In fact in the first match when Marseille played at home and lost 0-1 by Eintracht Frankfurt, the result was that Eintracht Frankfurt could win at half time because the goal was created in the 43rd minute. Even though Merseille had been left behind by a score of 0-1 at half time, in reality Marseille did not could develop the game and even in the second half Eintracht Frankfurt were still able to dominate the match.

Even though Eintracht Frankfurt are currently bottom in Group D and I have said it before, even Eintracht Frankfurt can still overtake to the top because Eintracht Frankfurt only has a 3 point gap with Tottenham. Therefore, Eintracht Frankfurt will certainly be more motivated to keep winning and beat Marseille for the second time at this moment, while continuing the good trend of Eintracht Frankfurt in the head to head unbeaten by Marseille.


Well, regarding Marseille's performance in Ligue 1 also that Marseille is difficult to stay consistent which means, even though in the previous season Marseille managed to finish in second place but Marseille has a difficult habit of repeating it again in the next season (this season). There are two possibilities for Marseille this season, to finish in the top five at least to get tickets for the european tournament or not at all.

Since Ligue 1 only has three tickets to the Champions League and even then, only the top two teams are confirmed to play in the Champions League as one more place will decide through the qualifying rounds. Because if you say Marseille can finish in the top four, in reality it doesn't guarantee Marseille for the Champions League ticket, but only for the Europa League ticket and also the Europa Conference League if it finishes in fifth place.

Yes indeed, even the top teams that dominate the league from season to season are still likely to be held to a draw and also defeated. So yes, a result like this is certainly a reasonable result, moreover Arsenal also just got a very good performance at the beginning of this season which of course any result will still happen and it can happen randomly at any time and also by any team.
At least Arsenal can still rotate their players well because after against Nottingham, Arsenal will play away against Chelsea in the next match which of course won't be easy. Even though, for example, in the end, Arsenal did not win the title, but at least Arsenal have proven the revival they managed to do and will return to play in the Champions League next season.

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Agree, it will be very regrettable if Ronaldo's move to another top team will only create conflict within the team. Because basically, Ronaldo is not ready if he only has to be a player who is on the bench longer. Can't imagine if Ronaldo moves to another top team in the January transfer market but Ronaldo is more often on the bench in his new team, then it will make his name bad because of his childish behavior.
Therefore, I have also said before that it would be better for Ronaldo to play in MLS or another league that is still ready to pay Ronaldo's high, or Ronaldo could choose to retire as a legend and to keep his name good.


The cases of Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo are very different.

Ronaldo who has the ambition to continue to achieve an achievement, then of course Ronaldo will want to play more often and want to play in a team that is part of the Champions League.

In contrast to Ibrahimovic, although Ibrahimovic is a top player, Ibrahimovic is no longer pursuing an achievement. At least as long as Ibrahimovic is needed and he can still play, then he will keep playing but Ibrahimovic has no ambitions for the highest achievement.

I just wonder why they are upset with Juventus because basically, in terms of calculations, Juventus no longer has a chance to qualify for the round of 16. Also, in their first match when Juventus played at home against Benfica, in fact Benfica can beat Juventus. In addition, PSG as the strongest team in this group, in fact PSG could not beat Benfica in the two matches they have lived in this group phase.

So yes, Juventus' defeat last night was indeed a very possible result and even, if for example Juventus could hold Benfica to a draw last night and/or win the match, in fact Juventus will still not qualify for the round of 16, because the calculations are still difficult and will not make Juventus to qualify.

Well, if we had realized this from the start, then of course they could accept the defeat experienced by Juventus, because what should have made the emotions rise was about Massimiliano Allegri. I don't know what Juventus expected with Allegri who has done such a terrible devastation to the team, but they still haven't tried to find a replacement until now.
But regarding Benfica, they really can't be underestimated this season because they look very ready to be able to compete with other top teams in the round of 16 later.

Did you know that while Zidane was still a player Zidane didn't only play for Real Madrid and also, there were rumors that Zidane might return for Juventus which I think is possible. Considering Juventus are currently in poor form, and Zidane as a former player it is possible that Zidane will return to Juventus as a coach. Even though it's just an issue but because there is information that Zidane will return to coach but it is still a secret, then all speculation will certainly arise.

