UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Abdulzuruku01]

Just before the Barcelona Vs PSG game, Yamal wrote on his Instagram account "I'm back and the mission is also back" from all indications, he was referring to the would be game that they were about to play. Of course in the first 25 minutes of the game, Barcelona players were flying and were even ahead. Their fans thought they were going to beat PSG since they had already scored and were pressing to score another. PSG turned the game around after the scored the equaliser and in the second half, they started playing their normal game.

What he posted on Instagram boosted Barcelona fans confidence that they'd beat PSG. Even looking at the PSG lineup, I expected Barcelona to win. But Barcelona lost possession and struggled in every aspect of this match. It was Hansi Flick's worst match since taking charge in Barcelona. Lionel Messi was once like Lamine Yamal in Barcelona, and he never bragged like Yamal does now, his actions always worked on the pitch. Yamal's a young, talented player with a lot to achieve in football, but all the pre-match hype talk might make him lose focus, because he'll feel pressured to perform for fans has promised, and that can affect his game even from the opponent, just like we saw yesterday.

[DaNNy001]

I come across a post where someone was saying that Benfica might win or draw Chelsea because of the fact that, Chelsea former coach Mourinho is Benfica's coach and the person give some reasons why but it didn't happen as the person thought because Chelsea have a good team but initially before the game started I was also reasoning what the person said but Chelsea proved everyone wrong and I believe or feel that Chelsea will still win Benfica in their home but it is going to be tougher and if Chelsea won't concede a red card they will win.

The Chelsea-Benfica match was indeed very close, and the only goal in the match was an own goal, which slightly favored the home team, Chelsea. The red card received by one of Chelsea's players was in the final minutes of the match, so it no longer had any impact on Chelsea's overall performance. Benfica did put pressure on Chelsea, but they were unlucky enough to get a point in the match because Chelsea were also starting to work hard to avoid losing at home and were also trying to get all three points.

Benfica are also not in form, if Chelsea had faced that goal scoring benfica we used to know then it would have been an embarrassing moment for the blues. If it wasn't for the own goal then the game would have probably ended as a goaless draw or maybe benfica would have tried to score a goal in the last minute...Chelsea played am average defensive game, cause if they were faced with a team that's in form they would have lost

[GiftedMAN]

I come across a post where someone was saying that Benfica might win or draw Chelsea because of the fact that, Chelsea former coach Mourinho is Benfica's coach and the person give some reasons why but it didn't happen as the person thought because Chelsea have a good team but initially before the game started I was also reasoning what the person said but Chelsea proved everyone wrong and I believe or feel that Chelsea will still win Benfica in their home but it is going to be tougher and if Chelsea won't concede a red card they will win.

The Chelsea-Benfica match was indeed very close, and the only goal in the match was an own goal, which slightly favored the home team, Chelsea. The red card received by one of Chelsea's players was in the final minutes of the match, so it no longer had any impact on Chelsea's overall performance. Benfica did put pressure on Chelsea, but they were unlucky enough to get a point in the match because Chelsea were also starting to work hard to avoid losing at home and were also trying to get all three points.

If we are being honest in the Chelsea Vs Benfica game I think it wasn't the best result for Benfica because despite the own goal they scored in their own post they made some good attempts that I was expecting them to score because at some point Chelsea wasn't doing well in the game, Chelsea became very cautious when it was almost over and one of their players was sent off following his red card offense but the away side should have gotten a point because they were better than Chelsea in the game.

[Dzwaafu11]

Just before the Barcelona Vs PSG game, Yamal wrote on his Instagram account "I'm back and the mission is also back" from all indications, he was referring to the would be game that they were about to play. Of course in the first 25 minutes of the game, Barcelona players were flying and were even ahead. Their fans thought they were going to beat PSG since they had already scored and were pressing to score another. PSG turned the game around after the scored the equaliser and in the second half, they started playing their normal game.

