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201  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: December 25, 2023, 04:54:49 PM
Even though both of them don't look very good at the moment, Barcelona's performance in the Champions League cannot be underestimated, while Napoli experienced a much worse decline compared to Barcelona, but at least both teams still have a chance to qualify for the next round. If both of them are able to perform the best and surprising I myself really support Barcelona because in terms of squad and experience, Barcelona is further ahead of Napoli, so I might favor Barcelona more, but that doesn't mean I underestimate Napoli, it's just that this match is a little difficult for of us to predict.
Barcelona and Napoli now have their own problems. For the decline I see Napoli as having the worse decline, we can see that in Serie A. To be honest, I always use the domestic league as a measure, even though it's a different competition, but in the domestic league they have a schedule every week, so we can look at them and judge every week, whether they have decreased or improved.
I agree with you that it won't be easy to predict this match, and it's possible for them to beat each other and it will be their goal productivity that decides it. Both Napoli and Barcelona will have to watch out for each other.

Neither Barcelona nor Napoli are in a strong position right now. Napoli's performance is now even weaker. Even after the change of coach, their performance has deteriorated instead of improving. The team is yet to adjust well with the new coach. As a result the performance of the team is now quite poor. Napoli have lost three of their last four matches in Serie A.

The performance of the Barcelona team is somewhat erratic. But this group is still quite strong. I would consider Barcelona as favorites against Napoli. Barcelona want to do well in the Champions League this season. Winning the La Liga title is slowly becoming impossible for Barcelona. And so this team's main goal now will be to perform well in the Champions League.
202  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: December 25, 2023, 04:32:42 PM
In first game, UAE won the toss and first decided bowling. Afghanistan batsman makes 17 run in 3 over and 1 out. Afghanistan batsman could not worked hard and struggle. Afghanistan batsman makes 42 run in 7 over and 1 out. UAE bowler out the Afghanistan batsman in the last ball of the 8 over. This is the second achievement for UAE team. Afghanistan batsman makes 61 run in 10 over and 2 outs. Afghanistan batsman could not make run. Afghanistan batsman makes 115 run in 20 over and 2 outs. Afghanistan batsman makes 214 run in 48 over and 10 outs. This is the target for UAE team.
Afghanistan won this match by 109 runs against UAE. Afghanistan batting first and scored 214 runs all out in first inning of match.While chasing down UAE scored 105 runs all out in just 30.4 overs. Dhruv Parashar batting well scored 38 runs unbeaten in just 61 balls. The bowling performance of Afghanistan team in this match very amazing and especially the batting performance of Yamin Ahmadzai is outstanding picked 5 important wicktes by giving 22 runs in 6.4 overs.

After Afghanistan set a target of just 215 runs, I thought the match was going to be competitive. 215 runs is not really a big target. But the match was not competitive. Afghanistan players dominated the match. We saw very bad batting by UAE players today.

None of the first 6 batsmen of the top order of the UAE squad could collect even 10 runs. The first 6 batsmen collected only 19 runs. Parashar's unbeaten 38 and Jawadullah's 24 helped the team score 100+ runs. Otherwise UAE would have lost all the wickets before 50. Yamin Ahmedzai picked up 5 wickets for just 22 runs. Bilal Sami also picked up two important top-order wickets.
203  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 24, 2023, 06:55:42 PM
As I said in the last post that the Indian women's team is more likely to go into this test match than the Australian women's team but the result has happened. In the second innings, the Indian women's team secured victory against the Australian women's team by keeping 8 wickets in hand. Australia Women showed some hope in the second innings but were bowled out for just 261 runs, setting an easy target for Indian Women. India Women's team may now be gearing up for the ODI series against Australia Women's after pulling off a resounding win against Australia in the only Test match. 
Congratulations to India Women's team for beating Australia Women's team by a huge margin in the only Test match.

Yes, I also said that this match was heading for the victory of Indian team. But I did not expect it to end today. I expected Australia would push it for a draw by batting for longer but they couldn't and got all out at 261 just setting the target of 75. It took the Indian team 18.4 overs to chase this. They finished it in session 2 of Day 4.

