Actually for Napoli I think keeping a few players and getting a draw is still pretty good as long as they can focus first on the Champions League. The margin is still quite far even though the hope remains that they will win the match.
But if it's like that the tough competition like the previous season will really be lost for this season's trophy hunt.
Regarding the actual situation, I am confident to say that Napoli could be declared the scudetto winner unless in case of points reduction sanction like Juve. The gap is quite big first. We are talking about 15 points difference here. Second, the teams that are supposed to follow them are throwing points generously. For example, Inter, Lazio and Roma dropped 5 points in the last 5 games while Napoli dropped only 3. Napoli could fight in Champions League while trying to maintain their secure distance from the others. |
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This is a welcome development and a goodnews to Manchester United fans. I read that Osimhen met Ighalo for advice about Manchester United move and Ighano encouraged him to make the move. CryptopreneurBrainboss is saying that Drogba was supposed to do same work Ighalo is doing. But if you look well, Ighalo is closer to Osimhen than Drogba. Because both Ighalo and Osimhen are from Nigeria. Osimhen is the best scorer and one of the best players in Serie A. He shined with Napoli and I doubt he will continue there and for sure Napoli will not keep him since they will earn a fortune once they sell him. Napoli still have another good player that needs more attention which is Kvaratskhelia. This player has a brilliant future too at a point Napoli fans warned about letting him go. |
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Bayern and Spurs might win and pass according to the odds shown in bookies. These teams have a big advantage of playing home, especially Bayern that is leading with 1 goal in aggregate. For Spurs they need to score two goals to pass which is a hard mission. Milan should not be underestimated too. Overall, I think Bayern will pass and I don't have any feelings for the two other laggy and unstable teams. |
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Dortmund and Bayern Munich are neck and neck. Both have 49 points and neither wants to drop points. This week bayern Munich will host augsburg at home. Dortmund will travel to schalke 04 away. Both of them don't have very difficult matches when we look at them. I don't think there will be any surprises this week. I see wolfsburg- union berlin as the important match of the week. It is difficult to predict because it is possible for both sides to win the match.
Dortmund and Bayern are in a heavy competition for the Bundesliga title and for advancing to the final stage of Champions League. Unfortunately Dortmund didn't make it since they lost vs Chelsea although the advantage they had in the first leg. Bayern and Leipzig left in the race and Bayern future will be determined tomorrow. Since Dortmund is now out from UCL, they will focus more on Bundesliga and partially on DFB-Pokal. |
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Chelsea did very well tonight, I didn't expect them to win the match but they did, that's nice of them. For Chelsea to win today's match that mans Chelsea is unbeatable this season and I think their team is now developed. Based on the routine tonight Chelsea will take the league this season,
Chelsea will take what? They will take nothing in my opinion. EPL is a dream, they aren't in the FA Cup and already lost EFL Cup, Champions League is their only hope and I believe they will kicked from the race soon. They were lucky to not face one of the biggest club, yet Dortmund won vs them in the first leg but they managed to reverse everything in the second leg. Congrats for them passing to the quarter finals anyway. |
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The last game to be played this round was between Osasuna and Celta Vigo... ~ I think a draw is probable here unless big mistakes. And indeed the game between Osasuna and Celta Vigo ended with a draw as expected. Osasuna might look to play better but in the end, they just got 1 point.
Atletico Madrid have made a really good improvement recently. There is a very visible progress in their latest results in the league.
Do not focus much on one game played by ATM to confirm their improvement. It has been a while where ATM is fluctuating much. They have good players and an old school coach, yet they still miss points. Scoring 6 goals was good but it doesn't look far from Liverpool victory with 7 goals vs ManU. It might happen but will not definitely happen again that way. |
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I expect Brentford to surprise and win
1-1 now and the game is still very exciting to watch. Brentford 3 - 2 Fulham. The game was indeed interesting to watch and Brentford didn't miss the opportunity to consolidate its position. They still have 2 more games to play in order to have equal number of points as the other teams. They can even be before Liverpool in the ranking. |
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But, Manchester United still could be also in good shape as now they are looking for their second trophy out of the four in this season under coach ten Haq which was criticized in Ronaldo exit case, but now he is changing completely environment club for the long run, and we can expect good interesting matches as now they are going back into their golden era.
