UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season

[Donneski]

The 2nd leg games are near. Here is the fixtures!



The 4 games above are going to be played tomorrow. The 4 below are on Wednesday. I think all the clubs - except Bodø/Glimt - that won the 1st leg will advance. Among the remaining ones, I believe Atletico and Inter will also make it!

Inter have a more difficult job on paper. But Bodø/Glimt is really not a club that they can't beat by at least a 2-goal difference at home. I respect their win at home of course.

But the conditions of their pitch can't also be overlooked. It gives them an advantage against clubs that aren't used to playing on artificial turf.  

The second leg of these round of 16 games are gonna be epic. I want to see how Inter Milan will be able to get past Bodo/Glimt after trailing by 2 goals in the first leg.

Will Atletico Madrid be overpower Club Brugge?

Juventus after a 2:5 defeat at Galatasaray will also be hoping for a miracle to overturn the deficits.

While my darling Real Madrid will want to finish up with what they said started last week.

I'm all in and ready to enjoy every bit of it.

[Amphenomenon]

Juventus after a 2:5 defeat at Galatasaray will also be hoping for a miracle to overturn the deficits.

I don't think they can do anything in this game, getting three or more past Galatasaray without them scoring will be difficult with the current Juventus team which is far from the Old Lady's we knew who were more consistent and perform far better.

I expect both teams to score and if Juve are not careful Galatasaray might get an home and away win. It is not like Galatasaray are really consistent in UEFA competition and to be honest I have been impressed by their performance thus far.

[GbitG]

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I believe that Benfica will go to the Bernabeu to play the game of their lives. They are already one goal down, but the feat could be achievable if they attack their opponents right from the start. Playing with the hope of scoring a goal at the end of the game puts a strain on Benfica's defence, which will have to work overtime throughout the match.
That said, however, I don't think Real Madrid will just sit back and watch their opponents.

Definitely Benfica will try all of his like they will used all of his best efforts to qualify himself for the UEFA Champions League. First leg was finishing as one goal lead and honestly one goal is big deal. Real Madrid already just dropping his quality at league competition and probably due to this  their the quality at UEFA champions league also can be affected. Jose Mourinho will try all of hai best to get a comeback and scored more goal to qualify himself for UEFA champions league round of 16.....

Jose Mourinho is very clever coach and I think he will try something different to stop the Real Madrid as well as break their defense with fast transition. Previously he used fast build up like when Real Madrid try attack they just simply put deep defensive press in then and when they lose the lose the Benfica players try to run for quick transition passes.

So maybe this time they also used the same methodology.....

[Tonimez]

Juventus after a 2:5 defeat at Galatasaray will also be hoping for a miracle to overturn the deficits.

I don't think they can do anything in this game, getting three or more past Galatasaray without them scoring will be difficult with the current Juventus team which is far from the Old Lady's we knew who were more consistent and perform far better.

I expect both teams to score and if Juve are not careful Galatasaray might get an home and away win. It is not like Galatasaray are really consistent in UEFA competition and to be honest I have been impressed by their performance thus far.

There's nothing this current Juventus team can do in this case. Back in the days of the bigger boys of Juventus, there could have been a hope but not this set of lazy rich kids. Galatasaray may end up beating Juve home and away. The Juventus team may not be so formidable, but the hunger for goal amongst their players now is so encouraging. The fighting spirit brought into the team by Victor Osimhen is top-notch. I hope Victor Osimhen scores in this second leg. Juventus team shocked their fans in the first leg. Coming from 2-1 lead to a 2-5 loss. The scoreline that would end up been their doom after the second leg which they could probably play a draw. Let me predict the score line to be at 2-2 final score.

[Nheer]

Juventus after a 2:5 defeat at Galatasaray will also be hoping for a miracle to overturn the deficits.

I don't think they can do anything in this game, getting three or more past Galatasaray without them scoring will be difficult with the current Juventus team which is far from the Old Lady's we knew who were more consistent and perform far better.

I expect both teams to score and if Juve are not careful Galatasaray might get an home and away win. It is not like Galatasaray are really consistent in UEFA competition and to be honest I have been impressed by their performance thus far.

Nothing can be done in this game only a miracle can save them. They don't look like a team capable of turning around the result, they don't have the caliber of players capable of turning into around or performing the impossible.
I think the game is already gone, losing 2-5 at home was not supposed to happen, they were supposed to be stronger at home so if they can lose with that margin then I doubt if they can do anything when they go to Turkey. Galatasaray are always a serious team and they get even more serious when they play the champions league so I don't think they will ever want to misuse this opportunity now.
Juventus are inconsistent nowadays so I even expect a win from Galatasaray or a draw since they are the home team or better still I expect they don't lose on aggregate.

[EL MOHA]

There's nothing this current Juventus team can do in this case. Back in the days of the bigger boys of Juventus, there could have been a hope but not this set of lazy rich kids. Galatasaray may end up beating Juve home and away. The Juventus team may not be so formidable, but the hunger for goal amongst their players now is so encouraging. The fighting spirit brought into the team by Victor Osimhen is top-notch. I hope Victor Osimhen scores in this second leg. Juventus team shocked their fans in the first leg. Coming from 2-1 lead to a 2-5 loss. The scoreline that would end up been their doom after the second leg which they could probably play a draw. Let me predict the score line to be at 2-2 final score.

