Anyone watching the Netherlands vs Pakistan ODI match? The Dutch had an excellent start, and at one point Pakistan were struggling at 18/1 after 8 overs. But then Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam started smashing the Dutch bowlers all around the park. Imam-ul-Haq really strugled and went back to the pavilion after making 2 runs from 19 balls. This match is a part of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League, but the outcome doesn't matter anymore. Pakistan has already qualified to the world cup, and Netherlands doesn't have any chance of staying in top-8.
As far as I can tell by watching the scoreboard, both Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam seem to be in good spirits. The Dutch bowlers were thrashed around the park by well settled batsmen. Agha Salman and Naseem Shah are making their ODI debuts, though most of the regular players are in the Pakistan squad! It will be interesting to see which team wins. In my opinion, Pakistan has a better chance of winning this game. |
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There's no sign that Frenkie De Jong's drama will end early. Frenkie De Jong's offer to Manchester United has expired. Despite their offer, he refused to join. United should give up on him and find other options for him. This boy would be a good addition to Chelsea's middle, since the club needs more options.
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Yes, you are correct. People used to HODL precious and not give in to fiat right away in days long gone. Nevertheless, sentiments can change very quickly since markets are influenced by many factors, but I am most concerned with the lack of volume at the moment. No matter how the merge plays out, I believe the ETH ecosystem will continue to pump. Until either of those things happens, I'll ride the wave. It will take me until late September or early October to sell my house.
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Messi is back in form and gets along very well with Neymar but more than the opponent the players are fighting for the ball with their teammates especially Mbappe has been extremely selfish in the last few games he does not pass to his idle teammates. It was always clear that Mbappe was a star but never a superstar. He had aspects of improvement over the course of five years but he never had the vision to become the best player in the world. Selfish actions are very noticeable next to a player like Messi. PSG management needs to resolve the jealousy within the team as soon as possible.
The trio of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe are playing brilliantly. However, Messi could not score a goal. Even so, Messi's performance was good enough. On the other hand, Neymar scored two goals and Mbappe scored one. Neymar and Mbappe's chemistry with Messi is getting better, resulting in PSG's overall performance. Galtier's match formation seems quite useful to me. PSG's gameplay will be more stable in this 3-4-1-2 formation if PSG's defenders are able to play well. Mbappe, Messi, and Neymar are developing mutual understanding, which is a good sign. In particular, Neymar is having a great start to the season with five goals and three assists. It appears that the majority are angry at Messi for not scoring or providing an assist. As long as they play with teamwork, PSG will never be able to win over teams that play with goals. The coach Galtier has a clear identity; he is a good coach. It is my hope that he will be able to resolve this issue in a satisfactory manner. |
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What an unexpected loss for sevilla team, i guess i was a bit surprised since they showed a good performance in their friendly games, they faced ossasuna team in an away game it was a tight one either one could've won it i think the draw was the most fair result.
Both had good performances in that match and a win for Osasuna at home is a great thing too. So it seemed very fair because both clubs were fighting tremendously to get the win, but Osasuna benefited more in that match because they were able to take advantage of every opportunity that came up very well. Osasuna dominate the primary match of the season, what a good start! A ridiculous beginning for Sevilla, and they'll suffer this season without Diego and Jules. They were prepared to get such result, how can a team play at high level with let go of two central backline! They haven't made any vital substitution, perhaps for financial reasons. |
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Giving a target of 190 runs in T20 is not less but more like a target to continue the winning streak. But Ireland's Belfast Stadium is a fairly batting friendly pitch. So a 190 plus target for Ireland doesn't seem too difficult in my view. Let's see who wins in the end.