Ten Hag might be blamed for many things but CR7 exit shouldn't be the case when you look at the team how much it improved and find somewhat a balanced game style. Even the humiliating defeat vs Liverpool lately will not change the fact that the team is improved and is a real contender for FA Cup and Europa League. |
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This season in Ligue 1, Toulouse's form is Average overall with 9 wins, 5 draws, and 12 losses. This performance currently places Toulouse at 12th out of 20 teams in the Ligue 1 Table, winning 35% of matches. Toulouse's home form is average with the following results : 6 wins, 4 draws, and 4 losses. And their away form is considered poor, as a result of 3 wins, 1 draws, and 8 losses. Toulouse has scored a total of 41 goals this season in Ligue 1. They really need to improve in other to avoid sliding downward in the league table.
For Toulouse, being in the middle of the table is an achievement for a team newly coming from Ligue 2. They aren't that top and they aren't that bad neither. They are 10 points away from the relegation zone. The 3 defeats in the last 3 games aren't helping for sure but the team have to collect points from other games to stay safe. I don't expect them to play for an European competition so they have just to not relegate. |
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Match between Dortmund and schalke, Dortmund performance has been rated very excellent, the host team has been up in their games lately, with this performance their game with schalke will be in their favour consider their recent form and the good record they possess over the visiting team, schalke on the other hand seem not to be doing well this season so Dortmund might utilize this lapses to get the 3points of the match.
Dortmund will play vs Schalke just after its Champions League game vs Chelsea. Since Dortmund doesn't have a clear advantage in the first leg, then it will take that game seriously. In Schalke game, Dortmund is playing away vs a team that is trying at every cost to get out of the relegation zone. So far Schalke shrank the gap and might escape once it secure 3 points against Dortmund, even though the odds are in favour of Dortmund obviously. |
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Returning to the Napoli - Atalanta match, I don't expect Napoli to lose again. But I'm not sure about a win anyway after seeing that result. Besides Napoli don't have a very good history in home matches against Atalanta in the recent years also.
Napoli defeat vs Lazio was unexpected but after all it can occur for any team. Even Bayern, City and Real Madrid lose vs weaker teams from time to time. Now Napoli - Atalanta is an interesting match between good teams. Obviously Napoli is favourite and more stable comparing to Atalanta, yet the latter team fluctuations make me a little worried that they might outperform and make Napoli lose that game again. Overall, Napoli to win for me. |
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Brentford didn't lose a game since 12 rounds from 23 played. Fulham have better points since they played 2 more matches than Brentford but the latter have better statistics when you consider the games difference. I expect Brentford to surprise and win |
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We didn't see many goals in yesterday's games, but there were important matches and results that will affect the course of the league. Barcelona beat Valencia 1-0 at home. Barcelona managed to break Valencia's resistance by scoring an early goal, but couldn't reflect this in the second half. A missed penalty early in the second half and a red card afterwards left Valencia in control of the game. But Valencia couldn't find a goal and the match ended 1-0.
The other important match of the day was real Madrid, who drew away to betis. With this loss, the point difference with Barcelona increased to 9 points. It would have been better for them if they had won this match. Betis are a team in form and they play well. It was also difficult to beat them at home and real madrid couldn't do it.
La Liga games in this round ended mostly with few goals and with one goal difference except for ATM where they scored 6 goals in Sevilla goalie and Villarreal which ended the match with 2 goals to 0. The last game to be played this round was between Osasuna and Celta Vigo with quite close odds. That match is important for Celta Vigo to get away a little from the relegation zone and for Osasuna to get closer from European competitions. I think a draw is probable here unless big mistakes. |
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No one thought Liverpool would win the match with a score of 7 - 0, this is very extraordinary when Liverpool seem to have lost their strength this season being able to score 7 goals in 1 game against MU who is currently in 3rd position. Liverpool have 1 game remaining, if this 1 match Liverpool wins, it will equalize the points with Tottenham, and it will open Liverpool to 4th position to seize the opportunity to play in the UCL next season.
