One of the Bundesliga promotion teams this season, Darmstadt, got a bad start and from the 3 matches they have played so far they have not got any points at all. However, Damstadt lost to 3 teams that dominated the Bundesliga last season, namely Frankfurt, Union Berlin and Leverkusen. So it's no wonder they get bad results when facing these strong teams. I had hoped that at least Damstadt would be able to surprise by defeating one or two of these teams, but it seems that didn't happen, even Damstadt was unable to hold a draw. In their next match they will face Gladbach at home and they must win this match if they want to have any hope of staying in the bundesliga.

The defeat against Al-Fateh might have surprised everyone but it was quite natural after they had been on a winning streak. I don't think Al-Ahli will need long to recover from their previous defeat and I'm sure they will win again in the match against Al-Taawoun. For a strong team like Al-Ahli who has such a thorough depth of European players, it's impossible for them to lose 2x in a row and I think the previous defeat is a failure they can't stop. If you look at the previous meetings between the two teams, the results were quite dominated by a draw, but I don't see that result happening again later because it's clear that Al-Ahli now has a better squad so that they can get a much better victory.

Talking about Mbappe, it seems that his relationship with PSG president Al Khelaifi has improved and it seems that the owner also says that Mbappe is an extraordinary player. It is possible that we will see an agreement to extend his contract for another year or more precisely until the summer of 2025. So it is possible that Mbappe will not leave for free and PSG will of course be very willing to let him go to any club, especially Real Madrid, who really want him. But the focus now is that Mbappe is focused and his mind is only on PSG and for European competition it seems that we cannot fully hope if he is still at PSG this season.

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Al-Ittihad wants to do this because they really want to build a team dominated by European players and maybe the Saudi league also needs more exposure so that it can continue to present matches between football stars from this season. Indeed, that is the most worrying thing because everyone or even Salah himself does not know that his prime period will end due to age or actually experiencing an injury during that time.

That could happen considering what Liverpool wants, but the problem is, do Al-Ittihad want to wait for Salah until the end of the season? I think this opportunity is very rare, especially since Liverpool's finances are not at all good. But indeed, if Liverpool want to sell Salah now, then they must be prepared for the consequences for this season's competition.

Even though in their opening game Reims lost against Marseille, so far they have had pretty good results. They almost got 3 consecutive wins if they didn't get a draw last week against Metz. Apart from that, winning 7 points from 4 matches has put them in 4th place in the standings. Reims is not like last season which was famous for its strong defense and so far they have conceded 5 goals. However, I think Reims will still show their usual performance because it is still early in the season and their next opponent is Brest, which they should be able to overcome this time.

It looks like other sports will follow later and perhaps the only focus of the Saudis at the moment is to provide a place for everyone who wants to watch all the stars in the same place. We know the magical power of football is deeply embedded in the minds of almost everyone in the world and the Saudis succeeded did it without hesitation by spending so much money to get autograph from famous european players. I think Saudi will monitor the development of the results from the start of this season and if it goes well then there will be other things that they have definitely prepared to further retain their audience.

Indeed, this is a good and strange result, Stuttgart can score a lot of goals but can also concede a lot of goals. I think their defense line is not completely good and maybe it will be quite difficult for them to be consistent when they face other strong teams later. It seems that mid-table is a realistic target for Stuttgart at the moment considering they have had a good start and it's just a matter of how this team can adapt to the competition to be better. It will be very difficult against Bayern Munich and Liverpool with Stuttgart's current quality and it is clear that they will lose if they meet these two teams, but if they face Union Berlin or Dortmund, it is likely that Stuttgart will still make it quite difficult for both of them.

