UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[SuperBitMan]

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.

You are right, Chelsea is not a small team and we can see that by there achievement's over the years them winning PSG in the FIFA club world cup competition shows that they are still even very much inform, and right now Chelsea is very much inform and there's a possibility that they can even lift the champions League trophy next season they have young players that are very inform and playing very well so they are good to go next season champions League competition.
Just like you said SatoPrincess that anyone who will rate Chelsea as an average or small club probably just started watching football games recently, because Chelsea football club has really achieved a lot and they have one of the biggest fan base in the world and the reason why they have this much fan base is because of how good they where, so saying Chelsea is an average club just means that you started watching football recently and you didn't bother to even go through the history of football.

[ozgr]

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

Fenerbahçe really played well, I congratulate them. fenerbahçe is motivated, but I think the benfica match will be tough.
I really enjoyed watching a benerbahçe match for the first time in a long while. It was truly an entertaining game, I hope it continues like this. The dutch team had a young and physically strong squad. It seems that fenerbahçe has some weaknesses in defense."

[MK-74]

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.

Yes, you’re right. I thought it was two weeks away, but I learned from you that it will actually be played next week.
This makes things even worse, because it’s hard to integrate new transfers into the squad within just one week.
If there had been a two week break, Fenerbahçe could have potentially included the new players.

I think their chances against Benfica are low.
Fenerbahçe will also be playing a league match this week.
Last week's league match was postponed for their match against Feyenoord.

Good thing you didn’t place a bet on Benfica.

[boltz]

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.

I'm actually surprised to read something like that and I cannot understand how someone can call Chelsea a small club because right now , after what I saw at World Club Cup , they are the best team in the world without any doubts. Sure , PSG is the UCL winner ...but their current team seems a bit fragile without Donnarumma and their internal conflict and that's why for me Chelsea is the best club right now.

Also , they are my favorites to win EPL too and we all know once in a few years , Chelsea likes to simply dominate EPL and UCL as well.

[Distraction]

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.

Yeah, that was top level effort by Fenerbahçe.    They played way extra in this leg truthfully. Compared to how desperate they were earlier... This is progress! It didn't took the players a long time to gain some match condition.



Archie Brown was the man of the match without doubt. 1 goal, 2 assists - simply great work. This guy even scored his 1st header ever at the 1st team level in his career. Despite being 1.90 metres tall... 

Feyenoord has lost many important names this summer. This also affected their performance badly.

[Chilwell]

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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Even when I saw the game, I was still have confidence for Mourinho to qualify for the champions league. I saw some people I'd already given up for Mourinho to survive that yesterday but as for me I feel confident due to what Mourinho have done in the past. Mourinho is a great coach and can not be underestimated despite his age, he still have those qualities that he possessed during his prime time. Fenerbahçe succeeded in eliminating Feyenoord to make it to the Champions League, I will only feel lost if Fenerbahçe were to play away yesterday, but when I realised that this will host by Fenerbahçe my confidence rise because I know the kind of coach they have which I'm very sure that he knows how to play all this kind of game.

[cxtreenal]

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.

Real Madrid should have done better in every tournament but they have ultimately failed themselves and disappointed almost all the fans in the world. Last season they worked hard to qualify for the Champions Trophy. They did well in the first few matches of the tournament but were unable to progress further due to injuries and poor form. The performance of the team, which is made up of the highest paid players in the world, should have been better but we have seen them fail most of the time and we got lose the bet. Xabi Alonso is a young coach who can inspire his players to do even better in an impressive way. I think the expectations from him as a new coach will be very high, both from the team management and from the many fans around the world.

[$weetne$$]

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.

Expectations like this are ones we need be careful about, I understand a historical pattern has been observed with the way Madrid wins the champions league but put into consideration that there are factors that made that possible once of which is the coach they had through those time and now they have a new person whom we are not sure if he come with same mentality so it will be safer to keep an open mind.

