The World Cup in Qatar it was a watershed (in my opinion)
I could never imagine that a country with Muslim traditions could host an event like the World Cup.
In 2026, I'm almost sure that several national teams will surprise the whole world.
Year after year, countries around the world are taking football seriously as a serious sport.
They are training more, some countries are investing in football and teaching young people and children to practice this sport.
In my life I would never have imagined that Morocco would be able to participate in a World Cup semi-final (I'm not putting it down, but that was something unbelievable)
Germany was easily eliminated and had a poor performance in the 2018 and 2022 cup.
Italy did not participate in the last world cups (2018-2022)
Croatia beating Brazil sensationally (2022)
I will be very curious to know how the 2026 world cup will be!
I have no doubt that we will have several surprises, and I am sure that several teams will be more prepared and evolved in relation to this last world cup that we had.
I agree with you but not completely. We have many other Muslim countries that can host the world cup and there is not any problem in their country when they host it if they really make rules for the visitors for their country and don't make them obey the Islam rules, I think Qatar could do the same they could make exceptions for the visitors. Also, I think Qatar is not guilty and we can't blame this country for what happened in 2022 because FIFA made a mistake by letting them host the world cup because Qatar had no potential for hosting the world cup at all and it was a main reason for us to say we should blame FIFA instead of Qatar for the 2022 world cup. It's not about the "culture", it's not about religion neither, it's about politics. If Qatar wanted to, they could have let anyone be anyway they want, there was a woman who got famous (and that was her aim) by wearing clothes Qatar didn't want, and they didn't jail her for it, nothing really happened to her, which shows that they can let it be if they want to, did anything happen? But, I can guarantee you that there will be more people like that on the next one. The question is not public, it's government based and if government allows people then nothing changes and it can be exactly the same anywhere, it's all about the laws. I think 2026 will be pretty amazing, we are going to see football and fans as it should be, I don't want to see hooligans, but I also do not want to see this neither, and USA is the middle of it, just cheering and that's about it, nothing major I believe. |
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Most of the players want to join Real Madrid because Real Madrid is able to build the future of the players.
Real Madrid's task is to find a good talented player to make them efficient and attacking enough. Most of the players that Real Madrid have signed to their team so far, they have managed to make most of them very skilled and good at their respective positions. It would not be wrong to say that they invest in talented players because after developing talented players enough they sell the player to another club for a huge amount of money which would not be wrong to call them a financial boost.
I think it's quite important to remember that they are quite loyal until very old age as well. Doesn't mean you will have a guaranteed job after 35, you may or you may not, but plenty of players got there and played for over a decade as well. Depends on how good you are of course, you can be like marcelo, ramos, kroos, modric and basically make a whole career out of it and could be good there, or you could be like bale or hazard where you barely ever play and then leave. I think it's quite important for people to realize how good they are before they go to Madrid, you may get an offer, but accepting it just for accepting sake would make it terrible for you and you will end up with a very bad result and your career would be over if you are not ready. |
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Speculative? Yes, to some extent. But with the constant evolution of the technology and the market, now it is hard to speculate what will happen. We still use analysis and many fundamentals to understand the market. Nothing comes out of luck or gamble in the market. For sure, you can make a fortune with luck. But in the long run, you can never become successful.
In order to speculate, we need to have proper knowledge about the market. That comes from learning and experiments. But that's a long process. For that reason, we stick to the old methods that people have come up with in the past. This is the reason why we can not get a 100% accurate results on our prediction. But as the process are somewhat similar to the new market movements, it is predictable at some extent. Learning this is crucial for any newbie trader. This will help you understand the market in depth. If the future, it will also help us to come up with our own strategy.
