UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[red4slash]

You are somehow wrong, because Chelsea are not a team to depend on; if you do, you will be disappointed. Chelsea did well in the Club World Cup, no doubt, but to me, I’m still not convinced that they are the best. As for PSG, I will agree with you that they are one of the best. Although Chelsea can be classified as one of the teams that stopped PSG from getting everything last season by winning the Club World Cup, this season is something else entirely, as Chelsea are not performing as expected. All we can say is that Chelsea are just trying their best for now, as they are not that strong.

I do not know why people still allow the glory of the FIFA club world cup victory make them not look at the current reality, Chelsea did well that time but it is now all in the past and something that has  been considered as been in the past and after then, a few adjustments and changes had taken place so they are not as they exactly were then and they also have some inconsistencies too, so let us be more realistic with expectations from the so we get less disappointment from them than we would.

It seems that winning the Club World Cup has always been a benchmark for some people, but even though it may seem good now, we are well aware that Chelsea's current situation cannot be based on that alone.
The fact is that even though they are trying to improve their situation, there are still some things that they find difficult to control, and the Champions League is not an easy thing to win, even if they are Club World Cup champions.

Their current position is still not comfortable enough, even though they managed to secure 3 points in the second week, but of course we realize that in the end, their productivity is still constrained. In addition, the emotions of some players are still quite volatile, and we can see that they lack discipline when in the last few matches (not only in the Champions League) they always get red cards in the matches they play.

[Agbe]

Chelsea is a team that, is still under going a rebuilding process so I don't see them as one of the favorite to win the champions League this season but one thing that I have seen about Chelsea is that they have always come up with a surprise any time that Chelsea have been written off. So we should not totally write off Chelsea this season too we should not forget about what happened in the club world cup.

In my opinion, Chelsea were very lucky at the Club World Cup and they won't be so lucky a second time. My favourites are Real Madrid, PSG or perhaps even City. Pep could make a strong comeback with his team and during this process also could go far in the Champions League and with a bit of luck even win the trophy. Bayern also springs me to mind; they also play good, attractive football at the moment.

Chelsea were determined in lifting and adding the club world cup trophy to their list of achievements and nothing of luck, someone that won PSG by 3 goals, PSG that were disgracing and humiliating different teams with 5:0 but they couldn't score even a goal in their final with Chelsea, even if luck were on Chelsea side and they managed to reach the final game. that luck wouldn't have worked with PSG, because it was obvious that PSG was super in form after their champions league triumphant victory.

Am not trying to downplay the fact that, is that Chelsea tried their best to make sure that they win the club world cup but we should say things that the way they are. Chelsea was not among the favorite going into the club world cup and even struggled in the group stages of the club cup Chelsea saving grace in the final against PSG was that PSG was tired and fatigue and so were not in the best of forms due to the long season that they have had playing in the champions League last season so Chelsea literally met a very weaken PSG team in the finals of the club world cup.

[Toro iskandar]

So far it's the best team I've seen so far, there's no other that can compete with them , but now we have Chelsea, who are the best because they won the Club World Cup and how , so for Now we can say that PSG and Chelsea are the best, what they've achieved is enough to think about it.

I acknowledge PSG, but not Chelsea.
If you say Chelsea is also the best, for me, they're the best in other competitions, and that's just luck.
Sorry to Chelsea fans, I'm being honest because in the Champions League, Chelsea haven't had a strong performance, unlike PSG, who have consistently shown their strength.
To this day, people still remember Chelsea's success in beating PSG in other competitions, but I'm willing to bet that Chelsea won't be successful in the Champions League.

[hyudien]

I acknowledge PSG, but not Chelsea.
If you say Chelsea is also the best, for me, they're the best in other competitions, and that's just luck.
Sorry to Chelsea fans, I'm being honest because in the Champions League, Chelsea haven't had a strong performance, unlike PSG, who have consistently shown their strength.
To this day, people still remember Chelsea's success in beating PSG in other competitions, but I'm willing to bet that Chelsea won't be successful in the Champions League.

I don't think it's time to say Chelsea can't succeed in the UCL competition. I'm not looking at their achievements in the Club World Cup, but in the UCL we've only played two matches. Maybe Chelsea can improve and do something crazy, who knows. After all, they also have quite quality players who can take them further, but of course that doesn't mean I'm optimistic that they can win the UCL title because there are still teams that are more capable of that.