Even the big win against Aston villa surprised me a lot and after that I'm pretty sure they'll be back for another surprise in the following weeks. But it couldn't be avoided because after successfully silencing Aston Villa, Newcastle had to play several quite tough matches and it could be said that their chances of winning were very slim. However, we can understand the defeat against Manchester City or Liverpool, but when they played against a team of almost the same level as Brighton and actually lost with a quite convincing score, perhaps we could say that the players did not have more confidence after the two previous defeats. Maybe it is true that Newcastle is not like last season, but this is still the start of the season and we certainly hope that Eddie Howie can solve this problem.

Sergio Ramos gave the reason why he chose to return to Sevilla rather than accept an offer from another team because it was a feeling of respect for his father and grandfather who had been fans of Sevilla for a long time. Even though Al-Ittihad offered a salary of 30 million euros, Galatasaray gave a salary of 8 million euros, while Sevilla only gave a salary of 1 million euros and he preferred to return to his old club, which he had left for 18 years. From this we can see why he turned down the big offer and maybe indeed returning home is what he needs most right now rather than making more money elsewhere. I think it's likely that Sevilla will be his retirement place and it's unlikely he'll be interested in trying something at another team.

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Al-Ittihad has again made an offer for Mohamed Salah and this time the amount is so fantastic 251 million euros. Could it be that this time it will be quite difficult for Liverpool to refuse the offer from the Saudi league team? and I think maybe that kind of money could be put to good use to buy new players next winter according to the club's needs. Mohamed Salah is already 31 years old and Liverpool should start thinking about who will be his successor. But the problem is that if Mohamed Salah leaves at the start of this season it will clearly be a loss for Liverpool because they have not prepared a suitable replacement. Now Liverpool will definitely be very confused by this big offer and let's see what steps Liverpool take. Will they let go of their star player or will they keep him?

I think of all the teams in group B, the ones likely to qualify are Arsenal and PSV. It's not meant to belittle Sevilla and Lens because so far both of them have fallen so badly in the domestic league. Because of that it is impossible for both of them to compete more competitively in the champions league competition. Apart from that, instead of targeting the Champions League, and as we know, for many seasons, Sevilla prefers to dominate the European League, which has become a place to collect trophies. So, in my opinion, it is quite clear that Arsenal will win the group, but if Sevilla and Lens can put pressure on PSV, it is possible that we will know the group runners up from these three teams.

In the third game week, Stuttgart might be one of the teams that is quite surprising. Even though last season they were quite stuck at the bottom of the standings and at the start of this season they got quite good results by winning 2x from 3 matches. But not only that, even last week Stuttgart managed to beat Freiburg with a landslide score of 5-0 and that was an unexpected result. We know that Freiburg was quite consistent last season by finishing in 5th position but they were so easily beaten by Stuttgart. Apart from that, Stuttgart's mainstay striker, Sehrou Guirassy, has scored 5 goals so far and placed his name at the top of the Bundesliga top scorer list this season.

Apart from that, Yannick Carrasco will be on the same team as Ever Banega, who has previously joined Al-Shabab since 2020. We know that the figure of Ever Banega is certainly familiar to our ears because he played for Inter and also Sevilla in European competitions. Another long-standing achievement is bringing Argentina to win the Olympic medal in 2008 with Lionel Messi.

I don't think Al-Shabab will be satisfied with just signing Yannick Carrasco and as you said the possibility of other signings for Al-Shabab will still be open as long as the summer transfer market has not closed for the saudi league. If you look at the previous defeat against Al-Nassr, it means that this time Al-Shabab must get a strong defender or a good goalkeeper to prevent this from happening again.

I think Chelsea's fault this season is because they have sold all their main players in the summer and even they barely spared their players last season. Regeneration is very good for a team, but it would be better if it was done gradually, not immediately by doing it as a whole from all lines. We can see that the Chelsea squad this season is filled with almost 80% of new players and it's not that they can win consistently but actually get almost the same results as last season. If the previous players were retained and with the arrival of Pochettino, of course he would be able to get better results. Even with the purchase of large-scale players this season, it hasn't made Chelsea any better and they just seem to be wasting a lot of money with players whose quality isn't commensurate.

