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Quote from: Oluwa-btc on November 13, 2023, 12:18:06 PM

Quote from: Velvet78 on November 13, 2023, 10:16:35 AM

Girona are still maintaining their lead. They got another win this time against Vallecano away. Technically they did what Real Madrid couldn't against Vallecano. Grin

It is such an insane form by them so far like I said before as well. They have games against Barcelona and Atletico Madrid later on too so I'm curious about whether we would see a similar scenario to their Real Madrid game before.

Because they didn't look strong in a really tough game. But even if they lose against them both as well they would still be doing a great job in the La Liga with this amazing form for sure. There is a really huge difference between this and previous season and I'm curious about how they managed to make such progress.

Exactly my man! Grin

Real Madrid failed to win Rayo Vallecano. Not that alone, Real Madrid failed to score against Rayo Vallecano. Girona did by scoring in both halves of the game. In the last five matches they've played, they've accumulated good points amongst underdogs like them and that's a good way to leave for the International games.

Now that's the main test, they could go down below to fourth position, if they loss both, I'd like them to draw both and not lose, they way they will keep a good head. But, I'll be super shockey to see them beating em both. They failed the test against Real Madrid, lest see if they would against the reigning Champions of La Liga and Diego Simeone's side.
I want them to at least qualify for one of the European Competitions next season, they deserve it.

Who knows, Girona might even make it to the Champions League like this by at least finishing at the fourth position. The momentum they have gained so far is such a big one that no team except Real Madrid have been able to stop them. I really like it when I see this kind of teams rising in big leagues at least for one season.

There is a Malaga example in the 2012/2013 season if you remember. They had a great season in the La Liga first and qualified for the Champions League. They even reached the quarter-finals and barely got eliminated by Dortmund. Grin

Tottenham continue to surprise us. First the huge loss against Chelsea after being shown 2 red cards and now this loss against Wolves... I really don't know how they managed to lose this game honestly. It was like an epic ending for Wolves side for certain. Because both goals came in the stoppage time and the winning goal was even in the last moments.

Maddison and Richarlison both weren't able to play due to injuries. This was a big hit to Tottenham of course. But I still believed in their impressive team effort in general of the season so far. But we couldn't see that here at all. If they managed to keep that 1-0 advantage to the end then I would have called it a lucky win honestly. Sad

Quote from: rendravolt on November 13, 2023, 11:25:38 AM

Quote from: Velvet78 on November 13, 2023, 10:22:25 AM

Lens continue to climb in the standings which is nice to see. Because for a while they haven't been able to do well in the Ligue 1 while they are really impressive in the Champions League. But finally they managed to start getting better results in the Ligue 1 as well. They hosted Marseille last night and won by 1-0.

However that winning goal came quite late in the game. If it weren't for that goal in the 90th minute they were going to add another draw to their streak. The game was quite balanced by the way that also had an impact on this score.

Is now a good time to bet on a Lens win? considering that they have finally been able to get up and even beat Marseille. I feel that this team has made comprehensive improvements and the performance shown has produced good results in the last few matches. Marseille's late win should be full motivation for Lens to get another win and even now they are in a better position and that is a stark contrast to what they were at the start of the season when they were in the relegation zone previously.

Meanwhile, Marseille still seems to be having difficulty maintaining their consistency and they have to be willing to lose another point this week. Marseille, which made a pretty good start, is now starting to falter and is still stuck in 10th position in the standings. Of course this is not a good result considering that in the last 5 matches they were only able to get 1 win.

I think Lens still need to win more games as often as possible to prove themselves for bettors. Grin

Because if you have seen their recent results in the league they have had a lot of draws. This isn't convincing enough for me to start betting on them without big doubts. They are still in the race for last sixteen round in the Champions League on one hand.

Therefore I want to observe them about how good they will be able to manage this time period there and in the Ligue 1 at the same time. If they make us watch a good performance then I can start giving them chances sometimes.

While Bayern Munich are moving on without point loss Leverkusen are not so different than them either. Xabi Alonso's team have been incredible so far. When it comes to scoring productivity they are the second biggest team currently as well. Bayern Munich's statistics about that is just something else though. Grin

All in all it looks like Xabi Alonso and his students are determined to stay in this league title race until the end of the season. I would really love to see that honestly because I'm also fed up with seeing the same team becoming the champions over and over again. Sad

Quote from: aubert on November 12, 2023, 11:03:18 PM

Quote from: Velvet78 on November 12, 2023, 10:56:54 PM

I never expected such game between Chelsea and Manchester City. I was giving Manchester City a huge chance to win this game away honestly. However it was one of the unforgettable games in history for both sides. Despite the rain we watched 8 goals in total. Shocked

Chelsea's resistance was amazing by the way.

