UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Coin_info]

I don't even count PSG among the only clubs that I've seen that are performing well now they are Arsenal and Bayern Munich, and with the way they are committed, they have every chance to go to the finals, because Arsenal and Bayern are in form. going to the finals should not even be a problem for them.

It will be a bigger game if both teams meet again. Arsenal may not be so dominating this time, it will be a tougher game with Bayern making sure not to fail tactically twice?

I do not know if that can happen? Can anyone say. Also how is the table like, is it the higher your position is on the table, the better the opportunity of you meeting a weaker team in the next stage?

[tbterryboy]

Honestly I didn't expect much from Barcelona, we don't underestimate their strength but somehow for various reasons their performance is poor and inconsistent. Barcelona will probably qualify for the next stage it's just that I don't think they can go any further, because I see there are many other teams that have better potential. So far we can see the top 8 teams in the standings and 4 of them are favorites such as PSG, Arsenal, Munich and 1 team that has not been confirmed. Do you think any of these teams will go to the finals?

Barcelona is surely unstable right now this is going to be problem for them with this performance no one expecting them to have any good result in this season most chances they could be able to have quarterfinal spot because they are falling down.

Still 3 rounds left just because of this any prediction is not easy changes can happen few teams are having good competitiveness this is increasing problems for teams those are having injuries or lack of creativity Barcelona is surely always team to watch, but their recent results are not creating positive impression about their future in this season. UEFA Champions League is always had surprises but recently few teams are having results these are giving them good chance of staying into good level and keep things on balance.

[Queen uloma]

They need to work more on teamwork, they have a good team and they don't know how to exploit it.
They certainly played really badly, they lost disastrously, we can't deny that in front of 4 goals conceded.
But to say that they are not capable is wrong in my opinion.

In short, Liverpool are playing terribly and it is no coincidence that an ultimatum has been presented to the manager: if he doesn't win two games, he'll be fired.

So I'd say he's quite incompetent, it's not a question of team play, he just lacks an organic vision of the game.

You're correct, In this season Liverpool are not showing any seriousness, they lack focus and poor finishing that's why they have miss many opportunities to score goal, they don't even have a winning mentality, there performance are too poor, and am not sure if they can be able to meetup this season,  they need to promote teamwork, their midfielders are really trying but the other players need to work hard for the next match that's coming up, so Liverpool need to wake up.

[@nn@_pen9]

Football does not remain stable in the hands of one team that is why no team wins a trophy all the time. Barcelona as a team is experiencing same changes just like Liverpool and Manchester United are also suffering the same thing now. Manchester City suffered the sane thing earlier this season but it looks like they have overcame the situation, although they have not gotten as strong as they used to be. Every trying times for the club always pass that is why I believe that Barcelona will overcome their challenges and become strong again.

Yes, that's right, one team can't always dominate every season, it's a seasonal game, so different teams perform well at different times. Especially in these matches, Liverpool and Manchester City have been performing quite poorly in this new season, and are slowly falling towards the bottom of the points table, they are not able to move up. They lose to weaker teams, they fail to attack the field, the defenders are inattentive, due to which Manchester City and Liverpool are not able to win and many gamblers have lost their money by betting on these two teams.

Every great team has experienced what Manchester City has. This is football, anything can happen. I think in this case, Leverkusen coach Kasper Hjulmand managed to see Manchester City's weaknesses and gave direction to all the players. That hope really came and of course was utilized well and scored a goal. I think Manchester City is still better than Liverpool, I think in this case, Guardiola will definitely improve as soon as possible so that in the future it will not happen again. In the match next week, it seems that Manchester City will be difficult to get points in the match again because they will face Real Madrid at their home. What do you think in next week's match between Real Madrid vs Manchester City, will City be able to win or draw in the upcoming match?

[stompix]

Friendly reminder to everyone that thinks the current table means anything!!!!!

PSG has finished the 2024 league stage with 3 defeats and has been placed 15th by the end of the 8-match stage!
Liverpool has finished 1st with only one defeat and has been knocked out ...by PSG!
The current results are meaningless for the next stage, PSG was beaten by Arsenal in the league, again, knocked them out in the next stage.

