After defeating Dortmund by 3-2 away, Bayern Munich are four points ahead of them now. And considering their next opponents, I can say that the current look of the top two won't change. Bayern Munich can defeat Mainz home. Their last head-to-head in Allianz Arena was really interesting but Bayern Munich still won by 5-2. And Dortmund have an away game against Bochum. This is also an easy game for them and they can maintain the gap with Bayern in the league standings.
Yes, Bayern must win their match if nothing extraordinary happens. However, any team tries to show the best in a match against such an opponent as Bayern, another question is that not everyone succeeds, and the level of Bavaria is still higher. I don't think the result of the previous full-time match will have a strong impact on this match. It is rather worth taking into account the latest matches and potential problems with the squad. It seems that the club from Munich is quite normal here. But as for the match between Bochum and Borussia Dortmund, I am not so sure about the victory of Borussia, especially since Dortmund will host the match. Bochum may well take points away from the favorite. |
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I have heard some news claiming that Jos Verstappen made a statement like Verstappen is ready for giving his best for winning the title. This could mean anything at this point.  Verstappen wouldn't be scared of pushing his luck for the title in this race. Hamilton should get ready for every kind of attack in this race. Because I believe that the last race was a sign for it. Of course Verstappen will try everything to become the world champion. This would be his first title and with the new cars coming in the next season no one knows where they will stand then. So you can never know if you have another shot for the championship title in the near future again. Also i think the statement of Verstappens father is really nothing special and i don't think that it indicates that he would also do illegal or shady things like provoking a crash to take hamilton out of the race, not because he would not do such things but simply because everyone is watching him so closely now and i don't think he is stupid enough to do such things in the last race. Nevertheless, I hope that the last stage will take place in a more or less pure struggle, and I am even more confident in this. It is clear that at any outcome of the race there will be dissatisfied participants, but the most important thing is to avoid absolutely dirty actions such as intentional accidents. According to the previous race, it was perfectly clear that Hamilton was afraid of a collision like fire and this played a cruel joke on him, that on the contrary, because of this, there was contact with Verstappen at the end of the race, fortunately for Lewis, which did not end with fatal damage to the car. I think that Verstappen and Red Bull will try to repeat the tactics as in Saudi Arabia, when the car will be set up more to win qualifying than for the race itself and the main goal will be to get in front of Hamilton at the start and then try to hold the position. |
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The Madrid derby is going to be quite interesting. But I think it is already obvious that Real Madrid are the most performing team considering the sides in this game. They are doing a great job in the La Liga now. They already have a decent gap with their nearest opponent in the standings. And when it comes to the head-to-head games, Atletico Madrid couldn't have beaten Real Madrid away in the La Liga for 5 years. And I won't be astonished if Real Madrid get a win here.
We are going to see an important match both in terms of the signboard and the tournament situation. If anyone is able to take away points from the current Real Madrid, then Atletico is perfectly suited for this role. Moreover, Atletico successfully decided in its favor the issue of reaching the next stage of the Champions League. It is also a great chance to correct some unsuccessful results in a face-to-face meeting and immediately get closer to the leader of the championship or at least not let the leader break away from himself. Also, not everything is clear with the appearance in the match of Benzema, who has made a huge contribution to the success of Real Madrid in recent matches and whose participation in the derby would certainly not be superfluous. |
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If we look at the squad played by Bayern, it looks like Bayern are playing their main player, meaning that Bayern really want to beat Barcelona. Even though Bayern don't have to win games to be able to win Group E, it seems that Bayern want to achieve perfect results. And finally Bayern won very convincingly against Barcelona, With this result Bayern want to show other teams that they are very serious about winning every game
in the Champions League. Apart from Bayern, there are several other teams that have achieved perfect results, such as Liverpool and Ajax. For Bayern and Liverpool I still understand they achieved perfect results, because they both have a lot of star players. But Ajax achieving a perfect result surprised me a bit, even Ajax managed to humiliate Dortmund twice. Since Erik ten Hag became the coach of Ajax, Ajax's performance has
been extraordinary.
