Lukaku's red card is a disgrace! he was insulted throughout the match he played and only because he cheered under the Juventus fans did he receive the second yellow card of the match and expulsion, but when Cuadrado scored who started dancing in front of the Inter fans he was not been warned! so the referee used two meters and two measures as they say. in my opinion the game was balanced from the beginning. the passage of the round will be decreed at san siro in the return match
Although the match was very interesting and intense, it's a shame that the match had to be ruined due to an embarrassing incident. I think it was embarrassing for the referee to give Lukaku a yellow card, which turned into a red card and let him be sent off because of the racial chants the juvetini shouted at him. With this incident I think Serie A will have to face a lot of problems. They must be firm in eradicating corruption, match fixing, tax evasion and crucial racism. There seems to be satisfaction from the team and it is not fixed. The referee got the Lukaku decision very wrong. The Italian Football Federation has to bring stiffer measures for clubs fans that are found with racism. The earlier they start publicly condemning and punishing the offenders the better for the Italian football. What a sad way to ruin a match that was very interesting and entertaining to watch especially from neutrals |
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It seems that I am behind with Bayern Munich vs Dortmund victory. Even I was surprised they were able to win 4-2. A great start for Tuchel he could immediately prove himself a World coach. Chelsea should have lost because they let him go. Tuchel managed to make Munich continue to press until winning 4-0.
But after winning big, Munich dropped the game and they shouldn't. Hopefully of course Tuchel can be consistent, he must not make small mistakes so that he loses points again. If that happens, Dortmund will return to the top again.
Aight, I get you're side-eyeing Tuchel and his consistency game, but let's not jump the gun. Yeah, one W against Dortmund ain't exactly world-class coach proof, but we can't just write off his success like that. Tuchel's got a history of winning at other clubs, and he might just be that secret sauce Bayern needs to crush it at the top. And about Bayern going head-to-head with Guardiola's crew? Look, football's wild – anything can happen. Just 'cause one team's got a better rap sheet doesn't mean they'll always come out on top. We gotta think tactics, too. What's Tuchel's game plan? What's the lineup looking like? All these factors can flip the script on match day. Thomas Tuchel is one coach who I really have so much confidence in because he knows how to make his team play exactly the way he wants. The manner at which he influences the mentality of his team is another factor that stands him our from other managers. The tie against Guardiola's City won't be an easy one because the english club will also want to win the the trophy that has eluded them since the creation of the club. But regardless of the quality of players in the City set up I'm still backing Tuchel to beat them |
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Having this type of air in the league where teams do not know if PSG is doing well enough or not, made the rest of them not so great neither. I mean that's what happens when a good team leads the league, because you are not entirely sure if you should chase or not, when you try to chase and they end up with a better result, you feel like you are never going to catch up to them and makes you feel bad, and when you lose and they lose as well, you feel like you missed a big chance and that makes you feel even worse.
Only thing that could make you feel better is to win when they lose and that rarely could happen since they lose so rarely, and that's why it's a hard job.
PSG has lost for the second time after being humiliated against Rennes before and yesterday was beaten again by Lyon even though we know that PSG have a lot of great players but can't beat them, I think PSG needs to make changes to tactics so they don't suffer consecutive defeats, even though PSG still at the top of the standings but this must be taken seriously, PSG must completely overhaul in the future so as not to suffer previous defeats. Paris Saint Germain's tactical unbalance this season is as a result of the mentality and work rate of their manager and that's where they were dumbed out of Europe by Bayern Munich in the round of 16. Christophe Galtier isn't the best man for the PSG job and he must accept it and leave the club at the end of the season. The club owners has hugely invested in this club and they need to start winning trophies both domestic and European honours and if they must achieve that, then they have to get a new Coach |
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It's surprising that Casemiro isn't on the field (usually Ten Hag's "talent" evaporates somewhere when Casemiro isn't playing), but United play solidly. Although they still have obvious problems in attack and any goal from Brandford can spoil the result.
Newcastle obviously won't miss a win and so we're watching live as Liverpool's top 4 chances turn into a mirage - it's hardly realistic to win back 10 points in such a short distance.
