UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Obari]

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.

Paris Saint-Germain will never be determined to win games if Luis Enrique didn't put some arrangement together, we know how important this is for the players and the fans, they toiled season by season to accomplish a major trophy, nothing happen until the presence of Luis Enrique. Common guys, we're talking about Paris Saint-Germain here and winning the UEFA Champions League back to back? I don't think it's possible but Les Parisiens to carry out this crucial work, there have been some up and down  movement in the club lately after losing to Chelsea in the club world cup final. This is an event that wouldn't happen if we've watch Real Madrid in this position. When you lift UCL trophy, the best will always be there to make things happen.

[Publictalk792]

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.

Yes I agree winning Champions League in back to back years is extremely rare with only Real Madrid achieving it in over 30 years which shows this is difficult competition for any team no matter how good they are. And yes exactly PSG has strong team historical data suggests it is highly unlikely they will win again this year as unpredictable nature of knockout games mostly leads to upsets and prevents even best teams from winning consistently.

[Toro iskandar]

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.

Yes, I agree with your opinion, as we can see PSG's efforts to see if the club has made significant changes this season. However, I don't think Luis Enrique has made many changes, retaining the previous players and not recruiting new, more talented players.
I assume the existing players are experienced, but there's still a risk of injury because the existing players will certainly play harder in the Champions League.
Meanwhile, there are clubs from other leagues that have made many changes and recruited new, talented players, such as Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and several other popular clubs that managed to beat PSG before reaching the final.

[joniboini]

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.

What a turnaround on the second leg. Scoring 5 goals when you failed to get 3 shots on target in the first leg is quite an upgrade. I wonder what makes them score a lot of goals, according to your analysis? I didn't watch the game at all. Is it related to mentality or just a home advantage in general? That being said, Feyenoord doesn't seem to play that differently based on stats and comparison to the first leg. CMIIW.

[MK-74]

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.

I watched the Benfica vs Nice match, and I think Benfica will be the favorite in their game against Fenerbahçe.
Six minutes before the end of the match, Benfica brought on Kerem Aktürkoğlu.
Kerem is linked with a move to Fenerbahçe, it’s said that Kerem and Fenerbahçe have already agreed on terms and the only thing left is for Fenerbahçe to reach an agreement with Benfica. If they do, Kerem will join Fenerbahçe.
Since he played for Benfica last night, he will not be eligible to play in the Benfica vs Fenerbahçe match.
There are two weeks left until the game and it will be interesting to see what kind of transfers Fenerbahçe will make during this period.

[Cryptmuster]

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.

Fenerbahce surprised because after the first match it was clear that the teams were more cautious, and in the return match it may have mattered that Feenord scored first and Fenerbahce had to attack, but three goals at the end of the first half was very unexpected. Overall, the game was equal, but Fenerbahce used its chances much more effectively. Their next opponent will be Benfica, I think they will not be able to beat this opponent.

[ajanwalker]

Last night featured two remarkable comebacks. First, Fenerbahçe fell behind 0-1, but took a 2-1 lead within five minutes and led at halftime. If Fenerbahçe had gone 0-1 down at halftime, it would have been difficult for them.
The second, and the real, comeback came from Club Brugge. Despite falling behind 0-2 at home to Salzburg, the score was 1-2 in the 61st minute.
Brugge made it 2-2 in the 83rd minute. In the 90+4th minute, Brugge made it 3-2 and took on Rangers.
While Brugge may be the better team compared to Rangers, it looks like this will be a clash of evenly matched teams.

[yenerbatmaz]

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.

I watched the Benfica vs Nice match, and I think Benfica will be the favorite in their game against Fenerbahçe.
Six minutes before the end of the match, Benfica brought on Kerem Aktürkoğlu.
Kerem is linked with a move to Fenerbahçe, it’s said that Kerem and Fenerbahçe have already agreed on terms and the only thing left is for Fenerbahçe to reach an agreement with Benfica. If they do, Kerem will join Fenerbahçe.
Since he played for Benfica last night, he will not be eligible to play in the Benfica vs Fenerbahçe match.
There are two weeks left until the game and it will be interesting to see what kind of transfers Fenerbahçe will make during this period.

