Considering the achievements of Bayer Leverkusen under the tutelage of Xabi Alonso on the just concluded season, there's no doubt to the fact that the Spanish young manager is currently one of the best football managers. At the start of the season, very few persons would've believed that the club will achieve everything they did achieve this season. Bayern Munich struggled to win the German Bundesliga title in the 2022/23 season because they were yet replace their former striker Robert Lewandowski but after Bayern Munich management succeeded in signing former Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane last summer almost everyone had already concluded in their mind that Bayern Munich was going to win the the German Bundesliga in the concluded season but that didn't discourage Xabi Alonso from helping his club lift the German title for the first time in the club's history.
Becoming the first team manager of Bayer Leverkusen in 2022 was Xabi Alonso's first job as a club's first team manager and he still went on to build a very formidable team who now has the record for the most unbeaten run in Europe. I think Xabi Alonso will do more in years to come
Bayern Munich has finished in the third position. Of course, everybody knows that. but remember all the people were joking about the 'Harry Kane' curse being Real when Bayern Munich lost against Leipzig towards the start of the season? I believe it was a cup match. of course, I do not believe those things. but that joke actually came true. Since the last 11 years, they finished as the winner of the Bundesliga. and as soon as he joined them they have lost the Bundesliga title. and not only that they were unable to win anything. I hope the performance is going to improve from them in the next season. and obviously, those who actually think that the problem was 'Harry Kane', they are definitely stupid. They are going to change the coach going into the next season. I hope they will be able to bring in better results with the new coach. and it is good to see that they have actually realized that the problem was the coach. Not 'Harry Kane'. it was actually very surprising because so far we have seen that Bayern Munich does not get any competition. and this season they were not able to give any competition to Leverkusen. That was pretty strange. since we are not used to seeing that. I hope there is going to be a big competition between them and Leverkusen for the Bundesliga title next season |
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West Indies vs South Africa
I am disappointed with the performance of South African players against West Indies. I thought I would see a better performance from South Africa in the upcoming T20 World Cup. But after seeing the performance of South African players against West Indies, I don't think South African team is qualified to play in the semi-final in the next World Cup.
Yeh it's true that some South Africa main players were not available due to IPL but still they have several number of thier starting XI player but they unable to divert results in thier favour and thus quite worrying things for th because soon they will travel west indies home ground to face them and some others teams on West Indies home ground in T20 World cup which will be quite difficult to manage and that second consecutive defeat for them against West Indies they way USA does with Bangladesh here the common things is that both USA and west indies are world cup host and both have home ground series where they clearly shown how they will properly utilize thier home ground edge. So the things is both team took thier opponent light and the face thier mistakes consequences. In 3rd and final T20 game south Africa posted the target of 164 runs. west indies easily chase down the target 165/2 in 14th overs. An excellent innings played by Johnson Charles of 69 runs on just 26 balls which help his team to won this match single handedly. its great victory for west indies team to white wash south Africa on his home. The last series played by both team before the T20 World Cup. I think it will have little impact on the South Africa World Cup campaign I don't understand why this is happening with South Africa. This team has a lot of experienced players. However, the team played very badly in all three matches of the series against the West Indies. South Africa set a target of just 164 runs on a flat pitch. It was not a good enough collection to win on this pitch. As the opponent is a strong team like West Indies. It was absolutely necessary to collect more than 200 to win.  West Indies do not have any problem to win this match. The West Indies team collected 165 runs in just 13.5 overs. Johnson Charles' brilliant innings eased West Indies' path to victory. Johnson Charles collected 69 runs in just 26 balls. Also Brandon King scored 44 runs and Kyle Mayers scored 36 runs. |
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 Alaves vs Las palmas 1 - 1 I actually thought that in this match Alaves will be able to win pretty easily. But obviously, I was wrong. Las Palmas has actually played really well in this match. And I was actually a little surprised to see that they have got one point from this match. Good competition between these two teams. Of course, almost everything in this season has been already decided. Alaves going to finish mid table. Las Palmas has also been able to avoid the relegation. But at the same time, they were pretty close to the relegation zone. But I will say that for a team that has just got the promotion, they have done well to at least stay in the La Liga for another season. And I think they will be able to improve slowly but surely. I think they have shown good promises. I hope they will be able to back up those promises with some good and improved performance in the next season. |
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Al Nassr succeeded in getting a 2-2 draw at away against Al Riyadh with one red card. Even though this is not to be much celebrated, they ought to be proud that they could avoid losing even with one man down. It is really something to build upon in the coming season because most times will despair as soon as they are issued a red card, besides not every coach knows how to manage such situations.
