Test matches with England and West Indies have started for 2 days. England started the game very poorly and lost their valuable 4 wickets for 48 runs. Later Ben Stoke andJonny Bairstow formed a good partnership . Where he was supposed to be all out in 100, he scored 311 runs. The bottom line is that if the game is bad for everyone, one will play well. Which is what Jonny bairstow showed. Jonny Bairstow scored 140 runs.

manchester united has a difficult rest of the season for now, apart from their performance which keeps changing every week, manchester also has remaining matches against big teams which will definitely make it difficult for them to penetrate the champions league next season, I'm not pessimistic but it looks like next season manchester will be knocked out of the champions league.

Liferpol have not been defeated in all competitions, both in the domestic league, FA cup champions league, even yesterday they managed to lift the carabou cup trophy, tonight Liferpol playing at home for sure they will play more confidently, and certainly many goals are created , because liferpol always manages to break into the opponent's goal at home, my prediction is liferpol will be able to beat inter tonight with a score of 3-1, and successfully advance to the quarter-finals of the champions league, we'll see tonight, is my prediction right, or predictions that correct.

If we look at the current conditions, Barcelona's performance is much better than Sevilla and Atletico Madrid, where from their last 6 matches, they managed to win 5 times and only drew once. I think Xavi brought positive changes in Barcelona and most likely he will be able to maintain the consistency of Barcelona until the end of the season. So I predict, Barcelona will show their comeback and they will win 2nd place in La Liga because Sevilla is in bad shape and I'm not sure if Sevilla will be able to return to their best form.

Man Utd were completely outplayed and outclassed by the rampaging Man City who are the better side throughout the duration of the match, honestly I was expecting an upset to be created by Man Utd before the match, however I was very disappointed with such a woeful and embarrassing defeat against them consequently jeopardized their chances of picking the top 4 spot this season, the introduction of Rashford and Lingaard in the second half couldn't make any impact or difference in the team rather it was as if Man Utd are playing with 9 men, honestly the team needed a complete overhaul by selling some of their players.

Barcelona still has a chance to 2nd place because has 1 game didn't play yet. while Atletico was complete. the scenario, when Barca plays the whole game and won, they have 51 points, and only have 4 different points with Sevilla. but for sure both are still in the Champion League zone when still keep the performance until the last session. so what they can do now is keep aligning with the Xavi scheme, they are together with each other, which I can see in 2nd half versus Elche after Xavi rotate the player Torres and Depay.

After looking current situation most chances they will have no good result and some more of points this is good win for Monaco even it's not going to have any big impact on their league position but still good for positive end and staying in middle of league table.

Valencia deserve this victory. Valencia was the favorite in this match. Granada's performance is very irregular. If they are not able to play well, they will enter the relegation zone very quickly. Granada's gap with Alaves is only 3 points. If Granada want to qualify for La Liga, they must do better in upcomming matches.

For other matches, Liverpool also looks very dominating today's match vs West Ham. Liverpool are currently 1 goal ahead of West Ham in the first half and could probably add to their lead in the second half which is now in the 55th minute. West Ham had chances to score but missed in the end and I think Liverpool should be aware of it during the second half . If Liverpool win, then 3 points is a fairly close distance to Manchester City in the standings.

@kro55 that’s the real beauty of this league as no team is guaranteed to walk away with the league title, and each week there’s intense competition for the top spot. Also Werder looks in fine form, but they only have one point lead and there’s no room for any slip ups now which only makes this league more interesting to watch, and I further believe that there will be more ups and down seen on the league table, and probably in the last match of the season will we know who won the title.

If we look at the winners of the most trophies in the Europa League, it is Sevilla who have the most. so I can understand if there are some people
who chose Sevilla as the favorite team to win the trophy this season. But as you said, now there is Barcelona participating in the Europa
League competition this season. Indeed Barcelona started this season very badly and Barcelona played badly in the Champions League until now
they have to play in the Europa League. But slowly Barcelona began to show improved performance after Xavi became the new Barcelona coach,
victory after victory continues to be achieved by Barcelona. The climax of Barcelona with a very convincing defeat of Napoli with a fairly large aggregate.
So I'm one of those people who prefer Barcelona as the winner of the Europa League trophy this season.

On a side note - a bit off topic. How do Russian respond to Putins invasion? I feel very sad and sorry for all the lives that are being lost during these days. Do you support war as well? How are people of Russian doing and how are they responding to all the sanctions. Is there any way public can put a pressure on government to have mercy on the people on the other side of the boarder. They are humans too - like you me and everyone around.

The World Cup play-off qualifying match between Ukraine and Scotland has indeed been officially postponed, because it is not possible for the Ukrainian national team to compete at this time, I think some of the Ukrainian players are currently fighting against the Russian military, because I see now it is not only the Ukrainian military who fought but civilians such as athletes, politicians, and even artists began to jump into the battlefield.
I hope the war will end soon and all activities will return to normal in the near future, because after all war will only make destruction for the loser and the winner.l .

Finally after 24 years, Test match between Pakistan and Australia is finally in progress at Rawalpindi. Pakistan decided to bat first and so far its a smooth sailing for them, 105 for the loss of one wicket at the end of first session. Pakistan feeling good after having an opening stand of 105 runs before Abduaalh shafique getting out for 44 runs. Pakistan need to score 350+ runs as there main bowlers are not available.

I am totally shocked to hear this news. I never expected a sportsman to die of an heart attack. He was just 52 by the way but when I read that he died in Thailand then I assumed what might have led to his sudden demise. In the past he became a headline because of his satyr attitude. If I am not wrong he still holds certain percentage of RR IPL team ownership. All forgotten may he rest in peace.

@tokeweed I too thought that Arteta would get sacked early on at Arsenal, but for whatever reason Arsenal bosses had faith in him and now their faith has been vindicated, and in coming year’s he can definitely transform them into serial title challengers. Also I expect a goal or two to be scored in the first half, and while City would be the favourites to score it I feel that Manchester United can surprise them on the counter, and hopefully go on to secure those 3 important points.

Sorry to comment about the cup game but I thought that maybe, maybe, Monaco might be able to do something special in that competition if not in Ligue 1 but it fooled me again I guess. All they needed to do was win, and they get a final appearance, and for sure with a great shout.

Nice-Nantes final instead we get, which isn't bad of course as Nantes hasn't been in this final for 22 years but really wanted Monaco to start getting a foot back into winning trophies.

In week 25, Porto will travel to the headquarters of Pacos de Ferreeira, Porto must rise and must succeed in bringing home the three points, because they have to secure their position at the top of the standings, because if Porto continues to draw, the opportunity for Sporting to catch Porto will be wide open. ,because their points difference is already very close, they are only six points away from Porto.

Whenever there is war every sector will bleed. The war has no direct involvement in malls but malls are bombed down. So many citizens of Russia don't support the war but they are also receiving effects of the war. The sanctions to football is normal. You know soccer does not have a voice but people listen to it. When you do not ban football it look like everything is fine. But when you section football, football will begin to speak and I think putin will hear.