What the Indian team has done is amazing. No one could say they expected India to win against Australia but they did it in a dominating fashion. Australia is a very good test playing nation. Sneh Rana was the Man of the match for this match deservingly. She took 7 wickets in total. They got 3 match ODI series coming up starting from 28th December and I think this would be going the way of India as well.
204  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: December 24, 2023, 05:32:44 PM
PSG currently stand as the best teem so far in the french league this season, no other team currently can really contend well enough with them currently in the Ligue 1. PSG will most likely win the title this season except they drop point so badly that they are unable to get back on their feet of which I'm not expecting such from them any soon.
PSG performance on this French league 1 is very impressive and they have the highest performance on this season league because they have a very clean record because there last 14 matches on this French league 1 has been very impressive because out of the 14 matches they have played they won 10 matches which is a very good performance so actually I'm very confident that the possibility of PSG to win this league is very certain on less they are no longer in a good shape but if they continue with there pattern of play the chances of wining the league trophy will be certain.

There next match against Toulouse will also be an interesting match for them because with the performance of PSG Toulouse are no matched for them and the match is even more advantage for PSG because Toulouse is coming to there home so there is every likelihood that Toulouse will not take PSG much of a time to win.

I don't think it is actually going to be interesting at all, to be honest. Because PSG is actually a better team, and they are also in better form right now. Actually far better compared to Toulouse is in right now. So there is no way they will be able to beat PSG. if that somehow ends up happening, it is gonna be a really stupid performance from PSG. I don't think Toulouse actually has a chance in this match, to be honest.

In Ligue 1 PSG should not have any problems, to be honest. Even when compared to every other team in the competition. So I do not think PSG actually has anything to worry about. But of course, they still have to be careful.
205  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: December 24, 2023, 08:56:36 AM
Bangladesh Women's Team vs South Africa Women's Team South Africa Women's Team batted brilliantly in the third ODI match. The target of 317 runs has been given to the Bangladesh women's team in the stipulated fifty overs. South Africa women's team performed very well with Wolvaardt and Tazmin Birts batting brilliantly. Wolvaardt scored 126 runs off 134 balls and Tazmin Birts scored 118 runs off 124 balls. Batting on a target of 317 runs, the Bangladesh women's team is under a lot of pressure after losing wickets at the beginning. Bangladesh team's current score is 56 runs for four wickets in 13 overs. The current game situation of Bangladesh Women's team looks like they will be defeated by South Africa Women's team today by a huge margin.
Bangladeshi women's done good job on this tour and having 2 matches T20i series ended with score of 1 to 1 and after winning first ODI lost next two but still good job because no one expecting performance like this from them but these women's achieve good experience and many other things from this tour.

In last and third, ODI we have huge opening partnership which set momentum for the South African women's team, and they were able to score 316 which help them for having this win and series as well, but now we are having good results for the Asian women's in SENA countries, and they are also taking good experience which is going to help them in future for having more improved performance and success.

The match between South African women's team vs Bangladesh women's team and this match was easily won by the South African women's team. South Africa did very well in batting and bowling, and when the South African team gave the target of 316 so Bangladesh was lost on that time because Bangladesh women's highest score that they made in the ODI is 177 so how they can chase the target of 316 runs.

This series has been won by South African women due to their unbelievable play and I am sure that the South African team can also win the T20 series if in the second match rain does not come.

The performance from Bangladesh women was absolutely terrible. They definitely should have done better. This was the decider match of the series. And it was really sad to see Bangladesh women perform so badly in this one. I thought that Bangladesh was not going to reach the target because it was very big. But they could have at least put up a fight. It's like they accepted their fate that they will not be able to chase down such a big target. They should have done better and should have got a lot closer to the target.
206  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: December 23, 2023, 07:09:30 PM
I think this is something that no team wants. Injuries to key players have a very negative impact on the team's performance, especially if it is an elite level competition such as the Champions League. This is the same as the injuries to Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne at City which will cause their performance to decline drastically. Inter have to face Atletico which is of course a difficult match. It will be interesting to see how Inzaghi will strategize to deal with this problem.
All teams manager have prepare with their squad for facing bad thing exactly main players injury, its very important how to manage teams keep balance level performance between regular and reserves players. I think Simone Inzaghi have alternative scheme when Lutaro Martinez get injury because still has Marcus Thuram with performance almost on the level with Martinez.
Learning from Pep guardiola when De Bruyne injury can manage well Manchester City performance in champion league by giving chance to other player fill in attacking midfielder and give good contributing help Manchester City qualify to of 16 round.

