UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[ibuddy122505]

I got very bored while watching the Manchester City - Inter match truthfully. Not even watching a goal was very disappointing.    Inter have such a strong defense that they just don't concede a goal. I was expecting Haaland to be ineffective in this match. I'm not gonna lie about it.    Because he is just disappearing in big matches.

This wasn't the performance of a top contender in a competition like the Champions League. Manchester City really need to get better. I know it is early of course but it is better to take precautions in time.

They have 2-3 more fierce opponents to face in this phase such as Juventus, PSG and maybe more as far as I can remember.

Haaland struggles in big matches and often disappears against top teams. His performance in big games hasn't improved and continues against Inter Milan.
Inter Milan has a strong defense, and defense is key to winning championships. It seems like that’s Inter Milan's motto.
Man City will face tougher opponents ahead. They need to improve, or their season could be challenging both in Europe and in the league.

[Republikcoin.com]

Haaland struggles in big matches and often disappears against top teams. His performance in big games hasn't improved and continues against Inter Milan.
Inter Milan has a strong defense, and defense is key to winning championships. It seems like that’s Inter Milan's motto.
Man City will face tougher opponents ahead. They need to improve, or their season could be challenging both in Europe and in the league.

In addition to better defense, Inter Milan also needs to improve their attack when facing big teams like Manchester City and others because if a team is only able to defend better, they will also concede goals from their opponents even though only by a small amount. And for Manchester City, of course they also need a little evaluation before returning to the match this weekend because the opponent they will face this weekend is also a strong candidate in their domestic league this season, namely Arsenal, who is currently right below Manchester City in the League table.

[rahmad2nd]

Atalanta vs Arsenal.

This match seems quite interesting, Atalanta is a team that was a Europa League finalist last season. Now, Gian Piero Gasperini's squad will host Arsenal at Gewiss Stadium, Atalanta's home base. Meanwhile, Arsenal, this is their second season back competing in the Champions League. Of course, Arteta has more attention for this season. However, even though Atalanta's performance is not that good, it is not an easy job for Araenal to defeat them. To be honest, I don't really know the Atalanta players, but some of them will be absent from this match, whether they are important players or not. In Arsenal's camp, Odegaard's absence is very important for their midfield. Apart from being the team captain, he is a smart midfielder. Arsenal's odds are quite good at @1.85, while the home team is at @4.20. Obviously, I choose Arsenal even though they won't play full core players.


Monaco vs Barcelona.

Monaco has performed quite well in their domestic league, they have not been defeated in their 4 matches. In this match, Monaco will host Barcelona at Stade Luis, Monaco's home ground. Barcelona, ​​will certainly not play Olmo due to injury. Lately, Olmo has been in the spotlight when his debut with Barcelona immediately played well. Instead, Flick might play Torres. I'm sure Flick will aim for victory over Monaco, so he will definitely continue to apply the same system and pattern. Appearing with an attacking pattern throughout the match, providing high pressing. I'm not sure if Monaco will play openly, because that will make it easier for Hansi Flick's system to work. Based on the betting exchange, Barca is more favored and that's natural. However, this is a new match for Barcelona's young players. Even so, Barca still has a great chance of winning this match. My prediction, a score of 3-0 victory for Barcelona. btw, my two favorite teams play at the same time, it's really confusing to watch which one.

[Upgrade00]

Haaland struggles in big matches and often disappears against top teams. His performance in big games hasn't improved and continues against Inter Milan.

What do you classify as a big match? He has scored against every opponent he has faced in the Premier League and lots on the list are big opponents. I understand that people want to find a flaw in his game, but he's an almost perfect striker.

Looking forward to watching the revitalized Barcelona today. Flick is really doing a good job with the boys and the Champions League has eluded the New Camp for 9 year now, so lots of focus will be on bringing that trophy home.

[Docnaster]

looking at the UEFA Champions League fixtures of today, I think there are three games that are more interesting than others.

