UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season

[Pokapoka124]

There are some games we don't need to talk about, like the Bayern Munich game that ended 9-2. I wonder what the visitors was even doing last night in that game, 9 goals was served to the Zagrab team and one would think it's a club friendly game with that amount of goals, now Bayern Munich are flexing their muscles on teams that are below their standard but we won't see such scores against team like PSG, Madrid or even Barcelona e.t.c, well it was the biggest win last night. Tonight we might not be seeing any high scoreline but a more competitive game with much draws.

Although I expected a good win margin but not up to nine goals. In my stake I placed my bet on over 3.5 goals to be scored in the match but Bayern Munich exceeded my expectations and thrashed Dinamo Zagreb nine goals to two…..a scoreline similar to 8:2 trashing of Barcelona in the champions league some years back. Vincent Kompany is doing a good job with the current players in his possession especially Musiala and Oliseh who are in superb form this season.

[ajanwalker]

Barcelona had 10 men left in the 10th minute of the match, with the first half ending 1-1. Eric Garcia received a red card. Monaco made the score 1-0 6 minutes after this goal. Barcelona made the score 1-1 with Yamal in the 28th minute.
Barcelona is constantly using offside tactics due to the negative situation of remaining with 10 men. Monaco scored in one of these offside tactics, but the goal was canceled because the position was offside.
If Monaco players find a solution to this tactic, they will easily score a goal or goals. Barça has difficulty moving the ball forward because it has 10 men.

[Minor Miner]

UEFA Champions League is competitive. Aggressive attack triggered by Bayer Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso knows his roots and familiar with oppositions he faced in the UEFA Champions League. Bayer Leverkusen heavily thrashed Feyenoord as if they were no opposing threat for them. We understand the moving momentum of Leverkusen in this particular game. Mounting all pressuring actions in the first half which led to them scoring 4 clean goals and in the second half, a bit of distant features was shared. The home team managed to apply defensive style towards the visitors.

Leverkusen lost one match in the Bundesliga. For this, the group has faced a lot of criticism. And many have said that the Leverkusen side will not be able to continue this season's dominance like last season. But in the last match in the Bundesliga, Leverkusen's players performed very well. And in the Champions League matches, we saw very good gameplay from the Leverkusen players.

Today's match was Feyenoord's home match. However, Feyenoord's players could not make any advantage against Leverkusen. Feyenoord's players attacked a lot in the first half, but they couldn't break Leverkusen's defense. Even in the first half, Feyenoord fell behind with a big margin of 4-0. After that, the team could not make a comeback in the second half. We saw defensive gameplay from both teams in the second half. The Leverkusen team were happy to win 4-0.

[Hyphen(-)]

Barcelona's game will not be optimal if they lack 1 player, maybe they will be a little depressed by Monaco because they take advantage of the situation where Barcelona is lacking in attack and defense.
As far as possible, it must balance the game, otherwise Barcelona will be left behind in the second half.

But there is still a chance for Barcelona to win, they have some great players in them although a little lacking because of the red card.
Flick will probably make a defensive strategy again in the second half and they may rely on counterattacks.

Barcelona can have good chance of wining this match if they were able to strengthen their defense because they use the only good chance they had well and it turns out to be a goal after receiving red card.
Hensi Flick should look for way to stop the Monaco attackers from penetrating into their their box if not it will not end well for Barcelona because Monaco attackers are doing very well just that Embollo is losing more chances, else they would have scored above two goals in the first half.

Arsenal game is another game to be looking at in the second half, the home team Atalanta did very well in the first half, they dominated the game completely, but Arsenal’s solid defense helped them maintain the pressure which I think of care is not taken will fail in the second half because Atalanta team in general is doing everything to win the match.

[Ahli38]

Monaco really had a good start, getting the first goal and Barcelona receiving a red card ♦️..I was so sure that it was over for them but with some good team effort Yamal rescued a goal back for Barca to tie the game going at the break and if they can play their cards right..maybe they can go back home 3 points but a point is technically a good option at the moment.

