Of course you need star players and I have no idea what your definition of a star player is. If the only guys who can be called stars are Messi, Ronaldo and Mbappe then you are right because they can't be everywhere and two of them play abroad. But of course do these teams need stars to win the Champions League. Some of them might not be as well known as others, but all of them are stars in some capacity.

You are applying some weird logic to be honest. Since PSG never won the Champions League although they had Mbappe, no team that has Mbappe will ever win the Champions League. That is how you construct your arguments. Think about it.

You are right, individually Mbappe is a great player, but in football what is needed is team play and not just focusing on one player. Indeed, the presence of an above-average player would be an advantage for a club, but it should not lose sight of what it should be, which is team play. When they still have 3 star players they still can't do anything at the European level, it proves the presence of star players does not guarantee success for a club.
They can still be a giant club without star players, with a note that they must have evenly distributed players on each line who can work together with good chemistry. I personally if faced with 2 choices between having their squad with good team play and a squad that has several star players, I would prefer to have an evenly distributed squad that can play good cooperation.

There was nothing special about this match and nothing special about the big win by Juventus. Because the difference between them is very big and it was seen before this match really started. Juventus in Serie A itself is doing well while Salernitana is a team that is in the relegation zone. They are brought together in this match, statistically the match is also nothing to expect from Salernitana, they are depressed throughout the match I think the 6 goals Juventus can create are a worthy result for them.
Despite Salernitana could score first even in the 1st minute, but Juventus could easily turn things around.

Kane's addition to the German side have been fruitful. He's been a major in their positive game outcomes, even though they're striving to get past their competitor on the table. Kane has been impactful and his contract is still open till 2027 with Munich which gives him ample time to do more with the team.
He's been consistent in his job as the striker and he's not stopping at just letting goal chances slip by him.

 He's quality and his ability speedily increases weekly. His time at Tottenham was worthwhile and him joining the German side have even more increased his worthiness to be a standing forward. This is a door to greater football awards opportunity. He's young and has got spare time at his disposal too. His time with Spurs was great and his time currently with the German side is even greater.

I don't think it's going to happen. But remember Newcastle are a rich club when he offers a higher salary who wouldn't be tempted? Doing the job is looking at the money, but I never know what will happen.

Yes I don't think it will happen in the middle of the season now if something happens it will be at the end of the season, but we will see if Girona will keep Sanchez or not? It could be that when he is brilliant he asks for a raise and Girona are not able to then there other clubs become an opportunity to recruit him.

I think so! My hunch is that he'll stay with Girona and could even bring the LaLiga title this season, it's not impossible is it?

This match has made a record in test history. This is shortest test match by balls bowled, which has given result. Earlier shortest test match by balls didn't produced any result. Muhammad Siraj in first innings and Bumrah in second innings destroyed South African batting lineup. We have result of this match in just 5 sessions. Apart from the centurion i.e. Aiden Markram no South African batsmen was able to make it to twenties. Poor batting performance from south Africa in both innings.

There is no way Liverpool wouldn't have any issue while Salah is away in AFCON competition. Salah is still their everything now. His goals and assists play a crucial role in each one of those matches most of the time. It was the same in the Newcastle match as well. As a result his absence will be felt undoubtedly. Klopp will need to think about some strategy to drop this weakness to as low level as possible.

Especially Nunez, Diaz and Trent can be key players to fill this gap as much as possible in the attacking area. I'm including Trent in this because as you know he is quite an offensive back. He is a big help on many dangerous attacks. He was nearly scoring the goal of the season against Newcastle too by the way. 

The match will be very interesting because both of them are playing well, but Girona are more competitive than them, but I believe Athletico Madrid will try their hardest to get something from them because Athletico Madrid has more wins, and I believe Athletico Madrid defeated them home and away last season, and history can repeat itself. I believe Athletico Madrid will give it their all to win the match, but it will not be easy. I believe they are in better condition this season, and anything can happen on the pitch, but Girona can upset Athletico Madrid if he does not concede a goal. Because everyone wants to keep their position in the table, let's see what happens tonight, but I believe that even if Girona defeats Athletico Madrid, they will know that they performed well in the game.

