2022/2023 CL (and UYL) Group C: Bayern - Barcelona - Inter - Plzen

[Dragonite]

[matt]

Bayern
Barcelona
Inter
Plzen

[Dragonite]

Bayern



--> 26th participation in the CL
--> Advanced from the group stages 24 times (96%)
--> Manager: Julian Nagelsmann (17-7-10)
--> Squad CL experience: 807 matches




Barcelona



--> 27th participation in the CL
--> Advanced from the group stages 22 times (85%)
--> Manager: Xavi Hernández (0-1-1)
--> Squad CL experience: 889 matches




Inter



--> 16th participation in the CL
--> Advanced from the group stages 11 times (73%)
--> Manager: Simone Inzaghi (6-5-5)
--> Squad CL experience: 460 matches




Plzen



--> 4th participation in the CL
--> Never advanced from the group stages
--> Manager: Michal Bilek (0-0-0)
--> Squad CL experience: 30 matches




Prediction:
1. Bayern
2. Barcelona
3. Inter
4. Plzen

[Dragonite]

UYL Prediction:
1. Barcelona
2. Inter
3. Bayern
4. Plzen

[Polak]

Group of death I suppose, and I can understand why Inter fans are starting to get frustrated. This is their 5th CL season in a row where they get either Barcelona or Real Madrid. Unfortunately for them, Barcelona look much better this season than they did this time last year under Koeman. Plzen likely to be the whipping boy here.

Prediction
1. FC Bayern
2. Barcelona
3. Inter
4. Viktoria Plzen

[bugylibicska]

To win the group, to qualify:

Bayern 1.44 - 1.04
Barcelona 2.75 - 1.20
Inter 17.00 - 3.50
Plzen 501.00 - 51.00

[Dragonite]

UYL:



Expected win for Barcelona.

Their winless steak of 5 UYL matches is finally over.


CL:



Expected wins for Barcelona and Bayern.

Last season Barcelona only scored two goals in 6 games, this season they already scored five in just one.

[Polak]

Expected wins for Barcelona and Bayern.

Last season Barcelona only scored two goals in 6 games, this season they already scored five in just one.

That's one way to put it, or you could say Barcelona scored more goals in the first half of their first match in this season's CL than their entire group stage campaign last year.

[bugylibicska]

To win the group, to qualify:

Bayern 1.11 1.00
Barcelona 6.00 1.28
Inter 17.00 3.00
Plzen 501.00 201.00

Only one question left: who will accompany Bayern to the last 16? Maybe Barcelona have a slight edge over Inter.

Bayern 6
Barcelona 3
Inter 3
Plzen 0

Next: Bayern - Plzen, Inter - Barcelona.

[Dragonite]

UYL:


Expected win for Inter.

Barcelona recovered from a two goals disadvantage in Germany but then couldn't keep the lead and returned with just 1 point.

Barberá scored a hat-trick and became the first player in Barcelona's UYL history to do it.


CL:


Expected wins for Bayern and Inter.

Plzen was undefeated at home against Italian opponents:
2011/2012 CL, 2-2 draw vs Milan
2012/2013 EL, 2-0 win vs Napoli
2016/2017 EL, 1-1 draw vs Roma
2018/2019 CL, 2-1 win vs Roma

This home match against Inter was the "most likely" to get some points here in this group, and they lost it.

Plzen is always a slow starter (1 point after round 4 in 2011, 0 points after round 5 in 2013, 1 point after round 4 in 2018), so even if they now lose twice against Bayern, perhaps they'll still collect some points here.

[seso]

Barcelona vs Inter on October 12th should be great!

[bugylibicska]

To win the group, to qualify:

Bayern 1.04 1.00
Inter 13.00 1.80
Barcelona 19.00 1.91
Plzen 1001.00 251.00

Simple. Barcelona must beat Inter, no ifs or buts...by 2 goals (or more) if possible...

Bayern 9
Inter 6
Barcelona 3
Plzen 0

Next: Barcelona - Inter, Plzen - Bayern.

[seso]

Simple. Barcelona must beat Inter, no ifs or buts...by 2 goals (or more) if possible...

What if they don't beat Inter? But wouldn't that still be enough?

[bugylibicska]

Simple. Barcelona must beat Inter, no ifs or buts...by 2 goals (or more) if possible...

What if they don't beat Inter? But wouldn't that still be enough?

Probably not. Then their fate will be out of their hands even by beating Bayern.

[seso]

Simple. Barcelona must beat Inter, no ifs or buts...by 2 goals (or more) if possible...

What if they don't beat Inter? But wouldn't that still be enough?

Probably not. Then their fate will be out of their hands even by beating Bayern.

I was joking about the "no ifs or buts" you mentioned bugy! You are still "not fluent in emoji language"!