UEFA Champions League 2026/27 Season

[Dzwaafu11]

Yes you're right, losing Pep Guardiola might make the league tougher for Manchester City next season, although Enzo Maresca want to follow Pep Guardiola coaching footsteps, but in my opinion it will be a very big challenge to match Pep Guardiola pattern. Enzo Maresca is luck to have a team full of talented players, i believe he can win trophies if he manage them well. Arsenal played a wonderful games this season but I'm concerned with their defensive tactics because i don't think that will work on their favour next season.

Arsenal, as i have said several times, in my humble opinion, are the strongest team in Europe at the moment.
Paris Saint-Germain only won on penalties, but honestly they were taking them.
They are two profoundly different teams, i see Paris Saint-Germain as water, fluid, adaptable.
While i see Arsenal as really rocky, very difficult to scratch.

I just believe if there is any changes Arteta will take correction before the start of the season. Next season is going to be another great season for Arsenal, they will make sure they do more than what they did last season.

Manchester City changed their new manager and I think their new coach need to take a while before he start giving their fans what they want, and I think before the players get use to the new coach pattern Arsenal will do the needful and and wake-up, let's see what Arteta will do.

[Berry2d]

Carrick has evolved Manchester United differently than the last two managers who handled the club, he may not have done this over a long period, but for the shortest of time he has been the manager, we can assume that Manchester United do have a future to compete for next season title race.

Let's observe his coaching from the start of the the season, and were it will end, he has potential of finishing top four.

Manchester United have do very great last season and before carrick come Manchester United have been strongly in the league competition even without playing any major competition but still struggling, but now that Manchester United change coach the club as start to do well and get the opportunity to qualify for the champions league next season. We will see if Manchester United can do well next season and win some trophies, since they didn’t get any chance to win last season but am sure with how they perform last time they can get some rewards next summer.

Many fans have been thinking that Manchester United problems is from coach but later they get new one we notice that the problem is not from the players and try change the manger everything is going well for the club let watch how they will perform.

Manchester united coming up to bag trophies next season is the easiest task I see for the reformed Manchester United i see now, if they could come out with this astonishing performance the way they did with limited players last season what do you think they will fo next season after they finish in the transfer market.
The Manchester united i see now is going to be among the strongest team in the world next season if only they can continue with the same spirit used to finish last season,  as for last season after Michael Carrick took over, they played with vision and dream of going home with something which I know would have come to reality assuming they starting very early.

[$weetne$$]

Arsenal didn't concede a goal and this made them a really strong team, in fact the trick for every team that wins is precisely this, trying to have a solid defense that allows you to concede a few goals, but few people understand this, lately i see a lot of teams that are strong in attack but concede a lot of goals.

It's a smart move for every team to work very hard on their defense because no matter how strong a team is with their attack, if the defense is not solid, they won't go far with their strides. So my advice to every team out there is they should invest in their defense as much as they are working on their attack, you may have a very strong attack to make goals for you but ones the defense is poor, all the efforts which have been made by the attack will be redicled by the defense with conceded goals. It is just like someone who builds a house to some level and the foundation which will hold the house is poor. The effect of such planning will result to a collapse of the building at the end of it.

The defense of every team is an essential part of every team that should  be given all the attention that it can be given, because if it is weak, then the opponent can always score goals to cancel the ones the team had scored. But then it is very important to balance  the team as much as possible and not place all of the attention on a particular part of the tram alone and allow the trst suffer.

[disbil]

It's a smart move for every team to work very hard on their defense because no matter how strong a team is with their attack, if the defense is not solid, they won't go far with their strides. So my advice to every team out there is they should invest in their defense as much as they are working on their attack, you may have a very strong attack to make goals for you but ones the defense is poor, all the efforts which have been made by the attack will be redicled by the defense with conceded goals. It is just like someone who builds a house to some level and the foundation which will hold the house is poor. The effect of such planning will result to a collapse of the building at the end of it.

Arsenal have good defense last season and success reached the final round, but in the football modern era nowadays having good defense only not enough without good attacking. Arsenal's weakness in this season because not balance yet between defense and attacking almost playing negative football full defense after leading awhile his they shown at Champion League final match.

Next season if want to perform well in Champion League and have possibility become the champion I think Arsenal not only focus for defense only but how to play well with attacking, many creativities from Mikel Arteta strategies for scoring goals and Arsenal not fully relying from set piece exactly relying from corner kick only to score goal.

