UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[sotelorene]

We should expect more from Paris Saint-Germain next season. They shocked everyone when they won major UCL trophy. Winning an elite team, a dependent formidable squad is involved, craving for eligible standards and streak winnings. A good team will always end up with trophies, it's facts. We should thank Luis Enrique for everything he's had done for Paris Saint-Germain. Paris Saint-Germain are eligible and deserves what they got this season. Achieved quite alot with treble, what more can a club pray for?

Paris Saint German has proved to the whole world that they are a formidable team and winning the champions league trophy has proven that to all of them. They also need to maintain their dominance in the champions league next season and it is only by that they can be feared by their opponents in the competition. Luis Enrique need to be praised and to be given accolade for how far it came with this team, he has really done well and more is expected from him next season. Maintaining consistency in their performance next season is what is most needed by them as a team so that they don’t lose their dominance and confidence in the team.

So far I think PSG is still very consistent and their way of playing is very good in every match and besides that PSG has young players who have the same quality and like Manchester City at that time who were always feared by opposing teams when competing. And the failures that occurred in the Champions League have been answered and the problem lies with the coach and Luis Enrique is the real answer, because previously PSG had many great coaches and also several star players but still failed to win this very prestigious league, namely the Champions League. And Luis Enrique is truly a very genius coach, more than great and also experienced. And I am sure that next season PSG will be a team that is more feared by opposing teams because they have a genius coach and know how to beat anyone their opponent.

PSG performance has been spectacular especially in the ongoing FIFA club world cup I think that PSG is still one of the favorites going into the champions League next season because seeing them play they play as a unit this is one of the best teams that I have seen for a while.


I think that PSG should bring in one or two signing so that they can have some good players in reserves because injuries can step in because these players has been stressed as they have been playing through out the season

If they continue like this they are going to be unstoppable both in their domestic league and in other league and cup, PSG seems to be very well coordinated and they are playing a nice game. Yesterday PSG beat Inter Miami 4:0 in the first half of the game and I think almost or all there matches in the club word cup has been a win and if care is not taken they might win the cup but i think it is early to talk about who will win the cup for now but I just feel this way because of what PSG is displaying. And yes I also think getting new players is an encouraging idea even if there is no injury at least there will be a competition between the players and this will also increase the team performance.

[Spaceman1000$]

I can't say that PSG will be able to win the Champions League next season if they maintain their performance because other clubs might have increased the strength of their teams with new signings. PSG haven't signed any player yet, because they feel it's not important which might later become a problem for them next season. This was how Leverkusen thought that they are the best and don't need any additional players when the won Bundesliga title.

Playing in the Bundesliga and playing in the champions league are two different competitions and every team approaches each competition they’re participating in differently. Just because Bayern Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title and got qualified for the champions league, that doesn’t mean those same players will be able to win the champions league competition with the same strategy, they are two different competitions with the champions league more fierce than the Bundesliga, so they won’t get to win it easier if they’d won the Bundesliga so easily for them.

As for PSG, if they were able to win the champions league trophy with this same players they have currently in the squad, they can just put more efforts in the champions league next season and dominate it once again if they manage the players well once again. The champions league is the highest flight competition in Europe. So if they’d won it the last, they can still win it again with good approach. Real Madrid have won it back to back before, so I don’t see why PSG can’t win it also, even without signing new players to the club.

Of course there is a huge difference between the bundesliga and Champions League, however it does mean that Bayern Leverkusen upon qualifying for the Champions League after winning their domestic League, can still win the Champions League with the same players and the same strategy, haven't watched the Champions League for several years, the winners in most cases are not easily predicted, so anybody can win. Even the PSG that won the Champions League, how many of us knew that they are going to win the Champions League, is it not the same PSG that has been trying for several years to win the Champions League but was just lucky enough to win it this time around.

