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Re: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season
by
lizarder
on 23/12/2024, 07:27:57 UTC
There might be some real changes incoming for Manchester City. One thing that I didn't fully understand is the contract extension for Pep Guardiola. I think he wanted to send a signal to the team and the people supporting Manchester City, but as of now it rather looks like the wrong decision. It's insane how the best coach in the world is not able to solve those problems. Because this is no coincidence anymore. When they lost like a couple of games, I thought ok it can happen to anyone, but this is now getting really bad. They could theoretically drop out of the top 24, which would be the worst defeat ever and nobody would have ever seen that coming.

PSG away from home is a serious deal and since Manchester City has so much pressure now, I think the last game against Brugge won't be easy either as Brugge has nothing to lose, but can win so much there. 
The changes are quite necessary considering Man City's performance so far in the Champions League and in the Premier League looks really bad. Pep Guardiola has said some weak points in the team and maybe there will be an effort to recruit new players to cover those weaknesses. Every coach has been in a golden age and then will face a decline, this is a natural thing to happen but what Man City experienced was too fast because they should have been much better when Pep Guardiola was able to see the problem and evaluate it.

PSG played well in Ligue 1 but not much better than Man City when playing in the Champions League so the chances in the match are still quite difficult to predict. But if you look at the abilities of both teams and the experience they have, I am a little more confident that Man City will win the match even though the match will be much more difficult for them.