I saw on the news Ten Hag said they would have a hard game without Christian Eriksen and Casemiro and this will damage the team but in fact, they should be ready to play without these players and they need to have the potential to play without some key players like Casemiro and Eriksen, however, I guess Eriksen will be ready for the next game in Manchester United against Everton. I think the media actually misunderstood Erik Ten Hag about what he said concerning the two important members of his squad. Casemiro and Christian Eriksen has been his star performers this season especially since Casemiro arrived. And anyone that watched the match would know that United really struggled in in the midfield because of their absenteeism and that's why they had to rely on the brilliance of Marcus Rashford to win the match |
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Messi has gotten everything while he was a soccer player, most recently the World Cup he won with the Argentina national team. The news of Messi return to Barcelona is also blowing very fast, it does not rule out the possibility that Messi will return to Barcelona uniform next season. He is still being fought over by several European clubs, it is very small then that Messi accepts offers from leagues outside of Europe even though he is lured by big offers.
Indeed, I heard that Messi wanted to go to Barcelona because of the family's request. But another factor is the pay cut from PSG and fans who are not friendly with Messi's current state. I heard Messi's salary will be cut by 25%, this is to remain eligible in FFP. But this is only a rumor. I myself find it strange if Messi comes back. They have started to come out of Messi's shadow with young players who continue to develop. Signing Messi may be an instant solution to the frontline problems but it has a bad impact for the long term. I actually see it from a different side, Messi presence in the Barcelona squad will further improve the quality of Barcelona's game. Messi will take on a new role this time around, he will be shifted to the center to serve the attackers with his beautiful cross. He can also set the rhythm of the game well, the 4-3-3 formation can still be used with the current attacking scheme, Messi will fill in as an attacking midfielder. Young players can learn directly from Messi, his presence in the squad can help their development. Dembele is one of the players who experienced rapid development when playing with Messi. Messi presence will not cause problems in Barcelona game, he is not the type of player who is hungry for individual titles. This time, his status as a teacher for other young players, his existence will really help Barcelona in the title race in the following season. Barcelona has been Lionel Messi's home and family. He love Barcelona with everything in him and he's very passionate about everything that has to do with Barcelona and that was why he was very emotional when he was saying goodbye to the fans of the Catalan club. Messi is still has a lot to give to football before he retires despite the unbeatable records he's already created in the game but will he want to ga back to Barcelona as a player again after they humiliated him by asking him to leave two summers ago? That is just one question only Messi can answer |
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The game between Barcelona and Real Madrid is a clash of the Titans and a very difficult one to predict, However, Barcelona has more chances of becoming the of winner of this game than Real Madrid, base on their recent performances, plus the fact that Barcelona has lesser matches to focus on, more than Madrid who are still in the La Liga race , Champions League and the current Copa de Rey.
I betted on Barcelona to win with 2-1 goals over Madrid.
Barcelona versus Real Madrid: a battle of the giants! Seeing these two giants go at it is something, ain't it? The passion, enthusiasm, and showmanship are all thrilling to witness. And with fervent supporters of both teams in attendance, the vibe is positively electrifying! But let's get down to the nitty-gritty. These teams are mad talented, and they've got loads to put on the line. Winning's dope, but strutting their stuff for the world to see? That's the real deal. Real Madrid's sweating the La Liga chase, Champions League, and Copa de Rey, while Barca's gotta prove they ain't slippin'. They've had some rough spots, but they're hungry to show they're still a powerhouse. As for the score, nah, I gotta disagree. Real fan here, so I'm calling it 2-0 for Real in this face-off. They're coming for that sweet revenge! It's over a century that these two historic clubs has become major Rivals as a matter of fact they're the two most successful clubs in the his of Spanish football so whenever the two teams meet there will always be fireworks from both ends of their supporters. Barcelona had to beat Real Madrid the last time they played to go 12 points above the Los Blancos and compelling Real Madrid to accept the the fact that the league title is beyond their reach. I think this match is one that Real Madrid will want to revenge for their 2:1 defeat the lat time they met. Barcelona also will want to consolidate on that winning and add more salt to injury by winning that encounter |
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Juventus - Sporting is going to be a quite close matchup in my opinion. I don't see a big difference especially after Sporting eliminated the biggest favourite of the tournament which was Arsenal in last round.
