My favorites for World Cup 22 are Argentina, Brazil and France. But according to my observations, the bet on the favorite usually loses. Holland has a big chance of winning. Louis Van Gaal is in charge of the team and he will leave the post of coach after the World Cup. The Dutch football players will give at all for Van Gaal.
Of course the Netherlands has a bigger chance to qualify in the group phase. Because in group A I think Netherlands is more experienced than the others. We can see this based on the results of the fight for tickets to enter the 2022 world cup. The Netherlands got 23 points and 10 matches. But L.Van Gaal's team is also having a bit of a problem, there are players who have been injured. This will be our concern also in the opening match later. Currently only Denzel Dumfries is still having problems but it is still not confirmed whether he will still be in the Dutch squad later or not. However, Van Gaal still has other options, actually if this player doesn't have Blind who can be used as a wingback there or maybe Jurrien Timber can still be used as another option, which actually has performed quite well at Ajax. |
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But at least Atletico Madrid is only 2 points away from third place in the Real Sociedad standings. It is not too difficult for Atletico Madrid to catch up and again take over the the top three positions in the standings, which is one of Atletico Madrid's targets this season. I agree, Atletico Madrid needs to add a few players to help strengthen Diego Simeone's main squad
Their target is still in the top 4 but in fact, regardless of their problems, it is very likely that they will end there because if you look at the previous few seasons it was like that. But even though it's like that, I still don't think that many fans from Atletico have been satisfied, especially in La Liga. For the past few seasons, what I have seen and looked forward to the most is the competition from Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico, but for the last 2 seasons this seems difficult to happen. |
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Now it's just a matter of seeing whether Juventus' condition after the players recover and the league starts again will play better or vice versa because if for example this improves then replacing by giving compensation is clearly not very good so there is no need to change coaches but if performance is still stagnant I I think Allegri can still be replaced.
Maybe this can also be a consideration for the higher-ups now.
Juventus have started to interfere in the league but there is not good enough football for the championship. In the past, in the middle of a game Juventus would just close the goal and even Chiellini or Bonucci would hit the headshot and score. This team even won the matches they played poorly and became the champion. For now, the number of Italian players must be increased and the players affiliated with the club should be transferred. A star as effective as Chiesa is needed and also a world-class centre-back and a left-back are needed. Not much problem elsewhere. The club has fallen out of shape due to its mismanagement in the last two years but Juventus is always one of the top 5 clubs in the world, this does not change. When saying this we also have to be aware of how Juventus' condition was at the start of this season with lots of injured players for them but for half of the season it looks like their injury storm is over and this is clearly profitable for them and actually if the full team is without problems I'm still pretty sure with Juventus who will speak volumes in the League. |
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There is no other reason now to believe in Allegri because regardless of their current financial situation it is clear they will find it very difficult to replace Allgeri with his huge compensation fee.
Now Allegri has also shown quite good leadership in the last few matches. In addition, the Juventus players have also started to recover from injuries, so there is nothing wrong with continuing to entrust this to Allegri.
