It's true that Real Madrid are unlucky when recruiting young players and I think in Arda Guler's case it's not a matter of a decline in performance but indeed he hasn't even started making his debut with Real Madrid due to injury. Certainly no player wants this to happen and maybe this is just bad luck that Arda Guler is experiencing. When he was still playing for Fenerbahce, his skills were extraordinary for a child his age and it was no surprise that he was previously targeted by Barcelona because his style of play was really needed by Xavi at that time. But the decision is ultimately up to the player and Arda Guler has chosen Real Madrid in the summer. We'll see what his debut will be like and hope that his training goes well without any further injuries.

Shakhtar Donetsk will face Barcelona in the next match in Group H and I think their chances are still maintained if in the next match Shakhtar Donetsk can hold Barcelona to a draw. I know it is quite impossible to stop Barcelona with their current performance but it should also be known that Barcelona has now lost several important players due to injury such as Lewandowski, Jules Kounde and especially Gavi, it is likely that he will recover faster than other players because his injury is very light.

Shakhtar Donetsk can make good use of this, at least to put pressure on Barcelona even though this is an away match for them at Camp Nou. Shakhtar Donetsk's previous victory over Royal Antwerp could be a full motivation to be able to achieve a positive trend and perhaps the luck factor will play a very important role when facing Barcelona later.

Gavi reportedly suffered an injury but it was not serious as he only experienced mild discomfort. Maybe this will have quite an impact on Gavi's performance in Barcelona's next match and I hope that during this international break he can get some rest. Even so, Gavi still has the responsibility to defend the Spanish national team this week and I hope coach Luis de La Fuente can rest his player so he can recover first.

However, if an emergency arises, Gavi must also be ready to give his best for Spain and this time he hopes that he does not suffer a prolonged injury that will make him miss several important matches while playing for Barcelona, including the El Clasico match against Real Madrid at the end of this month. This is a quite crucial situation for Barcelona.

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Sometimes even great players with a lot of experience like Ronaldo will also have difficulty when he has no other way to break into the goal but the positive side is that sometimes it makes his opponent's defense focus only on him. However, I still think that every now and then Castro has to have the courage to replace him with a younger and fitter player so he can press hard into the defensive area and create opportunities for his teammates on the field.

Talking about stamina, Ronaldo is actually still above Mane and we can see that even though occasionally Ronaldo just walks casually, he doesn't look like he's tired and when he gets a chance he will run as fast as possible to meet a pass from his partner. Meanwhile, Mane may be younger and because of that, Mane should be able to use his stamina to press or make breakthroughs with his dribble, but unfortunately that is no longer there. After Mane last suffered an injury when he was still at Bayern Munich and as we can see, maybe now he only has half of his prime remaining.

How do you see Monaco's journey so far? Wouldn't it be quite surprising if they were able to occupy the top of the standings in week 8. Moreover, since the start of the season they have only experienced 1 defeat and at that time the team that managed to beat them was Nice, who are currently just below Monaco. Could Monaco be PSG's toughest competitor this season? considering that it is no longer possible for Lens to compete with PSG again like last season. However, we know that PSG is currently trying to take their place from Monaco and therefore they cannot waste any match and must be more consistent to win.

Maybe I will focus on two teams who have lost their form in the last few EPL matches and in the Manchester City vs Brighton match it will be a tactical battle between Pep Guardiola and Roberto De Zerbi. The reason is that these two coaches are very genius and in terms of strategy, they are also very different. But in my opinion, from experience, victory will still belong to Pep Guardiola, especially since his team currently needs full points after two matches without getting a single point. Brighton's situation is actually not much different because in the previous two matches they only achieved a draw against Liverpool and were badly beaten by Aston Villa.

If Brighton wins in this match, of course they will have the opportunity to shift Manchester City's position, but the possibility of Manchester City losing 3 times in a row is also quite impossible. Surely the match between these two teams will be very exciting to see who will manage to win.