Yes, the current Liverpool and Bayern are distinguished by the fact that these teams try to play for victory in any match. Therefore, even in this match, which was more important for Barcelona, Bayern still looked better and were more worthy of victory. Bayern also managed to deprive Barcelona of its signature feature, which previously usually distinguished it from other clubs, namely a higher percentage of possession of the ball. Also, a competent financial policy can be attributed to the plus of Bavaria, when the club correlates its financial capabilities and transfer policy and a situation similar to the one that developed in Barcelona, in Bayern in its current state is impossible in principle. |
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I believe it happens because these officials aren't prepared to occupy the spots they do inside the public administration. Many of these people are put there by politicians to act in a political way, what means they don't have technical knowledge and experience to deal with technical matters, like crypto currencies, so they end giving inaccurate statements when confronted by reality, like the one presented in OP.
Not only that, but these officials are also totally harmful to their countries, because as they are clueless about what to do, they end presenting disastrous solutions through regulations to what they consider a problem, that is bitcoin and decentralized crypto currencies in general usage.
Cryptocurrencies and blockchain are relatively new solutions, and therefore it should not be surprising that officials do not fully understand the issue and treat it with some prejudice. Also, one should not neglect such a factor that such officials reason exclusively from the side of state benefits and see cryptocurrencies as a threat to already established economic relations and the functioning of the state machine. Therefore, such statements are often justified not by incompetence in this matter, but by partiality, which sometimes borders on rejection of new phenomena and trends. Therefore, let's hope that time will put everything in its place and cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies will get along perfectly and complement each other around the world. |
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Has that information been passed around? I haven't heard anything about Pogba leaving...
Pogba has clearly shown the indication to leave on a free transfer this summer and its everywhere in the news. Manchester United offered him another contract but he refused to sign it so this pretty much mean that he is done with the team. Unless the team offer him a ridiculous amount of money then I dont think he is going to stay but that cant be done, there is no way that they could afford that much with Ronaldo in the team Apparently I let it slip past my ears over the summer. Then the question remains where he can go, I do not know why, but I do not see him at any top club, except Manchester United, he already looks like a native there, but at other clubs I can hardly imagine him. Do you think he will leave in winter or next summer? Accordingly to spanish newspaper Marca, I've read Pogba was seen in conversation with the president of PSG recently, leading to rumours that could be his possible next destiny. Another possible team would be Real Madrid, which has already attempted to hire Pogba in the past, although without success due to the high sums of money asked by Manchester United to free him. But now the situation is different since there won't be any costs involved for the transfer process at the end of the season. That could be finally Real Madrid's opportunity to make a contract with Pogba! Wherever Pogba is not sent to continue his career by the all-knowing media The only thing we can talk about with full confidence is that to a club that is willing to pay high wages and lifting fees to Pogba himself, as well as good agency payments to Mino Raiola. As for Real Madrid, I'm not entirely sure that the club agrees to satisfy all the financial desires of Pogba himself and his agent. Still, this is not a promising and already yielding young footballer like Mbappe or Haaland, for whom you can make concessions and who in the future can bring even greater benefits and lift your club to new heights. There is rather more faith in the option with Paris Saint Germain, who have both the desire and, most importantly, the financial means to strengthen the squad. |
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It is a big day tomorrow for Milan! It is the same for Porto and Atletico Madrid too of course. But I must admit that I'm favoring Milan in this group to advance to the next round. They are going to have a very difficult job against Liverpool even though Liverpool have guaranteed their place and the game is in San Siro. Milan have to play extra careful to achieve what they aim. They will have an important missing player in their defense, Kjaer as he's got injured. But they are still very good at attacking and scoring. They just need to focus to be able to win. Yes, it would have been an interesting final of the fight in the group stage, when Milan, who failed the first round of the stage, miraculously reached the next stage. Another question is what Liverpool thinks about this wonderful event. I am not sure that Klopp and his players are very eager to finish the group tournament with defeat, despite the fact that all tournament tasks have already been solved at this stage. Also, do not forget in this situation that not everything depends on Milan and a lot, if not everything, will be decided in a parallel match between Atletico Madrid and Porto, who also have a great desire to continue fighting in the most prestigious competition of the Old World. |
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Whatever that race was and whatever happened in it, I think Verstappen and Red Bull would’ve gotten the same result even if he didn’t make that mistake in sector 3 at Q3 and started at pole during the race.