If the appearance and performance of Juventus have started to look better and have experienced good improvement, there is clearly no need for a change of coach in this regard. Because when the coach is replaced, it will definitely make the strategy and focus of the players fragmented and scattered because they have to follow directions from people who are already different. So that maintaining the current coach is an option that is not wrong for Juventus. Now it's just a matter of seeing whether Juventus' condition after the players recover and the league starts again will play better or vice versa because if for example this improves then replacing by giving compensation is clearly not very good so there is no need to change coaches but if performance is still stagnant I I think Allegri can still be replaced. Maybe this can also be a consideration for the higher-ups now. |
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If Barcelona cannot win the La Liga title, they will have to face a huge financial loss. Because they have already left the Champions League. The team has many loans, which they desperately need to win the La Liga title to pay off. I don't care how bad financially Barcelona think you are whether they have a loan or not. I'm not really interested in keeping abreast of much about the financial condition of the team recently built with renewed passion and confidence by Xavi. Barcelona has failed to live up to high expectations in the Champions League, that's normal for any team even if they are financially unhinged. At Laliga, you probably have to admit they are the best so far. Barcelona is ahead of Real Madrid and 18 other teams in 14 matches in the first half of the season. So there's no reason why I'm doubtful about them for now although in the second half of the season the competition will very likely be tougher. In fact what @Fachant said is also true because regardless of anything Barcelona this season seems to be making a big gamble by sacrificing a large part of their finances by bringing in some expensive players to make them champions and the defeat in the Champions League slightly influenced them in making the gamble a win for Barcelona . For La Liga, no one doubts them now, but on the other hand, the match is still very long and it is also still unpredictable what will happen in the future, especially for Madrid, so if they still have to lose at the end of the season, it will definitely be a big loss for them financially. happened and put them in critical condition again and again. |
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Group A: Holland, which is visibly the strongest country and Ecuador in second;
~~~ I am not sure about this. Netherlands maybe the strongest team on paper, but the Group looks very tight. Ecuador is a quality team from the CONMEBOL and then we have the strongest teams from AFC and CAF (Qatar and Senegal respectively). Given the fact that Netherlands has suffered a few upset defeats in the past, a repeat of the same can't be ruled out in Group A. I agree with you for the prediction on most of the other groups, perhaps with the exception of Group E. For me, it will be Spain and Germany. At the moment the Dutch are in very good shape in terms of games and it shows when qualifying they are playing very well and now is the right time for them to restore the form they have lost over the past few years with the condition of the players who are quite capable now. For Ecuadaor and Senegal I struggled quite a bit with picking them because in any case they look a bit equal right now and hosts Qatar are the last choice in this group. |
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Most likely changes will occur but they won't be too significant, especially for positions 1 and 2 because indeed I am so sure now that if Haaland doesn't have any significant problems in the second half of the season he will be the top scorer for this season because his performance is now so hard to stop to score goals.
There maybe changes in the list of the top scorers in the English Premier League but the changes would not be that significant as you said. We expect to see Haaland remain at the top, Harry Kane remain in his position while the likes of Salah and Trossard or Almiron could join the list. Initially I didn't expect both Haaland and Nunez to make the list but Haaland was very quick to prove me wrong. Nunez may also improve by next year. At the moment it's just a matter of seeing Haaland's condition whether he can still maintain his fitness or not due to the problem he is prevented from scoring goals, that's all I think. Last season when he was at Dortmund he had a lot of problems with his body and now at Manchester City there are several times he has had these problems too. I also thought at first Nunez would do something good but until now week 14 his performance hasn't looked good and Salah still has a bit of a problem with his instincts. |
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The picture above is a list of the 5 names of players who have made the most goals to date. Is it possible that the scorer list will remain the same until the end of the season? It seems interesting enough to be a small bet. Currently Haaland is still strong with 18 goals followed by Kane 12 goals, while Toney the Brentford player makes 10 goals. Of course there is still a chance for Kane to make more goals, there are still 23 Matches to go. Most likely changes will occur but they won't be too significant, especially for positions 1 and 2 because indeed I am so sure now that if Haaland doesn't have any significant problems in the second half of the season he will be the top scorer for this season because his performance is now so hard to stop to score goals. |
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UAE 0 : 5 Argentina
Enjoyed Argentina vs UAE friendly so far. Argentina's players have performed very well. Argentina won a great 5-0. Di Maria's performance was excellent. He scored two goals and one assist. On the other hand, Messi scored a goal and an assist. Also the performances of players like De Paul, Otamendi and Allister were very good. In this way, if Argentina is able to continue the performance, then Barcelona will win every match in the group stage. Argentina has talented players in defense, midfield, and forward and all are in good form.
The match felt one-sided in this regard, I don't know why even though Argentina didn't dominate the ball too much and the tempo wasn't too fast, seeing their attacks like this was clearly very good in my opinion. Di Maria also performed brilliantly in this match with the brace he created, this was a pretty good capital as a warm-up for the world cup. |
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I was very surprised by the appearance of the Sevilla club, that this club is a formidable club and even subscribes to appear in the Champions League, but seeing the ranking in the current standings Sevilla is in the red zone, of course this will make their fans dissatisfied with the results they are getting. achieved in the middle of this season, at least there is a change for Sevilla in improving their position..
