After the last La Liga games, we don't see the difference in points between Barcelona and Real Madrid anymore. Now the two teams have the same number of points (38 points), the difference is only the number of goals and the number of goals conceded. This is due to Barcelona's lack of luck against Espanyol, IDK what they did on the pitch, I don't think that the goalscorer for Barcelona is a defender. Where's Lewandowski? Has he finished his prime like Cristiano Ronaldo?
Barca would have been in sole top spot if they had won the last match. But now equal to Real Madrid. Lewandowski, however, is not disappearing like Cristiano. But not being able to do anything satisfactory in the World Cup and playing in the national team for so long may have had a psychological effect on Barca. But it will be overcome. Lewandowski is a fantastic player. He has greatly strengthened the attack at Barcelona. His national team mates failed to support him in the World Cup due to which he could not do well. |
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Madrid has been managed to make a goal after more than 80 minutes of match. that proves that if valladolid has been giving a hard game for madrid. The game could be ended with the draw as the result but that's very good when benzema would able to execute the penalty and second goals was coming a few minutes after he was making the penalty. I just wanna say if benzema has become a very important player in the game.
He was always helping madrid to leave from the difficult situation like that. Barcelona has very big chance to win easily against espanyol caused by it will be playing at camp nou.
I think Real Madrid got lucky in the match after they failed to score in 80 minutes luck came in the 83 minute through a penalty and another goal in the 89th minute Today it is Barcelona's turn to take over the standings it should not be difficult for Barcelona to win because Espanyol is not a strong team, sure Barcelona secure 3 points today. But in the end I saw Real Madrid win the title before. Let's see if Barcelona can keep their points this time. The performance of Real Madrid team is much better than Barcelona. I don't see any major problems with the Real Madrid team, the team is all playing good football and continuing their winning streak. On the other hand, Barcelona's defense and midfield problems remain, I really don't know what they think about them. I see the possibility of winning the La-Liga champion more than Real Madrid. |
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Before entering the new year, Barcelona-Espanyol ended in a draw. In the match, Barcelona dominated very heavily, they scored early in the goal. Espanyol didn't have a good shot before taking the penalty, Barcelona was in full control. There were very controversial events in this match. The red card returning from Var will have different interpretations that can be discussed in the penalty. Barcelona would have been more productive if the game had not been stopped by the yellow cards that were constantly appearing in the match and the match had not become so stagnant. I did not like the management of the match at all, the referee kept running around and showing cards throughout the match.
Barcelona drew this match. This is probably their first match after the World Cup. However, I did not see any good opportunities for Barcelona in this match. Their team still has that midfielder and defense problem. |
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Atletico Madrid are 10 points away from Real Madrid now. This is a very big gap to be closed especially with this performance level. They don't even have a reliable effort against Elche which are like the last-placed team in the La Liga. They can't do anything serious by playing like this from now on. They will always trail behind Barcelona and Real Madrid in the league. This is not fitting Atletico Madrid considering their squad quality currently. They deserve to be managed better than this.
Their performance in the Champions League was also horrible. I believe Atletico Madrid board should think of sacking Simeone seriously.
Atletico Madrid have a strong squad. But Simeone can't handle it. So Simeone should be changed or tactics of the game should be changed. You are right that Atletico Madrid have a great XI. Those who regularly play good football. The coach of the Atletico Madrid team is very experienced. With his good tactics, the players of Atletico Madrid are improving and taking the team forward. |
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Toni Kroos has announced his retirement from playing football at the end of the season! the time has come to say goodbye to another champion. He played excellent football. What do you think you like him as a player?
I saw that too. https://twitter.com/FootballFactly/status/1608855555329916931There are so many people were also asking whether that news true or but it seems like that kroos feel if he has come to its end in his football career. I meant he has been getting so many achievements and it's the time for him to retire in the best club in the world. Im still waiting an official announcement from toni kroos itself. He shall at least make an official announcement about his retirement. I would be glad if someone can provide me a link to his announcement. It's sad to see that the most underrated player must retire from his career. Toni Kroos is a really great player. He has supported Real Madrid for a long time with his skills. He has a special role behind the success of Real Madrid. Such players are not really available all the time. I am also waiting for the official announcement of his retirement. |
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Rashford scored a second goal within 10 minutes of the first, but it was ruled out by VAR. Rashford has improved significantly since the World Cup break. With a player of Rashford's intensity and courage, Manchester United will undoubtedly have a savior to win them matches in every game.
