UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Pablo-wood]

PSG haven't had a particularly good run - this is their second defeat of the season and their fifth loss of points. Bayern, meanwhile, have 16 wins from 16 games. Absolutely insane stats. We're lucky the next round will be an equally insane opponent – ​​Arsenal have 13 clean sheets this season and haven't conceded more than one goal in a single game. Since the game is in London, I'd say Arsenal are the favorites.

I didn't expect PSG to be crushed by Kompany squad. Bayern Munich are truly the strongest contenders this season, the closest to the trophy among the other contenders. Their progress has been impressive. So far, I'm confident PSG will be able to maintain their excellent form, but Kompany has prepared an effective strategy to thwart Luis Enrique tactics.

Bayern are obviously the strongest contender. But even the strongest can get surprised too. I expected PSG to at least play for a draw but Bayern's pressure overpowered their efforts. Luis Enrique will take note of his lapses and make corrections ahead of his next game in CL.  Kompany on the other hand will want to maintain his streak to secure the first position till the end of this stage.

[Distraction]

The odds for Galatasaray are quite high, and judging by the stats of both teams, Galatasaray should be able to take advantage of Ajax’s current poor form. But honestly, I’ve got a bit of a bad feeling about it, the bookies giving such high odds might mean there’s a twist coming. Could this match possibly end in a draw?

No mate, there wasn't a twist in the match at the end.    Galatasaray even won more comfortable than I thought by 3-0! Their squad is really capable especially after signing an elite striker like Osimhen.

John Heitinga has officially been sacked by Ajax after this loss by the way. Not surprised...

If I had to choose a bet with high risk and fairly high odds, I'd choose the double chance (draw or Dortmund win).
As we can see, even though Haaland is on fire, but Dortmund's teamwork appears more solid and they've managed to score more goals than City. City may be stronger defensively, but that doesn't mean Dortmund won't score. You're probably right that a narrow win is possible, but a surprise draw is also possible.

Manchester City won easier than my score predictions. 4-1 is a heavy one for Dortmund but I'm not surprised. I don't remember a season in which their defense was in a great shape.

[Adbitco]

Yesterday didn't have much interesting games like on Tuesday were I was switching between Liverpool Vs Real Madrid and PSG Vs Bayern Munich. Yesterday I was comfortably watching Barcelona game and I didn't take note of what happened between Ajax and Gala. I later got to find out that Ajax lost totally at home with a 3 - 0 loss and Victor Osimhen was the scorer of all 3 goals for his team. This has made it the 8th consecutive time his scoring in an European competition and I also think he leads the scoring chart this season so far with 6 goals in 4 matches. Since his departure from Napoli, the Nigerian striker still continues to impress.

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for a player to be the top scorer in the champions league, it is not always necessary for their team to win the champions league, but generally, they need to have played for a team that has reached at least the semifinals. even though no one really thinks about these details, since everyone plays the same number of matches -8- in the group stage, being the top scorer in the group stage is actually quite important. after that, it becomes a statistic that varies depending on the quality of your team and the number of matches you play.

currently, osimhen is the champions league top scorer, but his team, galatasaray, will likely reach the round of 16 at best, maybe the quarterfinals. therefore, osimhen will play 4-5 fewer matches than he would have with a potential champion team. essentially, he will have missed out on a personal statistic he could have achieved.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

After watching the UEFA Champions League until the fourth round, it seems to me that Turkish club Galatasaray is a potentially promising team for this competitive event because in the UCL match held yesterday, this team showed sole dominance against Ajax and the odds in this match could not suppress them and even the match was in their hands. This Turkish league team has successfully completed the four rounds of the Champions League, so we can see that now they have equal points with Liverpool, Los Blancos, Man City, defending champion French club, the main thing is that they achieved this feat by snatching three points against Ajax in the last match.

Victor Osimhen played very rhythmic football, and his artistry in this UCL match has left football fans like us and Turkish fans hugely impressed, Even so, the player was completely unstoppable in the UCL match against Ajax and we witnessed him complete a hat-trick, thereby achieving the status of the highest goal scorer for his country in European competition.

[Dzwaafu11]

Barca might go trophyless this season. I dont see them winning anything this season with this kind of awful performance. They can score, but can't defense. Meanwhile, a winning club will always have good performance in both attack and defence.
Look at how easy their opponent to get one on one against goalie with only one or two pass.

