UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Platinumys]

Uefa champions league is exactly the beauty of football in the sense that the best teams in every leagues challenges each other in the game i cant wait to shout goal.... i believe Chelsea will win this one

I recall Chelsea is not a title contender for UCL this season. They have very young squad, and lack of exp in UCL. So, i doubt them to compete for the title race, but i don't underrated them consider they sometimes created a surprise.
Beating PSG in CWC may be the only reason why they're still worthy enough to consider. I hope your wish will be coming true, though the chance is literally small.

Even though Chelsea squad is very young and lacks UEFA Champions League experience, that's not enough reason to write them off in winning the UEFA Champions League trophy next season. Football is now full of surprises; nobody believed PSG would win the UEFA Champions League trophy and Chelsea would win the Club World Cup trophy. I believe Chelsea has a big chance of winning the UEFA Champions League trophy next season if they are consistent in winning their matches in the UEFA Champions League competition next season.

Yes, when the new season of the Champions League started, everyone discussed their favorite teams and at that time, PSG was not in the list of favorite teams. But when PSG defeated Liverpool, the fans started thinking positively about PSG and PSG finally ended the season by winning the Champions League title. PSG did not have such a good quality star, but PSG had young and talented players, with whom PSG performed well as a team. Another thing about PSG that helped PSG win the Champions League title is the good relationship between each player.
After Chelsea defeated PSG in the Club World Cup final, there is such a discussion about this team that this team can do well in the Champions League next season. Yes, they can have a chance if they can perform well as a team and do not make any mistakes in the matches.

[GbitG]

Remove Rodrygo from that lineup of Real Madrid.    Because he is certainly not wanted by Xabi Alonso. He has already been put into the transfer list... Check this out by Fabrizio Romano.

Manchester City is likely to go after him as Guardiola likes him a lot. I actually thought he wouldn't like to spend at least 100m euros for him.    Anyway, after this potential transfer Manchester City could get more competitive in this tournament.

City is not currently considering Rodrygo, they wanted to have Palmer in their squad, but Chelsea rejected their first offer and demanded 250 million, the transfer market is going crazy, and I doubt City will be willing to pay such an amount for him. If we look at Rodrygo’s price, he is valued at half that amount, but obviously they have Marmoush and Haaland. And by the way, they have loaned Grealish to Everton, so another forward would not hurt them.

I think Rodrigo would be such a nice signing for Manchester city because they already lost their winger Jack Grealish due to a loan move. Rodrigo is a natural winger, and he has a lot of talent if he can get any opportunity, then probably he can do something good. Chelsea's demanded offer shows us that they don't want to sell Cole Palmer because such a high value means that no one can buy the player. Rodrigo is the best opinion instead of Cole Palmer because his value is also lower than Cole Palmer. At the same time, Rodrigo is quite young…

So Pep is a smart coach, and if he gets a winger who can play better on the wide wing, then probably Manchester City can regain their legacy one more time and play better for the coming season.

[xzone]

In the 41st minute, Fenerbahçe fans quietly began to wonder how they could advance.

Archie Brown made it 1-1 in the 44th minute. John Duran made it 2-1 in the 45th minute, and Kadıköy was filled with smiles.
Fenerbahçe's new signings scored and delighted their fans. If Fenerbahçe manages to keep a clean sheet and, at worst, score one more goal, they will advance and likely face Benfica.
The second half will determine who advances.

Fenerbahçe surprised me. It was near the end of the match, and they showed they could win by scoring their fourth goal. They put in an incredible second half; I didn't expect them to play this well.

The fact that the match was played in İstanbul was a huge factor. The fans are incredibly supportive, and the team is very motivated thanks to them. They got a very important win and are continuing on their path

[Alex077]

Uefa champions league is exactly the beauty of football in the sense that the best teams in every leagues challenges each other in the game i cant wait to shout goal.... i believe Chelsea will win this one

I recall Chelsea is not a title contender for UCL this season. They have very young squad, and lack of exp in UCL. So, i doubt them to compete for the title race, but i don't underrated them consider they sometimes created a surprise...

