UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[TastyChillySauce00]

Feyenoord and Fenerbahçe will meet in the 3rd Qualifying Round of the Champions League. Feyenoord lost important players in the preparation period. Fenerbahçe, on the other hand, added a star like Jhon Duran. Also, Mourinho has usually succeeded in his second year in charge. This season his idea of Fenerbahçe will be clearer.

Feyenoord were involved in scoring matches in the friendlies. Fenerbahçe, on the other hand, beat Lazio in their last match. Feyenoord are likely to play with pace at home. Fenerbahçe will respond to this tempo with their attacking power. I can already tell that it will be a back and forth scoreline. Fenerbahçe is very close to making a surprise in this match.

Am feeling Fenerbahce will beat Feyenoord. They're statistically better at this moment. They also get a very good advantage as Feyenoord lose one of their main back. So their player can dancing in the Feyenoord's 18 yard. I don't take home match can give them advantage, but can boost their mentality.
I'd like to see them to put Szymanski as false nine because he was so good at that position. If they do that, they can win this game.

[MK-74]

Six matches will be played tonight for the Champions League 3rd round qualifiers.

Kairat vs Slovan Bratislava
Salzburg vs Club Brugge
Ludogorets Razgrad vs Ferencváros
Lech Poznań vs Red Star Belgrade
Feyenoord vs Fenerbahçe
Nice vs Benfica

I hope our country's representative Fenerbahçe wins tonight.
Feyenoord is not an easy opponent, but Fenerbahçe is not a weak team either — there’s no reason they shouldn’t win.

Nice vs Benfica could be an exciting match.

Salzburg vs Club Brugge also looks promising, and I might watch that game. I think it could have plenty of goals, and I might place a bet on Club Brugge scoring over 1.5 goals.

[SuperBitMan]

Almost all of Real Madrid's players have speed, and a slow playing style actually makes them more not effective.

You're right, but Madrid's style focused on being a little slower thanks to Ancelotti, where they basically made good use of the midfield but now football is very fast, if you compare it to Barcelona's football you have to be fast and the forwards have to help defend, and generally Madrid's forwards don't do it, Vinicius doesn't help and that's negative, for me if he doesn't collaborate he shouldn't come on, Xabi has the same idea, so Xabi is building a totally integrated team without egos.

Ancelotti wasn’t lucky with the players Eder Militao missed a lot due to injury, Mbappe had to adapt, and Bellingham and Vinicius weren’t in the kind of form we know them for. I think Xabi already has well developed tactics and excellent training sessions that will generally prepare the players for the start.

This where some of the players Ancelotti used to win their domestic league last two season and i feel Madrid had a little tactical drop which can be due to fatigue on the side of the players or any other technically Factor, but regardless of any of these, Ancelotti did his best for Madrid. I am yet to see what Xabi Alonso has in stock for Madrid at The moment that supersede that of Ancelotti.

Spaceman1000$ you are right Ancelotti really did his best for real Madrid, you won a lot of trophies for Real Madrid and sometimes I wonder why people are saying he did not do well they forget the past easily which is not right.
When Ancelotti was coaching Real Madrid, Real Madrid was doing very well they performed and played very well however judging him because of the last season real Madrid not lifting any trophy is not right because no matter how inform a team is there is a time or season when they will not lift any trophy.
As for Xabi Alonso he's still new in the club so we need to give me some time let's see what he can do however I believe he will perform very well in real Madrid, his a very good coach and we can see it in the way he coached Bayern Leverkusen and I believe he will do very well in Real Madrid I just can't wait for next season.

[Cossyblack]

Almost all of Real Madrid's players have speed, and a slow playing style actually makes them more not effective.

You're right, but Madrid's style focused on being a little slower thanks to Ancelotti, where they basically made good use of the midfield but now football is very fast, if you compare it to Barcelona's football you have to be fast and the forwards have to help defend, and generally Madrid's forwards don't do it, Vinicius doesn't help and that's negative, for me if he doesn't collaborate he shouldn't come on, Xabi has the same idea, so Xabi is building a totally integrated team without egos.

Ancelotti wasn’t lucky with the players Eder Militao missed a lot due to injury, Mbappe had to adapt, and Bellingham and Vinicius weren’t in the kind of form we know them for. I think Xabi already has well developed tactics and excellent training sessions that will generally prepare the players for the start.

This where some of the players Ancelotti used to win their domestic league last two season and i feel Madrid had a little tactical drop which can be due to fatigue on the side of the players or any other technically Factor, but regardless of any of these, Ancelotti did his best for Madrid. I am yet to see what Xabi Alonso has in stock for Madrid at The moment that supersede that of Ancelotti.

