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Real Madrid are still the dominating team in the Champions League in terms of the number of titles won. However in terms of performance Manchester City are likely to have the dominance from now on as well. This can even help them start winning titles here quite often from now on. They already got their first title so I think that this will leave a positive effect on the team. It was like a psychological obstacle for them before.
Real Madrid need to be fully ready for new season to be competitive against them again. They need to start with bringing a solid centre-forward and then it is all up to concentration. Ancelotti's system is already working really well for this team. But the players need to be focused on their game more than the previous season.
That was the reason why they lost to Manchester City by a big score.
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In the first leg of the second qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League, Cluj drew Adana Demirspor at home 1-1. I expected to Cluj get comfortable victory. But Adana Demirspor surprised me. Adana Demirspor captain Benjamin Stambouli scored a fantastic goal. Benjamin Stambouli scored Adana Demirspor's first goal in the European Cups.
Beşiktaş opponent was very weak, Beşiktaş got a very comfortable win. Beşiktaş beat 3-1.
Cluj were actually quite the favourite team to win against Adana Demirspor according to the odds. But Adana Demirspor's performance really surprised me. They had the most ball possession like 65% in this match and they had many more goal attempts than their opponent as well. By the way Stambouli's goal was quite impressive. I mean especially Ndiaye's assist by a backheel pass to him. It was a really classy one. This makes me think like Adana Demirspor can really eliminate Cluj by winning the rematch. As for Beşiktaş yeah their job was really easy and they showed it with a decent win. |
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Mbappe'ye Al-Hilal'in teklif ettiği sözleşme detayına göre 200 milyon euro maaş ve buna ek olarak imaj hakları ile birlikte 700 milyon euroyu aşabilecek bir meblağ kazanma potansiyeli vardı. Yine de Mbappe bu teklifi geri çevirdi. İmaj haklarından bir şey almadığını varsaysak bile 200 milyon euro gerçekten çok iyi para.
PSG'de bunun yarısını anca kazanıyordur diye tahmin ediyorum. Ayrıca eğer kabul etseydi o parayı sadece 1 sezonda kazanacaktı. Sonrasında Real Madrid'e bonservissiz bir şekilde transfer olma isteğini de rahatça gerçekleştirebilirdi.
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Juventus is going for Lukaku, this week they will have a meeting in London.
Despite the rumors, Juventus may go for Lukaku even if they will not sell Vlahovic.
I thought that Juventus were interested in Lukaku on the condition that Vlahovic leaves. There are Vlahovic, Kean and Milik as the first choices in the centre-forward position for Juventus now. There is the youngster Kaio Jorge as well but he is like last resort for Allegri. Thinking that Allegri's most used formation is 3-5-2 flat it would be better to have 2 reliable forwards in the subs rather than 1. Hence I think it would still be nice to bring Lukaku no matter what happens about Vlahovic's future. However the competition among the centre-forwards will get even more heated. I wonder if this would push Lukaku to work harder to earn his place in the starting eleven. |
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Livakovic transferi Fenerbahçe için harika olur açıkçası o yüzde umarım bu transferi noktalayabiliriz. Altay'ı ne yazık ki yeterince iyi bulmuyorum. Çok basit goller yiyen bir kaleci haline geldi. Halbuki eskiden potansiyelli kaleci diyorduk beklentiler daha iyi yöndeydi. Bir sezonu daha onunla geçirirsek kalemiz pek de emin ellerde olmayacak.
Kalecilerden bahsetmişken Muslera da 37 yaşına geldi ve Galatasaray'da son senesine girmek üzere. Ben herhalde daha sözleşme uzatmazlar diye düşünürken yeni bir teklif vermeyi düşündüklerini duydum. Muslera tabi ki Galatasaray tarihinin çok iyi kalecilerinden birisi. Yine de baya yaşlandığı için eskisi kadar tutarlı da oynamıyor.
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There is a new speculation out like UEFA might think of accepting Saudi teams into the Champions League as well as of the 2024/25 season.
If this really happens this can change many things in this sport. Many more players can start to think that it is worth joining those teams more than before. Just think about that, Saudi teams will also be able to play in the most prestigious tournament in Europe. Players can still compete here while making tons of money. This will probably make sense for more players.
Money can really change many things in football. But for now this is a speculation as I said.
