I saw the pressure build up on Inter coach Simone Inzaghi, having suffered two defeats in a row, a 3-2 defeat by Milan in the Derby della Madonnina, and in the Champions League with a 2-0 home defeat to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich .
Back again to the 6th round of Serie A tomorrow, Inter will host Torino at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, currently there is only one point difference between the two teams before kick-off, my prediction this top-flight match will promise a fierce match, but I'm still waiting for Inter to add to their head to head win over Torino.
Inter Milan started the season badly. Previously, Simone Inzaghi's squad was expected to have a very competitive squad, but in fact the Nerazzurri's performances have been inconsistent. These defeats caught the attention of many parties and of course the Inter management. The Nerazzurri's competitiveness has been questioned, especially after strengthening the team by signing Romelu Lukaku and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the summer transfer window. This unsatisfactory result is also a threat to Simone Inzaghi, his fate will really be at stake in the next match. |
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[...] one of such teams is Chelsea, and of course they now have a new manager, he'd (Graham Potter) be happy he's not been thrown right into action as he should have against Fulham in the Lunch time kickoff tomorrow, but he now has more days and even weeks (as there is no official statement as to when the EPL will return) to get to know his team more and pick his best players.
Having said that, i second what you said that it's going to be a boring weekend, i already had my plans on the games i was going to watch in the EPL this weekend, i'll prolly just focus on other leagues till we are free to resume once more.
Chelsea will have to face their next opponents eventually but yeah Potter will have good amount of time to know his team better and his options better before the game. I still think he will make decisions better after making decisions in real game. Training and real game decisions are very much different. I am however interested in how will Potter handle his new team. Its a new challenge for him and quite a difficult one as he has to manage a team in CL as well. Yes, of course Potter has enough time to get to know the player and give an idea of the strategy he applies. But I see, quite a lot of heavy tasks to be carried out. Potter is required to immediately bring Chelsea to victory. But I still doubt that he can bring Chelsea to glory like Tuchel did. I don't think Potter's future will last long at Chelsea. And Chelsea management's decision to sack Tuchel is something wrong. |
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It showed that Sadio mane was among the players that made Liverpool strong in last season because since he left Liverpool to another club, Liverpool performance dropped down that is causing fear to the mind of their coach not to receive sack letter from Liverpool president in this season. Since new players joined the Old players in Liverpool, it hard the Old players to understand the new players that is causing a lot of poor performance to Liverpool in this season. I think, Liverpool coach will definitely get it right soon because Liverpool president trust him that he will definitely help the team to recover all the losses soon to make their fans happy again.
Agree, indeed, when compared to Liverpool's growth statistics since Mane's departure, it is very clear. Consciously or not, because of the fact that Moh Salah doesn't really have a ball supply position like when Mane was there. The arrival of Darwin Nunez did not match the initial expectations which could provide a big boost. Maybe based on my eyes it's not accurate, but that's what I've noticed so far from Liverpool performance. Missing a few pieces of the puzzle. I think Liverpool's poor performance so far is not solely a factor in Mane's departure. But overall their performance is starting to look down. I see Liverpool's problem now is in the defense sector, in this position Virgil Van Dijk doesn't look as strong as last season, then Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold also seem to have lost their passion, even though if you look at their performances a few seasons ago, they were quite successful in helping the defense at the same time. Build attacks through the flanks. |
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Although Roma lost this match, they tried their best to earn points in this match. But they had something wrong. Ludogorets scored both goals thanks to the stupidity of the Roma defenders. I was also totally surprised by Ludogorets' second goal. Despite Roma having so many defenders, they couldn't counter it. I would say that Roma's midfield and forward players played well but they lost this match due to poor defence. Mourinho should find the weaknesses in his defenders.If they do not solve it quickly, they will lose points in the upcoming matches of Serie A.
