Latest posts of: QueenVera

Quote from: Docnaster on January 18, 2024, 10:50:21 PM

Quote from: Distraction on January 18, 2024, 07:04:05 PM

I think Fenerbahce have made nice transfers in this transfer window so far. Bonucci is a good addition to the defense line by a free transfer. Maybe he is 36 years old but I don't think he will perform badly. He had huge experience especially at Juventus. I'm pretty sure he will transfer his experience to his new team to make Fenerbahce defense stronger. They have signed Krunic on loan which is another decent signing.

Like you rightly said, Fenerbahce have actually made important signing recently as they try to make sure the protect their lead at the top till the end of the current season. Leonardo Bonnucci is a veteran defender who's no longer in his prime but I think his wealth of experience is gonna be helpful to the team.

Galatasaray haven't been as effective in the transfer market like their rivals Fenerbahce but that doesn't stop me from seeing them as the favorites to win the league title despite the fact that they're currently trailing Fenerbahce by two points at the top of the Turkish Super Lig table

Age is beckoning on a lot of players and they've just got to do what is left before retirement. Now every man has his own decision to make based on how it pleases him. Bonnuci has been a great player, his tremendous effort every team building he's been a partaker of. He's quality in himself. There's just going to be a void to be filled in his absence. Even though he's not a loud star, he's had impact in Roma as a team.

Now Mourinho has to make efforts to finding a perfect replacement too that'd match Bonnuci's impact. There are a number of players that can really be as impactful as him even though it just would take a while to settle in. It's much better than leaving the void unattended.Thesame scenario apply to all retirement players as their absence just has to be replaced again. Most of these players also may choose to round up their retirement in their current team whilst some would opt to go for a high paying team and retire there. I anticipate his impact to the Turkish side soon.

Quote from: makishart on January 19, 2024, 02:40:24 PM

People can see how manchester united was making some movements to revamp the defensive line. Manchester united needs to sell a lot of players. I can't even believe it finally ten hag was aware with the problem owned by manchester united. It was showing that if manchester united is willing to sell a lot of its defenders. I do support this caused by manchester united knows if poor defenders become the major problem owned by the club. Im quite happy by seeing ten hag finally listened to the fans. Im wondering who will be put for sale very soon.

Some defenders have been targeting by ten hag and im sure that manchester united will able to perform better with all of those new defenders soon. The only problem whether ten hag will pick the right players for the club. We do know that how shitty ten hag when it comes to players transfer.
I will not blame him if he will make the good transfers but i will blame him if ten hag's new players will become another flop like onana and mount. Enough is enough for him.
The management shall give him ultimatum if he will not able to perform better than before.

United currently are behind in their performance and a lot is obviously wrong with the team. For me I'd say the fault is from both Ten Hag and his players as well. The players fault in the sense that they're being too sluggish in the pitch, they play like there's no interest in the game and they just want to get done with it. The way and manner they give off chances and how smaller teams capitalize on their mistakes to earn a lead from them. They've got good players but the players aren't at their best self week after week.

Also consider the coach being at fault because many times he'd make a new strategy which in the end doesn't work for them, and then thesame strategy will still be repeated in other games. Not just tactics, both player combinations. Why on earth would a coach still keep implementing a strategy that's failed and isn't even bulging to make corrections? He's the manager and the bigger responsibility is on his shoulder. His job is on the line and if he's been unserious about it, then he should be set to embrace a sack. They've got quality players in the team, he should be able to maximize these players.

Quote from: Egii Nna on January 19, 2024, 03:02:03 PM

Exactly what everyone will say because today’s game didn’t look like it would favour Lazio, because even though I think Lazio can win this game, it is just for the sake of predictions; we don't know the future. But I do believe that this game belongs to Inter Milan due to their performance. Inter Milan having a game with Lazio is like eating a piece of cake, although I am sure Lazio will try their possible best to see what they can do in the game due to the last result of the game they played against Inter Milan, in which Inter Milan won the game with a score of 2-0.