Elsewhere, am keeping tabs on the Atlanta Vs Arsenal game, and so far I think these guys are playing with plenty of mutual respect for each other and this game looks like we heading to a bore draw. Not cool Gunners 👎

The first round has now ended. And ending the first half with a draw is not bad. It seems that the Barcelona players have a very strong mentality this season. And I'm starting to like how Hansi Flick manages the Barcelona squad. Because it was proven that Barcelona seemed to still be playing with great confidence even though they were only playing with 10 players. I think Flick has succeeded in building the mentality of the players at Barcelona very well. I'm now curious whether Barcelona will defend more in the second half or they will use the same strategy as in the first half. Maybe relying on counterattacks for the second half would be much better. because Barcelona also still has to maintain their defense very well because they currently lack the number of players.

I didn't watch the Atalanta vs Arsenal match, but it can be seen from the match statistics that it turned out to be quite boring. They still want to play safely and carefully. But I understand Arteta will do it. Because several of Arsenal's mainstay players are currently unable to play. So Arteta will try to avoid defeat as much as possible here.

[Baki202]

Finally, Barcelona managed to get one goal back against Monaco even though they only played with 10 players. This proves that Barcelona would actually be much better if they could play with 11 players. Unfortunately, now they have to live out the remaining time in this match, which of course is still very long with only 10 players. But in the second half Hansi Flick might apply a slightly different strategy. but even though Barcelona played with 10 players. Currently we still see Barcelona playing quite aggressively. Especially in the way they build attacks. It's just that it looks quite hard to do. Because when Monaco counterattacks we always see Barcelona's defense becoming very overwhelmed. In fact, just now Monaco also put the ball back into Barcelona's goal. Luckily it wasn't a valid goal because the Monaco players were in an offside position when they did it.

When I saw Barcelona against Monaco I thought it is going to be a brush through for Barcelona but the game is not even going well for Barcelona, and for Monaco to even score Barcelona first shows that they are not backing down for them, and now that Barcelona is one man down is going to affect their performance throughout this game, no matter how strong your club is the moment you are down by one man you will find it hard to stabilize your performance, no matter the strategy that flick is going to be using it will not turn out well except if they will be playing a defense game and if their I to much concentration of the defense then the pressure will also increase let's see what Barcelona is up to when they come back for the second half, if they will be able to manage till the end of the game.

This red card is going to affect their formation no how they want to do it, as far as Eric is out they might replan to see if they can balance things up I don't know why I have so much doubt that Barcelona will get away with this one the conditions at which they are have changed the out come of the came, the number of shots coming from Monaco is more than that of Barcelona and that is what they will focus on now and don't be surprised that they will score a second goal.

[Uruhara]

Well it won't be easy at all for Barcelona. And it seems like the two teams from Laliga today weren't lucky enough. Because currently Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are both 1 goal behind their opponents in the first half.

But I am grateful that as I write this Barcelona has managed to equalize the score at 1-1. Thanks to a goal from talented young player Lamine Yamal. I don't think Barcelona will give up on their unfortunate situation of having to play with only 10 players after Eric Garcia was sent off.

Barcelona's game will not be optimal if they lack 1 player, maybe they will be a little depressed by Monaco because they take advantage of the situation where Barcelona is lacking in attack and defense.
As far as possible, it must balance the game, otherwise Barcelona will be left behind in the second half.

But there is still a chance for Barcelona to win, they have some great players in them although a little lacking because of the red card.
Flick will probably make a defensive strategy again in the second half and they may rely on counterattacks.

There is still a chance for Barcelona to win this match even though it will be very difficult because they can only rely on 10 players. but seeing how they responded to the goal in the first half, they should have been able to score again in the second half.

Apart from Barcelona who managed to equalize the score in the first half. It turns out that Atletico Madrid also managed to do the same thing by equalizing the score at 1-1 in the match against Leipzig.