 Last season UEFA Europa League winners Atalanta host Arsenal

 Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid welcome German club RB Leipzig

 Current Spanish La Liga leaders Barcelona travel to Monaco

 Personally, I feel Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are going to get wins in their games while Arsenal might either get a win or go home with a point from their own game. I will want to know your takes on these crucial games as well as your predictions

[snipie]

Haaland struggles in big matches and often disappears against top teams. His performance in big games hasn't improved and continues against Inter Milan.

What do you classify as a big match? He has scored against every opponent he has faced in the league and lots on the list are big opponents. I understand that people want to find a flaw in his game, but he's an almost perfect striker.

Looking forward to watching the revitalized Barcelona today. Flick is really doing a good job with the boys and the Champions League has eluded the New Camp for 9 year now, so lots of focus will be on bringing that trophy home.

Barcelona has another great news: they are no longer the unfortunate team that got beaten by Bayern Munich by 8 points since Dinamo Zagreb was knocked by 9 in UEFA Champions League
Barcelona will play today vs Monaco. This French team isn't well, even when playing home. Any result other than a clear victory will be shameful for Barcelona.
I saw some talks about Manchester City and Inter. It is true City failed to win and Haaland didn't score but this has not a big impact on the team. At the opposite, it will boost them further.

[pawel7777]

So here we are, the last day of the first round of the new, group stage.
Here are the odds for today's games:



The most interesting match for the most is probably Monaco Vs Barcelona, but personally, I'm more interested in Atalanta Vs Arsenal. Atalanta might not be doing that great in the Serie A (9th place after 4 rounds, 2 wins and 2 losses), but they've won the Europa League cup last season, so should not be underestimated, especially when playing at home.

[Justbillywitt]

I got very bored while watching the Manchester City - Inter match truthfully. Not even watching a goal was very disappointing.    Inter have such a strong defense that they just don't concede a goal. I was expecting Haaland to be ineffective in this match. I'm not gonna lie about it.    Because he is just disappearing in big matches.

This wasn't the performance of a top contender in a competition like the Champions League. Manchester City really need to get better. I know it is early of course but it is better to take precautions in time.

They have 2-3 more fierce opponents to face in this phase such as Juventus, PSG and maybe more as far as I can remember.

Haaland struggles in big matches and often disappears against top teams. His performance in big games hasn't improved and continues against Inter Milan.
Inter Milan has a strong defense, and defense is key to winning championships. It seems like that’s Inter Milan's motto.
Man City will face tougher opponents ahead. They need to improve, or their season could be challenging both in Europe and in the league.

With the way Inter Milan players were marking Haaland it would have been difficult for him to score. Haaland has always been making his contribution to the Manchester city team. I won't actually say that Haaland usually disappear in big games. In the premier league where he play his football, he has almost scored all the teams there. And he has been scoring in Manchester city big matches. If it happened that he couldn't score a goal yesterday because of the nature of the team the played against, I won't criticize him. He has been in good for since the season opener. If luck didn't go his way yesterday, he is not to be blamed. Draw is not that bad besides there are still many games to be played. Manchester city will definitely make it to the round of 16.

[Jossque]

Bologna drew 0-0 at home against Shakthar. Bologna had a good performance against their opponents but struggled to find the goal. Shakthar failed to capitalize on a penalty in the 4th minute. Other than that, he didn't get into many positions.
Sparta Prague, on the other hand, had a comfortable win at home, defeating Salzburg 3-0. Salzburg are one of the experienced teams in the Champions League and obviously would not have lost to Sparta Prague if they had the strength of their old squad. They are one of the teams that are losing strength over time. Sparta Prague got an important win. Even though they didn't play much with the ball, they managed to score.

[Palakka]

Atalanta vs Arsenal.

