UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Catenaccio]

More than confused I would say that he is busy and under pressure, obviously these are important and difficult competitions, in the case of Premiere he has to hold on to maintain first place, in the case of the Champions if he wants to obtain results for obvious reasons he has to give his all, also because if he had a good season and now that he has reached the point of being able to achieve something Arsenal have no other choices, either he tries or he tries (if he wants to get at least one result in one of the competitions) or he will be left with a handful of flies in his hand, unfortunately for them they don't have many choices.

Last season, Arsenal finished in Premier League with a second position but by having that position in three consecutive seasons, he and Arsenal felt very disappointed. In UEFA Champions League, they suddenly went to semi finals but could not manage to go to the final match, and they felt disappointed with that result too. In the summer transfer market, Arsenal truly tried to bring some attacking players for improving their squad but their weakness at the striker position still exists and was not improved with high inconsistency of Gyokeres and very little goals he has scored so far.

I see good chance for Arsenal to win Premier League title but they have to play very focused in remaining matches with big pressure from Manchester City that did not give up early by beating Liverpool at Anfield stadium last weekend.

In Champions League, the chance for Arsenal is not too high, as in this season they are no longer considered as an underdog that makes things harder for them when playing with other big clubs in that competition while Arsenal have yet been strong enough to dominating and beating big opponents there in knock out matches.

[verdinio]

The game determines a lot for Real Madrid, they can't afford to lose against Benfica, there is less worry about the match. What will be the round of 16 without Real Madrid among those who made it there? Real Madrid are going to play in any of the finals, either ending their way at the quarter or semi final, i don't think they are capable of winning the Champions League, not with this performance.

It's true that Real Madrid is a team that can do whatever it wants and I am not surprised if they get through to the next round. They have a grit and determination that few teams have, although Benfica, with what happened last time, isn't sure they'll keep us waiting and will play without trying. In fact, it will be tough.

[m4r1o]

Absolutely yes, luck is unfortunately essential and there are teams, like my beloved Bologna for example, who are sometimes truly unlucky, but as they say here: it pours on the wet.
Luckily, we didn't have such bad luck as Fiorentina. This is absolute bad

I would say that the difference is substantial between Bologna and Fiorentina, your team did not have an excellent season but still held on and held on, Fiorentina unfortunately despite all the efforts made remained in difficulty from the beginning and was unable to come to their senses.
Since they lost the President prematurely, everything has taken a turn for the worse, a real shame for a team that has the foundation to do so much.

[banana33]

The only thing I'm concerned about the Arsenal team is fatigue because of the level of competitions that are involve it, and they are contesting as top contenders in almost all the competitions they are currently, so there is less time for the players to rest, and any team that will be playing you, will want to put in imextra effort, so the challenges comes in multiple folds, but I fear if Arsenal can withstand it, they've always disappointed whenever they come this far, especially with this Arteta team.

Arsenal are trying to anticipate that there will be some games that don't go well and they could lose, i understand that they cant always win but they have set themselves the goal of winning the games and i know it's not easy, but they can go far, they have all the characteristics to do it, Manchester City are clearly the team that can stop them

[9ja Amaka]

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More than confused I would say that he is busy and under pressure, obviously these are important and difficult competitions, in the case of Premiere he has to hold on to maintain first place, in the case of the Champions if he wants to obtain results for obvious reasons he has to give his all, also because if he had a good season and now that he has reached the point of being able to achieve something Arsenal have no other choices, either he tries or he tries (if he wants to get at least one result in one of the competitions) or he will be left with a handful of flies in his hand, unfortunately for them they don't have many choices.

I think Arsenal is one of the best team in Europe,  if not even the best right now. They have had a lot of disappointment in the last years, ending second place in the league three times in a row and also made it to the champions league semi final last season.  If you ask me I will say that is consistency,  but I know some people will.not agree with that which is fine. I think Arsenal will win nothing less than two trophies this season, to include the Premier League,  because I don't think any team is at their level of consistency right now. I will not be surprised if they also win the champions league this season, like I mentioned earlier they are one of the best teams in Europe right now. So I will advice doubters to start believing,  because there is a possibility they can do it this season.

