There were no real surprises about the games played yesterday, the result went as expected. England went on to comfortably beat Iran. Without their star player it was no surprise Senegal lost to Netherlands. He is a phenomenal player who will be missed throughout the tournament.
Finally, the USA drew with Wales. It was a tough encounter, both teams looked dangerous inn the attack but during the latter part of the second half Wales were relentless as they tried to score at 1-0 down. The equaliser from Bale from the penalty spot was emphatic and because it is the final tournament Bale will be representing Wales he will give his 100% to try to go far in the tournament.
Here are the results from the games played yesterday:
England 6-2 Iran
Senegal 0-2 Netherlands
USA 1-1 Wales
The games being played today will be very interesting to watch:
Argentina vs Saudi Arabia
Denmark vs Tunisia
Mexico vs Poland
France vs Australia
What do you think about my opinions:
Argentina 4-0 Saudi Arabia
Denmark 1-2 Tunisia
Mexico 3-1 Poland
France 2-0 Australia
@JollyGood after USA scored that goal I felt that they would go on to win the match, but credits to Wales who refused to give up and in the end they managed to get a point for their efforts. Lastly I too am expecting Argentina to win by 2 -0 or 3 - 0, but I’m expecting France to lose either 2 - 1 or 1 - 0 because of their injured star player’s. |
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India VS Newzealand
The last T20 match will be played today. Newzealand will be captained by Tim Southee as Kane Williamson because of a pre-arranged medical appointment. He is expected to rejoin the team ahead of the three-ODI series which will begin from Friday. Except SKY all other batters failed in the last T20 match. I hope most of them if able to bat do not repeat the same mistake in today's match. I am also certain that Deepak Hooda will get to bowl all his four over today due to his performance in the previous match. Newzealand would like to win today in order to draw the series and India would like to win today in order to win the series, expecting a entertaining T20 game between these two teams.
After winning toss New Zealand is on batting with good start for India Arshdeep take early wicket of Allen which is surely big one now Mohammad Siraj takes second one and after five overs New Zealand is having good start of 44/2 today they are playing without their captain Williamson right now Chapman and Convey on crease they need good target if they want to level the series after losing second T20i through SKY amazing batting. Look like today Convey is going to copy SKY but much behind as right now he is on 23 after playing 17 balls, hopefully things could be good for them if they are able to have nearly 180 runs on board because this could be good fighting target for the ruthless Indian batting lineup. @wiss19 it seems to me that New Zealand are taking a cautious approach in this game, because it’s almost the 10th over and they have scored just 68 runs. Furthermore I’m kinda disappointed that team India did not experiment and tried their bench player’s today, so does anyone else feels the same that this was a good opportunity and that the management should have taken a bold approach for this game by changing the playing 11?. |
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Great performance by the England team against Iran. Of course, the English were the favorites in this match, but I did not expect such a dominance. It may sound strange, but the result of 6-2 does not fully reflect the advantage and control that England had in this match. Gareth Southgate opted for an attacking game and that worked great in this match. The remaining two matches today will probably be more evenly matched, but I'm betting on the victories of the teams of the Netherlands and the USA.
Great game from the English boys! They really played to win. Iran had a good side, but they are lacking a goal scorer. They kick every ball with so much power that they go way off target! However, the Iranian team is weak and is not a criterion to know how serious the English team is in competing for the title. The coming days shall reveal this to us. Iran is a weak team. We already predicted that the England team will win against Iran. But England will give 6 goals it was beyond expectations. England boys played very well. Every player has contributed to England's victory in this match. The England squad has a strong attack and midfield. If their defenders can perform well then England has the potential to reach the final. Also the teams in Group B are not strong. I think the England team will be able to win every match very comfortably. England's opening match was brilliant. They won by a margin of 6-2 goals. The England team has great players, for whom Iran is being defeated like this. I hope this kind of performance from England continues till the end of the World Cup. England has many star players on their team. England's team performed well in UEFA Euro. They went all the way to the final and unfortunately lost. If the players are able to maintain their form, the England team will be able to do well in the World Cup. England forwards includes Sterling, Harry Kane, Grealish, Rashford and Bukayo Saka. And the midfield features players like Bellingham, Mount and Phil Foden. My opinion is that Argentina, Brazil, or England are the favorites to win this World Cup. @kro55 when I saw Maguire had started I felt that England would end up losing this game, but surprisingly they played really well and managed to win by scoring many goals. Also this should restore their confidence which was effected due to poor results in the last few matches, but I hope that they continue performing strongly because I’ll be happy to be proved wrong as I had predicted them to exit early from this tournament. |
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"Congratulations! you have won the ninth prize of 0.00040615 BTC in the weekly lottery draw at FreeBitco.in!"
