When it comes to the Dortmund - Chelsea matchup I can say that Chelsea is clearly the favourite side to advance.

Because they aren't performing here like they do in the English Premier League. We have seen better performances in the Champions League so far and this carried them to the lead in their group. I know that they didn't have a tough group on paper but Salzburg and Dinamo still made difficulties for them. But they were really successful against a bigger team like Milan. They defeated Milan in both matches. This might be a proof that they can show a similar level of performance against Dortmund also. I don't see Dortmund's defense being strong now. As long as Chelsea are productive in the matchup they should be able to get past Dortmund nicely.

By the way the odds for Chelsea to advance to the quarter-final are like these:

What a final it will be, the two teams am supporting playing against each other at the final. I love this generation of Argentina players in the national,they don't have the Aguero,Tevez,Higuian but they are very tight as a unit,they won the Copa America together, and they always want to win for Messi, I think that's the difference between them and the past Argentines, you hear players like Christian Romero saying they fight for Messi,you hear Martinez the goal keeper saying they have to win the Copa America because Messi needs to have a trophy for the national team.

Argentina literally had an exhibition game. You can't call this match a showdown. It is typical that you choose an opponent where you know you will not lose. I am also curious who will be the top scorer of the tournament. The bookies think Harry Kane, but why not Mbappe or Benzema? The number of goals in qualifying doesn't say much. If you are with a country like San Marino and you score 4 goals, what does that mean? Incidentally, I also heard that Senegal is number 20 on the FIFA ranking. Quite a high rating for this African country. What I also heard is that they managed to eliminate France in 2002. They are hungry for success, with Mane, the man in form but also the man who got injured unfortunately. I don't know if he can play the first game right away.

If Man United plans to make an offer of £60 million, Napoli easily refuse it since it is still below Osimhen's market value (£70 million). As far as I know, Napoli sets the price for Victor Osimhen above £100 million. A rumor stated that Napoli won't let Osimhen leaves the club if the offer is below £110 million. So, Man United must increase their offer if they are serious to sign Osimhen, they need to add more £50 million. On the other hand, Real Madrid is also interested to sign Victor Osimhen. Since Victor Osimhen plays in UCL, I think he prefers to join Real Madrid than Man United. I doubt if Victor Osimhen wants to play at Europa League.  

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The problem Barcelona is facing is not the quality of the players or their poor performance, this season Barcelona has performed well after bringing in several experienced players. The arrival of Kounde has made Barcelona's defense stronger, Kounde immediately adapted well and was able to partner perfectly with Araujo.

Improving Balde performance has also benefited Barcelona. This Wonderkid who graduated from La Masia always looks good when given minutes to play. Apart from having made it into the main squad, he is also able to play in two sectors at the same time as left back and right back.

The three midfielders who are always filled with talented young players have made many changes in Barcelona form of play, De Jong, Pedri and Gavi have made Barcelona midfield more solid and able to control the game well.
There is no need to doubt the attack line filled with Lewandowski, Barcelona could easily have looked for the winning goal when Lewandowski got the ball.

Barcelona only weakness this season is difficulty winning when facing big teams, Xavi must find the best strategy to achieve his goals this season, including being able to keep up with teams that are on par with the Barcelona squad.

The premier league is not meant for Manchester City alone. Let another team takes the trophy home than Manchester City.

I love how Arsenal is topping them with 5 points. At least Manchester City has a strong opponent challenging them to battle the EPL title race since no other club apart from Arsenal is in a good position of stopping Manchester City. The only club(Liverpool) that gives them a tough time is not in their best form this season.

It looks like this season is going to be really tough for Atletico Madrid. There is a huge drop in their performance these days. They have got only one win on the recent weeks. Simeone must be really frustrated with the recent results. They have already been eliminated in the Champions League as well and they aren't even in the Europa League.

All of these combined is a really big problem for the team. They were better than this in the previous season but something went wrong with them this season. Simeone might really think of leaving this team at the end of the season. They definitely need some big changes.

Bayern munich is no longer in doubt about their ability in the Champions League in the past few seasons they have continued to be a team that puts a lot of pressure on other teams. In the draw for the last 16 round, Bayern Munich faced Psg, where this match was a place to prove the quality of the team in this season Champions League competition. Both of these teams have the same quality players, but Bayern is more superior in the match that will take place in February. Mbappe really hoped he could embrace the UCL trophy this season but he faced a big obstacle because they had to beat Bayern Munich before going to the next round. can lionel messi help psg win ucl title, it's worth the wait.

