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Thanks for the quick explanation boys. hilariousandco already sent me a PM with the instructions. Despite the host country being Qatar, I'm really excited for the World Cup. Let's see if I can manage to watch most of the games. However, on some days there are four games a day. That's quite a lot of football. 
Good to see the discussion thread. Any outright prediction of who will be the Champion?
Germany or Brazil ofc.  Aaand realistically, Argentina and France probably have the best chance of winning the World Cup. But you never know, all of the top teams are capable of winning the title. Cant wait for it to start. Thats really good there is 4 games a day that gives us 10-12 hours of matches everyday so the entire day we can just watch football and enjoy. For me Brazil is one of the main favorites,but i think my country Serbia will go really far in the World Cup. |
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Croatia played a friendly match against Saudi Arabia yesterday and won but very hard, only 1:0.
In fact, it could be said that Saudi Arabia lost undeservedly, and they even had a chance to win.
After the match, all the Croatian players and the coach complained about the very difficult weather and high heat, which made it very difficult for them to play.
It seems to me that the difficult weather conditions in Qatar will be a major aggravating factor, especially for European teams that are not used to such harsh weather conditions.
These weather conditions will surely suit the African teams a lot more and maybe because of this the African teams will have more success in this world cup.
Croatia could have won with a bigger goal difference. Two of their goals were cancelled due to var and things could have gone worst for Saudi Arabia in this match. The heat will be a huge problem in the world cup and they need to get used to it. Team like Saudi Arabia,Qatar and so on are used to this conditions so might have a small advantage because of it |
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My bet on Rublev did not age that well  Đoković really looks dominant, he secured the semis already. Tsitsipas won the 3rd set TB against Medvedev and will fight it out with Rublev for the 2nd spot in the group. My favorites are Rublev and FAA, and overall Đoković is the most likely to win overall. Djokovic destroyed him and played o most a perfect match against Rublev. This is how prime Djokovic plays and if he continues like this he will win the tournament without losing a single set for sure. Djokovic is in the semis so now he dosent have to push against Medvedev |
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Istanbul Basaksehir 0 - 7 Galatasaray
Galatasaray today has reasons to celebrate a lot, they won easily, managed to score 7 goals and still haven't conceded a goal in this game, with this victory they are in second position
Fenerbahce 1 - 2 Giresunspor
honestly I am very surprised with this result, Fenerbahce lost points and now they risk losing the first place since Galatasaray is very close to them, just a defeat of Fenerbahce that will lose the first place to Galatasaray
Sivasspor 2 : 2 Umraniyespor
Sivasspor could have won that game, they were very unlucky
Basaksehir should be ashamed as how they played today. To lose 0-7 at home is just to start asking questions. This is a good win for Galatasaray now they are only two points behind Fenerbahce and this will make things in the league a lot more intresting. |
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Napoli deserves to win today
The pressure bwas too much to be handled from Udinese but still they did silence the storm by defending very well at the last hour
If Juventus wins tomorrow they will come back to second position at least they have improved from the way they use to play
Napoli plays like crazy in the serie a and overall this season. I was thinking they were gonna slip against Udinese but still they cannot lose in the league. If they dont win the title this year i dont know when they will. Juventus has a good chance to move up but it will be a close match between these two teams |
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The transfer market value of players has been scrutinized to find out which is the most expensive team among the countries participating in this year's World Cup 2022. The most expensive team in that regard is England. However, the England squad is yet to be announced. But the potential team has three players whose transfer value is 80 million or above. They are Harry Kane, Phil Foden and Jadon Sancho. The entire England team is worth €1.35 billion.
List of Expensive Teams Participating in World Cup.
