After Juventus' defeat by Milan, there was information that the club's management would not dismiss Massimiliano Allegri and would give him the opportunity to work with the team until the winter period and give him the opportunity to rectify the situation. But I sincerely cannot imagine the reaction of the team management if Juventus manages to draw with Maccabi or even lose this match. Nevertheless, the Champions League is not only prestigious, but also quite profitable for the participating teams and many top teams put their exit from the group into the playoffs in their budget and if this does not happen, then it is akin to a disaster. Therefore, both the players and the coach should be well aware of their responsibility and give their all in this match.

Actually, with all due respect to the opponents in La Liga with whom Barcelona had previously played their matches, it seems that the level of the Champions League teams should be higher in status, and therefore, you should not be surprised at the 4 goals that the team missed in the Champions League. I am rather even more surprised that Barcelona conceded only one goal in La Liga, because the same Celta had a very good chance to score at least one goal in the match in the last round of the championship before El Classico. Xavi is facing a very difficult task right now, because he needs to win against Inter in a Champions League match to keep his chances of reaching the playoffs, and then in four days he will have a game with Real Madrid, where he also needs a result, at least for the sake of prestige. Problems with the squad, taking into account injured players, also contribute little to this. Therefore, taking into account the home status of the match for Real Madrid, the chances of the hosts look more preferable.

Well, everything is not so clear here, because a lot depends on how big teams get into the Europa League from the Champions League and how big these teams are, that is, they are fine, since they could not get out of their group in the Champions League playoffs. Therefore, in any case, a lot depends on the draw and luck in it, as well as luck directly in the two-match confrontation. As for the next match with Real Sociedad, I would like to say the following: there is no match for the match and Manchester United are quite able to win the second leg in San Sebastian and seriously claim leadership in the group. Moreover, the match is still three weeks away, and this is quite a long time for the current Manchester United to gain confidence, and no matter how sad it sounds for the fans of the team, and to lose it again. But first you need to win at home against Omonia and Manchester United, while it seems to be more preferable chances to do this. Another question is how much ten Hag will be engaged in the rotation of the squad in this match because it can hit the strength of the team.

By the way, Neuer said so about the draw result that it was their failure, and not the merit of the rivals. Well, Bayern is really to blame for this outcome of the match and of course had to decide everything in their favor. On the other hand, it is difficult for anyone who saw this match to deny that Borussia Dortmund still did not give up, did not give up, and after scoring the first goal in the 74th minute, they started up and continued their efforts with renewed energy in an attempt to save the match. And if Dortmund striker Anthony Modeste managed not to score and ruined his first 100 percent chance to equalize, then he did not fail in the last attack. Borussia Dortmund finally broke its terrible streak of 8 consecutive matches lost to Bayern in all the tournaments held. Of course, Bayern Munich fans are not thrilled with such an outcome of the match, but other fans and spectators should be glad that the intrigue in the Bundesliga still lives on.

Indeed, with all due respect to the rivals Tottenham, Manchester City and Chelsea, but the victories were won by exactly the clubs from which this was expected. Also noteworthy is the next major success of Newcastle, which seems to be slowly beginning to justify the financial injections made by the Saudi owners of the club. Also draws attention not only to another goal by Haaland, but also another goal by Foden in the third match in a row in the Premier League with Manchester City. And about Haaland, of course, I was greatly amused by the news about 2 million signatures in a comic petition demanding that a football player be suspended from matches on the grounds that he is a robot  And jokes are jokes, but the petition had to be removed from the vote, otherwise, according to the law, the UK government seriously needed to consider this appeal Regarding the match between Arsenal and Liverpool, I would like to say the following. Liverpool is not so bright this season and I also think that in theory Arsenal at least should not lose at home.

Let's not forget about the financial part of the issue, and the dismissal of Allegri by Juventus on its own initiative is an expensive pleasure and, as far as I remember, it can cost the club 21 million euros, so the club president and CEO prefer to wait, especially since 2 victories were really won before that and it seems that the club got on the rails of recovery. Therefore, the defeat from Milan, although painful enough, is still unlikely to lead to the resignation of a specialist. Then there will be Champions League matches with Maccabi and derby with Torino, but if defeats follow there, then I'm afraid that Allegri and Juventus may really go their separate ways again, at least as far as the post of head coach is concerned.

