Steph was special tonight… Dame was out, but still. A great way to end the preseason. Now we wait for Tuesday night to see the Nets vs Bucks & Warriors vs Lakers on TNT. I’ll be watching for sure… the timing seems perfect for Bitcoin to hit an all time high then as well. Sounds like all the makings for a great evening.
What an anticipated game to start the regular season, I'll be watching these matches for sure. Well, happy for those who HODL from that $30k or below and we're really back up at the $60k. Looks like this is the best season for those who love NBA and Bitcoin, exhilarating. Although it was preseason, but it was a Curry show all the way. The guy scored a huge amount of 41 points and took 9 rebounds. I felt like Curry was all over the court today. What a match for him! This indicates and I'm hopeful that he will have another great season, possibly maybe win them the conference? who knows? I personally am very eagerly waiting for the GSW vs Lakers game. It will be a banger of a match. |
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Dortmund continue to win in the absence of Erling Haaland due to an injury. First, they defeated Sporting by 1-0. After that, they defeated Augsburg by 2-1. And the next competitor is Mainz. This is even a more difficult competitor for Dortmund. And Haaland is still not expected to play seemingly. Mainz had a good start to the season and they are competing well against big teams also. Leverkusen were able to score only one goal against Mainz even though they won the game. As a result, it seems like we can witness another win by one goal which is for Dortmund this time.
If Haaland had played, it would have been possible to speak with more confidence about the victory of Borussia, and so there will be a game of equal rivals. I will also give a small advantage to Borussia Dortmund, because the game will be in Dortmund. By the way, according to the information Borussia Dortmund tried to extend the contract with Haaland, raising his salary twice, but the player refused to extend the contract, which indicates the subsequent transfer of the player to a more status club. And it seems that there are more transition options than Mbappe with his Paris Saint Germain and Real Madrid, so a kind of auction is planned with the last word of the player's representatives. Same for me, Dortmund seem like they have a slight advantage as the match is in their home and we know that Dortmund has one of the best supporters on the field. I think that this might not be a competitive game. You know Mainz has only scored 7 goals in the league and is currently 9th placed. You can't deny that their defense has been very good. So if Dortmund can defend well and somehow score a goal, that would be very good. So, my pick is Dortmund in this game. |
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If we are talking about midfielders, then yes, often the team can afford to have an elderly playmaker who is still effective due to the vision of the field and the quality of the passes, but in the case of the striker, age affects more. And if the attacker does not have outstanding height and ability to execute set kicks well, he quickly loses his value.
Not really, old players will have their own way of staying productive in scoring goals even if they are not very active in attack. We've seen how Inzaghi at an age that was no longer young at that time, he could still be a player who contributed to AC Milan. There's something else beyond just goals that old players can deliver on the pitch. Even though Benzema has lost his goal-scoring instinct, it doesn't mean that Benzema is over. However, there will be things he will give for the team during the game. What do you mean by has lost his goal-scoring instinct? He is in the best season of his career so far. This season in La Liga he played 8 games and scored 9 goals and assisted 7. But senior players have a command over the game. They have the experience which helps both the team and the younger players on the field. Just look at Busquets. The guy is 33 but still a vital player for both Barcelona and Spain. So senior players are needed on the field, not always for scoring and assisting, but sometimes for leading the squad in general and dictating the play. |
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Juventus is on the way to recovery and restoration of its former positions at the head of the standings, another question is that this is a gradual process and there may be some difficulties on the way, especially since the current Roma is higher in the table and also wants to rise higher in the leadership group. Therefore, I will not be surprised by a draw with a minimum score of 1-1.
Any result is possible but after having some checking in history between these two teams right now prediction is difficult because Juventus won four time and Roma once currently Roma away record is also very poor because they play three matches and won just one which was against new promoted team and lost against teams like Verona and Lazio, so it's really tough to who is going to win, but I am going to favour Juventus because they have much better than winners against Roma in last few matches. That is true, Juventus looks like the stronger side in this field. But also one thing to note is that Roma has been playing better than previous seasons under Mourinho. And considering that Juventus don't have Dybala and Morata available for the game, it will be a hard task for them as they are lacking striking power upfront. My prediction would be that it will end as a 1-1 draw or a goalless draw. |
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There is less than one hour left for the big race. Hamilton will have a really tough job to do in this race as he is going to start at the eleventh position. He did his best by ending the qualifying session as the leader. Bottas is going to start from the pole but I think that Verstappen will take the lead from Bottas in a short time. Hamilton must climb as many places as possible not to be left too much behind in the driver standings. I think that Verstappen will win the race.
