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That was such eventful race - so many accidents and penalties. Verstappen had great start and then being ahead of all action let him to achieve another win. I don't argue about penalties. It was harsh on Norris, but right. But there is one place where FIA failed - they released safety car too late when there was debris on track when race for Hamilton and Sainz were already ruined.
Happy for Zhou who delivered first points this season for Sauber..
Andwith 1 race remaining fight for constructors trophy isn't closed - 21 point between Mclaren and Ferrari.
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Sporting suffered first loss thisseason, dropped first points in league and there issilence in this thread. Strange. No Amorim, no party? Their new coach João Pereira has almost zero experience as head coach, it's interesting decision of Sporting. And yesterday we saw different face of Sporting - they had ball posession, but so little good chances to score. Santa Clara probably deserved to win and reach sesnational 4th place. And remember that Sporting couldn't offer anything against Arsenal in Champions league few daysago. So, there is some concerns.
Benfica won against Arouca 2:0 and it was hard win, Santa Clara had solid game.
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_____________ | | Name: LTU_btc
History: Playing from opening season with ups and downs and not planning to stop.
Prizes: Wish it would be more - Season 1 15 mBTC, Season 2 8 mBTC, Season 3 3 mBTC. And some money from friendly games.
Trophies: -
Greatest Achievement: 6th place in Division 1 and 3rd place and promotion in Division 2.
Rivals: Everyone is a rival, I'm not here to make friends 
Board Expectations: Promotion and return to Division 1
Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengthness - F1, tennis, basketball outside NBA. Weakness - esports and American sports (NFL, NBA, NHL)
Last update: 12/01/2024
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Max got a bit unexpected pole. It's still not 100% confirmed, as stewards still investigate, but I don't see that Max did something wrong, as Russel wasn't on his fast lap. BTW, there was ridiculous moment in Sprint race when Perez missed start starting from pit lane and lost position to Colapinto. I'm just wondering what's wrong with this guy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQzOF8ilHgUWhat was that??? Im refering on that movement made by Norris letting pass Piastri to be Piastri 1 and him 2. doesnt have any sense at all. It was 15 points in both cases, and the drivers championship is closed.
Also Norris needs more the points to be the sub champion.
Yeah, it was strange move, especially when team told Norris not to do it. It doesn't looks good when race winner is decided in such way. |
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Well, hell, welcome to the club! I'm just about to settle things today and I'll know if I'm here. Actually already won my round (just checked, condolences LTU_btc) but I'm in a funny position where I need Slam to lose or draw (Sorry bud) before I can confirm my stay in Div! If he draws, we drew in our H2H but I will end this round with a higher goal count (phew!).
Congrats, mate! I already accepted my loss after Thursday's Europa League questions. With such performance like thisseason I just don't deserve spot in Division 1. Now again back to Division 2 - hello darkness my old friend... |
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Performance of Turkish clubs had such big contrast yesterday. Besiktas being favorites suffered big loss against Maccabi 1:4. I guess that fact that games had to be played in neutral location without spectators played big role. While Fenerbahche got important away win against Slavia. Made some money betting on BTTS and over 2.5 goals, odds were quite high  |
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- Have you tried to post in their Telegram group? I'm not one of their users, but they might respond.
I just looked at their Telegram group and saw this message: Just a friendly remainder! We do not provide support at Telegram. Anyone messaging and claiming to be from FaucetPay is a scammer and should be immediately blocked & reported. Please make sure to enable 2FA on your account. There are no official applications available for FaucetPay.io, so please don't download any applications that claim to be from FaucetPay. For help and assistance, please go to https://faq.faucetpay.io/Same thing probably applies to their Twitter account. So, I'm afraid that there is no other way to contact them than their broken support system. |
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Not much what to say about Sprint qualifying. Norris takes pole, Russel is 2nd, Piastri 3rd. Nothing new with Perez getting eliminated after Q1. It just would be interesting other driver racing with this car to see actual pace. Is it really that bad or it's all about Perez. Is superhard this pool, not only because the F1 itself is dificult to predict (so many factors can change the way of the race), but also because the way of Superbru use to point it and how difficult is also to cut out points against yours opponents.
