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I think we both agree that Bayern is currently ahead of Barcelona, and in terms of game organization, experience, team cohesion etc.
Everyone wondered how Bayern would play without Lewandowski, but in fact, you can hardly see any difference in their game, they are still a great team, maybe even a better team compared to last season.
I watched their game against Inter and it was a rarely seen dominance from an away team against Inter in Milan.
Barcelona is slowly raising the level of their game with Xavi, but it will take them some time to reach the level of Bayern.

I don't think I can say that it took long for Barcelona to reach the level of Bayern Munich (what does level really mean in the game of football?). The reason is, that the match has not happened and can not measure how far the difference between the two is and how far behind Barcelona from Bayern Munich is. In football, nobody always wins right? Well, this also applies to Bayern Munich when it comes to dealing with Barcelona.

We all shall watch Barcelona dismantle Bayern Munich on Tuesday night
Bayern Munich could not win thier game in Bundesliga well and you expect them to do against Barca
Barcelona played beautifully well, they just have to repeat same in the next few days against Bayern

Well, now we have seen who had the best experience, and it is known by nature that Bayern will always have advantages, it is a much more compact team that has top-level players and what I like most about Bayern is that in Germany there are stars do not give them as much importance as in other teams, the stars learn to do things better for the team and not everything revolves around them, for example, I was a fan of PSG but the attitudes of a player like Mbappé disappoints me , and having said no to Real Madrid is something that will affect him his whole life, and I'm sure he let go of a great opportunity that I'm sure he'll never be given again, but not only because of that but also because of the attitude of the list against his teammates was unethical.

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Being inexperienced in big tournaments like this one might be a problem for Graham Potter maybe. They couldn't beat Salzburg for example but it was his first Champions League game at the same time. Chelsea still have four more games to play here. Nothing has ended for them yet but on the other hand they are going to play against Milan two times in a row now. This is the most critical time period of the group stage for them. If they don't get at least four points from these games then their chance to move on can be much lower depending on the results of Dinamo Zagreb - Salzburg games.
Chelsea have actually made the transfer they need for solving their scoring issues. But let's see how good Aubameyang will be able to perform. If he doesn't perform like he was at Barcelona then they might still have serious issues.

Inexperience during champions league shouldn't be a problem because their opponents are not that much amazing aside from maybe Milan, so they should be second at worst no matter what. The fact that they are not shows that it is not just inexperience in UCL, but inexperience with a big club like this before.
Potter has been a manager for a while now, but he hasn't really managed a team at the size of Chelsea before, and definitely never been with a club that spent 200+ million in a single off-season. That type of size definitely requires a bit of experience, which you gain by doing it for the first time, because nobody grows knowing it, it just so happens that Potters first time will be with Chelsea.

Qualifying for the next round of the Champions League will not be too difficult for Chelsea if they are able to perform consistently well. Chelsea will still have the opportunity to play 4 matches. If they are consistent and stable they can easily qualify for the next round from second place in the table.

I'm not calling Potter a bad coach. But he is not experienced enough to manage a big team like Chelsea. And so I don't think he will be able to change the team's performance very quickly. But given enough time, he might be able to stabilize the team.

For me Chelsea has everything to qualify, I know there are those 4 games left, but for me they will win them, and I really admire the work of all the players and the technical director, and it is a great job that they have done and for me it will be one Of the surprise teams for the competition, some had no faith in them, but I really admire their ability to start and be about to qualify, the work of the technical director has been impeccable, raising a team from nothing and making their players understand each other and give their best is something that few achieve, I believe that the motivation that the players have has also had a great influence.Everyone hates Tuchel's work but for me it has been very good, the only thing is that it is no longer giving results and when that happens, it has to be replaced, but for me it did its part.

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I don't expect much from Chelsea this season. Chelsea's squad is not strong enough to win the title. They have several talented players in their squad. But a stronger squad is needed if they want to win the title. Also, Chelsea's new coach can stabilize the team but we don't know that yet. I look forward to seeing Chelsea's performance in the next few matches.

Chelsea team as individual players are good very good but when you put them together as a team they are not very good. That is to show that Chelsea problem can be coaching problem. Tuchel got it wrong because some few players that understood his type of play left the team. It was as if his defence line was just new and they didn't adapt so fast to his pattern of play. I wish that same thing will not happen to Graham Potter.

I don't think he was wrong, because Tuchel's work was good, but we all know that when a technical director no longer gives results, it is obvious that he is replaced, but I think that one of the things that we sometimes do not appreciate is good work of what some have done, then it's time to change phase, and they achieve that through a technical director.

Here is one of the stories that can continue to push Chelsea forward, will it be the solution? The genius tells him:

Graham Potter's tactical genius and how it can benefit Chelsea in crunch Premier League matches

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Graham Potter's Brighton & Hove Albion side produced a wonderful performance against Manchester United on the opening weekend of the season

Source: https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/graham-potter-chelsea-premier-league-24984962

Well now it's time to wait and see how everything continues to develop.