This is making Sporting a pretty dangerous team actually. Arsenal were one of the best attacking teams in the Europa League. But Sporting still somehow resisted them in Emirates also and made it to this round by penalties. Juventus are going to be a more different opponent for them though. Juventus would play more cautious against Sporting which can make things more interesting in this matchup. It feels like Juventus can get a good result in Turin in the first leg. In that case Sporting's job would be quite difficult home.
Sporting made a huge football statement by eliminating Arsenal in the just concluded round 16 of UEFA Europa League and so it'll be a huge mistake by anyone to underate Sporting but that being said I'm still backing Juventus to oust them from the competition after the two legged encounter. Juventus fine form has been greatly superb especially after their scandal issues with Italian Football Federation and so they want to finish the season on a high note and winning the Europa League I think winning the competition will be one their current priorities especially now that they mathematically cannot win the tie |
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The game against AC Milan was a good chance for Napoli because they are going to face AC Milan in the champions league in a few weeks and if they lose the game in Serie A they have the chance to know their weakness and try to do some rework and get better results because even if Napoli loses other games in Serie A nothing will change for them and they still win the title of this season.
Do you think that this is such a tricky move from Spalletti, who decided to lose this match on purpose to give Milan false confidence that they could beat Napoli so confidently? Who knows how it really is, but according to the results of this match, I can say that now for me the advantage of Napoli in the Champions League quarter-finals does not seem as obvious as it was before. Napoli is still the favorite in this pair, but Milan also still have chances. Sacrificing the team to hide the strategy is quite unfortunate, but if Napoli continues to play with the maximum style of play then I'm sure Napoli will not lose with a score of 4-0. Indeed, I also realize that every team will certainly experience a decline in performance and also experience defeat, but because Napoli lost by a big score, maybe there is something that Napoli did not maximize in yesterday's match against Milan. So yes, let's look forward to their final results in the Champions League, because if I consider their record so far then of course Napoli still has a big chance to beat Milan. But, if surprises can still happen and can be obtained by Milan, then maybe Napoli will fall in that phase. I don't think that Spalletti purposely played a mind game and sacrificed a match he's supposed to win just give his opponents false confidence then must has gotten it wrong because the result of that match will surely gonna have a big psychological effect on both teams. Spalletti still a whole lot of psychological work to do in this his Napoli side to make sure they win the Champions League tie and that he must start doing immediately. Victor Osimhen's injury I think shouldn't keep him out for long so if he returns to the Napoli team before the first leg then there's every possiblity that Napoli will win the tieu |
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BREAKING: Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal have sent out a bid of €400 million/year for the greatest player of all time, Lionel Messi. Messi's priority right now is to stay in Europe. Barcelona are waiting on FFP issues before sending out a contract offer for Messi.  With Messi coming to the Arab League, this is very interesting, many are looking forward to them, Ronaldo vs Messi will compete again.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1643325640727310338?cxt=HHwWhMC9ndX9oc4tAAAAThe amount of the offer the Saudi club is offering to Lionel Messi is just staggering and I think it'll be tempting to Messi as well but I think Messi still wants to play in Europe for at least two more seasons before he can leave but considering the deal that's been placed on his table already he might want to change his mind about it. Whatever might be the decision of Messi, I know that football faithfuls would want to see the greatest players of modern day football compete against each other once again before they call it a day on their illustrious careers. |
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AC Milan vs. Napoli is another fascinating matchup. At their base, Napoli, which has been very consistent in the Serie A and Champions League, lost by a wide margin of 0-4 to AC Milan. Napoli holds a commanding lead in the Serie A standings, the defeat before their first-leg match will have some psychological effects on both teams. AC Milan at San Siro will be more certain and less constrained. Napoli needs to refuel its lineup and does not feel invincible. Before the first leg with AC Milan, they can regain their confidence in the match with Lecce.
