Messi deserved the award, congratulations. He had a great year, won Copa America with Argentina. Lewa also congratulated him, big sportsmanship.
Robert Lewandowski won striker of the year, so that's fair enough. I wish they gave 2020 award to him as well instead of cancel it.
once again congrats to messi who has won 7t times, the balloon de'or, maybe this is the last time messi gets the ballon de'or, actually i am very disappointed, because messi's performance this year is inconsistent, but he managed to get the award, actually i really hope mohammad got the Ballon de'or wrong, but what can I do? Lionel Messi is indeed the best player in the world right now, but to be honest I personally think that this year Lionel Messi doesn't deserve the Ballon d'Or because his performances at PSG have not shown his prowess as the best player in the world at the moment, I think actually Lewandowski is a player who is more deserving of the Ballon d'Or, because so far he has played quite consistently in the league and has also been able to lift the performance of Bayern Munich to a fairly high level. |
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After four weeks of having no victory, Milan have finally got their first one against Atletico Madrid in the away match. They were the far better side just as they were like this in the match in Italy until getting a red card. This time, the scenario wasn't the same and Milan finally found a goal in the last minutes and won by 1-0. And as Liverpool beat Porto by 2-0 too, Milan are only one point away from the 2nd place. By the way, they have taken the 3rd place from Atletico Madrid after defeating them.
As for the last group matches, there are Porto v Atletico Madrid and Milan v Liverpool matches. The excitement level is going to be really high. And I would really like to see Milan advancing to the next round.
AC Milan managed to get their first win in the Champions League and this allowed them to breathe a little easier before facing Liverpool in the last match, the victory against Atletico Madrid made their chances of qualifying for the last 16 slightly open, because later they only needed to beat Liverpool and hope if Atletico Madrid drew with Porto, but if Porto manages to beat Athletico, of course AC Milan will only be in third position, but if AC Milan wins against Liverpool and Athletico beats Porto, AC Milan and Atletico Madrid qualification will be determined by head to head or difference goals later. |
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Tomorrow's match between Rayo Vallecano and Valencia is going to be really entertaining their fans. Rayo Vallecano performed well in the last game with 3 goals against Mallorca with 3:1. Valencia has drawn its last two games and yes own the 3rd games against villarreal on 30th Oct. So although Villlarreal is at 12th place, the match is going to be challenging between both teams. Lets see.
Ahead of this match, Rayo did have a better stock than Valencia, because in the previous match, rayo was able to get full points after defeating Mallorca, while valencia only got a draw, but even so, rayo should not underestimate valencia, especially Valencia unbeaten in the last 3 matches including successfully drawing a draw with Atletico Madrid, in my opinion so far Valencia matches always come with many goals and this shows if their attack line is quite dangerous for Rayo defense later. My prediction is maybe the match will end in a draw with a score of 2-2. |
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Spurs loss against Mura is beyond embarrassing. I don't really know what to say about it. Now they're risking to be eliminated after group stage.
Flora win against Partizan is also surprising. Who could have thought that small team from Estonia without any foreign players will be alive before last round. Anorthosis won against Gent surprisingly too and this team also have chances to reach next round.
The defeat from mura became the first defeat for Conte and of course this was quite disappointing because against a relatively smaller team than them, with this result, tottenham had to be evicted to third position with 7 points from the 5 matches they had run, with conditions like this making tottenham should get an absolute win in the last game against Rennes next week. |
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Rangnick is a weird choice - I was really surprised when I saw it announced. He's a tough character and not an easy person to work with, and his last role in Russia was more of a back office one.
Maybe it's United's idea to test him like this in order to potentially give him a back office role at the end of the season - I heard that they are interested in that. I don't understand what will they be getting with him as an interim coach though - maybe the players will have to impress him if he will be in charge of assembling the team for next season.
Rangnick and Woodward together in director/consultant role? This will be really fun to watch.
Even though they already have Carrick as interim coach, for some reason Manchester still intends to look for an interim coach, before appointing a permanent manager for next season, I think Manchester should be able to provide an opportunity for Carrick to show his capacity as an interim coach before they find a permanent coach in the future , but seeing the career track record of Ralf Rangnick which is quite a lot, of course we should see how capable he will be to bring change to manchester united in the remaining 6 months. |
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Even though now Napoli and AC Milan are quite consistent in the league, but I think they should also join the transfer market later to strengthen their squad, AC Milan currently relies on Giroud and Ibra as their strikers and both players are prone to injury, so I think Milan is better later looking for another striker to anticipate it.
