Firstly, these are utopian plans, and secondly, they are too long-term - for the academies to give some kind of result, it will probably take about 10 years. The population of Saudi Arabia is 34 million people, the third of which are labor migrants, it is obvious that if the Saudis want to strive for the level of the top leagues, they must focus on external sources of players.

Maybe last season, or rather last season's success happened earlier than they had planned? And despite the fact that the club qualified for the Champions League, the management is not ready to change long-term plans because of this. And it's too early to judge whether it's reasonable or not - we have an example of Chelsea which spends a lot of money but achieves absolutely nothing.

Did you mean for the first place after Bayern?   Several teams have shown a good start, but I do not think that this situation will last long. And it seems to me too early to say that Leipzig took the place of Dortmund - rather, the Union returned to its "fair" level.
By the way, in the next round we will have an interesting game Bayern - Bayer and someone can become the sole leader. Taking into account the fact that this game will take place after the games of the national teams and the randomness of the result will be increased, maybe Bayer has a chance.

This is not entirely true. Name me at least one football player who has a higher ego than Ibrahimovic? But at the same time, in recent years in Milan, he played for a symbolic salary. Everything is individual, plus we should not forget that the salary is made up not only of sports components, but also of media ones. For example, Ronaldo will get a big salary everywhere (at any age) simply because he is a super brand and #1 in terms of the number of followers on Instagram.

Just from a business point of view, European teams suffer very much - the Saudis inflate the prices of players and their salaries very much, so many clubs lose income or even become unprofitable. But I don't see any problems in this - if they can't do business in an organized way (introducing fair salary ceilings, minimum and maximum budget for the club), then let them suffer. In business, there is always someone who suffers and someone who wins.

In order to have no doubts about those who make decisions on the basis of VAR, its further improvement is necessary. The situation should be like in tennis - there the VAR shows millimeters and if the ball does not touch the line, then out, if it touches it, then it is in the field. The referee does not make any decision, he only announces what the VAR has shown. Yes, many will be dissatisfied because millimeters in football is simply nothing, but if you make tolerances in determining offside by a few centimeters, for example 5, then there will still be disputes at the border of 5 centimeters. How to judge 4.98 centimeters and 5.05 centimeters? Therefore, we must come to terms with the fact that even millimeters matter.

Возможность будет всегда, вопрос в том захотите ли вы рисковать если все будет вроде бы доступно, но если поймают на использовании ВПН то скажем 3 года срок (или любое другое уголовное наказание).
Смерть падишаха может как ускорить так и остановить этот процесс, а вот его дальнейшее правление гарантирует ухудшение.

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This problem will have to be solved in a year, so PSG have time. In addition, I think that Kolo Muani is the replacement for Mbappe - he has a long-term contract and if he progresses (or at least does not degrade), then PSG will have no problems with attack. Even now, PSG still have Dembele and Gonzalo Ramos. Many clubs could only dream of such a selection of strikers.

Nice jump! morvillz7z came close to jumping out of nowhere into first place  While everyone is going very tightly and such jumps are still possible (which makes me happy and gives optimism).

I see that no one guessed the loss of points by Dortmund and I'm afraid to imagine how many betters curse Dortmund after this round because of the destroyed multibets 

I was amused by how during the post-match interview TH said that “we have to accept the referee’s decisions but...” and further enumeration of the many alleged mistakes that the referee made  According to TH, United should have won this game but for some reason when I look at the statistics I don't believe him 

PSG look unstoppable, and it should be noted that this transformation happened when they returned Mbappe to the starting lineup. Probably the sheikhs who wanted to punish Mbappe, but in the end only punished themselves, are upset by this turn of events 
In any case, after this round, PSG will not be in first place, so we will see some kind of struggle for a few more rounds.

People love holidays and big events, so such large-scale events as the World Cup always get an audience that is many times larger than the usual number of fans. This rule works everywhere - I even know people who have never played Dota, never watch any Dota games, but the Internaional final is an event for them and they watch it with pleasure. If we are talking about football, then historically it affects much larger sections of the population, therefore the involvement of the population in such an event as the World Cup is always huge.

Ага, тоже офигел от этой новости (неудаление запрещенной информации в течении суток является достаточным основанием для блокировки). А те кто сейчас храбрится что "лазейки всегда будут" конечно правы, только вот со временем и срок за использование ВПН тоже будет. Если смотреть масштабно то тенденция понятно куда ведет. Остается надеяться что падишах все-таки сдохнет раньше чем ишаки  

I think the result is fully consistent with the logic of the game, although the denouement came in stoppage time. This is very clear from the statistics:

Shots - 17:10
Shots on target - 5:2
Corners - 12:3
Ball possession - 55% : 45%

Notably, Arteta's two substitutions resulted in two goals. I wonder what excuses we will hear from TH in an interview - the goal that United scored was canceled honestly, it was out of play.

Thank you Trofo! 20% of the participants will be in prizes + free bets to the winners of individual rounds - very generous conditions 
I see that the number of participants is growing, but in my opinion the conditions are so favorable that the number of participants should be even greater.

The game Atlético - Sevilla was canceled due to weather conditions, which means that today there is only one game left where, in theory, there should be no surprises.

Chelsea looks like it will be a cash cow again for those who bet on underdogs   The question is how long it will last - if they continue to play like they did last season, then the odds will quickly drop to unfavorable (although against the basement of the table Chelsea must be favorites anyway? Paradox hehe).

It seems that Rice is putting an end to the Arsenal-United game, and Ten Hag needs to look again for someone who is "to blame for everything"  

upd: Wow Jesus! 3-1! 

I see no problem that European football will lose its special position (if Saudi Arabia continues to invest a lot of money in football). If the best players are more evenly distributed across the different regions of the planet then maybe competitions like the Club World Cup will make some difference. At the moment it's nothing more than a joke and I don't know who watches these tournaments.
In general, judging by the trends, if European clubs (top clubs) do not organize the Super League, then they will basically stagnate and fade away, and the place of the Super League will be taken by the Premier League, which in financial terms is exactly the Super League already.

The Premier League is complaining because they have a new competitor and are under a lot of pressure both in terms of player prices and salaries. The rest of the leagues don't pay much attention to the Saudis because they have a longstanding problem - the Premier League and the Saudis still have less weight than the Premier League. Saudi Arabia looks like a fair competitor among other leagues, but the Premier League looks like a rich bag full of money:

What were the odds after the first half? I don’t think it’s much more than 2, because according to statistics Bayern dominated:

Shots - 8:25
Shots on target - 3:9
Corners - 1:15 (LOL)  
Ball possession - 38% : 62%.

Therefore, the risk could not be justified. It's funny that I added the outcome of this match to my multibet and my pick was Bayern win with a -1 goal handicap, but I lost.

From what I understand it's a minor injury (sprained right ankle) and he'll be back in action in a few days. But he will definitely miss the game with the Olympic - it makes no sense to risk the third most expensive player in history for PSG (the first two are Neymar and Mbappe). And I don't think that PSG's chances will change in any way from this - after all, he has not played with the rest of the players at all, so he would hardly be a big boost even if he took part in the game.