There were rumors that Benfica would play Kerem yesterday to avoid a rivalry after selling him to Fenerbahçe, and that's exactly what happened.

Let's see if the rumors are true.

And the match isn't in two weeks, my friend; it's next week, Wednesday.

Nice was ineffective in both matches. Watching the match on TV, I was wondering if I should place a live bet. I almost bet on over 3.5 goals, but I decided against it. The match was entertaining and exciting, but two more goals weren't scored.
Benfica are a better and more organized team than Fenerbahçe. They're the favorites against us. Our task in this round is difficult.

[Tamaperdana]

Fenerbahçe will face Feyenoord in their rematch, a match they lost 2-1 to. It will be a tough match, and Fenerbahçe could be eliminated from the Champions League today. John Duran is expected to start at forward.
Talisca, who is coming off injury, is also expected to replace İrfan, but I hope that doesn't happen. Talisca has a good shot and effective free-throw shooting, but he's not a player who runs the pitch or presses. Starting Talisca against a dynamic, running team like Feyenoord would be a disaster. It would be more logical to substitute him in the final 30 minutes of the game depending on the scoreline, but having him on from the start is a huge gamble.
I hope Fenerbahçe, whom I support, advances this round.

Yes, fortunately, Fenerbahçe won this match with a fantastic score of 5-2. Initially, I never thought Fenerbahçe would win by such a large score, because, as we know, Fenerbahçe lost to Feyenoord in the first leg. Even in this match, Feyenoord basically took the lead. But fortunately, after Fenerbahçe equalized, the situation was completely different. Because after Fenerbahçe managed to equalize, the Fenerbahçe players really played very aggressively.

Then after that, the goals began to be scored by Fenerbahçe players with great confidence. Even Duran and Talisca also managed to score in this match. So, this match can be said to be extraordinary. Because certainly no one expected that Fenerbahçe would emerge as the winner in this match. But fortunately in this match, I bet on Fenerbahçe, so I am really very happy because I was able to profit from this bet. And besides that, I congratulate Fenerbahce who have qualified for the Champions League next season.

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[Lannakosa]

Yes, fortunately, Fenerbahçe won this match with a fantastic score of 5-2. Initially, I never thought Fenerbahçe would win by such a large score, because, as we know, Fenerbahçe lost to Feyenoord in the first leg. Even in this match, Feyenoord basically took the lead. But fortunately, after Fenerbahçe equalized, the situation was completely different. Because after Fenerbahçe managed to equalize, the Fenerbahçe players really played very aggressively.

Then after that, the goals began to be scored by Fenerbahçe players with great confidence. Even Duran and Talisca also managed to score in this match. So, this match can be said to be extraordinary. Because certainly no one expected that Fenerbahçe would emerge as the winner in this match. But fortunately in this match, I bet on Fenerbahçe, so I am really very happy because I was able to profit from this bet. And besides that, I congratulate Fenerbahce who have qualified for the Champions League next season.

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When Feyenoord opened the scoring at the end of the first half, I thought it was all over for Fenerbahce, because it would be very difficult to make up a two-goal deficit in one half with such a game. And it could have been if Feyenoord had not conceded two quick goals at the very end of the first half. Fenerbahce played even better in the second half, I did not expect that they would be able to score 5 goals in a home match, but here it is not only Fenerbahce's attack that deserves credit, the visitors' defense did not play the best.

[DanWalker]

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.

What a turnaround on the second leg. Scoring 5 goals when you failed to get 3 shots on target in the first leg is quite an upgrade. I wonder what makes them score a lot of goals, according to your analysis? I didn't watch the game at all. Is it related to mentality or just a home advantage in general? That being said, Feyenoord doesn't seem to play that differently based on stats and comparison to the first leg. CMIIW.

