UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[pewboy]

A complete defeat for Liverpool. This wasn't just based on the final score, but also on Liverpool's poor play. I don't think Arne Slot's tactics were flawed or Galatasaray played well, but sometimes a team just can't perform at its best.
The most logical reason, in my opinion, is that they were mentally and confidently down after losing their last match.

However, I'm not overthinking this. It's still early days, and Liverpool still have plenty of time to recover. Liverpool should still be the favorites to win the title this season.

I've always thought that a team demoralized by a defeat or by something internally that isn't working unfortunately, and I say this with bitterness that team will never be able to produce positive results.
A group rarely recovers quickly, but despite the unpleasant surprises, Liverpool seems determined to put in the effort to recover. It's clear they're not playing at 100% of their potential. We're not talking about a primary school team.

[hyudien]

There were some great matches last night.
In my opinion, Barcelona vs PSG was the most interesting match of the evening.
It was a very intense and evenly matched game throughout, until the 90th minute when Ramos scored the 2-1 goal for Paris.

The Barcelona vs PSG match felt like a final. I really enjoyed it, especially PSG performance. Even without Dembele, Doue, and Kvaratskhelia, their substitutes were equally impressive. I was also impressed by Nuno Mendes' performance. As a defender, he was very helpful in attack and even managed to keep Yamal movement under control. Luis Enrique has instilled a great philosophy in this team.

I was struck by the result of Monaco vs Manchester City. I would never have imagined that Manchester City would only manage a draw against the French side.

Man City should have won, but Monaco defense was rock solid and they were very effective when they had chances. This draw can be considered a victory for Monaco.

[banana33]

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.

I have to take back what I said about PSG, they have shown that they can do much more than I thought and I am sure that if they continue like this they can make up for what they did last year, I have grown a lot, but also mentally which is the most important thing.
These guys have completely changed and it shows, I'm glad the good matches of the past are back

[Fuso.hp]

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.

PSG played a relatively weaker team than Barcelona, but PSG played well and took advantage of the opportunities they had and eventually came away with a win against Barcelona. Barcelona may have relied on Lamine Yamal the most in this match, but PSG defender Nuno Mendes didn't give Lamine Yamal any chance. Barcelona may be a strong club, but it must be accepted that PSG has been far ahead of Barcelona in terms of recent performance. Barcelona has done well in the domestic league every season, but they have not been very good in the Champions League, this season they were expected to do well in the Champions League, but given the performance they had against PSG, it is better not to expect much from Barcelona this season.

[bastisisca]

The most anticipated match was today in the Champions League. Barcelona were looking to beat the former champions in the Champions League today. Yamal had recovered from his injury and was starting in the first eleven. Yamal started the match quickly and showed his talent immediately.

Barcelona were constantly attacking down the right wing, and they finally won. Ferran Torres scored. PSG is such a team that they managed to beat Barcelona even when Dembele wasn't even present.

In the end, Barcelona wasn't enough to stop PSG at home. I'm quite disappointed about that, as I thought they could have done it. Let's just say I was a little disappointed; I don't like it when a single team dominates a competition.
I don't understand PSG in any case, they don't have, so to speak, consistent performances.

[wakier]

I was struck by the result of Monaco vs Manchester City. I would never have imagined that Manchester City would only manage a draw against the French side.

Man City should have won, but Monaco defense was rock solid and they were very effective when they had chances. This draw can be considered a victory for Monaco.

Manchester City actually had the lead until the last minute and almost won the match but Monaco got a gift from the referee, namely a penalty kick so Monaco could take advantage of it by equalizing so that Man City failed to get 3 points from Monaco, this draw was indeed less than satisfactory for Man City who should have been able to beat Monaco but this was quite satisfactory for Monaco because at least they did not experience defeat against a club that was considered a strong candidate in the Champions League.

[Altryist]

Manchester City actually had the lead until the last minute and almost won the match but Monaco got a gift from the referee, namely a penalty kick so Monaco could take advantage of it by equalizing so that Man City failed to get 3 points from Monaco, this draw was indeed less than satisfactory for Man City who should have been able to beat Monaco but this was quite satisfactory for Monaco because at least they did not experience defeat against a club that was considered a strong candidate in the Champions League.

This is typical of Guardiola, he's never played his best away games in the Champions League, but in this case they were simply unlucky, letting a win slip away in extra time. But I don't think anything terrible happened for City. For Barcelona, ​​however, it was definitely a bad day, as they managed to score an early goal and still lost. Even though PSG managed to equalize in the first half, I was surprised that PSG were more active in the second half, attacked more, and ultimately managed to win the match. It was strange, because Barcelona allowed them to do so at their stadium.