[wakier]

For me, at this moment it's difficult to predict how Real Madrid's game will turn out, because in my opinion they're playing badly, but even so, at least they're winning the league, and that's strange. It's something that doesn't convince, but they get results You don't see that greatness, that explosiveness that Real Madrid has instead , you see them playing poorly I just want Real Madrid to play better and win.

The game determines a lot for Real Madrid, they can't afford to lose against Benfica, there is less worry about the match. What will be the round of 16 without Real Madrid among those who made it there? Real Madrid are going to play in any of the finals, either ending their way at the quarter or semi final, i don't think they are capable of winning the Champions League, not with this performance.

Without Real Madrid in the round of 16, of course, there is a lack of competition in UCL, it becomes not exciting without Real Madrid because this club has become an important icon in the UCL competition, so Real Madrid needs to fight hard to defeat Benfica no matter what, although previously Real Madrid was defeated by Benfica, I am sure that in this playoff round, Real Madrid will not lose easily because they have learned from previous mistakes. Real Madrid needs to improve their fast attack but still balance with a strong defense, not leaving a gap open so that Benfica has difficulty scoring a goal against Real Madrid.

[pewboy]

Don't forget that there's also Galaterssary who are Turkish champion and current leaders of the Turkish league facing juventus in the playoffs, that game for me is going to be a very tricky tie of the playoffs.

Exactly on paper and with statistics, we can talk endlessly and make assumptions, but the teams left now all intend to give their all to achieve victory.
Everyone has an interest in winning this coveted cup, Atletico Madrid will not be constant, but be careful that if they find their opponent's weak point they can hit hard.
The Gala match against Juve will be complicated to predict, a prediction now is too premature.

[dezoel]

examples of the best striker performances we have seen in the champions league in recent years include benzema in 2022 and lewandowski in 2020. looking at these examples, lewandowski, for instance, almost single-handedly carried his team to the final in 2020. he scored in every match except the final and played a direct role in winning most of them. benzema also had incredible matches where he scored the goals that took real madrid through to the next round.

in both of these examples, the player has an indispensable role for the team, regardless of the number of goals they score. mbappé scored a lot of goals for madrid, but what really matters are the goals that get you through the round, the goals that lift your team up. if you can't score in important matches, your position can be filled.

It's important for a team that their striker scores, but it's even more important to know who they have scored against. If you have scored against a team that was bottom of your group (specially in old groups) and scored 5-8 goals against them, and then didn't help at all which will be still showing your score a lot but it won't matter.

This is why I think Benzema was the most important one, dude scored at the most important moments and brought the title for them and got the Ballon D'or for it.

[Cossyblack]

It's true that Real Madrid is a team that can do whatever it wants and I am not surprised if they get through to the next round. They have a grit and determination that few teams have, although Benfica, with what happened last time, isn't sure they'll keep us waiting and will play without trying. In fact, it will be tough.

Real Madrid is a champions league team,I think they would make it to the next round. Real Madrid has much champions league experience more than any other teams in the playoffs. Real Madrid won't depend on skills but they will  also use experience to make it out of the playoffs. However real madrid should make it out of the playoffs given their years of experience playing in the UEFA champions League.

[landheer]

The game determines a lot for Real Madrid, they can't afford to lose against Benfica, there is less worry about the match. What will be the round of 16 without Real Madrid among those who made it there? Real Madrid are going to play in any of the finals, either ending their way at the quarter or semi final, i don't think they are capable of winning the Champions League, not with this performance.

It would be a real shame if Real Madrid didn't advance to the round of 16. They usually always advance, and I remember them winning numerous Champions League trophies. So, yes, Real Madrid can't afford to lose against Benfica if they want to advance to the round of 16. However, Real Madrid's performance isn't as good as it has been in previous seasons, as evidenced by their loss to Benfica in their last UCL match.

But somehow, I have a feeling Real Madrid will be able to advance to the round of 16. If Real Madrid doesn't advance, many Real Madrid fans will be disappointed, as they're not used to Real Madrid failing to advance. With only a few days left until the match, I can't wait to see it. Mourinho will certainly try to lead Benfica to the round of 16, and Arbeloa will have to be prepared to counter Mourinho's strategy.