So the temporary scores for the 4 matches currently taking place are as follows

- Brest vs Sturm (score 1-1 in the first half)
- Atalanta vs Arsenal (score 0-0 in the first half)
- Atletico Madrid vs Leipzig (score 1-1 in the first half)
- Monaco vs Barcelona (score 1-1 in the first half)

[rugrats]

Arsenal game is another game to be looking at in the second half, the home team Atalanta did very well in the first half, they dominated the game completely, but Arsenal’s solid defense helped them maintain the pressure which I think of care is not taken will fail in the second half because Atalanta team in general is doing everything to win the match.

I am disgusted by this match. Both teams played defensively in the first half. I didn't see any tendency to score in the first half from the players of the home team Atalanta. Atalanta's players managed to make only 2 shots in the first half. On the other hand, although the Arsenal players made a few attacks, Arsenal could not break Atalanta's defense in the first half. Arsenal will definitely need to step up their attack in the second half if they are to take full points from this match.

Coach Arteta must change the match strategy in the second half. And of course the speed of the attack should be increased. Arsenal team is lucky enough in this match. Monaco failed to score from a penalty chance in the 51st minute. If Monaco can somehow score the first goal of this match, then it will be more difficult for Arsenal players to break Monaco's defense.

[Egii Nna]

With Monaco in front and one man down for Barcelona, I think it will not be easy for Barcelona on the night.

Well it won't be easy at all for Barcelona. And it seems like the two teams from Laliga today weren't lucky enough. Because currently Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are both 1 goal behind their opponents in the first half.

But I am grateful that as I write this Barcelona has managed to equalize the score at 1-1. Thanks to a goal from talented young player Lamine Yamal. I don't think Barcelona will give up on their unfortunate situation of having to play with only 10 players after Eric Garcia was sent off.

Barcelona's game will not be optimal if they lack 1 player, maybe they will be a little depressed by Monaco because they take advantage of the situation where Barcelona is lacking in attack and defense.
As far as possible, it must balance the game, otherwise Barcelona will be left behind in the second half.

But there is still a chance for Barcelona to win, they have some great players in them although a little lacking because of the red card.
Flick will probably make a defensive strategy again in the second half and they may rely on counterattacks.

The game will not be a good one for Barcelona because playing 10 players will not be so easy for them, but at least they try and score even without 1 player; it is almost to halftime, and their performance is still good even though the game is trying to be so hard for them, but still, I also have potential in them that they will win the game or end the game on a draw because Monaco are really playing even though Barcelona is far better than them this season, but still, I have no doubt on Barcelona, but we don’t yet know what will happen in the second half as the first time has already come to an end with still a draw score. 

[Spaceman1000$]

The Leverkusen match was very impressive in the first half, Xabi Alonso prepared his players quite well, we know that what Leverkusen excel at is aggressive attack and that was shown again in this match, in the first half they pocketed many goals that were targeted, and Feyenoord was not ready for that situation so they could not keep up with Leverkusen in the first half, and the second half Feyenoord realized what they had to do to maintain their position and Bayer Leverkusen in the second half was to play relaxed and more to defend themselves, seen from the midfielders they were also not too aggressive like the first half to attack.

UEFA Champions League is competitive. Aggressive attack triggered by Bayer Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso knows his roots and familiar with oppositions he faced in the UEFA Champions League. Bayer Leverkusen heavily thrashed Feyenoord as if they were no opposing threat for them. We understand the moving momentum of Leverkusen in this particular game. Mounting all pressuring actions in the first half which led to them scoring 4 clean goals and in the second half, a bit of distant features was shared. The home team managed to apply defensive style towards the visitors.

Leverkusen met a lesser opponent compared to them if we are to check the standard of Bayern Leverkusen, and looking at it critically feyenoord were not too much of a threat and those numbers of goals confirmed it. Don't forget that this is a Leverkusen side that won the German League and they also played the last Europa league finals with Atalanta though they lost. I'm looking at them coming second or top of that group because they have the capacity.

As for saw xabi alonso, we all saw him in his playing days, how good he was as a midfielder, his CV is filled with experience when it comes to European football and he has also shown his coaching prowess with Leverkusen.