This match seems quite interesting, Atalanta is a team that was a Europa League finalist last season. Now, Gian Piero Gasperini's squad will host Arsenal at Gewiss Stadium, Atalanta's home base. Meanwhile, Arsenal, this is their second season back competing in the Champions League. Of course, Arteta has more attention for this season. However, even though Atalanta's performance is not that good, it is not an easy job for Araenal to defeat them. To be honest, I don't really know the Atalanta players, but some of them will be absent from this match, whether they are important players or not. In Arsenal's camp, Odegaard's absence is very important for their midfield. Apart from being the team captain, he is a smart midfielder. Arsenal's odds are quite good at @1.85, while the home team is at @4.20. Obviously, I choose Arsenal even though they won't play full core players.


Monaco vs Barcelona.

Monaco has performed quite well in their domestic league, they have not been defeated in their 4 matches. In this match, Monaco will host Barcelona at Stade Luis, Monaco's home ground. Barcelona, ​​will certainly not play Olmo due to injury. Lately, Olmo has been in the spotlight when his debut with Barcelona immediately played well. Instead, Flick might play Torres. I'm sure Flick will aim for victory over Monaco, so he will definitely continue to apply the same system and pattern. Appearing with an attacking pattern throughout the match, providing high pressing. I'm not sure if Monaco will play openly, because that will make it easier for Hansi Flick's system to work. Based on the betting exchange, Barca is more favored and that's natural. However, this is a new match for Barcelona's young players. Even so, Barca still has a great chance of winning this match. My prediction, a score of 3-0 victory for Barcelona. btw, my two favorite teams play at the same time, it's really confusing to watch which one.

Arsenal and Atalanta will be an interesting match for us to watch, I don't see any other match that brings together two teams that are balanced at the moment so indeed the match between Atalanta vs Arsenal will be the main match today, so far Arsenal has a bad record when facing the Italian team and we remember how Napoli,  Milan and Roma have destroyed them when playing in Italy, the performance and bad record still cannot be broken by Arsenal to this day, but looking at the performance and ability of the two teams at the moment it is of course difficult to guess who will win the match later, Atalanta who last season managed to win the Europa League trophy of course has a very big ambition to maintain their performance in European competitions and Arsenal should be aware atalanta strength today.

Although Atalanta have started the season poorly in the league this season but Arteta cannot underestimate Atalanta in the match, because thier often perform spartan when playing at home, I think there is no other option at the moment for Arteta to field the reserve squad given some of their injured players, but Declan Rice which playing in today match will certainly give Arsenal fans a bit of hope to see their midfieldcan strong and solid again.
My prediction is that one of the two teams will win the match with a narrow score of 1-0 or 2-1.

[Akbarkoe]

looking at the UEFA Champions League fixtures of today, I think there are three games that are more interesting than others.

 Last season UEFA Europa League winners Atalanta host Arsenal

 Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid welcome German club RB Leipzig

 Current Spanish La Liga leaders Barcelona travel to Monaco

 Personally, I feel Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are going to get wins in their games while Arsenal might either get a win or go home with a point from their own game. I will want to know your takes on these crucial games as well as your predictions

For the Arsenal vs Atalanta match I also think that Arsenal will definitely get a victory, even though Atalanta winners of the Europa League last season and have a good match last season can not be compared with Arsenal which is very consistent in my opinion, in terms of quality I see Arsenal is superior to Atalanta , Arteta holding the power in this match I am quite confident of that, but Atalanta, although not a favorite in the match, they are the under dog team that always gives a surprise to his opponents, I hope that does not happen in this match.

Whereas my Atletico Madrid vs Leipzig match is quite difficult to see always here, we know that in five matches in La Liga Atletico Madrid is quite good and is in second place after Barcelona because it has not suffered defeat, as well as Leipzig who is in good performance is most likely This match will end in a draw, when speaking of Barcelona vs. Monaco we can certainly predict this battle with Barcelona's victory, so far Barcelona is a very good team, Hansi Flick will get his first victory in the Champions League.

[pawel7777]

Haaland struggles in big matches and often disappears against top teams. His performance in big games hasn't improved and continues against Inter Milan.
(...)

Isn't this true for every striker? The tougher the opponent is, the better their defence is and you have fewer chances and are less likely to score.
He only had one chance in the Inter match, but was active and wasn't doing anything wrong.
You can't expect him to score hattricks in games like that one.