Nice email to get!
Congrats. It's impressive that all the winners in the last round of the weekly lottery had no more than 8k tickets, and the second and fourth-place winners only had 100 tickets each. Moreover, the first-place winner had roughly the same number of tickets as you, which means that if you had been a little luckier this time, you could have won 0.1 BTC instead of 40k sats. Fairly common to see that few number of tickets usually won the lottery, however, I was expecting to see some million holders' tickets on the lottery winner list still, that's what makes Freebitco.in lottery great as all of us whether we have a lot or a few tickets, we can still expect to win. Anyways, Congrats BAC, I hope you felt something great after receiving that notification even if it isn't much that you've won. If I were in your position, I'd get excited and feel more hopeful to win on the next coming lottery. Finally really happy to see someone from the forum get an email like this despite being an irrelevant prize in value it is nice to see someone from the forum has hit the weekly lottery,out of 50 million users he was one of the lucky ones. I am trying from more than 2 years with more than 5000 tickets every week yet I have never received such an email but I don't give up hope as hope dies last as they say,so I am hopeful every week that one day I will be able to get my name/ID in there. There's one member here last time who confirms that he won the lottery but he posted a screenshot instead of some text. It's quite refreshing to see that because most of what saw here are only winners from the hourly faucet and they are all newbies so it is sometimes hard to believe if they are real winners or not. 0.0004 btc is not what I consider an irrelevant prize. What more if the price of btc didn't drop? But, if we are still feeling lucky, we can use it on the hi/lo game inside freebit. See if we can multiply it or not. 5k tickets per week is decent but how can you earn such amount? I only get a few via hourly roll and on the email that I got daily but I am not giving up as well @wiss19 this is not surprising at all, because in the past too I have seen double digit ticket holders win the big price and that’s when I realised that it’s not about the number of tickets one holds but it’s about how lucky one is. Furthermore till date I only won 9999 price once and then I completely gave up on the lottery and converted it into reward points, but now I suddenly feel like trying for winning the lottery again and maybe this time I’ll be lucky and end up winning a big price. |
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In the semifinals he will fight Fritz, just look at what kind of thread Fritz can do for this match and how to beat Djokovic
one more win for Djokovic, a bit tougher than expected, but it is hard to get Fritz break on this surface in the end, Fritz was the one not mentally prepared to enter third set, he did not had the strength to finish second set before tie break looking to finals, cannot see how Rublev/Ruud can play against Djokovic, almost secured trophy Djokovic played good today but i think Fritz had an amazing chance to maybe win against Djokovic that was really tired from the match against Medvedev. The important thing for Djokovic is that he won in straight sets and now he can rest for the final. I think the trophy is in the bag for Djokovic Djokovic won the straight sets, but those two sets were really hard for him. If he had made small mistake, the match could've moved towards Fritz. This is how the match went, 7 7-6 5 7 8-6 6. Much closer win, and the final doesn't look to be fighting one for Djokovic as the match is against Ruud. @Joca97 in this match Djokovic used all his experience to win, and it was evidently clear that Fritz almost came close to winning this match and I’m sure that his performance against Djokovic will boost his morale for future tournaments. Also while Djokovic looks set to win this tournament I feel that player’s are stepping up to him, and sooner or later he’ll be beaten as other player’s are no longer afraid when they face him these day’s. |
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Leclerc is ahead of Perez now in the driver standings already despite the equal points situation. It must be related to the total wins in this season maybe. Because Leclerc must have one more wins than Perez in this season so far. In case of they stay at equal points then Leclerc must be finishing at the second position.
