UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Abu-Naim]

We can now get what should have been a dream Uefa champions league final. Inter Milan replaced Barcelona in what would have been a perfect final against PSG but now they will me again. Doue and Yamal will try to find out who is the most gifted young player and also Dembele and Yamal will show who is the better player. There will be battle in the midfield between Vitinha and Pedro, and the coaches Hansi Flick and Enrique will try to out do each other. It should be a good match.

The last season’s final should even be between Barcelona and Arsenal because Arsenal were a better opponent than PSG in the entire competition, but PSG outplayed them in the semifinal to reached the final and they won it.

This season, I don’t expect PSG to perform as they did in the Champions League last season because many teams are well prepared for the Champions League this season; and from this draws we have seen so far, we can’t say which team will do better this season  because almost all the big teams have signed a lot of quality players in their squad; therefore, let’s watch and see how the Champions League will go this season.

[Abbatty]

Well, this season will be fun and extraordinary to watch. Chelsea fans are always excited to play against top teams, but this match isn’t going to be that easy, as Barcelona is not a team to joke with. I think Chelsea are less favorite to win this match, even though their fans are too excited to see it.

The bookies might determine the biggest and lowest odd, based on the performance of both teams in the season before their meeting.

We cannot say anything about the meeting yet, because both teams are the kind of teams we cannot see what they are up to until the day they meet.

Well, a lot of people write off Chelsea easily because they haven't played in the champions league recently but watching Chelsea in the premier league made me believe they can play and challenge the top teams in the champions league. They have played against PSG in the toughest stage in a Final and succeed in winning them, the team labeled as the best team in Europe this season. I believe winning the game against PSG has improve their mentality so they shouldn't be underrated at all. Barcelona is strong team too and so far they look more stronger than Chelsea but i Just think the game would be an interesting game and I can't predict a winner just yet till I see how each team performs as the season progresses.

[ShowOff]

Why are Chelsea fans so excited to play against Barcelona, i have heard it from a few Chelsea fans, most of them really wanted PSG as well.

Chelsea - Barcelona will be a tough game, i will love to see who the bookies will give the biggest and lowest odds.

They are so excited because they believe they can handle the high line strategies used by Barcelona and turn it into their weakness instead. Well, I would love to see that happen . In fact, I would really love for it to happen soon just to clear the air. It seems the wish to see Barcelona face Chelsea and PSG has been granted, and now I just want it to be decided once and for all. The bookies will probably give both teams close to similar odds, but it’s likely Barcelona has lesser odds compared to Chelsea (maybe).

Basically, Chelsea will have to readapt when playing in the Champions League, not only because they've been absent for the past two seasons, but also because the format of the Champions League has now changed. Besides that, Enzo Maresca doesn't have much experience in the Champions League, so instead of being excited, Chelsea fans should be more worried. It's not easy to get through the League Phase, even teams of the caliber of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, and even PSG looked overwhelmed last season.

In my opinion, PSG is more favored than Barcelona by the bookmakers, and Barcelona is more favored than Chelsea. Chelsea success in the Club World Cup is impressive, but the intensity of competition in the Champions League will be very different. Nevertheless, considering Chelsea has managed to win the trophy twice, they certainly have good confidence in facing this season competition for the trophy.

[Miles2006]

What nice pairings that came out this year for the next Champions League
Big matches like Real Madrid - Manchester city, Real Madrid - Liverpool, Chelsea - Barcelona, Inter - Liverpool, PSG - Bayern Munich and many more.

I think this edition will be tougher than last season.
Do you think Juventus will make it into the round of 16 this time? XD

Why are Chelsea fans so excited to play against Barcelona, i have heard it from a few Chelsea fans, most of them really wanted PSG as well.

Chelsea - Barcelona will be a tough game, i will love to see who the bookies will give the biggest and lowest odds.

Chelsea are so much confident in this game, playing against Barcelona is no big joke for mockery, despite the fierce meeting, even if one side lose to the other, they won't be kicked out at the league stage, both teams are expected to advance further.

