Ronaldo is not going anywhere for the time being. I think all he cares about is the money. Why else would he stay at United when he knew he wouldn't be a starting player again? He had the choice of clubs. United are not playing the Champions League this year, there were plenty of clubs he could go to and play CL. Shame to see a great player fade away. I think PSG has made quite an impression so far. In my eyes they are the favorites to win the title and not City.
Thinking about Ronaldo feels very bad. Ronaldo will never be like Messi. Messi has some unique talent that allows him to adapt everywhere. But Ronaldo does not have that ability. Ronaldo's form is losing to age day by day. He lost his ability to play 90 minutes. I don't know if he will return to form. Good luck to him. |
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I cannot agree with you. Undoubtedly, Manchester City is a worthy contender for this season's Champions League title. Rather, I think Bayern Munich's chances of challenging for the title this season are slim. Because of losing Lewandowski, their performance is now unstable. On the other hand, Barcelona and Manchester City are now stronger and more stable than in the East. My guess is the battle for the Champions League title this season will be mainly between Manchester City, Real Madrid, PSG and Barcelona.
Manchester City looks different this season because it is reinforced by Erling Haaland. So far Haaland has successfully become a new idol for supporters. In the Champions League, I still doubt Manchester City can reach the final. But I'm more convinced that teams like PSG, Barcelona and AC Milan have the chance to make it to the final. Apart from Manchester City, I also doubted Real Madrid. To be able to help us speculate further about the team that has the chance to win the trophy, it would be nice if the group stage was over. You are right though. Manchester City is now dependent on Haaland. Guardiola has placed Haaland at the center of his match strategy. So we still don't know how Manchester City will perform without Haaland in the squad. However, apart from Haaland, Manchester City also have talented players like Grealish and Riyad Mahrez. I think Grealish and Riyad can help Manchester City stabilize their performance in Haaland's absence. There have been only two group stage matches so far. And so it is difficult to predict which team is strong enough and worthy to win the title. In fact, Guardiola added Haaland to the team to strengthen the team. As Haaland has been performing well, it is only natural that he will be included in the XI for all games. But Guardiola isn't so stupid that Haaland won't have second thoughts as a replacement. Manchester City is playing great this season. Hope they can achieve something good this season. |
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These are generous odds for Bayern Munich. For a Bayern Munich that is in top form I think you would get 1.15. I think there is good value in this, Bayern now want to restore order and have to win this match convincingly. I predict a simple victory for Bayern, but if Bayern even lose, I am curious what will happen to the coach. He hasn't built up a lot of credit, last year's CL was already bad actually. And with Bayern Munich everyone expects you to easily become champions in the league, at the very least. This lousy start is something to think about.
Yes, that is why Bayern Munich coach is seriously working to ensure they achieve victory from their next match to make their fans happy, and to make them have hope in their remaining matches. Since Bayern Munich president is not happy about the poor performance the coach is demonstrating in this season, showed that if the coach miss any match again in this tournament, he will experience sack letter from the president. I don't think, Bayern Munich will experience any defeat from any team again than to increase the spirit of winning till they achieve something good at the end of this tournament. Bayern Munich is a great football team. They play good football. Their coach has been working tirelessly to strengthen the team. However, after Lewandowski left the team, the team had a lot of influence. Currently, Bayern Munich need a good striker. Then their team will become stronger. |
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Anyway, the Indian team performed exceptionally well in England. After giving a good fight in the T20 series, they managed to whitewash England 3-0 in the ODI series. England opted to go with a younger squad this time, and it didn't worked well for them.
India women's team played superbly. I didn't think India's women's team would be able to bounce back in such a grand manner after the T20 series defeat. We have seen Indian dominance in all three matches. I didn't think the Indian players would be able to give a huge target of 334 in the second match. And despite being given a target of just 170 runs in the last match, the Indian team managed to win thanks to a brilliant performance by the bowlers. Beating a strong team like England by 3-0 is very honorable for the Indian players. Basically I don't keep that much news about women's cricket. I understand that the Indian women's cricket team plays much better than other countries' teams. We can see proof of that against England. Women's cricket is progressing day by day which will bring glory to every country. |
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Inter - Barcelona will be eyed very closely indeed. Inter aren't having good days recently. They have defensive and offensive issues both now. They have another difficult match against Roma before facing Barcelona in the Champions League. If they don't have a good result against Roma too it would demoralize them even more. In any case it isn't easy for them to recover magically in a short time though.