[Roseline492]

Playing in the Bundesliga and playing in the champions league are two different competitions and every team approaches each competition they’re participating in differently. Just because Bayern Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title and got qualified for the champions league,

Domestic leagues are too small for the UEFA because a champion in domestic league can be a common club on the champions League and we already saw that with Bayern Leverkusen the year they got the domestic trophy from Bayern Munich and when they got to the UEFA I began to ask myself how they did it to have won the trophy because they didn't show how they got it, even this last season Bayern Munich has won but we cannot say as the got it they would win the UEFA because a lot of good clubs who have also won there own domestic leagues are there.

[Obari]

Playing in the Bundesliga and playing in the champions league are two different competitions and every team approaches each competition they’re participating in differently. Just because Bayern Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title and got qualified for the champions league,

These clubs should be appreciated because it's never an easy task to see an elite team maintaining a formidable form to win games. If you happen to be a manager, among these tournaments, which will you priotize over the other? For me, they're both important and it's always consider a good option to win both domestic and elite trophies.

Featuring in the UEFA Champions League is entirely different from featuring in domestic Bundesliga. Bayern Munich have been consistent in stellar performance, there's absolutely no club that's good enough to gather guts and fact the Bavarians. They always flopped and just good for just one season. Borrusia Dortmund given up already in the Bundesliga title race because they don't beat the features to compete with Bayern Munich and they just go into triggering the sell clause of their rare gems.

[tiCeR]

Playing in the Bundesliga and playing in the champions league are two different competitions and every team approaches each competition they’re participating in differently. Just because Bayern Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title and got qualified for the champions league,

These clubs should be appreciated because it's never an easy task to see an elite team maintaining a formidable form to win games. If you happen to be a manager, among these tournaments, which will you priotize over the other? For me, they're both important and it's always consider a good option to win both domestic and elite trophies.

Featuring in the UEFA Champions League is entirely different from featuring in domestic Bundesliga. Bayern Munich have been consistent in stellar performance, there's absolutely no club that's good enough to gather guts and fact the Bavarians. They always flopped and just good for just one season. Borrusia Dortmund given up already in the Bundesliga title race because they don't beat the features to compete with Bayern Munich and they just go into triggering the sell clause of their rare gems.

It's not about prioritization under all circumstances. No great coach will say that they prioritize the CL and don't care that much about their domestic league.

You mentioned the Bundesliga and if it came out that Kompany would not pay too much attention to the Bundesliga because he wants to focus on the CL, he wouldn't be the coach for that club for very long.

It is a different story if the circumstances allow prioritization, for example when your team leads by 10 points in the standings and can afford to give some of the best players a break, but they won't do this when it is still early in the season.

[joniboini]

It is a different story if the circumstances allow prioritization, for example when your team leads by 10 points in the standings and can afford to give some of the best players a break, but they won't do this when it is still early in the season.

Even then, it's arguable whether resting some key players means they're not prioritizing the competition at all. You could argue that playing your best 11 for every game is detrimental to their stamina or something else.

That being said, I don't remember seeing any manager openly admits they don't give a damn about a competition. The closest I can think the claim that Ange told the board that Spurs should focus on winning the UEL last season because the EPL is a lost cause. I don't know if other managers have said the same thing for the UCL or not. If we're talking about a cup competition like the FA Cup, I guess there are some examples where you could argue the team doesn't take it seriously at all. CMIIW.

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It's not about prioritization under all circumstances. No great coach will say that they prioritize the CL and don't care that much about their domestic league.

You mentioned the Bundesliga and if it came out that Kompany would not pay too much attention to the Bundesliga because he wants to focus on the CL, he wouldn't be the coach for that club for very long.

It is a different story if the circumstances allow prioritization, for example when your team leads by 10 points in the standings and can afford to give some of the best players a break, but they won't do this when it is still early in the season.

People who assume like this only know a small part of football, winning the UCL trophy is the dream of every team because the level is more prestigious than other competitions, but they also do not ignore the Domestic League because one of the ways to achieve the Treble Winner must win the UCL trophy, the Domestic League and the Domestic Cup involving clubs from various divisions.
Kompany will have to work harder if he wants to win the Champions League trophy, but in terms of domestic leagues, Bayern Munich have no problem dominating the Bundesliga.