Chelsea generally always behave in such manner whereby they act over confident still end up with shame, Barcelona is not a little team at same time we can’t judge regarding the fixtures presently not until they perform before we can decide which team is more likely to win personally Barcelona is more likely to defeat Chelsea while at the other hand Chelsea might take a different turn like they did when playing against PSG, if I’m not mistaking no one expected the final result probably the fans are more excited about this so I guess they want to prove the world wrong once again by defeating Barcelona although let’s not forget Bayern is also in the list.

[TelolettOm]

They are so excited because they believe they can handle the high line strategies used by Barcelona and turn it into their weakness instead. Well, I would love to see that happen . In fact, I would really love for it to happen soon just to clear the air. It seems the wish to see Barcelona face Chelsea and PSG has been granted, and now I just want it to be decided once and for all. The bookies will probably give both teams close to similar odds, but it’s likely Barcelona has lesser odds compared to Chelsea (maybe).

They're very confident, maybe because they see how the club ability and squad currently?
What's clear is that, even if you're not a Barcelona fan, it's undeniable that Barcelona is getting stronger and stronger by the day. They still have Flick, who is an incredible coach. He's very strong at instilling a winning mentality in his players and is adept at seeing every possibility in a match. They're strong in all areas, especially in attack. Ah, this will be interesting, but that doesn't mean Barcelona will win 100%. It's still a possibility, and if Chelsea can beat Barcelona, ​​it will be a great thing for Chelsea.

Well, we'll see how Chelsea might perform against the following clubs:

Source: Predict Chelsea final position in UCL!

[Adiljutt156]

What a horrible performance by Fenerbahce last night.    They should be thankful for not conceding more goals. Because Benfica were so comfortable with organizing attacks throughout the game.

The Turkish side were really bad in defense and offense both. Not even a shot on target. Actually there was a shot hitting the post which could have been a silver lining. At the end the side deserving league phase the most made it...

UEFA Champions League is going smoothly and we saw last match of Fenerbahçe football team which they played against Benfica football team. Benfica football team did 1 goal in this match as that team tried to win this match. Aktürkoğlu was a one and only person in this match who did goal in this match and he did this goal at 35 minutes when opponent team was in pressure because they could not do any goal in the first half of the match and after that we expected goal will be by team but Fenerbahçe football team could not do any goal till end of the match. The head to head performance of Benfica football team was brilliant because that team won 2 matches against Fenerbahçe football team and 2 matches were draw between these two teams.

[GiftedMAN]

They are so excited because they believe they can handle the high line strategies used by Barcelona and turn it into their weakness instead. Well, I would love to see that happen . In fact, I would really love for it to happen soon just to clear the air. It seems the wish to see Barcelona face Chelsea and PSG has been granted, and now I just want it to be decided once and for all. The bookies will probably give both teams close to similar odds, but it’s likely Barcelona has lesser odds compared to Chelsea (maybe).

Chelsea and Barcelona game will be a big cracker, Barcelona have an excellent at the moment and Chelsea with their good performance cdn face them in a no distance time the highly anticipated match should happen and we can decide which team is better after the game. PSG against Chelsea will be a revenge game though PSG has not recovered yet from their defeat but it's going to be a good game to watch.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

I really hate this format.

You hate the goals too?

Because they will be so many, just like last season. Very entertaining if you don't like watching those 0 - 0 draws or 1 - 0 narrow wins.  

I think I like it. We all shall grow to like it more with time. We get a chance to see huge games even with the table format and not those very defensive games where some teams are very conservative on pitch because they think they are at home or led in the first leg.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Chelsea and Barcelona game will be a big cracker, Barcelona have an excellent at the moment and Chelsea with their good performance cdn face them in a no distance time the highly anticipated match should happen and we can decide which team is better after the game. PSG against Chelsea will be a revenge game though PSG has not recovered yet from their defeat but it's going to be a good game to watch.

The fear ultimately came to pass, and Chelsea will have to face a much tougher opponent early on, forcing Chelsea to fight harder to get the result they want. I'm pessimistic that Chelsea can easily face Bayern Munich and Barcelona because those two matches will almost certainly make it difficult for Chelsea to collect full points. My only hope is for Chelsea to draw with both teams, but that's a bit more difficult considering the current strengths of both teams which is getting stronger.

