UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

I think Atletico Madrid can beat Club Brugge in the second leg because, with a draw in the first leg, Atletico Madrid only needs a win by any score in the second leg to advance to the Champions League round of 16. Moreover, Atletico Madrid is playing at home in the second leg, and Diego Simeone will field his best squad in the second leg to secure a victory in front of his fans. Furthermore, Atletico Madrid also performs strongly when playing at home. Therefore, it shouldn't be too difficult for Atletico Madrid to beat Club Brugge in the second leg.

In terms of quality it may be true that Atletico Madrid can beat Club Brugge in the second leg, but there is no guarantee because in the first leg they were only able to draw and Atletico Madrid themselves sometimes did not play consistently so it was difficult to analyze the match. Even though in the second leg Atletico Madrid are slightly more favored because the match will take place at home, Atletico Madrid also needs to be wary of Club Brugge because otherwise Club Brugge could give them an unexpected surprise. Victory is very important for Atletico Madrid to ensure the next step in the Champions League and Diego Simeone must really do his best in the second leg.

[Docnaster]

Real Madrid may indeed appear to have the advantage as the home team in the second leg of the match against benfica. however, Benfica's current coach is very familiar with Real Madrid and knows how to play against them at their home ground. i think the match could be more intense than the first leg. However, I personally still believe that Real Madrid will remain the favorites no matter what. I am also confident that Real Madrid will win the match with at least two goals scored. however, a draw would still be advantageous for Real Madrid. as they already hold a one goal aggregate lead from the first leg.

Whether Real Madrid is home or not, we all know how shaky they use to be when coming up against stronger opponents. The upcoming second leg against Benfica is not going to be an easy one for Madrid, looking back at the first leg, benfica was competitive but Vini jr strike helped Madrid see off the first leg with a narrow win. Jose Mourinho is a well experienced coach, he also coached Madrid back then, he will not lie down coming up against them after all the drama we saw in the first leg, this second leg is a big test for Madrid. If Madrid approach this second leg like they did against Osasuna, then we know that their chances of having their 16th Champions league trophy is at risk, it won't certainly be a good thing for Real Madrid this season.

[Frankolala]

Real Madrid may indeed appear to have the advantage as the home team in the second leg of the match against benfica. however, Benfica's current coach is very familiar with Real Madrid and knows how to play against them at their home ground. i think the match could be more intense than the first leg. However, I personally still believe that Real Madrid will remain the favorites no matter what. I am also confident that Real Madrid will win the match with at least two goals scored. however, a draw would still be advantageous for Real Madrid. as they already hold a one goal aggregate lead from the first leg.

Whether Real Madrid is home or not, we all know how shaky they use to be when coming up against stronger opponents. The upcoming second leg against Benfica is not going to be an easy one for Madrid, looking back at the first leg, benfica was competitive but Vini jr strike helped Madrid see off the first leg with a narrow win. Jose Mourinho is a well experienced coach, he also coached Madrid back then, he will not lie down coming up against them after all the drama we saw in the first leg, this second leg is a big test for Madrid. If Madrid approach this second leg like they did against Osasuna, then we know that their chances of having their 16th Champions league trophy is at risk, it won't certainly be a good thing for Real Madrid this season.

Madrid still has a higher chance of winning the second leg match than Benfica. However, I'm worried that Real Madrid lost to Osasuna because if the game happens to be like that of Osasuna, it's gon be a big problem for Real Madrid to win the match. I still have big hope in Real Madrid that they will win the game.

[Zanab247]

If Benfica could have beaten Real Madrid 4-2 like in the first leg, I might have been hopeful for the return match. However, they lost to Real Madrid in Portugal, and Real Madrid are a team that protects its advantage very well. Also, two of their players will be back on the field for the next match. Therefore, I think Real Madrid can eliminate Benfica in the playoffs by maintaining their score advantage. Hopefully, Benfica will give us a good match and at least show us their best performance.

I think Benfica's victory in the previous match was due not only to Mourinho's decisions but also to luck, as the Benfica goalkeeper was in the right position to score. I think it would be difficult for Benfica to beat Real Madrid after their victory in Portugal. It would have been different if the match had ended in a draw. Perhaps Benfica would have had a chance. I doubt Benfica can repeat the same miracle as before. Real Madrid will secure their victory at the Bernabeu and advance to the next round. Yes, Real Madrid will play more defensively because they already have a goal advantage. Having a one-goal lead against Portugal means Real Madrid are under absolutely no pressure in the second leg.