But I feel like Perez can finish ahead of Leclerc anyway. He seems more ambitious now and he has a car advantage as well.
Yes... Sérgio Pérez and Charles Leclerc appear tied, both with 290 points. However, the Ferrari driver is ahead because the tiebreaker is having achieved more victories in the season... he has three against two of his Mexican rival. I still believe that Leclerc will be able to get ahead of Pérez in the next race and take second place, we'll see if that actually happens. I believe that Verstappen himself will not make it easy for Pérez, consequently helping Leclerc in this achievement. I strongly believe that Leclerc will be very keen to finish second, and I hope that he can build on this for the next season because personally I had expected a lot from Ferrari this season but they didn’t live up to the hype. Lastly it’ll definitely be a tough race for Leclerc, because Perez wouldn’t want to let him seal that second spot without a fight hence I’m expecting lots of drama in this race. |
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yes,
OWL.games don't lie, I lost most of my winnings, You mean after waiting this long you lose all your earnings that is bad it's a huge amount I don't want to blame you but you should have waited and congratulations to them, they won. A basic casino tactic is to not pay out the winnings and let gambler play until the winnings are lost. That's true it's a delaying tactic if they have received the report and shown it and paid you you could have received your payout. but there are many more interesting details..  This morning I was contacted by OWL.games support stating that I need to sign a contract if I want my payout to be approved. in which I undertake to delete negative comments. Are you serious? This is not good it's like bribing you, we gamblers can say what we want to say based on how the casino treat us, no casino should threaten you or bribe you for doing something that is true to your knowledge P.s For more than a week, we have been waiting for reports from game provider. And now that I've lost most of my winnings, is it enough to sign a contract promising to delete negative comments? Casinos should be open to criticism and address issues as they come not threatening them to do something @cryptostuneris, are you required to play on other games before you can withdraw or you just became impatient on waiting. I’m already starting to believe that your profit is legit since they allow you to play it again on other games that has low max bet so that you will lose due to house edge. Although I'm a holder of Owltoken I feel that OP deserves his rewards based on how he proved himself but unfortunately, he is tempted to play with his winnings after his account is unlocked and the report is not yet available, he falls to the old tactics of casinos to delay the withdrawal of winnings so the player will be tempted to play and eventually lose. @owlgames, Please provide the full transparent report on his game log before you will close his case since we need to know if he really cheat or not because you should take some liability in case his game is really clear from cheat since he loss his money due to messing around on his account. Its a long delay and they benefit from the delay this is unfortunate but the community still wants to see the report we cannot stop the complainant from taking action against Owlgame because he feels there is an injustice done to him. I believe that this is not looking good for the Owl team right now, and before we accuse them let’s give them one more chance to explain what happened between these two sides. Furthermore if the allegations turn out to be true I’ll be disappointed, because I have followed their journey closely and I always felt that they were a legit casino hence I want to hear more in details before picking a side to back in this allegation. |
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Twitter does have a good use after all  It was optional and I realized it after sharing the tweet LOL Thanks for the share, I'll check out, but actually don't have an account there. And you actually do have to share the bracket to qualify for FJ's version Would you mind to share your brackets if you have done it? Would be nice to see some users here shared their brackets so I can use it for comparison Sure, I don't mind Nothing too special here. Really wanted to put in either Japan through too but Germany and Spain should still be good enough... For now, we're accepting the predictions for the group stage. As soon as the first match starts users will not be able to send out their entries and only the ones who managed to submit, qualify for the second round.
The second round comes after the play-offs matches are known to the community so that's the time when you will have to submit the qualifiers including the final match the last time.