Even though Chelsea squad is very young and lacks UEFA Champions League experience, that's not enough reason to write them off in winning the UEFA Champions League trophy next season. Football is now full of surprises; nobody believed PSG would win the UEFA Champions League..

Yes, when the new season of the Champions League started, everyone discussed their favorite teams and at that time, PSG was not in the list of favorite teams. But when PSG defeated Liverpool, the fans started thinking positively about PSG and PSG finally ended the season by winning the Champions League title. PSG did not have such a good quality star, but PSG had young and talented players, with whom PSG performed well as a team. Another thing about PSG that helped PSG win the Champions League title is the good relationship between each player.
After Chelsea defeated PSG in the Club World Cup final, there is such a discussion about this team that this team can do well in the Champions League next season. Yes, they can have a chance if they can perform well as a team and do not make any mistakes in the matches.

Yeah, that PSG run was classic underdog-to-champion stuff. Nobody had them in their UCL predictions when the season started, then *boom* — they send Liverpool packing and suddenly everyone’s acting like they saw it coming. Truth is, they didn’t even have a stacked galáctico roster… just a bunch of hungry young lads who actually played like a *team* instead of a bunch of Instagram models in kits.

As for Chelsea after that Club World Cup win over PSG — yeah, people are hyping them as next season’s dark horse. I’ll believe it when I see consistency. They’ve got the squad, but one sloppy defensive lapse in the UCL and you’re packing your bags early. If they can keep the mistakes down and keep playing as a unit, sure… they’ve got a shot. But hype alone doesn’t win you knockout rounds.

[puloweh555]

Uefa champions league is exactly the beauty of football in the sense that the best teams in every leagues challenges each other in the game i cant wait to shout goal.... i believe Chelsea will win this one

I recall Chelsea is not a title contender for UCL this season. They have very young squad, and lack of exp in UCL. So, i doubt them to compete for the title race, but i don't underrated them consider they sometimes created a surprise.
Beating PSG in CWC may be the only reason why they're still worthy enough to consider. I hope your wish will be coming true, though the chance is literally small.

Even though Chelsea squad is very young and lacks UEFA Champions League experience, that's not enough reason to write them off in winning the UEFA Champions League trophy next season. Football is now full of surprises; nobody believed PSG would win the UEFA Champions League trophy and Chelsea would win the Club World Cup trophy. I believe Chelsea has a big chance of winning the UEFA Champions League trophy next season if they are consistent in winning their matches in the UEFA Champions League competition next season.

In essence, no team should be underestimated in the UCL, as any team can pull off a surprise. Just look at every UCL competition, there are always surprises. Last season, no one favored PSG to win the UCL, but what happened in the end was that they managed to win the title.

The same thing happened with Chelsea, when they won the UCL trophy twice. They weren't favored from the start, but they ultimately won. While team quality is crucial for winning the title, the most crucial aspect is the team's ability to capitalize on the momentum in each match. Every match in the UCL is different, from today's match to the next.

[ndutndut]

People are sleeping on Real Madrid. There is a reason why they won this more than double the amount to the closest other team. So it should be very obvious that with such a squad, they should be able to win it again. Xabi may not be here that long, and people still have doubts about him, but I bet that the guy who made Leverkusen win the league over Bayern Munich, could take Real Madrid to UCL title as well.

It shouldn't be that much of a trouble and we should be seeing him do a great job. The thing is, even oddmakers do not put Real Madrid at the top, so I am guessing that it is going to be a great season for them. They are always expected so much, like they are the sort of team people expect treble every year, which we all know can't happen, so for the first time in many years, they do not expect much from him.

People are using their logic. Xabi ain't experienced enough. That's why they don't take him seriously until he can prove it by himself if he's a worthy coach for Madrid. Xabi change Ancellotti's legacy a lot, and he has different game plan than Ancellotti. That's why people can't really trust him without the proof.
People need reality check, not only biased statement that always proud of him while he's not yet even done his first game in La Liga.

This logic doesn't apply to Real Madrid. They may have forgotten that when Zidane coached Real Madrid, he even won three consecutive UCL trophies. The question is, did Zidane have as much experience at that time? Even compared to Xabi Alonso, he could be said to have experience, even breaking Bayern Munich's dominance in the Bundesliga. When it comes to the UCL, he certainly doesn't have as much experience.

