Friendly matches cannot be used as a reference, because usually they also only try to make several strategies with players who are mostly not the main players. But apart from that, basically Nice is not a team that has high consistency every season, at least with Nice still being able to compete in the mid-table in Ligue 1, that is good enough for them.
You can check how Nice has been in the previous few seasons, at least Nice has only fluctuated in the top ten and is more precise in the five to ten positions.

Therefore, if Nice only loses in a friendly match I think that is still an okay result, because it is not certain that these bad results will continue to be experienced by Nice throughout the season.
If Nice continues to have bad results then it is unlikely that Nice will be able to survive in the top ten in the Ligue 1 standings. So in this case, I think Nice still hasn't experienced much change in performance, even though they changed coaches and also made some reshuffles but Nice still doesn't could be stable but Nice is good enough if it can consistently compete in the top ten.

Damn, because previously I bet for Netherlands and Brazil with a lot of confidence but the result was disappointing, but I still have enough confidence to continue betting according to my initial choice for Morocco too. But unfortunately, because in the previous two matches I was disappointed and my self-confidence dropped a little, then I only chose the To Qualify option with lower odds for Morocco, even though if I still chose Morocco for an absolute victory then obviously those are bigger odds.
But yes, it doesn't matter with my bet because I am also quite happy that my prediction for Morocco or my confidence in Morocco has come true.

But, if Morocco play against France in the semi-final then maybe I will doubt it a bit, but if it's the semi-final Morocco plays against England then I will still go with Morocco.
This is also a miracle because the surprises are still continuing with Croatia and especially about Morocco, of course, and for the semifinal match, of course, predictions will be even more difficult. Just imagine that the tension in the quarter-finals is already very high, that way can't imagine how their gameplay in the semifinals will certainly be tougher.

As usual, the Premier League has Boxing Day matches during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The match that will be the opening match is the match between Brentford v Tottenham. I think this will be an exciting match too, because this season Brentford can often put up great resistance when playing against the top ranked teams or when playing against the top five ranked teams.
In fact, in the previous match or match before yesterday's break, in fact, Brentford could beat Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. I think these results are quite surprising too, because Manchester City are currently competing in the title race, so Manchester City should be able to take advantage of this match to win.

But Brentford this season cannot be underestimated at all, and Tottenham will still be required to be able to make great efforts to be able to get full points because Tottenham will also play away.
Even though, in head to head at least Tottenham proved to be dominating to be able to beat Brentford, it seems that at this moment these results still cannot be used as a guarantee for an easy win.

Anyway, this Boxing day match looks like it will be a very tiring match, because they will continue to play after the world cup.
Unlike other leagues that will continue the league next year, but for Ligue 1 and also La Liga it seems they also have matches to be played at the end of the year.

The data I got about Florian Flick will be on loan to Nuremberg that starts on 1 Jan 2023 and will end on 30 June 2023, that means Florian Flick will play at Nuremberg for at least only half a season in this remaining season. After all, a loan like that can still be done, because I don't think there is a rule about a loan that can only be done for one full season and or several seasons.
There's nothing strange about going on a half-season loan because at the time those transfers were made, in fact they coincided with the transfer window opening so it still made sense.

For European teams it seems money is not a big problem to bring in new players, because the more important factor is about the players themselves. Are they willing to play at Schalke who are only trying to get out of the relegation zone and or, at least Schalke will still get new players but not star players.
Because star players will only be willing to play in a team for competition at the top of the standings and not to compete in the relegation zone, so naturally even though Schalke gets new players it still doesn't guarantee that Schalke can recover quickly.

If Juventus is proven to have committed a football scandal, then I think all the Juventus officials in that period will be punished too even though they have resigned. It would be very unfair if only Juventus received punishment for the scandal that occurred but the board of directors went unpunished, so obviously if that happened then it was a very unfair and broken law.
Also, if Juventus is found guilty or is found to have committed a football scandal worse than Calciopoli then it means that Juventus will not be able to continue to play in the Europa League either.