For milan this is very necessary because as you say pure strikers they are prone to injury because their age factor is now not young anymore and some time ago there was news circulating that they had been stalking a young italian striker who is quite phenomenal at the moment, namely Pietro Pellegri from Monaco and this has been confirmed by Fabrizio Romano in a tweet saying that the Milan side are currently negotiating with Monaco which includes a loan status with an option to buy the young bomber The only way for milan to be consistent is to bring in some new players to back up other players, especially their strikers who are indeed quite old and also prone to injury, so far giroud, ibra and leao are their mainstay in the front lines, and we know that ibra and giroud are players who have a long history of injuries. Milan are currently approaching Pietro Pellegri to become a substitute for ibra and giroud but reportedly only as a loan player without a permanent purchase agreement by Milan. |
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I have examined the games of the next weekend. And it looks like the most attracting game is Chelsea - Manchester United. Chelsea are the favourite team in this game without doubt. Their incredible form recently is making things easier for them in every game they play. They defeated Leicester away by 3-0 last week. And last night, they finished Juventus by 4-0 in the Champions League. Thanks to this huge form, they seem to be the closest side to win here. On the other hand, Manchester United are rejuvenating themselves after Ole's departure. They managed to beat Villarreal in the Champions League by 2-0 last night. This can help them play better against Chelsea. In this kind of big games, we don't know what will happen for certain. But of course, Chelsea should be able to win this logically.
when ole is still there then i will 100 percent side with chelsea and very sure chelsea will win. but for now with the interim coach I see a little hope there. although it will be very difficult for united to win this match but at least they won't lose by an embarrassing score again like in the last 2 matches Both managed to win in the champions league and of course this can be a good capital for the two teams when they later meet in the big game, but even so, it is clear that chelsea will seem to be superior in that match, besides their game is quite consistent this season, chelsea will also act as a home team and that will motivate them, the match will certainly be a real test for carrick who is currently coach of manchester and even though they won against villareal but in my opinion, their style of play is still adopting the style of play that is applied by Ole. Before facing Chelsea, Carrick should have made a few changes to their defense later, because facing an attacking team like Chelsea will be very difficult if Carrick applies the formation that has been used by Ole. |
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Although Xavi is not yet experienced enough to lead a team like Barcelona. Even if his experience is low, he will not be bad as a coach. He is hardworking and tactful. He brought the tiki taka technique back to Barcelona long after. I believe that if the players work hard the performance of Barcelona will improve. Barcelona will not lose points against Villarreal. Maybe the match will be a draw, otherwise Barcelona will win.
I think not yet, without experience less possibility to make Xavi Hernandez become success in Barcelona, without support with much money to buy potential player I think give difficulty how to be success as manager on Barcelona for Xavi. Almost less experience coach can't bring Barcelona talk more in La Liga or champion league and we see just winning 1-0 from Espanyol that goal scored from penalty kick and they only get draw faced with Benfica on champion league. My question is what do you mean by success? At the moment, if you mean winning the title as a success of Barcelona, it is never possible. But I think now Barcelona's success is to organize the team, to keep the bonding of the players in the team and to maintain the continuity of performance. Is it possible to improve so quickly from Koeman's poor performance and match strategy? It takes time. Wait and see what Xavi will do. I hope he can stabilize the team. Barcelona still need time to get back to their current form, the coaching transition certainly doesn't guarantee things will change instantly, right now Xavi still needs a lot of time to evaluate his team and I think maybe we will see Barcelona change in the next few games , so far barcelona style of play is starting to improve a little but the lack of team coordination in every line makes it difficult for them to play a perfect game, besides that I saw barcelona game against espanyol, the players have not been able to set the right time when to press and when to play casually and that's why in the second half the stamina of the barcelona players decreased drastically and that needs to be fixed by xavi immediately. |
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Milan must learn from last season after managing to stay in the top position but failed to maintain its position so that the title belongs to Inter. So I think they will struggle to win it this season with the advantage they have at the moment, but fate could still change if they also fail to maintain their consistency and form.
That's what has been a little doubtful for me from the italian teams so far, not only milan, even several other teams have also experienced the same thing so far, many of them who started the season running pretty fast and ended up winning the half of the season, but entered the second leg as if they were losing their prowess that they had to give up another team to win the scudetto at the end of the season, it seems that the mid-season champion doesn't necessarily guarantee they can stay consistent until the end of the season. |
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Laurent Blanc is not interested in the Manchester United job at the moment.
Zidane's wife has given and expressed red flags for her husband for the job likewise.
Micheal Carrick should handle this for the main time, and let's hope for a positive response and change.
Valvadre is also been lined for the job.
