UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[boltz]

FCSB - Skhendija is the game of the day for me simply because I support FCSB and I really want this team to qualify further even if the previous game was a disaster on all categories ...from poor defense to poor attack and poor coaching. ( for those who don't know , FCSB real coach is the owner and the coach job is just to keep his team fresh and ready which is crazy I know but here we got used to it ).

Yet , if somehow FCSB won't qualify today it's basically clear for us Romanians that our football is going never for 2 decades and it will continue to go nowhere from now on. ( btw we have 4 teams playing in European Competitions and neither of them won ).

[Baki202]

Mbappe is a very good striker and he performed very well last season he was the highest goal scorer in la Liga, you can't blame mbappe for the team lack of performance he's just a striker The people that should prevent goals are strikers and not mbappe so you don't have to blame mbappe for other team scoring them goals and winning them, if not for mbappe I think Real Madrid would have been worst last season he was the key player for Real Madrid last season and that was why he scored a lot of goals, the person I feel did not perform very well for me last season was vinicius Junior, however I still don't blame a particular person for lack of performance in a team I blame the team and not just a single person, Real Madrid did not perform that bad last season they finished in a good position in la Liga and they also tried in champions League and the FIFA club world cup so for the fact that they did not lift any trophy those not mean they didn't perform well.
Next season Real Madrid will perform better than last season I believe so they just need to work as a team.

I was not really impressed with the kind of performance that Mbappe was putting on because even his co-team members were doing everything in their power to actually give him all the support he needs, and at first when he was coming to Real Madrid, everyone had the belief that Mbappe coming to Real Madrid was going to be one of the most amazing things. In fact, they were doing a comparison with Ronaldo, and he's not even half of what Ronaldo has accomplished, and people were giving excuses for him that he's was new to the club and the league, but to me, maybe he's just not serious.

With or without him, for sure, Madrid would have still done badly, and for the Champions League, it is even worse because they are always known to be the champions and the king, and with the way they have won the Premier League, people know that they have enough experience to actually defeat more clubs because, if I am not mistaken, there are periodswhen Madrid plays or participates in the Champions League when you will be able to tell if Madrid is going to win, but from what we have seen now, you cannot even predict Real Madrid because they are too poor.

[Republikcoin.com]

I don't know what Arsenal has to do with all this, they seem like a rather mediocre team that can hardly reach anything important, I think it should be the other way around, in my opinion, but if they say it there is a grain of truth in it so, yes, let's trust them.

It's fine to believe in a team like Arsenal, but if you look at Arsenal's performance in the previous two seasons, you'll see where they went wrong. The team was consistently good at the start of the season, but often faltered towards the end. This has led to doubts about Arsenal, and Arsenal's lack of success at the end of the season, despite having reliable players capable of surprising players in crucial matches.

[doomloop]

I don't know how to quantify mentality tbh. You could argue most players on Man City/Bayern Munich know how to win games, but that's not the decisive factor, considering they got knocked out in the CWC. I guess you can use interviews and see whether the players/managers answer difficult questions properly? But there's a chance they're annoyed just because they hear the same question over and over again. I don't think that reflects how much you can fight under extreme pressure, like trying to win a game.

Yes, it's obvious that it's a question of mentality, it's clear that those who have the mentality to win will always do so and will always want to do so, those who go to these clubs know very well that in these teams you always want to win and they go there on purpose to try to win as much as possible, mentality counts a lot

I am sure that we are going to see both Bayern and City try to win the title, they have what it takes to win and they won't play badly. What they are lacking at the moment is just some experience for the new players they get, and they are not getting unknown players neither, the yare getting players they know they can win with, like Diaz and Bayern. So they are not starting over, not like they are rebuilding from zero.

We will see them do a fine job, they just need to make sure they are doing a good job, and for that reason they are going to get greater and better. What we are seeing here is the simple fact that it's going to be a good job for them all, and for that reason we need to grow bigger. For this reason it's going to be a tough job, and can't make it change. Hopefully, they will do fine and not bothered by all of this at the same time and win.

[LGD2Business]

Rangers won the first match at home with two goals. Now, a 1-1 draw away from home was enough for them to eliminate Panathinaikos. Actually Panathinaikos played more aggressively and created more chances, but failed to get the result they wanted. I thought Rangers would advance from the start.

Now Panathinaikos must continue their journey through the Europa League qualifiers. Rangers, on the other hand, remain in contention for a spot in the Champions League through the third qualifying round. Their level is more suitable here.

