UEFA Champions League 2026/27 Season

[Varnquister]

Fenerbahçe managed to secure a victory at home against Sturm Graz with a dominant performance. For the first time in a long while, Fenerbahçe played such a dominant game and managed to seal the win in the first half. In my opinion, Fenerbahçe’s performance was promising for the future. They dominated possession and barely allowed their opponent any shots on goal. Thanks to fantastic goals by Anderson, Talisca, and Mason Greenwood, Fenerbahçe won the match and secured the advantage in the series.

[Xyloo]

Fenerbahçe managed to secure a victory at home against Sturm Graz with a dominant performance. For the first time in a long while, Fenerbahçe played such a dominant game and managed to seal the win in the first half. In my opinion, Fenerbahçe’s performance was promising for the future. They dominated possession and barely allowed their opponent any shots on goal. Thanks to fantastic goals by Anderson, Talisca, and Mason Greenwood, Fenerbahçe won the match and secured the advantage in the series.

Fenerbahçe will likely deliver a similar performance in the return match. There's a huge difference between the two teams. Fenerbahçe has a much higher squad quality and dominated the game. Graz tried to avoid conceding but failed. Greenwood and Talisca scored excellent goals, giving Fenerbahçe an advantage in the tie. Now they have to concentrate on the next match. If they want to be in the Champions League, they must navigate these stages in the best way possible.

[GIF-JOBS]

Seeing what PSG achieved last season, it has made many people believe they can win the Champions League trophy for the third time this season. While it's not entirely impossible, it won't be easy for PSG either, as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, and many more big teams are also preparing to win the trophy. So far, they have streamlined their squad and will recruit new players. Enrique is truly preparing them for the next trophy. But whether this squad is capable of competing for the Champions League trophy remains to be seen. If PSG is able to win the trophy once again this season, it will be a historic achievement for them.

I think all the big teams know that currently the team to beat for the Champions League is Paris Saint-Germain. And i also think that Real Madrid doesn't want to have any other team on its equal with the record of three consecutive Champions Leagues. Consequently, he will work even harder to prevent the Parisian team from achieving this result.

The champions league competition next season won’t be easy for PSG, because every team is building to make sure they win the champions league title. I don’t see Real Madrid winning the champions league title next season, even though they have signed good players, I still don’t see them lifting the champions league title however, if the coach do better then Real Madrid can have a chance to lift the champions league title. The new manager is a good manager but I still don’t believe he can help Real Madrid. Let see if he will prove me wrong.

But PSG is a different kind of team, they just qualify in any way. just like a match if they lose, but it will not stop them from going to the final, they do not try to win those matches, they just play the knockout matches with all their might and win them and that is how they reach the final, and that is why PSG has not even been in the top 10 in terms of ranking in the last 2 seasons, but they have been champions in the last 2 seasons. That is why I see PSG as a different team, who only become violent when necessary, they give up unnecessary matches, they just want titel, not to top 1 in ranking. So I will consider PSG as one of them this season too, although other teams have become stronger now, but PSG is not a weak team, they are also strong enough.

[banana33]

Luis Enrique is a fantastic coach and strategist even though I don’t like to praise him much. What he has achieved with PSG is bigger than what he’s done so far in his career. I mean giving them their first Champions League trophy and not just once but twice in a row…. Ahh that’s a thing for the Cinemas and he did it playing fantastic sweet football.

One thing is to have the right ammunitions as a coach and the other is to know how to use it. Luis Enrique has both in abundance. He knows how to utilise the players to their maximum potentials, who would have thought Ousmane Dembele would be a Ballon D’or winner.

Yes, i think like you, i think he has a really excellent coach, but i is not totally convinced either, because he actually didn't do very well at Roma, with the national team being the same.
He then found himself coaching Paris Saint-Germain and he must be given credit for having trained them properly, for having found a perfect game for the Parisians. However, i also believe that it is not just a matter of luck, but of having found the right place at the right time.