[Roseline492]

It would be a real shame if Real Madrid didn't advance to the round of 16. They usually always advance, and I remember them winning numerous Champions League trophies. So, yes, Real Madrid can't afford to lose against Benfica if they want to advance to the round of 16. However, Real Madrid's performance isn't as good as it has been in previous seasons, as evidenced by their loss to Benfica in their last UCL match.

But somehow, I have a feeling Real Madrid will be able to advance to the round of 16. If Real Madrid doesn't advance, many Real Madrid fans will be disappointed, as they're not used to Real Madrid failing to advance. With only a few days left until the match, I can't wait to see it. Mourinho will certainly try to lead Benfica to the round of 16, and Arbeloa will have to be prepared to counter Mourinho's strategy.

Round of 16 is a place that real Madrid doesn't fought hard to be but to this round it became hard, Benfica was there way to round of 16 qualifier and they're still going to be from the play off, Benfica just use them for another trial to the round of 16 because they would have not had any chance if it was real Madrid who won them. So they have two chance to play themselves any team that won qualified, could Benfica actually do it once more?, there glory on real Madrid isn't something of dependant in believing of Benfica to have another wining. Real Madrid has come to were they just have one opportunity to either leave or stay.

[giorgione]

Now it is not difficult to break Ronaldo record as the top scorer in the UCL competition for each season, maybe even at the beginning of the UCL phase it can be broken, that's because the UCL format is now different from before, now there are more matches that allow Mbappe or anyone to score as many goals as possible, it is not even difficult to score more than 20 goals if a team's performance is at its best.

the pace and the levels that these teams are reaching is impressive and i think that the players have also increased in level and this can be seen when there are players who do these numbers even after there are all these records to beat they are always there and always score mbappe it is impressive really impressive.

[cande86]

Michael Carrick has some coaching experience; he was assistant coach to Jose Mourinho at Manchester United from the 2018/19 to the 2021/22 season.

Afterwards, he became manager of Middlesbrough (becoming head coach in the 2022-2025 season). This happened after he had been interim manager of Manchester United for a month in the 2021/22 season when Ole Gunnar Solskjær was sacked.  

Currently, from what I see, the Manchester United management will wait for the season to end to see how he performs before making a decision on whether or not to sign him permanently.

I particularly like Michael Carrick and he seems to have a very strong style that seems to me to be very similar to Jose Mourinho from the football style that the team is adopting but he is certainly playing well and this is what matters most, the thing that all the fans expected after such a long time, certainly very good for now.

[Uhde]

Michael Carrick has some coaching experience; he was assistant coach to Jose Mourinho at Manchester United from the 2018/19 to the 2021/22 season.

Afterwards, he became manager of Middlesbrough (becoming head coach in the 2022-2025 season). This happened after he had been interim manager of Manchester United for a month in the 2021/22 season when Ole Gunnar Solskjær was sacked.  

Currently, from what I see, the Manchester United management will wait for the season to end to see how he performs before making a decision on whether or not to sign him permanently.

I particularly like Michael Carrick and he seems to have a very strong style that seems to me to be very similar to Jose Mourinho from the football style that the team is adopting but he is certainly playing well and this is what matters most, the thing that all the fans expected after such a long time, certainly very good for now.

no matter what happens, Carrick is the man who brought United so close to a 5 game winning streak after all these months and years. i don't think he will stay for the long term but he reminded us that football is simple, and the hardest part is playing it simple.

[Oluwa-btc]

I have found a data like this on Champions League social media. Ronaldo has been maintaining being the one with the highest number of goals in a season since 2000.

Those years were really incredible of course. 17 goals record has looked not easy to be broken since then. But now Mbappe is getting there...

13 goals in league phase already! He needs 5 more goals and considering they have a high chance to eliminate Benfica he can do it!

I can vividly recall Cristiano Ronaldo scoring the double against Bayern Munich breaking Lionel Messi's 15 goal record and went on to the next round and finals to make it 17th.  It always been a great one to be Ronaldo fan, but I loved everything about that new record made.

Kylian Mbappe can get this done but he has to score two goals against Benfica of which the Jose Mourinho I know will definitely want to see him tamed down. He's now a goal machine and not easy to stop, only intelligent and smart defenders can have him frustrated. Breaking his idols record will be a dream. He is worth it.