[Alex077]

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...

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...

People have short memories in football — they see a bad season or two and suddenly start calling Chelsea a “small club,” which is just ridiculous. This is a team that’s lifted the Champions League twice, won the Europa League, dominated the EPL in the mid-2000s, and consistently gone toe-to-toe with Europe’s elite.
Sure, United’s history is longer and they’ve had more sustained dominance, but that doesn’t erase what Chelsea have done in the last two decades. You don’t just luck into all those trophies — they’ve beaten the best of the best, multiple times, on the biggest stages.
If anything, Chelsea’s “down years” are still better than what many so-called big clubs manage in their good years.

[dezoel]

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.

UEFA Champions League qualifications enters into last stages with few clubs surprised with their performance because no one were expecting they can perform like this Dynamo Kyiv was terrible into these games because they fail to score any goal.

Pafos was at his best in both games they score 3 goals with 2 clean sheets amazing performance from them now their opponent is Crvena zvezda from Serbia which is another challenge, but currently they are in good touch and have confidence which will give them good boost for the final game. Seven teams are going to be had their spots into UEFA Champions League through finals with few top tier clubs are also involved this is going to be exciting games for fans predictions are not easy for them as well.

[m4r1o]

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.

This is a very tough match and I can't make any predictions. It's very difficult and it's a match that will surely be a spectacle as it's a play-off. Mou will surely try all the possible tactics but Benfica is a tough team that could cause quite a few problems.

[SmartCharpa]

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.

How can anybody claim that Chelsea is a small club? Although we could say that Chelsea was one of the average teams in the Premier League in the last two to three seasons, we can't disagree because their performances were poor, and they ended below the top ten for two consecutive years. But Chelsea is not a small club, those who consider Chelsea to be a small club may not be familiar with football. Otherwise, someone who understands football will be aware that Chelsea is not a small club in England.

Chelsea, on the other hand, has won all of the European trophies, including the first FIFA Club World Cup edition that Real Madrid has not won. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Chelsea is not a team we should write off this season. The majority of people underestimate them. While that team is capable of winning the Champions League this season, even if they are out of the competition for two seasons, their current squad can win it.

[Minor Miner]

This is a very tough match and I can't make any predictions. It's very difficult and it's a match that will surely be a spectacle as it's a play-off. Mou will surely try all the possible tactics but Benfica is a tough team that could cause quite a few problems.

Fenerbahce qualified for the next round after a poor performance in the first leg against feyenoord . We saw a great performance from the team. They won by a big margin of 5 - 2.

Fenerbahce will face benfica in the next  round. This team is very strong. We  saw Benfica win both matches against Nice in the third qualifying round. It is going to be very difficult for Mourinho to beat Benfica, that is for sure, even I consider Benfica as the favorite in this match. Fenerbahce will probably not be able to qualify for the Champions League

[Zaguru12]

Chelsea, on the other hand, has won all of the European trophies, including the first FIFA Club World Cup edition that Real Madrid has not won. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Chelsea is not a team we should write off this season. The majority of people underestimate them. While that team is capable of winning the Champions League this season, even if they are out of the competition for two seasons, their current squad can win it.

Let’s start this conversation with the fact that Chelsea have been the most successful English club in the last two decade is this same Chelsea club, yes overall in entire English football history there are clubs that superior but we cannot actually rule Chelsea out. Over the last two seasons we which they have changed ownership they have been struggling but towards the end of last season Chelsea looked more like a proper team they weren’t winning the matches alone but they were doing it like a top club by controlling the game from start to finish.

When Chelsea got to the club World Cup they were easily rule out by most of us here because we had actually viewed them to carry on with their poor performance but they went their and won it even though we all can argue that they got lucky by opponents they faced I think they were good to get that lucky and they proved that by defeating the PSG team which looked superior last season. So yes Chelsea should be considered favourites too

[$crypto$]

This is a very tough match and I can't make any predictions. It's very difficult and it's a match that will surely be a spectacle as it's a play-off. Mou will surely try all the possible tactics but Benfica is a tough team that could cause quite a few problems.