This is a match in which I expected Al Nassr to win. After all, they were going up against a team that was somehow staying out of the relegation zone. Al Nassr actually did well to break the deadlock and score the first goal. But after that Al Riyadh was able to score 2 goals in the first half and going into the halftime break by having an advantage. After Laporte got a red card, I thought the match might be over for Cristiano Ronaldo’s team. But in the 97th minute of the match, Al Nassr was able to score the equalizer. They were able to take one point from this match by scoring in the injury time. I know this is not going to have any effect on the table because the winner of the Saudi pro league has already been decided and Al Nassr is going to finish in the second position. But the performance should have been better from Al Nassr. |
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Failure after failure of course has made the Arsenal squad able to learn from all of this, so that in the end they were able to find a way to be even better now, in the last two seasons, Arsenal lost the chance of winning which was very close to them, but even so of course I agree with what you said because Arsenal is now starting to transform into a strong team and ready to compete in the Premier League to return Fighting for trophies, this season actually their winning mentality has looked quite good when they are able to get points when facing big teams and strong enough.
I think next season Arsenal will bounce back and it can be said that they are worthy enough to be favourites to become champions, in adittion the mentality that Arsenal need to strengthen (although their mentality is starting to improve) next season, of course Arsenal should strengthen their squad next season to be ready to face a tight schedule, Arsenal certainly need a new striker who can indeed be finishing in front of the opponent goal, In addition, of course, Arteta must also think of the right reserve players to fill the right wing position when Saka is injured or absent. If Arsenal had learned from their past failures, then they should have won at least one title in the last 10 seasons. But Arsenal never seem to learn, I mean Arsenal won their last title in the 2003-2004 season which means they have been 20 seasons away from winning a title. Arsenal is not the typical team that really has a good winning mentality in its last 20 seasons in the Premier League. They basically have a good depth of squad and coach in most seasons, but it is certain that Arsenal is a team that can only put good pressure on other teams who are favorites to win the title. I know Arsenal has started to improve in the last 2 seasons, but because their winning mentality has not been visible, Arsenal still shows their weak side at the end of the season. For some reason, I think the problem when the coach rotates the players. I am not saying Arsenal does not have good depth in the squad. I am saying that when the coach is playing bench players or rotating the players, I think the chemistry is not there between the players. That is probably a reason why Arsenal does not play very well at certain times of the season. Looking at the last three seasons we will see that they have not been able to stay consistent at certain times. It is towards the end of the season or the later half. I think this is the problem. But still, the performance has not been that bad from Arsenal. I think in the next season they are going to be a true contender for the English Premier League title. Well, actually this season also they were a big contender for the English Premier League title. But the inconsistency got to them. |
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After 12 overs while Rajasthan Royals chasing target of 175 having problematic end of their campaign in this season while they are 81 for 5 even Jaiswal done good job, but we have no support for him with Shahbaz Ahmad double strike in 12th over sink them as now he is leading from the front having 3 wickets in this important game is increasing his tally of wickets now all set for the final between KKR vs SRH which is going to be interesting because both teams are doing impressive job from the start and having good quality players which are informed for having title.
There were expectations about this match is going to be had some good entertainment, but sadly RR are having not good day in batting which allow SRH to have easy win and spot into final against KKR.
