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The Manchester derby is going to be very exciting to follow next week.
I think Manchester City will have a more difficult job than the Chelsea game. Because Manchester United have made a really good progress in the league these days. There isn't a big point gap between them as well. Manchester City have a much better squad on paper maybe but it isn't guaranteeing anything for this game. Manchester United defeated them in Old Trafford nearly three years ago. I wonder if they can repeat it. But I don't expect Manchester City to lose this. Maybe we might see a draw with goals.
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Valencia can be one of the teams not to be trusted for betting much. Normally this should have been a clear win for them. They had a quite dominant game as well actually. They dominated the game by having a 70+ percent ball possession throughout the game. They had many goal attempts at the same time. But they were bad at finding the target.
Cadiz benefited from their chances really nicely. They actually scored very early in the game but still they managed to keep the 1-0 advantage until the end.
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Strasbourg were better than Lens in the previous season indeed. They beat them in both games in the end. However the balances have changed a lot by this season. Lens have made a huge improvement in their effort. We are seeing them fighting for the Ligue 1 title together with PSG at the moment. They even beat PSG and showed how serious they are about this.
On the other hand Strasbourg are the opposite of their look in the previous season. They are trying to stay in the Ligue 1. They have lost so many points so far. I think Lens will benefit from their weaknesses and win this game with a decent score.
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It seems like that simeone itself that must be sacked from atletico madrid. So far there was no improvement that happened with the club under him. I meant we must also aware with the fact that if the performance from atletico under him was getting degrade anytime. I think that simeone must be the problem in the club. Felix itself already got an offer from MU. MU was giving a very cheap offer for him and it seems like that atletico madrid was feeling dilemma right now whether the club wanna try to let him go to the another club or he will stay with atletico.
I hope that felix will be getting the best thing for him
I totally agree about that. I have indicated it so many times so far. Simeone has no bright future with Atletico Madrid from now on. He must also be aware of this truth now. His game plan doesn't work as good as in the past anymore. It isn't very difficult for their opponents to solve them and make them big difficulties. This team deserve a manager who loves an attacking-oriented game plan. I hope they find such manager this summer. Because if they do then I don't doubt they will sack Simeone. Maybe Simeone would like to leave before they do so. I guess the problem that Atletico has right now is the gigantic contract that they signed with Simeone. It seems they included one clause that if they miss the champions league qualification, the contact needs to be re-negotiated, but if they sack him, that is going to cost Atletico a fortune. It is also a question of alternatives regarding new coaches. Tuchel is free, but perhaps they would rather want a coach who is perfectly fluent in Spanish. Simeone has done a great job, but I agree with the majority here: it doesn't feel right anymore as it wasn't just one weak season. They have been struggling for years now while they have been a champions league favorite during Simeone's earlier years as a coach. Maybe Simeone would decide to leave Atletico Madrid then. There was some speculation before like he thought of leaving the club. It is obvious that they won't achieve anything in the La Liga as well this season. They had a horrible run in the Champions League as well so I hope he understands that his time is over with this team. There is no need to push it more. His contract ends in the summer of 2024. If he waits until then Atletico Madrid will waste their time with him a lot. |
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The problematic season is continuing for Lakers.
They have such an inconsistent form really. Sometimes they start a winning streak which stops sharply all of a sudden. It is a three-game winning streak for now and we will see how long this will go on. It feels like they will finish the regular season on the brink of the playoff area. But I don't know if they would stay inside of it or outside. Because this performance isn't credible enough to be sure of something about their future. Lebron must still be quite frustrated at his team now. Because he is still playing really competitively.
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The Fulham game is surely a difficult one for Chelsea.
Fulham have even a better placement than Chelsea now indeed. This should also be a clue about what can happen in this game. If we take the head-to-head games into account we can see it like it is a comfortable game for Chelsea. But I think those games would be misleading for the current situation. Chelsea are having problematic days and Fulham have the strength to steal at least one point in this. I might prefer to bet on both teams to score instead.