Two consecutive defeats experienced by AS Roma in two different competitions clearly made the players' mental collapse. Jose Mourinho must immediately evaluate his squad and return Roma to winning ways. This season AS Roma are favored by many parties, being able to compete with the top teams in Serie A and also being a serious contender for the European league, but with the results in the last two matches, many people are starting to be pessimistic about the existence of Roma this season. But in my opinion, Roma still have enough time to immediately develop the right strategy and I am sure Mourinho will take Roma further on the European stage. |
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For the first time, Ronaldo played as a starter this season but he failed to complete his task (failed to score) and Man United had to lose 0-1 to Sociedad. Actually, he didn't play too badly, there were a few chances that could have been goals but because Sociedad is more likely to play defensive football, that's what makes it difficult for Ronaldo to penetrate. In addition, Man United also does not play with the Premier League formation (Sancho and Bruno Fernandes were not played as starters) and I think there is a performance difference because of it.
The defeat also extended Manchester United's bad record when playing Cristiano Ronaldo as a starter. This defeat is also a bad record for Ronaldo's debut in the European League. Another reason that is an issue of discussion is the return of Maguire in defense. The dropping of Maguire actually made the Man United defense look a mess. Evidently, Real Sociedad was still able to make eight shots with three of them on target despite losing possession. Manchester United manager, Erik Ten Haag of course realizes that and this is of course a note for him, that Maguire is indeed a serious problem for United. This defeat also ended the winning streak he had achieved and unfortunately, the record came to a halt in front of his own fans at Old Trafford. |
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After sharing the points versus Everton and losing heavily Liverpool first match on Champions league, tomorrow they will be play versus Wolves. About tomorrow match shouldn't be too tough for Liverpool to win this and get full points, but the mentality of the players was very hit in their previous match vs Napoli, on tomorrow's match Liverpool will be a success or will we be surprised by their defense once again?
Liverpool players must forget the match against Napoli. They are focusing on a home match against Wolves. Liverpool never got a defeat at home, but they got 2 draws in the first 2 matches. For this match, I am optimistic that Liverpool will win it and get 3 points. They must realize their current position on EPL standings. If they miss 3 points in this match, they are getting further from the UCL zone, top 4. Klopp will push the players to play more aggressively to earn full points. Yes, after all Liverpool must win in this weekend's match against Wolves. The series of bad results suffered by the Reds at the beginning of this season will of course make them eliminated from the competition for the primary league trophy, even though before the start of the season, they were predicted to be strong candidates for the reign of the Premier League with Manchester City, besides Liverpool's declining performance made Klopp's fate is on the brink. But I'm sure Liverpool management will give Klopp time to fix all the problems his team is facing. |
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I personally do not believe the new Chelsea coach will quickly recover Chelsea's performance, because as far as I know and the surprise is about Tuchel himself as we know he did it quickly. Even when the Mourinho era came back at that time Mourinho was basically not a new person at Chelsea, but Mourinho failed to make Chelsea's performance improve. Therefore, it doesn't seem like all as lucky a coach as Tuchel made it fast for Chelsea upon his arrival. Now, at least there are names that are candidates to be appointed as Chelsea coaches like Zidane is also included but somehow I'm still not sure Zidane will accept it.
I think sacking Tuchel was a blunder for Chelsea. Tuchel is one of the best coaches in the world, a series of bad results at the beginning of this season is indeed his responsibility, but with the arrival of a number of new players of course it will take time for him to find the right formula to take Chelsea in a better direction. I also highly doubt that a replacement for Tuchel will be able to improve and achieve the high expectations of Chelsea officials. What they (management) should know is that competition in the Premier League is very tight and it is likely that Chelsea will be very difficult to win the Premier League title this season and will most likely be knocked out of the top four in the final standings later. |
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Liverpool experience a heavy defeats in their first game facing Napoli in the Diego Armando Marandona stadio. Klopp nightmare just beginning as he have record more losses than winning this season. Liverpool have been struggling, not just them losing to the Naples but were having a hard time to pick form also in the premier league by losing games. They even draw their last game, Klopp needs new signings and I like the kind of pattern Napoli boss use in the game. He started with his key players and they punish Liverpool in the early minutes of the game and in the second half, before Liverpool thought of doing a come back, it was late and the Naples switch to playing a defensive game.