[Qhunman]

The defense of every team is an essential part of every team that should  be given all the attention that it can be given, because if it is weak, then the opponent can always score goals to cancel the ones the team had scored. But then it is very important to balance  the team as much as possible and not place all of the attention on a particular part of the tram alone and allow the trst suffer.

When a teams don't have a strong defence they will  concede goals all the times and they could easily be defeated. Defence should be given full attention because if you don't do so it would be hard for your team to perform well in their games. Without a strong defence, the team would still appear weak even if they have quality players. A good coach will ensure the defense and attacks is both strengthening.

[Felicity_Tide]

I just believe if there is any changes Arteta will take correction before the start of the season. Next season is going to be another great season for Arsenal, they will make sure they do more than what they did last season.

Manchester City changed their new manager and I think their new coach need to take a while before he start giving their fans what they want, and I think before the players get use to the new coach pattern Arsenal will do the needful and and wake-up, let's see what Arteta will do.

If there is one true fact about Arsenal under Mikel Arteta, it is the fact that they keep making progress seasons after seasons, especially in the UEFA Champions league. They keep getting close, even though it kept ending in disappointment, but with such level of consistency their time will surely come. We saw them replicating something similar in the English premier League, after 3 consecutive years of trying.

I think what they have to do at this point, is to make a few adjustments in their attack. It's quite unfortunate that they're no too many available quality forwards in the market. Strengthening their attack is likely to put them in a good position to compete for next season's UCL.

[dzonikg28]

I just believe if there is any changes Arteta will take correction before the start of the season. Next season is going to be another great season for Arsenal, they will make sure they do more than what they did last season.

Manchester City changed their new manager and I think their new coach need to take a while before he start giving their fans what they want, and I think before the players get use to the new coach pattern Arsenal will do the needful and and wake-up, let's see what Arteta will do.

If there is one true fact about Arsenal under Mikel Arteta, it is the fact that they keep making progress seasons after seasons, especially in the UEFA Champions league. They keep getting close, even though it kept ending in disappointment, but with such level of consistency their time will surely come. We saw them replicating something similar in the English premier League, after 3 consecutive years of trying.

I think what they have to do at this point, is to make a few adjustments in their attack. It's quite unfortunate that they're no too many available quality forwards in the market. Strengthening their attack is likely to put them in a good position to compete for next season's UCL.

If you are referring to the results, it is true, but they have played a better season in the Premier League before. When they ended the season with 89 points and Manchester City had 91 points, it was Arsenal's best season until today. In the Champions League they did have their best result in a long time, but many small things worked out for them. It was many small details that could have ended otherwise, but it was in their favor. It will now take some time to get a first impression of how good they are in the upcoming season. Last season it was impressive as they had amazing defensive statistics and didn't lose a single match or not even draw a single match in the league stage. They can't do it any better and whether or not they win the final some time soon, it also includes quite a lot of luck and it is not all about performance.

[G_Besar]

The defense of every team is an essential part of every team that should  be given all the attention that it can be given, because if it is weak, then the opponent can always score goals to cancel the ones the team had scored. But then it is very important to balance  the team as much as possible and not place all of the attention on a particular part of the tram alone and allow the trst suffer.

All coaches know that every line of the team must be equally strong to achieve balance in any area. And yes, as you said, it's true that teams must focus on other areas besides defense, although they shouldn't be neglected either. As we saw with Arsenal, whose defense is indeed very strong, the team failed to win the Champions League, which they could have won had they not defended so well in last season's Champions League final.

[Daniel91]

The defense of every team is an essential part of every team that should  be given all the attention that it can be given, because if it is weak, then the opponent can always score goals to cancel the ones the team had scored. But then it is very important to balance  the team as much as possible and not place all of the attention on a particular part of the tram alone and allow the trst suffer.

All coaches know that every line of the team must be equally strong to achieve balance in any area. And yes, as you said, it's true that teams must focus on other areas besides defense, although they shouldn't be neglected either. As we saw with Arsenal, whose defense is indeed very strong, the team failed to win the Champions League, which they could have won had they not defended so well in last season's Champions League final.

Realistically, Arsenal could not have played differently in the final because there was an obvious difference in the quality of the teams.
Their only strategy that could have led them to victory was a solid and organized defense and fast counterattacks and that strategy was very successful for the first 65 minutes of the final match.
PSG was powerless and ineffective in attack and Arsenal was leading 1:0 and was close to winning.
However, 1 small mistake and deconcentration in the Arsenal defense brought PSG back into the game and there was no going back in the match for Arsenal.
I agree, defense is very important for the success of any team but we also can't ignore a strong midfield and attack, and good organization and psychological preparation of the team.