They looked simply disoriented as a club. They also relied too much on Yamal. Everything is going to him, and forced club become predictable.

They would be losing it if ref was not saved them.  

Barcelona didn’t look like a team that will win a trophy, not even La Liga, because in La Liga Real Madrid have given them a gap in the table with 5 points, which I think is a lot. In the Champions League, they are ranked in the top 11 with just 7 points, which to me is low for a team that we think maybe will win a trophy. You are right; they rely on Yamal, which is one of Barcelona's main problems right now.

Why rely on only 1 player? I think even if he's around in some matches, without some other players, they may have problems also, so I think the best thing for Flick is to make sure he corrects all the errors and stops relying on certain players. Thereshould be strong backup players.

[slapper]

Of the matches today, Chelsea vs Qarabag 2-2 was heart breaking. Qarabag is surely a strong team from Azerbaijan but I had expected Chelsea to excel on it but they were fighting for a draw and even though they dominated the game, they could score more.
Another surprise was Newcastle winning against Athletic Club. Newcastle is a strong team but they were doing very badly in the league and even though the game was in St. James Park, I thought Athletic would come victorious. Bayern winning against PSG and Atlanta winning over Marseille gives a sense that French teams are weaker against other top leagues.

"Heart breaking" for Chelsea? Nah, mate. That is a heart breaker to Qarabag. They are all pretending that Chelsea was robbed, but they did not take over anything other than the ball. They had possession alright, but what did they do with it? It was Qarabag who created the more chances and it was their own keeper Kochalski who saved that madness in stoppage time to deny Garnacho. Chelsea was actually lucky to get a point

The issue is that they are unable to produce something dangerous. Estevao and Garnacho scored because of personal brilliance, rather than the system. Maresca already had their 7 players rotating and making panic subs at halftime. Newcastle though? It was Eddie Howe masterclass. They understood that they could not outmanoeuvre Athletic in a technical game, so they played full Brexit football with headers, set pieces, physicality. Both Burn and Joelinton scored with their heads and it proved just right. There are times when the ugly side has to be taken to achieve something

And French teams are becoming exposed. PSG was unable to even beat 10-man Bayern and Marseille seemed to lost against the press of Atalanta. The intensity gap is real

[RockBell]

PSG haven't had a particularly good run - this is their second defeat of the season and their fifth loss of points. Bayern, meanwhile, have 16 wins from 16 games. Absolutely insane stats. We're lucky the next round will be an equally insane opponent – ​​Arsenal have 13 clean sheets this season and haven't conceded more than one goal in a single game. Since the game is in London, I'd say Arsenal are the favorites.

I didn't expect PSG to be crushed by Kompany squad. Bayern Munich are truly the strongest contenders this season, the closest to the trophy among the other contenders. Their progress has been impressive. So far, I'm confident PSG will be able to maintain their excellent form, but Kompany has prepared an effective strategy to thwart Luis Enrique tactics.

Bayern are obviously the strongest contender. But even the strongest can get surprised too. I expected PSG to at least play for a draw but Bayern's pressure overpowered their efforts. Luis Enrique will take note of his lapses and make corrections ahead of his next game in CL.  Kompany on the other hand will want to maintain his streak to secure the first position till the end of this stage.

Bayern Munich has cleared everyone's doubt because I can remember when Kompany came into the picture, and even before they faced PSG, I already knew that PSG could not win against Bayern Munich because they are currently in form, and from the look of things, PSG are not in good shape, so for sure bayern will win because even with there red card they still won the game like it was just so impressive diaz scored the two and still got a red card and the game was actually tough but eventually they still won and bayern is not only dominating the bundesliga but also the champions league because they hardly lose a game.

[hyudien]

Victor Osimhen played very rhythmic football, and his artistry in this UCL match has left football fans like us and Turkish fans hugely impressed, Even so, the player was completely unstoppable in the UCL match against Ajax and we witnessed him complete a hat-trick, thereby achieving the status of the highest goal scorer for his country in European competition.

Osimhen continues to impress, and I'm quite surprised that he scored six goals in four matches in such a competitive competition. His goal tally is significantly better than his domestic league tally, where he only scored three goals in eight matches.
I can safely say that Galatasaray decision to sign him permanently was the best one.
Galatasaray currently sits comfortably in the table and there's a chance they could qualify for the next round without having to go through the play-offs.