1. England: €1.35 billion euros.
2. France: 1.138 billion.
3. Brazil: 1.064 billion.
4. Spain: 1.031 billion.
5. Germany: 1.0205 billion.
6. Portugal: 938.5 million.
7. Argentina: 764.5 million.
England is overvalued for sure . The price is so big because o most all of them play in the premier league and their cost is pumped up. Brazil should be at first for sure but maybe because of age of some players its a little lower. For me Portugal is surprisngly high on the list |
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Another failure of Ajax, this time against Emmen. No top team. They were leading 1-3 so it all seemed settled. How is it possible that this ship of Ajax could have sunk so far? It is getting worse every week and what is more important is that the championship is now starting to get out of sight and PSV is now going to take more distance from Ajax. Perhaps Feyenoord is currently PSV's first serious competitor. I wonder how long it will take before Schreuder gets his resignation, you can't keep denying these kinds of results, I think? PSV will not have an easy opponent this weekend in the form of AZ, but I think PSV will eventually win without any problems. Simons has become very good.
I dont know what is happening to Ajax this season. They got only one point against Emmen that is a really bad team. They had 1-3 and were able to spill it. PSV has an amazing chance if they will against AZ to confirm their first place this weekend. |
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Chelsea is increasingly having trouble dealing with Newcastle attacks and the hosts are able to score goals now Chelsea are getting worse after consecutive defeats Potter really can't play Chelsea to be more aggressive because I see Newcastle's game is more to press and dominate the game I think the same that the hosts can win again consistently with outstanding wins.
It's been 75 minutes, I see Chelsea are still trying not to lose, meaning that only one goal is difficult to do, with the remaining time, is Chelsea likely to lose again?
I think a draw is a possibility with minutes remaining but for a win it's much more difficult in fact Newcastle are still holding out for it. No, it looks like Chelsea will lose this match even though it is still possible for them to end the match with a draw. Newcastle seem very motivated to win so that they remain in 3rd place in the standings. But to be honest that their good performance so far is hard to believe, but that's the truth. It's been a good season for Newcastle, they've been amazing even though I don't think they have some star players. In fact that doesn't make them any weaker than other teams who spend lot of money buying top players. Now it's only a few minutes before the match ends, so Chelsea's chances of scoring are getting smaller. Newcastle won 1-0 against Chelesa the match just ended and Chelsea are looking really bad. Potter is doing a really bad job so far and things need to change fast if they want to save this season. While Newcastle is really doing good the best result for them in last 20 years |
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Leverkusen start to playing very expensive this season. They played their all matches very well this season. I hope they will be more improving this season also.They have goot team balance and good team combination. But they played little poor football last season. I hope will be continued their winning site. Leverkusen did not play well in the first games of the season and the 5-0 win against Union Berlin was the turning point. 15 games and only 5 won is still not good, but the last 3 games were fine. Now Leverkusen is a different team and the motivation is back. On Matchday 16, we will hopefully see a win from them again. No body expected from Leverkusen to win against Union Berlin 5-0. Union Berlin was first on the league table when they played and i think this loss is gonna have a big impact on Union. Also this huge win is a turning point for Leverkusen. Alonso really is making the team look well now |
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What a win for Brentford against Macnhester City, i see the first half and it was very funny how so much times the left back of Brentford altmost make a penalty, were 3/4 times in 15 minutes and he was involved in all the plays.
The more important new?. Haaland doesnt score, and it was a game for him against a little team.
Brentford really made a nice surprise today. When i saw that Brentford score one goal i was really hoping they would win or draw. In the end Toney scored another goal and took the win for them. Haaland now slowly dropping in form and it isnt really possible to play the entire season at elite level |
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Well Fener got ahead first and then lost as well, so we have no idea if GS will end up winning or not, but so far they are looking good. The problem is that after scoring Galatasaray started to use pace a bit, meaning they let Basksehir come, knowing that Basaksehir will want to score and equalize the score, and then kick the ball ahead and catch up to it like a counterattack system. In the end, I am not saying one or the other is better, but when you play something outside of your usual tactic it's not that easy. edit : Just as I was writing this, GS got a penalty and scored the second goal, definitely doing good so far edit 2 : ooook another one I did not see this coming lol, we are doing awesome today ahaha Galatasaray already won the match against Basaksehir in the first half. 0:3 in first half and their defence is just terrible today. This might end for them really bad if they continue to play defence badly. Galatasaray with this win will move up and that is good for them |
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Tottenham is losing 1-2 to Leeds United in the first half. It is difficult to predict what the outcome of the second half will yield. But when they played against Bournemouth they had a strong come back in the second half getting 3 goals in the second half after the ended the first half in 2-0 loss. Leeds are almost of equal strength with Tottenham and the pressure from the visiting team is so high that Conte needs so much work to make a good chance of taking the lead else they might lose point just has Man City did against Brentford
Well I watched this match since the first round and has placed a bet for Tottenham to win, the current score is 2-2 I hope Tottenham does something If the final result is a draw then this will be a bad record for Tottenham because in the last match they lost also 2 other defeats last week. A few hours ago we were surprised by the defeat of Manchester City no one predicts that they were defeated at home but this is the fact lol Manchester City defeat means Arsenal chances for the title are getting closer especially if they can beat Wolves tomorrow. Tottenham was losing three times in the match and was able to catch them and get that win in the end what a match honestly. Leeds making problems to all of the big team and o most took points in this match. I dont think Arsenal can keep this form for long |
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Manchester City 1:2 Brentford FT...
