Two consecutives season with Bayern Munich have been eliminated early in DFB Pokal, despite Thomas Tuchel success won Bundesliga last season but he failed defend DFB Pokal tittle and the same in this season. Currently with starting eleven last night against FC Saarbrücken as third tier football teams in Germany is not difficult opponent but unpredictable have eliminated on second round. Close opportunity for Bayern Munich with treble winner in this season after eliminating in DFB Pokal left Bundesliga and UEFA Champion League as opportunity for winning tittles.
Its should warning or not for Thomas Tuchel as Bayern Munich manager, he looks not compete exactly after losing from third tier of Germany football teams is not good result.
It surprises me too how bayern being beaten by third tier club. Bayern's dream to go to the next stage in DFB pokal must be ended after marcel gaus was beating bayern by making its additional goal during the additional time. No doubt if saarbrucken was really injoying that moments by create a small party for the club. It's a very big achievmeent by beating bayern in the DFB pokal. Believe me or not many people are losing their bets on this match. Many people are feeling so disappointed about how 1 billion team lose against garbage team from the third tier league. It's a shame for bayern. Bayern Munich really disappointed me, how can playing against Saarbrucken who is in the third division of the German league, the result is Bayern Munich lost. In fact, the fact that Saarbrucken in the 3. Liga is also not the best team, but Bayern Munich really can't make a victory despite the fact that Bayern Munich has high dominance in this match. Because yes, with this bad result from Bayern Munich, my parlay bet lost, which should have been an easy win, but what happened was a loss and disappointment that happened to the favorite team in the Bundesliga. Frankly, I was expecting a victory of more than 5 goals from Bayern in this match, but I had a big shock. They lost 2-1. I still don't understand how Bayern Munich, who scored 8 goals in the last matches, could not beat Saarbrücken. This match was the biggest surprise, not of this week, but perhaps of this season. Anyone would be having expectations of club of that stature to score lot of goals against a side from 3rd Bundesliga but sometimes a team is also very unlucky. Lot happened in the match but the goal in injury match was really unexpected one to concede from Bayern. Bayern really tried till the end but they were seriously unlucky last night. |
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Atlético Madrid is very strong this season. They have a strong squad. And they are consistently performing well. They have earned 25 points from 10 matches. If they win the next match, Atletico Madrid will be able to keep the top spot in the points table.
Atlético Madrid have talented players like Griezmann, Depay, Correa and Morate in their attack. And that's why Atletico Madrid's attack is so strong this season. Atletico Madrid managed to score 25 goals in 19 matches. And because of a strong attack, Atletico Madrid have been able to maintain consistency.
Atletico can never be ruled out at any time. Under Simeone they’ve always been a good team, they play turgid football, really ugly but it’s effective. It wouldn’t surprise me one but if they compete for the title this season. They’re far from favourites but they’re definitely in the conversation. Yeah they always play a very different style of football but it really works for them. Normally a strong team doesn't gets happy with the results like that after a season but for Atletico they are patient and keeps on relying on the same every season. So yeah it's not a good to watch but gets the results that board of Atletico and fans wants to see. |
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From the news circulating now, it seems that Manchester United management is ready to fire Erik Ten Hag even though he has to pay a large amount of compensation. Even rumors regarding potential successors at Manchester United have also begun to circulate, including: 1. Zinedine Zidane 2. Roberto De Zerbi 3. Xabi Alonso 4. Graham Potter, and 5. Hansi Flick Zidane, De Zerbi and Xabi are the most ideal candidates IMO considering their recent achievements  . The news circulating has been denied by Man United and just told by Fabrizio Romano, that Man United rejected the idea or contact to fire Erik Ten Hag. The club management said it was a false story. Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1720141542210387976It seems that Man United will not hear what is happening out there even though it will be a demand because of Man United's defeat at home twice, this time maybe they still believe in Erik Ten Hag and will not fire in the near future. The club management still believes in Erik Ten Hag. There was no doubt about it as ten Haag had really had a good performance if we leave out the recent performances since he started as a manager for United. Some fans get restless too early but I think ten Haag has the mentality and is a tactical coach to again bring back United on track. It's the part of trust and believing and I had no doubts that given his past records United will trust him bak again. |
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I think Toney deserves this value because he played successful matches in Brentford. His name is mentioned with Chelsea and Arsenal and I think he can easily play in both teams. A quality player always stands out and I think Toney proved that a long time ago. Of course, these teams should make good economic calculations if they are going to pay £ 100 M for him.