[changaa]

Today's match between Chelsea and Benfica was a very competitive one. But Chelsea only managed to collect three points in this match because of their luck. Chelsea won the match through an own goal, this match was very competitive between the two teams, but in the middle of the match, a situation arose that put Benfica under more pressure.
Because Benfica became even more weak after conceding an own goal in a football match. Benfica lost due to various weak points and Chelsea gained three points.

I saw a match where Chelsea dominated at least in terms of statistics, they were much better than the boys, the fact that Benfica then failed to hurt Chelsea was just a case of luck, in my opinion they deserved a goal, but that's how it went and they'll have to do it again next time

[SmartCharpa]

A complete defeat for Liverpool. This wasn't just based on the final score, but also on Liverpool's poor play. I don't think Arne Slot's tactics were flawed or Galatasaray played well, but sometimes a team just can't perform at its best.
The most logical reason, in my opinion, is that they were mentally and confidently down after losing their last match.

However, I'm not overthinking this. It's still early days, and Liverpool still have plenty of time to recover. Liverpool should still be the favorites to win the title this season.

Despite Arne Slot formation, I did not expect Liverpool to lose against Galatasaray in any way. The home team did not play any better, but Liverpool's performance was just too bad to win the match. I expected the match to end with a lot of goals because Galatasaray lost their first game against Frankfurt 5-1, so I assumed it would be a game where Liverpool had a lot of chances to score, but I was wrong.

They usually struggle against Crystal Palace, so even if they are still suffering from the previous two games, it shouldn't affect their performance as they play in the Champions League. Florian Wirtz, who is still having trouble adjusting to Liverpool style of play, was started over Salah by Arne Slot, the match was very important to start with its main players. To be honest, I don't think this team will win any trophies this season unless they return to the Liverpool we saw last season.

[m4r1o]

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.

I want to defend Jonathan David, it's true that he missed a practically certain goal but in his defense it must be said that he was anticipated by the defender who moved the ball to him making him lose his balance, I also believe that the crossbar he hit was just bad luck, right now I don't think he will find another starting place but it's an ep.

[Joy- maker]

Today's match between Chelsea and Benfica was a very competitive one. But Chelsea only managed to collect three points in this match because of their luck. Chelsea won the match through an own goal, this match was very competitive between the two teams, but in the middle of the match, a situation arose that put Benfica under more pressure.
Because Benfica became even more weak after conceding an own goal in a football match. Benfica lost due to various weak points and Chelsea gained three points.

I saw a match where Chelsea dominated at least in terms of statistics, they were much better than the boys, the fact that Benfica then failed to hurt Chelsea was just a case of luck, in my opinion they deserved a goal, but that's how it went and they'll have to do it again next time

your comment is really funny and sincerely speaking I really laugh out loud while I was reading through your comment. I thought am the only with this observation, I never knew other observed it too. Normally benfica was suppose to equallize and draw that match between them and Chelsea despite Chelsea dominance, but they where too weak and they also lost focus which I can't really tell why, Chelsea dominated that match because benfica allowed it, if not Chelsea was suppose to pass through hell in that match, but all the same benfica just dashed them that three points. Sincerely speaking benfica disappointed me that day and they even cuted my all my tickets so bad.

[Shadiq]

For Barcelona, ​​however, it was definitely a bad day, as they managed to score an early goal and still lost. Even though PSG managed to equalize in the first half, I was surprised that PSG were more active in the second half, attacked more, and ultimately managed to win the match. It was strange, because Barcelona allowed them to do so at their stadium.

I watched the first half of the match where both teams were performing well, but for me PSG's defense seemed a little too active. After seeing Barcelona's goal at the beginning, I thought Barcelona was going to win by a big margin, because it was their home ground. When PSG equalized in the first half, I was waiting for the second half and for Barcelona to come back. But the opposite happened in the second half. Hansi Flick couldn't do anything good with his team in the second half either. PSG really deserved to win, they played great even though the ground was Barcelona's.

[Arenga pinnata]

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

Well, at least this match produced more than two goals, and both teams scored. So I'm quite satisfied with this result. However, I didn't expect PSG to be able to show the same consistency as last season. This means PSG seems ready to compete again for the UCL title this season. As for Barcelona, ​​I think they're in the same condition as Liverpool. Both teams had high expectations from their fans, but in reality, neither team was able to get good results. Liverpool lost to Galatasaray, while Barcelona lost to PSG. And there's another favorite team that disappointed me, Manchester City, who couldn't beat Monaco.

[Jatiluhung]

In the end, Barcelona wasn't enough to stop PSG at home. I'm quite disappointed about that, as I thought they could have done it. Let's just say I was a little disappointed; I don't like it when a single team dominates a competition.
I don't understand PSG in any case, they don't have, so to speak, consistent performances.

