2023-24 UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread

[Mamba81p]

There is nothing like UCL in the spring. Not the world cup, not the euros nor the domestic leagues. This is the highest level of football played on the planet

[Jellybeans]

Ive seen crap loads of bad games from Real this season but..
This crap from 15 to 105 minute was something else. Like Carlo again did the same thing what he did last year..You need to press against City...Just give the ball back to City and Lunin keeps saving Carlos a*s.

[Foye]

Bundesliga could have as much as 6 CL starters next season if Dortmund wins it an finishes 5th in the Bundesliga.

Don’t think Dortmund will win it, though.
They hit their ceiling with a semi final spot.
I‘d argue their roster is worse than last year.

That said - with 3 games left - they just need to get a bit lucky and could actually win it all.

[Mamba81p]

Bundesliga could have as much as 6 CL starters next season if Dortmund wins it an finishes 5th in the Bundesliga.

Don’t think Dortmund will win it, though.
They hit their ceiling with a semi final spot.
I‘d argue their roster is worse than last year.

That said - with 3 games left - they just need to get a bit lucky and could actually win it all.

PSG are not very good either. The only reason they are here is because Araujo is an idiot. Mbappe seems to have partially checked out and who knows how his relationship with Luis Enrique will be by then. PSG are the favorites but I would not be shocked if Dortmund will make it. I can only hope.

[Young Stapler]

Bayern is going to win it all.

[MetalFingaz]

I think this Madrid team is the best of the remaining 4, but it's the semis, anything can happen! My money is on Don Carlo vibing his way to two major trophies.

[MetalFingaz]

It will be funny if an Arsenal loss means Spurs don't get Champions League football next year. Sorry Baph!

[Baphomet]

It will be funny if an Arsenal loss means Spurs don't get Champions League football next year. Sorry Baph!

If you take a look at Spurs fans on twitter and various forums, they don't really care. And I don't either, I was loving tonight's football, I love seeing City and Arsenal go out of Europe. If this coefficient stuff has you cheering for rival teams, I'd rather not be in the CL. And let's face it, 5th placed teams shouldn't be getting into the premier European competition.

If the situations were reversed, there is not a chance that Arsenal fans would be hoping we won. Same with United and City.

[MetalFingaz]

It will be funny if an Arsenal loss means Spurs don't get Champions League football next year. Sorry Baph!

If you take a look at Spurs fans on twitter and various forums, they don't really care. And I don't either, I was loving tonight's football, I love seeing City and Arsenal go out of Europe. If this coefficient stuff has you cheering for rival teams, I'd rather not be in the CL. And let's face it, 5th placed teams shouldn't be getting into the premier European competition.

If the situations were reversed, there is not a chance that Arsenal fans would be hoping we won. Same with United and City.

Totally, though I would like to see Angeball in the Champions League.

[The_Brecht]

Premier League in the mud.

[Mamba81p]

Premier League in the mud.

Good, because We need some balance.
There were some PL fans who were calling Bundesliga farmers league, and it looks like the farmers are not that bad.

PL is still the best league imo but they are not dominating Europe like La Liga did between 2009 and 2018, which was getting boring tbh

[Baphomet]

It will be funny if an Arsenal loss means Spurs don't get Champions League football next year. Sorry Baph!

If you take a look at Spurs fans on twitter and various forums, they don't really care. And I don't either, I was loving tonight's football, I love seeing City and Arsenal go out of Europe. If this coefficient stuff has you cheering for rival teams, I'd rather not be in the CL. And let's face it, 5th placed teams shouldn't be getting into the premier European competition.

If the situations were reversed, there is not a chance that Arsenal fans would be hoping we won. Same with United and City.

Totally, though I would like to see Angeball in the Champions League.

We've already seen it, it didn't go too well for Celtic. Though it wasn't down to lack of effort on their part.

[Pipp33]

If you take a look at Spurs fans on twitter and various forums, they don't really care. And I don't either, I was loving tonight's football, I love seeing City and Arsenal go out of Europe. If this coefficient stuff has you cheering for rival teams, I'd rather not be in the CL. And let's face it, 5th placed teams shouldn't be getting into the premier European competition.

If the situations were reversed, there is not a chance that Arsenal fans would be hoping we won. Same with United and City.

Totally, though I would like to see Angeball in the Champions League.

We've already seen it, it didn't go too well for Celtic. Though it wasn't down to lack of effort on their part.

The only reason I would have loved to see the PL get the 5th spot is that I think both Villa and Spurs deserve a chance in the CL on this season's performances, but one will now miss that (hopefully it's not Villa).

It will be a battle until the last game and thankfully our win over Arsenal has given us a boost after some rough games. Spurs have the tougher run home, but we will no doubt blunder a game we're expected to win.

[cgf]

Saka and Rice have been very poor recently.

Bayern put a lot into keeping Saka quiet and Arteta seemingly gambled on Bayern crumbling under the pressure after losing the league, because they just took the space Bayern was giving them on the left instead of doing more to free Saka up on the right. White played very conservatively behind him and neither Kai nor Odegaard drifted over to him enough to free him up the way Bayern managed to free Musiala & Sane up.

So I don't think it's fair to blame Saka alone, he wasn't put in a position to thrive and isn't so unreal that that doesn't matter against a top team.


Disappointed with Kai though, he gets more hate than he deserves but he seemed totally out of sync with the rest of arsenal's attack across that tie. He shows much better chemistry for the NT, even with guys he's never played with before.

[cgf]

Bundesliga could have as much as 6 CL starters next season if Dortmund wins it an finishes 5th in the Bundesliga.

Don’t think Dortmund will win it, though.
They hit their ceiling with a semi final spot.
I‘d argue their roster is worse than last year.

That said - with 3 games left - they just need to get a bit lucky and could actually win it all.

Or if Bayern drops into 5th and wins it I would laugh so hard if Bayern and BorussiaInc. met in the final while battling for the 4th seed in the league.

[Foye]

Bundesliga could have as much as 6 CL starters next season if Dortmund wins it an finishes 5th in the Bundesliga.

Don’t think Dortmund will win it, though.
They hit their ceiling with a semi final spot.
I‘d argue their roster is worse than last year.

That said - with 3 games left - they just need to get a bit lucky and could actually win it all.

Or if Bayern drops into 5th and wins it I would laugh so hard if Bayern and BorussiaInc. met in the final while battling for the 4th seed in the league.

A 5th CL spot is basically guaranteed.

Bundesliga is ahead of Premier League in the ranking that gives you a 5th spot.
Premier League only has Aston Villa left.

I read that 3 draws or 1 win and 1 draw from Bayern Dortmund and Leverkusen in the remaining European games would be enough to secure the 5th spot even if Aston Villa wins every game from here.

It could even be 9 Bundesliga teams playing in Europe next year.

[magik9113]

Serie A with 5 teams in the Champions League is just wild to me.
Normally I'd be pleased about this, but my honest opinion is that it is a disservice to the entire competition
Juve are garbage and the rest of the teams at the moment besides Inter all belong in the Europa League. This summer could change that, though... Juve need to part ways with Allegri and like Milan they need a couple strong additions to the squad. At least Roma and Atalanta are shining in the Europa League at the moment

[magik9113]

The first leg of the championship matchup is today

tough one to call. Bayern have been subpar all year but hard to rule them out. I choose Real to advance if I were forced to make a prediction.
PSG as well but it's a toss up

[Mamba81p]

Kim is an atrocious defender, and an even worse person. Looking for scapegoats after he makes mistakes. I never liked his game, and never understood why Bayern went after him

[Movics]

A por la decimoquinta