You are right Carlo Ancelotti has the best achievements and records in Real Madrid so far.  Carlo Ancelotti is also the most successful Coach in the history of Real Madrid,he has won the highest number of trophies in Madrid. With all of his unbreakable records in Real Madrid, it was obvious that Carlo Ancelotti did his possible best building Real Madrid. It won't be easy for any coach to reach or break the records of Carlo Ancelotti and  I am not sure if Xabi Alonso can attain such heights in a short time. However Xabi Alonso is also an experience coach but it will require more than just experience to win the LaLiga trophy, Super cup and the UEFA Chiampions league trophy for Real Madrid.

[cxtreenal]

I've been reading a lot of talk about Real Madrid lately, with almost everyone favoring this club.
Why doesn't anyone believe Barcelona can be a strong contender and even reach the final next season?

Anyone who follows Barcelona's development will surely agree with my opinion, as Hansi Flick's arrival has slowly brought positive changes to the club.
It's very convincing that Barcelona can compete very well with the squad they have now.

Hansi Flick certainly did a great job, but let's not forget that he was already building on the good work done by the previous coach
You can't do miracles in one season, let's say it's always the result of something that's already there, in this case the previous work was useful

Anyone writing off Barcelona in the champions League is probably not current with their recent forms or does not understand the game well. Barcelona is a very tough team to contend with especially now under Hansi Flick. The recent signings and improvement of some of their previous players. Even though it appears that Barcelona is not usually lucky in the champions League but they will definitely be a hard nut to crack this season. Come 16th September, champion's league will kick off and every doubt will clear. But so far, if I'm to take a stand, I may not give it Barcelona to win this year's UCL but would possibly cross the semi final stage.

Barcelona is among one of the favorite clubs to win the Champions League next season from my own point of view, because they are strong and capable but they don't always show that commitment and dedication. They get kicked out in semifinals most times.

Next season might be something different. However, Barcelona squad isn't as strong as we think because if they meet other elite club in a different league, they show their weakness.

The next season may be even more exciting, but it is difficult to say how much Barcelona have improved compared to the previous season. It is not too much to expect more impressive performances from Hansi Flick, although with a number of new changes, Barcelona players will be able to start with the best success compared to the previous season. Flick has been in charge for a long time but Barcelona is not so far behind in terms of success. They still maintain a competitive position with other clubs in the world and will continue to perform more impressively in the coming days. Some may criticize the lack of the best players compared to the needs of the team due to their somewhat unstable financial position, but some significant changes in the team recently will take the club to a more respectable position in the future.

[promise444c5]

Of course, forwards helping the defense is a big problem for Real Madrid, for example. You don't experience this at Barcelona. Barcelona forward Lewandowski often helps the defense and is tall enough to clear the ball from the defense. Sometimes, a ball coming off the defense can even create a goal-scoring opportunity for Barcelona.

Yeah! I can confirm, even before flick that has always been Barcelona system although it was quite different as some players are always alllowed to conserve their energy but in Barcelona now, I think only a single player is allowed to conserve energy, it could be Lewy, Rapha or Lamine but Lamine always has more option to stay out
However, with the presence of Ferran Lamine always help the defence more while Ferran stays out ..I don’t see that in Realmadrid either although they do fall back but not to the extent of going all in for defence, probably that was part of  their previous manager strategy because he’s been there for long.. it could be different this time maybe

[GigaBit]

Anyone writing off Barcelona in the champions League is probably not current with their recent forms or does not understand the game well. Barcelona is a very tough team to contend with especially now under Hansi Flick. The recent signings and improvement of some of their previous players. Even though it appears that Barcelona is not usually lucky in the champions League but they will definitely be a hard nut to crack this season. Come 16th September, champion's league will kick off and every doubt will clear. But so far, if I'm to take a stand, I may not give it Barcelona to win this year's UCL but would possibly cross the semi final stage.

It is not difficult to understand that the team is stronger than before, At the current time the team is good in form. Although they could not fulfill the expectations in the Champions League last season, they will definitely try their best to keep it in their possession next season. The team has become much stronger with the addition of some new players to the team. They have scored 15 goals in 3 matches of the Asia Tour in the pre-season. They will be able to play confidently against any team in the future. Hansi Flick will certainly do his utmost to make the team even more well-organized. I am willing to think of Barca as a team that will win the Champions League next season.

