It looks like the Milwaukee Bucks - Chicago Bulls matchup won't be ending very quickly. Because Bulls managed to get a win away against Bucks the last time and brought the series to 1-1 already. And tonight, Bulls are hosting them. Bookmakers are still favouring Bucks to win here of course but I think that Bulls might use the momentum and get 2-1 ahead in this series too. I really loved their last performance against Bucks. As long as they carry that to this game, they are my favourite.

The Bundesliga is always full of surprises.    For the Wolfsburg - Mainz game, I thought that Mainz would fight back really strongly but this result was completely unexpected. Wolfsburg completely destroyed them by 5-0 home. Mainz got a red card also and this made things even more difficult for them. Wolfsburg scored five goals in the first half already and demolished them. This was an important win for Wolfsburg in terms of clinging to the Bundesliga. Now they seem to be in a safer position.

The Arsenal - Manchester United game is going to be interesting. Arsenal are having a much better time than Manchester United in the league recently. Their huge win over Chelsea by 4-2 should be a big help for them to defeat Manchester United too. It is not a certain thing of course but I believe Arsenal have a significant chance for winning this game. Manchester United don't seem to be reliable at all now. Whether they have Ronaldo or not, they will still struggle I think. I might bet on Arsenal also.

Manchester City kendi sahasında bambaşka bir oyun ortaya koyan bir takım öncelikle. O yüzden zaten ben merakla bekliyorum ne oranda bir dominasyona sahip olacaklarını. Real Madrid'i mümkün olduğunca oynatmaması lazım Manchester City'nin. Guardiola bu noktada taktiksel dehasını konuşturur illa ki diye düşünüyorum. Real Madrid savunmasını yıpratacak bir oyun ortaya koyabilir belki ama genelde rakibi kendi yarı sahasına kilitleyip topa sahip olarak açık arıyorlar. Bu maçta da sanki öyle olacak gibi.

Boston Celtics - Brooklyn Nets maçında bir ara herhalde Nets kazanmayı başaracak diye düşünmeye başlamıştım. Ama büyük bir avantajı rakibe kaptırınca sonucu yine ağır oldu. 114-107 kaybettiler bu sefer de ve Celtics seriyi 2-0 yaptı bile şimdiden. Nets için zor bir iş olacak buradan geri dönmek. Ama eğer sağlam bir form tutturmayı başarırlarsa bu iş olabilir de. Özellikle Irving ve Durant'in çok sağlam oynaması gerekiyor. Eğer takımı taşıma görevi üstlenmezlerse bu seride pek bir şey yapamazlar.

The race for the championship is still going on heatedly between Manchester City and Liverpool now. After Liverpool destroyed Manchester United by 4-0, Manchester City had a game home against Brighton. It was going to be a candidate to be an interesting game though. Because Manchester City were aware of the fact that Brighton defeated Arsenal and Tottenham away consecutively. And Manchester City needed to be careful against them not to lose points at this point. And they didn't make a mistake by winning it 3-0.

Barcelona didn't have a comfortable game against Real Sociedad at all. They had only one shot on target in this whole game. But still they managed to win by 1-0 somehow. Real Sociedad got many more chances in the second half but they were lacking skills to end up even one of them with a goal. And in three days, they are going to play their missing game finally which is going to be against Rayo Vallecano in Camp Nou. I will be expecting nothing different than a victory for Barcelona.

The opening game of the week is going to be Rizespor - Fenerbahce tomorrow evening. This is another important game for Fenerbahce of course as they are trying to keep the second position until the end of the season. Konyaspor are still right behind them by one point in the end. And as far as I can see, there is no way Rizespor are getting out of the relegation area even though it seems to be like there is a chance mathematically. I will be expecting Fenerbahce to destroy their opponent.

Az sonra serinin ikinci maçı olan Boston Celtics - Brooklyn Nets maçı başlayacak. Bildiğiniz gibi Celtics seriyi 1-0 önde götürüyor. Fakat ilk maçı ucu ucuna kazandıklarını hatırlamakta da fayda var. Nets bu maçta daha çok umutlanabilir ama performans düzeylerini bir miktar daha artırmaları gerekiyor. Durant - Irving ikilisine büyük iş düşecek yine. İkisi de sağlam oynarsa maçı kazanırlar bence.

Benzema'nın performansının Manchester City maçlarında kilit rol oynayacağı apaçık ortada. Şimdiye kadar belki de Şampiyonlar Ligi'nin de en dikkat çeken oyuncusu oldu. Tek kişilik bir takımmışçasına mükemmel bir performans sergilemesi sayesinde takım yarı finale kadar ulaştı. Tabi Vinicius Junior, Modric gibi oyuncuların da katkısı çok önemli seviyede oldu. Eğer Benzema bugün La Liga'da olduğu gibi kötü bir gün geçirirse ancak Manchester City'nin ilk maçı kazanma ihtimali artar.

