UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Mayor of ogba]

It was even done by the players, but it was not enough to make the public, especially fans, happy because if you look at some of the reports, only about 400 supporters went to Bodo and will be refunded for ticket fees.

It’s a gesture alright, a gesture that comes from a side of team that have being humiliated. While the funds spent by these fans might be refunded, it doesn’t erase the fact that, these fans just wanted to watch their team win or at least, not be humiliated. That’s why the money spent in flight, food, hotels and buying tickets didn’t matter to the fans. Manchester City was really bad in their last game.

Manchester City knows that their fans just wanted to watch them and cheer them up in Norway so that they could beat Bodø/Glimt so easily, but since Manchester City was humiliated by Bodø/Glimt, they know that they have let their fans down by allowing a low rank club to  defeat them heavily in the Champions League, so they decided to make a refund for the money their fans spent on tickets to watch the match so that their fans will know how disappointed they are with the loss to Bodø/Glimt.

[satscraper]

Atletico Madrid is the strong team and if not for Marcos Llorente’s own goal Galatasaray could have suffered the painful defeat in their clash. Instead, the match ended in  1-1 draw. Osimhen didn’t give his fans the taste of his usual quality, so I think the supporters who filled the stands at Galatasaray’s home ground were not satisfied with his performance as well as with the overall result of the match.

Every goal counts not minding how it came by. It's important to know that ATM was the better side and securing a draw with them is still something and Galatasaray should be given credit for that.

Osimhen is still integrating back into the squad and still fatigued from his AFCON competition. He should be well rested and perform better in subsequent matches.

Their next match is against Manchester City in England, and they will probably lose that game. However, I still think they will be in the top 24.

Manchester City is currently in a laughable form now and you're forgetting also that Rodri is on a red card from last trip to Norway. I'm not having much hope on Manchester City, unless of course Guardiola fixes his team to some extent before the clash.

The atletico madrid vs Galatasaray game is a game I expected to be be very tough because both teams are doing their very best to be among the top 24 teams and qualify for the playoff spot, even though it's not the top eight that qualifys automatically, and with the bad form of Galatasaray in recent games, it was crystal clear that if Victor osimhen wasn't present up top, they might have lost because his presence really helps in bringing back much confidence to this Galatasaray team, and it makes the atletico madrid team to attack with caution, knowing fully well that they might be brutally punished if they attack and fails to protect their back properly, so I think that it was a fair draw, even though atletico madrid have more chances than Galatasaray.

Then as for Manchester City, I just think that pep guardiola needs more time to fix his team, because this are mostly new players that have not blend with each other properly, so I can't deny that they have been disappointing, but they will bounce back.

Agreed. It was the tough call to predict the winner of the upcoming matches, so from the bettor’s perspective the safest option could be BTTS. I expected both Osimhen from Galatasaray and Haaland from Man City to score at least once as they try to get back on track. Despite the turbulence Man City are experiencing right now playing at home gives them some advantage. Galatasaray’s strong commitment to securing the win. Either way, those were the interesting matches.

[Pandu Geddon]

Manchester City knows that their fans just wanted to watch them and cheer them up in Norway so that they could beat Bodø/Glimt so easily, but since Manchester City was humiliated by Bodø/Glimt, they know that they have let their fans down by allowing a low rank club to  defeat them heavily in the Champions League, so they decided to make a refund for the money their fans spent on tickets to watch the match so that their fans will know how disappointed they are with the loss to Bodø/Glimt.

They are aware of how important support from their fans is. Fans certainly feel disappointed with the match results, but it is also a disappointment for the players and the team. It is a difficult situation for a team that lost to a team that actually had a small chance of winning. 
Nevertheless, they need support from their fans for the upcoming matches, and they must have the motivation to improve their performance.

[Futurexxx]

Agreed. It’s the tough call to predict the winner of the upcoming match, so from the bettor’s perspective the safest option would be BTTS. I expect both Osimhen from Galatasaray and Haaland from Man City to score at least once as they try to get back on track. Despite the turbulence Man City are experiencing right now playing at home gives them some advantage, although this may be offset by Galatasaray’s strong commitment to securing a win. Either way, it should be the interesting match.