So they will try their best to see if they can defeat Inter Milan in today’s game, and I know it will be very hard for them to win today’s game, though predictions can’t be trusted 100%, but Inter Milan's performance is way better than that of Lazio because in games that Lazio has against Inter Milan, you can testify that is a big challenge in their encounter with Inter Milan.

Lazio have not really been performing at the usual pace we all know them to be at. They've got more work to do on themselves. The threats are high no doubt. The league is getting tougher and it's difficult for them to meet up or bounce back to somewhere meaningful at the top. At least, they're in the Champions league, maybe they'd be able to prove their worth there buh odds for advanced for them is low.

Their strength should just currently be majored on the Serie A league. They have to stay in the games and acquire meaningful points too. Inter are the biggest team currently in the league and it's one feat they strived to attain by weekly victories. They've been able to gain grounds to be on top at the end of the season's first half. Judging from their performance so far, they've got what it takes to lift the trophy this season. They're good at what they do and they're relentless in their strides.

Quote from: legendbtc on January 19, 2024, 03:11:37 PM

Yes, RB Leipzig is no longer the club that threatens Bayern Munich's Bundesliga title. The strength and finances of this team have decreased significantly. The chance of winning the Bundesliga championship is remote, but if they do not improve their performance, they can fall out of the top 4 teams. Now, RB Leipzig's goal is to finish in the top 4 of the Bundesliga. Thereby, they can win a spot in the prestigious UEFA Champions League next season.
Bayer Leverkusen has played so well this year, certainly in no small part thanks to coach Xavi Alonso. The away team has not lost any match in the Bundesliga and has only drawn 3 games. With such destructive power, Leverkusen has reason to be confident when being a guest of Leipzig. Leverkusen is a terror to opponents on every playing field. With consecutive wins, they have enough power to force Leipzig to receive their second successive defeat.

With everything that's happened in the German league from the start of the season till now. I'm certain that it won't be an easy ride for Munich. Alonso is making the manager's seat hot for him and Tuchel is striving to be meaningful to the team more than he currently is. The team won't want to be submissive to Leverkusen that just came out of the blue, even though it's really not a criteria for Tuchel's job to be retained, he just has to make the team stand out and prevail against Munich.

The two sides are currently in thesame range and tempo and assuredly, the next few weeks would be heated up for the Bundesliga as both teams would take every game extremely serious.Tuchel has to regain Munich's pride, there's chance for him to do so, he just needs extra effort while hoping on a little of Leverkusen's back slide.

Quote from: HajiBagi on January 19, 2024, 03:44:50 PM

Liverpool must learn how to play without Salah because they failed to realise that it would eventually hurt them. I even heard that Salah suffered an injury during Egypt's match against Ghana; if this is true, then both the Liverpool team and Egypt must learn how to play without Salah on the pitch or they will keep losing games. On Sunday, Liverpool plays Bournemouth, and although Salah will not be playing, If Liverpool still has players who can contribute to the team's success and win games before Salah returns from injury, so I believe they can overcome Bournemouth.

I think Liverpool can maintain their current standing in the league table, even though I know that Manchester City is in good shape now that DE Bruyne has returned, and if Haaland returns, their performance will be even better than it was before because DE Bruyne always provides Haaland with excellent passing that helps them win a game. However, Liverpool is still ahead of Manchester City by two points, and Liverpool will not want to let them lose and give Manchester City the top spot.

I think you are right, you'll know a strong team by their ability to perform well during the absence of their key players and it's proven this season that Manchester City is a really strong team in Europe, despite the fact that Debruyne's absence worried them in some matches, but it didn't take too long before they recovered and started adapting without KDB and currently KDB is back and their top 9 Haaland is absent but their still doing pretty good with the rest of the squad they've got.

That's something Liverpool should emulate, there's no doubt that Mo Salah plays an important role in the team, however they still got other qualify players that could stand in form him till he returns from country duties, so why depend on one player when they still got other quality players in their squad. Bournemouth is not a team Liverpool should be scared of, they should underestimate them however they capable of getting 3 points from them with our without Salah.

