Chelsea are really difficult to understand. How could you manage to be this ineffective at scoring goals while dominating a game? They even lost the game I mean.  They should be thankful that the matchup is comprised of two legs. Otherwise they were already going to say goodbye to the EFL Cup which is probably the only tournament in which they can win the title. But after watching this performance I don't think they would be able to beat probably Liverpool in the finale. Liverpool will be likely to have Salah back in the squad until the finale of the EFL Cup so Liverpool would be the winner of the cup I think. Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochentino really needs to step his games if he wants to continue his job at the club because his tactical approaches since the start of the season haven't actually worked well for him. Yesterday against Middlesbrough, I expected Chelsea to win that game convincingly even when they were playing as the away team because the quality of players in the Chelsea set up is absolutely better than that of their EFL semi final opponents. The good thing about the result of yesterday for Chelsea is that they have a chance of making up for that poor result by making sure they win Middlesbrough with a better result than that of the home side's result of yesterday and qualify for the final of the competition. Chelsea is not doing well at all. At least in the English premiere league. They are in the 10th position right now and even though they have been able to win the last two matches they are not in a good situation right now. They have a lot of hard matches to play and remember it has not been half of the season yet. They have played only 20 matches. So they will have to play for a long period of time with a lot of consistency. And they cannot be inconsistent in that period of time. Anyway, I think it is going to be very hard for them to actually get to the top of the table again. The point difference is a lot, to be honest. And the defending has not been good from them at all. They are one of the teams that has conceded the most amount of goals this season. So it surely is looking hard for them. I am not very confident about the coach also. |
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Both Juventus and Inter Milan are putting in a lot of effort to ensure that they continue to play well. Both teams are capable of winning the league title, but Inter Milan is the clear favourite because no team has defeated them thus far this season. Juventus is also playing well and is ahead of Inter Milan by a few points, but I still don't think they can win the league title.
Regarding Napoli, I don't think they can win any trophies this season because it is very certain that they will be unable to do so. Last season, Napoli was the favourite team in the serie A league, but this season, they really let people down with their play; they are the team that didn't sell out many players and even their best players don't look good. Napoli is currently in ninth place in the league table, so it is not even safe to say that they will be in the Europa League.
Juventus is working very hard and in a convincing way, we can`t say the same for Milan, I see them limping and not convincing either in their play or in their results. Napoli, well, for me they don`t even reach the cups this year, i mean cup`s zone (cause points). I only regret about Juventus this season, because even though Juventus only play in the domestic league this season but ya, the reality is that Juventus are still having trouble to getting better result in Serie A. Because yes, Juventus should be able to dominate Serie A this season, but the reality is not as easy as expected. About Napoli this season I think it is clear, that Napoli are experiencing a bad trend this season. So ya, it looks like Napoli will only be in the middle of the Serie A standings and of course, it will be a bad result because Napoli this season have the status of defending champions. I don’t think Milan will be able to achieve more than 3rd position this season. The points gap between AC Milan and 2nd position Juventus is 7 points and the points gap between AC Milan and their rivals Inter Milans is 9 points. The gap is too much to get ahead. I don't think they need to work hard to be honest because clearly, they cannot get better than 3rd position this season. They should focus on the Uefa Europa League. But they cannot be careless about Serie A either and give away their top 4 positions. The gap between 4th position team Fiorentina and AC Milan is 6 points. So it is clear that unless AC Milan messes up too much, they will stay in the 3rd position. |
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Emery isn't expected to be a part of the title race already. This wasn't Aston Villa's main target at the beginning of the season. Probably the board just wanted Emery to make this team finish at a decent position which is good enough to join a European competition. But now they are totally at a much better point.  But despite that I'm pretty sure the board won't make Emery feel himself under pressure of maintaining their title race. This is just an extra performance by Aston Villa. But it would surely be lovely for Aston Villa if they somehow stay in top four to join the Champions League. Because their general effort so far really deserves a spot there. Actually, they are going to be more than happy if they can actually finish in the top four. Because the performance will probably drop from Aston Villa and the competition is also going to get a lot harder going forward in the season. And absolutely agree that there should not put any extra pressure on the coach to stay in the title race. He is already doing very well with the team. But we have to say Aston Villa has shown code improvements over the year. They finished on the 7th position in the last season and they finished on the 14th position on the season before that. So this is good improvement. If they can actually finish in the top four it is definitely going to be an achievement. |
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So, are the rumors of a move to Real Madrid over this season?