[KingsDen]

I don't know what Arsenal has to do with all this, they seem like a rather mediocre team that can hardly reach anything important, I think it should be the other way around, in my opinion, but if they say it there is a grain of truth in it so, yes, let's trust them.

It's fine to believe in a team like Arsenal, but if you look at Arsenal's performance in the previous two seasons, you'll see where they went wrong. The team was consistently good at the start of the season, but often faltered towards the end. This has led to doubts about Arsenal, and Arsenal's lack of success at the end of the season, despite having reliable players capable of surprising players in crucial matches.

Arsenal has been a very consistent till for the past four seasons and they have never had a good trophy to show for their good performance and we all know what has been the problem. We have all observed how Arsenal will start the season very nice and even in the middle of the season there will be doing exceptionally well but towards the end, they'll fall apart. Many people have blamed their coach for such mishap but it seems it continued to happen.  I think the following were the problems;

• Arteta's lack of focus on one trophy
• Lack of good squad depth (good players are over used)
• Lack of a natural striker.

I think the last problem has been fixed, let us see if this season will be different.

[Akbarkoe]

Mbappe is a very good striker and he performed very well last season he was the highest goal scorer in la Liga, you can't blame mbappe for the team lack of performance he's just a striker The people that should prevent goals are strikers and not mbappe so you don't have to blame mbappe for other team scoring them goals and winning them, if not for mbappe I think Real Madrid would have been worst last season he was the key player for Real Madrid last season and that was why he scored a lot of goals, the person I feel did not perform very well for me last season was vinicius Junior, however I still don't blame a particular person for lack of performance in a team I blame the team and not just a single person, Real Madrid did not perform that bad last season they finished in a good position in la Liga and they also tried in champions League and the FIFA club world cup so for the fact that they did not lift any trophy those not mean they didn't perform well.
Next season Real Madrid will perform better than last season I believe so they just need to work as a team.

These are some of the risks that star players must accept. When their club slumps and fails to win trophies, the player becomes the main culprit for the team's decline and failure, even though he has proven his ability and made significant contributions. Kylian Mbappé is one of Real Madrid's best strikers, so his arrival at the Santiago Bernabéu is not something to be regretted. Clearly, the reason for Real Madrid's failure last season was because before the 2024/25 season began, they did not prepare thoroughly. They were too confident in relying on the squad they had built previously, which only brought in Mbappe and Endrick. They did not anticipate the storm of injuries that would hit their squad, which ultimately led to a decline in performance that season. They had a strong attack, but their midfield and defense were not. And midway through the season when the winter transfer window arrived, instead of bringing in new players, they chose to maximize the potential of existing players, including Valverde, who had to play in various positions, and Jude Bellingham, who had to continue playing despite still suffering from a shoulder injury.

[Publictalk792]

Rangers won the first match at home with two goals. Now, a 1-1 draw away from home was enough for them to eliminate Panathinaikos. Actually Panathinaikos played more aggressively and created more chances, but failed to get the result they wanted. I thought Rangers would advance from the start.

Now Panathinaikos must continue their journey through the Europa League qualifiers. Rangers, on the other hand, remain in contention for a spot in the Champions League through the third qualifying round. Their level is more suitable here.

Their home win with two goals in first game gave them big lead and even though Panathinaikos played aggressively and had more chances in away game Rangers 1-1 draw was enough proving your early prediction that they would move forward. Now Panathinaikos will go into Europa League qualifiers while Rangers will keep trying for spot in Champions League through next qualifying round which looks like right level for them given their current strength. It will be exciting to see if they can make it.

[laijsica]

Mbappe is a very good striker and he performed very well last season he was the highest goal scorer in la Liga, you can't blame mbappe for the team lack of performance he's just a striker The people that should prevent goals are strikers and not mbappe so you don't have to blame mbappe for other team scoring them goals and winning them, if not for mbappe I think Real Madrid would have been worst last season he was the key player for Real Madrid last season and that was why he scored a lot of goals, the person I feel did not perform very well for me last season was vinicius Junior, however I still don't blame a particular person for lack of performance in a team I blame the team and not just a single person, Real Madrid did not perform that bad last season they finished in a good position in la Liga and they also tried in champions League and the FIFA club world cup so for the fact that they did not lift any trophy those not mean they didn't perform well.
Next season Real Madrid will perform better than last season I believe so they just need to work as a team.