Rajasthan Royals were unable to reach any closer to the target that was posted by Sunrisers Hyderabad. The target of 175 has not been a very big one in this edition of IPL. It is actually pretty average in my opinion. And they were unable to reach that. Not only that they were unable to even get close to that target. It was an easy win for SRH. Now the final is going to be played between SRH and KKR. I think KKR is going to have the upper hand. They have played really well throughout this IPL. All the players that they are also in good form right now. I have a feeling that KKR might actually take the trophy. |
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176 runs is not a big score for Rajasthan Royals. RR only lost 1 wicket. RR already collected 65 runs from 2 wicket. I hope RR picks that desired runs quickly without losing any wickets.
Sunrise Hyderabad was not lucky today. If luck had cooperated, the top-order batsmen would not have performed so badly. It means that today's victory will be in favor of Rajasthan Royals.
For Rajasthan Royals to win by this run, Tadar will have to save wickets. But must try to score more runs during the early powerplay. In the meantime you may have seen SRH's amazing performance by beating the strong bowlers in the bowling side of SRH. Besides SRH and RR both are at the top with good scores so far. On the other hand we can see these two teams in the semi-finals. But if Jaiswal and Samson could have batted with more time then the match would have turned the other way. Rajasthan team started this season well, but could not finish it well. The bad condition of this team is due to the irregular batting of the batsmen. In today's match, we saw a terrible batting by the batsmen of Rajasthan Royals. Sunrisers Hyderabad team could not provide big target today. Hyderabad players collected 175 runs for the loss of 9 wickets today. Boult and AVesh Khan 3 wickets each. Although the bowlers of Rajasthan could bowl well, none of the batsmen in the squad were batting well. Jaiswal scored 42 runs and Jurel scored 56 runs. Besides, every batsman in the squad played very badly today. |
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After losing three T20 matches, Pakistan team is playing the first ODI match of the series against England Women today. Pakistan Women's team lost all three T20 matches due to their poor batting. Pakistan would not have lost all three matches if the batsmen had performed a bit better. I don't see the possibility that Pakistan will win the ODI series. Pakistan's loss in the ODI series is also high. Because the Pakistani batsmen are unlikely to perform well against England's experienced bowlers.  Pakistan team won the toss and decided to field. England women's team lost 4 wickets and collected 155 runs in 33 overs. If England can score 100 runs in 17 overs then it will be a good target for victory. If England women team can collect more than 250, then Pakistan women team will not win this match. Pakistan batsmen are batting with responsibility today. Pakistan women's team has not won a single match in the T20 series. So Pakistan team will try hard to perform well and win in ODI format. Pakistan captain used his 7 bowlers today. Nida Dar picked up three wickets and Nashra Sandhu, Umme Hani and Aliya Riaz took two wickets each. A target of 244 runs is not a big target on this pitch. If the batsmen of the Pakistan Women's team can bat responsibly, Pakistan has a great chance of winning this match. At the end of 15 overs, Pakistan women's team collected 66 runs with the loss of 1 wicket. Pakistani batsmen need to collect 178 runs in 35 overs. |
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Rajasthan's two openers got off to a good start. Despite collecting only 6 runs in the first 2 overs, Rajasthan collected 35 runs without losing any wicket in 4 overs. Rajasthan can easily win this match if they don't lose quick wickets. Rajasthan have a number of experienced batsmen in their squad.