I think luck is very important even for a veteran but that doesn't mean that it will a good thing, that doesn't mean that it will be easy if you are unlucky or it would be possible to just lucky but with no knowledge. I think it would be both together at the same time. I think you should be studying and learning to be a good thing and that doesn't mean that it would be a good thing in the end and I believe that we should be considering this as a combined thing. After you became that good, it is not going to be that simple to actually make a profit, because in the end you are going to lose something anyway, and that will be a trouble. So be ready and be lucky at the same time and you should be doing fine, them together is a great feeling without a doubt. |
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I think Stake.com would have included a clause in the contract, that if Everton gets relegated out of the league, then the contract between them gets terminated. It is obvious that you cannot pay a team, if they do not qualify to participate in an tournament, where you want to advertise your company. It is a pitty that Stake.com are only sponsoring the lower ranked teams in the championship, but I guess having them sponsoring two teams in the lower ranking, gives them more exposure.. than sponsoring one higher ranked team.  Also.... the Drake stream took a lot of money out of their pockets... and that might be why we will not see a pre-monthly. I think it's quite alright considering those are getting viewership as well, they can't just do sponsorships on Manchester united or city or Liverpool etc etc, those are huge amounts and they will not be able to get it. There are way too many clubs who do not like gambling sponsorships neither because they feel like it's too risky, it could get banned any moment and that is why they prefer lesser money most of the time and get other stuff. I think it would be wise to continue down this road as long as FA allows them to do so. It's not that easy because betting and sportsbooks are always getting extra audit by these organizations and even if a single thing is missing, they do end up not allowing them to sponsor anyone. So doing it is really valuable without a doubt. |
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Real Madrid has this confidence that they can still bounce back to winning the La Liga title next season with the way they want every quality players across Europe. Well they're doing all it takes to cover the spot in their squad.
With Benzema leaving the side I don't know they can get someone who's good as him or even better than him. Well the Madrid I know can get anybody in the transfer market but the question is, can they develop more in their scoring habit and try as much as possible in winning the league.
Indeed, Real Madrid has an illustrious reputation of springing back like a tenacious cat, always landing on its feet. Yet, they face an uphill climb, especially in the wake of Benzema's departure. Can they find a worthy successor in the transfer market? Only time will tell. This coming season, the club's performance must redefine their trajectory, and no stone should be left unturned in the quest for their resurgence. Their mission is not just to fill Benzema's shoes, but to eclipse his legacy, an ambitious endeavor. Could Real Madrid not just find but also nurture talent that outshines Benzema's accomplishments? What are the odds, right? Having great players and transfers is something Real has done very well, they barely ever have any financial trouble, they do not live the trouble Barcelona is living, they are financially alright and that means they are capable of buying players that actually do provide a long term service to the club and play very well. They will find players that will play 10 years there without a doubt and that will be a great period for them as well. I am not saying that they will not be good or bad, but they will be better than this year if you ask me. They just need to find some good decent players, specially at striker because Benzema meant so much for them and they need to not rush into anything and find the best ever they could find. |
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Three Italian league teams were considered as finalists in three separate tournaments where two teams were already considered as runners-up but Fiorentina and Roma were the runners-up but they dominated the match but luck was not on their side as they did well in the finals of two separate tournaments and eventually don't won the trophy. Now as the last team of the Italian League, Inter Milan will play the final of the UEFA Champions League where their opponent is Manchester City.
Manchester City is a tough opponent for Inter Milan in this tournament as well. As you said win against manchester city is impossible without a good counter attack i also think the same as inter milan will play defensively so if they can score it on the counter then they can win against city.
The fact that three teams from Italy reached the finals on three different European competition is good enough success if you ask me. They may end up losing all three, but no other league has ever produced something like that. The closest one is premier league with 2, UCL and Conference league, and then just Sevilla from la liga as well. That doesn't mean that Italy is the best league or anything but certainly something that puts them ahead of some other leagues, I would put them to third place EASILY, because ligue 1 and Bundesliga didn't produced anything like this. So, it is easy to say it is La Liga and Premier league at the top two, ranking is difficult of course, and I think it is quite easy to say Serie A definitely comes right behind them. |
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I wouldn't even blame Lampard for anything aas he came late to the party and then was asked to fix what couldn't be fixed within just a couple of weeks. Fundamental mistakes have been made and there are really better jobs out there then fixing a plethora of problems within a club in a short period of time, but I can understand that Lampard went for it. He saw an opportunity for himself and was hoping to turn it around and perhaps get a chance for a long-term contract. Most people would have done the same and I wouldn't say it was a mistake to hire him temporarily. But the damage was done before. Now they are off to a fresh restart, but their way back up is a long one.
