Saturday
Wolves vs. Coventry
Man City vs. Newcastle
Sunday
Chelsea vs. Leicester City
Man United vs. Liverpool
In the first match, I expect the score to end 2 - 1 for Wolverhampton obviously. Manchester City to win against Newcastle. I know Manchester City drop sometimes in side competitions like this but I find Newcastle weaker honestly. Maybe both teams to score and two goals difference for Manchester City. Chelsea will win against Leicester City and Liverpool against Manchester United. I double the current ManU we know will be able to overtake Liverpool even though they are playing home in Old Trafford. |
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Last night, Qarabag lost 3-2 to against Leverkusen with last minute goals and was eliminated from the cup. Qarabag struggle very well yesterday. But the fairy tale is over for Qarabag. If it wasn't for the referee's red card decision, it might have been the biggest surprise of the week.
Qarabag scored a goal after the red card and they were able to maintain some rhythm until the end but they failed especially at the latest minutes and they paid for it. Bayer Leverkusen are way better and expected to play finals along with Liverpool which literally humiliated Sparta Praha with 11 goals on aggregate. Liverpool will play vs Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen will face West Ham United. I expect both Liverpool and Leverkusen to pass without difficulties. |
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With the defeat of PSV Eindhoven and especially Inter Milan, Quarter-final games look way uneven between each other.
Real Madrid - Manchester City match should be a final one and could not be compared with Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund one for example. Manchester City are favourite although playing away.
PSG could pass against Barcelona in my opinion in Parc des Princes.
Arsenal - Bayern Munich is another game that could have unexpected results although gunners look better.
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Here it can be seen that the mentality of the Inter Milan players is not that good even though if we look at it overall they are much stronger than Atletico Madrid.
This has been a bad season for the Serie A teams after all of them were eliminated in the last 16 of the Champions League this season, this is clearly a decline compared to last season.
Inter Milan was the best Italian team in Champions League these years and its disqualified was quite unexpected for me at least against Atletico Madrid. Simeone and his players did a good job kicking them from UEFA Champions League. That made things easier for the other top teams in my opinion. Inter Milan will face Napoli in San Siro and they are expected to win and continue to dominate Serie A. |
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And Inter its out.
Good for Altleco in a very bad season.
a very tight match between atetico madrid vs inter milan which ended in a penalty shootout. if the goal away still applies, inter milan should qualify and there is no need for a penalty shootout. Rules are rules and Inter Milan should not lose their sight and after leading with 2 goals to 0 in the aggregate, they found themselves in just two minutes with 1 goal difference then obliged to play extra time and penalties because of a late goal. I think most teams that passed to the next round, prefer to see Inter Milan eliminated because Atletico Madrid is less dangerous than them, although Simeone is particularly annoying. |
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Their problems are pretty obvious, how can you score three goals in the first half and still loose the game? Did they relent in trying to score goals, or did Bournemouth improve much in the second half. I feel it is a bit of both, because yes Bournemouth improved, but if Luton town have still tried to score they would have because they have been able to score goals against the big teams in the premier League. They were excited about leaving the relegation zone before finishing the task. If they survive this season, they will have to find a fix for their defensive challenges.
Perhaps Luton town became too relaxed as they had scored three goals to give them a good lead over their opponents and all in the first half of the game. They didn’t see Bournemouth equalizing and coming back from being three goals down. I sure didn’t see them equalizing and scoring three goals in the second half but they did just that and scored another to give them the win. I think Luton town didn’t have a reliable defense as they had put it more effort in their attacks and that’s why they had conceded more goals than their opponents and lost the game. That was one of the worst comeback. After leading with 3 goals to 0 in the first half. Luton Town took 4 goals in the second half in almost half an hour precisely! That collapse should not occur with a team playing in English Premier League. This will make the players stressed in the upcoming games and they will not trust themselves. I saw many postponed games, partially to European competitions, but there is an interesting match this Sunday between Manchester United and Liverpool in the final match of the FA Cup. I think we already know the winner, LFC  |
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Inter Milan is good this season and there is no doubt regarding that. But you have to consider that this is Atlético Madrid that they are playing tonight, Atlético Madrid is an experienced team when it comes to the champions league. If you check what's happening in the Champions league you will observe that almost every team are winning in their home. Atlético Madrid will win tonight game. Although it's a close call there won't be much goal to be in this game, but playing home over 1.5 won't be very bad. As this game can end 2:1 in favour of Atlético Madrid.
I find Inter Milan way better than Atletico Madrid this season and I expect them to win and to qualify for the next round. It is true playing home is in favour of Atletico Madrid but seeing the latest results and performance of each team, I wonder how will Simeone do to overtake Inter. Not obvious in my opinion. At the opposite, I find Dortmund - PSV Eindhoven match more interesting since both teams are close to each other with slight home advantage for Borussia Dortmund. |
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Liverpool won the away match against Sparta Prague by a huge margin of 5-1. Sparta Prague did not perform well at home. The team was badly defeated. I thought Liverpool would win by maybe 1 or 2 goals. But Liverpool won by 4 goals. And after winning by such a big margin, the Liverpool team has undoubtedly secured the ticket to the next round. I don't think it is possible that Sparta Prague will defeat an experienced team like Liverpool by 5 goals in the second leg. Liverpool's defense is very strong this season. Breaking this team's defense is very difficult for any experienced team.