They lost several key players in last season's transfer and one of the positions left by Kounde to Barcelona has yet to be filled properly, so this is indeed difficult. On the other hand the form at the moment is like a normal club without any real strength which makes it difficult for Sevilla. 14 matches and only 2 clear wins this is Sevilla's worst achievement in the last few seasons they have lived clearly there must be a real change to this. |
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Judging by the fact that the club's management publicly made statements that they are confident in Allegri, his position is strong and now, after this winning streak, he remains 100% in the team until the summer. In fact, Juventus is now in third place and only two points behind Milan, if you take Napoli out of the brackets with their phenomenal result, then Juventus is good because it was able to be in the top with a huge number of player injuries.
There is no other reason now to believe in Allegri because regardless of their current financial situation it is clear they will find it very difficult to replace Allgeri with his huge compensation fee. Now Allegri has also shown quite good leadership in the last few matches. In addition, the Juventus players have also started to recover from injuries, so there is nothing wrong with continuing to entrust this to Allegri. |
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Many teams needed the world cup break so bad, the break comes as a time out for underperforming teams to take some time to evaluate their performances so far, assess their progress and work on finding solutions to their flaws and loop holes in the team, even the top performing teams get some time to restrategice and improve their game even more and get players not going to the world cup. I think this break is really good for everyone one way or the other.
Aside from the World Cup break, perhaps the downside is that if players don't hone their skills during that time and just sit idly by, it's much more harmful to their performance. Moreover, the World Cup break must be used to consistently develop skills on the field. For example, Haaland did not participate in the World Cup because his country failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup finals, in Qatar. This means that to maintain their fitness balance, they must still have a solid workout. Then Crystal Palace winger Zaha, Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Zlatan Ibrahimovich (Sweden), Aubameyang (Gabon), Luis Diaz (Colombia), Odegaard (Norway), and many more. The competition indeed has been stoppage because of world cup but don't mean those clubs will rested too and some of managers has realized this situations that some of big teams on Premier League such as Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United will have several schedules for friendly matches so their managers will utilized those matches to evaluate the weakness of teams each and to maintain teams performance and besides that these matches also can be utilized for the players who didn't defend their national team to maintain their fitness balance so basically there is no wasted time although European league will had a long break This will be a transitional time especially for Liverpool because with this of course even though they don't really want to admit it they still benefit. At least with this Klopp can also arrange what scheme they should consider later and now one month off is even more clearly profitable. They can start something new now so that later after the season reopens they won't be too surprised when they see some good talent at the world cup later in preparation for player transfers. |
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Indeed, same situation here. I casted the vote for the third year in a row for City to lift the trophy and I believe they can do it. I cast the vote at the beginning of the season and I don't count to change my opinion too.
City will play vs Arsenal and they have to collect all points there. Arsenal will lose additional game or two at any time so Guardiola has seriously to find a way to keep winning as much as possible..losing points randomly isn't acceptable anymore!
Now the big opportunity is still the same and I think that in this case Manchester City's opportunity is still very big, especially in this case Manchester City have never even played against Arsenal this season so there is still a big chance to compete after half of the season. I wish Manchester City something good after this holiday is over and that's for sure because I still think that losing the last game was one of their misfortunes and this doesn't make them bad in my eyes. |
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This season is the worst run for Chelsea, losing 4 games in a row is a really poor for Chelsea. When Potter arrived I was so sure he was the right man for the job of reviving the club back to good form but that seems not to be the case in recent games which definitely puts so much pressure on Potter to either get the results or risk losing his job as the Chelsea manager. Thank God for the world cup break which gives teams enough time to rest and restrategice and even make new additions to the squad. I hope this helps Potter figure out the way forward.
