Apart from that there are actually now some advantages and disadvantages between the two. The advantage of Xavi is that he can still bring Barcelona to an ideal position in La Liga which Koeman could not get due to various problems at that time but the drawback is that the scheme that Xavi applies to their game is still quite monotonous in each game so it is still easy to read and of course Champions League failure will continue to be discussed if you say Xavi's shortcomings.
In any case, conclusions can be drawn only at the end of the season and the only thing that can be said so far about Xavi's work is that Barcelona has already lost the chances of winning one title, namely the winner of the Champions League. However, at the same time it acquired a chance to win another title in the Europa League. By the way, maybe even this is for the best for Barcelona at the present moment, because it was very hard to believe in Braselona's chances of winning the Champions League, but winning the Europa League is much more tangible. Still, no matter what anyone says, but Koeman still won the Cup, the Copa del Rey, and Xavi has no trophies for the second year of work yet. But it looks like now for Xavi there will be a little problem, Some time ago in the local media I read that currently La Porta have intended to bring Arteta from Arsenal but this is still a rumor and this can happen if Xavi can't give a trophy to Barcelona at the end of the season. Obviously this is a reminder that Xavi can't relax especially with the current conditions where they are currently being widely praised when performing well in La Liga but criticism is now popping up when they fail in the Champions League so indeed this condition will not be too comfortable for Xavi anymore. |
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Frankfurt really did a wonderful job by defeating a much more experienced team in the Champions League like Sporting. Now they are moving on to next round and this should be a huge boost to their morale at the same time.
As there will be a long break until last 16 games they can focus on their Bundesliga games completely. They got a defeat by Dortmund the last time but I think they will manage to beat Augsburg next time.
They seem to be aiming to qualify first in the Champions League and after this they will focus more on the Bundesliga because if you see it is actually only a miracle when you see several teams qualify now especially for those who will face the champions in each group actually the expectations are very small. But for the Bundesliga they have to try to improve themselves because in the last 5 matches 2 defeats is definitely a blow in my opinion and they have to start again by having to win against Augsburg in the upcoming matches. |
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I thought Xavi had done a formidable job over his predecessor, Ronald Koeman. But now that I put the figures side by side, it appears that Koeman has done better? That is only on paper, because the game picture looks much better from Barcelona at the moment. They are fully into the title race with Real Madrid, who failed to win at home last week. So Real Madrid can also make mistakes, although I still think Real Madrid play more convincingly than Barcelona. We have mainly seen that in the mutual match, but also in the Champions League. It must be said that Barcelona had a very tough group. The cup can also fall in all directions for both. Xavi will certainly want to win at least 1 prize.
There was many comparaison between Koeman's era and Xavi's one and although they mentioned that Koeman had better results but the team is healthier under Xavi's management and it will require time to see better results imo. Apart from that there are actually now some advantages and disadvantages between the two. The advantage of Xavi is that he can still bring Barcelona to an ideal position in La Liga which Koeman could not get due to various problems at that time but the drawback is that the scheme that Xavi applies to their game is still quite monotonous in each game so it is still easy to read and of course Champions League failure will continue to be discussed if you say Xavi's shortcomings. |
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Let's see what will be doing by laporta. As far as i know there are some clubs were also interesting to sign messi if he will be leaving from PSG with free transfer. These clubs are intermiami and manchester city. I don't know if the list of club that shown interest will be increasing with the goes of time. Messi has been under radar by barcelona but xavi will decide that whether barcelona will try to bring back him or not.
There are so many rumours but these can be proven only during the next transfer season. I would like to see messi goes to the city rather than back to the barcelona.
Guardiola refused to transfer Messi even when he was at a normal age. Do you really think that now that Messi has grown old and his results have obviously fallen, something has changed? I'm wondering where you heard these stories from. In my opinion Messi's move to City is simply not possible, and a move to Barcelona cannot take place for financial reasons. I read some news that said about Pep's opinion about Messi and indeed he praised Messi but that doesn't mean this makes him want him. At the moment Pep is full of young players who are actually still promising and given Messi's age I agree with what you say because in the end it could be like Ronaldo at Manchester United. Age is still something that is difficult to fight for the Premier League. |
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In the florida cup during pre-season Arsenal were able to win 4-0. But it doesn't look like it can be the standard of tomorrow's game. If you look at the history of the games that have been played this season, Arsenal have not met a great team in the EPL. But in UEL they have gone through several defeats with other countries' teams. For in the EPL even they just fought Man United and lost. There was a game against Man City but it was postponed. Against Chelsea at the moment is a hard-to-guess game, Potter has changed their Chelsea for the better at the moment.
