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Union Berlin returned to second place in the Bundesliga standings and I'm sure no one thought this would happen, because after Union Berlin's position in the Bundesliga continued to decline, at that time many also considered that Union Berlin had ended. But who would have thought, when the competing team in the struggle for this position weakened or got bad results, at the same time Union Berlin actually won the match.
Also, for the next match Union Berlin will play away against Hertha Berlin who are currently in the relegation zone. With these considerations, it looks like Union Berlin will get its third win in a row after a long season break.
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The truth is that Graham Potter also contribute to the problem of Chelsea, a good coach should be able to manage the kind of player Chelsea has, atleast some level of good performance is supposed to be seen in the players. I think the strategies he uses as a coach is not working for the team. Chelsea already have players but lack a quality coach that can bring out best from the players .
I would agree with you on this. The coach also has a part to play(probably more)in the level of performance his team displays on the field of play. Chelsea already has some of the finest players in the world and needs someone who is able and capable to see and bring out the potentials buried deep inside each player. Along with that, formulation of new strategies using the potentials of his players is also key and something the coach ought to consider. No coach will be able to do great things when his defence and midfield is in shambles. You may think that Chelsea is signing players that they are supposed to be performing well. Ask yourself how many steady defenders are there apart from Silva. Also ask yourself how many great defensive midfielder has Chelsea since Kante is injures. If you will be fair, Potter has never gotten the best lines of defence and midfield to perform. Basically, Chelsea really had to start over from scratch after all the major reforms that were carried out, so it's no wonder that Chelsea's performance was not as good as last season. So in this case, I personally don't rely too much only on defenders and midfielders, because in football all players from every line certainly have an important role to make good gameplay. So yes, this season has not been good for Chelsea and maybe it will be the last season for Chelsea to play in the Champions League, but in the next few seasons, then of course Chelsea should be able to return to playing in the Champions League. |
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I think it's an ordinary win for Borussia Dortmund because Mainz itself is one of the teams that has been underperforming this season. I would say so if they are able to keep winning every game they play. They have just won 2 times from the defeat in the previous week. I don't mean to undervalue this victory, but I want to see them more than what they got in this game.
The next game for Borussia Dortmund is away against Bayer Leverkusen and I will also see how Borussia Dortmund performs in that game. Will it continue to improve or will it be the other way around because considering that Bayer Leverkusen have also been able to win at home against Bochum. If Borussia Dortmund can continue to improve in every game after the break, of course that will be very good for Borussia Dortmund because they can continue to compete for a better place in the Bundesliga standings. Dortmund's performance has been good in the last two matches. However, although Leverkusen is behind Dortmund in the points table, they are consistently able to perform well. Leverkusen is unbeaten in their last 8 matches. So now, do you think that Dortmund will lose against Leverkusen? Personally, I think Leverkusen's chances of defeat are very low if Dortmund is in good form. However, I don't think the Dortmund team is completely stable yet. I think Leverkusen will win otherwise the match will be a draw. Anyway, even though the final score was just a narrow victory that Dortmund got, but with Dortmund being able to win two consecutive wins after the season break, it's still a good result. Because with these two wins, at least Dortmund's position in the Bundesliga has also improved, but Dortmund's opponents in the next two matches will not be easy because Dortmund will play against Leverkusen and also Freiburg. But yes, for Freiburg maybe because of his declining performance it could be a big chance for Dortmund to beat him. But for Leverkusen, I think Leverkusen's current performance is better compared to Dortmund. Leverkusen came from the bottom of the rankings at the start of this season because Leverkusen's coach was also new, Xabi Alonso, but over time Xabi Alonso managed to form Leverkusen to have very good quality at this moment so that they could return Leverkusen to the top 10. With this big increase, I personally believe that Leverkusen will not lose in the match against Dortmund. The final result for Leverkusen's win and/or draw, seems very likely to happen in this match. |
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Real Madrid will be playing at home against Atletico in the Copa del Rey match in a few hours, I personally believe Real Madrid will win this match. Due to the fact that it has been a long time since Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey title, the last time Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey title was in the 2013/2014 season.
