UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Jerrycrypto2024]

In football unimaginable things do happen and happened in such a way we don't expect. In Barcelona unbelievable win against Newcastle united, Marcus rashford surprised the world by scoring two wonderful goals within the first 20minutes of the second half a performance he never displayed while he was I Manchester united for the past three years.

When Marcus Rashford joined Manchester united senior team in February 2016 scoring two goals in the Europa league against midtjylland and also featured in the premier league three days later against Arsenal, he had an excellent performance in Manchester united them but ran out of luck when Erik Ten hag took over power, the mystery behind his downfall that's what we can't tell but his performance depreciated deeply even before Amorim took over power and fail to get back on his fit until his game yesterday that surprised the world with a very good performance

but surely the environment where you are has a big influence on changing the motivations and performances of the player who until now was not happy and it was evident, then the club was not able to keep him in the team and this led him to leave and play with another club

Apparently, many players in Manchester do not find a favourable environment in which to express their abilities well. Marcus Rashford is not the first, nor the only one. Antony had the same problem. At Manchester, he did not express his qualities to the fullest, but at Betis, he seemed reborn.
So I assume that in the Manchester United dressing room, the conditions are not immediately there to put players at ease.

Your point is correct in most cases even in other area if activity some individual have better performance when they shift from an environment they are know for years to another area both in business, some time it's as a result of little factors that has not been met while on that particular area and such thing kill's one dream it skills because such person most always under perform as the vibe to what or whoever it ought to be is not yet stimulated by such external force as required. In my opinion Manchester really need do some survey to know while most of their player over performance when outside and under performance whenever they are with them though stand to be corrected as my inference is not conclusively correct that they have over performance.

[Tamaperdana]

Football is surprising but who will win, will still win that's the game of siccers for you,  I expected Chelsea match with Bayern end in atleast 2:1 for Bayern, I never knew Bayern can win Chelsea 3:0 in that espacially when I know that Chelsea is not doing bad at the moment, both teams did well but the better side won that's all I have to say about that match, Napoli messed up, they would have make use of this opportunity when Manchester city is not in form to win them but they fail to do so, I hope they do well next time, however, I believe the teams you mentioned will do better than they did next time, attest there coaches has learn and will want try things another way round.

You're absolutely right that football sometimes surprises us, especially in the Champions League. It's not unusual for a favored team to lose. The competition in the Champions League is incredibly fierce, as the teams that qualify are selected from various European leagues. So, surprises are bound to happen frequently in this competition. But speaking of Chelsea, I don't understand how they were beaten 3-1 by Munich. As we know, Chelsea often boasts of their excellent form. But the reality is, Chelsea's impressive form hasn't been the case this season.

The proof is that Chelsea's performance in the Premier League is truly lacking. Speaking of Napoli, I don't think it makes sense that they could lose to a team still struggling to recover, like Manchester City. But the most plausible reason is that it might also be because one of Napoli's defenders received a red card in the 21st minute. So perhaps that's why Napoli's performance declined at that time, because their squad depth will certainly be unbalanced with a player receiving a red card. But for Napoli or Chelsea fans, don't worry, this is just the beginning. So don't be discouraged that these.

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The first match of this season's Champions League has already taken place, and several big matches have already taken place. Eintracht Frankfurt won by a large margin, which has put them in first place in the standings. However, in this format, goal difference is crucial, as a mere loss in goal difference could prevent them from advancing to the next round. Furthermore, it won't be just one or two teams with the same points, but many. We saw this in last season's standings.

the champions league group stage standings will fluctuate significantly because teams in the groups have only played 8 matches. there's no point in looking at who's in the top 8 or who hasn't made it into the top 24 after the first week. imagine your country's league champion being decided after just 8 matches. here, you could potentially drop out of the top 8 with just one loss.

in fact, none of the teams on this list might even be here once the group stage concludes. the standings after the 6th, 7th, and 8th matches will better reflect the reality.

[paco92x]

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.

Müller retired last year, so he’ll stay locked in second place. As for Neuer, he's pretty close—he'll definitely pass Casillas this year, and might end the season with 107 or maybe 108 wins. Considering he's already 39, I’m not sure if he’ll be able to pass Müller in the future.

