The Barcelona team is now most exposed to La Liga. They are currently at the top of La Liga. Barcelona's unfortunate exit from the Champions League. Their main target now is to win the La Liga title, if they fail to win the La Liga title, it will have some adverse effects on their team.
If Barcelona fails to get a trophy in La Liga, Barcelona can still get another trophy this season in the Europa League. However, Barcelona has to focus more on La Liga because they are already at the top of the standings, although not too far from Real Madrid, who are still Barcelona's rivals. Because Real Madrid will certainly focus more on two competitions at the moment and one of them is La Liga. So Barcelona needs to be aware of this if they want a trophy in La Liga this season. Barcelona is just a few points ahead of their rival; real Madrid .with that their probability of winning the la Liga title is quite narrowed. Considering their proximity to winning the Europa league, u quite can't tell that they will be able to conquer the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, and others. Barcelona is currently having a defensive challenge, which is more like a house with a shaking foundation, and up till now they haven't made any step toward fixing it, instead, they keep adding aging players to the defensive line, which is quite unhealthy to the tax ahead. |
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Since selling several important players Leicester has lost their good game, they are now getting worse even though they are not in the relegation zone, but Rodgers' troops are not playing any better so they can be left behind in the EPL.
Well, selling some of their important players at that time was a very fatal decision so they could slump until now. But player transfers are something that cannot be avoided, especially if the offer that comes to the player is an offer with big money. Last season Leicester were still able to finish in 8th place in the EPL standings, but for this season it looks like they can't get the place they got last season. What do you think? do you have the same thoughts as me?I think Leicester are just purely into business, they make so much money trading with players just like Borussia Dortmund. But in Dortmund's case, while they sell, they recruit new ones, either by buying average players with a little amount of money, training them, and later selling them out for exorbitant prizes, or they recruit from their academy and junior team. While Leicester does not consent to buy new ones, they recruit old players from the junior team, and also take good ones from lone and free transfers , and I think that works for them. |
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With the likes of Cole Palmer, kalvin Philips, Ilkay Gundogan, Jack Grealish , Rodrigo, kelvin De Bruyn, Bernado silver, and Phil Foden, Pep Guardiola is still relentlessly in pursuit of Jude Bellingham🤣 but I wonder what is so special about this guy. Kelvin De Bruyn is doing vividly well in the central midfield, and Gundogan always comes in whenever things go wrong with De bruyn. With this, I don't really know if Bellingham will agree to join The squad. Perhaps guardiola will have to push aside Benado Silva or Rodri before Bellingham could have many playing moments in man city.
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not sure why is anyone attacking Mbappe, he took award for best scorer, and it is a team sport, you can't get title alone, you need team players to shine as well, and Giroud was one that did his part, but others could do better for most matches
seems that Messi will not play until next year, and probably few matches to rest and enjoy WC title
Right, Messi will probably not play in the PSG team this year, he will join the team next year. He is enjoying the World Cup so far. It is pleasing for him that his football career has come to fruition. Messi is back in the PSG training and will not play till next year, per what? If actually, he was not going to play he will return to his homeland and continue his celebration as others do. Though it isn't mandatory to return, for now, Messi so much loves and respects his club that's why he joined them , but I wouldn't see any sense in him coming back to resume training but refusing to join the match till next year. Let's watch. |
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Leipzig team in my opinion is the most threatning at the moment for bayern they have been in a great shape lately with the consecutive wins and they have their next game against bayern if they managed to win, that will make them three point away from the leader and the bundesliga might become interesting.