Hamilton’s pace in that Mercedes was really fast. It’s almost like they just discovered something they should’ve discovered at the start of the season.
Anyway it’s the guy who finishes with more points win. Both drivers are tied in championship points. When was the last time something like this happened?
It was in the distant year of 1974 in which I weren't born yet at that time,don't know about you but I think most forum users are under 40 as Bitcoin is a new technology so I think most of us were not born at that time.It is exactly 47 years later that we are experiencing the same.However the same scenario will mostly repeat itself as it happened in Saudi Arabia,even here in Abu Dhabi as the track is a fast one so most likely only luck can give Redbull and Verstappen the title.If they were to race in normal conditions Mercedes will have an easy win. The only hope Red Bull and Max Verstappen can have is for a scenario similar to the one that happened in Saudi Arabia. That is, a lot of collisions, constant stops and restarts and successful not-quite-obvious decisions on tactics. Max should be grateful that thanks to these events, Bottas was dropped from the fight for second place and was able to intervene in the fight for the podium only in the last meters of the race. In any case, Mercedes look more powerful and should win the race in a good way, but no one is immune from accidents and anything can happen, both with Mercedes and with Red Bulls. Also, a third player can interfere in their direct struggle, as happened at a certain stage of the race when Esteban Ocon intervened. |
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By the look of things I think Inter Milan will be Champions of Italy for another time this year.They have showed the best football and they have only one lost game while the 4 draws are mostly because of bad luck,they have thrown away a lot of goal scoring occasions during those games.In the latest game against Roma they showed a great football and they were superior in all aspects compared to a team which want to do something good like Roma.Sure there are 20 games remaining until the end but all the statistics shows them as the superior team so far in Serie A.
This season all the teams in the top three which are AC Milan, Inter Milan, and Napoli have the same chances of winning this League title. Because they are only one point separated then each other and all of them have shown some real commitment and good football. At first, I had Napoli in my mind but they have given up their position in the league because of some losses. Right now I think both Inter Milan and AC Milan have better chances to win the league title but I am still counting on Napoli to make a good performance. It is still too early to draw far-reaching conclusions from the past games, because most of the championship is still ahead. Let's not forget how last year Milan also led at a certain stage, but still in the end their sworn friends from Inter became champions. For now, we can just say that Milan looks better and more stable than the other contenders for the Scudetto, but exactly the same thing a few rounds ago could have been said about a completely different club and this club was Napoli  It's just that Napoli had a bad week and after a missed victory over Sassuolo, a defeat from Atalanta, which scored a good move under the leadership of Gasperini, followed. |
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I think it is Xavi who can determine which players are needed by Barcelona, but still the absolute decision lies with the club management in determining whether to buy or not the players proposed by Xavi, with Barcelona current financial condition, I think Barcelona will not be too active to buy players in January, maybe they will only prioritize players who may act as strikers to replace messi.
Currently barcelona is in a transitional position and of course they need time to be able to restore their former glory again.