That's perfectly fine for me, I expect there will be plenty of people, unless we have major upsets, then just the lucky few. Enjoy the tourney too, ampera/Tornike! @buwaytress I too don’t use Twitter so I’ll be passing on this promo, but for those that use Twitter I feel that it’s a really nice promo and I’m definitely hoping some forum member wins it. 🏆 AROUND THE WORLD CUP 🏆  Dear community, We've launched a sports promo for the upcoming World Cup 2022 tournament. To participate, you must win three sports bets in a row and claim rewards as you reach the new countries. Users can bypass the prize pool by taking the risk of playing for a higher reward. There are some requirements for your sports bets, so be sure to look at them. - At least one position should come from the World Cup market. - Minimum bet amount - $20 - Minimum odds per selection - 1.3 - Minimum 2 selections in the bet slip You can start your journey as soon as the tournament's first match kicks off. ampera @FortuneJack while this bonus promotion is really simple and easy to participate, but I just have one question will the price pool increase if more player’s participate or that’s the maximum limit one player can play for?. |
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I have heard that Qatar tried to bribe some Ecuador players to be able to guarantee starting with a win on the first day of the World Cup. The amount offered is said to be like 7.4 million dollars. This is really unbelievable. I wonder if FIFA is thinking of any sanction about this attempt. It is a crime in the end but I feel like we won't see anything big from FIFA for now. They are the host country and I guess they won't just throw them out of the World Cup while the whole tournament is being played in Qatar.
But actually they should do so. Qatar can't prove anything by defeating Ecuador. So there is no meaning in such bribe attempt. Just because of wanting to start with a win ahead of their supporters in their country, they can't find the right in themselves to bribe anyone.
Do you have a source for this news or is this propaganda only? If this is the plan then this deal would not come in the public. Since this is public, so it means there is no truth in this news ?  However if somehow Qatar wins the first match, people will think that this was because of this deal which was made in 7.4M which was never there. Also this false news can be made viral to influence on the decision of the gamblers for this match. Anyways such news whether true or false are not good for the football. @noormcs5 this news has gone viral and many news outlets have shared this story, and now FIFA can probably save face by telling that it’s fake or they can say that they’ll quickly get to the bottom of this but in either case fan’s won’t buy it. Furthermore second option is to ban those player’s who accepted the money since banning the host country may not be as simple as it looks, and lastly FIFA needs to to take decision quickly or I strongly feel that fan’s will end up boycotting this World Cup. |
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Chelsea should be able to finish the extension of Mount's contract one way or another. They tried to offer a very long-term contract to him like seven years but he didn't lean towards it. I assume he doesn't want to hand over his future to Chelsea for that long. But he still likes to be here so he is open for a reasonable offer.
Chelsea should definitely keep him at all costs. He is one of the key players for the team. They are already not doing very well in scoring these days. If they lose Mount as well then things would get even worse.
If Chelsea can increase his salary, it is very likely that Mount will stay there, at the moment he is a core player but his salary is quite low compared to others https://www.spotrac.com/epl/chelsea-fc/payroll/If Chelsea feel that Mount is a player who can benefit them, then the players must also feel benefited by the contract and the salary they are getting. There will be big clubs who will pay attention to the development of the contract if there is no agreement then the clubs are ready for him. and according 'the guardian' there are already two interested clubs with fc liverpool and juventus turin, following the growing uncertainty surrounding Mason Mount's future after fc chelsea talks with the england midfielder over a new contract were put on hold until after the world cup.  https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/17/liverpool-juventus-mason-mount-chelsea-contract-talks@cygan if Chelsea end up losing him then the fan’s won’t forgive the new owner’s, because he’s a real talent and Chelsea can’t afford to let him go. Furthermore I personally believe that he’ll sign a new contract because publicly he’s been calm about his situation, but it’ll be really disastrous if he ends up leaving like Rudiger did and replacing him won’t be easy too. |
