I agree. Yes Ajax has a pretty strong team and did very well in their group so far but you also have to look at the other teams of this group. Sporting and Besiktas are only tier 3 teams in Europe at the moment in my opinion. Dortmund is a tier 2 team (just as Ajax) and in theory should be even a little stronger then Amsterdam, but when those 2 teams played against each other Dortmund was not in really great shape and did not have the momentum on their side as they had like 8 injured players including very important ones like Haaland and Guerreiro. So yes Ajax did a brilliant job so far in the group stage but we also must consider the circumstances.

The Juventus game was quite a tough one, but Juventus were lucky enough to get two penalties which their captain Bonucci scored. It was an interesting match. However, Lazio despite losing, still maintains their position. But if Roma wins their game today against Genoa, then Lazio will surely lost their position to Roma, because Roma are 2 points behind Lazio on the standings.

While Atalanta played an awesome game against Spezia. But they had an easy winning. Spezia are a weak team who often finds it difficult to win matches. Although, Spezia scored the first goal, but the match ended in victory to Atalanta.

the real reason was fatigue the Indian player’s were tired, and instead of opting out of the tournament or taking a break from IPL to be fit they decided to turn up and put in a horrible show.
Furthermore the team that played Pakistan could easily play any pace bowler if they were fully fit, but sadly they weren’t hence they lost the match, but going ahead in future test matches I’m sure they’ll do well against any pace bowler.

It is better for all except Brugge and Leipzig if Manchester City and PSG will be qualified for Round of 16. Small clubs can create shocks but they can not manage to go too far. They make shock and enjoy it but at the end, they lose in the next round and most of time lose too easily.
The participation of small clubs make later rounds become less competitive. If am not a fan of small clubs, I would prefer to see big clubs to go next. They will make Champions League more interesting in later rounds.
Me too. Manchester City and PSG are too strong in this group. They did not win perfectly so far but I think they will know how to pass through the qualification round

I don't think become easy for Inter Milan win from Napoli because until right now Napoli become unbeaten club on Serie with AC Milan and success on the first position standing fixture, prefer to choose match between Inter Milan vs Napoli will be draw and most close prediction. Currently Inter Milan is 7 points adrift of Napoli who is in first position of the standings, Napoli also must get 3 points to stay at the top because it has the same points as AC Milan in second position.

This is the most ridiculous logic I have ever heard. Pacers like Kapil Dev, Venkatesh Prasad and Javagal Srinath were vegetarians and Srinath regularly averaged around 90 mph during his prime days. Even among the current bunch of pacers, I guess Ishant Sharma is a vegetarian. So the diet hardly makes any difference, IMO. The main issue is the lack of support offered by the pitches in India. So the majority of the youngsters opt for spin. Good examples are those of Ashwin and Kumble, who are physically more suited for pace bowling.

As crypto follower, it's needed to have a story line that will portray the other side of this industry. Not just the negative side but also includes the benefits that those who support this market from the earlier time are now enjoying all the success that they are now getting from their investment. People should also see the positive side of this investment currency.
Conceptualizing how Bitcoin helps many people all around the world, I'm not into false information but more on fair treatment,
most of those docu and movies that been created are related to the negative side of Bitcoin and until now those who hate bitcoin
still believing that it's just a bubble or scam.

Australian's are mostly play very good in big games, so they have done in semifinal and final we can say they are real champions of cricket with ability of having change things very quickly. After lost against England no one was expecting they can do like this but after this lost Warner and Hazelwood both fight back in very good way Adam Zampa was also very useful in critical situations.
New Zealand done some better in last few years but still they need more time because first they were mostly losing in semifinals now they have habit of losing in finals so losing three finals in 6 years really matter of worry but still good thing they were able to win test championship against team like India.

Antonio Conte can certainly want to change the team to be strong in all the lines needed including the attack line which I think has been productive between Harry Kane and Son only I need another addition as a suitable substitute or in a duet into a formation in front of 3 players.
Defenders and midfielders will certainly be the subject of Conte's next reshuffle, but several names have been heard but what is certain is that in the transfer season, Conte must have prepared a name that suits him.
With Bale maybe this can be recruited again for the umpteenth time.

A direct qualification for the 2022 World Cup has not been achieved by Portugal. Play-offs will now be necessary. Seeing Cristiano Ronaldo in this state is really saddening. This is a complete injustice to a team like Portugal. They should not be in any play-offs. Considering Portugal has a world-winning squad, they should not have to enter a play-off. But they still have a chance to make it and Portugal should take it seriously.

