Mourinho is a good coach, although in Roma he managed to bring good players, many of the players he brought came on loan or because they were free agents, so Roma didn't make big purchases on the market. I know that this does not serve as a justification for bad results because the coach is the one who chooses, hires and puts the players on the field to play and when a team is not having good results then that team needs to make changes and the blame will always be directed for coaches. In the case of Roma, I think that Mourinho would leave Roma. This season the chances of Roma being able to achieve anything relevant are very low chances that I highly doubt that Roma will be able to achieve anything.
everything becomes disadvantageous for mourinho when you look at teams like fiorentina, bologna, occupying top positions, it is clear that having a good coach could obtain good results, and mourinho is not managing to make roma manage to stay in the positions of top. In this transfer window I didn't see Roma signing any good strikers, in my opinion Mourinho started to have problems with the playing styles he adopts. He would be focusing a lot on defense and not on the style of play focused on attack, I get the idea that he has the same style of play as the Juventus coach. The formation with which Roma has played does not help in attack, they play with 3 - 5 - 2 which is the Juventus coach's preferred formation and as a consequence Roma will hardly be able to obtain good results
Roma are a good side. Their manager Mourinho has some kind of special ability to raise up a team into a pretty much successful squad. Even with the loopholes they're faced with, he's still been able to help the team stand out in some games. Injury has definitely been a number one deprivation of a team's performance but the manager has been able to make do with the players and squad he's got available and even though not perfect as expected, they're not relenting in their efforts. The European competition would definitely favour them, they only need to strive to win a ticket. Good thing also that their striker is at his peak performance and he's always capable of delivering the team to victory in dire moments. I'd admit that the team and manager are very much compatible maybe it's the resonance that's natural or maybe Mourinho's great coaching ability at work but at the moment, the situation in the team is in safe hands and patiently and gently, they'd stride to the spots they want to be even though they've got at hand tough team challenges to conquer. |
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This is UCL, arsenal almost never had a good move in UCL. I would prefer to get another club like intermilan which was placing as runner up last season. It makes more sense rather than arsenal. Arsenal was also failed in europa league last season. What he said above was actually true about that. It doesn't make sense to put arsenal in and it seems like that bookies were missing intermilan which is still very consistent at the serie a . Arsenal is starting to decline too and this is also supporting my opinion to say that arsenal deserves no spot to be favorite to win UCL this season.
I would prefer to replace it with intermilan but it looks so strange to see bookies were doing it. Im ok with bayern and real madrid to be placed as the most favorite clubs to win UCL but arsenal?
Is this a joke? You forgot that if there was a worthy candidate to be placed as the strong club from serie a. Intermilan may make it again to go to the final in the future. Im only saying based the fact. Intermilan qualified to the final and it was losing against city.
It means intermilan was worthy enough to be picked as strongest contender for the UCL trophy along with madrid and munich.
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. |
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To be honest, I was surprised by Ajax's defeat. At first I thought because it was a local cup so Ajax only fielded second tier players to play. And they will prepare their main players for the league. But after I saw the match report it turned out that Ajax fielded most of their main squad. This is a worry in my mind about Ajax's chances of gaining a place in the Champions League next season. If Ajax appears inconsistent like this, it will certainly be difficult to get second place at the end of the season
Ajax have not been at their best performances but they've definitely been winning games and have been consistent to it. Definitely a coach has his own impact in a team, once the head is faulty, there'll always be loopholes. It means a lot for a team to get victorious consecutively in a row and for Ajax, that's caused a gradual improvement regardless not doubting that they still have to put in more work. They've got players no doubt but the squad needs to be better, Ajax is a team better than a narrow win, at the moment though, finding the right player who's top and ready in all areas to give that competitive capacity in both the domestic league and the European leagues will be hard. Every team won't want to loose their kept men and every player that's be free are the ones that weren't so solid for the team. It's quite expensive to get for a team a high valued player no doubt and Ajax management may not likely be up to the task and it's going to be unsafe to settle for a less standard player. Their inconsistency is unhealthy and they just have to find a way to stop the wins from occuring through a narrow means. The coach is good at what he does but he has to improve himself and the team too, once all the necessary characteristics needed are in place, then it'll be an easy ride for Ajax. |
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Luck is a word that fits Napoli for their efforts to beat Salernitana. The goal in the added minute of added time was very significant in breaking the series of minor results in the previous four matches. The match against Salernitana should have been won easily by Walter Mazzarri squad, but what was more important than the course of the match were the 3 points. Mazzarri managed to get out of the pressure, and it proved difficult for them to win without Osimhen reinforcement.
