There is some DFB-Pokal games these two days and the match between Mainz and Bayern looks interesting and also Union vs Wolfsburg. We might see some surprises there  Next time Dortmund are going to play a home game against Freiburg and this can be seen as one of the biggest games of the season.
Biggest games of the round, I agree but cannot say for the season unless it went very good. Dortmund is favourite and Freiburg will look for a draw at least. |
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Villarreal could not continue their good trend, tonight they can stopped by Rayo Vallecano with score 0-1, although they have tried several opportunities. But I think Villarreal position in the standings may still be safe for a while because Real Betis will against Barcelona at the Benito Villamarín, it also seems likely that Real Betis will find it difficult to get points in that match although at home.
Villarreal wasted 3 precious points and it is quite good to see Rayo Vallecano improving comparing to the previous season and winning vs hard opponents. Villarreal got 3 points vs Real Madrid earlier this month and missed 3 points vs Rayo Vallecano  For the positions, Real Betis still lacks 1 match so the worst scenario is to keep 2 points gap between them and Villarreal, while the best scenario is to beat Barcelona and move in front of ATM which is unlikely to happen. |
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~ I saw the frustration on the face of Christophe Galtier, he needs to be careful when they meet Bayern Munich on February 14. His job depends more on the club's Champions League performance. I wouldn't agree more. PSG results in Ligue 1 are normal but quite frustrating since Lens and Marseille are close to them. Losing Ligue 1 title might end his carrier with the team and I am almost sure he will not continue with them next year if he lose in Champions League games against Bayern. The ridiculous point is that both teams are wasting victories vs easier teams in their domestic league... |
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I must sincerely say that arsenal is really doing great despite their recent 1:0 loss to Manchester city, Arsenal has proven to be good this season, Arsenal really deserve the league this time but the really need to work harder in other to achieve it.
The lose against city was in the FA cup and it have nothing to do with the EPL, arsenal team will surely not give up the premier league dream easily and they will fight to the last minute and if city want to keep the title in Manchester they need a very hard work and they must get the maximum number of points in the next matches Indeed, the defeat in FA Cup has nothing to do with EPL which is the main objective of Arsenal since the beginning of the season. No need to say that they will keep their good record in EPL intact and will win vs Everton in their home. The odds are way in favour of Arsenal obviously. |
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a lot of surprises today with Ac Milan's big home loss, and Juventus 2-0 loss as well, Napoli were the only team today in Seria A to be the favorite and win, and it was not easy at all against As Roma but they got the job done and got the three points, they are unstoppable at this point.
I don't know what is more shocking, Milan humiliating defeat home by 5 goals vs Sassuolo or Juve goalless defeat vs Monza. Sassuolo didn't win a single game in the last 5 matches except this one, they are performing bad this season and sitting around the relegation zone.. Now Monza is an ordinary team, playing for the first season in Serie A and here they knocked Juve by 2-0.. 1 point out of 9 for Juve in the last 3 matches with 15 points deducted, so they passed to the 13th spot under Monza and Fiorentina.. Napoli in the other hand has now 13 points gap from Inter and Milan is now in the 5th spot! |
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Dortmund was able to win an away game with 2-0 vs Leverkusen and Schalke got 1 point from Koln in the last games of the 18th round.
With the 6 points that Bayern wasted, Union, Leipzig, Dortmund and Freiburg are all 3 points or less than them.
Bayern will play vs Wolfsburg next and Dortmund will face Freiburg. Union - Mainz and Koln - Leipzig, not easy games and Bayern have the occasion to increase the gap in my opinion.
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What Real Madrid did in the current match was very bad.
Another failure for Madrid now and with this Barcelona is even more difficult to reach because their gap is getting bigger now. Real Madrid players were unable to score although having a good squad there.. Sociedad made a favour for Barcelona so they were able to increase the gap to 5 points between them and Real Madrid. Hopefully Real Betis could take 2-3 points out from Barcelona in the missed game and Real Madrid to win vs Valencia, otherwise the gap will be problematic! |
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Psg failed to beat reims team in a home game despite taking the lead early in the second half, their draw today was due to verrati red card, he has not being performing well this season and he made a lot of mistakes which resulted in his team losing points, luckily for psg lens team didnt win this round so they are still three points clear in the lead.
Reims goal was scored in the last minutes of the game.. PSG were able to resist until the final whistle but they failed. I agree for sure about the red card impact, they might be able to play better and added another goal but this is what happens when you score only 1 goal. You should resist until the end of the game and pray to not receive a surprising goal.. The gap between PSG and Lens remained 3 points. Awkward results for the 5 top teams in Ligue 1 this round  |
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The difference is when they are in the Abramovich empire after spending a lot of money they get instant results but right now they still don't accept those conditions and maybe even seem like a real waste of money considering the current state of affairs for Chelsea with some outrageous purchases and players which is not very useful.
The era of Abramovich was golden for Chelsea and things got worse and worse since his departure which was humiliating by politicians in reality. Although the new owners have money but they fail to pick the right coach and subsequently the right players to boost the team results. It was like a sinking boat with the departure of top players and the administration.. Meanwhile, there is a team called Liverpool that used also to be a top one, but this season it shows a nightmarish results, they even got kicked from FA Cup by Brighton. Could they guarantee any European competitions spot for the next season seriously? |
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i think the chances of Lens winning Ligue 1 are very slim, they are currently in a fight with Marseille and probably Monaco for the CL qualification ticket, nothing changed between them in this round since the three of them drew, there is still more rounds and fittest by the end is going to take the 2nd place.