A player like Kevin De Bruyne should also be sold out of Manchester City, he be picking all of these injuries and it's been affecting his game and also his value of and on the pitch. He should be sold out now when they have his value high. A move to one of the Saudi Arabian Premier League would make perfect sense honestly.

Secondly should be Recce James, he's already had too much injuries, Chelsea should sell him off and make good profit from his sale. Both Real Madrid and Manchester City are both after him. They fail to do that and he'll have no value in the nearest future. Pep Guardiola should already lining up names who could possibly replace him.

These injuries are due to them being overworked due to the current schedule. They have games after games, International matches, Cup matches and European League matches if you are from a good team, which Kevin De Bruyne is. Oluwa-btc, So you saying Kevin De Bruyne should be sold is literally absurd. Due to him being injured, Manchester City is really struggling. He, Rodri, and Haaland are the 3 key players I see in Manchester City's squad right now.

So many teams are currently suffering due to a big injury list, Real Madrid, Manchester United and so many more. Some players are injury prone and these tough schedules just multiplies chances of them getting injured. So a team should have a backup ready for the key players just in case they get injured and should be rested properly for the big matches to come.
207  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: December 23, 2023, 06:23:59 PM
The match has started already and it's in the 20mins with both team playing 0-0. Just like you have said, Atletico Madrid should secure a win here as they are playing with a weaker team.
Diego Simeone side will secure this three points because there's nothing special about Sevilla, they're struggling this season after failing to reach the top points in the UEFA Champions League and I don't see any solid reason for them to bounce back, maybe they will entertain their fans after Christmas. Watching them play against Los Colchoneros, no hope for an equalizer yet. Second half already and Atletico Madrid taken the lead with 1-0 and I don't hope for any comeback from the visitors because they failed to absorb the pressure coming in from the home club.

Not too impressive, even Atletico Madrid knew how Sevilla would be hard for them to play. Atletico Madrid knew how important achieving this point would be for them after failing byo get there three points against Getefe the other day at home. Today so today made the fans excited. The goal scored wasn't enough but was enough to get three points at the end of the day. That was the game they had in mind to win and they also did well to win.

Third Position and they have finally displaced Barcelona from that position at the top of the league standing. Barcelona needs to sign a new number nine, Robert Lewandoski no longer at his best.

The match has ended in the favour of Atletico Madrid and I'm not surprised. Sevilla has nothing going on for them right now. Their form is too bad right now to be a challenge for Atletico Madrid.

I don't know what it is with Atletico Madrid but 2 of their centre-backs got red cards in back to back matches.  Atletico Madrid regained their 3rd position with this victory over Barcelona. If Barcelona's performance doesn't develop, they might be even out of the top 4 in the next few game weeks if they doesn’t develop. Their forward needs improvement and the defense needs improvements. I will agree with you, Lewandowski isn't certainly at his best form right now. Probably they could improve their squad in the January transfer market.
208  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: December 23, 2023, 05:21:29 PM
Juventus just won 2-1.

A new star has been born, Ylidz has all the potential to be a top players in 2 years.

Kenan Yildiz is indeed one of the famous stars. Because his goal scoring style is really unique, his curled shot beat the goalkeeper and entered the goal post of Frosinone team. Ylidiz will become a famous star in no time because he is so young and his running speed is amazing.  Will become one of the famous stars of the Juventus team. I can see the victory of the Juventus team is great because from the beginning of the game they started to attack and managed to score goals.


Kenan Yildiz is a player who graduated from the Juventus academy and ya, at this moment Kenan Yildiz managed to score a goal too. But even though Kenan Yildiz scored an impressive goal in this match but yes, we also can't quickly say that Kenan Yildiz will become a top player. After all, about Kenan Yildiz success in scoring one goal in this match, of course, is not a guarantee that Kenan Yildiz will be able to consistently score goals in every match in the future.

Because after all, players like Vlahovic at the start of the transfer were also expected to be players who would make a big contribution to Juventus, but in fact it was not entirely as expected and even, Juventus plans to sell Vlahovic in the upcoming transfer market. Therefore, I think it is too much to say that Kenan Yildiz will become a top player in a short time. Because ya, after all, becoming a top player will not be as easy as you imagine, because of course it requires a long process to get good results.