I don't see Mbappe as Real Madrid's most wanted striker so far, even if Mbappe wants to go there. Real Madrid haven't tried to sign Mbappe so far and I don't see them making him an offer, but the rumors will persist until Mbappe is no longer in PSG uniform.
Apart from Real Madrid, I think Kylian Mbappe also has the potential to join one of the Premier League teams. Of course we don't know where we will play, but what is clear is that PSG will not let Mbappe go without profit. If possible, I would like to see Mbappe at Arsenal if he really wants to move to the Premier League.
Whether that will happen or not we just have to wait to see how this develops because when we look at the rumours and news that are happening now it is actually very confusing and we know that even though there are some reports about some clubs such as Madrid or Liverpool who are said to be in communication with Mbappe but I think this is where we have to be wise and not get carried away with the cheap traffic created by some media because whether Mbappe goes or not everything will be answered when the time comes, it's just that for now we still have to wait and be smart to find news whose sources can be trusted. Until now I still hold Fabrizio's words because of his track record which can be trusted in reference to what he has reported and in his tweets until now Mbappe still does not discuss his future and I am quite confident in that. I think he's still not saying anything seriously because he still wants to keep all his options open. Not only about which team he is going to go but also about whether he is actually going to leave or not. And I think he might actually be instructed to not talk about that. But it doesn't that go on the opposite direction for him? Because talking about him much more should be able to make his market value more right? Do let me know if I'm wrong. I think this is going to stay uncertain and in the end, he's going to stay in PSG for the money. And the coach will also be able to make him stay. |
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With the 3-0 away defeat to Torino, Napoli has lost 3 of their away matches in the Serie A league. Napoli has lost 5 of their last 8 matches in Serie A. If Napoli continues with this kind of form, I think they will not qualify for the uefa champions league next season.
-.- They have been on a break in the champions league, and I expected them to perform well in Serie A and try to accumulate plenty of points before the champions league resumed, but their poor form has continued, and their hopes of qualifying for the champions league next season are fading. This is bad for them and they need to get back to winning as soon as possible. I think Napoli's chances are closed to compete for Champions League tickets next season from Serie A tickets. The only way is maybe they have to win the Champions League, which I think is very difficult with their current performance. Last season's Serie A champions finally had to struggle to defend their title. This season's Serie A competition will belong to Inter and Juventus. and there will be no other teams to interfere. Napoli's performance recently is very abysmal. Who would have said that they are the defending champions right now after losing to Torino with that margin and drawing with Monza? They are currently in 9th position and the way things are looking right now, they are not even going to play in the Uefa Conference League. I actually don't think they will be winning the game between them and Barcelona either. I know Barcelona themselves are struggling but Napoli's current situation is very dire. Maybe they can do something about their bad performance in the January transfer market. |
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Warner has retired from Test and ODI but will continue to play T20 cricket, as per my knowledge. He is no doubt one of the greatest opening batsmen produced in the history that can play test, ODI and T20 format. He play test as genuine test player while in T20I he is a solid hitter like a young player. Aussies have a good domestic setup and they will produce some other great opener to replace Warner.
David Warner will continue to play T20 as well as various domestic league tournaments. Many national cricketers are hoping for a form like David Warner's farewell to the Test and ODI format. He could have served the Australian team for another four to five years if he wanted, but he felt it was the right decision to retire earlier. If David Warner is to catch up, he has given the opportunity to the youth, he has retired. David Warner will be truly missed in ODI and Test cricket especially when it comes to big innings, surely every Aussie fan will remember him. To be honest I agree with @MusaPk. In the three tests that Pakistan has played in Australia, I think Warner got about 5-6 chances in the 6 innings that he played in these 3 tests. He scored so many runs after he got them second chances. He would have probably scored half the runs that he scored in this series than he did after getting all the chances. Shaheen Afridi and Jamal were getting the fielders the chances in the early stages of the match with the new ball and Warner would have gotten out early on so many occasions. But despite all that he is still an Australian legend I think it will be hard for Australia to replace him. |
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Zimbabwe's team is very weak this season, as they are not able to perform well defending the wickets. But in the second ODI match today, the Zimbabwean team kept the wicket but could not advance in terms of runs. If the Zimbabwe team wants to win this match today, then the batting performance has to be improved, if the Sri Lanka team can be given a target of 300 plus runs, the Zimbabwe team can win. Now the current pair is Craig Ervine is progressing towards the century, if he can play patiently today then Craig Ervine will definitely be able to complete 100 runs. He is at his best in the current season.