It is now official that Manchester City players will be going to the World Cup with a heavy defeat on their heads. The mood and atmosphere of the Citizens this afternoon is very dull as Haaland was seeing squeezing his face and the Kelvin was hiding his face, in shame did Guardiola sneak out of the pitch.
Glory glory to Brentford and more Grace to the elbow of Toney who got the brace that gave Brentford the desired meaning.
Arsenal now has a clear opportunity to win the league.
Really a surprising result happened. Probobly the biggest surprise of the week is that City lost against Brentford. This is good for the league will make things a lot more intresting. Toney played an amazing match with two goals really a good season for him so far |
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Portugal have good players and can't wait to see their incredible spectacular. They have a sharp Frontlines involving an experience striker like Cristiano Ronaldo who's not ready to give and also finds himself in a situation to always delivered his team interms of facing tough countries. I believe Portugal will go far this season, because on the contrary new plus are added to the team and I guess it doesn't affect the team. Fully hopes it's the last world cup for their idol, Ronaldo.
Portugal always dissapoints in these events even with Ronaldo. They just never have enough pieces to compete at a high level in major events. Tes can focus on shilutting down Christians without given too much up on the rest of the team. Last go around so I hope they make it far for his sake but I don't see it. Ronaldo gaved the the Euros so i think he really can add a lot to the Portugal team. He won one big trophy with them the only trophy they are missing is the World Cup. It isnt easy to win but even with Ronaldos age he can bring a lot to the team. I think they will reach the quarters in this world cup |
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2 matches scheduled for today in the Next Gen finals:
Stricker v Lehecka
Nakashima v Draper
I have a bet on Stricker to win @ 1.43, he really is powering through his games and I think
that's a good price.
But I'm not betting on the second match, it's too hard to call, Maybe Nakashima will
get through, I think he has been marginally better than Draper.
Sadly you lost. Lehecka played an amazing match against Stricker and i dont know why it was such a huge odd on Lehecka but he won easily and is in the final now. Nakashima as i predicted before in the thread won easily against Draper and now is in the final and i think he will win the tournament |
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According to statistics Lazio have not gotten even a win in their last five meetings with Juventus and this time might not be any different because with Juventus current form they have better probability of winning the game although noth teams bagged wins in their last fixture. Juventus need to win this game to move up to second position if Ac Milan get to lose their game so I believe that will be the target of the day for Juventus to get all three points from the match to move up or lessen the gap with the top teams.
That history will probobly continue. Juventus is looking really good at the moment and i think Lazio isnt the favorite at all in this match and if they get a point from it that would be huge. Juventus should win something like 2-1 and im expecting a few more players to recover for this match against Lazio |
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At the moment a painful deficit of Borussia Dortmund at Monchengladbach with no less than 3-1 and the first half is not even over yet.Dortmund is actually quite far gone if it stays that way, then they are in 6th place. An advantage is that the points difference with the teams above is small. But there also seems to be something wrong with Dortmund structurally. I don't know how many Dortmund players are going to the World Cup, but I think very few. RB Leipzig has been emptied again and has found its way back up after a terrible start to the season.