Barcelona have had a very impressive run so far. Maybe they lost to Bayern Munich here but their performance was still decent. Their performance in the La Liga has already been very satisfying. I expect them to show the same performance against Inter too and have the control of the match. They can win this to make up for the Bayern Munich loss.
Yes Inzaghi's troops are not in great shape. especially in the last match, Inter had to lose when they played away games at home to Udinese. after the international break, Inter will play host to Roma, Inzaghi must fix his squad, especially in their defense line which is quite fragile. as you said, it is not easy for them to miraculously recover in a short period of time. As for Barcelona, I don't see Barcelona playing badly when they travel to Bayern. I think they were just out of luck at the time. In this match, Barcelona should be able to beat Inter easily. three points, is a mandatory result for Xavi Hernandez's squad. Barcelona performed well against Bayern, they had many chances to score, but they couldn't score. Bayern Munich capitalized on their chances to win. Barcelona must win their next matches to get points. |
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My main concern is how Qatar as an Islamic state will manage all the influx of the fan with different mindset and non islamic background
Also how will they manage the security of their country? They already depend on other country for the man power
I will not lead to religious matters because I do not have the capacity to do so. but when you see Qastar with all his preparations it's clear they know what they have to do now and it looks like something like this will not hinder religion because indeed they are united with football and of course it has nothing to do with religion. I'm not really sure they are that well prepared. I mean, they recently changed the initial match because there were issues with the inaugural show timings (fireworks in daytime, or inaugural show after other teams started playing already, etc). Now it's fixed, but crazy to think they had to wait until weeks before the world cup to think about that. I am also not sure they are prepared for the armies of fans, crazy fans that are coming to have a lot of fun! It will be interesting in Qatar for sure, except for alcohol I guess it will be funny for couples and people who find some love there: Public displays of affection with the opposite sex in Qatar can get you in to trouble- so no kissing, canoodling, fondling in public whatsoever- whether it's with your husband or not- it can still cause offence. We will see if Qatar was the wrong choice. I am not sure will this the cup will be marked by good football or events off the field. As Qatar is going to host the best World Cup in history. So they made various rules. I don't know how much these rules will affect the audience. Only time will tell if they will be able to implement these rules properly. |
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Pakistan is going to play 4th T20 match against England today and with that the 200 international matches by Pakistan are goin to be completed i am very hopeful today after a poor performance by bowlers in last match well, Lets see what is going to happen this series is good opportunity for the Pakistan to prepare themself for the Worlds Cup. Very sad to say that in Pakistani squad for the world cup there is a very weak middle order as i dont see good All rounders.
In fact, the main hope of the Pakistan team is Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. If they are in good form then the team is more likely to win. They need some decent all-rounders in their squad, as well as the likes of Shaheen Afridi. Then the batting and bowling department will become stronger. |
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The kind of money ICC raised from India in a recent media right auction is way too big and could dictate the drama. My fear is if by any chance in this cycle BCCI's contribution to the ICC revenue pot increases by 10% more (80+10 =90%) then this is going to be a problem for everyone. This will give BCCI immense bargaining power again and what if they decide to boycott ICC tournament? Every Broadcaster will %uck the ICC without any doubt.
