In football you need balance. You can't have only attackers or defenders in your team. You need both. If you have a strong attack but a weak defense, it can lead to defeat against a strong team. But good defenders are quite expensive. But I think that Real Madrid will buy not only Mbappe and Holland next year, but also a defender in the center of defense. In addition, they need another midfielder to replace Modric. He is 36 years old and needs to be replaced, no matter how well he plays.
I agree with you. Only taking star players in the team’s forward lineup, though, will make the team feel stronger. And you can easily win against weaker teams, you can score a lot of goals. But the team will not be strong. It is difficult to maintain the winning streak of such a team. Therefore, the team's forward, midfield and defense should increase the strength in all three places. Experienced players are needed in all three places. |
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Lukaku wouldn't be able to fit in everywhere if you ask me, there are teams with much different play styles, like in Liverpool Lukaku wouldn't be this great at all. However that doesn't mean that Lukaku is bad nor Liverpool is bad, they are just not perfect fit. Chelsea avoided that and they are using Lukaku the way he should be used and that is why I believe that they are a perfect fit for each other.
Maybe you are right. Lukaku's style of play and Chelsea's strategy are probably almost the same. So Lukaku has easily adapted to the Chelsea team. He may not have been able to adapt so quickly if he was joining any La Liga team. We see the problem in the case of Messi. He has played for Barcelona for a long time. Now going to PSG, he is not able to perform as well as expected. Because, PSG's game strategy is unfamiliar to him. They will take time to adapt to the team. |
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Chelsea is in good form and Lukaku has easily adapted to the team. On the other hand, Tottenham is not in a very good position now. Their performance against Crystal Palace was disgusting. Now if Heung Min Son can't perform against Chelsea in the next match then they will lose against Chelsea as well. Chelsea's defense is very strong. It will not be easy for Harry Kane alone to break through this defense and score a goal. If Min Son is in the team, maybe Tottenham will see a stable gameplay.
To be honest, Lukaku adapts easily everywhere, I noticed it a long time ago, whichever team he was in - he played well from the start. I really didn't like their game against Zenit, it was weak for Chelsea. They might well have led 3-0/4-0, but they ended up winning 1-0... As for Tottenham, the game will probably be more or less calm and equal in strength, and I'm more inclined towards a draw with a "both to score" option. Yeah, Lukaku and Ronaldo they are just great. They can adapt to any situation and with any team. I would say Chelsea played well against Zenit. This is a Champions League match, here they have to perform very carefully. If Chelsea was playing attacking, and If Chelsea had conceded a goal in a counter-attack, the match would have been drawn and Chelsea would have lost points. It felt good to me to win 1-0. |
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How can a team like PSG be held to a draw by a team like Club Brugge?
No matter it's an away game for PSG, a rich team with a great squad on every front still can't win, that's an unacceptable joke. I don't understand what their fault is for not being able to win this match, whether it's because they are concerned with individual skills that make teamwork not formed properly or because of the wrong strategy applied. Very embarrassing I guess!