Soon Wayne Rooney's future as a coach will be answered and the club that is very close to being able to get his services is Birmingham City. Previously, the former Manchester United legend had managed DC United in MLS and he had indeed left the MLS team some time ago. We also know that he was the manager for Derby County when he was still part of the team in the 20/21 EPL season but not long ago he was fired because he was unable to produce the best results. After MLS we will see him return to managing one of the teams in the championship division and I think if he is successful in bringing Birmingham to promotion in the EPL next season it will certainly be interesting to see him back in the EPL.

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The only investment that Leipzig has is to sell talented players and we know that since selling Nkunku, Szoboszlai and Gvardiol they have made hundreds of millions of euros. After that, Leipzig turned over the money from the sale by bringing in players such as Lois Openda, Benjamin Sesko, Castello Lukeba and several other players, of course at a much cheaper price.

I think this is just a matter of adapting the players to be able to give their best performance this season and even though Leizpig is currently out of the top 4, I think they still have a very big chance of returning to the top 4 at the end of the season. So far there is nothing particularly worrying ahead of the match against Darmstadt and of course they have evaluated their previous performance to get more appropriate results.

Perhaps what is most visible is that their mentality has begun to decline drastically, causing Napoli to often lose points. Against small teams they should still be able to maximize their efforts to at least make a comeback if they fall behind first. On the other hand, I think Rudi Garcia's coaching style is not suitable, resulting in a less harmonious relationship with his players and if it's like this, the Napoli owner must move quickly so that key players like Osimhen don't leave next winter. Moreover, internal problems with the club must also be cleared up because it is impossible for them to continue doing this when their important players want to stay longer.

Seeing Leipzig so far in 6th position made me quite surprised because they performed very well at the start of this season. But in the last match they only drew against Bochum and they should have won this match easily, but they failed to do so. If Leipzig wins against Bochum, of course they will be closer to Dortmund or Bayern Munich. Now Leipzig is even below Hoffenheim, which last season was very slumped at the bottom of the table and even though the distance is only 1 point, it will be difficult if Leipzig suffers another draw. However, if we look at their next opponent, it certainly won't be difficult because Leipzig will play Darmstadt, but they still can't be careless like they did against Bochum in order to secure full points.

At least as a coach, Mendilibar gave Sevilla the only final trophy last season and I think all parties at Sevilla must appreciate his performance despite the bad results obtained so far. Sevilla really has to move if they don't want to experience the same season as last season when they finished in 12th place in the standings. In fact, Sevilla is now behind Valencia, who were below them last season. Certainly what Sevilla needs now is a coach who has a clear vision and mission and of course experience must also be taken into account so that Sevilla has a stable performance under the leadership of its new coach.

That's right, Manchester City have been unlucky in recent weeks because they lost Rodri and we can see that the consecutive defeats from Wolves to Arsenal were all due to Rodri's absence. From the start, Manchester City seemed to have lost a midfielder who could regulate the rhythm of the match or even a midfielder who could organize attacks and I agree with your opinion. Haaland also can't do anything without his midfielders and as one of the great strikers he has one weakness when he is closely guarded by opposing defenders so he can't find a way to get out of that barrier.

In the next match, Rodri will be free from his card and he will strengthen Manchester City again, while KDB is likely to see him return to defend Manchester City in the middle of the season considering his injury is quite serious.

A few days ago, Sevilla fired their coach, Jose Luis Mendilibar, due to frequent bad results in the several matches they have played so far. From 8 matches, Sevilla only won 2 times and this really threatened their position in the relegation zone. Even though the season is still long, Sevilla certainly doesn't want them to continue to be at the bottom of the table and this time Sevilla seems to have started to find a potential new coach, namely Diego Alonso and reportedly Sevilla is currently still in the negotiation stage to convince him to become Sevilla's new coach.