[iBaba]

I hope that Barcelona will not allow the red card given to them affect their mentality because it will reflect in their performance. However, I see that they are able to contain it because it was after the red card that they could still equalize the goal.

They should be more careful in the second half and find a way in which they can use to win the match and not allow Monaco to defeat them if not it will be a bad start for them this season.

That will definitely affect the club, aside from the fact that the red card will bring about a minus in the first 11 of the club, I have also noticed that Barcelona doesn't really have much back up squad to boast of. Garcias red card is a threat to the club's chances of winning and continuing their unbeaten winning streak, as practiced in their league.

Second half is going to be rough for the Barcelona team, most definitely. Monaco has already shown the readiness to win this match, if not for anything, to prove it to Barca that they can hold them tight and that the first win wasn't just by a mere luck.

[Moreno233]

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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.

The match between Monaco and Barcelona is expected to be intense. Both teams have started their seasons well, but Barcelona seems to have the upper hand. The Catalans are delivering strong performances with a series of victories in La Liga, especially with standout players like Yamal and Lewandowski, though Olmo will miss the game due to injury. Monaco has also had a solid start in Ligue 1, remaining undefeated. However, Barcelona's form suggests they are ready to fight for wins in every match. My prediction is a 2-1 victory for Barcelona.

I did not expect the match to turn out the way it is going, a situation where Monaco have to score first before Barcelona. Even in terms of play, Monaco is relaxed and playing great football, missing more chances than Barcelona and even putting the defense line of Barcelona under intense pressures. Even though Barcelona is one man down, they would have still been able to play as though they were complete since they are the favorite side. Unfortunately, they seem to be aiming to end the match in a draw so they could finish Monaco off in Camp Nou.

[Tmoonz]

Atlanta vs Arsenal match has apparently turned to be more like that of Manchester City and inter Milan game yesterday, the both teams are performing very well but finding it very difficult to shake the net, am very curious which team is going home victorious or is it going to just end a goaless draw just like that of Manchester City and inter Milan yesterday game. But however, I wasn't expecting less performance form both teams on today's match considering the fact that they are also doing very well even at their local leagues. It is already second half of the game and it is still at goaless draw, am waiting patiently for the full time result.

[CryptoBuds]

I hope that Barcelona will not allow the red card given to them affect their mentality because it will reflect in their performance. However, I see that they are able to contain it because it was after the red card that they could still equalize the goal.
They should be more careful in the second half and find a way in which they can use to win the match and not allow Monaco to defeat them if not it will be a bad start for them this season.

That will definitely affect the club, aside from the fact that the red card will bring about a minus in the first 11 of the club, I have also noticed that Barcelona doesn't really have much back up squad to boast of. Garcias red card is a threat to the club's chances of winning and continuing their unbeaten winning streak, as practiced in their league.

Second half is going to be rough for the Barcelona team, most definitely. Monaco has already shown the readiness to win this match, if not for anything, to prove it to Barca that they can hold them tight and that the first win wasn't just by a mere luck.

The scenario of the match changed completely after the referee showed Garcia a red card. Monaco is not a weak team. With 10 players, it will naturally be a tough task for Barcelona to beat Monaco in their home match. And Monaco managed to take the lead early in the match. However, Barcelona was able to equalize the match with Yamal's excellent goal. However, in the second half, it was more difficult for Barcelona's defenders to resist Monaco's attacks.

Since Barcelona are playing with 10 players, naturally Barcelona have to play with some defensive tactics. Barcelona players are not able to attack much. However, Barcelona players continued to try to score. Both Barcelona and Monaco are playing well. I would say both teams still have equal chances to win.

[kawetsriyanto]

Barcelona had 10 men left in the 10th minute of the match, with the first half ending 1-1. Eric Garcia received a red card. Monaco made the score 1-0 6 minutes after this goal. Barcelona made the score 1-1 with Yamal in the 28th minute.
Barcelona is constantly using offside tactics due to the negative situation of remaining with 10 men. Monaco scored in one of these offside tactics, but the goal was canceled because the position was offside.
If Monaco players find a solution to this tactic, they will easily score a goal or goals. Barça has difficulty moving the ball forward because it has 10 men.