Although Zimbabwe is comparatively a weak team but I think they have performed well against Sri Lanka in today's match. Where 208 runs were lost against Sri Lanka, and they were able to bat well in the first innings. However, from the moment Sri Lanka came out to bat in the second innings, the Sri Lankan batsmen batted very badly due to which their wickets fell quickly. Sri Lankan batsman Janith Liyanage has come a long way, he has scored 74 runs off 103 balls, his batting performance is outstanding and he is batting well towards a century. If the Sri Lankan team can play in pairs at the moment then it is definitely possible to win the match against Zimbabwe, although the Sri Lankan team has lost 6 wickets at the moment. There is a good chance that the Sri Lankan team is in favor of Zimbabwe today, there is not much of a margin of runs, at the moment they need to collect 76 runs from just 91 balls, which is quite possible if Sri Lanka can play well. So Far Sri Lanka has scored 160 runs and 6 wickets have fallen. Zimbabwe still has a chance of winning the match But I don't think that is going to happen. Janith Liyanage is still out there. They need 46 runs from 63 balls. I think that won't be a challenge for Sri Lanka if they can keep their wickets. Zimbabwe did struggle with the bat though, Only Craig Ervin did well with the bat scoring a beautiful 82 runs from 102 runs. Many of the batters could not even get to 2 digits of runs. And to be honest I am not surprised that they were struggling. As I have said before they are not that good of a cricketing team. I predict Sri Lanka will win this match and the next match as well. |
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For Ligue 1 there are still 5 days left to continue, of course PSG can still play quite well and have a big chance of coming out as champions this season.
Their only closest competitor is Nice but the difference between the two is 5 points so it is still far enough to be able to beat PSG.
Winning the Ligue 1 title is not difficult for PSG now. Their main opponent is Nice. Nice's performance is not very strong. Although the performances have been stable, they are facing a lot of problems scoring goals. Their performance is stable due to strong defense. However, if the performance of the attacking players is weak, it will be very difficult to continue the good performance in the long journey and occupy the top spot in the table. I would say Luis Enrik's main target now is to do well in the Champions League. Despite performing well in Ligue 1, their performance in the Champions League was quite poor in the group stage. Therefore, if PSG wants to survive in the competition of the Champions League, the performance of PSG needs to be improved. |
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Arsenal have lost one of their hopes of winning a trophy this season because they were eliminated by Liverpool in today match. Of course the fans are quite disappointed with the results of today match but it must be admitted that Liverpool is more consistent than Arsenal. Even in the Premier League, Arsenal also had to give up their main place for Liverpool and I think Liverpool has really frustrated Arsenal this season.
Well, if Arsenal lose again in the epl match, they will automatically give up even more on winning the trophy this season. I think Arteta has to change Arsenal playing tactics to be better in the next match. He has to raise Arsenal enthusiasm to end the recent series of bad results.