[KTChampions]

PSG haven't had a particularly good run - this is their second defeat of the season and their fifth loss of points. Bayern, meanwhile, have 16 wins from 16 games. Absolutely insane stats. We're lucky the next round will be an equally insane opponent – ​​Arsenal have 13 clean sheets this season and haven't conceded more than one goal in a single game. Since the game is in London, I'd say Arsenal are the favorites.

I didn't expect PSG to be crushed by Kompany squad. Bayern Munich are truly the strongest contenders this season, the closest to the trophy among the other contenders. Their progress has been impressive. So far, I'm confident PSG will be able to maintain their excellent form, but Kompany has prepared an effective strategy to thwart Luis Enrique tactics.

If you recall the start of last season and the Champions League group stage, PSG was in danger of not even making the top 24. But in the end, they steamrolled everyone in the playoffs. It was a good game for Bayern, they're on a wild streak, but that has nothing to do with their real title chances right now. The draw will decide everything – some will have an easier path, others a tougher one. We'll be able to talk about their chances once the playoffs are seeded.

[Franctoshi]

for a player to be the top scorer in the champions league, it is not always necessary for their team to win the champions league, but generally, they need to have played for a team that has reached at least the semifinals. even though no one really thinks about these details, since everyone plays the same number of matches -8- in the group stage, being the top scorer in the group stage is actually quite important. after that, it becomes a statistic that varies depending on the quality of your team and the number of matches you play.

currently, osimhen is the champions league top scorer, but his team, galatasaray, will likely reach the round of 16 at best, maybe the quarterfinals. therefore, osimhen will play 4-5 fewer matches than he would have with a potential champion team. essentially, he will have missed out on a personal statistic he could have achieved.

You're right, someone aiming at becoming the highest goal scorer in champions league must start from the league state now to pave its way because the games becomes way tougher as the competition progresses, meaning there is a decreasing chance of him scoring more goals as the competition gets even tougher. However, it's good to have a player who scores the highest number of goals in a competition reach the final stage of champions league.

[yudi09]

Yesterday didn't have much interesting games like on Tuesday were I was switching between Liverpool Vs Real Madrid and PSG Vs Bayern Munich. Yesterday I was comfortably watching Barcelona game and I didn't take note of what happened between Ajax and Gala. I later got to find out that Ajax lost totally at home with a 3 - 0 loss and Victor Osimhen was the scorer of all 3 goals for his team. This has made it the 8th consecutive time his scoring in an European competition and I also think he leads the scoring chart this season so far with 6 goals in 4 matches. Since his departure from Napoli, the Nigerian striker still continues to impress.

What is your assessment of Barcelona's performance after watching them draw with Club Brugge?

Osimhen's hat trick against Ajax Amsterdam makes me doubt Heitinga's future as Ajax Amsterdam's head coach.
Conceding 14 goals and never getting a draw, let alone a win, how strong is Ajax's club management if they still have no intention of finding a replacement?
With 3 goals against Galatasaray, Osimhen now leads the goal-scoring charts, surpassing Haaland and Kane.  
Osimhen is increasingly establishing himself as a goal-scoring machine for any team he plays for. Back in Napoli, he was already a fearsome goal-scoring machine.

[$weetne$$]

Bayern are obviously the strongest contender. But even the strongest can get surprised too. I expected PSG to at least play for a draw but Bayern's pressure overpowered their efforts. Luis Enrique will take note of his lapses and make corrections ahead of his next game in CL.  Kompany on the other hand will want to maintain his streak to secure the first position till the end of this stage.

You may not be wrong to consider Bayern Munich as a really strong contender this season in the champions league, Bayern all they have stayed unbeaten for ages longest so far in the champions league this season, I am looking forward to them even maintaining it further but I am not going to express any absolute on them just yet seeing that they still have quite a number of game in the champions league to still play, they will face some other tough opponents at some stage and their strength will further be tested. But I really do wish them the very best for this season.