If i am not mistaken last season Newcastle had poor performance even they have to fight to avoid relegation zone but apparently money talk more that after Newcastle acquired and changed owner Eddie Howe can spend more money to bought some of players and this makes he can build the team with good quality of players and the effect too for Newcastle performance that he can bringing Newcastle to survive on premier league and this season they were turn to strong contender for european zone and even Newcastle along with Arsenal is the teams who only lost once this season and can break the domination of strong teams such as Tottenham, Chelsea or even Liverpool

Personally I don't think the Dortmund team is strong. But their performance is completely erratic. They have several talented players in their squad. And Dortmund can beat any team if they perform well. On the other hand, the performance of their opponent Chelsea is not regular. If they can't bring in an experienced striker in the winter transfer window, their performance will not improve. The performance of their forward players is poor.

Cristiano Ronaldo's statement will be wild ball especially when he says there are 2 to 3 players who don't want him at the club. The name of his compatriot appears as one of these players, namely Bruno fernandez, no wonder when many speculate that one of the players is Bruno Fernandez because the way he plays is very different when Cristiano Ronaldo is in the line-up. Moreover, the issue has been around for a long time that the emotional relationship between Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno is indeed not good.
With him speaking up like that means he is ready with the consequences including sanctions and also being expelled from the club. But hopefully his problems today will not affect his performance in Portugal, because so many want to see him play optimally in the World Cup.

I have heard that Edouard Mendy might be thinking of leaving Chelsea at the first opportunity now. Because he seems like worried about not getting many opportunities in the starting eleven. This is of course a pretty valid reason for him to leave. However he actually played for 90 minutes in Chelsea's last two league matches. I think that this is already a proof that he is starting to take Kepa's place again. He conceded one goal in each one of these matches as well. Kepa conceded three goals against Brighton as you might be remembering.

Therefore I think that Mendy shouldn't be in a hurry now. There is even a long time for the next matches so he had better wait and see how much more he will be a part of the starting eleven. I don't think that Potter would cut him from it unless his effort goes down significantly.

In 2012, 2013 and 2014 we saw domination of Juventus. And they consistently won the title by dominating every desert. But after that they lost the truck. They are no longer able to win titles. After Cristiano Ronaldo joined Juventus we thought we would see Juventus dominate again. And they will do well in Champions League too. But this is not the case. Qualifying for the Champions League has been difficult for Juventus in the last few seasons. Juventus had a chance to win the title if they had played well from the start of this season.
But Napoli have been in great form this season. They are still unbeaten this season. They probably only drew two matches. If no accident happens, Napoli will win the Serie A title this season.

Between Arsenal and Barcelona I think the Gunner have bigger chance win Europe League this season how consistent performance on English Primer League, Barcelona managed first standing and the same with Arsenal but I think Primer League more compete than La Liga, actually Barcelona hasn't winning mentality against with bigger team like Real Madrid.

Barcelona still not safe position on Europe League because facing Manchester United on play off round before lead to next round and waiting drawing match, which one team face by Barcelona if win at play off round.

I wouldn’t be so happy if I was a Barcelona supporter. Because there are only two points clear of Real Madrid. And that is not a very big lead, to be honest. Obviously, this is positive for Barcelona considering that they lost to Real Madrid.

But Barcelona cannot afford to make any mistakes if they want to stay at the top of the table. And Xavi will have to bring the La Liga title to Barcelona because otherwise there will be consequences. He knows that very well. Barcelona does have some problems with the team. They will have to work hard to overcome those problems quickly. I am not only talking about money problems.

Osimhen might consider Carlo Ancelotti's offer when the transfer market opens next year. Hopefully, Carlo Ancelotti will try to give Osimhen confidence to go to Real Madrid, because at a young age, Osimhen has a lot of potential and had plenty of time to strengthen his skills at Real Madrid alongside many other professional players.

Garnacho after scoring the winning goal for Manchester United against Fulham, seems no stranger to this celebration. Yes, this is the GOAT celebration of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Garnacho has often been the winner for Manchester United, be it the English Premier League or the Europa League, Erik ten Hag must often give playing minutes for Garnacho and not be seen as just a Supersub. Next season, if Garnacho can be consistent in every appearance, it is not impossible that he will win the next Golden Boy award.

Maybe Manchester United got the win after a really challenging match. But things can't go on like this for them if they really want success in the future. For example, there are still huge problems in their attacking line. Rashford and Martial were just really bad today. They don't have the luxury of wasting this many absolute goal chances. The team were relying on their finishing skills most of the time. Their clumsiness just made things more difficult for the team to get the win.

Maybe Manchester United need an experienced and productive scorer now. Like Harry Kane I mean. But it is difficult for them to make this transfer happen in January of course. They will need to wait for the summer. However they won't be the only team after him most probably. If Bayern Munich join the race then Manchester United's chance might decrease too much. But it depends on whether Kane would like to stay in England.