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We are having difficulties in believing as a team that we are in the quarter finals now. Even though competing against CasperBgd who is one of the biggest favourites of the tournament is decreasing our chance, we are going to do our best. We have managed to get past dittoup in the group stage and Ktchampions by a tiebreak in last 16 stage. I hope we can maintain this fairytale. But we need to accept that our job is very difficult.

Frankly, I hope we can see this kind of organizations continuing. I think the Champions League is a nice field for this. We can collect some money and create an organization like a pool next year.

Isn't it coming home? I assume I'm one of the people who trust England the most. Frankly, even though Mbappe seems very frightening the only player who can stop him in the tournament is Walker. Besides I think France defense haven't been tested seriously yet.

There are such rumours these days. Aston Villa are looking for being very active in this transfer window. Abraham and Felix are already in their target list. Only their market values are already getting near 100 million euros. Roma and Atletico Madrid both wouldn't demand an amount less than their market values I assume.

Both of these players haven't been very productive until this moment in this season. But they are quality players for sure. Abraham is already familiar with the EPL so he wouldn't have any problem with adaptation. I don't know about Felix. He might not want to join an average team instead of a bigger one. He is still a talented youngster who deserves to play in the Champions League.

I wonder when exactly Roma are planning to start winning again. Because there has been a huge drop in their performance which resulted in so many loss of points. Mourinho can be blamed for this actually because of still adopting his usual strategies from old times. He should understand one thing especially that he can't be successful with it at every team. Of course there were good times of him in the past. But football is changing and he needs to keep up with new things.

As long as Roma continue to play like this they don't have a good future in this season. They would have huge difficulties in qualifying for the Champions League. Their squad consists of really talented players but they are just wasted by doing this.

First of all, this is still a great achievement for Morocco even if they are eliminated by Portugal in this stage. Not many people were giving them a chance against Spain but they really did it. Spain can struggle really a lot with this game plan against some smaller teams. There have been many such times that Spain couldn't find the winner despite dominating the match.

However Morocco should get prepared for a much bigger problem which is Portugal. Because Portugal don't prefer to play a boring game. They just love to hunt their opponents down by fast and dangerous attacks. Ramos is in a great shape and Morocco might have a big problem on defending him. I assume Ronaldo would be in the subs again.

I'm really curious about Heroic and Outsiders' performances in the Blast Premier World Final. Because these two teams had an amazing run in the Major previously and Outsiders made it to the championship. The expectation level from both of these teams will get bigger as a result. Maybe not a championship but a finale would be expected for Outsiders. I don't know if they are strong enough to deal with this pressure. Consistency is not an easy thing for a CS: GO team when it comes to targeting big things.

As we are seeing now, FaZe and Natus Vincere have lost their momentum and they are still unable to keep up a good form. I don't know about Outsiders but I except Heroic to do another good job in this tournament. Maybe this is their time to be the winner of the title while FaZe - Natus Vincere duo are still struggling.

This is pretty interesting. Because even Fabrizio Romano wrote about a formal offer by Al-Nassr to Ronaldo. He shared another tweet later on in which Ronaldo said no for any official agreement with them as well. Maybe they have really made the speculated amount of offer to him already. But Ronaldo might be thinking of evaluating the offer after the World Cup by stalling them until that time. He wants to be focused on only the World Cup now in the end.

To be honest, it would be lovely to continue to watch him in Europe. But it must be really not easy for Ronaldo to refuse Al-Nassr's enormous offer that easy even though he is already very rich.

Portugal might not need Ronaldo in the starting eleven of their future matches. Portugal didn't get any this much comfortable win in the matches before in which Ronaldo was in the starting eleven. Ramos' being given a chance changed many things for Portugal. He just made a hat-trick in his first proper chance in the World Cup. He was able to play only for a few minutes before this one.

After seeing this incredible performance Fernando Santos should give him another chance in the Morocco match. Ronaldo is still the leader of this team of course. But it might be better for him to lead the team like Ibrahimovic does it for Milan maybe.

Natus Vincere are planning to bring a backup player to the Blast Premier World Final. He is an academy player whose name is npl. They are planning to do this to create some competition for sdy. Because his performance hasn't been very impressive for a long time.

I think this is a good call because Natus Vincere can fill Boombl4's place with a much more skilled player than sdy. I don't know about npl much. Maybe he would be a stand-in for some time until they make a big signing. They deserve a credible IGL to do better in future tournaments. Because there is a significant level of drop in their performance lately.