So with Real Madrid's performance this season which doesn't seem so promising to win a title in the Champions League and maybe also in La Liga, it is possible that the Copa del Rey title could be a title that Real Madrid must win again this season.
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When players are demoralized or in a negative mood, they may be less focused and less inclined to try their hardest.
The spartan environment can help create a winning mindset and develop a culture of hard work and dedication to the common cause. Pampering players too much doesn't work at all, just look at the Inter Milan.
In fact Juventus had experienced worse things, they had to be relegated because of calciopoli. Luckily at that time Juventus players chose to stay which then made Juventus so powerful after comeback to Serie A. However, players then and now are much different. If in the past most players had loyalty to the club, whereas now they prefer to play as they wants and also high salaries is everything, just look like "wth with loyalty"  Yes, that's true, if in this era great players are still loyal to play for their teams even though their salaries are reduced then these teams will also be good. But unfortunately, in this era it is very rare for this to happen but yes, with Juventus getting punished by deducting points but if the players are still playing well then maybe that can also be said as loyalty. Because if after Juventus gets punished and then the players are no longer able to play well, then the destruction for Juventus will occur. But I don't think this will happen, because the Juventus squad still has good morale to keep playing well for Juventus. |
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Tomorrow Arsenal will play against Manchester City in the FA Cup match which of course this will be very interesting, because if Arsenal manage to beat Manchester City in this match then that is an extraordinary achievement. Because if Arsenal win this match then Arsenal have managed to beat two Manchesters in a row, and maybe that will be a historical record as well.
I hope that a winning result for Arsenal can happen in this match, because of course it will be the perfect result for Arsenal in this season and in this moment.
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If Mbappe likes let him score the whole 7 goals himself. The main question is, how many assists has he made so far this season? He's scored more than 18 goals now at the league level but how many assists has he made? His assists in the club are not even up to half of the assistance given by Messi or Neymar. No doubt, Mbappe is quite a versatile player, but he is intentionally selfish if u ask me, and this may someday be errant to his career.
This is a very wrong thing to say, the current football around the world has to do with goals, work rate, team contributions and individual performance, at the end would be winning the World Cup and Champions League for your country and club. Kylian Mbappe already has one, and has scored good number of goals both last season and this season, I don't see him slacking down with scoring goals. You all talk about attitude but have you done a personal check about oneself. Let him keep doing his thing. Kylian Mbappe is a center forward, reducing movement is the right decision to minimize the drain on stamina, in my opinion not lazy. At Paris Saint-Germain, Mbappe has wings like Messi and Neymar whose role is to support Mbappe Anyway, the combination of three strikers Mbappe, Neymar and Messi is the combination of strikers to be most wary of this season. It's not a matter of being lazy or not scoring goals, because what @Docnaster is referring to is how selfish Mbappe is in scoring goals but doesn't have a good record of assists. Because so far when players are great at scoring goals, and then these players are also good at providing assists. So the point here is about balance in scoring goals and assists, because if Mbappe is too ambitious to score a lot of goals but when later there are no more players who can support him or provide good assists then that will also be a problem later. |
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On several occasions, Xavi said that Barcelona is serious about targeting this competition trophy. even one of their strikers, Lewandowski, once said that he and his colleagues had the ambition to win the Europa League trophy. so it's clear that Xavi really cares about this competition trophy besides prioritizing winning the La Liga trophy.