In fact, there are also many legendary players who did not succeed as coaches and that has often happened, but the way Zidane became a coach and then chose not to train or take a break first. So I think it's a unique way that Zidane uses, because usually coaches who are unemployed they still don't get a new offer. But Zidane really can turn down all the offers, and will only choose the team he really wants.

But they or Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen are young players who of course they still have a better future, and even though Napoli have not been beaten so far but Napoli do not have a player who is the top scorer in Serie A. I think this is interesting, because usually when If there is a team that is undefeated then there will be one player who is the most dominant to score goals to become the league's top scorer.
But for them it doesn't seem like something important and as such, then they are a team that doesn't just rely on one player as a finishing touch.

So Napoli really played as a team completely which is a great way of course. Because if they only rely on one player for finishing then they may often get deadlocked when that player is heavily guarded by the opposing defense, and will also get deadlocked when the player is injured or not played.



If you think about also that in the past seasons when the top teams in Serie A were good at the start of the season, but their performance was not good in the Champions League. This case is very different from Napoli right now who are doing well in Serie A and also doing well in the Champions League. With a performance difference like this, I personally have no doubts about Napoli for this season, because at the same time the rival teams in the Serie A title race are also not in good form this season.

Therefore, I can say that this season has been a very different season and Napoli can take advantage of this situation very well. If the points are too wide then Napoli just need to hold on to their position which I think Napoli will do well this season.

West Ham could indeed control the match and this victory was well deserved for West Ham, and with this victory also West Ham managed to return to the middle of the table and managed to overtake Bournemouth. For Bournemouth, this defeat is certainly a very bad result because it could be a successive defeat that will be experienced again by Bournemouth, because in the next match Bournemouth will play against Tottenham which is certainly difficult for Bournemouth to at least get 1 point.

Thus, Bournemouth's position is really threatened now to get closer to the relegation zone, as the three teams below are slowly improving like Aston Villa, Southampton and Leicester. So yes, I personally really believe the three teams will slowly return to the middle of the standings or maybe they will continue to compete in that position throughout this season.

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If it ends like this then it looks like Ronaldo regrets having chosen to return to Manchester United, whereas if we remember what happened before about the offer to return to Manchester United. In fact, Ronaldo was offered to join Manchester City when Ronaldo was still playing at Juventus, but Ronaldo still chose to return to Manchester United. If at that time Ronaldo chose to join Manchester City maybe Ronaldo would not have experienced such an incident because he is a legend, such an incident is a childish nature which is certainly not appropriate for a player as big as Ronaldo.

Really not sure about Sevilla and although in the last five matches Sevilla looks better than before, but I doubt it for this match against Copenhagen. Something that makes me doubt is not about their performance, but rather a consideration of whether they still have the ambition to win. Because according to calculations, even though Sevilla won against Copenhagen in this match, Sevilla still won't have a chance to qualify for the round of 16, because in the last match Sevilla will play away against Manchester City.

Therefore, although Sevilla can win on paper against Copenhagen, but it's better for me to avoid it to bet on this match. Since any final result can happen in this match with a lot of consideration they will play with no target to be able to advance further, because the chance are already very low for them or may have been lost.

Well, maybe it's the match against Braga that might be a problem for Union Berlin in yesterday's match against Bochum, although I also believe that there will always be a moment where they will get a bad result. But to make things worse, Union Berlin lost by the team who are at the bottom of the table so any excuse that is made is like an excuse that is not right. Because after all, in the end only Bayern Munich is the only team that will be the top team in the standings at the end of the season, because it is difficult for other teams to be able to maintain their good position as is the case with Union Berlin at this moment.

But if I consider the next match, I think Freiburg have a good chance to take advantage of the situation to get closer to first place in the standings. Because Union Berlin, which will play against Monchengladbach, is basically not a weak team, it could be that Monchengladbach provides a strong match for Union Berlin so that the result is a draw or maybe Monchengladbach can win the match.
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich will play against Mainz, I think Mainz is not an easy opponent to beat, because sometimes Mainz can beat Bayen Munich as happened last season.
But indeed, the factor of playing at home for them will still give them an advantage for better results. But at least, Freiburg is the team that guarantees victory for the next match for the teams that are in the top four, because even though Freiburg will play away but the opponent Freiburg will face is Schalke who don't look good even Schalke is currently at the bottom of the table.