To be honest, i don't really think that any team can really threaten Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga this year. I just don't see any team right now that is strong enough in the long run to really push Bayern Munich from its throne in Germany. I agree though, that RB Leipzig is the second-strongest team in Germany and if a team can beat Bayern for the Bundesliga title in the coming years, then I think it is Leipzig and not Dortmund. I already said that Leipzig is stronger than the BVB even before the season started because for me the business model of Borussia Dortmund is not good if you want to play for titles. They are buying new and talented players and then there are two options. They are developing great, then they will go to bigger clubs as it happened with Sancho, Dembele, Haaland, and soon Bellingham. The second option is that they don't develop that well and then they stay at Dortmund. Bayer Munich has shown an outstanding performance during the first half of the season, but from the looks of things, they are not safe as you seem to exaggerate it. Bayer Munich is just 7 points from Frankfurt and union Berlin who stands in 4th and 5 positions in the table respectively, they are 6 points from Leipzig and 4 points from Freiburg who stands in 3rd and second position respectively. Just a match loss can draw them down to Freiburg, and the rest 3 teams will be ahead of them if they lose two matches. Let's just hope that Bayern maintains their winning streak while they face their remaining matches, until then, they can be caught off guard. |
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I was thinking Chelsea will fight back to gain a position in the top by the second half of the season, but it saddens my heart that their second hope for a central attack; Armando Brodja will be out of the remaining half of the 2022/2023 season due to an ACL injury. Aubameyang is not as productive as expected and this has become a very big challenge for Graham potter's side. I Just pray he succeeds in bringing in David Fofana.
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After experiencing a bad period at the start of the season, Juventus have now been able to get back on the right track. Allegri, who was rumored to be sacked for failing to improve the team's performance, has also been able to answer the doubts of many parties. I think the Bianconeri will be very difficult to stop if they find their rhythm. Cremonese is not a match for the Old Lady, the three points will go to Allegri's men. The most awaited match is when Juventus face Napoli, this match can be proof for Juventus to destroy Napoli's smooth path and raise hope to win the Scudetto.
Juventus' performance is very stable now. They are consistently playing well. But their squad is still not strong enough. There are still many weaknesses in their performance. The performance of their attacking players is not good. If the attack is strong, maybe Juventus' performance will be stronger. Juventus management must try to get an experienced striker in the next winter transfer. One more thing, Juventus players must not think about the problems they are facing now. Because if they do, maybe they will lose focus and their performance will drop again like at the start of the season. Their first game is an opportunity for them to get back to 3 points considering that their opponent is not a team that can be said to be tough. It would be very disappointing if they failed to get full points in this game. It's quite unfortunate for Juventus that many players who were given long-term contracts due to their outstanding performance in the former season are now in retrogression. They no more play up to the expected standard. The likes of Daniele Rugani, Weston McKennie, Juan Cuadrado, and Alex Sandro, were the flag-bearers of the team but now they are offering little or nothing when included in the squad. I think a particular arm of the team needs a complete overhaul. I'll suggest the attack, or midfield. |
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Liverpool should still have enough depth and quality to be considered favorites to win tomorrow. Only Diaz is a first-11 player, so there are no excuses.
We need a win and we need to get our season back on track. I have missed club football and am looking forward to seeing my team play again. I just hope we start well enough.
We do need a win, brother. Villa’s goalkeeper Martinez is still in Argentina partying somewhere so that’s good for us. Their number 2 goalkeeper is nowhere near as good as Martinez. We’ve been average most of the season but I really hope the World Cup break has helped us & we can go up a couple of gears now. Lol. Martinez is still partying and maybe that's good luck on Liverpool's side, and I wish they exploit it. Lately, Liverpool has 3 wins from 8 matches and that isn't a good condition for them. I wish they could secure a winning against Aston villa to build their confidence in subsequent matches. My only worry is that a few important players like Trent Alexander-Arnold, Arthur Melo, Luis Diaz, and Roberto Firmino, are currently not in a good physical state, I pray Klopp has a better plan. |
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Mbappe's dream to play in the same team as Ronaldo is almost impossible at this time of his career because Mbappe is currently a PSG player and the probability of Ronaldo playing for PSG or Real Madrid before he retires is very low. I doubt it will even happen at this point. If Ronaldo completes a move to the Arab league it might be his last club to play for until he retires so I doubt it is going to happen. The era of Messi and Ronaldo is close to the end and the beginning of a new era for Haaland and Mbappe.