They are really getting used to scoring 4 goals in each game these days. Grin

Manchester City could have won by 4-3 though if it weren't for that penalty. But it was an unlucky tackle by Dias as the ground was really slippy. It is really hard to tackle carefully under such pitch conditions.

The last foul that gave chelsea penalty was clean foul. I think that anyone know that but i must admit that if this is the best match. The atmosphere is pretty much the same like final. It's unbelievable to see chelsea played so crazily against manchester city.

It feels like that chelsea was not willing to lose against city. That's also the reason why the club keeps try even until the end of game. Many people are picking city to win the game but chelsea made it different this day.
Guess how many people are losing their bet today caused by the result from this match? this is unbelivable to say that if chelsea was doing it so perfect. That's so amazing to see that. The gameplay has very fast tempo

Im feeling if we was in the final. The atmosphere is pretty much the same like final. This is amazing and unbelievable performance from chelsea.

When it comes to penalty yeah it was definitely the right call there. But if we talk about the other penalty given to Haaland I can't back that call honestly. Because it is clearly seen that Haaland pulled down Cucurella's arm first and after that Cucurella did it to Haaland. I don't think that pulling should be considered as "neck and neck".

Other than that we watched a really incredible game that's for sure. Cheesy

It was nice to see Chelsea seeing some good signs to recover. They have left the toughest games of the first half of the season with 4 points. I mean against Tottenham and Manchester City.

Quote from: Oluwa-btc on November 12, 2023, 04:31:29 AM

Quote from: Velvet78 on November 11, 2023, 11:19:08 PM

Maybe I talked nonsense there. Tongue

It was too much to ask from Kalvin Phillips to be a part of Leeds in the Championship. But he can at least join a team now at which he can find many more chances in the starting eleven. It is very difficult for him to do that at Manchester City now as you have also said.

He is a talented midfielder so he shouldn't just let himself fade away like this. Probably we would see some offers coming to him in even January. But I assume he would like to join a different team more if that team are competing in the Champions League as well.

No you didn't completely

Seeing Juventus wanting a midfielder after the suspension of Paul Pogba and whoever the gambler was LoL!
They'll need his service only for a short term, for thee next six months and if he suits in well with how they play, then talks can continue between the both parties ( Manchester City and Juventus ) I'm sure of Manchester City wanting to sell the lad, what about Juventus Buying? That I don't have a clear view.

Manchester City signed him for 49 million euros but now his market value seems to be 28 million euros. They must be aware of the fact that they can't sell him by making any profit from now on. But they would still like to sell him at the earliest opportunity as it seems. Juventus had better benefit from this chance as they might be able to sign him without paying too much money.

If they don't have a better alternative than Kalvin Phillips in mind then they should go for him. Pogba is no use for them and it has always been like this since he joined them from Manchester United. Sad

Girona are still maintaining their lead. They got another win this time against Vallecano away. Technically they did what Real Madrid couldn't against Vallecano. Grin

Harry Kane is really unstoppable in the Bundesliga. He is much more comfortable here. He has already scored 17 goals and made 5 assists in 11 games. This is like a "farmers league" for Kane now honestly. I can't find any other explanation to this incredible performance. We have watched him in the Premier League which is the top league in Europe and he still showed a very high level performance then too.

He is a world star striker and Bayern Munich had better take advantage of a talent like this in the Champions League as well. It is obvious that they need to get better there.

Chelsea's resistance was amazing by the way.

They are really getting used to scoring 4 goals in each game these days. Grin

Quote from: coinlocket$ on November 12, 2023, 10:36:14 PM

have you seen the penalty gifted to Inter?

I have no words how this is even possible in Var time.

It must be the cheapest penalty ever given. Sad

Thuram is obviously trying everything he can there to misguide the referee. It is clearly a deceptive move by Thuram there but even VAR doesn't care about it at all. I don't know how they can make a this simple mistake. Maybe Inter would have still won the game but justice must always be served.

By the way what an amazing goal it was by Dimarco first! I assume it was an intentional attempt after seeing the goalkeeper a little ahead. It was a great attempt that's for sure.

There is finally a win for Lyon after leaving 11 game weeks behind. Grin

It has been a really difficult path for them so far. They could have even lost points against a Rennes with playing 10 players as well. Because they lost the control of the game in the second half. Anything could have happened in the meantime.

