Almost every day we see changes in the points table. Because, the point difference between the teams is very small. So if a team does not win, their position on the table falls behind. Now at the top of the table is Werder Bremen. They are playing consistently well. So now they are at the top of the table. However, Schalke and Hamburg are lagging behind. They are now 4 points behind Werder Bremen. Pauli and Darmstadt are now just 1 point behind Werder. So when Werder loses points in a match, these two teams are ready to remove Werder from the top spot.
The second Bundesliga is really interesting to watch this year and the race who will be in the first Bundesliga next year is still extremely open. Including Heidenheim which is on the 7th position at the moment all the teams above have still the realistic chance to get into the top 3. From the 3 biggest teams of the League Werder Bremen is doing best at the moment, but Schalke and Hamburger SV both still have all the chances too. The match between Hamburger SV and Bremen on the weekend was really exciting to watch and very close up until the last minute and a draw would have also been completely possible. I am looking forward to the next games. At the start of the season my guess was that we would see Werder Bremen, Schalke and Pauli in the top 3 of the table. But Pauli has been able to continue his good performance for a long time but recently they have lost form. At the same time, they have lost their dominance in the league. However, each team still has the potential to qualify for the Bundesliga. I'm sure Werder Bremen will qualify. However, I am not satisfied with Schalke's performance.
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Last weekend seems not a good Day for big teams because in the top 4 only Benfica who able to get 3 points but in my view this results won't change anything for Benfica and reasonable position for them at the end of season probably only champion league zone because 10 points behind from Porto is too far for them for race tittle and also Porto had good records with unbeatable until now
The teams may have lost points. But their position on the table did not change. Porto are still 10 points ahead of Benfica. And I don't see any chance of Benfica winning the title this season. Sporting was playing well though. However, they are 6 points behind Porto. Reducing this gap will not be easy for Sporting. Because Porto is a strong team and they are consistent enough. They have not lost any match in this season yet.
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Almost every day we see changes in the points table. Because, the point difference between the teams is very small. So if a team does not win, their position on the table falls behind. Now at the top of the table is Werder Bremen. They are playing consistently well. So now they are at the top of the table. However, Schalke and Hamburg are lagging behind. They are now 4 points behind Werder Bremen. Pauli and Darmstadt are now just 1 point behind Werder. So when Werder loses points in a match, these two teams are ready to remove Werder from the top spot.
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Fenerbahce continues to try to stabilize themself. And I haven't seen them lose a match in a long time. Today they got a great 2-1 win against Kasimpasa. Kasimpasa's performance was very good. I would even say that Kasimpasa's performance was better than this at Fenerbahce. Yet Kasimpasa’s misfortune is that they conceded goals in extra time and were defeated. With this victory, Fenerbahce is now the fourth team in the table.
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It was really unexpected to see Napoli defeating Lazio yesterday by 2-1. Because Lazio were a far stronger opponent than Cagliari for Napoli. And the Lazio game was even an away one for them but they still somehow won this game. And now, Napoli have the lead in the standings. The competition is really fierce and the leader can change every week now. I have really missed to see a great competition like this in the Serie A for years. Juventus were dominating the league most of the time. It changed last season but Inter also dominated that season.
Napoli were expected to win against Lazio. However, Lazio's performance was not bad. They are playing very well. But Napoli are an experienced team. Winning against them is not easy. With this win, Napoli are now at the top of the points table. However, if Inter Milan can win their next match, then Inter Milan can go to the top of the table. At the moment Napoli and AC Milan have equal points. Three teams are now in contention for the title.
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Another rumours for the future of Jesse Lingard appears again today that because some people believe this summer the player won't get new contract and leave to new club and the latest rumours about him came from Co-Owner for Newcastle Amanda Staveley that she confidently said Newcastle will get him although many teams interested to bought him such as West Ham but she will try to get the player immediatelly
If Newcastle qualifies to play in the Premier League next season, they are prepared to spend a lot of money to strengthen the team. Since they are now the richest club in the Premier League. They will do their best to make the team more stable. They will spend money and hire talented players. And if Newcastle coach wants Jesse Lingard on the team, they will get him. West Ham want to sign Jesse Lingard, but they are unlikely to offer much more than Newcastle.