In addition to the main problems in the defense line and the lack of creativity in midfield, Jurgen Klopp's strategy also seems to be starting to be read by the opponent. Evidently, in the first six weeks of the Premier League and on the first matchday of the Champions League, Liverpool's results were far from good. In the Premier League, Liverpool only got nine points, the result of two wins, three draws and one loss. While in the Champions League, Liverpool immediately became victims of the Napoli massacre. Therefore, Jurgen Kiopp must find other ways to improve Liverpool's performance. Otherwise, Liverpool will continue to decline and his future as coach of the Reds is also automatically threatened. |
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I didn't think that Atalanta could be so much better now. Because if you look at last season they even struggled to at least be in a European place. Now they lead the standings with 4 wins and a draw. I hope they can maintain that and participate in the struggle for the Scudetto title this season. If they can afford it, it will be even more interesting.
Atalanta were able to continue their sensational start to snatch the top of the Serie A standings from Napoli and AC Milan. But talking about the opportunity to win the Scudetto does not seem like an easy matter, because the competition in Serie A this season is very tight. For Atalanta I can only see their chances realistically, which is to finish in the top four of the standings and they have to defend that or they can get into the Europa League zone. |
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Chelsea is showing their ambition. They are gunning for Titles, and can't afford a toothless coach to disrupt that plan. They have decided to part ways with Thomas Tuchel. Have you watched them recently? I recalled asking a fellow Chelsea fan of their creativity here. The results are better than the performance, how could a club with array of creative stars be having X.Gs in nos that are similar to the heart rate of a dead man. At the same time I blame the Owner, I mean why spending over 200m when you know you are not backing the manager for so long?? That’s not prudence of a business man.
And does the next manager guarantees them title? Tuchel is a great manager and I feel he should be given a bit more time. But I think something else must have gone wrong after the defeat, maybe some kind of argument between the manager and board and that lead to Tuchel's departure. Fofana , Sterling were the signings that Tuchel wanted but the exit of Tuchel without them allowing him time to experiment the new signings is something that is hard to swallow. I think something crazy went down behind the scenes that lead to Tuchel's departure. Tuchel is no toothless coach as you say... I think he has great eye but like every manager he also needs time to settle things and that is something that board usually doesn't give. Tuchel came in as manager and won CL with Chelsea which is historic... They were the underdogs in that CL and came out as winner. I am sure the earlier owner would still have allowed some time to Tuchel. Tuchel officially parted ways with Chelsea, this is certainly a very surprising decision. Many people do not understand what has been decided by the Chelsea officials. A string of bad results is suspected to be the cause, but I think this is very hasty. I dare say, the Chelsea era is over under Todd's control. |
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Barcelona is different from what we used to have some years back , Barcelona this season is composed of quality players that means for sure it is possible for Barcelona to won a trophy or something else. Last season it was easy for Real Madrid to win the league because no team to complete with them. With what Barcelona has right now if they should meet Real Madrid they can win Real Madrid.
The combination of players from different generations in the Barcelona squad can make their performances on the pitch even more so. Xavi can choose players to fill the main squad easily, because the quality of players that Barcelona currently has is above average. Lewandowski, who has just signed from Bayern Munich, has started to become a scary striker up front for Barcelona, he is very diligent in scoring goals when he is on the field. Lewandowski has proven that he is capable of playing at a high level despite being 34 years old. If Barcelona are able to maintain the quality of their game as has been shown in the previous few matches, it is certain that Barcelona will get a trophy this season. A positive trend is approaching Barcelona. Now Xavi has been able to bring the Blaugrana back on track and is respected again. Xavi certainly played a big role in bringing back the reputation of the Catalan club. Although they had previously been hit by an economic crisis, thanks to Xavi's foresight and Barca's management, they managed to land a number of important players. And now it is proven, the combination of experienced young and old players like Robert Lewandowski has been able to bring Barcelona to a better direction. |
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Ajax are in a group that is quite difficult because they have to compete with Liverpool and Napoli, so every match should be used well by Ajax to gain points and at least be able to be secure their position later, currently Ajax have won 3-0 against Rangers and it looks like today easy victory they could get in the first match of the group phase, losing Antony and several other players who moved to other teams did not seem to affect Ajax performance too much and in fact they still looked very solid and well organized throughout the first half.