[$weetne$$]

Chelsea were determined in lifting and adding the club world cup trophy to their list of achievements and nothing of luck, someone that won PSG by 3 goals, PSG that were disgracing and humiliating different teams with 5:0 but they couldn't score even a goal in their final with Chelsea, even if luck were on Chelsea side and they managed to reach the final game. that luck wouldn't have worked with PSG, because it was obvious that PSG was super in form after their champions league triumphant victory.

Maybe the champions league victory got PSG turning out overly confident and it later had to cost them the club world cup finals, because if you had seen that game, you will agree that at some point PSG did played like they were so guarantee of the win but it turned out they were not after all so it is not about how informed they were it was also their mentality and approach to that game that kept them in such position and mind you Chelsea did waited for an opportunity as such for the best utilisation.

[armanda90]

For a team of Real Madrid stature, they must have balance in their squad, not just focus on one thing because they always aim to win, so all lines are very important to prevent gaps for the opposing team to penetrate the defense area. The defense area is very important, it is useless if the club has good and productive attackers but a weak defense, it will look useless.
In fact, Real Madrid spent a lot of money not only to recruit strong attackers but they also recruited a defender they have been eyeing for a long time, namely Alexander Arnold. So Real Madrid focus is not only on attackers, they also pay attention to their defense, but the current situation is not entirely according to Real Madrid expectations.

Current team composition, Madrid have balanced team regarding last season after several top recruitment but several of them have got injury again in this season. In this season Madrid have new defender Dean Huijsen and Trent Alexander-Arnold but of them got injury and recently news must absent for several crucial matches. During in phase group matches, Madrid performed very well and won 2 of 2 games its good result for directly qualifying to the next round. For attacker position, Madrid seems have completed teams if not any players get injury and optimistic opportunity winning the tittle if all players without get injury.
Next match, Madrid will face Juventus and its crucial match for making rotation or not because several days later will face Barcelona in domestic league match. However Juventus still not performed well in last several games between Champion League or domestic league match and surely Madrid will easily getting three points.

[Mallampue]

I don't think it's time to say Chelsea can't succeed in the UCL competition. I'm not looking at their achievements in the Club World Cup, but in the UCL we've only played two matches. Maybe Chelsea can improve and do something crazy, who knows. After all, they also have quite quality players who can take them further, but of course that doesn't mean I'm optimistic that they can win the UCL title because there are still teams that are more capable of that.

In the Champions League, each team has only played two matches, so it's not quite right to say a team is performing poorly just because they've only played two. Therefore, both Chelsea and other teams still have a significant opportunity to develop and improve their performance to avoid dropping any more points.

Chelsea have been playing very well, and they will be ready to perform even better to keep their hopes of winning their next six matches intact. However, if Chelsea face another strong team, I expect them to be overwhelmed, as they were when they lost 3-1 to Bayern Munich. Therefore, Enzo Maresca certainly has a big job to do, as he must lead his team to a brilliant performance in both the Champions League and the domestic league.

[Odohu]

This is exactly what I think every Chelsea fan should be thinking right now they should stop hyping the team because of their past glory in the club world cup that they won a lot is happening in the team right now and their performance is declining but fans are still believing that everything is going well in the team why it's not. The manager should be questioned and his team be motivated to improve because if people keep expecting much from them they may be disappointed when they keep losing games.

The action of Chelsea fans have little to no effect on their performance rather the job is in the hands of the manager and the players. The fans will always hype the players and the team in general because such serve as motivation to the players as it enable them to understand that people are looking up to them. Chelsea of this season is not doing bad entirely and if they beat Bayern Munic, it will not be seen as a miracle to me. Chelsea have a very strong defenders that will be able to stop Bayern Munic from pouring too many goals.

[Amphenomenon]

I do not know why people still allow the glory of the FIFA club world cup victory make them not look at the current reality, Chelsea did well that time but it is now all in the past and something that has  been considered as been in the past and after then, a few adjustments and changes had taken place so they are not as they exactly were then and they also have some inconsistencies too, so let us be more realistic with expectations from the so we get less disappointment from them than we would.