The power of PSG and Club Brugge is like heaven and earth. PSG should be able to bring home full points when they travel to Jan Breydel Stadium. Pochettino used a very good formation in this match, 4-3-3 is ideal for PSG, moreover their front line is filled by the world's best players, Neymar, Mbappe and Messi are a very scary trio for every opponent they face. But the reality is very far from what was expected, they only get 4 Shots On Target for 90 minutes of the match, while Club Brugge managed to create 6 Shots On Target. Although PSG was able to control ball possession up to 61%, but PSG front line was unable to create an additional goal until the long whistle sounded because Club Brugge defense was very strong. Although Mess-Neymar-Mbappe seemed to be very strong players, they were not very effective. Together they could not adapt themselves. In yesterday's match, I expected a better performance from Neymar. But he was almost inactive. However, this is the first match of these three players together. They need time to stabilize. Maybe they will play better in the next match. |
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This weekend Tottenham vs Chelsea. After Totenham lost 3-0 to Crystal Palace were they able to beat Chelsea? It's hard to guess but I think Tottenham should be able to beat chelsea, chelsea have a busy schedule, they just finished playing against Zenit in the UCL. Although I think it's difficult there are still plenty of opportunities. A draw I think would be good enough for Tottenham. The key, they shouldbe kill Lukaku  I think it will be very difficult to stop the movement of Lukaku, Lukaku is a strong player but has agile movements, especially now Tottenham Hotspurs have not been able to playing Son Heung-min and Eric Dier due to injury and also Bergwijn who is still in doubt, considering the number of core players Tottenham Hotspur was injured, I really believe that Chelsea will be able to beat Tottenham Hotspur in that match, especially now that Chelsea are in an on fire condition after successfully defeating Zenit in the Champions League group phase. I don't think Tottenham can win the match, Chelsea are in-form, they have a squad depth in all the positions on the field, I don't know how Eric Dier will mark and curtsil Lukaku from scoring goals, while Tanganga is on suspension, Son is unavailable to create chances or spaces for Kane to score, Tottenham need to defend and counter attack if they choose to play attacking football all through, they will likely concede many goals that day, thus it's up to Nuno Espirito Santo to field a more defence minded formation though playing at White Hart Lane is an advantage to the host. Let's see how the perform at White Hart lane, the Chelsea team is in a good spirit not only winning games but they are keeping clean sheet like never before, scoring Chelsea from an open play is not easy with the tactics of Tuchel and the defensive force right now, Chelsea will definitely get over Tottenham to extend their good runs. Lukaku is not messing around either. Chelsea is in good form and Lukaku has easily adapted to the team. On the other hand, Tottenham is not in a very good position now. Their performance against Crystal Palace was disgusting. Now if Heung Min Son can't perform against Chelsea in the next match then they will lose against Chelsea as well. Chelsea's defense is very strong. It will not be easy for Harry Kane alone to break through this defense and score a goal. If Min Son is in the team, maybe Tottenham will see a stable gameplay. |
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I realized Manchester United were only playing with 10 player, but United had taken the lead 1-0 and United should have made the most of their defence. If United don't change their strategy, United should still be able to make goals again, considering their opponent is a dark horse team in their group and should be, this is not a problem for the United squad. It's a surprise, even though it's only 10 players I don't think United will lose and it's a problem that Ole has to deal with immediately.
Should play with 10 players is not a problem for Manchester United, considering the opponents are Young Boys who incidentally play in a less competitive league. Moreover, the game is dominated by Young Boys, this is Manchester United worst game this season (IMO). In this match also became Cristiano Ronaldo first defeat with Manchester United after becoming a Manchester United player again   Image Source: Google First of all, we have to admit that Manchester United has performed very poorly. Manchester is a title-seeking team. The Young Boys are now a weaker team than they are. Maybe Manchester United played with 10 players, it had some effect on the match. But for this they will not be able to attack any in the second half? This is their failure. Young Boys players have made 19 shots, Manchester has only 2. So what is the benefit of spending more money to bring the world's best players to the team? |
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I'm not sure if the Lakers will focus on 3 point shooting, I guess with the current lineup, they will take advantage of their size and they will bring the ball inside where the big 3 can drive. I know they have 3 point shooters too but are they consistent enough, or can be trusted to produce a good percentage of shot?
This season's Lakers are not a 3-point shooting team. Unfortunately they don't have a player who is an excellent 3-point shooter, like Klay, Curry, Korver and others. I believe in this Lakers team will be an experienced and technical team because they will have players with a lot of experience, for example, LeBron, Rondo, Howard, Ariza and Melo. This Lakers team looks like a box-to-box playing team. They do not have the 3 point scoring shooters. They can go for 3 points from time to time but constantly going for 3 point shooting is not the way they will play with this squad. They have the size advantage and also the experience factor. So shat I'm thinking about this team is they will go for more lay-up shots and more box-to-box plays. |
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Chelsea managed to beat Aston Villa 3-0 at home. Two of the goals came from Romelu Lukaku. Liverpool beat Leeds United with 3 goals away. Bruno Fernandesten scored 4 goals in the top scorer, Romelu Lukaku scored 3 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo, who played his first game this week, scored 2 goals. I guess we will watch races in all lanes this year.
