If Liverpool play better and the teams ahead of them keep maintaining their points Liverpool will not be able to achieve what they plan to achieve. Liverpool already if this game is the game they intend to show that they they are better is already late because the season has almost ended and right all the teams are trying to maintain their position to the end of the season. Mo Salah may not be in the club next season, so I presume that he is playing currently for personal record and not club record.
That's what happened in the EPL, teams that have a close point gap can find it quite difficult to maintain their ranking because every match in the EPL is quite difficult to predict even though their opponents are ranked at the bottom of the standings. It's a pretty tight league and full of competition in ranking after ranking. Now for Liverpool it is difficult for them to reach the top 4 because other teams are stronger than them this season and this is a strong reference that Liverpool will close the season outside the top 4. Next season in ucl we will not see chelsea because they are playing quite badly this season. I want to see manchester united in the ucl next season and it looks like this will be a big reality. |
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In my opinion Juventus' chances in the Champions League are small, if you rely on the remaining matches in Serie A, AC Milan and Roma will definitely make the same target as Juventus, their current point advantage is also slightly bigger for Juventus to pursue. So a more realistic opportunity is to secure Europa League tickets and they still have the chance to catch Inter Milan and Atalanta
But the remaining few matches will make things clearer, can Juventus finish in the top five or not? Juventus also have a tough match in the following week after playing in the European league, because they will face Napoli and this match will determine how Juventus can give their best results in this season.
Obviously Juventus has a difficult obstacle to break into the top 4 because they are 9 points adrift of AC Milan who is in 4th place. Actually Juventus had the previous chance but two consecutive defeats made their chances of breaking into the top 4 even more difficult if the other teams were able to appear consistently and continue to widen the distance from its competitors. It is possible that Inter Milan can return to the top 4 if they are able to win victory after victory in the upcoming matches, because AC Milan has been less stable this season so Inter Milan can take advantage of this situation. Roma and lazio are likely to be relatively safe for next week but consistency is needed to maintain the points gap with teams below their ranking. |
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From now on I won't be expecting any surprise in the league about the championship. PSG have captured a big advantage by winning against Lens in an important match and they should be able to take advantage of this situation. PSG would be the champions comfortably from now on maybe but this is stilll not enough for Galtier of course. His job is still in danger now because of not having a very impressive season.
They have been even unsuccessful so far. Because their Champions League adventure ended very quickly. Normally PSG should have been able to eliminate this Bayern Munich. You are witnessing right now how great Manchester City are doing against Bayern Munich in this round. Galtier doesn't have the right strategies for this team and he isn't a good fit for the job I'm afraid. He must be aware of this already. I guess he would get sacked as well.
Psg are in the forefront as a Ligue 1 title winning team they are still very strong in Ligue 1 and it is difficult for any other team to break their dominance. The 3-1 victory over Lens has given psg a breath of fresh air to become a Trophy winner this season. Lionel messi scored again he appeared quite impressive in this match. Ligue 1 only leaves 7 more matches, I think psg will be quicker to say that they are the legitimate team to win this season. Maybe it was when the match entered the round of 36 psg had secured the Ligue 1 trophy. For Lens and the teams below their ranking, they are only competing for a ticket to the Champions League because breaking PSG dominance is not an easy thing in the current situation. |
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Totenham and newcastle have been performing so badly during this match day. Newcastle was not even able to make a single goal against aston villa which is the very disappointing result for newcastle. I meant if we are seeing the statistic and newcastle is not having bad statistics. The only problem if newcastle was losing some important players who have been always opening the chances for newcastle to create goals against its opponent. A guy like saint maximine is something helping his team by making so many assists. Newcastle's play style looks very different at this moment.
It's likely that newcastle must have tried to get more attacking players for the upcoming season. It seems like that the way for newcastle to play in the UCL becomes even harder since newcastle was losing full points.
The win from manchester united against nottingham forest has been making MU replaces newcastle. Newcastle is going down 1 position below manchester united at this moment. it's likely that newcastle may face some difficulties in winning the game without some of its key players.
The match for the end of the season becomes even harder than before for newcastle. That's very sad to see newcastle must have lost three points.