No doubt , Rajasthan Royals are playing to win this match and hopefully, we may see half a century by their opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. Also Sanju Samson, need to play a captain's knock today and i am sure, they will want to chase this score without losing many wickets. As long as they have wickets in hand, the match control will remain in Rajasthan Royals hand. Remember the team who loses this match, their journey will end in this IPL and RCB seems to be in danger of elimination at this moment. Jaiswal was dismissed for 45 runs off 30 balls. He has batted well enough. However, the Rajasthan Royals team is under pressure at the moment. Sanju Samson did not bat well. Sanju Samson returned to the dressing room after collecting 17 runs. Dhruv Jurel collects 8 runs from 8 balls. Jurel also could not prolong his innings. Rajasthan team collected 115 runs after 14 overs. Rajasthan lost 4 wickets. Rajasthan need 58 runs to win in 6 overs. The team must collect 58 off 36 balls. 10 runs required per over. Both Riyan Parag and Hetmyre are very experienced at the crease. Also Powell and Ashwin are capable of batting well. So still Rajasthan's chances of winning seem high. In the end Rajasthan got an easy win. A target of 173 runs on this pitch was not enough to win. Because Rajasthan's bowling order was very strong. We don't see good performance from Bengaluru batsmen. The match would have been more competitive if Bengaluru's batsmen had batted well. Bengaluru batsmen needed to collect 190-200 on this pitch. Rajasthan's opener Jaiswal batted brilliantly. RIyan Parag's 36 runs and Hetmyre's 26 runs were also very effective. However, there is no doubt that the Rajasthan vs Hyderabad match will be very exciting. Because both have a strong batting order. |
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Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Today Rajasthan vs Bengaluru match is expected to be very competitive. But personally I am considering Royal Challengers Bangalore as favorites in this match.
Rajasthan Royals team has been in very good form at the beginning of this season. They occupied the top spot in the table for a long time. But the Rajasthan team failed to win in the last 5 matches. Rajasthan's performance has deteriorated badly. On the other hand, the Bengaluru team unexpectedly qualified for the playoffs. Bengaluru won only one of the first eight matches. However, the team won 6 matches in a row and qualified for the playoffs. I think Kohli's Bengaluru team will continue their winning streak in today's match as well.
Royal Challengers Bangaluru team players are in high spirits due to good performance in every match. Today's match between Royal Challengers Bangaluru and Rajasthan Royals can be considered as a final match. Today's match will surely be exciting as both the teams will want to win today and they will have more chances if they win today. Rajasthan team has not performed well in few matches but on the other hand Royal Challengers Bangalore team has performed well in the last matches. As a result, they were able to secure the qualifiers by topping Chennai Super Kings. Rajasthan Royals' batting line-up is a bit weakened especially with Josh Buttler not currently attached to the team. Rajasthan team is suffering a lot due to his absence, maybe Rajasthan Royals team will understand his absence more today.If Rajasthan Royals can properly exploit this weakness then Royal Challengers Bangalore will have a high chance of victory in today's match. Today RCB vs Rajasthan Royals match between two teams the winning team will again play against Sunrise Hyderabad then if they win against them they will qualify to play in the final. Today match will surely be very tough for RCB to face against Rajasthan Royals but RCB batsmen are performing very well hope RCB will try their best to win today match. I personally support RCB for Virat Kohli and I really want RCB team to win today because Virat Kohli has spent his entire career in this RCB so it is very important for RCB Virat Kohli to be a champion. But rajasthan royals game should not be taken lightly because rajasthan will try their best to win the match but between the two teams i will definitely favor rcb i think today's match will be won by rcb. Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to field. In the last two matches, we have seen Rajasthan Royals batting first and getting defeated by a big margin. In the previous two matches too, Rajasthan were defeated by fielding first. But match two was very competitive. Perhaps this is why Sanju Smason took the fielding decision in today's match. Bengaluru players are in very good form now. Especially I would say Bengaluru batsmen are batting very well. So it is expected that we will see good batting from Bengaluru's batsmen in today's match as well. If the top order plays well, Bengaluru will surely give away a target of 200+ today. |
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 Cancelo: “There were fake stories about me at City. I’ve never been a bad teammate”.
“I remember once I was robbed and assaulted at home and the next day I was playing at Emirates against Arsenal…”.
“These are things you don't forget, I left my wife and daughter alone at home still scared, in shock, to play for City”.
