UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[execijutiere]

Napoli managed to secure a hard-fought victory against Karabakh, who put in an unexpected performance in the Champions League. The first half ended goalless, but Napoli began to put the match at risk when Höjlund missed a penalty early in the second half. Fortunately, they found the net in the 65th and 72nd minutes, securing a 3-point victory and raising their points total to 7. I must say that both teams put in a good performance.
Slavia Prague drew 0-0 at home against Athletic Bilbao. There isn't much to say about this match. I expected Slavia Prague to secure a victory against Bilbao, who have been struggling for form and wins in recent weeks, but they failed to do so.

[Volgastallion]

Another bad game from the Pep Guardiola team, they cant generate real danger, Savinho game was one of the worst games i ever see in a player he cant made any drible and he was more in the soil than anybody.

They lose against one weak Bayer Leverkusen this is not the Alonso Bayer.

About Chelsea what a player is Estevao he has that explosive power needed when you are a forward.

[MK-74]

About Chelsea what a player is Estevao he has that explosive power needed when you are a forward.

Chelsea definitely has one of the very good strikers. I really like Estevão, he is very young and strong.
If Chelsea ever decides to sell him, I think many teams would add him to their transfer list.

Compared to previous seasons, Chelsea’s squad is now planned much better. Some of their bench players could easily play for other big teams.

[Alpha Marine]

First and foremost I will want to respond where you said something about Barcelona playing with one man down, before the Red card, Chelsea was already leading by 1 goal which was an own goal against Barcelona and  we know the factor that resulted to that own goal, mate if the current had that opportunity, I don't think the case would've have been different from what Chelsea did, although I understand what you are trying to say but there's a kind of problem in Barcelona team may it's because the injured players that are back are still managing to fit into the match, what I was not expecting in that match is for Chelsea to win Barcelona with 3:0, I thought that it won't be easy for Chelsea but football has it's own way of proving us wrong, Yamal is just recovering that's even if he has recovered fully.

How can you say the case would not have been different without the red card? When have you watched Flick's Barcelona not score a goal in the Champions League? Chelsea might have still won, but the game would have been completely different. It is not the first time we have seen a team play better than Barcelona in the first 20-30 minutes before they turned the game around. It was like that against Newcastle, and they turned it around. Enough of the "Chelsea was already dominated before the red card". Football doesn't always work like that.

Playing a man down for a whole half is a big disadvantage, and the only time you can win in those circumstances is when you're completely better than the opponent.
Without that red card, Barcelona would have scored at least 2 goals in that match, Chelsea might have scored more, but it would have been completely different.

[snipie]

Compared to previous seasons, Chelsea’s squad is now planned much better. Some of their bench players could easily play for other big teams.

Chelsea started early this season with a good form and a victory of FIFA Club World Cup. They are now doing pretty well. They can do even better than that especially in Premier League.
Today's games will be intense with Liverpool facing PSV Eindhoven, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan, Arsenal vs Bayern Munich, PSG and Tottenham Hotspur.
Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Liverpool and PSG seem to be the favorite teams to win. Arsenal victory is not sure for me because Bayern Munich is doing great this season. Liverpool matches are unpredictable even though PSV used to be weaker than them. Inter is unpredictable too, less than Liverpool maybe. These games are hard to predict overall. Even Real Madrid is hard to be trusted if Olympiacos played better than what they used to be.

[liasbaa]

Villarreal lost points after being defeated by Dortmund with a score of 4-0. In my opinion, one of the reasons for Villarreal's defeat was that Foyth received a red card. I noticed that after Foyth received the red card, Villarreal's performance declined mentally and otherwise, which ultimately led to Villarreal suffering a bitter defeat at the hands of Dortmund. This match will certainly make Dortmund comfortable sitting in 4th place in the standings. Meanwhile, Villarreal will find it increasingly difficult to advance to the Round of 16, even through the playoffs, as they are now in 34th place, which will undoubtedly make it challenging to recover.
In my opinion, Dortmund will advance to the Round of 16, and I predict they will reach the semifinals, given the speed and quality of their players. The next match will be even more exciting, as Dortmund will face Leverkusen, another Bundesliga team.