[Mayor of ogba]

So in the match against PSG I was surprised that they were not able to attack to score at least one goal, but on the other hand it's a credit to PSG who played beautifully

For a team of that standard and at the stage we were in the league, they didn’t have a fighting spirit neither did PSG gave them one. When it was just 2 goals, I expected to see Inter Milan with some resilience, some come back spirit, some of that toughness they showed when they faced Barcelona but nope, they allowed PSG to dictate the entire game for them and that was just hard to watch.

Liverpool was simply unlucky in that penalty shootout. They played against arguably the strongest PSG side ever and fought really well, but luck was on PSG’s side. Next season, i expect much more from Liverpool because they’ve brought in some serious reinforcements. As for Guardiola, he’s definitely on the right track to pull City out of the crisis, like you said i think the management trusts him, and i believe he will be successful.

I’ll like to agree with you but then, I think PSG in this season trailed their play to as near perfect as they can, given that it’s a long way to the title. They just had to make the most of every game and the matches to count for them.

Truth be told it's only hard for fans of this team, for those who just wanted to enjoy the game it was a bore. I too at one point thought they could come back, but it became obvious, even early in the second half, that no, they couldn't. On the other hand, we got a defeat in the final like we've never seen before, that's history and there are pluses to that too

I agree with you that it's only PSG fans that enjoy the UEFA Champions League final because, with the way Inter Milan performed in the UEFA Champions League competition, we were expecting to watch a tough and interesting game between PSG and Inter Milan, but the UEFA Champions League final ended in a way that football fans were disappointed with Inter Milan's performance. I also thought Inter Milan could score back when the scoreline was still 1-0, but when PSG scored their second goal, I knew it would be difficult for Inter Milan to equalize against PSG, but I didn't know PSG could still score 3 more goals in the second half.

[bastisisca]

I agree with you that it's only PSG fans that enjoy the UEFA Champions League final because, with the way Inter Milan performed in the UEFA Champions League competition, we were expecting to watch a tough and interesting game between PSG and Inter Milan, but the UEFA Champions League final ended in a way that football fans were disappointed with Inter Milan's performance. I also thought Inter Milan could score back when the scoreline was still 1-0, but when PSG scored their second goal, I knew it would be difficult for Inter Milan to equalize against PSG, but I didn't know PSG could still score 3 more goals in the second half.

The match really sucked for me, it wasn't a match but playing against a non-existent opponent, in fact i stopped playing half an hour before the end.
It hurts to watch these games, even if it wasn't Inter, it would have been a very boring game, very different from the Inter - Barcelona game.

[tiCeR]

It is a different story if the circumstances allow prioritization, for example when your team leads by 10 points in the standings and can afford to give some of the best players a break, but they won't do this when it is still early in the season.

Even then, it's arguable whether resting some key players means they're not prioritizing the competition at all. You could argue that playing your best 11 for every game is detrimental to their stamina or something else.

That being said, I don't remember seeing any manager openly admits they don't give a damn about a competition. The closest I can think the claim that Ange told the board that Spurs should focus on winning the UEL last season because the EPL is a lost cause. I don't know if other managers have said the same thing for the UCL or not. If we're talking about a cup competition like the FA Cup, I guess there are some examples where you could argue the team doesn't take it seriously at all. CMIIW.

That's exactly the point. They would not admit it ever unless it is the only way to go forward, like Tottenham as you said or Manchester United last season when they still had the Europa League to play, but in the EPL everything was lost many games before the season ended. If a coach then even publicly says he will give some important players a break, then we have those discussions of other teams arguing it would undermine fair competition. But I think every team has the right to fall back on some strategy when it makes sense. It's like those group stages at big tournaments when a team wins the first 2 out of 3 games, usually they don't let their best 11 play the next game and that leads to a lot of discussion.

In regards to the FA Cup, wasn't one of the problems that the calendar was packed in a way that teams had to fly back from national team games or other competitions and then literally play the next day after the flight or something? The EPL has more competitions I think than other leagues. Usually the FA Cup is an important competition.

Even then, it's arguable whether resting some key players means they're not prioritizing the competition at all. You could argue that playing your best 11 for every game is detrimental to their stamina or something else.

