Lewandoski has pretty much made his mark while playing for Barcelona. I initially had thought it would be a tough one for the club to find a replacement following Messi’s leave from the club. But Lewandoski has proved to be a prolific striker and goal scorer, scoring about 13 goals so far. He has proven to be able to adapt and fit into Barcelona style of play. Barcelona may not feel the absence of Messi with Lewandoski around.
He may still be settling in, but he seems to have settled in already and already very comfortable in a Barcelona shirt. Robert Lewandowski has scored 19 goals for Barcelona in 21 appearances in 3 different competitions. In 15 appearances in Laliga Robert Lewandowski has scored 13 goals, while he has also scored 5 goals in the Champions League this season in 5 appearances. So, whoever says Lewandowski isn't good enough then I think they just want to see him bigger this season with Barcelona. Everything is fine, but I'm really sorry about the ban he's getting at the moment. I don't know how many appearances Lewandowski will have with Barcelona in Laliga, but I'm sure that in 30-50 appearances he will score more than 50 goals. That's a possibility based on Lewandowski's current performance, not a certainty of course. Lewandowski's stats just keep going up, he never stops scoring. At this age and level in his career I was expecting a massive decline because of his age but it turns out age isn't a barrier for the Polish star with 21 goals already to his name in all competitions for Barcelona. Whoever says Lewandowski is not good enough does not know what’s he is talking about. |
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Football is one of the most beautiful things in the world, when everyone thought that the teams that won or time would always maintain their hegemony, that is no longer the case, on the other hand, PSG and City are one of the most famous teams that they currently have, that is why the teams now also seek to have the most famous players, in the case of PSG they have 3 great stars, and City have one of the most emblematic players like Haaland, that is something that any team would like to have, that's why now the PL is so famous, they have very good players, on the other hand in this new transfer window they have a good opportunity to acquire good chips. Interesting:  Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has recalled his early days at Barcelona to illustrate the issues facing Graham Potter at Chelsea.
Chelsea lost to Guardiola’s City for the second time in less than seven days at the weekend as they clinched a Premier League and FA Cup double over Potter’s side.
Potter is under growing pressure at Stamford Bridge, with just eight wins from 18 games, since replacing Thomas Tuchel in September.
However, Guardiola issued a word of caution to Blues owner Todd Boehly over a potential departure for Potter, based on his experiences at Barcelona in 2008. Source: https://www.football-espana.net/2023/01/09/pep-guardiola-lionel-messi-point-graham-potterI’d also advice that Chelsea's board should give Graham Potter more time to try to solve the issues resulting to poor performances and poor results in the team. Guardiola is right, we can also sight example from Mikel Arteta, things weren't so smooth at the beginning but with time and patience he was able to bring the team to it's current level and it took 3 seasons to get to this stage and he is still working so this thing goes through phases and it just required a little patience and trust in the manager. |
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I'm not sure MU will or at least draw because when we look at the odds below, MU will have face the best squad, Haaland still on fire, while Grealish has blown away his ego. while MU, i heard a news the defender Dalot got injury that possible can't playing yet in the next 2 weeks. So this derby, the MU chance win is hard, I think draw is more promise than winning.  City are the clear favorites in this game, but it's clear to me that betting on United at 4.30 is an easy bet. Firstly, United are on the rise, secondly, United this season is good in big games, and thirdly, this is a derby where the balance of power always changes in favor of an outsider. Maybe this particular game will be won by City but I am sure that United should win one of the four such games, so the odds of 4.30 are profitable. Don't waste your money if you want to place a bet on this match, just go for Man City, Man U would disappoint you, as they've always done in the past when you trust them too much. It's true that Man U is getting better with their recent matches, but Man City knows how important this match is to them, so they will give their best feats. And with the analysis, I made since the beginning of this season and beyond, Man City will highly likely win this match. Trust me, Man U would succumb to an inferiority complex while meeting Man City. Though it is almost certain that Manchester City is likely to win the game, I have faith Manchester United to put up a good fight against Manchester City in this fixture. Manchester United have an attitude of playing very well against top teams, just the same way Manchester United defeated Arsenal and Liverpool this season even in their average level form. Manchester United could surprise everyone by winning the game or even a draw is likely. |
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It looks like the Super Cup match between Real Madrid v Valencia has started or is about to start and this is the semifinal match, and the other match that will be played tomorrow is the match between Betis v Barcelona. It looks like Real Madrid and Barcelona will play in the Super Cup final because it looks like Valencia and Betis this season are not too promising to be able to provide strong resistance for the big teams in La Liga.