This is exactly what I think every Chelsea fan should be thinking right now they should stop hyping the team because of their past glory in the club world cup that they won a lot is happening in the team right now and their performance is declining but fans are still believing that everything is going well in the team why it's not. The manager should be questioned and his team be motivated to improve because if people keep expecting much from them they may be disappointed when they keep losing games.

We know the team is not in a perfect shape especially with our injuries and defense state. We just can't forget it and also want more because it took long to see us among top flight after Todd took charge and we all understand how we have been through so many downs from it and so will continue to appreciate the ups.

We can do better and we will do better hopefully and while I'm annoyed with Enzo Maresca, I don't blame him much in our backline strength since the management hasn't him on improving it.

[indah rezqi]

I don't think it's time to say Chelsea can't succeed in the UCL competition. I'm not looking at their achievements in the Club World Cup, but in the UCL we've only played two matches. Maybe Chelsea can improve and do something crazy, who knows. After all, they also have quite quality players who can take them further, but of course that doesn't mean I'm optimistic that they can win the UCL title because there are still teams that are more capable of that.

In the Champions League, each team has only played two matches, so it's not quite right to say a team is performing poorly just because they've only played two. Therefore, both Chelsea and other teams still have a significant opportunity to develop and improve their performance to avoid dropping any more points.

Chelsea have been playing very well, and they will be ready to perform even better to keep their hopes of winning their next six matches intact. However, if Chelsea face another strong team, I expect them to be overwhelmed, as they were when they lost 3-1 to Bayern Munich. Therefore, Enzo Maresca certainly has a big job to do, as he must lead his team to a brilliant performance in both the Champions League and the domestic league.

Last season, PSG won the Champions League after struggling to qualify. So, I agree that the first two matches won't tell you anything, and each team has a long way to go. However, we can all analyze the team's performance from each match played, there are at least 6 matches left to be played in the league round.

Several teams already look like strong favorites to advance to the round of 16, but we never really know how they'll fare. Liverpool and five other teams, including Qarabag, have won their two matches so far, but the others will be looking to improve and get maximum points.

[CageMabok]

I acknowledge PSG, but not Chelsea.
If you say Chelsea is also the best, for me, they're the best in other competitions, and that's just luck.
Sorry to Chelsea fans, I'm being honest because in the Champions League, Chelsea haven't had a strong performance, unlike PSG, who have consistently shown their strength.
To this day, people still remember Chelsea's success in beating PSG in other competitions, but I'm willing to bet that Chelsea won't be successful in the Champions League.

The Champions League is a very different competition, and that's always reflected in the level of competition and the ability of each team. However, if you're only talking about last season, then PSG should clearly be considered the best, as last season PSG won their first Champions League title in football history. Chelsea, on the other hand, had already experienced this, and it wasn't even that long ago. In the 2020/2021 season, Chelsea was the team capable of winning the Champions League.

[verdinio]

I noticed that after Kroos and Modric were no longer in the team, something seemed less interesting about Madrid's gameplay. I know they are still a strong team capable of defeating opponents. But that position seems to not have the right player yet.
However, now I think they are playing better. What they are facing is the problem of player injuries in the defense line. But Xabi certainly has to make the most of the players available for the next match.

Yea, I have also noticed that too. Ever since Kroos left the club the midfield is not that active because Madrid hasn't gotten a good replacement for Kroos who will lock the midfield and make it difficult for their counterparts to pass through easily. Of course, the defense is also having some challenges, I believe with time Xabi will fix the problem. Player rotation is needed at the defense.

It must be acknowledged that since Toni Kroos and Luka Modric left the club, Real Madrid rhythm of play has changed. Currently, they often seem to lose the control that once made them appear dominant in the game, everything seems difficult now. It all comes back to Alonso, how he can balance the game with a limited squad. He must prove his adaptability as a coach who already has a lot of experience and success, he must be able to utilise young players like Vinicius and Mbappe to form a strong foundation for the current squad.

Clearly losing two such strong players creates a certain imbalance, I think that these two players who were the cornerstones of the midfield are two big losses for Real Madrid who absolutely cannot do without two players like that, but time passes and times change and so do the players.

[Cyber_warrior]

I do not know why people still allow the glory of the FIFA club world cup victory make them not look at the current reality, Chelsea did well that time but it is now all in the past and something that has  been considered as been in the past and after then, a few adjustments and changes had taken place so they are not as they exactly were then and they also have some inconsistencies too, so let us be more realistic with expectations from the so we get less disappointment from them than we would.

