New conspiracy version: Real lost on purpose. I saw some statistics somewhere that states that in those years when Real Madrid won the Champions League, they lost to Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu  To be honest, I have not tested this theory, but it sounds quite funny, however, statisticians constantly find ridiculous "patterns" from the usual array of data. Hahaha, this is very unlikely to happen. Barcelona is now 12 points behind Madrid. Even if Barcelona wins the next match, they will be 9 points behind. Barcelona may be in good form, they will be able to win their next 10 matches, but will Real Madrid lose 9 points in 9 matches? I see very little chance of that. However, if the important players of Real Madrid get injured, maybe Real Madrid will lose some points. So no matter how good Barcelona plays, Real Madrid will definitely win the title if their performance does not deteriorate. |
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Nepal vs PNG, Tri- Nation T-20I series 1st T-20 Nepal won by 15 runs.Nepal's played very well overall batting and bowling. PNG did good return but they didn’t do it.Unfortunately Their batsman didn’t finished it properly. But Nepal's have some good T-20 Experienced player. I hope PNG will win their next match.
I saw the first 10 overs batting of Nepal. They played quite well. And averaged more than 10 runs per over. They batted well enough. I thought maybe they could win easily. Papua New Guinea weak team. However, winning this match was not easy for Nepal. Norman Vanua played great. He has scored 52 runs from just 29 balls. However, in this series Nepal will maintain their dominance and win the series. New Guinea and Malaysia are very weak teams. |
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Right and also, I can say Sevilla is a team that is at least a team that often wins titles in the Europa League. Even in this season Sevilla looks strong in La Liga too, therefore when West Ham can beat Sevilla with a comeback, then West Ham have really done a good job and deserved for West Ham to get to the final match later. True, Sevilla is a team that often wins the Europa League title but this season they had to fall short after West Ham came back in the second leg with a 2-0 win. So far the hopes are high for Barcelona in the Europa League and they are expected to win all the match to reach the final. A good performance from Barcelona can probably be expected to win the title, so we'll see how they fight for the title this season. West Ham played very well Against Sevilla. They won by 2-0 goal.Sevilla good enough strong team but they didn’t any single goal score.West Ham goal Keeper and defender's they were showed outstanding performance. Yeah,Barcelona doing very well with Xavi.I hope they will do better in future with Xavi. First of all, I don't think that Sevilla is a strong team. But they are a stable team. I said this because they had drawn 12 matches this season out of 29. Which is the highest. They have lost only 2 matches this season. Their tactics is, play defensively, secure the game, and then try to win. So, when they were beat to West Ham I was not surprised. On the other hand, at this moment Barcelona is a strong team. If they maintain this type of form, then win the Europa League title is not hard to them. I hope they will achieve this. |
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Freiburg has been playing well but yes Bayern can not be taken in easily. Yes match will be tough and interesting but I am sure Bayern will not have much challenge though. Yes Bayern has drawn recent matches out of 5 matches same as Freiburg but it can not be taken lighter. Bayern has got a high adds though and yes its going to be the day for Bayern with its 21st win.
My guess is the match will be competitive, Freiburgh's performance is very good now. Though I do not think they have the ability to challenge the Bayern Munich team. But let's not forget this is Freiburg's home match. All the teams at home are a bit confident and strong. So Bayern players must play very carefully and try their best to get full points. |
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You can't avoid downfall, but you have to deal with it. Obviously, England lost their best moments. It is because they place too much emphasis on limited overs cricket that has caused their downfall. There are fewer good batters than they once had. This makes England's batting lineup unsatisfactory. Rather than Root, there are no batsmen in good form. The team must change its tactics and team composition and be more confident.
There are a lot of talented batsmen in the England team. But there are not enough experienced players for the Test format. Talented players are not always suitable for the Test format. If you want to play well in Test format, you must be patient. Otherwise, you are not able to survive at the crease for long. England's management should form a Test squad with lessons learned from the defeat against the West Indies. |
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I also don't think that the match between Barcelona and Sevilla will end in a draw. If we were still seeing the bad version of Barcelona, then it would be very likely to be a draw match. But now Barcelona are the best performing team in the league now. Even if this match ends in a draw somehow, it would be due to an unlucky day for Barcelona. Because I expect them to dominate the match from the start to the end of it. Sevilla would have a tough time against them as their recent form is bad.