Afghanistan won the match by 22 runs. Irish batting collapsed, and only four of the batsmen scored double digits (Lorcan Tucker, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany and Fionn Hand). Paul Stirling had yet another poor outing, as he was dismissed for a duck. At one point, Ireland was at 85/7, before the partnership between Fionn Hand and George Dockrell took them to a decent total. Only positive was that Tucker and Dockrell continues to be in good form, and Hand scored some quick runs towards the end. Ireland needs to win at least one of the remaining matches to win the series. Totally splendid rebound, and a dominant presentation by Afghanistan keeps the series alive, at the same time Ireland just need one win to grab the series trophy. It was genuinely necessary for Afghanistan yet I wonder why they couldn't win the first two matches! Afghanistan bounce back strongly, we can hope that they will win the remaining two matches and win the series. |
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The race for la Liga starts today with opening match between Osasuna versus Sevilla. It'll be really scary in laliga this season. Barcelona is sufficient to convince us that the laliga game won't be that easy, and will give intense battle as they made incredible signing this season. Let's see whether the reign of Barca start their mastery in Spain once more. It's absolutely impossible that individuals really accept Real Madrid will win it again as just simply.
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Barcelona right now can afford to register all 7 players with the finish of the fourth economic lever with Pique's second pay decrease. Very inconceivable how the things betrayed Barcelona, yet right things settle. But why it's necessary for the club boost to get new players instead of trying to limit their debt? Is it good? They need to quit purchasing this multitude of players while they don't have cash.
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As a result of the Ethereum Merge, Ethereum is already at its highest level since June. The price of ETH has since risen to $1,919, indicating that traders are feeling bullish again. We are just around the corner from the Ethereum Merge, and hype will not go away overnight, so it is very likely that Eth may hit $2000 within a few days. My attention is focused on the final merge update scheduled for September 19.
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As a result of Barcelona's financial problems, authority asked their players for a pay cut as a way to survive. As a loyal member of the club, Pique is here to prove his loyalty. As a gesture of goodwill, he has offered to play for the Barcelona board for free. Despite the fact that he is not permitted to play for free. He is allowed to take a wage cut of up to 50% under league rules. My best wishes are with Barcelona, but they really need to address this matter.
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It seems that Zimbabwe did not take this match seriously because they already had won the series with Bangladesh. I am saying this because no one can expect Zimbabwe could lose by more than 100 runs. It was a golden chance for Zimbabwe to clean sweep and make history but they did not avail of it. Nevertheless, they have won the series, and this want matters in the end.
I don't think that their attitude was different from what they had in the initial matches. They are playing without their best bowler (Blessing Muzarabani, out injured). And apart from a few players such as Sikandar Raza, Wessly Madhevere, Luke Jongwe and Richard Ngarava, most of the playing XI was composed of very inexperienced players. Regis Chakabva couldn't play because of injury and Craig Ervine and Sean Williams were not available for selection. Can't expect Zimbabwe to win, when they are playing without most of their regular players. It's pretty clear that Zimbabwe squad missing out lots of regular players, and they suffered. Additionally Bangladeshi bowlers moved forward with ball to stay away from clean sweep. Like Mustafizur, Hussain, Islam stepped up once again. Bangladesh has bounce back, and that was normal. If Zimbabwe batted as previous the outcome could have different. |
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Just 3 days left until the opening La Liga game, here is the list of Barcelona's players who have not yet registered:
Robert Lewandowski, Franck Kessié, Andreas Christensen, Raphinha, Ousmane Dembélé, Jules Koundé and Sergi Roberto.
Despite Barcelona's desire to sign players, the club lacks the funds to do so. Barca's board does have plans, I believe. It is hoped that the magic will soon begin to work. We can just consider them being registered. The registrations can be done at the last minute, which will solve all the problems.
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Manchester United is currently eyeing Arnautovic, a 33-year-old player who played an important role at Bologna, hearing these rumors is certainly a question mark for us why Erik Ten Hag wants to sign Arnautovic because currently MU still has Ronaldo and Martial as strikers so Arnautovic's presence will make The MU squad has three strikers, could it be that Erik Ten Hag doesn't believe in Ronaldo and Martial's appearance as strikers so far, so they want to bring in Arnautovic.