This victory also raises Napoli position to 6th in the standings, while Salernitana is still at the bottom of the standings and fighting to get out of the relegation zone. On the other hand, I don't think this victory can be used as a complete reference for next week, it can only be used as capital for self confidence. Because beating Fiorentina and Lazio in the next two matches requires harder work and not just luck.
The match against Salernitana is one that should have been quite easy for Napoli but the had to wait for luck to get the victory from this fixture and this is quite worrisome for the team. These kind of matches are easily won and doesn’t require much a deal especially as they’re defending Champions but they waited till they got a last minute winner to get 3 points. Well lucky them, because it might not come easy next time Well this victory is no way to reference for their future matches against an in formed Lazio and a composed Fiorentina. They’ll need to get all hands on deck to be able to achieve something off this match, cause if Salernitana that's at the very bottom of the standings could be very tough to defeat, then I wonder how they'll be able to face Lazio or an average team Fiorentina, especially now that their star player is representing his country at the AFCON tournament. |
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Leipzig lost in their home but if you analyse the statistics like you did above, you will see that Leipzig totally dominated the game with 64% dominance, 31 shots including 8 on target versus only 5 shots including one on target for Frankfurt. For the corners, we are talking about 15 for Leipzig and 8 for Frankfurt.
As you see this doesn't mean big things when the opponent with worst statistics, could use a good opportunity to score while the other team which dominated the game just continue to miss it.
Next game between Leipzig - Bayer Leverkusen will be close and if you look to the statistics, you will see clearly that Leipzig are favourite so far, even though the odds are close.
The results until now kept Bayer Leverkusen in top followed by Bayern Munich and the gap is getting wider with Leipzig until we see if Stuttgart could win, most likely, against M'Gladbach tomorrow.
This is one of the very few matches that says Luck prevails over hardwork. In this fixture, Liepzig got the better off Frankfurt and were clearly no match close to each other. Frankfurt got lucky with goals though and yes they’re also a good side just that the capitalized and took theor chamce. Liepzig faces league leaders Bayern Leverkusen next and this will be a tough one especially with the state of Leverkusen losing most of her players. Well Liepzig are going to get away from UCL Spot if they lost their next match and Stuggart get a win against M’Gladbach tomorrow, it's very interesting how tough the Bundesliga is getting and Amazing to watch mediocre teams prevail over the top clubs it makes the league more competitive, just like how Bayern Munich and Dortmund have now discovered this season that the competition for the title is not between them anymore, they now got strong competitors like Leverkusen and Stuttgart. |
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In my opinion, Roma still has a chance to qualify for the last 16 of the European league because last season Roma was not very consistent and unstable and they also participated in the play-off round and in the end Roma were able to qualify from play-off round, even though this season they have to repeat the same thing. But I am quite sure that Roma can make it through the play off round and will repeat their good performance as before but I doubt if Roma can reach the final because the competition this season in the European league is quite tight.
Yes, Liverpool and Leverkusen will continue to be everyone's topic of conversation regarding their good performance in both the domestic league and the European league. It is natural that these two clubs are more favorites than other clubs because they look like the strongest club in the European league this season. , I don't pay too much attention to Milan because this club is sometimes still too unstable, but I think Milan can also qualify for the round of 16 because their opponents are not too tough.
