Medvedev the tournament winner of the tournament in Rotterdam. Sinner certainly didn't play badly, but turned out to be just too unstable to win this tournament. After the first set it was over for Sinner. Medvedev started playing differently and in both sets he quickly broke his opponents serve and recorded an easy victory. Alcaraz is currently playing against Norrie in the tournament in Buenos Aires. I wonder how Alcaraz will play, he had an injury for a while but at the current score it is 5-3 in favor of Alcaraz in the first set. I am looking forwards to a game between Nadal and Alcaraz.

Juventus still achieved a 0-2 victory at Spezia. Despite the 15 point deduction, they are still in 7th place. Only 1 place behind the place that gives rise to European football, but the difference is 9 points. Udinese had a good start to the season but then ended up in the middle bracket again, a place where they actually just belong if you look at the quality of the selection. I wonder how come wealthy oil sheikhs never want to take over Italian clubs. We have seen this construction several times in England, but maybe the rules are simpler there too?

Perhaps what is most preoccupying the chess world right now is the performance of Niemann, who was accused of cheating a few months ago. No sanctions have yet been imposed. Would you say you are innocent until proven guilty? You can't find any hard evidence, or at least not that he was caught in the act. He is now also foiled at every tournament or a hand held metal detector is used to scan him. Shouldn't you invite him to tournaments because he has a bad name? Carlsen has already indicated that he does not want to play against Niemann and he may therefore not participate in a tournament in which Niemann also plays.

Cadiz is not a great team, against the best team in Spain at the moment. Cadiz can use the points very well and they are 17th in the league for a reason. Tonight they will dig in and try to keep the 0-0 as long as possible. They will have a lot of trouble with the fast combination game of Barcelona. Barcelona will get a lot of space tonight. But if the 1-0 does not fall for a long time, you still have a chance for a small miracle. Villareal are also having a disappointing season, but are still a tough team to play against. The battle for 3rd place will surely be between Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad. I can't remember Real Sociedad in the CL either, it would be nice if we see fresh forces in the CL once.

PSG did indeed win, but sometimes they don't seem to take games very seriously, I have the impression. If they really want to, they can score many more goals. It often seems as if they see it as a practice match the games played. I can also imagine something about it, because the resistance is usually quite low in the competition. They have easily become champions for years after 1 season. There is little challenge. Individually, there will be no better team than PSG. But in the CL, for example, a very difficult task in the match awaits at Munich. They will also be disappointed that they are eliminated in the French Cup, there is no other way.

Yes, Feyenoord was very lucky in this match. I notice that this has happened a few times now. Then you wouldn't be able to talk about happiness anymore, would you? It is also a quality if you are able to win games so late in the game. That's one reason they're at the top. PSV always did that a few years ago, those are just qualities. You should also have the disposal. Still, it remains exciting at the top. AZ might have earned a bit more, but that is of no use to you as a team.

Peter Bos is also still free as a trainer. has been a reasonably successful trainer, but he has not won major prizes. You will eventually be charged for that, I understand that. There are also a lot of talents walking around in South America. Chelsea's transfers have not yet been successful, and they keep losing. Whether they play in the CL or EPL, they are not successful anywhere. I am also curious if Hazard will make a transfer somewhere, Eden that is. His brother Thorgan had a transfer to PSV but is already injured and will probably be sidelined for a long time.

Atletico Madrid is not a team that is looking for an attack. They have never done that and are not known for it. Halftime scores of 0-0 are often reached in matches of this team. I don't know if we will see many more goals in this match, in principle there is still enough time to score goals of course. Getafe is actually really very low if you consider that a few years ago that team managed to play European football and, for example, managed to eliminate Ajax there. Has always been a stable team. Sevilla is out of relegation worries.

I know that Juventus is in a bad period, but we must not erase it before winning the title. Barcelona, Arsenal and United are better, but at least 1 of those 3 is already out because of the United - Barcelona game. I would also give it to Arsenal. They have had little success for years. Roma might also be able to provide a stunt somewhere. And what about Union Berlin? An easy draw at Ajax (0-0) and an impressive result in the competition in Germany so far. Maybe they can continue the success of Frankfurt from last season.

In any case, there is progress in Ajax's results. It may not yet be the football we would like to see from Ajax and with which the club has become great, at the moment it is especially important that points are taken, then a little less football. They have been happy for a long time that they are winning competitions again. Under Scheuder, 7 consecutive times were not won. Twente is a pity indeed, but the quality of that team is also much less than Ajax and PSV. Feyenoord owes the first place mainly to the trainer Slot, who has turned it into a machine. PSV 6 points behind is not much, but there are only 12 games left, and Feyenoord is not dropping many points. They had been very lucky against AZ, by the way.