Wolves, on the other hand, have been playing well as well, but there haven't been many chances to convert into goals yet; the game could take a turn with a few minutes remaining. Hopefully, Manchester United can keep up with a strong defense and prevent wolves from equalizing.
Manchester United had very good motivation, they won and moved Tottenham from 4th place, thus they made a very good New Year's gift for their fans and entered the Champions League zone. Wolves also tried their best to get out of the relegation zone, but Manchester United were stronger today. Liverpool also, after two victories, came close to the leading group, well, it will be a very interesting season. Manchester united is lucky to have won the game. From the look of things it's obvious the English FA wanted United to draw the game. First, the failed to award united a penalty for a clear handball by a wolve's player. Even VAR did not review it but a second look clearly shows that it was a handball. Then, Rashford fired a shot that came back to hit him with his hand firmly attached to his body and the goal was disallowed. You are right. Manchester United fortunately secured victory. I did not like the performance of the team very much. Many of their mistakes have been noticed in this match, hopefully the coach of the team will train them well in the next match and they will be able to perform well. |
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And now Wolves 0 - 1 Manchester United again Marcus Rashford as a savior by scoring 1 goal even almost 2 goals unfortunately one goal was disallowed
with an additional 3 points now Manchester United jumped to 4th place overtook Tottenham previously only played a draw against Brentford
Nice to see Manchester United slowly starting to be consistent and there's no denying Rashford contributed a lot.
As far as looking at Manchester United's recent performance, it's clear that Erik Ten Hag dared to do a lot of rotational exchange of positions for each of his players. We can see that clearly, Rashford is showing an extraordinary performance, but all of that cannot be separated from the assists that Bruno created. I am quite positive when I see this result, however, Erik Ten Hag did conduct experiments to see the potential of each player. The final result is only 1 point because the second goal is clearly a hand ball. Manchester United's temporary standings have managed to shift Tottentham by 2 points and will certainly be a bigger target if they are able to take over third place from Newcastle. Although Manchester United secured victory in this match, their game was not very good. Because Manchester United as a team needed to score a few more goals. Cristiano Ronaldo has already left Manchester United and it remains to be seen who will replace him. |
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We will not know how bad or good napoli now without even seeing the match against the big team like intermilan. People might feel disappointed with the result that already achieved by napoli but i think that just caused by the friendly match and it doesn't mean napoli was losing all of its credibility. Napoli is still holding win streak and it's still not yet losing in serie a. Inter milan didn't have choice other than beating it. I think that napoli may break all of bad opinions about the team by losing with LOSC in the friendly match. I hope that napoli will be winning the match. That will make napoli even in a better position.
The fact that Napoli have lost a lot of friendly games may even turn out to be good for them. If they continued to win, they could believe that they are invincible and they will get everything easily. After bad results, such illusions dissipate and it helps the team to play at full strength. Given the fact that these friendly games do not affect the standings in any way, Napoli are in the black no matter how you look at it. Defeat in a friendly match will increase the confidence of the Napoli players to improve their quality in official matches, they are increasingly aware that they can still be beaten. The defeat in a friendly match gave Napoli a lesson. When they started the match in Serie A after the break, they were able to improve their performance, especially since the opponents they were facing were not just any team. Napoli will have an away match at the Giuseppe Meazza, Inter will not allow Napoli to take away three points at home, especially since Inter is trying to get into the top four. Napoli lost the friendly match, it can't be good for their team. There is no option to take friendly matches easy. From such matches, the players of the team will build confidence in themselves. |
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Europa League matches will be so exciting to watch. From the looks of things, some clubs have already shown signs of weakness and these clubs may likely not qualify for the next stage. it's difficult to predict the winner between Manchester United vs Barcelona, Ajax vs Union Berlin, and Shakhtar Donetsk vs Rennes, others like Roma, Sporting, PSV, Juventus, and Monaco, Seem more dominating in this stage because from the fixtures, they seem to be the stronger side, and with that, they may likely qualify. But I see Arsenal as the next Europa league winners
It will be difficult to say which team will actually win these matches. Because the teams in each match are very strong. They will all want to qualify for the next round. Because of that, it can be said that the Europa League matches will be very competitive now. |
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I think that if Barcelona is able to beat Manchester United it doesn't mean that they will be highly favored as winners of the Europa League trophy because every team that passes to the next round will definitely try hard to achieve their hopes of becoming champions.