Yes, if Barcelona return to poor form, a draw might be deserved from Sevilla. but the rise of barcelona under the tutelage of xavi made barcelona rise and develop in a short time, and the development of barcelona in my opinion will make it difficult for Sevilla especially in possession of the ball plus Sevilla in a declining form which I think the score in the match will be thin and Barcelona will get full points. The Barcelona team has improved and strengthened themself, but Sevilla's situation is quite the opposite. Barcelona is now in their best form, with Sevilla consistently losing points and may lose second place in the table. If they lose to Barcelona in the next match, they will move to fourth place in the table in the next few weeks. They have shared points in the last 3 matches. In this situation, victory against an opponent like Barcelona is like a daydream for Sevilla. |
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Maybe it is a big opportunity for Milan and Napoli both now but I see Milan closer to the title. I don't say this just because Milan are three points ahead of Napoli of course. I say this because Milan have been seeming like a more reliable team than Napoli especially considering their performances recently. And next week, the balances could change again. Because Milan have an easy match but it is the opposite for Napoli. If the gap becomes bigger than this, then Napoli would have a big difficulty in turning things around.
The points difference between the first 3 teams in the points table is not too much. Their position on the table may change at any time. But I agree with you that AC Milan has the best chance of winning the title. . Inter Milan is not in the form now. So now it is challenging for them to win the title. On the other hand, if Napoli can win against Atalanta, they will continue to fight for the title till the end of the season. |
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Tomorrow we have every exciting matches between South Africa vs India this match is must win situation for India if they want to qualify for semi-final and South African already have their spot in this with good performance against all teams in group stages in last five matches South Africa beat India four times and India won only one time which happened in 2021 so now here we can expect some good fight from Indian team if they want to qualify and it is only practice match for South African as they have done their job. We can expect any result because South African will be relaxed and India could be desperate for their win.
This is a kind of do-or-die match for Indian women. But since the South African women's team has won 4 out of 6 matches. So this match is not important for them. Players will be completely stress-free in this match. On the other hand, India must win this match if they want to qualify for the next round. If the players are under pressure, it will be more difficult for them to win. Moreover, the performance of the Indian team is irregular. So the chances of South Africa winning this match seem high. |
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Dresden is not an easy opponent. The game before they played against St. Pauli. And they managed a draw there as well. But they have to start winning and get 3 points and few more. Otherwise they will not get away from the relegation zone. Dresden will sure struggle a lot from getting away into the Relegation zone, which I think is pretty hard to do because their next opponent will be Schalke on April 2 in the match between FC Nurnberg VS SG Dynamo Dresden pretty much I am surprised to see Dresden had the game into a draw, the Nurnberg is pretty much struggling in getting another goal, as a result a Draw and I really didn't expected it to happen, To be honest I think Schalke is going to get an easy match against Dresden. because at this moment Dresden is at the bottom of the table and it will be really hard for them to not get relegated this season. I really don't expect them to get out of the relegation because they haven't played like a team that can overcome this problem. Actually, they haven't played like a team at all, which means chemistry is not good at all. Should be relegated this season unless they start winning. |
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The way the Australian women's team is moving forward, no other team can afford to hold them back. They are playing great. Won all 6 matches. And every match they have dominated. They are equally strong in both bowling and batting. The title cannot be snatched from the Australian women's team unless a miracle occurs. Although India and England are good teams, they are failing to perform as well on a regular basis as Australia.
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Really surprised with the aggressive stance taken by Australia. They set a target of 351 runs, which is clearly not enough in batting friendly conditions. And Pakistan has got a good start, and they just need 278 runs more. Right now, I would say that Pakistan are the favorites to win this match (and the series as well). The Australian captain made a mistake here, and he should have also remembered that his spinners are not performing well. And now Pakistan is going to end up with some valuable points in the WTC table.
It's clear that Australia is taking an aggressive stance. Pakistan now has a realistic chance of winning the match because Australia declared the innings earlier than expected. Throughout the series, Australia dictated Pakistan on their home ground. Isn't that right? On the final day of the decider, Pakistan needs 278 runs. With Pakistan playing like they did in their last game, they have a better chance. For Australia to win, they need 10 wickets. Pakistan collected 100 runs, they lost only one wicket. They lost their first and most important wicket by 77 runs. Abdullah Shafique returned with 27 runs on 80 balls. Only 251 runs are needed to win. Pakistan still has a chance to win. However, after watching the first innings, the Pakistani batsmen cannot be relied upon. Pakistan lost their second wicket. Imam Ul Haque and Babar Azam are in the crease now. If Pakistan wants to win then these two players must build a good partnership. Although I don't think Pakistan will win. Most likely to be drawn. However, it is not surprising that Australia won. The Australian bowlers are very experienced. |
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By looking at the last few matches between the two teams, both Real Madrid and Chelsea, I am more confident that Chelsea will qualify for the next round.
