UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Stablexcoin]

Unfortunately, Napoli and Atalanta had a really tough first match.

Napoli lost their back line due to a red card, which destabilized their game and allowed Man City to continue attacking --- while Napoli lacked attacking power.

Atalanta clearly couldn't compete with PSG. They lost away from home, which I don't find surprising because PSG is simply too strong to beat.

The red card was early in the game, despite the minute of the red card, City was unable to score in the first half not until second half before they took the opportunity.

Atlanta were no match for PSG, right from the start PSG dominated, already we were not expecting Atlanta to have the advantage.

[len01]

I do not see any reason to call Newcastle a weak team. This Premier League team has been performing quite well in the last few  years. Even  though this team is new to the champions league platform, there is no reason to consider the team as weak. Did newcastle perform poorly in this match? 6 out of 10 shots taken by newcastle were on  target. If the Barcelona defense and goalkeeper had not performed well,  Barcelona would never have been able to get 3 points in this match. Goalkeeper Garcia has a big contribution to Barcelona's victory.

We can't underestimate Newcastle.

Even though they're not the strongest team on paper, everyone knows that more experienced teams usually find a way to win. That doesn’t mean Newcastle are weak, in fact, they managed to score against Barcelona. But in the end, Barcelona still came out on top, mainly because of their stronger mentality, even playing away from home.

Still, all of this is just speculation. In the UCL, we’ve seen it time and time again, underdogs can pull off surprises and beat stronger teams.

[_BlackStar]

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We can't underestimate Newcastle.

Even though they're not the strongest team on paper, everyone knows that more experienced teams usually find a way to win. That doesn’t mean Newcastle are weak, in fact, they managed to score against Barcelona. But in the end, Barcelona still came out on top, mainly because of their stronger mentality, even playing away from home.

Still, all of this is just speculation. In the UCL, we’ve seen it time and time again, underdogs can pull off surprises and beat stronger teams.

Of course -  no one is underestimating Newcastle, but I'm sure most of you would agree that Newcastle aren't the team you'd expect to reach the final this season. There are stronger teams representing the Premier League - Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester City seem more likely to advance, but Newcastle and Chelsea also have a chance as long as they can improve their performances.

I think Newcastle have been fortunate to be dealt relatively easy opponents in many of their Champions League league phase fixtures this season. In my opinion - only Barcelona and PSG appear superior to Newcastle in 2/8 matches, while the others appear equal or weaker. I believe Newcastle are capable of winning at least 5 of 8 league phase matches, given the opponents they face - but there's no guarantee of their performance.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Chelsea is being underestimated because they have been lacking consistency in their previous seasons. Many people still feel and have that notion that they cannot maintain consistency in this their new form for a very long time. Even despite showing great performance in the FIFA club World Cup, their capabilities is being undermined and can’t seem to see them finishing in the best of position in the champions league competition. Barcelona is just another team for Chelsea to face and try to win against them, nothing special about them. When it comes to the Champions League competition, every team are in their best and should be played more skeptically.

I agree with you, for me Chelsea has a very high level and when things are more focused on making them more famous, there is a Tendency to underestimate them, but in reality what matters most is that the team that makes it to the UCL is because they have the level for it and any of them can be champions.

[katanic97]

It was certain that this would happen when Di Lorenzo received a red card in the 20th minute. They won the battle, not the war. I agree that Vanja defended excellently, and I also think that if they hadn’t received the red card, they would have played more freely and openly. It’s good for Napoli that they didn’t concede more goals. But i think Napoli will easily advance to the next stage.

I am not surprised at all by Napoli's defeat. I had bet on City winning this match. Although Manchester city's performance is a bit erratic. Even then, I do not want to consider napoli as strong on the Champions league platform.

Napoli's attack has been weak  since last season. Napoli has not taken any necessary steps to strengthen the attack this season. Also , Lukaku is out of the squad due to  injury. In such a  situation, it is very difficult for them to win against City.

Manchester city played well enough. Still, they had to fight hard to score. Despite having 17 shots in the first half , Manchester City could not score a single goal. But in the second half, Manchester City won the match 2-0 due to goals from DOku and Haaland.

What exactly is Napoli lacking? A team that won the title last season and, just two seasons ago, played in the Champions League quarterfinals that’s not bad at all, right? They got that unlucky red card in the 20th minute and had to defend themselves. I guarantee the result wouldn’t have been the same if Di Lorenzo had been in the squad.

[AYOBA]

Seriously, this season Newcastle's performance is very low compared to last season, although the season just started, and we should never underestimate their performances. But a team that can do better, suppose, started the season with good performances, and Newcastle is not like that. Most of the teams are well prepared for this season so that they can fight their opponents back-to-back.

