UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Spaceman1000$]

Arsenal will make a big difference this time around that will shock football fans ,an impressive performance that will lead them to winning the English premier League and the UEFA Chiampions trophy precisely Mikel Arteta and his team Finished well in the last UEFA Chiampions league and were also close to winning the EPL trophy last 2 seasons but couldn't finished it better and I think Mikel Arteta have figured out a way of closing those lapses that was dragging the team backwards. Alot of expensive signings have been made to further strengthen and improve the performance of the team. I also think one of the reasons that slowed  Arsenal performance in the previous season was injuries on their side,some of Arsenal key players were badly injured at a very critical time. Now that Mikel Arteta have done a lot of signings for Arsenal, I am also confident that Arsenal will now perform more better than last seasons.

That is something I do expect them to do, but one of those. Either they will win premier league, or they will win UCL, it is already incredibly rare for teams to win both of them at the same time, and even rarer for teams to do it first time ever. Arsenal probably never won premier league and UCL at the same time in their history, not sure if that's correct but that's what I know, so being able to do it on their first try would be near impossible.

Arteta needs to make a choice, will they go for UCL? Or will they go for EPL? Depending on his answer, he needs to rest players accordingly. Obviously many prefer to win UCL over EPL because UCL is more global, but he may still need to reconsider what is realistic for the team he has.

I don't know if Arteta can win both the Champions League and the premier League in one season, this is football some of this scenarios cannot be predicted but however, the Arsenal team we've seen for the last two seasons is definitely different from what we will be seen from next season, I don't know the kind of mixture Arteta wants to have with this crop of new players he has been signing since the opening of the Transfer window, but I just believe his about to mess up his tactics and not getting right, I might be wrong though but then am not seeing a clear part to which he can still give us the performance has been given for past two seasons with this new guys.

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Arsenal made remarkable performance last season in the Champions League, it's not easy to reach the Semi finals despite the strong teams they met so for the fact that they have strengthened their squad with the arrival of Viktor Gyokeres and some other players, I believe that they will still perform as they did last season and probably reach the finals this time. The premier league has six teams so am hoping that one of them will reach the finals because if none of them could reach the finals it will be so bad so am anticipating either Arsenal, Manchester City or Liverpool to reach the finals.

I remember last season when a certain player arrived a team and the expectations blew out of proportion in that the arrival of that player did felt like the saving grace for that team and most persons did expected they were going to win the champions league and possibly other trophies including their domestic league trophy but we saw how it ended,  Gyokeres is a very good striker who's presence in that team sends a strong message to opponents but slowing down on the expectations now will not be a bad idea because he will still need time to blend in and so it may not produce quick results as we expect so soon, but it can still happen actually,  either ways let us slow down with the expectations because of gyokeres.

[AYOBA]

Arsenal made remarkable performance last season in the Champions League, it's not easy to reach the Semi finals despite the strong teams they met so for the fact that they have strengthened their squad with the arrival of Viktor Gyokeres and some other players, I believe that they will still perform as they did last season and probably reach the finals this time. The premier league has six teams so am hoping that one of them will reach the finals because if none of them could reach the finals it will be so bad so am anticipating either Arsenal, Manchester City or Liverpool to reach the finals.

I believe that nobody will deny the fact of how great Arsenal's performances were last season in the Champions League. In fact, many people did not expectthat Arsenal would make it to the semi-final last season because some set of people were saying that Arsenal did not have more Champions League experience players that may have made them perform and make it to the semi-final or final. Seriously, Arsenal really did well in the Premier League and in the Champions League last season, and from my observation of Arsenal for, like, two seasons now, Arsenal is always making progress in the Champions League.

I think if I am not mistaken, Arsenal was disqualified in the quarterfinal in the last two seasons, and last season Arsenal reached the semifinal. That shows that Arsenal is always progressing every season. So now with Arsenal's great new signing, I am expecting more improvements from Arsenal next season in all competitions, especially in the Champions League. It was a striker everyone was thinking that Arsenal lacked, and now they have gotten the great striker.

 In fact, with Viktor Gyokeresi, Arsenal has no problems in the front line now, so most of their wasted chances will likely be converted. As a fan of an English team, you will likely wish for a team from the Premier League to be the one to win the Champions League, despite those also in other leagues who may also be seeing their teams as the best in the league and begging for the best teams.