In response to United's 7.6m bid being rejected, they will not go after Marko Arnautovic. In the end, United moved on to other targets. I wish Man United's decision was reasonable and that fans are going to be pleased with it. Arnautovic is in no way to blame for this purchase, but it is merely a panic purchase in the first place. Their panic decisions might be the result of desperation. |
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Does anyone think that Ireland got a chance for today's match? They have lost their last 5 T20I matches, while Afghanistan has won 4 out of their last 5 (including one against Bangladesh and three against Zimbabwe). Most of Ireland's key players are available including Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie, George Dockrell, Josh Little, Andy McBrine and Harry Tector. Afghanistan has also sent a very strong side including Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi. I won't be surprised if Afghans sweep the series 5-0.
Ireland though has lost their last few matches. But their opponent was New Zealand. New Zealand is very strong compared to Ireland. Even so, every match was very competitive. Ireland's batsmen batted well in every match. The performance of the Ireland team has improved a lot. But Afghanistan is not a weak team. Afghanistan is undoubtedly favorite in this series. However, Ireland's players have a chance to prove themselves in this series. It will be a good competition between Ireland and Afghanistan cricket team. Since the match is being played at Belfast, this would mean that Ireland will have added home advantage. In the previous matches between these two teams, Afghanistan had the advantage but this will be a different game in a different environment so results may differ. First match of the five-match series will be played at Belfast between Afghanistan and Ireland. Stats show Afghanistan to be the clear favorite here. Afghanistan and Ireland have played 19 matches, with Afghanistan winning 14 and Ireland winning 4. It would reduce the gap of winning ratio if Ireland won the game, by taking advantage of home advantage. |
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Sikandar Raza and Regis Chakabva continued their outstanding run chase. A 201 partnership between Sikandar Raza and Chakabva took the team to victory after they were 49/4. Sikandar Raza scored back-to-back centuries with three wickets in this match as well. I congratulate the Zimbabwe Cricket Team. This team has grown in recent years, which is very pleasing to see. In international competition, it is impressive to defeat a competitive team.
This is major win for Zimbabwe in recent years. I don't remember Zimbabwe has beaten any test playing team in recent years. Bangladesh recently has beaten WI in odi series which tells the level of Bangladesh team. Sikandar is just like what shakib is to Bangladesh. Zimbabwe were once 49/4 but Raza and the captain Chakabva changed the whole game. This is a humiliating defeat for Bangladesh and major series win for Zimbabwe after 5 years. Raza not only contributed through his bat but also took 3 wickets. He is one of kind of all rounder who can change the future of Zimbabwe's cricket. How did they prolong this match after the fall of four wickets early? It is against Bangladesh who have a good reputation in ODI matches. Undoubtedly, their batting line-up showed great courage. If they can maintain this consistency then they can build resistance against any of the biggest team. Sikandar Raja is batting brilliantly in every match and Bangladeshi bowlers are bowling very badly. Especially the performance of Bangladeshi pace bowlers is very bad. I really missed Shakib in this series. If Shakib was with the squad, maybe Bangladesh would not have been defeated so badly. However, Bangladesh might get a consolation win in the last match of the series. In the first ODI, Sikander Raza scored an outstanding innings and shared a great partnership with Kaia, and in the second ODI, Sikander Raza partnered with Chakabva to lead the team to victory. As of now, Zimbabwe has already won the series 2-0, and Bangladesh could be wiped out in the series. Bangladeshi pace bowling unit completely failed in this game, while Zimbabwe's team performed absolutely ruthlessly. There seems to be a lot of missing for their all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. |
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Manchester City started the EPL season very well, they won the match against WHU by scoring 2 goals without conceding. The unique fact is, according to match statistics, Manchester City made 14 shots and only 2 shots on target which means Haaland is the real hero for Manchester City in this match.
He proved that he was not only playing well in the Bundesliga, but in the EPL as well.
