You can never tell whether there was a problem.

Who really thought that Liverpool would lose points?

Everyone thought that Inter Milan would deliver a perfect winning rate from now to the end, but it is nomal that these guys lean back at some point and are tired and do not want to go further!

West Ham isn't playing very well in the second half of the season, but as you said Liverpool is having their own problems, which are quite big actually. The situation for Liverpool is quite desperate and if they don't win that game, it would mean the bitter end of a season where they thought they might be able to win it all.

Top 4 position is probably safe for them, but there might be still some hope left that Manchester City and Arsenal drop points in any of their games. Liverpool has the worst goal statistics, which makes it an even bigger problem for them.

I had the same impression at the beginning of the season and for quite a while I think Juventus kept up with Inter Milan quite well. But in the first half of the season everything was indeed fine and they had 46 points after 19 games, being 2 points behind Inter Milan. In the second half of the season they have gathered 18 points in 14 games... That is nowhere near the performance they delivered during the first half.

Hm, I agree with you. I am not really sure what to think about that as I thought they would go for someone more established. Or someone who is more similar to the character of Jurgen Klopp. Klopp can be a volcano and he knew how to get the Liverpool fans heated up and going. I can't really have any prejudices though as I have no idea who this guy Arne Slot is except for the fact that he did well with Feyenoord. I am probably spoiled when it comes to coaches from the Netherlands as the first guy who comes to my mind is ten Hag and I think he is garbage as a coach.

I saw that coming. It is the same as last season when Manchester City accelerated towards the end of the season and kept winning for as long as it was necessary to win the Premier League title. This wasn't coming out of the blue. They won't let Arsenal develop an advantage and I think Guardiola will tell his team to not even stop when they have a 3 goal lead. Eventually, the goal difference could play an important role and become the decider. Arsenal is +8 vs. Manchester City and played one more game. But I can see how Arteta is already having bad dreams about Arsenal missing another title right before the finish line.

I think the revenge aspect is what makes this game kind of special, but there are many other circumstances that make this an interesting one! Roma is doing well since Mourinho left and Bayer Leverkusen is still unbeaten. It would be out of this world if they can finish this season without a single loss while playing three competitions simultaneously.

But as you said, it is a revenge for what happened last season and it is a great example how these games can play out when everything is running against one team. Leverkusen was dominant last time and lost and I think they will be dominant again, but this time it is all about achieving a different result. I like De Rossi, but I am hoping the best for Alonso.

They defended well against Liverpool and they have had an amazing efficiency level on that day. They are in great shape and were able to confirm their uptrend in the Coppa Italia today. I am sure they wish they would have done better in their domestic league as chances are shrinking to finish in the top 4, but there is still a lot to play for for them and a backdoor chance to make it into the Champions League if they win the Europa League! Very ambitious, but not impossible!

There have been a few unexpected results at half time and even at the end when Liverpool lost their game against Everton. That should have never happened, but this is most likely the end of the title race for Liverpool.

Manchester United has once again shown that they are not a top team. Everyone who thinks that Manchester United made it in the end, seriously I think that a team like them with all the ambition they have should easily beat Sheffield United. Falling behind two times in Old Trafford against a team that is essentially getting relegated is unacceptable.

I wouldn't count any of his actions as a deviation from the overall plan. He could have various incentives to sell these shares. I don't know what his fortune consists of, but if it is shares only more or less, I think at some point I would do the same and divest from shareholdings and use the proceeds to either diversify or to infuse some privacy into his portfolio. If the world can tell what your wealth consists of, maybe at some point he wanted to cash out some of those shares and even if he goes back into BTC with the money, at least those wallets do not necessarily have to be public. I would still look at his long-term actions, but at the end of the day he is a business man and he knows that selling a narrative is part of the marketing toolbox. That doesn't make it a marketing gag when he says that he wants to buy BTC forever. But of course he is sending a certain kind of signals to investors. I haven't had a look at whether or not it had an impact on the share price or whether it will have some impact down the road if he decides to sell more, but hard to tell as an outsider whether what he has done now should be considered a deviation from the plan.

I am not certain whether we are talking about the same game here, but AC Milan against Inter Milan was not a final whatsoever. It was a Serie A game with one team literally having a 14 points lead with 6 games to go. If you call that a final, I don't know. That's not a final to me. Inter Milan was in control at the end and AC Milan didn't really have anything to win. In fact AC Milan now wasted some players they can't use for the next games. Inter Milan doesn't really care, the season is over. I did not think that this game could get out of control like that as there wasn't anything on the line really.