Roma isn’t stable at the moment and I don’t see them winning the UEL let alone be in the last 4. Their performance in the league will play out in the UEL and I see them may eliminated in the Round of 16 or the Quarters because they’re not consistent winners at the moment. Liverpool and Leverkusen are the only clubs who have proven that they should be in the finals. AC Milan are in same shoes as Roma; inconsistency is their watch word. What could favor them could be the experience they’ve got. Roma will sure go to the last 16 and probably the Quater Finals but I don’t think they’ll be able to repeat their top notch Performance of last season. Liverpool and Leverkusen still are the teams that’s got eyes on them. Both leading the league in their respective zones and keeping good win records are what champions are meant to do and these 2 teams tick the box for this characteristics. Yes Milan will sure go through to the Round of 16 and they might get to the semi's. |
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That's going to happen only if pochettino will not repeat the same mistake again. The major problem was on the pochettino as he was always making a stupid decision. Middlesbourg will be playing at stamford bridge for the second leg. Chelsea is still having a chance as long as it will be playing fully offensive since the first minute. Chelsea was losing aggregate against a lower division team and it was a disaster for the club. Pochettino shall not need to repeat the same mistake being made in the first leg. Palmer for striker? That's the worst decision i have ever seen from him. How long pochettino was coaching chelsea? it seems like that he didn't even understand about the actual position of his players.
He made the decision to move someone who is proficient in playing as a center back to the left back position and shifted the right winger to the striker role. This is very bad for chelsea. The club needs to put the players to play on their best position and this will build their confidence.
Pochettino sucks. He never tries to understand the best position for his players. Putting colwill as a left back which is a terrible decision. It was really unacceptable thing for all of chelsea fans.
Pochettino and his wrong choices made Chelsea go down against Middlesbrough and this is purely a disaster. Chelsea is a big club and they shouldn’t be found behind Middlesbrough, it was so embarrassing to watch them lose, cause they were definitely the favorites to win that game. They better do all they can to win the 2nd leg. Palmer as a striker is an insane decision that cost the team because he missed so many chances that a main striker could probably have converted one or two. I think Pochettino needs to think carefully before approaching a game so that he makes right choices especially in the 2nd leg. He needs to play the players in their main position and not to try out some experiments in a semi final. He should take the 2nd leg seriously lest Middlesbrough hands another defeat to him at the bridge. |
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Chelsea really seemed to have difficulty maintaining the 1 goal lead they had obtained at the end of the first half from a penalty kick. It is indeed very sad to see Chelsea having to fight so hard to beat Fullham. Even without the opportunity for a penalty kick, this match would probably only end in a draw.
But still I am happy with the victory achieved by Chelsea in this match. Because no matter how good a squad a club has, they will only be considered good if they succeed in winning the match. If they have quality but don't win then it's a waste. So I appreciate Chelsea even though they had to fight harder but in the end they were able to win.
And I also hope that Chelsea can continue to get good results in the next matches. But in the EPL, it looks like Chelsea will have difficulties in the next match and might lose points. Because what they will face is Liverpool. And Liverpool are in the best condition this season. But in the match against Chelsea, it looks like Liverpool will still play without M. Salah. But still Liverpool without M. Salah is still better than Chelsea.
Well Fulham are Chelsea’s West London Rivals and yes the intensity in the match was expected. Fulham are a pretty good team and they’re in the semis of the Carabao cup. Chelsea aren’t really good so the struggle they had was expected to an extent. Though we must commend them for being able to maintain the lead and take home all 3 points. Onto the next match, Liverpool who are without star man, Salah. I think Chelsea would try to get something off this match especially as we’ve seen how they turn up and play big teams so well. Well Chelsea will really need some serious work to do so as to be able to get something off Liverpool who are league leaders. Also I think without their key player the Liverpool is still going to be very strong and tough. |
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Olympique Marseille has once again confirmed how unpredictable French Ligue 1 can be. A lot of people would have lost fortune betting on Marseille to win yesterday. However Strasbourg is not also a bad opponent this season considering the fact that they won 3 of the last matches and drew 1. They even won a strong side Lille who are standing at 28 points this so far, the same with Marseille. The major area of disappointment with Marseille in that match was the fact that they were at home and failed to maximize their home advantage. The only goal that Gigot scored for them was an early goal which I don't consider worth celebrating much as anyone can score an early goal.
I would love to see more seriousness from a top team like Marseille if they nurture the hope of going far in the European league which they qualified for the playoff round and will be facing the Ukranian side Shakhtar Donesk on the 15th of next month.