[changaa]

Every team definitely wants a title, especially a team as big as Arsenal and of course they will be very focused and ready for the tight match schedule, but indeed the issue of performance consistency has continued to be a problem for Arsenal in the last few seasons and we don't know if this season can be resolved by Arteta, but what is certain is that Arsenal this season is stronger than the previous season so they cannot be underestimated, but they cannot be too favored either.

Arsenal are a bit hesitant because they are rightly doing a huge job and they don't want to lose all the work they have done up to now, clearly these players, the coach and the club know well that the problem will certainly be to be careful not to lose all the good they have done up to now.

[Dzwaafu11]

The game determines a lot for Real Madrid, they can't afford to lose against Benfica, there is less worry about the match. What will be the round of 16 without Real Madrid among those who made it there? Real Madrid are going to play in any of the finals, either ending their way at the quarter or semi final, i don't think they are capable of winning the Champions League, not with this performance.

It's true that Real Madrid is a team that can do whatever it wants and I am not surprised if they get through to the next round. They have a grit and determination that few teams have, although Benfica, with what happened last time, isn't sure they'll keep us waiting and will play without trying. In fact, it will be tough.

Sure. Benfica is not playing and anything can happen, but we can’t really assure them yet, because  this is a very important match for Real Madrid to win the game. So definitely we should be expecting something good from Real Madrid, we know they can’t afford to lose this match, and Befinca will want to do everything to see that they win the match against Real Madrid. We will see then, too much of prediction is not what I love doing this season. I love seeing result.

[banana33]

I think they have a pretty good chance just to qualify. So far, the managerial change has been quite effective, and if this continues, then qualifying for Europe will definitely happen. But currently, the league still has many matches left, which means Carrick will face a lot of problems, although right now Man United doesn’t have a tight schedule, so they can just focus on the EPL. But everything is still a mystery; let’s wait and see, and at the end of the season we will see how they will finish.

The change of coach has meant that this team can put itself in a position to do very well. Carrick is an excellent coach and what he is doing so far attests to his competence, which is something that has clearly been missing in the last period of the management of this team. Now there will be a rebirth of the club.

[BlackBoss_]

I have found a data like this on Champions League social media. Ronaldo has been maintaining being the one with the highest number of goals in a season since 2000.

Those years were really incredible of course. 17 goals record has looked not easy to be broken since then. But now Mbappe is getting there...

13 goals in league phase already! He needs 5 more goals and considering they have a high chance to eliminate Benfica he can do it!

Mbappe with his goal in a last league phase match with Benfica already broke a record of Ronaldo as a best scorer in UEFA Champions League league phase. He will need to score some more goals to break Ronaldo's record of a best scorer in a Champions League season of all time, and this possibility will depend on how far Real Madrid goes in this season.

If Real Madrid can beat Benfica in two playoff matches and go to later phases of Champions League, Mbappe will have very good opportunity to break Ronaldo's record and make a new one, that perhaps will only be surpassed by himself or Erling Haaland in coming seasons. Mbappe is a very goal productive player and by playing for Real Madrid, he has become a beast in Champions League but a best scorer award is only a personal award while his biggest aim is Champions League title that is his reason for a departure from PSG two seasons ago.

[$weetne$$]

I have found a data like this on Champions League social media. Ronaldo has been maintaining being the one with the highest number of goals in a season since 2000.

Those years were really incredible of course. 17 goals record has looked not easy to be broken since then. But now Mbappe is getting there...

13 goals in league phase already! He needs 5 more goals and considering they have a high chance to eliminate Benfica he can do it!

I can vividly recall Cristiano Ronaldo scoring the double against Bayern Munich breaking Lionel Messi's 15 goal record and went on to the next round and finals to make it 17th.  It always been a great one to be Ronaldo fan, but I loved everything about that new record made.

Kylian Mbappe can get this done but he has to score two goals against Benfica of which the Jose Mourinho I know will definitely want to see him tamed down. He's now a goal machine and not easy to stop, only intelligent and smart defenders can have him frustrated. Breaking his idols record will be a dream. He is worth it.

Currently Mbappe stands as one of the very potential player to hit that Ronaldo record in the champions league, the Benfica game is not the only one there is for Madrid I they eventually get pass this play off stage, they will have chance for other fixtures which will inturn be an opportunity for Mbappe to gwt more goals to his record and possibly beat that which has been set by Ronaldo.