But unfortunately, it looks like there is still no time for Sampdoria to get points again, because in the next match Sampdoria will play away against Inter. But at the same time, the teams below him and/or teams who are struggling to stay away from the relegation zone also get tough opponents. Like Verona who will play against Roma, then Cremonese who will play against Udinese and even, Lecce will also play against Juventus. With predictions like that, we might say that the bottom teams are still difficult to change their position in the standings, unless they can take advantage of the situation from the pressure of the top teams because they also have pressure to play in the Champions League.

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I'm curious, in what week will Napoli have a tough match?
Because in fact, Napoli are now comfortable in the Champions League because they have already qualified for the round of 16 and that way, Napoli can focus more on Serie A before entering the round of 16 in the Champions League.
Also, the tough opponents that Napoli will face in Serie A for the next match don't happen in a row against top teams, at least there is always a break for Napoli to play against top teams, this makes the rotation going well.

In addition, this season there will be an early break due to the World Cup, and if I consider before the break I still believe Napoli will be able to consistently continue to pick up points. This means that Napoli will still be unbeaten until the break and also, I am very sure that Napoli will remain consistent until the end of the season because what happened this season was different from previous seasons. Because in previous seasons the rival teams were in their best form but this season they are not at their best, and with that Napoli looks like they will be able to take advantage of this situation to win the title.

Anyway, we can't underestimate Salzburg and Zagreb, because if we just consider that Chelsea and Milan are the top European teams it's not right. This group still has no certainty which team will qualify, because all teams in group E have the same chance to be able to take advantage of the competitive competition in this group.
I personally don't have a strong prediction for Chelsea in this match, because I think Salzburg can still provide a difficult match for Chelsea like in the previous match which ended in a draw.
But for Milan, it looks like they do have a better chance of winning even though this is an away match for Milan, because Milan got easier opponents before in Serie A and of course Milan will play with a good performance in the match against Zagreb.

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Lol, it's a life and death match only for Juventus and even though Juventus won but in reality Juventus' chances of qualifying are still very low. No matter what happens, I can confidently say that Juventus no longer have a chance of qualifying because they have been eliminated mathematically.
So, for Benfica, this is an ordinary match for them because whatever the final result, Benfica can still be confirmed as the team that qualified with PSG, because the last match for Benfica is against Maccabi Haifa which of course Benfica will win in the last match later.

Barcelona so far still looks good after the El Clasico match, because Barcelona can win with a clean sheet after that match. From the two Barcelona home matches against Villarreal and Bilbao with a score of 3-0 and 4-0 can be proof, at least Barcelona is still in a situation that can be controlled.

Although indeed, the pressure for them is always there but with that too, at least Barcelon has been tested to be able to play better in the Champions League with all the strength they have. Because in the next match in La Liga Barcelona will play against Valencia, but I think that match will not be an obstacle for Barcelona to play with all the strength they have in the match against Bayern Munich.

The scenario is that Barcelona must win in the next two matches, the match against Bayern Munich and the last match against Plzen but with a note, Bayern Munich must be able to beat Inter in the last match. Because if the last match between Bayen Munich v Inter ended in a draw, then the two wins that Barcelona got would still not make Barcelona qualify.

Barcelona's current points are 4 points, and if Barcelona can win the remaining two matches, then Barcelona will have a total of 10 points. At the same time, Inter currently have 7 points and will only play against Plzen and of course Inter will win and have 10 points. That would be the same number of points as Barcelona, ​​and Inter only need a draw in their last match against Bayern Munich. But if Bayern Munich can beat Inter, then the next point equal to Barcelona will only be determined by their goal productivity.
But I still don't believe Barcelona will win the match against Bayern Munich, because a draw in this match alone is certain that Barcelona will not be able to qualify.

If I notice that Marseille is indeed difficult to stay consistent from season to season, because they always end the season in a very different position. As happened in the previous four seasons, where Marseille always got bad results after previously successfully ending the season in second place and playing in the Champions League.
If that happens again this season, then surely Marseille cannot regain a place in the Champions League zone, but it would still be good if Marseille can still finish for the Europa League zone. Due to a worse scenario Marseille cannot end the season for next season's European zone tournament.