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South Africa VS New zealand South Africa had a good chance to win this match by dominating. But they missed the opportunity. Colin de Grandhomme and Mitchell helped New Zealand score 293 runs. Which is a good enough collection. I thought New Zealand might lose all their wickets before 250. After the third day, South Africa collected 140 runs, they lost 5 wickets. My guess is that they will lose all their wickets in the first session of the next day and collect around 200-220. South Africa cannot win if they give less than 300 targets. I am still optimistic about New Zealand's victory.
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After giving a target of 184 runs, Sri Lanka thought that they could easily win today's match. But they forgot that the Indian batsmen are in great form now. India's two openers Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan did not play well today. However, Iyer, Samson and Jadeja have fulfilled their responsibilities properly. So today India can easily reach the goal of victory.
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India vs Sri lanka After a long time we saw a perfect T20 match from the Indian players. Basically the top order batsmen have played well so India's performance has been good. Batting first, India set a target of 200 runs. Opener Rohit Sharma scored 44 and Kishan 89 runs. Iyer also made 57 off just 28 balls. The batsmen played well and the bowlers performed well. Sri Lanka collected only 136 runs in 20 overs. India won the match by 62 runs.
This is why Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are the highest paid player in IPL. They timing these two batters have is impeccable. I guess Srilanka chose to ball first because they wanted to utilise the dew factor but that did not go well with them. Two more matches left in this series. I guess this series will be also whitewashed by the Indian side. I think Sri Lanka wanted to exploit whatever they thought they might get from the pitch at the start of the match but that didn't go as planned. and to be honest I don't think that Sri Lanka has that type of bowling to defend whatever they post on the scoreboard if they bat first. so that might be a reason why they chose to bowl first. and I also think ok that they did not want India to chase because India is a really good team at chasing scores. but I think we can safely say that whatever they planned did not work. And Ishan Kishan along with Shreyas Iyer really played well in that match and proved their worth. India is looking really good against Sri Lanka and I also think that this could be a whitewash.
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2nd ODI b/w Bangladesh and Afghanistan is underway at Chattogram and this time Bangladesh is batting first after they won the toss. There is 12 extra runs given by Afghanistan in 3 overs including 6 wides, not a good thing from bowling perspective. Bangladesh got 6 early wickets in first ODI but losing the game afterwards, Bangladesh must have this thing in there mind.
After the incredible victory of the first ODI, the players of Bangladesh are confident today. Afghanistan is a very tough opponent for Bangladesh. So winning the match against them will not be easy. Today, the beginning of Bangladesh has been quite good. Collecting 36 runs in 6 overs, they did not lose any wicket. However, when the opening pair broke, Bangladesh quickly lost a few more wickets. As a result, middle order batsmen have to play responsibly.
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Besides the match between Napoli v Barcelona, I think the interesting thing is in the Rangers v Dortmund match, after the defeat at home in the first leg with a score of 4-2, will Dortmund be able to win and can ensure that they qualify for the next round. Dortmund previously won big in the Bundesliga by beating Monchengladbach 6-0, maybe it will also make them have better motivation to be able to do the same for Rangers in today's match. Hope there is something very interesting, because if I look at it on paper I think Rangers still have a chance to qualify for the next round and maintain their lead.
Is Haaland in the squad for today's match or is he still injured? Dortmund might be able to win if Haaland are in the squad but I'm not sure if they can advance to the next round. They lost 4-2 in the first leg. Since the Rangers are already ahead. So in this match they will try to share the points by playing defensively. And with 10 players playing as defenders, it will be difficult for Dortmund to score.
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Another tough match is going to be waiting for Barcelona next week. It is going to be against Athletic Bilbao in a home match but Barcelona are still the favourite highly to win this. And I would like to point out especially one thing that Barcelona haven't been losing for nine weeks straight in the league now. This is really huge and it makes them stronger than ever mentally above all else. Athletic Bilbao have been on a strong run too but I don't expect them to be able to resist Barcelona here.
