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Re: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season
by
ndutndut
on 27/01/2025, 21:25:05 UTC
Their weakness in UCL puts them at great risk. The defeat to PSG leaves City outside the play-off zone, statistically, their chances of staying in the UCL are still there, although slim and very dependent on luck in the final game. City, who are currently in 25th place must win against Club Brugge in their final game and hope Stuttgart or the team above them do not win.
Regarding the chances of finishing in the top four of the EPL, I still believe in their abilities.
Manchester City still has the ability to take one of the places in the top four of the EPL, but we must not forget the other three teams whose points are very close to Manchester City's points and that can also be a challenge and pressure for the City team this season. While in the Champions League City's ability must really be able to increase in order to win and they can have a chance to qualify for the next round although the playoff match must also be better because that is the decisive match to enter the last 16 of the Champions League.
Man City this season is indeed slumping and getting worse when they experienced a painful defeat from PSG in the 7th match yesterday. Before this match, it might be true statistically and Man City players are superior. But at the same time Man City also repeated the same mistake, too easy and like there was no tight guard when PSG players made a quick counterattack. And that was proven when PSG was able to equalize in just 7 minutes, even after that they were able to take the lead first in the 78th minute and finally in the 90+3 minute PSG was able to lock in the victory.

Who knows what happened to players like Josko Gvardiol, Ruben Dias and Manuel Akanji. because their performance in that match was very bad. after that Pep Guardiola's strategy lately has always been wrong, if later he can qualify for the play-off round Pep Guardiola must be able to fix this and the players must be able to show their best game later.

Because Man City's door to qualify for the play-off round is still very wide. Man City cannot afford to draw or lose against Club Brugge, and Liverpool will not hesitate to beat their last opponent to open up a chance for Man City to climb to the top. In addition, Juventus will not hesitate to slaughter Benfica, and the result is that Man City will qualify with a ranking of 22 or more so that they qualify for the play-off round. Regarding the Domestic league with the current revival of Man City, I am sure they will finish in the top four at the end of the season.