Barcelona and the other teams look financially to these competitions, as long as the financial prizes are much less than the ECL or La Liga prizes, I think they will focus on La Liga more than this one, and if they somehow managed to win it, that would be good for the name of Barcelona and could give Xavi and the other young players more confidence. On the other hand, the same thing applies to Manchester United, as they won't be interested a lot in winning this competition on the back of their rank in the EPL. Basically every title will have a good impact on the players and also for the team, at least it's not just about money, money and money to make them have no interest in winning the title. After all, if they think about money then they can become greedy with the ambition to get all the titles in the tournaments they play. What's more, the opponent he is facing is Manchester United, so this will increase Barcelona's prestige. Therefore, I'm sure Barcelona will continue to play according to their abilities, so even if for example Barcelona loses I'm sure it's not about money or a small prize, but because Manchester United at this moment is also having a good performance. |
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The season is still quite long, in fact the two teams have the opportunity to shift PSG from the top of the standings. it is possible that the Ligue 1 trophy will not go to PSG's favor if Lens and Marseille can play more consistently. even with a player composition that is far from what PSG has, if they are able to shift PSG, it is a blow to PSG that must be really considered. they think they can focus on the Champions League, but they forget about Ligue 1. For whatever reason, I don't think PSG will really let go of their chances of securing the title this season even though they have been underwhelming in their last few match. I only believe PSG can be beaten, but PSG will not be easily beaten by any team. Only Lens and Rennes have so far been able to beat PSG, but Lens and Rennes can also be dropped points easily by other teams. I can say 3 or 4 points from Lens and Marseille is still a safe point for PSG, however PSG must perform even better so that Lens does not equal their points in the standings. Having a three-point gap is definitely not safe and even then, in other leagues when the top team has a gap wider than three points they are still not safe. So, the three-point gap is clearly not a safe position for PSG, because previously PSG also had a fairly wide point gap, but gradually their point gap is getting closer. Therefore, PSG really has to determine the most important title and can still be achieved so that PSG can be more consistent in one existing title race. Because even though for example Lens can also be beaten by other teams, the fact is that Lens so far this season has only lost once while PSG has lost twice. |
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Mainz and Dortmund managed to score two quick goals and now the score is 1-1. Interestingly, Dortmund are still completely dominant, but can they score at least one more goal to get three points in this game? Mainz defend well and do not allow Borussia to make good attacks. I think Bayern - Koln could have a repeat here.
Yes, it was a quick goal scored by Mainz and Dortmund and I'm sure in the second half there will be more goals too. Not only that, I personally am still quite confident for Dortmund, which looks like it will still get full points in this match. Because it is clear, Dortmund's position in the Bundesliga standings is still not good, so victory is the result they must get. But yes, I also realize that Mainz has the ability to be able to draw or even beat Dortmund, because this is Mainz's home game. |
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In my estimation, Napoli will pass the tour without difficulty. Of course, I don't expect big score differences, but I think they will continue on their way by winning both games. Frankfurt is a strong team, no doubt about it. Still, it's not a team like Napoli. In Serie A, Napoli are fighting and winning against teams that are much stronger than Frankfurt in my opinion. Therefore, the experience of the matches with the big teams will give them a great advantage.
Let's see how Frankfurt play today because their first game against Wolfsburg was terrible. I agree that Napoli are still in great shape and I also think that Napoli should win both games. I also think that there should be a lot of goals in these matches, because the attack of Napoli looks great, and the defense of Freiburg, as we see, is not in the best condition, and by the way, Napoli are also often conceded. On paper Napoli are indeed the team that will qualify, but to win in both legs or only win in the first or second leg I think it's not important. Because the most important thing is that the team can qualify for the next phase, so even if for example a draw in the first leg and a win in the second leg, basically the winning team will still qualify too. But considering the odds currently available, the two are still fairly balanced and have a chance of winning or maybe more inclined towards a draw. |
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After Juventus got 15 points deducted, it seems that Milan and Inter no longer have the enthusiasm to strengthen their position in the Serie A standings. Because Milan and Inter received unexpected defeats, especially about Milan losing heavily by Lazio.
Maybe winning and losing is a reasonable result, but what seems to be unnatural is that the final score in this match is 4-0. I think a final score like that would be right if it was a strong team against a mediocre team, but Lazio and Milan are teams that have good quality. Therefore, at least even if Milan loses, Milan should be able to score goals too, because Milan and Inter this week lost without being able to score a goal.