Instead, the opponent who will play against Juventus in the Europa League later, Nantes will get a WO or Walkover victory. But I still hope this scandal is not proven and I think the scandal is about falsification of documents, and I think the punishment may not be as severe as talked about so far.
If the scandal is Calciopoli then I think it is the right scandal for a team to be punished by relegation, but if the scandal is with the board of directors then I think the punishment is only for them and not the position of the club or Juventus position in the current competition.

Yes, hopefully Arsenal can still maintain their performance because after all, I think all teams will always have the same risk for their key players getting injured. But indeed, the injury to Gabriel Jesus will greatly impact Arsenal's position at the top of the Premier League standings at this time.
But of course this incident can also be a valuable lesson for Arteta, because when a key player is injured, of course Arteta is required to make even more difficult rotations.

At least Arteta should be able to maintain good results until the end of the year, because after the World Cup the reality is that the English Premier League will restart which means they will restart before the transfer window opens.
Therefore, Arteta must be able to have the best way to be able to maintain Arsenal's performance at least until the end of the year. Because after that Arteta can make purchases of players, which are at least enough to replace or be able to strengthen their attack line due to the temporary absence of Gabriel Jesus.

I don't agree if you say Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga is bad, and I think it's likely that you don't know about the big changes that Eintracht Frankfurt has done in the Bundesliga. However, differentiating from their position in the standings in their respective leagues certainly won't be right, so yes, however, neither team will win easily in the knockout round or in the round of 16.
Even though Napoli have so far been unbeaten in Serie A, the fact is that Napoli is also not perfect to get all the wins in every match.

Therefore, basically Napoli also has weaknesses which of course the opposing team can take advantage of to score goals.
Eintracht Frankfurt itself this season looks very good even though at the beginning of the season Eintracht Frankfurt didn't look good, but as time goes by even now Eintracht Frankfurt can be in the top four of the Bundesliga standings. With this extraordinary increase, of course Eintracht Frankfurt will still have a chance to qualify and Napoli will never be easy to beat Eintracht Frankfurt in the round of 16.

I also lost a bet because I chose Brazil, but apart from losing the bet I personally admit that Croatia has good gameplay and the most important thing is that Croatia remain confident until the end. Even though after Neymar's goal came in the first half of extra time, I think it will be the only goal that is created in this match. But in the second half of extra time Croatia still managed to make a great effort with a good counterattack, and the goals that Brazil and Croatia made in extra time I think are beautiful goals too.
But unfortunately, Brazil was not lucky enough in the penalty shootout, even though Thiago Silva chose a place where there were more Brazilian fans behind the goal.

With these results, of course, every match in the quarter-finals is difficult to predict, because all the teams are making bigger efforts than usual.
Also with these results, it became difficult for me to choose which team I should put in the bet for today's match. I really didn't expect Croatia to put in such a good effort in the match against Brazil, because from the odds it is also clear that their odds have a very wide gap.

It would be a shame if Betis failed to finish in the top four this season, considering that Sevilla is no longer in competition for the top four. At the moment they have the same points for Bilbao, Atletico and Betis at 24 points, so the chance for Betis is still very open, even though Betis is currently in sixth place in the standings, that doesn't mean Betis has lost its chance.
Basically there is nothing to doubt about Pellegrini because Pellegrini is also used to dealing with big teams, so Pellegrini has a good way to make his team compete in the top four.

But if Sociedad and Bilbao can stay in the top four until the end of the season then it is a great achievement, because in the end it is another team that can benefit from the fall of Sevilla and not a team that is used to competing in the top four like Atletico and also Betis.
It will be an interesting rivalry as well, apart from the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the top of the table. Such a close points gap in the title race and also in the race for third and fourth positions, that this will be a very tight competition that will be presented in the second half of the season.

You don't need to suggest people to bet because it will be dangerous if the choice is losing, let them make their own choices but if you provide an input or opinion it won't be a problem. Also, all the favorite teams are not destined to win and if you noticed last season how Eintracht Frankfurt beat Barcelona, were Eintracht Frankfurt the favorites to win at that time?
I'm sure the answer is no at all but what happens, even then you realize Eintracht Frankfurt can go further and win it all.

So, in this case all teams still have a chance to win, when all teams have a chance to win then nothing can be linked to the favorite or not.
Therefore, even though I say Manchester United has a chance to win, I also realize that Barcelona is the favorite team. Furthermore, we are free to choose which team is right for each of us to include in their bets, we don't need to force other people to bet.