In barcelona's case it is even worse, management decides on who will leave very harshly. Everyone acted like it was financially responsible and a forced situation to send Messi and not sign him again but it was clear 100% that they could have send other players. Messi got paid 70 million, drop his salary to 30-40, and in order to pay that extra, just send away griezzman, send busquets, pique and do not get aguero, dembele, sent pjanic already and many other smaller details. This would have kept Messi at the club, they just rather keep the other players that's all. This results with the consequences of Barcelona becoming worse, and I am 99% sure that they will not let Xavi deal with roster management at all, they will just handle who will leave and who will come and they will give Xavi a team and then ask him to do better. Which he can't, impossible to do that. This whole Barcelona FO needs to go and a decent one needs to replace it. In any case, in such big clubs as Barcelona, the head coach cannot be above the club management and dictate terms about the transfer company. I think Xavi understands this perfectly, just as he understands where he came from and on what terms. He may be allowed more as a club legend, but still everything has boundaries and limits. Therefore, of course, Xavi may have his own preferences for candidates and even veto some transfers, for example, there is information that it was Xavi who blocked the likely transfer deal for Cavani from Manchester United in January, which Barcelona President Laporta personally worked on. Or vice versa, Alves will start playing for the club in January with Xavi's approval. |
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If crystal palace had tried more they would have gotten results against Manchester United,but they where not brave enough to press more,if am Wilfred Zaha I would leave that club for Newcastle this January, because he is wasting his time there,for the new Manchester United coach I won't be too quick to praise him because I didn't see anything big in winning crystal palace 1-0. I've said it above because I think fans just have to wait for the next few Manchester United games if they want to judge the quality of the coach. Rangnick is not a big name in European football and of course I wouldn't be praising him so quickly. I want to see how Manchester United play against a big team with Rangnick, it will be really fun. Isn't it a little early to expect miracles from Rangnik? The German specialist has just taken charge of the club and therefore you should not expect drastic changes in the game and that now Manchester United will now go through all the clubs with a skating rink and now smash all the favorites with a big score. Such changes usually do not happen quickly and it takes some time for the head coach to instill his vision of tactical formations in his new wards and for the players to be imbued with the coach's ideas and successfully put all this into practice. Therefore, we need to rejoice at the victory over a modest club, because this allows us at least to keep up with the leaders and continue to keep our hopes in the fight for the title this season. |
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I'm watching F1 for long time already, but it was one of craziest races I ever saw. Max behaviour is so dirty. Maybe even more dirty than Shumacher. And we saw again how struggle to handle pressure and it can cost him Champion title. But it's worth to mention his amazing restart from P3 to P1. And I haven't saw such emotional TotoWolf for long time - first he almost brake table after accident and later celebrated win like crazy. Bottas drag race against Occon and P3 on finish line was cherry on top for Mercedes. Now constructor's trophy is almost in their hands. In one my post I predicted that we may see safety cars and red flags on the race, but it was difficult to expect such crazy things. All square before las round - did we ever had both title contenders with same amount of points before last race? WTF they are doing with the rules.
The director of the race is doing offers to give positions at the restart.
THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE AND IT IS NOT ON RULES.
WTF he is doing.
It was really epic, but in previous seasons we haven't heard conversations between teams and FIA, so, maybe it didn't happened for the first time. Indeed, we do not know about whether such negotiations have taken place before and something tells me that this has already happened, but it simply was not brought to the public's attention. With all the incredible finish and jump to the podium right at the finish line, Bottas once again failed to wedge himself between Hamilton and Verstappen to provide Lewis with at least a minimal gap before the final race. It is significant that Max did not stay on the balcony after the award ceremony and immediately left, leaving Mercedes representatives to celebrate their success alone. Red Bull's bet on tuning the car just to win qualifying did not work, because in the race, Hamilton's car still looked faster despite the hard type of tires. |
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Brandt scored in the 5' minute while Lewandowski scored in the 7', a sweet win for Bayern
I kept saying that Lewandowski will play with a lot more harshly and will try his best, I didn't even come close because I know that Lewandowski is capable of doing even better, one goal was counter attack and another was from penalty so it wasn't really just pure talent that allowed him to score twice. In the end they still managed to win, could have even scored the fourth goal very easily without the keeper, that was a funny scene to watch but didn't matter in the end since they won anyway. All in all a great klassiker to be honest, Haaland scored a great banger once again, I assumed he would shoot on the left side of the goal because that side was more open, dude literally shot around everyone on the right side, that kid has some amazing future and I believe he will be one of the best scorers ever to play this game by the time he hangs his boots. Let's hope that injuries and other incoming factors will not be able to prevent Haaland from having an amazing career, because the initial data and results are brilliant so far. Now the most important thing is to find a decent club that will allow you to open your career to the fullest and not make a mistake with the choice in pursuit of a huge contract that will be negotiated from applicants by a well-known agent. In addition to the direct confrontation between the players of Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, I was also very impressed by the third party on the football field in the form of flocks of pigeons, who, by their appearance on the edges of the football field, tried to help their hometown club in this battle, but their efforts unfortunately were not crowned with success |
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Manchester United are really on the rise now. It was Ralf Rangnick's first game with the team also and it must be very pleasing for him to get his first win in his first game. It was a 1-0 win though but their effort was not bad. By defeating Crystal Palace 1-0, Manchester United are maintaining their win streak. This is their second win in a row and as long as they play focusedly they can continue on this win streak. They need to pull themselves together so bad and they are doing a quite good job so far.
