We have left a really exciting qualifying session behind. We got really interesting results. George Russell made it to the Q3 again which was a really huge success. He is going to start at a quite good position in the sprint race tomorrow. I hope that he manages to stay in top 10 for the race. I was expecting a very competitive race for the 1st position between Hamilton and Verstappen. And they gave it to us. There was a very close gap at the end and Hamilton managed to end as the leader. I wonder what kind of a start we will watch tomorrow. I expect Verstappen to have a really aggressive start. He can still take the pole position I believe. I'm happy to see Leclerc ending at the 4th position also. If he performs good tomorrow also, he may have a really good race too.

It looks like the Varane deal between Real Madrid and Manchester United is nearly done. Maybe it's even a matter of time to make it official. Varane has one more year left on his contract. And it seems like Real Madrid won't become successful on extending it. So rather than paying a sum around €50-60m, The Red Devils would have waited for his contract to expire and then got him. But they need him now seemingly.

As it's going to be another important loss for Real Madrid, I guess they would start looking for top defenders immediately before or after selling Varane.

Now we have a really competitive series and I'm absolutely happy about it. If Bucks weren't able to turn things around, Suns were going to win the series too easily and it'd be a really boring series for us, the spectators. But Bucks have managed to make a big comeback from 2-0 to 2-2. Giannis had the biggest role in the 3rd game by scoring 41 points. But in the 4th game, Giannis were left in the shadow a little by Middleton. He just carried the team with a huge performance (40 points). Booker was also great in this game (42 points) but he couldn't prevent the loss. Now I wonder whether Bucks will manage to win 3 times in a row. Maybe the series will come to 3-3 and the last game will be really awesome to watch.

@acquafredda I'd also definitely be okay for €175m for Haaland if I were the chairman of Borussia Dortmund. For example, Neymar were sold to PSG for 222m. I've no doubt that Barcelona were really happy about this huge deal. This can be the same for Dortmund also. If this transfer happens, Haaland is going to be the second highest valued transfer so far if I'm not wrong. Chelsea are ready to take the necessary steps to have him. It's up to Dortmund now.

It's been really a boring weekend as we haven't had any race this time. I was really accustomed to it after seeing 3 races in 3 weeks in a row. But this week, we're finally going to have a race in Britain. And it's going to be a little different from the other races so far. Because we're going to see the sprint qualifying for the first time. I'm really excited about it. I believe that it will increase the joy level for the spectators and they will continue to add this format to some races. And maybe, they will start adding it to every race after a point.

Yeah, he's 36 years old now but he still scores many goals in a season. For example, he scored 29 goals in 33 games in the Serie A last season. He's like he's not from our world. 

When it comes to his probable transfer, there are some teams which can meet his criteria actually, like PSG and Manchester Utd. And to be honest, Ronaldo can have a bigger chance to win the CL title if he goes to one of these clubs. Especially PSG have a big potential for it. But if his manager becomes successful about extending his contract with Juventus, it'll be guaranteed seeing him for one more year there.

We mostly talk about where Haaland would go this summer. Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester Utd, Real Madrid... But we are missing a point here also. Dortmund really seem like they've made their decision and they don't want to sell Haaland in any case this summer. It's been only two seasons that Haaland's been playing at Dortmund. They don't want to lose him so soon.

In his first season, he scored 13 goals in 15 Bundesliga games. In the last season, he scored 27 goals in 28 Bundesliga games. He's improved himself at a very high rate in only one year. And he's only 20 years old now. Which team would like to lose a very special player like Haaland so soon in the end? Therefore, I understand Dortmund's concerns. But even if they don't sell him this summer, I don't think that they will be able to keep him at the club at the end of the next season.

What a game it was! I absolutely enjoyed it. Italy managed to find the equalizer in the second half and 90 minutes ended 1-1. After not seeing any goal in the extra time, it was time to go directly to the penalty shoot-outs. Before the game, I really wanted to see this and I got what I wanted. Both goalkeepers were really good in the penalty shoot-outs. Saka had the biggest responsibility to keep his team's hopes alive but he failed. And Italy were the winner in the Euro tournament after many many years.

I'm really sad for England as they were so close to win a title but couldn't make it. I congratulate both of these teams for putting a great effort into the game. Honestly, I think that England deserved to win the title in terms of performance in general.

Yeah, it seems like Arsenal's chairman is really happy about this situation. But I don't think that fans are really happy about this. Because I think that nobody would like to see their team not using their potential. Arsenal fans should be dying to see some top players at the club from now on. But Arsenal don't care about them much. They have a certain policy and they just apply it.

For example, Ajax are a good example as they also like to grow young players and try to make them a star in the future. I support them because they can still become the champions very easily. But it's not the same for Arsenal. The EPL is the hardest league in Europe, in my opinion. Therefore, Arsenal should act according to it.

We have left the first half behind. England are still 1-0 ahead. They got ahead with Luke Shaw's goal in only the 2nd minute. It was a really shocking moment for Italy. I assume that they were expecting to keep the game balanced and to score when it's time. They did the exact same thing to Spain. But England have a great advantage right now. Italy found some goal chances but the shots were just too lazy. They must absolutely pull themselves together before the second half if they really want this title. Otherwise, England can make it 2-0 and decline Italy's hopes for a comeback.

