europa League.

[ginsan]

Still, it also doesn't have a big impact because experience is only a support for how they convince themselves mentally but what happens now is still what is shown is performance and for this time I still have to see how Slot can do it or not considering that currently Liverpool are certainly still in the transition phase of changing coaches which could have more impact on them in terms of performance in the end even though in domestic competitions in the first few matches Slot did well.

Last time Liverpool won in the 2018/19 season and lost the final afterwards in Klopp's heyday at Liverpool and Klopp also needed a few seasons of trying before finding a good formula and this season I think I'm still quite rational if in the end there are still a few doubts about Slot in all the competitions he has with Liverpool.

So far, Arne Slot's performance with Liverpool is quite good because he managed to bring victory to Liverpool. But talking about the Champions League, of course Arne Slot doesn't have much experience like Pep or Ancelotti, but I don't think that's a big problem for him because Arne Slot has many quality players and is also experienced in the Champions League. Arne Slot's performance has certainly stolen a lot of attention because this season, of course, the competition in the EPL or UCL is so fierce.

Of course, in the Champions League, the teams that are quite tough right now are Real Madrid and Manchester City, so other teams need great concentration to be able to beat them. For Liverpool, they have Salah and I think he will be able to bring victory in important matches for them in the Champions League. Kloop has also been very impressed with Liverpool's progress so far because he thinks Slot has succeeded in continuing Liverpool's good performance this season.

[Mame89]

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?

The Champions League is back, baby. Everyone is also staring at Real Madrid. Back-to-back titles? No one's done it in ages, but if anyone can, it's Los Blancos. They're the kings of Europe for a reason. Man City's seems dangerous, without doubt. Guardiola has them operating perfectly. But let's be real, the Champions League is a different beast. Liverpool? They pose a constant danger.  Never count them out; and Bayern? They are Bayern. Constant as hell. Yet at the end of the day, it's Real Madrid's trophy. They possess the experience, the aptitude, the hunger. Rest of Europe is competing for second place

When discussing the Champions League, it cannot be that the name of Real Madrid does not come, the Champions League seems incomplete without Real Madrid. However, in such a big tournament, it is normal for a strong team to have a big rival every season. We consider Manchester City as favorites for the Champions League, but Real Madrid are our top picks. Apart from these two teams, many times other teams are doing very well in the Champions League and they are playing till the finals. The season before the last one ended, Real Madrid exited in the semi-finals as well as Inter Milan played in the Champions League final in that season, even though we considered Real Madrid as the favourites. I won't worry about anything exceptional this season but I will say that Real Madrid Manchester City can do better than these two teams.

Of course because Real Madrid is the most successful club in the Champions League and the biggest in the world. Although many say that Man City's game is better than Real Madrid's, that's true. Real Madrid does not have a distinctive game, sometimes possession of the ball, sometimes counter, sometimes it's not clear how to play. But for some reason Real Madrid has 'something', let's call it mentality. Although there are no old players, the mentality of each player emerges by itself, Real Madrid is indeed extraordinary. Whoever the player is on the team, must have a champion mentality and lift the trophy. This is something that other teams, including Man City and Barcelona, ​​​​do not have. Because, every player who joins Real Madrid, must feel an extraordinary sensation compared to joining another club.

This season, many football observers put Man City in first place in the fight for the Champions League trophy and Real Madrid in second place. But I personally still put Real Madrid in first place because Real Madrid plays an important game, the end result is that they do not prioritize beautiful play, that is the hallmark of Real Madrid. Not always playing well and dominantly but more efficient in taking advantage of opportunities.

[MK-74]

Galatasaray was eliminated. They played very badly tonight, we watched a disgraceful team. Okan Buruk could not prepare the team.
I think the first 11 selection is very wrong, there is no game with such a first 11.
We lost a huge income.
Barış Alper, Kerem, Köhn, Jelert were very bad tonight, either sell them or send them to another team.

[JohnCena45]

Favourites would be Real Madrid but I think Manchester City

[pawel7777]

I guess we won't see any Turkish teams in the Champions League this season. First, Fenerbahce got eliminated by Lille, and today Galatasaray failed to win against the Swiss champions, Young Boys.
As much as Lille is a strong team from the top of the French league, one of the strongest in Europe, you would expect more from Galatasaray against YB. Galatasaray dominated the league last season, scoring an impressive 102 points, but tonight, they were unable to do anything and the game must've been a disappointment for the Turkish fans.
Something bad happened to Turkish football over the recent years, it could be that due to tough economic situation in the country (high inflation and all that) clubs got poorer and can't attract or retain talented players.

[Dzwaafu11]

Liverpool can play well in the champions league as they have a history of winning. It is the same history that is helping real madrid to always be the team winning every time too. Liverpool already has 6 champions league therefore they can win more with or without a stronger team. Let say Real Madrid and Liverpool meets at the champions league final, Real Madrid might still win them as they have a better squad but it isn't going to be easy for Real Madrid as how it would had been when they hey meet a smaller team as Arsenal. Arsenal aren't a champions league team as they do not have any experience or heritage in the champions league.

Me and you know that Arsenal is not as poor as you think because their failure to go far in the Champions League last season does not mean they are not good or that they are not a team in the Champions League. Arsenal's failure last season was because they were more focused on the Premier League than any other league in which they were participating. But I think this season is going to be something different. I’m expecting Arsenal to be at the top this season. Let’s watch and see.