Who deserves the most credit here, Crystal Palace who defended quite well on uniteds turf or Manchester United who hard a tough time trying to break palaces defence? Anyway both put up a good fight and United came out on top which was a result that removed pressure off the managers first game. Imagine if United lost, it would have been a different story. Actually, Rangnik became the first German coach who managed to start the English championship with a victory. For example, neither the Bug nor Tuchel managed to do this. Although, of course, this is only a local success, which so far says nothing about Rangnik's future as a coach in England. Also, Rangnik himself was quite critical before the match about the level of play of his players, that he must accept the existing level of players and will not be able to turn his players into pressure nostrums in two, three or four weeks. It is also worth recalling that Crystal Palace is not so simple and has already beaten Tottenham 3-0 and won against Manchester City 2-0. |
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Very convincing victory from Juventus versus Genoa.
They only won by 2-0 but they deserved more, only a super Sirigu saved 2-3 goals.
This is a good path and Juventus still has 3-4 easy games to recover some points in the leaderboard.
11 points away from the leader ac milan , it's not something impossible for juventus to catch everyone above them and get back the 1st spot by the end of the season , a lot of people doubted that juventus could recover and back to where they belong but now it seems inch away! i actually hoping for ac milan to win the league but a good competition actually could be entertaining! Yes, if Juventus continues to win, then there are good chances to catch up with the leaders. In any case, the leaders do not look invincible and allow the loss of tournament points, and the loss of Napoli five points in the last two matches in general cost the club the loss of the current first place in the standings. The victory over the current Genoa can hardly be considered indicative, given the current results of the team before that and only one victory won. Also, Genoa was unable to land a single shot on Juventus' goal, while Juventus had the initiative and territorial advantage throughout the match. And it is still completely unclear at the expense of what Shevchenko will be able to reverse the situation in Genoa. |
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As told you 2 months ago we needed to wait until December to see the real strength of Napoli. Until November they got a super-easy calendar. Now they lost of points and the main favorite for winning the league is Inter.
Tonight they lost 2-3 vs Atalanta who most likely will end the season above Napoli. I agree with you, Napoli, with this defeat, showed that they don't have the strength to win Serie A, Napoli's next matches will probably be difficult. they have a game against Milan on the 19th and then they will play against juventus on January 6th and I think they will lose or draw in those two games and that will make them lose more points, while Inter have easier games until that day. January 16th. Inter has a greater chance of being champion even though I think Ac Milan will win the Serie A this season but I don't think that Napoli's loss today means or shows that they can't compete for the title, Atalanta is not a weak team and they played well and better tham Napoli today, if Napoli keep losing points in a lot of matches we can say that they don't have what it takes to win the league, we're still only half way through. It's just that Atalanta is also fighting for high positions in the championship and it's hard to call this club a simple rival. Therefore, defeat in this match in no way means the end of Napoli's fight for the title. Although, of course, in any case, it is unpleasant to lose the first position in the table, because this can shake the club's confidence in its abilities. In any case, even an ultralight calendar does not guarantee an easy passage of the distance and many clubs give up their hopes for the title when they cannot beat rivals who are not fighting for high positions on a regular basis. You can beat the favorites as much as you want, but the title goes to winning over most rivals, regardless of their status. |
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I must admit that I'm really sad for Max Verstappen after the qualifying session. Because I think that he definitely deserved to take the pole position. He was coming with two purple sectors but he just messed up his chance on the last turn. He pushed so hard that he lost the control of his car a little and it caused him to hit the barriers. Jos Verstappen was so angry to see it also. But despite this incident, Verstappen already proved that he is faster than Hamilton on this track. As long as he is focused like this and doesn't make such a mistake again, he can still win this race.