This era has already arrived. If Mbappe had been promoted as it was at the beginning of Messi's career, then he would already have a 3-4 balloon D'Ors. As for the results, they are also eloquent: in 2022, Mbappe scored 55 goals in 55 games, and Haaland 43 goals in 41 games. With Mbappe's phenomenal World Cup performance and Haaland's excellent goalscoring schedule for City, it's clear who will compete for the top 1 in the coming years. I think Kylian Mbappe will never match Messi. Messi's football career has such achievements. If any other player wants to achieve that, he has to become an incomparable player. And Kylian Mbappe plays well but I don't like his behavior at all, he is a selfish footballer. One thing is having the talent, another thing is modeling the talent. When one can model his or her talent, he or she becomes a successful example to be copied, with or without modification; that's the true nature of Lionel Messi, and this is the reason Mbappe will never match him. Messi has a total assist of 349 which is more than half of the goals he scores, showing that while he scores, he is happy to see others do the same, same applies to Christiano Ronaldo, but it's a different case for mbappe. Take for instance this season, Messi has provided 5 assists to Mbappé and 3 assists to Neymar, Neymar has provided 3 assists to Mbappé and 2 assists to Messi, but Mbappé has provided 0 assists to Neymar and 0 assists to Messi, telling you that he competes with this guys🤣 lol. Mbappe is a great talent, he only needs to model it. |
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Xavi no doubt, is obsessed of tiki taka so that he really wants to direct Barcelona to tiki taka as much as he can.
Its not going to be easy to achieve the beautiful football we once enjoyed in watching Barcelona play. Recently the club has been struggling and xavi is really trying all his best to revive the club to its glory days but Barcelona are just lacking mid-fielders who can be able to hold the ball and be relax in that midfield and structure out those killer passes that breaks down defences. Barcelona is no doubt known for their tiki taka style of play but if we compare the player who were present during the time of this wonderful football we can see the difference is very clear, players like andres iniesta , xavi, neymar and leo messi controlling the gameplay of Barcelona made it very easy for Barcelona to execute this beautiful football, so if Xavi wants to play this style he needs to get players who are capable of extraordinary brilliance in the field of play. Getting players of extraordinary brilliance at this present condition may be quite too much of an expectation from Barcelona seeing that they are currently fighting financial constraints. Xavi was part of the Barcelona beautiful football days, He knows the technology involved in the tiki-taka football strategy. Since there is no such players like in his days, he can only install this pattern in the team, amongst these upcoming stars and then allow it to grow to a mastery standard, and that's what he is currently on. It's a process, it only needs time. |
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one of Xavi's efforts to make his squad the best is to bring in several players and also release players who are not included in Xavi's plans.
maybe too hasty, but Barca will not be able to manage their finances properly if they only make purchases without reducing spending on players.
an extraordinary challenge for Xavi to make Barca a champion this season. with all the efforts and limitations, Barça's game developed very well. everyone could see Xavi's abilities.
