I was wondering why Timo Werner rarely gets the chance to play this season and whether it is possible that his performance has declined so that he is unable to compete with Lois Openda who was brought in by Leipzig last summer. But competition in a club is normal and Timo Werner must accept this gracefully. Timo Werner is a good striker and it would be a shame if he only spent his time on the bench.

I would prefer Timo Werner to go to Fulham rather than Crystal Palace because in terms of quality Fulham can still compete for the top 10 in the standings in the long term even though currently Fulham is quite mired at the bottom of the table. If the rumors come true and Timo Werner joins Fulham, of course their attack line will be better. However, if there are other loan offers from both teams, Timo Werner must consider his steps first before deciding.

Previously, I discussed the injury suffered by Camavinga during a training session with the French national team and the latest news is that Camavinga will be absent until the end of 2023 because he suffered a ruptured knee ligament in his right leg. Apart from that, other players who suffered injuries were Vinicius and Ter Stegen and this was only confirmed today. Vinicius was withdrawn during the World Cup qualifier against Colombia and this is the second blow for Real Madrid after previously losing Camavinga. It is reported that Vinicius has returned to Madrid to undergo treatment and the results will be known later after passing the examination.

Meanwhile, Ter Stegen is experiencing acute back pain and has left the German training camp. It is reported that Ter Stegen will return to Barcelona tomorrow to find out more about his condition and whether he will be fit for the next La Liga match. This seems to be a wound for Real Madrid and Barcelona who have lost key players in the international break and I can only hope that things get better soon.

This fact is difficult to avoid and certainly Juventus will not waste this opportunity to shift Inter from the top of the standings. Playing in front of La Vechia Signora supporters will really be an additional boost for Juventus and that's why they have to win as much as possible with a difference of more than 1 goal.

Regarding the match against Napoli, this will be a proving ground for Napoli's new coach Mazzari and of course he has to prove that he is worthy of managing Napoli, especially being able to beat Inter will be one of his best achievements this season. But it is true that Osimhen's performance in this match will determine whether Napoli can beat Inter or not. Even if Napoli fail to beat Inter, I quite agree that at least they should succeed in holding Inter to a draw.

Actually, the defeat in the first round ended with a narrow 3-2 win for Freiburg and I actually still predict that Olimpiakos can turn things around in the second round. But indeed, Freiburg is the favorite because it is directly supported by the fans at home and that will make Freiburg even more confident in being able to beat Olimpiakos. A landslide victory must be obtained if they want to secure a ticket to the next round and conceding goals will be Freiburg's focus in the match so that the previous incident does not happen again.

Losing Jude Bellingham should not cause Dortmund difficulties and in fact it has been a long time since Dortmund lost its key players in the transfer market but they still exist in the top competition. This season Dortmund only lost pieces and they just need to put them back together so they can be more solid in the future.

Playing Gladbach doesn't seem to be a priority for Dortmund because they want to focus more on the Champions League considering they still have a chance to qualify. So against Gladbach, if they are already ahead by 2 goals, they will defend more and withdraw all their main players for the next match against Milan in the Champions League.

There was no significant improvement as you would expect and Manchester United got through all this with a little luck and that is a fact they have to accept with the current squad. Even though in the end they had difficulty achieving victory because so many players were absent due to injury, at least they were still able to get a decent win against a team whose quality was below them.

For the Champions League, they had to surrender because they were facing opponents who were much more aggressive, especially as some of them knew that Manchester United's performance was not at its best, so the opportunity to beat Manchester United was still open and that was successfully done by Copenhagen last week.

That's true and whatever the result, these teams can still maintain the same chances as last season, but regardless of who will become champions, it is still difficult to predict. At least this team has fought well and it's just a matter of how they can maintain this until they advance to the higher rounds. Dortmund is still a team that has the possibility of qualifying despite the complicated competition in Group F and I want to see all the teams fight until the end to get a slot in the round of 16. Well, the three teams you mentioned have been strong candidates every season and are always at least the favorites to fight until the semifinals before one of them finally wins this competition.