The bookmakers now also appear to have a lot of confidence in Napoli. That also has everything to do with the draw, of course, since Napoli has a more favorable draw than, for example, Munich and PSG. I would also like to see a mutual duel between Munich and Napoli how that goes. But the road to the final is still very long, of course. Napoli will have no problems against Frankfurt anyway. The only thing Frankfurt can do is make sure they don't lose at home and then hope for a top night in Naples. What is more likely is that Napoli will already have an easy victory in Frankfurt and then the book can be closed for Frankfurt.

Real Madrid will not have so many problems in this match. It all seems very stable at Barcelona, but if you look at the results, they have also scored very few goals. And a goal at the opponents can also fall quickly. Perhaps it is also more luck than class that they are now so many points ahead of Real Madrid. A good team usually knows how to extend a 1-0 lead, right? It remains dangerous to cross a 1-0 lead for 60 minutes if you ask me. Real Madrid will have to win all the upcoming games and also hope for a misstep from Barcelona. And then the decision will probably fall on the Classico. But Barcelona has also cheated in transferring amounts to an official. They could also be fined for that.

Nice game today probably between Feyenoord and AZ. Important for the championship. If AZ wins this match, AZ will be the leader for the first time in this competition. A few matches ago, Feyenoord's lead was so large that the competition actually seemed to be decided. That could be completely different tonight because of 1 game. Of the top 5, Ajax and PSV are currently playing the worst football, and not much has changed since the arrival of Heitinga. Except that they won a few times, but that was against relatively weak opponents on paper. Winning 4 times in a row obviously helps in the battle for the championship. We will probably get the most exciting denouement between so many teams in the Eredivisie. AZ can also use another success.

Messi can always change his opinion. It is also not excluded that the body eventually no longer wants and can no longer. But you can't say that yet. I wonder if he will be present at the 2026 World Cup. In any case, the pressure is no longer there to become world champion, so if he can't participate, he probably won't mind. I'd like to see him in action for a few more years. If he wants to quit the Argentina national team, everyone understands that of course. But Argentina without Messi, then you have little chance of success and in principle virtually no chance of becoming world champion. It's all still a long way off, still 3.5 years before the tournament starts. First, we will have Euro 2024 in 1.5 years.

I don't expect any problems from Manchester City in the away game against Notthingham Forest tomorrow. Arsenal should also be able to win quite easily from and at Aston Villa. Liverpool will have a much more difficult time in the away game at Newcastle United. They are perhaps a bit better as a team than Liverpool at the moment. It is still waiting for Liverpool to turn around, with the beautiful football that won them the CL. Or will we not see those times in the EPL again this season? I'm afraid of the latter. All they can do is try to enforce CL qualification.

Dortmund has had a good preparation due to the victory over Chelsea, but does that actually say anything? They could have just played a draw or lost that match if it was a bit against them. And perhaps Union Berlin is currently the most stable team in the German league after Bayern Munich. Although I expect that the individual quality of Dortmund will still be the deciding factor and that Dortmund will eventually become 2nd in this competition.

In any case, Barcelona has proven to be the most stable at the moment. There is no team better organized defensively than Barcelona. Still, things can turn quickly. They don't score many goals themselves and 2 corners or 2 free kicks from the opponents can easily score a goal. I think Barcelona will really have to score more, they are still giving away too much space. Real Madrid has been giving away a lot of space for years, but they have factored that into the game image, and that is often offset by many goals. They may be in a lesser phase now, but I still expect Real Madrid to make the title fight exciting.

It will also have to do with the fact that AC Milan is not in great shape at the moment. In the CL they did have a small success with the victory over the Spurs. Chances for AC Milan to become champion are in principle almost 0. The objective will be to try to secure the CL, but that will also be a very difficult job with the current strength of the teams. There are many teams just below Napoli that are evenly matched. But Napoli will probably also loosen the reins in certain parts of the competition as they are also active in the CL. Progress is now huge.

It was also to be expected that Chelsea would lose, after all, they have hardly been able to spend any money on new players, so they have not been able to get many reinforcements. But they deserved a draw. Chelsea can still surprise, just look at what happened 2 seasons ago. Chelsea won the CL. I don't know how Madrid will do in the CL, but for Liverpool this is the only competition where they can still get a result. They are out for the rest of the competition. Would it also have an effect on Man City that they have broken so many rules? Or would that only go into the CL next season? Of all the teams, Napoli made the most impression.

City could get a hefty penalty, I suspect somewhere. That is going to be quite a spectacle, and regardless of the sentence, they will also appeal. Everyone has a big favor factor that Arsenal will become champions, but what are the chances after yesterday's defeat? In principle, they are still ahead in points, but that will probably not be long. City will also target the CL, the question is how fit they are. I think PSG still have a good chance to continue, if you have Mbappe, Neymar and Messi in 1 team then you can always beat anyone.