Because even in their last match against Barcelona, I was very disappointed, as I didn’t expect that kind of performance from them. Honestly, given how the team has played this season, these are signs that they will not do anything much this season in both the Premier League and Champions League.

Newcastle perform better against Barcelona last match but Is just that Barcelona have more better players then them and have more experience then them, I can't blame Newcastle from losing against Barcelona they just don't really have luck in the match, they are missing there key striker isak, they don't perform like last season, before they come back to there best form he will take some times to rearrange there squad, the coach need to take actions if he wants to continue playing in the Champions League every season.

Do you mean that Newcastle's performance against Barcelona was better? I won’t call that one a superior performance because they did not win against them. That was not a the Matter of luck mate. I agree that they lost most of their key players, but I don't think they played on an empty field. Those remaining players are expected to give their all against Barcelona and achieve a great outcome, or is it that because they have lost their important players, their coach will not consider and train other players in order to make the squad stronger and more competitive in the league?

[Jaycoinz]

I'm thinking about a 3-leg multi like this... Total odds: 4.79

Arsenal don't have an easy work to do away. But I saw Athletic Bilbao losing to Alaves home the last. An interesting result that was. While Arsenal are in form I don't think they will lose points.

PSV should also be able to beat USG. Despite their high odds I trust them to make difference.

Lastly Real Madrid shouldn't have problems against Marseille home.  

The heartbreaking outcome of this bet slip happens to be the outcome of the game between PSV and Union Saint-Gilloise. Every other game in the slip played as predicted except PSV that finished in a shocking 3:1 loss to USG. I was shocked myself at the result after the game cause who would have thought PSV will mot be able to play USG at home.

I remember losing my bet because of psv as well, my instincts told me to pick over 2.5 on that game but I felt like psv should have more experience in the ucl than union, at the end of the day I figured out it's not a out a team being more experienced than that other, when one team slips up and misses opportunities the opponents takes advantage of it. Psv played like they were a junior team it was so disappointing

[Abdulzuruku01]

What exactly is Napoli lacking? A team that won the title last season and, just two seasons ago, played in the Champions League quarterfinals that’s not bad at all, right? They got that unlucky red card in the 20th minute and had to defend themselves. I guarantee the result wouldn’t have been the same if Di Lorenzo had been in the squad.

The red card was the main reason why Manchester City had an easy win against Napoli, and Keven De Bruyne was also substituted very early in the game due to injury, if not, I don’t think Manchester City will even defeat them like they do. Napoli is in good form, but they have injury problems early this season because they started without their main striker Lukaku, and now Kevin De Bruyne is injured which can be for more than three to four weeks  because he is an injury prone player from his Manchester City days and now couple with age he can’t cope like before and he can’t even perform like before that’s why Manchester City let him go because he feel like he is restricting himself to some challenges.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Bayern did a good job by holding their heads up and controlling almost the entire performance in the pitch. It doesn't happen so often that two big teams from different leagues play against each other, but the odds of winning reflected clearly on one side.

Harry Kane did exactly what Harry Kane is supposed to do; first clear contest won him a penalty, putting them one goal ahead. Second was pretty sick-- it's painful to always be reminded that Kane has given more to football, than football has given to him.

[$weetne$$]

I'm thinking about a 3-leg multi like this... Total odds: 4.79

Arsenal don't have an easy work to do away. But I saw Athletic Bilbao losing to Alaves home the last. An interesting result that was. While Arsenal are in form I don't think they will lose points.

PSV should also be able to beat USG. Despite their high odds I trust them to make difference.

Lastly Real Madrid shouldn't have problems against Marseille home.  

Sadly PSV lost and they are the only ones who denied you of winning this game in the end, I see that Arsenal and Real Madrid did delivered their part in this game did not expect PSV to loos actually, I even saw them like the supposed easiest here on this fixtures but how they struggled through the game was another surprise we mostly did not expect this week. I want to believe that by next champions league fixture PSV does better. Maybe the high odds for PSV was an Insight to expected outcome which got ignored by many.

[Jewan420]

The red card was the main reason why Manchester City had an easy win against Napoli, and Keven De Bruyne was also substituted very early in the game due to injury, if not, I don’t think Manchester City will even defeat them like they do. Napoli is in good form, but they have injury problems early this season because they started without their main striker Lukaku, and now Kevin De Bruyne is injured which can be for more than three to four weeks  because he is an injury prone player from his Manchester City days and now couple with age he can’t cope like before and he can’t even perform like before that’s why Manchester City let him go because he feel like he is restricting himself to some challenges.