Liverpool was already a much better team anyway, it doesn't really feel like it would have been any other way. I did expected them to score a lot because they got the first game so Sparta had to attack, they couldn't play a defensive game since they needed a win to go up, and that meant their defense would be lacking and Liverpool is just way too good to let that slide, which meant that attackers of Liverpool would find good chances to score, which they did and that makes sense. I feel like it's just only natural that they would have something like this, it's the type of game that first leg caused. Also the level difference between the two clubs is huge, they are not even remotely close to each other and that makes sense. Liverpool is way better than Sparta Praha and the fact that the first leg score was way uneven in favour of Liverpool then Sparta has nothing to lose. If I am the coach of Sparta, I would play full defence with careful counter attacks, I am losing anyway so it would be better to return home with a draw rather than 10 goals after two legs. |
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In the next match, Barcelona will face Atletico Madrid. This may still be quite challenging. Because even though Atletico Madrid are not in their best position, that doesn't mean they are easy to overcome. Xavi must be able to take advantage of all available opportunities so that Barcelona can excel.
While on the other hand, Girona will face Getafe, they should win this match, actually.
Atletico Madrid know very well that a defeat could cost them their position and the last spot for UEFA Champions League next season since they have only two goals difference between them and Athletic Bilbao and the latter will face Alaves which is weaker than them. Real Madrid and Girona have easy games too comparing to Barcelona - Atletico Madrid one so both these teams need a victory to secure its position and advance eventually. Odds are right now in favour of Atletico Madrid partially because they are playing home. |
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I doubt if Leverkusen can continue to dominate after this season because bigger teams will come for their players and will lose a lot of key players and also they'd probably lose the brains behind their success Xabi Alonso. If that happens then they will surely go back to being the average team they used to be just has we've seen with many teams that pulled off similar stunt.
To guarantee a sustainable and productive team, the management and administration have to keep their best players and add good ones. In case they have excess, they could make a sell for a good price so they can improve further the team. That mistake was done by Borussia Dortmund when they let Haaland walk away without having a good remplacement and with injuries, the situation got worse. Xabi Alonso are aware of this but my worries that he might leave the club to go to another one like Liverpool or Chelsea. |
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Monaco won away with a single goal. Strasbourg haven't won for 8 weeks and have fallen into the relegation zone. They now need to do something if they want to stay in the league. Yesterday, Strasbourg lost against Monaco and we can say that we are entering important weeks for Strasbourg. Monaco increased their points tally to 45 with this win and moved up to 3rd place after Lille's draw.
Lille failed to beat Rennes in a tough encounter. The away team Rennes started the match quickly. Rennes scored in the first minute and increased the difference to 2 in the 20th minute. Lille, who entered the last minutes in a stressful way, managed to get a draw by scoring 2 goals with Jonathan David in the last 8 minutes.
Strasbourg declined a lot and they are 3 points away from the relegation zone and one point from the relegation play-offs. Such position is unsustainable and they have to start winning again especially against Nantes this week. All their remaining games up to April are against top teams except maybe Toulouse which is a medium one, yet above them. Monaco and Brest are competing for the second spot while PSG trying to confirm the title before a couple of rounds. There Marseille that are pushing their way up and Nice that lost control totally on their results! |
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AS Roma new boss have alot of things to take good care of in the club, he's just starting and will do everything to win the trusts from the team's board and also from the supporters. Contrary to the club's performances, I must confess, he's doing exceptionally good and excellent. Daniele De Rossi will keep managing the team to be strong and aiming to enter important positions on the table. AS Roma are keen on grabbing more significant points this season but they've to traced themselves to be elite team that are eager to lift a title this season.
AS Roma improved a lot since the dismissal of Mourinho. Even that draw against Fiorentina was kinda appreciated since they scored two goals even though they were close to lose it until the last minutes. Roma have to secure a place for one of UEFA competition next year. In my opinion, picking Bologna spot and go to Champions League will be a great achievement, otherwise securing the actual Europa League spot have to be done quickly. |
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Bayern really needed a game like this to get back on their feet. Normally they are not really that far off from anything like this, it feels as if we are talking about a situation that would not be all that crazy, it is something that would make sense for them, and I think it would be normal for them if we didn't see them be bad this season.
Bayern Munich punished Mainz badly in yesterday's game. I didn't expect that game to end like this honestly. I left Mainz scoring a goal after Bayern Munich 2 goals so maybe an additional a goal or two for a team or both but a festival of goals following these three goals was a surprise and for sure it will drive the moral of Bayern Munich players up! |
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Manchester City control the match so far while Liverpool play defensively but John Stones scored a goal for Manchester City from a corner kick.