This is true and coincidentally the most important games are played with the most exhausted players because the most important games take place at the end of the season. When these top teams give players a break, they can still bring on great players. Maybe it is worth discussing when they allow like 5 players from the youth team to play against some other team that is still fighting against relegation.

[slapper]

I can't say that PSG will be able to win the Champions League next season if they maintain their performance because other clubs might have increased the strength of their teams with new signings. PSG haven't signed any player yet, because they feel it's not important which might later become a problem for them next season. This was how Leverkusen thought that they are the best and don't need any additional players when the won Bundesliga title.

Playing in the Bundesliga and playing in the champions league are two different competitions and every team approaches each competition they’re participating in differently. Just because Bayern Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title and got qualified for the champions league, that doesn’t mean those same players will be able to win the champions league competition with the same strategy, they are two different competitions with the champions league more fierce than the Bundesliga, so they won’t get to win it easier if they’d won the Bundesliga so easily for them.

As for PSG, if they were able to win the champions league trophy with this same players they have currently in the squad, they can just put more efforts in the champions league next season and dominate it once again if they manage the players well once again. The champions league is the highest flight competition in Europe. So if they’d won it the last, they can still win it again with good approach. Real Madrid have won it back to back before, so I don’t see why PSG can’t win it also, even without signing new players to the club.

Bundesliga and UCL are night and day, and Leverkusen proved it. They finished 2nd in Germany (which isn’t even their best league finish!) but crashed out of the Champions League in the Round of 16. Possession stats and pretty passing (like that 62% possession vs Dortmund) don’t mean much if you can’t finish off elite opposition or your defense can’t handle the clinical quality you get in Europe. Losing Wirtz and Xabi Alonso this summer? That’s their footballing brain and soul gone in one window. If anything, this Leverkusen squad is primed for a reality check in Europe, especially with a rookie manager coming in and a new tactical system about to be installed

PSG won the treble, but that is not business as usual. People get caught up in that Real Madrid three-peat fairytale, but even they made small, key squad tweaks every year, kept the hunger alive, and had a core with insane mental durability. PSG’s doing the opposite: zero real transfers in, riding their luck that the same starting XI can go again after a physically brutal calendar. Dembélé, Barcola, Zaïre-Emery… all ran into the red last season, and the Club World Cup squeezed out the only rest they might’ve had. So, sure, they “can” win it again, but the probability says otherwise. One or two key injuries or a dip in intensity, and the house of cards falls quick. No team in history has stood still and dominated. Even Real refreshed just enough

[Frankolala]

I agree with you that it's only PSG fans that enjoy the UEFA Champions League final because, with the way Inter Milan performed in the UEFA Champions League competition, we were expecting to watch a tough and interesting game between PSG and Inter Milan, but the UEFA Champions League final ended in a way that football fans were disappointed with Inter Milan's performance. I also thought Inter Milan could score back when the scoreline was still 1-0, but when PSG scored their second goal, I knew it would be difficult for Inter Milan to equalize against PSG, but I didn't know PSG could still score 3 more goals in the second half.

The match really sucked for me, it wasn't a match but playing against a non-existent opponent, in fact i stopped playing half an hour before the end.
It hurts to watch these games, even if it wasn't Inter, it would have been a very boring game, very different from the Inter - Barcelona game.

The quality of the match doesn't prove it to be a finals. An easy win for PSG, and the worse performance from Inter so far in three seasons in the Champions League. It seems, Inter will find it difficult to go far next season in UCL, because their quality is dropping and they have a new coach.

[Chilwell]

Playing in the Bundesliga and playing in the champions league are two different competitions and every team approaches each competition they’re participating in differently. Just because Bayern Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title and got qualified for the champions league, that doesn’t mean those same players will be able to win the champions league competition with the same strategy, they are two different competitions with the champions league more fierce than the Bundesliga, so they won’t get to win it easier if they’d won the Bundesliga so easily for them.