Lens and Marseille lost both 2 points this round giving the chance to PSG to get a 5 points gap once they win against Reims. For Marseille, ok their opponent Monaco is hard but how Lens got only a draw vs Troyes... |
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Napoli vs Roma will happen tomorrow it will be an exciting game in my opinion roma team has improved greatly in the recent games both in terms of performance and results which allowed them to stay on the top six but i think napoli will be too much for them to handle i expect them to perform well but i still think napoli will end up winning the game.
Napoli - Roma is the most interesting game this weekend and I expect Napoli to win. Their good overall performance of Napoli and playing home made their odds attractive. Yea game over, Atalanta won their game.
We will be back tomorrow at lunchtime with Milan.
Very hard situation now for Sampdoria they seem to be already with 1 foot in Serie B.
Atalanta are expected to win so no surprise here. Sampdoria is indeed in a deep situation and relegation is almost certain.. |
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Tottenham showed their strength against Preston in that game to make them get three goals and get a high-scoring win.
In their next match against Manchester City, Tottenham must pay attention to their opponents and use the appropriate strategy to face Manchester City.
Preston is a team playing in the Championship comparing to Spurs that are a top team in EPL for years. I call the win as normal and the 3 goals as good enough. I don't see any relation between this 3 goals victory and their next game against City. Spurs should imp otherwise they will lose easily. Their odds are already quite lower than City. Liverpool - Brighton will play and I am imagining Klopp reaction in case of a draw |
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The Football Association Challenge cup isn't necessary to Arsenal, but it would have been at it been they won, lol! Arsenal's lineup and performance show how seriously they wanted to qualify for the next round of the FA cup. They played out their best but the luck wasn't just on their side, and Such is football. Now it is left for them to do everything possible by making sure that they secure more points and lead the table throughout the remaining half of the season. This defeat was expected days before the game when you see the big difference in odds between the two clubs. Arsenal tried to win but failed while City will try to get something this season. Arsenal in the other hand, have a main objective which is EPL. In the other competitions, no injury strategy |
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Lorient was able to win home 2-1 vs Rennes. This is their first victory in a home match since 3 months tho. For Rennes, they are just winning once and losing once
Marseille - Monaco and Nice - Lille will be heated games tho, even the odds there are interesting comparing to the risk!
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The situation in Schalke is not getting any better. They still have big deficits in defence. They absolutely have to work on that. So far, they have not strengthened their defence. They should definitely buy another defender. The next games will not be any easier. Except for the next game against Köln they have to play many games against teams that belong in the top 5.
Schalke will return to 2.Bundesliga again, they just came to say hi and bye... With such poor performance whether in defence or in the attack line, they cannot stand even above the relegation zone. For the other +13 teams, they risk to switch to the relegation zone soon. Stuttgart defeat against Leipzig will cost them a lot in case Hertha or Bochum magically win their matches. |
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In conclusion, We can use AIs to help us but we shouldn't totally rely on them. The rest of the work must still be done by us to ensure that the outcome is great as we expected it. Totally agree with you. Human intervention is essential at least for the near future and I doubt that our intervention will not be required later but definitely less and less.. Scientific journals for example are being worried about that and will definitely implement a detection system or maybe a signed paper to declare that they didn't use the bot or maybe declare that they used it for correction, inspiration or something particular in an article.. |
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Madrid, with their strong attack, was held up by the Atletico defensive style, which is what they usually do. It was clearly a match worth playing although admittedly it was marred by Stefan Savic's red card which left Atletico shaky going into second half extra time. This condition was put to good use by Madrid and their 3 strikers really performed very well in this match. The red card impacted the extra time and not the game. ATM was leading with 1 goal for 60 minutes and failed to secure it at the end. This cost them the whole match since in the extra time, they were playing with 10 players vs 11 and both Benzema and Vinicius didn't let ATM try their luck in penalties. At the end, Real Madrid game was quite hard comparing to Barcelona |
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In terms of quality, there were far more one-sided matches in this tournament when you compare it with FIFA 2022. Although 32 teams took part in the Football World Cup, not even one of them could be considered as walkovers. Even lowest ranking teams such as Cameroon won matches against top teams. On the other hand, in this tournament the lowest ranking teams (such as Saudi Arabia and Uruguay) went down by heavy margins. BTW, both the tournaments (IHF World Cup and the FIFA world cup) had same number of participants (32).
Like Trofo said, it's just the nature of the game. But that's why football is (at least for me) much more attractive sport than handball. I'm not saying that playing handball is easy, far from it. I think it's more difficult sport with many kicks that go unnoticed by the referees. I believe we cannot compare football to handball for many reasons but we all know that the popularity of football is bigger and for me, the rules of handball are better and stricter than football. Although it is only 30 minutes, but it is 30 minutes of playtime not wasting time like football. Whenever a player is touched he continues playing at the opposite of football where he was trained to give a show about how a lot he suffers from a touch... |
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I don't know if you are aware of the whole situation or not. It appears that Juve signed an agreement that CR7 owes the team money so they can deduct that from their gain. It turns that CR7 isn't aware of that, yet he risks to be punished and at the same time he could claim that money.. There is also some ex players that sent private discussion about salary manipulation or something like that so the whole group of players risk to be punished. That's the news that I read yesterday, dunno if there is something new over this story. I got headaches from it so I didn't check it today.. |
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I expect City to dominate the game - especially because Arsenal has a smaller team and will certainly prioritize the PL and rotate more. The bookies agree and offer really attractive odds on Arsenal - many will try at odds higher than 4. No matter what I said before, I will probably be one of them  City odds are around 1.75 vs 4.2 for a draw and the same for Arsenal victory. City lost in the EFL Cup, ruined its chances in EPL so I assume getting the FA Cup might become a serious challenge for them. For Arsenal, as you mentioned, they are prioritising EPL over the other competitions so their defeat here will not be a surprise tho. |
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