Trying to pick the champion right now is meaningless!

[harapan]

What's really wrong with Barcelona? They're so strong in La Liga and competing closely with Real Madrid for the title, but when they play in the Champions League, their performance is actually not good, not only is it difficult to face big teams, they also struggle to beat small teams even though the composition of Barcelona's players this season is not different from last season. But I believe that Hansi Flick will be able to improve Barcelona's performance in the Champions League, especially with many core players who have recovered from injuries, especially the presence of Pedri who has a very influential impact on Barcelona's game. If Hansi Flick can restore Barcelona's performance to last season, then their chances of reaching the semifinals or even the Champions League final are very big.

Their problem is Yamal , he talks too much before game and at the end he make no impact, after putting the whole team under pressure. That's why they are under performancing in champions League this season, last season they played as a team and achieved so much in the champions league. I think it's high time the management call him to order, he should do the talking on the field not on social media, his post is really affecting his performance, because he's also putting himself under pressure. I enjoyed Barcelona game last season than what am seeing now, if not that Real Madrid lost some important matches,they would have top Barcelona with high margin in the league too. It's crazy that Barcelona is not among top 10 in the champions League this season so far, a club like Barcelona with an experienced coach, it's an inward problem they have, the coach can fix it before it will be too late.

The problem can not be Lamine Yamal not even his post match comments are the problem, Barcelona have not just clicked the way they are supposed to do this season. Injured players and important players absent and lack of fitness on the pitch has caused the loss. Araujo is another player who should be blamed for his decisions against Chelsea. Lack of Pedri to help De Jong detect game play has also been a huge factor. The best thing to say now is congratulations to Chelsea, if Chelsea were so good, they should have won against Bayern Munich  

[Catenaccio]

The problem can not be Lamine Yamal not even his post match comments are the problem, Barcelona have not just clicked the way they are supposed to do this season. Injured players and important players absent and lack of fitness on the pitch has caused the loss. Araujo is another player who should be blamed for his decisions against Chelsea. Lack of Pedri to help De Jong detect game play has also been a huge factor. The best thing to say now is congratulations to Chelsea, if Chelsea were so good, they should have won against Bayern Munich  

Barcelona must be careful on how they use Yamal as it can affect their club performances in this season while the player must take care of his body and his career better. He is young but already shown lack of professionalism and his body begins to show more sensitiveness to injuries. By trying to play for Barcelona and Spain while the injury still exists, he faces with more risk of more severe injuries and even risk of missing World Cup 2026 next summer.

The World Cup is important for Yamal after he won Euro 2024 with Spain but looking forward the future, his career can be damaged by injuries if are not treated well and given enough time for fully recoveries.

[Plaguedeath]

Their problem is Yamal , he talks too much before game and at the end he make no impact, after putting the whole team under pressure. That's why they are under performancing in champions League this season, last season they played as a team and achieved so much in the champions league. I think it's high time the management call him to order, he should do the talking on the field not on social media, his post is really affecting his performance, because he's also putting himself under pressure. I enjoyed Barcelona game last season than what am seeing now, if not that Real Madrid lost some important matches,they would have top Barcelona with high margin in the league too. It's crazy that Barcelona is not among top 10 in the champions League this season so far, a club like Barcelona with an experienced coach, it's an inward problem they have, the coach can fix it before it will be too late.

Really? Yamal was the best performance player in this match, he was the only one player who have more than 7.0 points over his teammates who below 7.0. Even though Yamal talk too much before the game, but he able to show who're him actually.

Barcelona aren't good in this match, but Araujo should be blame because he make Barcelona getting harder to win.

I think it's the time to sell Araujo, it's no longer surprising to see him making big mistake in important match.

[Obari]

Really? Yamal was the best performance player in this match, he was the only one player who have more than 7.0 points over his teammates who below 7.0. Even though Yamal talk too much before the game, but he able to show who're him actually.

Barcelona aren't good in this match, but Araujo should be blame because he make Barcelona getting harder to win.

I think it's the time to sell Araujo, it's no longer surprising to see him making big mistake in important match.