As expected, the game ended in a 1-1 draw which wasn't a surprise to me, though atletico madrid was the better team, because they have more of the ball and they have more shot on target than the Galatasaray team, but generally the draw was fair on both sides.
As for Manchester City, their result was a big surprise, because I never saw it coming that they would lose to a lower level team like bodo, no disrespect to them, but their losing was a shocker, especially to those that gambles on them to win.

[*Ace*]

The latest round of Champions League and Europa League matches was not at all exciting for Italian teams!

Inter lost to Arsenal, which was easy to predict.
Napoli drew against Copenhagen, which was a big surprise! Napoli had to win here.
Atalanta lost to Athletic Club, which is understandable! But objectively, I expected a draw.
Juventus is the only Italian team in the Champions League to have won, against Benfica.
Bologna drew against Celtic, which was a good result.
Roma won, which is what I expected!

But to sum up, it was not a good day for Italian teams.

[Byebyebtc]

Atletico Madrid is the strong team and if not for Marcos Llorente’s own goal Galatasaray could have suffered the painful defeat in their clash. Instead, the match ended in  1-1 draw. Osimhen didn’t give his fans the taste of his usual quality, so I think the supporters who filled the stands at Galatasaray’s home ground were not satisfied with his performance as well as with the overall result of the match.

Every goal counts not minding how it came by. It's important to know that ATM was the better side and securing a draw with them is still something and Galatasaray should be given credit for that.

Osimhen is still integrating back into the squad and still fatigued from his AFCON competition. He should be well rested and perform better in subsequent matches.

Their next match is against Manchester City in England, and they will probably lose that game. However, I still think they will be in the top 24.

Manchester City is currently in a laughable form now and you're forgetting also that Rodri is on a red card from last trip to Norway. I'm not having much hope on Manchester City, unless of course Guardiola fixes his team to some extent before the clash.

The atletico madrid vs Galatasaray game is a game I expected to be be very tough because both teams are doing their very best to be among the top 24 teams and qualify for the playoff spot, even though it's not the top eight that qualifys automatically, and with the bad form of Galatasaray in recent games, it was crystal clear that if Victor osimhen wasn't present up top, they might have lost because his presence really helps in bringing back much confidence to this Galatasaray team, and it makes the atletico madrid team to attack with caution, knowing fully well that they might be brutally punished if they attack and fails to protect their back properly, so I think that it was a fair draw, even though atletico madrid have more chances than Galatasaray.

Then as for Manchester City, I just think that pep guardiola needs more time to fix his team, because this are mostly new players that have not blend with each other properly, so I can't deny that they have been disappointing, but they will bounce back.

Agreed. It was the tough call to predict the winner of the upcoming matches, so from the bettor’s perspective the safest option could be BTTS. I expected both Osimhen from Galatasaray and Haaland from Man City to score at least once as they try to get back on track. Despite the turbulence Man City are experiencing right now playing at home gives them some advantage. Galatasaray’s strong commitment to securing the win. Either way, those were the interesting matches.

Well from the look of things presently, Manchester city finds it hard to score goals these days, and Galatasaray the same, so I wouldn't be surprised if the match has no goals, but as you say its is the safest way in a gambler's perspective, but at the same time it's a game that I have not much expectations for, any thing can happen so I will likely not bother to play it.
The game can just end 0-0 and I will not be surprised about that

[Oluwa-btc]

I don't see anything wrong in Manchester City deciding to refund their fans the money they used in buying tickets for the match they played against Bodø/Glimt in the Champions League because they want to use it and make it up to their fans after conceding a shocking defeat against Bodø/Glimt. What Manchester City did for their fans is extraordinary and commendable.

It is simply useless, and that is not what the fans demands. In tough situations like this they demand them to be resilience and courageous. Can they successfully go on to win their next game against Wolverhampton?! That is what the fans want to see and would find impressive. Returning money for tickets makes no sense to me. They just want to support a team who want to win all game.

Aside this game, I have seen Chelsea fans crashing out on Garnacho after misusing the chances he had during tue few minutes he played. I have always said he's not good enough for Chelsea.

[Emjay24]

The latest round of Champions League and Europa League matches was not at all exciting for Italian teams!

Inter lost to Arsenal, which was easy to predict.
Napoli drew against Copenhagen, which was a big surprise! Napoli had to win here.
Atalanta lost to Athletic Club, which is understandable! But objectively, I expected a draw.
Juventus is the only Italian team in the Champions League to have won, against Benfica.
Bologna drew against Celtic, which was a good result.
Roma won, which is what I expected!