Aston villa was always pressuring newcastle since the game started. Newcastle can do nothing.
Newcastle United defeat to Aston Villa was beyond the predictions of many people because Newcastle United before this match were able to record consecutive wins but events on the field really Aston Villa were able to put strong pressure on Newcastle United. The defeat was also very painful because Newcastle United ranking was again shifted by Manchester United this week. For Aston Villa, this victory opened up new hope for them to reach one of the tickets to qualify for the European league group stage. Tottenham have had the misfortune they tend to fail to do a better job under Stellini but they still have a chance to improve their form and get back into the top 4. |
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Nice that we will see all 3 Italian teams in action next week. It will be 1 semi-finalist from Italy anyway. I know a lot of people like it when the underdog beats the favourite, but if Napoli are out we might get a semi-final we don't really want: AC Mian - Inter Milan. We would all rather see Napoli - Inter Milan, right? I can't remember that there were 2 Italian teams in the semi-finals of the final. In that respect, it is a great year for Italy internationally, because they are also still active in the Europa League. There is a chance that an Italian team will win the Cl and the El.
The team from the Italian representative this season has been impressive in the UCL which has been able to provide many surprises from the group stage. These three teams are napoli, Ac milan and Inter milan will have progress to the next round but between them I hope ac milan and inter milan can qualify for the semifinals. I think if a team from Serie A is able to win the UCL this season it will again increase the prestige of Serie A to become a more competitive event next season because they are able to destroy giant teams from other leagues in the Champions League. For this reason, they must be really consistent in facing their opponents in the ucl, especially for Inter Milan, they must be able to give their best in the Champions League after the series of negative results they got in Serie A. |
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It is weird to see that Barcelona hasn't scored a single goal in the last three matches. Now against Real Madrid they got destroyed, but in La Liga not scoring at all is bad also for the other teams. That comes even close to a distortion of the competition. I think that Lewandowski is past his peak. 17 goals in 29 games is an average performance especially when you play for Barcelona. He does have seven assists as well and that might still make him valuable, but I am sure that more was expected from him. They are out of the Copa and no more international tournaments and then I would expect that they take responsibility and play the best they can. Even the La Liga title is only average when they keep playing like this. It is not fun to watch their games at all these days. Their defense is great of course, but scoring less than two goals on average per game is weak.
Recently, Lewandowski seems to have difficulty scoring goals even though he has had many golden opportunities to score goals. I think he will have to overcome this drop in performance in the upcoming matches because Barcelona need a win to strengthen their position as a laliga Trophy winning team. Two draws are still safe enough for Barcelona but they have to focus in the future to find a win to get back to winning ways because Barcelona only has one hope of winning a trophy, namely La Liga. The next opponent for Barcelona is Atletico Madrid, where recently they have been performing quite well in the Laliga by recording consecutive wins. |
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As long as Bayern Munich can work well as a team, there will be a chance to win against Manchester City. Some of the teams that have beaten Manchester City use good teamwork and always guard their attacking players like Erling Haaland, so it's not easy to get the ball and there's no chance for Manchester City to score.
You don't seem to watch the game from Manchester City, they are quite consistent in the games they play, it's quite difficult for a team to break Haaland's movement, he is quite agile when he has the ball. I think Bayern Munich will have difficulty scoring many goals against Manchester City because Manchester City has a pretty strong defense. Even though Bayern Munich is the host in the second leg, their opponent is not an easy team to beat. Manchester city will not give up just like that, it will certainly be able to provide a balanced resistance in the second leg. Manchester city has always failed in previous seasons in the champions league. They will try their best in this season because their squad is quite strong in this season. |
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What Bayern Munich is expecting from Tuchel won't be easy and they might not get it from him. In the second leg game against Manchester City in the champions league I doubt if Bayern Munich can score Manchester City with this amount of goals, even if Bayern Munich succeeds in beating Manchester City the goals won't be much.
