UEFA Champions League *MATCHDAY 2* Prediction — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hello. Ladies and gentlemen, club
2. 0:01football is finally back after the
3. 0:03extended international break. We just
4. 0:05saw a quick glimpse on how club teams
5. 0:07did respond since being back. So, of
6. 0:09course, it's time to share my
7. 0:10predictions of the second match day of
8. 0:12the Champions League. Last time I had a
9. 0:14few misses, but overall mostly correct
10. 0:17in terms of the right win, draw, or loss
11. 0:19outcome. But as always, let me know
12. 0:21where I went wrong by leaving your
13. 0:22predictions in the comments below. Leave
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15. 0:26new for much more Champions League
16. 0:28content. If you follow this channel
17. 0:29regularly, you probably know that I
18. 0:31prefer international break over club
19. 0:33football, but definitely not this time.
20. 0:36I'm very relieved it's over. That's
21. 0:37because my national team, Croatia,
22. 0:39suffered their worst defeat in history,
23. 0:41conceding seven goals and scoring none.
24. 0:43I don't even know what to rate that
25. 0:45performance because my friend's team the
26. 0:47other week wasn't that great either. I
27. 0:49filmed them with the Xbox Go Falcon, an
28. 0:51AI camera which was able to track their
29. 0:52performance and they conceded nine goals
30. 0:55which gave them a 4.92 out of 10 rating.
31. 0:58The craziest thing is they still got six
32. 1:00goals themselves that match and they
33. 1:02still got that brutal of a rating. Hey,
34. 1:04that's at least better than my national
35. 1:05team. Xbox Go Falcon allows you to track
36. 1:07any motion of play, giving you the best
37. 1:09highlights of your game effortlessly
38. 1:11without needing anyone to manually pan
39. 1:13your camera. It's super easy to set up
40. 1:15and comes with this huge tripod. You
41. 1:17just place it right off the halfway
42. 1:18marker on the pitch and it's ready to
43. 1:20go. And once you upload your recording,
44. 1:22their pro soccer tool allows you to find
45. 1:24any key moments throughout the game.
46. 1:25Breaking it down here with goals, shots
47. 1:27on target, corners, penalties, saves,
48. 1:30shots, and free kicks. So, even though
49. 1:32my friend side did not have the best
50. 1:34night, it's all good as there's a full
51. 1:36overview on the attack and defense
52. 1:37analytics so we can see what they need
53. 1:39to improve on. You're also able to see
54. 1:41how many goals, shots on target,
55. 1:42assists, and saves were made. Yeah, it's
56. 1:45obviously great to get this type of data
57. 1:46along with the effortless footage on
58. 1:48your end as the Xbox Go Falcon model has
59. 1:50made huge improvements with their
60. 1:52tracking and zooms allowing you to get
61. 1:54some of the best footage possible and
62. 1:55you can do the same with many other
63. 1:57sports. If you want to improve your game
64. 1:59as well, make sure you click the link in
65. 2:00the description of this video. Anyway,
66. 2:03let's get into it. Starting off with
67. 2:04Lance versus Sporting. Lance have been
68. 2:06doing my head in. I'm not going to lie.
69. 2:08The last Champions League match day must
70. 2:10have been so heartbreaking for their
71. 2:12opposition. sparked the Praa looking
72. 2:14like they were actually going to pull it
73. 2:15off despite having a red card for nearly
74. 2:17the entire second half. Thurm scoring a
75. 2:19beautiful brace and what looked to be
76. 2:21the winner in the 88th minute, but Lon's
77. 2:23response was to score two goals in
78. 2:26stoppage time to win the match
79. 2:28themselves. Anyway, despite Top Mer
80. 2:30finding a way in his first Champions
81. 2:32League match with the club along with
82. 2:33winning the French Super Cup over PSG at
83. 2:35the beginning of the season, they
84. 2:37decided to get rid of him as they did
85. 2:38not like his assistant coach and thought
86. 2:41Mhler refused to be separated from him
87. 2:43from my understanding. Now they got
88. 2:44Yanni Kawuzzak who was also just an
89. 2:46assistant coach for the club, but since
90. 2:48he has taken proper charge, he's gone
91. 2:50one win, one loss. This side definitely
92. 2:52have some solid attackers like Fani
93. 2:54Ivanovic, Dalvin. However, this side
94. 2:56have not convinced me defensively.
95. 2:58whatsoever. They haven't kept a clean
96. 3:00sheet since that PSG victory in the
97. 3:02French Super Cup final. That being said,
98. 3:05Sporting's defense has not been so
99. 3:06brilliant either. In fact, prior to the
100. 3:08international break, things seemed a bit
101. 3:10concerning. They picked up two draws,
102. 3:12even blowing a very early 2-nil lead.