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Nice is getting far from PSG and PSG is getting into better form which means the chance for PSG to win the French League is increasing every week when Nice loses some points and after the game Nice lost against Rennes with a 2-0 result and they lose the full threes points in this match, now Nice got only 35 points while PSG is on the first place of the league with 43 points which means Nice should wb even worried to lose their place to Brest since there is only one point difference between them and Brest. Also in the last five meets Brest had, they just had one draw and won all the other four games they had.

well they started pretty good at the early stages of the season and even kept a good unbeaten run for a while, everyone felt they were the team to challenge PSG's dominance this season not until they started dropping points and even allowed PSG to top the league to an extent of gapping them with about 8points currently. I don’t see them closing the gap, cause PSG is in a very good form recently, their players are now beginning to communicate better on the pitch, hence their recent good form, therefore i don't see them dropping 8 points and letting Nice to come top again.

Well, Nice tried in getting this far cause of their strong defense line, i think they should try maintaining this position and qualify for the UCL, which would attract upcoming talents to join their team, they have one major area to work on, which is the attack and i think if they could bring in a natural born top 9 that could come in and adapt well into their system then they’ll be good to go for the title challenge next season. Atleast they're better than Monaco that are currently in 4th position.

Quote from: lizarder on January 18, 2024, 06:07:08 PM

Previously Napoli also fired the coach who had succeeded in giving the fans and club the long-awaited title. In fact, it is difficult for many people to accept why management fired the coach who succeeded in making them become champion candidates. The rumors circulating were almost the same as those experienced by Jose Mourinho because both of them criticized management policies in managing the club so they were disturbed by the criticism and fired him.

The next question is where Jose Mourinho will go and which team will be the place for him to coach. Likewise, for AS Roma, the arrival of a new coach who has no experience can produce much better results than Jose Mourinho and as far as I know that will be much more impossible because in terms of experience Jose Mourinho is much better.

Napoli firing their coach because of management’s policy was quite crazy. Why would you let him go after bringing that trophy home after how many years? Well the club board knows what’s best for them, and i think maybe there was a big disagreement between the manager and board which triggered the departure of their former coach Spalletti.

However, our focus is to Jose and what happens to him next, well I think he’ll be off to Saudi to go get the bag and have peace of mind as that’s what is key to him now because he’s basically written his name in Gold in Europe. As for Roma, I think it’ll be quite a huge struggle going forward.The new coach will have to continue with the philosophy of Jose and see how things goes for him then maybe get his own players to his advantage next season.

Quote from: Docnaster on January 18, 2024, 03:51:31 PM

Cristiano Ronaldo alongside Lionel Messi without doubt has been the two greatest players of the last two decades as far as world football is concerned and that's actually earned them a lot of personal accolades and recognitions but when it comes to public influence, it's clear that no one comes close to the Portuguese superstar as he's the most followed footballer across all social media and the most followed human on Instagram in the whole world. The organizers of the Saudi Pro League knew how much of influence he'll bring to the league should they sign and made sure they did everything within their reach to bring the Portugal national team captain to the middle East league.

Since his arrival to the league, the Saudi Arabian League has gained more global recognition and awareness than they've ever gotten. On the pitch, Cristiano Ronaldo have also been great for the club as he succeeded in scoring the highest number of goals in 2023.

Yes undoubtedly we can’t deny the fact that both Cristiano and Messi have been all leading the football world for more than 10 years and they’ve had to their name many award both in their respective teams and as individual players. But when we talk of influence then Cristiano is the most influential and that’s why brands wants to recognize with him.

The Saudi League knew what they did when they tried to get in Cristiano, they knew how his presence alone will change the face of the league. And that’s been done, now the league has had a better face and the competition in the league has gone fierce and that’s why Cristiano is one hell of a great influencer. On the pitch he still does his job and off his pitch he still steals the show, for this reason I crown my GOAT to be Cristiano.