Really an amazing match between these two teams goals on all sides o most every attack is intresting . Didnt watch a better first half this season at all. 4-2 current result and as how it looks we will see even more goals by the end of the match for sure. Dortmund again losing and their season is looking even worst now |
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Juventus can continue their winning streak when they take on Lazio this week, the game against Lazio is the last game before the world cup break and Juventus can close it with an impressive streak of results. but lazio is not a weak opponent because they can put great pressure on Juventus because Lazio's performance this season is quite consistent with bagging 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats which makes lazio able to sit in 2nd place in the standings. Allegri praised the Juventus players who were able to perform consistently in the last five matches which made Juventus slowly become a threat to the teams above it.
The 5 wins that Juventus managed to get in the last 5 matches was not a stroke of luck. but indeed because Juventus is now gradually improving. Even though they started the season badly. but it seems that now Juventus are starting to get their best game. And against Lazio in the next match will indeed be the toughest match for Juventus. But I'm pretty sure of Juventus' advantage in that match. as long as Juventus can maintain the consistency of their best game. Juventus' ranking has gone up. Now it's in the Champions League zone. but I saw Juventus versus Verona struggling, there was a smell of luck that this team could win too, as a result of Allegri's unclear tactics, after winning by one goal he piled up players at the back, letting Verona come and press the team's defense, this is why I don't like it Allegri, for his unclear and overly pragmatic tactics. Juventus and Lazio will meet in week 15, because the difference is only 2 points adrift of Lazio and AC Milan, at least Juventus must win the match, in order to move up to 2nd place in Serie A, of course the tactics applied to the match against Verona, can So Massimiliano Allegri's strategy is to lower the tempo of their game in terms of maintaining the physicality of all teams, so that when the match against Lazio all players are really ready and fit, maybe it's just my speculation in responding to yesterday's match.. If we talk about Massimiliano Allegri's tactics from before, it's actually very much different where the Juventus players still have players who already have flying hours, in contrast to the current Juventus players, Massimiliano Allegri is required to rely on the Young players, to replace the playing positions of players who suffered an Injury, that's why, Massimiliano Allegri often changes formations, in order to see which player is more suitable to be placed in the position that the player should be in, because it is not easy to build a team with almost 100% improvement, which is done current management of Juventus..  Juventus is still holding on pretty well in the league and how bad they started the season and with how many injuries they had this is the best possible position for them. They are still in the title race and i dont think that Napoli can win all the matches this season their form must come down soon |
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I was surprised by the odds given to Portland Trail Blazers as an underdog against the New Orleans Pelicans just because Damian Lillard is out. It's a whopping @4 ML odds and the Pelicans @ 1.26. I understand that the Pelicans will be the Favorites but just can't imagine the distance of the odds as Blazers are currently on a hot start this season.
Fans will miss the supposed face-off between Damian Lillard and his former Blazers duo for long, CJ McCollum on their tonight's matchup.
Pelicans -8.5 @ 1.85 should be a good pick. The handicap -6.5 @ 1.57 for them seems not a worthy pick for me.
While I would agree that New Orleans Pelican have showed great prospects in this season but I really don't want to go with emotions because the only reason I'd have backed Pelicans on such lines is due to the unavailability of Damian Lillard and that's just to much lines to take solely because of him. I've decided to back the Mavericks -5.5 vs Washington Wizard as my bet for this night. Good luck to everyone! This is a good bet on Dallas they are playing really good and Doncic is carrying them in every match,he had 30+ points in every match i think so far this season. Currently its 44-50 for Dallas so your bet is winning. I dont like Washington they dont know how to hit those 3 points and always score from the paint. Doncic so far playing a bad game once he starts scoring the advantage should increase. I guess it was the wrong day to bet on the favorites generally, not even the Dallas Mavericks, they choked on their lead and Wizards were able to rally in the 3rd and 4th Quarter, the same the thing Trailblazers did to oust the Pelicans. Miami Heat were the only heavy favorites to win last night though it took them OT to get the job done, and they couldn't cover the spread. Kuzma played an amazing match and i think that was a huge advantage for Washington,plus a first bad game this season by Luka Doncic with only 22 points,i say only because he had all 30+ points matches. Washington finally started hitting those threes and that made them win this match |
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