Serbia did it, as their performance against Portugal was spectacular. Yesterday's game didn't offer much in terms of action. I just watched Serbia show the world that they are no underdogs.

many big teams with better positions indeed take lightly their opponents who are far below.
it can also provide a trap set by soccer bookies by making bets for the big team with smaller odds. but the reality on the ground will always be different and give a lot of surprises. not a few teams that are at the bottom can also beat big teams who underestimate the game against small teams.

Yes but there is too much chaos in the club. While other clubs like Regensburg and other "no names" enjoy the games, give their best and enjoy strong results, Schalke still behaves as if they were playing for the champions league title. They have to accept that they now sucked for years and they have to set up the whole club in a different way in order to take pressure away. Some pressure is healthy, but that is not pressure what they have. As I said, it is chaos.

India strength from day one was his batting not bowling. India has produced tons of great batsman but no remarkable name in the field of bowling. I am surprised you forget to name Venkatesh Prasad along with Javagal Srinath. One reason why India lack fast bowlers is because majority of there population is vegetarian and don't consume any type of meat (meat provides necessary protein required for energy).

Muller is just a year younger than Lewandowski so I feel he might retire around the same time as Lewis so he's definitely not an ideal candidate. Tbh, no one has shown enough potential yet to be a goal hunter like Lewandowski. The only player I know with such potential is in Dortmund and that's Haaland. His contract with Dortmund expires in about 2 years and more potential players could spawn up in the near future too.

The chance/hope is still there but it will not be depending on themselves but it will be depending on the result of other teams in the group especially Porto. What they need to do first is to keep the chance open by winning against Atletico in the next match and hope that Porto will not win against Liverpool. Even if they win against Atletico but if Porto can win against Liverpool, means their chance is already gone.

Villareal is strong at home, in the last 4 games they never got a loss, just a bit unfortunate loss against Osasuna. When talking about MU, we don't need too much hope, I just hope they don't stop until here. we won't be surprising if they lost again and again. It up to Ole, which strategy he wants to use, so far Ronaldo and Cavani (3-5-2) is the best formation he used, but when he uses Rashford, don't be hope to be win.

In this tournament, the toss played a very crucial role. It can't be denied. The majority of the matches between teams of equal strength were won by teams batting second. Even minnows like Namibia and Scotland were able to terrorize the test nations, when they won the toss and sent the opposition to bat. Now it will be difficult to say whether New Zealand would have won the match, if the toss was won by their captain. They were severely weakened by the injury to Devon Conway. Williamson batted well, but he ran out of company at the end.

Haaland is a great player and an asset of Dortmund. His contribution for Dortmund is huge but please don't exaggerate the with Haaland, Dortmund will automatically fight against Bayern better. Last season, with healthy Haaland, Dortmund still fell far behind Bayern on the table sot the same gap can happen in this season even if Dortmund have a healthy Haaland.
This is only rumor but this injury and rumor reminds us about the risk of overuse young players. Many young players lost their career because of serious injuries. Walcott, Wilshere in Premier League are examples. They never came back to their best after recovery from injuries. Dortmund and Haaland have to take care of health condition for Haaland and how he should play, take rest at the right time.
If his body is not fine, the club should give him break time to recover.

He is an important former player who has defended Barcelona for several season before deciding to continue his adventure with several other team.

At his age (38) I don't know for sure why Barcelona were interested in bringing him into the dressing room after he didn't have a club. The lack of experienced players at right-back may be one of the reason why he was signed this season even though we know he is not young anymore. Barcelona may expect something from him and also from his experience in term of helping the team reach their best form after many games that have not lived up to expectation. It's not entirely a good choice, but it helps Barcelona financially to stay frugal.

Leicester - Chelsea is going to be the first game of the coming weekend. There is still one week until this game but I still want to share my opinion about it. Chelsea are being favoured here of course and it is no surprise. They are even highly the favourite team because Leicester are having a bad period of time lately. They are far worse than their performance in the previous season. Their poor results lately affect them in a bad way about concentrating on their games fully. They want to recover but it seems very hard to defeat the leader, Chelsea. I'm also favoring Chelsea in this game of course. There is a very visible gap between them now. But I still expect a close game as Chelsea like to play a little safer in this kind of games. But they should be able to win by one goal in the worst case scenario.