However, imagine Ronaldo and Messi together in the SPL, it's going to be a very good boost for them, cause these are the two most recognised footballers globally and it's going to attract more audience and viewers, making the league more popular, and also attracting more talents to move there. I think the SPL should also try to attract Messi into joining their league.

Quote from: JeffBrad12 on January 18, 2024, 12:54:39 PM

It seems like xabi has been targeted by bayern's boss to be the successor for tuchel. In light of Tuchel's imminent departure, the club has shown unwavering dedication to securing him as their next coach. I think that the combination between bayern munich and xabi will make the club become unbeatable for the long term. Xabi was willing to coaching the club that gave him success as a player. I do like how bayern was projecting him to be a long-term solution for the club. I do support the decision for munich to recruit xabi.

I do like this. I hope i will see xabi to be a new coach for bayern munich. Im sure many of munich fans will have agreed with it too. Xabi will able to become a long term project owned by juventus. This is also helping the club a lot in building the club for long term project.
bayern munich has been making future plan by recruiting him to the club in the future. Xabi's performance with leverkusen was relaly impressive.

Well Xabi to Bayern Munich is quite possible and could be a reality especially as he was once a player and during his days there, he achieved great success. This alone will want to make him achieve more as a coach and this is the confidence the board have on him especially seeing what he does with this Leverkusen side

Yes, Tuchel has been good but he’s not suit the taste of the board. In Tuchel’s Bayern we don’t see the massive number of goals from the team and they also concede more in this era and the board aren’t confident on him continuing. Xabi will be a great coach for them and yes, he’ll be a long term project and might probably hand them their next UCL title because undoubtedly the man’s good and he’s intelligent and has impressed the football world with his performance at Leverkusen.

Quote from: piebeyb on January 18, 2024, 10:49:21 AM

Simone Inzaghi must be able to maintain the performance of his players so that they do not get injured in UCL matches or in the domestic league, it is difficult to maintain consistency in winning ways until the end of the season, it is not easy to rotate players if there are players who are injured. For Inter Milan winning the title this season is the main goal them, so maybe Inter Milan will play optimally to win the title this season, if they fail in the UCL at least they can win the title in the Italian league this season.

But they have to face Allegri and his team who so far have been very consistent in maintaining victory and also getting full points in a row, that is a great achievement and cannot be underestimated, in the previous meeting Juventus and Intermilan played a draw and the second meeting at Inter Milan's home must of course be there is a winner between the two to prove which is the best of the two to win the title this season and also occupy the top of the standings.

This meeting of top clubs will certainly be an interesting spectacle and will determine the outcome of the competition between the two so far, I think Juventus will win dramatically with a narrow score.

Well yes, the title is the main goal for Inter Milan this season and they can probably out stretch to get to the finals of the Ucl like they did last season. But with all these matches, maintaining squad is real priority because they’ve got an informed Juventus on the title chase and are not looking to back off anytime soon. So I feel yes, squad rotation is cool but it’s risky and can be done especially in a way to avoid much a risk. Well Juventus are pretty good and also a determined side and the last time these 2 met, it ended in a draw.

For the 2nd leg at the San Siro, I think it’ll possibly still be a draw because both teams are composed. The decisive factor for this league will be the slip from any team and this could be cause by injured players in the squad. So that alone is one reason Inter Milan will have to stay fit and maintain her squad so as to be able to hold on at least a title this season.

Quote from: Strongkored on January 18, 2024, 03:28:16 AM

Because the teams they face in the Champions League differ in terms of strength, they are all a collection of the strongest teams in their respective leagues, which makes it difficult for PSG to always compete and become a team to be reckoned with in the tournament.
Buying expensive players is not enough, there must be development of a good team like Chelsea before they became the team they are today or like Manchester City which needed many seasons with Pep Guardiola before they finally became champions.
And this season there hasn't been any major changes seen at PSG, it's evident that they haven't had a very smooth journey in the group phase and when they manage to qualify Luiz Enrique will face a more difficult match, but they will be able to reach the quarter-finals but the semifinals and finals are not clearly visible to them.

