My expectation from the Chelsea - Real Madrid draw is that Real Madrid can move Chelsea out of this tournament this time. They had a bad experience against Chelsea last season. I don't think that the history will repeat itself here. We are all seeing a much stronger Real Madrid in this season until this point. We all saw how they destroyed PSG despite being in a bad situation first. And I don't see the same Chelsea in this season. I don't feel like they can eliminate Real Madrid once again by this level of performance.
Real Madrid has been lost in El Classico Laliga. Will it also give influence to the mental of the players? Although maybe they purposely did not play hard because they want to save their power to play against Chelsea. But exactly, bot Real Madrid and Chelsea are a big clubs, they may be drawn in the first leg, but something interesting and surprising may be also existed during the game and probably will be a surprising result of the game. At least, they must let all power to face each other in the field and to prove wihc one is better I would like to see how Real Madrid would have destroyed Paris Saint-Germain if it hadn't been for Donnarumma's dude trick and the subsequent collapse of the entire game of the club from Paris  Also, a lot will depend on whether Benzema will participate in the match, because Real Madrid with Benzema and Real Madrid without Benzema are two big differences and the current El Classico showed all this with great clarity. Therefore, for me personally, the result of the match between Real Madrid and Chelsea is by no means obvious, despite the bright victory of Real Madrid in the match with Paris Saint-Germain, which until a certain time was also by no means obvious. |
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It was really hell of a race! Verstappen had a very unfortunate race first of all. And Perez had the similar experience too. Both of them were out of the race while we were getting to the end. And Red Bull said that it was a problem related to fuel pump. And this race was so special for Ferrari and Leclerc. I appreciate Leclerc's solid performance here a lot. And it looks like this season is going to be Ferrari's season. By the way, Hamilton was so lucky about ending the race at the 3rd place too. But it looks like this is going to be a troubling season for Mercedes for now.
Let's not forget that Mercedes had problems last season, but the team was able to cope with them and make a competitive car for the second part of the season Therefore, of course, Mercedes fans should be worried, but it's still too early to draw conclusions from the results of the first race of the season. As for the Red Bull, I would like to recall the situation of last season, when the cars had good speed, which was achieved by less reliability of the car, so I'm afraid that no matter how this situation happened again. But in any case, there has been a change of regulations and it is foolish to expect that the teams will not have problems with the reliability and settings of their cars. |
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I think that the qualifiers for the semi-finals are going to be Atalanta, Rangers, Barcelona and West Ham. Atalanta are going to have a really difficult matchup against Leipzig that's a sure thing. But they already eliminated a very difficult opponent like Bayer Leverkusen. It wasn't easy but they won both of the games by one goal each. I think that the first game against Leipzig would end in a draw but Atalanta would win in the second leg. And West Ham can also have a big difficulty against Lyon as they eliminated Porto before this round. But West Ham eliminated one of the favourites of the title which was Sevilla. I think they will do the same to Lyon.
I had the feeling that whether atlanta or leipzig between the two ... whoever come up as a winner in that match , they are going to win the europa league , mark my words! I had that feeling really strong , despite we are all can see how barcelona had a really great weeks .. beating everyone in the domestic league . They are still the major contender indeed , but i choose to not picking them a a winner tho. It's one thing to call Barcelona among the main favorites to win the Europa League, and it's quite another thing to call Barselona the main favorite It all depends on how the club will finish, when there will be a decline in results and whether this decline will occur at all. Therefore, I would also not be in a hurry to hang this title on Barcelona, given Xavi's not very extensive experience as the head coach of the team and it is still unknown how he will cope with the problems that have piled up, and these problems will come sooner or later anyway. |
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Tottenham had a solid game against West Ham by defeating them 3-1. Congrats to them on this win and I hope to see it coming more often from now on. Tottenham can increase the current level of the competition for the fourth position now. Arsenal still seem to be the closest team to end the season there but who knows. Everything can change as there are still many weeks to go now. Conte's Tottenham really seems to be promising for next season. But they shouldn't lose their best players and they should make some new additions to the needed positions too.