Pakistan and england are having a great series after 17 years England team has arrived in Pakistan Pakistani Cricket board Chairman Rameez Raja has been shown incredible performance in his career and now as a professiona and has done a great work for the Pakistani cricket It is true that when playing Pakistan team, the big teams of the world worry about how they will beat Pakistan. Pakistan's board president must be applauded for reaching this stage. He managed his team beautifully. Due to which Pakistan cricket has reached a good stage in the world. |
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Messi in PSG was not the same like when he was in barcelona. I just said based on what i have been watching between when he was in barcelona and PSG, there are different things when he was in barcelona and PSG. When xavi and iniesta gone, messi still able to give very big contribution to the barcelona. The era for messi already gone and this is the fact. This time his performance in PSG was not so impressive like when he was in barcelona but i know that there are so many variables who affected his performance in PSG
Changing the club after very long period is definitely one of the hardest things that a player can encounter in his career, so what happened to messi in Barcelona is normal and he is doing better this season comparable to the previous one, Barcelona now is without messi and the team must find the right solutions to bring back Barcelona glory I think this is something that shouldn't be discussed anymore, I mean that now that Barcelona are slowly getting back into their game with Xavi, they have seen a lot of changes. If we continue to discuss of course, then it is endless because it is clear that Messi is one of the souls of the game at Barcelona. And also now that Messi is back slowly finding something he was missing when he played at Barcelona. Barcelona should now look to their future. Xavi has brought back the team's form. Barca are now able to balance the game. But what Messi has done for Barca will never be forgotten. Time will tell if Messi will return to Barcelona. |
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I guess I shouldn't be surprised for seeing a surprising result last night also. Spain's losing home by 1-2 was very unexpected for me considering that my prediction was a 2-0 win for Spain.  Switzerland benefited from their struggles in the first half and got ahead already. Spain started to pull themselves together in the other half and found the equalizer. But Switzerland were able to answer in only 3 minutes. It was like Switzerland were the favourite and Spain were the underdog.  Portugal at least didn't surprise anyone by winning. The only surprise might be their getting a too comfortable win by 4-0. Because the previous h2h finished by a 2-0 win for them in a home match. I waited for some resistance from Czech Republic but they were really terrible at making use of the goal chances they found. Their shots on goal rate was like only 20%. After Seeing spain line up i was not surprised by the result, it seems that only embers remain from spain 2010 team that was feared by all, both their defense and attack are weak playing with three forwards that didn't play more than half a game with their respective teams shows that enrique is out of options and does not trust the squad he has, now with all these young players spaun team need time so they can build a good team again. Spain's loss to Switzerland surprised me ! With the Qatar World Cup ahead, these matches are meant to be a warm-up. But if the expected teams do poorly, then what will be their role in the World Cup is a matter of thinking. Hope they will make their team stronger from this preparation game. |
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I think Brazil are one of the favourite to lift the world cup this year, they have so many talented players in that team, I watch there game against Ghana and I think that team can win the trophy, having vinicius jr and neymar in there is great to watch two players that can break any defence, then their is Richarlison the new Tottenham Hotspur signing he is so strong and skilful with the ball,he scored two goals against Ghana, is not only their attack that is good, there defence has players like thiago Silva, marquanos, militao and Gremer so you see they are covered everywhere.
Brazil is indeed one of the strongest candidates in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. And if you look at the achievements and composition of the players from Brazil itself, I also see Brazil has great potential to become champions. but Germany also looks very strong and could be another candidate to be reckoned with. But in the World Cup there are always unexpected surprises. where the team from the country that is seeded is not even as expected. and the unseeded can actually continue to win the match. and that's the joy of watching a World Cup game. each game becomes exciting and not monotonous. because every match will be difficult to predict the outcome. I can't wait for the start of the FIFA world cup this time. Argentina, Brazil's arch-rival, should not be forgotten. Argentina is playing very well this time. They won two trophies before the World Cup. Also beat Brazil and Italy again. They have quite a chance to do something good this time. |
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I think today's match gonna be little harder for Pakistan even then nothing can predictable at this moment . Already Pakistan is out to bat they have to chase over 11 required rate. I have to say England's batsmen gave a very commendable performance. Now If their bowlers don't do the mistakes that the done past match and if the fielder don't leave catch and get some wickets in powerplay at this moment I think can easily win.
