UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Egii Nna]

We can't generalize all Madrid's matches. They only played a tough match against Atletico Madrid and lost it. We don't know if they'll win against Barcelona like Paris Saint-Germain. Real Madrid's squad is very good. Speaking of yesterday's match, Barcelona's defeat surprised me. Paris Saint-Germain's away victory was fantastic. Barcelona lost three points, but that's not a problem; they will definitely finish in the top eight in the Champions League.

A loss in this match isn't critical for Barcelona in the group stage because they can advance to the play-off, but the fact that they lost to PSG at home suggests they might not be as good as we thought. It also suggests that PSG remains a very strong team, capable of trying to win the Champions League title. Incidentally, they played well in this match without Donnarumma, suggesting that Enrique will likely be right again when he urged another star player to leave PSG, especially if they manage to defend their title.

The game yesterday shows that PSG are still strong this season, which means they will be able to do more than we expected. Although Barcelona tried yesterday, PSG made them look like they are not capable in the Champions League. But still, that doesn’t mean they won’t perform better, because this is their first loss of the season. So, let’s give them more time and see what will happen at the group stage. But one thing am sure of is that PSG will definitely meet up as one of the favorite teams to win the trophy this season again.

[Dump3er]

I am puzzled because how can anyone know what Haaland's discipline looks like. He isn't a drinker, he is working out all the time, he always seems focused. He loves big cards (like Ronaldo), he is far more down to earth compared to Ronaldo, he is Norwegian and Ronaldo got lucky that he is Portuguese because otherwise he would have never won the European Championship.

If you read this post from the officlal UEFA website, I would like to discuss with you again how Haaland can't do what Ronaldo did. Haaland was the youngest and fastest (fewest appearances) player to reach 20 goals, 30 goals, 40 goals, 50 goals.

KTChampions I didn't mean you here because I quoted you. I was referring to the clueless guy called GiftedMAN.

I'm curious about what you say about the Norwegians and the comparison you make with the Portuguese That's interesting and something I, at least, didn't know Regarding the Norwegians opportunities, do you think they're less than the Portuguese's? Haaland is undoubtedly a machine, and he's been doing very well in recent matches. The thing is, Haaland and CR7 have very different styles.

Norway tends to have less talented players over the course of a generation. While they have great players, usually they won't have a team on the same level as Portugal. The last time that Portugal did not qualify for a World Cup was in 1998. They have since qualified for every World Cup, while Norway was actually qualified for the last time in 1998.

Haaland can give his best, but he can't make up for a whole team. The stages that Ronaldo was given due to that, were of course bigger than what Haaland can possibly achieve. But considering both players individually, Haaland is able to be as good as Ronaldo. Look, Ronaldo on his first UCL title at age 23, his second UCL title at age 29!

I don't understand how the experts here can say that Haaland can't reach Ronaldo's level. The truth is that Haaland is far ahead of Ronaldo at the same age in all categories. Goals for his club in the league and the UCL, goals for his national team. Show me one statistic where Haaland now at age 25 is behind Ronaldo at age 25.

[Bitcoin_people]

We can't generalize all Madrid's matches. They only played a tough match against Atletico Madrid and lost it. We don't know if they'll win against Barcelona like Paris Saint-Germain. Real Madrid's squad is very good. Speaking of yesterday's match, Barcelona's defeat surprised me. Paris Saint-Germain's away victory was fantastic. Barcelona lost three points, but that's not a problem; they will definitely finish in the top eight in the Champions League.

A loss in this match isn't critical for Barcelona in the group stage because they can advance to the play-off, but the fact that they lost to PSG at home suggests they might not be as good as we thought. It also suggests that PSG remains a very strong team, capable of trying to win the Champions League title. Incidentally, they played well in this match without Donnarumma, suggesting that Enrique will likely be right again when he urged another star player to leave PSG, especially if they manage to defend their title.

Yes, PSG has proven that they are still a strong team by defeating a team like Barcelona in the group stage. Although Barcelona attacked strongly in the match, they managed to score only one goal, but they attacked quite strongly and were unable to score any more goals later. However, PSG was much more aggressive in the second half, due to which they scored a goal at the last minute and won the match. Yes, PSG played well, if someone else had the players without their star player, Barcelona might have conceded more goals. However, since they are still a champion team and they are going to be strong enough this season, they will fight again with excitement to win the title.

