I really don't understand what Romelu Lukaku is up to now. In an interview with a news source, he said that he was not happy about staying at Chelsea. But a short time after this, he said to Thomas Tuchel that he was not planning to leave anytime soon. But it is obvious that he would like to come back to Inter at some point. It seems like he really liked to play there and he was really performing perfectly also. He is not as good as that at Chelsea now. But I hope to see him scoring more goals than now in the future. He expressed his frustration, wanted more attentions, he got what he wants, talked with Tuchel but of course there was some side effects like a cute fine and 1 match ban. Now we have to see what will be the next step of Tuchel, I think we will see Lukaku playing more soon. He is a tank and Chelsea can benefit a lot from his performance.
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Only Man City, Chelsea, and Liverpool are spearheading the trophy.
That was prolly at the beginning of the season, at the moment it no longer looks like a three horse race to me, but a one horse race with City leading comfortably, I know there is still a chunk of the season to go, but I mean there is no overlooking City's dominance and the fact that they look set to retain their title, and win their fourth title in six seasons, that's absolutely phenomenal. And to make things worse for their rivals Pep is not the kind of manager whose team capitulates easily, so I don't see City throwing away this huge gap they have over Chelsea, Liverpool and the rest of the chasing pack, it's prolly early to say the league is all but over, but it well and truly could be. In the first rounds I remember City was like +10? at some point I regretted voting for them to lift the trophy then they advanced slowly and steadily to become the leaders and with quite comfortable gap. So far I am pretty sure they will keep up good works and hopefully the others will drop some points so my vote will be correct again this season
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There has been a big decrease in Lazio's performance in this season of the league. But their recent results weren't very bad. They lost only once in their last five matches. But a tough match is waiting for them now. They are going to host Empoli in two days. Empoli could be having one of their best times in the Serie A after years. They are right behind Lazio in the standings now. But their last result was really bad against Milan. They lost 4-2 home. Maybe Lazio can benefit from this and make their win streak three matches.
Empoli lost vs Milan but they won vs Napoli earlier. Meanwhile, Lazio played lately vs teams standing at the end of the table which means winning vs them isn't a surprise. I would say Lazio is favourite indeed but I don't consider the game easy for them and Empoli can manage to grab 1 or more points depending from its performance that day.
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There was rumours in the English media mainly after Lukaku's interview and the drama that was made after it. He is frustrated with Chelsea, not performing as he used to do with Inter. Meanwhile I am not sure Inter could pay big for him regarding they are leading Serie A without his help, and not sure Chelsea will let him go cheaply to another team. I think they will find a way to resolve the issues between them and he will remain in Chelsea next season.
Before criticizing his management, he should look at his own performance; they spent a lot of money for his services, and what has he done since his arrival? Nothing! Good players try to adapt to new tactics and find a method to assist their teammates. The manager cannot alter his philosophy to accommodate a specific player; no player had it easy when they first came; all they had to do was adapt their game to the new style and atmosphere. Werner and Kai havertz had a difficult first two months, but they never complained and instead improved their performance. Lukaku's demeanor was unprofessional, but no one is moving, so they'll figure it out. Indeed he dropped in performance but let's not forget that since his arrival he scored goals then after his injury he didn't perform as wished and who knows what happened between him and the management. The reaction of Tuchel is expected and justified but it just escalated more the situation imo. Tuchel was able to let him with substitutes rather than kicking him off the list. Anyway we will see what will happen next very soon.
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Unfortunately, it seems that the match may be postponed. (At least that's the rumor.) Personally, I would prefer the match to go on, but with so many players knocked out it would be a bit unfair for Bayern Munich. On the other hand, this is an opportunity for Monchengladbach, so the decision will definitely be difficult taking situation of both teams. What's the point of playing with substitute or with 2-3 goals in the field. It doesn't make sense and it isn't the spirit of football. A team could expect 2-3 absentees per game but more than half of the team is beyond expectations and shouldn't be accepted. The only exception for me to continue playing is in case of injuries of many players which might require a long period to heal, otherwise delaying games for 2 weeks shouldn't be mission impossible
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Just realised there are some interesting Coupe games today, some already played but there are some tasty upset picks -- thinking of upsets against Marseille @11/1 but I wonder if Monaco and St Etienne are value bets against lower opposition? A handicap or HT win could easily get you about 2/1 on each of them. Don't know enough about French situations with teams though so am staying away from them (for now).
Thoughts?
