Even if Australia plays badly in the beginning, Australia is playing great in the next matches, moreover, it is normal that Australia will not do worse in important stages like the semi-finals. South Africa, on the other hand, do not have the ability to withstand the stress of reaching the semi-finals, which is why they have a record of being knocked out of the semi-finals more than once. The same could happen in the match on the 16th, with Australia likely to be eliminated from the semi-finals.

It is not impossible that this could happen, especially if Poche is able to bring Chelsea to finish in the top four of the Premier League. Most likely, Osimhen will be interested in playing with the Blues at Stamford Bridge. By qualifying Chelsea for the Champions League, Osimhen will be interested in joining. We don't need to talk about transfer value, because Todd Boehly can do it, especially if the player is interested.

Previously we had a flashback, Osimhen once said that he only wanted to play with Man United or Real Madrid. We can imply that this star from Nigeria is very ambitious to play in the highest caste league competition. but the problem is whether Chelsea can finish in the top four of the Premier League. if not, I'm sure Osimhen will choose another club that competes at the highest level. We are well aware that any team that brings in Osimhen means they are a big club that has capable players in it. Osimhen will be interested, to achieve his ambitions and dreams. So I say, it is not impossible if Osimhen joins Chelsea in the summer. but with the condition that Chelsea participate in the Champions League.

Or maybe, Madrid will bring him to Santiago Bernabeu. The reason is, they also need pure stickers that are very reliable. and it seems that Osimhen has thought carefully that if he stays with Napoli his path to winning the Champions League trophy will be very winding and steep. Well, we'll see in the summer transfer window.

It looks like the World Cup tournament has almost come to an end. Only three more matches to decide who will win the World Cup. India, who are unbeaten so far in this tournament, will face New Zealand in the first semi-final, who have been runners-up for the last two times. India are such a team now that it becomes very difficult to analyze them. On the other hand, South Africa will face Australia in the second semi-final. Australia's performance started off slow at the start of the group stage, but they turned around later. South Africa has shown a very good batting performance in this tournament. The two semi-final games are going to be very crowded. Just one more week to decide who will be the champion.

Al Hilal and Al Nassr currently have greater consistency than other teams, even though Al Nassr has been defeated twice, they have quickly improved their performance and won again in every match and today Al Nasar proved that this team is capable of being a strong challenger for Al Hilal with a very small difference in points.
It looks like Al Ahli this time is having a little difficulty catching up with these two top teams because I see that Al Ahli is starting to become unstable and the 9 point difference will be very difficult if they are chasing 3 wins.

Maybe that's too soon to start talking about Al Hilal and if this team is going to win the Saudi league title or now but the fact about Al Hilal is they are in the first place the Saudi league with 35 points and the only team with enough power to reach them is Al Nassr while even Al Nassr needs four points to reach Al Hilal which is a lot because Al Hilal is not going to lose points easily.

Tipping Manchester city, Real Madrid and Bayern munich as the possible UEFA Champions league winners isn't bad I mean over the years, these aforementioned clubs have really dominated the champions league but I see some turn around this time.
Currently the clubs are in good form and looks like teams that wouldn't be defeated except they meet each other but believe this is football as history are meant to be broken so I foresee a weaker team surprising the bigger clubs in this season champions league trophy.

After losing the toss against Australia, Bangladesh batted first and scored 62 runs without a wicket after the first 10 overs. Scoring 62 runs without losing any wicket in the power play is a very positive thing for Bangladesh as we have seen Bangladesh lose two or three wickets in the power play in other matches but against Australia we are seeing something different. Bangladesh's middle order is strong enough so if these two opening batsmen can bring a good collection then Bangladesh can secure a big target against Australia at the end of the first innings. Bangladesh and Australia take the field against each other today with multiple changes. Since both teams have entered the field with multiple changes, I hope these changes of both teams will be useful.

Well, it is not a good idea for a team who has qualified for the semi final of the world cup, to play irresponsibly and lose the last match before the big semi final match. This is never a good idea and South African teams know this and they have bowled well and now are 57 without wicket loss.
Quinton de Kock who has been in superb form for the South Africa is again looking good at 33 while being helped by this co-opener and captain Temba Bavuma at 18.
Earlier Azmatullah Omarzai remained not out at 97. I seriously wished he should have made his century, He was too good today and fought well against the South African bowlers. The World Cup journey will end for Afghanistan today.

After returning from the Champions League by beating Newcastle, Borussia Dortmund will face Stuttgart this week. They also need to improve on their negative record in the last 2 matches with 1 defeat and 1 draw.
Stuttgart is a team that will not be easy to beat, they also have good statistics even though in the last 2 matches they also suffered defeats. This is a home match for Stuttgart, so we can be sure they will have more motivation in this match. I think this will be a match that has a chance to draw quite large looking at their statistics this season.

