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Quote from: Velvet78 on September 24, 2022, 01:01:35 PM

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.

I personally didn't think Tuchel was a bad coach. He has tried his best to make the team strong. To strengthen the bonding between team players. But for some reason, he could not succeed. Players like Raheem Sterling and Emerick did not adapt well to the team. If Sterling had been able to play better, Chelsea's performance would have been stronger. Chelsea's main weakness this season is their defense. If the defenders had played well, they would have been a little higher on the points table. Looking forward to seeing what steps new pitcher Graham Potter takes to strengthen the team.

You described it very well, I think the same as you, for me Tuchel did everything he could, the weakness was always the defense, I don't know but I think that Raheem Sterling and Emerick for some reason played badly, they were not up to the task The team needed them, and the head that they cut off was Tuchel's, of course this is our thinking, perhaps the Chelsea managers do not see it that way, perhaps because of the collection of defeats they determined that whoever was doing everything wrong It was him, and in part yes, the responsibility falls on him, although we all know that it is not so, let's wait to see how he handles these situations when the players do not perform in Potter's case, perhaps he does have the character to let them know so your job is not in danger.

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Quote from: Tumanggor on October 10, 2022, 09:13:56 PM

Bad news for PSG fans because Messi is reported to be unable to play in the second match against Benfica tomorrow, he has a calf injury

PSG's front line is already dependent on messi, when facing reims (on ligue 1), it is clear that neymar and mbappe have not been compact and busy with their targets (to be the top scorer of ligue 1) respectively

PSG is at the top of Group H, but Benfica is not an easy team to beat

That's not a big problem for the big team like PSG. there are so many players are also capable to become replacement for messi. I think that PSG is not relying with messi. Its team can even win any match even when messi has not joined in the club.
PSG has so many top players in the club. I think that's not true if front line of PSG rely on him.

Benfica is also strong team but i guess you shall not underestimate performance from messi just because he will not be played on that match.

Yes, it's unfortunate about Messi, but that's football, fortunately Messi isn't that serious, and he won't miss the World Cup or he won't be in danger of the World Cup, I heard, I'm not sure if Dybala can miss the World Cup (I hope not), the danger that there is right now for emblematic players is that, both for Messi, CR7, Mbappé, among others, in the case of the PSG technical director, he let all of them know that he was going to be taking them out in the games, that they not get angry and that they do not think badly, in part it is to protect them from possible injuries that are unexpected, this is a means that they have to be able to protect themselves a little.

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Quote from: BuNga_cute on October 10, 2022, 11:35:06 PM

The previous meeting Juventus managed to beat Maccabi Haifa with a pretty convincing score. So the next match against Maccabi Haifa should be
Juventus can win the match again. Even though Juventus have to play away, but because of the quality of Juventus players and also Juventus
performance is much better, Juventus should have won. If Juventus can beat Maccabi Haifa for the second time, then the chances of Juventus getting
bigger to qualify from the group phase. Juventus only need to hope that Benfica is defeated by PSG and the next meeting Juventus must be able
to beat Benfica. Because facing PSG it seems very difficult for Juventus to get points, so the remaining 3 matches in the group stage Juventus must be
able to achieve at least 2 wins. Which means that Juventus must be able to beat Maccabi Haifa and also Benfica if they really want to qualify from
the group stage.

I don't think Maccabi Haifa has any chance of winning the match against Juventus because they have been having a very poor run currently. They have lost four of their last five matches and the recent loss against the eight-placed Maccabi Bnei Raina in the Israeli Premier League was not funny. Historically, this match also favors Juventus because they have won all three Champions League games played against Maccabi Haifa. Juventus have to seize this opportunity and regain their lost grounds.

Quote from: Velvet78 on October 10, 2022, 11:07:52 PM

Juventus are going to play a very critical game against Maccabi Haifa once again. They have no other option than winning here. Because PSG would be most likely to defeat Benfica in Parc des Princes. Therefore in case Juventus win at the same time then they will be only one point behind Benfica. This means that they will be more hopeful about qualifying from the group.

There is no guarantee that PSG would defeat Benfica. The Champions League is the league of champions where underrating any club might be disastrous. Yes, PSG has one of the best-attacking teams in the champions league but the Benfica team is also at its best. PSG is without their playmaker Lionel Messi which would really affect PSG's midfield. Gonçalo Ramos would be a thorn in the flesh of PSG's shaky defense. This match is a potential draw game because the chances of both teams winning for me is 50/50

Well Juve I hope that Dyaballa is not so radically injured, who for me was the best player in Serie A, on the other hand Maccabi Haifa I do not think he is such a strong opponent or that he has been so strong in a short time, they must have a very defensive strategy and with strikers who make them explode every time a ball hits them, for me Maccabi Haifa will play it safe, defensively and against the counterattack, that's what I can see, on the other hand, between the PSG vs Benfica, I wouldn't trust Barcelona too much, they may be wrong, for me Benfica can give a surprise, it would also be nice if there was some kind of good surprise.