UEFA Champions League 2026/27 Season

[G_Besar]

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I believe that Mourinho wants to use players who tend to verticalize much more. Real Madrid have always been a very attacking team and i think they want to go back to that style of play a bit, making the most of players like Vinicius, hoping he renews his contract, Mbappé, Alexander-Arnold.

Real Madrid is not only more focused on attack, but also on defense, maximizing tactics in midfield to make their wingers more lively. And I also believe Mourinho will make Real Madrid strong again, but when it comes to tactics and desires, I don't know what Mourinho will implement at Real Madrid next season. Although generally speaking, he was brought in to transform Real Madrid, making them better in La Liga and also in the Champions League next season.

[Accardo]

The fact is let's not be to quick to judge, let's wait for the season to start first, I trust Real Madrid, if he's not working to their expectations they will need no opinion to sack him, but deep down within me I believe he will do well.

Jose Mourinho is no where near being underestimated, his proven track records are all great and smart, time changes, modern football is so stressing mentally that it requires not just tactical strength to cope, but a full agility that could be difficult, for veteran coaches, to hold for a long duration leagues.

[changaa]

Real Madrid's new manager is working through the warm-up matches with the new players joining the team, so I think Real Madrid will have a chance to win the La Liga trophy in the upcoming season but Barcelona's players are in great form, therefore it seems they will have a chance to surpass Real Madrid in the upcoming season as well.

I don't like talking about hypotheses, i don't feel like saying that Real Madrid won't do well this year or in any case that they won't be able to aspire to a title, because, as we remember Xabi Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen, the first year he won the championship and was also about to win the Europa League. So Mourinho could easily do the same thing, being in charge of a legendary team like Real Madrid. Who knows? He can do well or he can do badly, he could win the Champions League or not.

[puloweh555]

Does that mean he will fail at Madrid now? Actually no. Madrid has something he did not get since like, Ronaldo era Madrid. You do not have to "break down" anything for Mbappe and Vinicius. They just need space behind the defence and it is over. The keeper's picking the ball out of the net.

Mourinho's career was on the decline for a long while. After failing at Fenerbahçe, he went to Benfica and failed there as well. His move to Real Madrid came as a huge surprise to me. Real is in such a desperate situation that they're now pinning their hopes on Mourinho, whose career is effectively over.

The team was in terrible shape last season and now they're expecting Mourinho to work a miracle. I think Real will be eliminated early this year. They might not even make it to the quarter finals. I can count at least 8 teams that are much better than them.

2 players can't carry the whole team. What's more, one of them is the subject of transfer rumors while the other stands out for his selfishness. This Real squad needs to learn to play as a team first, otherwise they won't even be able to win the Copa del Rey let alone Champions League.

I believe Real Madrid recruited Mourinho not out of desperation, but because management saw that Madrid current situation desperately needed a coach with Mourinho character. If you're pessimistic that Mourinho won't bring Madrid back to glory, given his decline at previous clubs you're dead wrong. Remember Ancelotti? Before he returned to Madrid, Ancelotti also experienced a decline, even worse when he coached Everton. However, upon his return he was successful and even won the Champions League title with Real Madrid.

So in my opinion, failure at a previous club shouldn't be used as a benchmark because Real Madrid management doesn't look at the previous club but at the quality and character of the coach, in this case Mourinho. Real Madrid management believes Mourinho is the only coach who can curb the selfishness of the current Madrid players and he did succeed during his first spell in charge. His first spell in fact featured far more star players than he does now. I believe Mourinho will lead Real Madrid to success next season, especially with the depth of his squad.

[GiftedMAN]

The fact is let's not be to quick to judge, let's wait for the season to start first, I trust Real Madrid, if he's not working to their expectations they will need no opinion to sack him, but deep down within me I believe he will do well.

Jose Mourinho is no where near being underestimated, his proven track records are all great and smart, time changes, modern football is so stressing mentally that it requires not just tactical strength to cope, but a full agility that could be difficult, for veteran coaches, to hold for a long duration leagues.

Don't forget that this time Jose Mourinho is not coming to resume with his old style of play he's bringing a different style to change the entire phase of the team and talking about the modern football, Jose Mourinho will also adapt to that style of play cause he understands the football game end his technique this time will be different because the players he had got have the strength and the ability to perform in big matches so we should expect the best from him.