However, Ajax always produces quality players for big clubs to bring in. Now they can still survive with a score of 3 points over Ranger. Still a big obstacle in the group phase which has more competitive competitors like Liverpool. For that, the inaugural match with 3 points was enough to make them more able to anticipate and watch Liverpool lose 3 points as well over Napoli. This is quite worrying. Losing Erik ten Hag, Antony to Lisandro Martinez didn't seem too significant to Dusan Tadic and his colleagues. Ajax seems to have had a strong and ready mentality. Tonight is proof, Ajax is able to appear mighty and overthrow Rangers with a pretty landslide score. I think this season they have a chance to qualify for the knock-out phase. |
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Naples is doing very well. Were leading 4-0 against Liverpool for a while, but now he is 4-1. They're not going to give that away, are they? Liverpool was seen as the absolute top favorite to win this group, but I still have my reservations. The 4-1 score for Napoli shows that the EPL was no coincidence, Liverpool is also very disappointed there. There's nothing wrong with Liverpool yet, but if you keep playing zeo like tonight you might even be third in this group.
Liverpool's condition at the start of this season was very bad, the Reds appeared up and down at the beginning of this season. The current situation is certainly very surprising to many parties. Now in the Champions League, Liverpool are being torn apart by Napoli by quite a lot of goal difference. I'm really very curious and why Liverpool can be so bad. |
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I will Choose Erling Harland over the two to be highest goal scorer in this season's Champions League competition because his desperate goal scoring ability recently is higher than of Kylian Mbape and that of Benzema right now.
In my view, this season the champions league stage belongs to Haaland and Mbappe. Each of them has been able to score two goals aka braces and help his team win on the first matchday. In addition, both of them also really want to win the elite trophy on the European continent. Haaland and Mbappe seem to present a new rivalry in the Champions League. Both players continued to score goals and set records. |
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I was shocked to hear the news. indeed the results shown by Chelsea in the EPL are also not so good. but Tuchel's dismissal seemed too hasty.
maybe the club management does not want to linger too long with bad results. but what goes wrong when the management itself doesn't talk much when the transfer window opens?
we can see Chelsea's back line is very bad. and looking for players for the next transfer window as well as managers will certainly make Chelsea a lot of losses at the beginning of this season.
there are already several names of coaches that have become rumors for Chelsea. one of them you mentioned.
I also was shocked at the news of the sack of Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel. Admittedly, Chelsea’s has had a few recent bad spells in the premier league but the dismissal of the coach was indeed hasty. The search to find a new coach is now on; perhaps, a new coach has already been decided on and would soon be publicly announced. Hopefully, the new coach would do what is necessary in order to move the club forward. I think the Chelsea management was too hasty in taking action. The defeat against Dinamo Zagreb was the trigger to dismiss Tuchel. Even though the season has just started, many of their new players have not looked so compact, Chelsea management should have given Tuchel time until the middle of the season. |
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What I know is that Dinamo ZG is in good shape and wins in every game in the domestic league without any problems, and if Chelsea is not in the best shape and if they are missing some important players, then it is an opportunity for Dinamo. The interesting thing about the match is that UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin will be at the stadium tonight, together with the legendary Zvonimir Boban and some other high-ranking UEFA officials. One more reason for everyone to do their best and play a good game.