It is very unfortunate that Barcelona player got a red card. Barcelona only played with 10 players now. However, it is cool that they still could equalize the score with 10 players only. Again, Yamal showed his great contribution by scoring a goal in the first half of the match. But Monaco looks dominating the game, they won the ball possessions and made many shot attempts. If Barcelona doesn't change their tactics, I think it is difficult to win the match with 10 players. I hope Barcelona won't apply offside-trap tactic anymore, this is too risky for them now. Barcelona needs to optimize their attacking from wingers. This is the only way to make more shot attempts.

I'm very sure Barcelona players can deal with this situation. They actually have more quality players. But they must be more patient now because they need to prioritize their defense first. They can't too focus in attacking now. With 10 players only, it is impossible to control the match. Barcelona only can try to steal goals by using a counter-attack strategy.

[Leviathan.007]

The match between Manchester City and Inter in the Champions League was a draw. Although many here bet on Manchester City and they lost, this match was a very competitive game between the two teams which resulted in neither team scoring. However, as the match was a draw here, those who won according to the betting odds got a good profit. Between Inter vs Manchester City I initially thought Manchester City would win well but they tied the match. I'm really surprised by the betting tips for the two teams playing at full time that a strong team like Manchester City couldn't get the win. In 1x2 the betting difference between the two teams was huge so here most gamblers lost their bets as most people were in favor of Manchester City.

It was a competitive tough match yesterday. The both teams really played impressively with all forces to score but was obvious that they both experiences hard times to score which ended the match goaless.

Haaland fans was really expecting he would deliver his team since he isa good goal scorers but the pitch did not favour the famous player while his anti fans mocks at him that he is being overrated and only has influences only when his teams are playing with the undergo. Lol.
Indeed sentiments in the game of football.

it was a good match which was very close and didn't give much entertainment but I expected exactly this result and nothing more, Pep Guardiola takes home a point and is satisfied with his Manchester City's performance against an excellent Inter Inzagni also seems to be satisfied, it's still an excellent result against a team that could potentially win the champions

This is not the best result that I was expecting to see last night from Manchester City because they have had a better start this season not like Inter Milan who didn't start this season in a good form considering the number of matches they have played in their domestic league and the points they have gathered from there. The first half of the game was very boring because there was no signs of goal and Manchester City weren't playing like a team that wanted to win the game so the entertainment part of it wasn't found, coming to the second half when the game was supposed to get more tough Inter Milan was able to play a very solid defense without collecting a single card.

Pep Guardiola will be disappointed at his boys for not registering a goal not minding the team they played against but for the Inter Milan team I believe Inzagni should be happy of course it is not easy to record a draw against a team like Manchester City from away.

Guardiola couldn't beat Inter Milan this time and they tried to win this match while Guardiola tried to use Halaand to score a goal but Inter Milan was man-marking this player. Even Guardiola started complaining about Inter Milan because he said Inter Milan was all defending during this match while I think with a little luck Inter Milan could beat Manchester City last night because they had much more goal opportunities than Manchester City.
I think the best players in this game were Yann Sommer and Taremi in Inter Milan thy had perfect performance.

     

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Though its half time already, but I will really love send a big shout-out to Bayer Leverkusen for coming up with such an impressive performance today, winning Feyenoord with a whooping 4 goals to Nill within it's first 45 minutes into the game through the help of F. Wirtz, Grimaldo and Wellenreuther,, as with this performance, it's a clear sign this game is likely to end with more goals before the end of 90 minutes just like the match between Manchester United and Barnsle, which ended with 7 goals to Nill, as I look forward to more goals as second half begins.

Leverkusen's performance in their first Champions League game was impressive, with a 4-0 victory thanks to Xabi Alonso. They should continue to win games like this to achieve their goals. While some may predict a draw or a 1-0 win, Leverkusen's four zeros in the first half have given them confidence.

Yes, and most especially the first goal scored by Wirtz  at 5 minutes into the game, must have gingered their morale, wanting to attack more while they play a defensive game, but when it comes to the second half, I could observed they did play a more defensive game with less attack unlike they did in the first half.