Darwin Nunez is a player who follows Stones in this situation but he fails and Stones scores for his team. The match from now will be more exciting as Liverpool will have to attack against Manchester City to equalize the match.
Manchester City with their attacking power, ability to counter attack, will create a lot of danger against Liverpool in coming minutes of the first half.
The goal scored by Manchester City was a big defensive mistake by Liverpool regardless of Nunez failure. The positive point in this match is that Liverpool are pushing and trying to get the draw although they wasn't successful yet. Manchester City are also trying to create a good opportunity to add another goal. They know that the actual score isn't reassuring and anything could happen with the actual high rhythm. |
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Are investors investing in Bitcoin at ATH now are fools ? Is there chance of major correction from here as prices have already peaked now.
Does people who invested in 2017 ATH fools? Or the ones that did it two years ago fools? Basically everyone invested in Bitcoin at the time of the current ATH made profit since they could sell Bitcoin more than the price they bought it for. Bitcoin drove all the market up and many cryptocurrencies made a record price which is good for everyone |
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Man, seriously, we speculate about the price or thinking about why 1000 BTC are sold, the reasons can be funny or diverse, although they are from the year 2010, it only indicates as a good example that Hodl is not eternal.
Everyone holding Bitcoin will sell it one day and start investing the money again in a way or another. We should be happy that BTC1000 returned to the circulation after being out of the market for more than a decade Since Bitcoin passed $70k and he sold at $69k then you could imagine how much he missed if he waited just more days! |
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Girona finally managed to win over Osasuna and moved back up to second place in the standings by overtaking Barcelona. A series of bad results in the last few matches has not made Girona lose its position in the top four of the standings, which I think Girona will be able to maintain its position until the season ends. This victory put an end to concerns about their inconsistent performance in the previous few matches, goals from Portu in the 13th minute and Savio in the 86th minute helped Girona get an additional 3 points today.
The second position of this result is very deserved for Girona. They ended a series of poor performances including a poor result against Mallorca. I didn't watch the Girona - Osasuna match, but from the statistics of the match 2-0 the result they didn't deserve was 3-0. With this victory, Girona's record for goals scored this season has reached 59. For me, this is an achievement that I appreciate. Girona will next face Getafe and Real Betis. If they play freely without pressure, they will get points. I don't know about Getafe but definitely Real Betis will be harder. Girona didn't won any game against Real Betis for more than five years. They only got a draw against it in December 2023. For the top positions, Atletico Madrid dropped 3 points after the 2 goals to 0 defeat vs Cadiz which was quite unexpected. Now Real Madrid have to win to stay away from their rivals, whether it is Girona or Barcelona. Athletic Bilbao needs a victory too to try to secure a place for Champions League next season. |
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Will Bayern Munich be able to compete for the bundesliga title this season?
I think it is not going to happen. Leverkusen will be able to win the title and currently, they have 10 points of advantage over Bayern Munich. And I think that is not going away anytime soon.
Well, another question that I have is, is it actually a good idea for Bayern Munich to actually concentrate on the Champions League more instead of the Bundesliga?
I don't know if Bayern Munich could advance in UEFA Champions League at the time they are failing in 1.Bundesliga. I mean winning Bundesliga title was an easy job for Bayern Munich but this year with Bayer Leverkusen performance, most people doubt they could lift it instead of Leverkusen. When it comes to Champions League, teams like Manchester City are favourite and Bayern Munich needs to face easier teams and wait for a mistake from the other top clubs to get the title which isn't obvious in my opinion. |
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SWGT signature campaign welcomed two new members and is now closed for new participants again according to the title. -snip-
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We cant totally say that AI Nassrr have lost it inbthe season because there are still some marches that are left unplayed and if AI Nassrr could come up with more possible presumption that can drive them to winning with multiple goals it will help to cahnve the face of things in the league at the moment, i dont know why but I believe AI Nassrr will make a big come back to take the position, and possibly winning the league title.
I bet the club will put everything in place to make that happen really soon and for sure if everything goes as plans by the current statistic from thenclub technical support, their will indeed make it to finishing point in good deserving state.
Al Nassrr will need a miracle to catch up with Al Hilal and that is if luck also run out of Al Hilal who are comfortably at the lead as of now with twelve points clear from Al Nassrr. I do not see anything spectacular about Al Nassrr that will motivate me to think they will be able to change their fortune at the moment, they are just playing like an average team unlike Al Hilal that are not showing any sign of slowing down, winning all their matches with good goal difference. Al-Hilal are trying to break the record of the team that made the most successive victories in row apparently. They are doing it nonstop, every round, with respected goals difference of two goals and sometimes even more. Al-Ryiadh had few opportunities but they failed to score and Al-Hilal goalkeeper and the defence line as a whole was perfect. Al-Nassr defeat made the gap between them 12 points. I am almost sure Al-Hilal will be declared champion before at least three rounds from the end of the season. |
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