It looks like Florian Flick is only on loan for half a season and next season Florian Flick will return to FC Schalke 04, I think it's a short time. Even though Florian Flick got more minutes at Nuremberg, I think that still doesn't fully guarantee Florian Flick to get a place in the main squad at Schalke when he returns from loan. But yes, hopefully Florian Flick can develop better there, considering Schalke's position is also not very good at the moment.
It is possible that next season Florian Flick will return to Schalke but in the end Florian Flick will play again in the 2. Bundesliga, because it seems difficult for Schalke to get out of the relegation zone.

Schalke is still not strong enough to compete in the Bundesliga right now, even though Schalke can return to playing in the Bundesliga quickly but it seems like Schalke still needs a better overhaul at least to be able to stay in the Bundesliga longer.
Maybe if I consider the current points gap, it looks like Schalke has a five point gap with Hertha Berlin and Stuttgart. But still, when the situation and condition of the team are not in their best shape, it will be difficult for Schalke to catch up with them but with this long break, hopefully Schalke can get up again.

I think for the early matches even though Saudi Arabia beat Argentina for me it was not a surprising result, because I thought in the early matches it was very possible for such a result to occur. But the truth is, at that time I bet for Argentina and I lost but with a result like that I personally am still not surprised.
For me, the surprise is of course in the knockout phase, because all the teams will try very hard to win because if they lose then of course they will be eliminated.

Therefore, when entering the knockout phase, the big teams or favorite teams will of course play their best but what happens is, there is one team that even from the start of the World Cup it was not predicted to win and that is Morocco.
If Morocco only made it to the round of 16 I think that would also be normal, because it happened to South Korea and Japan as well. But the surprise happened because Morocco managed to beat the favorite team in the round of 16 and finally Morocco will play in the quarter-finals against Portugal.

I think Brazil's situation and conditions are better than Croatia's, so I really can't doubt Brazil in this match. But if someone is really betting for Croatia to win, then surely it will be a big win for them because they get high odds @8.xx. Indeed, Croatia in the group stage also looked good by being able to win big against Canada and also, able to hold Belgium to a 0-0 draw.
But that doesn't mean that Belgium and Brazil can be compared, because it seems clear that Brazil still has better quality.

Therefore, regardless of the available odds, I personally will remain confident in choosing Brazil to win, even though basically I am not a team fanatic and am more neutral.
But for some reason, at this moment I can't choose Croatia and even though it is a draw, I personally don't believe it because I think it will be an absolute win for Brazil.

Atletico still cannot be underestimated because Atletico are also not a weak team at all and also, Atletico are not always beaten by Real Madrid and Barcelona. Because even last season Atletico could beat Real Madrid and Barcelona in one of the matches, so Atletico could still beat Real Madrid and Barcelona.
The decline in performance experienced by Atletico this season does not mean that Atletico will no longer be able to beat Real Madrid and Barcelona, because over time they will also be able to improve their performance.

So yes, I can't say that Atletico can't beat Real Madrid and Barcelona, because every time they play, of course, there will always be different situations and conditions. So the result will not always be defeat either, because a team that is even considered weak can still provide strong resistance when they play against Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Therefore, with Atletico having good management, then of course Atletico will be able to overcome the problems they are experiencing this season.

Even though Napoli will only play against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League, that doesn't mean Napoli will get to the final, because there are still quarter-finals and semifinals to go through. In this round, of course, Napoli will play against a tougher team and, in fact, Eintracht Frankfurt cannot be underestimated at all.
Because Eintracht Frankfurt is also in the Bundesliga experiencing a very good increase in performance, so even though Napoli will play against Eintracht Frankfurt in the 16th round of the Champions League it still doesn't guarantee that Napoli will win easily.

But yes, about Napoli's position in the Serie A standings, at least it can be said to be a safe position for Napoli because it has a wide enough point gap, and Napoli only needs to maintain good results in every match and not lose too often.
That way, it will be enough for Napoli to maintain its position at the top of the Serie A table this season. But if what you say about winning the Serie A title and also the Champions League can happen, then of course it will be a very extraordinary achievement but unfortunately, I personally not so sure about Napoli in the Champions League.