I didn’t know Messi only has 95 wins—it seems a bit low. But then again, Ronaldo won 5 Champions Leagues and Messi 4. Also, where is Luka Modrić on this list? That’s my question too.

[len01]

Apparently, many players in Manchester do not find a favourable environment in which to express their abilities well. Marcus Rashford is not the first, nor the only one. Antony had the same problem. At Manchester, he did not express his qualities to the fullest, but at Betis, he seemed reborn.
So I assume that in the Manchester United dressing room, the conditions are not immediately there to put players at ease.

All these problems actually stem from several factors, with the main one being the management of Man United. If the management and the Man United board of director were aware of the bad relationships between players, or between players and the coach, they should have taken steps to fix these issues. Take, for example, the situation with Ten Hag having conflicts with players like Ronaldo, Sancho, and others. Yet, Ten Hag’s contract was extended, which ultimately led to long term negative consequences. If the management or the board had stepped in to address these problems earlier, the Man United squad could have bounced back, and the relationships within the team would have improved.

[hosemary]

the champions league group stage standings will fluctuate significantly because teams in the groups have only played 8 matches. there's no point in looking at who's in the top 8 or who hasn't made it into the top 24 after the first week. imagine your country's league champion being decided after just 8 matches. here, you could potentially drop out of the top 8 with just one loss.

8 matches? Where did you get the 8 from?

Each team has played only 1 match so far.
If you are referring to the total number of matches played in champions league so far, 18 matches have been played. There are 36 teams and 18 matches are played in each round of the league phase.

[MArsland]

I don't understand why bookmakers make mistakes like this, I wish there were more of them but this means giving a totally incorrect odds and allowing people to win easily, maybe they do it on purpose I don't know but this is very strange, Thinking that Barcelona is the underdog is crazy in my opinion

Whether this was a mistake or not the fact remains that those who bet on Barcelona should be grateful to the bookies, right? And it's no surprise that some factors, like Yamal absence, might be considered a Barcelona shortcoming. We've seen many of the club fans idolize Yamal, so the bookies are using this as a reference.

maybe  

[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.

You went a bit overboard about Mueller 
As for Neuer, let's do the math: there are seven games left in the group stage, two more in the round of 16 (we won't take into account the probability of Bayern reaching the round of 16 first, as that would mean not every group stage game is winnable), then two in the quarter-finals, two more in the semi-finals, and one in the final. That's a total of 14 if Bayern wins the Champions League and all their games (which is actually hard to imagine). But even in this ideal scenario, Neuer will need next season to break Ronaldo's record.

About Thomas Muller, yeah I went overboard there, I didn't even realise his left Bayern Munich for Vancouver Whitecaps I think in the MLS apart from that I'm still in line with my assertion. I clearly stated this season or the next for them to break this very Ronaldo's record. Neuer needs just this season and the next to equal and smash the record and his sure going to get it.

[Rockson1]

The proof is that Chelsea's performance in the Premier League is truly lacking. Speaking of Napoli, I don't think it makes sense that they could lose to a team still struggling to recover, like Manchester City. But the most plausible reason is that it might also be because one of Napoli's defenders received a red card in the 21st minute. So perhaps that's why Napoli's performance declined at that time, because their squad depth will certainly be unbalanced with a player receiving a red card. But for Napoli or Chelsea fans, don't worry, this is just the beginning. So don't be discouraged that these.

You're correct we may attribute Napoli's losing to their red but what about chelsea, am sure you're aware of their result against Manchester United yesterday, I don't think they have even started, how would they lose to Manchester United, a club that we all know that is such presently class allowwd them to win just because of 1 red, so Chelsea can not defend the match or even win the match as the case may be just because of 1red card given to just one player, Chelsea has not started the season, they are still joking, the team is not in good shape, the results validates that, I will not make any excuse for Chelsea just because of red card, don't be surprised that if that same card was given Manchester United player may Chelsea would have not win the match.

[Frankolala]

Barcelona was not “favored”

Just check out the odds, for some reason, the actually thought Newcastle had an upper hand. Maybe because Barcelona had a few players who were injured, but yes, bookmakers actually looked at Newcastle as the favorites. I didn't take a good look at the live odds before now, but this is just boring.... How could they think Newcastle were the favourite in that game when they already gave out their key players/goal scorer to Liverpool? They were only able to secure a spot to play in the champions league because they had a setup of players with a responsive version of play.