This is what you're going to do? To pour all blame on Araujo? He did made unwise decision when he decided to confront the referee and blame him for not awarding a foul ball for Barcelona but things got a little bit tense when the referee issued a yellow card to Araujo and that clueless, unimportant tackle towards Cucurella was totally unacceptable and got his second yellow card, he was sent off immediately because such display doesn't align with the rule of the game.

While for Lamine Yamal, he's slowly getting tagged as Instagram player who talks online and end up not turning up for big games. Lamine Yamal changed entirely and this was not the version we spotted him previous season, where he won games for Barcelona and there's everything wrong for the spaniard this season. Every opposing right or left back plans seriously to pocket Lamine Yamal and there's absolutely preventing and muting Lamine all through the game. We talked about Paris Saint-Germain game this season, Nuno Mendes pocketed Yamal, about the El Classico where Alvaro Carreras pocketed him the whole game and now we watched Marc Cucurella for Chelsea doing the exact same thing. Check this games played, Lamine Yamal have put himself under pressure following posts made and also the club in complete jeopardy. Lamine Yamal should studied his behavior and worked essentially on change because the new version of him is not prospering.

[Rampagoe004]

Barcelona performance still looks unstable when facing big teams, they were able to score 8 goals in two La Liga matches against Celta Vigo and Athletic Club, but when they were in the Champions League, their performance was not as expected. In the previous match when they also almost lost against Club Brugge, fortunately Tzolis own goal saved them from defeat. Although the defeat to Chelsea does not really affect Barcelona's chances of qualifying for the round of 16, I also doubt they can reach the quarter-finals or semifinals.

I also think Barcelona will struggle to advance further in the Champions League, as their heavy defeat at home to Chelsea has shown that Barcelona isn't truly strong when it comes to Champions League competition. Barcelona's performance in La Liga, however, is slightly different because the teams they face in La Liga are less strong, making Barcelona's performance appear more impressive, even though there are still shortcomings and still need to be improved in several areas, especially their own defense.

In the Champions League competition, Barcelona has not been at its highest level and the defeat at Chelsea's home was beyond our expectations, even though Chelsea is currently in its best game, in that match Barcelona played very badly so they could not score a single goal in that match, but in the league Barcelona performed very well in two matches and won, so currently there are still many things that the coach must overhaul in the Champions League competition so that they can win, as you said in the Barcelona defense area there really needs to be a replacement and conceding in the Champions was indeed a big mistake.

[Hanadawa]

What's really wrong with Barcelona? They're so strong in La Liga and competing closely with Real Madrid for the title, but when they play in the Champions League, their performance is actually not good,-snip-

I think Barcelona's biggest weakness this season is their defense. Barcelona often uses a high defensive line, leaving huge gaps at the back when it doesn't work well. They used the same tactic last season, but perhaps this season opponents have begun to discover how to defeat Barcelona's high defensive line. You can see that against Club Brugge, where Barcelona conceded three goals. In the match against Chelsea, they also conceded a goal from a through ball that bypassed the Barcelona defense.

[Dreadboost]

 
Barcelona must be careful on how they use Yamal as it can affect their club performances in this season while the player must take care of his body and his career better. He is young but already shown lack of professionalism and his body begins to show more sensitiveness to injuries.
The World Cup is important for Yamal after he won Euro 2024 with Spain but looking forward the future, his career can be damaged by injuries if are not treated well and given enough time for fully recoveries.

He is still a young boy, and has multiple more world cups to play.

Lamin Yamal has not play for over 3 matches when he was on injury, I don't think they are using him too much.
Injury is a normal thing in football, all good and young players are open to injuries (Ie saka, ekituke, Estevao etc) and Lamin Yamal is no exception. Lamin Yamal is Young and he needs more experience so playing in this manner is even good for him.

[Velvet78]

I think Barcelona's biggest weakness this season is their defense. Barcelona often uses a high defensive line, leaving huge gaps at the back when it doesn't work well. They used the same tactic last season, but perhaps this season opponents have begun to discover how to defeat Barcelona's high defensive line. You can see that against Club Brugge, where Barcelona conceded three goals. In the match against Chelsea, they also conceded a goal from a through ball that bypassed the Barcelona defense.