Before their Serie A match that was played at the Diego Armando Maradonna stadium last weekend I was already tipping Napoli to comfortably eliminate AC Milan the two clubs meet in the UEFA Champions League quarter finals encounter but after Milan thrashed Napoli I had to have a rethink because that result is surely gonna have psychological effect on the both clubs as AC Milan will believe that if they can beat them in the league they can also beat them in UCL. However, Napoli's fine form this season cannot be underestimated and if they can put that weekend result aside they can still win the tie |
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Despite the fact that the both teams are not in good form this season, I can say that Liverpool is bather than Chelsea from what I have experience from their premier league games played so far, and with that i may say that Liverpool have more advantages to win today's match over Chelsea.but I believe Chelsea will never take it easy with Liverpool to just win the game like that, especially it is Chelsea home game, I believe they will appear so strong today.but I will not be also surprise if Chelsea win Liverpool today because they play a great surprisingly football sometime. It seems increasingly difficult to expect either of these two teams to win the match. It's been 90+ minutes both of them haven't found a goal, so I think a draw is more likely for this match. Chelsea's attacking scheme is basically good, but they haven't been effective so far for scoring goals. But good, Bruno Saltor's game plan today wasn't too bad especially if they were able to avoid defeat. Before the match I predicted a Chelsea win or draw and during the match Chelsea had better chances of winning than Liverpool. I know Chelsea will want to positively respond to the sacking of Graham Potter and they that's why they dominated the match. One unknown factor about Potter during his spell at Chelsea is that I don't think he has a good relationship with his players because they've never played like a team that's been managed by a coach and now that's he's gone Chelsea's results in the coming days are surely gonna improve |
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Chelsea and Liverpool have their problems and are not pleasing their fans this season. The teams are about evenly matched, but I don't think there will be a draw in this match. Both Chelsea and Liverpool need points. It's hard for me to favour one team but I think Chelsea will win this match. I expect at least three goals in this encounter.
As you are expecting Chelsea to win their match, that's how many football fans are expecting Liverpool to win their match also. After Liverpool won over Manchester United with a 7-goal margin they are yet to win any of their premier league matches till now. It is expected of them to at least win their match against Chelsea which is not in a good form(lest I forget that both teams are in their worst form of play). It will be too hard to predict the club that 3 points to go. A point for both clubs is what I predicted because of their head-to-head matches . The both side needs winning. the match is important for both teams and it's the reason the game gets tougher every minutes. But the momentum I'm seeing in chelsea midfield is quite better than before. Kante, kovasic, Fernandez is the best midfield per I have seen this season. The only problem the club seems to be having Is the continuous use of harvert as central attack, coupled with Chiwel and Cucurela in the left flank. The two defensive wingers seems to lower the attacking force of the squad when used in this manner. |
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This week again there are important matches that could be decisive for the course of the league. The first match is freiburg-bayern Munich and the second is dortmund-union berlin. Both matches will be between the top 4 teams. Many things will change after these matches. Both the teams in the championship race and maybe leipzig will move up to the 4th place to go to the champions league.
These are not Bundesliga games, but German Cup matches. Therefore, they will not affect the standings in any way. Although they should indeed be interesting because they are between the leaders of the Bundesliga. By the way, Bayern will face Freiburg twice in a row, today and in four days in the Bundesliga. But they also have a game against Manchester City in the Champions League soon, so I'm not sure Bayern will take any chances against Freiburg. You are right. Both teams will play with little interest since it's a cup match, but a win from the match will help update their confidence in Bundesliga. Even though Bayern still have tough matches in a row awaiting them, I don't think they will pneumatic with Leipzig. Though I'm seeing much momentum from liepzig and they will have to play their best knowing their chances of winning Bayern in Bundesliga is narrow. Tuchel will not accept a defeat in Bundesliga, not when he needs many points to tighten his position in the standing. |
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But I understand a little bit about people's concerns about the change of coach that happened at the Bayern club. but after hearing that it was Tuchel my worries were relieved a little. because Tuchel is a coach who has a lot of experience in big competitions and won many trophies. and Tuchel has also proven that he is a very reliable coach in the match a few days ago in the Bundesliga we saw Bayern able to beat Dortmund very convincingly.
