it is very regrettable to see that Athletic Bilbao has dropped a lot of performance in the last few games, not even the striker duo Iñaki Williams and nico Williams have not been able to score goals frequently, in fact with this game there are already 3 games in which they cannot score at least 1 goal making Athletic Bilbao dive into a deep hole of goal crisis and bad results, even if they are draws they are still bad results if we compare with the good performance they were having a few weeks ago

I was also surprised that osasuna won yesterday's game, they didn't inspire confidence in me and I was thinking that for this game they would end in a draw, but I was wrong and they managed to score 1 goal and won the game

I do agree that it may not cover this much profit right away, Ronaldo would not bring them as much money as they are spending now but there are two things that we need to keep in mind about this. First of all, the club owners are not poor people, they could pay ronaldo and messi and neymar and mbappe and haaland all at the same time, billions a year, and they would still be rich until they all retire.

It means that it is not about money for them, it's about prestige and reputation which is a lot more important than money when you are that rich, you are willing to lose a lot of money for those things if you have enough money. Secondly even after Ronaldo leaves, they may get some recognition, and thats good too.

Nadal will start his journey in the australian open against jack draper a young player who has shown a big performance recently beating some big names on the adelaid tournament on the otherhand nadal is having a some difficulties recently and am sure he will have plenty in this game i think it will be more entertaining than expected.

Only few minutes seperate Trabzonspor from beating basaksehir, despite their poor performance in recent game and even today they are managing against basaksehir despite how good their opponent was doing, this win will be important because this will keep them close to the third position.

I don't know why Klopp expects to win games with the likes of Oxlade Chamberlain & Henderson playing every week. A truly surprising display, the midfield has no legs, 3-0 makes Liverpool even further behind the top 4 in the standings.

The midfield lacked energy and the attackers up front were less and less creative from the midfield leaving the back 4 open. Now Liverpool is in a slump. Shame to lose a game with Brighton. i hope liverpool have to buy 2 midfielders and 9 lethals to compete in EPL.

Didn't go for the BTTS on a betbuilder, felt it was enough with just the ML.. Some of my btc got struck elsewhere too as I was planning to put a little bit more but I guess this will have to do  

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EDIT; Can't wait to see where this one takes me 

In the Manchester derby, it was home united who won.  Manchester unitef have seen an upturn in form since Ronaldo left. Maybe the impression was created that Ronaldo was psychologically dragging this team down. Now they've started a recovery and they're on a winning streak that shows they're in the title race. In a very controversial position, there was an offside or not position before Bruno Fernandes's goal, but united managed to win.

Al Hilal team are thinking of a move for Lionel Messi to counter their rival Al-Nassr after they signed Ronaldo on a record deal. However I don't think Messi would think of leaving Europe now.

Because the situation is not the same for Messi. He is already a PSG player and his performance level is very high. He is fighting for the Champions League title with his team for now. He is expected to extend his contract with PSG one more season also. Al Hilal are also ready to spend insane amount of money on Messi transfer. They are speculated to offer $300m a year to Messi. This is definitely huge but just as I said I don't think this is the time Messi is leaving PSG.

For the first time in years, Napoli are this good to become the champion, there is not even a single team playing football like them in Serie-a right now, they can score 5 goals against their closest rivals, this is really great. We have gotten so used to having the same teams at the top for years that I am very impressed when another team plays to the top of the Serie-A league. In fact, they could have continued without breaking the winning streak. I can say that the World Cup has affected this winning streak.

Coach is not really the problem of Chelsea currently, the board needs to look into the quality of players they have at Chelsea now. The defense line is flopping, the mid field is missing the presence of Ngolo Kante, the attackers are not consistent, they need to explore the transfer market when the transfer window opens. Even the best of coaches can’t make out anything with this quality of players.

Emotional to see how Djokovic has been received by the public in Australia. He received a standing and big ovation for his return. You can ask yourself whether he deserves that, but people are there as tennis enthusiasts. He played a practice match against Kyrgios. Nice to see that 2 children were also allowed to participate in a double game competition. Kyrgios - Djkovic could also just be another match at the tournament. The public is of course completely behind Kyrgios because he is playing this tournament in his home country. Djokovic is the big favorite here. Alcaraz will not participate.

Starting XI here, source: https://twitter.com/juventusfc/status/1613971874362294276


Good to see Chiesa in the starting XI, before Injury was easily a 100m € player.

Game starting soon.

I obviously want Neuer to come back from the injury quickly. But I am not sure how severe the injury of Manuel Neuer is. I also have been hearing that he is injury is a lot more severe and serious than was first expected. If that is the case why Bayern Munich is not looking for a long-term solution?

Can it be that they are not looking for a long-term solution because they know that the injury is not as severe as people are thinking?

If the injury was so serious I think they would have looked for a goalkeeper who can potentially replace Neuer with much more intent.

I don't think we even need to talk about tonight's game. Galatasaray will not lose points against a simple opponent like Hatayspor after the big win in the last match. Right now they have a huge advantage in the championship race and I don't think they will do anything that will cause them to lose points in simple matches like this.
They may even want to score a goal quickly and ensure that they will win the match. I think we will watch 2-3 goals

Real Madrid seems to deny the rumors about Harry Kane, good for them overvalued player. (IMHO)

Besides that, not a single rumor from Liga, Germany, Italy, or France.

Only Premier is doing something in this session.

Makes you wonder what Potter could have achieved with Brighton if he stayed through the season 

There were good expectations from PSG and their attack for having the good number of goals but right now they are not playing with their full approach because they are trying to have balance in their game and players also need to be fit for the next games which are going to be tough Angers is having no win from their last 10 games, and they are having the worst defense but still we have only two goals from them PSG with Messi is also now in action after having tag of GOAT with win of the world cup 2022 in Qatar.

Lens held against Strasbourg which is currently above the Angers and having first point after break but with the current form and quality of Strasbourg most chances they could be relegated because they have no enough quality and performance in first half of the season.

Huh, just found out Osaka's withdrawn. No need for further comment, well documented in this thread. Didn't one of the Williams win a GS while a couple months pregnant?

Anyway: Jabeur's gotta have my money but my bookie's actually not opened Women's outrights yet (what?) so it's Nadal as my only outright (caught at sweet 12/1 odds but it's actually more like 14/1 now haha).

Chelsea have to admit Fulham's greatness and it looks like they lost points again in this match, especially after Felix got a red card it's getting harder to turn things around, I think Chelsea really have to overhaul all the players and even the coach so they can get even better

Another good start to the evening for Chelsea. Out at Fullham, they face a 1-0 deficit after half an hour of play. A very long season for Chelsea. I think Chelsea will score some goals or maybe a draw. Chelsea is falling further down the ranking in this way. United seem to be in the best shape at the moment and are actually third having played a game less. The gap to City and Arsenal is significant, but they will both drop points in the next game. Especially from Arsenal I am curious if they can keep up the level.