This will be very difficult for Benfica although there is still a possibility for them since currently Benfica is only trailing by 1 goal on aggregate. However, the second leg will be played at Real Madrid's home, which makes everything so difficult for Benfica, especially since the Benfica team will not be accompanied by their new coach Jose Mourinho after receiving a red card in the first leg match.

I'm very confident in the second leg that Real Madrid will going to play in their home and they will not going to joke with that game in their home, because they know how to apply some strategies that will make Benfica to lose in the second leg game. If it come to champion league tournament it hard for Real Madrid to allow small club to lock them out from the tournament than to use what they know how to do best to secure goals that will make their opponent not to equalize till the end of the game.

Second leg game always make other clubs that lose in the first leg to prepare themselves when meeting their opponents in the second leg, because they know that anything that will make them lose in the second leg it will make them not to play the next game.

[Derekfunds]

Real Madrid may indeed appear to have the advantage as the home team in the second leg of the match against benfica. however, Benfica's current coach is very familiar with Real Madrid and knows how to play against them at their home ground. i think the match could be more intense than the first leg. However, I personally still believe that Real Madrid will remain the favorites no matter what. I am also confident that Real Madrid will win the match with at least two goals scored. however, a draw would still be advantageous for Real Madrid. as they already hold a one goal aggregate lead from the first leg.

Whether Real Madrid is home or not, we all know how shaky they use to be when coming up against stronger opponents. The upcoming second leg against Benfica is not going to be an easy one for Madrid, looking back at the first leg, benfica was competitive but Vini jr strike helped Madrid see off the first leg with a narrow win. Jose Mourinho is a well experienced coach, he also coached Madrid back then, he will not lie down coming up against them after all the drama we saw in the first leg, this second leg is a big test for Madrid. If Madrid approach this second leg like they did against Osasuna, then we know that their chances of having their 16th Champions league trophy is at risk, it won't certainly be a good thing for Real Madrid this season.

Madrid still has a higher chance of winning the second leg match than Benfica. However, I'm worried that Real Madrid lost to Osasuna because if the game happens to be like that of Osasuna, it's gon be a big problem for Real Madrid to win the match. I still have big hope in Real Madrid that they will win the game.

Benfica will be coming to Real Madrid's home and it is wrong or it will be wrong to judge Real Madrid with what they played against Osasuna yesterday because that is not how football is, a club can lose today and win tomorrow and a club can also win today and lose tomorrow that is why it is very hard to predict games. Based on record and history, Benfica use to be a tough team whenever they are playing Real Madrid and we can see how there last game ended, almost draw but Real Madrid don't joke with champions league regardless.

[Distraction]

By the way the updated top scorers table:



Mbappe still keeps his lead but he has a new opponent in the race for top scorer who is Gordon! He had an amazing performance against Qarabag with 4 goals. He doesn't score this many in the PL this season by the way.

However of course it's questionable how far Newcastle can go in the CL... So probably Mbappe will keep ahead of him comfortably. But there is still another leg in this round so I wonder if Gordon will be able to score more goals.

[Son Of Blockchain (SOB)]

Benfica will be coming to Real Madrid's home and it is wrong or it will be wrong to judge Real Madrid with what they played against Osasuna yesterday because that is not how football is, a club can lose today and win tomorrow and a club can also win today and lose tomorrow that is why it is very hard to predict games. Based on record and history, Benfica use to be a tough team whenever they are playing Real Madrid and we can see how there last game ended, almost draw but Real Madrid don't joke with champions league regardless.

Different tournaments requires different approach and the Champions League is a tournament that Real Madrid would barely joke with. They've already messed up this particular season and defeating Benfica when they meet again would be a good way of cleaning their mess and having their revenge as well.
 Well Real Madrid have already started the play-off with a win so their next meeting would be to seal the victory. Of course it going to be tough for Benfica in the Bernabeu cause Real Madrid won't want to destroy that good record they've maintained for years and be kicked out in the play-off.