I would be very happy if that were true (and probably Ronaldo would be very happy too as he was able to continue to improve his perpetual record), but it seems to me that UEFA will never go for it. If players from Europe who left for Saudi Arabia retain the opportunity to play in the Champions League, then the flow there will only increase and the situation in Europe will worsen even more. If such thing happens I'm pretty confident Ronaldo would postpone his retirement plans if there is any.  He can start to play more competitive than before surely. He said that he believed the Saudi league to become a much more prestigious league in the future. It looks like he is likely to turn out to be right later on. Considering how Saudi teams are strengthening their squads they might even be competitive for the Champions League title in the long run maybe who knows. Because they are paying a really huge sum of money for the players they sign and they can increase the bonuses a lot for winning the tournament as well to be more competitive. But for now this is all an assumption of course. Let's see if UEFA will really do this then. |
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After seeing Galatasaray like that in the Champions League match I was thoughtful about Fenerbahçe a little as well. Because Turkish teams really surprise us even in such easy matches in European cups sometimes. Thankfully a similar scenario didn't happen for Fenerbahçe. It was absolutely a comfortable match for us. Ferdi Kadıoğlu's goal was really lovely to watch by the way. It was like all of our new transfers played an important role in this win here.
Dzeko's performance was also impressive with a goal and two assists. Maybe the opponent was weak but it is important for the players to increase their motivation more for the new season.
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Tottenham have started to think about with whom they can replace Kane. Because the chairman Levy has been given an ultimatum to sell Kane this summer. Therefore he will leave one way or another seemingly. Bayern Munich is likely to be his new team for now. But after selling him I wonder who they will bring into his place. I'm pretty sure that they wouldn't make do with only Richarlison. He is of course a skilled striker but he shouldn't be the only option in the squad in the end.
Maybe Tottenham can also put Vlahovic on the agenda according to the latest speculations. The door is about to be closed for Vlahovic after August 4. They had better act faster about Kane now.
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And @CLS63
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When it comes to Ricciardo and Tsunoda I think Ricciardo will have a more successful time period than his teammate in the rest of the season. There is a very visible gap between two drivers in terms of skills and experience. Ricciardo finished his first race at AlphaTauri ahead of Tsunoda already. He did it despite the crash at the beginning of the race. I don't think Tsunoda can do better than Ricciardo as a result. |
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 Source: https://twitter.com/OfficialShots/status/1683939257625321472Aldershot Town FC shared their win over Chelsea like this on the tweet. It has got the attention of millions of people of course. It is a joke maybe but there is a sad truth in it for Chelsea as well. They were really horrible last season and something really needs to change significantly. Pochettino has come and there are players coming and going recently. There is no guarantee for anything maybe but it would be nice to see Chelsea fighting for the positions they should be this season. |
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As Mbappe's contract worth is going over 700m euros only with the image rights Mbappe mustn't have liked the deal that much. Because I have seen on the news that he has rejected the offer. PSG believe he has just made up his mind about joining only Real Madrid now. By the way they showed it on the media like he will get that much money as a salary.
However his salary is actually 200m euros. It is still like double the sum of money he earns at PSG though. But Mbappe is still not keen on leaving Europe for that offer.
In this case I will just expect him to stay at PSG for one last season and join Real Madrid after.
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Xavi is really doing well right now. Barcelona have made a big progress in the La Liga since he started to manage the team. It was such a dominant championship last season. But of course the board's expectations would be bigger than that this season. Not only winning the La Liga title but also doing an impressive work in the Champions League will be important for them. The previous season wasn't good for them in the group stage and the season before that was also no different.
Xavi needs to find a solution to their having big problems against big teams there. Because their potential is much better than this.
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There is a new speculation out like UEFA might think of accepting Saudi teams into the Champions League as well as of the 2024/25 season.
If this really happens this can change many things in this sport. Many more players can start to think that it is worth joining those teams more than before. Just think about that, Saudi teams will also be able to play in the most prestigious tournament in Europe. Players can still compete here while making tons of money. This will probably make sense for more players.
Money can really change many things in football. But for now this is a speculation as I said.
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I thought that Al-Ahli would offer a contract of a few years to Mbappe. But they have offered great conditions to him. He will earn that insane sum of money in only one season indeed. In this case I absolutely think that he should accept the deal and move on. 776m euros for one season, it is just an amazing deal!
They claim that Mbappe and Real Madrid have already agreed for a deal for next season by a free transfer. Meanwhile Mbappe can take this formula and earn that much money. I don't think it is meaningful for him to stay at PSG this season instead.
Al-Ahli must offer 4-5 years contract for Mbappe. But I don't think Mbappe wants to move to Al Ahli. Although he will get a huge amount of money in Al Ahli, but they can't get the chance to win UCL trophy and other big trophies. He must stay in Europe, he must choose a top club like Real Madrid if he still wants to win more top trophies. For me, I think he must refuse the offer from Al Ahli, Real Madrid is the best option. Indeed. Real Madrid has got the personal agreement with Mbappe. It means Mbappe agrees to move to Real Madrid. He just waits for the response from PSG management about the transfer fees. If Real Madrid can pay the minimum transfer fees, they must get a deal with PSG management. By the way, I really hope that Mbappe stays in Europe league. It is just a stupid idea to move to SPL. But it is only for one season. If Al-Hilal had an offer for like 3 years or more for Mbappe then he would have rejected the offer most probably. But it isn't like that. You know Mbappe will have to wait for the end of this season to join Real Madrid. Because Real Madrid don't intend to pay a transfer fee now. They are waiting for the time they can sign him without a fee. This means Mbappe can join Real Madrid by next summer. In this time period I don't think he should choose to stay at PSG while he can earn this much money. |
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Galatasaray was terrible last night against Zalgiris. I think Zalgiris was physically much better than Galatasaray. Probably Galatasaray players are still living in holiday mentally. Galatasaray is just lucky that they could get draw so I am sure they will beat Zalgiris next match. Especially with Bakambu. But for next elimination matches we may see Galatasaray going back home much earlier than expected.