[asriloni]

The 2-2 draw is definitely Tudor's fault.
Jonathan David can't even stand. He loses the ball too much, and you keep him on the team until the 86th minute.

I could not agree more with you. It's time for Tudor to drop off David from the main squad. He deserves no spot. Just look at how he also  missed easy chance. I think no excuses for that miss. Even 8 years old could score with that range. He completely lost his mentality after he failed to score after he got that big chance.

Idk why Tudor started him over Vlahovic. It's a big mistake from Tudor.

[HajiBagi]

After watching this new season's UCL match between Barcelona Football Club and Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, it seems that the Catalan club is still a baby to Luis Enrique's team. Their lack of awareness and lack of experience led them to lose to second-tier PSG, so I think that if the French club had been at full strength, Barca would have definitely lost by a much larger margin.
This match may end the arrogance of Barcelona Football Club if they are smart, they will definitely find out where they went wrong in this match and try to correct it in the next match. It is true that the French club may have proven that they can threaten any team without a professional forward, even the best teams in the world and it seemed to me that PSG roared through their energy.

I believe that every Barcelona fan and the players are going to be humble by now because they got what they deserve. Barcelona players and the fans have been making noise claiming that they are the best team in the world and that they can defeat PSG. After the match, everyone will know that PSG is the best team in the world and Luis Erique has shown Hansi flick that he is the best manager in the world. Even without some key players in the squad, PSG dominate Barcelona and win the match in Barcelona home.

PSG's attackers in the game are not the main attackers of the team, the coach uses two young players from the academy and Barcola in the attacking position and they play well, Mendes stops Yamal again and wins man of the match for the second time when he plays against Yamal, Yamal did not have a single shot on target in the match, he had no goal or assist in the game because he was locked up by Nuno Mendes, and for those who keep comparing Pedri to Vitinha and claiming he is better than Vitinha, I hope they witness how only Vitinha handles and controls the midfield.

[Tamaperdana]

Athletic Bilbao is a home team. They always struggle in away games, but to lose in this way is a bit disappointing for them. The expected goals for both sides were around 1, so to concede 4 in a game like this shows that the defense was having one of its worst days.

In Round 3, they host Qarabag at home, and they really need to win that match and play some good football to wash the bitter taste out of their fans' mouths after the first two games. However, Qarabag have won both of their games so far (2/2), so it won’t be easy.

I personally am not surprised that Bilbao lost by a landslide score to Dortmund, because Dortmund is certainly a very strong team and has always been a favorite in the Champions League. So with that in mind, it's no wonder Bilbao really struggled in this match. Furthermore, in this Champions League, Bilbao was immediately presented with very difficult opponents. Because in the first week Bilbao had to face Arsenal, and ultimately lost. Then in the second week Bilbao had to face Dortmund and ultimately they lost too.

Then in the coming week, Bilbao will face Qarabag, I think if Bilbao's performance continues like this and there is no progress, it is possible Bilbao will also lose to Qarabag. Because Qarabag is currently performing quite well, because they managed to beat Benfica and also Covenhagen in the Champions League. So with that in mind, I think Bilbao needs to remain cautious in this match. Because if they lose again in this third match, I think their hopes of qualifying for the next round will certainly be much more difficult. So that's why Bilbao must not lose again in this match.

[Ahli38]

I will be surprised too but I think their success story will not last long.
It is kinda word to see Barcelona being defeated by PSG although all injuries they had and after being defeated in their domestic league.

Barcelona lost, and this is bad because I lost my bet. Looking at the statistics of this match, I am surprised that Barcelona lost ball possession dominance. This is very rare for them when they play at Camp Nou. I understand that Enrique is one of the masters for Barcelona in the past, so his knowledge could make it easier for him to overcome Barcelona's ball dominance. But the defeat by PSG made Barcelona extend a bad record. I see that Barcelona's playing pattern makes the defenders play higher, making it easy for PSG players to break through the defense because Barcelona's defenders indeed lack speed. In the second half, Barcelona lost their dominance, it seems they were exhausted.