It is true that pakistani bowlers couldn't do well they are being very costly for Pakistan in this match. But I also think at this moment Pakistan also have the ability to chase over 200 run in t20 format . If I see that they have already given such examples many times before, it is not a far outstanding performance of the last match is tell us that. I think first batsman can hold to 10 over then I think Pakistan also can be winner of this match Pakistani management not taking this series seriously just because of this they are going with mostly average bowlers and England batting lineup taking good advantage of this as in last two matches they already approach figure of 200 which is unusual for Pakistani bowling but with batting pitches they are doing good job and punishing these new bowlers badly specially in today match Shahnawaz Dhani and Mohammad Hasnain under fire from visitors. With figure of 220 surely Pakistani batting were under pressure, and they lost early wickets very quickly which helps English team for bouncing back into this series with good bang now we have fourth match final match in Karachi on 25 September hopefully this series first phase ends on positive note for Pakistan and both teams will travel to Lahore with the score of 2 - 2. I was really impressed by Pakistan in their 2nd ODI as they chased down a massive total of about 200 runs with 10 wickets in hand. That in this match they have quite disappointed me. I think that Pakistan is testing out their young bowlers for the world cup up ahead and maybe resting out their senior bowlers which are ok in my opinion but on the other hand England also did score a huge total of 221 runs. I hope that Pakistan will be able to bounce back in the last ODI and maybe this series will get interesting again. The Pakistan and England games are generating quite a bit of interest. Their winning and losing is going on continuously. But I think Pakistan is a bit behind in terms of form compared to England. England currently ahead, Pakistan will want to improve in the next game and level the game.Such T20 matches are breathtaking. |
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Although Tottenham are unbeaten in the Premier League, I doubt Tottenham can perform consistently until the end of the season. So I think Man City is the only team that makes the most sense to win the Premier League trophy this season. Man City has a very good squad, especially the arrival of Haaland makes Man City more productive in scoring goals. Then Man City is also handled by one of the best coaches in the world, whose abilities are no longer in doubt. As you said Man City will replace Arsenal's position, because it's very difficult to expect Arsenal to keep the position until the end of the season. Moreover, Arsenal always find it difficult when dealing with big teams, so the possibility of Arsenal losing points is quite large when facing big teams. If Arsenal lose points, that's the time Man City will shift Arsenal's position at the top. Man City will definitely shift arsenal's position (sooner or later).. btw I laughed a little reading Arsene Wenger's words when interviewed and said that he believes Arsenal have a great chance of winning the EPL this season because of the effects of the Qatar world cup, what I think is whether he doesn't realize that many arsenal players also represent their country in world cup Qatar lol. exactly right Arsenal players will be able to raise the standard of their game as they play in Qatar World Cup. Similarly, the rest of the club players will also improve their skills. So there is no reason to think that only Arsenal players will return to good form. |
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Actually for me personally it doesn't matter when Barcelona fail in the Champions League, as long as they can be successful in La Liga (not necessarily a champion). But that can't be the case for Barcelona fans, they want to see Barcelona succeed in both competitions.
Xavi has just built Barcelona, so there's no need to aim high. It's not that they can't afford it, it's just that for a newly built club, playing aggressively and consistently is already good. They have the capital to navigate the next season, and that should be targeted so as not to interfere with them in the process of solidifying the club as a whole. For me the future is more important than having achievements that do not last long.
It's true, what we are witnessing today is the strong desire for Barcelona to win in both competitions seen by the fans. But we also do not impose even the quality of Barcelona which in transition will easily balance the big clubs which are more general in nature. Maybe if they fail in the Champions League they can focus more on La Liga. The Champions League event is indeed different and the target of a Xavi who believes in the formation of players now can target the Champions League. Whether it's true or not in the group stage, there is Bayern Munich who overshadows El Barca to defecate freely. Right now they just need to focus on the knockout phase in the Champions League so that would be great because otherwise it's clear they will lose like they did last season. But indeed, seeing the current conditions in the Champions League, they only need to maximize their good results against Inter, so that is more than enough for Barcelona to qualify in position 2. Xavi will definitely fight for both major competitions if one of the competitions can be achieved I consider it to be Xavi's success at Barcelona and return to the original level where Barcelona became a strong team.