What he posted on Instagram boosted Barcelona fans confidence that they'd beat PSG. Even looking at the PSG lineup, I expected Barcelona to win. But Barcelona lost possession and struggled in every aspect of this match. It was Hansi Flick's worst match since taking charge in Barcelona. Lionel Messi was once like Lamine Yamal in Barcelona, and he never bragged like Yamal does now, his actions always worked on the pitch. Yamal's a young, talented player with a lot to achieve in football, but all the pre-match hype talk might make him lose focus, because he'll feel pressured to perform for fans has promised, and that can affect his game even from the opponent, just like we saw yesterday.

The best thing is Yamal should overlook the internet hype and smile, then put in hard work and stop putting the hype on social media in his head because that will definitely make him feel like he has arrived and will make him play as he wants without bothering himself.

The fans are expecting much from him, and he should focus on what the fans need, not the hype. If he thinks the hype is going to make people love him even without doing the necessary things, then he’s lying. Yamal should make sure he is doing the right thing before it will affect his career.

[Coin_info]

Chelsea became very cautious when it was almost over and one of their players was sent off following his red card offense but the away side should have gotten a point because they were better than Chelsea in the game.

It is a big concern to Chelsea supporters the number of red cards that their team is picking up. If they do not try to address it soonest, that may cost them the league and anu chance of making qualifications for the nest seasons champions league because I do not consider the team mature enough to be able to win the premier league. Enzo Maresca need to also learn and practice to play with one man less, so he does not panic and make emotional decisions whenever his team is one man down. Ajax should be their next opponent, that is a game they can win.

[GiftedMAN]

Chelsea became very cautious when it was almost over and one of their players was sent off following his red card offense but the away side should have gotten a point because they were better than Chelsea in the game.

It is a big concern to Chelsea supporters the number of red cards that their team is picking up. If they do not try to address it soonest, that may cost them the league and anu chance of making qualifications for the nest seasons champions league because I do not consider the team mature enough to be able to win the premier league. Enzo Maresca need to also learn and practice to play with one man less, so he does not panic and make emotional decisions whenever his team is one man down. Ajax should be their next opponent, that is a game they can win.

Chelsea is playing with a lot of pressure then players are not used to the pattern of the coach and seeing that his players are becoming too aggressive in their performance it is the responsibility of the coach to address his players and encourage them to play with caution and avoid committing errors that will lead to card knowing the damages it has done to the team this season. Against Manchester United it was red card rust cost them the game likewise the Brighton game, if they had received the red card against Benfica in the first half they would have lost the game because the manager doesn't have the experience to play with one player down.

[Sexylizzy2813]

If we are being honest in the Chelsea Vs Benfica game I think it wasn't the best result for Benfica because despite the own goal they scored in their own post they made some good attempts that I was expecting them to score because at some point Chelsea wasn't doing well in the game, Chelsea became very cautious when it was almost over and one of their players was sent off following his red card offense but the away side should have gotten a point because they were better than Chelsea in the game.

That's how the Blues operate these days slow but not steady, they only charge up when they see how close the game has gotten to the end and Benfica wasn't lucky enough to find the ball at the back of the net, they made a crucial mistake that's the own goal but after that they played like a team that lost something that they needed to recover while the Blues wasn't sure of what to do. I believe that the manager of Chelsea is now facing a bigger challenge since he joined the club, he can't survive the champions league with how slow he has been, lack of tactics and he doesn't have a plan B for the club which is bad as a manager who has won the biggest title [World Club Cup] of his life, it should have given him more ideas to follow every games of this season but he's stuck with a clueless style of play.

[logfiles]

I don't think that Yamal was  arrogant. What you should know about sport men especially football is that they talk tough before any game starts this is actually a football use in reducing the confidence level of their opponents before the game starts. So Yamal statement was just a talk as a Barcelona player and nothing much, but we won't be saying all these had it been that Barcelona won against PSG .

I am not sure if I would call it arrogance but if you follow him on his socials especially Instagram. You will start to see a pattern, but can't really blame him, since he is just a teenager who has a lot of growing up to do. The problem is that might end up haunting him years later, one way or the other. I hope it gets him when he is mentally ready for it.