Barcelona ever beat MU many times, in the last 3 matches, Barcelona always won. The last won in the Champions league 2019, but in that time, even won, Barcelona is not able to get the champions league trophy because lost versus Liverpool in the semifinal, which mean, MU is not stepped for them to get the trophy, but If Barcelona able to beat them in Eufa league 2022, step for champions is open because MU is one club who can able to stop them on next round, Lewandowski admits it. Barcelona is very much favored in the match against Man United, even if judging the odds from the bookmakers it is very difficult for Man United to be able to beat Barcelona, and I think what Lewandowski said is just attitude not to underestimate their opponents, namely Man United, even though I don't think it will happen Barcelona lose maybe a draw is more likely to happen, what Lewandowski said very well means that they will not let their guard down even though they are favored to win This match won't be easy because this two teams are strong teams , what will happen as a result of this match is unpredictable. The absence of Lewandowski can affect Barcelona if time is not taking. Manchester United are getting stronger in their games it won't be easy for them to lose Barcelona. Manchester United have chances of winning because they have complete squad while Barcelona they already missing their important player in the match. An important game for both Barcelona and Manchester United, Both club s has two great coach who knows how to detect and predict a game as it goes. It's a clear chance for the best side alone to go further. Robert Lewandoski won't be absent he will only be absent for game's in the spanish league amd not Europa League playoffs competition. Having Lewandoski absent doesn't place Man United a chance above Barcelona the game will decide who wins especially who defends and scores as quick in the game. Barcelona and Manchester United both play very good football, both teams have very good players. However, in terms of experience, the players of Manchester United team are more advanced, in that case, I see the possibility of victory of Man U. |
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Since the start of the season, Napoli have played extraordinary, but this is a different situation. After a long break, it is believed that changes will occur, especially after a friendly match where Napoli played less than optimally.
Betting on Napoli in this match is quite risky but anything is still very possible to happen.
this is a match that will be very fierce, I think it is difficult to choose a bet on one of the teams, but after I have considered it, I think it is more appropriate to bet on this match, is to take a goal over, seeing that both teams have great potential to score goals against each other.
after the world cup break, most teams played friendly matches to restore the squad mentality. Napoli did, despite the disappointing result. but in the Serie A match, now Napoli is the leader in the standings. facing Inter is not an easy match for Napoli. but they can hold Inter. Inter just had a trial run with Sassuolo. with Inter winning 0-1. what Inter has shown hasn't looked very good. but their chances of winning this match are bigger than Napoli's. A fight like this is hard to place a bet on. maybe I'll miss it. Next up is the match between Napoli and Inter Milan on January 5. Hope that match will be full of great competition. Because both teams are currently in good form. |
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FIFA was earlier thinking about having 48 teams divided in to 16 groups. There will be three teams in each group and the top two will progress to the round of 32. But then, Qatar 2022 worked well with 4-team groups. Most of the matches were fiercely competitive. So they may go with 12 groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 teams from each group will progress to the next stage, and in addition, 8 among the 3rd placed teams will also qualify to the round of 32. In my opinion, I find the modified format (12 groups) much better than what they had earlier.
I also think that this format os 12 groups of 4 is the best, more simple and works well. Another formats of 16 groups, or even 2 groups is too confusing in my opinion. However, the distances in the USA, Canada and Mexico are quite big and the teams will have to travel a lot.
There will be 10 matches in Canada and 10 in Mexico, I believe the logistics will be optimized. The United States is a country of continental dimensions, but the infrastructure is very good, and the games can be divided up by region, making it closer for the countries to travel. Remembering also that there will be 48 countries in total, so a large country can be advantageous. I don't believe that Fifa will put, for example, first round matches in cities far away from each other in the United States. The thinking for the 2026 World Cup has already begun. The World Cup will be really great as it will probably be held in 3 countries. Those countries will want to organize better than Qatar. |
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When the club's financial condition is unstable, recruiting free transfer players is one way to save on club expenses. Kessié lacked the trust of Xavi after joining Barcelona, financially Barcelona had nothing to lose because he was brought in for free. The sale of Kessié would be lucrative, as well as getting some money, Barcelona have room to sign Kante from Chelsea once his contract expires.