Unless it's just one of those tricky odds that casinos make to discourage people from considering Barca to win, that was trash from their ends.

I don't understand why bookmakers make mistakes like this, I wish there were more of them but this means giving a totally incorrect odds and allowing people to win easily, maybe they do it on purpose I don't know but this is very strange, Thinking that Barcelona is the underdog is crazy in my opinion

What did you see the bookmakers as, god of soccer or what? They're humans like us and bound to have flaws. They can't be accurate all the time which is the main reason whenever I am betting on matches like that of Barcelona, I don't follow the bookmakers odd. However, Newcastle played brilliantly on that day but lacked the quality of a clinical finish.

[Webetcoins]

Chelsea not doing great at premier league while winning CWC is proof that tournaments and leagues are very very different structures. Like if City played in a league, do you really think they would end up lower than Al Hilal? Of course not, but when it's just one game, they could lose as we have seen. That is why it's clear tournaments and leagues are vastly different and while the first part of UCL is group, so it's like a league stage, it is also obvious that we are seeing rest of it being very unpredictable as well.

I sincerely believe there will be a day where the teams will face all of each other, instead 8 games, we will have 35 games, and leagues will be forced to lower their game count. Money is becoming huge, and you can't afford this without having a lot of games.

[Victorybit1]

In this case, we have to agree that Cristiano Ronaldo is far better than some other players, because since his era ended, almost no player has been able to win so many matches. Cristiano Ronaldo's record is still quite good, and perhaps Neuer has the most potential to approach that record because he's still actively playing. For some new players, it might be difficult to reach this record because the club's dominance is not nearly as strong as it once was. Neuer only needs 15 matches to match Cristiano Ronaldo's record, and although it's difficult, he's one of the most likely to equal it in the next few years.

Other players can get to that number if they stay consistent playing on the champions league for atleast 10 years just as Ronaldo was constantly playing. Players like Haaland are some of the players I think can be Abel to beat Ronaldo at some of his record on f he stays consistent for atleast 10 years playing at top level the same way Ronaldo was. With the high numbers of games that the champions league now has, some of those records are just a matter of time before someone breaks it. Neuer can also break it anytime soon if he plays most of the matches this season and advance to close to the finals.

To achieve a record like Cristiano Ronaldo, one must be a player like Cristiano Ronaldo and a player must be very strong physically. If we look at Cristiano Ronaldo's football career, Ronaldo has been out of the field due to injury for very little time. He is a strong player, that is why he has consistently ruled European football. Erling Haaland may have the potential to achieve like Ronaldo. Erling Haaland's injury probability is very low and he is a strong player, as well as his finishing skills, he has enough football skills. However, the way Ronaldo used to score free kicks, score goals with bicycle kicks and also score goals with his head, Erling Haaland must improve all those skills.
If Erling Haaland can score free kicks like Cristiano Ronaldo, then I think he can be like Ronaldo and touch Ronaldo's records.

I don't know why anyone is being associated with Ronaldo, I mean the dude is out of the world and his footballing stats alone can show it and prove it, for me I feel only Messi for now can be compared to Ronaldo atleast that's for the comparison to overall record but for the particular record of most champions league I think players that have been around and still playing champions league football like muller will for sure break it since Bayern Munich are in very good form too.

[BIT-BENDER]

I don't know why anyone is being associated with Ronaldo, I mean the dude is out of the world and his footballing stats alone can show it and prove it, for me I feel only Messi for now can be compared to Ronaldo atleast that's for the comparison to overall record but for the particular record of most champions league I think players that have been around and still playing champions league football like muller will for sure break it since Bayern Munich are in very good form too.

Muller is no longer with Bayern Munich he is now playing in the MLS and even if he hasn't moved anyone that will break the record will have to be the striking force of their team I would say for now that should have been Lewandowski but honestly that is not happening but with the way Haaland is going being the fastest to reach 50 goals he has the potentials to beat it.

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Chelsea not doing great at premier league while winning CWC is proof that tournaments and leagues are very very different structures. Like if City played in a league, do you really think they would end up lower than Al Hilal? Of course not, but when it's just one game, they could lose as we have seen. That is why it's clear tournaments and leagues are vastly different and while the first part of UCL is group, so it's like a league stage, it is also obvious that we are seeing rest of it being very unpredictable as well.