“At City they were a bit ungrateful to talk about me like this, I’ve been an important player for them”, told A Bola. Fabrizio Romano: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1024024946191663I guess this is a bad side of every club. Well, at least almost every club. Because sometimes the club is going to try to portray a player as a bad person. sometimes they will also make the media do the same as well. And people will actually believe that without hearing the story of the other side. In the end, I think any club should actually take care of the players and also care about the mental health of the players. I am pretty sure if the player had said all these things while being in Manchester City or anytime before leaving Manchester City, it would have affected the club a lot. |
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Atalanta won the match 2-1 in the end. Atalanta's over -performance was very good. However, the players of Atalanta have done very carefully in this match. Because Atalanta's coach does not want Leverkusen to face an important player in the Atalanta squad before he is facing injuries. So Atalanta's performance was a bit slow in the first half. However, atalanta played excellent in the second half. Atalanta players have attacked a lot. But atalanta can score more than two goals. Anyway I am looking forward to watching the match of Leverkusen vs atalanta. Hopefully the final match of the Europe League will be very competitive.
Atlanta victory over Lecce is certainly not too surprising because since before the match started, Atlanta was indeed the favorite to win the match because indeed Lecce who are currently ranked 13th are not a strong team, the match is a postponement match which is indeed an opportunity for Atlanta to be able to get further away from Roma pursuit this season, After the victory over Lecce was get by Atlanta, now with only two games remaining of course Atlanta only need to get at least 1 more point to lock the last slot of the Champions League next season is theirs, against Torino in the next match in Serie A should not be difficult for Atlanta to get at least a draw in next match. But before facing Torino, Atlanta must first face a difficult match in the Europa League final, previously Atlanta lost to Juventus in the Coppa Italia and even Atlanta attack statistics in the game were quite bad without any shots on target that endangered the Juventus goal after Scamacca absent, But today we can see if the return of Scamacca makes Atlanta front line again quite dangerous, so I think Atlanta certainly have a chance to also be able to spoil Leverkusen dreams in the final and of course the motivation have by both teams will make the final match very competitive and also fierce. You are right. Atalanta were naturally favorites against Lecce. And as expected Atalanta team won the match. A narrow 2-0 win for the Atalanta team. Lecce were not in good form either. So even though the match was Lecce's home match, Atalanta was the favorite in this match. Atalanta's performance was very composed from the start of the match. Lecce created several good attacking opportunities but failed to score until the end. But I am worried about how Atalanta will perform against Leverkusen. Leverkusen is a strong team. A smart match strategy is essential to beat this team. It is impossible to win against Leverkusen if the match strategy is not good. |
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 Atalanta play Lecce in Serie A today ahead of the Europa League final. Lecce is a relatively weak team. And as expected today we got a better performance from Atalanta. The match is very important for Atalanta. Because Atalanta still has the possibility of qualifying for the fourth place in the table if they win the next matches. Atalanta will not want to miss this opportunity. In the first half we did not see a good performance from Atalanta's players. Atalanta's gameplay was a bit slow. But Atalanta scored two goals at the beginning of the second half. Atalanta scored the first goal in the 48th minute and Atalanta scored the second goal in 5 minutes alter. At the moment, the Atalanta team is leading by 2-0. Atalanta has good dominance in this match, although in the first half the score was 0-0 but still, that Atalanta managed to dominate the match even though Atalanta played away. Also, I still consider Lecce as a team that might make a surprise, so I also cannot underestimate Lecce in this match. But indeed, because Atalanta still has a chance to be able to overtake Juventus, then of course Atalanta will still target victory in this match. Although indeed, basically finishing in position four or five, the fact is that Atalanta has secured a Champion League ticket. But indeed, because Juventus looks bad then of course, I think it is feasible for Atalanta to be able to overtake Juventus, so I still bet on Atalanta in this match. Atalanta won the match 2-1 in the end. Atalanta's over -performance was very good. However, the players of Atalanta have done very carefully in this match. Because Atalanta's coach does not want Leverkusen to face an important player in the Atalanta squad before he is facing injuries. So Atalanta's performance was a bit slow in the first half. However, atalanta played excellent in the second half. Atalanta players have attacked a lot. But atalanta can score more than two goals. Anyway I am looking forward to watching the match of Leverkusen vs atalanta. Hopefully the final match of the Europe League will be very competitive. |
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RCB is in control at the moment thanks to CSK fast bowlers bowling like crap while their spinners(Santner and Theekshana) are the only ones bowling well. They could have used someone like Ali in this match.
