[Football] UEFA Champions League Betting & Discussion Thread

[pawel7777]

So here we are, the last day of the first round of the new, group stage.
Here are the odds for today's games:



The most interesting match for the most is probably Monaco Vs Barcelona, but personally, I'm more interested in Atalanta Vs Arsenal. Atalanta might not be doing that great in the Serie A (9th place after 4 rounds, 2 wins and 2 losses), but they've won the Europa League cup last season, so should not be underestimated, especially when playing at home.

[Captain Corporate]

Manchester City failing to win definitely looked weak for them and very good for Inter and I believe that this could mean something for City and their future as well. I am not saying that they will be bad or anything, obviously they will be good and they will go far but I doubt they will win the whole thing and will fail to lift tge trophy. The main reason is that they built a team that dominates and destroys the hell out of teams smaller than them and been like that fır many seasons but whebever they meet a team that is evem remoteky in their vicinity they end up getting harder time winning and that is why when its quarter finals or semi finals they will end up losing this season as well. I can be wrong too, I just assume it will be very tough for them

[Sim_card]

So here we are, the last day of the first round of the new, group stage.
Here are the odds for today's games:



The most interesting match for the most is probably Monaco Vs Barcelona, but personally, I'm more interested in Atalanta Vs Arsenal. Atalanta might not be doing that great in the Serie A (9th place after 4 rounds, 2 wins and 2 losses), but they've won the Europa League cup last season, so should not be underestimated, especially when playing at home.

Leverkusen have already played their own match and they won Feyenoord 4-0.
Atalanta should not be understimated but them winning Europa is not a criterion than they will outperform Arsenal who is in a good form. One problem that I have with Arsenal is that they're unpredictable in UCL. The game has kcked off and in no time we will see who wins the match.

[Uruhara]

Man City and Inter Milan both showed a strong level of defense. And they actually also showed a pretty good level of attack too. But because their strengths can be said to be quite balanced at the moment, it is natural to see them draw without a goal. But at first I thought Man City could win the match but it turns out that Inter Milan can always surprise us. Because their strength is always something to be reckoned with.

Meanwhile, about Girona vs PSG. The match was quite tough for Girona. Meanwhile for PSG they are also having quite a difficult time. But PSG's difficulty is only in scoring goals or completing attacks. Meanwhile, Girona, on the other hand, had difficulty building attacks because they also couldn't lose focus on their defense.

Currently the Atalanta vs Arsenal match has started

[Rruchi man]

Currently the Atalanta vs Arsenal match has started

This is halftime, and the game is goalless. Atalanta started the game very promising and dominated the possession, but Atalanta settled in and created some chances for themselves. The second half will be more serious, Arsenal will try to make more attacking changes, trying Trossard in Martinelli's place to increase our scoring chances since he has been our best goal scorer.

Barcelona, in their own game against Monaco, have done well to ensure that even with the red card, they did not let Monaco dominate them so much that they will not be able to score. Barcelona will still win that game; the Barcelona players are serious minded.

[Uruhara]

Barcelona, in their own game against Monaco, have done well to ensure that even with the red card, they did not let Monaco dominate them so much that they will not be able to score. Barcelona will still win that game; the Barcelona players are serious minded.

There is still a chance for Barcelona to win this match even though it will be very difficult because they can only rely on 10 players. but seeing how they responded to the goal in the first half, they should have been able to score again in the second half.

Apart from Barcelona who managed to equalize the score in the first half. It turns out that Atletico Madrid also managed to do the same thing by equalizing the score at 1-1 in the match against Leipzig.

So the temporary scores for the 4 matches currently taking place are as follows

- Brest vs Sturm (score 1-1 in the first half)
- Atalanta vs Arsenal (score 0-0 in the first half)
- Atletico Madrid vs Leipzig (score 1-1 in the first half)
- Monaco vs Barcelona (score 1-1 in the first half)

[salad daging]

Barcelona, in their own game against Monaco, have done well to ensure that even with the red card, they did not let Monaco dominate them so much that they will not be able to score. Barcelona will still win that game; the Barcelona players are serious minded.

There is still a chance for Barcelona to win this match even though it will be very difficult because they can only rely on 10 players. but seeing how they responded to the goal in the first half, they should have been able to score again in the second half.

Yeah it's unfortunate that Barcelona are down to 10 men and now they're a goal down again to Monaco, it wasn't the game we wanted but it happened because Eric Garcia was given a red card.

Not a good start for Barcelona, if they manage to hold a draw in this match then that's good enough, if Barcelona didn't have a red card then their game could be more attacking and win this match.

[Uruhara]

There is still a chance for Barcelona to win this match even though it will be very difficult because they can only rely on 10 players. but seeing how they responded to the goal in the first half, they should have been able to score again in the second half.

Yeah it's unfortunate that Barcelona are down to 10 men and now they're a goal down again to Monaco, it wasn't the game we wanted but it happened because Eric Garcia was given a red card.

Not a good start for Barcelona, if they manage to hold a draw in this match then that's good enough, if Barcelona didn't have a red card then their game could be more attacking and win this match.