Chelsea, Liverpool, City and Manchester United I think are the clubs that will be competing for the title this year. Other clubs might be under them. Even though it was just the beginning they seemed to have shown their strength. Whoever is able to appear stable he will win the title. Moreover, this week's UCL group qualification has started, they will start a competition with a busy schedule. We can put Tottenham on the list of title hopefuls. However, they had a very poor performance against Crystal Palace in the previous match. I don’t know why all of a sudden they did it poorly! They played well enough in the first two matches. Hopefully Tottenham will be stable again when Min Son returns to the squad. |
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Two matches will be held in today's super league. Gaziantep will play against Antalyaspor, and Alanyaspor will play against Giresunspor. The Giresunspor team is new, and not a very good team. Now they are in the 20th position in the points table. Antalyaspor and Gaziantep, on the other hand, are almost the same quality team, I think the match is likely to be a 1-1 draw. I will not bet on these matches. Because, the predictions in these matches are often not correct.
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The Hatayspor beat the Rizespor 2-0, which was the expected result. But Fenerbahce shared points with Sivasspor today. This was not expected. Undoubtedly today I wanted to see Fenerbahce win. Mesut Ozil has done very well in today's match. However, I did not like the performance of striker Berisha. Fenerbahce needs a more experienced striker.
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Rondo would be willing to play that minutes if he will be given a chance, however, he is not a starter so it's hard to expect he will earn that minutes unless someone in the starting lineup with the same position he has will be injured, but we don't hope it will happen though, at least Rondo is ready to step up anytime.
This is probably why Rondo is with them again. He's too flexible and can get in at any situation if he's needed to be in. But I guess he's not there just to get with those situations that crucial, likewise, he's there to play well anytime. But if they are chasing veterans, that could help in short-term success. Because veterans will have the experience in the pitch. But alongside veterans, they should also focus on acquiring young talents keeping the future in mind. I don't think Rondo is capable enough to play more than 20 minutes. Because Lakers already have good enough starting 5 in their squad. Rondo might be getting like 15 to 20 minutes a game I'm guessing. |
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It's impossible to see Lewandowski score a hat-trick in this match. The current game statistics show that Leipzig is superior in possession and Bayern Munich is superior in Attack. It looks like Leipzig is preparing a counter goal. It seems that the first half will close with Leipzig 0 - 1 Bayern Munich.
Bayern munich got a satisfactory winning against Leipzig. Leipzig tried their possible best in the match, but Bayern have a strong squad. And can't be beaten easily. Although, Leipzig dominated the game with 53 ball possession, but still got beaten with 1-4 victory to Munich. While Lewandoskii only scored the first goal, he have so far scored 6 goals in 4 matches. Very impressive, it seems he will be winning another Golden boot this season. The match cannot be dominated if the ball possession is a little more. I didn't like Leipzig's performance in the whole match. Although they made quite a few good attacks. But their defense is not too strong. Such a defense did well against weak teams, but could not resist the attack of strong teams. Since Leipzig is the title-seeking team, they need to be more vigilant in this regard. |
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At the moment, Bayer looks much stronger than Borussia, even if you do not take into account the early goal Bayer could have scored another one in the 19th minute, but Borussia turned out to be luckier there. I think that if Bayer can score the second goal before the break, then Borussia will have no chance of even drawing.