[cande86]

If they are going to perform well in the champions league then it stands to reason that they will perform will the the Laliga as well, it might not really look like it but Mourinho will do whatever it takes to make sure his team performs in their best possible form, if they don't do that then they won't be able to make it anywhere in any league they play this season and I don't think Mourinho wants to start this season with anything other than the best.

I believe that the whole sporting world is waiting and curious to see how Mourinho's Real Madrid will play.

I personally find Mourinho a coach who had his golden period. But i still consider him capable of rebuilding a team that can win again and compete in a very serious way.

[GIF-JOBS]

but i is not totally convinced either, because he actually didn't do very well at Roma, with the national team being the same.
He then found himself coaching Paris Saint-Germain

I don't understand what you're talking about.
Luis Enrique didn't do very well at Roma, with the national team being the same. then found himself coaching Paris Saint-Germain ? Or is there something else in between ?

Luis Enrique didn't do very well at Roma, but that was a long time ago, about 14–15 years ago. But what about the golden era he had at Barcelona ? Where he won the treble in the 2014–15 season with Barcelona ? in the middle ? So try to look at the good sides of a coach instead of just the bad sides.

Luis Enrique is undoubtedly a great coach, if he wasn't great, PSG wouldn't have won the UCL 2 times in a row under him.

[Muba20]

If they are going to perform well in the champions league then it stands to reason that they will perform will the the Laliga as well, it might not really look like it but Mourinho will do whatever it takes to make sure his team performs in their best possible form, if they don't do that then they won't be able to make it anywhere in any league they play this season and I don't think Mourinho wants to start this season with anything other than the best.

I believe that the whole sporting world is waiting and curious to see how Mourinho's Real Madrid will play.

I personally find Mourinho a coach who had his golden period. But i still consider him capable of rebuilding a team that can win again and compete in a very serious way.

The whole world is waiting to see how Real Madrid will perform this season. If Real Madrid's coach was someone else, the world would still be waiting in the same way. Because here the issue is not about the coach, everyone is waiting to see Real Madrid's comeback. On paper, Real Madrid is one of the strongest teams. They are full of star players in most of their positions. Along with this, each player is quite skilled and experienced in their place. But due to some internal problems, Madrid's last 2 seasons have been unreasonably bad. We have seen in Real Madrid that the ego of the players has a very terrible effect on the club. So I hope Mourinho can solve the main problem of Madrid and carry the best title in Europe again.

[Agathamay]

but i is not totally convinced either, because he actually didn't do very well at Roma, with the national team being the same.
He then found himself coaching Paris Saint-Germain

I don't understand what you're talking about.
Luis Enrique didn't do very well at Roma, with the national team being the same. then found himself coaching Paris Saint-Germain ? Or is there something else in between ?

Luis Enrique didn't do very well at Roma, but that was a long time ago, about 14–15 years ago. But what about the golden era he had at Barcelona ? Where he won the treble in the 2014–15 season with Barcelona ? in the middle ? So try to look at the good sides of a coach instead of just the bad sides.

Luis Enrique is undoubtedly a great coach, if he wasn't great, PSG wouldn't have won the UCL 2 times in a row under him.

In conversations about the best managers in European football, Luis Enrique deserves a seat on the table. Luis Enrique might not have been been accomplished so much in other previous clubs but you see Paris Saint Germain? That's where he completed everything he was looking for in football. Luis Enrique is the proper man that have aiming for UCL titles and not one of these teams gave him.

Let's say his move to Paris Saint Germain gave him evergthing he dreamt of and that's winning the UCL title not just once but twice in a row. This is the kind of manager that will command respect because he won the major titles and not going to relent because he's going to continue to grow.

[Jegileman]

Luis Enrique is a fantastic coach and strategist even though I don’t like to praise him much. What he has achieved with PSG is bigger than what he’s done so far in his career. I mean giving them their first Champions League trophy and not just once but twice in a row…. Ahh that’s a thing for the Cinemas and he did it playing fantastic sweet football.