I don't really know how some people are thinking, I think Bayern Leverkusen had a very wonderful season which qualified to Champions League And after that we all know what they played, I think it's clear that Both competition are  have their own separate way of winning them. I just considered Bayern Leverkusen was just lucky to have secured that opportunity under the leadership of Xavi Alonso but even before he left there, they are not as strong as they used to be with even the same players. The football is very hard to predict, Xavi did a lot of sacrificed before Bayern Leverkusen get to that level. I don't expect them to get to that level anytime soon.

As for PSG, if they were able to win the champions league trophy with this same players they have currently in the squad, they can just put more efforts in the champions league next season and dominate it once again if they manage the players well once again. The champions league is the highest flight competition in Europe. So if they’d won it the last, they can still win it again with good approach. Real Madrid have won it back to back before, so I don’t see why PSG can’t win it also, even without signing new players to the club.

PSG as final arrived in the Champions League that is due to their Victory a lot will be considering them on winning the Champions League unlike before that everyone knew that they are were actually doing very fine but to secure that opportunity they found it difficult. I am not too confident in them this season because so many teams last season and not in their best performance even with the same players. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Liverpool and so on are very much ready for this coming season, it going to be tough.

[Just Say]

If they continue like this they are going to be unstoppable both in their domestic league and in other league and cup, PSG seems to be very well coordinated and they are playing a nice game. Yesterday PSG beat Inter Miami 4:0 in the first half of the game and I think almost or all there matches in the club word cup has been a win and if care is not taken they might win the cup but i think it is early to talk about who will win the cup for now but I just feel this way because of what PSG is displaying. And yes I also think getting new players is an encouraging idea even if there is no injury at least there will be a competition between the players and this will also increase the team performance.

PSG are playing excellently in the ongoing FIFA Club World Cup because they are very well-coordinated but I don't think the opponent they beat in the Club World Cup to reach the quarterfinals is worthy of fighting against them. In fact, the speed at which Inter Miami's players ran in that match made it seem as if they had bags of cement hanging from their backs. Maybe you can explain that Messi was on that team actually he participated in that match with some stupid players because they couldn't pass properly and couldn't run.

However it can be said with certainty that, perhaps PSG deserves respect above all else because their heroics are still ongoing. My idea maybe the German club will severely damage the French club's nervous strength in the quarter-final match of the Club World Cup because the next round match will be between two big European clubs.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

PSG are playing excellently in the ongoing FIFA Club World Cup because they are very well-coordinated

I knew it that they are going to continue with the same zeal and attitude they adopted in winning the just concluded UEFA champions league and all these were possible because of the coordination they had, if they can maintain this and continue in the same speed, then they are just starting to mark on achievements from every of their match, because it is going to be a unique experience for them, which i hope they could continue form this way they are on.

[armanda90]

People who assume like this only know a small part of football, winning the UCL trophy is the dream of every team because the level is more prestigious than other competitions, but they also do not ignore the Domestic League because one of the ways to achieve the Treble Winner must win the UCL trophy, the Domestic League and the Domestic Cup involving clubs from various divisions.
Kompany will have to work harder if he wants to win the Champions League trophy, but in terms of domestic leagues, Bayern Munich have no problem dominating the Bundesliga.

Winning UEFA Champion League is high dreaming for all club participants and any players still not winning yet such as Harry Kane or Arsenal as the big four Premier League teams still not have UCL trophy in their cupboard. I believe all teams will prioritize for performing well in Champion League match beside have bigger composition received from UEFA until how competitive with Champion League match. For next season can't predictable yet who will be the winner although recent performance of PSG still quite well but the journey for winning UCL still take longer time.
Bayern Munich dominance at domestic league this season quite easily but get difficulty when playing at Champion League, Vincent Kompany still difficult how to bring his team get higher round in Champion League after eliminating by Inter Milan at quarter final round. Would next season Bayern Munich can lead until final round or still the same with this season acievement qualified until quarter final round.

[promise444c5]

Bayern Munich dominance at domestic league this season quite easily but get difficulty when playing at Champion League, Vincent Kompany still difficult how to bring his team get higher round in Champion League after eliminating by Inter Milan at quarter final round. Would next season Bayern Munich can lead until final round or still the same with this season acievement qualified until quarter final round.

