I think they are relying heavily on Salah at the moment. Mane, Firmino both have left and Salah is the regular player on left wing now. He is the most experienced and a goalscorer on whom Liverpool is relying this season also. I think despite being 31 he is still performing very good. Last match he had some good shots and made an assist to the only goal as well.
Liverpool count most on Mohamed Salah but it is hard to achieve something without the help of the others including Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and the rest of the players.. Mohamed Salah could play good in few matches but he will get exhausted in few others and Klopp needs to diversify his team positions and tactics. |
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It was a win that was expected even on penalties. Sevilla is a tough team in Europe so it's only natural that they really forced Manchester City to fight harder in that match. Congratulations to those who won the title, it's a great moment to celebrate.
I don't understand Sevilla at all. They play poorly in La Liga and when they play in European competitions, they do it like lions. It is like having another team that could stand vs the best teams of the world and even beat some of them. Dunno why they fail to keep that spirit the whole season in La Liga! |
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Injury problem I think Dembele's injury is not as bad as Neymar's and we all know how Neymar when on the field often has problems because the injury has not fully recovered and for Dembele he has a less severe injury so even though he doesn't have the same talent as Neymar he is still able to strengthen Paris SG especially since there is still Kylian Mbappe who can help to become stronger.[/left]
Dembele style is different than Neymar and no one wants him to be a copycat from him. Ligue 1 is less stressful and the gameplay is more calm than La Liga so I assume injuries will be less for Dembele. There is a lot of efforts for Dembele to do to be able to prove himself as a good replacement for Neymar and to let fans forget a little about Mbappe. |
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It is very unfortunate that De Bruyne got injured and he is probably absent for a long time. It becomes more complicated because Bernardo Silva got injured too. In this situation, Man City is very possible to make a plan for signing a new player. Lucas Paqueta looks a good player to replace the position left by De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva. Man City needs an experienced AMF, it is not enough to rely on Cole Palmer for the whole season.
I doubt if Man City can sign Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, it won't be easy to sign a top player like him. I am sure Man City may have a bigger chance to sign Florian Wirtz, Julian Brandt, or Lucas Paqueta.
I don't think he is a direct replacement of De Bruyne but I like that Julian Alvarez will start more matches. I think he might just be what Pep needs, and I'm sure that what he lacks for in finesse he will make up for in sheer determination. Still, like you said if City want a replacement they have plenty of options to choose from. Napoli will not let Khvicha Kvaratskhelia leave the club that easily and they will try to hold him harder than Victor Osimhen. He is the pearl of the club and even fans of Napoli said many times that they want him to remain with them. Manchester City will think about a replacement for their stars if their absence will be long enough, otherwise they will figure a temporary solution. |
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Dinamo Zagreb lost 2-1 at home to AEK and lost a big advantage for the away game. AEK scored in the 90th minute of the match which was tied in the last minutes and got an important result for themselves in the away match.
Dinamo Zagreb was leading in the first half, things seemed to be OK before AEK Athens got the draw in the second half and a late goal made Zagreb be in an awkward position in the next match in Athens. The match between Sparta Prague and Copenhagen was very competitive. Both teams gave everything to get through the round, but in a match where only one team would advance, Copenhagen advanced. In the match, which ended 1-1 in normal time and 3-3 in extra time, Copenhagen won 4-2 on penalties.
Copenhagen passed this stage with difficulty vs Sparta Prague. Penalties were in their side this time. They will face Rakow next, not an important opponent but definitely they will not be an easy one. Rangers also had a hard time qualifying and Panathinaikos kicked Marseille from the competition  |
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Bernardo Silva is staying at Manchester City and he has reached a verbal agreement for a new contract with Manchester City. He will sign a contract extension until 2026 and it will make Manchester City's midfield as safe as last season. It seems that several clubs that were interested in him now have no more hope except to wait for Bernardo Silva to leave as a free agent in 2026 and at that time he will already be around 32 years old. So for any team will get the same opportunity to secure his services. But for now it is clear that Bernardo Silva will only focus on bringing Manchester City to win the EPL and other competitions because that is a target that must be achieved for all players in Manchester City.