Look, such excuses don't work on a big stage like the Champions League. What I noticed was the red card and Napoli's inexperience in the Champions League. The red card was basically the difference between Manchester City and Napoli. Still, they could have lost the match with less disruption or given Manchester City a hard time if they had more experience in the Champions League. Injuries to players are nothing but an excuse.

We have seen Barca play without their main player Lamine Yamal and win the match and Real Madrid win the match against Marseille despite receiving a red card. Yes, Napoli's situation was different, but they could have played better football and given City a harder time. I think their inexperience in the Champions League was the main reason for their first match defeat

[DaNNy001]

What exactly is Napoli lacking? A team that won the title last season and, just two seasons ago, played in the Champions League quarterfinals that’s not bad at all, right? They got that unlucky red card in the 20th minute and had to defend themselves. I guarantee the result wouldn’t have been the same if Di Lorenzo had been in the squad.

The red card was the main reason why Manchester City had an easy win against Napoli, and Keven De Bruyne was also substituted very early in the game due to injury, if not, I don’t think Manchester City will even defeat them like they do. Napoli is in good form, but they have injury problems early this season because they started without their main striker Lukaku, and now Kevin De Bruyne is injured which can be for more than three to four weeks  because he is an injury prone player from his Manchester City days and now couple with age he can’t cope like before and he can’t even perform like before that’s why Manchester City let him go because he feel like he is restricting himself to some challenges.

Even before the red card city was already dominating, Napoli performed poorly to be honest...The red card just made everything worse but even without nothing would have changed..Even in city's unbalanced state napoli could not even score a single goal..premier league teams are known for winning clubs outside their league, this is something that they are good at..I hope city would continue to improve after this

[Amphenomenon]

Yes, Atalanta wasn't good enough to face the very strong PSG. Statistics show that PSG's superiority led to Atalanta conceding four goals unavoidably. However Napoli and Atalanta's defeat in the first leg didn't discourage them from continuing to give their best in this season's UCL. Both teams still have a chance to bounce back and improve their respective positions in the standings.

Atalanta defeat to PSG was not a shocking one to me though but for them to concede that many goals was not what I excepted because they were not looking that weak to concede that number of goals. They played well in the first half but things got worst in the second half of the game. They need to get themselves back on track because if they concede more losses in the coming games, their chances of even qualifying from this group stage will be very minimal.

It's ironic that the score is not really shocking to me since Atalanta for me are far from their best when they won the Europa League and this is especially looking at their consistency. PSG is a fearsome team especially in recent seasons and looking at last season, and while it may seems like PSG has slack off after the cwc final against Chelsea, they are still scary and their victory against Atalanta is a reminder.

[TelolettOm]

Exactly, there's no doubt that these five clubs have a greater chance of winning.

Amongst the five I do not consider PSG as one of them who actually can really win, PSG is not doing bad but I still do not have that conviction as much as I do with Manchester City who even has some slight issues, against Napoli they did not fi d it really easy but they still xis not just let it go against them because they feel it is a difficult one. Actually both teams did their best but Manchester City was the better side, and they won. Real Madrid was not left out of the victory and so does Liverpool so I still agree that these ones are gradually going  to get a good chance at the champions league this season.

PSG is actually still a convincing team, but the absence of Dembélé and Doué raises some doubts. However, in the match against Atalanta, I'm still very confident that PSG can overcome it, unless their opponent is another top club like Barcelona or Bayern Munich. This could make things difficult for PSG if they play without their two key players.

Well, apart from that, the match between PSG and Barcelona, ​​which will take place on September 1st, is still quite difficult to predict. I believe Barcelona is in top form. As for PSG, whether Dembele can return to the squad or not, that's quite a challenge.

Source: Official | FC Barcelona will host PSG at Montjuïc’s Olympic Stadium

[Smartvirus]

The heartbreaking outcome of this bet slip happens to be the outcome of the game between PSV and Union Saint-Gilloise. Every other game in the slip played as predicted except PSV that finished in a shocking 3:1 loss to USG. I was shocked myself at the result after the game cause who would have thought PSV will mot be able to play USG at home.

I didn’t expect that USG would emerge victorious in that encounter to be frank, I even predicted a PSV 3-1 USG scoreline in one of the pools I participated and so you can imagine my surprise that, my prediction was in reverse.

A 1.82 odds in a win market does suggest that the game would be fairly go texted but even then, the favored side had the upper hands and didn’t use it, most of all, loosing by that margin.

Bayern did a good job by holding their heads up and controlling almost the entire performance in the pitch. It doesn't happen so often that two big teams from different leagues play against each other, but the odds of winning reflected clearly on one side.

Bayern did hold their heads up like you said but, they didn’t really control the game. Series of mistakes did force Chelsea to their defeat else, they had a good chance at getting something from that fixture.

