Osimhen's performance is still very good to date because looking at what he did for Napoli, Osimhen is good even now he is still the player who contributed the most goals for Napoli even though it is not as good as in the previous season but he is one of the players who contributed the most to Naples. On the other hand, I don't really like what Napoli are doing at the moment, as if they blamed the previous draw on Osimhen who missed a penalty in the match against Bologna some time ago, which could make their relationship strained and This can be seen now, because Osimhen is seen reacting to this and I think it is a very natural action.
It is significant that Osimhen did not kick a penalty today, despite the fact that the head coach of Napoli Rudy Garcia seemed to shout to the players that Osimhen should kick a penalty. And also when he scored his goal, running up to his bench, Osimhen hugged the player on the edge and did not run up to the head coach who was nearby. I don't think the team made Osimhen the main culprit of the defeat by Bologna, but the team was clearly not happy with his behavior on and off the field, and the lion's share of Napoli's success last season was just collectivism. Although, of course, the ill-fated video on behalf of Napoli in TikTok about Osimhen's penalty was completely inappropriate. |
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The look of the standings is really interesting right now. Because Girona are the leader.  They managed to beat Villarreal away as well lastly and this helped them maintain their lead. Such a dedication really as they managed to make a comeback despite Villarreal's getting 1-0 ahead home first. However I don't know how much they can resist against teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. If they managed to get some good amount of points even from this toughest games then I will be really curious about their potential placement at the end of the season.  Well, someone from this trio, Girona may well bypass at the end of the season, if it itself consistently spends the season, and one of these clubs, on the contrary, will fail the season. Another question is, what about the fact that Girona will immediately beat Barcelona and Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid, I don't believe yet, given their resources and the depth of the squad. Although football is famous for its surprises, but still, in my humble opinion, the championship distance is too long for a club like Girona to finish in front of this three. This is possible rather in the Cup, where a successful grid can even elevate to the title of the owner. |
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City are once again eliminated from the Carabao cup, Pep already said before the game that he would not be prioritizing the Carabao cup this season, because they have such a small squad and many injuries. I watched the match and City didn't play too badly, but they struggled to create chances. Now they can fully concentrate on defending the three titles they won last season, this weekend they face Wolves and in mid-week they travel to play RB Leipzig in the CL, and their next game after that is Arsenal, if City can win all three matches, they'll quickly forget about this defeat from Newcastle tonight.
But I think that Newcastle will forget this victory not so soon for a number of reasons  On the one hand, Pep Guardiola has really more important goals to win titles this season. On the other hand, this victory over Manchester City is very important for Newcastle United and Eddie Howe to raise their spirits and gain confidence in their abilities, because Newcastle did not start the championship too well with 3 wins and 3 defeats to their credit, unlike their opponent, who had shown an absolute result before. Also, let's not forget the terrifying statistics for Newcastle in matches with City before when in the last 10 matches the team lost 8 times without winning once. Therefore, this victory can help Newcastle get on the path of permanent victories. |
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Arsenal cannot win the CL on their return to the tournament after so many years away, i know that anything is possible in football, but this isn't going to happen. Arsenal would see it as an achievement to make it to the RO16, and if they can get to the QF, then they had a good season in the CL, i predict that Arsenal wouldn't get past the QF, that's if they make it there. Having said that, Barcelona as well cannot win the CL this season, the strong contenders for the CL title is City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.
Oh yes, Arsenal don't look like the team capable of winning the Champions League yet. But that's just for now. Arsenal has a lot of potential. The team has strengthened well this offseason and if Arteta can usefully fit all this in during the season, the team can claim at least to get into the semifinals of the tournament. Still, the English Premier League is a great testing ground for gaining power and if you do well there, then you can go very far in the Champions League. Once again, if Arteta still manages to make a qualitative step forward compared to the powerful previous season. |
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Even though they say that Garcia has a training style like Spalletti who tends to attack, so far, in practice this is different. Napoli's performance was not only not optimal in the attack line but also in the midfield. Even though Osimhen still has the same performance as before, he cannot optimize his abilities due to a lack of support from other players, especially in attacking positions. A lack of solid squad and inadequate tactics in this case were also one of the factors in Napoli's failure several times at the start of this season. I thought the difference wouldn't be that big, but the fact is quite surprising. Moreover, currently they are far in the middle of the standings.