Marseille got an early lead and had plenty of opportunities which they weren’t able to convert and then they were struck woth a goal in injury tome which led to a draw. Marseille should be really pained after this match because they had the best of the match possession wise and shots wise but were quite unlucky not to get 3 points. Kudos to Strasborg who remained composed even when they were being played totally by Marseille and they played away from home. This tells us this Ligue 1 really has potentials to be very competitive. Nobody thought Marseille would have the fair share of this match because Strasborg aren’t a bad side and can hit on you so hard especially having 3 wins and a draw in their last 5. Well Marseille could go for the Europa League if they maintain consistency and try to compete in every match and also in the current UEL where they’re playing Shakhtar Donetsk. |
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Ronaldo shall not force himself to play if he was facing injury. he must know that if it will become even worse for him. We have seen that so many times ronaldo has been always carrying the club. Glad to see that ronaldo was not facing serious injury and he will be back again soon.
Im not really sure if al nassr can keep its performance without him. Ronaldo becomes a top scorer this season and missing him will be greatly impacting the performance from al nassr soon. Ronaldo needs to recover as soon as possible.
The performance from al nassr will be far worst without ronaldo to play. Im duobting the club can stay at the second place if ronaldo will out for weeks. He needs to come back as soon as possible, we can wait what's the decision regarding his injury.
Al nassr was losing the big guy on its club and it's time for mane to carry the club. Al nassr needs to work even harder than before when ronaldo out from the club. This is another disaster faced by al nassr. I can't even believe that was happening with him.
I think if Ronaldo is injured, he should stay put because his age isn’t on his side and he might put himself in more harm if he tried to play on with the injury. He has a dream of the World Cup in 2 years, and playing with injury will only shorten his hopes of participating in the tournament. Yes, he’s impacted so greatly in Al Nassr 2nd place at the moment and he’ll be missed no doubt because he’s the one coming through for them most of the time. I think Al Nassr should be able to make the necessary adjustments so as to retain their Spot and chase for the title. Because if they allow Ronaldo’s absence to be felt, then I think when he’s back from the injury, they might probably be below 2nd spot. This is a big blow especially as Mane is out to AFCON but I believe they can find a way out of this situation. |
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If Copenhagen gets eliminated at this stage, I will still give them a thumbs up for coming this far in the champions league. When the group stage was drawn, Copenhagen was the least of my expectations that would make it out of the group. I always thought, Bayern Munich will come first, then Manchester United, then Galatasaray and then Copenhagen. But Copenhagen proved me wrong and switched the position I expected from them with that of Manchester United.
Manchester City is a bigger and more stronger team than them, I know they’re also trying their best but they’re no match for Manchester City especially now that most of their players are back from injury and are ready to go fully into the competition to earn another victory for themselves. If Copenhagen is eliminated now, it is understandable and they’ve tried their best and added to their record to make it this far in the champions league.
Copenhagen really pulled off surprises in the group stage of the UCL and they made it to the Round of 16, this is quite a huge deal breaker as not many expected this to be so. They really outplayed Manchester United in their matches and got a draw against Munich and Galatasaray that saw them through to the round of 16. Now they face defending Champions Man City, in a match I don’t see them having any win at all. Manchester City having the full squad back will unleash terror on this Copenhagen side. Well if they bow out at this stage, I will be more proud because they’ve achieved a feat for the club and it’s never going unnoticed. The players should be proud and still brace up confidence to face Manchester City, cause this time around they're be facing a more tougher opponent different from those in the group stage. |
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Im not hoping a lot for the next el classico. There may be a boring game to come and i hate to say that if the derby between barcelona vs real madrid were always boring after messi and ronaldo have gone from those clubs. I do like real madrid when it was playing against other club than barcelona.
It feels like that real madrid was showing attractive gameplay and strategy unlike when it was facing barcelona. Real madrid lost its instinct to score as many goal as possible against barcelona.
This makes the deby is not so attractive like when real madrid played against atletico madrid. Im also aware about this too how real madrid was trying so hard winning the game against barcelona by following its opponent to play safely. Real madrid needs to play fully offensive against barcelona
Barcelona will be playing openly as long as real will able to break the defensive line of barcelona but we must remember that how weak barcelona's defensive line is. Barcelona needs to be careful as it will be repeating the same result like the first leg in la liga.
