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I was shocked to see Pakistan batting. When Australia batted, I thought it was a batting pitch. But looking at Pakistan's batting disaster, it seems that bowling is a helpful pitch. However, I still think that Pakshithan will try his best to draw the match. If Australia bat for two sessions tomorrow, I think the match will be a draw. May be the pitch slowed down or uneven bounce when Pakistan was batting, it is true that batting looked hard when Pakistan was batting, may be Australia was bowling really well. Usman Khawaja batted really well and Alex Carey and Steven Smith scored a half century even in the Australian innings and if anyone could build a partnership Pakistan would have been in a better position. It seems to me now that they are to blame for Pakistan's poor batting. The pitch was good enough. And the Australian bowlers are really bowling very well. I blame the Pakistani batsmen because they lost their first wicket with just 2 runs in the second innings. Imam-Ul-Haque returned to the dressing room with just 1 run. Australia will definitely win this match. It doesn't look like Pakistan's batsmen will be able to survive 6 sessions. However, Australia has given a huge target of 506. Even if this match is a draw, I will not be surprised at all. Because I saw Pakistan batting in the first Test. In the first Test, Pakistan lost only 4 wickets for 476 runs, in the second innings, they scored 252 runs without losing a wicket. This means that their players have the ability to form big partnerships. Pakisthan will be able to take control of the match only if they can build the same big partnership. Although it is difficult, but not impossible. There is a mountain Pakistan needs to climb before lunch time on the fourth day. In the afternoon session, Australia lost an early wicket, and Pakistan are now 38/2! It is the adverse consequences of the defensive approach, to play positive cricket, but these Pakistani players have no intention of winning. Pakistan can be saved by slow batting. It is time for Pakistani batsmen to function normally. Whenever you feel too much pressure and play too defensively, your reflexes are slowed down a bit. You can't compete with a quality bowler for very long. Australia needs just eight more wickets. If Pakistan wants to draw this match then Babar Azam must play well today. And they have to survive at the crease. If Babar Azam is out today, I don't think there is any other player who has the experience to build a big partnership or a big innings. Mohammad Rizwan is quite experienced. If Baabar Azam and Rizwan can form a big pair then maybe Pakistan will escape the shame of defeat. However, the chances are low. Australian bowlers are experienced. |
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Sad news for Leverkusen after they lost there game about Cologne also Wirtz got injured with a cruciate ligament tear and will be missing a long time.
Guess Wirtz will be also missing for the German national team for some time , fingers crossed he will be recovering fully after this.
Leverkusen's defeat was completely unexpected. And if you've watched this match, you'll realize that Leverkusen's gameplay was good enough. Bayer Leverkusen played much better than Koln. But unfortunately they conceded a goal and could not score any goal. Although the defeat has not changed their position in the points table, they may lose their third position in a few days. Because Leipzig's gameplay is stabilizing. |
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But, I think Crystal Palace is not a very strong opponent and they should win the match against Crystal Palace quite easily in my opinion.
If they can't beat Crystal Palace easily, I'm not sure they will keep in the first position. Liverpool really hard work to reach their point to beat Man City, and the result can be seen now. Only 3 points difference and this will not be able City play slowly without any good strategy. If they lose today, so Liverpool will beat them easily, right. Maybe the Crystal Palace team isn't too much strong. But don't forget that Manchester City lost 2-0 to Crystal Palace in the home match. So Manchester City will not consider Crystal Palace team an easy opponent in this match. Will Crystal Palace take advantage of the home match? I don't think so. Manchester City will win this match. And will avenge the previous defeat. |
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Leipzig were the most impressive team of the week I think. Maybe their competitor wasn't the hardest one but they still got a superb victory like 6-1 away against Greuther Furth. They have been doing just fine for many weeks in the Bundesliga. And they are in the competition for the fourth place in the standings currently. They are holding the place now too actually but there are two other teams right behind them by having the same points. This is a really insane rivalry and I believe in Leipzig to hold this place at the end of the season too.