Many managers are now starting to reject manchester united, making them now seem to have to keep carrick for a long time, several names continue to be associated with manchester united so far, from zidane, pochettino, laurent blanc and even Valvadre, but so far the coaches have reasons itself in rejecting Manchester, I think it might be time for Manchester to make Steve Bruce their next target if Valvadre also refuses to coach  . |
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The match between Napoli and Spartak was really quite fierce, I personally actually bet for Napoli victory in that match, but unfortunately Napoli who are more favored actually suffered a defeat and made them currently in second position, with this defeat now Napoli chance to qualify is it's getting more difficult, because it is certain that whoever wins the match between legia and leicester will certainly top the group C position and in my opinion it is precisely now that spartak are in a fairly safe position because they will face legia, while napoli will face leicester in the last match later.
Many people have lost their money in this match. Everyone hoped that Napoli would win. But Napoli did not perform well. It was Spartak Moscow's home match. And they won. Napoli's move to the next round is uncertain now. They have to win against Leichester City. Leicester are a strong enough team. Winning against them will not be easy. If we look back when Napoli played away against Leicester, the result was a 2-2 draw. With the results in the first match, I at least assume that Napoli still has a chance to get points in the last match, because it will be a home game for Napoli. But still all the teams in this group will still not be able to guarantee to qualify, because their points will continue to compete until the last match later and all the teams in this group have a chance to qualify, their current quality can be said to be balanced. The tight competition in this group makes their match worth watching so far, from the start I really hoped that Napoli and Leicester could advance to the next round, but looking at the current situation it seems that one of them really has to say goodbye in the last match, or maybe it's the two who have to lift the suitcase faster if legia manages to beat spartak and napoli leicester draw , all possibilities could have happened in the last match of group C and of course it will be very interesting for us to see the end of all this drama. |
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Barcelona could not score a goal against Benfica. The match ended in a goalless draw. However, Barcelona played well enough. Barcelona's gameplay was good enough. Barcelona has played better today than at least in the last few matches. In the last match in the champions league, they will play against the strong Bayern Munich. And it's Bayern Munich's home match. Hopefully we can see the stable gameplay of Barcelona against Bayern.
I doubt that barcelona will be able to beat bayern munchen in the last match later, now indeed barcelona game has improved a bit but the blunt ness of the spearhead makes it difficult for them to score goals, ansu fati and depay have not can be fully replaced messi role as the target man on the barcelona front line in the match So far, I think that even though Bayern Munich are now quite safe, but I doubt they will relax their attack when playing at home in later |
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Final score for the 5th MatchDay of the Champions League:
Group A :
1. Club Brugge 0 vs 5 RB Leipzig
2. Manchester City 2 vs 1 PSG
Group B :
1. Atlético Madrid 0 vs 1 AC Milan
2. Liverpool 2 vs 0 Porto
Group C :
1. Besiktas 1 vs 2 Ajax Amsterdam
2. Sporting Lisbon 3 vs 1 Borussia Dortmund
Group D :
1. Inter Milan 2 vs 0 Shakhtar Donetsk
2. Sheriff Tiraspol 0 vs 3 Real Madrid
Teams that have been confirmed to qualify for the last 16:
1. Manchester City
2. Paris Saint Germain
3. Liverpool
4. Ajax Amsterdam
5. Real Madrid
6. Inter Milan
7. Bayern Munich
8. Manchester United
9. Chelsea
10. Juventus
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After arsenal move from higbury, arsenal seemed to lose luck at that time, I think the beginning of arsenal's destruction was when they tried to build a new stadium and it forced arsenal to become a club selling star players to cover the cost of building the emirates stadium, besides, Arsenal success at that time , cannot be separated from Arsene Wenger's tactics, but it will not run optimally, without the role of three French players Thierry Henry, Robert Pires and Patrick Vieira who at that time became the life of Arsenal game in winning the Invincibles title.
I do not believe that it has nothing to do with finances. Arsenal is still a team that makes a lot of money compared to their success rate, that is mainly because of their rich history and I understand that even from Henry times they still have fans globally which is how they are making most of their money. This is understandable but also it proves that they are not having financial crisis like Barcelona for example. The reason why they sucked big time was the fact that they had a bad start, maybe it is due to bad summer training period, maybe it was due to some new tactic testing, maybe it was something else, or maybe roster played a bit of a role as well who knows. However, I believe that nobody that has a financial situation would start at the bottom of the league and rise as high as Arsenal did, did they suddenly found some hidden golden treasure? Of course not, it is the same team but they started to play better. If you've ever read the book My Life in Red and White written by wenger, of course you will find a little story where the destruction began, I even read that so far arsenal had to pay in installments for the construction of the emirates stadium, and that's why all this time Arsenal always sell their star players and recruit young players who are relatively cheaper. Yes, you could say they found a treasure called the CCFF (Covid Corporate Financing Facility) , in January Arsenal again took a debt from the Bank of England by going through the program of CCFF as much as 120 million pounds and used it for debt bills in August 2020 related to the construction of the Emirates Stadium. |
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In group C there is not a single club that is certain to qualify arrive at the 5th match so far, all teams in group C have the same opportunity to qualify for the next round of the european league, the match between napoli and spartak will certainly be very fierce, especially the two teams both need 3 points to be able to strengthen their position, especially Napoli, of course making the match against Spartak a match to lock their position as the leader of the standings, after napoli losing to Intermilan in the league, theur will certainly make the match against Spartak a place of revenge and revival to come back On the way to victory, it can be said that this match will be a life-and-death match between the two teams.