He scored 9 goals in 4 league games, I wouldn't worry about his form just yet.

[ndutndut]

Haaland struggles in big matches and often disappears against top teams. His performance in big games hasn't improved and continues against Inter Milan.
Inter Milan has a strong defense, and defense is key to winning championships. It seems like that’s Inter Milan's motto.
Man City will face tougher opponents ahead. They need to improve, or their season could be challenging both in Europe and in the league.

The result of this match was very surprising because no goals were scored by both teams. Man City as the favorite team to win the UCL league must immediately recover after getting a draw that lost two points, they must immediately make improvements to improve their performance. In the second match of the UCL league, Man City will get an easy opponent. I think that match will be a turning point for Man City to achieve a big win so that their confidence will rise again.

In this match, Haaland could not score because of Simone Inzaghi's brilliant strategy in this match, which hampered the supply of the ball to Haaland. Inzaghi deserves appreciation because his strategy in this match was very interesting. The change of player positions was so fluid, their attacks were also fast which made Man City also have to focus on defense, and flexibility with or without the ball. The defense was tight and neat, the counterattack was also very good so that it made Man City players frustrated to break down Inter's defense. Barella in midfield also performed very well, it was amazing that there were players who could cover Rodri's performance. A point at Man City's home plus a clean sheet is a great achievement for Inter.

[hyudien]

Haaland struggles in big matches and often disappears against top teams. His performance in big games hasn't improved and continues against Inter Milan.

What do you classify as a big match? He has scored against every opponent he has faced in the Premier League and lots on the list are big opponents. I understand that people want to find a flaw in his game, but he's an almost perfect striker.

Looking forward to watching the revitalized Barcelona today. Flick is really doing a good job with the boys and the Champions League has eluded the New Camp for 9 year now, so lots of focus will be on bringing that trophy home.

I said he seems to easily create goals in the Premier League but when he is in the Champions League, he seems to lose his game. Either because he gets very tight guarding or mentally he is not fully formed. In the previous season he was very good in the Premier League, but when he was in the Champions League, his ability seemed to disappear. I don't know if this is just my feeling or maybe it really happened. In big matches in the Champions League especially, when they face a balanced team, unlike in the Premier League he can even be the difference with the goals he managed to create. Pep Guardiola must polish a little so that his goal productivity is the same when he is in a different competition.

[asriloni]

I got very bored while watching the Manchester City - Inter match truthfully. Not even watching a goal was very disappointing.    Inter have such a strong defense that they just don't concede a goal. I was expecting Haaland to be ineffective in this match. I'm not gonna lie about it.    Because he is just disappearing in big matches.

This wasn't the performance of a top contender in a competition like the Champions League. Manchester City really need to get better. I know it is early of course but it is better to take precautions in time.

They have 2-3 more fierce opponents to face in this phase such as Juventus, PSG and maybe more as far as I can remember.

Haaland was always shining when City faced a weak opponent. But this is kinda different once they have a strong club as their opponent, such as Inter milan.

Inter Milan has figured out how to stop Haaland. Two defenders were always marking him. His teammates were unable to feed him. He rarely got a good chance in this game. It's hard for him to find free space when their opponent knew very well about the way he moved. There isn't a solution, but he can create free space for his teammates to shoot.

And i think a draw isn’t a bad result for City, considering Inter was their toughest opponent in the group stage.

[Cityhunter34]

I got very bored while watching the Manchester City - Inter match truthfully. Not even watching a goal was very disappointing.    Inter have such a strong defense that they just don't concede a goal. I was expecting Haaland to be ineffective in this match. I'm not gonna lie about it.    Because he is just disappearing in big matches.

This wasn't the performance of a top contender in a competition like the Champions League. Manchester City really need to get better. I know it is early of course but it is better to take precautions in time.

They have 2-3 more fierce opponents to face in this phase such as Juventus, PSG and maybe more as far as I can remember.