Rain threat is still looming around. Chennai need to try and restrict Bangalore under 210 in order to push the momentum in their favor. Exhilarating match!
It is a do or die match for both the teams. If you want to qualify for the playoffs, you have to win today's match by any means. Although the Chennai team is leading by two points, if they do not win today's match, the chances of qualifying for the next round of Chennai are low. However, if Chennai are defeated by a very narrow margin, Chennai will qualify for the next round.  The Bengaluru team managed to post a huge total of 218 in 20 overs. Every batsman in Bengaluru's top order batted very well. Maheesh Theekshana and Santner bowled well. If these two bowlers don't bowl well today, Bengaluru team would have given a target of at least 250+. However, both teams have equal chances of winning. It is not certain which team will win and qualify for the playoffs. Along with the buttsmen of Bengaluru, the bowlers are bowling very well. Chennai is batting at the big target. So if you wanted to win this match, it was important to perform good performances for the top order of Chennai's top order. However, Chennai lost two wickets very quickly. However, Chennai's run rate is good so far. Captain Gaikwad and Daryl Mitchell could not bat well. Gaikwad could not collect any runs and Mitchell scored only 4 runs. However, Chennai scored 58 runs at the end of the power play. Rahane and Rachin Ravindra are doing nice batting today. |
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 Barça president Laporta: "I like Luis Enrique, he's very good but we didn't speak to him or any other coach as we respect Xavi".
"Whoever wants to come to Barça has to wait until the end of the season as we will wait for Xavi's final decision", told MD. https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/barcelona/news/laporta-hints-xavi-could-reverse-decision-to-leave-barcelona_539547.htmlBut Luis Enrique is probably not going to come to Barcelona to be honest. Because at this moment PSG is a big club. And they also have a very good financial situation. Far better than the one in Barcelona. No coach is actually going to want to leave the club that they are in which is giving them good amount of money and go to a club that is almost bankrupt. I think they're better off keeping Xavi. That should be the first target of them right now. |
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Currently the match between Al Nassr and Al Hillal is in progress, both teams have played quite impressively so far, especially Al Nassr who is playing at home, of course immediately took the initiative to attack and without waiting a long time Al Nassr was able to score a quick goal in the 1st minute, I think today match will probably be Al Hillal first defeat this season, because so far, I see, Al hilll cannot created any dangerous opportunities to equalize the score so the match has entered the 29th minute.
It's true that this match could be Al-Hilal's first defeat this season in the SPL. but the match only entered the 40th minute of the first half. So there is still a lot of time left if it is accumulated by the second half. So currently everything is still difficult to predict. Unless Al-nassr scores another goal then maybe Al-nassr can be calmer when playing in the second half. But Al-Nassr must not be careless because we all know Al-Hilal is not a weak team. they are the strongest this season with proof of being at the top of the rankings this season. but it would be very beautiful for Al-nassr if Al-nassr managed to beat Al-hilal in this match.  I don't know if Al Hilal will lose today's match, but we didn't see good performance from Al Hilal players in the first half. I expected a better performance from Al Hilal. Al Hilal players need to perform better against strong opponents like Al Nassr. Al Hilal will not be able to win this match if they perform like this. Al Hilal conceded a goal in the first minute of the match. Otavio scored from Ronaldo's pass. And even after scoring, Al Nassr kept their defense tight. So Al Hilal's players could not score any goals despite some strong attacks. |
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I mean it would have been weird if the manager says "mbappe leaving will make us much weaker", of course he is going to say they are going to be stronger, it is his job to make sure that players are happy and the morale is high, he should make it sound like since he is gone, we are going to share the ball a lot more so that we do not have to pamper to his needs and give him the ball all the time, we are going to play selfless football and make it better etc etc.