One way or another they made it to a 1-0 win here. I hope this would be the start of getting positive results for Lyon. Otherwise there is no way they are saving themselves from relegation. Sad

The games against Ajax were a big opportunity for Brighton to make up for their bad results in the group before. However I still can't be sure of them when it comes to being assertive for the Europa League title. They were considered as one of the top title contenders by bookmakers before the tournament started.

But now we see that they are quite an unbalanced team. Maybe they will be likely to move on to next round but it is very difficult for them to be more successful with this inconsistency. They are even worse in the Premier League recently as they couldn't win a game for a long time.

Like I said before Guirassy is really a game changer for Stuttgart. We saw another example of it yesterday. He entered the game in the 67th minute and it took him only 16 minutes to score from a penalty which was the winning goal at the same time.

By the way Stuttgart could have even scored 4-5 goals against Dortmund. They wasted many opportunities.

I don't know what happened to Dortmund in this game. They were too ineffective in both halves. The final score shouldn't misguide any of you. They had better improve their game next time.

I didn't know that Bellingham had a shoulder injury and wasn't going to be able to play against Valencia last night. However this didn't affect the team negatively at all. Instead they demolished Valencia by 5-1. Grin

Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior were the stars of the game however I must admit that Rodrygo was the best with two goals and two assists.

It must be a career-high game for Rodrygo at Real Madrid if I'm not wrong. His rating was 10.0 and he deserved every inch of it. This performance should be enough for him to be selected for the starting eleven in Joselu's place too from now on. Because Joselu has been performing really poorly recently.

Quote from: BitcoinHunt3r on November 11, 2023, 11:31:26 PM

Quote from: Velvet78 on November 11, 2023, 11:02:51 PM

Arsenal have finally broken the cycle against Burnley. They have been getting really close scores against them recently but here they got a solid win by 3-1. Burnley tried to be efficient with their attacks as much as possible and I assume the best thing they could do was this. Even though their opponent was weak Arsenal still had an impressive performance here.

This is what I want to see from them more on the upcoming game weeks as well. This is the way they can be a part of the league title race until the end of the season. Otherwise Manchester City wouldn't have mercy on any other team.

Yeah Arsenal are doing well and they are currently in 2nd place replaces Tottenham who were beaten today, I don't understand why Manchester City always seems to be lucky because their competitors are slowly losing. We previously knew that Tottenham is the strongest team that always gets points in every match but suddenly Tottenham got 2 lucky defeats and the team that beat them was not the strong team that was their competitor in the standings but the team that was in the middle of the table like Chelsea and Wolves, I don't understand what happened to them it seems strange but this is the fact. Tomorrow Manchester City will play their 12th match against Chelsea so will we see another surprise from Chelsea?

I don't think Chelsea can do such thing again. Even against Tottenham they should consider themselves lucky that their opponent got two red cards. Otherwise I wouldn't have expected Tottenham to lose points in that game. Here in Stamford Bridge I expect Manchester City to beat Chelsea. But I'm just not sure about what kind of a score we could see.

If we see the same Haaland from the Manchester United game then maybe it would end up with a big goal gap. Chelsea are currently one of the least conceding teams in the Premier League. Therefore I wonder how much they can resist Manchester City.

Quote from: Oluwa-btc on November 11, 2023, 04:29:07 AM

Lol. Kalvin Philips would've been struggling with Leeds United in the Championship if he had not leave for Manchester City. Besides, it would be every players dream to work with Pep Guardiola so why stay with Leeds United when you can work with the best coach and manager? With his qualities when they first retuned to the Premier League, he should've made it to Pep Guardiola's first team but how can you drop Rodri for Kalvin Philips? I would consider Pep Guardiola insane!

With the Euro's approaching speedily, most players with less game time are on the move because they'll want to impress for the next six months. That's so they could be picked by the managers of them countries.

Maybe I talked nonsense there. Tongue

Juventus were horrible in the first half of the Cagliari game. It must be one of the most boring halves I have ever watched in football so far as well. However Allegri must have motivated his players well at halftime. Because they started to play much more effective and dominant. Cagliari weren't as comfortable as in the first half.

This brought the goals finally as well. Cagliari also scored in the second half but I don't know how they managed to do it with a near zero goal expectation. Juventus are temporarily the leader in the league now. They must have really missed this.

Group F must be the most complicated group now though. Because there is only one point gap between all the teams. Anything can happen on the remaining game weeks. Even PSG can find themselves out of the Champions League if they don't make up for that Milan loss. As Milan couldn't score until this game most people must have thought PSG would win here.

But it is plain logic of course. I didn't like that. I considered PSG's away performance at the same time. The Newcastle game came to my mind and I was confident about both teams to score and over 2.5 goals at the same time.