I totally agree with you on that. I don't know why Galatasaray had so much difficulty there. Maybe they couldn't get used to playing in that stadium or it is just about warming up for the new season just yet. Zalgiris found really important chances with through and long balls. If it wasn't for Muslera who knows how this match could have finished. Zalgiris defense was quite weak in fact. Galatasaray attackers were so comfortable at getting past defenders on one-on-ones. But the problem was with finishing skills. Zaniolo wasted some chances as well. However the rematch should be different than this. Galatasaray have a huge advantage in home stadium. I expect a comfortable win there. |
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Red Bull have the fastest car on the grid by far now. As Verstappen is one of the most skilled drivers too this combination brings about a huge domination in this sport. It was the same for Hamilton when we were in the turbo hybrid era. Now Red Bull have captured the domination from Mercedes. This is a domination sport I'm afraid so there will always be someone who wins nearly all the time unless the cars are equal.
Right now there is only a competition among the other drivers. As for the pool it is simple to predict the winner and pole position most of the time. But the more difficult part is generally to predict the whole drivers in top 10 and their placements at the same time.
We are watching a domination in teams like the 2016 Mercedes season. Mercedes drivers won all races except malaysia and spain (rosberg and hamilton clashed in spain and by a twist of fate verstappen had won that race). A domination in the pilots like Schumi's 2004 season and Vettel's 2013 season. (Schumi won 13 races in the 2004 season, again, Vettel won the last 9 races of the 2013 season in a row, as well as won 13 races that season.) Hamilton dominated between 2014-2020 (except the year Rosberg became champion), but Bottas and Vettel were a little close to him until a certain point in the season. If we come to this year, we are witnessing a heavy domination. As for the race, Verstappen is just at 1, we can say that the rest competed among themselves. I'm not sure I can enjoy this much of a domination, it is literally too much. Sometimes we get lucky about not seeing a heavy domination by only one driver. The 2021 season was just like that. Hamilton was still very fast with his Mercedes but he wasn't able to dominate as always. Red Bull started to close the gap with Mercedes very much. Verstappen took advantage of it and we watched an amazing competition in that season. We even watched these two drivers entering the last race week at equal points. This is just the kind of a competition I'm hoping to see in this sport. But in this new era only Red Bull are very fast. McLaren have made big progress but they are still far away from Red Bull. Mercedes aren't much different either. |
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I thought that Al-Hilal would offer a contract of a few years to Mbappe. But they have offered great conditions to him. He will earn that insane sum of money in only one season indeed. In this case I absolutely think that he should accept the deal and move on. 776m euros for one season, it is just an amazing deal!
They claim that Mbappe and Real Madrid have already agreed for a deal for next season by a free transfer. Meanwhile Mbappe can take this formula and earn that much money. I don't think it is meaningful for him to stay at PSG this season instead.
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Liverpool were really impressive in the 2021/22 season of the Champions League. They made it to the finale even though they couldn't become champions. But last season things went really sideways for Liverpool. They actually seemed better in the Champions League compared to their effort in the EPL. But still it wasn't enough to get even near the finale. Despite having a wonderful squad there were still serious issues to be solved in-team. We started to see them pulling themselves together only in late times of the season.
Mane's departure was another thing that affected their performance and especially Salah's in a negative way. But since they started to do better recently I will be expecting to see a stronger team this season.
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Ah, nothing feels better than smelling the sweet, sweet smell of an opponents tears if his name happens to be Igebotz. And I must also congratulate darxiami for ensuring CLS63 doesn't make it impossible for the chasing pack. Take it easy on me this time, ok? jeremypwr breathing down my neck, good luck brothers! My first time on top, I'll enjoy the view while it lasts. Re being late: As Harko said send early if you're busy tomorrow and use VAR if necessary  I knew that I was going to lose somewhere. I hope that darxioami manages to show the same performance on this week as well. As not even the half of the season has ended in the league everyone still has a chance. I'm going to play against slackovic this week. I hope I can manage to win this matchup. It was feeling really great to have that winning streak until this loss. I will gather more information about the fields of questions that I'm not very familiar with from now on. |
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