Arsenal has also been steadily gaining points lately, although I would still not dare to call him a clear favorite in the battle for the top four. By the way, if you look closely at the standings, it is worth saying that Chelsea is not so far ahead. On the other hand, Chelsea makes me admire that, experiencing difficult times and the whole situation around the club, Tuchel's wards still continue to gain points and replenish their tournament piggy bank. Many people had certain doubts about Arteta's ability to bring results, but it seems that Arsenal's game lately should make all these conversations subside. |
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It's a pretty weird season so far in the Bundesliga in my opinion, because for me Bayern Munich has shown one of the weakest overall performance in the last 10 years or so until now and still none of the other team seems to be able to take advantage of that. Borussia Dortmund is also playing a very weak season in my opinion and they have more points achieved then they deserve if you ask me and their results on the international level were also extremely disappointing. RB Leipzig had a very weak first part of the season so they are already to far away to really threaten Bayern Munich. It really looks like Bayern Munich will be the Bundesliga champion again.
Bayern Munich is not to blame that competitors cannot take advantage of its misfires and indeed Borussia Dortmund looks like an even more unstable team than Munich, and the rest of the teams are too far behind in the standings Leipzig is having a great time this part of the season and is climbing higher and higher in the standings, but too many points were lost at the beginning of the season. For me personally, Leipzig was one of Bayern Munich's competitors before the start of the season, but what happened happened and there is no competition yet, and the current Bayern Munich, for all its instability this season, still does not seem to be the right team to miss the advantage. |
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Juventus started fast but failed to score the third goal. Roma also started fast and scored three goals in the first half, but they didn't continue in second half. Bettors who made over goal bets must be very angry. Atalanta won by scoring in the last minutes. Young player Moustapha Elhadji Cisse scored his first goal in his debut match. Atalanta got a new striker.
In top 6 Inter is loser of the week. Napoli, Milan, Juventus, Atalanta and Roma won their games.
The most important thing is how the match ends, not how fast goals are scored, although of course the head coaches of the teams will not refuse this either, but still the final victory is more important Inter is increasingly surprised by its inability to do the necessary result, when, on the contrary, it recently differed from its competitors in the leadership struggle and Milan is slowly becoming the main competitor in the Scudetto. However, for now, even Juventus still has chances for the championship. |
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Benzema had really a huge impact. He is now as important as cristiano at his peak , everytime benzema missing .. real madrid messed up. Well hopefully he keep missing till the champions league match against chelsea  . Unbelievable el clasico , barcelona once again had a great party at the bernabeu , boosting huge confidence as well for the whole squad and xavi himself. It's just amazing that a team like Real Madrid depends on the presence or absence of one age player. Therefore, the bosses of the club should be more accommodating with Mbappe's representatives, because in my opinion, the current Mbappe is just the kind of player who will make a difference in results and in class and Benzema's departure will no longer look like such a big disaster. I also think that both Benzema and Mbappe have sufficient football intelligence to benefit the team by being on the football field at the same time. |
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I'm thinking that Messi isn't going to stay at PSG anymore by this summer. But it is hard to answer what team we can see him at next season. Because I'm not expecting Barcelona to even make an offer for him. Because Xavi is trying completely new things at the team and this has started giving positive results already. He wouldn't change his plans by adding his old teammate to the team again. So the biggest possibility and the best choice for Messi would be Manchester City. He should have gone there in the first place already.
And which team will Messi be in next season? I understand that he would dream of returning back to Barcelona, but firstly Xavi has already begun to build a team on new principles, and secondly the president of La Liga has already said that Barcelona barely fits into the Procrustean bed of the new rules of financial fair play and an old player with, to put it mildly, large financial appetites is unlikely to need Barcelona for this moment in time. Messi's departure was a big loss for Barcelona at the time, but now it's not worth stirring up the past and again making the club dependent on the game of one player. |
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Atletico Madrid defeated Vallecano by 1-0 and they really deserved it too by showing a good performance. They were in a good shape for some weeks already and this victory wasn't astonishing at all. Vallecano were doing bad in the league and their performance was the same too. Atletico Madrid have started impressing everyone by their recent results. They started the season too badly but things are getting better for them by every week. It is good to see of course as they are one of the biggest teams of the league.