The outcome will be disastrous if Barcelona repeats their past mistakes and bottles it again soon. Real madrid has a target to win the supercopa trophy.
The El Classico has gone boring and we can’t lie to that fact especially since the departure of Ronaldo and Messi from both teams. Now we see an El Classico where both teams are trying to be holding up so as not to allowing themselves get beaten. And this alone makes football boring; when you try to defend without coming out to attack. Well Real Madrid are taking advantage of this because they’re pretty good on the attack and can take on Barca anytime because of the shake defense line of Barcelona. Well for the 2nd leg Barcelona needs to take caution, come out and force the win else they’ll be wiped as the 1st leg and it’ll be quite disastrous for them. Well I wish they’ll take some cues from the 1st leg and know how to go with the 2nd. If not there's a possibility of them losing both legs to an inform Madrid If they're not careful. |
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In terms of squad depth, it is very different and even if Hoffenheim can hold off Bayern Munich's series, that would be a miracle. But in fact here Bayern Munich showed no mercy at all towards Hoffenheim and they did it with 3 goals which were impossible for Hoffenheim to catch. A brace from Musiala and also a goal in the last minute from Harry Kane forced Hoffenheim to go home without taking a single point and for Harry Kane he continued to increase his number of goals on the top scorer list to 22 goals.
Everything is still possible for Bayern Munich and only having a difference of 1 point does not make Bayern Munich feel satisfied because they know Leverkusen this season will be very difficult to stop. Bayern Munich certainly hopes that Leverkusen will experience problems this week and if Leverkusen draws against Augsburg then the difference will only be 2 points. But that is if Augsburg is able and if not Leverkusen will be even more successful at the top.
Bayern Munich is one team that has very good player combinations, they have in the team quality and skilful players who are in their various positions performing their best. Yes there are competitions from Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and a lot more competitions in the UCL but the team is capable of subduing the stress of the competitions.Tuchel has his eyes on the Bundesliga trophy and a bigger eye on the UCL trophy. Although Alonso seems as a threat with the current performance and display from Bayern Leverkusen but Tuchel who's more experienced has drafted out his plans, processes and techniques and he seems ready for any competition that awaits him. He's got a good team for himself and I believe he'd be able to be victorious in 95% of his encounters. Bayern Munich is just one good team that are a general threat to every team they're up against and they have better victory chances too. |
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Defending the position is far harder compared to the trying to surpass it. Intermilan must have able to kept its consistent in winning the game. The club needs to put more effort in helping the player to avoid being exhausted due to the busy schedules faced by intermilan. The main problem if junveuts was still performing consistently till now. It was also pressuring intermilan to win the upcoming game once juventus was able winning the game. This is the battle of consistency owned by both of club. I do like how juventus has been trying so hard becomes even closer to the intermilan.
Simeone needs also to pray a lot for juventus to lose its points but it sounds impossible to happen since juventus is jus getting better. Allegri will not be selling vlahovic since he will be very useful for the club. Juventus showed that if it was the old lady that was always consistent with its performance.
Intermilan needs to work even harder to make sure it can still lead the competition by sitting at the first place. Winning the game was a must for intermilan or it will be facing another disaster. This is the main problem that needs to be concerned by intermilan's coach.