Agree, Frank Lampard is never been blamed as what happen to Chelsea in this last season with he joined when ship was already drowned if we can blame anyone its owner which done few big mistakes just by his own and have result like this which is surely shocking for the fans but here I also agreed instead of hiring him as temporary if they talk about long term contract then surely we can expect better result from him but its another mistake from new management of the Chelsea which create big mess-up, and now they are looking for the new start of next season with new coach and many changes which are surely important before start and having good situation for them to start with positive mindset. Lampard may not be the reason why they weren't bad, but he is certainly not a big help neither and I am expecting him not to be that great neither. This is why it is quite important to realize that he is not going to be helping them all that much neither, that's not how it works at all. I personally believe that he is going to cause the team to be about the same as this season so they are going to sack him and get someone else. He was just the interim and he is not going to be staying for much longer. However, if by some miracle he stays and he is the manager for next season, I bet that they are not going to do that much better, not saying they will worse, they may do a little bit better, but not all that much, they need to be a lot better than what they did this season and Lampard can't make that happen. |
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No. It's not.
With CBDC government try to create its own stable and says that we don't need Bitcoin now because we have the digital dollar lol. But they are not gonna win because no one cares about CBDC sh*t.
Everyone who knows what crypto is will use usdt or BTC instead of CBDC. This "stable" will be promoted as an alternative of BTC but I don't think it's gonna be really successful.
I agree with you. I do not think that CBDC is there to compete with bitcoin at all, it never was and it never will be. First of all everyone knows that they are building it because they want to replace stablecoins to begin with, and that means bitcoin wasn't even in the discussion for this long, it never was there and will never be. Secondly I agree that people would prefer stablecoins over CBDC as well but even if some of them doesn't and even if some government loving people end up buying it, that doesn't mean that it would hurt btc or any other stablecoin neither, they will end up being just as good as they are right now. The market is in shambles when stablecoins are prefered over btc, so that will still be a thing in the future as well. |
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Actually Sevilla have tried many times to qualify for a better phase in the champions league but fate had other plans and in the end they were much more successful in the European league. I think it's not a matter of readiness or lack of belief in the Champions League competition, it's just that when a team has fought hard but the results are still empty, then they have to get options that allow them to at least win titles every season and competitions that are suitable for Sevilla for many seasons. this is the european league. Therefore every team definitely wants to get the best results, but as long as the team is able to compete in the competition they are good at, it's not a problem.
There were YEARS when they won the europa cup and went to UCL and during group stages became third and went back to Europa and won it again. Think about how great you need to be at europa that you WIN it, and then go to ucl and then lose there and come back to europa and you win it again. This may have happened 2 times as well which is why I think it's quite important to realize that this team has some sort of magical boost when it comes to this league. I know that it's not going to be every single year, like I am not expecting Sevilla to win it next season, but it is true that they are magically great at this one. This is why I honestly expect them to do as well as they can whenever they are there. It's just matter of being so used to playing at this level. |
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Building joint ventures so to say in order to submit applications to host the World Cup will also take place more often because if there is one "union" consisting of three countries applying for a World Cup and all other applicants are standalone applications, there is of course also a bigger lobby behind that union (unless it is the USA alone). But the approach to giving the tournament to several countries at once is probably more popular among society than just giving it to one country every four years. In terms of equality and also integration globally between countries this approach can only help. But infrastructure is the most basic issue here as bigger World Cups need more infrastructure. Still the USA could have done it alone, but perhaps Mexico would have had problems alone and therefore they plan beforehand to get smaller, less equipped nations under the roof of the bigger ones in a timely manner.
As you said, as long as the tournament is enjoyable and going well, I am also all or it. But I expect a great World Cup 2026. Not many reasons speak against it.