Ivan Toney is good but I don't think he's worth £100M. He hasn't proved himself at the top level to be worth that much. He has not even won the Golden Boot in the EPL to be worth that much, no Champions League experience, and no big club experience. 60 to 70 million should be the maximum price tag. Then there is the fact that he has not played any competitive football for about 8 months before he will be ready. His football ban will end in January and I don't think any club would want to take that gamble for 100m. If Chelsea can buy Toney for 100 million then why didn't they just go all out for Kane instead? Chelsea is not a well-run club so I won't be surprised if they sign Toney for 100 million but I doubt any other club would be ready to spend that much on a player just coming back from an 8 months ban. Brentford are just trying to make most out of Toney's sale. They know the demand of him in the market and with so many clubs going after him someone might really touch that 100m tag. It's not about achievements but it's more about how much value he holds to the current club. Right now if he leaves, Brentford has to go through a long hassle in order to acquire a centre forward and develop him in top player in 2-3 years. I think it is bit fair from Brentford's view as well. |
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I hope he has a very good mentality to not care about racism against him. Don't let things like this make his career not go well. He is a very talented player and that must be recognized. Real Madrid is the right place for him.
Even if he leaves Real Madrid, is there a guarantee that racism against him will disappear? Of course not or even more than what he received at Real Madrid.
Real Madrid should be a comfortable place for the players they have. They can make him comfortable from the inside, even if the pressure comes from the outside. I doubt Vini Jr. will leave his favorite club because of racism. He has become "a powerful weapon" against racism, he is the voice of all black football players, and he is an excellent player. It is obvious that he will suffer retaliation from all sides, whether playing for Real Madrid or any other team. Proof of all this was the award that Vinícius Júnior received during the Ballon d'Or ceremony... the Sócrates Award, received in recognition of his political engagement and activism. The trophy was presented to the Brazilian striker in recognition of the services provided to society by the Vini Jr. Institute, a project aimed at educating young people through sport, founded in 2020. Continue your journey Vini!!! I think he will fight back again racism. He is a strong player and he really loves being at Madrid. I don't think just due to mere racism he will leave Madrid. I think he also had fight back in court about some racism issue recently couple of months ago. So I don't think he will leave Madrid just due to racism. He really should focus on his game and let these things not affect his game. I am sure his teammates will also be supporting him in these times which also can make change these decisions if he is thinking so. |
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While Eric Ten Hag is still working on Manchester United and he is not out of the team yet, but there are some news about the possible alternative option for Manchester United if they get Ten Hag fired from the team. Since Manchester United doesn't want to have poor performance with another coach after Ten Hag they are trying to find a better coach and two Spanish coaches, Unai Emery and Julen Lopetegui are both linked to this team.
Unai Emery is a good coach and what he is doing at Aston Villa is really remarkable. However I have slight doubts about him leaving Aston Villa and join United. As in other hand, Julen is also a decent manager but not on a level to manage United yet. Also I think it's a bit early to sack ten Haag after what he has done so far. I think United are going through a rough patch and he is really trying to hard to break the inconsistency. I feel in couple of gameweeks their form is gonna change. |
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I think that i must call brentford is really smart now and why? Since the club was able surviving in EPL without ivan tooney and the club is starting to give a very high price tag for him.  I can't even imagine that how brentford was seeing the interest from chelsea and arsenal for toney as an opportunity for the club to get money as much as possible. I have seen that if goal has confirmed that if brentford was willing to give 100m price tag for him. This club knew that if chelsea or arsenal might able to pay 100m for him, which is very priced for someone who has been banned since the early season. I think that brentford will not give smaller price tag for him. Im thinking if chelsea will not try to go for him at this moment. I would prefer to see guirassy instead of him. Chelsea needs to reconsider the decision to buy him from brentford. It will be so stupid if chelsea will be fooled by other club once again. Pochettino has been also making complaint toward chelsea's owner regarding so many things that changed in the club. I think that even arsenal and chelsea will think for twice before try to accept such offer from brentford. Brentford have reportedly put a £100m price tag on their star striker Ivan Toney amid interests from Chelsea and Arsenal. https://www.goal.com/en/news/brentford-100m-price-tag-chelsea-arsenal-target-ivan-toney-january-transfer-window/Ivan Toney is a really good and strong striker. Of course he has some issue but it doesn't affects anything on his qualities at all. He is a very good finisher of the ball and really lethal in counter-attacks. He and Mbeumo last season had combined to score lot of goals for Brentford. I am not surprised that he is getting interests from big clubs like Chelsea and Arsenal because in moment of controversies the actual club also might try to sell the player for a low value but it seems Brentford still highly values their main striker Ivan Toney. |
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Erik ten Hague's team has started a black streak and I can't see how they will solve all their problems. Manchester has eight defeats in the first 15 games of the season, United's worst result since 1962. On top of that, they have lost five times in their last ten home games, a result the team hasn't had since 1930! If United continue to play like this, we will learn many more such statistical facts from the past.