Well this is really very unfortunate. Because it looks like Barcelona is very unlucky in today's match. Because losing 1 player due to a red card in the early minutes is really detrimental to them. Now they are even left behind. Because the current score is 2-1. and it looks like Barcelona must now try again to equalize the goal in this match. This is really a quite tense match for Barcelona. Because unexpectedly they had to undergo a difficult match like this.

[sampoerna]

This was a very tight match. Man City was very attacking, only, Inter gave tough resistance. Both really showed the ability of their respective top clubs in their leagues. Both had met before in the 2022/2023 Championa League final, only, Man City came out as the winner at that time. And now, Inter Milan was able to hold Man City to a very good draw.

Actually, there were many missed opportunities by both parties, even when Gundogan almost got his moment, only that was failed again.

Inter is the best club currently in Seria A and you don't expect them to be defeated by City again after they have learnt their mistakes from the finals which City won them two seasons ago. It was a good result because none of the clubs conceded any goal but they played very well even though some good chances were loat. Inter goalkeeper is very good ans we saw how many times that he stopped City balls from entering his post. It is quite unbelievable that no goal was scored in this match even with Haaland on the pitch.

That's why it became a tough match. And draw is the best result for them. At least they will try much better to gain more full points in the next matches, and they are able to.

Yeah it's unfortunate that Barcelona are down to 10 men and now they're a goal down again to Monaco, it wasn't the game we wanted but it happened because Eric Garcia was given a red card.

Barcelona was really unlucky this time. They should have had a much bigger chance to win, but the world said otherwise. In the end, after only playing with 10 players, it was an incredibly difficult thing, because this is the UCL class. Even though their opponent was Monaco, it doesn't mean they are considered easy. This is why the UCL match is always interesting. Barcelona's defeat makes us realize that sometimes the match is not as expected, but once again, Barcelona was really unlucky this time.

[Zed0X]

How did your bet go? It looks like many lost their bets from the latest matches Honestly, I would have parlayed Leverkusen, Arsenal, and Barca but good thing I got busy and forgot about the games.

Looking at the Monaco - Barca stats, I think they're lucky enough to lose only by one goal.

[salad daging]

There is still a chance for Barcelona to win this match even though it will be very difficult because they can only rely on 10 players. but seeing how they responded to the goal in the first half, they should have been able to score again in the second half.

Yeah it's unfortunate that Barcelona are down to 10 men and now they're a goal down again to Monaco, it wasn't the game we wanted but it happened because Eric Garcia was given a red card.

Not a good start for Barcelona, if they manage to hold a draw in this match then that's good enough, if Barcelona didn't have a red card then their game could be more attacking and win this match.

Well this is really very unfortunate. Because it looks like Barcelona is very unlucky in today's match. Because losing 1 player due to a red card in the early minutes is really detrimental to them. Now they are even left behind. Because the current score is 2-1. and it looks like Barcelona must now try again to equalize the goal in this match. This is really a quite tense match for Barcelona. Because unexpectedly they had to undergo a difficult match like this.

This is really unlucky...
Barcelona lost points in the match, because most people this team will win it, it seems like Barcelona's path in UCL will be difficult in the upcoming match they will face a tough team, Bayern Munich even though playing at home we know how Bayern humiliated Barcelona before with a big score.
If Barcelona loses points again then it will be even more difficult.

[vegasus]

How did your bet go? It looks like many lost their bets from the latest matches Honestly, I would have parlayed Leverkusen, Arsenal, and Barca but good thing I got busy and forgot about the games.

Looking at the Monaco - Barca stats, I think they're lucky enough to lose only by one goal.

I think many people lost this time. Yes, because Barcelona must be favored to win against Monaco, right? But Lady Luck was not on their side. Because of a red card, everything was ruined. wkwkkwkw

Luckily I didn't make a bet like this, but seeing how many comments there were on social media, it was quite varied, various curses of defeat were there and also disappointment.

Actually, Barcelona always fought well, it's just that once again, this was really bad luck.

[pawel7777]

I called it. I knew it won't be an easy game for Arsenal, they were the favourite but should be lucky to earn even that 1 point. The major credit for that goes to Arsenal's goalkeeper, Raya who made a fantastic double save of Retegui's penalty. Retegui should've done better on that rebound, he seemed to have enough time to take a better aim with that header, but it went right in the middle of the goal, making it possible for Raya to save it.
Apparently it was Atalanta's first ever goalless draw in their Champion's League history. What's a bit strange, it's Arsenal's 3rd away Champion's League game in a row, when they failed to score a goal.

[Zed0X]

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Actually, Barcelona always fought well, it's just that once again, this was really bad luck.

I don't know about bad luck but I agree that they still fought well despite the numerical disadvantage. Who would have thought they could still equalize and hold on for so long. If the red card happened in the last 20 or even 30 minutes, they would probably get away with a point.

[joniboini]

I don't know about bad luck but I agree that they still fought well despite the numerical disadvantage. Who would have thought they could still equalize and hold on for so long. If the red card happened in the last 20 or even 30 minutes, they would probably get away with a point.

I think we can agree that the poor performance from Ter Stegen cost the game to some extent. People argued that he should have saved that second shot, considering it's not a tricky shot. He did manage to touch the ball but failed to punch it properly. I do agree with that analysis. You could even argue that he played a huge role in the red card too.