Let see what arsenal will perform tonight against Atalanta because this is the touch game that will play today,
 

It's 63 minutes already into the game against Arsenal vs Atalanta, and yet both team still playing goal-less, which seems to be a very tough match for Arsenal today, as Atalanta is seen to have a better stand in today's game, likewise having the most ball possession, defensive play and more attack, if could have given them a goal if not that Retegui just lost the penalty kick opportunity they had at 51 minutes into the game. So judging from the recent performance, it's obvious this game is likely to end draw.

[Jatiluhung]

Barcelona had 10 men left in the 10th minute of the match, with the first half ending 1-1. Eric Garcia received a red card. Monaco made the score 1-0 6 minutes after this goal. Barcelona made the score 1-1 with Yamal in the 28th minute.
Barcelona is constantly using offside tactics due to the negative situation of remaining with 10 men. Monaco scored in one of these offside tactics, but the goal was canceled because the position was offside.
If Monaco players find a solution to this tactic, they will easily score a goal or goals. Barça has difficulty moving the ball forward because it has 10 men.

Monaco has players with excellent individual skills. This is quite impressive and always makes Barcelona difficult. But so far in the second half we can still see that Barcelona is doing well. And even when Barcelona builds an attack we can still see that Barcelona can still almost penetrate Monaco's defense. So I think Barcelona's hope of not losing this match is quite big. It's just that it might be quite difficult if Barcelona had to win this match by relying on only 10 players. but if Barcelona manages to win this match with only 10 players then I think Barcelona will get huge appreciation from everyone, even from their opponents. And Hansi Flick would definitely be proud of the squad he has built in this short time.

[Pokapoka124]

But let's be honest, Manchester City players are not big game players because if you look at the game Manchester City played against Inter Milan it looks like the game of Real Madrid against Manchester City, Inter Milan uses the pattern of Real Madrid to play against Manchester City, inter Milan play a defensive game and that is what Real Madrid used to defeat Manchester city in the champion league last season, I have said it before that any team that wants to defeat Manchester city is going to use Real Madrid pattern to play the game and defend well, and about Haaland, we all know that Haaland is not a big game player that can score goals like he uses to do in the premier league.

Yes Manchester City are well organized and strong when they attack but compared to Inter Milan, they are weaker defensively. After meeting City in the 2022 champions league final, I believe Inter Milan have understood this fact about Manchester City and came prepared. Inter Milan used defensive tactics to stop Manchester City from scoring while they also attack and try to score against City but they could not also find the net.

[eightdots]

There are some games we don't need to talk about, like the Bayern Munich game that ended 9-2. I wonder what the visitors was even doing last night in that game, 9 goals was served to the Zagrab team and one would think it's a club friendly game with that amount of goals, now Bayern Munich are flexing their muscles on teams that are below their standard but we won't see such scores against team like PSG, Madrid or even Barcelona e.t.c, well it was the biggest win last night. Tonight we might not be seeing any high scoreline but a more competitive game with much draws.

Although I expected a good win margin but not up to nine goals. In my stake I placed my bet on over 3.5 goals to be scored in the match but Bayern Munich exceeded my expectations and thrashed Dinamo Zagreb nine goals to two…..a scoreline similar to 8:2 trashing of Barcelona in the champions league some years back. Vincent Kompany is doing a good job with the current players in his possession especially Musiala and Oliseh who are in superb form this season.

I don't like such crushing victories against weak teams. You can be a very good team and the opponent can be a very weak team, but I don't think it's right to underestimate the opponent by scoring 9 goals. Bayern, especially in the Champions League, haven't been able to get the results they want lately, especially when they play against a team at their level. After seeing the opponent's condition, I think they shouldn't score so many goals in such matches. They should save their strength for teams at their level.

When the strengths are not equal, I think putting too much pressure on the opponent is not in line with the beauty of football. It would be better to spend time passing the ball after gaining the score advantage than to score 9 goals against the opponent.