But basically Marseille could still get a point with a draw but it looks like Marseille don't have enough luck, because when Marseille against a strong team the end result is not with a big score. So yes, Marseille should be better at least for a draw, because then the position will be fine in the standings but the competition will still not be easy.

Against Eintracht Frankfurt is a tough task for Marseille because even, Marseille in the previous home match also lost by Eintracht Frankfurt. Moreover, Eintracht Frankfurt are currently at the bottom of the standings with 4 points, and Eintracht Frankfurt are only 3 points behind leaders Tottenham. That means, Eintracht Frankfurt in the home match this time will not provide a chance for Marseille to hold it.

Because if Eintracht Frankfurt can win away and beat Marseille in the previous match, then of course mathematically Eintracht Frankfurt will also be able to win at home to beat Marseille. Because this is a big chance for Eintracht Frankfurt to overtake them and even, head to head Marseille really can't beat Eintracht Frankfurt at all.

Although in yesterday's match PSV was able to play well even though the result was lost, but that does not mean PSV will be difficult to beat in the next match when PSV plays at home. Because even Bodo/Glimt when playing away against PSV and in fact Bodo/Glimt managed to hold PSV to a draw. Indeed, these results are still not fully a benchmark, but at least because Arseal is also in its best form.
So playing at Philips Stadium is not a barrier for Arsenal not getting points, at least Arsenal can still get a draw or maybe they will still win the match.

Because after all, Arsenal has certainly qualified for the next round but indeed, PSV is the closest team in the standings which of course Arsenal must still have a wide point gap so that there is no chance for PSV to take over the top position.

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But apart from that match, I think there will be an interesting match and maybe it will be an easy bet for the HJK v Roma match, because Roma have so far only been able to win once when playing against HJK. In this round Roma will play again against HJK, and I think this will be a great opportunity for Roma to be able to win the match at least to still have hope of being runner-up.

Roma should be able to win group C, but in reality Roma looks like a mediocre team to fight just to get a place to qualify. Therefore, in the next two matches Roma are required to win if they really want to qualify from the group stage, and Roma cannot rely on Betis to beat Ludogorets. Because to make their position safer with the points they have, Roma really needs to win the remaining two matches.

Looks like the top position will soon be taken over by the king of Bayern Munich, I don't care which team will be able to hold Union Berlin to a draw and or beat it. Because any team will certainly have a chance for them to beat or hold Union Berlin in the next match because in fact, no one thought that even though Union Berlin was at the top of the standings, they lost by Bochum, the team at the bottom of the standings. So yeah, I really don't believe Union Berlin will be able to maintain its top position in the Bundesliga.

Now the point difference between Union Berlin and Bayern Munich is only one point and of course, it is not difficult for Bayern Munich to continue to put pressure on Union Berlin at the moment. But apart from that I think there is something more interesting, about getting team points in the Bundesliga today because the points seem to be very organized and it can be seen from positions 1 to 8. But actually, from the bottom of the standings in fact their points look very organized and only points or numbers 10, 12 and 13 which are not in the Bundesliga standings at this moment.
But at least it also shows that the Bundesliga this season has become very competitive because their points gap is not too wide, unlike in other leagues which have a gap of 2 to 4 points, but in the current Bundesliga, the average gap is only 1 point.

Napoli really dominated the match and with statistics like that, I can say that Napoli really deserves to win the title this season. Because even though Roma are playing at home but it still doesn't have any impact on their performance because even, Roma did not have a single shot on goal which means Roma are only focused on defending because of the pressure that Napoli continues to put on.

Really didn't expect Napoli to be able to do this kind of gameplay because I think at least Roma can still make goals, even though the result is losing at least Roma in predictions can actually have an attack that can be converted into goals. But the fact is they played very tight and only scored one goal and that way, both of them can indeed play discipline but Napoli can really show the winning mentality that has been formed.

I think as long as they can play well and can make a big contribution to the team, then these players are already great. Because for a higher achievement it can be done in a different way, and past and present situations and conditions will certainly have differences. For example, like Maradona or maybe Pelé who was very successful in his time but in the end, his achievements are only limited to being a legend in the past and this will also continue to run and change over time. But because at this moment Ronaldo is also still playing, of course there will always be comparisons despite the fact, their era will also slowly be replaced by young players who already have a good future now.