PSG will face Orleans in the French Cup match, like they destroyed Revel this will also be a very easy match for PSG, and it would be surprising if PSG playing with full strength like the match against Revel and Luiz Enrique should let his core players rest to avoid injuries due to the match others are more important and require full strength.

Well buying expensive players doesn’t real make a team successful but rather investing in that team for a long project will. Yes, investment will make the team not just successful but be able to stand the test of time and that’s the success stories of most teams

For PSG, that’s why they’re not too successful in Europe because those other clubs are far superior than them in terms of squad depth and not just the big names. Well for the French League amd cup it’s always an easy one for them, PSG will keep dominating and I already see them in the final of the French cup and them winning the league is pretty imminent. But they’ve need to invest and build a formidable team if they real want to achieve Gold in Europe

Quote from: makishart on January 18, 2024, 12:35:28 PM

Arteta has been preparing another surprise for us and as you can see that arsenal has been targeting an old guy like benzema. Arsenal has been trying to open the talk to get him as a loan from saudi pro legue club. Im thinking benzema was not the rigth choice for arsenal but this guy was not that bad compared to the other expensive striker. Arsenal will take him as a loan only from saudi pro league club. People were also getting shocked to see that how arsenal was opening talk to get benzema from ittihad as a loan.

Im seeing it as a setback for arsenal caused by benzema has a very big salary but he will come as a loan from ittihad which is good enough. The final decision will be on ittihad caused by the clon was owning the contract with benzema.
Arsenal will try so hard to approach him from ittihad. Some feel this was a bad decision from arteta but the rest was not feeling it as a bad decision. I hope that arsenal and benzema will come to the agreement between both of parties.

Benzema to Arsenal??
Well impressive especially when you consider that they need a striker dearly and Benzema yes he’s quite old but he’s got the experience. Arteta must really understand that his team aren’t productive upfront and that reason, he needs a striker.

Now the financial part is that they could get under FFP if they’re not careful because Benzema is a big name and he’s receiving huge amount while at Saudi. But I believe the board will be able to check on the situation and know a way out. Benzema in this Arsenal squad, well I’m seeing a little improvement but not enough to match Manchester City and Liverpool though, they'll still need more suitable backup that would match City or liverpool's squad depth.

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Quote from: Arenga pinnata on January 18, 2024, 02:18:57 PM

Maybe Arsenal is experiencing conditions similar to last season. Even this season I think it's worse. Because last season we saw Arsenal still ranked at the top in the middle of the season. And dropped to 2nd place at the end of the season. Arteta seems to have to rebuild the squad. More thorough preparations must be made for next season. But this season there is something different, namely Arsenal will fight in the last 16 of the UCL. So Arsenal's goals may be much bigger this season. But with the current conditions, it is natural that doubts are starting to creep in among all Arsenal fans.

Everything seems to be like a big deal to Arsenal right now because both at the FA Cup and the Premier league, they have not really performed up to par. The last four previous matches were not pleasing at all for the club as they failed to win their matches against Liverpool, which was a draw in the Premier leaague, they also failed to win against West Ham with a 0 - 2 lost to West Ham in the Premier league, another failure to win against Fulham with a 2 over 1 in the Premier league, with the fourth failure against Liverpool again in the FA Cup to 0 - 2.

What hope do you have over them winning Crystal Palace this time around? Besides in their last fixturings they have not impressively won over Crystal Palace too. They have been draws and lost to Crystal Palace in between their last 5 fixtures.

Arsenal are now wallowing in their best fate, not being consistent and this is one big worry for the fans because they can’t be inconsistent like this and be termed champions. They’ve had a poor run in the last 4 matches, getting knocked out of the FA Cup and also getting lost in the league title chase and this is quite worrisome for the fans

Now they play a good Crystal Palace side who’re dreadful, for this match I prefer the fans don’t raise their hopes so high because it could end in a draw, though Arsenal could see this a stepping stone to regaining their form. For a safe bet I’ll double chance on Arsenal and the match not having more than 4 goals. Well the squad isn’t weak, I think they’re probably tired already and now misfire, I just hope they get their fire back and gun for wins, else they may keep dropping points and miss out the top 4.