103. 3:15But they just responded well, getting a
104. 3:16huge away win over Braa. Honestly, this
105. 3:18club is in a pretty similar situation in
106. 3:20my opinion. Brilliant attackers to
107. 3:22utilize. Luis Suarez's numbers are still
108. 3:24great, but the defense has some solid
109. 3:26names on paper, but still they randomly
110. 3:28let their side down. With Sporting being
111. 3:30away, that's my only real concern. I
112. 3:32wouldn't be surprised if this match
113. 3:34finishes in a draw, but I'm going to
114. 3:36just lean towards Sporting doing it. I
115. 3:38do think both teams will get on the
116. 3:40score sheet, though. I'm seeing Sporting
117. 3:42pull it off with a 23 win away. Rui
118. 3:45Borggas is obviously way more
119. 3:47established right now in his managerial
120. 3:48role and yeah, Sporting definitely have
121. 3:51a recent resume as of late themselves,
122. 3:53just making it pretty far in the
123. 3:54Champions League. So, I do think that
124. 3:56they're the safer team to back here, but
125. 3:59maybe only just. We'll see. Moving on
126. 4:01now to Saba versus Slavia Praha. One of
127. 4:03the more underrated matches in this
128. 4:05match day. Like I talked about though,
129. 4:07Slavia Praa had absolute heartbreak in
130. 4:10the last one. They were minutes away
131. 4:12from actually winning their first match.
132. 4:14Now, they very much need to grab three
133. 4:16points here. Although, it's not going to
134. 4:18necessarily be easy despite Saba looking
135. 4:20like a huge underdog. In Saba's debut
136. 4:22Champions League match, the 9-year-old
137. 4:24club got destroyed by Manchester United
138. 4:26at Old Trafford. But now, obviously,
139. 4:28they're home and we all know how
140. 4:30passionate Azerbaijani clubs can be. Not
141. 4:32to mention within the Champions League
142. 4:34qualifiers themselves, the amount of
143. 4:35time Saba turned it around at their own
144. 4:37home ground. And after the United loss,
145. 4:39they have picked up their form.
146. 4:41Unfortunately failing to score though in
147. 4:42the most recent match after the
148. 4:44international break. Slavia Praha did
149. 4:46not let that lon's loss phase them too
150. 4:48much as well. They've been cruising
151. 4:49through in the Czech league and cup even
152. 4:51defeating some top opponents like
153. 4:53Victoria Pizzen. One concern for Slavia
154. 4:55Praa though is their main defender
155. 4:57Chalupek is ruled out with an injury.
156. 4:59This one's a really tough one to call.
157. 5:01Obviously Slavia Praa are the favorites
158. 5:03on paper but you can't rule out Saba.
159. 5:06They're going to want to do something in
160. 5:07this Champions League where it's a
161. 5:09miracle that they're here in the first
162. 5:11place obviously, but they fully deserve
163. 5:13it. Getting some very convincing results
164. 5:15at home, like I said, already within
165. 5:17Europe. So, I just believe in Saba to
166. 5:19get some points in this Champions
167. 5:20League. I don't know if they'll be able
168. 5:22to escape this group, but I'm going to
169. 5:24say they get their first win. They pull
170. 5:26off a 2-1 victory at their own home
171. 5:28ground. Moving on out to Galatasai
172. 5:30versus Barcelona. There is a clear
173. 5:33favorite in this one. Obviously, no one
174. 5:35wants to travel to Rams Park on a
175. 5:37European night. That is one of the most
176. 5:38hostile atmospheres you could ask for in
177. 5:41the Champions League. Barcelona's
178. 5:42results have not just been good. They
179. 5:44have been 10 out of 10 nearly every
180. 5:46single week. Right now, they are easily
181. 5:48one of the most informed teams in all of
182. 5:50Europe. When you look at the scores,
183. 5:52they're truly just scoring goals for fun
184. 5:54every single week. I mean, now it's
185. 5:55considered a shock if they score less
186. 5:57than three. One huge concern for
187. 5:59Barcelona, though, is that their
188. 6:00striker, Rafiniah, is likely to be ruled
189. 6:02out. He sat out against Gafe after the
190. 6:04international break ended, but prior to
191. 6:06that he scored backto back hat-ticks and
192. 6:09has been on an unreal run already
193. 6:11scoring 14 goals in eight matches. So
194. 6:14obviously not having him as a blow, but
195. 6:15Barcelona still have the depth to cover.
196. 6:17Jesus can now prove his worth. And on
197. 6:19the wing, Anthony Gordon has been
198. 6:21ridiculous. Somehow only just scoring
199. 6:23his first goal for Barcelona this
200. 6:24weekend, but prior he was distributing
201. 6:26so many assists. We all know Yamal's
202. 6:28brilliance as well. His form has been
203. 6:30excellent even in the international
204. 6:31break. I can go on and on about each of
205. 6:33their players. Barcelona are not only
206. 6:35looking like the best side in the world
207. 6:36right now, but also they are one of the
208. 6:38most fun sides to watch. It's going to
209. 6:40be very tough for Galatasai to defend
210. 6:43against them as Galatasai have not been
211. 6:45convincing whatsoever defensively
212. 6:47recently and as a whole have not been up
213. 6:50to par compared to their normal selves.
