So even if we have the World cup the winter transfer window will not change its date.
World Cup ends in December so I think there is no reason to change the period of the transfer window. I still think we are gonna have some good transfers but not much of notable players. There are lot of players whose contract expiry is getting near and possible that other clubs might contact them and hopefully we will be able to see some good transfers. World Cup is an opportunity to discover hidden talent in some countries and to recruit them in this winter transfer window since as you mentioned there isn't much known notable players to pick. There is Japan, Senegal, Cameroon and South America as usual that might have interesting players to follow and recruit in different positions imo. I don't think there will be much strikers but midfielders and defenders mainly. |
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Strasbourg will win that game and I think both teams will score
-snip- It was a totally deserved win for ajaccio frankly i did not expect them to win like this but it seems that strasburg team allowed them to do so they were ahead 2 0 early in the game and they weren't strong enough to hold the score but still giving the opposition two penalties on a single half, its a day to forget for the defense, the manager should've been very angry, losing to an imediate relegation competitor is something strasburg team should avoided and now they are on a tough spot on the 18th position. Strasbourg used to be better in the previous seasons and in the last one they ended 6th so it is normal to see some support for them. This season is a very bad one for Strasbourg and as said Ajaccio is a team that might be challenging, they won vs Marseille for example! I am not surprised to see them winning but 4 goals vs Strasbourg.. that's too much and Strasbourg should seriously find another way to win or else they will relegate. They choose the worst and hardest season to play bad. 4 teams gonna relegate this season. |
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That's over and it's actually not very useful to continue discussing it because they have now been thrown into the Europa League and have to focus on this. As for the current match, their dominance still looks as usual but Fernando is still playing very well as Almeria's last bastion even though he has to be busy with Barcelona's many chances in this first half. Barcelona has to win Europa League since they are the favorite team there but they aren't the only dangerous one. Right now in La Liga, they are leading 2-0 vs Almeria thanks to Dembele and De Jong goals in the second half. Barcelona was able to add another goal in the first half but Lewandowski missed a penalty.. |
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Allegri has spoken earlier and he said:
Bremer and Di Maria are recovered for the game while Vlahovic is not sure yet.
So I think they will start with Bremer and Di Maria and the starting XI while Vlahovic and Chiesa will go on bench.
One by one the Juventus players are recovering now and of course this is a breath of fresh air for Allegri because there is really no reason for them now to keep losing because before they kept saying that the defeat was due to injury. At the moment Chiesa is ready and it is likely that we will also see Pogba in the near future because we can see now that he is able to train and Di Maria. I'm quite happy to see this condition even though the game is still not running because this could be a turning point. Injuries effect might last even if the players recovered and be able to resume playing matches. Juve was affected a lot whether in Serie A or Champions League. It is hard to see them struggling like that when they were the number one previously. For the moment, Napoli is continuing its domination over the league and winning with 2 goals to 1 vs Atalanta, let them get 6 points advantage over Milan considering that Milan is leading with 2 goals to 1 vs Spezia. |
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Man City was outstanding; even with 10 players, they managed to win. On the other hand, Fulham played a lackluster brand of football. I have heard many City supporters discuss the penalty, and here is my opinion: I don't believe that should have been a penalty. Furthermore, they do not need those types of decisions like that to define them or even to help them win.
It is annoying to see City winning most of the time with few goals difference. Today they played with 10 players for almost 70 minutes so I could understand that but getting the victory at the last minutes of the match is risky and City used to do so, that's why they missed points previously. At the end, it was a deserved 2 goal victory for Leicester city who built on the Tielesman long range strike at the stroke of half time and left the merseyside with valuable 3 points. It was a good performance from both teams who are struggling to stay clear of relegation battles
Great performances from both sides, but Leicester City defeated Everton today and deservedly so. They clearly came for a win rather than even settling for a draw based on their possessions and shots on goal. They might be out of the relegation zone by the middle of the season if they can continue performing as they did today. They played great ball and earned their victory. It is nice to see Leicester winning again and getting away from the relegation zone. 3 victories in the last 4 games is something interesting and the main point is to keep this positive trend. Their next match will be played away vs West Ham, it is not gonna be easy |
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Exactly this is not the same Leverkusen that we all now, the team is having troubles this year and they need to change many things in the club to recover from their current situation, problem is not just with the coach but the whole team is having troubles and doubt this year
Leverkusen situation is complicated and a lot of things have to be done in the next transfer window this winter or else the team will continue playing around the relegation zone! The rate of goals received are high and this alone requires a lot of efforts to fix the defence and the midfield lines. They have to spend a bit if they want to stay in 1.Bundesliga.. |
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Udinese are still in a really bad form. They couldn't beat Lecce home as well. Udinese's second half performance was much better and they found the equalizer not too late also. But the winning goal didn't came despite all the goal attempts. Now their series without a win has gone up to five games. It is quite disappointing to see them starting to drop down this much in the standings already now.