Quote from: rahmad2nd on January 18, 2024, 10:41:01 AM

I just read rumors regarding Arsenal considering a blockbuster loan for striker number 9, referring to the Teamtalk report. I didn't even think that Benzema was still in great demand even by several top clubs in the Premier League. If I'm not mistaken, Manchester United was initially linked with a loan for the former French international. however, HITC reported that the Red Devils have no intention of signing Benzema this month.
Meanwhile Arsenal surprised me that they were considering Benzema. with the scenario, if Arsenal can get the veteran striker on a temporary contract. So, it's no longer a secret that Arsenal needs another number 9 who can really be relied on in terms of scoring goals for their squad. honestly, I can't describe what it would be like if Benzema played with the Gunners. I don't know what to think, but as an Arsenal supporter I'm happy if this rumor is true. Moreover, Benzema is interested in joining the Gunners.

Likewise with Chelsea, Pohce has been linked with a number of attacking options. considering that Nicolas Jackson is not completely convincing as a striker who can be relied on. and rumors are that Chelsea is also continuing to monitor Bemzema's situation at Al Ittihad. If Arteta is really interested in Benzema, as an Arsenal supporter I really support him. even though Bemzema is no longer young, Arsenal's style of play seems to provide a more deadly attack power. Nevertheless, we'll just have to wait and see what Arsenal will do and the same goes for Benzema. Maybe this is just gossip or part of the options in Arsenal's plans. Also, it's not certain that Benzema will be willing to join the Gunners, we'll just follow further developments.

Arsenal are a good team, they're active in all competitions and they've got the special ability to get victorious at the end. Well for me they've got a great squad and impressive management too but it'll be better if there's an improvement to what they already have. Adding a striker to the list and a few more players with increased effect won't really be a bad idea, rather it'll push the team into getting greater, bigger results.

It's actually good that so far, the team have been promising and they're working smoothly with their manager too. Errors are quickly corrected and coordinations are present to. One would wait to anticipate what the January transfer window holds for this team. But for the meantime, they still have top contending chance in the European tournaments too, and that's why they need to strengthen their squad ahead of the tournament.

Quote from: Hirose UK on January 18, 2024, 03:35:17 AM

I think as long as Fenerbahce and Galatasaray perform very well and have stability in maintaining the quality of play, the opportunity for Besiktas to appear in the UCL and be close to winning the Turkish Super League title will still be difficult to obtain.
If Fenerbahce and Galatasaray perform at their best, it is impossible for other teams to be able to match them, especially since the two top teams are now making various changes and bringing in several players at the start of last season.
We know that Besiktas is not team that can be taken lightly, but in conditions like this they will only be an obstacle team, not team that dominates the Turkish Super League, and for the Europa League, who knows whether they can get place next season.
But if they still have the same performance in defense like this then they can get it.

One of my wishes is to see Fenerbahce win the Turkish Super League and they can appear in the UCL.
Many people think that Fenerbahce will make it very difficult for other teams if they compete in the UCL and I am curious about their strength when they have to face other big European team.
Wouldn't this be very interesting if it happened and of course we could see firsthand how Fenerbahce performs when they have to face other big team from Europe.

The Turkish Super Lig is one league that's been having a wide point margin between their title holder and the other teams but this season both top teams have actually been playing averagely and their end result is more or less thesame with a difference in just the goal margins.It's not so bad though but it'd mean that one team would have to put extra work to their game delivery if they want to secure the trophy.

Fernabache and Galatasaray are good teams with good quality of players and both are capable of making the contest tough. But we await who'd be the greatest of them all. Besiktas on the other hand are trying their best in what they do, they still have greater possibilities of excelling in the league and when efforts are out in the team, it'll yield good outcomes. Galatasaray and Fernabache are making the struggle for the league trophy more difficult because they are giving thesame victory energy and aura, the points gathered, the goal differences, they're seemingly the toughest team in the league and their victory is so certain.