On top of that in last three games they have lost with massive scoreline of 0-3 which speaks a lot on how poor United are performing right now. Glad that ten Haag at least knows how to take the accountability and so he did but they really should try to resolve these issues as they have really grown inconsistent since the start of the season. |
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Yeah Vinicius and Rodrygo shooting skill is poor, but they have speed, dribbling and crossing which make both of them play good in wing positions. Relying them to score a goal isn't make sense, they're rarely score a goal. I disagree as both really have been a good finisher of the ball and have scored in some crucial moments for Madrid. There were times also when Rodrygo was used more to score in dying minutes of the game and had scored for Madrid and helped them to win the match. So I strongly disagree that both Vinicus and Rodrygo are poor finishers. I guess Bellingham is currently should play as center forward, his current position can be replaced by Tchouameni, Valverde or Camavinga.
Bellingham is a strong player but he is an attacking midfielder actually. Yes he can really score when is given freedom to attack and shoot but that really doesn't means that he should be played as a centre forward. |
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No doubt about the fact that Bellingham has been exceptionally in Madrid since he came, but one thing I will like to point out is the fact that, hence a player is in Madrid, there are lots of benefits, because the club is made up of stars, there are lots of players available to do the dirty job for you, so the attackers can deliver. If Bellingham was in Sevilla or Real Sociedad, the bim light wouldn't have been so focused on him even though he is performing. So most times, being in a big club gives you leverage as a player.
It is also great to see that other players have make it much more comfortable for him in order to adjust into his new club. Usually it is very hard for a new player to adjust at a big club in complete other league and adjust to the new life. But it seems that other players have been helping Bellingham a lot on the pitch and off the pitch as well. This are types of things which can really help a new player develop a lot faster and we are watching it in case of Bellingham right now. Great to see Bellingham having his time at Madrid right now. Bellingham is a great player, we have to admit. He is completely new to La Liga. The players need a lot of time to adjust to the new league and the new squad. But we have seen a great performance from Bellingham since his first match in Madrid jersey. And Bellingham has become the most important player in the Madrid squad at the moment. Without Bellingham, Madrid's squad is pretty weak right now. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Bellingham is the top scorer in La liga this season. Bellingham scored 10 goals in 10 matches in La liga. I think it is right now fair enough to say that Bellingham has adjusted with the performance he has been giving right now. I give credit to the coach and the squad members who have been praising him publicly and giving him good opportunities and are trying to include him more in the squad. I think Bellingham really come at the right place and no other club could have been better other than Madrid. |
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No doubt about the fact that Bellingham has been exceptionally in Madrid since he came, but one thing I will like to point out is the fact that, hence a player is in Madrid, there are lots of benefits, because the club is made up of stars, there are lots of players available to do the dirty job for you, so the attackers can deliver. If Bellingham was in Sevilla or Real Sociedad, the bim light wouldn't have been so focused on him even though he is performing. So most times, being in a big club gives you leverage as a player.
It is also great to see that other players have make it much more comfortable for him in order to adjust into his new club. Usually it is very hard for a new player to adjust at a big club in complete other league and adjust to the new life. But it seems that other players have been helping Bellingham a lot on the pitch and off the pitch as well. This are types of things which can really help a new player develop a lot faster and we are watching it in case of Bellingham right now. Great to see Bellingham having his time at Madrid right now. |
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Although at this moment Manchester United looks not in its best form but for me, I can't underestimate Manchester United just like that for the match that happens today against Newcastle. Because anyway, Manchester United will also play at home in this match and of course, Manchester United will make their best efforts to get good results in this match too. That way, I personally believe at least Manchester United also has a chance to win and although it is not easy, but Manchester United should have managed to get a good result in a match like this to increase the morale of the players of course.
Yeah United can be a tough at times too but given their recent past performances it seems a hard one to me. Yeah at home and in front of fans they need to prove a point here and change their form but it seems very hard to me. Anyway I hope Man United do change their form and try to win here as it really has come to a point where it has begun to question tactics of ten Haag. |
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What are we expecting from Manchester United today as they prepare to go head to head against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup tonight? A poor performance or something entirely different from what we saw against Man City?
Well I don't expect anything impressive in that encounter coming from the Red devils, I believe the bookie have given Man UTD the upper hand in that clash against Newcastle, but I believe despite the odds being in favor of Man UTD I feel the visitors will try to get a draw, even get a 0-1 or 0-2 win. So I'd give it to Newcastle and if Manchester United lose this game, they're also going to lose their next EPL game.