With the first half almost finished the result is Leverkusen 1-1 Dortmund. I think Dortmund will win this match. Wolfsburg is leading with 1 goal and surprisingly Freiburg and Hoffenheim are down with 1 goal each.. Leverkusen is lead by 2-1 goals. Patrik Schick scored the second goal in 45 + 1 minutes. We are enjoying an interesting match, both teams are strong. And both teams are playing well. Until the last minute, it cannot be guessed which team will win today. Since Leverkusen are ahead at the end of the first half, the match is still under their control. Bayer Leverkusen may not have a star player like Haaland, but they are very strong as a team. And my idea is to prove themselves by winning today's match. Leverkusen is leading 3-2. Both teams are still attacking to score more goals. |
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At long last the King is home.I want to see Chrsitano Ronaldo on premier league top scorer table. His teammates should be prepared to assist C.Ronaldo to place those goals at the back of the net. Former Manchester United player Wayne Rooney has commented regarding this matter
Yeah today the main strategy would be to drive in some balls or pass the ball forward to Ronaldo to finish and I don't think there would be any problem with that. United has very good passer of the ball like Fernandes, Pogba. Wing is also good with Greenwood and Sancho so he will have lot of support there. Manchester United has a very experienced midfield lineup. If they are encouraged to help Ronaldo, then Ronaldo will be able to score a goal today. Ronaldo is lucky to be part of such a strong squad. And Manchester United is lucky to have Ronaldo. Now they are stronger than ever. |
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Now that De Andre Jordan is officially a Laker, we'll most likely see an announcement on Marc Gasol trade (or not ). I don't think Lakers will want to start the season with four centers but I don't get why they seem not interested in letting him go. There are probably two or three teams that wants a center like Gasol and acquiring him won't be expensive. Yeah, probably Marc Gasol will be traded, they already have Davis, Howard and now DJ. So we don't know how Gasol will fit on that rotation, although he can still contribute with his outside shooting. But it's better for the Lakers to move Gasol out, how about him going to Nuggets to back up Jokic? Or Bucks to add depth? Yes, Giannis can play the middle, but it's better to have a true center in Gasol to help them out. That's a good team to land for Mark Gasol, he is a defensive-oriented player so he will be a big help especially for the Bucks whom they beat before. I'm sure the Bucks will get him if the Lakers will ask too much for him in return, and for sure they will not ask a big man in return for the trade. The same question arises in my mind as well. You will hardly play all of your four centers, so you can easily let go of at least one of them if not two. That might open some chance to acquire some young players into the squad. And with the addition of De Andre Jordan, Lakers look like a pretty solid team this season. An overall well-rounded team in my opinion. |
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The first game of tomorrow is going to be played between Crystal Palace and Tottenham. Crystal Palace are one of the loser teams in the league so far. Chelsea defeated them very easily also. They still have players like Zaha actually but they are one of the worst teams not only in terms of offense but also defense. Tottenham are one of the winners of the season so far. I must admit that I wasn't expecting a start like this from them. They defeated even Manchester City too. I think that C. Palace have literally no chance against them and Tottenham will be victorious by at least 2 goals.
Yeah, Crystal Palace is a loser team. They played 3 matches but could not win any of them. But they have drawn 2 matches. And they will also want to draw against Tottenham. Because Tottenham is a strong team. If Tottenham's two main strikers Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane can perform, then the defenders of Crystal Palace will not be able to resist them. I look forward to seeing a 2-0 win. |
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Did you really expect that Bangladesh will be able to win by batting for 162 runs? I can't even dream it. If Bangladesh can win this match, it will be a miracle. I think the Bangladesh team will not be able to score more than 110 runs. I have seen in very few matches that Bangladesh has won by batting for a big run chases.