An easy match I think is only the Croatia v Brazil match, because in the other matches at least these teams have the same chance of winning. Because I think Brazil is a team that has no doubts about winning against Croatia, because even the odds also have quite a wide gap. Other matches are favorite teams like Netherlands v Argentina, England v France but yes, about Portugal which will only play against Morocco on paper Portugal will win.
But unfortunately, I'm not completely sure and it seems I still quite believe that Morocco will still surprise them in the match against Portugal later.

Back to today's match I'm just thinking about whether I should make a parlay bet or not, because for Brazil for me this will be an easy bet with not low and not high odds either and only around @1.3x.
But for the Netherlands v Argentina match to be honest I bet on the Netherlands while Argentina is the favorite team to win, but even so it looks like I will still make a multi bet on Brazil and the Netherlands to win.

It looks like Brazil and France have a big chance to reach the final and if that really happens, then maybe I will choose France as the team that will win the World Cup this time. But if this World Cup has a miracle, then of course the miracle will happen to Morocco as the only team that was not considered to qualify from the start.
But who would have thought Morocco would reach the quarter-finals after a successful clean sheet in the previous game against Spain, at least the result of that match was also a big surprise or maybe a miracle because even in a penalty shootout three players from Spain couldn't score.

Therefore, I personally am still quite sure that in this World Cup it seems that this miracle can still happen, but if it is only to choose the team that will compete in the final match then on paper I personally am quite sure about Brazil and France.
Since Netherlands will play against Argentina in the quarter-finals and then, in the semi-finals one of them will play against Brazil and I think Brazil will still have a chance to beat either the Netherlands or Argentina.
As for France, I really admire Giroud and I think this old player is still very dangerous and maybe he can also give good results for France.

Basically, Barcelona still has a chance to win the La Liga title this season and yes, it's not certain and it's not easy, but that doesn't mean Barcelona's chances are completely lost. I don't think it's right if you think that Barcelona has no chance of winning the title, because after all, in fact Xavi has so far been able to give good results for Barcelona in La Liga.
Indeed, Xavi still can't give the best for Barcelona in Europe but I think it's still a stage of development which of course requires a long process.

So, the chance for Barcelona to win a title this season will always be there, especially for domestic competition, but for European competition, Barcelona's chances are indeed low because it is very possible that Xavi will only focus on one competition.
Because then at least Xavi can make the maximum push in domestic competition and yes, we also won't know what changes will happen later. But I wish Xavi to be able to give the best results for Barcelona in all competitions and indeed, it's not something easy because to achieve an achievement requires great effort as well.

However, the main problem for Ronaldo is that he is too ambitious to achieve the highest achievement and with such great ambition, Ronaldo will never be able to accept if he is too often on the bench. Even though each coach also has his own strategy which of course will make some players unable to play in all the matches, when they don't match the strategy used at that time.
Also, if Ronaldo still really has good gameplay then of course Ronaldo will continue to be played as a starter, no matter how old he is because if Ronaldo fits the strategy implemented then of course the coach will also continue to play him.

But what has happened lately, even Ronaldo does not always play the full 90 minutes or play from the bench, when compared to Messi the situation is very different because Messi can still be relied on by the team in every match.
Therefore, if there are no more big teams who are going to sign Ronaldo, then it would be better for Ronaldo to retire, because it will only be useless if Ronaldo continues to force it but in the end Ronaldo will only be on the bench more often.

Basically if they apply the tiki-taka style of play then what must be built strong, or the initial capital that must be possessed is a strong and good chemistry between players. That way they will be able to make the right moves and passes, because to implement such a style of play seems difficult if it doesn't involve Messi who can pass and make very good movements to deceive opponents.
Meanwhile in the Spain squad there are no players who have the abilities of Messi and also, the absence of Iniesta and Xavi in the midfield, of course, playing games like tiki-taka is difficult to implement properly.

Indeed, Luis Enrique gave the best for Barcelona with that style of play, but it will certainly be different when applied to different squads too.
But yes, I personally feel this result is not only about Luis Enrique's badness or mistakes, but also maybe Morocco did play so well that the big effort that Morocco put in really brought them a big result for them too.