Many say that Tuchel arrival to Bayern Munich is not at the right time, but it is a choice that he must make the best of the rest of the season. Bayern munich will find it difficult to beat Manchester City with a big score because Manchester City's defense is quite strong this season. In the bundesliga, tuchel has a great chance to bring bayern munich to become the bundesliga champion with the note that he must be able to bring bayern munich to sweep the upcoming match with a win. Tuchel is doing a tough job and full support must be given to him in order to bring Bayern Munich to win a trophy this season. |
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I think Ac Milan was shocked when Bologna scored the first goal so fast and they were not expecting it, however, I was thinking Bologna is going to lose this game today because Ac Milan had a perfect performance against Nalipo while Napoli is a team much stronger than Bologna, I think if they could show the same performance we saw from them against Napoli, Ac Milan could win this game.
That was already in my mind where AC Milan was able to finish the previous match quite perfectly, even before the match started I was sure that AC Milan was able to beat Bologna but the results on the field were quite different from what I thought. Indeed, from the start of the season, AC Milan performance was not stable in Serie A, sometimes they played quite well, even when in the next game they were able to lose points in vain. On the Napoli side, they also won a draw in the match against Verona, even though in this match they were reinforced again by Osimhen, who had previously suffered an injury, but at the end of the game no goals were scored. |
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Manchester city this days seems to have stepped up their goal scoring strength and it will be of big advantage to them cuz if before air at the end of the season, there is an equilibrium in Manchester City's points and Arsenal, the only way of determining the champions will be point difference. It's good that they are just few goals ahead of Arsenal. Lucky for Atteta.
EPL is becoming so tough this days. The fight between Guardiola and Atteta is still going on, and in an exciting way.
Manchester city is still in a stable condition where on average in the last 6 matches in the Epl, ucl and the Fa Cup they have been able to end the match with a big score. Manchester city has been quite impressive lately which has brought them closer to regaining first place from arsenal. The distance between these two is only 3 points, if Arsenal make a mistake next week, it will have a bad impact on them in maintaining their ranking as the leader of the standings. Apart from the slick performance of Manchester City lately, I am also amazed at what Aston Villa has done because they have been in the relegation zone this season but are slowly being able to return to their best ranking for the rest of the season. They are getting closer to tottenham and manchester united. |
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At present many issues have emerged regarding the future issues of Belllingham. But until now there has been no sign to the club where he will dock. Dortmund will certainly release his potential midfielder at a fantastic price.
When viewed from the interest and financial strength, Real Madrid and Manchester City will be the forefront to pursue his signature. But in my opinion these two teams are very suitable for career development. Manchester City might be the main choice if you see the emotional side. Besides being able to join the team from his country, he also has a close relationship with several Manchester City players. If that can be a consideration, Belllingham will soon be in sky blue uniforms.
That's not the end of the drama about Bellingham regarding his future. Especially the transfer season hasn't started yet so there haven't been any concrete steps taken by the teams who want to get his signature. In addition, the release clause desired by Dortmund is also an important key for other teams to bid for Bellingham. The European giants will continue to present a lot of hot arguments in the transfer window, especially Manchester United who want to strengthen their front line. As well as Barcelona who want to bring back Messi. Also we won't forget bayern munich and psg for sure two teams will surprise us with the signings they will do in the transfer window. |
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Op has never updated on the team selection options for the team that will become the UCL champion this season. Even though the team that had been eliminated should have been crossed out from the poll results.
In my opinion the strongest teams in the ucl after the first leg finished were manchester city, real madrid, inter milan and ac milan because they were able to secure victory in the first leg.
But for the second leg it could be that there will be a stronger change, it could be that Napoli will make an extraordinary comeback as well as Benfica.
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Napoli's performance became chaotic and decreased after several of their mainstay strikers suffered injuries, namely Victor Osimhen, Giovanni Simeone and Giacomo Raspadori. And what amazes me is that the Napoli coach and players are really too dependent on them, especially on Osimhen. even last season when Osimhen had a head injury if I remember correctly. at that time Napoli became chaotic.
but fortunately Osimhen seems to be recovering and can play again with Napoli in the second leg of the Champions League. but still the 0-0 result against Verona was really too disappointing. as if other players in Napoli can't do much without their mainstay strikers.
something surprising also happened to Milan who were also held to a draw by Bologna. and the most disappointing is Inter Milan who had to lose to Monza. this is the worst.
