The third game of the Bucks - Nets series was really interesting as it was a low-scoring one. It was really competitive for sure and ended 86-83 (Bucks victory). Middleton and Giannis literally carried the team with similar statistics and double-doubles. Irving and Durant didn't succeed this time. The series is 2-1 now but I think that Nets will move Bucks out of their way 4-1 or 4-2.
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a) 15 b) 3:10 a) 16 b) 2:52
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Andre Silva was really a blessing to Eintracht Frankfurt this season. The Portuguese star performed greatly with 28 goals ( of which 7 are penalties goals) in 32 appearances, he came out 2nd in the top 5 goals scorers in Bundesliga 2020/2021. Although, Robert Lewandowski came out 1st with 41 goals.
It is rumoured that Manchester City have an eye on Andre Silva as they hunt for a striker to replace Aguero, and I think Andre will actually make a good replacement.
Andre Silva was absolutely awesome. He had a very productive year that he has drawn all the attention to himself. But I think that Manchester City would try to sign Haaland first. If they fail on it, then I guess they could make the signing with Andre Silva.
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I also think that they can't buy Sancho and Ronaldo at the same time. I assume that they are not that strong financially now. I actually like both of these players. Ronaldo transfer would be really meaningful for Manchester United. But Sancho seems to be more logical. Let's see what's going to happen.
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Dias deserves to be POTY, he came in as a new signing & controlled the defence. City struggled a little at CB the season before, he came in & greatly improved them. I can’t think of anybody else who really deserves it instead of him.
I like the fact that defenders are now given the respect they deserves, everything shouldn't be about goals and assists, in this case defenders will be able to win the Balon d'or just it was before. I didn't see much of Dias last season but I've not seen a single person go against the award. I was actually quite surprised when Ruben Dias was chosen as the best Premier League player for the 2020/2021 season. Even though Dias had to compete with eight other names. Like Kevin De Bruyne, Mohamed Salah, Harry Kane, Bruno Fernandes and so on. Finally Dias won the vote, Dias was immediately able to adapt to other Manchester City players after being brought in from Benfica. Dias managed to keep Man City's defense well, Dias also managed to match 3 other defenders who won the Premier League best player award. Like Nemanja Vidic, Vincent Kompany and Virgil Van Dijk who had previously felt as the best Premier League player too. I also hope the defenders can win the Balon D'or, we'll see if next season Dias can play well again like this season. I think that Ruben Dias had a great season. He definitely strengthened Manchester City's defense a lot. Because Manchester City were having bigger problems on defense before him. It is arguable whether he was the right player to be chosen as the best player of the last season. But he was one of the bests to me.
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Now that we know that Ancelotti is Real's new coach, the interesting question is why Real chose him, and what Real wants to achieve with the new coach.
The goal is clear, buddy. Real Madrid wants to get the title both in UCL and La Liga. Among available coaches to sign for the next year, Ancelotti may be the closest one who fulfilled the criteria. He also ever managed Real Madrid and has a quite good history in 2013-2015. I assume Real Madrid management wants to give him another opportunity to do his best for the Real Madrid squad. And I think by signing Ancelotti, Real Madrid has decided wisely, he has the capacity to lead Real Madrid in getting the best achievement both in UCL and La Liga. I don't think Real Madrid have the ability to win La Liga and UCL at the moment. The team still relies entirely on Benzema to score. Real Madrid need another regular scorer. Moreover, if Ramos, the main pillar of Real Madrid's defense, leaves Real Madrid, their defense will become even weaker. Real Madrid will not find an experienced defender like Ramos now Real Madrid need to create alternatives by signing a top striker for sure. And when it comes to Ramos, he is absolutely one of the most important defenders (and players also) for Real Madrid. But he will leave the team one way or another in the end. I believe that they will manage to find a strong defender like him also.
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The final game of Clippers - Mavericks series is going on great. We are in the 3rd quarter and the score is 74-72 right now. Doncic is playing superbly again. He is so close to making a double-double (29 pts, 9 ast). I'm enjoying the game really.
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There are only a few days left for the opening match of the tournament. Italy are going to host Turkey. Actually, there is no home-away situtation in this tournament but Italy are so lucky for being able to play in their home stadium. I think that they can take advantage of this opportunity and Turkey can have a tough time beating them. In my opinion, this game will end in a draw.
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a) 10 b) 2:01 a) 7 b) 2:10
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a) 18 b) 2:25 a) 14 b) 2:20
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The new race weekend in Azerbaijan is going to start tomorrow. This is another intracity race after Monaco GP. But the drivers have many more chances to get past their opponents here. This time, I expect a solid race from both Mercedes drivers. And I think that there will be a good competition for the 1st place between Hamilton and Verstappen.