Anyway Congratulations to Juventus that just won against Lecce with a score of 1-0. Even though it's only 1 goal difference, at least you win, you still win, you still get the full 3 points. However, there must be an evaluation from the coach, especially for their attack line. Again, sometimes they waste a lot of opportunities when they are already in their defense area. But overall, this time, they were able to optimize their opportunities quite well.
It's not surprising, on the contrary, I would be surprised if Napoli got off to a brisk start in the championship again, because other teams have strengthened, and they just started to crack and find an antidote against Napoli's game. Moreover, Garcia and Osimhen have a conflict on the basis of when and how the head coach should replace the player and the matter has already come to suggestions from team captain di Lorenzo in the locker room, a one-on-one meeting between the head coach and the forward on the base and even a probable fine. As for Juventus, I would like to say that the team, as always lately, in its trademark style, has forced a victory by pushing the ball into someone else's goal, so the fans should be happy that the team got not one point, but three. There are no more reasons to be happy. |
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I don't think his opportunity to join European clubs is rather small. He still has good skills and he has no injured problem. The obstacle is only about the salary, De Gea must lower his salary to make European clubs interested to hire him. I'm sure there are many clubs in Europe to make offer if he decides to lower his salary. And De Gea mustn't expect to join top clubs only, it can lower the chance to get a new club. Sure, I also agree that De Gea shouldn't decide to retire now. It is too early to retire, De Gea still has enough time to play again in his best form. If he never gets a new club in Europe, joining Saudi clubs isn't a bad idea. I think De Gea only wants to play as the main GK, he isn't target to play in certain leagues.
Recently there was information that Cristiano Ronaldo offered De Gea to move to his club, but De Gea refused. By the way, it's not just about De Gea's inflated financial demands, although of course this is also an important factor. It's just that De Gea would like to play in European top clubs and not only would he like to have the status of the first goalkeeper in the team. That's exactly what I think is the main problem of the goalkeeper's employment, because all the top clubs have already decided on their first numbers. De Gea is a great age for a goalkeeper and it will be very disappointing if he really ends his career. Therefore, the best options for De Gea would be either to moderate his financial ambitions a little for a soft restart of his career or still move to a championship like Saudi Arabia where they pay more. |
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I agree with you and I think Pochettino as well knows that with the way things are going with Chelsea he may not longer be incharge of the club if Chelsea don't experience a positive change from now till end of September. Not only the supporters of Chelsea are chanting for him to be sacked but the players also are being fed up playing under him because it seems their performance can't improve under him and I see no confidence in him again as the head coach of Chelsea.
Positive changes in Chelsea's game will come when the injured players, which are necessary for Pochettino's system of play, recover. Another question is that if the team's results do not improve in the near future, then Pochettino's resignation may follow, although his guilt is not so obvious yet. In this situation, a head coach who does not have his own style and skillfully uses the available players in each particular match would achieve great results, but for a club of Chelsea's level of ambition, this is a way to nowhere, because it works well with average clubs, but you cannot build a leader's team in this way. Therefore, we still need to be patient and let them work calmly with the team. |
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Liverpool strength is not new and the team has been elite for a long while too; they just had an injury ravaged season inn the previous campaign which derailed their performance and forced them down only to Europa league spot in the previous campaign. Can Liverpool push for the Europa league title and top 4 simultaneously? Time will tell
In any case, Jurgen Klopp is doing some rotation of the squad, releasing not the first version in the first half of the match. I think that even with such experiments, Liverpool should calmly leave the group in the Europa League, but there a lot will depend on the playoff grid. In addition to the obvious Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League, let's not forget about the clubs that finished third in the Champions League and who will go down to the tournament. There can be very strong and status clubs there. Yes, and the same Sevilla may well take third place in its group and find itself back in its favorite tournament, immediately closing the question of the UEFA Cup winner for the rest of the teams |
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Even so, I think Napoli still has the opportunity to improve their performance in the next match. Because this season we are still too early to see the strength of a team in maintaining their best form. I think Osimhen should be able to make a big contribution to every match they play because he is one of the players who played an important role in Napoli's success in the previous season. So he must be able to prove that he is not a player who only shines for one season.
