Lol, Ghana played badly after getting a goal from Andre Ayew or is it possible, because Andre Ayew was replaced it made Ghana's performance decrease. Because I saw that Ghana could play well during those minutes but unfortunately, it looks like the Ghana coach made a mistake by taking Andre Ayew off because after Andre Ayew was substituted then Portugal could quickly score two goals.
I think after Ronaldo's goal from the penalty spot, it was like the only goal that was created in this match, but what happened actually made the match even more interesting after Andre Ayew's goal back.

Winning at the beginning is indeed very important in the group stage with a system like this, because for the following matches the team that has led the standings can at least be safer.
Because national team matches are usually not too ambitious to have many goals, considering the players' fitness if they are required to continue playing harder throughout 90 minutes. But indeed, when both teams have scored goals, they will no longer hold back from playing harder, and of course will make bigger efforts to score another goal.

Pep Guardiola just got his new contract until 2025 if I'm not mistaken, but apart from Pep's contract at Manchester City I personally am not so sure that Arteta will replace Pep Guardiola when Pep Guardiola no longer extends his contract at Manchester City. Because if Arteta can really give Arsenal a title, is it still possible for Arteta to be like Arsène Wenger to be Arsenal's coach for the long term.
After such a long time at Arsenal, it looks like Arteta might just end up coaching another club outside of the Premier League as that's usually the case. But yes, anything can still happen, but I'm not sure Arteta will manage Manchester City in the future.

Indeed, Arteta is a former assistant coach to Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, but it seems that this is not a guarantee that Arteta will continue Pep Guardiola's career at Manchester City.
After all, when Arteta had bad results when he first started training Arsenal, Arteta was still given the opportunity, of course Arsenal seemed to really trust Arteta's coaching system. This will at least make Arteta get a longer chance to train Arsenal.

Ibrahimovic is a very different legend player because even though Ibrahimovic is a top player, but Ibrahimovic has never won a Champions League title. Also, Ibrahimovic had previously played in MLS and then returned to Milan, whereas Ronaldo never wanted to play outside of Europe because maybe Ronaldo only pursued his highest achievements in European competitions and not in other leagues.
Therefore, if no team is interested in signing Ronaldo after this incident, then it would be better for Ronaldo to choose to retire after the World Cup.

Because with what happened to Ronaldo, I think not many big teams are willing to recruit him. It will be interesting to see where or for which team Ronaldo will play after the World Cup.
Also, after Ronaldo joins his new team later, this is an even more interesting wait, because it's still a big question mark whether Ronaldo will still be able to give his best performance for his new team later or experience the same thing as at Manchester United.

Even both teams don't have a shot on target, this is a bad statistic or maybe both teams' defensive line up is so good that none of the attacking players from either team are able to make a shot on target. I didn't expect the result to be like this, because both teams have good forwards like Nunez in Uruguay and also Son in South Korea, with them having these players I think they can score goals or at least have some shots on target.
Again and again, Asian teams were able to compete well in the World Cup but unfortunately, this time the Asian team was not as lucky as the previous team, for example Japan, which even beat Germany.

If I consider the overall quality of the players then of course Uruguay has a good chance to win but yes, it's only a note on paper because the reality could be very different.
Indeed, I also realize that these teams from South America sometimes have terrible stalemates, but somehow I expect a goal from those who are the wrong choice in betting.

I just didn't expect the impact of Atletico being eliminated in the Champions League to be so bad, even though for me this is still a normal result. Because even though for example Atletico qualify for the last 16, in reality Atletico always have a low chance of being able to go further and usually only get stuck until the quarter-finals or fall in the last 16.
So, even though Atletico's results in the Champions League this season are poor, it doesn't mean Simeone will lose his place just because he failed to lead Atletico to qualify for the last 16 in the Champions League.

Also, although Atlético are currently fifth in the La Liga standings, the gap in points to return to third or at least the top four is still a possibility.
That is, Atletico have not lost their chance to finish in the top four this season, because with Atletico who will only focus on La Liga, I personally believe that Simeone will still be able to bring Atletico back to the top four soon.