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Yesterday didn't have much interesting games like on Tuesday were I was switching between Liverpool Vs Real Madrid and PSG Vs Bayern Munich. Yesterday I was comfortably watching Barcelona game and I didn't take note of what happened between Ajax and Gala. I later got to find out that Ajax lost totally at home with a 3 - 0 loss and Victor Osimhen was the scorer of all 3 goals for his team. This has made it the 8th consecutive time his scoring in an European competition and I also think he leads the scoring chart this season so far with 6 goals in 4 matches. Since his departure from Napoli, the Nigerian striker still continues to impress.

What is your assessment of Barcelona's performance after watching them draw with Club Brugge?

Osimhen's hat trick against Ajax Amsterdam makes me doubt Heitinga's future as Ajax Amsterdam's head coach.
Conceding 14 goals and never getting a draw, let alone a win, how strong is Ajax's club management if they still have no intention of finding a replacement?
With 3 goals against Galatasaray, Osimhen now leads the goal-scoring charts, surpassing Haaland and Kane.  
Osimhen is increasingly establishing himself as a goal-scoring machine for any team he plays for. Back in Napoli, he was already a fearsome goal-scoring machine.

There's a rumour in the transfer speculation thread that Ajax has made contact with the clubs formal boss, Eric Ten Hang over a possible call up by the management. For some reasons I think it will materialize to something positive. Ajax are in a tight corner and needs someone to bail them out. Ten Hang struggled in other clubs yes, but I still think he will be suitable for Ajax, after all that's where he made his name.

[Mustang Shelby]

Yesterday didn't have much interesting games like on Tuesday were I was switching between Liverpool Vs Real Madrid and PSG Vs Bayern Munich. Yesterday I was comfortably watching Barcelona game and I didn't take note of what happened between Ajax and Gala. I later got to find out that Ajax lost totally at home with a 3 - 0 loss and Victor Osimhen was the scorer of all 3 goals for his team. This has made it the 8th consecutive time his scoring in an European competition and I also think he leads the scoring chart this season so far with 6 goals in 4 matches. Since his departure from Napoli, the Nigerian striker still continues to impress.

What is your assessment of Barcelona's performance after watching them draw with Club Brugge?

Osimhen's hat trick against Ajax Amsterdam makes me doubt Heitinga's future as Ajax Amsterdam's head coach.
Conceding 14 goals and never getting a draw, let alone a win, how strong is Ajax's club management if they still have no intention of finding a replacement?
With 3 goals against Galatasaray, Osimhen now leads the goal-scoring charts, surpassing Haaland and Kane.  
Osimhen is increasingly establishing himself as a goal-scoring machine for any team he plays for. Back in Napoli, he was already a fearsome goal-scoring machine.

There's a rumour in the transfer speculation thread that Ajax has made contact with the clubs formal boss, Eric Ten Hang over a possible call up by the management. For some reasons I think it will materialize to something positive. Ajax are in a tight corner and needs someone to bail them out. Ten Hang struggled in other clubs yes, but I still think he will be suitable for Ajax, after all that's where he made his name.

Ajax is going through a rough patch. I think it's time for a managerial change. I don't think anyone would have expected this poor performance from Ajax in the Champions League. So, a managerial change makes perfect sense. They're eight points behind the leaders in the Dutch league, and we all know they're in the Champions League. So, perhaps the best thing to do is bring Ten Hag back to the team.

[Miles2006]

There's a rumour in the transfer speculation thread that Ajax has made contact with the clubs formal boss, Eric Ten Hang over a possible call up by the management. For some reasons I think it will materialize to something positive. Ajax are in a tight corner and needs someone to bail them out. Ten Hang struggled in other clubs yes, but I still think he will be suitable for Ajax, after all that's where he made his name.

Do you think Ten Hang can handle this situation rightly? First time I’m getting a positive comment about Ten Hang this time around, if this is really legit then Ten Hang must really make good use of the opportunity given this time. Ajax played against Galatasaray yesterday, a defeat at home is worst but what’s more worst in this situation is scoring 3 clean goals against Ajax. Galatasaray are very competitive yet I didn’t expect the goal in such manner rather I expected a draw, if Ten hang should accept this offer only if this is true then he should be prepared for another work load.

[Zaguru12]

Do you think Ten Hang can handle this situation rightly? First time I’m getting a positive comment about Ten Hang this time around, if this is really legit then Ten Hang must really make good use of the opportunity given this time. Ajax played against Galatasaray yesterday, a defeat at home is worst but what’s more worst in this situation is scoring 3 clean goals against Ajax. Galatasaray are very competitive yet I didn’t expect the goal in such manner rather I expected a draw, if Ten hang should accept this offer only if this is true then he should be prepared for another work load.