For West Ham and Freiburg, both of them can be guaranteed to qualify if they succeed in winning their next match in Group A of the European League. West Ham will face TSC who will definitely not qualify and Freiburg will play Olimpiakos and this is where the obstacle for Freiburg occurs. The difference between Olimpiakos and Freiburg is 5 points and if Olimpiakos wins this match, of course they will pave the way to qualify for the final match against TSC.

But that is indeed a bit difficult to realize considering that Freiburg will be the host in the second round and in the first round Olimpiakos also lost against Freiburg. This will be a decisive match for Freiburg and Olimpiakos to qualify for the last 16 of the European league.

This is a quite risky match for Girona and Bilbao could stop Girona's impressive record in the upcoming match. The H2H statistics are quite balanced with each team collecting 3 wins in each meeting. I feel that this time Bilbao is able to stop Girona because after all Bilbao is a veteran team in the La Liga competition and they are still consistently in almost the same ranking every season.

I think it's a bit difficult to determine the winner in the betting later and I don't want to take the risk of betting on Girona even though they are the favorites. The only safe bet is to bet on the over 2.5 result considering that both teams want to win.

The passion for playing football is still very high for Cristiano Ronaldo in his old age and he can still do the same things that much younger players usually do. I have to say that he doesn't lack anything other than age and in terms of performance he can still be relied on, especially finishing in front of the opponent's goal. After all, any defender would be afraid if the player they had to guard was Cristiano Ronaldo, especially as his experience in finding spots to score goals cannot be underestimated.

If at a younger age for the Saudi league the possibility would be closer to 60 goals and we cannot deny that in the top European league alone he is often the top scorer by scoring more than 20 to 30 goals every season.

However, everyone thought Cristiano Ronaldo was the problem at Manchester United at that time and after he left, most people finally realized that the crux of the problem was not Cristiano Ronaldo but that Manchester United had been destroyed from the start. Cristiano Ronaldo came to Old Trafford to help his team recover from adversity and at the same time he was labeled as a troublemaker. It is strange to see these fans who have even criticized their own club legend. But in the end I was happy to see Cristiano Ronaldo smiling again with Al-Nassr and he has definitely found a new home to continue his football career.

Usually Liechtenstein is a team that provides goals for Portugal and it seems that last night's match proved that Liechtenstein has improved its defensive system better by only conceding 2 goals. I really appreciate the performance of the Liechtenstein players in the match, especially the goalkeeper who was seen repeatedly thwarting opportunities from the Portuguese players. It was in the second half that the first goal was conceded and Cristiano Ronaldo scored the opening goal to give Portugal's lead and after that it was Cancelo's turn to seal Portugal's victory with the goal he scored.



Portugal has certainly qualified from group J and talking about Cristiano Ronaldo, he is now the temporary top scorer in the group qualifying round with 10 goals (the same number as goals scored by Romelu Lukaku).

Inter may currently be at the top of the standings but they will face two difficult matches in the future in Serie A because not only are Juventus a difficult opponent for them but after that they will still face Napoli. It's about the points they have to defend and maybe in one of those games Inter will drop points.

We know that this season's Scudetto competition is still open to anyone, including Napoli, even though they have a 10 point difference from Inter, but if Napoli succeed in beating Inter, of course they will cut the point difference to even less. This will be a tough match and Inter will have to maintain what they have gained so far.

Talking about Rennes, this team is usually in the top 4 of the standings or sometimes in the top 10 of the standings. But what is happening now is that they have been thrown to 13th position in the standings and are getting closer to the relegation zone. Rennes, usually always consistent, has now experienced a significant decline in performance and in the last 5 matches they have not won at all and that means they have lost 14 points since then because they had 1 draw in some of those matches.

Now Rennes' challenge will be even more difficult because they will play Reims in the next match and if they lose of course they will be in the relegation zone temporarily considering that the difference is very small from the teams below them.

What do you think, is there anything wrong so far with Rennes' results? and what should they do to fix it all?