Kessié faced problem with Xavi Hernendez because difficult with regular position and this season he can't exist always in starting eleven with 7 appearances in La Liga, Barcelona still priority as holding midfielder for Gavi and Sergio Busquets. Barcelona interested with Franck Kessié after becoming free agent player not reach deal extended contract with his current team AC Milan. Right now I think he most disappointed with decision leaving AC Milan get regular position and moving to Barcelona faced difficult how to get regular position, actually Xavi Hernandez dislike with games style from Franck Kessié and never giving chance to be regular position for every match between La Liga or UEFA Champion League. In fact Barcelona don't really need Kessié in their squad, Barcelona interest in Kessié is because of his status as a Free Transfer player. Barcelona already has a world class midfielder in its squad. Sergio Busquets, De Jong, Pedri and Gavi forced Kessié to remain on the bench. I don't think Kessié was the only player who was disappointed with his decision to move to Barcelona, Depay also felt the same way after spending more time on the bench than getting a chance to play. I don't really know how long Barcelona will be out of their financial issues. It's obvious that the club is facing corruption cases. It's because of the financial issues that made them sign players they don't want, and at the end they won't use that player. Barcelona are in a very big financial issues, that's why I don't see them winning the league they can't complete with Madrid. The current situation of Barcelona team's midfielders and defense is not very good. If they want to do well in Laliga, they need to add some new players to the team. But I really don't know what they think about the team. |
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Previously, what problem did Lewandowski have that caused him to be suspended for 3 matches? I haven't heard any news about him today. The away match against Atletico Madrid will certainly be a crucial match considering that Barcelona must win this match if Real Madrid does not want to shift its position at the top of the standings.
Lewandowski has been suspended for 3 matches for insulting or disrespecting the referee. This he got when Barcelona visited Osasuna headquarters in their 14th week. The Spanish football federation considered the actions taken by the Polish national player to be excessive and disrespectful to the referee who led the match, so this suspension was given to him. Lewandowski himself denied that his actions were directed at the referee, but still the appeal that was made did not result in the decision to sanction him being revoked. Lewandowski will have a huge impact on the team as he misses three of Barcelona's matches. Because he is the only Barcelona team's best striker whose finishing is extraordinary. He scored some great goals after joining the Barcelona team and helped Barcelona to victory. It remains to be seen how the coach of the Barcelona team will fill Lewandowski's place in these three matches. |
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India won today's match depends on their batsmen. But after watching the game I thought India won't win this match. I was really worried the way all the batsmen started getting out. Later when I saw India 3 wickets in the match. I am really happy to see this win. Bangladeshi players could not perform very well at the end of the game.
India played very well on the first day of the Test match and were ahead of Bangladesh by a huge of runs due to which they did not need too many runs to win the second day match. Because of this India beat Bangladesh by 3 wickets I said in my last post that India was more likely to win this test match Bangladesh was not a very likely team to draw with India My prediction was that India will win the match but the match will be very competitive. Because this is Mirpur's pitch. Bangladesh bowlers always perform well on Mirpur pitch. And they played very well against India too, this morning I thought Bangladesh was going to win. India won because of Iyer and Ashwin's responsible batting. India needed to win the Test series after the humiliating defeat in the ODI series. Bangladesh's bowling made a modest comeback against India. At one point such an environment was created that Bangladesh could possibly win. Virat Kohli has to go back to the dressing room after collecting one run. Bangladesh's spin bowlers have shown great craft. But in the end, after losing 7 wickets, the Bangladeshi bowlers could not accept any more wickets from India. In view of which India secured victory by 3 wickets. |
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The World Cup in Qatar is over but the debate is still high. Best Footballer, Golden Boot, Best Goal etc. have also been decided. Richarlison's best goal was a bicycle kick in Brazil's first World Cup match against Serbia. FIFA has chosen this goal as the 'goal of the tournament' of the Qatar World Cup through FIFA voting. When such a decision has been taken by voting, there is no room for dissent.
In the 73rd minute of the match, Richarlison lifted the ball over his head by receiving Vinicius' pass from the left side with his left foot. Then he turned his body and took a bicycle kick with his right leg. When the ball found its way into the Serbian net, many thought it would be the best and goal of the tournament.
Recherlesion's goal was truly spectacular. He managed to score the goal against Serbia with a wonderful bicycle kick. His goal is undoubtedly the best goal of this World Cup, and FIFA confirmed it through voting. |
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Even though Cremonese is playing at home, Juventus will still be the favourites. After their last defeat to Milan, Juventus have actually improved and managed to win all matches for Serie A. It is hoped that Juventus will be able to maintain this good form against Cremonese in the next match, and the chances of victory for Juventus are certainly higher.
I'm sure Juventus will win and it looks like there are no surprises we can expect. Meanwhile, I think Milan is also very likely to get full points against Salernitana. Milan must avoid defeat and keep closer to Napoli, but if Milan lose then it is very likely that they will be overtaken by Juventus, who are currently 2 points apart.