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It seems like that simeone itself that must be sacked from atletico madrid. So far there was no improvement that happened with the club under him. I meant we must also aware with the fact that if the performance from atletico under him was getting degrade anytime. I think that simeone must be the problem in the club. Felix itself already got an offer from MU. MU was giving a very cheap offer for him and it seems like that atletico madrid was feeling dilemma right now whether the club wanna try to let him go to the another club or he will stay with atletico.
I hope that felix will be getting the best thing for him
I totally agree about that. I have indicated it so many times so far. Simeone has no bright future with Atletico Madrid from now on. He must also be aware of this truth now. His game plan doesn't work as good as in the past anymore. It isn't very difficult for their opponents to solve them and make them big difficulties. This team deserve a manager who loves an attacking-oriented game plan. I hope they find such manager this summer. Because if they do then I don't doubt they will sack Simeone. Maybe Simeone would like to leave before they do so. |
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Milan - Roma is going to be another delightful game hopefully after the Inter - Napoli one.
Milan are quite highly the favourite in this game. There is nothing to be surprised of there of course considering the games these teams are playing these days. Roma are still a quite unreliable team. Mourinho is still using the same strategies and we saw another example of it against Bologna recently. After getting ahead by an early goal Roma started to try to secure a 1-0 win instead of fighting with all they have for more goals. This caused them to be in big trouble in the second half. But thankfully Bologna couldn't score. However Milan wouldn't forgive them if they do the same against them again.
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I think there is nothing to be happy about for Chelsea supporters. The result is the most important thing and they lost the game unfortunately. They were really effective especially in the first half. I believe Manchester City weren't expecting what was coming for them so they struggled against them for a while. Chelsea should have been able to take advantage of this but they couldn't score.
After failing in doing so for a long time Manchester City punished them by a classical goal of them. We saw another 1-0 victory in Stamford Bridge by Manchester City. This was important for them after drawing with Everton.
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I assume Dortmund would be able to qualify for the Champions League by the end of this season. Things aren't going very well for them for now maybe. They have been able to win only the half of their games in the league so far. However Dortmund still have the strength to revert the bad condition. They will most probably keep their important players in January.
If they make some improvement in their effort it would be enough for them to finish the season in top 4. Union Berlin might not stay in the fight until the end. Freiburg and Leipzig would be in this most probably but I don't know about Frankfurt. if they also stay in the rivalry then Dortmund have a really tough job to reach this goal.
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The odds of Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are pretty close to each other before their clash in a few days. Atletico Madrid don't have a bad history in their home games against them recently. This might be the reason why. Otherwise there is a huge point gap between these teams in the standings currently. Barcelona are quite the favourite for the win on paper as a result.
Atletico Madrid lost to Real Madrid here before. The same scenario can happen with Barcelona as well. The game Atletico Madrid play in this season is poorer than the previous one. I doubt them about getting even one point in this.
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There is only an hour to go for the Chelsea - Manchester City game. Even though Chelsea are still not in a good shape Manchester City will need to be really careful against them. Because Manchester City also got an unexpected result lately and this is still a game that can end up with a competitive score. Chelsea lost by 1-0 here in their last meet in the league and they were much better than this of course.
However they didn't have even one shot on target anyway. I feel like this game will be similar to that one. Chelsea won't have so many goal opportunities while Manchester City are dominating. I expect a 1-0 or 2-0 win by Manchester City.
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Inter have become the first team to stop Napoli finally. It was a really crucial win for not only themselves but only the others. Because Milan also have made the point gap with Napoli five again after this. Suddenly the championship competition has been fired up quite much. Maybe I would like to see Napoli reaching the title anyway but I just hope to see a title rivalry for a long time.
Dzeko scored the only goal in the game. Inter were quite well against them in general. Napoli were still statistically better though but it didn't help them get even one point.