Yeah, I'm stuck in 10th place for almost whole season, It's really hard to go up or down as with current scoring system most of us score similar number of points each round. |
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It would work less in favor of Russia if Ukraine was given more defensive missile systems and less offensive systems to strike onto Russian territory. It creates the perception the west is actually using Ukraine to start a worldwide conflict from Europe and allowing it to expand. The strategy of the white house should be to drown Russia with economical restrictions and sanctions and at the same time make their territories extremely difficult to bomb from distance (though the use of interception systems) while they try to repel Russian infantry from advancing. Ukraine continues to be specially vulnerable and the east of the country continues pretty much under the control of the Russian army and their mercenaries, that needs to change and in order for it to change the United States needs to give a different kind of arsenal to Ukraine.
No, I don't agree. Ukraine needs more both defensive and attacking weapons. You can't win war by only defending. You can sayvthat hitting targets in Russian territory is escalation, but in this war Russian red lines were crossed so many times that it doesn't even matters. Things like sanctions looks nice on paper, but in reality it doesn't works. You can't isolate country like Russia. |
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No way they put Imola over Monza.
Imola is one of the most boring track ever.
When they need to race there they will change the name of the GP, not Gp of Italy but GP of Europe or San Marino.
I didn't mean that they would rotate with each other. I'm about this: https://www.planetf1.com/features/ranked-european-f1-races-at-most-risk-of-calendar-rotation-policyImola probably is safe, while Monza is atvrisk to rotate their spot in calendar with tracks like Spa or Zandvoort. Monza is one of those iconic tracks in F1 that shouldn't be removed from the F1 schedule imho. Another track I wanna see come back is the one in the German GP. They should sought out the guys who they need to talk to and try to get it back.
And the tracks I don't really care much for are those ones in the Middle East. I think they should get back the Malaysian GP back too... But that's just me. A Macau GP would also be nice. But not sure if they're track is up to par with F1's standards.
Agree about Monza. Also would like to see German or Malaysian GP back on calendar, but unfortunately, it's all about the money and they can't offer it for F1. I also not big fan of tracks in Middle East. While Macau, can't imagine F1 cars racing there  . And it's not possible, as it's FIA Grade 2 track, while F1 track should be Grade 1. |
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I wouldn't say so. I don't think that they're looking at Russia not seriously. Otherwise they lift restrictions for Ukraine what targets they can hit, give missiles with longer distance and etc. But they're not doing it as they fear for possible escalation. Lavrov and Medvedev aren't taken seriously because they're not someone who makes decisions. Especially Medvedev who basically turned into drunk clown Ukraine doesn't have the required defensive equipments to stop Russian missiles because they are not getting all the support they need. Giving them permission to use Army Tactical Missile System and Storm Shadow missiles without air defense interceptors like the AIM-7, PATRIOT, AIM-9, and AIM-120 might be a big mistake .
Yeah, Ukraine is only getting small part of stuff that they're asking for. And it only works in favour of Rusia. |
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Another big statement from Liverpool. Until they scored 2nd goal, there was feeling that they can end without positive outcome, but fortunately Mbappe missed penalty (another poor performance from him).
Probably biggest upset is Crvena Zvezda destroying Stuttgart 5:1. When Stuttgart took a lead on 5th minute, probably even biggest Zvezda fans wasn't dreaming about such outcome.
Poor Shakhtar and Monaco - red card, wasting lead and conceding 2 and 3 goals in few minutes. .
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And now it is official.
The italian gp of F1 will be raced in Monza until at least to 2031.
They just found the deal and F1 will be there for 7 more years.
And thinking that 2 years ago they were close to cancel it for money/not meeting the quality of the standards.