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 This brave punter has layed out over $1000 on Japan to go all the way and lift the World Cup  Thoughts on that one? this might look like an odd bet but this could be one of many betslips with other stronger teams being backed by the punter! SB do the honors and show us that Argentina- Brazil slip too, I am sure you missed these somewhere in there  On the bright side his being a patriotic citizen supporting his country all the way, even if it means beating Spain, Germany and everybody else standing in their way  A cool $269,000 pay day if he got it right! Anything is possible and good money if it lands Japan to win the World Cup? I hope he has lots of money because that looks like a direct donation to the sportsbet.io Christmas Party  It’s very unlikely but would be great for him to win. Would be an epic win for sure! Some of you may remember Greece winning the Euro’s in 2004. We also had Leicester win the PL title in 2015/16 against all the odds. This is football, XI mean on each team, anything can happen. I don't know which is better in the end to be honest, direct donations like that or indirect donations like we all do from time to time, or an indirect donation from betting on Spain and seeing them trip to Argentina or Brazil later Nothing beats Leicester 5000x odds, so I guess we shouldn't think 251x is impossible! I don’t think that Japan can stun all the team’s and win the World Cup, and I’m 100% sure that it’s a losing bet and I further believe that the user in question has so much money that he didn’t care if he lost $1000. Also I’ll stick to my words that the most realistic team’s to win are Argentina and Brazil, and only one of them will win this year’s World Cup. |
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I think, Ac Milan players will be very happy to see him back to the team again because they really missed his absence in some matches, which their coach will allow him to train with their players so that there will be improvement after the break. Ibrahimovic is a talented player that know how to assist other players to ensure they achieve goals that will bring victory at the end of the match, which he will definitely showcase his new strategies to prove that he still remain among the talented players in this Italian league competition.
AC Milan will be happy with a return of Ibrahimovic even mainly on bench. He means a lot to young players in the club and his super strong mentality will spread a fire to young players. Ibrahimovic also accepts a fact that at his age, he should accept limited appearance in matches. He simply enjoys very last months of his career but who knows when Zlatan will retire. Maybe he will continue his career to his fifties like King Kazu , a Japanese player who still plays football and scores goals at his 55. Ibrahimovic will likely a first professional player at his generation (not including goalkeepers) still plays at age above 40. The next one can be Cristiano Ronaldo and that shows they are very professional to take care of their bodies as well as improving lifespan of human and impacts of modern health-care. AC Milan are lucky to have one of the best attacker so far in football, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, also he's tag an old man and should retired but he still bounced back to form after severe injuries. He's going to be in form after the world cup as he have already his fans, sooner or later, he will be back on the pitch. AC Milan is one of the tough team in Seria A and their players have a piece of team work. I consider Ibrahimovic as old player who have a lengthy experience in football but he can still do better inother to carry the scudetto once again with Milan, probably not this season but there's still more season for Zlatan to play games.
I am really happy to hear about Zlatan, but he should be careful with his body because at his age recovering from an injury may not be easy. Furthermore there’s no way that he’ll play till he’s 50, and thus I expect maximum 2 more seasons from him post that I hope he retires for the sake of his body and comes back in a coaching role. |
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liverpool is better than Newcastle United but Newcastle United performance is better than Liverpool. If we equate these two teams in the quality of players, of course Liverpool has more advantages because the Liverpool squad is filled with star players. Therefore for this season we only look at the quality of the teams from the standings. I don't have to admit who is the best at guarding consistent in every match but that has been proven by every victory won by newcastle united. Maybe after the league resumes after the world cup is over and we will see a change in the rankings in the standings for this season as some teams will come back to strengthen the squad by bringing in some players in the winter.
