Rudiger will most likely play in the Barcelona game. He will have to wear a mask from what I read. The injury was bad indeed and required treatment but it won't prevent him to play thankfully.
The problem with Real Madrid is that Courtois will not be available due to his back pain.. This will put a lot of charge and pressure on his substitute, hopefully he can stand vs Lewandowski and the others!

Getting the 3 points is all what counts here but the failure to score in 90 minutes is worrying.. Their opponent isn't that solid team, yet they won with only one goal in the latest minutes..

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Trabzon did good by scoring 4 goals against Monaco which they are performing bad by the way in their home league. They still have a chance to pass without playing play-offs if they win the remaining 2 games.
Lazio should be the first in its group with certain gap but ironically all of them have 5 points

What about Torino - Juventus? I believe it will be an epic game since both teams are quite in the same level and the failure mode is activated there..
Bookies are backing Juve. I would like to see the reaction of the fans if they fail
Lazio - Udinese is another interesting game. Lazio is doing good so far and Udinese is the surprise of the start of the season. Lazio seems slightly favourite.

I always have problems with the teams that I don't know well especially in this league.
Koln isn't a bad team but I see them struggling here, although they faced Partizan that is a respectable opponent.
Alkmaar is a known team, leader of its group, yet failed against Apollon ? Praha lost too.
Istanbul won and they are 7 points away from the 3rd team in the group A and 3 points away from Fiorentina. Passing to the next stage shouldn't be difficult for them indeed.

1 point for each team after 1-1 draw between Betis and Roma. They progressed after their defeat last time against Betis at least
Roma chances to qualify directly becomes lower and they have to try to pick a play-offs spot.. If Ludogorets win, things will be complicated there.

Bookies are supporting Real Madrid a little more than Barcelona. Nevertheless, they should not be underestimated because they failed to win against Inter or probably will fail to pick the second spot in their CL group or might even drop to EL.
They made much mistake, Inter defence was good while their wasn't. Dembele was the center of their focus while Lewandowski movement was relatively limited. A tactical change in their strategy might helped them to win in that match. I suppose they will take a look on what happened there and will improve it, so again, I believe that Real Madrid should start the game with the spirit that they are facing a furious team, not the one that failed against Inter.

If just Inter perform here like they do in Champions League, they will be in a better place! For Juve, I am pessimistic, nothing seems to be working well there..
Napoli is doing great so far in the other hand whether in CL or Serie A and I expect them to make a surprise if they can continue like that. 0 defeat after 9 rounds is impressive. For Milan, well, they are doing good also and might profit from a defeat of Napoli and Atalanta to jump in front of them.
This season is epic good and unpredictable

Liverpool, Bayern and Napoli scored big in today's game. I am particularly impressed how many goals scored by Liverpool (7 - 1) vs Rangers. Can we hope that they recovered finely or just once upon a time victory like the 9 goals vs Bournemouth earlier in EPL?
Inter was impressive too in CL although struggling in Serie A, 3-3 vs Barcelona made them more comfortable to pass to the next stage while Barcelona should win vs Bayern and Plzen while waiting for Inter to drop points.
Overall, Napoli, Brugge, Bayern, Real Madrid and City booked a ticket to the next stage before 2 rounds. Liverpool, Inter, Dortmund, PSG and Benfica will most likely follow them by the end of October.

The spirit of the club is simply different than the others. Dortmund find talented players then sell them for profit to keep the balance positive, while trying to win Bundesliga and fighting for european leagues. They are not willing to spend like Barcelona to find themselves blocked nor have the infinite money of PSG and City.

Sporting place is in Europa League. They just found themselves in an instable group, that's why they are competing with them, otherwise, we all know they wouldn't advance more than this stage. Red cards will make things harder for them, that was the last thing they would see to happen.
In today's games, only ATM 0-0 Brugge was goalless. Barcelona still 0-0 vs Inter but I doubt no goal will be scored. Bayern machine is fully activated and they are leading with 4 goals in 35 minutes vs poor Plzen.

Almost forget about the 9-0 that Liverpool scored this season. At some point with all negative results, you just remember how much failure you see and the positive moments fade away.. As you said, if we remove that game, everything becomes worse, a lot!
It is difficult and complex to try to understand what's going on there. Most players dropped in performance? Mane absence impacted a lot the team? Concentration level is very low? A combination of all these in fact.
ManU was in the same situation or worst but at least they recovered from it. Liverpool doesn't seem to recover at all and I doubt Klopp will continue with the team.

Today's game was indeed surprising and disappointing. It started with the shocking defeat of Juventus, the draw of City then PSG and Real Madrid. Dortmund also got a draw vs Sevilla which is weak this season in La Liga.
What I call a predictable ending is somehow Zagreb - Salzburg draw and Leipzig victory.
Chelsea won vs Milan 2-0. There is some discussion about the red card but the odds for this game were in favour of Chelsea after all.

I don't consider it as a baby steps if Google will take at the end FIAT instead of cryptocurrencies. I don't know if Google will keep a sold in crypto or just convert it in the end to cash and withdraw it. I don't see anything mentioned in the article about the contract made between these two.

Yeah I was just reading a news about Juventus president confirming that Allegri will stay after this awful defeat. Haifa won their first game since 20 years in Champions League? I read that too but not sure how accurate. Imagine getting the first win vs Juve by a team playing in a low level league. That's a joke for real.
Meanwhile, Benfica scored a goal and it is 1-1 against PSG.

Napoli attracted media these days but starting from tonight, it is Juventus that will take all the lights after their defeat in Champions League. They lost vs a team that didn't win a single game from the previous 3, barely scoring 2 goals and receiving 8.
Don't have an idea about the odds before the game but what's happening right now in Juve is not good at all.
The only thing that I heard is that Juve president said that Allegri won't be sacked after this defeat.

Juventus becoming a joke honestly. Today's game was supposed to be an easy one and at this point, they could say goodbye to CL..almost.
City getting a draw against Copenhagen was unexpected too. Mahrez missed a penalty in the first half and they were playing with 10 players most of the time.
In the remaining games, PSG and Chelsea are leading while Real Madrid is 1 goal behind Donetsk

This Sunday, Liverpool players and fans will whether get their self confidence back or lose it bad. Odds are in favour of City obviously around 1.8 vs +4 for a defeat or a draw.
Considering the actual circumstances, I think a draw will be a good result for Klopp, nevertheless, I am a bit afraid of many goals to be scored by City. This will crash Liverpool remaining confidence.

PSG should not depend on a player whatever his position is imo. They have all possibilities to replace an injured one. Mbappe and Neymar could cover Messi absence from tomorrow's game. They need to be fit and a good tactic from the coach will guarantee the 3 points.
This game will be played at the same time with Milan - Chelsea so I assume most people will take a look on the second match and wait for Chelsea to win?

I saw much media content about CR7 goal and the happiness behind it. It is like a closed door that has been opened. CR7 drop in performance is normal regarding his age and other players retire at this point but he wants to prove that he is still useful although his age. Something like what Ibra trying to show.
Anyway, these 3 points were valuable for United to keep them closer to the other teams since they lack also 1 game.

Calcio has many teams that have close levels this season. Milan job to keep the scudetto will be very hard, while the mission for Inter seems harder.
Napoli is leading without a secure gap. The first 6 teams have less than 4 points between them which makes Serie A particular comparing to the others leagues.
Lazio joined these 6 teams and jumped to the 3rd place after destroying Fiorentina with 4 goals to 0. Both Fiorentina and Juve are lacking good results and they didn't find yet their balance.