By the way, the Torino match should be a comfortable one for Juventus hopefully. This is an opportunity for them to consolidate their position also. Because if they win this match, the gap between them and Atalanta will go up to five. And Atalanta are going to have a really difficult match against Fiorentina away. The odds of that match are really close to each other and I think that Atalanta are very likely to lose points. This would help Juventus take a deep breath in their current situation. In short, I think that Juventus will win by a one-goal difference.
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I think that it is time for Bayern Munich to get up again. They lost to Bochum by 4-2 in the league first and after that they drew with Salzburg by 1-1 in the Champions League. They would like to end this bad streak by defeating Furth by a solid performance. And I have no doubt that they will be able to do it. And then, Dortmund will have to win if they want to keep the current point gap with them. Their match is against Gladbach and Gladbach are having a really bad season now. Maybe Dortmund can benefit from this and win the match nicely.
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I will be following the Manchester City - Tottenham match closely this weekend. Manchester City are given an odd like a joke. It is around 1.25 now. Tottenham's is above 10 now on many betting websites. Bookmakers are seeing a very clear Manchester City victory at the end of this match. And they are not wrong about thinking in this way too of course. In the end, Manchester City are the leader and the biggest contender for the title by an insane run. And Tottenham's recent form is terrible with three consecutive losses. But maybe I could just try my luck with a draw here but I wouldn't bet much money on it of course.
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Fenerbahce didn't surprise me by losing to Slavia Prague home by 2-3. Because they were already having a problematic season in their domestic league also. And they weren't better in European tournaments either. Taking all of these into account, a loss or maybe a draw was seeming like inevitable. In the first half, Fenerbahce weren't like even in the field. They were better in the second half but still couldn't get in front of their weakness in defense. And this cost them highly. I think that they are going to be eliminated most probably.
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I expect more from Juventus from now on. Their transfers were really the right choices. Especially Dusan Vlahovic is a great striker and he scored a goal even in his first match with his new team. And he is a very promising player. He would contribute to Juventus a lot. From now on, my lowest expectation from them is to finish the season at the fourth position and qualify for the Champions League group stage. They shouldn't let Atalanta have that chance. They can be a more consistent team than Atalanta now.
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Liverpool were the favourite team against Inter for certain. But as the match was in Giuseppe Meazza, I still expected a nice fight from Inter and I didn't expect them to give up early on this matchup. And that was the case too. Inter made big difficulties for Liverpool and they made Liverpool's job much harder. And Inter got some crucial goal chances too which would have changed the way the match was going to. But Inter couldn't take advantage of any of them and this cost them really highly. Liverpool defeated them by scoring two goals in the last fifteen-minute period and got a huge advantage already now.
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So far, Atletico Madrid haven't performed impressively against Levante. We are nearly at the end of the first half and the current score is still 0-0. Levante seem to be balancing the match right now. Atletico Madrid's problem is that they can't take control of the match from the start. If they did this, they would have already got ahead until now. This score makes me nervous about them. This is really the easiest match for Atletico Madrid. If they don't even win this one, then they shouldn't expect to achieve anything this year.
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Manchester United got a really important win against Brighton by 2-0. This was critical for them to start pulling themselves together in the league. But it is still early to be relieved for them. They need to make this a winning streak to get better. They are going to have a very tough schedule soon. Before that, they are going to play against Leeds and Watford. They must win these matches too. After these matches, they are going to face Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool, Leicester and Everton consecutively. This is going to be hell of a run for Manchester United.
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I really appreciated PSG's great performance yesterday. They totally deserved to win and gratefully they did. Real Madrid were playing desperately against them and they were looking for an opening. But PSG didn't give that to them. I believe in PSG to advance to the quarter finals from now on. And Manchester City demolished Sporting by 5-0. This was an enormous and unexpected kind of win for me. I was waiting for a 2-0 or 3-1 win. But Sporting really were helpless against them.
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Real Madrid are sad and impressed to see PSG scoring against them at the same time. They are sad because they have given the advantage to PSG now. But they must be impressed by Mbappe's superb goal also. Because he is most likely to join Real Madrid side this summer. And PSG really seem like they have no way to be able to keep him for at least one more season here. Considering that, they would try their best to achieve the Champions League title. Because I believe that Real Madrid are going to be the biggest candidate for the title as of next season.