[Stavri]

I expect Real Madrid to return back to dominating Europe again under Mourinho, but what I'm not sure of is if he'll do it in his first season.

la liga itself already dominating world football man. and the main reason is real madrid.
clubs playing in this league have won 10 CL titles, 10 UEFA Europa League titles and 12 UEFA Super Cups over the last 20 years. in other words, they took home 32 out of the last 60 trophies awarded in Europe. teams from the other 50+ UEFA member countries managed to win just 28 trophies combined...

[Accardo]

Don't forget that this time Jose Mourinho is not coming to resume with his old style of play he's bringing a different style to change the entire phase of the team and talking about the modern football, Jose Mourinho will also adapt to that style of play cause he understands the football game end his technique this time will be different because the players he had got have the strength and the ability to perform in big matches so we should expect the best from him.

Mourinho with empathy will adapt very well to the emotional intelligence of the younger managers by seeing through their moves and tactics, my question is, for how long would he endure the high level brain power required to lead a champions league race?

[Dunamisx]

Don't forget that this time Jose Mourinho is not coming to resume with his old style of play he's bringing a different style to change the entire phase of the team and talking about the modern football, Jose Mourinho will also adapt to that style of play cause he understands the football game end his technique this time will be different because the players he had got have the strength and the ability to perform in big matches so we should expect the best from him.

Mourinho with empathy will adapt very well to the emotional intelligence of the younger managers by seeing through their moves and tactics, my question is, for how long would he endure the high level brain power required to lead a champions league race?

Let's not reason like this, because Mourinho is an experience manager and also not new in this profession, likewise the same way other managers have been making decisions and some are yielding a positive outcome while some are not, it is a matter of putting in his best abilities and trying to see how it could work along side with the team demands and coordination required, but I believe he has something to offer this new season as part of his target to ensure that his entire team are back on track in their performances.

[Uhde]

The fact is let's not be to quick to judge, let's wait for the season to start first, I trust Real Madrid, if he's not working to their expectations they will need no opinion to sack him, but deep down within me I believe he will do well.

Jose Mourinho is no where near being underestimated, his proven track records are all great and smart, time changes, modern football is so stressing mentally that it requires not just tactical strength to cope, but a full agility that could be difficult, for veteran coaches, to hold for a long duration leagues.

i think now Jose Mourinho has the chance to work with one of the best Real Madrid in history. He's really lucky.

[bangjoe]

Jose Mourinho is no where near being underestimated, his proven track records are all great and smart, time changes, modern football is so stressing mentally that it requires not just tactical strength to cope, but a full agility that could be difficult, for veteran coaches, to hold for a long duration leagues.

His experience is quite a lot in various leagues during his coaching, we can not close our eyes to the achievements that have been achieved by Jose Mourinho, so he should be able to stay and give the best results for Real Madrid, although for his first experience did not give the champions League trophy, but now it looks like he will fill the void of that trophy in his coaching time at Real Madrid.
And from his age is not much different from Barcelona coach Hansi Flick, just different two years older Mourinho, I think he can adapt well and also wiser in giving decisions either tactically or agility that you mean in competition next season, he is also not blind to the development of football both competition in La liga and in the champions League era now, with players who have Real Madrid this potential is even greater.

[m4r1o]

Mourinho's career was on the decline for a long while. After failing at Fenerbahçe, he went to Benfica and failed there as well. His move to Real Madrid came as a huge surprise to me. Real is in such a desperate situation that they're now pinning their hopes on Mourinho, whose career is effectively over.

The team was in terrible shape last season and now they're expecting Mourinho to work a miracle. I think Real will be eliminated early this year. They might not even make it to the quarter finals. I can count at least 8 teams that are much better than them.

2 players can't carry the whole team. What's more, one of them is the subject of transfer rumors while the other stands out for his selfishness. This Real squad needs to learn to play as a team first, otherwise they won't even be able to win the Copa del Rey let alone Champions League.

Yes, that's true.
i also believe that Real have never been in such a confusing situation for several years now. In fact, Mourinho's choice on the bench surprised me too, especially because Mourinho himself did not come from a particularly profitable situation at the level of trained teams. So we will need to understand what Florentino Perez will have seen to go in his direction.