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By the way, round five will be played tomorrow with the opening match between Salzburg v Chelsea and Sevilla v Copenhagen. The two matches have different situations, because for the match Salzburg v Chelsea they are still competing to qualify for the round of 16 but on the contrary with Sevilla v Copenhagen, they have the same points but they have even been left behind by five points by the team who is in second place. So, I think the match between Salzburg v Chelsea will still be a more interesting opening match because they still have a tight competition in Group E, so they will certainly play with a big target to win and score a lot of goals.

In fact both blunders made by Tottenham players were only made by one player and that was their goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, because the second goal also Hugo Lloris tried to pass the ball but somehow the pass was not perfect which was able to cut off by Newcastle players and also became the second goal for Newcastle. Also, it's not about Tottenham playing badly because indeed, I've said before that their goalkeeper sometimes makes blunders. It happened again in this match, so I'm no longer surprised if their goalkeeper makes another blunder because it seems to have become a common occurrence.

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Liverpool have spent a lot of money this season by signing Nunez but unfortunately, Nunez's performance is still not as expected. Also, sometimes every team will indeed play with good gameplay only when playing against a top team and yes, for example like Nottingham can play well against Liverpool as a top team. But when a top team who is having a declining performance like Liverpool, will also play well against a top team whose condition is indeed better than him, for example in the previous match where Liverpool were able to beat Manchester City.

Yes Barcelona are good in this match and indeed, Barcelona have a good record at home at least they have to continue to stick to Real Madrid because if Barcelona can't do that, then their points gap will widen and it's difficult to catch up. Also, even though in this match Bilbao lost but Bilbao are still in sixth place, but currently they have the same points as Villarreal with 18 points. But the determination of which team will take over the top six will not wait long, because in the next match Bilbao will play at home to against Villarreal. Of course, it will be a balanced match between them because I think they have the same quality at this moment, but even so I believe the match will end with a win and not end in a draw result.

Regarding Villarreal's match against Almeria I honestly don't believe Villarreal will win, because Villarreal have lost the first half with a score of 0-1 and in fact, Villarreal's winning goal came in the last minute of the match like 90+ added minutes. I don't know if this is luck or not but indeed, at least Villarreal still kept on trying until the last minute of the match until finally their efforts produced the expected goal. Because basically Villarreal is projected to win, because the odds before the start of the match odds for Villarreal are 1.36 which of course with odds like that Villarreal is required to win in this home match.

Regarding the Betis v Atletico match I personally expected this match to have a lot of goals like four to five goals, but after knowing at half time they were still a goalless draw then of course the hope of having lots of goals would be difficult to happen. But in the second half they could have played better by scoring three goals and I don't think Betis will be able to score because Atletico sometimes have a strong defense so the match may be tough. But in the end even though Betis lost, at least Betis can reduce the defeat and make the final result 1-2 and this is also the first home defeat for Betis.

Newcastle continue to progress so it is not surprising, now Newcastle are in the top four after beating Tottenham. I don't know if it's a fair result or not but I saw Tottenham did not play well in this match and even though Newcastle played away, I saw that Newcastle did play better and were dominant. So the final result for this Newcastle win for me is a decent and fair result for them.

If Newcastle can maintain this kind of performance for the next two games then it will be great. Because after two matches later, and then Newcastle will play at home against Chelsea as a team fighting for the fourth position in the standings. Also, Newcastle really have to watch out because once they have a rich club owner, they seem to have the ability to keep going even though their squad is still in mediocre quality and not as luxurious as other top teams but they can play really well.

Real Madrid is a king who sometimes seems not to have a good chance of reaching the final, but in the end Real Madrid can reach the final without being predictable. But indeed, the teams that can go further in the Champions League are basically great teams, but which team will win the title really can't be predicted just based on their standings in the local league.

Because sometimes, Champions League winners don't have a better place in their respective league standings so yeah, for now I personally can't say for sure which team will win the title. But when it comes to strong teams from their respective leagues, then of course anyone will recognize them as the strongest team in their respective leagues but that still doesn't guarantee they are strong in the Champions League either.