In a long while in the Turkish League, deciding the league's winner will take a while because these two teams are good at what they do. They play to win, and their next league game would undoubtedly end up as a victory for them both because their opponents are the opposite of them in all aspects. They're making the league's football more fun especially when it has to do with these two teams. We await the challenge amongst themselves and we're anticipating the winner. Do not be surprised though that the points will be shared eventually by both teams.

Quote from: rendravolt on January 18, 2024, 10:38:12 AM

Just a week ago we saw the Madrid derby in the Supercopa semifinals and today we will again watch another Madrid derby in the Copa Del Rey quarterfinals. I think both Ateltico and Real Madrid will make fierce attacks on each other in this match and especially for Atletico this is a revenge mission after previously being humiliated by Real Madrid. Not infrequently we will also see the rivalry between these two teams on the field, which always results in many violations and also the number of cards issued by the referee is not small.

Matches are always chaotic between players and this is what makes the match even more exciting. But still what I hope is that both teams can get back at each other and if possible I want to see this match go back to extra time. But if I may predict, it is likely that Real Madrid will still win this match and after winning the previous Supercopa title, of course they still want more if this season Real Madrid is interested in winning the treble winner. Anyway, it is reported that Atletico does not want to provide a guard of honor to Real Madrid players after they win the Supercopa trophy and this kind of disrespect is very regrettable. After all, the two of them are rivals and should be able to respect each other if one of them can win the title.

Madrid's level of performance on the pitch is very much certain to earn them the Spanish Cup trophy. They delivered a good victory against Atletico Madrid and are unceasingly seeming promising too. Their rival at the finals would always be Barcelona and whichever way they come, they'd always be the victorious team, it's going to be lovely El Classico final and my support goes to Madrid cause I feel that, based on performance this season they're better than Barca.

Barcelona themselves aren't performing near to the rate of Madrid's and so it's certain that there may be no hope for them again. Real Madrid won't take it easy on them and sternly would want to earn the trophy to themselves this season. Their performances this season have been good and top notch too and their progress shouldn't be surprising.

Quote from: Uruhara on January 18, 2024, 10:47:14 AM

Last season, Man City maybe was able to beat both of them. Because last season Ral Madrid and Bayern were not in good enough condition. But this season I think something is different. Because Real Madrid and Bayern this season really look more solid than last season. Meanwhile, Man City has had many problems this season. De Bruyne has also just recovered and has returned to playing and indeed he can immediately return to his best performance. But Haaland hasn't returned yet, but I haven't heard any news about when Haaland will return. Even though there are lots of rumors circulating that Haaland might be able to return at the end of January, I'm still not sure whether he will immediately return to his best performance or not.

De Bruyne can immediately return to his best performance but we still don't know about Haaland. So this season the UCL will probably be fiercer than last season. Unless Haaland returns and remains in good form then Man City's chance of winning the UCL title again could indeed happen again.

Inter Milan is also something to be reckoned with. Because this season Inter Milan also looks stronger than last season. And Serie A clubs are sometimes difficult to predict. And can always make other strong teams overwhelmed when facing them.

By February the knock out stage for the UCL will kick off and for some teams, it'll be an easy slide through regardless of the notion of the strongest teams being the ones able to scale into this stage. City and Copenhagen would go against each other and it's very much clear that City would be the survivors.
Their key men are back and set to run and definitely that's enough charge to weigh down Copenhagen.

Yes, in their home ground, they may try to put up a battle but I'm certain that City will be capable to overturn them. They're way ahead of them in capacity and ability too. As always, the round of 16 will have as much fun as there can be in it and it's greatly anticipated. Preparations and games would definitely be intense too. That's why there's the winter window, for clubs to strengthen their squad depth ahead of competition like this, cause it going to get tougher and the wicker teams would definitely get kicked out.

