It is possible, according to Thierry Henry, for another top team to prevent Real Madrid from winning the Champions League in the 2024–2025 season.
Henry, who is now 47 years old, is no stranger to the most prestigious club competition in Europe. During his time at Monaco, Arsenal, and Barcelona, he participated in the competition 112 times.
In the Champions League final, which took place in his home country of France in 2005/06, he was a member of the Gunners team that was defeated by Barcelona by a score of 2-1.
However, it is ironic that he won the competition with the Catalan team in 2008/2009. Henry, Lionel Messi, and other players such as Xavi and Andres Iniesta put on a show during a convincing 2-0 victory over Manchester United, which was led by Sir Alex Ferguson. The match took place in Rome, Italy.
Since then, Real Madrid has won six of the last ten editions of the competition, making them the dominant team in the competition. In addition, Henry believes that another team will pose a threat to Los Blancos for the title of champions this year, despite the fact that they are currently in the lead.
In his explanation, the Frenchman stated that Barcelona ought to be “considered as one of the favourites” to emerge victorious in the competition.
Henry made this statement in November 2024, when he was speaking on CBS. “Yes, I do think that this team right now, because of the two years that they had playing together and going through a difficult season last year, that’s when you learn the most about your character and what you’re about to do and how you’re going to perform,” Mr. Henry said.
During the 2023–24 season, Barcelona was eliminated from the competition at the quarterfinals stage after suffering a 6-4 aggregate loss to Paris Saint-Germain. This occurred despite the fact that Barcelona entered the second leg of the match with a one-goal advantage against Paris Saint-Germain, having won the first leg 3-2 in Paris.
As an additional point of interest, he stated, “I believe that this team right now ought to be considered as one of the favourites to win it (the Champions League).”
Will they be able to come out on top? If you want to understand how difficult it is to be eliminated from the competition, you will need to experience losing a quarterfinal and a semi-final along the way. On the other hand, I believe that they are competent enough to go the distance.
The team led by Hansi Flick has already secured a spot in the round of sixteen of this year’s competition. They finished in second place in the group phase, which consisted of 36 teams, with six victories, one draw, and one loss coming from their eight matches. In the following round, the La Liga team will face either Paris Saint-Germain, Brest, Monaco, or Benfica.
