Indeed. As long as Ronaldo doesn't win SPL title with Al Nassr, I think he will never to consider leaving Al Nassr. Besides his ambition, Ronaldo needs to prove that Al Nassr didn't choose the wrong player and Al Nassr worth to pay him with huge money. Ronaldo actually has a big responsibility to Al Nassr, they expect Ronaldo can motivate all Al Nassr player to win prestige titles like SPL title. Last season, he failed although they have a chance to win it. They couldn't win in some crucial matches, so they failed to secure the first place. We expect Ronaldo will make it real in this season, sadly Al Nassr performed badly in the early season. Now, they seem improving their performance, they are in the right way of title race although they are still in the 3rd place.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Al-Nassr missed good opportunity in the previous season. This one is very hard with many top teams coming to Saudi Pro League and annoying them seriously. Al-Hilal didn't lose any game. Al-Taawoun are resisting well. Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahli are playing good too. I believe Cristiano Ronaldo might leave the club once he wants to retire or when there is no intention to renew the contract. Well, Sporting Lisbon will be the right place for him to end his career as a professional footballer. I also believe that Ronaldo will consider to return to Sporting Lisbon when his contract expires with Al Nassr.
I think that he might consider this to give a good ending for his career unless in case of injury or thinking of another plan for his career like coaching. |
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The real surprise of the night was Wales beating Croatia. This worked for us. We made sure to get out of the group. We will play against Wales in the last match, but this match is no longer important for us.
When Wales played Gibraltar In their friendly game some days ago, I noticed how much they played long balls into the penalty area to try to force a goal from there, and it worked for them in that game, they won by four goals, and became prepared for this game that they know is all important concerning the qualification to the Euros. They have beat Croatia, and can beat Turkiye too to give them the advantage to join Turkiye for the competition next year. In group D, 🇹🇷 Turkiye confirmed its qualification for Euro 2024 along with 🇩🇪 Germany since it is the host and 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇫🇷 France, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇹🇷 Turkiye, 🇪🇸 Spain and 🏴 Scotland. Turkiye did pretty well topping that group, letting Wales and Croatia fighting for the second spot. Croatia missed a good chance today but at least they will face the last 2 nations in their group. Otherwise Switzerland and Poland got just a draw against Belarus and Moldova today, which is pretty disappointing. |
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Brazil made a huge surprise in that game against Venezuela and many people I assume have lost a lot of money that is why it is better to not bet on teams no matter how big they are that has really low odds.The Brasileirao Championship has a lot of talented players and even if they have not the quality of Neymar,they should be given enough minutes,I forgot the names now but Botafogo has good attackers,Flamengo does too,they need just some time to harmonize in the national team and I think we can see a big Brazil again.
Honestly everyone is pissed from Brazil performance lately. Their performance in World Cup wasn't that top, they even failed to reach semifinals and to finish in top 4 teams.. Richarlison didn't give what he was supposed to offer for his team. Neymar might play good in a match and miss it badly in another. Vinicius Junior is fluctuating with his national team... I believe Ancelotti time to train the Brazilian team will be closer than we thought and once confirmed, he will have a heavy task fixing the Brazilians issues! |
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Cristiano Ronaldo still have not only a good performance but more important for this league a massive crowd of people who follows him and also a ton of memes and marketing production, no other player has this. Not even Neymar Messi or others.
Cristiano Ronaldo was the key that unlocked Saudi Pro League doors to top players and make it very famous, even more than many domestic european leagues. I remember many people criticised that move from both sides, but it turned to be a clever strategy after all. I don't want to compare how famous Cristiano Ronaldo is or if he is more known and loved than Messi, since in South America for example Messi is respected a lot maybe with the exception of Brazil, but in North America, it is definitely Messi. In Europe, it is Cristiano Ronaldo except Catalonia and other regions. In Africa and Asia I would say it is divided except for Gulf region where Cristiano Ronaldo has more crowd. |
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so PSG could still have a chance to win Ligue1 this season if the consistency of other teams such as Monaco and Nice is broken.