So yes, I personally don't care about the strategy and the players he plays, because it looks like at this moment or this season the rivalry of Real Madrid and Barcelona will indeed continue. With the ambition to prove their quality, then of course Real Madrid and Barcelona will be able to win the match in the semi-finals of the Super Cup this time.
Benzema is back and made headlines in yesterday’s game. Real Madrid advances to the finals after defeating Valencia in a penalty shoot out. I will say Real Madrid were lucky the game finished in a draw. I couldn't believe they let a goal slip in, in favor of Valencia, I expected them to defend the goal they got and try scoring more but I was disappointed at their performance tonight. It wasn't the best of Real Madrid we saw last night and I hope they won't repeat this kind of performance in the Super Cup finals. |
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They are very ambitious for 3 points but it is very unfortunate that their condition in finishing is really bad, I think so many opportunities are wasted just like that.
They still find it difficult to take advantage of that even though their condition in terms of ball possession and the opportunities they get are actually very good.
17 shot and 3 on target is clearly not very good in my opinion.
Fernández made a very good save for Osasuna, Bilbao should have been able to score in this match but Osasuna defense was really tight. Indeed, statistically 17 shots without a goals is really not good for them, I see their fans disappointed in this match. Should have been able to secure three points but only one point, fortunately they didn't lose points in this match because Osasuna counter attack was really dangerous. Actually I think that in this match Fernandez didn't really make an extra effort because if we saw only 2 shots in the first half that were dangerous and 1 shot that became a goal but was annulled in the second half. The Williams duo at Atletic bilbao had lots of chances but they were rarely on target and most of them found it difficult to control and get into the defense because of the tightness of Osasuna's players in guarding the defense because even if we saw almost all the players were forced to stay in this match so earn 1 point. Atletico Bilbao did their best to get a more positive result in the game, they controlled ball possession and the tempo of the game but couldn't convert their chances in the game and finished the game in a goalless draw. It wasn't a bad result in the end but either team would have cherish a win in the game. Osasuna on the other hand were very impressive defensively and didn't conceive. |
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Napoli beat Sampdoria unscathed and right now they want to fully concentrate on the Juventus game. They lost 1-0 to Inter with a bad experience. There will be compensation for this. For now, they are focused on winning the first big game against Juventus. The surprise of the week is the draw between Inter and Monza. They drew 2-2 and it is quite shocking.