These are some of the risks that star players must accept. When their club slumps and fails to win trophies, the player becomes the main culprit for the team's decline and failure, even though he has proven his ability and made significant contributions. Kylian Mbappé is one of Real Madrid's best strikers, so his arrival at the Santiago Bernabéu is not something to be regretted. Clearly, the reason for Real Madrid's failure last season was because before the 2024/25 season began, they did not prepare thoroughly. They were too confident in relying on the squad they had built previously, which only brought in Mbappe and Endrick. They did not anticipate the storm of injuries that would hit their squad, which ultimately led to a decline in performance that season. They had a strong attack, but their midfield and defense were not. And midway through the season when the winter transfer window arrived, instead of bringing in new players, they chose to maximize the potential of existing players, including Valverde, who had to play in various positions, and Jude Bellingham, who had to continue playing despite still suffering from a shoulder injury.

You are right that star players feel pressure to perform better but if the team's performance is poor then he has to accept the responsibility of the team. Kylian Mbappé scored 31 goals in La Liga last season which increased his individual goal tally but as a team Real Madrid could not win the trophy. He scored 7 goals in the UEFA Champions League but as a team he could not win the trophy due to losing most of the games. Experienced analysts have repeatedly observed that no matter how good a player is, if his teammates are not responsible and playing well, that great player cannot show his best game and contribute to the team.

Real Madrid have played a bit more inconsistently in the 2024/25 season than in the previous one and this is often blamed on the weakness of the defense and the lack of coordination between the players, which may be reasonable. You have to admit that having great players in the team should not be an excuse for not being able to achieve better results.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

I don't know how to quantify mentality tbh. You could argue most players on Man City/Bayern Munich know how to win games, but that's not the decisive factor, considering they got knocked out in the CWC. I guess you can use interviews and see whether the players/managers answer difficult questions properly? But there's a chance they're annoyed just because they hear the same question over and over again. I don't think that reflects how much you can fight under extreme pressure, like trying to win a game.

Measures might be as simple as a team's experience or history in the Champions League, although that's not a definitive measure in today's football. As you mentioned, PSG were also defeated by Chelsea in the Club World Cup final, even though Chelsea are currently below PSG. There's no definitive prediction of how a team will achieve a good result in every match because football can happen unexpectedly. Sometimes you talk about experience, but the opponent capitalizes on momentum and in the end the experienced loses. This happens often in football so it is not surprising that something happened that was not based on predictions.

[Luzin]

UCL 2nd round qualifying match results.

Malmo FF 1-0 RFS (agg 5-1)
FCSB 1-2 KF Shkendija (agg 1-3)
Ludogorets Razgrad 3-1 Rijeka (agg 3-1)
Ferencvaros 4-3 FC Noah (agg 6-4)
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0- 1 Pafos FC (agg 1-2)
Panathinaikos 1-1 Rangers (agg 1-3)
Breidablik 0-1 Lech Poznan (agg 1-8)
RB Salzburg 1-1 Brann (agg 5-2)
Servette 1-3 Viktoria Plazen (agg 2-3)

The 2025/26 UEFA Champions League play-offs will be held on Monday, August 4 at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland. The first leg of the third qualifying round is Thursday, August 7, 2025 and the second leg is Wednesday, August 13, 2025.

Source: https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/fixtures-results/#/d/2025-08-13

[Gost ms]

Arsenal has consistently finished second in recent years, but this year they've signed good players. They've made good signings to finish first, and I don't think they'll accept second place. In previous years, they've fallen behind teams like Manchester City and Liverpool. They've even reached the top of the league, but they haven't finished first. That's one reason Arsenal is prioritizing their transfers this year. They want to win the championship now.

Its really nice to know that someone really believes that Arsenal can go a step forward to win the premier league this season. Most people really don't believe that Arsenal can win a trophy,  but they seem to forget that they have won the league 13 times. What I can say that Arsenal has been building the team and I believe so much in the project. The most exciting thing is that they have try to work on the little details that has been making them fall shot of a trophy for the last 3 seasons. I am confident that Arsenal is going to win a major trophy this season,  because they don't have an excuse not to win.

Arsenal is really a very good team. But Arsenal is very good at the moment. Maybe they have been trying to get back to form for a while but they are not able to fire from form. But this time they seem a little different and maybe we will see Arsenal do very well this season. We cannot call them a bad team just because they have been going through bad times for a few days. Everyone goes through such a time. For example, Real Madrid is going through the worst time of their time now.

[Oshio-man]

I don't know what Arsenal has to do with all this, they seem like a rather mediocre team that can hardly reach anything important, I think it should be the other way around, in my opinion, but if they say it there is a grain of truth in it so, yes, let's trust them.