Not only in the local league even in the Champions League Atletico are playing well several consecutive wins make them more confident the only team in La Liga to record 5 consecutive wins this month. Unfortunately Atletico Madrid had no chance for the title because it is impossible to catch Real Madrid their focus is only on the Champions League Moreover, they have to fight Man city next month. Atletico Madrid just started to find their game. It's just a shame when the national champion of last year can't play normally for next season. A victory in the Champions League over a team like Manchester United should give the team a certain momentum. It's no secret that at a certain time Diego Simeone lost control of the team and was on the verge of dismissal himself and did not understand why this was happening, having not the worst football squad. Therefore, I advise you not to write off such a team and such a specialist at its head, who has a wealth of experience in the team. |
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We are going to have Napoli - Udinese as the opening game on this weekend. Napoli are clearly a highly favourite here and they already destroyed Udinese away before like 4-0. Udinese still haven't started to pull themselves together in the Serie A. Because of these facts, I don't expect Napoli to make any mistake. This one should end up with a clear victory for Napoli. And if I'm not mistaken, Napoli will be the temporary leader in the standings then too. I just love the current rivalry for the title a lot.  In any case, Napoli is the favorite of the upcoming match, but I want to say that it's not enough to be a favorite, you just have to manage to win. The destruction of Udinese does not mean any fact when there is a championship race and there are teams like Milan and their sworn friends from the same you know which city
There is no doubt in the match against Salernitana, Juventus should be able to win. Salernitana was just lucky to hold on to a draw against Milan a few weeks ago. However, they still failed to hold Inter, Lazio and Napoli. Since Juventus are more consistent in Serie-A lately, Juventus should have won this match by at least 2 goals.
Juventus will return to Serie A with a painful loss from Champions League. They will return their with angry and in addition, they know that they must play well, get three points to get rid of negative psychlogy in their club. Moreover, 3 points will help to to move another step closer to top 4 in Serie A finally. Not too many matches left and Juventus do have good advantage than Atalanta and Roma. If they play well and collect points well, other clubs will not be able to kick Juventus out of top 4 in the end. Juventus can only worry about their own cause, because such a team should occupy a much higher place than it is now. Massimiliano Allegri's favorite model of the game is starting to bring its own result, not the fact that the fans of the club would like. I wonder what advantage the club must have to have an advantage at least compared to Mourinho's Roma. If you believe the rumors, there will be a global shake-up at Juventus and if the head coach does not part with his post, a shake-up is fully expected by his staff. How Allegri will react to this situation, we need to think, because to remain without his headquarters, well, well. [moderator's note: consecutive posts merged] |
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Barcelona and Real Madrid both are getting prepared for a huge El Clasico now. It is only two days away from us. Real Madrid might seem to be having an advantage as they are going to play home. But as this is El Clasico, there is no clear favourite. Real Madrid have had a much better season than Barcelona so far. But Barcelona's recent performance has been really amazing in the La Liga. If we take this into account too, I think each one of these teams will score at least one goal here.
I would not say that Real Madrid has an advantage in the upcoming match. Barcelona has already started to feel their game, so Real Madrid should already be worried about this. Real Madrid has its own Karim Benzema, who manages to make matches to his preferences, but does Barcelona have such a player?! Also, let's not forget about the youth of the main team leaders, which can play a bad joke at the most inopportune moment. Also, let's not forget where this match will take place, and this can also play a role, both in one direction and in the other. |
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When it comes to the Messi situation, I think that he will leave the team this summer. Mbappe will surely leave and join Real Madrid. But I expect Messi to leave too because of not adapting very well to the team still. And I don't think that his next station will be Barcelona again. Barcelona wouldn't afford his demands too I guess. And they would aim to sign much different players from now on. They are rebuilding the team with the big help of Xavi now.
I think that the current Barcelona will not be able to cope with the transfer of a player like Messi. The demands of the player himself and the financial capabilities of the club itself are still not comparable, so I think Messi will still remain at Paris Saint-Germain for now. I believe that Mbappe will most likely leave his mysterious club, but as far as I know Messi is not going to leave Paris and will try to restart his career. At least, I think Messi will wait for the situation with the head coach to be resolved and who will come to this place and only then make some fateful decisions. |
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Villareal played well against Juventus. Benfica has not had a single chance against Ajax. Even the goal came from a free kick that was taken in no dangerous place. It was 90 minutes against Ajax, even playing on the counter was not possible. How is it supposed to go against Liverpool? I predict 2 easy Liverpool wins. Villareal is a surprise, but that draw against Bayern Munich is disadvantageous. Perhaps they will see them as a sporting challenge. It is also difficult to say who is the favorite for the final victory, it is better to say after the draw of the semi-finals.