Hansi Flick should really think of a solution about this. Indeed their main problem is defending now. They have conceded more than Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid so far. But thanks to their high-scoring they are still a serious title contender.

When it comes to the Champions League, we have a horrible look. 12 goals scored but 10 conceded. This is too much! It isn't that they have horrible defenders in general. It is mostly because of their defending style. Building your line on the front that much always carries risks... 

[Mehmet69]

I think Barcelona's biggest weakness this season is their defense. Barcelona often uses a high defensive line, leaving huge gaps at the back when it doesn't work well. They used the same tactic last season, but perhaps this season opponents have begun to discover how to defeat Barcelona's high defensive line. You can see that against Club Brugge, where Barcelona conceded three goals. In the match against Chelsea, they also conceded a goal from a through ball that bypassed the Barcelona defense.

Injuries to players are Barcelona's biggest weakness this season. There is nothing to strategize against Barcelona's high defensive line. The injured players knew exactly what to do when. If a team has 5 to 8 players injured, it is natural that the strength of that team decreases. But despite that, Barca is performing quite well.

[Dump3er]

I think Barcelona's biggest weakness this season is their defense. Barcelona often uses a high defensive line, leaving huge gaps at the back when it doesn't work well. They used the same tactic last season, but perhaps this season opponents have begun to discover how to defeat Barcelona's high defensive line. You can see that against Club Brugge, where Barcelona conceded three goals. In the match against Chelsea, they also conceded a goal from a through ball that bypassed the Barcelona defense.

Injuries to players are Barcelona's biggest weakness this season. There is nothing to strategize against Barcelona's high defensive line. The injured players knew exactly what to do when. If a team has 5 to 8 players injured, it is natural that the strength of that team decreases. But despite that, Barca is performing quite well.

It is the biggest weakness to every team when important players gets injured, but you mean that so far it has been more acute for Barcelona than it has been for others? I haven't looked into this more thoroughly, you could be right, but you can see that key players like Yamal make the difference when they are there and can play with optimal health, and it makes a profound negative difference when they are not there.

It must be seen how long others will get along without major injuries. It could hit all of them. Barcelona is still not lost in any way, a few games have been bad now but the are still right into it in the CL and in La Liga.

[Frankolala]

Barcelona performance still looks unstable when facing big teams, they were able to score 8 goals in two La Liga matches against Celta Vigo and Athletic Club, but when they were in the Champions League, their performance was not as expected. In the previous match when they also almost lost against Club Brugge, fortunately Tzolis own goal saved them from defeat. Although the defeat to Chelsea does not really affect Barcelona's chances of qualifying for the round of 16, I also doubt they can reach the quarter-finals or semifinals.

I also think Barcelona will struggle to advance further in the Champions League, as their heavy defeat at home to Chelsea has shown that Barcelona isn't truly strong when it comes to Champions League competition. Barcelona's performance in La Liga, however, is slightly different because the teams they face in La Liga are less strong, making Barcelona's performance appear more impressive, even though there are still shortcomings and still need to be improved in several areas, especially their own defense.

Barcelona played with ten men which led to their defeat. Assuming, there was no red card in that match we might have seen a different outcome entirely. However, Barcelona looks strong in Laliga and not in UCL because there are a lot of strong clubs all over Europe present in the competition. I believe that they will qualify to the round of 16.

[Jewan420]

Barcelona played with ten men which led to their defeat. Assuming, there was no red card in that match we might have seen a different outcome entirely. However, Barcelona looks strong in Laliga and not in UCL because there are a lot of strong clubs all over Europe present in the competition. I believe that they will qualify to the round of 16.

We shouldn't make such excuses. Barcelona were 1-0 down to Chelsea before the red card. They couldn't even get the ball in front of Chelsea's goal in the first half. So don't try to save Barcelona with the red card. Chelsea are devastating when they find momentum from the start of the match, as we saw in the FIFA Club World Cup final against PSG. If Barcelona hadn't received the red card, they could have tried to make a comeback in the second half, but it wouldn't have worked. Forget the past, I don't doubt Barcelona's qualification for the round of 16. They will probably be able to win all their next matches. Because now they will have to fight against relatively weaker teams.