I heard that not many teams will buy new players in the upcoming transfer market the reason is because the players are still under contract Including Liverpool and Manchester United they will wait until next season, after all Newcastle have proven that they can compete without star players. indeed the issue of transfers is currently not hot enough and most of the news circulating at this time still cannot be guaranteed to become a reality when the transfers window is opened. newcastle united recently i saw them linked with a few players from different leagues so you might be able to read about it here https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-receive-first-january-25533218apart from that, manchester united needs to look for a younger and better quality sticker in this winter window because manchester united front line really needs an overhaul and that has been thought of by erik ten hag, one of the players linked is osimhen. Newcastle United seems to be looking for players who are not so famous, but that's a decision that in my opinion is not good enough in my opinion, I hope that Newcastle United can at least bring in reliable attacking players to help break down the opponent's goal, in the January transfer market, and players attacking midfielder to help Newcastle United's attackers, at least that's what Newcastle United might have to fix. so they don't lose points in the middle of this season.. I feel that we shouldn’t underestimate Newcastle, because I wouldn’t be surprised if they ended up occupying one of the top 4 spot at Liverpool’s expense. Furthermore rumours say that Newcastle won’t be buying player’s in the January transfer window, and it makes sense because player’s fees will be inflated and while it’s a risk for their top 4 spot but it does makes financial sense. |
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It will be interesting to see how PSG play after (hopefully) they are sent home from the Champions League by Bayern. For many PSG players (Mbappe, for example), this will be a severe psychological blow and, in fact, the end of the season. The paradox is that there will be many games ahead in Ligue 1 and maybe PSG will perform much worse in this scenario. It is hard to believe that any of the opponents will be able to take advantage of this opportunity, but in theory why not. Hahaha, I don't think PSG is so bad this season mate. We know the statistics of these two teams and can probably determine which one deserves to go through, so the scenario may never be the same as we think now. Neymar, Mbappe, Messi are great strikers this season with good performances. They have scored as many goals 16 goals during the group stage as a team and for now Mbappe is still the top scorer in the Champions League with his 7 goals. PSG will be weak if the defense is bad, but this season their defense seems good enough to rely on. But indeed, on the other hand, experience will also be a bit decisive now and if you look at that, of course, Bayern is much better. Last season PSG lost to Madrid, one of the main reasons was because their experience was not very good in the Champions League. It's not impossible now too, especially in terms of statistics during the group phase they also lost when compared to Bayern. @KTChampions assuming a hypothetical scenario where PSG is eliminated, then too I don’t expect them to lose too many games and surrender the league title. Furthermore in that scenario PSG board will sack the coach at the end of the season and with Tuchel available it’s always a possibility, however personally I expect PSG to top and win the league irrespective of their champions league result. |
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That said, can't wait to see odds for Prem teams vs whoever makes it to Round 3. Derby in EFL looked poorer that I expected, but wouldn't it be nice for MK Dons to go through and meet United again, for example?
Thunder doesn't strike the same place two times  I don't expect MK Dons to repeat this again and they , but there is always some new team that makes surprise every season, maybe Ipswich or Portsmouth this time. It would be great to see team from lower leagues or Championship winning the trophy, but difference in quality compared with Premier League is huge for most clubs. @notblox1 I agree with you because winning the FA cup is a realistic chance for ETH, as he would like to start off his reign by winning a trophy. Furthermore I feel that if Manchester United can buy a striker then they’ll be completely be dominating their FA cup matches, but without a new striker Martial or Rashford will have to step up however these two keep getting injured hence their success now totally depends on buying a new striker. |
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The Bundesliga has started to be going great for Bayern Munich again. They are back on track with the great results they have got for some weeks. Their current performance level is not much different than last season now. That's what I've been afraid of since the beginning of the season. Because like most people I've also got bored to see Bayern Munich's dominating the Bundesliga for many many years. They have already been winning the title for 10+ years and it looks like they will add another one to their collection by the end of this season.
I know that there are still teams close to him in the league standings. But they have never been as consistent as Bayern Munich so far. We have all been familiar with this scenario for years. Bayern Munich will just pull away from that at a point and become the champions comfortably. At least the first times of the season has been enjoyable so far as we have seen a different team leading for some weeks.
@emrecemsan right now Bayern are sitting comfortably at the top, and I doubt that other team’s can now dislodge them from the top. Furthermore currently they have a 4 points lead, and I believed that Leipzig would challenge them but even they’re lagging behind hence unless Bayern lose lots of game’s this season too looks they’ll win it comfortably once again that too without Lewandowski. |
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Arsenal will be coming strong after the World Cup and is already working on signing certain players however, Haaland's performance is slipping from when he was signed, when the heat was still on
He only failed to score in his last game since returning from injury and was unlucky not to be on the scoresheet. lol Manchester United and Real Madrid are already planning to sign Victor Osimen from Napoli. I would have preferred if Madrid could have acquired him because I believe he would have been a better fit there than at Manchester United during the World Cup break.