Arsenal have experienced bad results both in the FA Cup and in the EPL. Losing to Liverpool might not be that embarrassing because Liverpool is indeed a very strong team this season. But I am very disappointed with Arsenal who lost to Fullham in the EPL. I feel that the Arsenal players' mentality is slowly starting to decline. And this makes Arsenal have a declining performance. Especially in their attack line. They always fail to convert shots into goals. Very often the opportunities they get only end in failure. Arteta must immediately address this. Because if Arsenal's weakness in attack is not immediately corrected, Arsenal will only end up not getting anything this season. In fact, now the difference between Arsenal and Liverpool in the EPL has also widened to a difference of 5 points. Arsenal's opportunity may indeed end if they fail to get full points in the next match in the EPL. Arsenal's hopes may be in the Champions League which will be even more difficult. With Arsenal's current performance, I'm even starting to doubt them in the last 16 of the UCL. Even though I have seen Arsenal become a strong team since the start of the season. But it is very unfortunate that in the middle of this season Arsenal experienced quite a drastic setback. Asenal's current problem is the accuracy of the final settlement. they performed quite well at the start of the season, but now they are experiencing problems with declining performance. The last 3 matches without a win are clearly a blow to Arteta's squad. he had to immediately make a plan to awaken his players' mentality. It's still not too late to catch up on the points difference with Liverpool. but if he loses 1 or 2 more games, maybe Arsenal will have to forget about chasing Liverpool at the top. The Arsenal team is now in crisis. Arsenal's performance showed weakness after their 4-3 win against Luton Town. And their main weakness is forward players not being able to finish properly. Arsenal players are creating a lot of attacking opportunities, but they are not able to score goals. Arsenal have scored only 5 goals in their last 7 matches. For a team as big as Arsenal, this is very low. Coach Arteta should now only focus on the Premier League and try to improve the mentality of his attacking players. He doesn't seem to have any other option. Arsenal's overall situation is unlikely to improve unless the forwards improve in performance. |
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Not an impressive performance for Barcelona against Barbastro in the Copa del Rey although Barcelona can win but concede two goals against a team that can be said to have quality far below Barcelona, and in six matches in all competitions Barcelona's net has always conceded goals even in a friendly match last month they lost to the Club America team competing in the Mexican league, so it looks like Barcelona's defense is currently quite weak.
Barcelona will face Osasuna in the Spanish Super Cup match and after that face Real Betis in the Laliga match and face Betis as an away team it is very possible that Barca will only get one point seeing Betis is quite solid when playing at home and some strong teams have been held to a draw by Betis such as Real Madrid and Girona.
Barcelona players dominated the match. They have been able to do a lot of attacks. But even then Barcelona's performance was not good enough. Barcelona won the match. But Barcelona conceded two goals against a team as weak as Barbastro. From this, it is understood that Barcelona's defense is now very weak. Barcelona's performance in La Liga has been erratic. If the team still can't get back on track, and can't consistently perform well, Barcelona will be knocked out of the title race. Barcelona is 7 points behind Madrid and Girona. |
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Better fielding is more important than batting and bowling. A bowler bowled well but the fielders did not take the catch or did not field well due to which the confidence of the bowlers went down a bit which resulted in them not playing the ball in the right place later on. Pakistan finished the game quickly where the Test is a 5-day game. It was not easy for Pakistan to play against Australia on Australian soil, I admit it but Pakistan is one of the big teams and they must do well in the away series. A good performance at home is worthless if the visiting team can't do well against the opposition. Pakistan could not perform well against Australia on Australian soil, rather their performance has worsened. I think Batting, Bowling, and fielding all 3 of them have the same importance. But I will agree with you that bad fielding makes the confidence of the bowlers go down. But in test matches, the bowlers can barely create chances and if the fielders drop it, it hurts them a lot. You cannot let someone like Warner get 2-3 chances in 3 test matches. But I think the fielding problem can be fixed within a short time. The long time problem is that their batting. Literally, none of them are reliable right now except Rizwan. Literally, none of them scores runs consistently. Shan Masood scored a few 50s and he looks a bit reliable. Salman Agha got talents but he lacks consistency, Saud Shakeel also the same. Abdullah Shafique, Imam ul Haque are also the same. |
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Milan managed to get 3 points away from home with 3 goals.Milan are really chasing their rivals in the championship race this season.Empoli didn't play very well at home but managed to get into many goal positions but had problems scoring goals.Milan, on the other hand, made it easy to win the match with goals scored in the first half.
Napoli's bad run continues.Napoli lost 3-0 away to Torino and are already out of the championship race.Torino led 1-0 at half time and made good use of Napoli's 10 men in the second half to score and win the match.Mazzochi's red card at the start of the second half changed everything.