Despite the fact that it is only the beginning of the season and Napoli undoubtedly can and should improve their results, at least based on the fact that the championship squad has practically been preserved, it is still worth noting that 8 points after the 5th round of the championship is the team's worst result in the last 8 years. Osimhen is clearly not at his ease yet, as evidenced by the unforgiven penalty against Bologna. For now, we will write everything off to the difficulties of lapping the team to the new coach. It's just that Napoli has accustomed everyone to a strong start in recent years. |
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It is true that Real Madrid have never played against a good club in their last five matches. If we look at the previous schedule of Real Madrid, they have never faced a strong club since their last five matches. They face Real Sociedad, Getafe, Celtaga, Celta Vigo, etc., but if we compare them, all these clubs are at the bottom of the league table, despite the fact that Real Madrid has not kept up such a good display against these clubs. They have won 1-0 against someone and managed to win 2-1 against someone, but when it turns to Atlatico Madrid's, they lose badly, which means that Real Madrid has not experienced strong teams this season. So my point is that it is difficult for Real Madrid to win La Liga this time if their status is that
The champions are not those who beat strong teams, but lose to weak teams, but those who beat average and weak teams and at least play well with the strong ones. To be honest, according to the recruitment of players and strength in La Liga over the past decade, a priori only Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona can be called strong teams, all the others are from the other section. Therefore, it is not necessary to say on the basis of the first loss of Real Madrid that the team will not become the champion, especially since the return game is coming. It's just that for now we can say that the team's performance is not impressive yet and it does not look a cut above as in other seasons. |
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From those 4 teams, I only think Bayern Munich and Man City that deserve to be the candidate for the champion. Man City is the defending winner and they have prefect squad, there is no doubt about the quality of Man City squad and the coach. TBH, I still assume that Man City is the favorite to win again the UCL title this season. Meanwhile Bayern Munich is also a strong candidate after they got Harry Kane as their main striker this season. Having Harry Kane makes Bayern squad perfect, they have all top players in each line now. We also can see the stats of their current matches, it looks quite impressive. Anyway, I am sorry I exclude Real Madrid and Barcelona, because I think these teams still have no proper squad to win the UCL title. They are also not in their best form, so not really sure these teams can reach the final round.
Personally, I would exclude Bayern Munich from the list of the main favorites for now, too, leaving only Manchester City as the main contender for the Champions League title. Nevertheless, the matches with Bayern with Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester United showed that the Bavarian machine is not yet so strong as to calmly grind any opponent. But undoubtedly, at this point in time, Bayern Munich towers over Barcelona and Real Madrid. However, it is only the beginning of the season and there are no far-reaching conclusions based on these results., including on the basis of only the first round of the Champions League. More or less real layouts will begin to appear only in a few months in the middle of the season. |
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Something tells me all or most of the players Chelsea signed last season aren't Pochettino choices because he's a coach that goes after experience instead of talent and that's why he's finding it difficult to trust the youngsters at Chelsea to deliver him results but at this point I think he needs to let go of his philosophy and try those players we bought in the transfer window so we can see if they can give him results in the upcoming games. Chelsea has been playing badly and it's very frustrating because we spent so much last transfer window than all clubs that are doing better than us. It's just a matter of time before the fans starts to panick and pour all their anger towards the agenda to sack the manager because many thinks that, it's always the problem. Pochettino should start packing because it is about time he goes.