One thing is to have the right ammunitions as a coach and the other is to know how to use it. Luis Enrique has both in abundance. He knows how to utilise the players to their maximum potentials, who would have thought Ousmane Dembele would be a Ballon D’or winner.

Yeah, thanks to Luis Enrique for making that to happen. Ousmane Dembele was never a bad player but for him to have achieved this maximum potential as a player, it was with the help of his manager Luis Enrique. He will always remember this even after he retires from football. Having good players are your disposal and knowing how to use them effectively are two different qualities that not all managers have them and they end up finishing the season without winning any trophy.

I can’t always forget the time PSG had the best of three players in the world and still got eliminated in the champions league early. That was a message passed well that it was never by the number of quality players in a team but more about how productive those quality players would be in winning trophies for their team. Luis Enrique delivered PSG from the champions league spell and won it twice, he’ll be leaving the team one day as one of the best managers the team has ever produced.

[Adbitco]

One thing is to have the right ammunitions as a coach and the other is to know how to use it. Luis Enrique has both in abundance. He knows how to utilise the players to their maximum potentials, who would have thought Ousmane Dembele would be a Ballon D’or winner.

In my wildest dreams, if someone had told me few years ago that Dembele will win the balloon d'Or, I would never have believed, not because his a bad player but for the fact that his always off and on. His always a constant visitor to the hospital and I believe that one of the major reasons he was sold off by Barcelona. Dembele can't finish off one full season without going to hospital twice again least, it was that bad for him, that alone was enough to ruin his personal achievement ambitions but it seems like Enrique knew this and only decided to play him more often in important matches so as to utilise him properly. I think the coach unlocked a lot from him and they are now enjoying same Dembele that hospital used to be his second home.

[Zackz5000]

but i is not totally convinced either, because he actually didn't do very well at Roma, with the national team being the same.
He then found himself coaching Paris Saint-Germain

I don't understand what you're talking about.
Luis Enrique didn't do very well at Roma, with the national team being the same. then found himself coaching Paris Saint-Germain ? Or is there something else in between ?

Luis Enrique didn't do very well at Roma, but that was a long time ago, about 14–15 years ago. But what about the golden era he had at Barcelona ? Where he won the treble in the 2014–15 season with Barcelona ? in the middle ? So try to look at the good sides of a coach instead of just the bad sides.

Luis Enrique is undoubtedly a great coach, if he wasn't great, PSG wouldn't have won the UCL 2 times in a row under him.

In conversations about the best managers in European football, Luis Enrique deserves a seat on the table. Luis Enrique might not have been been accomplished so much in other previous clubs but you see Paris Saint Germain? That's where he completed everything he was looking for in football. Luis Enrique is the proper man that have aiming for UCL titles and not one of these teams gave him.

Let's say his move to Paris Saint Germain gave him evergthing he dreamt of and that's winning the UCL title not just once but twice in a row. This is the kind of manager that will command respect because he won the major titles and not going to relent because he's going to continue to grow.

Luis Enrique move to PSG was a blessing to him and the team i still think he deserves the award of the best manager in Europe. PSG has been struggling to win the UEFA Champions league tittle even when the team has some quality players that people thought they were going to win the tittle they never just within an interval of 3 years if it's even up to 3 years PSG and Luis Enrique has won the UEFA Champions league tittle twice back to back i think this is an amazing record for a team that most people believe will not win the tittle since they never won it in the time Ibrahimovic, Mbappe, Messi etc.

[B-BossMan]

If they are going to perform well in the champions league then it stands to reason that they will perform will the the Laliga as well, it might not really look like it but Mourinho will do whatever it takes to make sure his team performs in their best possible form, if they don't do that then they won't be able to make it anywhere in any league they play this season and I don't think Mourinho wants to start this season with anything other than the best.