I won't say that Xavi's presence as Barcelona's manager hasn't changed anything or done much for the team. He still needs to level up and raise the team's standard of play. One of Barcelona's current issues is the defense, which if not handled properly, will see the league title slip through his fingers. I believe Barcelona can do more; they have the funds to bring in new players or exchange them for current ones; I just hope the right decision is made before it's too late. Barcelona doesn't have much fun bringing in new players. I would buy the idea if you say to exchange them. But right now there aren't many players to exçhage because already the team is still competing in different leagues. Though there isn't much problem with any arm of the team than the defense. I think the team might move to another height if the management can bring in a vibrant central defender to cover up for Sergio Bosquet and a young defensive midfielder to cover up for Jordi Alba who is already 33 years old. Infact, the whole members of Barcelona's defense are 30 years and above which is quite unhealthy for the team. |
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Dortmund will be most likely to sell Bellingham next summer. They just don't want to sell him already now as they need him in the middle of the season. But in the summer they will have quite enough time to sell Bellingham and find another young and talented replacement for him. Dortmund bought Bellingham for 25 million euros but his selling price will be over 100 million euros. It is an enormous profit.  Dortmund and Ajax are like siblings in terms of the business model they adopt. Ajax is just Dortmund's champion version at the same time.  Borussia Dortmund is highly rich in business, I so much like them because they are good at discovering young stars at an early age. A lot of them like Ousmane Dembele, Mario Gotze, Christian pulisic Julian Weigi, Hummels, and a lot more were all stars discovered by BVB. But it only marvels to me that they sell out most of those players immediately after they start shooting their stars. Dortmund prefers buying more average players while they sell out the good ones which they trained. Don't be surprised that Dortmund will sell out Bellingham because currently, they haven't renewed his contract. |
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I think Tottenham will become more dreadful as they are currently linked up with Milan Skriniar, Randal Kolo Muani, Isco, Weston McKennie, and Sofyan Amrabat in the transfer market. with this, they will be able to face any challenge that comes from the premier league and champion league. Recently, son Heung min has been kicked off by injury, and with this things may be a bit difficult for the gunners. hurdles like this would be easy to handle if Tottenham can bring in Eintracht Frankfurt kolo Muani as stated by the transfer market news. Among the aforementioned targeted signings, I believe Tottenham will add at least one more attacker or defender to the squad if not more than one.
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As the host for Inter Milan, they should be able to beat Napoli because for me this is a perfectly balanced match, it's just that Napoli will definitely defend as a challenger for the Scudetto title, the dominance of the two will be quite strong if Napoli really lose this match, there is a possibility that other teams can beat it too and clearly with a point difference it will be closer to other teams, even now it is quite far from Inter Milan in points. Inter are the favorites against Napoli. I don't think Napoli will really be able to beat Inter and maintain that unbeaten record. Napoli will lose to Inter, but the Napoli odds are looking very tempting. Inter will be fighting for their place in the top 4 again, so I think this match is really very exciting to look forward to in early January. Salernitana vs Milan will be the opening match for week 16, we will see if Milan can get 3 points to get close to Napoli, or maybe Napoli is unstoppable. You are right. Inter Milan has lost just twice in their last 13 matches and will be fighting for their place in the top 4. they have more wins against Napoli In the last 6 h2h, Napoli has only managed to escape with a draw but the rest won by inter Milan. But currently, Napoli has become much more overly curious for the scudetto and they are rated above inter Milan at the league level, because of their winning consistency, and for that, I think the match may likely end in a draw. |
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Manchester United - Nottingham is an interesting game in terms of their head-to-head history. These two teams haven't faced each other since 1999. It is going to be a historical moment for these teams as a result. I don't think it's going to be a big historical moment unless Nottingham is one of the teams that can give competition to the other teams in the top four or they are still on course to be Champions. Nottingham is in the relegation zone, while Manchester United is struggling to get into the top four. This match will be won easily by Manchester United even though these two teams have not faced each other since 1999 because their quality is very much different. I think the opinion "will be won easily by Manchester United" is quite an overstatement. No doubt, Nottingham Forest is in the relegation zone, but that doesn't justify the game being as easy as you think on Manchester united side. Remember this same club has recorded a shocking winning against able opponents like Liverpool and Valencia while in the relegation zone of the EPL. The only thing that could give Manchester united the upper hand in winning this match is their game plan, order than a brilliant game plan, there is no assured winning. |
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Milan - Tottenham is an interesting draw to have in this round. I see it like both legs can be quite competitive. But I feel like it will depend on Milan's performance level especially. Because they haven't seemed very effective in big games in the Champions League so far. They were really inadequate in not only defense but also offense against Chelsea in the group stage. They lost both games as you know. But I still believe that Milan have a good potential in themselves to do better than this.
I just hope to see the same effort they make in the Serie A from them by this round of the Champions League. Because they have seemed like they care about the Serie A games more until now. They shouldn't waste their potential in the Champions League like this. If they make some improvements then I would give them a chance for advancing to the next round.