That's awesome news, one of best tracks in calendar. And European tracks rarely get such long contract extensions. BTW, as I understand it's very unlikely that Monza will be included in track rotation. More likely that Imola will have to rotate with other tracks. |
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Another Euroleague round starts tomorrow, also, a bit unusual we have Eurocup games on Thursday and Friday too. Main game is El Clasico and rare case when Real isn't. Real is still without a win playing away. And debut of Spanoulis as Monaco head coach against Panathinaikos. Very tough opponent for a debut, but if Monaco will lose, that's not Spanoulis fault as he didn't had time with team at all. And I'm sure that he will not receive very warm welcome at OAKA . |
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Damn, City just wasted 3 goals lead. I already thought that they're back on track, but wasting 3 goals lead in 15 minutes. 6 games without a win in a row. And it's before game with Liverpool.
So disappointed about Sporting, they had no chance against Arsenal, 1:5 at home. Somehow I think that such result wouldn't have happened under Amorim.
And Atalanta this season is one of the most fun teams to watch. Scoring 6 goals away in Champions league isn't something what even powerhouses do often. Even if it's just against Young Boys.
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^^
I have taken NordVPN subscription for 2 years on last Black Friday, can't remember how much I paid for it. But I'm satisfied with itvso far.
VPN services probably is one of few remaining things which still has good deals on Black Friday, not some fake discounts. Though, many VPN providers have various promotions often and it's easy to get decent discount codes.
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I was just talking with @KTChampions about the Liverpool Real game and he made me realize that its not as straightforward as it may seem.
Initially, I thought. Both teams will not be at full strength, considering Alisson is a major hole for me, I am actually surprised Liverpool are still so good in keeping goals out without him. For me Real have their most important pieces and no Vini is actually a blessing. But Mbappe form is shit, so I thought Liverpool would tear them apart.
But now if Liverpool want to beat City to make sure they are SO far behind, maybe they think we don't need to win this game We're already top.
Odds in this question is 3.6 but right now odds is 4x++ is that too good to ignore for Real??
Liverpool - Real is most difficult game to predict. I thought for a while while making predictions. Maybe Liverpool looks as slight favorites, but knowing Real's mentality in CL, it's hard to go against them. Will watch least interesting game Barcelona - Brest on main screen, but there is plenty of interesting games on same time. Like Sporting or Arsenal. Or Bayern - PSG is always interesting. And finally City - Feyenoord. Will City will win finally? Feyenoord isn't easiest opponent, but I don't see them loosing 6th time in a row. |
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Putin definitely deserves the Noble Peace Prize for his use of restraint in the Ukraine war. without his wisdom, Biden and the British would have had the entire world nuked already. Putin couldve ended the war long ago by wiping out Kiev, but he isnt going to because he doesnt want war or any more people dying.
What? I haven't read such nonsense for a while Nobel Peace Prize for Puting for his sestrain in war? Interesting logic, because if not Putin, this warwouldn't even happened. Putin didin't wiped put Kyiv because he cares about people's lifes? Then wy he wiped out completely cities like Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Chasiv Yar and etc? |
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I'm wondering how such idea can come to someone's head. But let's trybto look seriously into it. If Putin would decide to expand war outside Ukraine, probably he would hit some Western country with decreasing population, not some poor African or Asian country which has rapid growth of population. So, it wouldn't "solve" this issue. and those 2 countries are not overpopulated countries like India or China. This conspiracy theory is inaccurate and unconvincing.
I will correct you about China, it's not overpopulated country. Fact that their population is above 1 billion doesn't means that they're overpopulated. With 1 children policy they're actually already have some demographics issues like aging society. How can population growth be a problem for a country? I think that population growth can be more good news for a country. The country with a higher population has a higher chance of economic development if they are civilized.
And somehow rapid and uncontrolled growthbof population doesn't helps at all for these 3rd world countries in therms of economic development. |
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