Only the first position in the qualification can serve as proof, and this did not happen. Let's hope that Verstappen won't be able to win the race tomorrow to keep the intrigue in the championship Qualifying was successful for Mercedes and the team managed to win the first two positions at the start, but these positions will need to be held, and Max showed in previous races that he can show a great start. Therefore, in the end, a lot will depend on the start and what pace the Mercedes and Red Bull cars will show during the race. Also, let's not forget about Ferrari and Leclerc, who finished fourth in qualifying and can also make adjustments to the fight at the start. |
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Who else feels like if Chelsea loose in their next game, that it is going to be difficult catching up with Manchester city and Liverpool who are very good contenders as well for the title. It is very difficult to say conclusively who will end this season as winner because the coaches of the top three teams right now Pep, klopp and tuchel are very good. fingers are still crossed to see what Rangrick will bring to the table for MUFC.
This is the premier league and even if Chelsea does end up losing a couple of more points in the coming weeks, they can still end up winning the league (not like I want them to  ) but that's just how the premier league is. Even Liverpool and City can still lose points in the coming weeks. The premier league is about to get more interesting than it has been for years now since we have more than one top team with really good managers and great squads all competing for the title. The intrigue swirled even more. There is still too much time before the end of the season to say that Chelsea's chances of winning the title have greatly decreased after this defeat. The championship has not even crossed its equator yet and other teams still have chances to join the fight for the title, because the current leaders at some point may lose speed and lose points at an increased pace. Therefore, there are still chances for teams like Manchester United, it's just time to stabilize the game and the results and start getting closer to the leaders. In any case, I would like to believe that the championship will not slide quickly to another confrontation between Manchester City and Liverpool. |
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PSG was again lucky in the end they scored Mbappe made a killer cross and Wijnaldum was able score a nice header. Pochettino again got lucky not to lose the game,PSG is playing so bad as a team so many errors,such a superstar team but they are struggling each match
PSG narrowly escaped the defeat with the goal of Wijnaldum during injury time. Two consecutive draw for PSG in Ligue 1, but it hasn't created any impact on their position. They are at the top and they will remain their for sure. It's true that PSG players hasn't played a perfect match yet. They have the best strikers. Neymar is out of the squad for his injury, still they have all of the good players. The collection of best players can't do anything if there isn't a perfect combination between them. The result can still be called positive for Paris Saint-Germain and the gap from the nearest rivals still remains quite comfortable, also this draw did not allow Lance to reduce the gap. Therefore, you should not scold Paris Saint Germain too much yet, because with all their problems with the leaders and the game, the team continues to score points and form a framework of team interactions, taking into account the presence or absence of their superstars in the squad. Because at the moment there is no Neymar, which also makes its own adjustments to the drawing of the game. Ramos, who seems to have just made his debut in the squad, is experiencing muscle problems again. Messi is also not yet bringing results to the team as usual. Therefore, the presence of superstars sometimes complicates the team game on the contrary, because you constantly have to adjust to their presence or vice versa absence. |
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Barcelona isn't able to maintain a longer winning streak. They have played well today, but I didn't expect that they will loss the match today in their home condition. Most probably they won't be able to play in the next UCL season.
I thought Atletico will win today, but the first half ended without any goal. Now it seems like the match will end as a draw.
It takes only 3 games for xavi to suffering the first lost , everyone must be fuming about this afer the overconfident that has been expressed everywhere. juanmi stunner are really destroyed xavi clean career to have a good start .. but well yeah he came in the very worst time so that is just normal maybe. i just feel pretty confident to bet against barcelona in the next champions league match against bayern munich, as i was going to bet for barcelona to win .. against the odds! but now i think i have to change the plan lol. Yes, it happened quite quickly and Barcelona lost the first match under Xavi's leadership. As I said earlier, the current Barcelona does not have such a margin to confidently beat teams like Betis. Moreover, Betis also had his reasons for achieving a positive result in the match with Barcelona and it happened. Moreover, now Betis has improved its tournament position and has already reached third place, and the coach of the Pellegrini team beat Barcelona for the first time since 2008. Also important may be the fact that Barcelona still has a decisive match with Bayern and Xavi, along with the team, was forced to reckon with this, for example, deciding to save de Jong because of this. |
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