But to sum up, it was not a good day for Italian teams.

Yeah, but on a sharp contrast, it was a great week for the English teams, With the exception of a very unlucky Manchester city that was disgraced in Norway by Bodo/Glimt. Every other clubs won their matches, including Tottenham which was initially my greatest fear that would've spoiled my bet, unfortunately it was Manchester city to my ultimate disappointment. it was a very good outings and home victories for the English teams.

[Xcode7]

Agreed. It’s the tough call to predict the winner of the upcoming match, so from the bettor’s perspective the safest option would be BTTS. I expect both Osimhen from Galatasaray and Haaland from Man City to score at least once as they try to get back on track. Despite the turbulence Man City are experiencing right now playing at home gives them some advantage, although this may be offset by Galatasaray’s strong commitment to securing a win. Either way, it should be the interesting match.

As expected, the game ended in a 1-1 draw which wasn't a surprise to me, though atletico madrid was the better team, because they have more of the ball and they have more shot on target than the Galatasaray team, but generally the draw was fair on both sides.
As for Manchester City, their result was a big surprise, because I never saw it coming that they would lose to a lower level team like bodo, no disrespect to them, but their losing was a shocker, especially to those that gambles on them to win.

Man City's performance has declined again. This defeat is particularly embarrassing, as the quality of the two teams is clearly vastly different, and it represents a major upset in this week's UCL.
With this result, I believe Man City are starting to be overlooked for the title this season, and in fact, they should be removed from the list of teams to be reckoned with in this season's UCL competition.

[Sarah Azhari]

Agreed. It’s the tough call to predict the winner of the upcoming match, so from the bettor’s perspective the safest option would be BTTS. I expect both Osimhen from Galatasaray and Haaland from Man City to score at least once as they try to get back on track. Despite the turbulence Man City are experiencing right now playing at home gives them some advantage, although this may be offset by Galatasaray’s strong commitment to securing a win. Either way, it should be the interesting match.

As expected, the game ended in a 1-1 draw which wasn't a surprise to me, though atletico madrid was the better team, because they have more of the ball and they have more shot on target than the Galatasaray team, but generally the draw was fair on both sides.
As for Manchester City, their result was a big surprise, because I never saw it coming that they would lose to a lower level team like bodo, no disrespect to them, but their losing was a shocker, especially to those that gambles on them to win.

Man City's performance has declined again. This defeat is particularly embarrassing, as the quality of the two teams is clearly vastly different, and it represents a major upset in this week's UCL.
With this result, I believe Man City are starting to be overlooked for the title this season, and in fact, they should be removed from the list of teams to be reckoned with in this season's UCL competition.

It's too early to say Manchester City are not favorites to win the Champions League. They still have a chance to qualify for the round of 16, and I'm confident they'll bounce back, especially since they've brought in new players in defense. The loss to Bodø/Glimt was bitter, but you know, if Manchester City weren't short of players due to red cards, they would have won. Therefore, I still see Manchester City as favorites to win this season's title.

[dollyamo]

Who wouldn't be proud of Arsenal's performance in the Champions League games, seven wins in 7 matches shows how formidable Arsenal has become in this season's Champions League, i don't know if Arsenal has had such a perfect run in the past but currently, they are just a team that is showing great strength which is very marvelous in our sight. Eberechi Eze is a player that has passion for Arsenal so it doesn't matter whether he is a starter or not. Arsenal is in another realm right now and if i'm not mistaken they are the most in form team in the Premier League and the Champions League currently, i just hope they merit a major trophy in the end of the season.

Obviously i think that Arsenal fans are very happy and proud of their team that is managing to really break through in the Champions League, see the last match where they practically devastated Inter with 3 goals, who as we all know are not a two-bit team.

[changaa]

I picked some matches I wanted to play yesterday, but on second thought I decided not to. Tuesday's matchday results made me have a change of mind. Though, I am happy I didn't place the bet because I would have lost it. Atalanta was among the teams that I thought would win, and they lost to Bilbao.