Yes, don't underestimate Dinamo Zagreb because as far as I know Ante Cacic's squad is in very good form in the Croatian League, and in their last eight matches Dinamo Zagreb won seven and drew one. And is currently at the top of the Croatian League standings. Unlike Chelsea, which has not found consistency in the EPL and from six matches, Thomas Tuchel's troops only pack 10 points which are in 6th position in the standings. Therefore, tonight's match is expected to be fierce and also very interesting to watch. Chelsea have not been so consistent this season. In the Premier League, Chelsea have only won three of the six matches they have played. The rest are one draw and two losses. The Blues have also not been able to win away from home this season. Therefore, Tuchel must find the right formula to beat Dinamo Zagreb at home and Tuchel must also be wary of the Croatian representative's collective game in front of his own public. |
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Arteta’s failing to sign a player in the defensive midfield position made them look short in the game and it cost them that match. Arteta was forced to revert to a double-pivot of Albert Sambi Lokonga and Granit Xhaka instead of playing a lone 6 as he did with Partey. This affected their speed in the build-up as Xhaka and Odegaard often dropped deep to receive the ball, allowing Manchester United players to close the gaps behind them. Arsenal will be all out against Everton at the Emirates. I know they wouldn’t lose to Everton.
A single loss for Arsenal and we are seeing so much analysis about what went wrong. Were Arsenal fans thinking that they would win all their matches in the English premier league? The team has been exceptional this season; we should praise them more than we criticize them. Both teams played good football in that match. Both coaches identified their strengths and weaknesses and tried to outsmart each other and it seems Manchester United got the better chances and they won. Arsenal would have equally won that match. Arsenal and Manchester United are clubs that would do exceptionally well this season. They would surprise other top English teams and Ronaldo would be happy he stayed. I see there are two different assessments for the two teams. The first is about Arsenal's defeat, Arteta's men suffered their first defeat so far, this defeat can be a benchmark for Arteta to measure the strength of his team and I admit that in that match the Arsenal squad was also able to dominate and be able to make it difficult for Manchester United. Due to the defeat suffered by his team, Arteta must be able to continue to motivate his squad, otherwise their position will become a serious threat from rivals. Then the second one, United's victory is a warning that they are slowly rising, for Ten Haag his team's successive wins have made them respected again, besides that Ten Haag can also breathe a sigh of relief, because their new players have been able to make a real contribution. |
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The competition for the top 4 Serie A is getting more and more interesting, because unexpectedly Atalanta this season has played extraordinary
by being at the top. It seems that this season Atalanta have found their best form again, after the previous season Atalanta played poorly
and was only in 8th position. Even though Atalanta around 2018-2021 has always consistently been in the top 4, but it must be admitted that
the 2021/2022 season Atalanta's performance has greatly decreased. But it seems that this season Atalanta has bounced back, but because
there are still many Serie A matches that Atalanta has to play. So it's too early to predict Atalanta will be back in the top 4 this season,
as you said there are Juventus and Napoli who are Atalanta's strong competitors. Even Roma this season has also experienced an increase
in performance, the conclusion is that Atalanta will not be easy to get into the top 4 this season. Atalanta should be able to show their consistency,
but if we look at Atalanta's form so far, Atalanta's chances are big enough to be in the top 4 this season.
Yes, So far Atalanta have appeared so mighty in Serie A. But I don't think they can fully be said to be solid because La Dea have not been tested because they have not faced a big team. Previously, when dealing with Milan, Gian Piero Gasperini's foster children were only able to play a draw. |
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It is impossible to predict which team will win the title this season. Arsenal were in very good form. They won the first 5 matches. But in the sixth match they were badly defeated against Manchester United. On the other hand, United started the season badly but they are now in very good form. The performance of Manchester City and Tottenham is quite good. But the squad of Liverpool and Chelsea is not stable. It won't be clear which team is better suited for the title until a few more weeks pass.
Now is not the right time to judge which team dominates, besides that the team's performance in the Premier League is also very difficult to predict. In my opinion, in the next half of the season it will be clear which team will be able to dominate the top of the table, but for me, Manchester City are still favorites to defend the Premier League title. |
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Well I a Chelsea fan, but to be honest I don't see my club lifting the title this season maybe next years to come but not this season. The premiership entirely is absolutely interesting this season like I practically can't wait for every weekend to come. For the title I think city will regain it but there will be a lot of drama in it.
Yes, Chelsea this season has suffered a setback, it is very difficult for the Blues to compete in the top flight. Chelsea is also one of the most wasteful teams in the summer transfer market this year, but in fact, until now the Blues have not been able to deliver the performance they deserve. |
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