Seriously I agree with you concerning this Juventus team now, I think this is the proper time we should be addressing them with real name they are called which is the old ladies because they are actually riding on an old history and have been actually poor over the past fews years in my opinion. I would say this is seriously a very difficult game to turn over for them because it’s a whole a three goals deficit and actually those less goals deficit that we see over turn.

But yet again this is the champions league, even if we all agree that Juventus are just have been in their worst state since two three years now but I will say it is wrong ruling out any one turning a game over its head in the champions league. If the Turkish team can score five easily then juventus can return such favor too at their best performance

[Ale88]

UEFA is not done with the punishment, they are still doing their investigation which according to news will last up to 3 weeks before the investigations will be concluded, so the full punishment will be known when the full investigations are complete. This particular suspension is just to maintain normalcy in the upcoming match. Like Vinicius said in the statement he released after the incident happened, he said racists are cowards and I kind of agree with him. When the full investigations are completed I will be more than happy to hear the level of his sanctions.

UEFA is not doing enough efforts to stop such situations from happening. Many known players were victims of racism and slurs on them and their families. Zidane famous incident, Umtiti, Balotelli, Maignan and many others faced such situations at a point automatic forfeit was suggested and sanctions were done but their effect is not palpable. Fining the team or the player is not a solution. Firing him for a game or two is not a solution. I am talking about more severe sanctions, even firing him for 3 years or more or indefinitely if it was repeated once again.

By Zidane's famous incident are you talking about the headbutt? There was no racism involved, Materazzi "just" insulted his family. Could have he avoid it? Sure, but it's football, they offend each other all the time, if the referee has to suspend the game every time someone insults another player they would never play. Racism is a completely different thing.

Regarding Prestianni's case the case is still open and I'm not sure how they can actually prove anything because, if I recall correctly, the Argentinian was covering him mouth with his jersey so it's Vinicius' word against his. Anyway it's interesting to see how every time there is a discussion about racism Vinicius is involved. Luckily in the last years this type of episodes was extremely limited compared to the past, the only exception is Vinicius, I wonder why. I've never heard about racist comments about Rodrygo, Rudiger, Camavinga, Mendy, Mbappé, Real Madrid have plenty of Black players and yet the only one that complains all the time is just Vinicius.

[Tamaperdana]

As we all know,, Juventus lost to Galatasaray in the first leg with a huge score of 5-2. So,, it's clearly quite difficult for Juventus to turn things around in the second leg, which will be held tomorrow. Because currently, the goal difference between Juventus and Galatasaray is 3 goals, which is clearly a very large difference in my opinion. So,, looking at Juventus' current situation, I think their hopes of being able to turn things around will be very small. Because even though Juventus will be the host team in the second leg, I think Galatasaray will still perform well even though playing on their opponent's field. So,, for that reason, I think Galatasaray will have a great potential to qualify for the round of 16 this time.

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[SilverCryptoBullet]

As we all know,, Juventus lost to Galatasaray in the first leg with a huge score of 5-2. So,, it's clearly quite difficult for Juventus to turn things around in the second leg, which will be held tomorrow. Because currently, the goal difference between Juventus and Galatasaray is 3 goals, which is clearly a very large difference in my opinion. So,, looking at Juventus' current situation, I think their hopes of being able to turn things around will be very small. Because even though Juventus will be the host team in the second leg, I think Galatasaray will still perform well even though playing on their opponent's field. So,, for that reason, I think Galatasaray will have a great potential to qualify for the round of 16 this time.

It's terrible and unbelievable that Juventus lost too big like this in the first leg match, and they have to start a second leg match in Turin with a burden of not only beating Galatasaray but also winning this guest with at least three goal difference. It's truly a big challenge for Juventus as Galatasaray already shown their quality in the first match in Turkey, and they actually are aware of what they should do in the second match in Turin. They don't need to attack, just focus on defense and keep a clean sheet after the first half, which is important to make Juventus losing their patience and might open the midfield and defense areas in the second half for Galatasaray doing dangerous counter attacks.

Juventus if won't score a first goal too early in the first half, will have high risk of losing in the second half and end this playoff pair with a bigger aggregated result.

[harapan]

The 2nd leg games are near. Here is the fixtures!



The 4 games above are going to be played tomorrow. The 4 below are on Wednesday. I think all the clubs - except Bodø/Glimt - that won the 1st leg will advance. Among the remaining ones, I believe Atletico and Inter will also make it!

Inter have a more difficult job on paper. But Bodø/Glimt is really not a club that they can't beat by at least a 2-goal difference at home. I respect their win at home of course.

But the conditions of their pitch can't also be overlooked. It gives them an advantage against clubs that aren't used to playing on artificial turf.  

The Bodø game has been the most anticipated and we are to agitated to see what comes out of this particular game. They did well to get those numbers when they hosted Inter Milan now this should be history of they can knock them out fully. Pundits have predicted more than 3 goals to be scored with Inter Milan looking for goals but this young Bodø Glimt side will be super tough. I'm still rooting for Bodø to have Inter Milan removed completely tonight from the Champions league