[Obari]

Take a careful look at Arsenal's performance in the last three seasons and tell yourself the truth is Arsenal wouldn't have lifted at least one major trophy if they had a striker that could score up to 30 goals. That's the reason why I strongly believe that Victor Gyokeres' arrival will significantly increase Arsenal's chances of winning a trophy next season. Despite finishing 2nd in the English Premier League for the last three seasons, I've never considered a major title contender like think they are now that Gyokeres have joined the team. For UCL, I think they'll probably have a better campaign that what we saw last season.

The UEFA Champions League is an elite league for big games, only the strongs do survives. Arsenal have been competitive and objective towards winning matches, there's every possible means to explore greatness for Gunners this season. Arsenal new attacker, Viktor Gyökeres is a goal machine in Porto FC, I hope he exerts more goals in his new league. Let's give Arsenal more time to build up and know their stand in the English Premier League.

[Publictalk792]

Arsenal made remarkable performance last season in the Champions League, it's not easy to reach the Semi finals despite the strong teams they met so for the fact that they have strengthened their squad with the arrival of Viktor Gyokeres and some other players, I believe that they will still perform as they did last season and probably reach the finals this time. The premier league has six teams so am hoping that one of them will reach the finals because if none of them could reach the finals it will be so bad so am anticipating either Arsenal, Manchester City or Liverpool to reach the finals.

Arsenal had good run in Champions League last season but they did not make it to semi finals. Bayern Munich knocked them out in quarter finals. Still it was much better performance than in past seasons and it is exciting to see what they can achieve with their new stronger team.
Premier League teams always aim to do well in Champions League. With strong teams like Arsenal Manchester City and Liverpool all competing it is very likely that one of them will go far in tournament. We will have to wait and see how new players and team affect their performance this season.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

And I'm sure the target isn't the Champions League trophy. Let's face it realistically: Arsenal haven't won a title in a long time, and the Champions League is very elusive. Their top priority is, of course, the Premier League, although they will still be focused on the Champions League.
Arsenal is a strong team with overall strength across all departments, but that's not enough to win a title, especially since they haven't been able to maintain consistency. That's been Arteta's unfinished business for the past two or three seasons.

With Arsenal spending heavily on recruiting players this season, it's impossible for them not to aim for the Champions League trophy. In terms of chances and opportunities, I agree that it's still very difficult for Arsenal. The Premier League is indeed a priority, and this would be Arsenal's fourth season without success if they fail again, and Arteta will certainly be working hard to achieve that. Especially in the Champions League, Arsenal will face a tougher challenge this season, as several other top teams have also made changes by bringing in new players, making the competition even tighter.

[bitcoin_mining]

What if at the middle of the season some of arsenal key players starts getting injuries, Arsenal will perform well but at some point they will start losing games to that's how some past seasons has been for them and i don't believe there will be any improvement this season.

Arsenal should focus on how they can win FA Cup or Carling cup instead of focusing much on winning the English premier league and the UEFA Champions league this season this can just happened it is possible they can win the English premier league but not the UEFA Champions league.

Arsenal's starting XI is strong enough but their bench players are always weak. They may think that those who are in the starting XI only have to be good but if more than one player in this starting XI gets injured and if weaker players are put on the field instead of those injured players, then the team's plan and performance on the field will be messed up. This season, Arsenal should have appointed some good quality players on the bench so that the manager gets good support later and there is no obstacle for the team to move forward. If the best five teams in the Champions League are selected this season, then Arsenal should be included in these five teams but if their club has injury problems, then they will not be able to finish the season with the expected results.

[tygeade]

It sounds a bit odd for Arsenal to have good players but not target the Champions League.
But if Arsenal's focus is on the Champions League, the club will certainly struggle to win the Premier League.
I think this is a problem that Arsenal should prioritize, as they haven't won a trophy in so long, and now is the time to try to focus on specific matches.
In my opinion, Arsenal should actually focus on the Champions League, which is more prestigious than the Premier League title.