I think Real Madrid beat PSG because PSG players made a lot of fatal mistakes, causing defeat, more precisely Real Madrid won because of luck, but on Chelsea's side it was because of the quality of their football game, which was very good.
The Chelsea squad may not have the star players like PSG. But there are excellent bonding between their players. PSG's match strategy was very bad. At the same time, the understanding of forwards' player with the midfielders is not good, that why Real Madrid beat PSG 3-0. But Chelsea is very strong as a team. So Chelsea will not lose against Real Madrid. They will be able to qualify for the next round. |
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The battle for the top spot in the second Bundesliga points table is now only between St. Pauli and Werder Bremen. Because the Darmstadt was lost to Bremen and is now 3 points behind. Still, it is uncertain which team will qualify for the Bundesliga. Because, although the performance of the teams was stable at the beginning of the season, now the performance of the teams is not stable. Also the point gap between them is not much. So if a team loses a match, it will be difficult for them to qualify for the Bundesliga.
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Their chances are very big now, especially if their opponents can be said to be below them even though they are indeed good clubs in every league they run.
Leipzig and Atalanta will be very difficult to predict who will win in this match but if you look at it, it is very likely that Leipzig will win.
On the other hand don't forget West Ham, I think this can also be a candidate to be reckoned with now especially they have also beaten Sevilla in the previous phase
Suddenly now Barcelona is talk of soccer community again as few weeks back there were in talk due to their poor performance and management issues but now suddenly with the arrival of Xavi they are completely different team with some good vision for future and end of this season with now they have only one chance to win UEFA Europa Cup. Now with current form they have very fair and good chance for this because as per table no team is having good quality for defeating them but in soccer we can expect any big upset in any match which could usual business. Frankfurt is very difficult club as they recently beat another giant Sevilla and with few other teams also having good chance for doing upsets like Atlanta and West Ham. The opponents that Barcelona is facing in the Europa League seem to be less in power than Barcelona. Obviously, Barcelona is the talk of the town right now, they have always been among the talks but this time it's for their good performance. I also like the approach of Xavi because he has made this team go from zero to hero. without him, I am quite certain that it was not pretty much possible. I think if Xavi is given a lot more time, he will be able to get Barcelona back to their glory days. |
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Bayern Munich has the financial status to get potential players that they need, and right now they are readying the new contract they will give to Lewandowski, and I think Robert Lewandowski sure can give a price he would like, and not like Dortmund, that they don't have the capacity to rehire Erling Haaland but if Dortmund, with Erling Haaland would have teammates that Lewandowski have then it might be a different story, or we could surely see a good competition between the two.
I believe that Bayern never really did any insanely high priced purchases so far and just got good players that showed themselves in Bundesliga and just kept on going that way and they got a great success out of it. Winning 6 cups in a single season in 2020 was the high point of this. Because of this, they are not looking at players who are 100+ million and they do not aim to get some of the worlds superstars. Definitely Lewa could be a great one right now, deserved the award really, but they made him into that as well, they are not getting ready made players, they are improving the ones they get. Haaland could be 150+ million and they probably won't even look at him, if they did, they could have afford him and get him and could be so great for them. Bayern Munich did not look like making stupid purchases because they approached certain players who have really great amount of skill but their playing for relatively smaller teams for smaller than Bayern Munich. that's why Bayern Munich offer them a reasonable price for the player and the club had to sell those players for the money but once those players went into Bayern Munich, they became a hundred times better. Anyway, I don't think they are going to look for Erling Haaland either. they will be looking for some player who has good potential but not too high market price. |
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I think every board is independent in deciding how many test matches will be played in there home tour. For instance, in NZ there are always 2 test matches in every series. They don't like playing much test. If board is getting benefit only then they are playing more test cricket. I do agree that there cricket fans like T20 format only.