Villareal is absolutely not a team that could compete with Dortmund, who are strong and deserve to be at the top with other teams. Obviously, everyone knew this and in fact I am not at all surprised by the fact that they lost, right now they don't have much to worry about.

I agree with you. Dortmund are playing well and have won three of their five matches so far this season, draw one and lost another. A win against Villareal was expected but the goal difference was not as high as expected. With this result Dortmund have reached a respectable level and are in fourth place in the league with 10 points. @Kaliandra thinks that Villareal morale was down after one of their players got a red card but I think that could be a reason but Dortmund are a stronger team than them and deserve to win with them. I think it was a very impressive moment for Dortmund and they will be looking forward to performing even better in the next match.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Things we see these days are still surprising to we football lovers and to the fans of some clubs, like Liverpool. The Reds have been losing games and having a disappointing performannce in the last 3-4 games if not more than and tonight they'll face PSV at home. We don't really know what to expect from the visiting team but we have an idea of what to expect from Liverpool since they hardly perform like they do, after every 10 to 15 mins they'll start struggling, as the favorite can they display something different today from what we have seen in their previous games? At least making the fans smile for today, they can be the favorite but on the field they seem like a smaller team talking about Liverpool, can they continue their disappointing run tonight against PSV?

[Zanab247]

Galatasaray, Manchester City, and FC Barcelona they all put up a disappointing performance and I really don't find it funny but something is actually wrong some how, tho FC Barcelona game is somehow understandable because Chelsea is fund of surprises when it comes to this unexpected winnings, and again Galatasaray is also quite understandable to because of too much of the injury players they've got for now, but Manchester City is the one I can't kill into, like this lost was totally out of the picture and I'm sensing danger, they lost to Newcastle United in the English premier League and again lost to Bayern Leverkusen, hmm something is actually wrong somehow.

I thought Galatasaray will beat their opponent the way they beat Liverpool  to secured victory, but what I saw at the end of the game make me feel weak, because I predicted the game with confidence. Manchester city did well in their last game in the champion league to rate them among the strongest clubs in the champion league, but what Newcastle did to Manchester city make many people frustrated, because Manchester city played the game with their best players and they lose in their home. I can't say this is the club that will lift this trophy despite we have seen some surprised from different club.

Let us wait and see what Bayern Munich and Arsenal will play today, because they have not lose any game yet but one must surely lose today for the other club to achieve victory.

[Lannakosa]

Today's games will be intense with Liverpool facing PSV Eindhoven, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan, Arsenal vs Bayern Munich, PSG and Tottenham Hotspur.
Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Liverpool and PSG seem to be the favorite teams to win. Arsenal victory is not sure for me because Bayern Munich is doing great this season. Liverpool matches are unpredictable even though PSV used to be weaker than them. Inter is unpredictable too, less than Liverpool maybe. These games are hard to predict overall. Even Real Madrid is hard to be trusted if Olympiacos played better than what they used to be.

I am most confident in PSG out of these matches, all the others are difficult. What I absolutely disagree with is that Arsenal are the favorites in the match against Bayern. In my opinion, Bayern are stronger right now and they can win today, but since Arsenal are also in very good form at the moment, I wouldn’t risk betting on Bayern to win. I might take Bayern not to lose, or Bayern with a +1 handicap in a parlay with PSG and Real Madrid. Olympiacos are good, but Real have much more experience in the Champions League.

[$weetne$$]

Villareal is absolutely not a team that could compete with Dortmund, who are strong and deserve to be at the top with other teams. Obviously, everyone knew this and in fact I am not at all surprised by the fact that they lost, right now they don't have much to worry about.

Dortmund not having to worry about Villarreal was really obvious even in the games as they were playing, Villarreal has been struggling in the champions league and even in their domestic league so I did not expect much from them, it would even be bad on Dortmund if they did not win this because it was supposed to be their chances to increase increase their point and chances to move to the next round of the league.

[SFR10]

We may not see this clash again until the final. Who do you think will win this match? I'm one of those who think Arsenal has a slight advantage because the match is in England. However, Bayern Munich is a strong team. It's going to be a tough match.