214. 6:52Obviously, they have been missing Osman
215. 6:54for some time which was a huge loss.
216. 6:55that's their key striker. But still that
217. 6:57loss to Sporting then getting demolished
218. 6:59to throbs on Sport. Of course, now that
219. 7:01Osman returned, he came on as a sub.
220. 7:03Galatasai were able to register a home
221. 7:06win, but still conceded there.
222. 7:07Obviously, with Osiman regaining his
223. 7:09fitness, that's a huge boost for
224. 7:10Galatasai to have him back on a European
225. 7:13night like this, but again, I'm just
226. 7:14concerned for this side defensively. I
227. 7:17do think they might be able to find
228. 7:18themselves on the score sheet at Rams
229. 7:20Park, but I'm still going for Barcelona
230. 7:22to win this one. I'm gonna say it's an
231. 7:24outrageous score as well of five to2.
232. 7:27Moving on to Leipig versus PSV. This one
233. 7:30is very tough to call in my opinion.
234. 7:32Maybe some of you think it's obvious as
235. 7:33Leipig just destroyed Frankfurt this
236. 7:35weekend. In Kunku being back at his
237. 7:37beloved club, he just scored a hat-tick
238. 7:40too. But even with Leipig's recent
239. 7:41success in the Bundesliga, it's still
240. 7:43just so hard to trust them within
241. 7:45Europe. We'll never forget about the
242. 7:47first time we saw this league phase. But
243. 7:48also, they just got destroyed by Ko 41.
244. 7:51Their form has just been way too back
245. 7:53and forth when you look at the recent
246. 7:54matches. This could be another off game
247. 7:56for them, especially considering PSV
248. 7:59have been able to dismantle some very
249. 8:01respectful sides within UEFA before.
250. 8:03Betic still balling out at his age.
251. 8:05Bodakovic finally getting the chance
252. 8:07with the club this season. Vanbal's been
253. 8:09one of my favorite players to watch for
254. 8:11the Netherlands in the Chavi era. Some
255. 8:13of their forwards might be injured, but
256. 8:14Till's been their top goal scorer so
257. 8:16far. I feel like Leipzig will be able to
258. 8:18show themselves dominantly at first, but
259. 8:20for some reason I see PSV responding. It
260. 8:22finishes in a high-scoring 2-2 draw.
261. 8:25Moving on to Arsenal versus Le.
262. 8:27Obviously, football is full of
263. 8:29surprises, but this might be one of the
264. 8:32more clear-cut matches in my opinion.
265. 8:34Arsenal obviously had that shock of a
266. 8:35loss when traveling to Brighton, but
267. 8:37that was their only loss this season and
268. 8:39they picked their form back up against
269. 8:40Leads. Few bet injuries for this side
270. 8:42though obviously like Celiba in the back
271. 8:44line and Solis but still Gimodayish has
272. 8:46proven to be an excellent signing so
273. 8:48far. They're so compact in the midfield
274. 8:50as a whole with the other options they
275. 8:52have. While Le have been putting off
276. 8:53some good fights but they have still
277. 8:54been way too back and forth in form.
278. 8:56Barely winning at home despite their
279. 8:58opposition getting a red card in the
280. 8:59second half losing to Nice before that
281. 9:02and also losing to Real Bethis in their
282. 9:04first Champions League match. Let's also
283. 9:05not forget they will be missing Ethan
284. 9:07Mbappe for this match due to his
285. 9:09horrible lack of judgment against Real
286. 9:11Vetes. I do rate some of the signings
287. 9:13like aa the top goal scorer the air
288. 9:14devis last season but Arsenal are just
289. 9:16too well established right now for this
290. 9:18match to be at the Emirates. I cannot
291. 9:20see an upset even with Celipa injured. I
292. 9:23think Arsenal can pull off a clean sheet
293. 9:24here. I'm going to say it finishes
294. 9:262-nil. Moving on out to one of the more
295. 9:28highly anticipated matches, Atletico
296. 9:31Madrid versus Manchester United. Man
297. 9:33United getting their first win back in
298. 9:35the Champions League, but that was to
299. 9:36Saba. Now, a huge test awaits them. But
300. 9:39I'm sure many of their fans are nervous
301. 9:40as this weekend did not go to plan.
302. 9:43Despite the winless Tottenham getting a
303. 9:45red card, they were able to equalize in
304. 9:48stoppage time. That means since that
305. 9:50Saba victory in the Champions League,
306. 9:51Manchester United have not won a single
307. 9:54match. They're currently 13th place in
308. 9:56the league with just six points. Not
309. 9:58what many were expecting with Carrick at
310. 10:00the helm. After taking charge last
311. 10:02season, many were optimistic about him.