Real Madrid seems to remain firm in its stance not to recruit new players, especially to fill the back line this season. Ancelotti relies on existing players or indeed Anelcelotti does not want his current stability to be disturbed by dealing with the adaptation of new players. In my opinion, additional options are important when financial conditions are favorable, but there is no harm for Madrid if they are able to bring in new players who can fill gaps in the back line. Ancelotti placed Nacho and Rüdiger as center backs, then his options were Tchouaméni and Carvajal.

What do you think? Can Madrid afford to rely on limited players? By facing a busy schedule, players are definitely required to remain in top condition. Isn't it ideal that having anticipation could be a solution? Next month restarts the UCL and Madrid doesn't take advantage of the transfer window?

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You are right and I always like how clubs in Serie A play defensive ball and they are known as a team that is quite strong in defense. Ball possession at 58% is something new that I have seen because when Jose Mourinho faces a team that is much stronger he will usually try to defend fully and rely on counter attacks to steal goals from his opponent.

Juventus won a lot in that match and I think the effectiveness of the strategy implemented by the coach worked quite well. They let AS Roma have the ball but never let it get into the penalty box area. This is a fairly even match and I think Juventus is getting stronger with the strength they have at the moment. Inter Milan needs to be wary of Juventus because they have more time to prepare everything to win the Scudetto this season.

Playing against Liverpool will be quite a tough match for Newcastle because they are not in good condition and this time they will play as guests. In the first match, even though Newcastle played as hosts, they lost to Liverpool with a score of 1-2. So it can be assumed that playing against Liverpool, which is playing as host and is in an on fire condition, will be a tough battle for Newcastle. They still have a chance to steal points, but that can only happen if their defense line can improve. If they keep playing like they did in their last two matches, then this will be an easy win for Liverpool.

Last week Newcastle lost very painfully to Nottingham Forest. But I don't know whether it is because Newcastle is weakening or because Nottingham is starting to rise. Because yesterday, Nottingham achieved another victory by beating Man United. But no matter what, Newcastle was still very weak at that time because they lost by quite a big score to Nottingham.
The match against Liverpool will definitely be the most tense match for Newcastle. Because they might not be in good shape in terms of mentality. So I doubt Newcastle will play with full confidence. And on the other hand, Liverpool will definitely play with full confidence as hosts. So betting on Liverpool seems to be the best.

But the match surprised me a little because Jose Mourinho managed to provide far greater ball possession opportunities than Juventus. In fact, usually Jose Mourinho's strategy is to make a full defense so that they don't dominate possession of the ball. The match was much more balanced and both teams played quite carefully, but Juventus managed to take advantage of the opportunity to score a goal through Rabiot.

AS Roma's defeat dropped their position to seventh in the standings, while Juventus remained in second place in the standings with a difference of two points from Inter Milan. Juventus' chances of continuing to catch Inter Milan will be even greater because they have managed to face several other strong teams in Serie A this season.

Calhanouglu's current value is still very high because looking at the current data at least no less than 40 million can still be obtained by Inter from the sale of Calhanoglu, especially considering the offer from SPL club Al Hilal with a salary offer of 18 million per season, actually there will definitely be a clause greater than that if Inter really want to release Calhanoglu at this time, it just seems that Calhanoglu is still not too interested in a new adventure in SPL competition.

In addition, he is still 29 years old and I don't think that's old because at this time he is at his mature age especially this is a Serie A competition where there are even players who are even more 35 years old competing in some big clubs so 29 years old cannot be said to be old in my opinion.
The huge offers from Arab clubs at the moment could be distracting but if Inter's focus is still on the trophy then they will keep this player because if he is allowed to leave then the stability of the midfield will be disturbed.