Nothing can guarantee a title even with star players and if you notice, strong teams in other leagues like Bayern Munich have even won the Bundesliga title for ten consecutive seasons. But what happened to them in the Champions League? Even during the period of ten successive titles by Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich could only win two Champions League titles during that period of ten seasons.
So, a strong team in the local league and also the star players on the team will never guarantee that they can win the Champions League title.

Even more so with PSG, because if PSG is compared to Bayern Munich with successive achievements in the local league, then in reality PSG is still not comparable. In fact, when compared with the successive Ligue 1 titles won, PSG still cannot surpass Lyon's consecutive wins, because Lyon has won the Ligue 1 title for seven consecutive seasons.
At least on a record like this PSG still doesn't have an impressive record, so naturally PSG is still difficult to win the Ligue 1 title.

Because only star players are still not enough if their management is still not completely good, and you can see how Manchester City was built by a famous coach like Pep Guardiola.
In fact Manchester City has good management, coaches, players and other resources but they still fail in Champions League. So what is happening with PSG is still reasonable for me, and of course they still need time and I am sure that one day they will achieve high achievements in the Champions League.

It's not that Juventus don't have the money to fire Allegri, but if Juventus fire Allegri then the severance pay to be paid is huge. At least that was one of the reasons Juventus did not fire Allegri even though Juventus' performance was very chaotic at that time, but slowly Juventus' performance began to improve again as several key players recovered from the injuries they had experienced.
Thus, of course Juventus will be back in the title race this season, even though they still have a fairly wide gap in points with the leaders but I am pretty sure that Juventus will be able to close this point gap.

Regarding Napoli, no one knows for sure whether his performance will suffer after the break. But I personally have absolutely no predictions that will increase confidence about the decline in Napoli's performance, only I believe that Napoli are also not 100% strong and can still be held to a draw or defeated.
Because so far even though Napoli are still unbeaten, the reality is that Napoli have gotten two draws. this result at least shows that Napoli can still be held back and thus, Napoli's pace can be kept from getting too far away.

If that can be done and at the same time the competing teams in the title race are getting their best form again and can maintain consistency, then of course Napoli's position is still not safe at the top of the standings.
But if Napoli really can maintain its consistency, then of course it will be difficult for the team under it to catch up with Napoli, which already has a pretty good gap in points.

After all, Italy itself did not play in this year's World Cup, so the big teams in Serie A are at least still in a safe situation to be able to continue the season with fitter players. Because, even though there are some of them who play for their respective national teams, but I think it's not until all the players who play for teams in Serie A play in the World Cup.
Therefore, I also believe that the Serie A teams will still be fine and maybe it will be even better, because they are not pushing their fitness too hard with such a busy schedule.

Also regarding the difficulty of buying or getting players in the middle of a competition, I don't think so, because at this moment with the World Cup, of course there will always be players who are of high concern and can then become a reference for teams who are in a title race to recruit him.
So, in this moment I think the Italian teams actually had a good moment and then, back to the history of the team itself. Can they be consistent or get bad results again, because the future competition will be very difficult again with many factors that have an impact on team performance.

Maybe it's a safe scenario where the Arsenal squad doesn't get injured players, but going forward we won't know for sure. Well, if later one of Arsenal's key players gets injured then of course this will immediately have an impact on Arsenal's performance, both in the European League and also in the English Premiere League.
Because basically Arsenal's pressure is high, with Arsenal still at the top of the Premier League standings, of course Arsenal are required to be able to always play well.
This will at least make their fitness maybe a little less than optimal so yes, I personally am still not so sure that Arsenal will be a strong candidate in the hunt for the Europa League title this season.

Due to the fact that Arsenal does not have good quality substitutes, so to close this gap, maybe Arsenal will find it difficult to maintain their performance. So far, Arsenal have been very good and consistent in making quick goals but unfortunately, when they get a goal back or concede first, sometimes Arsenal seem to have a deadlock to be able to lead the match.
But let's just wait and see what will happen, because at the same time the big teams who left the Champions League and played in the Europa League are getting back to their best form. This recovery will certainly make the competition to win the Europa League this season very difficult, because the competing teams are also big teams who have a high winning mentality.