Barcelona's performance was very disappointing, where they even lost ball control several times. In the first half Barcelona actually had good ball posession. They even scored the opening goal in the 18th minute through Ferran Torres who received a measured pass from Marcus Rashford. Unfortunately Barcelona seemed to lose their momentum towards the end of the first half with PSG scoring the equalizer in the 37th minute. I think that equalizer was the beginning of the end for Barcelona as they started to lose confidence and even this continued until the end of the first half. In the second half it was clear that PSG dominated the game with numerous threatening attacks on Barcelona. And in the end PSG defeated Barcelona with a score of 1-2 as we could already guess that PSG's second goal would come soon. In addition Hansi Flick also admitted that his team did not play well in this match. He said that they were not at the same level with PSG in this match. But Hansi Flick also said that they must improve themselves and even learn and develop better (Source).

[Iranus]

A loss in this match isn't critical for Barcelona in the group stage because they can advance to the play-off, but the fact that they lost to PSG at home suggests they might not be as good as we thought. It also suggests that PSG remains a very strong team, capable of trying to win the Champions League title. Incidentally, they played well in this match without Donnarumma, suggesting that Enrique will likely be right again when he urged another star player to leave PSG, especially if they manage to defend their title.

I agree with you. Barcelona lost one match. Anyway , Barcelona will not face much problem in qualifying for the playoffs. We will see Barcelona's comeback in the next match. But losing in the home match is a matter of concern. This shows that Barcelona is not in their best form. Hansi Flick will have to make more efforts to  strengthen his squad. Otherwise , Barcelona will fall behind in the Champions League competition. In the next two matches of the Champions league, Barcelona will face Olympiacos and Club Brugge. Barcelona will earn full points in both these matches.

[m4r1o]

I also think Real Madrid are the clear favorites against Kairat, but football is unpredictable; let's never take it for granted. A derby defeat doesn't matter in the Champions League. I expect a proud reaction and a clear victory (over 2.5) for Los Blancos. In any case, Xabi Alonso knows how to motivate his team, so I expect a lively match.

Well, you're not wrong. Real Madrid practically destroyed them, and Kairat was psychologically devastated.
I honestly didn't expect so many goals, but congratulations to Real Madrid, what can I say?
Xabi Alonso did well to motivate his players, there were some great moves, but the game itself (I only saw the highlights) was played practically entirely by Real Madrid. I feel sorry for my fellow Kairat fans.

[NotATether]

Well, you're not wrong. Real Madrid practically destroyed them, and Kairat was psychologically devastated.

That is a bit strong. Did you really think that Kairat was going to win that match? They were probably just there for vibes. Besides, everybody is expecting underdogs from distant leagues to make an upset against Real Madrid for some reason. A few years ago it was Sheriff Teraspol or however you spell it.

[Jostern]

After watching this new season's UCL match between Barcelona Football Club and Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, it seems that the Catalan club is still a baby to Luis Enrique's team. Their lack of awareness and lack of experience led them to lose to second-tier PSG, so I think that if the French club had been at full strength, Barca would have definitely lost by a much larger margin.
This match may end the arrogance of Barcelona Football Club if they are smart, they will definitely find out where they went wrong in this match and try to correct it in the next match. It is true that the French club may have proven that they can threaten any team without a professional forward, even the best teams in the world and it seemed to me that PSG roared through their energy.

I was very surprised that Paris-Saint-German did beat Barcelona, considering the absence of Paris top players, the likes of Dembele, Doue, Kvarasvkalia, Marquinhos that is out with injury and they were still able to contain this Barcelona team, and went as far as beaten them, that shows you the level and mentality of this Paris-Saint-German team, I was even surprised when Chelsea beat them in the club World Cup and I think it was because of fatigue of a tired team which was very obvious, I would be anticipating the game between Chelsea and Paris-Saint-German in the champions league, Luis Enrique have shown that he is a very good and spectacular coach.

[yenerbatmaz]

Yamal performed well early in the match. A goal later would have been more valuable than Messi's goal against Getafe.

PSG defeated Barcelona despite numerous absences.
It's a fact that Barcelona played well. They didn't deserve to lose.

Barcelona's biggest weakness is that they don't have another striker with Lewandowski's qualities.
Torres' qualities are very different from Lewandowski's and he's been lacking in some matches.

I didn't understand why Barcelona created such an opportunity in the final minutes of yesterday's match. It didn't make sense to me that Barcelona would create such an opportunity at Champions League level.
If the goal hadn't been scored later, it might not have garnered as much attention, but Ramos struck a beautiful single shot and scored.

