I can't even agree more with the people who think that Atletico Madrid underestimated Elche a lot on the previous week. Elche were a team that already relegated from the La Liga. They were a complete mess and they had nothing left as a motivation source as a result. But somehow they still can beat one of the strongest teams in the league.
I know that Atletico Madrid are already very safe in top four now but they have been trying to finish the season at the best position possible which is the 2nd one. But this inexplicable loss helped Real Madrid get back the position from them for now.
Yes, the problem of being overconfident like that actually makes them feel at a loss in this competition. They are too confident with their conditions and Elche which is actually quite different but in the end their scheme really succeeded in being broken by Elche very well. Now Atletico have to come back to accept that they are in 3rd position even though their Champions League guarantee is not touched by other clubs. |
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The advantage Roma captured by a 1-0 win is important of course. However I still don't see this score much safe for them at the same time. Because we are talking about another dedicated team like Leverkusen under Xabi Alonso's management. I believe in them fully about not giving up until the final whistle in the second leg. They have shown this dedication example so far in the tournament many times you know. The first leg wasn't a one-sided match either. Leverkusen were just not having a good day to make use of the chances.
But in Germany we could see a very interesting scenario. Leverkusen seem to be focused on the Europa League more now so I expect them to be well-prepared for Roma. I think Roma will try to play more defensive this time especially while Mourinho is managing the team. Leverkusen had better play more efficient this time.
Leverkusen's current problem is still in their performance condition. It's a pity that in the previous few weeks they were quite good, but for now they are a little stuck. Actually, I still believe in Leverkusen in the second leg, but for that to happen, Xabi needs to improve the mentality of the players so that they are more motivated to be in the final later. |
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Is it me or does everyone agree that Freiburg has equal chances to finish top four?
They have worse goal statistics , which means that they will lose any comparison between them and Union Berlin and Leipzig and they are three points and four points behind with two games left, respectively. I have issues detecting the tricky part here that makes you think Freiburg has equal chances. Please explain it to me.
I agree with you because no matter what, with 2 defeats in the last 2 weeks, it seems that they have to give up the Champions League this season, especially considering that there are only two matches left and they still have to face Wolfsburg and Frankfurt, which of course makes it difficult. On the other hand, I am also not convinced to see Union or Leipzig lose 2 times in a row in the rest of their matches because this is clearly a chance, although it is still possible but difficult. |
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Liverpool team just managed to score the third goal against leicester thanks to alexander arnold to make it 3 0 agains, now they are in a tough spot since they are in the relegation zone and losing an important game will surely break the players morale, their two remaining games are really tough it seems that their chances of survival are really thin.
The match looks like it will end with a score of 0-3 for Liverpool by looking at the current conditions but if they still intend to do more, of course the remaining 5 minutes can still be maximized. In this competition I was quite captivated by the performance of Curtis Jones. He is a young player but his playing vision is quite good and this brace deserves him to be MOTM in this competition. |
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I absolutely agree with @harapan because both of them can actually play for better teams. If they are actually willing to move they can move to other clubs which are performing better. There is no reason for them to actually play for Chelsea right now when Chelsea is not even playing in the Champions League in the next season. Chelsea might actually be interested in them.
But I am quite sure that they are not interested in Chelsea. It could be better for them to stay where they are instead of moving to Chelsea.
In this case especially for Kane because if the reason he moved is to become a player who really aims for trophies then Chelsea is clearly not something that is right for him. There are still some potential clubs and of course when saying this, the first club is clearly referring to Bayern even though it is true that Bayern is still difficult for the Champions League but at least they can still win the Bundesliga. |
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Brighton are in great form, so it was no unexpected surprise to me... Arsenal failed to beat Southampton and West Ham in a very crucial moment... So I had no doubt Brighton could win, especially after the first half... I think that after Arsenal lost to Man City and ended up in second place in the standings their motivation dropped... City, on the other hand, had a huge motivation this year...