AC Milan got what they deserved, with their significant difference, who thought Empoli would win? and even if it does it's probably based on luck. AC Milan wasted no time and in the 11th minute they were able to score their first goal, and they were able to double their lead in the 31st minute through the penalty spot, Giroud was the executor who successfully did his job well. In the second half they played more comfortably because of the 2 goal lead they achieved in the first half, in the 88th minute they managed to seal the win by scoring another goal. Actually, the game between Torino and Napoli was balanced, it's just that Torino could have been more effective. Losing a player in the second half made it even more difficult for Napoli and finally Torino was able to take advantage of their superior number of players by scoring 2 additional goals. Napoli have gone downhill so much, they are different from what I saw last season. Even though it was EMpoli's home match, naturally Milan were favorites in this match. And they got a nice 3-0 win. This was the expected result. The dominance of the Milan players was quite eye-catching throughout the match. They took a 2-0 lead in the first half. Empoli's players attacked a lot. However, they cannot attack very strongly. As EMpoli played in an attacking strategy, it became easier for Milan players to score. If EMpoli plays a defensive strategy, maybe Milan will win 1-0 or 2-0 narrowly. Napoli have once again disappointed their fans. After such great dominance in the previous season, their performance has been a little weak since the start of this season. And against Torino, Napoli lost by a huge margin of 3-0. No one expected such a result. Because the Napoli team was considered as the favorite in the match. |
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Deepti Sharma's responsible batting allowed the Indian team to set a descent target of 131 runs. Deepti Sharma collected 31 runs from 27 balls. India collected 130 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs.
A target of 131 runs cannot be called a small target. This is a good enough target. If the bowlers are able to bowl controlled from the beginning of the innings then India has a chance to win. Because in the first T20 match we saw that the Australian batsmen could not bat very well. So the match is likely to be competitive. And in today's match both the teams have equal chances of winning so far.
Now its game on the Indian women team bowlers if they will try to collect more wickets then the India will be able to win this. Otherwise I am not looking that they will win this match. India should focus on collecting wickets but Australian Women team is looking more strong today. But still this is really difficult to say which will win this match but I think Australia will win today match and series will be tied and the last match will decide who will win the series. Australia women's team got off to a good start as they scored 33 runs in four overs so far. If India Women's team could have kept the wickets down at the start then maybe India Women's team would have had a chance in today's match but with the state of the match so far there is no chance of India Women's victory. Australia women's team needs 96 runs from 93 balls to win which is a fairly easy target. The two openers got off to a good start but now the Australian team is under pressure. After losing the wickets of the two openers, their batting has become quite slow. At the end of 11 overs, Australia women's team managed to collect 68 runs with the loss of two wickets. Australia women's team needs 63 runs from 54 balls to win. And it will not be an easy task for Australia. Indian bowlers are bowling very controlled. Deepti Sharma in particular bowled well. He picked up two wickets with just 3 runs in 2 overs. However, if McGrath and Perry can stay at the crease, Australia's chances of victory are still high. Australia women's team scored 95 runs in 15 overs. They need 36 runs from the last 5 overs to win. As Australia women team has just lost 3 wickets. So it will not be difficult for them to score 36 runs off 30 balls. Ellyse Perry is still at the crease. He is a very experienced batsman. Gardner and Litchfield are also capable of batting well. A target of 140+ might have made the match more competitive and India Women's team would have had a better chance of winning. However, if Australia women's win in today's match will return the series tied at 1-1. The final match will decide which team will win the series. Litchfield and Elysse Perry's partnership led to Australia winning the second T20 match. Litchfield scored 18 off 12 balls and Ellyse Perry scored 34 off 21 balls. But almost every batsman in Australia's squad had batting descent. After losing the wicket of Gardner, the Australia women's team was under some pressure. But due to Litchfield's responsible batting, Australia did not have any problem to win the match. Australia women's team reached the target of victory by losing only 4 wickets in 19 overs. Shreyanka Patil and Amanjot Kaur gave plenty of runs. Patil gave 40 runs in his 4 overs and AManjot Kaur gave 19 runs in 2 overs. |
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After seeing Manchester United perform well in the previous season, and Manchester United qualifying for the Champions League, Ten Hag had increased confidence among Manchester United fans. We all expected Manchester United to perform better this season. But Manchester United's performance has been weaker this season. Manchester United team is not able to win even against weak teams.