However, this is Real Madrid, a club with UCL DNA, so I think whoever the coach is, they will have the same mentality in fighting for trophies. Every coach has a different philosophy, and Ancelotti and Xabi's philosophies will certainly be different. This is why many players who never got playing time under Ancelotti have found a good place in the Xabi era, like Arda. So, with Xabi's philosophy, I'm confident that Real Madrid will be considered a contender for the UCL trophy this season.

[irhact]

However, this is Real Madrid, a club with UCL DNA, so I think whoever the coach is, they will have the same mentality in fighting for trophies. Every coach has a different philosophy, and Ancelotti and Xabi's philosophies will certainly be different. This is why many players who never got playing time under Ancelotti have found a good place in the Xabi era, like Arda. So, with Xabi's philosophy, I'm confident that Real Madrid will be considered a contender for the UCL trophy this season.

There's always an expectation for all Real Madrid coaches because everybody is expecting them to bring home the champions league trophy. They don't even pressure them that much about the league trophy but the champions league is where all the focus is and that's why we keep seeing the coaches delivering the champions League. I don't know if the new coach will be capable of delivering the champions league in his first season but Xabi Alonso which is a young coach style is going to bring lots of exciting football into the team and they'll be capable of winning the champions league and many other trophies.

[pawel7777]

The 2nd leg of the 3rd qualifying round is mostly concluded, with some games still going.
In the most interesting one, Fenerbahce made their fans ecstatic by destroying Dutch Feyenoord 5-2. The first leg ended up with Feyenoord winning 2-1, but that wasn't anywhere near enough of securing the advancement to the play offs.
Turkish teams are somewhat famous for their ability to perform exceptionally well at home, in front of their own fans, at this was a good example of that.

It's a shame to see Feyenoord knocked out like that, but Fenerbahce has shown some fighting spirit tonight and they deserve to go through.

[Ndabagi01]

City is not currently considering Rodrygo, they wanted to have Palmer in their squad, but Chelsea rejected their first offer and demanded 250 million, the transfer market is going crazy, and I doubt City will be willing to pay such an amount for him. If we look at Rodrygo’s price, he is valued at half that amount, but obviously they have Marmoush and Haaland. And by the way, they have loaned Grealish to Everton, so another forward would not hurt them.

Looking for a replacement for Grealish, I don’t think that Cole Palmer is the right player to replace him, but Rodrygo which they’ve bid for will be perfect replacement for him in that forward position. Such a big price tag for Cole Palmer is a clear indication that Chelsea are not willing to let him go now after adding more players to make the league stable including Cole Palmer in their plans for the next season. The price was too big for him but when checked, it was done deliberately to drive their interest away from him. If we are to look deeply into Manchester City’s squad now, having Rodrygo in that forward position will be a perfect replacement and complete squad they’ll have to perform exceptionally well for next season.

[MK-74]

First of all, congratulations to Fenerbahçe.
Fenerbahçe played a very good match tonight. They were very dominant in the first half, and despite falling behind 1–0, they turned the game around to lead 2–1 by halftime.
Their pressure continued in the second half, and they scored their 3rd and 4th goals.
After Feyenoord scored their 2nd goal, Fenerbahçe came under heavy pressure, but when they scored their 5th goal on a counterattack, they relaxed.

I don't understand why Mourinho didn't make any substitutions from the 75th minute until the final minutes. The team was so tired they couldn't run anymore, but he didn't make any substitutions until the 87th minute.

Fenerbahçe will face Benfica in the next round, and this time it will be tougher for them.

[Dunamisx]

There's always an expectation for all Real Madrid coaches because everybody is expecting them to bring home the champions league trophy. They don't even pressure them that much about the league trophy but the champions league is where all the focus is and that's why we keep seeing the coaches delivering the champions League. I don't know if the new coach will be capable of delivering the champions league in his first season but Xabi Alonso which is a young coach style is going to bring lots of exciting football into the team and they'll be capable of winning the champions league and many other trophies.