[Donneski]

I expect Real Madrid to return back to dominating Europe again under Mourinho, but what I'm not sure of is if he'll do it in his first season.

la liga itself already dominating world football man. and the main reason is real madrid.
clubs playing in this league have won 10 CL titles, 10 UEFA Europa League titles and 12 UEFA Super Cups over the last 20 years. in other words, they took home 32 out of the last 60 trophies awarded in Europe. teams from the other 50+ UEFA member countries managed to win just 28 trophies combined...

I had to read the full post of @zoomic to understand that he was referring to Real Madrid under Jose Mourinho returning back to dominating Europe again. Maybe you didn't fully get his point. Real Madrid has be struggling in the last two seasons so his expectation is that they'll return back to winning ways as a club and dominate Europe like they used to do in the past.

[ZeroVinsonN]

[Edited out]

If they are going to be big contenders of the UCL then that also means that they are going to have an even higher chance of winning their own league, FC Barcelona might be difficult for them to beat especially since they are still going to need to get used to playing with Mourinho but that doesn't mean that won't show good promise, even if they don't win they simply have to perform well enough and place well at the end of the league.

But having José Morinho could also be the most influential factor the team would have over Barcelona this season. All through José Morinho's encounter as a manager against Barcelona, he has always been holding up, winning 2 of those encounters, drawing 2 and losing 2 of the encounters in the laliga. There's one good trait that he brings to the team which is the never giving up and pressing threats. With their recent players signings together with the new coach winning mindset, they will possibly challenge Barcelona this season. Real Madrid seems to have a bigger dream which is the champions league so it's also possible to put more focus on the champions League but this will not affect their clash with Barcelona who is their prime rivalry. So I see the coming of José Morinho as strength and not weakness to the team.

Even though their eyes seem to be more on the Champions League I still think they would want to end the season with more than one trophy, coming out on top of the Laliga is definitely something that they are going to want and with Barcelona being their biggest obstacle most of Mourinho's effort might go to making sure Barcelona doesn't dominate over them, it will be hard for them to perform great in the Champions League is the morale from the Laliga isn't strong enough.

[Just Say]

It is not easy to prepare for two tournaments at the same time and maintain consistency. No matter how much you expect Real Madrid to do well in the upcoming season, there is no guarantee that they will do well. Barca have won trophies in two seasons in the Spanish league and the team is performing well and is preparing to do better in the upcoming season. I think Barcelona focused on winning one trophy and gave more importance to the matches in that league. Their performance in the Champions League was not very impressive because they gave more importance to winning the La Liga trophy. If Mourinho sets the target of winning two trophies and puts pressure on the players, they will not achieve either.

This upcoming season will be a big challenge for Barcelona because Real Madrid have equipped the team with a well experience coach. I have seen Mourinho do it before and I believe that he can do it again so, I'm expecting the best from Real Madrid if possible, they will win Laliga.

Yes, Real Madrid has equipped the team with an experienced coach because you can see that this manager has already signed five players to increase the depth of the Real Madrid team for the upcoming season. I think this team will not stop at just winning the La Liga title because their plan is to win the UCL next season, but it will be very difficult.

Jose Mourinho has not been able to show his experience in the last few seasons because we saw that he was fired from a Turkish club mainly because the team he led performed poorly, however, Real Madrid has tried to make their team high quality by hiring this manager again, as a result perhaps so many top-level players will be able to help this team win the title in the upcoming Spanish league.

[Jossque]

The Champions League third qualifying round will kick off with the matches scheduled for tomorrow.
There are two matches that will start earlier than the others. The first will be between Ararat Armenia and Celje, and the other will be between Mjällby and Slovan Bratislava. These two matches will begin approximately two hours before the others.
In the Ararat Armenia vs. Celje matchup, I think Celje is the favorite. Since both teams tend to score and concede goals, we can expect the first match to be a high-scoring affair.
In the other match, Mjallby is, of course, the favorite as the home team, but I think Slovan Bratislava will be the one to advance to the next round.

[Iamgoat]

Jose Mourinho is no where near being underestimated, his proven track records are all great and smart, time changes, modern football is so stressing mentally that it requires not just tactical strength to cope, but a full agility that could be difficult, for veteran coaches, to hold for a long duration leagues.