@Swordsoffreedom dude, I think we can see a miracle today. Bangladesh scored 109 runs in 16 overs. I am surprised to see Afif and Captain Mahmudullah's responsible batting. Afif is unbeaten on 42 runs on only 25 balls. Bangladesh needs 54 runs from 24 balls to win. If luck helps, they will win. |
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Let's talk a little about the Napoli vs Juventus match which will take place on September 11. Napoli managed to win their previous two match against Venezia and Genoa. Meanwhile, after Ronaldo's departure, Juventus only managed to get 1 point from 2 match. This situation may make it difficult for Juventus to win because Napoli have good motivation before the match starts. Anything can still happen, I would be happy if Napoli were able to keep their win.
Against Juventus, Napoli also got some good news, their striker Victor Osimhen, who initially got a 2 game ban, got a reduction to 1 game. This means, Osimhen will be able to play against Juventus. Osimhen's presence will make Napoli more stronger. Juventus must pay attention to the movement of this player. Meanwhile, Juventus on bad conditions, Dybala, Sandro, Danilo, and several America players are likely to return on Friday. maybe this will be a reason for Juventus to not to playing them. Napoli is a strong team. I don't see a chance of winning against them if Juventus can't play at full strength. Moreover, Ronaldo, the main scorer of Juventus, is no more. Juventus will not be able to win if players like Dybala and Danilo do not perform. They will lose 3 points in this match. Napoli is definitely the favorite in this match. Played 2 matches this season. In both cases they have performed well and won. But Juventus have not won a match so far this season. They have lost against teams like Empoli. In this match, I will bet on Napoli's victory. I believe Napoli will win this match. |
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AS Roma filled by many young player and they not participant on champion league and I think positive side for Jose Mourinho give more motivate for AS Roma player to get trophy in this year. Although still dominance with Inter Milan, Juventus, Napoli and AC Milan I think this season AS Roma have bigger chance exactly finish with good position on Serie A, maybe we have give chance and put AS Roma as favorite to get scudetto in this season because they have experience coach.
Roma has a chance. Since they do not have to play in the Champions League, they will be able to focus entirely on the Seria A title. However, if they want to win the title, they have to show good performance against a strong team. Points cannot be lost against Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus. |
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You forgot Leicester, West Ham in title race. They sure are underdogs and even I think it is a difficult road for them but they sure are gonna upset some big teams.
Maybe, but I wouldn't pay much attention to them. The Underdogs team still have a chance to win the match against the favorite team, but only if the favorite team does not play well and always fails to score throughout the match. I'm still very sure that the favorite team will win if the two teams you mention play against Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City. They can surprise opponents (top teams), and the title race is still open for them. By the way, Leicester are not in the title race this season. Indeed, it's still early in the season and it's still uncertain, but since the big teams or the favorites this time can start well with all the developments, then I personally don't believe the underdogs will make a surprise this season. Maybe only West Ham looks surprising at the beginning but I believe West Ham can't be consistent, maybe against other underdogs at least West Ham can be favourites, but when West Ham play a big team then it will be the real game and I think West Ham couldn't get through it well. The thing is that at the beginning of every season, the clubs registered in the English premier league are believed to be aiming for the title. And many go as far as signing players and accepting players on loan to stay very competitive during the campaign amidst injuries and fatigue. You can’t write nobody off now, the campaign is still young and nobody can predict who would win the title. You may call Westham United, Leicester city the underdogs now. Or have you forgotten Leicester city won the title few years ago? Were they an underdog when they won the title then? Didn’t the big guns signed many top players and won many games too? Football is just unpredictable. You can’t tell what’s going to happen or how it’s going to happen from now. Everybody is aiming for the title. The season has just begun. It is not possible to predict which team will be the champion right now. Still, it's just a guess, everyone will say their own opinion. And will argue in his favor to strengthen his own ideas. That's normal. Here we are not saying that "Manchester United or Chelsea are very strong, they will must win the title." We are saying that since they have formed a strong team, maybe they can win. Leicester won the title in the 2015-16 season. The performances of teams like Manchester City, United, and Chelsea that season was very disappointing. I don't think the same thing could happen again. |
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