312. 10:04But this is now Manchester United's
313. 10:06worst start to the Premier League since
314. 10:071986. There's been a huge lack of
315. 10:10intensity from some of the players. They
316. 10:12seem a bit sluggish. So to go in with
317. 10:14that type of form traveling to Madrid,
318. 10:16it's not going to be easy cuz Atlety's
319. 10:18form has been the complete opposite.
320. 10:20They lost their first Champions League
321. 10:21match to Liverpool, but then they've won
322. 10:23every single one since, even defeating
323. 10:26Real Madrid. Bayern on the wing's been
324. 10:28so good for them. Jonathan David's been
325. 10:30a solid signing so far. Obviously,
326. 10:32there's been all that Alvarez drama, but
327. 10:34they have so much depth in the attack.
328. 10:36The other new signings are clicking as
329. 10:37well. Curaldo and Kangin Lee have been
330. 10:39great. But honestly, it's very shocking
331. 10:41that Manchester United have been this
332. 10:42poor. Bruno Fernandez breaking the
333. 10:44assist record in the Premier League last
334. 10:46season. Has now only had one match this
335. 10:48season where he actually put off some
336. 10:50numbers, scoring a hat-tick against
337. 10:52Ipsswich to be fair, but still he's
338. 10:54disappeared in the other fixtures. Even
339. 10:56against Tottenham this weekend, it took
340. 10:57him some time to complete his first pass
341. 10:59in the match. Yeah, sometimes even when
342. 11:01the Premier League sides are in poor
343. 11:03form, they show their class in European
344. 11:04football. But with Atletico Madrid being
345. 11:07in very good form, it's too hard for me
346. 11:09to see Manchester United pulling off in
347. 11:11a way win here. I think Atletico Madrid
348. 11:13will do it narrowly, but still pick up
349. 11:14the three points. It finishes 2-1 for
350. 11:17Atleti. Moving on now to definitely one
351. 11:19of the tougher matches to predict this
352. 11:20week. Villa Royale versus Napoli. Both
353. 11:23these sides are obviously quite highly
354. 11:25regarded when you look at their sides on
355. 11:26paper. However, both massively
356. 11:28disappointed last season in the
357. 11:30Champions League, getting eliminated in
358. 11:31the league phase. Very especially being
359. 11:34one of the worst sides in the
360. 11:35competition. They put off a good fight
361. 11:36against Dormund, but eventually lost
362. 11:38have been continuing to lose against the
363. 11:40other La Liga clubs that are in the
364. 11:42Champions League like Real Bet and Real
365. 11:43Madrid, but were able to win quite
366. 11:45comfortably against Malaga and Levante.
367. 11:47Napoli. There's been so much speculation
368. 11:49with this side with Allegri at the helm
369. 11:51and people including me continue to
370. 11:52judge him after some poor performances,
371. 11:54but he did keep it close against some
372. 11:56highly respected opposition. Ko have
373. 11:58been on the rise. They still scored
374. 12:00twice against Inter and they only lost
375. 12:02to Arsenal by one goal. Competition has
376. 12:05smeared down a tad bit in terms of the
377. 12:07teams on paper and now they are
378. 12:09undefeated since that Arsenal loss. Huge
379. 12:11problem for Napoli though is they do
380. 12:12have a good amount of injuries.
381. 12:14Thankfully, De Bruyne isn't one of them,
382. 12:15and at times he's been really clutch
383. 12:17this season, even for his national team.
384. 12:19Neither of these sides are convincing me
385. 12:21as a whole. Anything is possible here.
386. 12:23Of course, both definitely need to
387. 12:24regain their confidence within the
388. 12:26Champions League. So, it will feel like
389. 12:28a mustwin for both, but I'm saying it
390. 12:30finishes in a stale draw. It's going to
391. 12:32finish 1-1, I think. Now, moving on to
392. 12:34Viking versus Byron. Very excited to see
393. 12:36how this one goes as a whole. Viking,
394. 12:38from what I've seen, unfortunately, is
395. 12:40not a fun ground to travel to. The fans
396. 12:42are going to enjoy no matter what having
397. 12:44their first match on their Champions
398. 12:45League home ground. And who knows how
399. 12:46it's going to go because Bayern
400. 12:48struggled to Augsburg this weekend.
401. 12:50Unfortunately, there's a lot of question
402. 12:52marks for Neuer now as thanks to Azair
403. 12:53at the beginning of the match, Augsburg
404. 12:55scored the fastest goal in Bundesliga
405. 12:57history against Bayern Munich. That slip
406. 12:59up surprisingly has Bayern in third
407. 13:01place now, but they are still one of the
408. 13:03three undefeated sides. And prior they
409. 13:05got some very dominant home victories
410. 13:07against Union Berlin. They scored seven
411. 13:08and in the first Champions League match
412. 13:10against Bolo. only scored five. But
413. 13:12that's the thing, they've been poor away
414. 13:13when you look at all their other scores.