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The match between Barcelona v Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey today is a very interesting match, because it seems that bookies don't see Real Sociedad as a strong team. Even though Real Sociedad is in third place in the La Liga standings, it looks like that still doesn't allow Real Sociedad to be able to provide strong resistance for Barcelona.
Also, so far this season Barcelona and Real Sociedad have just met or played once in the second week of the season. At that time Real Sociedad was playing at home, but Barcelona could win with a score of 4-1. Maybe because Barcelona's head to head record is so dominating, that might be one of the reasons Real Sociedad really can't be seen as a strong team when playing against Barcelona.
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Arsenal are on fire so somehow stop them maybe only Manchester City an equal opponent other than that I don't think so
Next we will highlight the performance of Manchester City as the main competitor, Manchester City must win every game in order to stay closer in the standings a tough task awaits next month when Manchester City have to face Tottenham as away team obviously this is not easy.
I'm still not sure for Manchester City in terms of stopping the win for Arsenal, because Arsenal this season have not only been really strong. But he has also been really consistent in playing every game and this can clearly be seen by many people from Arsenal's achievements this season even though there is still time for Manchester City to continue to stick and put pressure on Arsenal until the end of the season. I don't think anything is certain because even so, Arsenal have only lost once this season and Arsenal have lost by Manchester United in the first game or in the first leg of the season. Also, Manchester City in the Manchester derby a few weeks ago, in fact Manchester City also lost by Manchester United. But in yesterday's second match between Manchester United and Arsenal, the fact is that Arsenal can avenge their previous defeat against Manchester United. With a result like that, this season Arsenal deserves to remain at the top of the Premier League standings, and I don't think a team like Manchester City will also be able to guarantee they can beat Arsenal at this moment. |
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The outplay tonight between schalke 04 and Leipzig is going as expected by many, seeing Leipzig thrashing schalke is not a surprise to me because Leipzig is in their good form so the really deserve to win this match outrightly, is good to note that leipzig have a good history against schalke and also this home team being schalke is not doing well in their games, I say a big congratulation to leipzig for their well deserved victory in advance.
The result already expected before. Schalke was at the relegation zone and you can imagine that how is it possible for a club like schalke which has been placed at the bottom will be facing a club that placed at the second place of bundesliga? schalke almost has no chance to win against schalke. i would not be surprised to see that happened with schalke. Schalke was still far from leipzig. Schalke must be a shame with the result against leipzig. replacing its coach gave no differences Yes indeed, there weren't any surprises in this match and in fact, congratulations for Leipzig also don't seem too important because on paper Leipzig is projected to win. Unless Leipzig beat Bayern Munich and or can take over the top of the Bundesliga standings, then congratulations for Leipzig will be something that is appropriate at a more appropriate moment. Because we also of course realize that Schalke hasn't gotten in good shape so Schalke is still very weak but yes, after all Leipzig managed to maximize this moment by winning with a big score. |
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In fact, to predict whether this match will have many or few goals, I think it's still difficult to predict. Therefore, at least we still need the matches before this match is played to be able to determine which betting option we will choose.
We still don't know exactly how much the odds, when look at stake, Barcelona have 1.75 while MU have 4.30 and the chance of draw is 4.30. Maybe this still temporary result until next month begins. But, we know in home, Barcelona is a club which is not easy to beat, MU performance is far away from expected, especially Antony which have a gap different like he played on Ajax MU's odd is very big. it seems like that bookies consider how bad the history of mu when it was playing at camp nou. Barcelona has found its new form eith so many young players. I think that even betting on mu will be quite interesting to risk our money. MU's odd looks worthy enough if mu may able to beat barcelona. i think this gonna be a very interesting thing rk see that how mu will able to beat barcelona at its home. MU has a horrible head to head against barcelona in camp nou. winning with small score is more than enough for mu as long as it can win the game.The performance from new striker of mu is still far from good. Regarding the odds currently available, at least it won't change much before the match starts and of course, Barcelona will still be the favorite team. Except when the match has started, the odds can change a lot and therefore, if you really have a good opinion about Barcelona then you can make the bet now. But what I mean is, I personally don't even have a strong prediction which team will win at this moment. At least I need a few more matches before this match starts, at least to be able to determine what betting options are good enough for me to choose apart from the moneyline. |
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It's a shame because Inter only played with ten players, so Iner couldn't end the match by getting points. What's more, this was Inter's home match and also, the previous match Inter won in the derby match. But it seems that the victory that Inter got in the derby match did not have a good impact on Inter's performance in the match against Empoli.