Yeah leipzig performance recently has been amazing since that loss against bayern they have been on an undefeated streak i think they are the closest to getting the fourth place and they can even get the third one especially after leverkusen loss yesterday they are only one point behind them. Leipzig is probably in very good form now. But their opponents in the next few matches are very tough. They will play against Frankfurt in the next match. Maybe they can win this match. They will then play against Dortmund, Hoffenheim and Leverkusen. If they can win these three matches then maybe they can move to third place in the table. But I think they will lose points in both of these three matches |
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Actually this is quite surprising considering Fulham this season really played overpower but unexpectedly they almost lost this match.
Fortunately, Fulham's possession of the ball and superior in terms of strategy could be put to good use by Fulham who managed to score a counter-goal in the final minutes of the match.
But in the end there are also those who can hold back Fulham's points even if it's just a draw
No doubt they are in this game Fulham was in full control, and they were superior in all departments but here now Barnsley is playing for pride, and they already understand they are relegated and Fulham is also having full control on top rank, so they were relaxed and just because of this there were some advantage with home team, and they take early lead which was really hard for visitors to bring at level so still having one point is good for them because now they have a good gape of points from second ranked team Bournemouth which is also trying to go through without any playoff, and it's possible for them. Today we have only one game and it's Luton vs QPR here QPR beat them easily and now settle into playoff spot with Luton is out but still some good matches coming, so we can expect some good change in positions. Luton vs QPR ended in a loss for Luton. The score was 2-1 in QPR's favor. Luton did break the deadlock but in the second half, QPR was awarded a penalty by Luton which was converted by Andre Gray. And right when it looked like the match was going to end in a draw, QPR took the lead in the 83rd minute. Dickie scored the winning goal. Now QPR is in 4th place. But I wonder if they can go any higher. |
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Transfer rumours: Erling Braut Haaland's priority this summer is a move to Spain with Real Madrid or Barcelona, despite reports claiming the 21-year-old Norway and Borussia Dortmund striker has a deal in place to join Manchester City. So Spain after all, not England. Is it possible for Mbappe and Haaland to play in the same club? Barcelona president Joan Laporta says they will not sign Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland this summer if the transfer risks putting the club in financial danger. Is this another confirmation that Haaland is going to Real? Coach Mauricio Pochettino and France striker Kylian Mbappe, 23, are set to lead the high-profile exits from Paris St-Germain this summer. There are rumors that Messi wants to leave too. Is the expensive PSG team falling apart? Zinedine Zidane has been tipped to replace Mauricio Pochettino as PSG coach and is looking at making signings from former club Real Madrid, including 30-year-old Brazil midfielder Casemiro. Does that mean that Zidane gave up leading the French national team? Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/60729337Barcelona will not be making those big transfers in my opinion. Because you know, they really don't have any financial stability at all. And going for players who are that expensive seems to be just not worth it at the moment. Erling Haaland should have gone to England in my opinion but I think the Spanish League is more appealing to him. Mbappe is going to sign a real Madrid contract. PSG really wanted him to stay in the team but the player really doesn't want to. Read more: https://amp.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2022/03/12/622bda4146163f10798b45fe.htmlNow it seems like Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé playing in the same team looks more and more possible as Days go by. |
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After a great defense against Barcelona, Galatasaray must be in a better condition now. They can believe in themselves more to eliminate Barcelona too. Because even though there was a huge quality difference, Galatasaray still kept the score as 0-0 until the final moment in Camp Nou. But still, I remember the matchup between Barcelona and Napoli also. Napoli did the same in Camp Nou but Barcelona destroyed them by 4-2 in Italy. And Napoli are a much stronger team than Galatasaray. If we take this into account, Galatasaray could experience really bad things in the rematch.