[GiftedMAN]

If we are being honest in the Chelsea Vs Benfica game I think it wasn't the best result for Benfica because despite the own goal they scored in their own post they made some good attempts that I was expecting them to score because at some point Chelsea wasn't doing well in the game, Chelsea became very cautious when it was almost over and one of their players was sent off following his red card offense but the away side should have gotten a point because they were better than Chelsea in the game.

That's how the Blues operate these days slow but not steady, they only charge up when they see how close the game has gotten to the end and Benfica wasn't lucky enough to find the ball at the back of the net, they made a crucial mistake that's the own goal but after that they played like a team that lost something that they needed to recover while the Blues wasn't sure of what to do. I believe that the manager of Chelsea is now facing a bigger challenge since he joined the club, he can't survive the champions league with how slow he has been, lack of tactics and he doesn't have a plan B for the club which is bad as a manager who has won the biggest title [World Club Cup] of his life, it should have given him more ideas to follow every games of this season but he's stuck with a clueless style of play.

Chelsea was lucky to win the game because when they were still trying to understand what was happening Benfica attacks wasn't giving them much pressure they should have converted some goals if they had maintained the energy they used in the second half but when Chelsea was without one player they were more concerned about defending their goal knowing too well if the Jose Mourinho gets bask in the game it will be difficult for them to record a win again.

The Chelsea manager doesn't know how to control pressure when he sees it coming to his team his substitution errors has caused Chelsea some games he should have won maybe his not convinced that he's managing a big club and after winning the club world cup against PSG he's still not getting it done he needs to learn how to control himself, his players and the team especially during serious games.

[Gost ms]

I come across a post where someone was saying that Benfica might win or draw Chelsea because of the fact that, Chelsea former coach Mourinho is Benfica's coach and the person give some reasons why but it didn't happen as the person thought because Chelsea have a good team but initially before the game started I was also reasoning what the person said but Chelsea proved everyone wrong and I believe or feel that Chelsea will still win Benfica in their home but it is going to be tougher and if Chelsea won't concede a red card they will win.

The Chelsea-Benfica match was indeed very close, and the only goal in the match was an own goal, which slightly favored the home team, Chelsea. The red card received by one of Chelsea's players was in the final minutes of the match, so it no longer had any impact on Chelsea's overall performance. Benfica did put pressure on Chelsea, but they were unlucky enough to get a point in the match because Chelsea were also starting to work hard to avoid losing at home and were also trying to get all three points.

Chelsea vs Benfica was a very aggressive match. Both teams played very well and it was a very exciting match. But I feel bad that Chelsea is slowly losing their form. The reason for saying this is that Chelsea has been playing very badly for the past few days. They won 1-0 at home. They have seen many matches before where they have not drawn at the end or lost very badly. If this continues, Chelsea may be in for a very bad time. So it would be better to do whatever is necessary to get them back to their previous form as soon as possible.

[Lida93]

Sorry but those people must be delusional to caption the dominance of Barcelona in the La'liga as they have been dealing with Real Madrid and ATM on that side of the league that it would be same when Barcelona meets PSG, how can they underestimate a team playing squad because one player Ousmane Dembele was unfit due to injury and wouldn't fixture in the game.  Gone are the days when PSG was shouldered on one key player, we're sports betting gamblers and should know better than allowing bookmakers deceive us with the odds.

Even if I wasnt expecting them to perform as they do in their domestic league, I expected them not to allow PSG to win, the winning was surprising to me, is this not the same PSG Chelsea defeated 3:0 in the world club cup the last time, Marseille also defeated them 1:0 in their league match, bookies can never deceive me in things like this, my preferred selection in that game is BTTS which came very easy for me, I don't pay straight win in match like that because I have not forgotten that PSG is still the defending champions in that particular competition despite that other teams will fight them harder, they will try by all means not to go down early that's if they will.