I think it's too early to judge someone after seeing a few matches of him playing. But a man can hope and I hope that he becomes the next big thing for Juventus.

Juventus has been struggling for the past few years. It's been 4 years since last they won their Serie A. The expectations of fans are getting lower each season. But this season they are on the 2nd palace. I was hoping that players like Vlahovic could be a solution to this situation but he wasn't be able to do much. As you said, Vlahovic might be sold to other teams in January. Everyone was talking like Vlahovic would be the next big thing after they bought him from Fiorentina, but alas. I heard strong rumors of him joining Arsenal this season.

I can see the potential in Yildiz. If he gets enough match time and keeps growing, he can become the solution for Juventus.
209  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: December 22, 2023, 07:11:47 PM
Aston Villa can win easily today there is a reason to win tickets to UCL of course
Ollie Watkins will score at least one goal maybe in the first half
Football matches is now becoming difficult to predict especially EPL matches the fact that Aston Villa is having a good runs against big teams does not translate to a must  win against Sheffield United though the odd favors them to win and their desire or ambition to top the table briefly before Liverpool vs Arsenal match would also motivate the team to claim all the three points, however in matches like today game upset can happen such that Sheffield United though last on the EPL table might opt to play a defensive game and launch counter attack and it's a fact relegation battling teams are usually tough to play so Aston Villa should be well prepare to play a tough match.
Surprises could happen as long as the whistle is not over, but statistically the bookie places Aston Villa as the top team. Not without reason, we can make a simple analysis regarding the current performance of Unai Emery squad, their consistency in a match increases the bargaining value of the chance of winning versus Sheffield United. On the other hand, Sheffield United is indeed trying to get out of the degradation zone, but what is certain is that beating Aston Villa will require a miracle for them.

In theory, everything is possible, but the course of the match will determine who will be the winner. Like Aston Villa this week is the best momentum, while for Sheffield United this is a tough day in their efforts to collect points. Who knows, maybe they will be lucky this time and stop Aston Villa from taking the lead in the standings, but in essence betting on Aston Villa winning is a good choice.

Everything is possible in this game, but then again a good team builds their own luck. Sheffield United is in the last place in the Premier League table. This tells a lot about how they are as a team.

Sheffield United is almost sure to be relegated this season. Aston Villa after winning this match will be looking for the 1st spot in the Premier League. I know anything can happen and by the end of the season they might not be eligible to play Uefa Champions League, but if they can keep up this consistency, it won't happen. I consider them a contender for this season's champion.
210  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: December 22, 2023, 06:53:42 PM
I believe that when there is a big goliath level team like Bayern and a team that is david like leverkusen, that fight is a lot more fun to watch. In football world goliath usually wins, it's rare that we would see the smaller team wins but when that happens it's super fun. I am not German, I am not from anywhere near these two clubs and not fan of either of them.

However, if Leverkusen wins the title this season then I would be a lot more happier than Bayern to be fair, because it means that we have seen someone take down a giant and that's always a fun thing to watch, it is always something that I would end up having fun with. This is why I believe that we are going to end up with something that should be a bit more fun in the end.
As a neutral fan, of course seeing Laverkusen win the Bundesliga trophy this season will be a very entertaining spectacle, apart from breaking Bayern dominance they have also made history since the founding of the club. Meanwhile, on the contrary, Laverkusen goals are a nightmare for Bayern, and Kane is the most unlucky player in this regard. But in reality, Xabi Alonso must first maintain his consistency until the season ends, because that is the only way to get on the podium.

I admit that this season things are very different, Laverkusen put pressure on Bayern unlike Dortmund did. Apart from that, to break Bayern dominance requires extra work and a lot of luck, I even think it is easier to win the Europa League than the Bundesliga for Laverkusen. Personally, I really enjoy the Bundesliga competition this season, especially in the top four of the standings.

beerlover, If you are a general fan of football, you will enjoy these competitions. I mean World Cup wouldn't have been fun if Brazil or other countries were winning each time. German League i.e. Bundesliga were becoming boring due to the sheer dominance of Bayern Munich. After a lot years, Xabi and his team Bayer Leverkusen after being undefeated for 25 matches, they are ahead of Bayern Munich. But the point gap is very low.

