A lot has indeed gone wrong since Mane's departure, but let's also not forget that Virgil van Dijk has left the best days behind him too. Since he recovered from his serious knee injury, he has never reached his old level again. He used to lead his defense perfectly, but now it's almost winning every game and it's all leaking like a basket in the back. Van Dijk is not someone you can just replace, but I think you're going to need more leadership at the back for Liverpool. Otherwise it could be another catastrophic season. If Klopp performs poorly again, it could be the end of the story for him. And was Arsenal's performance a fluke or were they just really good?

Maybe next season Real Madrid will be stronger than ever. Jude bellingham is a great player, and this is an attacking midfielder. I think that Real Madrid will not stop there and that they will make many more purchases. Of course, accommodating Benzema's departure will be a completely different story. I would see if you could get Pogba yourself. But it is also important if Vinicius continues to play in Madrid, they cannot afford to miss it. Rodrygo has also made a difference many times and has made a big impression lately. In the CL, Real Madrid will certainly not be a favorite for the title, but they are always an outsider. There is no doubt that Manchester City will once again be the heavy favorites for the title, and I am also curious to see what the boomakers will now think about Barcelona and PSG and their chances of taking the title.

More and more players are making the switch to the competition in Saudi Arabia. A few top players have already gone there, I think that's the lead for more players to go there as well. It strikes me that after Ronaldo suddenly many more players are interested in playing the competition in this country. Nknate is also a big player and has already won a lot. Ziyech also a big name, but you can understand it better from him because unfortunately he doesn't get to play football at Chelsea. The majority of the top players will continue to play in Europe, where salaries are sometimes very high. But in terms of finances you can't compare anything with Saudi Arabia, which simply have much more money.

Actually, at least Napoli or Juventus should be the favourite. Juventus hasn't even had such a bad year, but you can feel that 10 points deduction at the end of the season. It was no coincidence that Napoli became champion in this competition last year. In general, Juventus seems to have had 3 less years, but you shouldn't count last year because Napoli was way too good. In the seasons that AC Milan and Inter have become champions, Juventus have simply played badly. But plenty to think about for Allegri in the summer.

Spain also has a nice class at the moment. They have had bad years since the last time they became European and World champions. 2008-2010-2012, all became champions. They didn't show much after that. So in that respect it is nice for Spain to win another title. Croatia was close, but again no gold won. It must be frustrating somehow if you've been close to it a few times. But many players are not happy at all playing this Nations League tournament.

I would like it if Napoli is as good as last season. But somehow I think that a number of players will leave for the EPL for hefty sums. That's where the biggest money is in football in Europe. I don't see Otamendi going to Qatar any time soon. But how should we rate Juventus? I thought that Allegri has only been coach of Juventus since 2021, at least that's the information from Wikipedia. Seems like he's been out of there for a few months or years? Does anyone know exactly what that is? Because in principle he has been a coach at Juventus continuously for years, hasn't he?

I don't think there's any numbers where we can accurately pull all the norms out, but it must be a huge industry since it's all gone online. And every year more and more countries come up with new payment methods, more and more people start gambling because more and more people are turning 18+. And the people who are now 80 couldn't possibly gamble online in their teens. Online gambling has also considerably reduced local gambling in casinos. But there are many casinos that do it twice, so an online casino in combination with a physical casino. Then you actually make a double turnover.

Maybe Newcastle United will be the new sensation of the new season. I think it's especially great about this team that they didn't spend a lot of money and therefore still finished 4th in the competition. If they had spent 500 million more they might have come 2nd. Arsenal were unstoppable in the first half of the season. There must have been a certain moment when Arsenal really started to believe in the title and it was precisely at that moment that things went completely wrong, the fairy tale seemed to end so beautifully.

There still appears to be a lot of interest from players who see something in this way of making money. Let's face it, passively earning $100 every day for the rest of your life is a very good salary so to speak. But I think it's only a matter of time before it goes wrong, it can go well for a long time, a long time even. You could only win 100 days in a row and then lose 3 days in a row. And then you will lose all your profit from 100 days of hard work.