The source: https://www.hltv.org/news/35201/how-will-navis-six-man-setup-work-in-abu-dhabi

I don't think Real Madrid are in need of signing a new striker in January. If Benzema had a long running injury like until the end of the season or so then I would expect them to sign a new player to fill his place. But Benzema's return will be enough for Real Madrid to do a decent job in the rest of the season. I would like to remind you of the previous season as they were very successful in this way.

As for Endrick, he isn't allowed to join a European team before the age of 18. He can be ready to sign for Real Madrid by 2024. Real Madrid are planning to make a big offer for him as they believe he has a good potential.

I have heard that Manchester United are in talks with Yann Sommer these days. His contract with Gladbach is going to expire next summer. He is not so much different than de Gea in terms of age. I wonder if this is a signal that de Gea might leave the team at the end of the season. Because there is still no contract extension for him.

I don't think Yann Sommer is a goalkeeper that deserves to be a backup player. I assume he would accept their offer on the condition that he won't have few chances in the starting eleven. To be honest, I hope de Gea doesn't leave the team soon. The team still owe him too much and need his services a lot.

Have you heard about Sterling's return to London after a burglary at his home?

He had an unfortunate burglary while even his wife and kids were at home. Sterling returned to England after this incident. Southgate didn't see any problem there about letting him leave. Besides Sterling is still a replaceable player in the lineup even though he is really important for the team. Foden can take his place in the starting eleven against France. Actually Foden has been playing in his place for two matches. He scored 1 goal and made 2 assists in the meantime.

As for the France match, I hope England start with Trippier for set piece threat. Walker can still be in the starting eleven of course. Trippier can just play as inverted footed in Shaw's position.

The source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63854197

It is true that they have a really challenging road ahead of them among all of these teams. Even Newcastle are having an unexpectedly strong season. First of all, Arsenal and Manchester City are obviously the favourites for top 2 positions. They wouldn't drop down from this area that easy. For the remaining spots in top 4, I'm thinking of Liverpool and Tottenham. Somehow I can't believe in Manchester United to make it there as much as I do for Liverpool. I find them a little inadequate in terms of scoring potential - multiple goals in a match. They have conceded even more goals than Liverpool too. Liverpool can close this gap of 4 points with them if Klopp starts taking the right actions especially in defense.


Of course, mate.    Maybe there was some misunderstanding there. I just wanted to explain the thing I mentioned.

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I didn't say that it was not possible. I just believe Liverpool have a bigger potential than Manchester United for the rest of the season. They have a much stronger attacking line already. They just need to solve their issues in defense. Klopp can find a solution to this actually but let's see.


Actually I'm not wrong.    You can just check the 2020/21 season and understand what I meant by saying that. Liverpool had Salah in that year and they had a time period that they got some poor results. But they still fixed their problems and their form as well. It was only enough for the 3rd position at the end though and maybe the ending of this season might be a similar one as well.

stavn is an important part of this team as he has been a really good fragger so far. k0nfig can be a good choice as stand-in actually. He performed really nicely while he was playing for Astralis. They still parted their ways with him nearly three months ago. He played for Endpoint in two matches on November 16 after a two-month break. Since then he hasn't played any match professionally.

Taking all of these into account, I just have doubts if he can show a good performance. This is a completely new team for him in the end so it may take him some time to adapt to the players and strategies. The World Final is nearly here in less than two weeks you know.

There are new rumours surfacing like Manchester City are thinking of selling Jack Grealish and use the money to transfer Jude Bellingham. This is the first time I'm hearing about Manchester City to have some interest in him. Because I have only heard of Liverpool's interest before. The reason of it should be that Liverpool would like to replace him with Elliott in the lineup. Elliott is a talented young lad but he still has a long way to go for being one of the mainstays of the team.

Bellingham would add a really big strength to Liverpool's lineup by the way. As for Manchester City I don't know if they really need him. Because they already have a complete team to achieve anything they want now.

Poland were able to do something against France in the first half but it turned into a one-sided match for France later on. Poland lost their motivation easily but I understand them of course. It is really difficult to win against a dominant and powerful team like France. It was really hard to stop Mbappe in this match. He was the player of the match with two goals and an assist for certain. Giroud also scored even though he wasted a huge chance before the goal. He is playing really good in Benzema's absence now.

England started to play dominantly in the first minutes already. Senegal aren't a big threat because of not having Mane especially. England should be able to take the lead in the first half already and capture the psychological advantage. Maybe this would be the first World Cup match for Kane to score as well.

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