Unlike Milan, Tottenham is not perfect in their lower leagues. they have lost a good number of matches that were supposed to be bonus wins for them. The only additional advantage Tottenham has over Milan is the manager __Antonio Conte __ who doesn't joke with UEFA competitions. With much experience in Tactics and other things Conte is known for, I think the clash with AC Milan is not going to see Tottenham off the UEFA competition. |
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Manchester United vs Fc Barcelona match has been discussed much more than every other Europa league match. Maybe that is because the two clubs are anticipated by many, to be the champions of the Europa league title. But let me put it to u that neither Manchester United nor FC Barcelona may end up pushing through the final stage of this competition. Let us not forget that the likes of Juventus, Arsenal, Ajax, union Berlin and PSV are salso hunting vigorously for this same title. Most of these clubs with little or no up of being champions in their lower league.The table is not revolving around Man united and Barcelona only.
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One of the clubs that need a total overhaul is Barcelona because the club have under performed in most recent time and since their last match which was a bit favorable to the club and meeting with another bigger club in the La Liga this season and being able to win the match will help Barcelona to recover and move up on the league table.
I don't think FC Barcelona is deficient to the extent that requires a complete overhaul... The club still has good midfielders, good defenders, and attackers which is the best arm of the team. What Barcelona needs now are more players that could make a good second 11, but currently, the club is struggling with financial constraints and this has become their major hindrance in adding more players to the team. The team doesn't need an overhaul because the players available are doing well, they only need good substitutes. |
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I think Mbappe will stay with PSG to win UCL and then he will move to Real Madrid but if he somehow achieves winning UCL this season with PSG, he will more likely move to Real Madrid. At the same time, imagine if Messi wins UCL with PSG after winning WC with Argentina as that would be a season that won't be replicated for many years to come If mbappe wins UCL with PSG, there is a very tendency that he will extend his contract may be till another two years whenever his present one expires. Come to think of it, when Mbappe began his senior career, he wasn't known and Real Madrid never saw Him. Mbappe went to PSG on loan and became the top talker in French 🇫🇷 football before He was recognized and called by France for His first international debut. Now he is given a contract and beginning to make a wave in the club that discovered him, Real Madrid feels that isn't the best place for Him. Mbappe will join Madrid in the future, But for now, I think he is happily spending his football moment at PSG I don't think Mbappe will renew with PSG again. He can go to some other team where he will be highly respected. That is, everyone there will only focus on him. However, I see very little chance of PSG winning the Champions League title this year. If "respect" would decide where mbappe should stay, I don't think there is any place, order than Paris saint German.. Apart from the exorbitant salary he's been offered by PSG management, he also has a say in how the club is being run, and I think such respect is enough to keep him. speaking of PSG's chance of winning the champion league, currently, the club is in round 16, and everyone in that round has an equal chance for now, PSG's hope for the UCL can only be deadened if they lose against Bayern Munich, else their chance is still very high. |
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Actually, when talking about the right to get a trophy this season in the Bundesliga, all teams have the same rights as long as they are still within the scope of the Bundesliga. But because all the teams in the Bundesliga do not have the same level of strength as Bayern Munich, it is clear that this season it is still very possible for Bayern Munich to win another trophy. This is due to the level of consistency and the best players are not in all teams so Bayern Munich is still the favorite in getting the trophy this season.
Bayern is a rich team that remains consistent with the good performances they display, besides that they are not afraid to buy the expensive players they want because their goal is victory, different from other Bundesliga teams who are hesitant to buy players and only focus on their old squad. Bayern will always be the Bundesliga champions and other teams will only enliven the Bundesliga competition. Sometimes it doesn't only depend on being a favorite, it also depends on the ability to adapt to new changes. A team may grow because all the arms that make up the team are productive, but in a long run, when any arm falls short of what it is expected of, the whole team falls. Like in the case of Bayern, until I see their performance without Neuer, I wouldn't say that they are already the favorite team for the Bundesliga title, especially now that Freiburg is still bent on doing. Moreover, Bayern is 4 points only ahead of Freiburg. |
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