Saudi Arabia and Japan are real dark horse teams and in reality I am personally not too surprised by this result but yes, about Mexico and Poland I also believe that Mexico and Poland have the ability to play well in defense. But even so, Argentina and Germany still have a chance to qualify but it seems that the chance to qualify for them is very low, especially about Germany, which still has Spain in group E as another favorite team in group E.
Therefore I say that their chances are indeed small, but Germany clearly seems to have a more difficult challenge because it could be that Spain and Japan are the two teams that will qualify from Group E.

Of course it would be a shame if these favorite teams did not qualify from the group stage, because on paper they all have better quality.
But indeed, sometimes these dark horse teams can provide resistance during the event and this should be the main consideration for the favorite teams.
Because by having such awareness, at least they will never be satisfied if they only win by only one goal, they should still continue to play with the ambition to make more goals to make their lead more secure.

Big teams like Real Madrid, Manchester City and maybe also Newcastle I believe they are ready and they can afford to pay big money for Mbappe, because this is a way for them to have a better chance of winning the title.
But regardless of which team is able to pay Mbappe dearly, I think about the chance to win the Champions League title, of course there is no last chance for a team. Because if the team is still in a good management condition then of course, they will continue to try to build a better team.
The problem is that their key players might leave, that is not a reason for a team as big as PSG to give up the Champions League title race.

So yes, there will always be turnover and it will keep PSG at least not losing all of their key players.
Therefore, if any key players leave then surely PSG will be able to sign other star players which will hopefully improve the performance of the team as expected to be stronger in the Champions League and not just in Ligue 1.

It's a shame Japan was able to score an equalizer in the 75th minute and in fact, Japan was able to score its second goal in the 83rd minute. Maybe for some people this is still a reasonable result because Japan is also one of the strongest teams from Asia, so it's only natural that Japan can provide strong resistance for Germany.
By the way, I also bet on Germany to win, but this seems to be the wrong choice.

Because I also realized before betting that Japan could not be underestimated at all, but I tried to keep convincing myself that Germany could win.
But yes, in the end the result was something I was worried about and with this choice, at least it was enough to make me regret because before that I also knew that Germany would still not be easy to win.
It was possible, because Germany had been ahead from that first half like they might have felt safe, that finally Japan managed to score two goals in less than 10 minutes.

We'll see how he performs with Portugal in the World Cup, because if Ronaldo is old and still chasing titles I don't think it's the right way. In fact, if we take another example like in MotoGP where at that time Rossi was already old but still had the ambition to get a World Champion, but because there were already many competitors and he was still very young. Until finally Rossi decided to retire, for me that could be an example or a lesson that in old age it is difficult to pursue titles.
It's different if old players play as usual and accept all the coach's decisions, for example like Lewandowski, Benzema and also Giroud. They are all playing as they can without having big ambitions to win the title, but the results are still good until now.

Ronaldo's case is very different, because Ronaldo is used to titles and maybe he thinks it's easy to win titles, so Ronaldo doesn't realize that his era has ended.
Instead of playing in other competitions outside of Europe which basically don't have prestigious titles like in Europe, then I think it's better for Ronaldo to retire.

Yes indeed, Napoli only needs to maintain its position and keep this point gap safe. But if we consider Napoli's performance in previous seasons when it was towards the end of the season, its performance might drop a little.
At least this is still a big consideration, whether Napoli this season will be able to maintain its performance, or maybe it will repeat mistakes like in previous seasons.

But regardless of whether Napoli can maintain its performance or not, I also really want Napoli to win the title this season. But because Juventus are back in the top four quickly, then I think it can also be a serious threat to Napoli's position.
Because at the start of the season I really thought that Juventus had a big chance to win the title this season with their new squad, but at the start of the season Juventus' performance was very disappointing.
But with such poor performance at the start of the season, who would have thought Juventus would be able to get back into the top four quickly. Such rapid improvement is of course a big concern for me for Juventus to be back in the title race this season.

The situation on the field will be very different from what we see and also, the referee who leads the course of a professional match, of course, the referee is also a professional with a certificate and other supports. I just don't think that referees who lead big matches like Barcelona, ​​are led by unprofessional referees and it doesn't seem to make sense.
Because after all, one's emotions on the field will increase, moreover in this era there are also many referees who experience this and make the same decisions.