[Iamgoat]

Arsenal and City both do not look like they can win the UCL though, that doesn't feel like it is going to happen. I think Bayern and PSG look like they are the best teams in the world right now, and because they faced each other in the semi finals that meant that some other team went to finals (in this case arsenal) but if Bayern and PSG had a road where they do not face each other until the finals, those two teams could have beaten everyone to meet at the finals instead.

So neither Arsenal nor City will be the winners if you ask me. PSG has a disadvantage, which is the fact that they already won it two times in a row and that is going to be hard to motivate them to win another one, they may not play with their 100% anymore.

You are right with the semifinals fixtures. If it were to come against the Arsenal team or Manchester United, it will be extremely difficult for Arsenal to survive it, Arsenal did their own bit and impressed everyone with their winning streaks even at a time we think they cannot continue but they still went ahead and pushed harder to get to the final. Whatever they did was not easy and was not a walkover for any reason. Drawing at the finals up to the level of penalty shootout

[pewboy]

Taking away the credit from Arsenal doesn't seem like a very nice or correct thing to me.
He played a very good season and even reached the final, putting Paris Saint-Germain in difficulty.
I don't know if you realized this or were watching the football championship on Mars.

Nobody takes credit away from Arsenal, they played well and did great things. It's a good team, complete and playing well.
But it is a team that is based on attack and defensive closure, these teams last until they find an attack made up of exceptional people. Like Paris Saint-Germain's attack.
So it's not Arsenal's demerit but Paris Saint-Germain's merit.

[giammangiato]

Nobody takes credit away from Arsenal, they played well and did great things. It's a good team, complete and playing well.
But it is a team that is based on attack and defensive closure, these teams last until they find an attack made up of exceptional people. Like Paris Saint-Germain's attack.
So it's not Arsenal's demerit but Paris Saint-Germain's merit.

If you're referring to the final, however, I would have one thing to say about them, who ultimately lost on penalties. Although Arsenal's tactics weren't exceptional throughout the match, they maintained consistent performances for both teams, in fact, they ended in a draw and forced a penalty shootout.
I don't see it entirely as something that could affect their next season, rather if they reinforce the attack and therefore focus on that, they could achieve more, simple and functional strategy, I don't like it either, but apparently it works with them.

[barbara44]

Arsenal doesn't have a proper attacking if you ask me, not saying they have a terrible one, but they are not as good as lets say Bayern or PSG when it comes to scoring, and they are just parking the bus and hoping for doing better job. I mean they did find the goal with a counter attack at the UCL finals as well, 5 minutes in, they were defending like crazy, and then one ball ahead and they got lucky and scored form a coounter attack because they have fast wings.

But not like we have seen Arsenal score many goals even against weaker teams at the league. PSG could beat anyone 5-0 suddenly and you would not be shocked, Arsenal would not be able to do that even against a weak team, maybe htey may have one game like that if they get lucky ,but thats not how they play.

[martinom]

Well all all positions of a team is important even though the players a team have are not the best they should be experienced enough to perform well, just like Kai Havertz scored the opening goal for Arsenal in that finals, if he wasn't experienced he would've been pressured to miss the one on one goal scoring opportunity with PSG's keeper.

in short, if you only defend you will be destined to concede goals
you cannot be unbalanced in defence, not to mention that in this way the beauty of the game is destroyed by a boring and unspectacular defensive game, obviously this is a personal opinion.

[emrecemsan]

There is a clear example I remember in which the defensive-oriented team won the CL with that game. It's Chelsea from the 2020-21 season! 

But these aren't common things to be seen in this tournament though. Arsenal tried to do the same after completing league phase.

They got so close to doing it but failed during penalties... Still a nice try however I'd love to see them being more effective in scoring next time.

[Webutxo]

I just believe if there is any changes Arteta will take correction before the start of the season. Next season is going to be another great season for Arsenal, they will make sure they do more than what they did last season.

Manchester City changed their new manager and I think their new coach need to take a while before he start giving their fans what they want, and I think before the players get use to the new coach pattern Arsenal will do the needful and and wake-up, let's see what Arteta will do.

He can make changes and get stuck in the middle of nowhere by the time the league start. Don't you see how he almost loss the league last season, almost half of the starter players went on injury, he had to improvise and look for a way to make the team work. If there is any season to be afraid is right now, world cup is another tournament all the players are dying to play, they want to be there and win which can cuase injuries to them before the it end.