Though i believed that Real Madrid always do focuses more about the champions league and then pay less attention on other leagues, because that is the ultimate of them all, which i cant blame them for, because its more better to seek after the highest of them all as our target, which i also believed that their present coach will put in more effort to ensure that he was able deliver for them and also place a record breaking achievements for himself.

[reefsea]

It always comes out to be like that every season, and I feel like it will always be like that. A team we didn’t expect always turns out to be a threat or big challenge for a big club to some extent, and seriously, the coming season will be a tough one. The clubs we are thinking will be favourites are going to experience a very tough time competing with each other because both are chasing the same time, and seriously, the season is going to be a tough one, although it’s more interesting if it’s tough. Let’s see how next season will go.

It might be more interesting if the big teams were eliminated first, giving us hope of seeing the underdogs compete for the title. This season Champions League will be even more exciting with many big teams returning, such as tottenham and chelsea, making the competition fiercer in every match. Today match saw the third qualifying round, where several teams won by large aggregate scores, such as Benfica 4-0 aggregate victory and Club Brugge 4-2 victory over Salzburg.

Yes, I also think Juventus will be able to surprise many this year. People still don't believe it, but trust me, Juventus is coming back to greatness and will do very well this season. There are some players who are yet to arrive and they seem to be really strong. I'm not surprised that they will do well this year.

Juventus is a great team, but since Ronaldo's departure, they seem to have lost their best form in previous seasons. This season, they have found their best form. They have extensive experience in the Champions League, and fans are eagerly awaiting their return to glory in this prestigious league. Juventus management has made the most of this summer transfer window to recruit players, but I still have doubts about their attack. I hope they can overcome that this season.

[Issa56]

People are using their logic. Xabi ain't experienced enough. That's why they don't take him seriously until he can prove it by himself if he's a worthy coach for Madrid. Xabi change Ancellotti's legacy a lot, and he has different game plan than Ancellotti. That's why people can't really trust him without the proof.
People need reality check, not only biased statement that always proud of him while he's not yet even done his first game in La Liga.

Some people needs to know and understand that the players in the team is used to determine the success rate of the new coach, no matter how experienced a coach is, if he didn’t have a good squad, he will flop until he get good team before he can get it right by implementing his tactics.

Alonso needs some time to sign more players before he will be able to perform well in the team because some of these players in the squad are not good enough to maintain the Real Madrid’s standard and people and fans will blame Alonso for not winning matches.

Ancelotti should have signed good players in the midfield before he left, but he was only focused on the attacking side, and now he have good attackers but lack quality defenders and some creative midfielder in his squad which was bad and they will be the first thing Xavi Alonso needs to address.

[Stablexcoin]

Though i believed that Real Madrid always do focuses more about the champions league and then pay less attention on other leagues, because that is the ultimate of them all, which i cant blame them for, because its more better to seek after the highest of them all as our target, which i also believed that their present coach will put in more effort to ensure that he was able deliver for them and also place a record breaking achievements for himself.

If they should try replicating that pattern this time around, they will end up not winning anything else this season just like they failed last season. Real Madrid squad are lacking great depth, if they don't cover up very quickly they won't even get the chance of winning anything else. 

The Champions league for this season is going to be a tough battle between elite teams with great squad and Real Madrid are lacking not in the cycle yet, focusing on Champions league and neglecting other competitions isn't the best choice of action anything is possible about them winning La Liga ahead of Barcelona or Atletico Madrid which we know this three are the best in the league.

[Amphenomenon]

I don't understand why Mourinho didn't make any substitutions from the 75th minute until the final minutes. The team was so tired they couldn't run anymore, but he didn't make any substitutions until the 87th minute.

Fenerbahçe will face Benfica in the next round, and this time it will be tougher for them.

Mourinho is used to this strategy, I remember sticking with this style of play.
Opting for substitution during the last minutes although it wasn't good plan but I guess we could say he thought they have won already after getting that number of goals differences, guess they didn't expect a comeback and it still work well for them.

Benfica will be cautious of them after their game tonight.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

In the 41st minute, Fenerbahçe fans quietly began to wonder how they could advance.