I believe that the whole sporting world is waiting and curious to see how Mourinho's Real Madrid will play.

I personally find Mourinho a coach who had his golden period. But i still consider him capable of rebuilding a team that can win again and compete in a very serious way.

The whole world is waiting to see how Real Madrid will perform this season. If Real Madrid's coach was someone else, the world would still be waiting in the same way. Because here the issue is not about the coach, everyone is waiting to see Real Madrid's comeback. On paper, Real Madrid is one of the strongest teams. They are full of star players in most of their positions. Along with this, each player is quite skilled and experienced in their place. But due to some internal problems, Madrid's last 2 seasons have been unreasonably bad. We have seen in Real Madrid that the ego of the players has a very terrible effect on the club. So I hope Mourinho can solve the main problem of Madrid and carry the best title in Europe again.

This season would not gonna funny at all. Though I believe that the Real Madrid are not going to fumble as they did last season, this time around everything will definitely be different from thier last season performances. If really all the players work as a team and focus on their matches throughout, the storyline would be change, it shouldn't be as if we are just over hype this Real Madrid again next season, well there are must be a huge challenges thos period. Due to how some teams may also prepare to challenge.

[Asiska02]

This season would not gonna funny at all. Though I believe that the Real Madrid are not going to fumble as they did last season, this time around everything will definitely be different from thier last season performances. If really all the players work as a team and focus on their matches throughout, the storyline would be change, it shouldn't be as if we are just over hype this Real Madrid again next season, well there are must be a huge challenges thos period. Due to how some teams may also prepare to challenge.

The overhyping of Real Madrid is clearly due to the fact that they’re mostly praised as the king of the champions league. I think this praise has gotten over teem so much that they began to flop and have not come so close to winning the champions league trophy for about two season’s now. The start of the new season is another challenge for them to prove their worth to the whole world, either to retain the title as the king of the champions league, or they fumble again and lose out of the trophy yet again. We now have good and better teams that are making the competition even more fierce than before, so they’re not going to find it very easy to win any trophy now, their efforts will have to speak for them here when the new season begins.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

The overhyping of Real Madrid is clearly due to the fact that they’re mostly praised as the king of the champions league.

By the way, in most cases the English media does not rate them so highly and always ends up getting shocked. 
But the truth is the club is truly a historic UCL giant, and no one should underestimate it.

They are obviously not going to win or get close to winning every edition of the tournament. There will be periods where they will probably go past 10 years without winning it. I have seen it before.

[dzonikg28]

The overhyping of Real Madrid is clearly due to the fact that they’re mostly praised as the king of the champions league.

By the way, in most cases the English media does not rate them so highly and always ends up getting shocked. 
But the truth is the club is truly a historic UCL giant, and no one should underestimate it.

They are obviously not going to win or get close to winning every edition of the tournament. There will be periods where they will probably go past 10 years without winning it. I have seen it before.

That's actually the same for all of those top clubs that won it quite a few times. It's like they have their golden generations and then it takes time to rebuild.

Real Madrid's strongest phase was in the late 50s and early 60s when they won it in 56,57,58,59,60, 62 and 64 as runner-up and then won it again in 66, and I am sure nobody back then anticipated that Real Madrid would not win it again for 32 years. And then of course those three consecutive titles with Zidane. Those two phases explain most of the huge gap between them and Milan with respect to most titles won (Milan 7, Madrid 15).

But you can see the same for Milan who had a great team in the late 80s and early 90s and huge gaps before and after those years. It is the same for Bayern Munich and Liverpool.

I didn't know that it took Barcelona until 1992 to win their first title. They had been doing well back then in La Liga, but couldn't win the UCL.

[Nheer]

The champions league competition next season won’t be easy for PSG, because every team is building to make sure they win the champions league title. I don’t see Real Madrid winning the champions league title next season, even though they have signed good players, I still don’t see them lifting the champions league title however, if the coach do better then Real Madrid can have a chance to lift the champions league title. The new manager is a good manager but I still don’t believe he can help Real Madrid. Let see if he will prove me wrong.