Getting red cards is part of football and I don't think Lewandowski should appeal. Because if he doesn't accept the decision, then Lewandowski has no challenge in his career.
At least with the red card obtained can make a big lesson to be even better in the future, as a professional player Lewandowski should be able to accept this and be aware of it.

Yes, after all Ronaldo had previously shown his dislike or dissatisfaction with being at Manchester United precisely after they failed to finish in the top four.
Also, a legendary player with an age that is no longer productive and then the coach reserves him is a natural thing, it doesn't mean that the coach doesn't respect his legendary career so far.
Because it would be worse if Ronaldo continued to play but Ronaldo failed to contribute to the team, if that happened then of course Ronaldo's reputation would get worse.

For me, ending Ronaldo's contract with or without honor doesn't matter, after all, Ronaldo, as a legendary player, should be wiser and be able to accept the coach's decisions.
Because Ronaldo should have given a lot of thanks to Manchester United or at least be able to respect the contract he has at Manchester United, because Ronaldo became big also starting from Manchester United.
If it ends like this, then I don't think there is any more respect that Ronaldo should receive as a legendary player because he has destroyed his reputation with such a bad attitude.

The results on the first matchday still cannot be used as a guarantee whether the team will progress further or not, but one thing that I believe in my personal assessment long before the World Cup started is that Argentina will not reach the final match or win the title. But if it is to qualify for the next round, it seems that it is still possible. With this defeat, Argentina is the only favorite team to lose on the first matchday so far.
This incident is certainly a valuable lesson for Argentina which of course, they will be even better in the next match.

Because in this match we also admit that the Saudi Arabia goalkeeper played very well with the 5 important saves he made, this made Argentina still unlucky even though they had many opportunities to convert opportunities into goals.
Even though I still believe that Argentina can still qualify for the next round, it seems that it is still not easy for Argentina. Because of these Group C teams, they can be said to be quite strong in defense, so it is still not easy for Argentina to qualify.

But the departure of star players also depends on the wishes of the players themselves, because even though Dortmund often sell good players, there are also players who choose to stay in Dortmund even though they have received offers. For example, the current captain of the Dortmund team is Marco Reus, who has been playing for Dortmund for ten years. At least this case is also a small piece of evidence that not all of Dortmund's key players are easy to accept the offers that are available.
But yes, this is very rare indeed, because most players of course have different desires in football, like those who are young and want a title that they can continue to achieve.

It seems that when Dortmund realized that it was difficult to break Bayern Munich's dominance, maybe that was also one of the reasons they continued to release their key players.
Because at the same time, if Dortmund retain their key players, then Dortmund must also be prepared to provide a contract extension or a new contract which of course will cost more money.
So, there are many factors that prevent Dortmund from retaining its key players, this is also a way to keep them financially good and healthy.

Also, I know it's just the first matchday for Argentina, but I think this defeat is enough of a hint that Messi is not as guaranteed for the World Cup title as many people expected before the World Cup even started. They think this is the last moment for Messi before retiring to give the World Cup title to Argentina, but I'm not sure because to achieve this achievement will not be easy.
Now it's proven, even though Argentina has many star players but that still doesn't guarantee they will get the luck as expected.

Even so, I also still believe that Argentina still has a chance to qualify, but to win the title I personally am not completely sure.
Because in my opinion, even though Argentina has many star players, their gameplay is not very good, so yes, they are still not strong enough to become a national team that can win the World Cup even though Messi is really expected at this moment.

With Atlético in that condition, I personally don't believe that Atletico can overtake Real Madrid and Barcelona and yes, I also realize that the league is still long and there is still a long way to go. But Atletico's performance this season is very different from the great performances of Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​I'm sure the two teams will remain consistent in La Liga.
But yes, maybe with Atletico no longer playing in Europe, it's like a loophole for Atletico to be able to improve their quality in La Liga.

But to be a contender in the title race I personally am not completely sure, because if at the same time Real Madrid and Barcelona don't make many mistakes then of course that will be enough for Real Madrid and Barcelona to be far from the teams below them.
Because even the third-placed team currently has a nine-point gap with Real Madrid, I think the gap is definitely difficult for them to get closer to overtaking one and two.