UEFA Champions League 2023/2024

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Xavi Simons is an amazing player.

Leipzig have been the better team in the tie, the games there for them I don't rate Madrid at all other than name.
 

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Real very lucky to go through.. Leipzig the way better team
 

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Madrid's been in inconsistent form for a while now and that might've been their worst of all...that was dreadful. Leipzig bossed the whole game and it's shocking they couldn't score more than one.
 

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My man Openda didn't show his full worth :( , while Šeško is showing that he isn't close to Iličić as far mentality in big games go.
 

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My man Openda didn't show his full worth :( , while Šeško is showing that he isn't close to Iličić as far mentality in big games go.

Come on man. Now you're unfair. This is Sesko first season at top level and he's just 20. When Ilicic was 20 he was still in Slovenia. He hadn't even gone to Maribor yet.

Give him time.
 

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Come on man. Now you're unfair. This is Sesko first season at top level and he's just 20. When Ilicic was 20 he was still in Slovenia. He hadn't even gone to Maribor yet.

Give him time.
He is being lauded as one of the best young players, as footballs Dončić... Which he isn't.

Lots of other very hyped young players like Ronaldo, Neymar, CR and Messi already showed more than him before being 20. I'm just saying, dude gets so much hype here (as in my country) that people really believe he is one of the best younger players next to Haaland

I believed the hype too. He needs to do better
 

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He is being lauded as one of the best young players, as footballs Dončić... Which he isn't.

That's probably domestic media frenzy rather than actual expectations.

I was watching Doncic since he was 15 and at 16 he was playing key minutes for Real Madrid main team at the highest level possible.
Sesko is just a prospect that we all heard of because he was signed to replace Haaland. It's not like the whole world expects him to become a superstar.
 

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Not disagreeing with any of that. It's just that he really has the potential to be something special (not as new Haaland, more like new Hazard/Iličić type) but so far he has been a letdown in big games.

I don't want him to squander his talents like Schick (who is still not having a proper resurgence even tho being in a great team)
 

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Napoli can still get they're shit together and make it into 5th place.
I wonder if it's better to see Roma or Napoli in next year CL.
 

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Where is Spain in the picture. I don't believe that they are behind France.
Roma have to win vs EPL club.
 

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Napoli can still get they're shit together and make it into 5th place.
I wonder if it's better to see Roma or Napoli in next year CL.
That seems like a close race for fourth and fifth.

Bologna may have taken fourth place with their current form and consistency.

Considering the coefficient remains high and permits fifth place,

Roma seems good right now, but I cautiously doubt they can improve their team for the upcoming campaign. Right now, seven players are on loan from other clubs, and two more players are running out of contract. They may replace them with more mediocre players; I'm not sure which one they might redeem regarding that loaned played.

Napoli, they can probably catch up the points, but I wonder what kind of team they will have in the upcoming season if they lose Kvara and Osimhen.

Atalanta perhaps are another worthy representative, as they are financially healthy and can strengthen their squad.

In any case, Atalanta or Roma can grab the UCL ticket via Europa League route, although it is unlikely they gonna win it, but they still have to fight for it at least for the coefficient.
 
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