Chelsea were very good before the match with Brighton, but it is not clear how this match can be indicative because, in fact, the Brighton players basically wanted to prove to their former coach that they can play decently without him. In this match, Chelsea scored twice on their gate, it was strange match. But overall Chelsea are in great shape and could possibly show a good match against Arsenal. Arsenal are still in great shape and they have beaten Liverpool and Tottenham, they are strong clubs. In this case, I think that the strategies carried out by Potter have almost been imagined by Brighton so they immediately closed all possibilities that occurred and this was evident from the start that the Chelsea players could not move freely and here too the Brighton players were quite disciplined in my opinion. The game against Arsenal is clear for them to get points even though it is difficult but they have to do that because it would be a shame if they had to lose again when Potter is considered worthy enough now. |
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Real Madrid are playing like ace takes it all. He is really strong, even in his Liga he dictates the law without making any effort.
He is likely to win the Champions League again this year. Ancelotti will be delighted to do with Real Madrid what he did with Milan as a player.
Madrid is currently too strong for the group stage but to win of course they have to go back to being like last season because there will definitely be some strong teams ready to face it especially for now it looks like PSG and Manchester City still have a big chance to talk a lot later especially Manchester City, which is in great shape in my opinion with Haaland. |
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PSG will still be looking for a win in this match to be able to secure 1st place in Group H standings and so is Juventus but if you look at the performance and quality of these two teams, of course, it is very unlikely that Juventus can beat PSG, especially now Juventus still can't get out of the league. poor performance and they have also ensured themselves failed to qualify for the round of 16.
it will be an unbalanced game, PSG will be able to win easily I think.
PSG are stronger, but in the first match, Juventus did not play badly and even had chances to draw. In the second match, everything will depend on how much Juventus wants to continue their participation in the LE. Benfica will try to beat Maccabi and PSG will want to stay in first place. Alegre may want to beat PSG, it will raise his profile, it will also add confidence to the Juventus players, but can they do it? If we evaluate the squards of the teams, then there is no chance for Juventus, PSG is much stronger in this. PSG's current condition when compared to Juventus is clear they are much better. Schematic problems, finances and the number of core injuries for Juventus are not in their favor, so it will be very difficult for them to face PSG with the current conditions. They allow only to draw because to win with their current condition is clearly very unpredictable. |
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That would be difficult for Atletico,Sevilla and Juventus to secure their qualification by winning the Europa League,sure they have their chances but I think it will be very difficult for these teams to fight against teams like Barcelona,Arsenal and Manchester United which are stronger than them and they also want to win the Europa League.
In Champions League the favorites are those now as I doubt Bayern Leverkussen,Club Brugge,Benfica or the other teams can be real obstacles to them,so most likely the title will be disputed between those four teams.
This season will be a little different for the Europa League because there are quite a lot of teams that are actually big teams joining now. Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico, Ajax are clearly one of the challengers for clubs such as Manchester United, Arsenal, Freiburg and Lazio. But what I see in the Europa League now is that there seem to be a lot of representatives from La Liga because of course apart from the 3 transfer clubs from the Champions League in the group phase, Sociedad and Real Betis are still quite strong now and it is certain that they will qualify for the next phase. |
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They really became clowns at the start of this season.
It is not impossible when indeed results like this do not change then Klopp is another great coach after Tuchel who was sacked. Liverpool's condition is clearly quite alarming now.
Losing to Leeds, who have never won in the last few matches, is clearly a tremendous blow for them.
I think they are giving him a chance because he has done some wonderful things with this team and for this club. In my opinion, there is no other reason for them not to fire him at this point. In addition, I am also unable to understand what happened. Due to the fact that he was doing well with basically the same team last season. Mane can't be that impactful right? As far as I am concerned, his job is now under serious threat, even though nobody has said anything about it. As long as Liverpool does not improve quickly, he will have to be fired as soon as possible. Yesterday's defeat made most of their supporters push for Klopp's sacking and in fact this is still a bit reasonable considering that in this case fans always want to see the appearance of the club they like playing well but on the other hand their performance this season with last season is very much different. It's not only Mane's problem I think because if it's only about Mane of course they won't be weak until the defense but there are several other factors that make them currently unable to do well until week 12. |
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Today I read some news saying that Kane is now postponing talks with Spurs regarding his contract which is running out.
Although the main reason is that he wants to focus on the world cup but there will definitely be other indications in this and this makes Bayern confident in what they are doing now.
Apart from that, apart from Kane being the top priority, they are also now looking at Marcus Thuram's progress at Monchengladbach.