A short time period left for the Boston Celtics - Brooklyn Nets game to start. And this is the most waited game for tonight I assume. Because the first game of this series was really superb as there was a high level of competition. Celtics had a hard time beating their opponent. And tonight, maybe Nets might even win and equalize the series too. They are the underdogs according to bookies but they shouldn't be underestimated even a bit.

Such an awesome game it was really! I would have never expected this game to end by a result like this. I'm saying the same even if Chelsea won this game like this too. But it was more surprising to see Arsenal doing it in Stamford Bridge obviously. This 4-2 victory should be very helpful for the team to stand up again after losing three weeks in a row. They have the same points with Tottenham now.

Real Madrid did a really good work actually. I accept that their last goal came very late but still their general performance was quite good. Of course, it was a big surprise to me to see that Benzema missed two penalties. But I still believe in him to leave this day behind and continue to perform as always. The expectations from him have really increased so it is normal to see people being not satisfied with his performance in this game.

Bir hafta sonra yarı final turu start alacak. Manchester City kendi evinde Real Madrid ile oynayacak ilk olarak. Sonraki gün de Liverpool Villarreal'i kendi evinde ağırlayacak. Bu maçların kağıt üzerinde favorileri tabi ki Manchester City ve Liverpool. Ancak özellikle Manchester City - Real Madrid maçı için karmaşık düşüncelere sahibim. Real Madrid harika bir performans sergiledi şu ana kadar. Özellikle Benzema sayesinde oldu tüm bunlar tabi. Bu maçta işleri zor görünse de avantajlı bir skor almalarının mümkün olduğunu düşünüyorum. Liverpool ise tahminimce güzel bir galibiyet alarak kendini güvenceye alır zorlu rövanş öncesi.

Liverpool - Manchester United maçından çok keyif aldım açıkçası. Liverpool maçın çok ağır bir şekilde favorisiydi zaten. Manchester United ile önceki hesaplaşmalarını hatırlayacak olursak, Liverpool rakibini Old Trafford'da 5-0 yenerek adeta rezil etmişti. Anfield'da da benzer bir sonuç bekliyordum ve şaşırtmadılar beni. Manchester United'da Ronaldo üzücü bir sebep nedeniyle oynayamadı ve takım için de büyük bir kayıp oldu hücum hattında. Koskoca maçta 2 şut çekebildiler sadece ve defansta da her zamanki gibi berbattılar. Liverpool 4-0 yenerek liderliği de ele geçirdi.

I think that the finale could be between Real Madrid and Liverpool. The most difficult part here is to predict which side will manage to advance to the finale. Is it going to be Manchester City or Real Madrid? Like I indicated before, I'm feeling myself closer to Real Madrid. But it is going to be too hard for both teams here. Manchester City really want to win a title with Guardiola. But they will need to work much harder at this point of the tournament. Real Madrid are incredibly strong now especially thanks to Benzema's high performance.

It was a complete destruction by Liverpool in their game against Manchester United. It was not much different than their previous game against each other in the league. Liverpool defeated them 5-0 then and today they won the game by 4-0. Manchester United were even more desperate about scoring as Ronaldo wasn't able to play. I'm really sorry for his loss by the way. It must be really hard for him.    If we come back to this game, Liverpool played as always and got the result of their great effort.

Monaco - Nice game seems to be an interesting one tomorrow. It can be very competitive as these teams are very similar to each other now. Nice are only one point ahead of Monaco now but the form difference is too much these days. Monaco have been on a winning streak of four games. Nice were able to win only one time in their last five games. Their last head-to-head game ended in a 2-2 draw. But this time, I think that Monaco are really close to winning. Maybe both of them can score but the winner would be them at the end.

We have a really nice game ahead like Liverpool - Manchester United. I would have really liked to say that it would be a competitive game but I can't now. Because I don't see Manchester United trustworthy enough of course. They had huge problems against even Norwich. If Ronaldo didn't play that much great in the game, they would have lost points most probably. Liverpool are a way stronger team than them recently. Considering this fact, I don't think Liverpool will have a hard time destroying them.

Napoli didn't have a good day again. Actually they were doing fine by leading the game 1-0 for a long time. But they couldn't prevent Roma from equalizing the score and causing the game to end like 1-1. And I saw an interesting statistics like Napoli have been conceding at least one goal in their Serie A games for nine weeks. This is one of the main reasons why they struggle to win this much. They have to improve their defense to prevent this from happening more. If they don't do better in their next games, they will lose their title chance completely earlier.