It's really normal for Bayern Munich beat Dortmund, without Tuchel Bayern Munich is already a good club and can beat every clubs in Bundesliga. Dortmund has lost many of good players because they're prefer to sell their players rather than develop their club to win in every league. The most disappointing of Dortmund when they get beaten by Chelsea which many people think Chelsea will easily lost and can't move to the next round. Bayern Munich needed that change of manager to regain the confidence that was lacking in the team and they really got the right man as the replacement of their former manager. Thomas Tuchel's experience and tactical discipline is what they need especially after they were drawn against Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League quarter finals and even Pep Guardiola wouldn't be happy to face the man that stopped him from winning the Champions League for his darling Manchester City in the 2021 finals. There's so much confidence in the Bayern Munich team at the moment because of his arrival and the Bavarians might be ripping City apart when they face each other in the first leg next week |
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The sad thing about La Liga is two best players in La Liga both are getting old they won't show the same performance soon because of their age. Robert Lewandowski is still a good player but Xavi should start thinking about a young player to replace him since replacing a player for Lewandowski will take time for any team Benzema got an even worst situation and he is not the same Benzema we saw last season.
All of the players will become even older and it can't be avoided. That's why regeneration is a must to make sure there will be so many young talented players to come as replacements for the old players. If you are a fan of those players and it's very hard to accept it but this is reality. There is so many legends that has gone. The new seeds were just coming to become another legend again. There will always be legends that will be born in any era of football. That's why real madrid was aiming to get a good striker as a replacement for lewandowski. Lewandowski has become one of main attackers in madrid but he also becomes even older. The club needs to find someone who will able to replace him as a striker in real madrid and osimhen is the answer. Replacing those two players will be very difficult for any football club considering what they've individually achieved in club football but that being said I think Barcelona will have a much harder issues in replacing Lewandowski than Real Madrid will experience in replacing Benzema. Real Madrid's current squad is a mixture of few veteran players and many young stars which makes it easier to replace Benzema by signing a young and brilliant no.9 striker who can easily adapt to the team's style |
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These are not Bundesliga games, but German Cup matches. Therefore, they will not affect the standings in any way. Although they should indeed be interesting, because they are between the leaders of the Bundesliga. By the way, Bayern will face Freiburg twice in a row, today and in four days in the Bundesliga. But they also have a game against Manchester City in the Champions League soon, so I'm not sure Bayern will take any chances against Freiburg.
After the crazy game in Munich against Dortmund where i was really disappointed from Dortmund and lost my bet i guess Bayern Munich should be have no problem playing about Freiburg today , if Freiburg will win this that would be a surprise. There are more games today , Frankfurt is playing at home against Union Berlin , both games are interesting Tomorrow Dortmund plays in Leipzig and Nürnberg plays at home against Stuttgart where i hope that Nürnberg will win. Freiburg as a team knows they're not gonna take anything from the game if you ask me because Bayern Munich's new manager Thomas Tuchel is still the in the business of gaining the love and trust of the club fans and management board and consecutively winning games will help in earning him of his desires. Freiburg will want to go out and play at their best and also hope that Bayern Munich players underperform but anything less than 100% great performance won't be tolerated by the Bayern's new manager |
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I'm still favouring Manchester United very highly to eliminate Sevilla in this round of the tournament. Manchester United are the most favoured team for the Europa League title as well according to bookmakers now.
There is a reason for that of course. They were already one of the biggest favourites while Arsenal were still a part of the tournament. Now they really look like the strongest team among the ones left. They don't play like they care about the Europa League less than the Premier League. Sevilla can't hold them off that easy with this level of performance. They are having a really poor season and they should have been eliminated already by now.
After Manchester United were beaten in the English Premier League last weekend, so many football faithfuls were beginning to doubt their potentials of winning the UEFA Europa League quarter finals tie against Sevilla. Manchester United played that game without some of their star players who were out due to injuries or ineligibility to play in the match like Casemiro and the the fast rising star Alejandro Garnacho and others as well. Sevilla mustn't be underrated as they're the most successful club in the competition but just like bookmakers I'm backing Manchester United to eliminate them |
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Chelsea VS Liverpool match will determine if Chelsea will recover from their losses in this season, because they have sacked their coach to allow other potential coach to have access to the team before the end of the tournament. Based on the line up of today match, showed that Chelsea will surprise people with massive victory, because the active coach will like to bring some favourable skills that will make them to defeat Liverpool 2-0 for people to believe that he is good for the job in this season. I don't think, Chelsea will allow this match to end up draw 0-0 than to ensure they score one goal in the first half to lead the match and to give their fans hope of achieving the victory in the second half.