Agree. If Barcelona wins the La Liga title or UCL title, we can conclude that Xavi is successful to manage Barcelona this season. Xavi needs to prove his success in building Barcelona squad with a prestigious title. The UCL title is the most prestigious one, but the La Liga title is also very necessary to achieve. This is clearly a difficult target but they can still do it, at least they have to bring 1 trophy to cover the loss from their purchase which is actually very risky to make them go in and dig their own grave in financial. After Xavi came to Barcelona as a coach, I can see a lot of difference between the previous team and the current team. All the players in the team are playing very well. By the quality of their play, it can be said that they have the ability to win the La Liga or the Champions League. |
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There are some great matches today to study the teams  I'm anxious to see how Brazil is going to play this match, there are some new players today, and this could be an gold opportunity for them I didn't find any good bet here to risk, these kind of friendly match just before the cup are strange, lots of changes to the teams, some tests etc, but Brazil and Argentina will probably win these matches with 2 or more goals. Ghana will be at the group od Uruguay and Portugal, it's a good match for them to measure how the team will play against a strong team. Brazil easily won the match already in the first half and left Ghana no chance. 3 goals from Brazil in the first half was enough and their team look sick and to me they are one of the favorites to win the world cup. Richarlison also scored two goals for Brazil even tho i think there are better option for the striker position in Brazil. Actually, Ghana also has a very good squad, but with a top team like Brazil, they obviously had no chance. They managed to win the game with 3 goals scored in the first half, this was an entry level challenge match for Brazil. I would like to watch Brazil play friendly matches with stronger teams. Maybe with Argentina. That's when better comments can be made and more accurate thoughts about the team can be reached. I also agree with you. Brazil, Argentina are undoubtedly good teams. But it is not right to consider watching this small team to check the quality of their play. To understand the condition of their team, you have to watch the fight against the big team. But it has to be said that Brazil, Argentina are good teams. |
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Marco Reus is deeply concerned about the injury he picked up at the Revierderby last week as the forward picked up an ankle injury. The Dortmund player was seen crying as he left the pitch, Reus was very worried about not being able to feature at the Qatar World Cup with Germany.
Reus has experience missing Germany's successful World Cup campaign in 2014 with another ankle injury, but Borussia Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl is optimistic that he will be fit for the tournament in Qatar.
Marco Reus is really unlucky. World Cup is starting soon & he caught a serious injury. Again, before the main international torunament. Marco Reus is one of the most unlucky footballers of all time. An absolute World Class player with a terrible injury record. ❌ 2012: Injured in the last warm-up match, missed the EUROs ❌ 2014: Injured, missed the World Cup ❌ 2016: Injured in the last warm-up match, missed the EUROs ✅ 2018: Present ❌ 2021: Missed the EUROs ❓ 2022: Injured 2 months before the World Cup His resilience against injuries has always been one of Marco Reus' biggest weaknesses. Now some might say the he is just unlucky and that is certainly true to a degree, but he has been very prone to injuries all the time as well. It is not like it's coincidence only all the time that the same players get injured over and over again. Even though they now said that this injury is not going to threaten his participation in the World Cup, the fact of the matter still is that he is getting out of the weekly routine for now and needs to regain trust in his joint. That is also an important factor when you want to reach your highest possible level in normal games but especially for an important tournament like the World Cup. As a coach you usually want your players to be at 110% and I am not sure Reus can achieve that once he is able to start another of those countless comebacks during his career. Anyway the game against Hungary was shockingly bad. Germany recently claimed to be a favorite for the title as well, but that didn't really seem to be the case against Hungary. yes very disappointing. Germany did miss opportunities, but it's still pretty good that they've come a long way from Euro 2020-21 form. Hungary played superbly, but the chances created by Die Mannschaft should not be overlooked either. While the presence of teams like Brazil, Argentina, Belgium etc means that a World Cup win will be a surprise, they still have to improve their form. If only one of the young strikers managed to achieve Klose's level of accuracy. I want to talk about Argentina. Their team has improved a lot from last year. The youngsters in their team are playing very well. They are unbeaten in 34 matches. The understanding of all the team players is very good. Good things can be expected from them in the upcoming World Cup. |
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There are some great matches today to study the teams I'm anxious to see how Brazil is going to play this match, there are some new players today, and this could be an gold opportunity for them I didn't find any good bet here to risk, these kind of friendly match just before the cup are strange, lots of changes to the teams, some tests etc, but Brazil and Argentina will probably win these matches with 2 or more goals. Ghana will be at the group od Uruguay and Portugal, it's a good match for them to measure how the team will play against a strong team. Brazil easily won the match already in the first half and left Ghana no chance. 3 goals from Brazil in the first half was enough and their team look sick and to me they are one of the favorites to win the world cup. Richarlison also scored two goals for Brazil even tho i think there are better option for the striker position in Brazil. All the players in the Brazil team are in good form. They all play in good clubs. Their style of play is much improved. Brazil team has one of their players Neymar who is an amazing footballer. Ghana could not create any scoring chances in yesterday's game. Brazil could have scored more goals. |
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I am not under estimatimg Asernal abilities this season as their have shown consistency in all their games this season, but we must also know that those clubs Arsenal have played against this season are smaller clubs and cant be compared to stronger clubs in the premier league this season like Manchester City or asernal.