While that is true that Arsenal "could" win UCL, and they should aim at that with such good squad of players, they haven't won Premier league in a long time, and for the three years they were second place, so that makes them feel more fire and ambition towards premier league. It is not about "if", because if we look at "if" they can win, then yeah, there is a chance or possibility that they can win, but that doesn't change the fact that they are going to make that much more money.

So, we need to improve what we have long term and could do better job. We need to realize Arsenal wants premier league more, so when you want something more, then you focus on that more, and then losing UCL becomes not a big deal for them.

[masulum]

So, we need to improve what we have long term and could do better job. We need to realize Arsenal wants premier league more, so when you want something more, then you focus on that more, and then losing UCL becomes not a big deal for them.

CMIIW, in the last 10 seasons, Arsenal total spending for the 2025/2026 season is the largest, reaching 200 million euros. This indicates Arsenal have serious desire to win trophies this season. Whether in the Champions League or the Premier League. Of course, this is a goal for them every season, but the problem is always inconsistency. If Arsenal had maintained their form well, I think they would have won titles in several previous seasons. However, it seems Arteta has yet to find the right formation to maintain his team consistency. With the current transfer budget, there should be serious improvements for Arsenal to achieve.

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MarjorieZimmermanGinger That's the beauty of football, that we can't predict the outcome.
I would never have bet on Chelsea, especially after seeing my beloved Inter destroyed by PSG in the final.
So imagine what a strange story it is: PSG destroys Inter with five goals but loses to Chelsea. These are the things that make me love football.

If we were able to know the outcome of matches the enthusiasm in watching the games wouldn't be there anymore. The Chelsea Vs PSG result in the Club World Cup wasn't any outcome we had expected to see Chelsea win PSG how much more winning them with such a 3 goals margin and PSG couldn't reply with a single goal. It was as though PSG did all the dirty job for Chelsea in the tournament by winning all the big sides only to handover the trophy at a platter to Chelsea.

Not knowing the outcome of the game is the sweetest part of the game that's why fans gather to banter each other just to predict and catch fun when they watch their favourite teams play against another team. Chelsea and PSG game is one of the games that ended surprisingly because most people predicted PSG to win the game because of their performance and the teams they defeated but the outcome of the game changed everything.

The banter side of this whole unpredictability of football game before the match is what I love most as there will always be a side that will be end at being shamed. . I recall how some persons were mocking at Chelsea fans that night to the match in a few minutes left to kickoff time. It was all about PSG having to pipe Chelsea with many goals, but just after the end of first half some of them didn't come back again to continue watching the second half. Those PSG supporters that were still watching hoping for a comeback for PSG sat down mute never making noise as they did before the beginning of the match. It was really funny scene 

[Franctoshi]

So, we need to improve what we have long term and could do better job. We need to realize Arsenal wants premier league more, so when you want something more, then you focus on that more, and then losing UCL becomes not a big deal for them.

CMIIW, in the last 10 seasons, Arsenal total spending for the 2025/2026 season is the largest, reaching 200 million euros. This indicates Arsenal have serious desire to win trophies this season. Whether in the Champions League or the Premier League. Of course, this is a goal for them every season, but the problem is always inconsistency. If Arsenal had maintained their form well, I think they would have won titles in several previous seasons. However, it seems Arteta has yet to find the right formation to maintain his team consistency. With the current transfer budget, there should be serious improvements for Arsenal to achieve.

Is not all about spending huge amount of money on signing players to the team is all about proper plan and maximizing what you have, but the issue with Arsenal is that Arsenal should focus on one trophy during a particular season either the Premier league, champions league and any of the rest cups, this way will know where channel their energy to and to see what works and not by wanting to lift every trophy at same season.

[Hewlet]

And I'm sure the target isn't the Champions League trophy. Let's face it realistically: Arsenal haven't won a title in a long time, and the Champions League is very elusive. Their top priority is, of course, the Premier League, although they will still be focused on the Champions League.
Arsenal is a strong team with overall strength across all departments, but that's not enough to win a title, especially since they haven't been able to maintain consistency. That's been Arteta's unfinished business for the past two or three seasons.

With Arsenal spending heavily on recruiting players this season, it's impossible for them not to aim for the Champions League trophy. In terms of chances and opportunities, I agree that it's still very difficult for Arsenal. The Premier League is indeed a priority, and this would be Arsenal's fourth season without success if they fail again, and Arteta will certainly be working hard to achieve that.