[Shadiq]

The next season may be even more exciting, but it is difficult to say how much Barcelona have improved compared to the previous season. It is not too much to expect more impressive performances from Hansi Flick, although with a number of new changes, Barcelona players will be able to start with the best success compared to the previous season. Flick has been in charge for a long time but Barcelona is not so far behind in terms of success. They still maintain a competitive position with other clubs in the world and will continue to perform more impressively in the coming days. Some may criticize the lack of the best players compared to the needs of the team due to their somewhat unstable financial position, but some significant changes in the team recently will take the club to a more respectable position in the future.

Last season, Barcelona were the best team and were the favorites to win the Champions League at the end of the season. But they were helpless against fate and were eliminated from the Champions League against Inter Milan. There has been no major change in Barcelona for the upcoming season, but they have added some new players to find an alternative to Lewandowski. Lewandowski is still an important player for Barcelona, but his age is a bit of a concern. Barcelona's form in pre-season is a positive sign for Barcelona and shows that they are ready for the upcoming season. Despite their financial problems, they have become the best team with the players they have. Hansi Flick must be given credit for this.

[KTChampions]

If we draw parallels, why can't Tottenham do what Chelsea did in the World Cup final?  
At that time I reasoned like this: the odds on Chelsea are very attractive, maybe they will be able to dry out the game and hold out until the penalty shootout where they will be lucky, why not. And in the end it all ended with a quick victory for Chelsea in regular time  
I don't even know what to think here. 22% is a small profit for a big risk, but perhaps PSG has drawn conclusions and the game in the Super Cup will be at a different level of readiness?

As usual, as I said between Chelsea and PSG, I will also say it here, even if my words are dismissed, it doesn't really matter.

• This is finals
• The last finals Tottenham played they won
• The last final PSG played, they lose.
• Both are European champions
• I have watched Tottenham pre-season and I would say that they are more solid than last season. So, we might all be greeted with surprises. Although it doesn't happen everyday because PSG is a good side.

Tottenham are European champions? Based on winning the Europa League and finishing 17th (lol) in the Premier League? I think even in the old format of the European Cups such a comparison does not make any sense, and even more so in the new format where the level of competition in the LE has dropped 10 times. Even if Tottenham have improved their game (I haven't watched their pre-season so I can't judge) but PSG is on another level, it's literally the very top of Europe.

[yenerbatmaz]

These three matches caught my attention today

Salzburg - Club Brugge

Two teams that are evenly matched. Neither team has had the start they wanted in their respective leagues. I think Salzburg will capitalize on their home advantage and get a win.

Feyenoord - Fenerbahçe

Fenerbahçe's friendly against Lazio was noteworthy. Fenerbahçe played good football. Feyenoord, on the other hand, has always been a disciplined and organized team. There's a good chance the first leg will end in a draw.


Nice - Benfica

Benfica has had some quality players leave the team. With a strong team and home advantage, Nice will win.

I think Nice will advance in this round as well.

[wakier]

Anyone writing off Barcelona in the champions League is probably not current with their recent forms or does not understand the game well. Barcelona is a very tough team to contend with especially now under Hansi Flick. The recent signings and improvement of some of their previous players. Even though it appears that Barcelona is not usually lucky in the champions League but they will definitely be a hard nut to crack this season. Come 16th September, champion's league will kick off and every doubt will clear. But so far, if I'm to take a stand, I may not give it Barcelona to win this year's UCL but would possibly cross the semi final stage.

If only reaching the semifinals is the same as last season, as a club that has developed much better of course Hansi Flick targets higher than before if last season Barcelona only won the domestic league next season the target is to win the La Liga and Champions League titles and yes of course this is not easy because there are many tough competitors in the two competitions especially Real Madrid has prepared well for next season to face Barcelona so we will see which one is the best of them.

[hyudien]

I’d say Dynamo Kyiv has around a 60% chance of winning. While I don’t think Pafos is a bad team, Kyiv is slightly stronger overall.

The surprise came from the Dynamo Kiev vs Pafos match. The hosts had to admit a narrow defeat after Pafos had a counter attacking opportunity in the 84th minute and capitalized brilliantly, I was quite surprised by Pafos performance as they put up a fight from the start. Dynamo Kiev didn't play badly either having two chances they should have converted into goals but unfortunately their forwards were unlucky. With this result we should consider Pafos the favorites in the second leg.

[katanic97]

I’d say Dynamo Kyiv has around a 60% chance of winning. While I don’t think Pafos is a bad team, Kyiv is slightly stronger overall.

The surprise came from the Dynamo Kiev vs Pafos match. The hosts had to admit a narrow defeat after Pafos had a counter attacking opportunity in the 84th minute and capitalized brilliantly, I was quite surprised by Pafos performance as they put up a fight from the start. Dynamo Kiev didn't play badly either having two chances they should have converted into goals but unfortunately their forwards were unlucky. With this result we should consider Pafos the favorites in the second leg.