Quote from: joker_josue on January 18, 2024, 12:48:26 AM

Let's now enter the second part of the season, with games starting today:

MATCH DAY 18:
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Famalicão vs

Braga
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Vizela vs

Sporting
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Benfica vs

Boavista
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Estoril vs

Arouca
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Casa Pia vs

Farense
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Porto vs

Moreirense
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Portimonense vs

Gil Vicente
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Chaves vs

Rio Ave
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Vit. Guimarães vs

Estrela Amadora
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In the Portuguese league, there are teams with higher impacts in the league games and European contests too. Benfica, Sporting, Porto are most impactful in this regard. For Porto, they're doing well in the league and also have good performance records in the UCL too even though they weren't able to keep up with their good performance in their last league game which wasn't so acceptable. Same applies for Benfica and Sporting who's got their own record in the European cups too. Benfica did well at securing the three points in their last game with a good goal margin. It only shows how set they are for the task put before them.

Although a lesser performance wasn't expected from them though but they're definitely a stable team in the league
The league seems less competitive though as there are still weeks left and just these 3teams are trying to make good wave in the league. Over the years it's still these three that have been the most talked about because of the feats they've attained. One would be so sure to bet on these teams and their ability to keep progressing in points in their league games.

Quote from: len01 on January 18, 2024, 06:24:51 AM

the effort to bring Ronaldo to the SPL has the aim of increasing the popularity of the SPL so that it is known throughout the world, even though it is not very well known at the moment, but at least since Ronaldo arrived in the SPL, many european players have joined several teams in the SPL, as I said before, when Neymar said it all started from Ronaldo and finally many European players accepted big offers and started careers in the SPL with the belief that in the long term the SPL would become part of the big leagues on a par with Europe.
the SPL will continue to carry out promotions and all means to improve the quality of players in all teams to be able to give confidence to FIFA and make an offer to be part of the UCL someday as long as they can consistently maintain the quality of the matches I'm sure the SPL will be great.

previously, I never thought that I would be able to come and always be present to see the development of several teams in this SPL and it was all because of Ronaldo and as the season progressed I became aware that more and more people knew about this league and it certainly wouldn't be long before the SPL would become a very big league.

The Saudis visionized the benefit of Ronaldo in their league and ever since his arrival he's helped the league to be a focus for fans too. He was the first international signing for the league and other players have been seeing reasons why SPL should be considered in their next transfers.The league itself are eager to expand more as they have eyes on quality stars all around Europe.

Ronaldo made wave at his first game in the league and he's been doing exceedingly well. Al Nassr recorded a huge increase in the normal of views they have on their social media handles at the instant his signing was complete. No doubt, there's what they call "the Ronaldo effect".Ronaldo a world star helped SPL grow in recognition and SPL are playing their part in ensuring that they keep that track of recognition and focus.

Quote from: Zigabel on January 18, 2024, 01:36:00 PM

Mourinho needed more time to get Roma back on track but unfortunately it appears Roma didn't have such patience and luxury of time and they wanted almost instant results, he has been with the team since the beginning of the season so they considered it enough time to have done much better, I still trust his skills because he's experienced when it comes to European football, all that he need would have been more time and resources to build the kind of team he would have been able to work with.

De Rossi isn't as experienced as Roma and I hope considering that the management of Roma wouldn't be expecting so much from him in such a short period of time before the end of the season because he may not be able to achieve much as he may say he's got no much time before the end of the season.

Well the sack of Jose has jeopardized lots of achievements they could have probably achieved in this season. Jose has a versatile of experience in European competitions and him being out is more like Roma getting kicked out early in the competition.The mew coach yes might be good but I don’t think he has the experience of knockout stages in Europe, well I don’t think he’ll be able to do well with them. José Mourinho needed time and players but the board weren’t interested in that and got him out.

Well its De Rossi on the wheels, another great player turn coach; let’s hope he won’t tow the part of Frank Lampard, Rooney and Gerrard and he’ll probably get something good from this Roma side just like Xabi Alonso is doing at Bayer Leverkusen currently. I doubt it though but we never can tell till it starts manifesting