Bottas had a very good start and is doing a very good job at the front, Tsunoda held Hamilton off for a few laps and cost Hamilton a lot of time and is currently 6th, but the Ferrari is also very fast and I think Ferrari will be on the podium. To be honest, I was really surprised by the decision of the team to change the tires of Seb during the race. Unfortunately, the risk did not pay off as it costed him as the rain continued to pour. As for Hamilton, the decision of the team also costed him some points which led to Verstappen to be at the top. Congratulations for Bottas for his clean race! I'll surely miss him once he transfers to Alfra Romeo since he has this consistent driving as it catches everyone off-guard. Like I literally see him as the silent but deadly racer. But again, p2 and p3 both for Redbull and they got the bacon for this Turkish Grand Prix. Red Bulls are the ones benefiting from this GP. I don't know the ranking right now, but they surely got a lot of points compared to Mercedes as Hamilton, unfortunately, placed 5th. Verstappen has been very consistent for Red Bull so far but if Perez can be a little bit more consistent, that would help them a lot. But so far, I'm liking the Red Bull and Mercedes rivalry. |
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As long as Manchester United don't start improving their game much bigger than the current one, I also agree that they have no chance to win the league title this season. But the manager Ole Solskjaer still doesn't seem like he will try new ways to start winning their next games. He should already have understood that things won't go on nicely as long as he insists on the current game plan. Sometimes, changes are really good and this is the right time for doing that I believe.
Manchester United should start winning games very well, they're up against Leicester City, Will they win this match or loose again ? The coach has to do more and better than he's done for the team. Having a very tough fixture this October,they should give all the best for matches like this. I am not sure that in this particular case a miraculous improvement is possible by the order of the game and therefore the improvement, if it comes, will be quite gradual with its ups and downs. Of course, in order to achieve a winning result, players must give their all to the fullest, leaving all their strength on the football field. Another question is that all this should be supported by thought, coaching thought in matters of tactics and the composition of the team for the game, and the thought of the players on the field. Just in a match with such an opponent as Leicester, we can make some idea of the strength of the club and Solskjaer's ability to cope with challenges. Another question is that the championship has not yet passed its fifth part and not to say that any club demonstrates an exorbitant level that is not available to rivals. Leicester match will be a challenge for Ole. Only if he still tries his non-working-tactic once again. Considering the form Leicester is on right now, which is kind of bad, Utd should be winning this one. And if Ole tries his same old tactic again and loses or draws this match, I guess he should be sacked immediately. Otherwise, there is no chance to win the league. |
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In fact, Benzema is no less a Real Madrid legend than Ronaldo now. He may have scored fewer goals, but he played a lot more matches for Real Madrid and almost always played at a consistently high level. I am sure that he will play for at least 3 years here, so he will have time to play 2 full seasons together with Mbappe.
Age is not a problem for a football player. We can learn from many players with old age and young age where the ones who show better performance are those who are older. Benzema is one of the players over the age of 30 who is still on fire. he is a substitute for Totti (AS Roma), Gerrard (Liverpool) and old players but still fit to remain a starter. 2 seasons is still very decent for Benzema, even if he wants to play until the end of his career at Real maybe Benzema will play more than 3 seasons. Karim Benzema is 33 years old, of course with the next 2-3 seasons still productive to stay on the pitch and Real Madrid already knows how Benzema's talent is so he deserves to be kept at Real Madrid, even his cruelty is no longer in doubt, I It doesn't even know age at this point in time the important performance as a striker is still sharp. If Benzema is paired with Mbappe next season it will be clear that this will be a strength for Real Madrid and how should these two French strikers fit together at the Santiago Bernabeu. I think even at 35 he is still a productive player. Real Madrid knows how valuable Benzema is to them and thus they have set the release clause of him to 1 billion. Benzema seems like he ages like fine wine - getting better every day. This season so far he is the best player in the world no doubt. He was directly involved in 95% of Real Madrid's goals this season. Also not to mention he has also been phenomenal for France after his return. He still surely has 2 or 3 more peak-form seasons ahead of him. |
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Chelsea looks like the most stable team so far in the Premier League and their lost game I can call it accidental against Manchester City as they played better than them in that game.Brentford has come really on fire this season in Premier League but I think it is the time they lose at home in this game.The International break will be over on Wednesday and finally we will be back in action packed Premier League next week.