As per the ICC rules for the World Test Championship (WTC), each full member need to conduct at least one test series against each of the remaining 9 full members, and there should be a minimum of 2 test matches in each of these series. So the national boards are forced to include test matches in their itinerary, even if they have little interest in doing so. And this is one of the reasons why I always say that the WTC has made cricket more boring. Ideally national teams should only play one test series (2-3 matches) per year. It is actually going to have a negative effect on this cricket. Because people want more action and they will get that in ODI and t20 cricket. So, in this rule test cricket will be like the YouTube ads. I think we all understand how annoying YouTube ads can be, and when we watch a video on YouTube and a promotional advertisement pops up, we just want it to finish or skip it. I think that the same thing is going to be happening to test cricket. |
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The pitch is a batting-friendly pitch. I expected better scores from the Australian batsmen. 391 runs on such a pitch does not seem to be enough. The Australians needed to collect at least 450 more. It is foolish to think that Pakistan will lose all their wickets very soon. We have seen Pakistan batting in the last two Tests. They have played very well in the previous two Tests.
You are right. The pitch is a batting pitch. And 391 runs on such a pitch is not enough. Pakistan lost their first wicket by just 20 runs. And till today they have collected 152 runs so far without losing any other wickets. Abdullah Shafique is unbeaten on 75 and Azhar Ali is on 56. And their striker rate is less than 40. They are batting very well. Since today is the third day and looking at Pakistan's batting style, it looks like they will be able to bat all day today. So the match is most likely to be a draw. |
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Besides experience, Bayern players are extremely team-fixated. That's one of the qualities the club looks for in new signings. This is also the reason why Bayern would never sign players like Messi, Ronaldo, Drogba and others (if they had the chance), because they would upset the team structure. In my opinion, there is no top team in Europe, apart from FC Liverpool perhaps, where all the players line up in such a way without airs and graces and special treatment.
How is Lewandowski different from the listed players? I think none of the listed players would break the system, the fact that these players are bright personalities does not prevent them from playing team football, but the fact that they "take over the game and waste scoring chances" is their job. The striker must shoot on goal even from uncomfortable positions, some of these shots are converted into goals and some will be unsuccessful. And at this moment, some fans will say - but he could have made a pass, oh, what an individualistic player he is. The best ability of the great footballers in the world is that they are not one-dimensional. they are quite flexible in their playstyle and often they can show some mesmerizing skills that are quite unbelievable for a lot of people. In the case of Robert Lewandowski, I think he is a player who has adapted to the playstyle of Bayern Munich really well. and obviously I agree that a striker should be able to shoot from uncomfortable positions. But a good striker will always somehow manage to get to the position where he is comfortable and be able to manipulate the play. |
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I also think Barcelona will win this Europa League. Of the remaining candidates, only Atalanta and West Ham can be singled out, but Barcelona look much better. As soon as Barcelona were relegated from the Champions League many predicted they would win the Europa League, and there is no doubt that they will play in the final. I don't think it's because they had a good game against Real Madrid, which makes them the biggest candidate for winning the Europa League. They are really getting better compared to a few months ago. And on the other hand, we've seen Real Madrid drop a little in their last games. So this result, despite being a surprise, is not so strange to the point of Barcelona becoming the "best team". We saw that Barcelona had a difficult game against Galatasaray, despite the victory. Even though the next match for the Europa League could be more accessible, he continued to think that Barcelona cannot win this competition. I think it is going to be the opposite because Barcelona seems to be doing really well right now. And the win against the league leader Real Madrid is going to give them a big boost in confidence. And I am thinking that confidence is going to carry out in the Europa League matches too. I know that Barcelona did not have a very convincing match against Galatasaray but I think we all are forgetting that the team is in this position because they deserve it (Galatasaray). |
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It seems that Inter Milan is getting worse after getting another unsatisfactory result when they meet Florentina. Now they have to be 6 points behind AC Milan who on the same day earned. victory. Even though Inter Milan has one game ahead, it is not enough to overtake Milan. Losing a lot of points from a few games, they have to be content with the position they have now.
It is so surprising how Inter Milan were top of the league last month but have won only one of their last seven games and now sit third in the standings, three points behind leaders Napoli who are on 63 points and Ac Milan 66 points. The more Inter Milan are slipping, the wider the chances they are given Ac Milan to clinch the title, they still have a game at hand hopefully good results in their next game. I felt like Inter Milan exhausted its energy trying to beat Liverpool and qualify for UCL quarter finals. They have never been the same since then. The energy in the team has dropped and it is totally affecting their performance. They don't have a winning mentality anymore. They are now back to being a mid-table team. The performance of Inter has deteriorated quite quickly and heavily in my opinion. You know, they had a really commanding position in the league before but now they really don't seem to be winning the league title this season. If they actually want to be alive in this title race they will surely have to win the next match against Juventus otherwise it will be Juventus taking their place and being amongst the favorites to win the title. |
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