Today both Messi and mbappe made history in football. Messi has scored his 700th goal in football and that is a very monumental record to achieve in football. In the other hand mbappe has scored his 200th goal for PSG and that is a very wonderful achievement at his age and considering the time he arrived the club
I weren't aware of these information. Messi achieved something when he played with PSG at least For Mbappe, he is a great player and he requires a good team in a better league so he can shine more. Today's PSG victory limited the advance of Marseille and since Monaco and Lens dropped points too in this round then the gap is getting bigger with 8 points.
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Barcelona took the first shot on goal in the 80th minute. After this minute, Barcelona came a few more times, but they could not find the only goal they were looking for. With this defeat, the difference between Real Madrid and Barcelona fell to seven. This defeat, while Barcelona seems relieved, assuming that they were eliminated from UEFA. The results on paper started not going well for the targets. It is really interesting that such a strong offensive team could not shoot a single accurate shot into the goal until the eighty minute.
I didn't expect to see Barcelona losing vs Almeria even if it was 1-0.. The defeat they got in Europa League impacted the team? They resisted pretty much vs ManU there before failing.. Almeria defence was good in this match and Barcelona were clueless. Another upset before Copa del Rey vs Real Madrid this Thursday. The points difference are 7 between these two teams.
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Monaco lost by 3 goals to 0 vs Nice shrinking the result between 3rd and 4th team Lens that have the same number of points with the others. Marseille 0-1 PSG after 25 minutes with Mbappe scoring the goal. 8 points between these two teams will be good for PSG to concentrate and give all they can vs Bayern. PSG has to score another goal or two and let Mbappe and Messi rest to avoid seeing them injured like Kimpembe wow another goal : 0-2! by Messi
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However this is unlikely to happen and Bayern might punish Union tomorrow.
Now that was a soft punishment: Bayern 3 - 0 Union Berlin and of course Bayern took back the first place from Dortmund as fast as they could. The Bayern machine is scoring 3x what they receive as goals! And the most interesting part is that they don't have any player in the top 3 most scorer in Bundesliga nor in assistant too. Musiala is the 4th in both categories and the team has many players that score and assist.
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Bologna 1 - 0 Inter! Surprise! With such defeats, Napoli mission become easier. They only have to win 8 matches from the 14th left! Milan is playing right now vs Atalanta. Milan could join Inter in number of points and Atalanta could get back temporarily to the Champions League spots. Milan is favourite here.
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RESULT:
Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United
Manchester United won the game with two first half goals. What a turnaround from the team that lost to both Brighton and Brentford as the beginning of the season. They are still in the FA Cup and Europa League as well as chasing for the Premier League.
As for Newcastle, there are many positives to take because the ideas of the new manager will take time to implement and they are clearly in need of strengthening their squad. If they manage to finish the season in the top four it will be a massive achievement.
Congratulations to ManU for winning EFL Cup and good luck for them to win other competitions. They can do it and win Europa League especially after kicking one of the best teams: Barcelona out. In FA Cup, there isn't many top teams left except City and Spurs. I am impressed with their performance after their horrible start this season in EPL and they deserve to lift something. For Newcastle, they did pretty well and this team might have a bright future.
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Dunno for how long Chelsea will act like a clown. It is an embarrassment for their fans. Some of them even threatened the coach which reflects how bad the situation there and it could degenerate further. Today they lost with 2-0 vs Spurs, 2 successive defeats and 6 matches without a win. Their defeats outnumbered their victory Next match vs Leeds, hopefully they could win this time..
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Lyon and Lille got their 3 points while Lens just got 1 points. Lens has 7 points difference from PSG and might increase to 10 points if PSG win vs Marseille. Lille might overtake Lens position if Lens keep dropping points. Media are focusing on PSG - Marseille match, at a point you forgot another important game between Monaco and Nice.
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Real Sociedad lost vs Valencia and Real Madrid got only a draw vs ATM! The difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid is 7 points until now and might become 10 once they win against Almeria. In two words, Real Madrid is no more enthusiastic about EPL and their importance is dedicated to UCL this season
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And the woes continues for the toothless lion, I mean Liverpool, they couldn't find the back of the net yet again, and this time it's against... -snip-
Liverpool failure is a big question since months now. They are sitting in the 7th place but they risk to lose in ranking by the end of this round. Chelsea isn't any better, they are toothless and harmless lion.. They have to face Spurs in tomorrow's game and their odds are slightly lower. Could they make a surprise?
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For Osimhen it will be probably the last year in Italy. I don't think Napoli can refuse a potential offer of 120m this summer.
Keep also in mind Napoli is under investigation for the capital gain did when they bought him (the same kind of operation where Juventus got a punishment).
Yeah It was already reported before the winter transfer window that he most likely will change direction to another league. He is a key player for Napoli and after winning the scudetto this year, they will let him go to another club. The affair is still on investigation and if points deduction will happen, Napoli will remain in the first place.