PSG's dominance also makes Ligue 1 very boring. I remember Lille won Ligue 1 a few years ago and I was surprised. As a fan of football, I don't enjoy these dominance in these leagues.
211  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: December 22, 2023, 09:20:51 AM
Napoli new coach Walter Mazzarri continues to try to stabilize the team. But so far the performance of Napoli is not stable. After Walter Mazzarri became coach, Napoli played 7 matches, won only 3 matches and Napoli lost 4 matches. So Walter Mazzarri should not be trusted too much. The overall performance of the Napoli team is still quite weak.

On the other hand, Barcelona team is not doing well in La Liga. They share points with Valencia. Barcelona won 3-2 with Almeria. However, in the last match, Barcelona lost 3-2 against Club America in a friendly match. Barcelona's team's performance is understandably erratic right now. Looking forward to see what steps coach Xavi takes to strengthen the team.
Walter Mazzarri is trying to repair the mistakes made by Rudi Garcia, it's not easy to fix something broken, especially if the team doesn't have a strong character and can't resist bad moments, as Napoli are experiencing now
This remains a very difficult thing to do, to rise from the ashes, but to be honest I have seen an improvement. Obviously we can't expect him to fix everything right away, he doesn't have a magic wand.

I agree with you. Walter Mazzarri tries to correct Garcia's mistakes. But we don't know yet whether he will succeed. And so far Walter Mazzarri has not even been able to stabilize the Napoli team. Defeat in 4 out of 7 matches is not a good result. And against Barcelona, Walter Mazzarri will solve all the problems of the Napoli team, it seems less likely. For these reasons, I cannot consider the Napoli team as a favorite in the match against Barcelona. Walter Mazzarri needs more time to strengthen their squad. At the same time, Walter Mazzarri will be looking to strengthen the squad by adding players of his choice to the squad. It is definitely time consuming.
212  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: December 22, 2023, 06:53:17 AM
Girona missed another 3 points and on the other hand Real Madrid win the match and get another 3 points. For this, Real Madrid managed to change their position and Girona moved to the 2nd position. Real Betis played very well as they had several hits to score but failed and managed to score a goal in the 88th minute. Girona had a penalty kick in the 39th minute. And he took advantage of the penalty and scored a goal. Girona fell behind Real Madrid again to draw this match.  Although the points gap is still not much. After this gap, Girona can move forward again in the points table

After a long time the Girona team lost points in another match. After watching Girona's dominance against Barcelona, I thought this team could continue their winning streak for a long time. But they failed to win against Real Betis. The match was drawn 1-1.

Real Betis players played very well in the home match. They attack a lot, which is why Girona's players can't create many counter-attacking opportunities. And can't dominate the match either.

Although Real Madrid are now at the top of the points table, Madrid and Girona are now level on points. If Real Madrid cannot continue their winning streak, they will lose the top spot in the table again.
213  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: December 22, 2023, 06:42:07 AM
I have a slightly different opinion than you. I think the Barca and Napoli pair is quite unpredictable; they are the reigning champions of both the Spanish and Italian leagues. Currently, the form of both Barca and Napoli is not good, but when they face each other, the result is hard to predict. Napoli's style of play remains challenging for teams from England and Spain. Therefore, it's not easy for Barca to overcome Napoli in this round.
When it involves the UEFA Champions League matches, there are clubs we know that they're 100% serious and competent to face their opponents, be it elite or a club that's inferior. Napoli new coach, Walter Mazzarri is starting to develop the club to become one of the prominent clubs that shoots faster and higher scores to qualify, but Barcelona can just win the lucky star by winning. Napoli might not be in good stable shape at the moment, the exact thing happens to Barcelona but I actually think these teams can actually fixed themselves up and running.

Napoli new coach Walter Mazzarri continues to try to stabilize the team. But so far the performance of Napoli is not stable. After Walter Mazzarri became coach, Napoli played 7 matches, won only 3 matches and Napoli lost 4 matches. So Walter Mazzarri should not be trusted too much. The overall performance of the Napoli team is still quite weak.