It's fine to believe in a team like Arsenal, but if you look at Arsenal's performance in the previous two seasons, you'll see where they went wrong. The team was consistently good at the start of the season, but often faltered towards the end. This has led to doubts about Arsenal, and Arsenal's lack of success at the end of the season, despite having reliable players capable of surprising players in crucial matches.

I'm not an Arsenal fan, I believe Arsenal will going to surprise people in the next season because they ended up in second position last season in premier League and they are among the teams that signed plenty players in this summer. Last two seasons and last season was very good for Arsenal in terms of performance from premier League and UEFA champion League, but they failed to win the titles because they have little challenges at the end of the tournament that made them not to maintain the consistent winning till the end of the tournaments, I have said it before that UEFA champion League next season, it will going to be a tough one and it will make some teams that reach semi final last season not to reach semi final next season before they will be lockout from the tournament, for you to know that Arsenal will surprise people next season,they have started friendly match and they defeated their opponent from the friendly match few days ago.

[stompix]

FCSB - Skhendija is the game of the day for me simply because I support FCSB and I really want this team to qualify further even if the previous game was a disaster on all categories ...from poor defense to poor attack and poor coaching. ( for those who don't know , FCSB real coach is the owner and the coach job is just to keep his team fresh and ready which is crazy I know but here we got used to it ).

I was intrigued by their performance in the last two matches, it was a striking differnce to any other match

Seriously, what is FCSB doing here?




Next match they are 1.25 and I'm sure they will win, but this is really close to calling them for fixing matches..
Losing to a team from Andorra?

Now...


A total of 25x betting against them in 4 matches, you will never get these returns even betting on the favorite of the favorites, they hold 3 of the largest winning odds out of 4 for the entire qualification.
While one could argue they have thrown one match like the one against Inter, this one for sure was not fixed, so, disappointment of the round?

[Solokan]

Mbappe is a very good striker and he performed very well last season he was the highest goal scorer in la Liga, you can't blame mbappe for the team lack of performance he's just a striker The people that should prevent goals are strikers and not mbappe so you don't have to blame mbappe for other team scoring them goals and winning them, if not for mbappe I think Real Madrid would have been worst last season he was the key player for Real Madrid last season and that was why he scored a lot of goals, the person I feel did not perform very well for me last season was vinicius Junior, however I still don't blame a particular person for lack of performance in a team I blame the team and not just a single person, Real Madrid did not perform that bad last season they finished in a good position in la Liga and they also tried in champions League and the FIFA club world cup so for the fact that they did not lift any trophy those not mean they didn't perform well.
Next season Real Madrid will perform better than last season I believe so they just need to work as a team.

I also actually don't understand Real madrid's performance last season because he didn't perform well in the UCL and EPL and strangely and unexpectedly last season Real madrid to reach the last 16 had to go through the play offs first which is certainly different from other strong teams who certainly don't go through the play of to get to the last 16 and actually Real madrid shouldn't have to through the play offs first because considering they are a strong team and are the UCL champions in the previous season especially if you look at the Real Madrid players, of course there are many star players so of course because of that people did not expect Real Madrid not to become champions even though yes indeed as in Laliga Real Madrid won runner up at the end of the season and UCL also managed to advance to the last 16.

I agree with you because it's true that we can't blame Mbappe because he is a great player and he always scores a lot of goals. in my opinion Vinicius is also good but of course the main problem is still Real madrid's defense which is not good which of course has a big influence, so it's no wonder Real madrid always inconsistently wins. but yes it is true that Real madrid even though he didn't get the trophy last season but yes he still played well. but it just doesn't hurt that many people are disappointed because a team that has many star players should be able to win trophies. for next season in my opinion it will also be potentially better as long as Real madrid's defense must be really fixed and also Xabi must train Real madrid players more seriously.

[dezoel]

Arsenal has consistently finished second in recent years, but this year they've signed good players. They've made good signings to finish first, and I don't think they'll accept second place. In previous years, they've fallen behind teams like Manchester City and Liverpool. They've even reached the top of the league, but they haven't finished first. That's one reason Arsenal is prioritizing their transfers this year. They want to win the championship now.

Gyokeres alone shows that they really mean business. They should have more money, they had so much trouble getting Gyokeres, no idea why they are so "poor" that they had to deal with Gyokeres situation for 1+ month, it took them so long and he was only like 80 million at the start, if it was some other team, they would have paid long ago, even United got 70 million for Mbuemo, and Arsenla had trouble doing the same for Gyokeres, had to get rid of agents fee just to make it happen.

So when you think of all of these, we need to realize Arsenal is not making sense financially. However, they have made some good moves this summer and could be focusing on getting the title and when they get the title they will have more money to keep getting better.