This is exactly what I think every Chelsea fan should be thinking right now they should stop hyping the team because of their past glory in the club world cup that they won a lot is happening in the team right now and their performance is declining but fans are still believing that everything is going well in the team why it's not. The manager should be questioned and his team be motivated to improve because if people keep expecting much from them they may be disappointed when they keep losing games.

I don't know why people kept citing the Club World Cup as the only reason for Chelsea strong play, Is Chelsea not good enough to defeat PSG?  We all know this isn't the only time Chelsea has surprised us by beating a strong team.  if it's their performance that's declining, that is the case with all teams at the moment, we'll have to wait until the very end to see which team will make it to that level, I believe Chelsea will make it there. fans aren't just hyping them,  they genuinely trust their gameplay.

[IceLincoln]

I don't think it's time to say Chelsea can't succeed in the UCL competition. I'm not looking at their achievements in the Club World Cup, but in the UCL we've only played two matches. Maybe Chelsea can improve and do something crazy, who knows. After all, they also have quite quality players who can take them further, but of course that doesn't mean I'm optimistic that they can win the UCL title because there are still teams that are more capable of that.

In the Champions League, each team has only played two matches, so it's not quite right to say a team is performing poorly just because they've only played two. Therefore, both Chelsea and other teams still have a significant opportunity to develop and improve their performance to avoid dropping any more points.

Chelsea have been playing very well, and they will be ready to perform even better to keep their hopes of winning their next six matches intact. However, if Chelsea face another strong team, I expect them to be overwhelmed, as they were when they lost 3-1 to Bayern Munich. Therefore, Enzo Maresca certainly has a big job to do, as he must lead his team to a brilliant performance in both the Champions League and the domestic league.

Last season, PSG won the Champions League after struggling to qualify. So, I agree that the first two matches won't tell you anything, and each team has a long way to go. However, we can all analyze the team's performance from each match played, there are at least 6 matches left to be played in the league round.

Several teams already look like strong favorites to advance to the round of 16, but we never really know how they'll fare. Liverpool and five other teams, including Qarabag, have won their two matches so far, but the others will be looking to improve and get maximum points.

I’m not sure we can say for now who will win the champions league, until the group stages are over and maybe a round of the knockout stages then we can see clubs with the potential to go far and get it. Last season Liverpool was on a roll topping the league and we saw them now out to PSG who became eventual winners, and this PSG side struggled at the club stages it was by a thread they survived, that last game against Manchester City was their turning point and from there it was glorious for them. So we can all have our favourite teams now but can never guess or predict the winner just by their performances now at the group stages until the end.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I acknowledge PSG, but not Chelsea.
If you say Chelsea is also the best, for me, they're the best in other competitions, and that's just luck.
Sorry to Chelsea fans, I'm being honest because in the Champions League, Chelsea haven't had a strong performance, unlike PSG, who have consistently shown their strength.
To this day, people still remember Chelsea's success in beating PSG in other competitions, but I'm willing to bet that Chelsea won't be successful in the Champions League.

I like how you just create this delusion in your mind and believe that it'll just happen because you speculated them, but who really knows a team's strength, luck and chances to win games in the knockout stages? Everyone wants to be in the spotlight, and you think Chelsea doesn't want it anyway? You must be joking!

Nobody thought Chelsea would even win any season of the club world cup, but they emerged as the first winners since the reintroduction of me the league.. how do you belittle these teams and players? Let's just focus on the outcome of the league this season -- matter of fact, I really want to know who's going home with it this time around.

[GiftedMAN]

This is exactly what I think every Chelsea fan should be thinking right now they should stop hyping the team because of their past glory in the club world cup that they won a lot is happening in the team right now and their performance is declining but fans are still believing that everything is going well in the team why it's not. The manager should be questioned and his team be motivated to improve because if people keep expecting much from them they may be disappointed when they keep losing games.

The action of Chelsea fans have little to no effect on their performance rather the job is in the hands of the manager and the players. The fans will always hype the players and the team in general because such serve as motivation to the players as it enable them to understand that people are looking up to them. Chelsea of this season is not doing bad entirely and if they beat Bayern Munic, it will not be seen as a miracle to me. Chelsea have a very strong defenders that will be able to stop Bayern Munic from pouring too many goals.