I think Canada probably pulled their weight on this one and USA carried Mexico due to football country. USA has been getting better and better at football, they have been providing some challenge to teams at world cup as well, just as we have seen them on the last one as well. But we need to realize that they are not there yet, they are still amateurs at this level and they need some improvement. But, if you look at the home court advantage, we are going to see them do a lot different things when it is home court and that's why I believe that it shouldn't be all that shocking. I know that it would not be suddenly different and it depends on the drawing, but if they draw teams that are a bit easier and if they have the home court advantage, then I can see them going as far as semi finals, not impossible when you think about it. |
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I really hope he stays at AS Roma I like Jose's way of doing and in any case thanks to him AS Roma reached the Europa League final two years in a row, I consider it a good result
It is not easy to convince Mou to stay in Roma, the best way to do that for a coach like Mou is to give him an open check to sign any players of his choice but me and you knows too well that Roma cannot take that step so it is expected that Mourinho will leave unless Roma brings in more quality players for him to increase his team depth. For me I will love Jose Mou to leave Roma and continue his adventure in another team. I love to seem him in different teams and different countries adding spices to different leagues. Roma is not rich enough to give him an open check to sign any player he wants. I mean by that logic, even though it is unrealistic, we could give example of "him spending 300 million to get Mbappe", would that happen? Of course not, and even if he was given open check he knows it is not that open. But even within their budget, if he spends it on just a single player then they would argue against that. If you tell someone they have 50 million euro to spend all summer long and they buy one player on day 1 so that he could just continue and reroll again with just one different player, then you would be against it as well. This is why they can't afford to just give him an open check, everything must go through the management without a doubt. |
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Great player, he'll be a great addition to that Liverpool midfielder's, especially with the reduced performance of Thiago Alcantara. Brighton Albion dropped him on the bench immediately he was linked to Liverpool and other Premier League sides because he was unhappy.
Dreams here finally for him. Glad to see he completed the medical with Liverpool today.
Jude Bellingham should have been the best option, but he's just too good, the right decision at this period was to choose Real Madrid.
Real Madrid has also made move for Harry Kane finally, I've read the player has given the green light to move out of Tottenham Hotspur finally. He needs the switch, any player that leaves Tottenham Hotspur ends up winning a trophy.
Jude is such an expensive player that it would be great to have him but it doesn't really make sense to pay that much for him at all. I understand some other teams like Real may end up paying that much because they do have the money for it and what are they going to do if not get players with that money? I mean what's the point of being a superbly rich club if you aren't going to collect all the great players. However, if you do not want to pay that much, then I guess Macallister is actually quite decent player, in fact I can easily say that the difference between the player is a lot less than the difference between the cost for sure, that's why I believe that there is a logical reason why they got him. It's going to be a great help, but at first it might be hard adjusting, eventually he will get better. |
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Werder Bremen have had poor results this season and they were only able to finish 13th in the standings. I think after getting back into the bundesliga this season they will be much better but it seems that the results are not always good. As we know, in the 20/21 season Werder Bremen dropped to division 2 of the bundesliga and were only able to return this season in the highest competition of the bundesliga, but were almost in the relegation zone with a difference of 3 points. I think they need to start next season with even more motivation to get to a better place, we know that Werder Bremen were one of the strongest teams in the early 2000s and Miroslav Klose played many seasons at this club.
I think most of the fans of Werder Bremen are aware that the glorious days of Werder from the early 2000's, were they really were a tough contender of Bayern Munich and even managed to win the Bundesliga title, are over for a long time now. I even think that it is extremely unlikely or even impossible, that Werder will be a top 4 club in Germany again within the next 10 years or so. For that to happen they would need a big investor from outside or stuff like that, but given the fact that in Germany the club needs to hold at least 51% of it's shares themself basically means that there won't be a sheikh or oligarch coming in like it happens often in England. Sometimes teams like these and their fans needs to accept the fact that you can't do as much as you think you can, it is just not possible and shouldn't be the aim. I mean they used to be decent that's true but they never dominated the league anyway, they were never amazing for too long, their last title was 20 years ago and since then they never won again, that means they weren't really all that amazing to begin with. However, if you consider them as a midtable team, then we could see that they may had some bad seasons here and there, like this year, but they always find a way to get better. I can see them be a top 4 team just next season, or at least top 6 team at worst, that's a good thing and I believe they can do that with a few good moves during the summer period. |
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Next stop for F1 ; Canada.
A lovely track with awesome track history during the years but I really hoping to see a new winner because if we continue to see Max dominating like this , it will only make the situation worse for neutral F1 fans but it will also remind us of how dominant Michael was in 2003 with his Ferrari. Now , I don't think he will witness Redbull winning all the races but there are big chances that they will win 85% of the remaining races.