Yes, I think Thomas Tuchel might rotate the squad a bit and test some younger players against Brentford. I love how Chelsea have developed under Tuchel and they have been playing an eye-pleasing game of football. They are currently 1st on the table and have 1 point lead from 2nd placed Liverpool. This would be a tough match for Brentford and let's see how much of a fight they can give to chelsea. |
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Before the last GS, Raducanu was a relatively unknown girl and could play without any pressure and the burden of high expectations. Now she has to learn to play under a lot of public pressure and it’s not easy. If she succeeds, she will become a great tennis champion. As for Murray, unfortunately the peak of his career is long gone and it’s a reality he doesn’t seem to be able to accept. Last tennis news from Indian Wells: ''Daniil Medvedev,top seed in the men's draw, eased through with a 6-4 6-2 victory over American Mackenzie McDonald, while women's top seed Karolina Pliskova beat Pole Magdalena Frech 7-5 6-2.''Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/58858941That is true. She playing even 2 months ago compared to now is very different. Now that she has won the US Open people expect a lot from her and she has to play under pressure in every match. I hope she doesn't get demoralized from that loss and train hard and she can be one of the best one days. And about Andy Murray, he has aged a lot (34 years old) and I doubt that he can get back his golden days once again, those days seem to be a story of the past. |
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I think they'll change it. Preserving the energy of Davis will be a factor to win each game.
Move him to the forward position since they have 2 big men in their roster. Howard and DeAndre Jordan.
All they need is to rotate the SG and SF position, Lebron, THT, Ariza, Ellington looking for a combination that would best spread the floor.
Davis cannot run both the offensive and defensive end or he will get exhausted and will take more rest on the bench than to play.
If I am Frank Vogel I would maximize the strength of my bench players as much as possible.
With that so many combinations that Coach Vogel has, changes in starters are more likely possible. Davis should not play as Center, they already have Howard and if you noticed good changes from his game, Lakers should use him more now. They've got LeBron, Russ and Melo who can play alternatively. I would like to see more from Rondo instead of letting Nunn to bring the ball, the kid had a talent but experienced, wise Rondo still a better choice for that position. Davis would be a key player from them and needs to be played very carefully as he is very injury prone as @Balik said. Maybe WB, Monk, and Rondo can be rotated for the PG position and as you said, playing Davis as a Center is not a good idea as they have 2 huge guys for that position (Jordan and Howard), Lebron can be rotated from PF and SF position depending on if Davis is on the bench or not and maybe Carmelo Anthony can also play a good part in the rotations as he can be played as both PF and SF and maybe SG if needed. |
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Dern should be diving for single legs like what most wrestlers do. Esperza did it with great success and eeked out a split decision vs Rodriguez. But man, Dern is elite on the ground. If she goes for TD’s instead of body locks, trips and hip throws, she’d be almost a complete fighter.
My other two bets lost but I’m still happy. Both were really close... It showed that the lines were way off in those two matches.
First of all congrats to Maria Rodriguez for winning the fight. I somewhat thought what Dern might win if she's able to ground Marina but that has not been the case. But it was a fun fight to see, a striker vs a submission player is always an exciting match. I saw the stats of the match and Dern lost many points in strikes, she completed 80 out of 209 ones where Marina did 148 out of 284 ones and that made about 15 points difference between them. Marina is also ahead way miles in the significant strike points. |
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Same prediction from me as well. I'm guessing either it will be a goalless draw or a 1-1 draw. Barca has been struggling to score this season. Valencia usually is a strong team compared to other teams in La Liga (except Real and Barca) but they have got a slow start this season. Valencia though will be trying their best to get the full 3 points as this Barca squad is nothing like it was even 1 season ago.
Apart from Barcelona poor performance this season, the thing that most convinced me to bet for Valencia victory is that many Barcelona players are currently playing international matches, so their performance in these matches will automatically decline because they only have little rest time. My prediction is 3:1 for valencia win That's true that many Barca players are out for international matches but maybe it's better than staying out of the games for 2 or 3 weeks. I feel like when the international break is over, players not called up for international games seem to be a bit rusty in the first 1 or 2 games. Yes, they train, but staying in games is another thing. I still think that it will be a draw, be it 1-1 or 2-2. As I'm guessing Aguero and Ansu is back, they will be able to score again, which they were not in the past couple of matches. |
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I wonder if the recent events around Newcastle will stir up the transfer market? If they decide to seriously strengthen the team, then such an appearance of a new player in an already established market can lead to both an explosive growth of players' salaries and their value. In principle, for players whose income has suffered due to the pandemic, this will be a good option, but for clubs that are teetering on the brink of profitability, this will be ruinous.