Didn't pay attention to these games since I don't recall seeing interesting ones but it is funny to see Clermont and Rennes failing against Ligue 2 teams. Worst part Nancy and Bastia are sitting in the bottom of the table.. Otherwise there isn't other surprises over there.
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Sevilla team managed to score the first goal against cadiz in the 58 minute thanks to ocampos goal with the assistance from rakitic it was a good opening to the second half after an equal first half now sevilla will be 4 points from real madrid if they manage to win.
The defeat of Real Madrid was unfortunate but it made the competition better between top teams. ATM managed to win vs Rayo advancing to the 4th spot followed closely by Barca in the 5th place. So far Sevilla is leading with 1 goal so in case it will win this game the difference will be 5 points between it and Real Madrid but Sevilla still have 1 game delayed and not played yet, so the difference might shrink later at 2 points.
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Manchester United are just helpless against Wolves now.
The team is basically helpless against all the other teams out there right now, heck yeah it was even a draw against Newcastle which is one of the worst team in EPL. Rangnick's strategy doesnt seems to work out with the current squad and we are so much worse compared to when Carrick took over as interim manager, this is basically a hard truth that I need to swallow as a fans. That moment when you try to trust ManU to win a game and they failed you as usual.. The situation over there is disgusting honesty, nothing seems to work from weeks although they seemed to recover lately. Wolves aren't that strong opponent, they are quite good but not as good as top teams. The worst part is the inability to score a goal. When you take a look on transfermarkt you only see red arrows, most players market value are dropping in ManU.
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After the Lukaku interview with SkySports Italy about his situation at Chelsea, Thomas Tuchel has omitted his from the squad for today's game against Liverpool. He is not even on the bench. That's very harsh in my opinion and if this situation gets dragged on like this possible that Lukaku might move away from Chelsea. Possible move to Inter back again? (Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1477619983878397952) Until now no rumors about Lukaku back in Italy. But the transfer market will open tomorrow in Italy and it has been not opened yesterday like in Premier League. There was rumours in the English media mainly after Lukaku's interview and the drama that was made after it. He is frustrated with Chelsea, not performing as he used to do with Inter. Meanwhile I am not sure Inter could pay big for him regarding they are leading Serie A without his help, and not sure Chelsea will let him go cheaply to another team. I think they will find a way to resolve the issues between them and he will remain in Chelsea next season.
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Still 2-2 at Chelsea - Liverpool at the moment. A spectacular first half, you don't often see that it is already 2-2. Looks like it's going to be 2-2 now. Too bad, now City are even further out on Liverpool in this way. But still some time to play, I think the team who score the 3rd goal will win the match.
I mentioned few weeks ago that a draw between Chelsea and Liverpool could happen and it will be the best new year gift for City to run further from both teams that is following it closely. Now the gap is 10 points between City and Chelsea and 11 points from Liverpool which still lacks 1 more game. The difference of matches played between teams in EPL is confusing.
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The last time Getafe beat Real Madrid was in 2008, if they can do it again today, it will be a momentous day! In fact, I didn't expect it to happen, for the leader of the standings to lose to an outsider! Of course Real often score in the final minutes, let's see how it goes today...
That was quite unexpected, following the game in the last minutes and Real Madrid is still unable to score, even the header after the free kick by Modric was relatively easy for Getafe goal.. It seems they will lose 3 points today
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I think you’ll are bit harsh on the teams that beat Bayern, because they beat them by playing better football than Bayern so you’ll should give those teams the credit rather say Bayern randomly played bad to allow them to win. Also even if Bayern lose one or two games then too it’s difficult to see them not winning the league title again, however if they lose many matches back to back then yes we’ll be in for a thrilling finale, but I doubt that their form will suddenly collapse. [/quote] I doesn't mean exactly that since even we consider Bayern playing poorly in one game, this won't mean their opponent will win unless it plays better football for sure. Bayern lost vs Augsburg and Frankfurt in 1.Bundesliga and vs M'Gladbach in DFB-Pokal. All these teams were playing miserable football when they faced Bayern. Frankfurt and Augsburg were in the relegation zone while M'Gladbach were failing and still BTW. I would say it is a mixture of performing well vs not my day Bayern.
