Quote from: tusandii on Today at 01:43:44 AM

Quote from: Weawant on February 01, 2025, 10:20:40 PM

Quote from: tusandii on February 01, 2025, 03:08:15 AM

The Champions League schedule for the play-off round has been determined, I did not expect Real Madrid and Man City to meet in this play-off round which means we will not see one of them in the last 16 because only 1 can qualify for the next round, I think Real Madrid is more favored in this meeting because as we know Real Madrid has started to return to its best performance and their dominance in the UCL is unquestionable, although Man City is also starting to improve their performance little by little, but Man City is still not fully recovered.

This was similar thing that happened the last champions league last season where this two big teams had to meet and one person left meanwhile we were anticipating to meet them in the finals but this time around it's really bad that they were both weak to the point there both couldn't make it beyond the group stage and now they are now having to get rid of one person in the group stage to get to the knockout out which is another struggle to make sure to stay in the league. Madrid looks more promising to.me at this stage.

But their meeting took place in the quarter-finals and it was quite close to the semifinals while at this time they have not even qualified for the last 16 directly and must go through the play-off round to be able to qualify for the next round and we did not witness one of Madrid / Man City in the last 16 which I think is incomplete if one of them is not there, I also did not expect their meeting to be at the beginning of this round which makes the competition feel tense.
I also agree with you that Real Madrid is better when compared to Man City but we also cannot underestimate Man City because the opposite could happen.

we should get used to these matches as well as the play offs, the new champions league has a totally different format from the old champions league until last year. from this year whoever places between 9th and 24th in the standings will have to go through the play offs and you can also meet 2 big teams as happened with real madrid vs manchester city. also to consider the fact that the winner of real madrid - man city will find a team between Leverkusen and atletico madrid in the round of 16, so another fairly competitive match