Harry Kane have announced about postponing talk extended contract or not until World Cup, actually many player did it not only Harry Kane still have one year later contract left with Spurs but also Lionel Messi did the same thing, he has announced to public about his contract extend or not with PSG until World Cup. Bayern have prepare another option if failed to signing Kane and seems Thuram still not good choose if later failed to sign in Kane, better find player have much experience than have to signing Thuram. But with things like this, it is clear that there will be other considerations because apart from being profitable for the club, watching matches in the national team also allows players to maximize their performance in the world cup because it is clear that this is a place to show skills for all players to be seen by football observers. . Do not rule out this will also be used by teams like Bayern to see some players who they think are suitable. Marcus Thuram is not very conspicuous at the moment but maybe Bayern need a younger age so he is looking for players who are under the productive age. |
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It is understandable that Ken loves his club but at a point in time one needs to choose between love and ambition. Such a time came in the career of Ken and he chose ambition which was to leave but he was not allowed to leave due to some shaddy agreement that he made during his contract signing. We are all saw how reluctant Kane was but continued playing for Tottenham until Conte came and persuaded him to continue playing for the club. Tottenham is doing great now, at the end of the season if they are unable to win any trophy, I am not sure that Kane may not continue to play for the club
Today I read some news saying that Kane is now postponing talks with Spurs regarding his contract which is running out. Although the main reason is that he wants to focus on the world cup but there will definitely be other indications in this and this makes Bayern confident in what they are doing now. Apart from that, apart from Kane being the top priority, they are also now looking at Marcus Thuram's progress at Monchengladbach. |
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I only have a question for you.
When they will sack Klopp?
I know he won everything, and he deserves respect but the situation is a disaster.
To me he is still there only because the decent Champions League he is doing
They really became clowns at the start of this season. It is not impossible when indeed results like this do not change then Klopp is another great coach after Tuchel who was sacked. Liverpool's condition is clearly quite alarming now. Losing to Leeds, who have never won in the last few matches, is clearly a tremendous blow for them. |
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Actually expecting something like that is not too wrong because Lewa is a targetman and Lewa can actually still be hopeful but the problem is that the supply given to Lewa in the last few matches is not very good which makes Lewa unable to play like she should.
With this condition there will actually be worries for Xavi but seeing the condition of Barcelona it will only stay like that because if they change the coach again it will be very difficult for their financial condition.
This will always be the problem of teams that rely on a player to get the needed results. In the case of Barcelona, opponents have began to understand that if the stop the flow of the ball to Robert Lewandowski, the team would become powerless in the attack. So the teams would device ways to block the aerial passes from the wings and chock-up the midfield to ensure that he doesn't get the ball. And Lewandowski don't have the strength to get ball from the midfield or run through the flanks because of his age. That is why Chelsea would always be an unpredictable team because even defenders a potential goalscorers. This is the problem Xavi is too focused on Lewandowski as a target man so that the scheme they do is quite clear to read from the start. Even though they have some typical midfielders and wing runners like Gavi or Pedri in midfield as well as Dembele, Ansu and Rafinha whose skills are actually above average but indeed Xavi seems to still want to continue with his tiki taka philosophy so that these players are not too maximum in performance. |
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Actually expecting something like that is not too wrong because Lewa is a targetman and Lewa can actually still be hopeful but the problem is that the supply given to Lewa in the last few matches is not very good which makes Lewa unable to play like she should. As far as I know, Lewandowski is the target man in the Barcelona striker and I admit that. But I also think in the last few games especially against Inter and Bayern, Lewandowski was really struggling to find the ball because the opposing defense cut off the flow of the ball for him. This means that Barcelona's strategy in 4 matches is really easy to read by opponents, especially Bayern Munich. Xavi's scheme was really readable in this match and they focused more on the defense which was constantly under attack which made it very difficult for Lewandowski to find space and find rhythm as Barcelona's midfield had been dominated by Bayern and Inter in their matches. With this condition there will actually be worries for Xavi but seeing the condition of Barcelona it will only stay like that because if they change the coach again it will be very difficult for their financial condition. Of course it will be difficult, but there are only two good choices and that is to give him full support or find a replacement. Finding a replacement at this time is difficult, so like it or not, full support must be done because regardless of their financial condition, which is now under threat, especially with the issue of player salaries, it is quite difficult to compensate Xavi while looking for a new coach. |
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The access to the online casinos is simple and easy while the local casinos are only limited to some people, i mean there is not physical casinos everywhere. Only the big cities has them, so, not all of us have the option to decide, our only option are online casinos.
I have been in tons of online casinos, but in real ones just like 5 times, and the experience in the real ones is totally different, real casinos are have crazy ambient.
