Latest posts of: lulumiya

Füllkrug is a striker who has been drawing quite much attention to himself these days. He is really having a good season and Bayern Munich might be thinking of signing a younger striker like him now. Choupo-Moting is also having a good season with 6 goals in 10 games in the league. But he is getting old on one hand.

I think they must be thinking of Füllkrug as the substitute of their future striker transfer as well. Because I don't believe that they would continue with only him after the end of the season. We would surely see a big striker transfer next summer. This might be Harry Kane or some other top striker like him.

Sampaoli really has a big responsibility with Sevilla now. He also hasn't been able to create any solution to this bad performance of the team. I don't know maybe it is related to some mental issues among the players. There might be some personal reasons that is dragging them down maybe. Because I don't think that Sampaoli and Lopetegui both have had bad game strategies for the team.

They have a long time to think about how to fix this horrible season. They are even under the danger of relegating from the league now as long as they keep this up. Sevilla don't deserve this. They don't have a squad that has bad quality now. Maybe it is too difficult for them to climb to top four but they can at least finish the season in top ten with some improvement.

I have no idea about what is going on with Denmark these days. Because they were really great in the previous EURO tournament. They impressed people by a big effort indeed. But something is going wrong with them. Actually they have Eriksen back in the team as well so this must be an important factor that can fire them up.

But right now they are closing in on a loss while the score is still 1-0. I know that Tunisia are also ahead against France but we never know. Maybe France will still get one point by a last minute goal for example. Denmark should have been more ambitious than this.

Manchester United are not as competitive as in the past. I remember their version from only a few years ago that they finished the league in second place. Maybe they couldn't compete much with Manchester City for the title then but it was still a good success.

But now they are back to where they started. Actually this squad doesn't need so many additions now. It just needs better strategies. I hope they don't change their coach in a short time. They should be patient to see what he can really do first.

Inter are still getting my attention despite being more than ten points away from Napoli in the standings. Because they are one of the strongest attacking teams of the league this season. They have almost the same amount of goals scored with Napoli.

They just need to work on their defensive game plan a little more due to conceding more than 20 goals already. This is what drags them down in the league. If they make progress in the other half of the season then they have a potential to finish it in second place at worst.

Bookmakers are favouring USA maybe but I think Iran have a pretty good chance for even winning this game. Because they surprised people by defeating Wales 2-0 before. I don't see any hindrance for them to do the same to USA as well. I wasn't believing that Iran could be a surprising team in this group but here we are!

USA also made a suprise like not losing to England. But this doesn't guarantee that they would play even stronger against a weaker team on paper. This is a crucial game for them as well due to being in need of 3 points to reach next round. But it feels like Iran will get a draw at worst.

I agree with you that Barcelona don't need any addition to the squad in January. If they were able to play better in the Champions League and qualified for next round then they might have made use of strengthening the squad a little more. Besides Laporta has already made a statement that they can't make any transfer in January.

The current squad should be more than enough for the La Liga and Europa League titles. It depends on only choosing the right strategies their next games. Xavi must be knowing how to play against big teams as well from now on.

I wonder if Milan are bringing back their old times in the Champions League. But I'm not very hopeful about that. It is still an achievement for them to make it to last 16 round. Because they couldn't do even that last season. They are just not very lucky to have a draw against Tottenham now.

Tottenham haven't been very different than Milan in the group stage in fact. But Tottenham still seem ahead of them when it comes to the game plans and lineups. There is a Conte effect for Tottenham as well. I think they will eliminate Milan.

It is very difficult for Liverpool to go for a title run as of now. It is of course possible mathematically but they need to make an insane effort and wait for especially Arsenal - Manchester City duo to start a bad form. We all remember a similar season for Manchester City that they started very badly but still made that unbelievable comeback to win the title.

Liverpool's job is tougher than that time because there are two big title contenders this time. Even if one of those duo starts playing badly the other one would continue more consistently I think.

Nantes should be really careful in the Ligue 1 while they are competing in the Europa League at the same time. Because it seems like they are focused on the Europa League much more these days. I understand this of course as they don't have this chance every season. But focusing on this tournament too much can cause them to be relegated from the Ligue 1 as well.

They are already very near the relegation zone. On the other hand their opponent in this stage of the Europa League is Juventus. Most probably Juventus will eliminate them. After that I guess Nantes would start pulling themselves together in the Ligue 1.

We don't know yet about how this World Cup break will affect the teams. But in my opinion, Napoli can still come back with the same strength as long as they don't face injury problems after the break. They will have many big games waiting for them right after coming back to the league as well.

If they win these big games as usual then it will be even more difficult to stop them for any of the remaining teams. Milan are technically the closest team in the standings but I don't believe in them too much to keep up with Napoli in the meantime. The gap is already 8 points so Milan need to move on with a long winning streak to have a chance.

