I'm focused on the Napoli v Barcelona match two days later and I'm looking forward to watching it. I expect the rematch to be even more exciting than the previous one. Barcelona are going there by an improved morale now and they are favoured here by bookmakers also. But there is only a slight odd difference between Napoli and Barcelona. I believe that Barcelona are powerful enough to beat Napoli in this match but it might not be in ninety minutes too. Napoli are a very durable team and they wouldn't give up on the match easily. But I'll be favouring Barcelona to win this.

I agree with the people who reckon that Manchester United are much better in the recent times. But we will see if they will maintain this form also. They haven't been a very good team when it comes to maintaining a good winning streak in the league. It is obvious that they will still have a really hard time finishing the season in top 4. But I hope that they can make it. Because if they don't, we won't be able to watch them in the Champions League next season and Ronaldo could leave the team then also.

Yeah, there must be just a confusion. He scored three goals and his performance was just very impressive after a really long time. I waited for this moment excitedly after watching him performing really badly at Arsenal. He is not a bad striker. He was just having some problems with his previous team and this affected him psychologically too as a result. And in this case, you can't expect a striker to score many goals. He has already started showing what he is capable of now and I hope that he goes on well.

Milan had a really lucky week that's for sure. Even though they got a draw, they still maintained their lead in the standings. It is thanks to the results Inter and Napoli got of course. I already mentioned Inter but Napoli's match was yesterday against Cagliari away. I was seeing a clear victory for Napoli here but this didn't happen. Napoli had a big difficulty in defeating them and they were almost losing the match too if it weren't for Osimhen's goal. He entered the match in the second half and saved the team one point. But Milan might not be this lucky next time so they should win their next match.

Leipzig's performance on the recent weeks has been very impressive and this helped them reach the fourth position in the standings. They are finally in the Champions League area and they really needed this kind of a run. They are not a weak team actually but they didn't start very good to the season. But thankfully, they have fixed most of their problems and they are performing much better now. They can finish the season at the third position too if they go on like this. Leverkusen might start to play worse and this would open a door for Leipzig.

I liked Barcelona the most this week. Because they had a perfect match against Valencia away. They defeated Valencia by 4-1 and improved their morale incredibly much for their future matches in the La Liga and the Europa League also. Aubameyang started to score which was a great thing to see for me. He scored two goals and this would help him adapt to scoring regularly a lot. He really needs to find himself again here and I believe that he will get much better in time. He is still a great striker and he can score many more goals.

Serie A is going on really interestingly right now. Because we witnessed very different results on last week. Milan and Inter really shocked me this time. Because they both had comfortable matches but the final scores weren't saying the same thing. Milan had a big problem on defeating the team at the last position in the standings, Salernitana. And there was a 2-2 draw at the end. And Inter were even worse than Milan because they lost to Sassuolo in their match home by 0-2. Milan still kept their lead for now as a result however this could change today. It can change only if Napoli defeat Cagliari.

Maybe Dortmund are a very clear favourite against Gladbach but I'm not trusting them too much despite trying to do so. Because they are still a very inconsistent team. Their performance against Leverkusen was terrible as they made simple defensive mistakes. They atoned for this by destroying Union Berlin by 3-0 away. But this is another unpredictable match to me. Gladbach are not good maybe but they are not the worst in the end. They have started to win finally after weeks passed. They would be looking for Dortmund's probable mistakes here.

I have nearly zero hopes about Atletico Madrid to win today against Osasuna in their away match. It just seems to me really difficult to happen. Because Atletico Madrid don't seem to be a trustworthy team recently. We should definitely take this into account and evaluate this match according to it. Osasuna are a far stronger team than Levante. Even Levante defeated Atletico Madrid so Osasuna would make bigger difficulties for them. Osasuna are having a decent season and they don't want to miss their chance for a European tournament ticket earlier while they are this nice.

What a poor result by Lille against Metz. They had an overwhelming performance actually but they were really terrible at finishing. There were 13 shots of them but only one of them was on goal. Lille are in a miserable condition and most probably they won't be finishing the season at a European spot if they don't be consistent. They are still one point behind the fifth team now actually. But they don't seem to be credible much. I know that this kind of teams don't find the chance to become the champions as they were last season. But at least, they would have had a decent season.