[Barikui1]

I could not agree more with you. It's time for Tudor to drop off David from the main squad. He deserves no spot. Just look at how he also  missed easy chance. I think no excuses for that miss. Even 8 years old could score with that range. He completely lost his mentality after he failed to score after he got that big chance.

Idk why Tudor started him over Vlahovic. It's a big mistake from Tudor.

Wow, I know how painful seeing your team player missing such a goal scoring opportunities as easy like this but this is football bro, anything can happen, we have seen top players miss even the one that is way more easier than this, and you are quite funny with your statement that even an eight year old will be scoring such an opportunity, yes it true but as I have already said, we have seen top players missed a clear scoring opportunities that is just one yard out just like this, so that's should not be the problem to me, what's the manager should look into before thinking of dropping him is his overall performance, if he wasn't up to the required standard needed, then he should be drop without any explanation because he himself will know that he is not doing enough to retain his place in the team.

[mvdheuvel1983]

I also think Real Madrid are the clear favorites against Kairat, but football is unpredictable; let's never take it for granted. A derby defeat doesn't matter in the Champions League. I expect a proud reaction and a clear victory (over 2.5) for Los Blancos. In any case, Xabi Alonso knows how to motivate his team, so I expect a lively match.

Well, you're not wrong. Real Madrid practically destroyed them, and Kairat was psychologically devastated.
I honestly didn't expect so many goals, but congratulations to Real Madrid, what can I say?
Xabi Alonso did well to motivate his players, there were some great moves, but the game itself (I only saw the highlights) was played practically entirely by Real Madrid. I feel sorry for my fellow Kairat fans.

Real Madrid loss in the league was not supposed to be used to justify their performance against Kairat in the champions League because their performance is usually different in the champions League and the team they played Kairat is not in the same level with team in everything if you watched the game you would have seen how Kairat was trying so hard to avoid Real Madrid scoring goals in the first 15 minutes of the game but when they finally made an error that made Real Madrid to score the first goal through penalty they lost total control of the game and Real Madrid took charge and humiliated them in front of their fans. Real Madrid coach needed not to motivate his players to record a win against such a mediocre team his players are experienced enough to understand the primary assignment when they face such small opponents and they made it very simple by winning and scoring good number of goals.

[Velvet78]

I'm really shocked the way Barcelona lost the game last night.    You are playing at home and your opponent lacks very important attackers and Neves in the midfield.

But still PSG manage to win by 2-1... Probably most people preferred Barcelona win in their parlays and got surprised a lot. If Barcelona can't win against this version of PSG then how are they planning to go for the title?

Hansi Flick had better question the source of the problem.

[BlackBoss_]

Wow, I know how painful seeing your team player missing such a goal scoring opportunities as easy like this but this is football bro, anything can happen, we have seen top players miss even the one that is way more easier than this, and you are quite funny with your statement that even an eight year old will be scoring such an opportunity, yes it true but as I have already said, we have seen top players missed a clear scoring opportunities that is just one yard out just like this, so that's should not be the problem to me, what's the manager should look into before thinking of dropping him is his overall performance, if he wasn't up to the required standard needed, then he should be drop without any explanation because he himself will know that he is not doing enough to retain his place in the team.

Vlahovic secured points for Juventus many times in this season so far even he was not a main choice of Igor Tudor. Bad performances of two other strikers are enough reasons for bringing Vlahovic back to a main striker role in Juventus and I believe he can do his job well. He is an experienced, skillful striker and he also shown his professionality in some matches from the bench. If he is given a main striker role, with his ambition and professionality, he will surely make more contributions for Juventus from goals and assists.

Let's emphasize, his contributions for Juventus so far are not only goals, but also assists and with such a striker who can score goals, make assists, contribute key passes, what Tudor want more?

[MAAManda]

I hadn't remembered Trabzonspor playing Liverpool. I just looked it up on Google and there was a similar win. I apologize for the misinformation.

No problem, mate. I'm just trying to provide more accurate information so that we all have good information about this discussion.

Liverpool won the cup in a penalty shootout.