I also didn't play certain games this time, but this team like Atalanta was a very difficult match and it was clear that there would have been the possibility that they would have lost the draw, clearly on paper they are much stronger but then they were not able to win

[emrecemsan]

I'm glad that Galatasaray have almost secured playoffs.    Draw was okay for our match against ATM but I was really devastated when Sara missed that opportunity in the last moments.


The question is, will Barcelona and Manchester City both manage to finish in top 8?

I mean they've the same points and Barcelona have 1 more goal difference than them now. They'll both need to focus on winning their final matches with big gaps.

I see it more likely for Manchester City if one of them stays out. But there is a PSG v Newcastle match on one hand so things can get more interesting...

[ndutndut]

Manchester City knows that their fans just wanted to watch them and cheer them up in Norway so that they could beat Bodø/Glimt so easily, but since Manchester City was humiliated by Bodø/Glimt, they know that they have let their fans down by allowing a low rank club to  defeat them heavily in the Champions League, so they decided to make a refund for the money their fans spent on tickets to watch the match so that their fans will know how disappointed they are with the loss to Bodø/Glimt.

They are aware of how important support from their fans is. Fans certainly feel disappointed with the match results, but it is also a disappointment for the players and the team. It is a difficult situation for a team that lost to a team that actually had a small chance of winning. 
Nevertheless, they need support from their fans for the upcoming matches, and they must have the motivation to improve their performance.

What the Manchester City players are doing right now is good and the Manchester City players are even bowing their heads realizing that behind the cheers and chants of the fans are significant sacrifices expensive travel, cut-off times, and bitter cold weather. The players are aware of the enormous sacrifices made by the fans while the team delivered a disappointing performance on the pitch, so refunding the ticket money paid by fans is a form of responsibility for the players who have disappointed their fans.

But honestly, I see Manchester City as truly changed. I'm not a Manchester City fan but there are times when a team's performance can drop drastically and it's difficult to recover especially since Pep Guardiola has been at City for nine seasons. So there's a saturation point but there's no one better than Pep if City need to change managers. Pep must win their final match against Galatasaray to quickly rebuild their confidence.

[Mayor of ogba]

Manchester City knows that their fans just wanted to watch them and cheer them up in Norway so that they could beat Bodø/Glimt so easily, but since Manchester City was humiliated by Bodø/Glimt, they know that they have let their fans down by allowing a low rank club to  defeat them heavily in the Champions League, so they decided to make a refund for the money their fans spent on tickets to watch the match so that their fans will know how disappointed they are with the loss to Bodø/Glimt.

They are aware of how important support from their fans is. Fans certainly feel disappointed with the match results, but it is also a disappointment for the players and the team. It is a difficult situation for a team that lost to a team that actually had a small chance of winning. 
Nevertheless, they need support from their fans for the upcoming matches, and they must have the motivation to improve their performance.

Bodø/Glimt is actually a low ranking club in the Champions League, and Manchester City was supposed to beat Bodø/Glimt even with their second eleven, but since Manchester City couldn't beat Bodø/Glimt, Manchester City fans were disappointed with the outcome of the match. Manchester City players and the team have accepted full responsibility for the loss they conceded against Bodø/Glimt, and that's why they want to refund their fans the money they used in buying tickets for the Bodø/Glimt match.

[$crypto$]

The question is, will Barcelona and Manchester City both manage to finish in top 8?

I mean they've the same points and Barcelona have 1 more goal difference than them now. They'll both need to focus on winning their final matches with big gaps.

I see it more likely for Manchester City if one of them stays out. But there is a PSG v Newcastle match on one hand so things can get more interesting...

It is very likely that Barcelona and Man City can finish in the top 8 in the last match because their opponents are not too heavy, only one now Man City is in doubt against Galatasaray.

It also depends on the other matches, PSG vs Newcastle who will finish higher.

On the other hand Napoli against Chelsea is also interesting --- currently Napoli are fighting to qualify they only need to win against Chelsea at home.

[laspol65]

Manchester City knows that their fans just wanted to watch them and cheer them up in Norway so that they could beat Bodø/Glimt so easily, but since Manchester City was humiliated by Bodø/Glimt, they know that they have let their fans down by allowing a low rank club to  defeat them heavily in the Champions League, so they decided to make a refund for the money their fans spent on tickets to watch the match so that their fans will know how disappointed they are with the loss to Bodø/Glimt.