And then he will join Saudi Professional League  Most of football players can only survive in top league until 33 years old, after that the team will sell him or not extend his contract. I think Manchester City is still strong until 2025, it's when many of their good players already old and they need to replace with other player. Manchester City need to use this moment to win Premier League and Champions League. Saudi league welcome all players that are ready to move there and they are eying the best players, so it will not be a surprise if Bernardo Silva or Haaland find himself in that league after few years. Manchester City will face Newcastle in Etihad stadium and they are favourite to win this game, even though Newcastle seems in a good shape after their big victory against Aston Villa. |
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this is not only about the top European players but about the existence of the club
True. The Saudi teams are competing themselves to stay in the first places in all competitions obviously but also they have larger goals to achieve. First they did indirectly heavy advertisement to their league, attracting the attention of everyone and surely more viewers, more TV ads, more shirts to sell, more copyrights to sell, so they are spending funds but also collecting crazy money. Second, Saudi Arabia want to host World Cup and having a good league + a bunch of international and famous players to support it, will make their candidature stronger. Neymar is one of the last players to confirm joining Al-Hilal, but surely others will follow in order to make the ambition of officials in Saudi Arabia true. |
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Tonight, there are UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg. I will prefer to watch Galatasaray-NK Olimpija Ljublja match. Galatasaray won the first match 3-0. In my opinion, the favorite team is Galatasaray
Galatasaray finished the first leg match with 3 goals to 0 so they are psychologically in a better situation than their rivals. Now they are leading with 1 goal scored by Icardi in the first half. They almost terminated all Olimpija chances of recovery. Same goes for Braga, punishing badly Tapola with 3 goals difference in both matches, well the second one is still running. There is few matches that already finished. Aris Limassol after their good second qualifying round, they lost both games vs Rakow and had to leave the competition. Otherwise, eyes on Copenhagen and Marseille! |
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Karim Benzema's vacancy cannot be filled so quickly. Benzema was the best and most important player in Madrid's squad. He would not only score but also help stabilize the overall performance of the team. And that's why it's possible to fill Benzema's void so quickly. Even if Mbappe had joined the team as Benzema's replacement, he would not have been able to dominate as quickly as Benzema.
Karim Benzema's natural replacement is Mbappe by far. He even can exceed Benzema's record if he finds the suitable association with Vinicius Junior, Modric, Kroos, Bellingham and the others. I even think Real Madrid will be more powerful than Manchester City if they add him to the team. Nevertheless, Real Madrid defence line should be better than the previous season to see them winning La Liga and Champions League again. |
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6. Neymar (New).
Mitrovic (Coming soon) to Al Hilal Bono (Coming soon) to Al Hilal So this season Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr certainly have to fight harder. Because not only Al-Hilal but now Al-Ettifaq have also proven the strength of their club after defeating Al-Nassr yesterday.
Now we can enjoy the Arab League matches that are getting tougher, they keep bringing in European players non-stop. An interesting league treat now. Al-Ettifaq beat Al Nassr because their important players were absent (Ronaldo and Talisca) Mane was alone in the front line well of course this is a little difficult for him. After the first goal scored by Mane, I thought the game is over and other goals will follow. That was quite unexpected to see Al-Nassr losing vs Al-Ettifak honestly! Sadio Mane couldn't do much alone as you said and Cristiano Ronaldo absence was obvious in this match. Steven Gerrard must be enjoying such good victory vs hard team. Al-Hilal and the other top Saudi teams are surely happy to see Al-Nassr dropping 3 points, especially when you know that they are still trying to recruit more players to steal the show! |
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It looks like it will be Spain v England in the final
Same. I'll be rooting for England in tomorrow's game, hoping for a Spain vs. England final showdown. Spain national team players made a good job kicking Sweden from the World Cup and moving to the final game. The match wasn't that easy, the 3 goals were scored in less than 10 minutes by the end of the game making Sweden hopeless to get another dead. I expect England too to win vs Australia tomorrow since they are better although Austrian aren't that bad either |
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So we will need to see Liverpool play another club and Chelsea play another club for we to know if they have really improved.
The first games are always tricky and it is difficult to know how stable the teams are. With new players requiring time to adapt to the team and to the strategy used, things gonna improve later. Liverpool will face Bournemouth in the next round so a victory should occur or else it will be a bad start for them. Chelsea will face West Ham which isn't that easy so they will have to show their best to win. Tottenham Hotspur - Manchester United and Manchester City - Newcastle are the best matches this weekend. |
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Man United is a good popular team so it is very easy for them to win this match.
A team being popular does not mean they are going to win. I know the match is going to be an easy win for Manchester United, but not because of their popularity. Chelsea is a popular club, but their performance was very annoying last season. Popularity is not among the things you consider when making an analysis about a club that’s going to win a match. Indeed otherwise Manchester City would win its game too.. It is just the popular teams used to be rich and having best players so they are most of the time competing for the first places and winning unless they got lot of Injuries or bad management or sanctions. In one hour, the game between Manchester United vs Wolves will start with odds by far in the ManU side. Hojlund won't play since he is injured and will return after August 20. Martial will return a week later |
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Odds are high because some important Al Nassr players are not in the squad including Ronaldo and Talisca who are quite important players so this may be what the bookies consider.
Sadio Mane is in the line-up now but I'm not sure he'll help his team win given his opponent is playing with a full first team squad, so I'd suggest it's more risky to bet on Al Nassr. Maybe you can bet on both teams scoring this goal is very possible.