Bayern has already proved that home advantage means little to nothing against them and despite not having Diaz due to suspension + Musiala and Davies due to their injuries, I have a feeling Arsenal can't win against them without a proper 9 ^{[e.g., Gyökeres]}, so I'm going with a draw ^{[over 2.5]}.
^{- BTW, I predict a similar result for the Atletico Madrid vs Inter game.}

[minairia3]

Villareal is absolutely not a team that could compete with Dortmund, who are strong and deserve to be at the top with other teams. Obviously, everyone knew this and in fact I am not at all surprised by the fact that they lost, right now they don't have much to worry about.

The result of this match was completely expected. And the match was also one-sided. Villarreal is not in good form this season. They are not even interested in the Champions League matches. Although  they have performed somewhat well in La liga, their performance in  the champions league is weak. Villarreal is in third place in the La liga table. On the other hand , they are at the bottom of the champions league table. They have lost four out of 5 matches and managed to draw one match.

After winning this match, Dortmund is in fourth place in the Champions League points table. Dortmund won  their home match completely dominating. The team got a wonderful 4- 0 victory. Villarreal players could not make any strong attack in the entire match

[Adbitco]

Give us Chelsea, give us Chelsea that's what one fan base was shouting before now and finally you had Chelsea what happened. The other fan base were also shouting, give us Barcelona, give us Barcelona and finally they got Barcelona what happened next, Chelsea cooked Barcelona. He who laughs last laughs best. That's the case of Chelsea fans right now, they have the bragging rights and you could see it even when you go to various social media pages. I watched the match and I was satisfied with the way Chelsea handled the game. They contained and played Barcelona very well.

[SmartCharpa]

Villarreal lost points after being defeated by Dortmund with a score of 4-0. In my opinion, one of the reasons for Villarreal's defeat was that Foyth received a red card. I noticed that after Foyth received the red card, Villarreal's performance declined mentally and otherwise, which ultimately led to Villarreal suffering a bitter defeat at the hands of Dortmund. This match will certainly make Dortmund comfortable sitting in 4th place in the standings. Meanwhile, Villarreal will find it increasingly difficult to advance to the Round of 16, even through the playoffs, as they are now in 34th place, which will undoubtedly make it challenging to recover.
In my opinion, Dortmund will advance to the Round of 16, and I predict they will reach the semifinals, given the speed and quality of their players. The next match will be even more exciting, as Dortmund will face Leverkusen, another Bundesliga team.

I was not surprised that Villarreal lost against Dortmund, even without a red card, I did not expect them to be a threat to Dortmund. Remember that Villarreal has lost their last two games to Pafos, which was the most surprising game I saw on match day 4. I do not expect Villarreal to go into that game without scoring a single goal and still lose, they are not ready for the Champions League this season, maybe because they have not played in the competition in a while now.

Moreover, I predicted that Dortmund was going to win the match because Villarreal is an average team Champions League, and the 3 points moved Dortmund up to 4th place in the table. Of course, Dortmund will make it to the round of 16, and even through the playoffs, I don't think they will be easily eliminated in the Champions League, but I doubt they will make it to the semifinals.

[Smack That Ace]

Another bad game from the Pep Guardiola team, they cant generate real danger, Savinho game was one of the worst games i ever see in a player he cant made any drible and he was more in the soil than anybody.

Manchester City's performance was very disappointing. It was City's home match. We saw the dominance of Manchester city players throughout the match. But Manchester city lost the match 2-0. Manchester City's defense and attack were both weak  in this match.

In this match, leverkusen managed to take only 4 shots. They scored two goals with only 4 shots. This was because Manchester City's defenders were careless. On the other hand , Manchester city players  took a total of 18 shots, only 8 shots were on target. Even then, they could not break Leverkusen's defense. Anyway , this was City's first defeat on the Champions league platform.

[KTChampions]

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Manchester City got defeated by Leverkusen, what is wrong with Pep Guardiola this season? Because the man looks like he don’t know what he is doing again, he benched almost all his best players and thinking that he can win the game against a Leverkusen team that is having a good season since they sacked Erik Ten hag and appointed a new coach, and Barcelona also got defeated by Chelsea after making noise around that they can beat Chelsea.