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Currently, Napoli is considering sacking coach Rudi Garcia, of course this is allegedly because the results obtained in the last few matches have not been very satisfactory. In the last 10 matches, Napoli achieved 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, of course that is not a good result for the defending Serie champions last season. The owner of Napoli seems dissatisfied with the performance of coach Rudi Garcia and we have often discussed it here that choosing an inexperienced coach like Rudi Garcia will only make Napoli worse off and unable to maintain their performance like the previous season. Maybe this is too soon for Napoli but they must act quickly to determine Rudi Garcia's next fate. Do you think this is the right decision for Napoli to fire Rudi Garcia and does anyone still hope that Rudi Garcia can improve Napoli in the future? let's discuss it.

Don't forget about Rodri, because even though he plays as a defensive midfielder, sometimes through assists or even his ability to find spots to score goals, we cannot doubt him because he is also often the key to Manchester City's victory through the goals he scores. Maybe both KDB and Rodri must be quite disappointed because they couldn't help the team win this match due to injury and the absence of a previous red card. So yes, these two figures are the real key players for Manchester City and when Manchester City lost these two players, it certainly felt like they were having a lot of trouble against a similar team.

But Hazard's decision to go to Real Madrid is of course that he also wants to continue expanding his career, especially since he couldn't refuse an offer from Real Madrid because he also gets a large salary and is also the player with the highest salary among other players at Real Madrid. Moreover, by joining the best team in the world, he certainly wants to continue to add to his trophy collection, but it is a shame that his career at Real Madrid has not gone smoothly.

Injury is the thing that all players fear most and when it comes, sometimes there are players who can return to their previous performance or even, on the contrary, become a prolonged flop. That is what Hazard is facing, of course he feels the frustration and pressure within Real Madrid very deeply. He is still quite far from retirement age, but since parting ways with Real Madrid he has stated that he has lost his passion for playing football so that even if there is an offer from any team he will refuse it.

But at least Al-Nassr didn't lose any points in the match and an additional 1 point would still be very meaningful for them. Maybe Castro is too confident in the depth of the squad he has but sometimes what he hopes for doesn't work out as it should. It's natural for Mane to be angry because he definitely still has a way to do something and if he withdraws Cristiano it will be a big problem because we know Cristiano always wants to play 90 minutes but he sometimes forgets that the team needs to win. Of course, Castro didn't want to take too many risks and therefore he sacrificed Mane to be replaced rather than having to cause problems with Cristiano. I hope that in the next match Cristiano will sometimes realize that the team's victory is above all else.

The Bundesliga has been running until week 7 and currently several players have confirmed their names on the top scorer list. But indeed the top 3 players are filled with new names such as Serhou Guirassy, Harry Kane and Victor Boniface. We know that Harry Kane has often been the top scorer in the previous league and Victor Boniface was also the same when he was with his previous team. However, this time the surprising striker comes from one of the teams that almost got relegated last season and he is Serhou Guirassy who has scored 13 goals in 7 matches. This is the most productive period for SSerhou Guirassy because last season he only managed to record 11 goals in 22 matches with Stuttgart. Last week he managed to score a hat trick against Wolfsburg. From the start, we probably expected that Harry Kane would hold the title of top scorer, but it looks like Serhou Guirassy has started to win the title to become a strong candidate for top scorer in the Bundesliga this season.

Maybe if they were in a group that wasn't so dominated by strong teams then they would at least have a chance to get through the group phase. But again, this is the first time they have set foot in Europe's highest competition and when compared to Braga, which almost every season can enter the group stage, Union Berlin's experience is still very limited. On the other hand, it seems that they have to be willing to accept this situation and I hope that their experience in the Champions League this season can be used as motivation to continue to develop better.

PSG's victory yesterday brought them up to 3rd position from previously being in 5th position. I think they took advantage of the opportunity well because before the Rennes vs PSG match started, Brest was only able to draw against Toulouse so PSG could be more motivated to win the match. This is an important momentum for PSG to immediately return to the top of the standings and any less good results from their rival teams will be put to good use by them. Now PSG still have other work to do because their difference from Monaco is 2 points and with Monaco's consistency PSG might need more time but it doesn't rule out the possibility that it could be faster if Monaco loses concentration to maintain their position.