Another unnecessary move; why would he leave Napoli, which has been performing admirably since last season? They have been trying to build a competitive team around Osimen and now that things are going well for both him and the club, do you think Napoli would entertain such a move? I don't think so, Osimen is valued at Napoli and has been the fans' favorite since his arrival, and if I were him, I would stay. He has no place in Real Madrid as long as Benzema is still around. The likelihood of him joining Manchester United in the summer is high, as they have been in direct contact with his agent for some time. I don’t expect Arsenal to splash the cash instantly because I feel that they’ll have to sell player’s first, and even if they have the cash it won’t be much to attract big stars hence it’ll be really interesting to see whom do they manage to buy in the January transfer window. Also Haaland has done exceptionally well and he’s not going to be at the World Cup which means he’s coming back hungry to score more goals, and lastly I don’t expect Victor to leave now maybe in the summer window but definitely he’s not leaving in the middle of a season. |
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I agree that form is not always appear. A player can play very well but he will lose form at some point and regain that form again. But I have no complaints about the form in the case of Pakistan. What I would say is that their top order is good but neither middle nor lower is reliable. We saw in the Asia Cup how they lost to Sri Lanka in the final. Again they did the same with Zimbabwe in the World Cup. Without any doubt i can say that they have weaknesses in this point. They can fight against hard team and also lose unexpectedly against weak team as well.
What they need is some good pace bowling all rounders in the middle order. Two decades back they had players such as Azhar Mahmood and Abdul Razzaq. But ever since the retirement of these players, they have been dependent on spin-bowling allrounders such as Shoaib Malik and Mohammed Hafeez. Some of the pacers, such as Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf can bat a bit, but they can't be considered as all rounders. This is one component where Pakistan have been lagging. They need someone like Cameroon Green of Australia. For the T20 format, they must reshuffle the team. All-rounders are always very important for a T20 squad. Without having good all-rounders, the middle order can collapse or the team can reached it's desire postilion. Once a time i liked Shahid Afridi as a Pakistani all-rounder. If there was one more all-rounder like him with the current team of Pakistan then maybe Pakistan cricket would have been able to build a better position. @Sithara007 I believe that Pakistan is progressing well, and it’s only a matter of time before they find those 1 - 2 player’s that can make them the strongest team in T20 format. Furthermore as we discuss about Pakistan’s cricket it’s pertinent to note that PCB has started issuing legal notice’s to former player’s who have said harsh stuff about PCB or the team, so what do you’ll think about this move by PCB. |
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Well Arsenal won and got the three points that secures them the knockout faze and that is the most important thing while now PSV still needs a win to secure that position. Arsenal did a huge job and now they have an amazing chance of winning this tournament that isnt easy at all.