If you bet on a coach who can only work with young players, then you can put a big fat cross on Chelsea's prospects of being a leader in the coming seasons. Young people are unstable and can break down both mentally and physically at the most inopportune moment. And I'm not sure that then Chelsea fans will be happy again and will again be foaming at the mouth to demand the dismissal of a specialist in young players. Still, Chelsea of the Abramovich era spoiled the team's fans with their titles, so my personal advice to such impatient fans is to be patient and let Pochettino work quietly. Still, the depth of the fall and mistakes with the team's equipment last season cannot be corrected by a dashing cavalry charge. |
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Although Real Madrid won the game but I find a very late and single goal insufficient for a team like Real Madrid facing a team like Union Berlin which isn't that top this season which make things worse. Real Madrid need to be convincing and score more goals. I wonder know what they could do if Bellingham was injured or carded..
Oh, I'll continue your thought further What would the Real Madrid players have done if the ball hadn't successfully bounced to Bellingham at the end of the match? I really feel sorry for the Union Berlin players that they could not endure a little bit until the final whistle of the referee and get a draw and one point in the standings. Despite all the advantage of Real Madrid in the second half, the Berliners defended the whole match with dignity. And yes, I will not call Union Berlin the strongest team, and if Real Madrid wants to achieve something this season in the Champions League, then the team needs to urgently strengthen the game when it really has to play with the strongest teams. |
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I don't think so, because in this case I still feel that if Barcelona had solid finances and didn't have financial problems like they have in the last few seasons they would definitely try to bring Messi back but because they are aware that something like that is impossible so Like it or not, they have to be reluctant, especially with the conditions of Messi's salary and price, it is clear that it will be very difficult for Barcelona if they continue to impose their will. Currently they have gone their own way and I don't think we need to discuss things like this anymore because in the end they have become the past and now Barcelona only has to focus on returning to performance and improving financial management so that it doesn't get destroyed like the previous 2 seasons.
I think it's time for Barcelona fans to forget about Messi's return to the club as a player, only if only to work in the structure of the club after the end of an active career. Xavi Hernandez has already successfully built a new model of Barcelona's game without the need for Messi's presence, he has already achieved quite successful results and therefore it is not necessary to break it all for the nostalgic return of his former idol. And I think the ratio of price (salary) and quality of the current Messi is no longer optimal for Barcelona, but on the contrary will be an unaffordable burden. |
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It seems Maguire is really injured in Manchester United and this palyer is not in a good situation because after they removed his name from the game against Bayern Munich, people were thinking Maguire's name was removed because Manchester United didn't want to have this palyer and they want to force his to leave. But this palyer got injured in the last piece of training. However, we know still the fans don't want to see Maguire is this steam and I think it's better for him to leave faster.
The situation with Harry Maguire increasingly resembles an enchanted circle, that is, he is constantly criticized and openly bullied, because of this he again loses confidence and makes a productive mistake, respectively, he is criticized again and further in a circle. The main reason for the problems of the strong defender Maguire is related to the problems of the magnificent goalkeeper David de Gea - this is the arrival of Eric ten Hag at Manchester United with his style and tactics of the game, where they do not fit. Therefore, Maguire has two options. The first way out is to patiently wait for Ten Hag's resignation from the post of head coach. Another way out is to change the team in the next transfer window. |
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Same with me I never expected Manchester United to win or even get a goal against Bayern Munich tonight looking at their performance in the premier league, but watching the match I made up my mind to accept the outcome regardless of the number of goals I was expecting Bayern to score United. The early minutes of the game was not really good because truly it appears that United was scared to attack the Bayern Munich players and seeing the first goal the was scored by Sane, I thought it's going to end in 6:0 since the scoring started very early but United beat my expectations by coming back in the game in the second half to almost coming back to an equal score but Bayern Munich ended up winning 4:3. I think at the end of the match Erik Ten Hag should have a talk with his players, he should motivate them to regain that confidence of believing in them self because part of the reason why Manchester United lost this game is fear and lack of confidence. Onana conceded a cheap go that shouldn't have been a goal because of fear and if things are not corrected he's going to end up being a mess because he won't have the motivation to know his positions again.