Not sure to conclude Brighton is in good form or not. They failed to win against small teams (Everton, Nottm Forest), but they won against top teams (Arsenal, Man United, Chelsea). I think Brighton deserves to say ' top teams killer', they succeed to beat big teams in EPL lately. I don't know what's wrong with this team, they are only motivated to win against strong teams. However, Brighton is quite successful this season, they can be in the top 6. Anyway, defeated by Brighton, Arsenal must forget the EPL trophy. They will finish in 2nd place only, they have failed to win the trophy. It is very unfortunate, Arsenal can lead EPL table for a long time but they must drop the position toward the end of the season. For a club like them regardless of the current state they are still good. Currently in 6th position with their condition after being abandoned by several previous core players and the coach has not dampened their performance this season because they are really very good. On the other hand, for their condition, it seems that for the next few seasons they will be a substitute for Leicester if their performance continues like this. |
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Really unfortunately, Leverkusen should have been able to steal three points although playing away, as they need points to be in sixth place. Although their points are currently the same as Wolfsburg, and maybe today draw not bad result for them but this draw results is quite disappointing for me. But also considering they are currently focused on the Europa League, so maybe Xabi Alonso will not take the risk of losing players due to injury in today match.
Even though they should have been able to secure this match apart from providing stimulus and pressing to the club above them, this could also be used as a whip for enthusiasm because of course Leg 2 they still had to work very hard but they failed even though 1 point is still pretty good, but on the other hand they still failed to overtake Wolfaburg now. |
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It's really a crazy thing that still happens a lot but on the other hand does it really have to be like that where it doesn't matter if they are relatives or not but they cross that limit just to gamble.
This is really unhealthy because apart from him being a cruel person, on the other hand I'm pretty sure he can't control the gambling conditions he does which makes him all consumed by a heavy addiction.
Any addict that is addicted enough will basically do anything to obtain the thing that the person is addicted to. There are of course different levels depending on what causes the addiction, but the brain is an interesting thing and it will create crazy plans to obtain what it is lacking. In a way this is a powerful machinery that could be used extremely successfully when the addiction is positive, but also a horrible thing when the addiction is negative. But in this case he doesn't seem human because it's part of his own family but he's willing to do that just for fun. Even though in this case gambling is something that cannot be let go but of course as humans we also have to have a conscience so that we are still considered human beings but things like that really make me boil just by reading it. |
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It's really a crazy thing that still happens a lot but on the other hand does it really have to be like that where it doesn't matter if they are relatives or not but they cross that limit just to gamble.
This is really unhealthy because apart from him being a cruel person, on the other hand I'm pretty sure he can't control the gambling conditions he does which makes him all consumed by a heavy addiction.
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Good news for Manchester United supporters even if most of them will not agree with me that the team still needs De Gea, but sentiments aside David De Gea is a Manchester United legend and has delivered even in their tough seasons, he certainly deserves a contract extension. Agreeing to a salary cut also shows his patriotism and love for the club.
I think there hasn't been an official announcement regarding De Gea future with Manchester United because he hasn't given a definite answer whether he will stay or leave when his contract ends this season. This season, De Gea has been irreplaceable as Manchester United goalkeeper and he has also done a pretty good job by keeping 16 clean sheets which puts him in the top spot as the winner of the golden gloves. But I think he will sign a new contract at the end of the season because he is still believed to have a first place under erik ten hag. As far as I see the negotiations are continuing in terms of agreement on both sides. Indeed, this sounds a little cruel for De Gea, but on the other hand, Ten Hag is trying a little more to reorganize what is possible to become a concern in the future. De Gea's condition should be better in the rest of this match because otherwise the possibility of him leaving will be very possible especially in this case there have been many rumors about Manchester United trying to find a new goalkeeper because this season there have already been some decisions by De Gea that are not accurate which cost Manchester United. |
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Eden Harzard on the show
It is absolutely a thing of joy seeing Hazard lead the Madrid team at the top front. As an English fan I haven't been happy with the slide of Hazard and I believe if he is given a good playing time, he can find his form.