Villarreal is a difficult topic because they themselves do not fully understand how they will play By the way, it will be interesting for me to find out where the head coach of the Ajax football club will meet the beginning of the new season. Manchester United is waiting for its new coach, there are options from Paris, there are options from the Netherlands and it is unknown what is true. I think that at this point in time, the option of Pochettino and Manchester United is much more likely, but anything can happen before the end of the season. |
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Saturday 19th March
Napoli 14:00 Udinese
Inter Milan 17:00 Fiorentina
Napoli and Inter must play optimally in order to get the full point of victory. If they are lost, it seems that one of them will take over the standing and Milan will be at the first standing. Moreover, for Inter, this club has lost the chance to win when vs Torino which is a small club. Inter performance was really bad. That is why they should maximize every match later if they want to stay in the first standing like it was. I miss how Inter plays so maximally in the past matches I am not sure that Inter will be able to play optimally in the match against Fiorentina and achieve victory, even if the match takes place in Milan. Napoli seemed to be groping back for the game that allowed the club to be among the leaders of the Italian championship. Inter lost its previous speed, which allowed the team to become one of the leaders and overtake teams such as Milan and Napoli. By the way, such a "small" club as Torino has already chewed off a bunch of points from the leaders and seems to have the right to respect as a competitor. Now I'm leaning towards the option that Milan will finally be able to regain the title after a bunch of years without a title. |
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It was already very difficult for Galatasaray to be victorious from this match. But after they scored the first goal, I believed, I thought they could beat Barcelona. However, after conceding the first goal, there were big problems in Galatasaray's offensive.While they were trying to score with the counterattack, they started to attack normally and there were big gaps in the defense. Barcelona started to play more comfortably and as a result scored the second goal. Actually, Galatasaray also had good positions, but they couldn't score
It's not the good galatasaray i believe , it's just the bad barcelona. They conceded first and make barcelona a bit nervous. Luckily the 19 years old pedro gozalez and aubameyang come to the rescue. Well played barcelona , xavi seems has found his best 11 , he could recover the great barcelona sooner if they win this europa league. We won't see a good Barcelona, as you put it, for several more seasons. We should be happy how Xavi gathers a normal team from the set of available players and achieves normal results with them. Galatasaray himself was afraid of the advantage over a team like Barcelona and lost his grip. And still, I think it's too early to say that Barcelona is the undisputed favorite for the title of the winner of the Europa League. The format of the draw is cup and everything can be decided in one match, the match of Barcelona and Galatasaray is indicative. But still, I am surprised that Galatasaray could not impose a big fight on their competitors from Barcelona. |
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This round of the Champions League was just unbelievable. Ajax and Juventus both have been eliminated even though they were highly favourites in their matchups against Benfica and Villarreal respectively. And interestingly, they experienced the same scenario. They both took control of the game and found many chances to score. But none of them managed to score even one goal. Benfica defeated Ajax by 1-0 and Juventus were destroyed by Villarreal by 3-0. I was expecting to see Ajax and Juventus in the quarter finals. But football can be really interesting sometimes.
By the way, I am not surprised that Villarreal went further in the match with Juventus, I am much more surprised by the score that was shown in this match. With all due respect to Juventus, the team looks unstable this season and I'm already starting to sneer at the people who rejoiced at the departure of Pirlo and Cristiano Ronaldo from the team. You can talk as much as you like about the strength of Juventus, but still the team lost a lot after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo. Especially when it turned out that the team could not agree with Dibala on a contract extension. It is sad and funny when a football player's agent leaves after negotiations because the club's representatives have again changed the terms of the contract. |
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Can't wait to watch el classico this weekend, Barcelona now have a better team so they can now match Real Madrid, I believe that Aubameyang, Adama Traore, dembele and maphis depay has the capability to battle it out with players like benzema, vinicuus junior, Assesio and Rodri in an attacking game plan. Xavi Hernandez has truly done a miracle in this Barcelona team because few months back fans were scared that Barcelona might go to relegation with the way they are playing and their poor form
Everyone is looking forward to the El Clasico match, because Barcelona and Real Madrid have been rivals for a long time. So we can be sure the match will be very interesting, because what is at stake here is prestige, so getting points is not the main thing for both teams. After all, many people are curious about the performance improvement that occurred at Barcelona, they want to see if facing Real Madrid, they are able to put up a fight or show a surprise to beat Real Madrid. Some Barcelona players are on fire, especially Aubameyang who was dumped by Arsenal, he wanted to prove himself that Arsenal's decision was wrong. Aubameyang does look amazing, he started scoring goals for Barcelona. But appreciation must be given to Xavi who turned Barcelona back into the Barcelona we are used to know. So I am very impatient waiting for the El Clasico match, I am also having a little difficulty which team will win the match, because both teams are at their best. Arsenal's head coach Arteta can also be understood, because when a team player openly goes against the head coach, the question arises who is more important in the team, one of the leading players or the head coach. In 90 percent of such cases, I will be for the head coach, because the players are always dissatisfied with their place on the football field and playing time, and the head coach must arrange all the elements of the puzzle in the correct sequence. I would still not put Barcelona as the favorite in El classico yet, because Real Madrid also looks good in recent matches. Real Madrid has its own inspiring match with Paris Saint-Germain and this match has greatly raised the team's self-esteem. |
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I don't see Galatasaray qualifying for the next round. They can not compete with Barcelona. The catalans are doing an excellent performance in their league game. Barcelona sole aim is win the Europa league and qualify for champions league next season. Xavi had turned the team around ever since he arrived at Barca, new tactics, new players. The thing is that each Manger needs time to settle things at the club. Barcelona will knock-out Galatasaray our of the Europa league. The players at Barca are really thirsty for the trophy. I don't see anything competend as Barcelona.