He was scoring all of goals for the manchester city. it seems like this can be a signal he may become a very strong candidate to get top scorer in the EPL for this season. The performance of manchester city was growing even better. If haaland can always at the top performance and manchester city can easily beat any club. I hope that sometime i will see manchester city can against barcelona in UCL but this time manchester city become the strongest candidate for club that was potentially winning the current season. I consider that liverpool is the only worthy competitor for manchester city. Chelsea and another big club are still under perform. Arsenal looks good at this moment too. I'm absolutely blown away by City's performance. As usual, dominating the game from beginning to end. The money you spend on Erling Haaland is well worth it. A huge win, a huge three points. There can be no question that Erling Haaland is one of the most promising upcoming world class soccer players. His legendary status at City begins there. That's really impressive how Pep is turning City into such a powerful team and playing such beautiful football. It's likely that Man City will remain at the top this season, and the rest of the clubs will follow. |
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PSG made a great start to league 1. He defeated his opponent with a result of 5-0. In this match, Messi and Neymar turned it into a show, and it was clear from their faces that they were really enjoyable even at the beginning of the match. Messi's last goal is so epic. A clean check followed by a clean finish. These two are really playing football as if they are dancing. I am very curious about how they will be against more difficult opponents in the champions league this year.
Messi and Neymar had a funny party in the game utilizing the opportunity they had to convert their chances to goals. This is how you rate a team with so much stars that are in good shape and form, to their coach who was astonished by their performance, I think we will get to see more of this great show of performance when Mbappe is fully back from his injury. About the goals last night, starting from the first goal and the last goal of Messi was spectacular this shows that when a team is in good form, you will see a lot of excellent performance. Good start to the reigning champions, congratulations to them on making their fans so proud. It is impossible to explain the greatness of Messi and Neymar duo, both of them are capable of destroying anyone they face. Messi was watched by the majority of them, including the opposing team. When Messi scored his first bicycle kick, rival fans began applauding and chanting his name as a sign of greatness. Both Messi and Neymar have a great connection, and they seem to be having a great season. |
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With this defense system and available players for it, Manchester United will have a difficult season. Ten Hag can not change much if he only have not good defenders. Ronaldo is in as a replacement and there is only one goal difference now. I don't expect two more goals for Manchester United and 3 points for them. It is more realistic to find one more goal and get one point from Brighton.
With the score that Man United gets, there will be many evaluations that will certainly be carried out by Erik Ten Hag. The players look lost and like without a clear strategy. Both the front, center, and back lines are almost undirected. It turned out that Brighton was more prepared than we thought. In a closely guarded final minute, I was amazed to see the Brighton defender doing his job so well. It was yet another Brighton victory over Manchester United. Erik ten Hag is faced with the shocking reality that Fred and McTominay will never work together, no matter how tactically skilled he is. Premier League season begins with Manchester United losing 2-1 to Brighton. Erik ten Hag is off to a rocky start. The team just needs a good defensive midfielder. Only then will they be able to win many matches. |
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Bangladesh is slowly heading towards defeat in the second ODI match as well. Bangladesh had given a target of 291 runs. Zimbabwe scored 30 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the first 10 overs. And at the end of 30 overs, Zimbabwe scored 157 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. Sikander Raja and Regis Chakabva put up a partnership of 108 runs. If this pair cannot break, Bangladesh will lose this match too and will lose the ODI series like the T20 series. I did not think that I will see such a bad performance of Bangladeshi bowlers.
LOL.. once again it is Sikandar Raza. But the required run rate has now topped 7 runs per over. Both Raza and Chakabva needs to step up the scoring rate. The series can be sealed today if Zimbabwe chases down the total. There is hope for Zimbabwe fans as long as Sikandar Raza is still around. Raza and Chakabva have a good partnership, both are on the verge of centuries. Similarly to the first ODI, Bangladeshi bowlers have been unproductive, so how can they help Bangladesh level the series? Let's hope for the best. |
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