For me personally, Napoli continues to be a mystery team for this season, despite leading in its championship and in its group in the Champions League. Undoubtedly, Napoli has some chances of winning the Champions League like all other contenders, and thanks to its bright performance in the eyes of many, these chances have increased quite a lot. Another question is that only three rounds of the group stage have passed and it is too early to draw far-reaching conclusions on this basis. Everyone should remember perfectly well that Napoli started the previous season brightly and led the league for quite a long time, and then was among the leaders, but still could not win either the Scudetto or the Europa League. Therefore, we need to see what will happen next and whether Napoli has enough depth of the squad to successfully advance in those tournaments in which the team takes part. As Lionel Messi put it recently, the Champions League is difficult to win and any mistake throws you out of the tournament.

I think no one can imagine that Ronaldo will not be able to find a new club after leaving Manchester United. Another question is that Ronaldo's ambitions so far extend specifically to the European club and with participation in the Champions League this season or a highly potential likely participation next season. Therefore, it is almost certain that Cristiano will make all the necessary efforts to stay in Europe at least for this and next season. Another question, his summer epic with the failed transition showed that it would not be an easy process and all this was organized too abruptly and spontaneously, and this is what scared off potential clubs of the transition. As far as I know, the current Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly really wants to organize the player's transfer in the middle of the season for marketing reasons and there is no Tuchel in the team who blocked the transition, and Potter's influence on transfers is not so significant yet.

Everything is possible when there are only two matches left to play and therefore anything can happen. It will be a fleeting tournament and a lot will depend on what physical shape the national teams will be in, whether all the leaders will be able to take part in these matches. Moreover, it will all be in the middle of next year and so far it is useless to even roughly make layouts for the semifinals and finals. Here, a month or weeks before the event, it will be possible to say something more specific. Italy in general is a paradoxical team that managed to cut down with its own hands those excellent chances, I would even say preferred ones, which were first presented during the qualifying tournament for the World Cup, and then in the play-off match at the home stadium in front of its own spectators.

Well, how can I say, no team likes to lose, but here there is still no official UEFA tournament. Another question is that, of course, at this stage, the top clubs will not squeeze the supernatural out of themselves to win the match. And for football players who are not always given the opportunity to prove themselves in the team, the head coach gives his chance to prove himself. Rotation of personnel in action. However, the main events will begin to unfold later in the second round of the group tournament, when the issue of reaching the playoffs will be decided. Everything will be more serious there, but the cup itself and reaching the Champions League is quite a good incentive for itself.

The whole point is that with the current game and the results of Manchester United, it is difficult to make any confident predictions. Firstly, Everton will play the match at their home stadium and will certainly try not to lose this match in front of their stands at least. Secondly, it is not yet known how Manchester United reacted to the heavy defeat with a big score in the derby from Manchester City and this result can both shake the team and make players with an increased desire to play the game, or vice versa, this defeat can shake the fragile confidence that the team seems to have begun to appear after a series of victories in the championship. Also, a lot will depend on which squad the head coach of the team Ten Hag will release, whether there will be a place for Ronaldo in this squad, what tactics the head coach will choose. Therefore, I would like to make a mistake, but I still think that Everton at least will not lose.

Chelsea won a very important victory, because a draw or a home defeat would greatly complicate the fight to reach the Champions League play-off stage. It should also instill more confidence in the team and especially in head coach Potter, because a big win in a major tournament at a club with such a history and traditions as Milan is a very important event for him. On the other hand, it is also not necessary to exaggerate this defeat for Milan, because if for Chelsea it was the last chance to enter the fight for leadership in the group, then for Milan there is plenty of room for maneuver, as well as the second leg in a week at the home stadium. In general, the intrigue has spun with renewed vigor and the first-place Salzburg also cannot feel safe and the fourth-place Dynamo Zagreb still has quite tangible chances of getting out of the group in the playoffs.

Actually, Karim Benzema is applying and will most likely get the golden ball this year, and you want to replace him. Such players are a piece product and it is quite difficult to just take them and replace them, even for such a famous rich club as Real Madrid. As we can see, of the comparable and promising players, Killian Mbappe has so far decided to stay and continue his career at Paris Saint-Germain, and Erling Haaland still preferred the Premier League and Manchester City from all places to continue his future career. However, judging by his words and the words of his father, the player is not fixated on the idea of playing until the end of his career in England and wants to try himself in other championships, and Florentino Perez recently did not seem to rule out the possibility of Mbappe coming in the future. Real Madrid would certainly like to have a player to replace Benzema, but this is still very, very problematic.

