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Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season
by
temple
on 05/01/2024, 19:02:13 UTC
The unluckiest team of the round is Copenhagen of course. They have a very tough draw against Manchester City and they will probably get destroyed easily as well. I respect their challenge in the group stage a lot. Just as Galatasaray were Copenhagen were also very ambitious to get points. But it looks like this is the end of the road for Copenhagen.  Smiley

I would have been happier to see Galatasaray in Copenhagen's place. I mean the draw would have still been very tough but at least they could have made much more money before being eliminated by the Manchester club. But anyways, the top title favourite Manchester City should have no problem on finishing off Copenhagen.

I don't think that Copenhagen were unlucky with their round of 16 draw against Manchester City and I have my reasons of saying that. For a team to avoid been drawn against some certain teams  in the round of 16 of the UEFA champions league competition, they must have to finish at the top of their group stage table.
Copenhagen without doubt did exceptionally well to progress from a team that consists of Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Galatasaray but they only progressed as runners up to Bayern Munich who who the table and that's why they'll have to face a team that finished as winners of another group. There's no doubt to the fact that Manchester City have a greater chances of winning the tie against Copenhagen, but I that if Copenhagen can play on their full strength, they can surprisingly reach the last eight of the competition at the expense of Manchester City.

Maybe this is more a question of the right vocabulary, but when someone says that Copenhagen was a bit unlucky, then I get what he is trying to say. Of course there is some luck involved in the drawings and if they were now playing against Real Sociedad and not Bayern or Real Madrid or Manchester City, he would have probably said that instead of getting unlucky, they now got lucky. But it is what it is for them and I still think they are looking forward to that game and enjoy it. For Copenhagen it is huge no matter how it ends. All the players will remember the round of 16 games in the Champions League against Manchester City as a highlight of their careers.