The Italian league seems to get tougher and teams are rapidly growing into high worth, quality and class. The growth is evident and enviable too. This makes for the widespread fun in the league race too. It's not so easy to predict the outcome of the games too. Juventus are good, so is Milan, Napoli and even Frosinone too. Inter Milan too are in good form and these teams are lasting threats. The race for the trophy is tough and all teams are determined and unwavering at their goal. The strongest teams of the league are Juventus and Inter and the odds for the trophy for these teams are very very much alike. Inter are faced with the European contest and for Juventus, they've still got extra time to prepare ahead for the league games. |
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Actually this is not a new rumour because last summer Manchester United was attempts to buy Vinicius from Real Madrid but unfortunately Real Madrid was never interested to sell him even so with Vinicius that he feel comfortable to playing with Real Madrid so he never thinking to leave this team Vinicius even has been extended his contract until 2027 with Real Madrid although during this season Vinicius got some injured but basically his performance is still stable so i think Real Madrid still considers Vinicius is important player for them
Indeed i have read some news that Manchester United is still not give up to gets Vinicius because Ten Hag feel if they bought Vinicius then it can solved the weaknesses of Manchester United which is they don't have sharp striker currently and they even will makes this player as their priority this winter and reported Manchester United also has a plan want to make a bid for this player soon and they also dare to pay with expensive price which is probably if this transfer happens, it will break the record as the most expensive player at this club so let see it whether this rumour will be happened or not
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. |
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Osasuna against Barcelona was a really exciting match, both teams were really strong until in the end in the first half there were no goals scored by either team. Even though Osasuna lost, his performance was very entertaining and in the 8th minute I saw a moment where Osasuna couldn't take advantage of the opportunity well and I think if Osasuna could take advantage of it well there could be a goal but at that time what made things difficult for Osasuna was the strength and tightness of Barcelona's defense which in the end Osasuna found it difficult to take advantage of opportunities when close to the goal. And Barcelona actually, if they can take advantage of opportunities, can of course score more than 2 goals. like in the 12th minute but fortunately the Osasuna goalkeeper was able to read the direction of the ball and finally Osasuna's goal was saved at that time.
In the 59th minute Lewandowski really showed his prowess and opened the first goal of the match and at that time the Osasuna defender couldn't move and failed to block Lewandowski and finally Lewandowski scored a beautiful goal. and in the last minute what a really good goal was created by the cooperation of the Barcelona players and fortunately Lamine Yamal was able to take advantage of the opportunity and in the end he scored a beautiful goal.
Yes, now Barcelona has qualified for the final and will meet Madrid. But it's really a shame because Raphinha's injury really makes Xavi, Barcelona fans and everyone sad. Yes, the point is that Raphinha will not be able to play in the final and this is a very difficult situation for Barcelona. There are rumors that Raphinha will rest for 2 weeks, so I hope Raphinha recovers quickly.
Within the week Barcelona were able to get a win against Osasuna to earn a ticket to the Spanish Cup finals where they stand to face Real Madrid. Their game against Osasuna was a bit tough but in their best way, they were able to secure the win. Madrid themselves were able to deliver a good victory against Atletico Madrid and their subsequent performance in the contest is seemingly promising. The two rivals at the finals Real Madrid and Barcelona will be tough on each other.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. They already won them before now in a Laliga match and Madrid fans would be hoping for another win again in the Copa de Ray finals. |
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Manchester city's odds was pretty small but it can be guarantee for the club to win the game against copenhagen. We shall also aware if some players have been coming back again. Seeing the match of manchester city against weak team in the last match made me feel de bruyne and doku will be helping club to win the first leg against copenhagen. Btts is likely to happen but it will be only having small chanec to happen. The competition is also very strict at this time with so many clubs have been doing various improvements to make sure their club can go to the next round.
Copenhagen was not lucky enough caused by it was facing one of strongest club in the UCL this season. The chance owned by copenhagen to lose against manchester city is very big right now. The club needs to play defensively in all of legs.
Manchester city is coming with the best squad and it becomes even better right now. I can't wait to see how rodri and foden will be also making the situation even worst for hagen. De bruyne may be probably playing since the first half.
This is a disaster for galatasaray caused by the club has been trying so hard to go to the current stage.
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. Apso more than 70% of bettors would choose City over Copenhagen, in both home and away matches. 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. |
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Ronaldo has good support from his team mates and he receives many key passes as well as chances to take penalty shots for Al Nassr. If he won't get injuries, he will be able to score more goals for Al Nassr and can aim at his 1000th goal.
That goal target is achievable if he won't get serious injuries in next few seasons. Because he does not show he wants to retire before his body no longer allows him to play. And we know, if he plays, he can score goals as he has shown through his long career.