Maybe they are all somehow getting comfortable with their league(Bundesliga) performance and it’s seems it’s not getting them beyond quarter finals.Take a look out Leipzig too, they dipped in performance a lot this season even in their league , Bayern and Dortmund are trying in UCL though but it seems their  stay is only capped at quarter finals especially Bayern, it’s 5 years and still counting they’re getting eliminated in quarter finals apart from one semifinal again Real Madrid but atleast, they seem to be trying to than every other team from Bundelisga 

[CLS63]

Why always against Arsenal?

Don’t you think they can do better next season?
If Arsenal had won the Champions League, they would have been in this same shoe with PSG, but even as they didn’t win, we need to appreciate their performance because they did well in the Champions League, reaching the semifinals wasn’t easy especially eliminating Real Madrid.

I think Arsenal have equal chances of winning the Champions League with PSG and any other team.

Isn't it quite normal for people to have these feelings against Arsenal you think? Because they are still trophyless in the Champions League.

They had a good run the last time but it didn't end up with even their reaching the finale. Once again they failed the fans.

I don't see their chances equal while PSG are the last winner of the tournament and playing much better.

[$crypto$]

Why always against Arsenal?

Don’t you think they can do better next season?
If Arsenal had won the Champions League, they would have been in this same shoe with PSG, but even as they didn’t win, we need to appreciate their performance because they did well in the Champions League, reaching the semifinals wasn’t easy especially eliminating Real Madrid.

I think Arsenal have equal chances of winning the Champions League with PSG and any other team.

Isn't it quite normal for people to have these feelings against Arsenal you think? Because they are still trophyless in the Champions League.

They had a good run the last time but it didn't end up with even their reaching the finale. Once again they failed the fans.

I don't see their chances equal while PSG are the last winner of the tournament and playing much better.

The Gunners fans have hopes of winning the UCL trophy, but the reality is that this is still difficult to achieve even though their appearance is good, they are still eliminated before the final.

Well that's the disappointment where they play well but never win, other things like in the premier league, have played well but in the end Arsenal always slip up which makes them not champions.

Still can't judge next season, a long journey that must be gone through first.

[baeva]

So in the match against PSG I was surprised that they were not able to attack to score at least one goal, but on the other hand it's a credit to PSG who played beautifully

For a team of that standard and at the stage we were in the league, they didn’t have a fighting spirit neither did PSG gave them one. When it was just 2 goals, I expected to see Inter Milan with some resilience, some come back spirit, some of that toughness they showed when they faced Barcelona but nope, they allowed PSG to dictate the entire game for them and that was just hard to watch.

Liverpool was simply unlucky in that penalty shootout. They played against arguably the strongest PSG side ever and fought really well, but luck was on PSG’s side. Next season, i expect much more from Liverpool because they’ve brought in some serious reinforcements. As for Guardiola, he’s definitely on the right track to pull City out of the crisis, like you said i think the management trusts him, and i believe he will be successful.

I’ll like to agree with you but then, I think PSG in this season trailed their play to as near perfect as they can, given that it’s a long way to the title. They just had to make the most of every game and the matches to count for them.

Truth be told it's only hard for fans of this team, for those who just wanted to enjoy the game it was a bore. I too at one point thought they could come back, but it became obvious, even early in the second half, that no, they couldn't. On the other hand, we got a defeat in the final like we've never seen before, that's history and there are pluses to that too

I agree with you that it's only PSG fans that enjoy the UEFA Champions League final because, with the way Inter Milan performed in the UEFA Champions League competition, we were expecting to watch a tough and interesting game between PSG and Inter Milan, but the UEFA Champions League final ended in a way that football fans were disappointed with Inter Milan's performance. I also thought Inter Milan could score back when the scoreline was still 1-0, but when PSG scored their second goal, I knew it would be difficult for Inter Milan to equalize against PSG, but I didn't know PSG could still score 3 more goals in the second half.

In fact it's already time to move on and reflect on next season's Champions League, PSG have already achieved everything they wanted this season, they've taken the treble. It will be interesting to see Real next season in the Champions League, how Alonso will line up the game and whether they will get anything at all. So far I'm not even interested in the others