Real Madrid chose to rest many of their players as the likes of Rudiger, Kroos, Modric, Vinicius, Benzema are not seen on the pitch.
A win more Madrid tonight will be a hope for Hazard's career.
He was given the trust again after a long absence but his form in this competition did not go well for Hazard. When talking about being given more minutes it is possible to be able to get up but this is Real Madrid which when given an opportunity and can't take advantage of it then indeed it is over. Hazard is not the only one like this because we know some previous players like Isco, Kovavic or even Bale have also felt the same way. |
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The season is nearly over for Chelsea and there is no hope for them to take a better place in the league this season, Chelsea lost points against the teams they should normally win without a problem, and the three remaining games for Chelsea are almost the hardest games because they have to face Manchester City, Macnshter United, and Newcastle while all these teams had good performance recently.
Whereas if you look at the condition of the team against Nottingham Forrest they should try harder and bring 3 points in this match because regardless of the condition it will be difficult for them in the rest of the upcoming match. The last 3 opponents are clubs that are in the top 4 at the moment, obviously this will be a big problem if they have to lose all points from the 3 remaining games of the season because if that happens they will drop to a lower position. |
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Milan lost too, what is happening?
Even though they are favorites in this competition, but the fact must be accepted when they have to lose with a score that really cannot happen. They played quite well in the first half at least their chances were on target but indeed Dragowski also played very well in this match but for the second half they lost several times with Spezia's fast attack. |
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This can be very bad for Real Madrid if they end this season at their place on the table and they lose even the second place the table because they had bad results in La Liga and they put full energy into other tournaments like the champions league, considering the remaining game for both teams I don't think if Atletico Madrid makes any mistake and let Real Madrid take their place back in the league.
The current conditions still make it possible for Madrid to return to the initial position of runner up, but of course this must be accompanied by them playing a good match later. On the other hand, actually with the rest of the current competition for some reason I'm still quite confident that they can get back to that position. The gap is still quite close at the moment, but now we just have to wait for Atletico who will still face some matches which are actually quite troublesome, especially for the last 2 matches. |
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Since west ham just like wanna try to rob another club by putting very big clause release for rice and that was forcing arsenal to change its target into the mahmoud. Sky Sports reports that the Hammers have set a huge £120million price tag on their captain, which may make him unattainable. https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/transfer-news/arsenal-rice-deal-transfer-gundogan-26897704It doesn't even make sense to put very high clause release for the player that never won any achievements. Westham was so dumb, greedy team. Mahmoud was dortmund's player. Having him will able to fix the central problem that has been facing by arteta's club. It's the time for arsenal avoid to buy player with non sense price. Mahmoud can be secure with free transfer in summer as romano has been confirming it. Agree with what you said because regardless of anything at the moment many people are interested in bringing him but the price is obviously too high. On the other hand it seems that in this case West Ham wants to follow in the footsteps of Aston Villa who succeeded in releasing Grealish at a very expensive price to Manchester City but on the other hand by setting a big clause like this the hope is that they may not want to give Rice to anyone. |
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Now another team can overtake Lazio.
Milan and Inter however will do a bit of turnover of players, saving them for the Champions League.
It will be an interesting turn.
Both Inter and Milan have to secure a Champions League spot for the next year while battling for the title of the current one. Luckily their next games aren't that hard so they can rotate a bit the teams. Spezia and Sassuolo should profit from that situation Lazio successive defeats made them very vulnerable. They were the second in the ranking with a good advantage, now they risk to lose their UCL spot after drawing vs Lecce! Inter's current condition is much better, only for Milan at the moment, although there is still a chance, but they should expect Lazio to be in the same condition as it is now because it is clearly beneficial to them. At least one or two more times Lazio can't make their performance improve, so it can be ensured that Milan can pray for that position provided they do the competition in Serie A well. |
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Leeds against Newcastle will be the EPL opener this week and I think it should be an easy game for Newcastle. We know that in the previous game Newcastle failed to get 3 points at home against Arsenal and made them fail to widen the gap back from Manchester United. This will be an opportunity for Eddie Howie's squad to be able to lock their position in 3 standings so that no other team can replace it.