Also its not the fastest track around the average speed is considered in the middle, its not going to help Mercedes a lot since they have better advantage in higher top speed tracks that is why I can see Vertsappen have a better advantage to finish above Hamilton in this race. But we will have to see how they are going to perform in the FreeOractice rounds tomorrow. Interesting thing is that Charles Lectern have the fastest lap record in this track in both Competitions F1 and F2, In F1 with the notorious Ferrari SF90 where Ferrari were presumably have been cheating with fuel consumption https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2021/races/1068/azerbaijan/practice-1.htmlhttps://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2021/races/1068/azerbaijan/practice-2.htmlAnd we have the results of the first two practice rounds. Mercedes drivers surprised me really much. They weren't even close to the first places in both rounds. It looks like we will have another huge competition between Red Bull and Ferrari. ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) And I hope this time Leclerc doesn't make a mistake. I really felt sorry for Leclerc in the Monaco GP. He took the pole position but his crash in the qualifying cost him the race.
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Simone Inzaghi signed a 2-year deal with Inter. I wonder what he will achieve there in this period. If Inter have a really bad season this time, I think he may not even see his second year at this club. Otherwise, I assume that the board would decide to continue with him.
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according to the news circulating, manchester united seems to still want CR7 back to old trafford but of course juventus will also not release CR7 at a cheap price, it looks like juventus will only release CR7 no less than the range of 30 million euros this summer, I think CR7 still deserves to be valued dearly even though now the player is not young anymore and currently CR7's contract at Juventus is only one year left so it's better to sell him than to have to wait for CR7 to be free. If Ronaldo returns to Manchester United next season, it will certainly make Manchester United's attack line even more dangerous.
It would be really a wise choice for Juventus to sell him for a good amount of money rather than losing him for free. So I'm 100% sure that he will leave this summer. It seems to me for now that the most serious team about signing Ronaldo are Manchester Utd. Although I know Ronaldo is still capable of playing with high intensity in various leagues, but I do not believe the two clubs above will be the next destination in his career. I feel he deserve to be in France more for PSG, and it will be a challenge he will consider in my opinion if Ronaldo want to leave from Juventus.
Who knows, maybe PSG become eager to sign him and Ronaldo could prefer going there also. Think about it. Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappe and Neymar are at the same team. It would be really interesting. ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) Of course, there is no news about Messi and Mbappe for now. They also can leave their teams this summer.
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I'm really devastated to see Lakers being eliminated by Suns 4-2. I was hoping much better from them. But Davis' condition was really affective on this result that's for sure. Lebron couldn't save the team just by himself. Btw, D. Booker played really great in the last game and his contribution to the win was huge (47 points, 11 rebounds).
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I think that it is absolutely the right decision for him. Even if he doesn't play too much, he is going to stay at a champion team. And Giroud still contributes nicely to the team sometimes when he gets the chance.
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So do you think Ronaldo is still suitable to play in Serie A or other big European leagues for the next 3 seasons?
If you look at last season he was the top scorer, then I would say he still deserves to play in Serie A this season, even in Spain I think next season he will do well if he comes back to Madrid. As for 3 more years I think I have to see the next season. As for the contract at Juve, there seems to be no new news, even I heard that Alegri is not interested in using him for next season. So I think the madrid fans will be happy to see him come back to Madrid. I don't think that Ronaldo will come back to Real Madrid. Rather than there, I expect to see him at Manchester United next season. I think it is time for him to go back to the place where he had really awesome years when he was young.
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France - Germany game in nearly two weeks is going to be quite interesting. Each of these teams are one of the favorites for the title. And the game is in Allianz Arena which is in Germany. ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) It will be a really delightful game, in my opinion. And Germany may win this by one goal.
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The new race weekend in Azerbaijan is going to start tomorrow. This is another intracity race after Monaco GP. But the drivers have many more chances to get past their opponents here. This time, I expect a solid race from both Mercedes drivers. And I think that there will be a good competition for the 1st place between Hamilton and Verstappen.
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After the games of the last night, Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers finished the job. And all of them advanced to the next round with the same result, 4-1. The most exciting game of the night was of course LA Clippers - Dallas Mavericks. Mavericks succeeded in winning 105-100 and got ahead 3-2 in the series. Doncic was literally perfect. He had 42 points, 8 rebounds and 14 assists. It was nearly a triple-double. This man is really insane. ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
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