It will take a special performance from arsenal to win a premier league considering that it has almost become a challenge that everyone have all become a part of. With the way things looks, it would be easier for a team that doesn't have the kind of squad debt that arsenal has to win the premier league rather than arsenal winning it because it looks like they have hard luck that's already disturbing them now. For Thier journey in the champions league, there good performance in the previous season is going to be an inspiration for them in the coming season which hopefully will tell in the way they face teams this season.

The competition is going to be as tough as last one because literally all the top teams that were in the previous one will still be in this one. Hopefully, if arsenal is able to break that dead luck either through winning the premier league first or the champions league first, it's going to be the start of an era of dreaming for the possibility of winning more trophies and doing it even consistently.

[Adiljutt156]

The UCL qualifying matches have concluded. Salzburg drew 1-1 with Brann but advanced to the next round with a four-goal victory in the first leg. Rangers drew 1-1 in another crucial match against Panathinaikos. It was a tough round, and Rangers managed to advance. Tel Aviv was eliminated with a 1-0 home defeat to Cypriot side Pafos. Kairat, who lost 2-0 in the first leg, advanced with a 3-0 home victory. The next matches will be highly competitive.

Red Bull Salzburg football team won the match against Brann football team because match was ended at penalties when we saw game in the side of Red Bull Salzburg and they gave hundred percent to win this match. Brann football team could not do more than 1 goal in this match and performance of any player was not excellent in this match but one person did goal in this match. Kornvig was a person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 3 minutes and after this we saw more 1 goal in this match and Kjærgaard was a person who did second goal of the match and he did this goal at 6 minutes and we saw no more goal after that but both teams tried hard to win this match. Brann team goals were only 2 in this match and opponent team score was 5 .

[lizarder]

Is not all about spending huge amount of money on signing players to the team is all about proper plan and maximizing what you have, but the issue with Arsenal is that Arsenal should focus on one trophy during a particular season either the Premier league, champions league and any of the rest cups, this way will know where channel their energy to and to see what works and not by wanting to lift every trophy at same season.  

The most important thing is to shape the character of players to be far more prepared to face competition in the English League because to become champions in the Champions League requires mental and experience, so that when they succeed in dominating the league, their mentality will automatically be much better when competing in the Champions League. This is not intended to underestimate the power of Arsenal but if they see their mentality does not show an opportunity to achieve the title.

Money does have a very important role in football because a number of quality players have a high price but they can use players who are not too expensive as long as the player is a team's need to complete the deficiencies in every position that is considered weak.

[armanda90]

Just as reminder.

The draw for the elimination will be done in 3 days.
After that we will enter in the final stage of the Champsion League and we will have all the team for the next cup.
The draw for the final stage will be on 28th August with the 1st game will be played on 16th of September

Currently UEFA Champion League have 29 teams participants have been qualified and next three days later have first leg matches based on 20 teams left will fight each other. Regarding last season have 36 teams participants exactly the 10 teams winner at third round qualifying have another qualifying match to get 7 teams will participants at Champion League. Little confusing with how many teams participants left will qualify to Champion League because have 10 matches for last round qualifying.
For the first games of Champion League still longer time and every team have chance for signing new player before window transfer closing, however next season more be interested for the Champion League winner and how possibility PSG keep defend their UCL tittle last season. I hope Real Madrid with better composition team can talk more in Champion League qualify until final round or become the winner for next season.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Take a careful look at Arsenal's performance in the last three seasons and tell yourself the truth is Arsenal wouldn't have lifted at least one major trophy if they had a striker that could score up to 30 goals. That's the reason why I strongly believe that Victor Gyokeres' arrival will significantly increase Arsenal's chances of winning a trophy next season. Despite finishing 2nd in the English Premier League for the last three seasons, I've never considered a major title contender like think they are now that Gyokeres have joined the team. For UCL, I think they'll probably have a better campaign that what we saw last season.