After break Napoli play good against Inter and now Sampdoria, but sadly they were unlucky against Inter and lost the match now things are fascinating for all top teams because we are in second half of the season which needs more intention from players and teams for having better results now if Napoli have no positive result against Juventus then surely they could be in trouble for the title race which is now wide open for the top four even Inter and AC Milan both are losing points against weaker sides which is not signal for them and can give them more problems for the top rank race. In last few matches, Juventus doing good job and winning matches with clean sheets which is surely good for them but now this week we will have the best entertainment while Napoli will host Juventus, and we will have fair chance for watching who is going to be best for the title race in case of Juventus win things could be surely challenging. At this time of the season which is the second half of the season, it requires so much focus and determination to fight through until the end of the season. Napoli have been outstanding this season and need to stay consistent and focused to achieve the seasons objectives. The race for the title is still open to contenders and if Napoli happen to lose their focus, then winning the league this season will not be achievable. |
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There's a sad news Hugo Lloris announce his retirement on international football career, so he wouldn't play for France anymore. At least he already feel become a world cup champion on 2018, although it just need one step more to become back to back champion on the previous year world cup. Well it seems Lloris is still playing for Tottenham, but I think his performance will constantly dropped since he's wouldn't trying very hard like before. France seems already have Lloris replacement, it's Areola aka West Ham's goalkeeper. While Tottenham need to hurry up to find a good replacement since currently the other goalkeepers are have poor performance.  Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20990380/france-lloris-retires-international-football-tottenham/I think he ended his international career on a high note, winning the world cup once and finishing as finalist in the just ended Qatar 2022. Even though I wish to see more of his heroic performances for France I have to accept that his time has come to an end. France will have to make a new goal keeper selection to take over in his position and Areola happens to be the next suitable candidate to step in as Lloris's replacement. There are reports that Arsenal are edging closer to an agreement with Shakhtar Donetsk over the signing of Ukrainian winger Mykhaylo Mudryk. I think Arsenal are still in negotiations with their Ukraine Side but both parties seem to very close to an understanding regarding the overall cost of the transfer, which may reach the €100m mark. Some bonuses are still being discussed and the talks are to continue this week. I don’t fell alright with the money involve but if this deal pulls through, he’ll thicken their attack in the hunt for the EPL title.
To be honest I am getting tired already with this whole Arsenal-Mykhaylo Mudryk business. The negotiations are taken too long, today we hear he is close and the next day we hear that Shakhtar Donestsk are staying form to their decision to let the player leave for a fee lower than their asking price. I think Arsenal should just issue Sharkhtar Donetsk an ultimatum to agree to the deal or not so we can move on with other targets if Mudyk cannot be purchased in this transfer window. |
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Kane and Son are improving their performances after World Cup 2022 and they will bring more danger to Arsenal. With better Kane and Son, Tottenham have more ability to beat Arsenal.
The bottom line is they did not lose to Arsenal in mostly one decade. Will Arsenal win a first match in White Hart Lane after many years? Will Tottenham continue their good record against Arsenal at home?
Both players are very clinical strikers who are capable of inflicting pain to Arsenal. Their last meeting was a victory for Arsenal who have been in fine form this season. I predict Arsenal will win again in the London Derby to keep their league dominance alive,they have the quality and ability to get a win in this meeting. I'm pretty sure Arteta has his tactics and strategies already planned out for this game. |
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"Here We Go"Reported from Fabrizio Romano about João Félix have reached verbal agreement and move to Chelsea with loan option and earn €11m all amount pay or converted by Chelsea. I think good option and agreement deal reach both team between Atletico Madrid and Chelsea due João Félix have contract left until 2027. Bad news for Manchester United and become second time in this window transfer compete by their rival, last week Cody Gakpo sign with Liverpool and today João Félix prefer choose with Chelsea than Manchester United, beside about salary and offering from Chelsea more excited than Manchester United, I think problem with playing at Europe League and Champion League become reason why priority with Chelsea tan Manchester United.  https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1612784167070179328/photo/1 Yes I also confirmed the news on Facebook via Fabrizio's page that Chelsea and Atletico Madrid have reached verbal agreement on a loan move for Joao Felix for €11m which Arsenal considered too much for a 6months loan move. It looks like Chelsea are hijacking the deal already and are confident they can get the deal completed in few days. Too bad Manchester United will be missing out on yet another good player in this window after missing out on Cody Gakpo to Liverpool, maybe Manchester United were not really interested in the deal after all. |
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Tottenham Hotspur's uneven play makes it impossible for them to compete with Arsenal. Arsenal is the league's top team right now, and they are the favorite to defeat any opponent.
Tottenham is not the favorite in this match; even a draw would be a victory for them. Arsenal is tougher to beat because of their confidence and good defense.