The progress shown by Barcelona is now increasing its performance from match to match. It is possible for Bilbao to become Barcelona's test material to surpass the Bilbao players they want to beat. After a long slump now Barcelona is showing little by little El Clasico fangs. The players are now starting to enjoy the strategy flow that Xavi has implemented, thus adding more confidence than usual. Seeing as the difference in points in 4th and 3rd positions is very thin, if Barcelona work as well as before and Aubameyang stays focused on contributing more to his new team, there is a very good chance that they will be in the best 3rd position. This is a good achievement with not good internal conditions. But the management of teamwork is very well maintained in every player. If the pair of Aubameyang and Torres can play well, it will not be difficult for Barcelona to come third in the points table. Barcelona's current performance is very commendable. And compared to the start of the season, they are now a very stable team. Consistently they have been able to perform well. They will be able to move up to third place in the table if they maintain consistency.
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Honestly both team to score will be a sure bet in Ajax vs Benfica match, both team will play an attacking football thus create making scoring chances for both team, however Atletico Madrid vs Man Utd match is very a dicey and unpredictable game considering the two team inconsistency in their respective league, the match can be won by either of team irrespective of the team playing at home, some soccer pundits tipped Man Utd to win based on the fact that historically Ronaldo has a good records of scoring Atletico Madrid, however I disagree with that assertion.
Actually I'm not sure about BTTS in the Benfica - Ajax match although the bookmaker is showing this option as the most likely. Ajax looks very powerful and, under certain circumstances, can crush the opponent, leaving their own gates untouched. As for the Atletico-United match, it really looks completely random, both teams can both show a good game and completely fail. I see both ajax and benfica to score in today's match. Athletico Maldrid- united is just too difficult making prediction but I'm sure a goal might come from Athletico and will rather stake squarez to score than betting on Ronaldo to score in Athletico- united. Athletico stand a better chance than united even in their inconsistency. Manchester are just fairly lucky this season because the narrow get their wins In the match between Ajax and Benfica, I want to keep the Ajax team ahead. Ajax are now in good shape and their players are more talented and hardworking than Benfica's players. I think Ajax will win today. It is difficult to predict the match between Atletico Madrid and Manchester United. The situation of both the teams is the same now. No team is able to play well regularly now. However, Manchester United has performed very well in their last match. They will win if they can do the same against Atletico Madrid.
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PSL is seeing some great achievements this year and it has been a success story till now for Pakistan. It would actually be interesting to see how much money this year's PSL generates.
With every PSL edition, PCB earns more money than the previous editions of this tournament. Also, if the whole tournament is played within the country (and not shited to a neutral venue like dubai), the earnings are even better. To have a glimpse of the earning, you can see the Salary Comparison of PSL Superstars in 2016 and 2022 and see the increments. The more the players are been given the salaries, the more the board is making money through the league. I think this is a big reason why Pakistan is trying to host every series in their own country and not any neutral venue. In Pakistan obviously, Pakistan is going to have more viewers and also generate more revenue. This PSL has generated quite a buzz in the whole cricketing world and I think it is going to get only better from this situation. I wonder will PSL become a direct rival to IPL in coming year’s, and imagine both being hosted at same time it’ll definitely give player’s a tough choice on which tournament to participate in. Lastly it does seem that Pakistan is bouncing back in the cricket world, and now it’s only a matter of time before they rise up in the ICC table as I see they’re building a good base for their national team.
Pakistan has a really good pipeline and we can guess that by watching the players that are being produced by Pakistan. And that alone I think can be really important for Pakistan to get them up through the rankings. And maybe it could be a thing that PSL will become the strait rival of IPL but I think that's a long time away, to be honest.
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Barcelona won't have an easy job to do in the rematch that is seen clearly now. Maybe Barcelona are seen as the favourite by bookmakers now but this doesn't prove anything yet. We can see every kind of a result here. But I'm confident that this won't end in ninety minutes. Maybe we can see it ending by 1-1 and start watching the extra time after that. And this is likely to end by penalty shoot-outs too. I don't see any side being highly overwhelming the other in short. But my heart is with Barcelona to win.