I'm personally quite disappointed with Barcelona. I thought Barcelona deserved to be the favorites in that match, as they were the home team. But the reality wasn't as sweet as expected. PSG actually managed to embarrass Barcelona in front of their own fans. And with this, Barcelona's journey in the UCL looks like it will be difficult. If they can't even beat PSG, then I'm no longer optimistic about Barcelona's UCL season. Perhaps Barcelona will continue the same path as last season, where they always failed to reach the final. They always stopped before they could get very far.

[Bigjoe33]

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.

Nothing far from it bro. PSG really did well.. all these goes to show the intent, strength and winning mentality of the team. Anyways, what do we expect from them,  European champions. They beat so many to get to finals, even shot out Arsenal that retired Real Madrid. Thus shows they have passed through huddles and strong times, and have adjusted and adapted.

To make it more spectacular and discusable, they won this match without some major players as you highlighted above, and it's still shocker. Football fans all over the world would only think that such would have been possible if there played were all active, but they weren't. Barcelona is a strong side with quality players, they never showed less too. But PSG just won, and that's football, one side will always win. It's early group stage, nobody really wants to lose now, not even the defending champions, no matter who their opponents are.

[andywolfer]

Sure, that’s always the fun part between seasons. 😄 I’d say it’s too early to know for sure, but I already have a couple of favorites in mind. What team are you personally backing for next season?

[Kaliandra]

Wow, what a dominating performance by Dortmund, I didn't see that coming. Sure I had hopes for a win, and BVB is playing decent and the moment, yet I didn't expect them scoring 4 goals. As frustrating as the ending of the first game against Juventus was, as happy BVB fans can be with this one. Hope this is a sign for other good matches to come, but with Dortmund you never know of course. 
In a couple of days they will face Leipzig in a game of 2nd against 3rd. Then we will see if they are actually for real this season.

Dortmund really performed exceptionally well, but I thought Dortmund would score a lot of goals because I saw Dortmund score a lot of goals against Juventus, so Dortmund's strength cannot be underestimated because sometimes Dortmund's attacks are good and always make it difficult for their opponents, and Dortmund is also always able to take advantage of opportunities well.

It's absolutely true that Dortmund fans are currently very happy because Dortmund is playing exceptionally well, which is exactly what their fans want. The 4-1 score in that match certainly made Dortmund fans happy. Of course, Dortmund must now prepare for their upcoming Bundesliga match against Leipzig and secure a win, as failing to do so could potentially lead to a drop in their league standings. As for their next Champions League match, Copenhagen will be their next opponent.

[Umulala-alala]

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.

Nothing far from it bro. PSG really did well.. all these goes to show the intent, strength and winning mentality of the team. Anyways, what do we expect from them,  European champions. They beat so many to get to finals, even shot out Arsenal that retired Real Madrid. Thus shows they have passed through huddles and strong times, and have adjusted and adapted.

To make it more spectacular and discusable, they won this match without some major players as you highlighted above, and it's still shocker. Football fans all over the world would only think that such would have been possible if there played were all active, but they weren't. Barcelona is a strong side with quality players, they never showed less too. But PSG just won, and that's football, one side will always win. It's early group stage, nobody really wants to lose now, not even the defending champions, no matter who their opponents are.

In football the luck side always win so I will say Paris Saint Germain was lucky yesterday that doesn't mean to play more than Barcelona, unlike when chelsea won Paris Saint Germain in the club world cup no body expected that to happen it's just a thing of luck.

Paris Saint Germain now have a better team they still remain the champions they have been playing good game both in their league and in the uefa champions league, i expected a tough match between them and Barcelona and it was a tough match, Paris Saint Germain will difficult to eliminate in the uefa champions league it's a club that will want to win the title back to back it will be a difficult task but can be possible.

[Dunamisx]

Borrusia Dortmund 4 score against Athletic Club 1 is a victory and they are not only their fans the happiest, but the team as a whole were proud of this outstanding performance, 4:1 is not a small margin, because they have been more consistent in holding their positions at the match, their attacking wing is well positioned and same applies to how the players form a team work to have gotten these results by far against Athletic Club.

[Jatiluhung]

Sure, that’s always the fun part between seasons. 😄 I’d say it’s too early to know for sure, but I already have a couple of favorites in mind. What team are you personally backing for next season?

I don't know about next season. But this season, it's clear my favorite team has been quite disappointing. Even though there are still many matches left, when optimism begins to fade, I no longer want to stick with my favorite team. I'll just enjoy it more and bet only on matches that have a fairly predictable outcome. But honestly, in this UCL season, I feel like there are more surprises. Imagine seeing three strong teams all fail to get full points in this second match. Manchester City, Liverpool, and Barcelona all failed to get full points.

But what makes me feel like this season is similar to last season is seeing Inter Milan consistently win. Last season was also like this, if I remember correctly.