They need to work this out somehow. Their next opponent is Spezia and I hope Udinese will finally end this streak by a decent win.
Even Spezia match could be challenging if Udinese didn't get back its form. After a nice start, Udinese are becoming less successful and the last 5 games ended with 4 points only..
Atalanta - Napoli game is getting closer and all hopes (of all teams obviously) on Atalanta to reduce the gap between them and Napoli, or exactly to not let Napoli run away from them. |
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West Ham is the only team to finish their 6 games in the Conference League with a win. quite prolific with 13 goals and very few conceded. although there are Fiorentina and Istanbul who are also productive and strong in scoring goals.
Besides West Ham, I'm also Villarreal's favorite. now Villarreal top group C. and their form in the League is not bad either.
West Ham isn't well in EPL, yet they managed to get all points in its group. Well teams in that group aren't top either. Same situation for Villarreal but without full points. For the other groups, games were more challenging. Now those which ended second will have hard times facing those coming from Europa League like Lazio but also the other teams! |
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The fun of the day that cracked the hell outta me rib's was seeing Harry Maguire being used as a striker partner for Cristiano Ronaldo  I'd lie if that wasn't laughable, although I understand Manchester United needed a goal so they could go top of the group, using Harry Maguire as a means of his height failed still. He is no United type of player please, that Harry Maguire of a guy pretty sucks. Apparently I missed a funny part here. Maguire's place in ManU is the captain of the benches, otherwise, the match will not end good 
PSV, Rennes, Roma, Union, ManU, Midtjylland, Nantes and Monaco will know which teams they will face next Monday and the games will take place later in February. Those that will face Barcelona and Juve in particular at this stage, will regret finishing second in the group stage! |
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So Gerard Pique announced officially that he will retire this weekend after Barcelona - Almeria match at the age of 35. I might not understand it well what he meant by the last game in Camp Nou since Barcelona will have another game Tuesday tho away but whatever the exact date, he decided to take a break as a professional player. Source |
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I am now waiting for the Juventus game against Inter because indeed it is something worth watching.
Apart from this is the Big Match Chiesa's presence at Juventus is one of the factors that makes me look forward to this match.
Chiesa is back and has a match against PSG. I really hope to see him make his Serie A debut again after a long absence.
In this round, there is many interesting matches. Juve and Inter is challenging one especially that bookies are backing up Inter although Juve playing home. There is Roma and Lazio with Roma favourites in this game. Atalanta - Napoli is the hardest imo. Napoli is favourite and once they win, the gap between them and the other teams will increase considerably to 6-8 points! |
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Roma are really going to have it tough in tonight's game, they need to beat Ludogorets to earn a chance to qualify to the next round. I don't think Jose Mourinho would like to settle for a draw.
The big question is, can Mourinho do it again by qualifying his team to the round of 16? Being 4th in the league is like a morale booster to make them beat the away team at home, as it is they are coming out with everything they have got and I don't see them going for a draw... IMO is a must win for the Italian side.
Ludogorets won in the previous match 2-1 but Roma is better now comparing to the previous month. Another advantage is playing home. I don't expect a big goals difference margin but Roma should win this game imo. For the other games, Freiburg, ManU, Monaco, Midtjylland and interestingly Trabzonspor are leading with 1 goal (3 goals for Monaco). For Trabzon, I don't know if they can keep that result until the end, they should add another goal imo to secure it. |
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-snip- Pretty crazy that FC Bayern, as group winners without a loss, can only face four different teams. And that includes PSG (20%) and Liverpool FC (37%). WTF. If Bayern had lost a few games and only finished second in their group, that would probably have been better for the draw.  Yeah since teams playing in the same group and league cannot face each other then Bayern's choices are limited. When I saw this table, dunno why I hoped that PSG won't face Bayern. These two teams deserve to play in the finals not here! Now regarding Liverpool, their hope is to avoid Bayern mainly, but also Real Madrid and to face Porto or Benfica. Nothing guarantees they will win against them but at least to be able to advance and maybe until these games start, Liverpool will be better than now.. |
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In La Liga, there are only a few games that are always a concern and are eagerly awaited. While the rest I often miss. Maybe the tension of the game from a club that doesn't really have much desire to survive and a lack of popularity also makes the game less fun to watch. Clubs that play other than Real Madrid and Barcelona I miss the most. I think some people feel it, and if they are not a Madrid or Barcelona fan they will often miss it too. https://i.ibb.co/Lk0jHrq/image.pngThese games are ordinary one, nothing special this round. Odds for Real Madrid, Barcelona, ATM are quite high to win. Sociedad, Bilbao and Betis odds are quite good too. BTW Sociedad is playing right now in Europa League vs ManU and they are 1 goal behind. Yet, they are still in the first place. Meanwhile Betis is the first of its group regardless of the last match result. Concerning Barcelona, I read that Pique gonna leave the team after the next game or the game after? Did anyone hear about that rumour? |
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Trabzonspor vs Ferencváros is going to start tomorrow a tough match between these two teams. I don't know how Trabzonspor will play in this match but I want to support Trabzonspor in this match. I think Trabzonspor will win this match. Trabzonspor had some bad matches before. We have seen played, but we hope that Trabzonspor will play a very good game in this match. I am waiting to see the set.