the Bologna vs ac milan match was quite surprising for me because bologna was able to score a goal in minute 1 and that amazed me a little with what they did. But it's a shame Bologna weren't able to exert much pressure when they took the lead so AC Milan were able to score the equalizing goal in the 40th minute. With this result it doesn't change anything for ac milan's ranking because they are lucky that inter was defeated by monza in this week's match so there is no shift in ranking in the top 4. Inter milan is still having trouble ending a bad streak in Serie A where they had to lose with ac monza in front of their own supporters. Even this achievement is a pretty bad achievement for them in the last 5 matches. |
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Inter Milan is very focused on the UCL match so they have put aside Serie A matches so that at this time they are getting farther behind and have moved out of the top 4 of the Serie A standings, which is a real pity.
but I'm not sure that everything is over for them because all possibilities are still possible to happen because AC Milan is also not a consistent team so it is very possible when Inter Milan gets up in the last few matches and hopes that their rivals fall for Inter Milan to secure the top 4 positions in order to get UCL tickets next season.
It's ridiculous when they do that. Inter milan must focus on both ucl and serie A. Inter is ranked 5th in the standings while they even have a great chance to improve their ranking when they face Monza. The difference in points between Inter Milan and Milan is quite close, so victory must be the target for Inter Milan against Monza. In the ucl, inter milan was able to win a promising 0-2 in the first leg which was a big capital for them to face monza. |
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Chelsea's problem is that now they have to concentrate on the game against Brighton. Brighton are strong this season + they have a huge motivation to score points as they are in the European Cup zone and clearly do not want to leave it. Chelsea can't afford to lose or draw this home game as it will make another bottom break. Therefore, despite the fact that in the tournament sense this game is not important, Chelsea must play it to the maximum. And after that, they will play with Real Madrid, which already have a two-goal lead.
Yes, that should be the next focus for Lampard to win in the EPL match. I'm not sure they will be able to provide resistance for Brighton considering Brighton have been quite good this season. Even though this is a tough match, the quality of the teams is very different from the depth of the two. Especially for Lampard, he had to give Chelsea the first win after he was shown to be Chelsea interim coach. I'm sure it's a lot of pressure on Lampard after the two Chelsea defeats under his tutelage. He has to prove that Chelsea can end this bad streak even if the draw is important they don't lose and that's what Lampard has to think about. Aubameyang can still be counted on because he has better quality than Joao Felix and Lampard must give him this opportunity against Brighton. |
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although Hoffenheim has a chance to win after the good performance in the next few matches but Bayern Munich has more chances to win because the upcoming match will take place at home to Bayern Munich which gives Munich a chance to win.
but as I said before even though Bayern Munich's recent performance is very bad I think they will not let Hoffenheim take any points from this game and Tuchel as Munich coach will provide better training for his players.
but after all Dortmund hopes Hoffenheim can beat Bayern in order to be shifted from first place.
Bayern Munich has a strong opponent in tomorrow match as Hoffenheim is highly motivated to continue their winning streak to stay away from the relegation zone. This is a tough test for Hoffenheim because they have to travel to the Allianz arena in tomorrow game. Even though I'm sure they have a fairly small chance of winning this match, they can take advantage of Bayern Munich's instability, especially since Bayern Munich suffered a crushing defeat in the UCL, which could affect their game. But on the one hand I'm sure Tuchel will be able to overcome Hoffenheim in this match because Tuchel hopes that his team will appear consistent and forget about defeat in the Ucl and focus on finding victory in the Bundesliga to strengthen their ranking from of Dortmund. I predict Bayern Munich will have a goal feast in this match because in the last 5 meetings with Hoffeinheim Bayern have been able to score a lot of goals against Hoffeinheim. |
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Getafe is an easy opponent for barcelona. Bookies were just giving
barcelona 1.62
getafe 6.00
Barcelona will be playing away against getafe. The problem is barcelona may not able to perform without some important players. Gavi may still be able to play with number 30. barcelona was not able to win in the last two matches but xavi is lucky enough caused by real madrid was also getting bad results in la liga. The gap still remain the same at this moment.