On the other hand, Barcelona team is not doing well in La Liga. They share points with Valencia. Barcelona won 3-2 with Almeria. However, in the last match, Barcelona lost 3-2 against Club America in a friendly match. Barcelona's team's performance is understandably erratic right now. Looking forward to see what steps coach Xavi takes to strengthen the team.
214  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 21, 2023, 10:51:21 AM
Australia women team vs India women team test match Australia team batting in the first innings. Australia's batsmen's batting performance is not so good due to which India could not score many runs against women's team. Australia Women's team has already lost eight of their crucial wickets on the first day and they may be all out soon. Australia's women's batsmen Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney, and Tahlia McGrath put in excellent batting performances but could not sustain a partnership after being dismissed, which resulted in a reduced run rate. At the moment Australia women team has collected 194 runs with the loss of eight wickets, India women India women bowled well in today's match, and they might be able to meet the target given by Australia in the second innings and give a huge lead.

Currently, Australia women are all out, and Indian batters are looking good with no loss in cricket. They have a pretty good run rate as well scoring 42 runs in 6.3 overs. Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana are looking good and they may achieve a good total.

It can be said that India won on the first day of the test. The Australian bowlers need to show their magic to get back on the front foot. Lauren Cheatle and Kim Garth can't seem to be bothering the Indian batters now as they are scoring runs easily. If I had to predict the end result I think India would win it. But it's test cricket and the best format of the cricket game, and each team has 4 more days to come back in the game.
215  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: December 20, 2023, 06:09:35 PM
While thinking about which team would be able to stop PSG's winning streak in the league Lille managed to do it.  Grin  I actually thought PSG would win the game after getting ahead. But I must admit that Lille were better playing side in the second half and they got what they wanted from this very challenging game for themselves.

Now PSG's next fixture is against Metz home. I expect a comfortable win by PSG honestly. Metz have been losing for three weeks in a row and it is about to become four weeks. As Nice are going to play a tough game against Lens as well maybe PSG can increase the point gap with Nice too.
It was only a draw and even though PSG failed to win, at least they still secured 1 additional point. Lille is one of the teams that is always consistent every season so it is not surprising that they can make it difficult for PSG who are the defending champions of Ligue 1. Today PSG will play Metz and this is an opportunity for Luis Enrique's men to again widen the gap from Nice and even though previously had failed due to a draw against Lille, this time it was a home game so they couldn't look weak.

The last PSG vs Metz meeting last season left deep wounds for Metz because PSG beat them with a landslide score of 5-0 without reply and it looks like this time the result will not be much different from the previous meeting. Kylian Mbappe, always the spearhead of PSG, is expected to score goals again in this match and I think he will score at least 2 goals in this match.

PSG drawing this match doesn't matter much really. They are 5 points clear ahead of the 2nd team Nice. Luis Enrique is in a comfortable position currently.
Metz is not that strong of a team. PSG will win this match very easily. Metz has been on a losing streak. Metz will consider it a win if they manage to get even a point. Nice on the other hand has a match against Lens which is a comparatively stronger team and they might drop some points this game as @Velvet78 said. PSG would look more comfortable. They already have one hand on the trophy.

But the season has only gone halfway and anything may happen. 5 points lead is good but it will only take 2 matches to lose this lead. They need to keep up this consistency to get both their hands on the Ligue 1 trophy.
216  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: December 20, 2023, 04:15:38 PM
I'm sure that Napoli lost this game on purpose. They are not in the best position in the Serie A standings and they need to keep playing in the Champions League.

What you say doesn't make sense, it's impossible for a team to deliberately lose a match, let alone a big loss against a weak team in front of its own supporters, which is quite embarrassing.
Indeed, basically Napoli's performance is very bad and inconsistent at the moment so they suffered this embarrassing defeat.
There is no other way for Napoli other than to recover and start improving, but with their current new coach and the few matches they have played, it appears that the possibility of them being able to compete at the top of Serie A this season is very small.

fzkto, It is literally out of the question and absurd what you are saying. Italian people are crazy about football and no club in the world would willingly lose a match just to reduce the pressure. Napoli doesn't have much going for them in the Serie A this season and I think they would consider it a win if they get to play Champions League next season. They got paired up against Barcelona which I think would be a 50-50 between them. Even if they win they got some strong teams coming up. Thinking logically, the only tournament they can win is the Italian cup. So what you just said is impossible.
217  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: December 20, 2023, 03:35:38 PM
- Real Madrid managed to top group C
- Real Sociedad managed to top group D
- Atletico Madrid managed to top Group E
- Barcelona managed to top Group H.
More than any other domestic league. This means that La Liga clubs such as Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid showed extraordinary progress to become group winners. There is certainly no doubt about Real Madrid and Barcelona because these two clubs are at different levels. Because what I'm most worried about is that Real Sociedad's performance in the Domestic League is not as good as UCL, it's an achievement to be able to lead group E and be above Inter Milan. Real Sociedad could be the dark horse club in the last 16 of the UCL. The public will focus on competition between big clubs so that Real Sociedad can take advantage of this competitive situation by moving unnoticed.