I have heard these rumors and I think Manchester City's decision is quite bad when they have already regenerated the depth of their squad. I feel this is just an unnecessary repeat of the past, especially now that Leroy Sane is very happy at Bayern Munich and without him, Manchester City can still play well with its current squad. I don't know whether this is pure interest from the club directly or whether Pep Guardiola wants him. But if Pep Guardiola wants it, it could happen because after Mahrez left they didn't have a capable right winger.

Now the decision is up to Leroy Sane, if he returns to England then it is certain that he will be in the right team and if he stays at Bayern Munich then he doesn't need to think about anything else because he will still have a good career and be closer to his family.

Even though Wolfsburg is currently thrown into 11th position in the standings, in fact they are a team that got good results at the start of the season. Leipzig will not underestimate Wolfsburg and in fact they know Wolfsburg is not a weak team. I think fielding the main players will maintain stability in Leipzig's attack and defense and they will definitely do that in the next match.

If we look at the record of the meeting between the two at Wolfburg's home ground, the hosts will actually be favored in this match but most of them only won by a narrow score and I don't think that's enough for Wolfsburg to maintain their lead. The depth of Leipzig's squad this season is as good as last season because they transferred several good players into it and I think this will still be a win for Leipzig, even if there is a late win or comeback win for Leipzig.

Even though Manchester United is often criticized for their less than consistent performances, it seems they are doing a good job by recording 5 wins with the highest points. When compared with other teams such as Liverpool and Manchester City, the difference is only small, but at least Manchester United have had better results in some of these matches. Apart from that, it is a fact that Manchester United had an easy match against a team that they should have been able to beat and that is why they got the highest points in this result compared to other teams. Another fact is that they are still in 6th position so far, it is undeniable and Erik ten Hag still has a long way to go to shorten the difference in points in the standings from his competitors.

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Leverkusen's left-back, Alex Grimaldo, has opened the door to his future at Real Madrid and he has expressed his interest in playing for the best club in the world. It seems that Real Madrid's big name has sparked his desire to move and that also depends on whether Real Madrid makes an offer to him or not in the future.

But if in the future Xabi Alonso really becomes the Real Madrid coach who replaces Ancelotti, I think the transfer will take place between Alex Grimaldo and Real Madrid because after all Alex Grimaldo is one of Xabi Alonso's favorite players at Leverkusen. So far as a Leverkusen left back, Alex Grimaldo has contributed 8 goals and 5 assists and he is a very rare player for his position.

With a defense like that, Freiburg often concedes goals and that is why in the last 5 matches they have only been able to get 1 win. Against Darmstadt shouldn't be difficult for them and I think if they can improve their defense in this match, victory is definitely guaranteed for Freiburg. However, if the opposite happens, then Freiburg will continue to experience a negative trend throughout this season.

Talking about odds, Freiburg already deserves these winning odds and there is no doubt that they will win the match and if we bet on Darmstadt the risk of losing will be greater. Freiburg must win if they want to close the gap from Frankfurt and Freiburg should recover after they slipped for quite a long time at the start of the season.

That will never happen because in his interview a few moments ago, Zidane would never coach an English team because of the language barrier used and he also doesn't want to be in a team whose future is unclear. Zidane doesn't want his impressive record as a coach to be tarnished if he coaches Manchester United and that is definitely a consideration he has to make.

It looks like Manchester United will have to look for another coach and that's even if Manchester United no longer fully trusts Erik Ten Hag. However, Manchester United's current situation is not good and with a large list of injured players, this will certainly continue to corner Erik ten Hag and it is likely that this will not last much longer.

Maybe Benfica should surrender to the current situation and they should try again next season. In fact, Benfica's performance in the domestic league is very good and they are at the top of the standings, but in the Champions League this season they cannot apply this performance well in different competitions. Benfica is a team that plays attacking but couldn't win a single match in the group stage. Actually, I still want to see them win the remaining two matches and at least the results they achieve will heal the wounds of their fans who have been disappointed.

Inter is a strong opponent and in fact they have already qualified for the last 16 and it looks like they will not play with a full squad against Benfica because they have to rest several of their main players so that matches in the domestic league can still get consistent results. Moreover, maintaining the top of the standings in the domestic league is another priority that Inter must carry out.