This time around winning the champions league won't be easy, it will be a tough challenge especially for the reigning champions. A lot of teams have now strengthen themselves, they are now looking serious and stronger and likely to make it more competitive.
For now i don't think it's ideal to start predicting a winner even when the competition is yet to get started. PSG winning it last time makes them a bit more favorite than everyone else but with the way some teams have strengthen their squad Real Madrid and Arsenal are also a pretty good contenders. With a new coach we all expect Madrid to perform well instantly.

[GiftedMAN]

This season would not gonna funny at all. Though I believe that the Real Madrid are not going to fumble as they did last season, this time around everything will definitely be different from thier last season performances. If really all the players work as a team and focus on their matches throughout, the storyline would be change, it shouldn't be as if we are just over hype this Real Madrid again next season, well there are must be a huge challenges thos period. Due to how some teams may also prepare to challenge.

For the past two season Real Madrid finished without a trophy but coming to this season they have made some significant changes in the team but we won't conclude yet if the team has gotten better when they have nothing to prove and the league is yet to resume. The best thing to do is not to expect too much from the team because Jose Mourinho and the new players will not turn things around overnight they will like to work with the rest of the players, master their pattern then form a formidable squad together. No need to hype the team yet let's wait till they start playing and getting good results before you can praise them.

[Razmirraz]

If they are going to perform well in the champions league then it stands to reason that they will perform will the the Laliga as well, it might not really look like it but Mourinho will do whatever it takes to make sure his team performs in their best possible form, if they don't do that then they won't be able to make it anywhere in any league they play this season and I don't think Mourinho wants to start this season with anything other than the best.

I believe that the whole sporting world is waiting and curious to see how Mourinho's Real Madrid will play.

I personally find Mourinho a coach who had his golden period. But i still consider him capable of rebuilding a team that can win again and compete in a very serious way.

It is only natural that the entire sports world is extremely curious and eager to see Mourinho Real Madrid "Version 2.0" in action. I also came across news reports questioning Jose Mourinho ability to lead Real Madrid back to the pinnacle of success, given the perception that his best days are behind him. However, I see it from a different side, he can still build a championship team because Real Madrid support is very strong.
If he is given at least 2–3 seasons and the management grants him the freedom to bring in the players he wants during the transfer window, he will easily rebuild the team and win trophies. The winning mentality that remains ingrained in them drives Real Madrid to strive for victory by any means necessary.

[bastisisca]

Based on their statistics from last season’s Europa League, Sturm Graz failed to advance past the qualifying round to the Round of 32, finishing 26th out of 36 teams. They also managed to earn only 7 points.
Playing at home for the first leg, given their current lineup, it’s almost impossible for them to lose to Strum Graz. Fenerbahce, with the quality and statistics we know they possess, has a great chance to win in Istanbul and, in my opinion, won’t lose when playing in Austria. Other outcomes are still possible during the match.

Fenerbahce has a good team and good players, as I thought, a possible loss against Sturm Graz was difficult.
In Istanbul they can win easily, in Austria it will be a good challenge, Sturm Graz tried to give their best and not lose face. We'll see what happens in the other games too.
So i give to Fenerbahce a good outlook because they work good.

[aipercoin]

That would be a sad day for football honestly. Historical events like this would only happen when the team was one of the strongest ever in the history of football...

PSG is where it is only because everyone else is even weaker. They wouldn't last 30 minutes against that legendary Zidane managed Real Madrid. They made history because they were among the strongest in history. If PSG were to make history, it would be because they are not as weak as everyone else.

Zidane's Real Madrid was a fabulous team made up of many champions, as Paris Saint-Germain is now, i don't think it is weaker than Real Madrid. Paris Saint-Germain has many champions and an excellent coach who knows how to win. We'll see if he can match the record of Zidane and Real Madrid, it will be a great feat.