a pity that Freiburg did not win, otherwise they would have become the leader in the Bundesliga in Germany. We now have a new surprising leader: Union Berlin. I did not expect that after 6 rounds we would have a leader other than Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund. Of course Union Berlin will not remain a frontrunner, but it is fun for the football fans. In fact, Bayern's hemegony should also be reduced, but no one can stop it.
Usually teams like Berlin and Freiburg or fighting to get European football or to stay in the league at least.

Real Betis - Villareal was very boring and at halftime it was unsurprisingly 0-0. There has been 1 goal so far in the 2nd half and Real Betis are now leading 1-0 but there is still 15 minutes to play. I think both teams are about the same level, Real Betis has achieved very good results, especially in Europe. These are not teams that can become champions, but in principle they could participate for the 3rd place, although there is a lot of competition. Atletico Madrid can't manage it either, despite the fact that they now have Griezman, who can only come in after 60 minutes for Atletico.

Finally another (small) success for Ferrari, Leclerc can start from P1 tomorrow. We have already seen in previous competitions that this is no guarantee of success. I have also read that Verstappen has had his engine tinkered with, and that he is put 5 places backwards as a result. not that it matters much, recently he won a match that he started from P12. Leclerc seems to have the ultimate chance to win another race tomorrow, but if Verstappen quickly gets behind Leclerc at the start, it's the same story again and Verstappen will win. It's starting to get a bit boring this way.

That was a great match between Tafoe and Alcaraz. tafoe won the first set but after that it was the Spaniard who set the tone. I thought it was strange that he let Tafoe come back so far after leading 2-1 in sets and also a break in the 4th set. Tafoe is also a player for the future, we have a lot of young tennis players at the moment who can play great. Tomorrow the final between Ruud and Alcaraz. Normally you would say that Alcaraz is the favourite, but Ruud already won a tournament on this surface and was already in the final at Gravel in Paris. So he did better than Alcaraz. I think a 50-50 match. The winner also immediately becomes the new number 1 in the world.

Napoli managed to win her game at the last minute, but it all went so difficult. The bookmakers thought at the start of the game that it would be a simple victory for Napoli with a presumed final score of 3-0. However, it took until the 89th minute for the first goal to fall. It might also be nice to win that way. the red card afterwards was unnecessary and therefore Spalletti of Napoli misses the next game, not very handy. With this win, Napoli is back in the lead (for now)

You can't associate poker players with gambling either. Those are two completely different things. Of course you need luck with poker but you don't just depend on luck and that's the big difference. I think that poker is also older than (online) gambling. I'm still curious when online poker became popular and when it came on the market and originated. You also don't hear many new poker sites appearing, while at casinos and bookmakers you see one bookmaker after another emerging and new to the business.

It would be nice if the battle for the championship could continue for a while. Bayern have proved human and have already dropped 4 points. Borussia Dortmund have done what they had to do and seem to be in better shape than last season, when it wasn't much and they didn't really put in a good run until the end. At this point, Werder Bremen is trailing at home to Mainz and it's the 88th minute, so that 0-1 will probably also be the final score. Important points for Mainz who are now 5th.

We are going to have an exciting season with the CL this season. The big disappointment was of course Liverpool, but I have the suspicion that it is not going to get much better at Liverpool this season. In the EPI and CL. Losing 4-1 to Napoli was no accident. And next Tuesday they have to play against Ajax, that could also turn out to be another defeat and then they have to watch out at Liverpool that they will qualify for the next round. For me it is actually out of the question that Liverpool will win the Champions League. PSG, City and Bayern are much better at the moment.

You don't hear much about it, but what would Ronaldo think about this now? He was open to a transfer to another club, but no one could pay his salary. So he had to stay at United, not because he wanted to. When does his contract expire? I don't think the situation will change in the winter when we have another period when players can be bought. He won't be making a lot of minutes at United because Antony plays there and doesn't disappoint. Perhaps he should consider moving back to Real Madrid, nowhere has Ronaldo been more successful than at Real Madrid.

Manchester City has been among the absolute best in the world for years. Every year also a favorite with the bookmakers. Now they also have Haaland on board. We've seen how good he is. PSG now also seems to be completely revived and with the new coach at the helm they are showing convincing football. Beautiful goals and beautiful combinations against Juventus this week. I think it's between PSG and Manchester City. But it will depend a lot on how it will be. If we get Bayern - Man City as the draw in the quarterfinals, then it could also be that Man City will be eliminated by Bayern.