Afghanistan's quality of play is not looking good as they scored only 153 runs in 36 overs and lost 6 wickets.  And because of the loss of this wicket, they are playing with a lot of fear. And thus given a target of small runs, South Africa will overcome it very easily and win the match. South Africa is far ahead in the Cricket World Cup this time. The position of South Africa is after India.  So I don't think it will be possible for Afghanistan to win this match. And even if Afghanistan play the full 50 overs, it is doubtful whether they can cross the 200-run mark.  So I think this match will be very easy for South Africa

Yes, their chances are small:

UEFA Champions League 2023/24 - To Qualify From Group F - Newcastle United

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But such is the group of death - every round (and especially two) everything turns upside down. After beating PSG they were favorites but now have become underdogs. There are still two games ahead so everything could turn around again. Tonali's disqualification and injuries have led to Newcastle having problems with their squad, now they are not playing optimally, so it's still not a matter of experience in my opinion.

2 overs remaining each for both Boult and Ferguson. The New Zealand captain maybe looking to take the remaining wicket with these bowlers. BTW, Sri Lanka just lost the 9th wicket, after Rachin Ravindra picked up the wicket of Dushmantha Chameera. Dilshan Madushanka has come to join Maheesh Theekshana at the crease and Sri Lanka are at 131/9. It has been an exceptional performance from New Zealand bowlers (especially from the pacers), after conceding 200 runs in 25 overs against Pakistan a few days ago. 

Achieving this with two matches to play is actually impressive not all teams can achieve this in the champions league and if you observe this teams closely they are all in good form lately even in their domestic leagues. Bayern Munich have been in good form and the only match they lost after a long time was when they were knocked out in the German cup by a third division club. They have been excellent lately and I think the transfer of Harry Kane has helped them well though despite this excellent run of form they still sit second on the table 2 points behind Bayern Leverkursen but i believe they would soon take their spot.

Real Madrid and Inter are also giving excellent performances recently so it is only right for them to qualify for the knockout with 2 more games to play. It is not a surprise seeing their performance in recent games and being so consistent with wins so they deserved it and if they continue this way they can even go farther in the competition.

Today's match is very important for three teams Sri Lanka, Pakistan and New Zealand. Sri Lanka wants to win today's match and stay in the top 8 of the points table. On the other hand, if New Zealand wins today's match by a big margin, the semi-final is almost guaranteed for them. Because the New Zealand team is in a much better position than Pakistan in terms of net run rate.

New Zealand won the toss and decided to field. New Zealand's bowlers picked up three wickets very quickly in the beginning. But they are giving plenty of runs. In 7 overs, Sri Lanka lost three wickets and collected 61 runs. Experienced bowlers like Tim Southee gave 35 runs in three overs and Boult took two wickets with 26 runs in 4 overs. The outfield is very fast today. If you stay at the crease on this pitch it is possible to collect more than 300 easily.

Despite being a strong team in England, they did not perform well in this World Cup, winning only 1 of 7 matches. Today I see great batting from England. Today England have so far scored 284 runs in 46 overs with the loss of 6 wickets. England were under pressure as Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Harry Brook were out, but the pair of Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes helped the team out of the pressure. With 4 overs left, Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes are on strike and they can score 320+ if they bat at the end. England will win if they score 300 plus today. Because it is very difficult for the Netherlands to win the target of 300 runs, besides England's bowling line is in a very strong position.

Yesterday not everything got as they seemed to be going,Barcelona being the biggest and ugliest surprise of the whole night,I knew that when there are a lot of favorites that play in the same date someone of them will screw it up but never thought this to be a team like Barcelona against a very weak Shakhtar considering all the problems of the war ongoing in Ukraine,despite them playing in neutral location.

For tonight though the more afraid I am of Arsenal or Manchester United as the teams from England usually screw it up in such competitions when they are playing against weak opponents so for these games I think both teams to score yes is a better bet.

The comeback was what made this game so important for Milan because now they have again this feeling that they can not only beat teams like PSG, but they can also win the games when they are already down one goal. This could be an important game for them in a time when they had some struggles with their results both in the Serie A but also in the Champions League.
The goals were also superb and Leao has shown full dedication and wanted it with every body part. He has a great body language and when you see him accelerate, it really seems he is unstoppable. Great player and I was wondering for how long he will stay at Milan or whether some rich club will try to buy him soon.

England's team just lost the wicket of Buttler. I didn't think an experienced batsman like Buttler would get out like a fool. I expected a big innings from Buttler today. Captain Buttler returned to the dressing room with just 5 runs from 11 balls.
Apart from Dawid Malan, no other batsman of the England squad could play a big innings. Malan played an excellent innings of 87 runs off 74 balls. Experienced batsmen like Moeen Ali and Stokes are still at the crease. So there is still a possibility of delivering big targets. Stokes is batting very responsibly today. He has already collected 30 runs from 33 balls. At the end of 32 overs, England's collection is 183/5.

AC Milan failed in 4 of their matches, and they returned to positive results when returning to the Chmpions League. Those 4 failures came in defeat to Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League, defeats to Juventus and Udinese in Serie A, and a draw against Napoli.
They can get their revenge by beating Paris Saint Germain after a crushing defeat in the first leg. The game was interesting as both teams plyed openly and had plenty of chances. Paris Saint Germain scored first in the 9th minute, but AC Milan responded 3 minutes later. In the second half they turned things around and made it a win for AC Milan.