Cristiano Ronaldo will not play in this match but Al-Nassr chances remain better with Sadio Mane playing between the starting eleven. I wonder if they will win with 3 goals like Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal and Al-Ahli did previously. All these games ended with 3 goals to 1 except Al-Ittihad didn't received any goal. |
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I was not expecting to see an easy game for PSG against Lorient even if they got better players and more investment in their teams but still, PSG had a negative effect in their team, they lose many players like Messi and Neymar, even their defenders like Ramos and that's normal for me when I see PSG didn't have a good performance with the forwards they have because the new forwards we see in PSG playing in the first 11 players need some time to get in shape, also the situation with Mbappe is not solved and this player was absent in that game.
Mbappe will not get a chance to play this season unless he renewed his contract. Since this possibility is almost impossible then he will stay in the benches or accept to leave the club for money. There might be a possibility where he renew his contract with a departure clause for something like €100m that could be activated from the next year. The situation right now is blocked and no one of them are profiting from the presence of the other. |
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Personally I think Barcelona deserves to be applauded for their performance tonight against Getafe because of the fact that they played most part of the game with 10 men though their opponents where also reduced to 10 men in the 52nd minute.
IIkay Gundogan was very impressive in his first competitive game for the Catalan club and has shown great signs that he'll make a good signing for them. Barcelona for fact had wanted a win but a draw isn't a bad result as well
The red card can't be used as an excuse to explain the draw of Barcelona. Getafe isn't a top team to suffer playing vs it. Barcelona played around 15 minutes with 1 player less until Mata got a red card too and back to equal number of players. Barcelona weren't successful this time and Xavi has to take cautions to avoid such mistakes. |
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A good start for Luis Enrique in Ligue 1, even though they couldn't get full points the PSG squad didn't lose. Mbappe and Neymar are very influential players, every player in the squad relies heavily on them. Ball possession touched eighty percent, but no final completion, I mean no goals were created.
The first week of Ligue 1 will close with the match between Strasbourg vs Lyon, the match will take place soon.
I don't consider that as a good start for PSG even though Lorient aren't that bad. Starting the season with a draw doesn't send good messages for their fans and supporters. Even the players and the coach will be stressed and under pressure in the next games. In the other hand, Lens had a very bad start since they were leading with 2 goals then they received 3 and lost that match. Lyon weren't successful either. Nice and Lille got 1 point in their match which isn't surprising, otherwise, Rennes and Monaco scored big while Marseille got 3 points from Reims. |
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News is circulating that Al Hilal and Neymar have agreed. If this transfer takes place, Al Hilal will pay only 60 million Euro to PSG. I don't understand why the fee is so low. PSG is sending their best players one by one.
If the transfer takes place, Neymar will earn 160 million Euro in 2 years. That's a crazy salary
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-snip- It is confirmed. Neymar accepted to leave PSG and join Al-Hilal. It was expected since Neymar wasn't in the list of players that the coach is counting on, along with Marco Verratti, Renato Sanches and Juan Bernat. PSG will get €90m which is considered good regarding his injuries. Good luck for Neymar with Al-Hilal. |
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Chelsea played well, that's one of the facts I have to admit in their game today. Liverpool and Chelsea both had several good opportunities to score more than 1 goal, but for one reason or another they failed to maximize it. A draw isn't bad to start a season especially for a big game between Chelsea and Liverpool regardless of what others think of it.
A draw between Chelsea and Liverpool shouldn't be a surprise since both teams are quite good but after all Chelsea are playing home so this considered as a bad result and Liverpool aren't happy either since they are supposed to be better than Chelsea if we take on consideration what Chelsea went through in the past. Spurs also got a draw vs Brentford. Such start seems promising for Tottenham  |
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Turkish teams are literally dominating the Conference League these days. Especially Adana Demirspor's performance has been mesmerizing. This must be their first European tournament experience but they are playing like they are quite experienced in this environment. They scored quite impressive goals against Osijek in addition to winning by 5-1.
Especially Yusuf Erdogan's goal by a shot to the upper right corner was amazing to watch. However the Conference League is going to get much tougher for all Turkish teams by next round.
Adana Demirspor are taking on the loser of Olympiacos-Genk; Fenerbahce are taking on the winner of Twente-Riga and Besiktas are taking on the winner of Aris-Dinamo Kiev. All the probable opponents are quite decent teams in the end.
Indeed, I noticed the same with the Turkish teams. Besiktas and Fenerbahce ended their games with 3 - 1 goals each, getting closer to passing this round. Otherwise Adana Demirspor scored 5 goals and received only one making them secure. There is teams like Gent, Bodo, Plzen, Farul, Ferencvaros, Brugge, that have at least 3 goals difference so pretty much safe. The results of Rapid Wien, Midtjylland, Pyunik and Partizan are quite disappointing this time. |
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