I sincerely believe there will be a day where the teams will face all of each other, instead 8 games, we will have 35 games, and leagues will be forced to lower their game count. Money is becoming huge, and you can't afford this without having a lot of games.

I loved it that this game ended this way, I am looking forward to Manchester United building some level of confidence from this point and also bringing in consistency along side. As for Chelsea I believe it was an unlucky day for them starting from the red card that came in very early, it affected their performance so I still  believe they are still in a good form so they are going to still make up for it in subsequent games this seasons.

[Jegileman]

With this new format as we see in the last season when this was implemented you cant rest so much about the first games, for example PSV is now in a super dificult position after losing his "easy" game against USG, you think "well i have 7 more games to recover" but most of them are gonna be against super teams, so you can run thin.

The new format does make things a bit more difficult for teams competing in the Champions League. This isn't just for the smaller teams, as Manchester City, Real Madrid, and several other teams also struggled to qualify last season. PSV may still have seven games left in the group stage, but failing to secure points could actually make it difficult for them to advance. Many factors make the Champions League difficult to beat, and even some experienced teams have moments where they haven't been able to deliver much in a particular season, ultimately failing to progress further in the competition.

This new format shows a great challenge to all teams that are in the competition. Bigger teams struggle to advance or get to have a better chance of winning because of the many matches involved which most of them are not used to. The consistency needed in this competition is different from what it use to be in the past, they just need to make sure their players don’t suffer fatigue and have to be in their best form throughout the group stage matches.

Smaller teams that don’t play in many competitions and only playing in the champions league gets to rotate their players more than bigger teams. Also the anxiety to win all games and finish in a good position makes it even tougher for bigger teams to find it easy to qualify and succeed. In all of this, the best and most resilience team gets to advance for the next stage of the competition.

[dezoel]

football sometimes surprises us, especially in the Champions League. It's not unusual for a favored team to lose. The competition in the Champions League is incredibly fierce, as the teams that qualify are selected from various European leagues. So, surprises are bound to happen frequently in this competition. But speaking of Chelsea, I don't understand how they were beaten 3-1 by Munich. As we know, Chelsea often boasts of their excellent form. But the reality is, Chelsea's impressive form hasn't been the case this season.

The proof is that Chelsea's performance in the Premier League is truly lacking. Speaking of Napoli, I don't think it makes sense that they could lose to a team still struggling to recover, like Manchester City. But the most plausible reason is that it might also be because one of Napoli's defenders received a red card in the 21st minute. So perhaps that's why Napoli's performance declined at that time, because their squad depth will certainly be unbalanced with a player receiving a red card. But for Napoli or Chelsea fans, don't worry, this is just the beginning. So don't be discouraged that these.

The trick is that in most cases the best teams from all of Europe comes together. So yeah, when the winner of premier league faces the winner of Portugal for example, or Turkey, they should be winning, usually very easy. Like for example the other day Frankfurt, the team that wasn't even the winners, faced three in a row Turkish league winners, and yet they won, but would anyone been very shocked if that team won?

So favourites do not matter day to day, it means a lot for the overall long term. Because Liverpool WILL finish higher than those smaller league good teams, but that isn't really mean they will win the game itself. They may win 7 games, be 21 points, be in top 8, but have one bad game against some smaller team, who knows.

[EL MOHA]

The trick is that in most cases the best teams from all of Europe comes together. So yeah, when the winner of premier league faces the winner of Portugal for example, or Turkey, they should be winning, usually very easy. Like for example the other day Frankfurt, the team that wasn't even the winners, faced three in a row Turkish league winners, and yet they won, but would anyone been very shocked if that team won?

So favourites do not matter day to day, it means a lot for the overall long term. Because Liverpool WILL finish higher than those smaller league good teams, but that isn't really mean they will win the game itself. They may win 7 games, be 21 points, be in top 8, but have one bad game against some smaller team, who knows.

This is not exactly how football works, a team in another league might be actually defeating the top team of another league and then it will go vice versa with two different teams from same league this is because this competition is a whole different competition and with everyone having a Neutral ground then it will be almost evenly matched with squad quality been the major difference. Also games might come while both teams might have conflicting forms and it will affect their result. You might see a team doing almost invisible in their legaue but usually humbled in the champions league while another might be looking like a mediocre side in the league and will be a huge force to reckon with in the champions league, this is the difference that this competition brings.