[Adams0001]

Barcelona performance still looks unstable when facing big teams, they were able to score 8 goals in two La Liga matches against Celta Vigo and Athletic Club, but when they were in the Champions League, their performance was not as expected. In the previous match when they also almost lost against Club Brugge, fortunately Tzolis own goal saved them from defeat. Although the defeat to Chelsea does not really affect Barcelona's chances of qualifying for the round of 16, I also doubt they can reach the quarter-finals or semifinals.

I also think Barcelona will struggle to advance further in the Champions League, as their heavy defeat at home to Chelsea has shown that Barcelona isn't truly strong when it comes to Champions League competition. Barcelona's performance in La Liga, however, is slightly different because the teams they face in La Liga are less strong, making Barcelona's performance appear more impressive, even though there are still shortcomings and still need to be improved in several areas, especially their own defense.

Barcelona are strong in the laliga competition because the club in the competition are not that strong and that is why when Barcelona are playing league you will think they are in good shap thing they comes to Champions League and you will see they are struggling to win matches i think since when they defeated Newcastle they have not get any three point again. Flick need to perform more better when is playing Champions League because currently they are in number 15th in the table they need to do well if they want to qualify automatically in the group stage without playing any playoffs.

[obuoma]

Barcelona performance still looks unstable when facing big teams, they were able to score 8 goals in two La Liga matches against Celta Vigo and Athletic Club, but when they were in the Champions League, their performance was not as expected. In the previous match when they also almost lost against Club Brugge, fortunately Tzolis own goal saved them from defeat. Although the defeat to Chelsea does not really affect Barcelona's chances of qualifying for the round of 16, I also doubt they can reach the quarter-finals or semifinals.

I also think Barcelona will struggle to advance further in the Champions League, as their heavy defeat at home to Chelsea has shown that Barcelona isn't truly strong when it comes to Champions League competition. Barcelona's performance in La Liga, however, is slightly different because the teams they face in La Liga are less strong, making Barcelona's performance appear more impressive, even though there are still shortcomings and still need to be improved in several areas, especially their own defense.

Barcelona have a clean route to qualification. Their next three matches are with teams they can beat. They will be playing Eintracht Frankfurt, Slavia Praha   and FC København, none of these teams will be able to stop Barcelona from winning. When Barcelona plays with their full squad, I do have confidence in them because they don't pity any team that they are better than. Hopefully they will play with their complete team in those champions league matches. Barcelona will surely qualify for the next round, I'm not worried for them.

[Jegileman]

Barcelona have a clean route to qualification. Their next three matches are with teams they can beat. They will be playing Eintracht Frankfurt, Slavia Praha   and FC København, none of these teams will be able to stop Barcelona from winning. When Barcelona plays with their full squad, I do have confidence in them because they don't pity any team that they are better than. Hopefully they will play with their complete team in those champions league matches. Barcelona will surely qualify for the next round, I'm not worried for them.

We all have confidence in Barcelona when they play with their full team in the remaining three matches, I don’t think even an injury crisis for the team can cause them to fail to advance and beat this teams in the remaining matches left for them to be played. They have come so well in this competition haven won most of their earliest games in the competition and heading towards the next round. Their last match against Chelsea won’t be much cause of an alarm, because they still stand a good chance to qualify for the next round.

You're correct, In this season Liverpool are not showing any seriousness, they lack focus and poor finishing that's why they have miss many opportunities to score goal, they don't even have a winning mentality, there performance are too poor, and am not sure if they can be able to meetup this season,  they need to promote teamwork, their midfielders are really trying but the other players need to work hard for the next match that's coming up, so Liverpool need to wake up.

Liverpools condition is the one that remains very dangerous for them going forward in the champions league and this poor form has also span to their performance in the premier league which really makes them be more vulnerable in their upcoming games as well. Every team has their bad times during the season but I never thought that Liverpool will stay this far without being able to level up their gameplay and be the best in the competitions they’re participating in. I hope they get to perform better before everything gets too late for them.