[Football] UEFA Champions League Betting & Discussion Thread

[Mate2237]

The absence of Gabriel Magalhaes will be felt by Arsenal's back line, unless Kiwior puts up a strong performance. Madrid will undoubtedly miss key players, particularly Courtois in goal.

Looking at both teams' recent performances, Arsenal is the more informed team, and Arsenal will take advantage of Madrid's defensive struggles to punish Madrid in the Emirates.

Arsenal will surely miss the leadership of Gabriel defensively, however in my candid opinion this tie would be won or lost on the offensive end not defensive one, Arsenal, even if Gabriel were to be available for the match would likely be unbale to stop Real Madrid's attack from scoring, it's now going to be left to Arsenal if they can match or surpass Real Madrid with their own attack. Hopefully the availability of Saka and Martinelli will help bolster their chances.

This is a showdown for the two teams. And the match is unpredictable, but we can say only try our lucks to select any of the two teams to win and if you win you go home with smile and if you loss you take it as normal gambling. If Gabriel is not in the squad in the side of Arsenal, the same the with Real Madrid. Many have predicted that because of the absence of many Real Madrid players, they will lose the game. There is a serious argument going in the viewing centers and the community right is rowdy.

[Harkorede]

It's still a barren draw between Arsenal and Real Madrid after the first 45 minutes, both team have a their chances, but Arsenal have been the better team in the first half and could have taken the lead on two different occasions, the first one was a Thomas Partey that was goal but deflected back out by Saliba. If the game should continue like it did in the first half, the Arsenal could end up winning the match, but it's still an open game and hopefully the 2nd half would be as interesting as the 1st, despite the lack goals so far.

[Rruchi man]

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It has been end to end in the Arsenal game, Arsenal and Real Madrid have both had chances to score. I hope we are able o take our chances here at the Emirates, because the atmosphere will be different in Spain.

I like that Arsenal have played them without fear, it was a confident first half from Arsenal.

[Gurujebs]

Both teams will be without several key players due to injuries. The absence of Gabriel Magalhaes will be felt by Arsenal's back line, unless Kiwior puts up a strong performance. Madrid will undoubtedly miss key players, particularly Courtois in goal.

Looking at both teams' recent performances, Arsenal is the more informed team, and Arsenal will take advantage of Madrid's defensive struggles to punish Madrid in the Emirates.

With the performance I watched in the first half so far, I don’t think the absence of Gabriel Magalhaes is affecting Arsenal in any way, the Gunners defense was very strong in the first half, Real Madrid attacking players were unable to breakthrough and score goals. The match is getting more interesting than I expected, Arsenal is dominating Real Madrid in term of attacking.

However, Courtois did not miss the first leg against Arsenal’s, the goalkeeper had saved Real Madrid in the first half, blocking many shots from Arsenal that could have result in goal. The second half is about to start, let’s see if Arsenal can take the home advantage to beat Real Madrid.

[Sim_card]

Inter has taken the lead away from home in the first half on the 38th minutes. Bayern is struggling to equalize the goal as the match is currently in the second half. Inter is dominating the game and if they can double their goal, it will be a big problem for Bayern to put themselves back in the game.

[Amug123]

It's still a barren draw between Arsenal and Real Madrid after the first 45 minutes, both team have a their chances, but Arsenal have been the better team in the first half and could have taken the lead on two different occasions, the first one was a Thomas Partey that was goal but deflected back out by Saliba. If the game should continue like it did in the first half, the Arsenal could end up winning the match, but it's still an open game and hopefully the 2nd half would be as interesting as the 1st, despite the lack goals so far.

I wasn't expecting both teams to score so early both teams have a strong defensive display .Arsenal have been the dominant side this first half creating scoring opportunities including a promising from Thomas, I think Arsenal needs to win this first leg with atleast two goals to have a chance of advancing to the next stage.

[Zed0X]

For sure there are people who believe Arsenal could win against Real but I bet nobody expected it to be by this margin. No matter what team you are, it's never easy to come back from three goals down even with another full 90 minutes (leg 2). This match is going to be one of Arteta's career highlights.

[pawel7777]

Two games, two surprises. Both favourites lost tonight. Bayern's loss is minimal so they are still in play, although it might be hard to defeat Inter on their home turf.
Real Madrid is probably already out. I don't see Arsenal wasting a 3-goal advantage even if Real is much more dangerous at home. If the gunners stay focused next week, they will go through to the semi-finals.

[Salahmu]

This is a showdown for the two teams. And the match is unpredictable, but we can say only try our lucks to select any of the two teams to win and if you win you go home with smile and if you loss you take it as normal gambling. If Gabriel is not in the squad in the side of Arsenal, the same the with Real Madrid. Many have predicted that because of the absence of many Real Madrid players, they will lose the game. There is a serious argument going in the viewing centers and the community right is rowdy.

