I think after COVID alot of big teams had lower spending, which enables smaller teams to compete. I definitely feel as if the gap between the elite teams and the second tier teams is smaller. Even clubs that have still been spending like Psg are clearly struggling. I don’t feel as if there is a huge gap between Real Madrid, Bayern, man cty when compared to Atletico, inter and arsenal.

I could definitely see some upsets and surprise finalists in this years completion. Psg might not make it out of the group phase. Barcelona is still psychologically struggling to recover from the Valverde era. Real looks good, but they aren’t dominant in a scary way. Bayern looks good but they aren’t even first in their league this year. Even man city looks less dominant this year.

I definetly think we’ll see some surprises this year. I think even man united can be a threat in the next round. They have had a lot of injuries which people overlook. They haven’t had their starting fullbacks, and a lot of their midfielders have been out through the season so far. Despite that they only have one less win than man city in the league. If they can make it out of the groups we could see a different team by the time ro16 begins.

  • 29517BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I think Inter has gone under the radar tbh they’ve looked really solid and proved last year they are more than capable of competing in the UCL

  • freebaconcheesburgerBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Real looks good, but they aren’t dominant in a scary way.

    Top of the league with 4 points more than Barcelona, top of the UCL group with 5/5 wins. All that with 2 starters being out for the whole season and tons of key players getting injured all the time. What more do you want? Win every game 5-0?

    I think even man united can be a threat in the next round.

    Bro this is not 2008, United are awful. They choked two 2-0 leads against Galatasaray and Copenhagen.

    Even if they managed to qualify for the round of 16, they’ll face one of Real Madrid, Inter (most likely), Atletico Madrid, Dortmund/PSG or Barcelona. They’ve conceded 14 goals in 5 UCL games and you think this team has any luck against any of those teams? As I said other teams are missing many key players as well, even if United get everyone back, they’ll still be shit.