I watched this match and i’m really positively surprised by how Pafos played. They took advantage of their opportunity very well and turned it in their favor. As for the second leg, we can say that Pafos are the favorites, but Dynamo Kiev shouldn't be written off either. The winner of this tie will face the winner between Red Star and Lech. It’s going to be interesting.

[giorgione]

These three matches caught my attention today

Salzburg - Club Brugge

Two teams that are evenly matched. Neither team has had the start they wanted in their respective leagues. I think Salzburg will capitalize on their home advantage and get a win.

Feyenoord - Fenerbahçe

Fenerbahçe's friendly against Lazio was noteworthy. Fenerbahçe played good football. Feyenoord, on the other hand, has always been a disciplined and organized team. There's a good chance the first leg will end in a draw.


Nice - Benfica

Benfica has had some quality players leave the team. With a strong team and home advantage, Nice will win.

I think Nice will advance in this round as well.

They are really some great matches, certainly very interesting to follow, I will follow with particular attention the one between Nice - Benfica which seems to me the one that can give the most emotions of all and maybe I will even place a bet on it, 1x is my prediction

[mvdheuvel1983]

I've been reading a lot of talk about Real Madrid lately, with almost everyone favoring this club.
Why doesn't anyone believe Barcelona can be a strong contender and even reach the final next season?

Anyone who follows Barcelona's development will surely agree with my opinion, as Hansi Flick's arrival has slowly brought positive changes to the club.
It's very convincing that Barcelona can compete very well with the squad they have now.

Hansi Flick certainly did a great job, but let's not forget that he was already building on the good work done by the previous coach
You can't do miracles in one season, let's say it's always the result of something that's already there, in this case the previous work was useful

Anyone writing off Barcelona in the champions League is probably not current with their recent forms or does not understand the game well. Barcelona is a very tough team to contend with especially now under Hansi Flick. The recent signings and improvement of some of their previous players. Even though it appears that Barcelona is not usually lucky in the champions League but they will definitely be a hard nut to crack this season. Come 16th September, champion's league will kick off and every doubt will clear. But so far, if I'm to take a stand, I may not give it Barcelona to win this year's UCL but would possibly cross the semi final stage.

Barcelona team of last season was very ok, they won the league and also played well in the champions League but got defeated by Inter Milan in the semis they can't be written off next season because they still have the same squad of last season likewise the same manager that changed their performance, if they are to be rated they should be seen as one of  the favourite teams to do well in the competition next season. No one can predict correctly the teams that will make it to the finals but if Barcelona teams perfoms well and are lucky they could get to the finals.

[free-bit.co.in]

Hansi Flick certainly did a great job, but let's not forget that he was already building on the good work done by the previous coach
You can't do miracles in one season, let's say it's always the result of something that's already there, in this case the previous work was useful

Barcelona performed well last season. It was unexpected that Barcelona would play so well in the last season with the help of Hansi Flick. Hansi Flick brought stability to Barcelona's performance very quickly. Especially with Flick's match strategy, Yamal and Raphinha played well. As a result, it became easy for Barcelona to dominate La Liga. But this season, it is going to be more difficult for Barcelona to win the La Liga title. Real Madrid has strengthened their squad and they will try their best to win the La Liga title this season. The road to winning the La Liga title for Hansi Flick is very difficult this season.

[Lidger]

UCL seems like the main goal for Real Madrid, if they can do a better job this year because they are focusing on. This has to be the best thing for them to just move further this season. They got Xabi and Trent, that is the two biggest reason. If they can do a better job that would be a lot better, so there aren't really complicated issues to focus on at the moment. What we are going to see at the moment is playing with the system Xabi shows them and they do a good job if possible.

There aren't anything that could get a higher result, because if they can learn the system they would be a lot better. If they get used to it, then they could get a greater results because that is what they need for the future and to win.

It may not take long for Real Madrid to come back, if they perform poorly in a season, they come back stronger the next season, this is the habit of Real Madrid and has been like this for a long time. Last season, Real Madrid could not achieve anything, next season you will see this team performing well in the Champions League as well as winning the La Liga title. Injuries in the team are normal but what happened with Real Madrid last season is expected. When a manager is preparing a team in the transfer window, he thinks that one or two players may be out of the field for the entire season due to injury, so every club keeps their substitutes on the bench, but Real Madrid also has four to five players from the starting XI out for a long time due to this injury. If this had not happened with Madrid, they would have performed well last season.