I still prefer to pick liverpool over chelsea. Liverpool has been showing good performance against manchester city even though it was losing 4-1 against city. The only problem is liverpool's defenders but the next opponent was chelsea. A club that has performed even worst compared with liverpool itself. The new coach is making chelsea will still in the adaptation stage. I don't even expect chelsea to make a single goal against liverpool. The fact that chelsea is having so many problems that have not yet been fixed. The new coach will be also under very big pressure. Chelsea was just changing its coach. I doubt if the current coach of chelsea has good experience in managing the club too. It's very hard to say if chelsea will win the game. I still prefer to take liverpool. Undoubtedly, Chelsea and Liverpool are currently enduring a poor run of form in the English Premier League but the truth is that the both clubs can still beat any EPL team on their days considering the quality and depth in their squad. Liverpool's very poor display against Manchester City during the weekend will surely have an effect on the team's performance but can Chelsea's stand-in manager deliver a performance that'll give the club owners food for thought? I doubt. So I'll go for a Chelsea win or draw |
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Tuchel was successful in the first match. He blew up Dortmund's defense. The players of Bayern Munich played great. At the same time, Bayern Munich managed to occupy the top spot of the table by removing Dortmund
No doubt about ability of Tuchel as he got good management results in Mainz, Dortmund, PSG and Chelsea. Bayern Munich have a good squad and they have winning tradition so it would be more easily for Tuchel to work with them than with PSG. In addition, in Bayern Munich, star players don't have big privileges like PSG gave their star players. It is great success as Bayern Munich already took over the first position from Dortmund and they are on a good track to win Bundesliga. But Munich's main goal is the Champions League title. And it won't be easy for Munich. In the next match, they will play against the mighty Manchester City. Manchester City is a very strong team. The coach of the team, Guardiola, is very experienced. Also, their main striker Haaland is in great form now. Looking forward to seeing what match tactics Tuchel adopts to stop Haaland. Manchester City's home match against them is very challenging.
Manchester City and Pep Guardiola won't feel comfortable after Bayern Munich got that big win over Dortmund. They got a signal that Bayern Munich are actually strong from their matches with PSG (in round of 16) and with Dortmund days ago. They would feel fearful about history of Tuchel to win Champions League as an alternative coach in middle of season. I don't subscribe to this as I know you speak as a fan. If a team is to be tagged great, one reason should be how they react to a scenario like this. Pep Guardiola and Manchester City will not be shallow enough to react in this way towards Bayern's victory. This will only give them more reason to triple their preparation and set the system much ready for the clash ahead, seeing that there is an upgrade in the opponent's performance. Guardiola I know will only learn from Dortmund'a weakness, use it as a guide, and also devise different methods of approaching Bayern in a way that will yield him good results. |
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It is a pity that Arsenal went out of the Europa League, but Sporting also played a decent game in London and, to be honest, also had the opportunity to finish it in regular time. Arsenal have not won a European trophy for a very long time, so the supporters had counted on them to go through to the quarter-finals. but currently leader in England, so next season a step higher in the CL. I think that the bookmakers give Juventus and United both an equal chance of winning the El, but you should certainly not erase Feyenoord with their current performance.
I didn't expect arsenal to be eliminated in the Europa but what I noticed from the game they played against Sporting they were not having the strength to maintain their performance in the Europa League, all their focus is in the premier league because the premier league is what they are interested in to win and which is more difficult for them. just like barcelona who was eliminated from the european league, everyone also didn't expect it but that's football, we have to be able to accept that fact the European league is really very tight, even though in their local league, Sporting is ranked 4th in the standings but they are quite tough when facing arsenal, now I favor man utd or juventus who are most likely to win Just like we know Arsenal to be one the best among all the tough England teams, every other clubs in the Europa league are best in their domes/ic league. And we all know that before a club qualifies to any European Tournament, such club has past a test for that in it's domestic league. Therefore, it will be wise not to underrate a particular club cuz many people (especially fans of England and Spanish teams) a bent on doing this when any England or Spanish club plays with teams from other leagues. They do this mostly because they are ignorance of what the other club are capable of. I'm not surprised that sporting Eliminated Arsebal cuz I know sporting is capable of that. |
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