United haven't been in form since a long time so it's obvious that everyone will have low expectations in front of Newcastle who are a very good team right now. I think it's a very good fixture and it would have been hard to predict if United also had been in form but I think right now I would choose Newcastle over United because United tends to make mistakes usually and which is why they concede early and faces most of the part of the game. |
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 Florian Wirtz is a talented young player from Leverkusen and is still only 20 years old. We know that several years ago he suffered a serious injury which caused him to be absent for quite a long time and there were concerns that his performance would decline after recovering from the injury. But in fact, from last season until now he is still performing well and remains the main option for Xabi Alonso. So far Florian Wirtz has scored 5 goals and 8 assists in all competitions which has made him increasingly attractive to other teams. The latest news is that the CEO of Bayern Munich, Dressen, when asked about Florian Wirtz, said that he was a great player and he also said "we'll see". Could Florian Wirtz be Bayern Munich's next target in the winter? Of course it will increase your strength in terms of attack. Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1719279615586234425We know the trend and I think at Bayern Florian Wirtz will be in great club and can achieve lot of things. He is still at young age and Bayern targets such players who are at a young age and full of potential. It will be interesting to see what player thinks of it and how much club will ask for in order to allow Wirtz to leave Leverkusen and join Bayern. Possible that Leverkusen might not want to sold the player at all as well. |
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MANCHESTER DERBY
For a recent time now Manchester Derby does not hold much weight and anxiety as it used to be before. Expectations are no longer high as almost everyone has known that Manchester city will win Manchester United. I do not actually know the problem of my club Manchester United. I do not know whether the problem is for the players, the coach or the management. But I will strongly blame the Glazer's for the downfall of Manchester United.
But for Today's Manchester Derby, I will rather blame the coach for wrong choices. Despite that so many players are not available to him and City has more quality squad, he would have done better if he played Anthony on the right and Bruno in the number 10 position
Without a doubt City were favourites and so they did win the match. But the thing is that City are far ahead of United if we compare their level. I think its United who haven't been able to keep up lately since Ferguson left. I think over the years they are way of making targets in the transfer window has become poor and they have been unable to make a strong squad. They have been making too many poor choices spending some big amount of money. I won't blame much on ten Haag but yeah United player has to do more if they have to win derby against City. |
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Sando Tonali have just been banned for 10 months for his gambling problems + he will be obligated for 8 months to attend a program for gambling addicts in order to get well. However , I simply cannot trust this program and I simply won't trust this player again when he steps on the pitch even if it will be in 10 months or in 10 years.  I feel that the sanctions that Tonali received are actually detrimental to Newcastle. He is guilty but I still like his style of play. And I will still be happy to see this player return to play when he can return to the field 1 year from now. It was not only Tonali who was caught in this problem but several other players from Italian clubs were also involved in the same thing. Examples include Nicolo Fagioli and Nicolo Zaniolo. It's very unfortunate indeed. The latest news I read is that Newcastle will sue AC Milan for the case that happened to Tonali which is indeed detrimental to Newcastle. 1-------- Reference:
1. https://www.bola.net/inggris/gak-terima-newcastle-ancam-tuntut-ac-milan-terkait-kasus-judi-online-sandro-tonali-a793e2.html
Tonali is suspended till August 2024 and that is a very long time. This is a very tough situation for the player as he has to be in shape staying out of training and also be able to take part in gambling rehab as well. I think it's a bit harsh on Tonali but the call has been made and he has to serve the punishment. Also now main thing to watch is how Newcastle handles this.. will they take another player and try to sell Tonali at cheaper rate or continue to wait for Tonali to rejoin next season. Secondly if they take up another player it will be very hard for Tonali to earn back place next season. It's a very tough situation and I think we will about to see how Newcastle feels about this in upcoming transfer window. Although they do have decent players to play in midfield but I think they might add a player to cover up for Tonali. |
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I know Barcelona will most likely still lose many important players in the first El Clasico of the season. Real Madrid must exploit this weakness to perform better and dominate to win the match, but Barcelona will not be considered weak even though they lack the expected players.
It would be great to win El Clasico this time especially because it could keep Real Madrid safe at the top of the standings. The problem is I don't know whether Barcelona will admit defeat or they can beat Real Madrid by surprise, but anything could happen. Xavi and his team have had good experience in El Clasico before, but I hope they can't do too much this time.