Muller is no longer with Bayern Munich he is now playing in the MLS and even if he hasn't moved anyone that will break the record will have to be the striking force of their team I would say for now that should have been Lewandowski but honestly that is not happening but with the way Haaland is going being the fastest to reach 50 goals he has the potentials to beat it.

I don’t think this is the case of most goals scored but rather this is a discussion of the most wins ever which Ronaldo holds the record at 115 while Muller is just behind with four wins difference, had he opted to stay at Bayern beyond last season it would have been breakable, with Neur recording its hundred win against Chelsea he is the most likely to get that record but it will take more than this season to do that

[Ndabagi01]

Apparently, many players in Manchester do not find a favourable environment in which to express their abilities well. Marcus Rashford is not the first, nor the only one. Antony had the same problem. At Manchester, he did not express his qualities to the fullest, but at Betis, he seemed reborn.
So I assume that in the Manchester United dressing room, the conditions are not immediately there to put players at ease.

If this is the problem that many Manchester United players are facing, then it is a very serious issue they’re going to be dealing with there. Marcus Rashford has been showing a great performance at his new club and he infact won the opening goal for the team in the champions league game opener and the two goals in that match came from them both.

Manchester United should make it favorable for the players to enjoy their stay in the team, or they will not see good results from them which will affect their overall performance as a team in the competition. I remember the case of Antony too, he did better at Real Betis when he joined them than the times he spent playing  at Manchester United. Rashford continues showing is best form in the champions league and beyond to the La Liga games too, he’s doing exceptionally just fine in his new club.

[mvdheuvel1983]

Chelsea not doing great at premier league while winning CWC is proof that tournaments and leagues are very very different structures. Like if City played in a league, do you really think they would end up lower than Al Hilal? Of course not, but when it's just one game, they could lose as we have seen. That is why it's clear tournaments and leagues are vastly different and while the first part of UCL is group, so it's like a league stage, it is also obvious that we are seeing rest of it being very unpredictable as well.

I sincerely believe there will be a day where the teams will face all of each other, instead 8 games, we will have 35 games, and leagues will be forced to lower their game count. Money is becoming huge, and you can't afford this without having a lot of games.

I loved it that this game ended this way, I am looking forward to Manchester United building some level of confidence from this point and also bringing in consistency along side. As for Chelsea I believe it was an unlucky day for them starting from the red card that came in very early, it affected their performance so I still  believe they are still in a good form so they are going to still make up for it in subsequent games this seasons.

The result wasn't the best result for Manchester United because it gave the manager the holpe of continuing his job when he should be getting ready to be sacked following the  inconsistent performance of his team but winning against Chelsea will buy him more time and the fans will be calm after winning one of the big teams which is one of their rivals. The luck wasn't in the Chelsea team right from the beginning of the game aside the red card that came earlier than expected the goals affected the performance of Chelsea but United was lucky to have won the game because when Chelsea scored the first goal they were motivated to even equalize if there was enough time.

[rachael9385]

Chelsea not doing great at premier league while winning CWC is proof that tournaments and leagues are very very different structures. Like if City played in a league, do you really think they would end up lower than Al Hilal? Of course not, but when it's just one game, they could lose as we have seen. That is why it's clear tournaments and leagues are vastly different and while the first part of UCL is group, so it's like a league stage, it is also obvious that we are seeing rest of it being very unpredictable as well.

I sincerely believe there will be a day where the teams will face all of each other, instead 8 games, we will have 35 games, and leagues will be forced to lower their game count. Money is becoming huge, and you can't afford this without having a lot of games.

I loved it that this game ended this way, I am looking forward to Manchester United building some level of confidence from this point and also bringing in consistency along side. As for Chelsea I believe it was an unlucky day for them starting from the red card that came in very early, it affected their performance so I still  believe they are still in a good form so they are going to still make up for it in subsequent games this seasons.

I anticipated Chelsea's loss from the beginning because they are very weak when it comes to playing against Manchester united. With all the victories they have had recently they ended up losing to Manchester united that is not in a good form currently, it doesn't make any sense but history is bound to repeat itself sometimes. And also just like you said, it was really an unlucky game for them, it doesnt change the fact that they are in a good form