I do not think that having a home game matters when the difference is this big. I mean sure the first game was a tie but that says more about Barcelona then what it says about Galatasaray to be fair. Barcelona just had a terrible outing and I am sure that they will do or at least try to do a lot better next time around. If Galatasaray lays back again, this time Barcelona will be ready for it and that is why I believe that there is going to be very different and the result will be a bit more dominating. Plus if Barcelona scores even just one goal, GS has to start being a bit more attacking to get a tie and that could open up so much more potential for Barcelona. Barcelona is going to be attacking in that match. And Galatasaray might need to lay back for a certain time in that match. But, I think probably Galatasaray could catch Barcelona off guard if they commit too many players forward. But, I expect Barcelona to win against Galatasaray as I am sure a lot of others do as well. If Galatasaray wins I feel like that's an upset. |
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You're this statement is shocking for me as after 23 years of test states and having very long experience of playing cricket they still have no idea how to handle things fairly in board
Exactly my point because 23 years is a long time for any Nation. And by this time Bangladesh should have been recognized as a force to be reckoned with in cricket but that is not something we will see right now. Nepotism and favoritism have been in the Bangladesh cricket board like a plague. And the only way to remove this is to change the personnel on the board in my opinion. The problem is Shakib Al Hasan wants to be treated better as he is the best player in the Bangladesh team and the board thinks that has a problem. They just don't want to admit that they have the best cricketer in their team and want to establish their authority everywhere. that's where the communication gap between the cricket board and the players comes into play which has held the Bangladesh cricket team back for a long time. |
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PSG would start dying in this case but they are already dead to me in the Champions League. They have a solid squad but they still don't have the right game plan for achieving a title glory. It is obvious that this isn't going to happen with Pochettino also. They would make use of a coach like Zinedine Zidane and most probably we will see him here next season. But I think this will still not change Mbappe's decision about leaving the team to join Real Madrid. It is not about the CL title, it is about a dream.
Mbappe's departure will certainly be a big blow for Paris Saint-Germain, but I would still be in a hurry to call it a fatal blow. If PSG can keep its stars and the vector of development, coupled with the amount of funding, then the arrival of Zidane could well breathe new energy into this mechanism. And it is possible that then Mbappe could bitterly watch from the ranks of Real Madrid, as his former club Paris Saint Germain collects the titles of the winner of the Champions League  I am not at all sure that fortune, which has given Real Madrid 4 Champions League titles in recent years, will also be favorable in the following years and will not decide to take a break in this matter  Everyone is saying this for a long time and as days go by I think this becomes more true. I think the coach is the problem because not every coach can handle a team filled with star players. Certain coaches can not assert the dominance that they should have against a lot of star players. And that's where Zidane shines in my opinion. He does not care who the player is, he will do what is best for the team and the players will also abide by him. I think him becoming the manager is going to greatly improve the team's performance. |
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Everton seems to have gone on the road of no return because these lads are almost guaranteed to lose or at the least get a point from any game they play these days.
I have noticed a change in their gameplay ever since Lampard arrived and I think it will take some time for them to give them results. I think defence is a concern plus their goalscorers Lewin and Richarlison are also not performing. I think they will make it this season will be safe from relegation zone and that should be the target for Lampard for Everton this season. Everton really needs to win otherwise I think their relegation is quite inevitable. And the problem is they obviously still have to face Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, and a lot of other teams which are further ahead of them and played really well this season unlike them. It seems highly unlikely that they will be able to get any win in those matches. I think they will be able to get only 1 win Max if they are lucky. |
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This match was a very special one. I can't remember seeing 0-4 at halftime. Lyon were favorites to win, but by halftime it was already over. You could have made a lot of money with that if you had predicted that with the bookmakers. The fact that Lyon managed to bring the score back to 2-4 was no longer of any significance. A good day for Rennes. Lyon is now starting to miss Depay.
Lyon's condition is very bad this season. I don't remember if they won 3 matches in a row. They reached the tenth place in the table after the defeat to Rennes. They do not have an experienced striker. At the same time the defense is very weak. They have scored 40 goals in 28 matches and conceded 37 goals. This season they may be in the 6/7 position at the table. But if the new striker is not included in the team, their condition will deteriorate further next season. |
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Definitely one of the better games Fenerbahçe ever had this year. I mean everything just clicked for them very correctly and that is a great way to get closer to the end of the season. If this game means something, if it is not just one of those days and they were just lucky and all that, if it means that they found a good method of playing that works for everyone in the team, then we are talking about them actually having a great chance to win so many more games. And considering they are very close to Konya, maybe even means champions league for them as well which would be a lot of money too.
