Manchester City seemed to experience a serious disaster at the end of the season and they had to lose several key players ahead of a crucial match. It seems that not only De Bruyne, Kyle Walker and Ederson but Akanji and Stones were also hit by the same injury. But if it is true that Kyle Walker can recover more quickly, of course that will be quite good and at least their defense will not be as weak as we think.

I think against Arsenal they have to be in really good form and Manchester City have to be able to overcome that later. Apart from that, the match against Real Madrid in the Champions League is another important thing for them to advance to the semifinals. But if when the time comes there has been no progress from the players then Pep Guardiola will have to re-strategize so that the carelessness he is worried about can be resolved properly.

Indeed, we certainly still remember how the match went, which was so fierce and we didn't want to lose. But again, Real Madrid has blood in the Champions League and it will be very difficult for any team to get rid of them. But the placement will be different when Real Madrid will face Manchester City and maybe that could be the end of their journey this season.

We know how Manchester City is the defending champion and the team that can be avoided the most in the early rounds. But Real Madrid has to face it and I think it will be a challenge for Real Madrid to be able to avenge last season's defeat. Victory will definitely belong to Manchester City but the luck factor will be completely in the hands of Real Madrid, I think so far that is the exact picture.

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Manchester United is starting to spread its wings again and this time they are interested in bringing in Crystal Palace's talented winger, Michael Olise. As is known, for the winger position, Manchester United often experience deadlock and the available options sometimes make Erik Ten Hag not very confident about his current squad, especially for next season. Michal Olise is a right winger and he seems to be left footed, so this is the perfect fit for that position.

Hearing this news, Crystal Palace immediately raised the price of their players to 60 million euros and as we know, this tradition has been normal since several seasons ago when there were big EPL teams who were interested in bringing in key players from weak teams. I'm curious whether the Red Devils are willing to pay 60 million euros for his services or are looking for other options. Looking at Michael Olise's statistics so far it's not too bad with 6 goals and 3 assists.

The international break is almost over and we will soon be back in Bundesliga action starting this week. The opening match will pit Gladbach against Freiburg and I think it will be a fairly even match. If we look at the standings, the two are not much different and only differ by 5 points. Of course Freiburg will be quite the favorite even as the visiting team and Gladbach must be able to secure full points if they want to take points short of Freiburg.

However, if we look at the H2H of both, here the results are dominated by draws and we can see that in the last 4 meetings they always ended in a draw. Maybe the result will not be much different but I doubt that Gladbach will lose this match. I think that with such an uncertain result, I will not place a bet from the start of the match and would rather make sure beforehand as the match progresses. Do you have any predictions for this match later?

It's not strange if we see odds like this and indeed anything is possible regardless of the points distance between the two teams in the standings. Lazio could beat Juventus and vice versa Juventus could also do it. I think it will be difficult to predict the final result and sometimes we are tempted by such big odds. Maybe you should be careful if in the end the two teams only play a draw and that is the most certain possibility in my opinion.

Betting on both teams scoring is quite reasonable, but there are things you need to be careful of if the two teams draw without a goal or there is a narrow 1 goal win for one of the teams above. I don't think there are that many goals so I would prefer to bet on under 2.5 goals with odds @1.56 because it is quite safe considering that Serie A is a league where there are rarely so many goals. Moreover, both teams have strong defenses, so the bigger my predictions are in that direction.

Honestly, I just found out that Almeria had just won their first win in the week before the international break and that meant they could finally breathe a sigh of relief after almost a full season without winning. Moreover, the opponent they defeated was a promoted team that performed very well this season, namely Las Palmas. I think Almeria deserves to win and this victory can be an encouragement for the players to be able to continue their victory.

But once again, it won't be easy for Almeria who are fighting at the bottom of the table and there is no chance for them to survive this season. The most rational thing for them is to go down to La Liga 2 and that is the fate they have to accept at the end of the season. How could it not be, they need at least 15 points to be able to overtake Celta Vigo and I don't think 5 wins with the remaining games will be able to save them from this situation.

Regarding the match against Osasuna later, maybe they can win again but it doesn't rule out the possibility that they will also lose quite badly. We know Osasuna also needs points despite the two previous defeats and as the visiting team Osasuna will try to steal points from Almeria.

Sometimes things like this make it increasingly difficult for Manchester United to shorten the point difference and I quite agree with your statement above that Manchester United has only a small chance of being able to overtake Aston Villa. However, Manchester United is actually in a trend that is not that bad and they could jump further up to disrupt the competition for the top four.

On the other hand, even though Aston Villa is quite comfortable, Spurs also always take advantage of the situation if Aston Villa experiences a deadlock. Of course, Aston Villa will not always be calm with such a difference and for them, not only Manchester United but Spurs will also put pressure on them in the remaining matches this season. So Unai Emery has to be really careful considering that the competition in the English Premier League is so competitive and even at the end of the season the difference is very thin to determine that.