I didn't believe what happened today on this matches, as strong as Real Madrid with a lot of champions League capacity could not at least draw Arsenal, I have lost my bet on them, I was very convinced that real Madrid will be the winner but they lost 3:0 to Arsenal, what an unbelievable match, now real Madrid is at the point of losing because it will be hard winning Arsenal next let alone scoring four goals. Bayern Munich got 2:1 to Inter Milan but if they tried they can catch up but real is the one I'm no longer sure of.

[JoyMarsha]

For sure there are people who believe Arsenal could win against Real but I bet nobody expected it to be by this margin. No matter what team you are, it's never easy to come back from three goals down even with another full 90 minutes (leg 2). This match is going to be one of Arteta's career highlights.

With the 3-goal margin, Arsenal had against Real Madrid. I would not be wrong if I give the whole match victory to Arsenal. Because there's no way Real Madrid will outplay Arsenal in the second leg to score more than 3 goals against Arsenal.

Let Real Madrid accept the fact that this year's Champions League trophy will not be their own. They should focus more on the LaLiga league to check if they can beat Barcelona from having it.

[Zed0X]

For sure there are people who believe Arsenal could win against Real but I bet nobody expected it to be by this margin. No matter what team you are, it's never easy to come back from three goals down even with another full 90 minutes (leg 2). This match is going to be one of Arteta's career highlights.

With the 3-goal margin, Arsenal had against Real Madrid. I would not be wrong if I give the whole match victory to Arsenal. Because there's no way Real Madrid will outplay Arsenal in the second leg to score more than 3 goals against Arsenal.

Let Real Madrid accept the fact that this year's Champions League trophy will not be their own. They should focus more on the LaLiga league to check if they can beat Barcelona from having it.

Tough to comeback from that but I would not completely consider them as out of the competition. Maybe the crowd could help them out somehow. I mean they could still force a draw at home and decide the match by penalty shootout.

On La Liga, RM is also slipping up.

[Gurujebs]

Tough to comeback from that but I would not completely consider them as out of the competition. Maybe the crowd could help them out somehow. I mean they could still force a draw at home and decide the match by penalty shootout.

On La Liga, RM is also slipping up.

It was a terrible night for Real Madrid, it was unbelievable that Arsenal scored 3 goals against Real Madrid in the second half to keep a clean sheet. Arsenal dominated Real Madrid throughout the match, they kept Real Madrid silent in every position, I can’t believe Real Madrid had Mbappe, Vinicius and Rodrydo in their frontline because they had zero contribution during the game.

However, do you think Real Madrid will make a comeback in the second leg after they failed to get a single goal playing away against Arsenal? I believe football is unpredictable and Real Madrid could get a home advantage to win the second leg but I am not sure if they can score 3 goals in the second leg when they were unable to score a single goal at Emirates.

[Amphenomenon]

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With the 3-goal margin, Arsenal had against Real Madrid. I would not be wrong if I give the whole match victory to Arsenal. Because there's no way Real Madrid will outplay Arsenal in the second leg to score more than 3 goals against Arsenal.

Let Real Madrid accept the fact that this year's Champions League trophy will not be their own. They should focus more on the LaLiga league to check if they can beat Barcelona from having it.

Tough to comeback from that but I would not completely consider them as out of the competition. Maybe the crowd could help them out somehow. I mean they could still force a draw at home and decide the match by penalty shootout.

On La Liga, RM is also slipping up.

Yea but I doubt Real Madrid can get a comeback, that would be really difficult and like a miracle for it to happen especially since their defense strength is seriously weak and now Camavinga  is definitely not going to be available for the game after his red card.

What happened to Real Madrid tonight that they conceded that number of goals is not really too shocking for me, since against Real Sociedad in the last week Copa dey Rey semi final win. While before then they scored and later towards the ending of the game Sociedad were already leading 3 goals to 1 and before they got a comeback and a win. Arsenal defense are more stronger I doubt such opportunity might come like that and chances needs to be taken well not like tonight.

[KingsDen]

For sure there are people who believe Arsenal could win against Real but I bet nobody expected it to be by this margin. No matter what team you are, it's never easy to come back from three goals down even with another full 90 minutes (leg 2). This match is going to be one of Arteta's career highlights.

It is not that there are people who believed that Arsenal would win Real Madrid, I was one of them and I said it countless times in the other forum and also said it in the social media. But to be very honest, I did not expect that the goal margin will be as wide as three goals. Infact, Real Madrid should just thank their goalie who saved their ass, without him, it would have been about 5 goals.
This is a pure champions league surprise. Congratulations to Arteta and his boys.

[Harkorede]

Let Real Madrid accept the fact that this year's Champions League trophy will not be their own. They should focus more on the LaLiga league to check if they can beat Barcelona from having it.

Let’s be honest too, I think Real Madrid have better chances if turning the tie around than actually beating Barcelona to La Liga this season, or maybe they could just focus on the Copa Del Rey, which would another good chance of silverware than hoping to start winning the rest of their La Liga games while Barcelona would have to drop points.

Real Madrid should have lost the game by even greater margins, they were totally dominated and outclassed by Arsenal.