Antonio Conte is a great manager and we saw his positive effect on the team right after he started his job at Tottenham. They didn't lose any Premier League matches for so many weeks. But considering the last three weeks, they were really performing badly. I don't know what's wrong but they have a really difficult match today this time. This means that they are likely to have their fourth loss in a row. Manchester City are just a beast now and they are even better in their home matches. I see nowhere to run for Tottenham and they should hope for not losing by an embarrassing score.

Juventus stumbled against Torino last night by a 1-1 draw. This was very unexpected for me honestly. I was seeing a Juventus win here as nearly guaranteed. Maybe it was not going to be a very comfortable one but they would have won by a one-goal gap at least. But Torino fought really well against them. Juventus got ahead very early but had a big problem on increasing the goal gap later on. And this cost them this kind of a result. Belotti scored a very important goal for his team. And Juventus didn't have even one shot on target in the second half which was horrible.

West Ham v Newcastle is going to be the opening match in the next round. And this is really a candidate to be a quite competitive match too. West Ham are one of the surprising teams of this season. They are in the fight for the fourth position in the standings currently. They are a much more complete team now and I didn't see them playing like this in the past seasons. And as for Newcastle, they are trying to stay in the Premier League at the end of this season. And their recent form is absolutely gorgeous. They haven't lost a match for five weeks and they are on a three-win streak too. I expect them to compete hard and score at least one goal. Therefore, my first betting preference is both teams to score.

76ers are doing great and they won another game against a really tough opponent like Bucks this time. Embiid was the star of the game like he is nearly all the time. I hope that they can maintain this effort in the playoff round too. Because there have been many teams that were very good in the regular season but were terrible in the playoffs. 76ers deserve to be successful this season and I hope they wouldn't be eliminated earlier in the playoffs. But after Harden's joining, it doesn't seem very likely. The most important thing is his adapting to the team quickly.

Liverpool showed how qualified team they are even in troubling situations. They had a really hard time against Inter in their away match. But they still succeeded in scoring two goals while we were closing in on the last minutes of the match. I wonder whether they are going to make it to the final once more this time. Because they seem to be one of the teams that are very difficult to stop now. But we will see what team they will have a matchup against in the quarter finals. By the way, I'm writing these like they have already advanced because I'm completely sure that they will finish the job in Anfield.

When it comes to the Valencia v Barcelona match, I think that Barcelona are definitely the favourite to win this one. Valencia might seem like a scary opponent but they shouldn't think like that. They are Barcelona and they are showing a more satisfying performance recently. Their main goal should be getting a win here at all costs. As Atletico Madrid lost their missing match against Levante, Barcelona have a nice opportunity to become more advantageous against them for the fourth position in the standings. But first, they should focus on not losing any points here.

The Barcelona v Napoli match was the one that people waited for the most I assume. Barcelona were really terrible a few months ago. If they had that kind of performance in this match, then they would have lost this match surely. But their recent performance was a much more improved version and we saw that too. Barcelona kept the match under control most of the time. It was unfortunate for them to concede a goal before scoring one. But they still equalized it by a penalty. Maybe Ferran Torres scored it but his general performance was poor actually. He found so many goal chances and wasted all of them. He didn't even have a shot on target. Barcelona would have won this actually.

Of course. I was just feeling good for them as they finally won a match after drawing with their opponents two weeks in a row. Apart from that, Manchester United are still an unreliable team surely. They are still having big struggles about winning matches comfortably. And this makes them have big problems on clinging to the fourth position in the standings. They must start performing much higher than this otherwise they will have a really hard time finishing the season at the fourth position at least.

Bayern Munich were the most surprising team yesterday. I was one hundred percent sure that they would be able to defeat Salzburg very easily. Salzburg would score but Bayern Munich would still destroy them. But this didn't happen. Salzburg got ahead first and Bayern Munich tried their best to equalize it. While they were doing it, Salzburg were nearly scoring the finisher but they missed a huge opportunity. Adamu didn't pass the ball to his friends and Pavard cut the ball very well. This selfishness was the turning point of the match. Bayern Munich found the equalizer and at least saved a draw.

Torino could have Andrea Belotti for the whole match this time. Because he is finally back from his injury and he played against Venezia for twenty minutes last week also. This could mean that we could start watching him full time from now on. He was their top scorer before but he got an injury for a long time. On the other hand, I've doubts about if he can perform like the old times right away. Juventus still have a big advantage here I think. Belotti might need time to adapt to the match tempo again.