I am all for wisely chosen metaphors

I think Antony was absolutely overpriced, but it was during a time when clubs were willing to pay any amount that the clubs asked for. In 2022 there were many of the crazy Saudi Professional League transfers and many others. Prices were so inflated. He was and still is quite young, but paying almost €100 million for a player who scored 18 goals in 57 games for Ajax Amsterdam somehow sound wrong. But I am sure Manchester United didn't really care and one of the problems was in the Premier League that Chelsea was pushing the price competition with their shady accounting practices.

Is it a write-off already? Hard to tell, but it doesn't look like Antony could still become valuable for Manchester United, let alone ever justify the transfer fee.

Holy, what a finish that was in the game AC Milan against Inter Milan. 3 red cards in extra time of the game and so much going on.

What I don't really get is why do any of the Inter Milan players allow themselves to go nuts like that and concede a red card when they know that they are about to win the Scudetto and have all reason to be emotional, but not to be aggressive. I think this is dumb. I don't know, do players have to leave the inside of the stadium or are they allowed to celebrate with the team after the game ended when they conceded a red card?

But anyway, if the season final is about to approach and you know that it is just a few minutes to go until everyone is happy, becoming so aggressive that you have to leave the field is beyond me.

A great season came to a preliminary end for Inter Milan. I thought that AC Milan might have a chance in this game, but Inter prevailed.

I never underestimate El Clasico, I only know that the quality of these clasicos has nothing to do with the clasicos from 10 years ago.

The kings of La Liga had no chance against Barcelona last season, or did they? It does depend on the team quality and right now Real Madrid is the superior team. Barcelona will still need some time to build a new world class team from the ground up, but thinking about the players they lost over the last 5 to seven years, it was literally not possible for them to build a team of the same quality.

Real Madrid has done some great work in signing players like Bellingham and Vinicius Junior and some others.

I am undecided about this one actually. Roma is strong enough to beat Leverkusen. Compare Roma from last season to this season and last season Roma was able to beat Leverkusen despite this overwhelming pressure from Leverkusen. Both games were all about Leverkusen and yet Roma played their game and made it to the next round despite having a single shot in the second game (and that one wasn't even on target IIRC).

I think Leverkusen is ahead in this game, but still. Winning against Roma in Rome is not trivial. The last Bundesliga game could have ended in a loss if it wasn't for the goal in minute 97'.

In Leverkusen I doubt that Roma has a big chance, but in their home stadium I expect they will give Leverkusen a hard time.

Arteta is doing a good job, but it feels like they are sometimes not fully ready to take on the challenges that come with the highest mental pressure. The good news for them is that they won the game against Wolverhampton after they had to cope with the painful defeat against Bayern Munich.

However, Manchester City will probably not lose any of the remaining games and Arsenal did lose the pole position to them. Maybe not right in this moment as Arsenal has taken the lead again, but City is the team that understands to deliver when it is most needed. That is where I still see a difference between Arteta and Pep Guardiola even when Guardiola now got defeated in the Champions League as well.

I think he is to blame himself for the most part as I think he should have tried to settle somewhere and give his career a chance to develop over a longer period of time at the same club. He was jumping around all the time and always went after the money. He couldn't gain the appreciation and loyalty of fans because he said he loves the club one day while announcing that he signed a contract with another club the next day. I think this is never good for a player and no doubt he is a talented striker, but as I said, he never gave himself a chance to find a good way at one ore two clubs.

It is a good game with quite a lot of action, but it is not over yet. Ball possession shifted slightly in favor of Barcelona, but we will see whether they can turn it into an advantage. So far both teams are about equally dangerous, but it looks as if Barcelona has a bit more control and they got a lot of corners, but couldn't convert them.

Good speed by both teams and the young Barcelona players are interesting to watch. There are some good talents in the team now. Could be Barcelona's future for sure.

I would say that the pump we have seen so far since October last year was probably related to the upcoming halving and now there is some uncertainty, but the halving has had its effect already. I think any positive price movements in the future are based on more people seeing the value in BTC.

But I think that the fees are highly problematic during these times when BTC is producing some good price action. Imagine you are a newcomer and want to purchase some BTC and move it around and suddenly you realize how expensive it is to move BTC. It could scare away some people. It's definitely not very positive when interested people realize this issue. I am not sure what to expect in the coming years regarding the fees, but it has been and will probably be a big issue in the future.

Yes and reading a few pages back I saw how some people thought Bilbao could threaten Girona and take their spot in the Champions League qualifiers. But no, it is not going to happen as the advantage Girona has is too big and even if they fail to win some games, it doesn't mean that Bilbao will win their games. See today...

Losing points against Granada in this game now killed their ambitions once and for all. They should have won this game in order to stay in the race, but it is over in my opinion. I doubt that Girona will commit the same mistake and drop points against a team that is also positioned in the relegation zone.