Newcastle will be one of the biggest clubs when it comes to signing star players in the next transfer window and especially the next summer. They will be having much more money for making their transfers happen compared to the rest of the clubs. Maybe they are not the best club now but they can be like that if they build a very strong team. I can't wait to see them about what they will do in the next summer in terms of transfers. I'm not sure if Newcastle will quickly become a strong team (I mean, strong enough to qualify for titles), in my memory the only rapid progress after receiving huge investments happened with Chelsea, but it coincided so that they were coached by the genius Mourinho and he has everything it worked. At best, we'll see something like City - years of hard work before big titles are won. It always needs team chemistry to win trophies, but when you have the best players in your squad the chemistry will automatically be built. But it won't be a good idea to expect Newcastle to buy everyone within the next season and win trophies already but maybe that will be the case after 3 or 4 years. Then they will have a stable squad and then they will be a bigger threat in European Football. |
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For example Raducanu is also playing today, its her first competitive match since the U.S Open
Will be 12 hours from now, we will see how Raducanu as wild card in this tournament will do. She will be facing Sasnovic, so I guess she will win her first match here and for sure all tennis fans are glued to their tv or watch it live since there's a lot of hype around her after winning a grand slam. Haven't check the bracket and who's who is she going to face in the QF, but for sure she might face a lot of top 10 players again. It will be tough and hopefully she will not succumb to the pressures now. I haven't seen the brackets and I haven't heard of any Sasnovic before. I did some research and saw that she is ranked 100 in the women's tennis ranking compared to Raducanu being the 22nd. Though these rankings don't say much, but I'm a huge Raducanu fan and we saw her dream run in the US Open. Though she was a wild card entry in the tournament and I hope she will go a long way in this tournament. |
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After the break for international matches, Barca will play against Valencia. Based on La Liga the temporary standings, they are the same. Barca at number nine, while Valencia is in eighth position. Looks like a this match is a test for Koeman, if they lose at home it's a shame. Koeman deserves an evaluation. At least the advantage of playing at home will make Barca mentally better. Hard to guess but maybe they will play a draw.
Some of the bad results obtained by barcelona this season are certainly very disappointing for their fans and it is appropriate for koeman to get pressure from various parties, I think the match against valencia is an opportunity for koeman to regain the fans trust and of course a victory against valencia later will make them able improve the position in the standings, but to be honest, I doubt that barcelona will be able to win easily against valencia later, I personally bet if valencia will win the match and get 3 full points. Same prediction from me as well. I'm guessing either it will be a goalless draw or a 1-1 draw. Barca has been struggling to score this season. Valencia usually is a strong team compared to other teams in La Liga (except Real and Barca) but they have got a slow start this season. Valencia though will be trying their best to get the full 3 points as this Barca squad is nothing like it was even 1 season ago. |
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The France-Belgium match played yesterday was one of the best matches I've watched recently. Although Belgium seemed to cut France's ticket in the first half, France made a comeback with their great players. I can't forget Pogba's freekick shot, I wish there was a goal. It was a really sad defeat for Belgium, they think they deserve it, maybe they are right, but France did not allow it. In the second half, it was really difficult for them to keep the pressure.
How Belgium played in the first half i was thinking the final result would be 5-0 and in the second half its like a new France team showed up and started attacking hard.They deserved in the end the win,but they got really lucky that VAR disallowed Lukakus goal late in the game. This has to be one of the most exciting matches and comeback matches in recent times. Till the half time, I was pretty sure that Belgium had the match in control. In fact Belgium was my favourite to win it. Carrasco and Lukaku gave them the lead but things changed after the half time. France came back with a bang and oh what a goal by Benzema. Later Mbappe converted the penalty in the 69th minute and Theo won it for them in the 90th minute. |
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In the round 3, one of the interesting games seems like Lazio - Marseille.
Normally, these teams both are really good in their own leagues this season. But we can't see the same performance here in the Europa League from them. Lazio defeated Lokomotiv Moscow but were beaten by Galatasaray. Marseille got two draws against Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moscow. As a result, these teams are at the 2nd and 3rd place in their group. The game between them could be very competitive. And it is an important advantage that Lazio are playing home. Marseille can have a very hard time getting even one point at the end. My favourite side is Lazio in this game.
This might be one of the matches that will set the tempo of Group E. Lazio and Galatasaray both won a match each and Lazio drew the last 2 of their matches. So, this match will be very important for both teams. It seems like Galatasaray will qualify and maybe (my prediction) one of these 2 teams will qualify with them. Lazio is currently 6th in their league and I hope they will have an edge against Marseille. |
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Max had a very very horrible start last year, that greenlight release was one of the worst I have ever seen from him but I understand, because even though he is a great racer and a brave one, the experience is still coming in and he had no idea how to race in a very slippery smooth track.
I believe he will be doing a lot better this year, there will probably not be the same problems and Max is just a genius when it comes to challenging others to crash into him, in a rainy track with slippage problems others will be a lot more careful than Max will be which will give him either a crash if anyone takes up the offer like Lewis does, or just a very nice race for him where everyone is afraid of crashing and he wouldn't be.
I love how brave and fearless Max is on the tracks and the rain came in handy for him in the very recent race where he started last grid for the new engine penalty and the rain came just before the race was about to end and that helped Max and Hamilton a huge ton and both of them finished 2nd and 1st respectively. Hoping that Max will do good in the upcoming races and so on. |
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