[Ndabagi01]

In terms of quality it may be true that Atletico Madrid can beat Club Brugge in the second leg, but there is no guarantee because in the first leg they were only able to draw and Atletico Madrid themselves sometimes did not play consistently so it was difficult to analyze the match. Even though in the second leg Atletico Madrid are slightly more favored because the match will take place at home, Atletico Madrid also needs to be wary of Club Brugge because otherwise Club Brugge could give them an unexpected surprise. Victory is very important for Atletico Madrid to ensure the next step in the Champions League and Diego Simeone must really do his best in the second leg.

This season’s champions league has been filled with a lot of surprises, we have seen smaller teams coming up to beat bigger teams which in real sense they’ll not have a chance against them. This shows how competitive this season’s champions league competition has become and how this big teams needs to do better and not look down at smaller teams in this competition, they’ll most likely find it tough to prevail overall into the next round of the competition.

Looking down on any team now should not be what any team would be doing now because if they do that, they may be caught unexpectedly and lose the game when they least expected it. Atletico Madrid needs to show a more aggressive performance in this second leg, or they’ll not get it easy to win against Club Brugge. The draw they had will make them have more confidence that they can beat Atletico Madrid in the second leg.

[eightdots]

Benfica will be coming to Real Madrid's home and it is wrong or it will be wrong to judge Real Madrid with what they played against Osasuna yesterday because that is not how football is, a club can lose today and win tomorrow and a club can also win today and lose tomorrow that is why it is very hard to predict games. Based on record and history, Benfica use to be a tough team whenever they are playing Real Madrid and we can see how there last game ended, almost draw but Real Madrid don't joke with champions league regardless.

Different tournaments requires different approach and the Champions League is a tournament that Real Madrid would barely joke with. They've already messed up this particular season and defeating Benfica when they meet again would be a good way of cleaning their mess and having their revenge as well.
 Well Real Madrid have already started the play-off with a win so their next meeting would be to seal the victory. Of course it going to be tough for Benfica in the Bernabeu cause Real Madrid won't want to destroy that good record they've maintained for years and be kicked out in the play-off.

Real Madrid sometimes gets unexpected results in matches and struggles to correct this problem. They won't want to make mistakes in the Champions League, so referring to their league performance might not be accurate. Real Madrid is always a strong contender in the Champions League and consistently performs at their best against all their opponents.

Winning the first leg gave them a significant advantage. If they can take the lead, they can play a more comfortable match because their opponents will be attacking to score, leaving gaps in their defense.

[puloweh555]

Real Madrid may indeed appear to have the advantage as the home team in the second leg of the match against benfica. however, Benfica's current coach is very familiar with Real Madrid and knows how to play against them at their home ground. i think the match could be more intense than the first leg. However, I personally still believe that Real Madrid will remain the favorites no matter what. I am also confident that Real Madrid will win the match with at least two goals scored. however, a draw would still be advantageous for Real Madrid. as they already hold a one goal aggregate lead from the first leg.

Whether Real Madrid is home or not, we all know how shaky they use to be when coming up against stronger opponents. The upcoming second leg against Benfica is not going to be an easy one for Madrid, looking back at the first leg, benfica was competitive but Vini jr strike helped Madrid see off the first leg with a narrow win. Jose Mourinho is a well experienced coach, he also coached Madrid back then, he will not lie down coming up against them after all the drama we saw in the first leg, this second leg is a big test for Madrid. If Madrid approach this second leg like they did against Osasuna, then we know that their chances of having their 16th Champions league trophy is at risk, it won't certainly be a good thing for Real Madrid this season.

Benfica certainly came to Real Madrid with great motivation especially since they only conceded one goal in the first leg, so they still had hope of turning things around. Furthermore, Madrid had just experienced a very disappointing match losing to Osasuna in La Liga which dropped them to second place. If Real Madrid played the same game as they did against Osasuna, I doubt they could win. The mistake against Osasuna, Albeloa poor substitution decision led to the late goal.

I was initially confident that the second leg would be easy for Real Madrid but after losing to Osasuna, I have doubts. Madrid might win but it won't be easy, there's so much drama and the match is guaranteed to be fierce. Benfica, although confident after their domestic league win, face the second leg without their coach after receiving a red card in the first leg. So, I think this match is easy for Madrid, but also easy for Benfica a draw is possible in the second leg.