I think Ronaldo will still have a long way to go if he gets injured because we also know that he always looks after his body. While his teammates are on holiday, he spends more time training his muscles at home and we can often see the results with the consistency he displays. I don't think there is a player who is as consistent as Ronaldo in maintaining his fitness and even though he is no longer young and almost 40 years old, everything is still impressive. The target of 1000 goals is a record he wants to break before retiring and maybe we will see him in two more seasons if he is able to score the same as the end of 2023 with more than 50 goals. That is, if he still survives to play football with the club and the Portuguese national team amidst competition with other young players. Ronaldo, the G.O.A.T and his unwavering display of goal scoring abilities, skillfulness, agility and strength which generally goes contrary to every activity his age can be able to carry out. Age is not a hindrance to him, he works hard to keep himself active and truthfully, there's every possibility that he'd take part in the next world cup cos he's just got all it'd take. He'd definitely look far younger than his age by then as well. So in essence, age won't deprive him as long as he wants it to happen, he can work towards it, it's just for him to keep his body shape, he's just got all it takes so the task won't be so bulky on him. The world cup is just in 3years, that's not so much time to say that he'd loose his shape and form of professional football. He makes football seem like his hobby cos he strives to keep on going with it. Yes a day for his retirement would come but it's very highly possible that 2026 world cup would go on with Ronaldo and his Portuguese internationals with him. |
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Yes, last season Lens almost did it and only because of the difference of 1 point Lens failed to break PSG's dominance until finally PSG won the League 1 title again and it is true that this season Lens is not as good as last season which was able to challenge PSG at the top while this season Lens is struggling to climb up. to rank in the top 5, it seems difficult for Lens to put pressure on PSG again because the difference in points between the two is very large, namely 14 points. Meanwhile, Nice, which was initially thought to be able to compete with PSG for the title, has now started to show setbacks so that PSG is not under too much pressure this season to continue to be at the top.
Of course PSG will sit comfortably in first place because no club has been able to break them in the competition for the league 1 title, we all want change in league 1 but if there is no club that plays surprisingly and maintains its consistency until the end of the season then PSG will continue to dominate league 1 title. If PSG feels there is no tough competition in league 1 then the performance of PSG playing in the Champions League will not be optimal and I think it will be the same as before and difficulty reaching the final.
PSG are doing well in the French Ligue 1 race, even though it's not as balanced as it ought to. They're a team expected to perform better than they're doing now judging from the performances of previous seasons. They're just a few points ahead and it's very much not buoyant for them as the increase in the league's intensity may unintentionally lead to their drop in position which they as a team shouldn't let to happen. They've also been able to advance to the round of 16 of the UCL and their Spanish opponent, who's not really a tough side as them but maybe stands a chance to advancing to the next stage. They'll have to be extra prepared for the game ahead. They also have to be careful about their league race. They've got to stay in shape and capacity too. They've got to use the games during the early second half of the season to cover up their tracks and also strive to be far better than Sociedad and even advance to the quarter finals. |
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Newcastle has already deformed, they will not be able to compete with Manchester City this season because the season has going to and end and Manchester City will not want to lose any matches again, because they have the opportunity to top the league table because Arsenal has already made mistakes, and I am confident that if Liverpool simply loses or draws a match now and Manchester City tops the league table, they will win the Premier League trophy. There tomorrow match against Newcastle can be tough but I know Manchester City will defeat them. Newcastle can only has home advantage against Manchester City but that won't make them win. Now that Guadiola's key players have returned from injury, he will have more opportunities to defeat Newcastle tomorrow expect something happen in the pitch, that will make them perform weak games, I mean like getting red card, but am fully supposed on Manchester City to win the match.
Newcastle in weeks have been doing good, they've been surprisingly excellent in a couple of games that they've been underrated in. They're one team that didn't let the injury situation affect their performance, they were able to keep up with the games and ending them with victories. Even against PSG in both legs of the UCL group stage faceoff, they played in their highness and held PSG to ransom twice. It's just an amazing remark of their performance in football in the past weeks. Weeks back they lost to Everton which wasn't entirely their fault. They're to face City this weekend, a team who's also had huge impact on the league table, they've got to put in extra effort. Any side has the chance to win even though City are doing exceedingly well, Newcastle will be the host and msybe they'd be able to hold down City's pressure. |
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