Right, Group C is really interesting one because none of the team has too much of a point difference than others. The first-placed team and the fourth-placed team have only three points of difference between them, so it is very possible for any of the teams to qualify. Group C is very much opened for every club in it. Especially for the current leader, Napoli. They are the favorite to qualify for the next round. Then the next club I'm confident about is Liecester, they used to be a good promising club in England but I don't just understand their stand this season. If know if they sincerely put up a fight tomorrow, they will accumulate about 8points which will aid their qualification to the next round. The match between Napoli and Spartak was really quite fierce, I personally actually bet for Napoli victory in that match, but unfortunately Napoli who are more favored actually suffered a defeat and made them currently in second position, with this defeat now Napoli chance to qualify is it's getting more difficult, because it is certain that whoever wins the match between legia and leicester will certainly top the group C position and in my opinion it is precisely now that spartak are in a fairly safe position because they will face legia, while napoli will face leicester in the last match later. |
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Inter with super Dzeko won their game and now they are almost going to be in the final phase of the champion.
È need to wait the real Madrid game they are now basically qualified for the real game after 10years.
Intermilan managed to win and made their chances of going to the next round even bigger, edin dzeko today really became a hero for intermilan's victory, btw right now the match between real madrid and sherrif is ongoing and the temporary score is still 0-0, I think apart from real fans madrid who wanted their team to win, of course the Inter Milan fans today wished luck for real madrid . |
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I think after yesterday's match with Chelsea, Juventus' prospects are more or less clear and they clearly do not relate to the championship. Despite the fact that Chelsea is in first place in the EPL, it cannot be said that this team is head and shoulders above the rest, but at the same time it totally destroyed Juventus yesterday.
The match against chelsea was a pretty bad match for juventus, and in my opinion juventus was very lucky to concede only 4 goals if you saw chelsea performance which was quite spectacular in that match, I think the two teams do have quite different squad depths and obviously chelsea is very superior in all their lines compared to Juventus, but even so, I think Juventus now have to get back up and improve their performance ahead of the game which is also considered a big match against atlanta on Sunday. |
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This is a very tight schedule for Napoli and very different to Spartak Moscow who have a longer break of at least 2 days apart, even though Spartak Moscow are at the bottom but their points are not much different. This factor will probably be very favorable for Spartak Moscow because even, in their first match or in the 1st leg Spartak Moscow can beat Napoli with a score of 2-3, Spartak Moscow play away. Even so, Napoli are still the favorites in this match, whether Napoli can get revenge or lose again, considering that Napoli previously had to play Inter and then have to face Lazio in Serie A with a schedule that can be said to be tight with this one.
In group C there is not a single club that is certain to qualify arrive at the 5th match so far, all teams in group C have the same opportunity to qualify for the next round of the european league, the match between napoli and spartak will certainly be very fierce, especially the two teams both need 3 points to be able to strengthen their position, especially Napoli, of course making the match against Spartak a match to lock their position as the leader of the standings, after napoli losing to Intermilan in the league, theur will be certainly make the match against Spartak a place of revenge and revival to come back On the way to victory, it can be said that this match will be a life-and-death match between the two teams. |
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So far, Levante never won a single match, 7 lost and 7 draw. Very sad to see this team, I don't know what's happening with them. Does anyone know the issue why this team played very poorly this season? Looking at their result now, it seems like seeing a team without a coach. This team looks like having a very serious problem.
After Levante returned to LaLiga in the 2016/2017 season from LaLiga2, the fact is that Levante have only been a team that has filled the middle and bottom rows of the table for the past 4 seasons. Now, in its 5th season in LaLiga, Levante really can no longer improve its performance to stay in LaLiga. So, with a winless result so far, then of course I would personally say that Levante will certainly return to LaLiga2 next season because it is difficult for him to recover at the moment. Levante journey this season is indeed bad compared to the previous season, the results of the matches they have so far are quite unique with 7 defeats, 7 draws and 7 points. Obviously the difference in quality with other teams this season makes it very difficult for levante to win, even though they haven't won, but to be honest it seems I'm not sure if levante will be relegated at the end of the season, other than because the season is still long, I see if levante this season it's not too bad and the proof is that they managed to get a few draws against teams like madrid, villareal and athletico madrid, if in the transfer market later levante can improve their squad, I think they will be able to get out of the relegation zone. |
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