[Alphie12]

By the way the updated top scorers table:



Mbappe still keeps his lead but he has a new opponent in the race for top scorer who is Gordon! He had an amazing performance against Qarabag with 4 goals. He doesn't score this many in the PL this season by the way.

However of course it's questionable how far Newcastle can go in the CL... So probably Mbappe will keep ahead of him comfortably. But there is still another leg in this round so I wonder if Gordon will be able to score more goals.

i dont still understand why playoffs goals are counted in top goal scorers

[Minor Miner]

Madrid still has a higher chance of winning the second leg match than Benfica. However, I'm worried that Real Madrid lost to Osasuna because if the game happens to be like that of Osasuna, it's gon be a big problem for Real Madrid to win the match. I still have big hope in Real Madrid that they will win the game.

Real Madrid's performance is not stable. Madrid won at Benfica's home. But they won the match by 1-0. If madrid could have won  2-0 they would have been somewhat in the safe zone .

Madrid are clear favorites at the Bernabeu. But even then, if they don't play well, they have no chance of winning. Let's not forget Real Madrid lost 4-2 against benfica a few days ago. So if Madrid make any mistake or fail to perform well they are likely to lose. Madrid's performance against Osasuna was not good. And that's why it becomes more difficult for madrid to secure a win against Benfica.

[Mayor of ogba]

Winning against Barcelona 4-0 but then having these type of games is definitely showing how Atletico Madrid is a team that is not doing that well on consistency.

Club Brugge shouldn't have been a problem for them and yet they are still not doing that well, first game was a 3-3 tie, and now they are going to play at home so expectations for them to win this one is a lot higher, I think there is a good chance that they could do a lot of wonders, that should be something to care. I get that it's not an easy task yet, but it's still something quite good and I think it should be something to look out for.

Atletico Madrid should have won Club Brugge because they have a better team than Club Brugge, but I am not surprised Club Brugge and Atletico Madrid couldn't be separated in their Champions League playoffs match because even Barcelona couldn't win Club Brugge on their home ground, they played 3-3. But in the second leg of Atletico Madrid and Club Brugge match on Tuesday, Atletico Madrid will beat Club Brugge because they are playing on their home and home advantage will help them to have full control of the match, which will make Club Brugge to be powerless at Riyadh Air Metropolitano.

[AGogi2003]

By the way the updated top scorers table:



Mbappe still keeps his lead but he has a new opponent in the race for top scorer who is Gordon! He had an amazing performance against Qarabag with 4 goals. He doesn't score this many in the PL this season by the way.

However of course it's questionable how far Newcastle can go in the CL... So probably Mbappe will keep ahead of him comfortably. But there is still another leg in this round so I wonder if Gordon will be able to score more goals.

Mbappe is a goal machine and he will continue scoring more goals in the Champions League, last game against Benfica he didn't get the opportunity to score and the second leg will be this week and that will be another opportunity to for Mbappe to scored more goals in the Champions League. Newcastle are still struggling and with how they are playing in the Premier League this season I don't think if Newcastle will go far from the ucl this season. Gordon is trying and I don't show if he can overtake Mbappe for goals scorer in the ucl this time around. Let see how the second leg will goes against Real Madrid or Benfica, we will know who will achieve the victory and qualify to the next round of them Ucl competition.

[mvdheuvel1983]

By the way the updated top scorers table:



Mbappe still keeps his lead but he has a new opponent in the race for top scorer who is Gordon! He had an amazing performance against Qarabag with 4 goals. He doesn't score this many in the PL this season by the way.

However of course it's questionable how far Newcastle can go in the CL... So probably Mbappe will keep ahead of him comfortably. But there is still another leg in this round so I wonder if Gordon will be able to score more goals.

Gordon has more chances of scoring more goals against Qarabag in England when they host them in the second leg so he's expected to utilize the advantage to score more goals then hope for the Newcastle team to meet and easy opponent in the next round while Real Madrid hopes to qualify head of Benfica to enable Mbappe to continue scoring more goals so that at the end he could be winning the golden boot in the champions League. Between Mbappe and Gordon any of them who makes it to the semi finals is likely going to finish as top scorer but Mbappe has more opportunity because of the number of his goals and the team he's representing.

[Jegileman]

By the way the updated top scorers table:



Mbappe still keeps his lead but he has a new opponent in the race for top scorer who is Gordon! He had an amazing performance against Qarabag with 4 goals. He doesn't score this many in the PL this season by the way.