415. 13:15Like I said, drawing with Augsburg,
416. 13:16barely defeating a newly promoted club
417. 13:18and even drawing with Shala with a
418. 13:20goalless draw. So, it's definitely going
419. 13:22to be interesting to see if they can
420. 13:23improve their away form now. It's
421. 13:25definitely still safer to back them when
422. 13:27you look at the individual talent they
423. 13:28have up top. Canon still got ridiculous
424. 13:31numbers this international break. Oise's
425. 13:33performances in particular were insanely
426. 13:35impressive. Viking. Yes, they're coming
427. 13:36into this match as huge underdogs, but
428. 13:38they do have some electric components on
429. 13:41their team that can throw off Bayern. I
430. 13:43got to keep emphasizing him. Their
431. 13:44captain's LCO Tripic, he is their best
432. 13:47playmaker, getting 20 assists in the
433. 13:49elite city in this season. And despite
434. 13:51losing to another Bundesliga club
435. 13:53previously, Stokart, he got himself on
436. 13:55the score sheet in that match, too. That
437. 13:57being said, it is much safer to back
438. 13:58Bayern here. But with their
439. 14:00instabilities at moments, I wouldn't be
440. 14:02surprised if Viking get on the score
441. 14:03sheet. I'm going to say Byron win, but
442. 14:05it does take them some time to click.
443. 14:07Still, it finishes 3-1 for the German
444. 14:10Giants. Moving on out to Inter versus
445. 14:12Club Bruge. Unfortunately, a very poor
446. 14:15matchup for Club Bruge. I was expecting
447. 14:17them to maybe frustrate a struggling
448. 14:19Aston Villa in the opener. And although
449. 14:20they ended up putting off a good fight
450. 14:22at the end, they're continuing to score
451. 14:23a decent amount of goals, they still
452. 14:25conceded way too much and show that they
453. 14:27do struggle defensively. That being
454. 14:29said, insert that are known for their
455. 14:30solid defensive ability have been really
456. 14:32poor there as well. They just sharpened
457. 14:34up against Parma to be fair, getting
458. 14:36their first clean sheets since August,
459. 14:38but in all of September, they conceded
460. 14:39no less than two goals in each match.
461. 14:42Not the easiest schedule by any means,
462. 14:43and they still showed their fighting
463. 14:44grit in these matches. I mean, in many
464. 14:46of those City affairs, they were 2-nil
465. 14:48down and still found a way. They have
466. 14:50been one of the most entertaining teams
467. 14:52to watch without a doubt. And with them
468. 14:54playing at their own home ground in
469. 14:55Milan, I just cannot see Club Rouge
470. 14:57winning here. Club Rouge have picked up
471. 14:59their form since that Aston Villa loss,
472. 15:01but I just cannot see Inter making this
473. 15:02easy for them. Maybe they will concede
474. 15:04quite a bit, but still Inter showing
475. 15:06their dominance. They went 4-2. Moving
476. 15:09on to Lask versus Liverpool. Definitely
477. 15:11a clear favorite on paper here. Many
478. 15:13were disappointed with Liverpool this
479. 15:14weekend for not defeating Manchester
480. 15:16City after their 114 charges, but that
481. 15:18red card definitely threw them off,
482. 15:20which by the way was a questionable
483. 15:22decision in the first place. Definitely
484. 15:24not an ideal result for Liverpool's
485. 15:25morale, but they have to keep in mind
486. 15:28despite all the controversy Manchester
487. 15:30City are going through, they are
488. 15:31obviously a brilliant squad and just
489. 15:33handled that pressure well. Lask I'd
490. 15:35like to think is more manageable, but
491. 15:36they should still not rule them out.
492. 15:38Very underrated attacking pieces with
493. 15:40the Denidan to us. Elij has had some
494. 15:43solid moments for the national team, but
495. 15:45he did have some poor misses against
496. 15:46Ike. Still Kristoff Lang is their top
497. 15:48goal scorer right now. Despite some of
498. 15:50those strikers getting a decent tally
499. 15:52though the form has not been good
500. 15:53overall. Along with that Ike loss, they
501. 15:55have not won any matches after.
502. 15:57Liverpool's injury list is definitely
503. 15:58quite concerning especially up top with
504. 16:00Isak and Nekitke both out. Everyone's
505. 16:02questioning Vertz's ability again after
506. 16:04that Man City loss. Despite some of the
507. 16:06recent struggles, I am expecting
508. 16:08Liverpool to come out on top here and I
509. 16:10think they're going to get a 3-nil away
510. 16:12win. Moving on now to Fordo versus Ko.
511. 16:15Obviously, Fenord had that heavy loss to
512. 16:17Barcelona on the first match day, but
513. 16:19other than that, they've been impressive
514. 16:20this season. 14 goals scored in their
515. 16:22last three matches and none conceded.