But the problem is that Joao Cancelo will return to Manchester City after his loan period ends unless Barcelona is able to make him permanent. We know that it is quite difficult for Barcelona with their current finances to keep Joao Cancelo and if they are unable then they will have to let him go back to his old club. I think barcelona should sell their players who can make a lot of money and if not then they will lose their players back.

I agree that Lamine Yamal should be sold because he is a promising, talented young player but it seems like no club is serious about taking him because he feels he lacks enough experience to have a career in another big team. He is a genuine product of the Barcelona academy, which is why Lamine Yamal is one of the players who can promise big money for the club.

If this is true then next season will again be dominated by Bayern Munich and the hopes of some people including me to see a much healthier league will be dashed. We know that fierce competition will make the league more interesting and after knowing this news, it is certain that Bayern Munich will dominate the Bundesliga again. It's all for no reason because Bayern Munich will get one great coach this season and next season with Bayern Munich it will be easier for Xabi Alonso to win the next title.

It would not be surprising if Xabi Alonso chose to join Bayern Munich rather than Liverpool because he was also a former player for the Bavarian club and another reason might be that Xabi Alonso still feels at home in Germany and doesn't want to go outside Germany to continue making his record. Liverpool must be patient and if later they cannot get Xabi Alonso then they must move forward by recruiting another coach before the start of the season.

Maybe what differentiates these two teams in the Champions League is the winning mentality and here Bayern Munich has that. We know that Arsenal seems helpless to qualify for the quarterfinals and they have to go through a tough match against Porto. But fortunately they were still able to escape and if they didn't it would give rise to bad sentiments towards them. Perhaps there are quite a few who have high hopes for Arsenal because they have succeeded in developing an ideal squad under Mikel Arteta and this must be realized at least until the higher stages.

Therefore, even now, these expectations will still adorn the competition in this competition and Arsenal must not underestimate everyone's faith in them. Maybe even if they are eliminated, they will at least give a stunning performance against Bayern Munich instead of losing very easily like in the past.

Inter's consistency really deserves the Scudetto this season and I often say they will win the Scudetto early. The reason is that they still haven't tasted defeat since against Sassuolo and they are determined to close this season with the title they have been waiting for. Simone Inzaghi is a great coach who can always produce increasing results and there is no doubt that Inter will entrust this club to him.

The competition for the top four is the main focus in Serie A and I think the difference in points between one team and another will not be much different. Considering that all the teams are in their best performance, I am quite curious about Bologna because they can give a different appearance this season and that cannot be separated from the role of coach Thiago Motta, who was famous for his skill when he was still a football player.

We have certainly heard rumors of Bayern Munich's interest in recruiting Ronald Araujo from Barcelona, but now it seems that Bayern Munich is serious about bidding for him, even at a cost of 100 million euros. That's a fantastic price for a centre-back who can also play as a wing-back and it looks like Bayern Munich are excited to bring him to the Allianz Stadium in the summer.

Now if this offer is true, I don't think Barcelona needs to sell expensively anymore or even reject the crazy offer from Bayern Munich and as long as the market value is high then as much as possible Barcelona should sell it. I'm sure Barcelona can still find a player like Ronald Araujo and this decision will also have a big impact on the club's finances, which are still experiencing a crisis.

In your opinion, will Barcelona let Ronald Araujo go or will he keep him?

There were two funny but also quite dangerous incidents where we know that currently there is an international break and the players have to strengthen their respective countries in friendly matches. Previously, Brazil played against England and the winner was Brazil with a narrow score, but as we saw there was an incident where Bellingham faced Vinicius and both of them seemed quite happy and there was nothing to be afraid of. Even after Bellingham passed to his partner, the two of them also seemed to be laughing together. On the other hand, there was another friendly match between Germany and France where when Tchouameni dribbled the ball he was tackled hard by Toni Kroos and to be honest, this was quite scary because if Tchouameni was injured, Real Madrid would be even more disadvantaged by losing their players due to injury.

I mean they should know that this is just a test match and there is no need to be serious when meeting their teammates and here everyone is at Real Madrid. We know that Real Madrid is currently on its way to securing the La Liga title and is also continuing to take steps to win the Champions League title this season, especially in the quarter-finals against Manchester City. So keeping the players from getting injured is the most important thing in a friendly match like this and when they return to the main squad everything is fine. But fortunately Kroos' tackle was not dangerous and Tcchouameni doesn't seem to have any problems until now.

Actually I couldn't help but laugh when Kroos made that tackle and I don't know if he was excited because he had just returned to the German national team.