Juventus is facing a lot of problems right now, and even though they are facing these problems, they are being able to perform well. I have to give Juventus credit for that. They have not lost hearts even though they have been through a lot of problems recently. The way they started this season was not good at all. But eventually, they started performing better. So, I think they will be able to perform well and well when the club competition resumes. But we have seen Juventus having some problems to start performing consistently after a break. So, I am a little doubtful though. Yes, doubts are always there. Because I feel that too. But I think Juventus are lucky because the opponent they will face when the season restarts is not a strong enough opponent. So that Juventus should be able to bring full points from the match against Cremonese. But in the match after against Cremonese, Juventus had to face Udinese. I remember Udinese started the season well. however they could not maintain the form and suffered several defeats. and I think Udinese will be much more troublesome than Cremonese. but supposedly after against Cremonese, Juventus should have more confidence. The first match of the World Cup started with a victory for Juventus. Juventus secured a 1-0 victory in this match. I have seen a lot of changes in the players of the team after the World Cup, I hope that after a few days of training, everyone will understand each other and play well. |
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Roma should be return to winning track if they want to compete for top 4 position and for upcoming match they will faced mediocre team which is in the positive condition Bologna and apparently this is hard match for Roma considering Bologna can able to bounce back with their new coach Thiago Motta that Bologna under Motta has been changed a lot and gradually can avoiding relegation zone and 4 wins from 5 matches makes Bologna position can lifted up to 11th on standings league and meetings records for both of teams also showed Roma have to hard struggle to beat Bologna so this is big challenge for Mourinho to bringing Roma get the winning results again
AS Roma still have opportunity compete with top fourth standing position depend less points behind Lazio as 4th placed right now, seems interested until second position standing awhile, AS Roma left 6 points and I think not closed yet with AS Roma opportunity back to Champion League next season if can finish on top fourth standing placed. Have been longer time for AS Roma failure finish at top fourth standing position, actually if can't back to consistency performance will be another bad achievement for Jose Mourinho bring AS Roma can playing in Champion League. Left many matches for AS Roma get more points and back to top fourth standing position if want qualify to Champion League next season. Initially, when Paulo Dybala joined Roma, Roma were playing extremely well. But after the injury to Paulo Dybala, Roma's attack appeared to be a bit of a problem. In view of which they started losing the next matches. Hope they play great next season. And in the later matches of this season, Paulo Dybala will be included in the team and will perform well. |
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Difficult or not , I think Arsenal has the first chance to win Europa League because if we take a closer look, they finished Group A with 5 wins out of 6 games and have a +5 goal difference so that tell us clearly that they like to score a lot and once they score , they won't lose the game. Now , in 2nd place , I might give it to Betis Sevilla and not Man.United. Why ? Well , United are really looking like a complete team ? I say no. Betis on the other hand , have played with almost same players for 3 years now or even and this makes them a strong team and very united with each other to complete their goal to win an European Competition.
I also have an opinion that Arsenal will win the European league this season and that is not without reason considering their hard work so as to form strong character for Arsenal's players to date. The role of coach Mikel arteta is also very important to make all the players compact and solid in every match. Even in their regular league, Arsenal managed to break the consistency of Man City and maybe it was destiny for Arsenal to win the title. If a team wants to do well, one of their first tasks is to build a good relationship with their head coach. Every match is planned by the coach of the team, if the players of the team do not have a good understanding with him, then it is never possible to do well. The Arsenal team has a good rapport with the players and their coach for which they are progressing well. |
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Reason why people are thinking that Barcelona and Arsenal have chance of winning the europa league it because they have good squad that are very consistent. Arsenal is leading in the EPL and Barcelona is leading in laliga , this makes people believe this two teams have the chance to be at the top of europa.
Arsenal is the undisputed leader in the Premier League and therefore many expect them to win in the EL, but Barcelona is a slightly different story, they flew out of the Champions League and although they are now leading in La Liga, this is not a confident dominance, they were able to get ahead of Real Madrid in the last rounds and it is not clear how many will be able to lead in the championship. So the potential for Arsenal is very big, but I'm not sure about the prospects of Barcelona. The Barcelona team is now most exposed to La Liga. They are currently at the top of La Liga. Barcelona's unfortunate exit from the Champions League. Their main target now is to win the La Liga title, if they fail to win the La Liga title, it will have some adverse effect on their team. |
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