Udinese was very impressive with their performance against bologna today I loved how calm they were while taking control of the game from the first half till the second half, I taught bologna will be able to get a goal by the end of the game but then it turned out all their efforts wasn't enough to yield a goal.

AC Milan is my favorite for the game against Sassuolo, so far AC Milan is dominating well enough and had gotten three attempts already in the first 13th minutes of the game. I'm very optimistic before the end of the first half they will be able to get a goal but I'm in much doubts about sassuolo getting a goal by the end of the first half, they more defensive than offensive and I wasn't expecting any less from them because I know they are not as good as AC Milan in form and in depth.

They are 6 points away from the club in the top 4 currently occupied by Leipzig. That's a pretty tiring distance to chase, but considering the number of matches remaining in the Bundesliha there are still a lot of points that are still very much in the chase. I think to be in the top 4 is still very doable, but I doubt if chasing the top of the table, because their point gap is now far away, and with the appearance of the club that occupies the top position, it looks like an impossible thing to do.
Indeed in football nothing is impossible, as long as there is still a chance as long as they still have a chance, but we also have to be realistic with what is happening at this time. Moreover, the ones they are chasing are also among the clubs that dominated the league for more than a decade.

Roma has not being performing really good enough this season and I think they are not capable of winning either of both leagues trophy in which they are participating this season. Roma as coached by Mourinho is really having a hard time winning the Europa league title and sadly this season doesn't look as one where they can get a chance at the title.

There are quite a good number of good teas who have gotten pass the group stage and are very much ready to win the trophy more than Roma appear to. The likes of Liverpool and Leverkusen and now AC Milan has joined from the champions league so the Europa is more competitive than it was last season and if they couldn't win the trophy last season with less competition I doubt they will be able to win now with a higher competition., Roma needs some more improvement if they must be able to win the Europa this season.

Yes, Feyenoord is not very good in the champions league, but the problem is that fighting Roma is also not an easy thing because currently Roma is under the guidance of Mourinho and we all know that this coach will never fail to bring his club to a higher level in the current UEL. The competition is very tight but a club that fails in the CL may not necessarily be able to beat a club from the UEL. On the one hand, Feyenoord in the CL was only able to get 2 wins and this means that this is a bad performance experienced by that club.
I think in the first match it is possible that Feyenoord can hold a draw at home, but in the second match I am not sure if Feyenoord will be able to withstand attacks from Mourinho's club.
Jose Mourinho this time is very enthusiastic about trying to achieve success in the UEL even though he has to have a very strong challenger like Leverkusen, but Roma will not just give up.

The league is still very long and every team will definitely have some easy matches to collect more points until the end of the season. Fiorentina has the opportunity to qualify for Europe next season if it is able to maintain its performance, but it will not be easy for Fiorentina as long as other teams such as Roma, Napoli and Atalanta are able to improve their performance.

Today, Napoli and Fiorentina are both expected to win their respective matches against Monza and Torino. Napoli and Fiorentina are the favorites in this match, but something surprising could still happen considering that Fiorentina and Napoli were also not as good as last season.

Don't worry. Feyenoord was a garbage team in UCL. It was always losing without even winning a game in the group stage of UCL. That's why feyenoord has dropped to the europa league this season which has proven the quality of feyenoord.
It was getting a little luck caused by it earns more point to finish at the third place then go back to the europa league again. Feyenoord is a weak team and it is not equal to the roma.

Roma is going to win the game with huge margins. Logically, if feyenoord was a strong team then it should be qualified for the top 16 of UCL but it's fail. Im not seeing feyenoord as a threat for roma.
Lukaku is going to score against feyenoord soon but we are still far away from the UCL. Having mou in roma like the club has insurance to win the match against feyenoord. Feye was not more than a mediocre team for roma.
Mou will once again prove himself as a world class manager that can bring cheap squad owned by roma to the final of europa league again soon. This time is kinda different compared to the last season.