In another match, real madrid will be also facing cadiz. Real madrid may face the same difficulty when it will be facing cadiz. The performance of real madrid is hard to predict caused by it's always going up and down but it seems like that taking the safe bet (barcelona and real madrid) is a wise decision a this moment. The chance to win is even bigger.
Real madrid was getting 1.57
Cadiz 5.8
betting on getafe constitute quite a big risk if we see the opponents they face are the most consistent teams in the Laliga. I will choose to drop my choice on Barcelona because Barcelona will do extraordinary things in this match, I mean they will continue their winning trend after the draw they got against Girona. For Real Madrid, it seems that they tend to be superior on paper when they face Cadiz. Cadiz has not been very consistent this season but they can surprise everyone if they are able to work miracles in this game. Apart from that, Real Madrid is focused on staying in 2nd place with the note that they have to end their sequence bad streak against Cadiz. The difference in points between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid is two points, so it is very natural that Real Madrid must be obliged to win this match, otherwise their ranking will be very threatened to be shifted by Atletico Madrid. |
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Sure, Modric is irreplaceable but Real Madrid must replace him someday. Modric is growing old, he is already 37 years old now. I assume he won't play for a long time in Real Madrid, he may plan to retire or move to another club in the next 1-2 years. I think not only Camavinga, Valverde also has the same capability to replace Modric role in the squad. Valverde performed quite well during this season, he made more contributions. If Jude comes to Real Madrid, there will be another player that can replace the role of Modric. It is good although I think it is not really urgent. Why don't focus on signing a new striker, right?  You are right that Modric is very old but he is still a mainstay for ancelotti this season. Indeed, from a physical point of view, he is not as strong as the previous season due to the age factor which affects his quality. Valverde will be the main player who will fill Modric's position if he is absent or retires later. I prefer Real Madrid to focus on the target of players who play as stickers in the upcoming transfer window because that is the gap they have to make for a quick transition when unexpected things come to Benzema. Some of the issues that have arisen, Real Madrid seem to be interested in AC Milan sticker Rafael Leao, which according to one source, Real Madrid will move to get the signature of the bomber from Portugal. He is still young and fits very well in a duet with vini and rodrygo. |
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Tuchel was certainly doing a better job compared to Graham Porter. I know he is not currently doing a fabulous job with his current team. But it has only been like two weeks with his new team. So I think we should give him time. But at the same time, I also agree with @Brainboss that everyone should stop talking about Chelsea and Thomas Tuchel. It is history. Chelsea will have to think about what is in the future for them.
I understand that 2 - 0 is not hard to overcome. But that would be true for a team like Real Madrid. Not a team like Chelsea under the current situation.
Regards
Duke
I'm not sure Chelsea will be able to turn things around in the second leg later, Real Madrid is a team that is strong enough to focus on the Champions League. Nothing special was done by Lampard in the first leg. Chelsea will be an easy opponent for Real Madrid if Chelsea game like the first leg will provide a great opportunity for Real Madrid to steal victory at Stamford Bridge. On the other hand, I believe that Real Madrid are already in one place in the semifinals because a 0-2 advantage would mean a lot to them and it would be difficult for Chelsea to do the same. Manchester city also has a place in the semifinals as a 3-0 win convinced me to say that. |
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I think what Erik Ten Hag did was not because he underestimated Sevilla but he rotated players to keep the game he wanted and continued according to his strategy but unfortunately it didn't go according to plan, mistakes when rotating players do often occur in football.
but the very funny thing is that the 4 goals that were created in this match were all created by Manchester United players. lol
2 owl goals which in my opinion are very funny and maybe at this time the Sevilla players are laughing at what happened and David De Gea is the player who is most loved, he not only faces the opposing team's attackers but also has to fight against the team's own defense. lol
Obviously the rotation that was carried out did not go as he thought even Maguire did not play very well in that match. He became the actor who made Manchester United fail to win in the first leg. No doubt many judged that Manchester United's performance in the first leg was unsatisfactory. In my opinion, the first half went quite well, but in the second half, Manchester United game was very disorganized, they seemed to fall asleep with a quick advantage, which allowed the opponent to take advantage of the situation to suppress them. Sevilla was very lucky in this match because they were able to get a draw with the advantage of an own goal. I think they will do the best of the second leg. |
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