I think that this track is the one where we should least expect a different winner other than Redbull,it is a track which has it all,great turns which put a lot of test in the aerodynamics and it is exactly in these turns that the difference is made through the lap as in the big straights there is not a lot of difference between the top teams.Again here DRS plays an important role and overtaking is guaranteed here,I only hope that this track is more gentle to the tires as the turns here are only a few compared to Spain GP and this can make a whole lot difference in the developing of the race. Not a chance, like I said before and will say all season long, unless someone hits Max and crashes his car, that dude will win every single race, unless he loses to Perez here and there which I do not think will happen that frequently but not impossible neither to be fair. Red Bull will win every single race, the only possibility for them not to win would be either their own cars breaking down, or some other car hitting them making their car not go this fast. This isn't impossible in formula 1, it has happened before and it could happen again and we could see them not win it, but it will not be because of any track. Canada has nothing special about it compared to any other track, either Max will not be touched and he will win, or he will crash and not win, that's for every single track. |
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It is a simple misconception that some people have that they think they can earn money from gambling that too with a very small bankroll, people that have some money should look for other ways to make money with it instead of wasting it on gambling because gambling is a game of luck and it isn't for making money, you might have some fun and might even manage to win something but there is nothing guaranteed.
Getting 2x of your bankroll in a day should be more than enough from gambling because gambling generally doesn't pay out as much as it takes from you, the house edge will barely let you win in the long run unless you exit quickly after you win something big.
I think even that's a purely luck based thing and I do not think that's too common. Sure you can open a dice game, go all in, play at 2x return, and you may win. If you do that once or twice per day and keep doing and you get like 10 in a row, that would be luck too, nobody says its impossible, I mean look at martingale, we all keep saying that eventually you will have 10 or more losses in a row and lose it all right? Well, that same logic means you could win 10 in a row as well. It means if you wager 1k, then it will become 2k after first bet, 4 after second, 8 after third, 16 after fourth, 32 after fifth, 64 after sixth, 128 after seventh, 256 after eight, 512 after ninth, and 1+ million dollars after 10 in a row double. But, will you be willing to risk all that money? I personally would never even consider the first one let alone the 10th one. |
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As we know that the Bitcoin community is spread globally and continues to increase, moreover the support of many companies and millionaires in the world so that the future of Bitcoin will continue to improve even though the economic conditions in 2023 will collapse, and it has happened but Bitcoin continues to grow.
Why bitcoin will remain unaffected is because it's not a central digital currency like their CBDC, bitcoin is decentralized and will not go down even if their financial fiat economy does, the network is digitally sustainable because it is decentralized and blockchain it operates on cannot be manipulated, rather the more their government controlled economy begin to suffer collapse the more the bitcoin network keeps getting stronger. That's the true definition of decentralization. Just because a government makes a bad decision during a financial trouble period, the value of fiat currencies fall down and that makes it so much worse, I think it's clear that we shouldn't trust governments to keep us rich, and that's if you are already rich, if you are poor then do not definitely trust them to get you a better life, it will not work at all. However, if you are in crypto, and unless you bought some shitcoin, then you are doing to do very well, just buy bitcoin and that's why it makes more sense to buy stuff like that when the time is right. I know that it's not going to be an easy choice, but I think it's clear that not many people end up with a good situation in the end, would be a lot better. |
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Sevilla's journey to reach the final and succeeding in becoming a champion was not an easy journey at all, Manchester United and Juventus were the 2 teams they managed to get rid of, even though predictably they would lose that match. But they managed to show that they can beat the 2 leading teams. Interestingly they seemed to do the same thing to these two teams, yes they played an empty game in the first leg, and in the second leg they were able to provide something that disappointed their opponent.
Sevilla reached the final after defeating the strongest teams in the Europa League. At Fenerbahçe, Manchester United and Juventus were each very strong teams. And in every match, Sevilla's players showed great dominance. That's why Sevilla's players were so confident in the final against Roma. They played very well in the final. But they could not score. Sevilla were very lucky to win the title. I do agree that Sevilla has beaten some amazing teams to get there and they totally 100% deserved the cup, nobody could even begin to question that and you are right. But that also doesn't change the fact that the final game was butchered by the ref as well, just one position alone is good enough to prove this and everyone knows which one I am talking about. All in all Sevilla should be happy to get it, they are great at this cup and there is nothing wrong with the players, they did nothing wrong and the players shouldn't feel upset about any of the online attacks they are getting, let them go and ignore those people. But the ones about the ref are totally true, Roma would have won if they had a more fair ref without a doubt, they were much better in that game. |
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The contract still has two more seasons to go for Erik ten Hag to manage Manchester United. Judging by the progress he has made, I believe that in the 2024/2025 season, Man United will have the best team composition and will be able to challenge Man City's dominance in every league.