Arsenal's performance in the Europa League is unquestionable and also very dominant. Of all the matches they have played, Arsenal has never lost or drawn. The result is always a win. So Arsenal's position at number 1 in the group phase is unmatched. Especially during the match against PSV, Arsenal looked quite convincing and also dominated the game. Arsenal acted very aggressively and attacked, but unfortunately, his shot was not accurate enough. So from the many total shots, they only scored 1 goal. Well, I can't say anything bad about Asenal, for me they have been the best team in the Europa League, but I think the player who has been activated a lot is Mo Salah, for a while I told myself that maybe Salah's moment had already passed , but thank God no, I think now that man is much more active than ever, and I think he will go for everything, not only in the Europa League but also in the league, I think Arse4nla has already recovered his level ,l, the level that it has always had to maintain in all this time, I know that many teams go through very bad times, but Arsenal is an example of superiority, and that is what football is all about. It is true that Arsenal played very well. They have been playing consistently well in both the Premier League and Europa League. And the performance of their attacking players is excellent. They are able to score a lot of goals due to their strong attack. As if Arsenal is the most worthy team to win the Europa League title. Arsenal will be champions of the Europa League this season if they can maintain consistency But you mentioned Mohamed Salah's name. Did you not know that Salah is a Liverpool player? And Liverpool is playing in the Champions League. He is not playing in the Europa League. I didn't understand what you said. Please clear your comment. Yes, you are absolutely right, I got confused, it is that at that moment I was watching the Liverpool game and Mo Salah's plays are unique, the one I was referring to was for Gabriel Jesus, who I see a very good future for, not only at Arsenal, possibly he can change teams because there are rumors that maybe REAL Madrid wants to take him to their ranks, because they are saying that Real Madrid wants to have pure Brazilian players in its squad, it is something that does not seem bad to me, isn't it However for me Gabriel Jesus is a good prospect for any team and unless Arsaenala doesn't have a lot of money, then think about letting him go there. For the fact that some big teams are playing in the Europa League has turned the league to be more interesting. The big team that are in Europe League don't look weak in performance . The europa league being discussed because of the big team that are playing the game.
And that can only be witnessed after the world cup is over. Actually this season the players from club and national team are very busy managing their time to train and prepare themselves for the world cup and return to the League as usual after that. This season the Europa League does look very impressive because there are a lot of big teams here, but last season there were also some big teams that were in the Europa League, but this time it will be more different from last season. It is as you say, this season the Europa League will be at another level and we will have many good things, the teams that are there should be in the UCL, I am going to see and enjoy this season with great pleasure, the teams will not have it very easy, For those who speak of Barcelona as the Great Promise, I don't see it that way because for me, if Barcelona doesn't do things well here, it will be a double-edged sword not only for the team, especially for Xavi, who doesn't He has found the expected results, and I think the club and its directors see it that way, I even dare to think that they may be waiting for the end of the year and next year they have another technical director. Barcelona must win the Europa League, because it is their moral value to have a fair qualification to the UCL, I don't see another way out for Xavi, I really would not like to be in Xavi's shoes, it is very hard to expect much from someone who has not able to find what you are looking for. @LUCKMCFLY Arsenal won’t win the Europa league, because they’ll have to put their focus on winning the premier league which means that they’ll have to sacrifice winning the Europa League. Furthermore while they can attempt to win both the leagues, but in my experience they’ll have to choose one above the other and currently I’m 100% sure that they’ll choose the premier league over the Europa league. |
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I was more interested and wanted to know about cricket relations between CAN and BCCI, not political party stuff.
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As far as I know, BCCI hasn't sent any teams (A, U-19, U-23, first class) to Nepal in the last two decades or so. Cricket relations are practically inexistent. The same can be said about the other neighbors, such as Bhutan, Maldives, China and Myanmar. The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) was setup to grow cricket in countries such as Nepal and Malaysia, but gradually it got hijacked by the gulf states such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. When Srinivasan was in power, there were demands from the ICC to disband ACC, but some of the members opposed (esp. PCB) and this step was abandoned. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/new-zealand-in-india-2016/top-stories/acc-asia-cup-future-under-cloud/articleshow/35662963.cmsThis is the tragedy that cricket Is completely controlled by politics and their extremist leaders, similarly Pakistan have always been targeted and left out because of this BCCI and Indian politics. The world cup next year is planned to be held in pakistan and BCCI jey Shah straightaway rejected that and said India cannot come to Pakistan as matched should be held at neutral venue . India has alot of political and economic benefits from Afghanistan and that's clear from their behaviour towards Afghanistan, even their players participate in IPL. @YinShuiSiYuan I don’t think that anything will change, because currently BCCI has political people running it directly and indirectly hence I expect zero changes in their policy towards Nepal. Furthermore that statement was definitely bad and abuse of power, and thus I feel that ICC should not shift the tournament because it’ll set a very wrong precedent and it may cripple Pakistan cricket for year’s as all countries will suddenly back out from touring them. |
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