[Gost ms]

This is why the drawing is a bit crooked. I mean its not "fake" or corrupt or anything like that, I believe it is fair. But the system has to change without a doubt. Fenerbahce is a 300 million euro club, instead of them, Kairat is going, Pafos is going, Qarabag is going and such. I mean I get it, we are seeing smaller teams have a chance to play at UCL thanks to this and that's good for them, but its not great for football.

Because there is a 99% chance these teams will finish with either 1 point or zero point, because of how small they are and how everyone else is better than them. They should be at conference league or Europa league level at best. Because of bad drawing luck, two of the biggest teams in qualifying matched each other.

The other day, someone was complaining that it's only the rich teams that win. Today, another person is complaining that the richer team or the bigger team should qualify ahead of the smaller teams.
I honestly didn't believe anybody would complain about this. Fenerbache had their chance to qualify against Benfica, but they couldn't and now Benfica is here while they're not. Isn't football by merit anymore?
Or do you want only teams from the big football league to play in the Champions League and leave no chance for the smaller leagues? Then teams like Manchester Unted should play in the champions league if so.

There is no such thing as rich or poor in football. Many teams have bought many big players with a lot of money. That's why we can't call that team rich. It takes a lot of money to run a club. Those who can afford it run the club. But it seems like that because there are many new clubs, for example, if a very new club plays with a very old club, then many people will not recognize the new club and there will not be many players among the new ones. In the first place, it is very natural. That's why if we call that new club poor, it will never be right.

[asriloni]

I really hate this format.
How this can be fair game while it is random games vs random opponents at random location.
PSG got probably the worse draw of them all vs Batern, Atalanta, Spurs, Newcastle, Barca, Leverkusen.

This is a total BS.
This format needs to go away.

Then you must send your complaint to the UEFA, friend. It's all based on the drawing last night and i think it's fair. You must wait at least for the next 4 - 5 years to see the change of format. I'm fine with this one as it gives various opponents to fight instead of always fighting 3 teams.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Perez knows how to make excellent transfers, but he also knows how to complicate things and leave Real stranded. Then, after a few years, he does something big again. Xabi Alonso has a difficult task ahead of him, but everything is possible with good players. If Mbappe is in form, results will surely follow

Expectations among Madridistas are very high, but the way I'm going to realize where the good change has been consummated is when Madrid plays against Barcelona, ??that's when I'm going to realize how much they've improved, that's like the acid test, the classics.

The fear ultimately came to pass, and Chelsea will have to face a much tougher opponent early on, forcing Chelsea to fight harder to get the result they want. I'm pessimistic that Chelsea can easily face Bayern Munich and Barcelona because those two matches will almost certainly make it difficult for Chelsea to collect full points. My only hope is for Chelsea to draw with both teams, but that's a bit more difficult considering the current strengths of both teams which is getting stronger.

Barcelona is not invincible, Chelsea beat PSG in the Club World Cup, and Barcelona didn't even reach the UCL final, so there's no need to be upset because they drew Barcelona, ​​I hate that they drew Barcelona, ​​it shows what they're made of, Barcelona is a great team, but if Chelsea is good they have to play against the good ones, and if they're good they should get through without any problems, in football you can't and shouldn't ever be afraid.

[Silikiem]

Why are Chelsea fans so excited to play against Barcelona, i have heard it from a few Chelsea fans, most of them really wanted PSG as well.

Chelsea - Barcelona will be a tough game, i will love to see who the bookies will give the biggest and lowest odds.

They are so excited because they believe they can handle the high line strategies used by Barcelona and turn it into their weakness instead. Well, I would love to see that happen . In fact, I would really love for it to happen soon just to clear the air. It seems the wish to see Barcelona face Chelsea and PSG has been granted, and now I just want it to be decided once and for all. The bookies will probably give both teams close to similar odds, but it’s likely Barcelona has lesser odds compared to Chelsea (maybe).

Basically, Chelsea will have to readapt when playing in the Champions League, not only because they've been absent for the past two seasons, but also because the format of the Champions League has now changed. Besides that, Enzo Maresca doesn't have much experience in the Champions League, so instead of being excited, Chelsea fans should be more worried. It's not easy to get through the League Phase, even teams of the caliber of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, and even PSG looked overwhelmed last season.