Manchester United are 0-1 behind Real Sociedad at home and it is only a few minutes left. Erik Ten Hag seemed to have the leak with 4 wins in a row in the Premier League, but now it looks like they are going to lose the first game in Europe. Newspapers will suddenly start to doubt again. I haven't seen anything of the game, so I can't say whether the score of 0-1 is a correct reflection of the game image. Maybe United are much better. Still, I don't think united need to worry that they won't qualify, they're too good for that. But it's definitely not a good start.

A lot of complaints based on fantasy and slander. We have mentioned it many times before but apparently it is ignored every time. Almost all players complaining about 1xbit here in the forum are complaining because they are having problems with the site and coincidentally they are all betting on tennis and table tennis. It is already known that there is a large group of scammers active on the forum and they are (rightly) dealt with by 1xbit. I think all bookmakers should act like 1xbit because these scammers/players are ruining it for players who want to play fair.

It's about time Atlanta could use some great success. They have been playing nice football for years and have received a lot of praise, but in the end they end up empty-handed every season. Time to harvest now. They have serious championship chances, especially because the competition is taking a lot of points from each other and Atalanta is doing what it has to do and that is just winning the games. I don't know if Atalanta can keep it up to the end, but a few seasons ago they also finished 2nd. So why not once first and get the title.

Barcelona has shown beautiful football. What I just don't understand is why they wanted to keep Frenkie de Jong so badly. He's not even in the starting squad anymore. That midfield with Busquets, Pedri and Gabi looked really impressive from the last game. I think that De Jong can forget his place in this team and will have to make do with substitutes. But maybe he'll get another chance. It seems that only Barcelona and Real Madrid can become champions. Real Madrid have won everything, Barcelona 1 draw but compared to last year a big improvement.

Ajax beat a very weak playing Rangers. Strange that the difference in power was so huge. This is also a strong group if you look at it that way because Liverpool and Napoli will play against each other tonight. 4-0 is a pretty convincing result. But group matches offer no guarantee of success, as it turned out last year when Ajax managed to win all 6 matches and lost to Benfica in the eighth final. That Benfica has now also penetrated to the Cl but will not get many points. Soon the great match between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.

I don't think there is any reason to panic either. That story with 400 million will end with a fizzle I suspect. Stake.com has been in this world for a long time and they really won't be fined for that much money. We have seen fines more often in the past, but those are fines up to a maximum of 400,000 EUR. Players/customers of stake.com do not have to worry and their money is safe in the account at stake.com
I also saw that they had some nice promotions lately.

Harry Kane has been playing for Tottenham Hotspurs for a very long time. Why actually? He has also been the best striker of the English team for years, then you would expect him to play at a top club and with all due respect, Tottenham is not among them. Not even in recent years. I actually thought that one day he would make the switch to Manchester City or Liverpool. They could have used it several times. We've seen the same with Vardy, when he was also an England international he just continued to play for Leicester City, while he had the big clubs to choose from.

At the moment there is really only 1 team that has really been able to convince in my view and that is Atalanta Bergamo. They have been at the absolute top in Italy for a few years and have also once reached the quarter-finals / semi-finals of the Champions League. A logical step would be that they would become champions one day, even if individually, of course, they do not have the best team. Based on market value I don't think they are even in the top 10 but as a team they play great. Except for last season. It was good before that. They are now first, Inter Milan also have a bad start this season.

Chelsea are having a hard time at Dynamo Zagreb. Many will not recognize Chelsea's game from the year they won the Champions League. We've played for an hour now and it's been 1-0 for quite some time. It seems impossible for Chelsea to win this match. A 1-0 defeat would be quite a blow to the weakest of the group. But I think it can easily be 1-1 and that that will also be the final score. Chelsea should be able to easily continue in this group, but if you lose with a draw, the chances have become less and the game shown is not great now.

Ajax has so far made no mistakes and has the most impressive selection. It is too early to say that they will easily become champions, but the difference has already been made by PSV's defeat at twente yesterday. Admittedly, Twente finished 5th last year, so it's not really that surprising. PSV will also not do well with PSV's elimination in the Champions League. Feyenoord quickly trailed 2-0 within fifteen minutes yesterday, but it was all the better that they still managed to win the game 2-4. In the relegation it is quite clear who will end up at the bottom, namely Volendam and Fortuna Sittard.