Now you should raise your expectations on them in this UCL competition because they aren't UCL champions for nothing despite how they got beating in a 3:0 cleansheet score by Chelsea in the CWC, everything in that game all happened like a flash, and PSG have learnt their lesson after the London blues preyed on their weakness. Because PSG lost to Marseille in their domestic league game wasn't enough yardstick that they were not going to be exceptional when they meet Barcelona, different games different motivations.

[Adbitco]

I’m not sure if Pep Guardiola will be with city next season, he tried his best for the team for a factor Manchester city did better this past season, I still can’t comprehend what’s wrong with City at the moment definitely every team face their different ups and down, I guess they need time to figure out little mistakes affecting the team before they can perform as previous times.
The listed coach above might be save due to the fact they all started new mostly Manchester United and Chelsea, this club can’t provide any valid reason why they should sack the coach. I know most people will talk about poor performance and strategy obviously the club had no form so time is needed before we can all see changes, funny enough I remembered Manchester United fans pointing fingers at Onana every match day and now Onana left the club only for the team to remain in same position, this is not a coach problem aside the fact every coach must take the blame but in this situation this is a general problem.

I kind of share this opinion with you too, he might actually resign this season if things doesn't work out for him anymore. Some people now think his out of Ideas and should leave the game. For me, I think he should resign, go on a sabbatical break to restrategize his strategy and maybe come back again to coaching after a year. After all his not the oldest coach, there are still coaches that are older than him so age isn't a factor for him to retire fully from the game. I still believe that Pep still has some good stuffs in him but he just needs a break.

[Luzin]

Reviewing the Barcelona vs PSG match, PSG clearly understood how Barcelona plays. Enrique realized that Yamal is their engine and managed to lock him down with Nuno Mendes. PSG's victory was largely thanks to Nuno Mendes successfully keeping Lamine Yamal tightly marked. This had already been mentioned by Hakimi before their match. I observed that Mendes was only bypassed once by Yamal. It seems Mendes learned from the UEFA Nations League 2024 final match between the Spanish and Portugal national teams.

[Nightwatchmare]

Just because Arne Slot hasn't been able to record success in his last two games; Crystal Palace and now Galatasaray, there's been calls for his sack. Although it's not serious yet, but I feel that these  claims could become serious if their next game in the EPL against Chelsea doesn't end in his favor.
 As it stands, the fear factor other clubs used to have over Liverpool is now diminished, as teams no longer fear them as they should.
If I'm not mistaken, the form of Liverpool dropped since the beginning of this new campaign but Crystal Palace were the ones to open up their errors and yesterday's loss to Galatasaray further showed that the decisions of Arne Slot was flawed.

Arne Slot won the Premier League title in his first season as Liverpool manager, even when people didn't expect him to achieve that in his first season. Liverpool had an amazing season under Arne Slot as their manger last season. So if Arne Slot fails to win any important trophy for Liverpool this season, i don't see Liverpool board sacking Arne Slot at the end of the season because Arne Slot is a good coach and Liverpool board can't use Arne Slot's one season failure to sack him. Any football news you don't see on a verified page like Fabrizio Romano or the page of the said club, don't take the news serious because people can post fake news on their page just to generate traffic.

[Lida93]

Snip.

It's not even about Dembele and other first team players being injured. Last season even before Inter Milan knocked them off, they thought they would be in the finals. The fans had even thought of how they were going to beat PSG in the finals, I was just laughing because I knew they won't and can't beat the PSG team of last season. The game yesterday was supposed to give Barcelona an upper hand beaded on the fact that PSG doesn't have 5 first team players due to injuries.

I think that this absence of some key players in PSG team should be the actual shocking part for most persons who are expressing surprise at the defeat Barcelona met in the hands of PSG in their own home. But Luis Enrique has made it obvious that he's not building his team on any particular set of player(s) and with the result they got with Barcelona it's an evidence  of impactful change Enrique has done to the French club and their readinw to defend their UCL title.