At least now Eric Bailly is much freer and his decision is very correct to join Besiktas. Actually, since the beginning of joining Manchester United he was a good defender, but over time he lost his performance due to injury and his name began to fade. Erik ten hag is a perfectionist coach and when a player doesn't meet his criteria of course he leaves that player out of the squad list. So it is not surprising that Erik ten Hag's firm leadership also had a direct impact on Eric Bailly's career. It looks like Eric Bailly will be very comfortable playing in the Turkish league and we will see him smiling again this time.

Didn't we know from the start that it was doubtful that Real Madrid would find it difficult to win because they lost their main goalkeeper who was injured before the competition started? After that, it was even the turn of one of their defenders to suffer an injury and of course I already knew that before you explained all this. It has become a hot topic of discussion because Real Madrid does not have a number 9 striker this season, but in fact who has been the key to Real Madrid's victory from the first match until now? isn't it all because of Bellingham? Well, even though it seems like you are pushing me into a corner, I have always followed Real Madrid's developments and am I wrong to talk about the quality of Jude Bellingham who has always appeared consistently in every match so far?

Anyway, it's true that Vini is injured, but I don't agree with your statement that Joselu didn't contribute much because he wasn't Ancelotti's starting choice for the season and if Vini wasn't injured, how could we have seen Joselu start last week's match? he even scored his first goal for Real Madrid in the match against Getafe and sparked the enthusiasm of his colleagues to make a comeback. For Rodrygo, it's true that he doesn't appear very consistent, he often wastes opportunities that can actually be put to good use if he wants to give assists to his colleagues.

Is it possible that the departure of several players this summer has made Lyon vulnerable on all fronts? If you refer to transfermarkt data, there are indeed several players who have left and actually I don't know whether these players were previously key players or not. For example, Bradley Barcola to PSG, Castello Lukeba to Leipzig, or Romain Faivre to Bournemouth and if you look at each player's position, they are certainly quite influential in the squad.

However, there were other things that also influenced Lyon's failure, such as the absence of Dejan Lovren who was still injured and also the absence of their top scorer last season, Alexandre Lacazette, who received a red card in the previous match against Montpellier. But if you look at the situation this week, it is likely that Alexandre Lacazette has been free from the red card penalty and can strengthen Lyon again in attack.

That's right, especially within the club there are still a number of things that need to be fixed and while waiting for all of that to be finished, Juventus must stay focused on the main competition. It is true that this season Juventus only works in Serie A and they are not tied to any European competition. But we definitely hope they can get their Champions League zone back for next season.

Regarding the results of the match, I followed suit and apparently Vlahovic was unlucky in executing the penalty. However, thanks to Chiesa who managed to widen Juventus' lead in the 82nd minute, La Vecchia Signora became even more confident in their victory.

I also thought like you, even though at that time Benfica was unstoppable and always won big, but again, a team like Inter is an opponent that has history in this competition. Goncalo Ramos is leaving this season, which makes me think that it is possible that Benfica will have difficulty gaining a position to qualify for Group D and we can see that Benfica's match results in the domestic league are also less than optimal. I mean, usually Benfica always wins with a landslide score over their opponents, but now they have quite a hard time doing that and often only achieve narrow wins. However, I actually still hope that Benfica can be like last season and as you said, this is only temporary speculation and apart from that, all developments between these teams will continue.

The goal scored by Jude Bellingham against Getafe last week means that his name is now level with Cristiano Ronaldo as the scorer of 5 goals in 4 matches for Real Madrid. This seemingly impossible feat has now been achieved by this young Englishman and everyone is still amazed by his performances every week for Real Madrid this season. What he has done so far has exceeded everyone's expectations and he will definitely never stop contributing. I'm still curious what other records he will break as a Real Madrid player in the near future and Jude Bellingham is probably the single best signing for this summer.