Mourinho is still one of the best managers you can count on based on his antecedents in the past. Mourinho till today is one of the most decorated managers in the history of football having won 26 major trophies at the club side level across England, Spain, Italy and Potugal and i think he is also the first manager to have won all three major UEFA competitions such as the Champions League, Europa league and Conference cup as well as rhe first to have won European trophies in four different clubs. These are some of the achievements of Mourinho i can lay my hands on now but he has actually achieved more and more and continue to carry such reverence with his football management career. Coming to Real Madrid is for him to use his diverse experience to fix the internal issues bothering the club right now espectially in terms of performance in the long run and winning back trophies.

[Btcdeybodi]

Real Madrid is not only more focused on attack, but also on defense, maximizing tactics in midfield to make their wingers more lively. And I also believe Mourinho will make Real Madrid strong again, but when it comes to tactics and desires, I don't know what Mourinho will implement at Real Madrid next season. Although generally speaking, he was brought in to transform Real Madrid, making them better in La Liga and also in the Champions League next season.

We already know Jose Mourinho style of coaching which he focuses more on the defense, i don't think anything will change from the usual system he uses for all the teams he coached. The attacking positions of the club is in a good shape but the problem is mostly the midfield and the defense, if they can solidify both positions, the team will be more than formidable because every positions have been rectified.

However, Real Madrid should not think that Jose Mourinho will rescue them from their trophyless run since 2 seasons because the team is not that organised as it was when he first managed the team. But either way, I believe that Jose Mourinho will use his many years of coaching experience to bring back the spark of the team again.

[Unsoldier]

I expect Real Madrid to return back to dominating Europe again under Mourinho, but what I'm not sure of is if he'll do it in his first season.

la liga itself already dominating world football man. and the main reason is real madrid.
clubs playing in this league have won 10 CL titles, 10 UEFA Europa League titles and 12 UEFA Super Cups over the last 20 years. in other words, they took home 32 out of the last 60 trophies awarded in Europe. teams from the other 50+ UEFA member countries managed to win just 28 trophies combined...

Last season proved that La Liga is no longer as dominant, and I'd challenge the idea that it controls world football. The Champions League final featured a French club and an English club, with Atletico Madrid being the only Spanish side able to reach the semifinals. Meanwhile, Aston Villa won the Europa League, and every La Liga team was knocked out in the quarterfinals. The 2024–25 season wasn't exactly a great one for Spanish clubs on the international stage either, to put it mildly. So I wouldn't be so quick to talk about La Liga's dominance today based solely on the past achievements of Spanish clubs.

[Jossque]

Hapoel Beer Sheva will face Red Star. In this matchup, the team we naturally expect to advance is Red Star. I think Hapoel Beer Sheva will definitely score against their opponent at home. Looking at their recent matches, there hasn’t been a single game where they didn’t score. Red Star is a strong opponent, but if they want to advance in this match, they’ll have to score at least one goal. If Red Star wants to have a comfortable home game, they’ll have to leave here undefeated. In a match where both teams could play aggressively right up until the final minute, I expect both teams to score.

[Silence Scream]

I expect Real Madrid to return back to dominating Europe again under Mourinho, but what I'm not sure of is if he'll do it in his first season.

la liga itself already dominating world football man. and the main reason is real madrid.
clubs playing in this league have won 10 CL titles, 10 UEFA Europa League titles and 12 UEFA Super Cups over the last 20 years. in other words, they took home 32 out of the last 60 trophies awarded in Europe. teams from the other 50+ UEFA member countries managed to win just 28 trophies combined...

Last season proved that La Liga is no longer as dominant, and I'd challenge the idea that it controls world football. The Champions League final featured a French club and an English club, with Atletico Madrid being the only Spanish side able to reach the semifinals. Meanwhile, Aston Villa won the Europa League, and every La Liga team was knocked out in the quarterfinals. The 2024–25 season wasn't exactly a great one for Spanish clubs on the international stage either, to put it mildly. So I wouldn't be so quick to talk about La Liga's dominance today based solely on the past achievements of Spanish clubs.

In the Champions League, I expected both Barcelona and Real Madrid to come close to the final, but in my opinion, both were eliminated early. In other tournaments, Spanish teams have already been overshadowed by Premier League teams. Premier League teams almost won all three trophies, but Arsenal lost on penalties. Putting all this together, we can say that the Premier League is currently experiencing one of its best periods. Spanish teams, on the other hand, are far from their former successful era, but this year things could change. Because both Real Madrid and Barcelona are strengthening their squads with very good players.