Archie Brown made it 1-1 in the 44th minute. John Duran made it 2-1 in the 45th minute, and Kadıköy was filled with smiles.
Fenerbahçe's new signings scored and delighted their fans. If Fenerbahçe manages to keep a clean sheet and, at worst, score one more goal, they will advance and likely face Benfica.
The second half will determine who advances.

And this match ended with a score of 5-2 of course this is beyond our expectations especially when Fenerbahçe conceded in the first half, luckily the situation changed quickly after Fenerbahce scored 2 goals in the first half while equalizing the aggregate then in the second half it became Fenerbahçe's complete possession by scoring 3 more goals, what is interesting is that the 5 goals were scored by different players.

Updated: In the next match Fenerbahce will face Benfica on August 21 I have to say Fenerbahce was unlucky have to face strong teams in the early stages meaning Fenerbahce needs another luck to qualify    

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

And this match ended with a score of 5-2 of course this is beyond our expectations especially when Fenerbahçe conceded in the first half, luckily the situation changed quickly after Fenerbahce scored 2 goals in the first half while equalizing the aggregate then in the second half it became Fenerbahçe's complete possession by scoring 3 more goals, what is interesting is that the 5 goals were scored by different players.

Archie Brown was brilliant in this match, leading Fenerbahçe to a resounding victory that lasted until the final whistle. Although Feyenoord dominated the match statistically, Fenerbahçe deserved the victory. On the other hand, Feyenoord were unable to maintain their consistency in the second half, allowing Fenerbahçe to regain their rhythm in the second half, allowing them to play with greater pressure and continue scoring goals to secure a resounding victory.

[Marvell1]

Ohhhoooo !!!! We saw a great comeback. Fenerbahce lost the away match 2-1. And their performance was not good either. So it was beyond my expectation that Fenerbahce would win the home match by such a big margin.

Fenerbahce needed to win by a 3- 1 margin to qualify for the next round. Fenerbahce tried to dominate the match from the beginning of the match but they were not able to. Watanabe scored the first goal of the match. On the other hand , Archie Brown's goal equalized the match in just 3 minutes. Fenerbahce secured a 2-1 lead with Buran's goal in the last minute of the first half.

In the second half , Feyenoord was more aggressive while Fenerbahce was more tactical. Fenerbahce's players only took 5 shots in the second half. In the meantime, the team was able to score three goals. Fenerbahce secured a great 5-2 victory

[bitgolden]

Even though Chelsea squad is very young and lacks UEFA Champions League experience, that's not enough reason to write them off in winning the UEFA Champions League trophy next season. Football is now full of surprises; nobody believed PSG would win the UEFA Champions League trophy and Chelsea would win the Club World Cup trophy. I believe Chelsea has a big chance of winning the UEFA Champions League trophy next season if they are consistent in winning their matches in the UEFA Champions League competition next season.

It's too early to say who will be crowned champions or who will potentially compete for the Champions League title. Anything can happen, especially considering that PSG and Chelsea have already won the Champions League and Club World Cup, respectively. This doesn't guarantee similar success next season. Although they have won the title, that doesn't mean we shouldn't forget about other big teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, and others, who they believe also have the chance and potential to compete for the title with their new strategies and squads. We'll see how things develop once the competition starts and see if there are any other surprises.

Yes, winning UCL back to back is a very unique and rare thing. Let me put it this way, for the past 30+ years, the only team that won back to back was Real Madrid, who did win 3 times in a row, but that is it, nobody else had 2 titles in a row. When you consider that, do you really think no team was good enough to win? Of course there were teams that were better than others and still lost.

So because we have a historical data that shows that for the past 30+ years only one team did it once, I doubt PSG will be able to replicate that, and most likely it would be like the other 90%+ of the finals where they will not win. Lets see if we are right or not, but it is obvious that we are going to see these things change, and maybe it would make more sense for them to get a better result.

[BABY SHOES]

Wow, Fenerbahce managed to make a comeback at home... this reminds me of Mourinho when he was still at Inter Milan and managed to come back against Barcelona.

Watching this match was satisfying because there were so many goals scored, so we were happy with the goals being scored throughout the game... but unfortunately, the bet failed again in this match I thought there wouldn't be this many goals because the match was going to be tight... so I chose under 4 goals, but in reality, there were more than 6 goals.