[Oshio-man]

Reviewing the Barcelona vs PSG match, PSG clearly understood how Barcelona plays. Enrique realized that Yamal is their engine and managed to lock him down with Nuno Mendes. PSG's victory was largely thanks to Nuno Mendes successfully keeping Lamine Yamal tightly marked. This had already been mentioned by Hakimi before their match. I observed that Mendes was only bypassed once by Yamal.

The match was a tough one because they played each other to scored goal, but unfortunately Barcelona allow Paris Saint Germain to embraced another opportunity that gave them chance to defeated Barcelona 1-2, but to be realistic toward the match, I think Paris Saint Germain players are still strong in this season to challenge those teams they challenged to win the UEFA champion League title last season, but Bayern Munich is another strong team that will challenge Paris Saint Germain in this season because they don't win match with 1-0 to achieve victory, they won matches from 3-1 or 5-1 above base on the kind players they are using in this season.

[Adbitco]

I think that this absence of some key players in PSG team should be the actual shocking part for most persons who are expressing surprise at the defeat Barcelona met in the hands of PSG in their own home. But Luis Enrique has made it obvious that he's not building his team on any particular set of player(s) and with the result they got with Barcelona it's an evidence  of impactful change Enrique has done to the French club and their readinw to defend their UCL title.

Makes more sense here though, I agree, it's mainly because of the absence of some key players from the PSG and they still managed to beat Barcelona that's the surprising part. So let's just imagine they were complete, that means it would have been more than this number of goals in the match. The absence of Kara was something else, because I could see that Barcola wasn't effective in the game even.

[Xcode7]

I think that this absence of some key players in PSG team should be the actual shocking part for most persons who are expressing surprise at the defeat Barcelona met in the hands of PSG in their own home. But Luis Enrique has made it obvious that he's not building his team on any particular set of player(s) and with the result they got with Barcelona it's an evidence  of impactful change Enrique has done to the French club and their readinw to defend their UCL title.

Makes more sense here though, I agree, it's mainly because of the absence of some key players from the PSG and they still managed to beat Barcelona that's the surprising part. So let's just imagine they were complete, that means it would have been more than this number of goals in the match. The absence of Kara was something else, because I could see that Barcola wasn't effective in the game even.

That's not a significant reason and can't be used as a benchmark; if PSG played with their full squad, they could have won the match by a higher score.
I believe PSG's victory was due to the players' mentality and confidence, which were far superior to Barcelona's. This is something Hansi Flick should evaluate to improve Barcelona. I also don't overestimate this result. Both teams have a long way to go in this season's Champions League competition, and anything is possible.

[Adbitco]

So Nuno Mendes literally win man of the match award twice in a row against a Yamal based team and in each of the occasion the dude is in fire. He contained Yamal so well that he couldn't play almost anything in the second half. How can a LB be winning man of the match when there are other high profile players on the pitch, it simply tells us how coordinated and exceptional he was on the pitch. He doesn't talk on social media, his talks are all on the pitch.

[MorganaX]

So Nuno Mendes literally win man of the match award twice in a row against a Yamal based team and in each of the occasion the dude is in fire. He contained Yamal so well that he couldn't play almost anything in the second half. How can a LB be winning man of the match when there are other high profile players on the pitch, it simply tells us how coordinated and exceptional he was on the pitch. He doesn't talk on social media, his talks are all on the pitch.

Lamin yamal as become a problem to himself. The social media is not a place that is kept private, what ever you do, trust me, people are down there watching. It should have been better not coming to social media and start bragging over a match you haven't even played. Look at the best players of all time we have, the likes of Messi and Christiano Ronaldo, we haven't seen them bragg before any match, they only bragg on the pitch, at some point they don't even continue bragging after a successful match. Again look at Messi with 8 Ballon d'or, he is quite about it, and no one is having that noise from him
Let us all assume that Lamin yamal won the Ballon d'or, ahead of O. Dembélé, trust me, the world wouldn't have contained us again, especially their rival fans Real Madrid.
My advice for him is to advise himself, let him remain humble, and he he will definitely perform better.
Lamin yamal is a world talented player, and we all knows about it, it will get improved if he plays and continuing remaining humble.