Mourinho's Fenerbahce played very well in this match. Their performance in the first leg match was entirely feeble . They lost 2- 1. but, Fenerbahce players did not make any omission in the second leg. Especially the players were very assured. And that is why they were able to win the match by a large margin. Although feyenoord scored the first goal of the match , fenerbahce players played very well. The team secured a 2- 1 lead at the end of the first half. The team scored 2 goals in the last 3 minutes of the first half. And fenerbahce's boys scored two goals in the last 10 minutes of the second half. As a result , Mourinho's team won by a large margin of 5-2.

[Sim_card]

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.

Yes I agree winning Champions League in back to back years is extremely rare with only Real Madrid achieving it in over 30 years which shows this is difficult competition for any team no matter how good they are. And yes exactly PSG has strong team historical data suggests it is highly unlikely they will win again this year as unpredictable nature of knockout games mostly leads to upsets and prevents even best teams from winning consistently.

In the last four seasons, Real Madrid have won the Champions League twice. If they lose it this season, they would win it the next season. This was how it happened in 2022 and 2024. It's possible that in 2025/2026 season Real Madrid will be the winner of the Champions League. This was why Xabi Alonso was brought into the club. They are the only club that take this competition personal and that's why, the management gets the best players and coach for this task.

[SatoPrincess]

The match between Qarabag FK vs Shkëndija team will start tomorrow in the UEFA Champions League. It seems that we will see a tough fight between the two teams in this match. I am waiting to see which team will win this match. Shkëndija team is more likely to perform well in this match. Shkëndija team performed much better than Qarabag FK team in the previous matches.

The game wasn’t as tough and competitive as we would have expected infact it was a one sided game because Qarabak Fk were too much for the opposition side. It felt like Shkendija woke the sleeping beast after taking an early lead in the 10th minute and Qarabak came raining goals at them to finish in a 5-1 victory

[SmartCharpa]

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

Fenerbahce made a good comeback against Feyenoord. To be honest, I was surprised as well, I wasn't expecting Fenerbahce to make a comeback with so many goals; they lost their first away game 2-1 after conceding a goal in the final minute. I almost gave up on Fenerbahce winning the match when Feyenoord took the lead in 41 minutes, but Fenerbahce turned things around 7 minutes later with goals from Brown and Durán.

However, José Mourinho's methods works well in the second leg, as Fenerbahce advanced to the next round of the Champions League qualification with a victory over Feyenoord. There is one more game left to qualify for the Champions League. They will play against Benfica, who have won both at home and away against OGC Nice. Benfica is a strong team, perhaps Fenerbahce will find it difficult to win that game.

[Velvet78]

What a comeback that was by Fenerbahce man...    Would you ever say that they would play this amazingly after watching the 1st leg? I assume you wouldn't.

They were really horrible at first. But there was a completely different team in the rematch. Even after getting 1-0 behind, it didn't affect them badly at all. Mourinho's students had an unforgettable night.

Now the next opponent is Benfica which is fiercer for sure. Do you think Fenerbahce will make it to league phase?

[SatoPrincess]

Chelsea are two times champions league winners therefore nobody should be saying Chelsea isn't a big team. Not many teams have won more trophies than Chelsea. Just because they were going through some difficult times doesn't mean they're not a big club. An example is Manchester United, they have been awfully recently but still a big team. History can't just be forgotten because it's history that makes clubs big. There are some clubs that are just becoming big recently but the ones that have being doing it for a long time can't be disregarded. Chelsea have a good squad now and I won't be surprised if Chelsea end up winning the champions league.

Anyone who will rate Chelsea as an average or small club probably just started watching football games recently because how will you rate Chelsea as a small club. Chelsea as a football club is 120 years old and in these years they have achieved so much to be rated as an elite club and their reputation speaks volume.

[Fakhrulenclix]

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.

Not only in the Champions League competition but in La Liga also targeting the same thing but many people have high expectations for Real Madrid because they are the best team in the Champions League by being able to win the most titles and that makes them always favored or taken into account and on the other hand I think it is also a burden for their new coach Xabi Alonso especially Alonso is a young coach who is inexperienced, that is the negative side of expectations and also high targets.