I never imagined that Fenerbahce score 5 goals against Alanyaspor. My bet was on Fenerbahce. But I thought they would win by 1 goal. But they played exceptionally and scored 5 goals. If they can continue such performance, they will be able to beat the Konyaspor team. Konyaspor is just 5 points ahead of Fenerbahce. Because, Fenerbahce is now more consistent than Konyaspor. |
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Three days left in this match and there is nothing Sri Lanka can do to save this match, they need 419 runs to win the match and with the team they are having and they pitch they are playing it will be a huge surprise if they could bat the third day, it is a matter of time that Sri Lanka would fold with the way the pitch is behaving and i am not expecting the match to go to the 4th day.
Yes there is nothing much left in this game to discuss. A good all round performance by Indian team and miseries of Srilanka continues to increase. Lyer is new gem for India in Test for sure. He has played lots of T20Is but not many tests. With kohli failing in every test innings bcci must consider giving some new talent a chance. It's time for BCCI to find a replacement for Kohli. Kohli has not been in form for a long time. The BCCI still kept him with the squad. He has been given plenty of time to return to the form. But he failed. India has a lot of talented young players. Now BCCI should give a chance to these young players in Kohli's place and give Kohli some rest. |
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First game of the day end in draw as Leaders held by 23rd rank team Barnsley they took early lead with this Barnsley were completely into control and Fulham were struggling to goal even they were aggressive and have too many shots but tight defence and good strategy help home team to have important one point here in this match now with this point they have not good hope but still good one and Fulham is still staying at top with good lead from other teams for promotion into Premier League with big bang.
Now, we have nine matches in progress and mostly teams are trying to have something but from key teams Bournemouth and Nottingham are in lead and trying to stay in good chase for playoff.
I think Barnsley played really well against Fulham. Well, I wouldn't exactly say they played well, I really should say that they defended well because they really looked like they were ready to put their lives on the line to defend. Nottingham Forest played really well against Reading. There were in full control of the match is won by 4-0 Bournemouth won their last match against Derby as expected and they are in second place in the league right now. |
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Today we have Australia woman and New Zealand Woman and i am going with Australia to win the match but i expect we will see a competitive match.
The match wasn't competitive as Australian women won it by a big margin. 141 runs to be exact. Aussie Women's team hasn't lost a single match yet and looks like the strong team of the tournament. South Africa is another team that hasn't lost a match either but they have played 2 matches only as compared to the Australians who have played three matches. The tournament is in its early stages and one of the favorite England teams has started off badly and won no matches till now. Well, what can I say Australian women's team were the better team in that match and I also think Australia is generally far better than New Zealand in women's cricket, and I think it was really evident in the last match. Australia just outplayed Newzealand in every factor. New Zealand did not do well at all in either batting or bowling. Australia is obviously one of the favorites in this tournament along with England. and I have to say Australia is playing like the favorites. |
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In the first leg meeting of the Champions League, MU drew with ATM with a score of 1-1, so I think this second leg meeting will be a little difficult to predict who will come out as the winner and advance to the next round, but after seeing Ronaldo's performance this time it looks like he in his best form after scoring a hat-trick against Tottenham in the Premier League, so I prefer the MU team to advance to the next round in the Champions League and win the game against ATM.
The advantage of home-away goal is eliminated by UEFA so now Manchester United only have an advantage from their home stadium, Old Trafford for the second leg match. Manchester United is very unstable in their performance so it's hard to predict their next match. They just won against Tottenham with a hattrick from Ronaldo but will they be able to score goals into Athletico Madrid by Ronaldo or any player? It's damn hard to predict but they have a rising psychology that can be helpful for them in this match. Atletico Madrid don't have too good form but they are a team that never scare of opponents with Simeone as their coach and his philosophy in management. Manchester United will have a damn difficult match even in their home stadium. Manchester United versus Atletico Madrid was daily interesting in the first leg and I think it will be just as same in the second leg as well. I honestly did not believe that Manchester United were worthy of getting a draw out of the match because, in my opinion, they played really badly. They were just lucky to draw that match. But in the second leg, the match is going to be a home match for Manchester United so I do expect them to play better. But I think Atletico Madrid is not going to play defensive. Anyway, I expect goals from both teams in the second leg too. |
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Hoffenheim 1 - 1 Bayern Munich
this is a very surprising result, i say that because Bayern Munich won and scored 7 goals in the champions league game, then they won another bundesliga game where they managed to score 4 goals and in today's game they just couldn't score even more than 1 goal and they conceded a draw, and the advantage is that Bayern Munich has many points ahead of other teams, so this draw does not harm them
I am not surprised by this result. My guess was that if Hoffenheim could score first, the outcome of the match would be in their favor. Because the goal of a team like Hoffenheim is to draw the match and share the points. And when they are able to score in the beginning they play defensively throughout the match and try to draw. Hoffenheim did not try to attack too much after scoring in today's match. |
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Juventus led 2-0 at the end of the first half. However, both the goals were due to the mistake of Sampdoria's players. Juventus will earn full points from this match. Juventus has been playing defensively since the beginning of the match. Since they have already gone ahead with 2 goals, they will strengthen their defense in the second half. These 3 points are very important if you want to ensure the fourth place in the points table.