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Just said this in another thread: look at Liverpool right now. Klopp said it is like a lottery every morning when the team wakes up waiting for their first test results. Now he himself is positive. Even in this coming week nobody knows how hard one of the teams might be hit by the virus and Italy is pretty strict about it. I like this description of lottery, you never know who will be the next infected player and how many he contacted before testing positive... Many EPL teams were affected by the virus and there was many postponed games. In Serie A the situation isn't better but the decision of postponing games aren't taken easily letting teams criticise each others and blame health authorities for taking or not any decision. At the end might this becomes true
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Looking forward to enjoying the match of Rayo Vallecano vs Atletico Madrid. This will be the most competitive match of the day. Atletico last played against Rayo in 2019, and Atletico won the match. However, this season is very different. Rayo is a strong team now. They have consistently maintained a good performance. Atletico Madrid may be stronger than Vallecano if we compare the two squads. However, Atletico has lost 4 matches in a row. So I'm a little hesitant to bet on them in this match. What is your prediction in this match?
Regarding previous matches between both teams, ATM is favourite and should continue winning. If we consider the latest results of ATM and Rayo in La Liga then Rayo seems to be in a better condition. Overall, odds are in favour of ATM and bookies and people there are supporting them. It is hard to tell which team will win this match. ATM isn't in its best condition and betting on them is quite risky. I think taking a look on the starting eleven and watching the first minutes of the game will be a wise move before taking any action.
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Jurgen Klopp has COVID and he will be quarantined.His assistant will lead Liverpool during the match against Chelsea.I wonder will this have any kind of negative impact over the Liverpool players. Chelsea isn't very consistent in their results,since several players also have COVID and are quarantined. My bet is that Liverpool will win. The sad thing is that the pandemic and the lack of some quarantined football players will have great influence over the teams in 2022. I'm sure that Manchester City will win the trophy in the end.They have lots of high quality players and having one or two quarantined won't be such a big problem.
Yeah I read that yesterday and was thinking that is the worst timing to contract the virus... Liverpool isn't well lately and having Klopp out when facing Chelsea is a very bad news. Chelsea also suffers from covid and injuries, Christensen, Werner and few others will miss this game also. Lukaku interview made some tensions on the team and how Tuchel will react in the field is not known yet.
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Small update.
Juventus at the moment has 3 players positive for Covid.
Pinsoglio (3rd Goalkeeper), Arthur Meto Chiellini.
Chiellini has been found positive today and he trained with the team, more can be found positive tomorrow.
Less than a week separation us from Juve - Napoli and Juventus risks to play without many players including Chiellini and who knows how much aren't aware they are positive... The spread of the virus right now is incredible in Europe. I think this game will be postponed if they will found more positive results or Napoli will not show as usual because health authorities won't allow them leave..
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What juventus did was the right thing to keep morata,
Morata is on Loan until June and Juventus can buy him for 35 more Milions to Atletico. Cleary Juventus told to the player he will not be bought so everyone is searching for a solution but if Juventus can't find a player over him then Alvaro will stay until the end of the season and will go back to Atletico. If Morata leaves the most probable at this point can be Icardi on load for 6 months. Morata going back to ATM can save them this season since their scoring ability is in its lowest.. Juve will try to find a better scorer. Icardi isn't finding the right time to show his ability to PSG, so moving out to Juve might be a good option and this won't happen unless Morata moves to Barca... Barca is already making offers to several players from City and I heard about Cavani from ManU.. They have enough money to sign many players?
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Arsenal impressed me with the fight they put up against Manchester city in a match we all knew of the outcome to come.... But a lose of 2-1 shows arsenal have really improved after a spell that almost got their current manager fired, big improvement for them hope Manchester united can also catch them after this drop of points.
Arsenal defeat was expected but I would say that resisting vs City until the end of the match although playing with 10 players is something impressive. They did their best and they should be proud of their performance tho. West Ham and Spurs won their games with 1 goal difference. Regarding the difference in games played, the table will be different in the next rounds.
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The first match tomorrow is going to be Getafe v Real Madrid. Getafe are not a very big competition for Real Madrid in this season. Maybe Getafe haven't lost any match for five weeks in the league but Real Madrid are still being favoured highly for this match. Their last head-to-head match in this stadium ended in a draw by 0-0. Real Madrid would revenge on them I think. I expect a win for them by one goal.
I would say Real Madrid could score 2-3 goals easily in case the players are in the best shape. Otherwise 1 goal difference is the worst scenario. I don't think Real Madrid will drop points at this point vs what suppose to be an easy party.
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For you which coin are you expecting to go massively high and what strategy are you using
Most of the coins follow bitcoin trend whether it is up or down so I don't think there will be anything special in the upcoming months. There is few coins that move separately from bitcoin like Shiba, at least as far as I followed it but who knows
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