The funniest thing is that this rotation was made before the game against Leeds, which is in the relegation zone. Moreover, it will be a home game for City. At the very least, it was a questionable decision, as yesterday there was a good chance to secure a top-8 spot, but now there's a good chance of falling out of the top-8 and ending up in the preliminary playoffs, meaning two extra games. It was a disadvantageous rotation. Pep still acts like he has 2 squads capable of dominating when he hasn't even put together one squad capable of doing so.

[rachael9385]

Galatasaray, Manchester City, and FC Barcelona they all put up a disappointing performance and I really don't find it funny but something is actually wrong some how, tho FC Barcelona game is somehow understandable because Chelsea is fund of surprises when it comes to this unexpected winnings, and again Galatasaray is also quite understandable to because of too much of the injury players they've got for now, but Manchester City is the one I can't kill into, like this lost was totally out of the picture and I'm sensing danger, they lost to Newcastle United in the English premier League and again lost to Bayern Leverkusen, hmm something is actually wrong somehow.

I thought Galatasaray will beat their opponent the way they beat Liverpool  to secured victory, but what I saw at the end of the game make me feel weak, because I predicted the game with confidence. Manchester city did well in their last game in the champion league to rate them among the strongest clubs in the champion league, but what Newcastle did to Manchester city make many people frustrated, because Manchester city played the game with their best players and they lose in their home. I can't say this is the club that will lift this trophy despite we have seen some surprised from different club.

Let us wait and see what Bayern Munich and Arsenal will play today, because they have not lose any game yet but one must surely lose today for the other club to achieve victory.

Galatasaray had me in shock, losing to usg wasn't really what I expected to happen but that's football for you, any team can mess at anytime. Liverpool on the otherhand might not win today because they are currently in a poor form. As for Arsenal and Bayern, it's going to be a tough one to decide because both teams are in a great shape, my prediction is for Arsenal to win or draw, Bayern can't win on their home ground

[MArsland]

Most Barcelona fans think Chelsea is still a shit club they can win any time and they think Chelsea got lucky winning PSG as well.

They feel they have Yamla, a talented young player with world-class performance, so they always feel confident in every match. But they may forget that Chelsea is currently on the rise, their mentality is getting higher and higher, especially now that Chelsea has another young player who is also very good, namely Estevão.

The roar at Stamford Bridge belonged to Estevao today. He played brilliantly, showing agility, discipline, and sharp instincts. In contrast Yamal became the subject of ridicule because his movements were very limited. Marc Cucurella did not give him any space to maneuver on the field.
Even before the match began, many media outlets were using this game to determine who deserves to be the next European starboy between Estevão and Yamal. I am confident that Estevão prominence will continue to rise following Chelsea's decisive victory.  

[TastyChillySauce00]

Another bad game from the Pep Guardiola team, they cant generate real danger, Savinho game was one of the worst games i ever see in a player he cant made any drible and he was more in the soil than anybody.

They lose against one weak Bayer Leverkusen this is not the Alonso Bayer.

About Chelsea what a player is Estevao he has that explosive power needed when you are a forward.

There's nothing surprised with City's lost. Just saw the line up, seeing Pep did 10 players changes in the squad is so damn weird. He treated UCL like community shield or Carabao cup. He has done it wrong by mocking his opponent, and his team deserved the lost.
I don't really like how he's doing weird thing from time to the time. He must stop to try ridiculous thing, or his squad will be finished in UCL.

[AakZaki]

Chelsea definitely has one of the very good strikers. I really like Estevão, he is very young and strong.
If Chelsea ever decides to sell him, I think many teams would add him to their transfer list.

So far Barcelona offside trap seems effective, but their lack of players due to red cards has weakened their defense. Meanwhile Chelsea continues to attack, exploiting that lack of players.

Although Chelsea isn't perfect, I think they're on the right track gathering young talent to become a major force in the future.
This is the first time Chelsea seems to have a foundation not just buying expensive players without direction. I'm happy with Chelsea's win, because yesterday I predicted Chelsea would win and that's exactly what happened.