I somewhat agree with you. I can't agree completely. It is true that Arsenal's attack would be stronger if they had a striker like Gyokeres. But have we seen poor performance from Arsenal's attack in the last few seasons? The answer is 'No'. In the 2023-24 season, Arsenal scored 91 goals, in the 2022-23 season, the team was able to score 88 goals. Only in the last season, Arsenal's attack performed a little poorly and scored 69 goals. Arsenal did not miss the title in the 2022-23, and 23-24 seasons because of a weak attack,  arsenal missed the title because of the irregular performance of the players.

It is not the case that scoring a lot of goals is the reason to win the title. To win the title, consistency of performance is definitely required. As an example, we can look at the Napoli team in Serie A. Napoli scored only 59 goals in the last season. On the other hand, Inter Milan and Atalanta scored 79 and 78 goals respectively. But Napoli became Serie A champions. Because their performance was consistent.

Arsenal has strengthened their squad. An extraordinary striker like Gyokeres is in Arsenal's squad. Even then, if the performance of the players is not consistent, it will not be possible for Arsenal to dominate the Premier League.

[Dunamisx]

Is not all about spending huge amount of money on signing players to the team is all about proper plan and maximizing what you have, but the issue with Arsenal is that Arsenal should focus on one trophy during a particular season either the Premier league, champions league and any of the rest cups, this way will know where channel their energy to and to see what works and not by wanting to lift every trophy at same season.

You know that in each league, they have to give on their best, this is what makes them to qualify the more and in pushing further to the finals irrespective of the league, but as you have said, they also need to make sure that things were done in other so that they don't missed out the entire opportunity on each season and leagues without taking something form it, the management team also have to ensure that they allow this to happen in some of their decision making, because not the players or the manger alone has the capacity to influence this change, but a collective effort of all that are involved.

[Solodoski]

But if Arsenal only focus on and rely on one player, that could be a mistake for Arsenal, because a Premier League team must have several reliable players in every key position if they want to be strong throughout the season.

Arsenal under the guidance of Mikel Arteta has never been a one player team and I don't think he will want to do that now that he has got Viktor Gyokeres. The team has always carried the burden together, as we can all see in the sharing of goals by the team.
I am very confident that Viktor Gyokeres will definitely improve the team, but Arteta will not be foolish to depend on him alone. I also believe they will still do well in both domestic and European competition, because they have really strengthen the team in different area, intact I see them winning a major trophy.

[Btcdeybodi]

I don't know, I really like this player, everyone is convinced that he can do really important things but in reality I don't think he can actually make such a big impact and bring Arsenal to important stages, but he can certainly prove me wrong, we'll see

Mikel Arteta is very hopeful that Viktor Gyökeres' arrival at Arsenal will have a big impact, but next season, many teams have already made changes to their lineups, so it won't be easy for any team to win the title. So, the internal impact of Arsenal's team might come from the presence of one of these players. But if Arsenal only focus on and rely on one player, that could be a mistake for Arsenal, because a Premier League team must have several reliable players in every key position if they want to be strong throughout the season.

Take a careful look at Arsenal's performance in the last three seasons and tell yourself the truth is Arsenal wouldn't have lifted at least one major trophy if they had a striker that could score up to 30 goals. That's the reason why I strongly believe that Victor Gyokeres' arrival will significantly increase Arsenal's chances of winning a trophy next season. Despite finishing 2nd in the English Premier League for the last three seasons, I've never considered a major title contender like think they are now that Gyokeres have joined the team. For UCL, I think they'll probably have a better campaign that what we saw last season.

You are not far from the truth because i believe that the reason why Arsenal haven't won the EPL in the last three seasons is due to the fact that they don't have a striker they can rely on. The strikers they have are just seasonal strikers that only scores occasionally and they often get tired when the season's games start getting tensed. It's not really about Arsenal having a striker that can score up to 30 goals but it's about a striker who can score consistently and i think that now that Arsenal have succeeded in signing Viktor Gyokeres, the team have the capacity to win a major trophy.

[Dunamisx]

But if Arsenal only focus on and rely on one player, that could be a mistake for Arsenal, because a Premier League team must have several reliable players in every key position if they want to be strong throughout the season.

Was that not why they keep signing new players into the club, maybe if we may even go broader, this is one of the reason for transfers and how we see players and clubs biding for new signings at the end of each season before the start of a new one, i believe that Arsenal currently is in the best position of performing what could made them stand strong, because they have enough players capable to deliver what they wanted, all things been equal.