Hamilton has not yet won a single race, but he still speaks of a good season. This is mainly because the performance is now measured against that of last year, and last year was the year in which Mercedes had to close the difference again with RedBull, which did not work at all. But the question we can already ask: What will F1 look like next season? In this way it does not seem that there is only 1 driver who can get close to Verstappen, does it? at least, it seems that way at the moment. And Perez is a nice wingman for Verstappen, I think.

Tottenham Hotspur has long been a sub-top in England. Becoming a champion was not an option and the competition has only become stronger. For example, we already have teams like Newcastle United at the top and that was certainly no coincidence. And keep in mind that the owners of Newcastle United can buy anything they want. I was also surprised that they didn't bid for Ronaldo or Messi. But it's only a matter of time before a world player comes to this team and if one goat is over the dam, more will follow. Newvcastle will certainly be competing for the title in the next few years.

It remains a nice situation if you have bet a considerable amount of money on your team or against your team. If you are involved in betting money on a team of your own, then perhaps you should bet it on a win or a positive market of your team. After all, you only have to hope for 1 team to win. I don't think it's nice to see if you have bet money on the opponent of your favorite team, then you still hope that the money wins and then your favorite team can suffer a defeat.

Yes, I think gamblers like to blame others. And these are of course the players and or teams that are responsible for the gamblers losing their bet. Still, there is only one person you should blame and that is the gambler himself, as he himself made the decision to bet money. If you can't stand losing once, it's better not to bet any money at all, then you can't lose in the end.

Croatia and Spain both want to, but it doesn't work. We do have the players in the final who are responsible for the winning goals in the CL and EL. So far, it really looks like both teams are pretty much through it. FIFA has already indicated that they will consider ending the battle for 3rd and 4th place, as no one is waiting to play another consolation final. Coach Koemand was very angry today after his team's failure. but maybe he should also take a look in the mirror, because things are just really bad under his leadership at the moment.

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We have started with the penalties at the moment and still clear at the moment. But as I'm writing this, anything can go wrong. Modric has now just shot his penalty. This could go on for a while but within 5 minutes the winner will probably be known. What a very long football banner this was.

Real Madrid have made a good move by bringing in Jude Bellingham. But that is of course far from solving Benzema's departure. But you do have a player for the future, someone who might become one of the best midfielders in the world. And you also don't know how long Modric can still participate in football, of course, since he is already 37. I think he will no longer make a transfer and close his career at Real Madrid?

I personally think that the Europa League should be the only tournament together with the Champions League. The appointment of the Conference League should not have taken place, but I also understand that it is a commercial thing. All a lot of turnover for the football association, and in this way very small teams also get the chance to participate in a European round. But the difference in the prize money between all 3 tournaments is of course bizarrely high.

You certainly have a lot of market value to defend here. If you can manage to get into the YouTube advertising circle, you will get a lot of customers on your channel. But gambling is not allowed everywhere, so that seems to me to be a big problem at the moment. But it's a matter of knowing people and building a connection, that usually makes things a lot easier. Many well-known platforms do not accept it if you want to have a gambling site regulated by law and regulations.

People are also likely to look at you in a perverse and wrong way. You usually don't feel like pity behavior either. And let's face it, those who are often addicted to certain things do not get it easily in life. It is not only being addicted to gambling, being addicted to drugs etc is also a big problem which is not always recognized by society. Addicts often find themselves in a vicious circle and cannot get out of it on their own. But maybe this is a big problem in society than many people realize.

What you can do is read a lot about different systems. But the question you have to ask yourself is how you want to make money from gambling. Do you really want to gamble properly and earn money purely on the basis of information and systems? Or do you want to go more into the gray area and keep yourself busy with things like arbitrage betting and relevant matters. And then of course I'm not even talking about matxhfixing. In principle, there is no watertight system that guarantees to always win money, those things do not exist, even though thousands of books have already been written about the casino.

It is time for Barcelona to prove themselves in the CL. Already knocked out a few times in a row in the group stage of the CL, for a big club like Barcelona that is quite a let down, we can say. The difference in level and performance between Real Madrid and Barcelona is enormous in the CL. The last time Barcelona came close was a few years ago, when they beat Liverpool 4-1 at home but eventually lost 3-0 away. They also had bad luck afterwards by suffering a 4-1 defeat at AS Roma, while it should have been played at home. But this team under Xavi seems to have a lot of resilience and technique. I do expect a good season in the CL of Barcelona this season.