However of course it's questionable how far Newcastle can go in the CL... So probably Mbappe will keep ahead of him comfortably. But there is still another leg in this round so I wonder if Gordon will be able to score more goals.

Gordon’s will not be a top contender for this category with Mbappe. Even if they get to qualify and pass through this stage to the next round of the competition, I doubt if he can actually pull up something tangible, he’ll not be able to pull up anything spectacular against Mbappe who is a villain in this category.

Newcastle may be faced with more tougher teams that will not even give Gordon’s a chance to actually peak in the game by even scoring any goals. As far as I’m concerned, the top category of the top goal scorer still remains undefeated and Mbappe will win it as long as they’re still in the champions league and their journey here hasn’t ended. He is a replica of Cristiano Ronaldo, so we should expect such from him in this competition.

[Dump3er]

By the way the updated top scorers table:



Mbappe still keeps his lead but he has a new opponent in the race for top scorer who is Gordon! He had an amazing performance against Qarabag with 4 goals. He doesn't score this many in the PL this season by the way.

However of course it's questionable how far Newcastle can go in the CL... So probably Mbappe will keep ahead of him comfortably. But there is still another leg in this round so I wonder if Gordon will be able to score more goals.

I think that this golden shoe has already been decided on because if Newcastle United goes to the next round, which I think they will for sure do or it would be UCL history if Qarabag wins by +4 goals... But regardless of that, I doubt that Gordon would score another 4 to 5 goals to at least have a chance against Mbappe. He isn't done yet and if Real Madrid doesn't get eliminated either in this round or in the next round, it is quite likely that Mbappe will still add a couple of ore goals.

[$weetne$$]

Benfica will be coming to Real Madrid's home and it is wrong or it will be wrong to judge Real Madrid with what they played against Osasuna yesterday because that is not how football is, a club can lose today and win tomorrow and a club can also win today and lose tomorrow that is why it is very hard to predict games. Based on record and history, Benfica use to be a tough team whenever they are playing Real Madrid and we can see how there last game ended, almost draw but Real Madrid don't joke with champions league regardless.

Asides the loosing today and winning tomorrow, these are two different leagues, so we cannot be making comparisons based on the other as it relates to this, I know some of these does have psychological effects but champions league is not same as domestic league, you cannot be making the comparisons as it will be giving different results as there are teams with priorities and so I have seen some teams do well in the domestic league and not do well in the champions league, the reverse can also be the case.

[Abdulzuruku01]

Madrid still has a higher chance of winning the second leg match than Benfica. However, I'm worried that Real Madrid lost to Osasuna because if the game happens to be like that of Osasuna, it's gon be a big problem for Real Madrid to win the match. I still have big hope in Real Madrid that they will win the game.

But I hope you know Real Madrid struggled before they were lucky to score one goal against Benfica in the first league. In my opinion, they both still have the equal chance of winning. Real Madrid played messed with Osasuna in the laliga match,where they lost 2-1 and if they don't correct their mistakes they won't go anywhere in the champions league. I might agree with you that Real Madrid has the better chance to advance in the second league than Benfica because Jose Mourinho won't stand on the coaching line due to his red card which I'm very sure it will likely affect their game.

[Creeper0]

Madrid still has a higher chance of winning the second leg match than Benfica. However, I'm worried that Real Madrid lost to Osasuna because if the game happens to be like that of Osasuna, it's gon be a big problem for Real Madrid to win the match. I still have big hope in Real Madrid that they will win the game.

But I hope you know Real Madrid struggled before they were lucky to score one goal against Benfica in the first league. In my opinion, they both still have the equal chance of winning. Real Madrid played messed with Osasuna in the laliga match,where they lost 2-1 and if they don't correct their mistakes they won't go anywhere in the champions league. I might agree with you that Real Madrid has the better chance to advance in the second league than Benfica because Jose Mourinho won't stand on the coaching line due to his red card which I'm very sure it will likely affect their game.

I will keep this match out of my betting list, the second leg is a good match for Real Madrid. But I see a big risk in this match. Benfica can turn the game around in any direction. Real Madrid's form is not good enough for tough matches, they need to be more polished to be confident in these matches. But Real Madrid's recent form is in doubt, doing well in some leagues and very badly in others.