Real Madrid is a formidable legendary team no doubt, but I don’t think we can hype them up like this without seeing the workings, they’ve been great in the past and sometimes they dip form and come back but in those times they dominated Europe they didn’t dominate LaLiga. With what they have now I don’t see them winning the LaLiga or even the UEFA Champions League, they might be able to compete better this season but it’ll still be difficult to win a title, cos all other teams are also trying to do better.

In fact, there is nothing to take lightly about the Real Madrid team in any season, I think that Real Madrid has built the strongest attacking line in club football at the moment, but this attacking line-up is not really useful in their main matches because their defense position is weak.
Earlier, when Real Madrid's defense position was strong, the defenders would pass the ball directly to the strikers from the defense position, which resulted in Real Madrid's strikers scoring directly from the counter. Since the defense position is currently weak, the ball is not being cleared from the defense, as well as the ball is not being supplied to the midfield and the midfield is not able to provide good support to the strikers. Due to Madrid's weakness in one position, its impact is falling on all positions.

I hope that they will not defend so badly this season and they will improve the team's situation by doing well in defense.

[Rockson1]

I agree with you. Hansi Flick is trying to take Barcelona to a better level. They may not have done so well last season, but they are preparing themselves to be a strong opponent for next season. Adding Marcus Rashford to the team to maintain possession in the midfield and increase the strength of the attack should be considered an effective move for Barcelona.

I especially think that Barcelona is a balanced team compared to Real Madrid because they are determined to spread the individual performance of players at every level on the field.

Hansi flick is just the real deal for Barcelona, you know what, it is obvious that he was prepared for the job before he was even appointed as a coach, just imagine what the club was going through before he came but he was able to manage the available players turn them.into wonder boys and the result is their for everyone to see for themselves, what a great coach he is, Barcelona will likely turn into something else soon although the present team has not yet done what the previous teams which Messi was part of has done, I won't judge them there's still time, with Hansi flick they will achieve it in due time.
I will be stressing much about Rashford when the league starts fully, he is one of those players I expect to maintain the upfront of the team.

[Derekfunds]

I've been reading a lot of talk about Real Madrid lately, with almost everyone favoring this club.
Why doesn't anyone believe Barcelona can be a strong contender and even reach the final next season?

Anyone who follows Barcelona's development will surely agree with my opinion, as Hansi Flick's arrival has slowly brought positive changes to the club.
It's very convincing that Barcelona can compete very well with the squad they have now.

Hansi Flick certainly did a great job, but let's not forget that he was already building on the good work done by the previous coach
You can't do miracles in one season, let's say it's always the result of something that's already there, in this case the previous work was useful

I agree with you. Hansi Flick is trying to take Barcelona to a better level. They may not have done so well last season, but they are preparing themselves to be a strong opponent for next season. Adding Marcus Rashford to the team to maintain possession in the midfield and increase the strength of the attack should be considered an effective move for Barcelona.

I especially think that Barcelona is a balanced team compared to Real Madrid because they are determined to spread the individual performance of players at every level on the field.

Taking the team to a better or greater height is always or should be the priority of every coach because once a team is playing well, the coach is the one they will give accolades  because he is able to organize and coordinate his boys. Barcelona did very well last season but they were just unfortunate to play against Inter Milan, Inter Milan was a pain in the ass for Barcelona last season and that was do to Barcelona defenders and I just hope Hansi flick has gotten or recruited his defense else they will suffer same thing this coming season if they play against team that plays counter attack.

[SmartCharpa]

I agree with you. Hansi Flick is trying to take Barcelona to a better level. They may not have done so well last season, but they are preparing themselves to be a strong opponent for next season. Adding Marcus Rashford to the team to maintain possession in the midfield and increase the strength of the attack should be considered an effective move for Barcelona.

I especially think that Barcelona is a balanced team compared to Real Madrid because they are determined to spread the individual performance of players at every level on the field.

Of course, no doubt, Barcelona will never be in good form without Hansi Flick. We saw the good job he has been doing since his arrival at the team, he boosts the players' confidence to play against any opponent because the Barcelona we watched last season was not the same Barcelona of the previous two or three seasons, the players improved as a result of the new manager's effect. Raphinha was also out of form, but after Hansi Flick took over as manager, he improved better.

However, Barcelona was in better shape than Real Madrid previous season, and everyone was shocked when Barcelona surpassed Real Madrid. Barcelona was ahead Real Madrid last season, but we can't be sure if it will continue next season when they just sign Rashford to improve their performance. Barcelona has a strong attacker, but we must remember that they have a poor defence that can concede goals.