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The first half has just ended and there is still a 0-0 tie. But I must admit one thing especially that PSG had a very dominant performance in this half. They wanted to score so much and Real Madrid were lucky not to concede even one goal. Real Madrid will need to find a solution to this huge dominance of PSG. Otherwise, PSG can defeat them for sure by doing better in the other half. Real Madrid have performed worse than I expected so far. Maybe their game plan was like this and they just want to secure a draw. But it is not going to be easy either.
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Manchester United are experiencing a bad period of time in the league these days. But they can hopefully leave these days behind if they start performing in the way they should be. And today they have a golden opportunity against Brighton in Old Trafford. Brighton are a tough competitor but not invincible too. Manchester United can be the team ending their unbeaten streak for many weeks. This is the match that Manchester United are pulling themselves tougher. I expect a win by one goal at the end.
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Fiorentina played a tough match against Spezia away last night. Fiorentina played decently in fact but they still had a big problem on defeating Spezia by 2-1. The winning goal came in the 89th minute. They are still having a good time in the league but Vlahovic's departure has affected them in scoring negatively I think. But they still have capable players and as long as they have a good team play too, they can finish the season at a decent position in the standings.
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There is a match tomorrow and it is Atletico Madrid's missing match against Levante home. Atletico Madrid had a really extraordinary match against Getafe the last time but they still somehow managed to win by 4-3. They would like to maintain a winning streak as they have a big opportunity ahead of them to do so. Levante are having a really terrible season and I give no chance to them here. This time, maybe Atletico Madrid would get a more comfortable win.
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When we consider the recent forms into account, Leverkusen seem to be the most in-form team now. They didn't lose in their last five Bundesliga matches and they are on a winning streak of four matches now. This is very impressive but their next match is really difficult seemingly. It is versus Mainz a few days later. Mainz are definitely among the best teams in matches in home stadium. They lost only once in eleven matches and won seven of them. On the other hand, Leverkusen defeated Mainz in their last three head-to-head away matches. My expectations are a draw and both teams to score.
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The goals came quite late in the Atalanta - Juventus match and Juventus had a big problem on securing a point at least. But it was already obvious that Atalanta were going to make them big difficulties as they were also fighting for top spots in the league. This could still be seen as an advantageous result for Juventus but I'm not saying the same for Atalanta. They must be devastated by the equalizer came in the last moments. They could have got ahead of Juventus in the standings.
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I really enjoyed especially the matches that Barcelona and Atletico Madrid played in last week. They both had very difficult matches and it reflected on the score very visibly too. Barcelona couldn't win in the derby against Espanyol and they barely saved one point by equalizing the score late in the match. And Atletico Madrid had a big shock against Getafe first as Getafe came back after being 2-0 behind and even got ahead. But they still managed to win it by 4-3 somehow. It was a historical match for sure.
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Galatasaray continue to disappoint their fans. They got a 1-1 draw against Kayserispor today and lost two more points. I really believed in them to win this time and they played effectively too. But somehow, they still struggled to win again. I know that they are trying to recover but they must give some hope by starting to win. In the current way, it seems really impossible for them to pull themselves together. I wouldn't like to see them having the risk of relegating even on the last weeks of the season.
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There is a Warriors - Lakers game tonight and this is a really good one. Warriors are of course the favourite side very highly here. Because Lakers' latest results haven't been impressive. They are still depending on Lebron only and this makes them desperate in most of their games. They need to perform better as a team to be more effective and to get decent results regularly. Warriors are the second best team in the regular season so far. They wouldn't have mercy on Lakers if they come across a poor resistance.
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I was waiting for a 2-2 draw at the end of the Napoli - Inter match. It ended by 1-1 but at least I predicted the draw. Both teams made a really decent effort and deserved to win the match at an equal rate. Napoli played much better home against Inter compared to their previous head-to-head in Giuseppe Meazza. Maybe the point gap didn't change but they didn't let Inter pull away more too. In case Milan win, the leader will change after so many weeks. But Inter can still take it back later if they win their match missing. In short, the competition is great now.
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