In my opinion, PSG is more favored than Barcelona by the bookmakers, and Barcelona is more favored than Chelsea. Chelsea success in the Club World Cup is impressive, but the intensity of competition in the Champions League will be very different. Nevertheless, considering Chelsea has managed to win the trophy twice, they certainly have good confidence in facing this season competition for the trophy.

It’s quite okay to say that Chelsea’s Enzo Maresca doesn’t have any champions league experience yet, but that doesn’t mean he’s not experienced in European football competition. Last season during his first season at Chelsea even without any European competition experience he ended up winning the Europa Conference league although many will argue that it comprises of more lesser teams in Europe but the fact that he’s been able to carry this team around and travel different European countries for away games and conquered, not quite long ago after the triumph in the Conference league, they had a more bigger test to compete among the biggest teams in the world stage in the just concluded FIFA club World Cup in the United States and they won it in style against the defending European champions (PSG). These are testament to see that this Chelsea team is ready to compete among the biggest teams in Europe, I think that Chelsea’s presence in the competition is really going to make the competition exciting again because they always bring different kind of Energy and vibes to the competition, it’s really going to be an exciting one.

[Gost ms]

Chelsea and Barcelona game will be a big cracker, Barcelona have an excellent at the moment and Chelsea with their good performance cdn face them in a no distance time the highly anticipated match should happen and we can decide which team is better after the game. PSG against Chelsea will be a revenge game though PSG has not recovered yet from their defeat but it's going to be a good game to watch.

The fear ultimately came to pass, and Chelsea will have to face a much tougher opponent early on, forcing Chelsea to fight harder to get the result they want. I'm pessimistic that Chelsea can easily face Bayern Munich and Barcelona because those two matches will almost certainly make it difficult for Chelsea to collect full points. My only hope is for Chelsea to draw with both teams, but that's a bit more difficult considering the current strengths of both teams which is getting stronger.

Chelsea are in a very good form at the moment. If Chelsea face Barcelona or Bayern Munich then maybe the match will be a very strong match for Chelsea. But I think Chelsea will win. Chelsea are in a very good form at the moment. Every player of Chelsea is in a very good form. Although Barcelona or Bayern Munich are playing very well. But it is not possible to say for sure what will happen or not. Because both teams are very good and strong. And it is never possible to say when what will happen on the field of play.

[wakier]

Chelsea are in a very good form at the moment. If Chelsea face Barcelona or Bayern Munich then maybe the match will be a very strong match for Chelsea. But I think Chelsea will win. Chelsea are in a very good form at the moment. Every player of Chelsea is in a very good form. Although Barcelona or Bayern Munich are playing very well. But it is not possible to say for sure what will happen or not. Because both teams are very good and strong. And it is never possible to say when what will happen on the field of play.

Even though Chelsea seems to have a good performance this season because of the results they got last season, it cannot guarantee that they can beat Bayern Munich or Barcelona because these two clubs are also in their best form so they don't let anyone beat them, the best in the world cup is not necessarily the best in the Champions League because as we know the Champions League is a priority for the top teams in Europe, they even dare to give up the CWC title but don't want to give up the Champions League title so whoever the club is competing here will do their best.

[Dzwaafu11]

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The other day, someone was complaining that it's only the rich teams that win. Today, another person is complaining that the richer team or the bigger team should qualify ahead of the smaller teams.
I honestly didn't believe anybody would complain about this. Fenerbache had their chance to qualify against Benfica, but they couldn't and now Benfica is here while they're not. Isn't football by merit anymore?
Or do you want only teams from the big football league to play in the Champions League and leave no chance for the smaller leagues? Then teams like Manchester Unted should play in the champions league if so.

The fact is that some people forget that football comes with surprises; a team you did not expect to win will be the one to surprise, while sometimes a team you are expecting to win the match won’t go anywhere and may not even perform well, so that is football.

Some people are expecting the big clubs to always be at the top, forgetting even the small clubs are here to be dull; they can pull off unexpected performances. Seriously, if there are no small clubs in the league, it won’t be interesting and competitive, but if a small club is winning against a big club, it becomes interesting and sweet.