Manchester City did there best they could do in there match against Inter-milan, Inter-milan is not just a team to write home about they have been playing in the UEFA Champions league for long now, we shouldn't also be expecting  Erling Haaland to be scoring in all the matches and besides Inter-milan defense also did very well in that game to make sure Manchester City had no goal and this is the first time both teams are playing goal less draw for in there last 3 meeting in the UEFA Champions league there has been a winning a goal. Manchester City has won two time against Inter-milan in the UEFA Champions league while Inter-milan where able to win one time.

To be honest with you Manchester city performance yesterday was not really impressive at all after using there full squad in the match they still end up in playing draw with Inter Milan, the most annoing part was the game was on there home ground they could not be able to win a team like Inter Milan in there first UEFA Champions league of the season I was very surprised about the results yesterday Because the two running game I bet day before yesterday have play finish, it was remaining only PSG and Manchester city yesterday and I was very sure about Manchester city due to good performance it was even PSG that I was even Scared of but at last they were able to won Girona by 1 goal. though Manchester city that I was very sure of finally Curt the slip sometimes football can be unpredictable.

[Jossque]

Celtic scored 5 goals at home. It was an easy win for Celtic who had no trouble finding goals against Bratislava. Celtic started the second half of the match with a goal after the first half ended 1-0.
Borussia Dortmund won 3-0 away against Club Brugge. After a scoreless first half, Dortmund increased their pressure towards the end of the match in the second half and scored 3 goals in the last 15 minutes.

[hahay]

Haaland struggles in big matches and often disappears against top teams. His performance in big games hasn't improved and continues against Inter Milan.
(...)

Isn't this true for every striker? The tougher the opponent is, the better their defence is and you have fewer chances and are less likely to score.
He only had one chance in the Inter match, but was active and wasn't doing anything wrong.
You can't expect him to score hattricks in games like that one.

He scored 9 goals in 4 league games, I wouldn't worry about his form just yet.

If it happens only once or twice it may not matter, because Haaland has been very often getting deadlocked when playing in big or important matches and of course, it is a very unfortunate result because it has happened so often. Indeed, Haaland is still very good in the Premier League which is also likely to be at the top of the list of top scorers there but unfortunately, for important matches Haaland is quite often unable to do anything to create opportunities and to make shots.

Unlike other great strikers, although in one or two matches they get stuck, but for other important matches they are still able to make goals or just contribute to making movements to create opportunities. What's more, Manchester City are also playing at home and they should be able to score even if it's just one goal. But indeed, apart from that, of course, there are still many opportunities for Manchester United to win in the next matches.

[punk.zink]

Celtic scored 5 goals at home. It was an easy win for Celtic who had no trouble finding goals against Bratislava. Celtic started the second half of the match with a goal after the first half ended 1-0.
Borussia Dortmund won 3-0 away against Club Brugge. After a scoreless first half, Dortmund increased their pressure towards the end of the match in the second half and scored 3 goals in the last 15 minutes.

I saw a match between Borussia Dortmund and Club Brugge, and I think it was quite an exciting match. Dortmund indeed dominated the course of the match, even though they played as guests in this match. But Club Brugge was not without a fight at all, even because of their tight defense, it took a long time for Dortmund to get their first goal. Besides that, Brugge also had several good chances which could have resulted in goals, but unfortunately, they were not good at finishing touch.

[Swordsoffreedom]

The Leverkusen side lost their Bundesliga match against Leipzig, but they are in great form. The team won the last match against Hoffenheim with a margin of 4-1. And I was very surprised by Leverkusen's performance against Feyenoord in today's match. I thought we would get a chance to enjoy a competitive match. But from the start of the match, we can only see the dominance of Leverkusen in this match. Although the match is Feyenoord's home match, Leverkusen's players are dominating.

Leverkusen scored the first goal in the first minute of the match. And Leverkusen scored their third goal in the 36th minute. Florian scored 2 goals and Grimaldo scored one. The interesting thing is that Leverkusen's players have been able to make only 4 shots so far. They managed to score in three of them. Feyenoord's defense is very weak. This is why the team will lose badly in today's match.