Your prediction is right. Juventus are playing more defensively in the second half. They are now simply resisting the attack. They do not need to attack now. They need to get 3 points by any means from this match. And the way they are playing defensively, Sampdoria will not be able to score 2 goals in this match. Juventus will easily win today's match. |
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Actually I really anticipate things like that, because usually after a big win it's likely to only win with a close score or maybe a draw or even lose. So, after I consider it, it's better for me to avoid betting on this match even though indeed, I'm also quite sure that Bayern Munich will win. Bayern Munich also have a good record of going head to head against Hoffenheim, but because sometimes Bayern Munich can slip a bit in any tournament then that is also something that I take seriously.
Yes, this happens quite often (deterioration of results after a major important victory), but in my opinion this is not the case. Usually this happens after a big victory over a roughly equal opponent, but Salzburg is difficult to recognize as such. I think after such a victory Bayern will relax psychologically and the next match will also win easily and big, so the bet in this game is profitable. Right now or at least half time ended in a 1-1 draw and also, Hoffenheim got the goal first. This result at least gives a little evidence that the competition in the Bundesliga is currently becoming more difficult, from Bayern Munich's last two matches in the Bundesliga, it can be said at least it is a fairly difficult point achievement. The results of different tournaments sometimes don't have a strong link so the teams will still be difficult to predict but yes, any outcome can still happen but at the moment I think Hoffenheim are not too bad either and can still put up a strong fight for Bayern Munich. Hoffenheim was able to draw the match. Hoffenheim played defensively after scoring the first goal. Bayern Munich's players have not been able to score full points in the match despite a lot of attacks. However, Bayern Munich lost points again. Dortmund now have a good chance to close the gap with Bayern Munich. Let's see if Dortmund can bridge the gap. |
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I have said this numerous times. West Indies should not be playing test cricket. They are good in T20, and to an extent in ODI cricket. But the players look clueless when it comes to test cricket. Gone are the days when they had legendary players like Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose, who were tailor-made for test cricket. Now all they have is a bunch of T20 specialists, who are not suitable for test cricket. England on the other hand have separate squads for different formats, so they are able to fare better. Well, in that case West Indies might prove me wrong this time because they are playing quite well against England in this test match. They bowled out England for 311 runs. West Indies innings has also ended and they have collected 375 runs. Now they are ahead by 64 runs and England will come to bat shortly after the break -snip
WI side is still trailing by 109 runs and they have 5 batters. They still can reach the target but I doubt they will be able to put on lead. Holder is on 43 and WI need a big innings from him now. England bowlers did a good job on getting quick wickets. Westindies took the lead in the second innings and they are leading by 64 runs at the end of the innings. They have collected 375 runs and England is going to come to bat now Windies deserve proper bashing for their sorry state but why are we forgetting that they are pretty good competitor and bring their best when playing against poms. In last 50 years England won only series in Windies. They successfully beat the England in last home series and as far as i remember they were okay-ish on away England tour too, couple of years back when covid started.
The problem with West Indies right now seems to be that they don't have enough depth in their batting lineup. They have people who can smash the ball out of the park but they need someone who is reliable and dependable under pressure. |
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