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The 2 matches tomorrow are the things that the most are really waiting for. Bayern-Union Berlin, Freiburg-Leverkusen will really be interesting to watch as this week closes. The conditions will be very decisive because if one of them loses, whether it's any club, it's still very possible for the standings to change. Bayern and Union we already know that will change on the other hand Freiburg is also still not safe in terms of the current conditions so this is really worth watching
Dortmund took the first place from Bayern, at least temporarily, and Bayern will retaliate for sure since they are playing home vs Union and their odds are way better. The best scenario for Dortmund is to see a draw between these two. However this is unlikely to happen and Bayern might punish Union tomorrow. In this round, Schalke and Hertha interestingly won their games and M'Gladbach was defeated by 4 goals to 0..
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Messi would probably do the same thing he did before. He would rather be free agent first to see if he can get an agreement with Barcelona again. Then he would make his final decision about his future. If it doesn't happen then I think he would play for PSG one more year at least.
I don't think Messi will go to Arab or US leagues. He is a legend. He should leave football in a way that suits a legend. After the contract with PSG is finished, if he signed a 1 -year contract with Barcelona and leaves football, he will complete a great career. Messi does not need to go to Arab or US leagues. Messi will not be as helpless as Ronaldo. I think there will be big clubs that want to see him at least one more season in Europe. Messi will play another season or two in Europe, maybe another year in PSG, maybe he will move to Barcelona next season, maybe he will try EPL or another league although I highly doubt about it. After 1-2 additional years in Europe he will whether retire in his home or retire in a Saudi Arabia or US. It depends from the offers that will be submitted by all parties.
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EPL 25th round started with Fulham and Wolves games. Wolves are leading by 1 goal after half an hour of the game although Fulham seemed to be favourite and playing home.. Newcastle - Brighton match scheduled tomorrow was postponed since Newcastle will face ManU in EFL Cup this Sunday in the final game. ManU are favourites in my opinion.
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Arsenal will face Sporting and will most likely pass to the next stage. Union and Leverkusen are favourites too. Hardest match in this draw is Roma - Sociedad then Juventus - Freiburg then ManU - Betis. The first too are unpredictable and we might see Roma and Juve leaving both or one of them. ManU is better than Betis for sure but Betis is a good team and might resist a bit.
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Real Madrid needs to save their players and chance the team in every single match. They cannot continue to play all matches with the same team. Players are getting injured and i think this might be a big problem for them to finish the season well.
Real Madrid has key players that their absence will affect the team much and the substitutes cannot fully replace them. This is the case for most teams BTW and Real Madrid isn't an exception. Whenever Benzema is injured for example, Real Madrid results aren't top comparing to his presence and so on.. Real Madrid will most likely pass to the next stage in Champions League but they have to fix the mistakes made in the defence line..
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It can be really difficult for Liverpool to focus on their next Premier League game after that huge loss. But they no other option than focusing on it. Mathematically they still have a chance for even top four. They need to do their best until the end to see how things go. If they can't make it to the Champions League again as well then they will have achieved literally nothing this season.
Even if they do this it is still going to be a poor season for them of course. Because a team like Liverpool shouldn't finish a season without a single title.
Liverpool advantage is that they are lacking 2 matches so they can theoretically get 6 points and advance near Newcastle which already lacks 1 match by the way. Liverpool is favourite vs Crystal Palace and Wolves but definitely will have hard time vs ManU and Real Madrid in March, without mentioning City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs in April. I don't have much confidence on them and I feel they will play in EL or Conference League next season, at best.
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Sheriff tiraspol team managed an incredible comeback today, i didn't expect them to qualify after losing at home 1 0 and despite being behind in today's game they managed to win 3 1 and secure a position in the next round.
Sheriff, Anderlecht and Basel made a comeback in the second leg and kicked Partizan, Ludogorets and Trabzon respectively. Sheriff mission was harder after the first goal received, since they had to score 3 goals to qualify and they did it! Basel scored 2 goals to pass while Anderlecht had to play penalties to pass. Gent will play penalties vs Qarabag..
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Chelsea to play against Tottenham in its upcoming match. Will this be a winning match for them, as the pressure gets built to win the match. Chelsea have made plans of relieving more English contingent in the summer balance the budget. Same time there are discussions that Chelsea could add Neymar. Zidane too eyed by the management as the team have be underperforming for a long.
Chelsea is currently in trouble. They are losing points and thus in ranking. Their last victory date to more than a month ago and their odds vs Spurs are lower and risk to lose more points. I heard that Zidane is thinking about joining EPL and Chelsea might be a choice. Not an easy job since it is like building a team from the scratch, just like what happened with ManU this year.. Otherwise in Champions League, Chelsea might got kicked by Dortmund by the second leg.
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So Barcelona got kicked again from European competitions and this time was by ManU. Both legs weren't easy and while Barcelona enjoyed their goal in the first half, ManU shot them with 2 goals in the second half and they are out! Sevilla was lucky to not receive another goal or else the game might extended and who knows what could happen. Italians passed and scored 2 goals for Roma and 3 for Juve. Germans passed too, especially Leverkusen since they had a very hard game vs Monaco. Rennes is the only French team that left and they are playing right now the extra time vs Donetsk since the aggregate is 2-2
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