However, sometimes it is uncomfortable when you have to refuse a call from the national team and I think it is a disappointing thing if when needed the national team cannot be present. Maybe this attitude should emerge from the national team itself, where when they know their players have to strengthen their team in an important match or are competing to win the title, the national team should be able to give them relief not to call them up. Especially if it's just a friendly match that doesn't change anything other than just testing the team's cohesion.

Sometimes they know that it's just a friendly match, but the players play seriously, whether it's because of the prestige of playing for the national team or because they really want to be like that. In the end, hard violations leading to tackles resulting in injuries also did not escape the outcome of the match. I think this will be detrimental to future performance and so far I am still listening to Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire, hoping no other players suffer the same injury.

If we talk about the competitiveness of a league, Ligue One is still quite far behind other top European leagues. Here it is not very convincing because the rich people out there prefer to invest in clubs that have so many fans and maybe that is what makes other teams in Ligue One have no other strength to be able to compete with PSG.

On the other hand, PSG has everything from fans to a brand that is so strong that they are the only big team in France that has many fans outside of France. We often see this from several other big teams in other top European leagues who can always carry out marketing on target so that they have so many fans outside their region. So maybe we can't expect much from Ligue One because it doesn't have much weight for investors to invest here.

If possible I would prefer Benzema to return to Europe and I think there he would still be more comfortable than in the Saudi league. But there is one thing that will create bad sentiment towards the Saudi League if that happens and perhaps in the future the Saudi League will not be a suitable home for footballers from Europe. Such a summary could be made by the media and the Saudi league would again suffer losses.

Maybe even if Benzema's performance is not so promising even though he has trained again, what is important in my opinion is that Al-Ittihad can keep him until his contract ends. Because I'm pretty sure there are other profitable agreements despite his declining performance and that could at least be a replacement for his failure with Al-Ittihad.

The international break was again a disaster and this time it was reported that Harry Maguire had to leave England early because he suffered an injury against Brazil some time ago. It seems that Harry Maguire also doesn't want to take any more risks and is prioritizing his recovery so that it is faster and can strengthen Manchester United again. As we know, Harry Maguire has been Erik ten Hag's mainstay for the central defender position for quite a long time and therefore if he gets worse then Manchester United will find it difficult to find other options.

I think that after experiencing a difficult season with Manchester United, Harry Maguire cannot lose his performance again and considering that Lisandro Martinez is also still injured, he is the only hope for the defense along with Varane. Apart from that, it is reported that the injury is not too serious and he will only be out for a short time. If you look at Manchester United's schedule this week, they will play Brentford, it is certain that Harry Maguire will be absent from that match.

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PSG seems to have no responsibility in Ligue One considering that it is certain that they will win this title for the umpteenth time. It is very difficult to shift their dominance, especially with Middle Eastern ownership so all their desires can be fulfilled. They can always bring in quality players to strengthen the team and that's what other Ligue One teams don't have.

Playing against Barcelona in the Champions League will not be difficult for PSG and I think they are quite the favourites. Meanwhile, Barcelona seems quite unlucky because they have to play PSG in the quarterfinals and maybe they can hope for another opponent before facing PSG. But if Barcelona still has old traditions that they can be proud of, it is possible that PSG will also find it quite difficult to face Barcelona and that is something that must be paid attention to at this time. For betting, I think we will know after the line up comes out first because Luis Enrique often rotates his players and I want to confirm that first.

To be honest, I'm quite annoyed with this player and I wouldn't call him a star player if he continues to behave like this. His inconsistency often disrupts the performance of other players and the problems he often causes with the coach sometimes make the dressing room less harmonious. Luckily, this time he realized and was willing to make the decision to train together with his partner and I couldn't stop thinking how long he would want to be like a child.

Al-Ittihad paid him so dearly and he shouldn't have behaved like that. I know Benzema is a star player but he should be able to set a good example for local players in the Saudi league. I think his expertise as a striker could be passed on more to the players around him instead of continuing to make things worse and disappear without a trace. I hope that this time he really comes back and doesn't make it unclear again just because he often underperformed with Al-Ittihad.

In my opinion this is quite a scary sight and as we can see the difference in odds is not that big. Here we know that betting on one team will only bring risks and usually it is not what we imagine. For example, we bet on Milan but the winner is Fiorentina, even though we are sure that with odds that big we can make big money.

I think betting on over goals makes more sense and does not rule out the possibility that one team will dominate. I mean, it could be that Milan wins with a landslide score and on the other hand Fiorentina is unable to score at all. So betting on both teams scoring each other's goals is not good enough in my opinion. Milan certainly won't let Juventus take their place again and in one of these fierce matches against Fiorentina we can see they will defend it.