Looking at Onan's mistake, I have a reasonable question, was Manchester United worth getting rid of David de Gea then? Yes, de Gea also made stupid mistakes like Onana, but he was incomparable in the frame of the goal. As for the game itself, I would like to say the following, that there was a certain reserve in the Bayern Munich game, that it costs the team to add a little and then it calmly locks Manchester United in the penalty area. Manchester United, of course, it is worth noting that they constantly returned to the game thanks to their goals scored, but still it was not Manchester United who added, but rather Bayern Munich calmed down, which is typical of this team in other matches of the season. |
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The question is why does pochettino still use same strategy instead of change it to get a better result? The current strategy is a complete failed and it's not suitable for chelsea. Look at so many non proper finishing by chelsea players. The club loses its ability to make proper shoot. I don't even see a single shot that was aiming to get into the right direction where bournemouth's goal keeper can't cover it.
What i can see if all of players are always shoowing straight to the opponent's goal keep which is so dumb. The club can't even use injured player as an excuse as it's responsibility from the club to be fully prepared before facing any match.
I just quoted the words of the head coach of the team. Any construction of a tactical game requires time and effort, and this usually does not happen when during one time you play one option to automatism, then after the injury of the main players you urgently start playing another option, so that after the recovery of the main players you try to play the main option again. Rather, you will continue to play the main version with the expectation that the main players will gradually return to the system and after some time the team will act according to your settings. Or just call a chameleon coach who does not have his own tactics, but at the expense of simplifying the game, who can succeed with the available players for a short time. |
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Certainly Real Madrid will be quite ready with its existing strengths for the Champions League this season. You will have to look at the group that Real Madrid is in, where Real Madrid can easily overcome their opponents. Real Madrid, Napoli, Braga and Union Berlin are the 4 teams in Group C. Real Madrid, who are quite strong this season, will no longer doubt their strength in the Champions League because they are kings in the Champions League. Now discussing Mbappe, he is very interested in Real Madrid because he strongly rejected the contract extension proposed by PSG management in the last summer transfer window. We're just waiting for time until Mbappe finally officially joins Real Madrid after his contract ends with PSG.
That is, do you think that Mbappe, despite the fact that he was suspended from the main squad quite recently for refusing to extend his contract, will still continue to lead Paris Saint Germain a pretty dance and eventually wait for the end of the contract? I still think that there is an agreement to extend the contract until 2026 and Mbappe was returned to the main team for a reason. I understand the club perfectly and in the current conditions it is a matter of honor for PSG that Mbappe does not leave next summer as a free agent and I think that the parties will still come to a compromise. |
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I must say that Arsenal are very lucky to win Everton in today's match at Goodson park, because if you see how determined Everton were to make sure that the match ends in a draw but Arsenal never wanted to settle down for a draw and they were able to score just one goal, which was the only goal in the match to gain all three points. Arsenal needs to improve in their game so that matches wouldn't be that difficult for them to win.
It is thanks to such hard victories that the character of the teams is formed, which then become champions, which I sincerely wish Arsenal after last year's offensive loss of the season for them. As for Everton, I'm afraid that again, as in recent years, a soap opera has been unfolding on the topic of how Everton has been sinking all season, and then by superhuman efforts on the flag itself retains a residence permit in the Premier League. It's not funny anymore, can't Liverpool put things in order and create a normal strong team that is at least spared from problems with a possible relegation? |
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The champion's league is a different competition, we may see a different Manchester United with a renewed focus not to start that tournament with a poor record. Ten Hag faced criticism for removing their new striker from their last game, but since he was just returning from injury and will be needed in their Champions league game, he had to be kept safe. Manchester United would have had an advantage with Jadon Sancho who has an experience playing against Bayern and a German side since he had played there, but he will not also be in the team. Bayern Munich will also have to make sure about their defense because Manchester United can score too.
To be honest, with his recent results and the game of Manchester United, I had great doubts about the positive outcome for myself in the match with Bayern Munich, although more recently I urged not to exaggerate the advantage of the German club. Nevertheless, Bayern looks much more played at the moment and it does not have such problems with the composition as MU. On the other hand, ten Hag, through his work at Ajax, has taught everyone that he can achieve results and not with the top team by European standards, so Manchester United fans can only hope for this, remembering how MU achieved positive results when no one expected it from him. |
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