Liverpool could guarantee a Champions League spot once they stop losing points randomly. Their 7 goals victory against ManU send many messages to the other teams but that doesn't mean they are fine and we will forget their previous defeats. In April they will face City, Arsenal and Chelsea successively. These games will be very important to decide whether Liverpool will have a chance for a UCL spot or not |
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But United has a very poor preparation due to the loss in the competition against Liverpool, you would normally say that will also be in the heads of the players.
I doubt this will be the case for Manchester United. Their defeat will pass and it will be a lesson for them in order to not repeat it. Real Betis is a good team and they will annoy ManU for sure but the latter is better and I expect the red devils to pass personally. |
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No chance indeed statistically for liverpool to get through the next phase .
Real madrid way too great in champions league , to have such incredible comeback ... it might occured once in a century , it's not impossible ... but it's hard to realize it so yeah the numbers won't lie , real madrid always dominant in champions league.
Liverpool knocked today Manchester United with 7 goals to 0 while Real Madrid failed to win against Real Betis. Of course these results in domestic leagues have nothing to do with Champions League but Liverpool sent a message today for Real Madrid that they will fight hard. Hopefully it will be a good game and might the best team pass. |
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Kane is a guarantee of goals and he still has at least 4-5 productive years ahead of him, so this is quite a fair pay. His current contract is until the summer of 2024, so there is not much pressure on Tottenham in terms of timing, as if the contract expires in a year and they can ask for adequate payment for him.
2004 contracts are close and teams start to renew it if they are interested in keeping the player or will try to sell it at a lower cost in the summer transfer window or half the price in the winter transfer window rather than letting him go for free in 2024. What I didn't understand in Kane is his, or his agent, point of view to keep playing in Spurs although their failure as a team. He cannot improve their at the opposite of City or Real Madrid example. |
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It's really unbelievable that they conceded 6 goals in the second half in a game that ended 1-0 in the first half. I hope Manchester united won't be affected too much by this defeat and they should continue their form from where they left off. Nothing is over.
I read in the news that Salah become the most goal scorer in Liverpool history. Since I didn't follow the match, I thought that he simply scored and the result might be a draw but 7 goals scored by Liverpool vs 0 for ManU is beyond my imagination lol. That might be a silly joke to tell. ManU who are in their best performance since years, lost vs Liverpool who are in their worst season. Worst part is indeed the 6 goals scored in the second half. 2 goals scored in 3 minutes and 4 goals scored in 22 minutes.. That's a sad day in the red part of Manchester  |
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Meanwhile, AS Roma has taken a 1-0 lead against Juventus, which will therefore fall even further behind in the battle for European football. It was already a lost season, but the team from Turin cannot really afford these kinds of defeats.
Roma 1 - 0 Juventus... The old lady is in deep trouble and grabbing whatever place for an European competition seems to be challenging with such defeats. Without the 15 points sanction, Juve would be near Inter now.. Milan has a stability problem and might risk a Champions League spot too if they will continue like that. |
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Despite being goalless the game between Rennes and marseille is really entertaining the first half was open and both teams had various chances of scoring especially Rennes i think they might regret it in the second half if marseille team can score the first goal, there are high stakes in the game a win for both teams will solidify their current position.
Rennes 0-1 Marseille with only few minutes left in the game. Marseille goal was scored in the beginning of the second half. With such victory, Marseille could keep the gap at 8 points and prohibit Rennes from getting closer to Lens and Monaco. So far PSG is dominating the league again after being close to the other teams, namely Lens and Marseille. They still can't keep up with PSG and fail to grab the league title from it. |
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