Tottenham is a good team, despite their inconsistency this season. Their match against Arsenal is always difficult because they are all in North London, but based on the current team's performance so far this season, Arsenal has a chance to win, but it will be very difficult because they will be playing the match at Tottenham's home. Arsenal has won three of their last five matches against Tottenham, while Tottenham has won the other two. Arsenal won all three matches at the Emirates Stadium, while Tottenham also won at home; this indicates that the match will be very difficult because Arsenal is in good form and will want to win, while Tottenham is playing at home, which is always a difficult ground for Arsenal. Tottenham started very well and at the beginning of the season they seemed to be contenders and of the teams voted as favourites to win the league trophy this season but things seem to have changed and Tottenham have dropped drastically in form and are now struggling. The london Derby comes with much expectations from fans of both teams, Arsenal look to be in position to win this game except it becomes one of those bad and unlucky days and they lose. Manchester City also have an advantage in the game against Manchester United but I doubt Manchester United will make any easy for Manchester City. |
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Newcastle are having a fine season, one of the best season they have had in a very long time which has been made possible by the change of ownership of the club which has seen Newcastle making some big signings in recent transfer windows and have strengthened the team to a level they can now compete even against top teams in the league for the top four spot.
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Arsenal are still a strong side despite failing to win Newcastle and ending in a goalless draw. Manchester City facing Manchester United in the weekend as Arsenal face Spurs this fixtures will do so much in deciding if Arsenal will extend the gap or Manchester City will close up the gap. Indeed the race for the title this season is getting so interesting as everyone is anticipating to see if Arsenal can really beat Manchester City in the race to win the trophy and stop Guardiola's intended record.
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Former Wales, Tottenham and Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale has retired from professional football aged 33.
Bale said: "After careful and thoughtful consideration, I announce my immediate retirement from club and international football. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/09/gareth-bale-former-real-madrid-forward-retires-from-football-aged-33.htmlGareth Bale has announced that he is retiring from football. He is only 33 years old yet. Even if he didn't play in the top leagues, I think he could continue to play football in other leagues. I think everyone agrees with me that he left football a little early. Especially when I look at stars like Ronaldo and İbrahimovic, I definitely think he left football early. His career has seen many ups and downs but he will be remembered for his three goals against Inter in the Champions League while he was playing for Tottenham. It was unexpected to hear Gareth Bales will be retiring so early in his career, although it is understandable, at this stage of his career he is not getting the kind of play time as he would have wished for and probably he has decided to embark on a journey with a different career other than football, he’s decided to hang the boots now to pursue his plans and other endeavors. I wish him all the best, he has impacted positively to the game. When the news about Bale's retirement was flying I thought he retired from international football which could be after non excellent world cup outing.
It was when I paid much attention that I understood that he retired in football I total.
I am not pleased with that when player like Iniesta is till playing football.
Bale would have chosen another club to pay for more 3yrs before retirement.
Same here I also thought he was retiring from international football only to be hit with the news he was retiring from professional football, it is still a shock to me at age 33 most players are still playing for top clubs and still keeping good performances and form for their various teams. We can only wish him all the best in whatever journey he takes on from here. |
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 Jack Butland is a done deal for Manchester United on loan. Dubravka's loan contract expired on January 1 and left the team. They must have wanted to fill his place with Butland. There have already been rumours like they were going to bring a new goalkeeper to the team. De Gea has also been speculated with leaving the team by the end of his contract in this summer. But it looks like they just want to keep the quality of goalkeepers as high as possible. Butland isn't a bad goalkeeper normally. He hasn't played in any matches this season so far. But hopefully he will stay fit and be ready for duty when the time comes. Manchester United need a second choice goal keeper. Last month, I heard De Gea was to leave Manchester United at the end of his contract but now I hear he is considering accepting a contract extension to continue at the club, I'm not so sure how much truth there is to this but the signing of Jack Butland after the departure of Dubravka clearly indicates Jack will be replacing Dubravka as the second Choice goal keeper for Manchester United. |
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The French national team head coach Didier Deschamps has extended his contract until 2026. With this, Deschamps would have managed France for 14 years. The power of Didier Deschamps in French football will force Zidane to return to club soccer. It would be wise for Zidane to just forget about coaching France because he would then have to wait another 4 years to coach the France National Football Team, but he would not be guaranteed to succeed.
