Quote from: Solokan on Today at 06:57:37 AM

Quote from: _BlackStar on September 01, 2025, 10:41:26 PM

Quote from: Silence Scream on September 01, 2025, 06:32:40 PM

Quote from: Frankolala on September 01, 2025, 07:49:30 AM

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That's the game of football. Many sports commentators consider Paris Saint-Germain, with its squad featuring Messi and Neymar, to be among the most serious contenders for the Champions League title. And let's not forget that Mbappé was also on that team. While such a strong Paris Saint-Germain couldn't win the Champions League title, the first year Mbappé left the team, when everyone expected a decline in performance, Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League. That's why I love the UCL. It's truly difficult to predict.

When Mbappé arrived at Real Madrid, the squad was one of the best in the world. There was Bellingham, Vinicius, Mbappé, Rodrygo, Valverde and many more, but Real Madrid failed to win the Champions League. So, I agree with you - sometimes it's not about the depth of the squad, but also how the players respond and how hard everyone works.

Team performance depends heavily on strategy and squad depth - but a team's success in winning a title also depends on many other factors. A strong mentality and strong teamwork will make a team stronger - overloading star players will only complicate things and make things unbalanced. Real Madrid have a lot of star players - but their performance didn't reflect that last season.

Yes, sometimes I'm surprised by teams with so many star players who sometimes play like that. Yes, Real Madrid is indeed a team with so many star players, but they failed to win trophies at that time in the UCL and La Liga. Indeed, Real Madrid should have won because of their many star players. What you said is true, of course, the most important thing is the hard work of each player, which will certainly have a greater impact on a team's ability to play well and strongly.

However, I certainly think Real Madrid played poorly last season, but of course, now we'll see what happens to Real Madrid this season in the Champions League and La Liga. Of course, now that Real Madrid is coached by Xabi Alonso, there's certainly potential for Real Madrid to perform even better as long as Xabi Alonso can coach Real Madrid very well. However, I see Real Madrid starting to make some progress, and of course, in the Champions League this season, Real Madrid will be a strong team and ready to compete with other clubs.

These things always surprise us but I have to say that lately the Galacticos teams can no longer be defined as such and for the simple reason that times have changed and that before they could do much more now they are very limited by the fact that the other teams also buy and are on the ball and can compete, so I'm not saying that they are weak or weaker than the others, but that football has levelled out.