516. 16:25Zachiel has been absolutely brilliant
517. 16:27for them, getting so many goals and
518. 16:29assists. But Komao as a whole have been
519. 16:30making obviously so much headlines for
520. 16:32their insane rise in football. In their
521. 16:35Champions League debut, they got one
522. 16:36hell of a win against Leipzig, but have
523. 16:38oddly slowed down a tad bit since. a
524. 16:40narrow win against Parma and then
525. 16:42haven't scored in their last two
526. 16:43matches, even losing to newly promoted
527. 16:45Froson. Still, even in those matches,
528. 16:47they had some electric moments, just got
529. 16:49unlucky at times. Fine Art have
530. 16:51obviously been great defensively apart
531. 16:52from that Barcelona match, but what can
532. 16:54you do? It's Barcelona, but I think they
533. 16:56might start to concede once again
534. 16:58because Ko do have some brilliant
535. 16:59attackers. That being said, I definitely
536. 17:01see Feer getting on the score sheet a
537. 17:03few times themselves. For me, this one's
538. 17:05going to be very high scoring. Tough to
539. 17:06pick a winner. I'm settling for a 2-2
540. 17:09draw. Moving on now to Shaktar versus
541. 17:11Ike. Very tough one to call. Two
542. 17:14quoteunquote underdogs in the Champions
543. 17:16League. Many were backing PSV to do it
544. 17:18against Shaktar, but that finished in a
545. 17:19draw. And since Shaktar have had very
546. 17:21dominant displays in their own domestic
547. 17:23league, not conceding a single goal
548. 17:25since there's been some speculation with
549. 17:27Turk just sacking Montella. Many are
550. 17:29saying that Ardo Turan will take the
551. 17:31helm instead. Hopefully, that doesn't
552. 17:33impact any of the morale within the side
553. 17:34as he still has that shockard job.
554. 17:36Obviously, Ike got that very narrow but
555. 17:39muchneeded win against Laskque. And
556. 17:40despite getting a few underwhelming
557. 17:42draws, they are still undefeated this
558. 17:44season. Ike have been missing Varga who
559. 17:46has been in great form and I believe he
560. 17:48is set to return for this fixture.
561. 17:50That's obviously a huge boost when he
562. 17:51got the likes of Luca Yoic as well, but
563. 17:53unfortunately their main goalkeeper
564. 17:55Strakosha will still be ruled out as
565. 17:56he's got a hand injury. I know Ike fans
566. 17:59want to be hopeful for this one. I might
567. 18:00lean towards them if this was played at
568. 18:02their own home ground, but with this
569. 18:04being played in London, I'm probably
570. 18:06gonna go for Shaktar to just do it with
571. 18:09a 2-1 victory. The depth they have with
572. 18:12all that Brazilian talent is outrageous.
573. 18:14And yeah, their confidence is looking
574. 18:16pretty good. Won't be surprised if it
575. 18:18finishes in a draw instead, but I'm
576. 18:20going to back Shaktar here. Moving on
577. 18:21now to Real Betes versus Porto. Real
578. 18:24Betes just coming off of a 52 victory
579. 18:27over Asasuna. They randomly have a shaky
580. 18:29defensive performance, but still quite
581. 18:31often score a lot. So many of the
582. 18:33attackers pulling through, but in
583. 18:34particular, I'm really impressed with
584. 18:36how impactful East Coast still is in
585. 18:382026. For just got a narrowway victory,
586. 18:41but overall have been in good form since
587. 18:43that Manchester City loss. This side
588. 18:45just might need some time to click. I
589. 18:46mean, one of their main strikers
590. 18:48previously, Aahoa, is just recovering
591. 18:50from his injury and finally getting some
592. 18:52minutes after all this time. I do see
593. 18:54them improving as the season goes on. It
594. 18:57might be tough against Real Betis
595. 18:58obviously, but I definitely see them
596. 19:00having a more solid defensive display
597. 19:02compared to some of Real Betis'
598. 19:04opposition. They have one of the best
599. 19:05goalkeepers in this tournament, and
600. 19:07Kivar and Benk have been an incredible
601. 19:09partnership. I think Asparini will
602. 19:11adjust his tactics to be more
603. 19:12defensively composed and maybe squeeze
604. 19:14out a goal here. It could be a nil-nil
605. 19:17draw, but I'm going to say it finishes 1
606. 19:19nil for Real Betis. Moving on out to
607. 19:21Roma versus Real Madrid. Both of these
608. 19:24sides just got bitter red cards over the
609. 19:26weekend. Malin getting sent off in the
610. 19:28second half in their nil no jaw to Ko
611. 19:30and then Real Madrid were able to defeat
612. 19:32Villa Real, but Venicius Jr. came on as
613. 19:34a sub, scored a goal that was ruled off
614. 19:36for off sides, then committed one of the
615. 19:38easiest red cards ever seen, but decided
616. 19:41to act completely shocked about the
617. 19:42decision. Obviously, he'll be suspended
618. 19:44in La Liga and not this fixture. Same
619. 19:46goes for Mullen, obviously. But yeah,
620. 19:48although Real Madrid are the favorites
621. 19:50on paper, the fact that they're
622. 19:51traveling away to one of the more
623. 19:53informed teams this season, it's too
624. 19:55tough to rule out the Italian side. Roma
625. 19:57are currently one of the undefeated four
626. 19:59city sides. And although they have
627. 20:01slowed down recently, they were scoring
628. 20:03loads of goals prior. Malan and Dybala
629. 20:05were forming a terrific partnership.