[Adbitco]

Neuer and Muller is still very much active and will definitely break Ronaldo's record of most individual win in the competitions all time record either this season or next season. His been out of any European team for some years now and he still holds that record which I think is still incredibly great but sonner or later his going to be displaced by these two Bayern Munich great players.

[EL MOHA]

PSG is actually still a convincing team, but the absence of Dembélé and Doué raises some doubts. However, in the match against Atalanta, I'm still very confident that PSG can overcome it, unless their opponent is another top club like Barcelona or Bayern Munich. This could make things difficult for PSG if they play without their two key players.

Well, apart from that, the match between PSG and Barcelona, ​​which will take place on September 1st, is still quite difficult to predict. I believe Barcelona is in top form. As for PSG, whether Dembele can return to the squad or not, that's quite a challenge.

Source: Official | FC Barcelona will host PSG at Montjuïc’s Olympic Stadium

This another huge test for both teams, for me the two clubs are one of the few top favourites for this season edition and their first games were just a mid test as they both played against oppositions which weren’t equally on their level at the moment, but this game i actually think it is game of two teams been on equal level. Both clubs are set to be missing their talisman with Lamine Yamal and Ousmane Dembele definitely not likely to return before October first, but we all can clearly see that there have been players who have stepped up in their places with Kvaratskhelia leading the PSG front line while Rashford looking to be a great asset for Barcelona.

The battle though will be played and won in the midfield, Pedri and De Jong are looking to be menace for opponents but we all know what the PSG midfield is capable of doing sad that there is no Joao Neves for the team if not it would have been interesting

Neuer and Muller is still very much active and will definitely break Ronaldo's record of most individual win in the competitions all time record either this season or next season. His been out of any European team for some years now and he still holds that record which I think is still incredibly great but sonner or later his going to be displaced by these two Bayern Munich great players.

For Thomas Muller i don’t think he will be able to actually achieve this fee again because he isn’t playing in Europe again as he now plays in the major league soccer had he stay this season he will be the favorite to actually beat  Ronaldo’s record. For Manuel Neuer I seriously think he might needs another UCL season again because beating this record this season might not be possible has he only has a possible 14 wins in total left for the the season

[topbitcoin]

Yes, Atalanta wasn't good enough to face the very strong PSG. Statistics show that PSG's superiority led to Atalanta conceding four goals unavoidably. However Napoli and Atalanta's defeat in the first leg didn't discourage them from continuing to give their best in this season's UCL. Both teams still have a chance to bounce back and improve their respective positions in the standings.

The loss of a successor and several issues with players who want to leave, such as Lookman, have made the situation at Atalanta uncomfortable.

We know that Atalanta could have been truly successful, even winning the Europa League, thanks to Gasperini's steady hand, but now Gasperini has Roma as the club he wants to manage, which has left Atalanta slightly divided in terms of performance, as they are currently in a transitional phase.

They can still be a threat, but talking about the Champions League under these circumstances is clearly not easy, especially considering the opponents they will face after PSG, such as Chelsea and some clubs that are actually on par but have slightly better mental strength, like Marseille or Bilbao.

[BITCOIN4X]

What exactly is Napoli lacking? A team that won the title last season and, just two seasons ago, played in the Champions League quarterfinals that’s not bad at all, right? They got that unlucky red card in the 20th minute and had to defend themselves. I guarantee the result wouldn’t have been the same if Di Lorenzo had been in the squad.

Napoli might have been able to avoid a loss if one of their players hadn't received a red card. I think any team would struggle in that situation, especially when facing Manchester City, who are known for always dominating possession. In any case, Napoli defeat is understandable, and you could say Manchester City was lucky to have capitalized on the opportunity perfectly.

However for me, Manchester City victory doesn't mean they are fully back to their best form. There are still 7 more matches in the League Phase, where Manchester City needs to perform consistently to secure full points to finish in the top eight of the standings. Meanwhile, Napoli still has a chance to bounce back in their next match.

[Mayor of ogba]

Neuer and Muller is still very much active and will definitely break Ronaldo's record of most individual win in the competitions all time record either this season or next season. His been out of any European team for some years now and he still holds that record which I think is still incredibly great but sonner or later his going to be displaced by these two Bayern Munich great players.

It is always good to see that after Cristiano Ronaldo stopped playing in the Champions League, no player in the Champions League has won more Champions League matches than Cristiano Ronaldo. If there's any player in the image that is on your post that will equal and break Cristiano Ronaldo's match winning record in the Champions League, I believe it will be Neuer because he's the only player who is currently playing in the Champions League with Bayern Munich.