I also think that the fans motivation helps to ginger the players to perform well especially those fans who goes to watch their games and support them in every match they play. The manager should do something concerning the performance of his team they may not be entirely bad but when they can not win against strong opponents it's a sign of poor performance and it's not going to be good for his team. If they can defeat Bayern Munich which I think it's not possible for now it's going to be a good sing of improvement for them.

[Zoomic]

So far it's the best team I've seen so far, there's no other that can compete with them , but now we have Chelsea, who are the best because they won the Club World Cup and how , so for Now we can say that PSG and Chelsea are the best, what they've achieved is enough to think about it.

I acknowledge PSG, but not Chelsea.
If you say Chelsea is also the best, for me, they're the best in other competitions, and that's just luck.
Sorry to Chelsea fans, I'm being honest because in the Champions League, Chelsea haven't had a strong performance, unlike PSG, who have consistently shown their strength.
To this day, people still remember Chelsea's success in beating PSG in other competitions, but I'm willing to bet that Chelsea won't be successful in the Champions League.

I am surprised how Chelsea managed to smuggle themselves into the best teams.
That was how I was surprised that at a time Cole Palmer became Balloon d'Or serious contender.
Now Chelsea is considered to be in the same height of performance with PSG, just because of one Club World Cup that Chelsea had all cheap fixtures till the finals?

[TelolettOm]

I am surprised how Chelsea managed to smuggle themselves into the best teams.
That was how I was surprised that at a time Cole Palmer became Balloon d'Or serious contender.
Now Chelsea is considered to be in the same height of performance with PSG, just because of one Club World Cup that Chelsea had all cheap fixtures till the finals?

Chelsea did win the World Cup yesterday, but when compared to PSG's performance and achievements last season, to be honest, I personally still believe PSG is stronger than Chelsea. Several clubs didn't participate in the CWC that year, and for some reason the hype wasn't as strong, so many say the UEFA Champions League is still much more competitive.

By the way, there are rumors of another competition, a new one involving selected clubs. The clubs will be even busier, right?

Source: UEFA and the Super League are in negotiations to merge and create a new competition

[Felicity_Tide]

I acknowledge PSG, but not Chelsea.
If you say Chelsea is also the best, for me, they're the best in other competitions, and that's just luck.
Sorry to Chelsea fans, I'm being honest because in the Champions League, Chelsea haven't had a strong performance, unlike PSG, who have consistently shown their strength.
To this day, people still remember Chelsea's success in beating PSG in other competitions, but I'm willing to bet that Chelsea won't be successful in the Champions League.

You have a point, but one thing I have come to notice about football is that not every team that starts well ends well, and not every teams that starts roughly, ends roughly as well. If you observed last Champion's league, psg were obviously not the favorite to win the title because they even lost to Arsenal in the group stage. They became better as the season continues.

Chelsea, beating psg is something that I personally can not explain. I won't call it luck due to the large goal difference, but at the same time, It doesn't still make Chelsea the favorite to winning the league or UCL based on their performance so far. Things might eventually change as the season continues, and as they start winning their games at all cost. Who knows, they might eventually end up winning despite this performance, but it is certainly not something that I can guarantee or even bet on at this point. The season hasn't even gone midway.

[imamusma]

I’m not sure we can say for now who will win the champions league, until the group stages are over and maybe a round of the knockout stages then we can see clubs with the potential to go far and get it. Last season Liverpool was on a roll topping the league and we saw them now out to PSG who became eventual winners, and this PSG side struggled at the club stages it was by a thread they survived, that last game against Manchester City was their turning point and from there it was glorious for them. So we can all have our favourite teams now but can never guess or predict the winner just by their performances now at the group stages until the end.

That's right, we're still in the League Phase, and many surprises could occur. The favorites could be eliminated early, and underdogs could go further, we've seen this all too often. Liverpool run last season is a particularly relevant example, and it's not impossible that we'll see a new Champions League champion this season.
At first glance, PSG, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich all seem worthy of consideration as favorites this season, but as you said, we'll probably have to wait to see how they progress through the League Phase before concluding who's the more worthy favorite.