It is his duty to make sure that the team keeps getting better, saying they will miss mbappe and will be terrible because he is not there, would be idiotic and would not make sense at all. I personally believe that what Enrique said is quite normal in these circumstances.
No coach wants them to look weak, especially in front of the media, of course if they say they "will be weaker" when they lose players, then that will be an interesting conversation and there will even be a lot of criticism coming at that coach. So they will always say they will be much stronger when they lose a good player, even though people will say otherwise because of the influence that player has on the team. There is no doubt that Mbappe's presence at Paris Saint Germain has had a huge influence on their game, and that is what makes people think that when he leaves it might affect Paris Saint Germain's performance. but as a coach there is no reason not to say they will be better, because it is not the players who are their weapons but the strategies they can apply. If a coach only relies on one player, I question their quality. I mean of course the coach did not need to say that Mbappé leaving is going to make them "weak". I expected him to say that they have lost a really good player and it will probably be a little hard for them to find a replacement for him. But they will definitely overcome this situation. That probably would have been a much better and acceptable statement for all the people. Because we all know that Mbappé leaving the club is definitely going to impact them really hard. And the coach also knows that very well. He is just trying to show that He is still confident. But at the same time, I understand why he said this. Because he wanted the other players to feel confident about the future of PSG as well. That is absolutely understandable. |
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Real Madrid wants to prove to us that they are still very strong and ready to win any club that crosses their parts. This is why I so much ha confidence in them that they are going to win Dortmund in the finals since they are used to winning.
Barcelona is good this season but not as strong as Real Madrid and that was proven in El Classico match, but one thing that I know is that if Barcelona don't bring in new players when the transfer window is open, they might not be able to win Real Madrid next season.
Real Madrid is not going to take things easy. Doesn’t matter who the opponent is. Real Madrid is always going to try to give their best performance. I appreciate this approach from Real Madrid without any doubt. If they had any big competition to play, they probably wouldn’t have taken this approach. But of course, everyone expected a similar kind of result from this match. And I am almost 100% sure that nobody expected to lose this match. Real Madrid is obviously the winner of the La Liga competition. the biggest competition that the Real Madrid team has to win is the Champions League. And they are playing against Dortmund. So of course everyone is expecting them to win that match as well. |
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In the second over, Ireland got a boundary and this boundary was hit on the leg side to Shaheen Shah Afridi which is not a good thing for Shaheen Shah Afridi and also Pakistan because also we have seen in the last match where Andy Balbirnie made a very good runs in the starting overs but later when he was out then he has done enough score that is why it is good to take his wicket early.
Shaheen Shah Afridi got a wicket which was the first wicket of the match and as usual, Shaheen used his trick to out every single batsman. One ball outside with no swing and the second ball he gave the bouncer on the same location but this time, he executed the swing that helps the ball to come inside and hit the wicket.  The ball after the wicket was delivered and it seemed that he wanted to do this once again. He had done once again same ball on the outside but now he was not able to do that once again and that ball went as dot. Shaheen Shah Afridi took 2 wickets in total today in the three overs he bowled so far. The economy rate is perfect for him, only 3.66, which is the best when you know it is a T20 match. This match was pretty easy for Pakistan to win in the end. Pakistan was able to win with six weeks in hand and three overs remaining. I was actually surprised to see Pakistan lose the first match. But of course that was really good performance from Ireland to actually win that match. But after that Pakistan was able to come back very strongly. I do not think anyone expected that Pakistan was going to lose against Ireland. After this Pakistan is going to play a four match T20 series against England. And I honestly think that this series against Ireland is not going to help them at all when it comes to getting ready for the World Cup. Playing against England is going to give them a much better preparation. |
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