I don't blame the owner of Manchester United. Ten hag received major funding before the start of this season. But he could not stabilize the party. He bought Hojlund. And Hojlund has so far completely failed to perform well.
Beside not get support with major funding for signing top players in this season, Manchester United faced internal problem in their changing room and make Erik ten Hag difficult to bring back Manchester United n consistency performance. Get confidence with last season success made United qualify to Champion League but drastically drop performance on this season where Manchester United have eliminated from champion League group phase and fail to reach top fourth position. Management must learn with their mistake less funding support Erik ten Hag on last window transfer they need prepare much fund for this winter transfer window with many side have prepare from defensive until attacking line position. I think the biggest problem is the management, to be honest. Erik Ten Hag can't seem to be doing anything right. Whoever a new player joins in the team, they fail to perform like they used to before coming to the club. Look at Antony and Onana. Onana was supposed to replace De Gea but he is nowhere near De Gea in terms of performance. I think only Courtois can replace De Gea, to be honest. On the other hand, Antony did not even score a single goal this season. What is this man? He is a forward and he should be putting his team through by scoring goals. Bruno also failed this season. They used to perform very well but I think Erik Ten Hag messed it up. |
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harry kane has already scored 21 goals. that's really amazing. i personally didn't expect that. i thought he was already too old for the bundesliga. 12 or 14 goals . that was my guess. but 21 goals in 15 matches is really fantastic. maybe someone would like to see all of harry kane's goals. you can see all the goals again on youtube. have fun watching. https://youtu.be/O3UbkpNCg4A There is nothing surprising to me and yes, becoming the top scorer in the Bundesliga also seems like an easy achievement for Kane. Because after all, I realize that the style of play of Bayern Munich and Tottenham is clearly different and therefore, it is very possible for Kane to become Bayern Munich's goal machine. Vice versa, if for example Kane fails to become Bayern Munich's goal machine then it might make me surprised too but regarding the results happening at this moment, I feel this kind of result is natural and feasible to happen. By the way, the abilities of Kane and Mane are clearly different so yes, when previously Bayern Munich recruited Mane and expected to be a replacement for Lewandowski. Obviously, I doubted it because after all, Mane is not a target man and of course, it will be difficult for Mane to score many goals. So yes, it is very clear that Kane is a striker who has better finishing, and thus Kane will remain productive to make many goals at Bayern Munich. I have the same reaction as you. I mean Kane is world class who needs no introduction. His ability was just hidden by Spurs trophy drought. He is proving himself right now in the Bundesliga and he is currently the highest in all the top leagues combined in Europe. I believe he will win a trophy this round if Leverkusen ends undefeated streak. Bayern's performance has been overshadowed by Leverkusen's performance right now But I don't think it will be long before they get on the top. If Bayern does not win a trophy this season then I can't even imagine how he will be trolled at the end of the season. |
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But after the failure in the World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board made several changes to them, which did not work. Pakistan needs to change mainly the players Pakistan players are not in any form currently due to which they are failing in every match. They batted well in the first innings in the third test match, I thought maybe they were going to win this test match but in the second innings they batted very badly. On that occasion, Australia whitewashed Pakistan very easily in the Test series. Australia team was great in world cup they became 2023 world cup champions.After the World Cup, Australia whitewashed Pakistan in the Test series with Pakistan, continuing with their win.