It's still too early to conclude if this season is Manchester City's season or Arsenal's. Because the game has only been played for seven times for all teams and this season I see there are several teams that are strong candidates in terms of the race for the Premier League title. Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City are candidates who will be competing for the Premier League trophy this season and Brighton I think will also enliven the competition this season. Yes the four teams you mentioned are the ones we expect competing for the title in my opinion but we are still in the eatrly stages of the cometition so some teams might lose their momentum so i think when half season pass we should now for sure who the contenders for the top spot are. I also want to say, it's only been a few days since the start of the tournament, I don't know how logical it is to say which team will be the champion. With the FIFA World Cup coming up, we don't know how the team will fare after that. |
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England has scored 199 runs and it is a winning total in my opinion.
The only way for Pakistan to win this match is that Baber Azam scores a century today. I don't see how they will be able to make 200 runs in the match.
You underestimated Babar Azam as well. He made 110 runs today and took Pakistan to the winning total.  If you see my post i told you before that Pakistan lost the first match and therefore they will win this match. When you give them a tough situation, they will always surprise you. Pakistan has lost the first match and they can't afford to lose another one today.
What a great performance done by BAbar Azam. Pakistani fans were so happy he made a century and Pakistan is able to win this match. Congrats to your too Umar Idress. You must be very happy on this victory Babar Azam is one of the best batsmen. But everyone's form is not always the same, sometimes bad and sometimes good form. But players like Babar Azam return to form just like that. Everyone was very happy with his century. However, his form will play a role in the upcoming T20 World Cup. |
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Liverpool will face Brighton in the 9th week of the Premier League, this is not an easy match for them given the current situation. Moreover, Brighton has a pretty good record to date. Brighton's defense is a job for Liverpool to break through.
Indeed, so far there is no club that is really strong so it is difficult to penetrate the defense they have built. But can Liverpool be said to be strong now? I thought not. Because they still have unresolved problems. They still have problems defending and also their offensive sector is not productive enough compared to the others. No, I don't think Liverpool will have a hard time breaking through Brighton's defense in that match because so far I don't think Brighton have a very strong defence. Liverpool have to maximize the chances of getting points especially because so far their form has not been good. Liverpool have to win that match, otherwise I really believe they will sink further. Meanwhile, Arsenal vs Tottenham will be a very interesting match. Arsenal are impressive and Tottenham are no less good. I hope Arsenal lose or at least it ends in a draw for both of them. Brighton is famous for waiting and counter-attacking schemes and this must be anticipated from the start by Klopp because we know that Liverpool in their previous matches especially when facing Napoli in the Champions League they always forget this. It's definitely not too good to let it continue, as Brighton also have a good attack even though their tactician is now gone but I'm still pretty sure they can be troublesome. The chance of a draw for Tottenham and Arsenal is still very wide open but actually I would like to see a victory from one of the clubs even though it is a slim victory because with that it will obviously change the top table. Tottenham team plays very good football. They are one of the best clubs. I personally like their style of play. I want Tottenham to play better and go further. Good luck to Arsenal as well. It's really good to see the best teams fight. |
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