It is normal to see the other teams struggling because they don't have a qualified squad just as Bayern Munich. There is a significant quality difference and we have been seeing its reflection for more than ten years in the league. Dortmund are the closest strong team to them but they are also not able to put up a good fight against Bayern Munich.

This is mainly due to Dortmund's priorities of course. They are already making an amazing profit by selling talented youngsters. It must be satisfying for them for now.

Quote from: D-law on November 26, 2022, 02:51:44 PM

Quote from: lulumiya on November 25, 2022, 05:32:29 PM

PSG are of course concentrated on the Champions League championship before anything else. As they have a trio consisting of Messi, Mbappe and Neymar it is like their biggest opportunity to make it. But they need to play with a really strong system from now on. Bayern Munich are one of the title contenders at the same time. Although they haven't made a striker transfer they are still very powerful.

I expect a very close matchup but PSG can still do this. Messi has really bad memories with Barcelona against Bayern Munich. Maybe it is time to have revenge on those times.

My friend you are taking sides too fast
Why not PSG just play good football and win
Why should a player be so focused on taking revenge. Any of them both can win don't take side's fast

If you mean that it is still early for this matchup then it is true. But we are free to share our predictions anyway. I'm just feeling myself closer to PSG for now. They are stronger after adding Messi to the team and completing the trio. I will be expecting PSG to perform even better than their last meet with Bayern Munich.

Maybe Messi might not play with a revenge psychology. I just wanted to think like it might be a motivation for him. He might like to finish his bad history against Bayern Munich with a solid performance.

I'm also one of the people supporting Barcelona for the La Liga title this season. Considering their effort so far I think that they are also deserving it just as Real Madrid. Maybe Barcelona are still struggling in big games but this is also not a problem that they can't solve. Besides they don't have such opponents so many in number.

They have only Real Madrid as such opponent. Their performance in the recent El Clasico was really bad and it just helped Real Madrid get a really easy win. I hope to see Barcelona winning in the game in Camp Nou. Real Madrid have made simple point losses in easier games by the way but Barcelona are still more consistent in those games. This was the main factor for Barcelona to take the lead.

Quote from: aylabadia05 on November 25, 2022, 04:06:49 PM

A lot of speculation has developed regarding Ronaldo's next port club after Manchester United terminated the contract by mutual agreement. Besides Chelsea, Newcastle and Real Madrid are also rumored to be Ronaldo's next club after the World Cup is over. For me these 3 clubs are not suitable for this Portugal captain if he wants the best because the Premier League and La Liga are tough leagues that require extra physicality considering he is 37 years old.

I think there is a league that is suitable for Cristiano Ronaldo to continue his professional football career, namely Ligue 1 or return to Portugal by strengthening the club he started his career at.

On the other hand I have a feeling that if Ronaldo manages to help Portugal win the World Cup, then he will announce his retirement from football.

While you are saying "the Ligue 1" I guess you mean that PSG would be an option for Ronaldo.

I don't expect such transfer to happen honestly. Because PSG already have great stars in their attacking line. If we add Ronaldo there too then PSG manager Galtier can have difficulties in making his choices. This time maybe Ronaldo can have problems with him and he would go back to the point he started. In the end one of the biggest reasons he wanted to leave was Erik ten Hag's not giving him enough chance in the starting eleven.

Atalanta are like the same for two seasons. Actually there is a difference because this time they started to get bad results much earlier. They just have a good start first but suddenly they start performing really poorly. I don't know what the reason behind is for that. They don't have a bad squad quality I reckon. But they just have big problems on consistency.

I believe that this team have a potential to do better than this. They couldn't qualify for any tournament in Europe after their result last season. This time we should be able to see them fighting hard for top 4. They can at least qualify for the Europa League if they work harder.

I really don't know what is going wrong with Netherlands right now. We have left an hour behind in the game but they still have only one goal attempt which resulted in a goal. Ecuador have played much better than them considering the comparison of total goal attempts until now. They even deserve to make a comeback and win for now unless Netherlands players pull themselves together.

These two teams played against each other two times before but both of them were so many years ago. Netherlands seem to be having big problems on solving them right now. They will still stay in the lead if the game ends like this. But Netherlands are under danger in the remaining minutes with this game.

I'm waiting for how strong Arsenal and Manchester City especially will return from the World Cup break.

It is clear that one of these teams will become the champion unless we see a huge surprise. Honestly I would like to see Arsenal making it to the championship because it has been almost 20 years since they did it the last. Arteta and his students all deserve the title this season as long as they keep up this ambitious performance in the rest of the season too. Manchester City are still a huge threat to them so they will need to deal with this big pressure as strong as possible.

Juventus have been impressive in the Serie A definitely. Despite the injuries they have maintained a solid winning streak. If they don't deal with this problem again after the World Cup finishes, I expect them to be mostly consistent in the rest of the season. They need to be successful in this season after being eliminated in the Champions League.

I guess Allegri would like to care about the Europa League title too for his own good. Being successful in both tournaments would secure his seat.