Galatasaray will find it difficult this second leg, they were lucky to play draw in the first leg but they won't be lucky this time i think. Barcelona are playing really well in the La liga and the coach has helped the team alot and build their confidence but winning the Europa league could be challenging especially the semi final stage and the final it wont be as easy it seems. This is a cup tournament and the fate of the confrontation is decided in one separate match, so it will not matter how Barcelona played before, what success he achieved in building a new team, if, for example, Galatasaray draws in the main and extra time and then wins in a penalty shootout. Unlike Barcelona, Galatasaray's players may not even dream of winning the Europa League yet, they cannot put all their strength and even more to win against Barcelona, which in itself is already a big irritant and victory over such a status rival is doubly pleasant. Therefore, you should not rush into forecasts in advance, because Galatasaray is quite ready to fight at home, in front of his frantic fans. |
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I think that Erling Haaland to Manchester City absolutely makes sense. Erling Haaland seems to be a striker who can play everywhere he goes. He is a very solid striker at this very young age. And he is one of the best strikers that any big team can imagine and would like to see in their starting elevens. When we take this into account, Manchester City would try every way they can find useful to sign him. They have no money issue and they would be ready to spend whatever amount of money he would like. Manchester City still don't have a natural striker except Jesus. And they will be completed by signing Haaland for sure.
Slowly Haalaand next destination club began to open, Haalaand did have a contract with Dortmund until 2024 but his release clause which was quite small for a player as great as Haalaand certainly allowed him to move clubs at the end of this season, Manchester City, Manchester United, Barcelona and even Munich reportedly have tried to bring in haalaand next season, but according to the Evening News and Daily Star reportedly haaland and menchester city deal has been reached for 63 million pounds, if what some media say comes true next season, of course we will see the menchester front line is quite scary with a trident gGrealish, hHaalaand, Mahrez, or Grealish Foden Haalaand I wonder if the likely signing of a contract with Haaland means that then Manchester City will stop their attempts to get Kane from Tottenham? Also, big questions arise about Haaland's injuries, because of which he regularly misses Bundesliga matches with Borussia Dortmund. Unless, of course, the conspiracy theories are right that Haaland is taking care of himself in this way on the eve of a future transfer to another club. If everything goes well both about health and about the transition, then this transfer is very necessary and useful for Manchester City and the club vitally needs such a scoring striker who can decide the outcome of the match with his goals scored. |
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ManU playing home which is an advantage for them, CR7 played well in the last game against Spurs and scored a hattrick which boosted their odds. Overall, ManU seems favorite but ATM is a hard team with a horrible strategy when it is applied the Simeone's way. Hopefully ManU could do something good in this match or else their gentlemen fans will be very upset  Chelsea is the only team that will play comfortably this week in CL. Juve and Ajax should not fall at this point Chelsea are already ahead on aggregate, so it is very comfortable in tomorrow's match, regarding Ajax and Juventus it is possible to win bigger with the advantage as the home as well even though the aggregate is the same as draw, but I'm sure Juventus will win vs Villarreal. Manchester United vs Atletico Madrid, this is a must watch match because Atletico will also fight hard to win this match, it is not easy for Manchester United even though they are superior as the playing at home. Despite Chelsea's comfortable two-goal advantage, I would still be in no hurry to announce that Chelsea will advance to the next round without any problems. The two-goal advantage in itself is not absolutely unplayable, and the rather nervous situation around Chelsea itself can leave its mark and cause some nervousness among the club's players from London. For Manchester United, Ronaldo's return to the squad after injury is a good factor and his hat trick to Tottenham should be a good indicator of the player's physical condition. As I said before, for me, only the home stadium can serve as a small advantage for MU, but United is not the undisputed favorite of this match. |
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