Congratulations to Messi and his teammates at Argentina for winning the Copa America title. Before this one, they won this cup in 1993 the last. When you think about it, it's really insane!    Argentina have had really good players for a long time. Messi is the key player of course. But they were really unlucky in the Copa America and the World Cup also. They've finally managed to make it.

Messi scored 4 goals and made 5 assists in this tournament which was a great effort. He shared the most scorer title with two other players. And he was at the top in the top assists standings. He really deserved this title I believe.

Exactly! Guardiola likes this style very much. If we look at the statistics in the last season, G. Jesus was the CF. But he didn't score more than the wingers and the midfielders. He scored 14 goals in total. Only De Bruyne scored less than him (10 goals) but De Bruyne made 18 assists too. And players like Gundogan, Sterling, Foden and Mahrez scored at least 14 goals. There is a really good goal distribution among these players. This is really good actually because City can still win the EPL title with this strategy easily.

But as they want Kane right now, they may be thinking of changing their strategy a little. Because Kane is a striker who likes to score very much. The players around him must create many chances for him to score.

When it comes to the missing players in this game, Spinazzola is still having achilles tendon injury and he is going to be missing the final game also. At England, P. Foden has a foot injury and his condition is questionable right now. But all of the remaining players in the starting eleven of both teams are going to play. The attacking lines of both teams are really deadly. At Italy, we have Insigne - Immobile - Chiesa trio and at England, we have Mount - Kane - Sterling trio on the front. Which side will manage to play better?

We'll figure it out after the game starts in 25 minutes.

I've heard a rumour like Real Madrid (actually Ancelotti) want to bring Richarlison to the team. Despite being a centre-forward, he didn't score many goals in the last season. He scored only 13 goals in 40 games in total. He's still 24 years old though. He can improve himself and be much better at finishing in time. As far as I'm concerned, the most productive age range for a centre-forward is 25-29.

So, rather than buying him now, they should make an effort for top strikers for the next season. I don't have much knowledge about their finance now but I guess they can afford one really good striker at least.

I also haven't heard about this player. It's the thing Arsenal do. They bring young players to the team and try to create a 'future squad'.    But I don't support this policy to be honest. I'm not an Arsenal fan but I sympathize with them. They're actually a big club but they're not able to win titles because of their policies. If they changed it and started to get top players also, they would also compete for the EPL title. So their main problem is not the manager I think, it is their strategies in general.

We are one night away from the third game of the series now. Now we are going to Milwaukee and Fiserv Forum will host 2 games in a row. This is a really big chance for Bucks to make the series equal. Giannis has started playing as always. His last performance was just magnificent. As long as he keeps up the great work and gets a good support from Holiday and Middleton, Bucks can even win the series. They still aren't late for anything.

Are Manchester City going for Harry Kane and Antoine Griezmann both? I really started wondering about how much transfer budget they have now. Griezmann's market value is €60m. And I don't think that Barcelona would even think of losing him while they are having some financial problems also. They want to create funds for Messi though but they wouldn't like to lose one of their best players like Griezmann.

Manchester City should look for someone else I think.

Haaland at Liverpool, you say. Actually it'd also be really good. Haaland would be the new Suarez of Liverpool. He would score many goals if he doesn't have big problems on adapting to the team. Liverpool like to play a quick football and it really fits Haaland. He likes it also and he's accustomed to it at Dortmund. At Liverpool, their CFs are: Firmino, Origi and Awoniyi.

Awoniyi has newly come back to the team as his loan has ended. Origi is just not good. He didn't have much chance and he didn't play good when he had the chance. He scored only one goal which was not even in the EPL. When it comes to Firmino, he was way better than Origi of course. He scored 9 goals and made 7 assists in 36 league games. But it isn't enough for a good striker also.

As a result, they'd really make use of a top striker in the next season. They can't do with Salah and Mane only. Haaland is the best choice for them but I haven't heard any news about they will make an offer for him.

I've voted for England. Because first of all, the final game is in Wembley. They are just too lucky to have a big advantage like this. And as far as I know, they still want foreign tourists to wait under quarantine for 14 days or so. This means that they aren't going to be accepting spectators who's newly come from a different country. And only the Italian fans who are living in England are going to be able to go to the match and support their team.

With this huge advantage, I think England are way ahead already. But Italy are a really strong team. So I don't think that England will be able to defeat them in 90 minutes or even in 120 minutes. I think that we will see the penalty shoot-outs and England will be the winner side at the end.

Suns still are dominating the series. They won the second game also and made it 2-0. And the result was even nearly the same.

This time, actually Giannis didn't surprise and played superbly. He got 42 points and 12 rebounds. He did what he could that's for sure. But this time, Middleton was just too bad. He was able to score only 11 points and got around 25 percent FG. Holiday was not good enough again and he got 17 points. As Giannis didn't get their support too much, the loss was just inevitable.

I liked Paul again. He got 23 points and was close to making a double-double. This time, Bridges played so good (27 points) rather than Ayton. And Booker was in a good shape again that he scored 31 points. There was a really good teamplay at Suns and they got what they wanted.