630. 20:07Cone to me is still currently one of the
631. 20:09most underrated midfielders. And yet,
632. 20:10Gasparini is a manager I very much
633. 20:12highly rate in the city. Getting Roma to
634. 20:15shine bright. They do have some great
635. 20:16defenders to utilize. However, their
636. 20:18main goalkeeper, Spillard, does have a
637. 20:21broken finger and he will be ruled out
638. 20:23for this fixture. Real Madrid do have
639. 20:24some injuries in the backline
640. 20:26themselves, but something tells me
641. 20:27they'll squeeze through in this one.
642. 20:28Will be interesting to see Jose Mourinho
643. 20:30return to his former club. I'm sure the
644. 20:32Roma fans adore him for getting them
645. 20:34their first European trophy. But yeah,
646. 20:36that feeler injury definitely has me
647. 20:38concerned. Real Madrid, despite their
648. 20:40imperfections as of late, they're a side
649. 20:42that will 100% take advantage if you
650. 20:44show any mistakes in that back line. We
651. 20:46saw it against Inter, another city
652. 20:48outside. Real Madrid were able to just
653. 20:50squeeze through with two early goals
654. 20:52from some Inter mistakes. One of them
655. 20:53being from their goalkeeper. So I won't
656. 20:55be surprised if this one could finish in
657. 20:57a draw. But I am just going to lean
658. 21:00towards Real Madrid to do it narrowly.
659. 21:02Probably once again, just like that
660. 21:04inter result, even if they're away this
661. 21:06time, I'm going for 2-1. Moving on now
662. 21:08to Sloven Bratislava versus Stoodkart.
663. 21:11Stokart had a great start to their
664. 21:12Champions League campaign against
665. 21:14Viking. The Mudovic becoming the fastest
666. 21:16ever Bosnian to score a hat-tick in the
667. 21:18Champions League. They have lost a few
668. 21:19matches after but to some admirable
669. 21:21opponents. They picked up their form
670. 21:23after and I'm expecting them to get a
671. 21:24win to Slovar Batislava even if they're
672. 21:27away. Yaya Toé unfortunately had a
673. 21:29brutal Champions League debut. Nothing
674. 21:30to be ashamed of to be fair was against
675. 21:32PSG. But yeah, conceding six goals and
676. 21:35since Lauren Batislava have been very
677. 21:37leaky. You know, I want to see Yaya do
678. 21:39well. But yeah, I do think Stuckard's
679. 21:41draw in the Champions League was not too
680. 21:43bad at all. by any means. So, I'm
681. 21:45expecting them to take advantage of the
682. 21:46matches where they are favored. I'm
683. 21:48going to say despite being away, they
684. 21:50will win 4-1. Moving on out to Aston
685. 21:52Villa versus Fenerbachce. This is
686. 21:54actually the last European match I've
687. 21:56watched live when Fenabach were the home
688. 21:58side in the Europa League. In that
689. 22:00match, it was a narrow loss for Fenner.
690. 22:02Since then, Aston Villa have definitely
691. 22:04gotten a bit worse in form and have lost
692. 22:06a lot of key players. But obviously,
693. 22:08competition in the Premier League has
694. 22:09gotten a lot higher. For example, their
695. 22:11draw against Brenford. Brenford have
696. 22:12been doing very well this season so far.
697. 22:14Fenerbachce could definitely put off a
698. 22:16good fight though. They impressively got
699. 22:17a draw against Roma in the first match
700. 22:19day. And since then they have only
701. 22:21getting clean sheets and everything,
702. 22:22even getting an 8-nil win where Marici
703. 22:25scored four goals. Huge news for
704. 22:27Fenobachce though, their midfielder,
705. 22:29Guendozi, who was suspended from the
706. 22:31Champions League for a while due to his
707. 22:33celebrations after qualifying them for
708. 22:35the competition against Leon, his ban
709. 22:37has been revoked now. He is now clear to
710. 22:39play against Aston Villa. And when you
711. 22:41look at the rest of their squad, they
712. 22:42truly do have what it takes. I think
713. 22:44Fenobachce have improved. I talked about
714. 22:46Murici's goal contributions. They still
715. 22:48got Lukaku's reinforcement. Mason
716. 22:50Greenwood might be motivated to do
717. 22:51something in his home country. Despite
718. 22:53Aston Villa's struggles this season, I
719. 22:55still feel like they are building that
720. 22:57momentum. Obviously, they're going to
721. 22:58struggle when they totally revamp their
722. 23:00squad. I'm tempted to go for a draw,
723. 23:02honestly. But the last time I ruled out
724. 23:04Aston Villa for their poor performances,
725. 23:05they proved me wrong. I'm a bit afraid
726. 23:07to rule them out once again. And I've
727. 23:09already seen them beat this side live,
728. 23:11so I'm expecting Aston Villa to do it
729. 23:13narrowly here 2-1. O, this one's a
730. 23:16killer. Manchester City versus PSG. So
731. 23:19much speculation on how Manchester City
732. 23:21would perform after they were found
733. 23:23guilty of those 114 charges. Many
734. 23:26thought they would be under the pressure
735. 23:27at Anfield, but they destroyed Liverpool
736. 23:293-0. Yes, like I mentioned, there was
737. 23:31some controversy on that red card, but
738. 23:33you still can't take away how brilliant
739. 23:35City did respond. Holland continuing to
740. 23:38get on the score sheet. Douko with the
741. 23:39brilliant finish. Beautiful team goal
742. 23:42for Cherokee. I know a lot of football
743. 23:43fans are outraged and want to see this
744. 23:45football club have their downfall.
