Quote from: Alex077 on Today at 09:14:13 AM

Quote from: Frankolala on September 01, 2025, 06:06:13 AM

This is why I love football because it is full of surprises. PSG was the least club the booker made the favorite in their odd before the competition started last season. They shocked everyone and humiliated all the big clubs that crossed their path during the competition. I will love to see a different club win UCL this season if possible.

Agreeee.... PSG were not considered favorites to win the Champions league last season, even qualifying for the playoffs was a total mysterious for this team. Although PSG lost points in the first few matches, but you know the team secured their ticket to the playoffs due to consecutive wins in the last few matches of the first round. After that then we saw PSG's great performance in every match of the knockout round. They finally defeated a team like Inter Milan 5-0 in the final Cool

. It would not be surprising if a new team performs unexpectedly well this season. Because the Champions League is always unpredictable. Every team that qualified for the knockout round is very strong.

That's why bookmakers sometimes predict that teams like Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, and other big names will win this season's UCL. But that shouldn't be a benchmark for betting as the end of the season always brings surprises. This often happens in the UCL, last season many didn't expect PSG to win especially since they nearly failed to qualify for the round of 16 in the league, having to fight through the play-offs. But amazingly they managed to pull off a surprise by defeating Premier League teams most impressively defeating Inter Milan by a landslide.

This has also happened to other teams like Porto and Chelsea. When they won the UCL, they were underestimated from the start, but they managed to pull off a surprise. So, I think every UCL season brings unexpected surprises. Even as the defending champions, I believe PSG won't be able to defend their title. I predict they will be eliminated quickly this season in the UCL.