I don't think Zidane is waiting to be manager of France, maybe he is just taking his time before he makes a decision on his next club or country. Didier Deschamps has been doing an excellent job as French manager and there is no reason why France should do away with him, he has taken them to back to back world cup finals, winning one in the process and coming out runner up in the other one, that is an amazing feat, and i expected his contract as manager to be extended, except if he personally didn't want to. Having said that, there is a Euro tournament coming up next year and it is expected that France are going to be amongst the favorites for it, i'm pretty sure Didier Deschamps is looking forward to it. If actually Zidane is looking for the French job, four years isn't too long to wait, because i am not sure Didier Deschamps would stay longer than 2026, Zidane could even get himself a job with a club side whilst he waits. Personally, I do not believe Zidane is interested in coaching the French national team, as I think that he would be better off working as a manager for a club in my opinion, rather than coaching the French national team. In fact, he has proven that he is an excellent club coach while he was at Real Madrid, as he helped them win the Champions League multiple times during his time there. Another thing is that coaching an international team is a hectic job because the coaches do not get to train the players far enough time to bring out the best tactic. I also don't see that happening anytime soon and consider such news as rumours because I read few dats ago that the current coach of the french national team has agreed to extend hos contract until 2026 meaning it is very unlikely that Zidane will be stepping in as the manager anytime soon but I think Zidane will be an Excellent choice if eventually he becomes the next coach of the french team. |
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Éder Militão has played decent enough in this match. I thought that even though he was not supposed to play on the right side, he did live quite well. Of course, the best performance for Real Madrid was from Luka Modrić. I really think that this was a case of Real Madrid underestimating their opponent. I also do not think that they actually took enough preparations for this match.
I am not saying that Villareal is a bad team. They are actually a very good team. But there was no way Real Madrid should have lost this match. Obviously, the performance from Real Madrid was not up to the mark. It’s not like Villarreal played really well in this match. I just think that Real Madrid did not play well enough.
It seems that Eder Militao is not suitable to play on the right wing, even though he didn't make any fatal mistakes in that game either. Real Madrid did not play better than Villarreal, causing them to lose, plus Real Madrid's defense was not so strong against attacks. Villarreal started pressing from the early minutes, so that Real Madrid had difficulty keeping up with Villarreal's game, Penalties Gerard Moreno in the 63rd minute put Real Madrid under even more pressure. Barcelona has the opportunity to widen three points from Real Madrid, but in my opinion Barcelona will not be easy because they will travel to Atletico Madrid headquarters. If Barcelona play like they did against Espanyol, it's not impossible that they will suffer a defeat like that felt by Real Madrid. I don't think it is the fault of Eder Militao that Real Madrid were unable to win the game against Villarreal, I would rather blame the entire team for a poor performance in the match. Real Madrid didn't dominate the game, they gave too much room to Villarreal to play and show strength and press them, now Real Madrid have dropped point and Barcelona winning tonight will go clear on the top of the league. Real Madrid need to be on top of their game if they have plans of winning the league trophy this season. |
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Zinedine Zidane has newly turned down an offer by United States. I'm not surprised at all.
Because he hasn't been thinking of being the manager of any club for a long time. To be honest it would be better to see him managing a club in Europe rather than a national team. I remember his successes with Real Madrid very well. They had great a few years with Zidane full of Champions League championships as well. It is impressive to watch a tactician like Zidane to manage a big team. Maybe it wouldn't be Real Madrid again but I wouldn't say no to a different big team this time.