[Frankolala]

Arsenal has consistently finished second in recent years, but this year they've signed good players. They've made good signings to finish first, and I don't think they'll accept second place. In previous years, they've fallen behind teams like Manchester City and Liverpool. They've even reached the top of the league, but they haven't finished first. That's one reason Arsenal is prioritizing their transfers this year. They want to win the championship now.

Gyokeres alone shows that they really mean business. They should have more money, they had so much trouble getting Gyokeres, no idea why they are so "poor" that they had to deal with Gyokeres situation for 1+ month, it took them so long and he was only like 80 million at the start, if it was some other team, they would have paid long ago, even United got 70 million for Mbuemo, and Arsenla had trouble doing the same for Gyokeres, had to get rid of agents fee just to make it happen.

So when you think of all of these, we need to realize Arsenal is not making sense financially. However, they have made some good moves this summer and could be focusing on getting the title and when they get the title they will have more money to keep getting better.

I wouldn't accept the fact that Arsenal are not financially bouyant, because I haven't seen them buying many players in the past three years. I believe that buying players expensively without benefiting from the players contribution to the clubs improvement is what do affect some clubs financially. Arsenal is use to buy players that are not expensive and that was why they took a lot of time to consider signing Gyokeres with 80 million.

[Just Say]

Arsenal is really a very good team. But Arsenal is very good at the moment. Maybe they have been trying to get back to form for a while but they are not able to fire from form. But this time they seem a little different and maybe we will see Arsenal do very well this season. We cannot call them a bad team just because they have been going through bad times for a few days. Everyone goes through such a time. For example, Real Madrid is going through the worst time of their time now.

What exactly do you mean? In my opinion the internal flaws between Arsenal and Madrid are very complex.
However it is undoubtedly true that both of these teams are structurally very strong but among them we see numerous examples of the weakest reactions. Maybe they are trying to improve those positions and gradually increase their self-efficacy as a result everyone may be observing that these teams are deeply involved in this transfer market. Arsenal Football Club has the potential to improve significantly because they have acquired a quality player on the other hand it is true that Real Madrid Football Club is now only finding a way forward.

[wakier]

I wouldn't accept the fact that Arsenal are not financially bouyant, because I haven't seen them buying many players in the past three years. I believe that buying players expensively without benefiting from the players contribution to the clubs improvement is what do affect some clubs financially. Arsenal is use to buy players that are not expensive and that was why they took a lot of time to consider signing Gyokeres with 80 million.

Arsenal has made good use of the summer transfer market by spending almost £200 million. They did not recruit many players in previous seasons because they felt they already had good players in them, but this season they realized that the players they had were not enough to compete with the favorite clubs in the Champions League and also in the domestic league so they were forced to dig deep into their pockets so as not to be left behind by them and continue to be rivals for the EPL title and play well in the UCL, but by recruiting several players with a fairly high amount they might reduce some players who are not needed so that their finances remain stable.

[Tamaperdana]

Arsenal is really a very good team. But Arsenal is very good at the moment. Maybe they have been trying to get back to form for a while but they are not able to fire from form. But this time they seem a little different and maybe we will see Arsenal do very well this season. We cannot call them a bad team just because they have been going through bad times for a few days. Everyone goes through such a time. For example, Real Madrid is going through the worst time of their time now.

What exactly do you mean? In my opinion the internal flaws between Arsenal and Madrid are very complex.
However it is undoubtedly true that both of these teams are structurally very strong but among them we see numerous examples of the weakest reactions. Maybe they are trying to improve those positions and gradually increase their self-efficacy as a result everyone may be observing that these teams are deeply involved in this transfer market. Arsenal Football Club has the potential to improve significantly because they have acquired a quality player on the other hand it is true that Real Madrid Football Club is now only finding a way forward.

Yes, both Arsenal and Real Madrid are currently improving their squads to improve. Because both teams struggled to progress further in the Champions League last season. Because in terms of their respective domestic leagues, I think both teams are quite good, even though they didn't win the title last season. Furthermore, I personally don't think Arsenal or Real Madrid are in a slump, but their performance has declined slightly. Therefore, they are bringing in many new players to improve their performance next season.

Because we can see, Real Madrid has been increasingly recruiting defenders, which suggests they've realized their defensive weaknesses. Arsenal, on the other hand, have been recruiting a lot of defenders and forwards. I think this is quite appropriate, as with this, I believe Arsenal can achieve much more consistent performance next season. So with this, I think Arsenal and Real Madrid can be said to have almost resolved their problems, and it's just a matter of how they can apply these new players.