[Princess Leah]

Chelsea are two times champions league winners therefore nobody should be saying Chelsea isn't a big team. Not many teams have won more trophies than Chelsea. Just because they were going through some difficult times doesn't mean they're not a big club. An example is Manchester United, they have been awfully recently but still a big team. History can't just be forgotten because it's history that makes clubs big. There are some clubs that are just becoming big recently but the ones that have being doing it for a long time can't be disregarded. Chelsea have a good squad now and I won't be surprised if Chelsea end up winning the champions league.

Anyone who will rate Chelsea as an average or small club probably just started watching football games recently because how will you rate Chelsea as a small club. Chelsea as a football club is 120 years old and in these years they have achieved so much to be rated as an elite club and their reputation speaks volume.

The truth is many people forget about history or don't take their time to go through history that's why they judge with the present, Chelsea is a big team in England they're one of the most successful team not just in England but in Europe for a decade now, Chelsea have won almost all the European trophies i think all not almost and they've been in the EPL for many years and even used to challenge the great Manchester United during their victory days.

 After achieving all the records Chelsea has achieved I wonder why one would classify them under a small team. Yes, Manchester United is one of the biggest in Europe despite their recent decline, that's a fact that shouldn't be argued but Chelsea too is another big team in Europe too, they've challenged the best of the best and won them.

[giorgione]

Fenerbahçe will face Feyenoord in their rematch, a match they lost 2-1 to. It will be a tough match, and Fenerbahçe could be eliminated from the Champions League today. John Duran is expected to start at forward.
Talisca, who is coming off injury, is also expected to replace ?rfan, but I hope that doesn't happen. Talisca has a good shot and effective free-throw shooting, but he's not a player who runs the pitch or presses. Starting Talisca against a dynamic, running team like Feyenoord would be a disaster. It would be more logical to substitute him in the final 30 minutes of the game depending on the scoreline, but having him on from the start is a huge gamble.
I hope Fenerbahçe, whom I support, advances this round.

Yes, fortunately, Fenerbahçe won this match with a fantastic score of 5-2. Initially, I never thought Fenerbahçe would win by such a large score, because, as we know, Fenerbahçe lost to Feyenoord in the first leg. Even in this match, Feyenoord basically took the lead. But fortunately, after Fenerbahçe equalized, the situation was completely different. Because after Fenerbahçe managed to equalize, the Fenerbahçe players really played very aggressively.

Then after that, the goals began to be scored by Fenerbahçe players with great confidence. Even Duran and Talisca also managed to score in this match. So, this match can be said to be extraordinary. Because certainly no one expected that Fenerbahçe would emerge as the winner in this match. But fortunately in this match, I bet on Fenerbahçe, so I am really very happy because I was able to profit from this bet. And besides that, I congratulate Fenerbahce who have qualified for the Champions League next season.

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yes this certainly leads to relegation for the Dutch instead Mourinho's Fenerbahce beat Feyenoord and go through to the next round, this shows that Mourinho despite a lot of time having passed is still a very, very strong coach,I think this purchase was really decisive for them

[hyudien]

I'm still quite curious about this match. In the first meeting Dynamo Kyiv narrowly lost to Pafos, something I never imagined Pafos would perform well in. Now they're the home team but the bookmakers still have Dynamo Kyiv as the favorites. It seems like a trap, I think.
I'm not familiar with Pafos but the first match made me consider it and want to take a risk.
x 3.10 is very good value.

If it's a trap, I'll risk betting on Dynamo Kyiv.
I see Pafos' win as just luck, and it was a minor mistake that Dynamo Kyiv can correct.
The odds you've chosen are tempting, but I think Dynamo Kyiv deserves to advance, and the odds 2.29 are much better 😋

In the end Pafos proved once again that their previous victory was not due to luck, it was even hard to believe that their performance in this match was much more aggressive than before, on the other hand Dynamo Kyiv performance was worse, I don't know why Dynamo Kyiv performed like that because in fact they made too many mistakes. The final result exceeded my expectations.