The match was one of the most dramatic in Liverpool's history. Maldini & Crespo scored goals for AC Milan, but at the start of the second half, Liverpool squad also scored 3 goals scored by Steven Gerrard & Smicer then followed by Xabi Alonso's closing goal. Many didn't expect AC Milan to lose that match, because they should have been able to play more defensively to secure the title that was already in sight.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I'm really shocked the way Barcelona lost the game last night.    You are playing at home and your opponent lacks very important attackers and Neves in the midfield.

But still PSG manage to win by 2-1... Probably most people preferred Barcelona win in their parlays and got surprised a lot. If Barcelona can't win against this version of PSG then how are they planning to go for the title?

Hansi Flick had better question the source of the problem.

We considered Barcelona as the favorite in the home match. But the result was not in Barcelona's favor. Barcelona lost the home match by a margin of 2 - 1.

Anyway , we had the opportunity to enjoy an intense and exciting match, there is no denying that. We saw good performances from both Barcelona and PSG squads. In the first half, both teams played a lot of attacking and the match ended in a 1 - 1 draw. As a result , the second half was more competitive. Luck was with PSG. Ramos' goal in the 90th minute gave PSG a 2-1 lead in the match. And in the end , PSG earned 3 points from the match.
Congratulations to Luis Enrique. Winning against Barcelona at Barcelona's home was a big challenge for PSG

[AirtelBuzz]

After watching this new season's UCL match between Barcelona Football Club and Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, it seems that the Catalan club is still a baby to Luis Enrique's team. Their lack of awareness and lack of experience led them to lose to second-tier PSG, so I think that if the French club had been at full strength, Barca would have definitely lost by a much larger margin.
This match may end the arrogance of Barcelona Football Club if they are smart, they will definitely find out where they went wrong in this match and try to correct it in the next match. It is true that the French club may have proven that they can threaten any team without a professional forward, even the best teams in the world and it seemed to me that PSG roared through their energy.

I was very surprised that Paris-Saint-German did beat Barcelona, considering the absence of Paris top players, the likes of Dembele, Doue, Kvarasvkalia, Marquinhos that is out with injury and they were still able to contain this Barcelona team, and went as far as beaten them, that shows you the level and mentality of this Paris-Saint-German team, I was even surprised when Chelsea beat them in the club World Cup and I think it was because of fatigue of a tired team which was very obvious, I would be anticipating the game between Chelsea and Paris-Saint-German in the champions league, Luis Enrique have shown that he is a very good and spectacular coach.

The coach's role may be key here because it's surprising how much confidence he has instilled in his disciples, so it's entirely right that many are probably praising PSG for their achievements in this new UCL match. No matter what we say, Barcelona is only strong on paper but they don't show a shred of strength on the field. Yesterday when Barcelona Football Club took the lead before the break, there was a natural thought that this was going to be a normal match since the French club was weak because we can see that the PSG coach is missing their star players.

The main thing is that the players of the French Soccer League were united in that UEFA Champions League match, especially the tireless work of Portuguese player Nuno Mendes, whose efforts were probably observed by everyone. You are right that Luis Enrique is a spectacular coach because he was able to defeat the Catalans on their own ground through great leadership.

[cxtreenal]

I'm really shocked the way Barcelona lost the game last night.    You are playing at home and your opponent lacks very important attackers and Neves in the midfield.

But still PSG manage to win by 2-1... Probably most people preferred Barcelona win in their parlays and got surprised a lot. If Barcelona can't win against this version of PSG then how are they planning to go for the title?

Hansi Flick had better question the source of the problem.

We considered Barcelona as the favorite in the home match. But the result was not in Barcelona's favor. Barcelona lost the home match by a margin of 2 - 1.

Anyway , we had the opportunity to enjoy an intense and exciting match, there is no denying that. We saw good performances from both Barcelona and PSG squads. In the first half, both teams played a lot of attacking and the match ended in a 1 - 1 draw. As a result , the second half was more competitive. Luck was with PSG. Ramos' goal in the 90th minute gave PSG a 2-1 lead in the match. And in the end , PSG earned 3 points from the match.
Congratulations to Luis Enrique. Winning against Barcelona at Barcelona's home was a big challenge for PSG

The goal in the 90th minute changed the whole game in an instant. I was enjoying the match a lot, with both teams attacking to score. But Ramos goal changed the game and brought a shadow of sadness to the Barcelona camp, as it is very challenging for any team to concede a goal in the last minute of a match. The match was exciting and competitive in the moments after the draw and I enjoyed it.