We haven't seen De Bruyne perform well for a long time. And he has shown his ability to return to the squad. De Bruyne performed very well against Newcastle. De Bruyne may not play 90 minutes in the next few matches. Because if De Bruyne is on the field for the full 90 minutes, the chances of De Bruyne's injury may increase again. So Guardiola will gradually add De Bruyne to his squad. And now everyone is waiting for Haaland's return. But Haaland's return to the squad is likely to take a long time. Even without Haaland in the squad, Grealish and Alavarez are capable of performing well. If De Bruyne plays well, the Manchester City team will now be able to perform consistently well.

I don't even expect a player that has spent all his professional football career playing in Europe to come to Saudi Arabia and automatically replicate his performances in Europe even when we've seen players that's quickly adapted to conditions of the league. Player like Cristiano Ronaldo adapted quickly but shouldn't be used as a yardstick to determine the performance of other former European based players. That being said, we must tell ourselves the truth concerning some of the behaviors of Karim Benzema that are not professional enough for a player of his status and calibre. According to some reports in Saudi Arabia, the former France international doesn't report to trainings as much as he's expected to abd that's actually not a good thing

The rules changed after FIFA announced the 48 teams World Cup in 2026
Now the CONMEBOL qualifiers will have 6 teams qualifying directly and the 7th place team will try to classify in a play-off match (probably against a team from Oceania, and usually teams from South America win that the match and the spot)
So the chances are even greater, only 3 teams will be out of 2026 WC

The first half for the Real Madrid vs Barcelona match is over and the temporary score is 3 - 1 where Real Madrid has taken a big lead after one of the Barcelona players made a mistake in the penalty zone by pulling Vinicius. And this is what led Vinicius to get a hat-trick of goals in the first half and in the second half I also didn't think that Barcelona would be able to equalize because in terms of strength and way of playing they were no better than the Real Madrid players even though Lewandowski scored a beautiful goal in that first half.

The view on Mourinho and AS Roma, as well as Liverpool and Leverkusen. Mourinho has indeed had success coaching several clubs and has shown his strategic abilities. AS Roma will have to play a playoff match to enter the last 16, and if they are able to overcome Feyenoord, we will see who their opponent will be. It will be interesting to see how Mourinho guides the team towards their goals.

Liverpool and Leverkusen are currently performing well in the domestic league, and it's understandable that Klopp and Alonso may prioritise that competition. It's always difficult to predict the outcome in football, and other teams like AC Milan and Galatasaray should not be ignored. If these teams qualify for the playoff phase, they could potentially challenge the favourites in the competition.

Ronaldo's performances at Al Nassr are impressive and puzzling. Thats incredible for a 38-year-old to score 20 goals and assist 9 in 18 games. Its more than his Saudi league experience, I think. Ronaldo's top league stints show he adapts quickly. Although significant, his age feels like a number to him.

His competition level worries me, though. Is his skill or the league's quality helping him score? He's indeed a fantastic player, but context matters. Experience, team support, and league competition may explain his goal-scoring streak. I admire Ronaldo, but I think its necessary to have a balanced assessment of his career so far.

It's very unfortunate because many gamblers don't think about when they should stop, they only think about when they will get a big win, no matter how much they spend gambling, because in general a gambler will always try to get back their losses and is very eager. for that reason, they will stop when they have no money to bet

Exactly an online casino requesting KYC registration when you want to make a withdrawal is a bad practice and such a casino could be a scam one. However Some of these casinos may have these added in their user agreement policy but too bad most persons don't take their time to go through them before hitting the agree button.

Still, it isn't right for a casino to request KYC especially an online one which deals with crypto bets. Imagine doing KYC in an online casino that uses crypto in a country which has a crypto ban .

Recall that Barcelona had a case of injury too this season and all that was more like a contributing factor to their poor performance at some period because they did had a better performance just before the Cases of injuries. Real Madrid have only one weak point which has to do with their striker but then they have got a good mechanism which doesn't allow that becomes a weakness enough on them rather they have got good cover up for the space of the striker. But then lets hope Barcelona gets better before the season ends.

Not only can Juventus win the Scudetto title this season, but Juventus can also win the Coppa Italia trophy as long as they can be consistent enough in maintaining their good performance this season. Because this season Juventus can indeed be a serious threat to other teams in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, because they have enough energy to win the trophy in Italy even though Inter Milan has not given up on continuing to provide more serious competition.

Yeah, reading the ToS is a good habit before registering anywhere but the sad reality is that most people skip that part because it's too damn long and secondly, even if you read the terms and do nothing wrong, these casinos can still withhold your funds without any reason. I have seen several cases where the casino stops responding and the license provider is the puppet of the casino so that doesn't help either.

De Bruyne's return can indeed provide quite a big change, but what you need to pay attention to is that De Bruyne has just recovered from injury and this will definitely affect his playing performance on the field which will decrease slightly and in the match against Newcastle I doubt if De Bruyne will be able to appear because previously Guardiola said that he didn't want to force De Bruyne to appear immediately but preferred to wait until he said he wanted to compete.
Even though it is very convincing that Manchester City can beat Newcastle, I will avoid betting on that match because I think it looks like I have a curse from Newcastle who always loses betting on Newcastle matches and on the one hand, Newcastle is also in an unstable condition, several midfielders are injured.
But my prediction is that if De Bruyen cannot return to the field, maybe Manchester City will win narrowly 1-2 for Manchester City.

-Bayern München loaned Eric Dier. Good addition to defense. That was a busy day for transfers.

I used to do trading on bybit and bitmex, but both have banned Canadian user.

Truly Pochettino only chances of winning a trophy for Chelsea this season is by winning EFL or FA cup thus the semifinal return leg has to be won by Chelsea in Stanford Bridge on 23th January, though Chelsea has themselves to blame in their loss against Middleborough for being wasteful in front of goal, I still believe they would qualify for the finals to play either Liverpool or Fulham. Meanwhile there is too much expectations from Chelsea fans a team that is undergoing rebuilding process  would not produce an instant impact, recall that majority of the team key players had left to Saudi Arabian league and Pochettino new signings are yet to find their feet in the team once the team click definitely they would be unstoppable.