Fenerbahce qualified for the next round after a poor performance in the first leg against feyenoord . We saw a great performance from the team. They won by a big margin of 5 - 2.

Fenerbahce will face benfica in the next  round. This team is very strong. We  saw Benfica win both matches against Nice in the third qualifying round. It is going to be very difficult for Mourinho to beat Benfica, that is for sure, even I consider Benfica as the favorite in this match. Fenerbahce will probably not be able to qualify for the Champions League

It was a great comeback from Fenerbahce, who won by a large margin, forcing Feyenoord to concede defeat as the away team.

Playing against Benfica is no easy task as Benfica is a tough opponent, but it remains to be seen what the bookmakers favor and what odds they will offer If Fenerbahce plays like they did yesterday, Mou's team is likely to win because they are so strong when playing at home.

[Egii Nna]

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.

Some people don’t just know about football history, they always start talking from their experiences of two or three seasons, which is rubbish. If not, why on earth would you say that Chelsea is a small team? Based on my knowledge of history, I don’t think there is still a trophy remaining for Chelsea to achieve in Europe. So why would you judge them based on a few seasons and call them a small team just like that? This is the reason why most people who talk about football need to know history, to avoid making such disrespectful comments about bigger teams with reputations.

[LUCKMCFLY]

As the game ought to,
We don’t expect the game to have seen several years and generations just to be the same. It’s a lot faster now and produces more goals. So do we see underdogs coming to surprise the elite teams over and over and that’s what we hope to see.

Yes, and the trend now is quite good because I have mainly seen very fast styles of football, with speed that leaves the defense so exposed, and that is something that attracts my attention That style was that of Brazil a few years ago, and now it is that way I like it, One style that I like is how Leverkusen handled it before, it was fast and efficient, the counterattacks were difficult for other teams to cope with, I still have hope that Leverkusen will do a good job.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Super Cup will start very soon. We will have PSG to fight against Tottenham. I think the result is pretty obvious PSG will win the game, and their odds really give me confidence to bet on them. However, their odds is quite small. So, i think it's wise for me to pick Asian Handicap PSG -1.25.
I believe they will score a lot against Tottenham considering they have superior material to win the game.

I think everyone will have the same opinion like me. So just drop your prediction about the result of Super Cup very soon.  

[Bobrox]

It was a great comeback from Fenerbahce, who won by a large margin, forcing Feyenoord to concede defeat as the away team.

Playing against Benfica is no easy task as Benfica is a tough opponent, but it remains to be seen what the bookmakers favor and what odds they will offer If Fenerbahce plays like they did yesterday, Mou's team is likely to win because they are so strong when playing at home.

Fenerbahce made great comeback last night after defeating Feyenoord aggregate 6-4 and qualified to next playoff round, Jose Mourinho have winning mentality team although conceded firstly and make aggregate 1-3 but success making come back and won the match with score 5-2.
I checked the next opponent team face by Fenerbahce look not easy, will face Benfica at last of playoff qualifying round really difficult opponent team if want secure one place at Champion League, will Jose Mourinho back to participants at Champion League of Benfica will qualify? Have to know, Benfica always participants at UEFA Champion League every season and never absent yet in last five season, I don't think easy for Fenerbahce eliminating Benfica and get one place to play at Champion League next season.

[KTChampions]

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?

Bookmakers initially rated Fenerbahce's odds very high (1.55), but who knew that first there would be 0-1 and then a goal fest.
As for Benfica, I haven't checked the odds yet, but I think Fenerbahce will be a big underdog here. Benfica is an experienced team that plays in the Champions League every year, they look much stronger, but maybe Mourinho will come up with something, who knows. But overall it doesn't look like they'll be able to play the bus with Benfica, they'll need a more cunning plan.