Quote from: imamusma on January 12, 2024, 05:47:31 PM

Quote from: Raflesia on January 12, 2024, 05:25:23 PM

If they can hold a draw just like they did in the group stage against Bayern then it will be very good for Copenhagen but the problem is that it will not be easy when talking about quality and mentality until now Manchester City is very far superior to them so this is what make this match difficult for Copenhagen.Their chance are not very good in this round of 16 because for whatever reason Manchester City are the favorites and we can't change that fact because that is the case now.
Copenhagen hope are very small and even very difficult to do this match but whatever the result is for them the most important thing is that they have proven that they are capable of being in the last 16 even though in the end they lost they have fought very well until now.

In my opinion, forcing Manchester City to draw is also very difficult for Copenhagen, unless Pep Guardiola squad experiences a decline in performance for understandable reasons, such as a storm of injuries. On the other hand, we certainly appreciate Copenhagen efforts so far, because in the previous group phase, Copenhagen chances of qualifying for the last 16 were very low. However, it turns out that Galatasaray and Manchester United cannot talk much, even though we understand that these two clubs are more worthy of qualifying.

Pep Guardiola certainly wants to finish the match against Copenhagen according to plan, if possible in the first leg he must score a large goal margin. Copenhagen will certainly provide their best resistance, and their opportunity remains open to create a surprise. It could be that in the first leg the match will end in a draw, and Manchester City will turn things around in the second leg, but I believe Guardiola will not waste the available opportunities.

For the first leg, something like this might still happen even though the chances are very small for Copenhagen but it looks like they can still maximize it because sometimes Pep also always makes a breakthrough that sometimes we as football connoisseurs don't know what he means in the scheme that is done.

We can take an example when they played against Leipzig last season in the Champions League because the first leg seemed like this was really like unpredictable where when Pep did not make a single change for their squad in 90 minutes of the match and seemed to let the match be a draw for the first leg because of their targets like that which makes it possible for Copenhagen to also allow the same but of course it depends on Pep himself in arranging the scheme to be carried out whether to immediately kick off in the first leg or instead hold back and maximize in the second leg just like last season.