After a poor performance in the World Cup, Pakistan's selection panel, coaching staff and captain were changed but these did not improve Pakistan's performance. Change of coach, change of selectors, but these cannot improve the team's performance, but the team's performance can be improved by the mindset of the players to do better. Whenever Babar Azam was relieved of the captaincy in the Pakistan team, there was a pressure created among the players that they must perform well and they took on extra pressure and this extra pressure did not allow them to perform well. A team can go through bad times and if the cricket board does not support them during those bad times then it is difficult for the players to recover from that. It is not the right decision to drop the players but the right decision is to motivate the players and get the maximum performance from them. I think Pakistan's problem is in batting and fielding. I lost count of how many catches they had dropped in the 4 innings total. They had poor fielding performances. I think the reason is that I don't think fitness is given importance in Pakistan's cricket. Their batting has been inconsistent and mediocre. Some players perform and some players don't. It is almost as if they want a miracle to happen before for them to win a few matches. They were destroyed in Australia and only put up a fight in the 2nd test match. I don't know if they can do anything in the upcoming T20 World Cup. |
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How sure are you that Napoli would beat Barcelona in their next UCL fixture? Even with Osimhen in the game, I think the odds would be against Napoli.
Although the Afcon would require Osimhen's presence because the super Eagles don't have an established striker like him, unless we call Iwobi who is doing well at fullham, then he would be unavailable for the rest of the UCL matches or la Liga matches respectively.
It seems like no one is sure that Napoli will be able to beat Barcelona apart from Napoli themselves because of course they have to maintain optimism to raise their motivation, especially in the first leg, but of course, Napoli also realizes how much difficulty they are facing in this match even though the opportunity is still there but look at how their current condition means it is a tough thing to beat Barcelona. Barcelona is actually not as superior as many people see, they currently often have difficulty beating teams that consider can easily they overcome, especially in Laliga, several wins in local competitions seem like a bit of luck, so if Mazzari can implement the right strategy then Barcelona will also find it difficult to beat them in the first match, as long as the result is not a defeat for Napoli or a draw then Napoli has a chance of advancing to the quarter-finals, but as you said without Osimhen maybe Napoli's big problem is scoring goals. In fact, these two clubs have similarities in terms of bad things, such as Napoli, which has difficulty getting the right strategy because Mazzari is still too new as Napoli's coach and it takes a long time to be able to read and provide the right strategy for Napoli because coaches are also very influential on the future of a club. Meanwhile, Barcelona still has the same financial problems which prevent Xavi from being able to bring in more quality players and Xavi is forced to try to strengthen his players only with existing players. But in terms of experience, it is actually very influential for the club to be able to continue its journey and qualify for the next round and Barca advantage only lies in experience and Napoli superiority lies in their truly quality players. @Cryptomultiplier, I think Osimhen will be back before the UCL games against Barcelona. The AFCON final match will be on February 12 and the UCL match between them and Barcelona will be on 22 February. So I believe within these gaps he will be able to come back if Osimhen does not pick up any injury. Even after that, I think it will be a 50-50 between them. Because look at them, they are not doing very well. Suffering Serie A, out of Coppa Italia after that huge defeat against Frosinone. Barcelona on the other hand are suffering in their own league as well. They had two recent hard fought victories against very weak teams. They are financially weak meaning they cannot even strengthen their team in the January transfer window. So both teams are struggling. This match will be the only 50-50 match in my opinion in the UCL playoff. |
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This season is another season to contemplate on who will be the Scudetto winner,but it should be put to notice that the league is half way gone,and the best team has been showing how brilliant they can be.Milan has been one the best teams in the league,as well as Juventus,but the standard at which Inter has kept their play,it has made it very hard for other teams to meet the up.Its going to be another good season for them because their performance has been very good so far both in the home game and the international game.
Juventus has a tough fight in their hand which is being able to meet up the point and standard that Inter has kept for them to follow.They still have the chance to try their best before the season gets over,and know whether they can equate the point gaps between the two clubs.
I think the strongest candidate for the championship this year is Inter. Currently there is only 2 points difference between them and Juventus, but when we look at the overall performance, I see that Inter is a team that can score much more goals and has a better squad. Milan, on the other hand, plays worse than the other 2 teams, they lose a point every 2-3 weeks. The point difference is already approaching 10 points, it seems unlikely that they will be in the championship race I do think the same with Inter winning scudetto this year but on the same time , I wouldn't count out Juventus or Milan. I'm saying this because Inter is well known to play a bit bad after the winter break and both Juve and Milan will try to speculate this as much as they can + they will face each other pretty soon on Serie A right ? but yea , overall , Inter should be champions at the end of the season. I actually would put Juventus above Inter Milan, to be honest. They are having financial problems as far as I know and it may push them to sell one of their key players. I am already hearing rumors about Calhanoglu being linked with other clubs. They have very intense fixtures coming up as well. Starting from the first week of February, there are going to be matches against Juventus, and then UCL matches as well against Atletico Madrid. Going through these matches and then playing the Serie A match will be really rough. If they were 5 points ahead like they were before the previous game week, I would have said Inter is ahead. But considering these tough fixtures, I believe Juventus will climb up on Inter Milan. But that does not mean that I am not saying Inter Milan would not win the Scudetto, I am saying Juventus has more chances than Inter Milan. |
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Sure Kane has a lot of talent, no doubt about that.