Ferencvaros won the first match between them 3-2 in September and they are leading the Group H for the moment. They just need a draw to qualify while Trabzonspor will require to win and wait for Monaco to lose or get a draw. It is complicated there but chances for Trabzonspor to win and keep fighting is low imo. |
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I thought Xavi had done a formidable job over his predecessor, Ronald Koeman. But now that I put the figures side by side, it appears that Koeman has done better? That is only on paper, because the game picture looks much better from Barcelona at the moment. They are fully into the title race with Real Madrid, who failed to win at home last week. So Real Madrid can also make mistakes, although I still think Real Madrid play more convincingly than Barcelona. We have mainly seen that in the mutual match, but also in the Champions League. It must be said that Barcelona had a very tough group. The cup can also fall in all directions for both. Xavi will certainly want to win at least 1 prize.
There was many comparaison between Koeman's era and Xavi's one and although they mentioned that Koeman had better results but the team is healthier under Xavi's management and it will require time to see better results imo. Real Madrid is already on the wy to becoming nthe league's top club this season again even as they came top last season too, I am very confident that this season Real Madrid, will correct every error they committed in the last season that made they lose the championship even though ther did well in la Liga.
Real Madrid should stop wasting points randomly if they want to win La Liga otherwise Barcelona will get it. They are just following them closely while receiving few goals and missing few points. |
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EPL presence in UCL is impressive. 4 teams will qualify from 16, three of them in the first place in their group and Liverpool in the second place. There is 4 also from Bundesliga and 3 from Serie A. The good part is being in the first place will give the advantage of playing vs those which ended second even though there is good teams there. Spurs and Liverpool have a match this weekend, imagine facing each other again in UCL Odds for this game is better for Liverpool? although playing away? |
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There is some speculation such as Barcelona might be targeting Arteta to replace Xavi in the future. I don't see this very realistic at the moment. Because before anything else, Barcelona management don't seem uncomfortable with Xavi's job right now. Maybe their being eliminated in the Champions League this easy was some loss of credit for Xavi but they are still hopeful about the La Liga title now. This is the most serious season for the title as they can play at a similar level with Real Madrid right now. But if they don't keep up a good form and let Real Madrid pull away earlier then Xavi might be in trouble. Then Arteta might be a choice considering his success with Arsenal so far this season. https://www.sport.es/en/news/barca/barca-looking-at-mikel-arteta-as-a-future-coaching-option-77972868It depends. Xavi's experience with Barcelona as a coach is quite short and building a team requires a lot of patience. Obviously, repetitive defeats aren't acceptable. I assume he will be forced to leave once Barcelona fails badly in Europa League. They are one of the favourites teams to win it so losing early or badly by big score might affect his future. Winning La Liga in the other hand might save him. For Arteta, he had many difficulties with Arsenal previously before getting a team that made City suffers to try get the first place. |
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1-1 for Juventus and not only this but Juventus is doing better than PSG with half of the squad.
I have no words on how they lost the qualification vs Maccabi.
Benfica is having problems there with the result 1-1 too and with the current result in PSG - Juve match, then PSG remains first and Juve third.. Milan is leading with 2 goals to 0 and the funny part is City 0-1 Sevilla! Ok City will end up first but cmon losing vs Sevilla is ridiculous.. Edit : ok City scored, 1-1 |
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Napoli, Inter and Lazio players are taking 6 out of the 9 first places for top scorers. Atalanta, Milan and Roma players are ranked +8. Dunno if this is good or not but that means they are several players scoring within the team for the second group and less likely for the first ones. The main point is to not count on 1 player to score to guarantee you the victory. |
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