[ajanwalker]

Fixtures are set. I see some Galatasaray fans commenting, some saying we'll get 14 points, others saying we'll get 21 points. There's no need to get carried away. The pessimists say we'll get 4 points, the optimists say we'll advance from the group. However, with this squad and this schedule, it's nearly impossible. They don't have any easy matches except for Union Saint-Gilloise. It looks like they'll suffer disappointment in most of the 8 matches. If they manage to fill the gaps in the team with transfers in the last 2-3 days, they might be able to avoid a rout.

Galatasaray fans shouldn't be fooled by this. It's not impossible for them to advance to the next round, but it will be very difficult.
They have no advantage other than playing at home against Bodo/Glimt and U.S. Gilloise.
They will be playing two English teams, and both will easily beat Galatasaray.
I expect both Liverpool and City matches to be high-scoring.
I don't know how much the Singo transfer will contribute to Galatasaray's defense.
Galatasaray may have drawn the toughest draw.

[HajiBagi]

They are so excited because they believe they can handle the high line strategies used by Barcelona and turn it into their weakness instead. Well, I would love to see that happen . In fact, I would really love for it to happen soon just to clear the air. It seems the wish to see Barcelona face Chelsea and PSG has been granted, and now I just want it to be decided once and for all. The bookies will probably give both teams close to similar odds, but it’s likely Barcelona has lesser odds compared to Chelsea (maybe).

Chelsea and Barcelona game will be a big cracker, Barcelona have an excellent at the moment and Chelsea with their good performance cdn face them in a no distance time the highly anticipated match should happen and we can decide which team is better after the game. PSG against Chelsea will be a revenge game though PSG has not recovered yet from their defeat but it's going to be a good game to watch.

This will be one of the best games of the season, Chelsea vs Barcelona, and Barcelona vs PSG game will be very interesting to watch, before the UEFA Champions League draw, Chelsea and Barcelona fans wanted to play against each other, and Barcelona wanted to face PSG as well, I think now the fans will be happy because they get what they want, Barcelona's high line game will not work this season because many teams know how they played, If you look at Barcelona's recent game against Levente, you'll notice that their high lines will not work because the opponent uses the same strategy to score goals against them.

After PSG and Chelsea, I don't see Barcelona having any strong opponents to play with in the group stage, I believe Barcelona will still have an easy spot this season, Real Madrid continues to face Manchester City every season, UEFA should do better next season to prevent Real Madrid vs Manchester City from taking place because it now looks like a derby match between the two teams.

[MAAManda]

I want to also give Bodo Glimt of Norway their props. They have just recently qualified for the Champions league competition for the first time ever. Last season,  I wanted them to win the Europa League Competition if Manchester United wouldn't make it to the finals but they were knocked out by the same Tottenham Hotspur. The qualification gladdens me, I read they have brilliant and exciting young talents. We will see more of them when the CL kicks off.

Yes, they also qualified to UCL for the first time this season & we commend them for the result they achieved. But I see a difference between Kairat Almaty & Bodø/Glimt. Bodø/Glimt had an easy journey as they only faced Sturm Graz, in the first leg they also confirmed their position with 5 goals without conceding. Meanwhile, Kairat played against team with strong UCL tradition. I think everyone was surprised by the result in the second leg.

[Webetcoins]

The big win came at home to Club Brugge, even though they also won the first leg 3-1 at Rangers. The substitutions were necessary, considering that Club Brugge were comfortable with their wins in both matches. I didn't imagine Rangers losing in this manner, as I initially thought they could match Brugge's strengths, as the two teams should be fairly evenly matched.

But the reality was the opposite, and Brugge performed much better in both away and home matches. This victory can boost the motivation of Brugge players because they have performed so solidly so far and hope for the best this season for Brugge in the Champions League.

Rangers "shouldn't" have been this bad. I mean we are talking about a team that was at what quarter finals or semi finals or something like that at Europa cup, and this season they are getting scored 9 goals total in 2 games at UCL qualifying games? It makes no sense and we should definitely assume they were doing something wrong during the summer, whatever it is.

Brugge looked great, I do not know if it was because Brugge was great or Rangers was terrible, but if Brugge keeps this confidence and play like this, they could seriously be in top 24 of UCL, and that is good enough for a club at that level. We are going to definitely see them have a lot better results and shouldn't be getting any shocks, of course only if they keep playing like this.