With this result it is also true, only Napoli is able to maintain its performance with good gameplay in every match, so that Napoli deserves to win the title this season.
Even if a team like Inter Milan loses one player due to a red card, they will definitely feel very dizzy about how to plan the next strategy. Here the patience of coach Simone Inzaghi was really tested and his squad struggled a lot when the Empoli players continued to press their defense. Indeed, Napoli can now be said to be one step away from winning the Scudetto this season, their brilliant performance every week makes them even more confident that they are so close to the title. Even though on several occasions sometimes mediocre teams who also play with only ten players, they will implement a strategy with full defense. So in this case, I don't think it's a problem for a big team like Inter to implement this, at least they can still finish the match by getting a point. Maybe they are reluctant or prestige to apply full defense in such situations, because with the factor of being a big team, of course they will continue to try to play with a little openness to find gaps to be able to score goals. But in the end, they actually got a defeat which of course is quite regrettable, because the record on paper Inter has the potential to win. |
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Potter seems has found his formula to play in perfect form , giving times to him might have a lot of risk including on how chelsea dropped to their lowest form ... but let's see what he can do in champions league in few weeks.
I hope so. Being drawn with Liverpool in Chelsea was not so bad. Chelsea is now even better than before. I hope that new players that will be coming to the Chelsea will make the team able to go up again. Chelsea must have at least participated in the champion league or europa league next season. But on the other hand, with Chelsea's current condition and with Todd's condition, who seems ambitious to bring in a lot of players now, it will also have an impact on their balance. Hopefully this will turn out well but even if they can't be in an ideal position still at least they have to improve their current performance. Their condition is in line with Liverpool, whose performance is slightly similar now. The difference is Todd, who is still very eager to add players, but at the moment apart from Gakpo, I even hear about others for Liverpool. A draw with Liverpool in the Premier League still cannot be used as a benchmark for Chelsea's performance because even Liverpool are in a bad situation and condition this season. So, I can say Liverpool and Chelsea have decreased in quality this season so a draw for them still won't have any impact on their match in the Champions League. Also, it doesn't matter how many new players they bring in, because it looks like this season will only be a season for them to make a few attempts to get back to having good quality next season. |
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with the current conditions Man United are better than Barcelona, but I still think that Barca could beat them in the 1st leg and It will be enough to qualify, keep in mind that the style of play is different and Man utd can find it difficult against Barca if they take control of the match.
The level of play in the Premier League and the level of play in the Spanish League is very different this season and I see the style of play in the Premier League looks a little faster than the players in the Spanish League and that will certainly make the match more exciting to watch because each team will run their strategy during the game. Because Barcelona will also find it difficult if Manchester United players are able to control the ball more. Basically, Barcelona and Manchester United this season have good performance and gameplay, so they will still have a chance to win. So, with the good performance of both of them, then I would say that they have a chance to go further and about the difference between the respective leagues is clear that's for sure. In fact, to predict whether this match will have many or few goals, I think it's still difficult to predict. Therefore, at least we still need the matches before this match is played to be able to determine which betting option we will choose. |
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It seems that if PSG is targeting to get a treble winner this season I think achieving it is still too difficult for PSG, because of competition in the Ligue 1 standings as well, PSG still doesn't seem to have perfect strength because it only has a three point gap with Lens who is ranked second. What's more, PSG's opponents in the last 16 in the Coupe de France are also not a weak team, because Marseille has also seen good performance so far this season.
So yes, it looks like PSG will only focus on Ligue 1 but if PSG only won the Ligue 1 title this season then what is the use of the luxury players PSG have.
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