Probably they have actually thought about performing better in the Champions League and have given the Champions League more importance. Or maybe the other reason could be they are not finding too much problem to go through that the group stage of the Champions League. After all, the Champions League is going to get harder and harder as time goes on in the season. But in the La Liga competition, it is ups and downs. But I respect the decision to give more importance to the Champions League. Because it is definitely a glorified competition and the biggest competition in football history after the World Cup.
218  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: December 20, 2023, 08:52:12 AM
In the second one-day match of Bangladesh, despite Soumya Sarkar's extraordinary performance, Bangladesh team could not win. Bangladesh set a target of 292 runs to New Zealand but Bangladesh batsmen could not bowl very well. If Bangladesh's batsmen could have bowled well, then maybe we would have seen the victory of Bangladesh in this match today. Because New Zealand played very well. New Zealand team won by seven wickets against Bangladesh. Congratulations to the New Zealand team.

We should write with some caution. However, we did not see good performance from the Bangladeshi bowlers in this match. But it cannot be said that the batsmen also played very well. Apart from Soumyo and Mushfiq, no player could stay at the crease for long.

We have seen the condition of Bangladesh team is weak for the last few years. They perform very well on spin friendly pitches in home matches. And wins against big teams. But Bangladesh's performance on the pitch of Australia, England or New Zealand is very weak and erratic. I have noticed that winning on a pace friendly pitch is much more challenging for the Bangladesh team. Bangladesh lost most of the matches.
219  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: December 19, 2023, 07:16:57 PM
After the first match bravado, it was only fair that Indians failed in every department.  Grin

The likes of Arshdeep and Avesh already took enough wickets in the first match and it's okay to go wicketless in the final match as well lol  Grin Tongue. Having said that, this defeat came because the batters looked like a club cricketer. Rutu, Tikal and Sanju are just wasting time, the first 2 will still get a long rope and rightly so because they have a talent and are new in the setup but no one is sure about Sanju.

Both Indian batsmen and bowlers performed very well in the first match. In fact, because of the good performance of the bowlers, it is possible for the batsmen to do well. South Africa was the first team to set a target of 116 runs. It was not difficult for an experienced team like India to win against such a low target. Indian batsmen's performance was not good in today's match. They gave a target of 212 runs. A target of 280+ might have made the match competitive. As the target was low, the South African batsmen also batted very responsibly today. I think South Africa will be able to win the ODI series.
220  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: December 18, 2023, 06:05:27 PM
Pakistan Women's Team vs New Zealand Women's Team was a very competitive game between these two teams. Today's match is one of the few cricket matches I have seen that have been drawn. Both teams performed reasonably well, but going into the Super Over, Pakistan performed better and failed the New Zealand women's team. But the Pakistan team is a bit behind in the main stage game as the number of wickets fell more than the New Zealand team. The players of the New Zealand team basically gave more Extrarun, their performance was not good due to fielding missing.


The total series of Pakistan women vs New Zealand women was finished. Pakistan women's tour to New Zealand has been finished, and Pakistan women can't forget this tour because, in this tour, they created a history in which they first time won a T20 match and T20 series against New Zealand women, and Pakistan women also one an ODI match against New Zealand, and the interesting thing is that Pakistan women made new records against New Zealand in Zealand.
Pakistan won the T20 series and New Zealand women won the ODI series, this is a very good tour, and historical for Pakistan.

Pakistan women actually did well. If only Alvi could get a little help from the players who came on to bat after her, I think Pakistan could have won in the normal time. But anyway Pakistan was able to win after the super overs. It is sad that the series was already over before this. Otherwise, imagine if this was the decider. It would have been crazy to have a decider like this. But anyway it is what it is. And I also not say that Pakistan did not achieve anything from this tour. They eventually done pretty well. There are a lot of positives for them to take away from this.
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