I think most managers are praying slowly for the players to return from the world cup, some of them are not interested in buying players now until the season is over so they can know who is indeed an asset and the player that is going to be liability for them. You can see that the transfer market is quiet, most of the moves between players that are free agent and those ones that are cheap, by the time the word cup finish, you will be hearing 100m euro sold player to a particular club.

[Tamaperdana]

Manchester united coming up to bag trophies next season is the easiest task I see for the reformed Manchester United i see now, if they could come out with this astonishing performance the way they did with limited players last season what do you think they will fo next season after they finish in the transfer market.
The Manchester united i see now is going to be among the strongest team in the world next season if only they can continue with the same spirit used to finish last season,  as for last season after Michael Carrick took over, they played with vision and dream of going home with something which I know would have come to reality assuming they starting very early.

If Manchester United can indeed play as well as they did last season, I agree that they would certainly be strong contenders in both the Champions League and the Premier League. After all, they were playing well by the end of the season, yielding excellent results. One can imagine that if they continue to strengthen their squad now, they could become an even more formidable team.

However, regarding the Champions League specifically, I do not think it will be easy for Manchester United to win the title. The competition features many great teams that will undoubtedly pose a challenge for them; clubs like Barcelona,  PSG, Bayern Munich, and Arsenal certainly won't be sitting idly by, as they too will be striving for the best possible results next season. Therefore, Manchester United simply needs to train their players effectively and ensure their performance doesn't dip again, as a drop in form next season would be deeply disappointing.

[savetheFORUM]

My question now is despite the fact that every team wants their team to be solid in all positions, now if for instance they are left with just one option that it's either you have a solid defense and a shaky attack or you have a solid attack and a shaky defense, which will you prefer? And with the look of things Arsenal literally won the English premier League title by having a solid defense and a shaky attack, so does it mean the defense seem to be more important than the attack or what? Someone should put me through.

I would guess that they picked solid defense and shaky attack. But they did not have to. There was a stupid mistake last year that I could have seen a mile away, and everyone else too, and yet they declined to see it. If they had Osimhen for example as a striker, instead of Gyokeres, they would have done a lot better, or any other proper striker.

Gyokeres is the type of player that already played in England and was not good, and he went to Lisbon and "became good" but the reality was, he was never Arsenal level, he did good because he was in Lisbon playing against weaker teams.

[SOKO-DEKE]

I just believe if there is any changes Arteta will take correction before the start of the season. Next season is going to be another great season for Arsenal, they will make sure they do more than what they did last season.

Manchester City changed their new manager and I think their new coach need to take a while before he start giving their fans what they want, and I think before the players get use to the new coach pattern Arsenal will do the needful and and wake-up, let's see what Arteta will do.

Arsenal are planning to sign some great players, and if possible, they should be able to sign those players, especially Bruno Guimarães. I will be expecting them to defend their Premier League title and also perform very well in the Champions League, such as reaching the final again and possibly winning it.I have been watching Bruno Guimaraes in this World Cup, and honestly, he is a very talented player. If Arsenal can have the combination of him and Rice in midfield, Arsenal midfield will be so great. I hope they can sign him and other great players as well.

Manchester City new coach has worked with Guardiola before, and according to what I heard, Guardiola has not fully left Manchester City. He is still part of the club, but he is no longer the head coach. With that, Enzo Maresca will have a great opportunity to perform well, as he has learned some tactics from Guardiola. Therefore, I am not expecting Enzo Maresca to take too long before winning some trophies for Manchester City.

[Nheer]

I just believe if there is any changes Arteta will take correction before the start of the season. Next season is going to be another great season for Arsenal, they will make sure they do more than what they did last season.

Manchester City changed their new manager and I think their new coach need to take a while before he start giving their fans what they want, and I think before the players get use to the new coach pattern Arsenal will do the needful and and wake-up, let's see what Arteta will do.

Maresca is not a manager new to the Premier League so I don't think it will take him much time to adapt to the system. True it might take a little time to get used to the new system and players but he could also have an instant impact on the team. I wouldn't be surprised if Maresca and Manchester City challenge for the title next season so with all the new coaches joining I think the title race and top 4 race will be pretty intense now.

All team are looking to do more next season just as Arsenal so it's all about who is able to balance their teams performance perfectly so if Arsenal still want to retain their title they need to perform even better. It won't be easy but that's what is needed. Arteta will probably build a more defensive team lol.