Watching Barcelona games, it's obvious Xavi Hernandez is using young players to filled in the positions of his main player roles because they're ruled out due to sustainable critical injuries. When it comes to El Clasico, Barcelona doesn't jeopardize their current state, they always put in their very best against Real Madrid. El Clasico is by the corner and we have not seen the returns of important Barcelona players. Perhapes this current situation should not create room for us to underrated Barca, because I'm pretty sure the Blaugrana will be able to match the energy level of Los Blancos. I think it's good to have young players as they can create a very strong team if they stays in future. Barcelona has been trying to fill in young players since Xavi was appointed. I think the only drawback is that by doing so a club is losing out of experienced players which is also something important for a club to have. I think this El Classico will be a good one. Madrid is also not in a good shape right now. However I am very excited about watching Bellingham play against Barca. |
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De Gea is still free agent. I saw a source claiming that Manchester United might rethink of signing him back. However that source was The Sun so I don't believe anything they publish.  Apart from that it is said he can even decide for an early retirement depending on his getting a satisfying offer from a team. I hope he doesn't get retired this early in his career. 32 isn't an old age for a goalkeeper. Especially for a great goalkeeper like him. Probably teams from Europe don't want to approach due to his high demand. Otherwise I don't know the reason. Maybe he would get an offer from Saudi Arabia or Qatar. I don't believe this at all. The Sun or any other similar sources always goes way off the mark. They just want to stir and post some nice gossip articles without any strong base. With the way De Gea was ditched by United I really don't think De Gea will say yes even if United approaches him. Besides United have backup goalkeepers and I think there is no need. Also Onana needs a bit of time and he will be back with form for United. I think he is a great goalkeeper. A mistake or two might have costed United a lot but he has saved a lot for United too. The media habit is to increase reader ratings and the chances of that happening are very small, De Gea already feels betrayed by the club he has defended for more than a decade, and I also think De Gea will not want to return to Old Trafford. Choosing to retire at the age of 32 for a goalkeeper is not the right thing, maybe next January he will get a new contract with a new club. The challenge faced by clubs who want to propose to him is that the salary is too large, of course the SPL is the most ideal club if De Gea wants his salary to be no less than what he received while playing for Manchester United. I don't think he will retire any time soon, maybe now De Gea is considering the offers that come to him, which are definitely not with United. De Gea to United back again is close to none in my opinion. It will be in a very dire circumstances that United will ask for his services and I don't think it has come to that situation. I think only way De Gea will be back is when a club will be looking out for a goalkeeper urgently, then only he will be back with some other team. Probably has to take a huge cut to his wages also in order to get back into business again. |
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I think Arsenal is much more worthy of being called lucky because Robert Sánchez's mistake really made them come back after being 2 goals behind. Chelsea have to learn a lot from their failure to win that match, it was very crucial for them. The good performance must be improved, even if Brentford does not have a better chance of winning.
So far Chelsea's performance is starting to improve and fans are starting to expect a lot from them. The home match against Brentford is a must-win because with it Chelsea can compete again closer to the European zone. Yeah, Sanchez also made some mistakes but I think David Raya also made some mistakes as well. Well I have to hand it to Chelsea as they were the ones who really pushed us to the edge with that. With what I have seen from that is that Chelsea needs to have control in defense and needs to try not to make mistakes. Brentford is a must win match but I think it won't be that easy. [...]Manchester City is a team that is always the favorite in every match, but that cannot always influence the result of the match.
That is not always the case to judge who will but City are way above Spurs still. Spurs have recently have shown some dominance but City have been a dominant performer for years. Spurs need something exceptional to win against them. Anyway for Arsenal and others, all we need is a drop of points for Spurs and it will give a possible chance to overtake them on the table back again. |
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Fiorentina is facing the problem of inconsistency in winning its games which they need to work on, But I do think that hope is not yet lost for them qualifying in their group, as they have only been picking one one point out of the games they've played so far, so if they could step up their game in their upcoming round of matches and get wins, qualifying will be a thing of sure.
Ferencvaros and Genk are not weak teams that Fiorentina can easily beat, even though Fiorentina is actually considered stronger than the two teams. Collecting 2 points from 2 matches isn't a bad result IMO, for this third match they really have to get the full 3 points because their opponent is Cukaricki who's the bottom team in Group F. Playing at home will also be an additional advantage for Fiorentina. Fiorentina are doing well in Serie A though. With performance like that, I feel that Fiorentina should be able to show some dominant form in conference league but so far they haven't been able to make a mark. With now things going tight for Fiorentina to advance in Conference League, I expect them to perform strongly from hereon. Today's opponent Cukaricki shouldn't be a tough one to beat but Fiorentina really should to try to win matches as much as possible from here on out in order to advance to next stage. And the club of that stature should be able to advance to next stage from group stage at least. |
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