Napoli was dominating the match against intermilan. It has more ball possessions, moveover napoli has been making more shots compared with intermilan but that's very sad to say that napoli is not lucky enough in that match caused by dzeko has been scoring for intermian. The defensive line of intermilan is doing its job so well. Glad to see that the competition become even better caused by the gap between napoli and ac milan become even closer than before. I think that ac milan has a chance to win the scudetto for this season if napoli keeps declining like that. It seems like that the rumour about anyteam coached by spalletti will have its performance declined so hard until the end of season I didn't see any Napoli domination there honestly. Inter were much better in the first half. They finally scored the goal they were searching for in the second half. Napoli were still having problems after conceding the goal as well. The statistics are misleading. Inter had quite many dangerous attacks and they could have scored even more. Napoli need to work hard to win their next game after this inadequate performance. |
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Manchester United are still pushing for signing Joao Felix. But their intention seems to be a loan deal for now. Their latest offer is said to be like 4 million euros. However Atletico Madrid's expectation is like three times this amount. In this case there is no way there will be an agreement between these sides. I can understand Atletico Madrid that they don't want to lose him for a small amount.
But Manchester United might lose their interest in a loan deal after this enquiry. They can actually sign him on a permanent deal if they are really serious about this.
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Inter have become the first team to stop Napoli finally. It was a really crucial win for not only themselves but only the others. Because Milan also have made the point gap with Napoli five again after this. Suddenly the championship competition has been fired up quite much. Maybe I would like to see Napoli reaching the title anyway but I just hope to see a title rivalry for a long time.
Dzeko scored the only goal in the game. Inter were quite well against them in general. Napoli were still statistically better though but it didn't help them get even one point.
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Tottenham got the win they wanted by a really huge score like 4-0. It was Kane's day at the same time. He scored the first two goals and relieved his team a lot as well. Because the first half was pretty problematic for them and they must be thankful for finishing it 0-0. But Crystal Palace couldn't keep their effort in the second half.
Kane has scored 15 goals in the league so far. If it weren't for Haaland's insane performance with 21 goals Kane would have been in a serious fight for being the top scorer. But he is still amazing with this effort.
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It is quite unexpected to see the Cremonese - Juventus game going on in a quite balanced way. There are still many injured players who couldn't be a part of this game for Juventus. This is a hindrance for them of course but still this is a comfortable game on paper. They just can't reflect their ball possession dominance on the score. We are getting close to the end and it is just helping Cremonese.
We saw some solid players entering the game in the second half but we will see if there will be a winning goal in the last minutes. This shouldn't be the game ending their winning streak.
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I wonder, did they not think about what the future would look like? I totally agree in saying that Borussia Dortmund is a very good team to produce quality players. But will they always do this, which in my opinion is detrimental to their team solidity. Indeed, financially they get multiple profits from every player they manage to create and then sell. But they also have to maintain the balance within the team as best they can, so they can get titles to present to their fans. If they can change their strategy in doing business, then I really believe they will be able to become a team that is on the same level as Bayern Munich.
Actually there are teams that see this important but still being a very successful team at the same time. Teams like Bayern Munich and Real Madrid are caring about signing skilled young players a lot for example. They are successful teams at the same time. They can make two things happen at the same time. But it isn't the same for Dortmund of course. They can at least give it a chance but they are just focusing on making money in selling players instead. This is disappointing for the fans as well surely because they know the potential of their team. It has been so many years since the last time they won the Bundesliga title. |
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Tottenham definitely need a win right now. Things are getting worse for them by every week. Maybe Brentford game was really tough but they should have been able to benefit from home stadium advantage against Aston Villa. They couldn't even get a point in that game. Now Manchester United have left them behind in the standings and the current gap is even 5 points.
This is getting more alarming for Conte's Tottenham so I hope to see improved performances against C. Palace tonight. Maybe they are having problems in defense especially but they can still win by starting to be better at finishing.
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There is such an impressive competition between Barcelona and Real Madrid for the league title now. They are sharing the points currently after Barcelona's point loss against Espanyol. I was saying that Barcelona were better than Real Madrid as for the games against smaller teams. But now they are no different actually. This will surely balance things for both teams.
The rematch of the El Clasico could play a big role in determining the champion team. But the most important thing is consistency of course. Let's see if Real Madrid will make a bigger difference after Benzema's return.
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