Tomorrow another interesting game that will be played in the EPL. Liverpool is called a home game against Leicester City. An unpredictable team, but like Liverpool they don't seem to be doing too well. If both teams are mediocre, then Liverpool is still much better. Actually, Leicester can only win this game if they have a top day themselves and if things are not going well at Liverpool. But I think Liverpool will win this game easily. Not a good season yet for Liverpool, but they will be happy to start New Years with a win. Still playing football separately on December 30th. There are even countries where football is still played on December 31.

Perhaps the biggest problem is the financial situation and differences between Bayern Munich and other clubs. By having good management for years and years, they have a healthy bank account and can actually buy and sell whatever they want. Rarely do you see bad buys at Bayern. Almost all the players who have passed them have become very good. And if you have a sound financial policy that results in a high bank account, it is also easier to build in stability by attracting experienced and good players. Other clubs do not have that luxury and are therefore often left behind. Dortmund received a lot of money for Haaland, but what did they finally get for reinforcements?

It will soon have to be seen whether someone is able to stop Napoli. Then a draw against Inter Milan, and Inter plays at home. If you could choose a match on paper that would be difficult for Napoli, it would be the away match at Inter. If Napoli is going to win here easily, I don't think anyone can stop Napoli. And then I also think that other title candidates will also lose a lot of points. Napoli will especially try not to lose at Inter. Surely a draw will feel like a victory with the lead over Inter in the ranking.

Still no goals in the match between Real Betis and Atheltic de Bilbao. I think this is a best of the rest game. Both teams will especially not want to lose, if they both play the 2nd half with this goal, this could well be a goalless match. We saw a little more fireworks at Girona - Rayo Vallecano, which ended in an attractive draw with 2-2. The worst referee of the World Cup, who led Argenitnie - Netherlands, will just whistle again in the Spanish league this weekend.

It has been restless for months about Frenkie de Jong. He has had quite a few words with the management of the club, dirty games have been played. But de Jong has said that you should not believe everything that is said in the media. Somehow understandable. He still owes a lot of money from Barcelona, and therefore did not want to leave (logically, it is millions). What surprises me, however, is that a rich club was unable to buy de Jong and then take over these debts from Barcelona. For clubs such as PSB or Man City, that should not be a problem at all, they don't feel those few million anyway. It seems that De Jong would like to continue playing football in Barcelona and does not want to leave at all.

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The match between Chelsea and Dortmund is a case of a sub top match. 2 teams that are just below the real top. Although Chelsea are closer, as they also won the CL a few years ago. For CL successes from Dortmund we have to go back longer, then they were really at the absolute top in Europe together with teams like Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona. We don't see much of that team and type of football anymore. Jurgen Klopp then turned Dortmund into a fantastic team. But even with Haaland present, Durtmond's performance in the CL was actually very average, which you should expect more from if you have Haaland in your team. I think Chelsea will advance.

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Atletico is no longer a stable team like a few years ago. They are unpredictable and also very erratic. There is a considerable chance that they will also have a hard time against Elche. I don't know where things went wrong for Atletico in recent years, they brought Griezman back but Suarez left. The situation around Godin has also had the necessary impact. I actually thought at the start of the season that Atletico Madrid might be an outsider for the title, but there is little evidence of that at the moment. Qualifying for CL and becoming 3rd seems to be the maximum achievable.

In any case, Newcastle did what it had to do and that is to win. Tonight City will play against Leeds United, I don't expect too many problems there. Nice that Newcastle is now 2nd, although it must be said that that is mainly because they have played 2 more games. But then again, even if City were to win, 3rd is still very deserving. It will take some getting used to for many City players, most of them have had a bad World Cup after England's elimination against France. They can try to take revenge, but it is also possible that they play this match with an annoying and still disappointed feeling.

Real madrid owes the CL title last season to Benzema. She has already helped her to victory from a beaten position a few times. But we shouldn't sell the other Real Madrid players short because of that, they have a great team. Without Modric, the world would also look very different for Real Madrid. Since ramos left the back to PSG, it also seems to be a bit more vulnerable and they do get the necessary goals here and there. But that depends on the type of game they play. Things can go either way against Liverpool, I find it difficult to point out a clear favorite there.

An easy win from Newcastle United. But yes, if you are already leading 0-2 after 7 minutes, then the victory is as good as within. When the 0-3 fell, it was definitely over for Leicester. A wonderful start for Newcastle, who once again showed why they are in 3rd place in the league. A mediocre start from the Spurs, who did not get further than 2-2. You really can't afford to lose that point. In half an hour we will see how well Liverpool have come out of the winter break in the onion game at Aston Villa. They undoubtedly have unpleasant memories of last season.

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Normally there would not even have been a place on the reserve bench for Ronaldo, but it is and remains Ronaldo. yet I wonder what the ultimate reason was that he was not allowed to play at the final World Cup. Would it be his age or the lack of game rhythm? He personally ensured that Portugal became European champion in 2016, which would never have been possible without his presence. But, of course, the best is finished with Ronaldo. Maybe he will get a chance in the qualifiers. The coach probably thought it was too dangerous to let him play right at the World Cup. After all, he has also made very few playing minutes at United, and that is something you need as a player to be successful. He seems to want to continue, but a World Cup in 3.5 years may be too much of a good thing.

I expect Juventus and AC Milan to win their match quite easily. There will be more tension in the game between Napoli that will play against Inter Milan. I'm curious how both teams came out of the winter break. there are of course a number of players from these teams who have been active in the world championship. And the transfer window is also coming up again in January, I think Napoli would prefer to keep all of their current players.

certain rules will still be imposed. It is strange that Red Bull has become world champion, but they do not have a race car for normal people. If you ask people about race cars on the highway, you will quickly come to the answers Ferrari and lamborghini. Why is Lamborghini not participating in F1? They also have a very strong engine, comparable to Ferrari. But maybe that's not the priority at all. It's always a shame when F1 stops for a few months. Last year they continued until December, but now they finished the season earlier.

We may also get some changes in the regulations for the coming season. Something similar happened 2 seasons ago and then Mercedes was suddenly the top favorite to win. I thought it had to do with a distance from the front wing to the ground or something like that. But they will not be fooled again at Red Bull by letting something like this happen next season. Very strange things have to happen if Red Bull is not to become champion again. Verstappen 1st man and Perez the 2nd man seem fine to me. Although Verstappen has shown that it is actually still just a toddler after that incident with Pereze.

We now have a break with these days. Tomorrow and Monday there will be no darts either, but they will start again on Tuesday. Some players fly up and down to their country to celebrate Christmas, and then come back on Monday night. And the most spectacular match we will see is Gerwin Price against Raymond van Barneveld. The number 1 in the world against a legend of darts. Michael van Gerwen threw the highest average ever in a tournament in his last match in the 2nd set. So it is really in absolute top form. Price is also good, but can be very hit and miss. And what also doesn't help Price is that he is absolutely not loved by the public because of his weird final match from 2 years ago that he managed to win. And we should never erase someone like Peter Wright.

Numbers 1 and 2 from the groups qualify in my opinion. So teams don't have to worry about that. I do think it is difficult for players to charge for these types of matches. It has even been suggested that the lesser countries should not participate in the qualification because they have no chance of qualifying anyway. But teams like the Netherlands and Belgium will still have a very bad aftertaste of the last world championship. I also don't know what the situation is with Russia, whether they will be disappointed again at the European Championship. Italy is the reigning champion, but it will be a long and difficult road to match that title again for this team. And in Belgium, a number of players seem to stop.