They are aware of how important support from their fans is. Fans certainly feel disappointed with the match results, but it is also a disappointment for the players and the team. It is a difficult situation for a team that lost to a team that actually had a small chance of winning. 
Nevertheless, they need support from their fans for the upcoming matches, and they must have the motivation to improve their performance.

Bodø/Glimt is actually a low ranking club in the Champions League, and Manchester City was supposed to beat Bodø/Glimt even with their second eleven, but since Manchester City couldn't beat Bodø/Glimt, Manchester City fans were disappointed with the outcome of the match. Manchester City players and the team have accepted full responsibility for the loss they conceded against Bodø/Glimt, and that's why they want to refund their fans the money they used in buying tickets for the Bodø/Glimt match.

Here, if Manchester City's opponent Bodo Glimt was strong, then even if they lost, Manchester City fans would not have been disappointed. The question here is why Manchester City performed so poorly against a lower ranked team, many people lost their bets on Manchester City in that match, that's why fans blamed Manchester City.

[landheer]

Yes, that is a wise decision that Manchester City should make because building performance with a new coach in the middle of the season is not as easy as we imagine and that is the reason City is still giving Pep Guardiola a chance for the time being. If City's condition is still bad or gets worse, there may be no choice but to terminate the contract and look for a new coach at the end of the season and start the season with a new coach.

The important thing is that Manchester City will not sack Guardiola. I believe that. Because all the achievements of Manchester City have been possible because of Guardiola. Guardiola has turned City from a mediocre club into the best club in Europe. Guardiola is trying his best to stabilize City. But he is not succeeding. If this continues, my guess is that Guardiola will resign. If he realizes that he cannot strengthen City, he will leave. Guardiola is not a stubborn manager. He is experienced and smart.

Guardiola has done a great service to Man City and I think it's natural that Man City's performance has dropped slightly because it's not just Man City that's currently experiencing poor performance, Real Madrid, as a popular team, sometimes has a decline in performance, so it's not wrong for Man City to still choose Guardiola as their coach. Man City is currently not doing well, but it's possible that in the next match, Man City will perform better and their performance will be even better. Now we'll just have to wait and see in the next match whether Man City can perform better or not. If Man City can beat Galatasaray, I think Man City can advance to the last 16 as long as the players currently in the top 8 play poorly in the next match. Sometimes Man City always appears surprising, so now we shouldn't need to think about replacing Guardiola because he is a professional coach.

[giorgione]

He ran the show all throughout that game and if I'm to give another player his flowers, it should be Arda Güler with those beautiful passes linking up the defenders and attackers. Whatever Arbeloa did seems to have worked yesterday, maybe he's the kind of Ancelotti manager. I change my mind, he looks like one to fight for a trophy. Vinicius Jr actually gave three assists but the last one sadly was an own goal scored. Kylian Mbappe also extends his goal tally to 11goals.

I don't know why these players are no longer able to express themselves better as they want, but these guys are a lot, but anyway they are excellent teams that even in difficulties manage to do very well, it is clear that these are the best players in the world, and they are very strong

[$weetne$$]

It was even done by the players, but it was not enough to make the public, especially fans, happy because if you look at some of the reports, only about 400 supporters went to Bodo and will be refunded for ticket fees.

It’s a gesture alright, a gesture that comes from a side of team that have being humiliated. While the funds spent by these fans might be refunded, it doesn’t erase the fact that, these fans just wanted to watch their team win or at least, not be humiliated. That’s why the money spent in flight, food, hotels and buying tickets didn’t matter to the fans. Manchester City was really bad in their last game.

Manchester City knows that their fans just wanted to watch them and cheer them up in Norway so that they could beat Bodø/Glimt so easily, but since Manchester City was humiliated by Bodø/Glimt, they know that they have let their fans down by allowing a low rank club to  defeat them heavily in the Champions League, so they decided to make a refund for the money their fans spent on tickets to watch the match so that their fans will know how disappointed they are with the loss to Bodø/Glimt.

Literally not all of this players will love the refund idea, i understand the players are trying to make up for their mess but the fans would be better happy seeing their team win than all of the whole refund to make up for a mistake, in other words, Manchester City needs to do better in the next five games ahead and that may come off as a better make up for the mess thay have had in their past games that ha brought about  the need for a refund.