Bookmakers may be considering Barcelona as favorites, their gameplay is good enough. Yet I cannot rely on this team. Now they are not stable. Their performance is not regular. However, in the first leg, Barcelona played a great game against Napoli. Napoli's performance was poor. The second leg If Napoli fails to improve their performance then they will be defeated. Because Barcelona is getting stronger day by day
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We're about to start the games. Not sure what to expect from the Villareal vs Juventus match. It may well go up in the score. Villareal will certainly want to score quickly and then extend the lead to 2-0. They are also favorite with the bookies and for good reason. Hopefully it will be dry there in Spain, a lot of rain will sabotage the level. 2-2 would be a reasonable final score.
My guess in this match is that if Villarreal can score first then they will win. Because I have watched Villarreal's last few matches. They like to play attacking too much. And so if Villarreal can score today's first goal then they will play defensively. And playing Villarreal defensively, Juventus will have a lot of problems to score. Because one of the main strikers of the team Dybala is not in the squad.
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Wahab Riaz destroyed the chances of Lahore Qalandars during super-over. Fakhar Zaman and Harry Brook took the responsibility of opening, but both of them failed. Fakhar managed to make just 2 runs from 3 balls, while Brook made 3 from 3. They couldn't score a single boundary. And all this after some terrific fireworks from Shaheen Shah Afridi, who scored 23 runs from the final over that was bowled by Mohammad Umar. 7 was required from the final ball and he managed to hit a six. This guy shows a lot of promise with the bat as well.
This match was absolutely insane and really great to see. This match had almost everything that cricket could offer to its viewers. First the run chase and then the bowling of Wahab Riaz in the super over. But Lahore should have managed some more runs in the super over. I think that super over is absolutely based around luck. A team has to be really lucky to win the super over, and luck ran out for Lahore. we can't blame Shaheen Afridi for not being able to defend when he has to defend a score next to nothing.
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It seems like Arsenal are interested in signing Alvaro Morata on loan this summer. He is still playing at Juventus on loan now and the contract is running out this summer also. As his performance hasn't been very bright so far, I think that Juventus might think of not extending the loan contract with him. And this would create an opportunity for Arsenal as they need a decent striker so much now. But I wonder if Morata would play better in the Premier League. Because he played at Chelsea before and wasn't that good. Actually, he is not a very good finisher in general. Source: https://tbrfootball.com/report-shares-arsenal-stance-on-alvaro-morata-after-january-links/If arsenal wants a good finisher they should look for other options because Álvaro Morata is not a really good finisher in my opinion. And his performance in Juventus has not been really good also. I think they could get their hands on better options instead of going for Álvaro Morata. And in the Premier League, the competition will be much more intense so I wonder if he will be able to shine in that league.
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honestly I don't see barcelona winning the Europa League, that's because they are still not well and there are better teams in the Europa League that can win and I think that on the 2nd, napoli will beat barcelona, napoli needs to improve their defense a little more them to be able to beat barcelona more comfortably, it won't be an easy game if they don't have good defense, while barcelona don't have good defense and they make disastrous mistakes when they have the advantage, that's why I believe napoli will win
I agree. Barcelona will not make additional efforts to try to win the Europa League, the focus will continue to be on improving their ranking in the Spanish league. Also, looking at all the clubs that are in the Europa League, there are several that are playing much better than Barcelona this season. That's why I don't see Barcelona reaching the final. If Barcelona wants to win that Europa League they need to beat Napoli in the second leg first. because that is a really big obstacle for them right now. They don't have any advantages going into the second leg against Napoli and they will also be playing in away conditions. So, things certainly don't look so good for Barcelona. And also the defense of Barcelona is not very good at the moment. But on the other hand, Napoli has also some problems regarding their defense. so, if Barcelona can make something happen and exploit this certain weakness of Napoli, they might have a chance.
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Cagliari VS Napoli
Napoli are now playing against Cagliari. So far I am not satisfied with their performance. Since Cagliari is a team in the relegation zone. We expect Napoli to play well and score a lot of goals against them. But no team has scored a goal in the 40th minute yet. And Napoli has made only 3 shots, while Cagliari has made 4 shots. But I have faith in the Napoli team. They will be able to get full points from this match.
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