In principle, few people doubted the quality of Haaland as a player, another question is that few people expected that the footballer would give such an impressive start in a new team and a new championship for himself. We can say that the team and the player have found each other. The team has found an extraordinary striker who uses his chances with amazing efficiency, and the player has found a strong team that constantly provides these chances accordingly. The most important thing for his current career is for the player to avoid the injuries that the player had last season at Borussia Dortmund. However, there is an option that the player thus saved himself for performances in the future club, trying not to aggravate the damage that could interfere with his future career. In any case, so far it looks like Manchester City pulled a lucky ticket with this transfer and got a striker who will be among the best strikers in the Premier League for the next few years.

If Manchester United had scored 6 goals in the second half and at least played a draw in this match, then it would still be possible to say something positive about the team's game in the third half of the match, or at least United would not have conceded two more goals after their goal and at least played a decent 4-3. However, even for a loss with a minimum score in football, three points are not given, so the result would still be negative. Therefore, only the subsequent Manchester United matches will be able to show whether the team can hold a blow, that it was just an unfortunate misunderstanding and the team got out of the crisis. Or this loss will again plunge Manchester United into a black streak from which the team has started to get out of it recently. In any case, it is not necessary to draw far-reaching conclusions from this defeat and MU still has a lot of time to join the fight for at least a place in the Champions League.

Oh, yes, Inter's results in the domestic championship this season look quite disappointing for a team that fought for the Scudetto last season to the last. Barcelona looks much better in the domestic championship and if you look at the results, it has some advantage over Inter. Another question is that Inter will host Barcelona at their home stadium and will try to achieve maximum results, at least to make a change in the unsuccessful season. I don't think the players will need to be specially tuned and they will try to show their maximum by themselves. Therefore, Inter will at least make every effort to at least not lose.

If there is no result, and 6-3 from their principled neighbors from Manchester is a terrible result, then it is not surprising that people complain about the absence of this or that player who, in their opinion, could strengthen the game. Maybe you are right about the fact that Ronaldo would not have coped with the pace of the match, but I think it is useless to speculate about what did not happen, and ten Hag did not give Ronaldo a chance to prove himself in this match. I also think it is a suicidal step for the current Manchester United to try to compete with a club like Manchester City at the pace of the match and we need to look for other ways to achieve an acceptable result, including with the participation of Ronaldo. As it is, I feel that the wall of mutual misunderstanding between the head coach and the player will only grow, because it is difficult to show your best qualities when you are physically prevented from doing so.

For someone, maybe it was a surprise, but certainly it should not be a surprise for Osasuna, because it was in the match with this club on April 20 that Benzema did not score as many as two penalties However, Real Madrid still won 3-1. The score is certainly quite unexpected, given the status and results of both teams. However, let's not forget that Benzema did not take part in official matches for four weeks and this could also play a role. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said after the match about this after the match that he thought about changing the player punching the penalty, but Benzema scored two important penalties last season and he is the best penalty taker in the team. And I would still not attach too much importance to who wins the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. As we saw with the example of this match, there are other teams in La Liga and they also need to be beaten to claim the championship title.

Let's see what conclusions the Manchester United head coach ten Hag will make after such a sensitive defeat by Manchester City and the final 6-3 should not deceive him, because up to 84 minutes there were absolutely shameful 6-1. It's just that after United began to slowly gain points, the head coach could have the impression that the team is doing fine without significant participation in the game. And Cristiano is not yet a player who is ready to constantly go out for 10-20 minutes in a match and try to take advantage of the given chance. We will look further, but if ten Hag does not change his decision and also continues to allocate playing time, then it will be better for everyone if Ronaldo moves to another team in the next transfer window, even without participating in the Champions League, because the player does not have much time left for an active playing career to spend it time on the bench.

Also, many people forget that because of his epic with a possible transfer to another club for the sake of participating in the Champions League, Ronaldo did not take a full part in the pre-season training of the team and he needs some time to get into fighting physical shape. This is what Ten Hag insisted on in the first matches, when he explained why Ronaldo does not get full playing time. It was also clearly evident that Ronaldo was not as concentrated as before because of all these events. All this, coupled with a small playing time, also has its negative impact, because Cristiano is not used to being a substitute player who tries to use his chances in a short playing time. Summing up all the above, I would like to say that it is not worth burying a player's career and Ronaldo is able to regain his former condition at least this season and be at least at the level of the top strikers of the English Premier League.