This is because our adrenaline is more pumped when we are in a land-based casino. Actually this is a natural thing because when we are online all we see is a screen that visualizes gambling but when we are in a land-based casino it will obviously be a little different because indeed what we feel and see is real and we can even feel the sensation of holding chips which are actually very different from seeing the balance that we deposit at the online casino. |
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I will not say that the Barcelona team is not strong. Barcelona's team is strong enough. They have a lot of talented players in their squad. But the problem is that it is very difficult to make predictions about Barcelona's performance. Because there is no consistency in their performance. Barcelona does not perform well against big teams. Barcelona has several weaknesses. It is a shame that a renowned team like Barcelona will be eliminated from the Champions League in the first round. Xavi will definitely want to perform well in the Europa League and La Liga. I think if Barcelona's defence is strong they will be able to win the La Liga title. The main problem I identify with Barcelona in the Champions League is that they rely heavily on Lewandowski for make goal, secondly they don't have good options for defenders when their main players are injured. Nobody thought they would fail in the early stages (group stage), but that's how it is. I suspect Xavi is really worried about his future now especially if Barcelona also fail in the Europa League, Laliga or Copa del Rey. If Xavi fails for all those titles, then I don't know why Laporta wants to keep him longer. I admit he is great, but the team needs to win and the title. Actually expecting something like that is not too wrong because Lewa is a targetman and Lewa can actually still be hopeful but the problem is that the supply given to Lewa in the last few matches is not very good which makes Lewa unable to play like she should. With this condition there will actually be worries for Xavi but seeing the condition of Barcelona it will only stay like that because if they change the coach again it will be very difficult for their financial condition. |
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In general it is not too late for Liverpool if they want to rise from adversity at the start of this season, but Liverpool need to work hard for this because Liverpool already have to catch up on points from their rivals in the Premier League. Because now top teams like Arsenal and Manchester City are very difficult to beat because they are both very consistent in playing in any match.
They obviously expected that but indeed until now things like this still can't come true considering in their last few games that I have seen everything is still the same. They are still struggling with their current internal problems. There are several injured players as well which makes it even more difficult for Liverpool because there are indeed several important figures who must be absent. |
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So it be a boomerang for Xavi, also history against Bayern has been the worst record for Barcelona in the UCL after Messi left, Barcelona could not win against Bayern. Many of us assume that Barcelona got stronger when Xavi became a manager, but in fact the UCL target cannot be achieved perfectly even at this time in La Liga it is stuck in the runner up position. Yeah, Barcelona can only beat Weak teams with their squad which now Barcelona can't afford to play against big clubs, it's a big problem for Xavi and for "sacking" you are right the board has no other choice of coach due to financial problems.
Actually in this case even when Messi was there they couldn't beat Bayern as I remember and even we also know that the 2-8 tragedy occurred during the Messi Era at that time. This is not Messi's problem but indeed Barcelona has always bowed down when facing Bayern in Champions League matches but they have also had to bow down this season due to defeat and unexpected results from Inter which made them have to settle for returning to the Europa League. |
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@hd49728 Xavi started well, but he’s trying hard to please the board by taking decisions like keeping De Jong out of the team or playing him in defence and when a coach does that it effects the entire team’s morale. Furthermore even though they’re out of the champions league they can yet challenge for the La Liga title if Xavi choses player’s on their merits and tweaks his system to accommodate his current set of player’s, but if he choses to repeat his mistakes then he’ll not win the league title this season too. It only happened a while after that De Jong was back again in the end and even now lol. In this case it may be true that Xavi is one of the bearers of blessings but for him who has not qualified for the Champions League for 2 seasons in a row even with the current condition of the players who can be said to be very good, this is clearly not a defense that can be done because this is a mistake that is definitely difficult received. |
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Haaland just got injured against dortmund in the champions match, Guardiola Not Sure Haaland Can Defend City Against Leicester, but I'm sure without Haaland Manchester City can easily win the game against Leicester this weekend, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola predicts star striker Erling Haaland will miss this weekend's game against Leicester
I was very interested in this information (how could I miss it) and I tried to find it in the news, but it looks like you mixed something up since there is no evidence for this. Haaland regularly suffered from microtraumas in Borussia, but in City he is doing well so far and Guardiola stated that Haaland would play with City physios every three days without any problems (which, by the way, surprised me, since it is unlikely that City physios are so much better than their counterparts from Borussia). It's just a minor injury and there was a fever which was bothering him so he was taken off the pitch but it's not too serious as Pep has also said Haaland is okay and just needs a few days rest. But even if that's the case for Leicester City it's actually a bit doubtful for Haaland and Joao in this case hopefully they can be fit again, but even if not I'm still not too doubtful about their quality even without Haaland. |
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