But you must also consider he plays for the best team of a decade in Germany, so is also complimented by a lot of quality players.
This means the total focus of a teams defence will never be on Kane with this kind of squad. Other players are also dangerous to score which gives Kane more space and possibilities to create.
Also he never played anywhere else but England and now a half season in Germany. Saying he can play anywhere is a little bit too much. In Italy for example they play harder defence, not sure if this translates to his game.
Saying about Kane, talent is not enough because he was considered does not have potential to become a star player when he was young. It means he actually was very ambitious about his career, confident about himself and also very professional in training, playing to achieve what he has now. Now, we can say he is a talented player but he has more, experience which is very important in big matches and big competitions. It is a biggest value from Harry Kane that Bayern Munich saw and bought him from Tottenham Hotspur. He can score goals, many goals like or even more than Lewandowski but he provides more than goals, he can make key passes and assists which Lewandowksi can not do well like Kane. It helps Bayern operation in matches become more unpredictable and consequently more dangerous for opponents. If you are doubting Kane's skill by any chance @AHOYBRAUSE then what you are thinking is absurd. He was someone who put up a fight with Haaland in the Premier League in the top scoring. He is the highest scorer in all of Europe's top leagues combined. The Premier League is literally the toughest league in the world and the most indeed. It is no surprise he has achieved what he has achieved with Bayern Munich. As for him playing in Italy, I think he would be successful there as well. Strong defense or not, a world class striker like Kane finds his way around the field. Look at Lukaku and Ronaldo, both did pretty good in Italy despite not playing there. I know Serie A is super defensive but those were not the problem for Ronaldo and Lukaku before he went to Chelsea. I believe Kane won’t face a problem either. He holds the capability to play in every league I believe. |
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Xavi Hernandez will not be sacked afterall, Barcelona was lucky enough not to end the game in a draw tie, alot of mistakes was done on Barcelona side, but any how they manage to win the match. However, Las Palmas was the team that messed up big time, a match they were leading with 1-0 have suddenly changed to a draw tie and also they couldn't hold on much longer because Barcelona keep pressing and another goal was netted injury time after Las Palmas player was issued a red card, that weakened the entire squad that was planning for atleast draw tie. Achieving victory over Las Palmas was achieved with great difficulty. Barcelona admits that they now have unstable squad depth in both the attack and defense lines. I'm sure the first half was quite boring because Las Palmas had to start the match with a goal. While Barca struggled to open up gaps, I think Xavi could be said to be dissatisfied in this match because even after winning it felt like we saw too many inappropriate comparisons. Honestly Barcelona is still at another level but fortunately Gundogan got a bonus penalty which saved Barca from this important match to secure third place in the standings. If Barca performance can be improved they will be an option to maintain position 3. Following Girona and Madrid of course they need a 2-3 with consecutive wins. I don’t think they should sack Xavi considering how he is doing, he did not have any financial backup to recruit new players and as you guys have said, they don't have any proper squad depth. They rely on young players and they will get injured if the schedules are this tough. To remain at the top, these days financial backups are very necessary. Xavi is doing very well considering what he was given by the Barcelona Board. I won't blame Xavi if he does not win anything this season. After all, injuries are not in his control. But he should be doing better than this. He is struggling against some weak teams which should not happen. Barcelona camp currently lacks motivation I believe, everyone's motivation is down. He should at least finish in the top 4 to play in the UCL next season. Athletico Bilbao are right behind them and they might snatch his top 4 spots if they mess up. |
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