He will sign more Netherlands or Ajax players because it's easier to teach them due to from the same region and has been managed by him  Ten Hag is a good manager, he have show both of Ajax and FC Utrecht improving when he was the manager, but what I don't like Ten Hag he force the players to play with his strategy. If there's a player can't play in his strategy, he will find the new player instead of combine or consider using other strategy. I do not think that it will be something to see, it is going to be a bit more like whatever player fits the description in his mind. So if it is a winger that's more inside forward, he will look for that, not based on nationality but based on what that player has provided so far in his career. United got so close to getting two titles this year, they got efl and almost got this one as well, which is a proof that he will stay and has been a good manager so far. I think people are forgetting that before him, Ole was decent on the first years he was there, hell finished second or third just the year before he was fired, so while I do think it was a decent bounce back for United, we should also remember that if they end up losing like 5 out of 7 first games next year, we can't guarantee his job safety neither, so he should aim to improve the roster. |
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Well, maybe there are important and needs behind all the regulations made by the government. But I don't think all of them because that just seems too complicated to think about. If everyone were allowed to do what they wanted, the world would be disorderly and we would see the law of the jungle reign. The strong oppress the weak even though it still happens with the rules.
While the freedom and anonymity of Bitcoin can be abused, I remain convinced that there are still people who will use Bitcoin for the right things. We may hate the centralized system but it is necessary to manage everything. You can imagine what would happen if no one was in charge of a country, a city, or even a neighborhood.
And while we don't trust those in complete control, we must be sure that not everyone in government will abuse their power. There are still those who can use their power well for the benefit of the people.
I do agree that regulations are important, I agree with that no doubt. However, we need to make sure that regulations are done by fair people, that's the real trouble. If we keep thinking that regulations are done by people who fairly assess the situation before they make it, we are kidding ourselves and that's not the truth. The reality is that we end up with much worse because the ones who do it end up being a bit different and they just end up focusing on towards making a bigger return from bribes they got, and whoever paid their bribe will have an opinion about bitcoin. If it's pro-bitcoin then regulations will work for us, but if it's anti-bitcoin then it's going to be regulations that hurt us the most, just like how New York did it. |
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How are you very sure that Bayern will be stronger next season. Who knows if Bayern will suffer defeat more than they did this season that ended it is true and sad that Dortmund blew up their chances in the last match to become the champions of Bundesliga. Don't you also think that it has given them the confidence needed to fight next season. Being able to top the table even upto 30mins to the end of the season should be a big motivation for them in the next season and not to wait for 5 to 10yrs. Many things could just happen within 1 year or 2 years.
Bayern is big team in Bundesliga and they also as the richest team in Germany so they can able to bought star players what they want because Bayern has strong financial to do so and they know how to strengthen their squad and it just happend for every season that Bayern always successfully to buy good quality players to strengthen their squad so i am sure they will be more stronger than last season On the other hand today Leipzig has successfully to defend their DFB pokal trophy with beat Frankfurt with score 2-0 and at the first half the match looks equal because both teams can playing attacking each other but Leipzig playing more aggressive in the second half and it makes Szoboszlai and Nkunku scores goals and bringing Leipzig to gets the title 2 times in a row They didn't really do anything that was out of expected neither to become this financially giant team neither. What they achieved was something easy that can be achieved by any team in the world, they have used their income to not just buy players but invest, invest in stadiums invest in scouting, invest in better facilities, invest in merchandise and store locations, invest basically to make more income. It means that even if they somehow didn't win the championship, which doesn't really happen (been over a decade) they still make enough to be self sufficient and pay for everything. Most teams make a loss, and that's why I believe that they are rich since they also get achievements and money from that, which is a total plus and they keep going that way instead. |
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