More precisely in the last 5 matches they have suffered 3 defeats and 2 draws. Although it doesn't really differentiate and they still play badly in this regard. I personally find it hard to see what to do from Potter now with their condition like this because it's clear they are very difficult to improve their performance now. In the end maybe Potter wasn't much better than Tuchel did. |
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Now I see the probability of Napoli losing points low. The best result of this year for Juventus is to finish ahead in the race for second place. The probability of Napoli winning the scudetto is very high. They knew how to win even in big matches. There is a high probability that they will continue in the same way in the second half of the league.
With continuous victories they are becoming more and more confident now in this season they still have lost once of course this is a very good thing for them. But indeed on the other hand we also still don't know what the future will be like first is Serie A and we know Serie A teams are sometimes difficult to be consistent although the best hope is that Napoli can continue to maintain this until the end. |
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I got wrong about Atalanta as it seems. I thought that they would get at least one point over Inter. But their performance in defense was really horrible. Two goals were due to the mistakes of the defense and goalkeeper. They need to get positive results in these big games. Because they are like a big source of morale to start recovering.
Atalanta were doing better than this at first times last season. But this time they started a bad form much earlier. We are still not in the middle of the season mathematically though so maybe this time things will be better for them in the later stages of the season. It is doubtful if they can stay in the title race though.
Their attack line is good but it doesn't compare to a defense that has made a lot of mistakes in this match. In fact, I think Inter's 3 goals in this match cannot be separated from the mistakes of the Atalanta players. Dzeko's first goal could not have happened if Palomino didn't let him go in guard and the second and third goals were also inseparable from the chaos that could have been anticipated. |
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Liverpool's recent performance in the league is getting better and they have been showing glimpse of improvement in their games. Against Southampton I expected a draw and a tough game but Liverpool played so well, dominated the game and were able to finish the game with all three points. I think the situation is changing and they are getting back in form.
The momentum for their revival is a little visible now and this long holiday must be maximized properly by Klopp to concoct the right formation for them in the EPL continuation at the end of December. I think there might be a bit of a difference especially as they are now planning to look for additional players to fill the void in their squad. Klopp has to really think hard now if he really wants to continue at Anfield. |
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I am %90 sure that Lewandowski got the card knowingly because he just wanted to rest until the world cup and didn't want to deal with travel and training and all that with an extra game. He just wanted to leave right away, get to Qatar maybe? Maybe not, but just wanted to rest and make sure that he is fully ready for the world cup. They can beat Mexico and Saudi Arabia, the only team that is better than them would be Argentina and they should be easily going to the next stage. Lewandowski wanted to probably rest a bit more so that he would play amazingly and maybe bring the team as further as possible thanks to some extra rest.
There are some assumptions that he did this on purpose so that he could rest more in preparation for the world cup because a red card for Lewandowski is a very rare moment, I don't even remember if he ever got it when he was at Bayern because last I know he got a red card. it was when he was in Dortmund. But indeed, in this case, I didn't really think that far ahead, considering that no player wants his career to be slightly disrupted by deliberately doing something ridiculous like that. |
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I am sure that won't be a problem for Real Madrid to sign an outstanding offender, it is still Real Madrid and one of the most prestigious clubs out there and they also have the financial resources. They might still be looking at Mbappe and I would expect them to become active during the next summer transfer period.
No, I would say with absolute certainty that they won't care about Mbappe anymore because apart from his current price Perez definitely doesn't want a player who has been coaxed for so long. The latest news now for Madrid is still spinning in Osimhen and Jude even though in this case you already know it is not easy and the price will not be cheap. It doesn't really matter to Madrid for the price but Napoli and Dortmund are sure to make a long drama in this regard. |
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Half Time.
Wolves 0 - 0 Arsenal
So far Arsenal have managed to suppress Wolves, but most of their chances have failed. The defense from Wolves was also so strong that there weren't many chances to score goals for Arsenal. As for Gabriel Jesus kick in the 35th minute, but still hit the post.
The game has ended in favor of Arsenal. The 2-0 score was good enough for them and Odegaard did very well in this match with the brace he created. With this result, it is clear that Arsenal now have the upper hand, especially by seeing City who have to lose in other matches. Now Arsenal are back to being quite comfortable with their 5 point difference before the long holiday. |
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