I don't seem to understand what Zidane really wants, is it to coach a country side team or to coach a club team because I read some days after the world cup that Zidane was considering taking up the coaching role for the french national team and later head the current coach was to be retained. Something tells me Zidane is just looking for an already made team to take over with less stress. |
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There are reports that Manchester United are interested in Vincent Aboubakar but I don't know if they are serious about it. They are trying to transfer a football player from the team where Ronaldo is a transfer. I don't know if this could be a psychological move or if I'm thinking about too many unnecessary details. I think this is interesting news. On the other hand, Manchester United need a striker transfer but I don't think Vincent Aboubakar can handle that level because he has generally been successful in easier leagues. Even in Porto, he did not succeed. I think the English Premier League and Manchester United might be a bit of a challenge for him.
These reports most times are just mare rumours the internet carry around to attract attention to their blogs. This news doesn't seem interesting to me, Aboubakar is aged and I am not so sure he has Premier league experience, if he doesn't btw it will be a total gamble for Manchester United going for him. Manchester United are desperate for a striker but there are many other options out there. |
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Manchester united will absolutely do everything to win this match, the players absolutely didn't forget the humiliation of the first match when city destroyed theme with whole 6 goals, players will do everything to get their revenge or at least avoid losing again, this will be a good opportunity for arsenal to extend the gap again
Manchester city have a superior team in the league, the team is star studded and good enough to compete at every level of competition across Europe but playing against Manchester United gives a different feeling as United will always cause trouble for them. Manchester United are in good form at the moment so it wouldn't be an easy one for Manchester City in this feature because we witnessed how City struggled to get a goal against Chelsea in midweek. |
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Erik Ten Hag is doing a great job at Manchester United, the Ten Hag project has been showing much progress in this season. I can't believe we are experiencing the rise of Manchester United this season. Barcelona are not playing too badly this season despite been knocked out of the champions league they still have a chance at the Europa league which they have to face a tough test against united. With Manchester United's current form I think they could win against Barcelona.
It's a bit embarrassing to see some Manchester United fans underestimating Xavi Hernandez and Barcelona in the Europa League Competition coming ahead all because Manchester United has been in a good form.for the past weeks ? I hope they don't get this into them head and skulls as it's football, the least expected is all that would happen. Although, big win tonight, David De Gea should have done better than what he did. Good game reading from Erik Ten Hag, but the removal of Casemiro saw all the flaw's, he's been a top gem for us, I wonder how it goes if he gets Injured, Fred impacted from the bench and kudos to Marcus Rashford for such great performance tonight, job beautifully done. I hope to see a more organized and hurting Manchester United scoring kore goals and taking those chances. Seriously the kind of form Manchester United players are displaying is very impressive, they are winning games week after week this is something that we barely see in the previous season. Erik Ten Hag seems to know what he is doing. They look composed and ambitious this season, it wouldn't be wrong to have high hopes of winning the Europa league this season but underestimating Barcelona too quick will be a wrong thing to do. Barcelona are a bit shaky in the consistency level but doesn't mean they are not able to cause pain to Manchester United. Seeing from the result by juventus in the domestic league has been making nantes has almost zero chance to win against juventus. I think that if we shall also understand about nantes's achievements were so bad. that means if nantes will be facing a hurricane as juventus is starting to blow up again. Juventus has been discovering its true performance under allegri. I hope that juventus will be getting positive result as soon as possible. i think that people know that so well. Nantes will be losing against juventus. The gap is too big for now. i don't even expect nantes to make a score against juventus by seeing how bad the performance from nantes. Juventus was so lucky to get weak team as opponent. I pick juventus in this match. the result is clear.
Juventus are currently showing some glimpse of hope and stability in the team. They are finally picking up from a poor form this season and good a thing they are still competing in European competition this season. Hopefully they can stay consistent against Nantes because a win in this game will be very good to lift the team's spirit and confidence going forward and also close up the gap . |
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