745. 23:46However, you got to give credit to the
746. 23:48manager and the players for handling all
747. 23:50this pressure well. I definitely had a
748. 23:52good feeling for Mesa being the
749. 23:53successor to Pep. Obviously PSG is so
750. 23:56highly regarded right now, winning
751. 23:57back-to- back Champions Leagues, but I'm
752. 23:59not fully confident that they can defeat
753. 24:01Manchester City here right now because
754. 24:03let's not forget they have somewhat
755. 24:05struggled in the league phase despite
756. 24:07winning the competition both times. They
757. 24:09still have never finished in the top
758. 24:11eight of the league phase. And let's not
759. 24:12forget Modesca has proved himself
760. 24:14against this mighty PSG side in that
761. 24:16FIFA Club World Cup final when everyone
762. 24:18expected PSG to win that trophy. Chelsea
763. 24:21shut them down 3-0. PSG obviously have
764. 24:24some of the most established players in
765. 24:25their position. It's still hard to judge
766. 24:27their domestic results because Luis
767. 24:29Enrique is rotating the side randomly.
768. 24:31You look at these two sides
769. 24:32head-to-head. It's hard to necessarily
770. 24:34back either just considering the
771. 24:36situation Manchester City are in. And
772. 24:38then looking at PSG's unreliability
773. 24:40within the league phase. We've seen it
774. 24:41many times. They're just slow at the
775. 24:43beginning of the season and then find
776. 24:45the momentum later on. But with this
777. 24:47match being played at the Etiad and
778. 24:49Manchester City having a very positive
779. 24:51away result, I'm going to back them
780. 24:52here. Doesn't mean I'm going to be
781. 24:53ruling out PSG in the future, but for
782. 24:55this current matchup, I am expecting
783. 24:58Manchester City to win. I think it will
784. 25:00be close though. Let's go for 3-2. And
785. 25:02the final match we are looking at, Bodo
786. 25:04Glenn versus Barussio Dortmund. Can
787. 25:06Borto take advantage of their very
788. 25:08frustrating home ground? It's definitely
789. 25:10a possibility as let's not forget these
790. 25:12two sides had to come up against one
791. 25:13another last time in the league phase
792. 25:15where Dormund were the home side and
793. 25:17Bodo still pulled off a draw. Obviously
794. 25:19Bodo got shut down by Byron in the first
795. 25:21match day but let's not forget they were
796. 25:23playing away that match and had some key
797. 25:24injuries including their fantastic
798. 25:26goalkeeper Hiken and Tormund are just
799. 25:28way too inconsistent with their form.
800. 25:30They randomly absolutely turn up in
801. 25:32style but also can heavily disappoint.
802. 25:34This weekend for example they just blew
803. 25:36a two-nil lead conceding two very late
804. 25:38goals. It's obviously great that
805. 25:40Schlurtherbeck is fit, but they're still
806. 25:41conceding a bit too much. Still
807. 25:43sometimes hard to rule out this side
808. 25:45when you got the likes of Gedasi who
809. 25:46achieved so many Champions League goals
810. 25:48the past two seasons. Dormund's defense
811. 25:50can definitely be a bit more leaky with
812. 25:52playing on this artificial turf on the
813. 25:54north of the Arctic Circle. Baldo have
814. 25:56just been that new nightmare in the
815. 25:57Champions League to travel to. So, I
816. 25:59don't know. I won't be surprised
817. 26:01obviously if we see the upset with
818. 26:02Bodo's home advantage, but I'm going to
819. 26:04say it finishes in a draw still 22. But
820. 26:07there you have it, guys. all my
821. 26:08predictions for Champions League match
822. 26:09day 2. Like I said, let me know your
823. 26:12thoughts as always in the comments
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826. 26:17content and I'll see you all very, very
827. 26:19soon. Best of luck to your club this
828. 26:20week. Take care. Loch.