Meanwhile, Leeds are still in poor form with consecutive defeats and as the new coach of Leeds Sam Allardyce is targeted to be able to bring Leeds out of the relegation zone this season and he doesn't have much time because there are 3 games left.
Newcastle must not miss their chance to end the league in 3rd place in the standings. Leeds is an easy opponent if we compare as a whole, so there should be no reason for Leeds not to be able to win this game. Although they will act as guests, their strength is far above Leeds. This is their big chance to get 3 full points and keep their distance from Manchester United who are in 4th position. Indeed, the remaining matches in the Premier League are very crucial for teams that do not have the right distance from their competitors. Currently the main target that must be achieved is simply to win the match against Leeds to look for additional points to give Manchester United a distance.
Newcastle is in a very dangerous position at the moment which is pressing players to play well against Leeds. This could actually be easy because of course we know with the current condition of Leeds they are still able to lock the match with 3 points for Newcastle in their visit to Leeds' home. Last week's defeat slightly made their momentum disappear temporarily but with the ambition to stay in the Champions League I think this will be easy for Newcastle. |
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This is a bit complicated now because when they focus on Serie A then this will also have an impact on their conditions in Leg 2 due to their slightly tight schedule.
On the other hand, with the defeat in the semi-final for the first leg, it further emphasizes that Milan's condition is always chaotic at the beginning of the half, especially in the first 15 minutes, which makes it possible that this could be used well by Spezia later.
I'm sure that with conditions like this, many Milan players are tired because they have very solid matches, which makes the coach have to really manage his players to stay in good condition.Milan lost in the first leg, so in the second leg, Milan must try to win by exerting all its strength to attack and strengthen its defense. Milan must always try to shoot at the opponent's goal with the slightest chance. Now their condition seems to be a little more able to catch up especially with the condition of Lazio who did not play well today, making them definitely try to get 3 points now. The Champions League is really difficult now with a 2-goal deficit and I think this can be used as a gamble whether they will focus on one of the competitions or impose their will by trying to achieve the best results. |
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Even though there are still players who are injured and cannot play to strengthen Milan. But still Ac Milan will be favored in the match against Spezia. Because we can see the difference in strength between the two. And Ac Milan really shouldn't waste the opportunity to get full points to try to get into the top 4. we are at the end of the season so Milan can't lose even if it's only 1 match.
This is a bit complicated now because when they focus on Serie A then this will also have an impact on their conditions in Leg 2 due to their slightly tight schedule. On the other hand, with the defeat in the semi-final for the first leg, it further emphasizes that Milan's condition is always chaotic at the beginning of the half, especially in the first 15 minutes, which makes it possible that this could be used well by Spezia later. |
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Wolves, Bournemouth, Chelsea and Fullham are the 4 teams that will be Manchester United's opponents. these 4 teams have performance that is difficult to predict. Especially Chelsea, who have been inconsistent from the start. But they have quality players so they can get the right strategy that returns them to their best performance like when they beat Bournemouth yesterday. So that with Manchester United's condition, which actually experienced a decline in the last match, it will definitely make every remaining match difficult for Manchester United itself. And this is why Liverpool should be able to take advantage of this and win the remaining 3 matches properly. While expecting Manchester United to slip to defeat by one of the teams from these 4 matches. But honestly I feel Man Utd will stay in the top 4 and get a ticket to the Champions League.
Manchester United problem for now I think is not centered on the opponent they will face but on their performance. Currently their problem is when they always lose in the momentum to score goals because their finishing is not going well. No matter how bad the opponent's condition is when they can't create a goal, it will feel free because they always waste opportunities in the end. |
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