I think this has long been what was supposed to be done because the both Parties have not had the best of time since they splitted maybe the union will spark back the previous success both the manager and the club had. I could remember That Ajax were interested in signing Ten Hag before they even signed this current manager but maybe he had gotten the Bayer Leverkusen job then, I see so much disrespect towards this Erik Ten Hag probably because of his failed spells he had at his previous clubs. I personally think it’s a good idea to have him back in the club but let’s not create any hype around this because been it is also not known maybe Ten Hag can revive them

[bitcoin_mining]

Manchester City wasn't joking when they came to the UEFA Champions League. They needed to make sure they're winning games and Borrusia Dortmund happens to be the club that will be conceding all the goals. Manchester City needed to win and they got it. Pep Guardiola will apply more pressure in next game. This is what we're talking about, to see Manchester City coming out ontop to win games with flying colors, not ever going to be dining with average teams.

Yes, Man City is starting to show their true colors again. This is what a team coached by Pep Guardiola should be like. However, I hope Man City doesn't just play well for a while, but they continue this way throughout the season. That way, Man City will remind everyone that they were once a team feared by all clubs in Europe, like in the era when Man City managed to win titles in multiple competitions simultaneously in one season, including the Club World Cup, the Champions League, and the Premier League. At that time, Man City was like a completely unbeatable team. Pep must strive to restore this team's performance to that era. And that will certainly be very pleasing for all Man City fans this season. However, for opponents, it will be very worrying.

Manchester City performed brilliantly against Dortmund and they left the field with a 4-1 victory in this match. Manchester City fans may have expected such a performance from their team for a long time. Manchester City seems to be a balanced team this season, so far they are able to perform much better than last season in the English Premier League, on the contrary, they are also doing well in the Champions League matches. Manchester City is not performing well for a short time, but they will maintain this performance consistently. Pep Guardiola may have now understood the team's problems well and may have worked on them, as a result of which this English Premier League club is getting good success so far this season.

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Club Brugge played a draw, which on a normal day, Barcelona would have trashed them, but they were going edge to edge with Barcelona they scored first and they were leading barcelona leading 3:2 around 63 munites of the game if not for the goal tzolis scored it would not have ended draw and another thing now is that they still managed to score during the extra time time ut it was cancelled all this showed that they meant bussiness with barcelona because they were not giving barcelona too much breating space.

And even from the stats, Barcelona had a total of 23 shots on target with a good ball possession, but still could not win, and that is why  you don't underestimate any club because if Barcelona had underestimated them, it would have been worst for them actually because am sure even barcelona did not see this coming.

23 shots on target, lol. That's very extreme in your exaggeration seriously. I just hope that you actually know the difference between total shots and shots on target. Barcelona had 6 shots on target which is same as Club Brugge, that's for that. Club Brugge impressed and seriously I never thought that they could actually score 3 goals not to talk of walking away with a draw. Frankly, I kind of feel like they were even robbed by Barcelona. Around the 70+ minutes, Forbes was fouled in the 18 yard box which was supposed to be called by the ref but he didn't. Again in the late minute, they scored a goal only for it to be disallowed, he got the ball from the goal and score but was over turned and the score back to 3 - 3

[GiftedMAN]

Do you think Ten Hang can handle this situation rightly? First time I’m getting a positive comment about Ten Hang this time around, if this is really legit then Ten Hang must really make good use of the opportunity given this time. Ajax played against Galatasaray yesterday, a defeat at home is worst but what’s more worst in this situation is scoring 3 clean goals against Ajax. Galatasaray are very competitive yet I didn’t expect the goal in such manner rather I expected a draw, if Ten hang should accept this offer only if this is true then he should be prepared for another work load.

Although the situation of Ajax is no longer what it used to be when Ten Hag was in charge of the team but I believe if he's given the opportunity to manage the team again he will not turn the team around immediately but with time he can get some of his players back to the team and having done a good work before he can still bring back the team performance back as well as helping them to return to winning ways. Against Galatasaray yesterday Ajax was very poor, they lost focus they couldn't communicate well among themselves and their performance was so bad, they haven't won in the champions League it shows that the team really need their former manager back.