That's so bad for PSG to count on the other teams to lose points in order to stay first. I believe a good team has to prove itself in whatever situation and try to get 3 points most of the time. They could win Ligue 1, as usual thanks to the fact that they don't face a hard opponent but when Lille played good seasons before, they picked the title. Another thing, PSG should try to win Champions League title for once! With such performance they will not be able to win anything for quite long time. |
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I think that the type of team that Barcelona have become at the moment, this team can stand up against any strong team and have the ability to secure victory. I am very confident that the Barcelona team will do great things in La Liga this season.
We are all confident also until you see either injuries or points loss vs a team like Granada.. Next games for Barcelona are quite difficult. Athletic Bilbao is hard opponent when it comes to top teams matches. Real Madrid by the end of the month and after a challenging match is another level of difficulty. Real Sociedad just after make things worse for them. If Barcelona succeed in all these matches they will be first for good, otherwise any point loss, especially vs Real Madrid will make things very bad.. |
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I thought that the Netherlands would defend hard in the match to avoid conceding a goal. That's why I didn't think they would give too much space. That's why I didn't play the over 2.5 odds, but I preferred the over 1.5 goals. The match ended with 2.5 overs but I didn't want to take too much risk.
Mbappe's 2. The goal was really beautiful. With this victory, France made things difficult for the Netherlands. Difficult times await the Netherlands in the next matches.
Netherlands still has a chance to qualify since they will face Greece next time and Greece will face France in the last qualifying round while their games are vs Gibraltar and Ireland so technically they have an important chance which requires winning vs Greece face to face. So far France, Belgium and Portugal confirmed their qualification early. Turkiye, Austria, Scotland are almost in unless they fail in all of their games. |
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According to the current form, Argentina's chances of winning are very high. I think Argentina will win easily.
Argentina won as expected with 1 early goal by Otamendi in the third minute. The problem was Brazil draw by 1 goal vs Venezuela, that was a surprising result especially in a home match and with their top players.. I expected them to win with 2 goals difference at least. Right now Argentina jumped to the first rank alone with 2 points difference with Brazil. |
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Ok group A look good and I think Nigeria and Ivory Coast have an advantage. Group B, Ghana and Egypt are better than the others tho. Now for Group C, teams are close to each other and Senegal & Cameroon will have hard times vs the others teams. Group D, Algeria and Burkina Faso looks the best. For Group E, the situation is quite complex since Tunisia, South Africa and Mali are good and fluctuating. |
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It was a really unbelievable game between Croatia and Turkey tonight. Honestly I wasn't expecting Turkey to perform this much impressive. Because they have newly changed their manager and it was going to be his first game with the team as well. However we watched a much better Turkey in this game.
Croatia were playing really desperately. They couldn't become very effective during the whole game. Turkey could have scored more goals as well. But getting that win was the main goal and they did it. If Turkey maintain this team effort they can finish the group as the leader too.
Croatia 0 - 1 Turkiye and Spain 2 - 0 Scotland are the most important and challenging games for today. Turkiye was able to score in the first half and kept this advantage until the end with a disallowed penalty for Scotland, so things went pretty well for the Turkish team. Spain also did well while Scotland weren't effective at all. Spain will claim the first spot soon in my opinion. |
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So Arsenal will Rather fight for a draw than loose because if they draw they will be on four points and still remain second position in the group which will still be considered fair for them and keep them hopeful to make it pass the group stage, this is UCL and only the best is what teams give out and so I'm very sure if arsenal should be giving only but their best then Sevilla doesn't stand a place then because Arsenals best is way beyond Sevilla's best.
Arsenal will qualify first in Group B. Lens won vs Arsenal but they aren't fit to keep winning in my opinion. Their results in Ligue 1 aren't good at all also. PSV Eindhoven is a good team but with lower quality than Arsenal. Sevilla are good too but not that good to end first in my opinion. Arsenal first, Sevilla second for me and if Lens could keep good results, they might pick the second spot. |
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Maybe Casemiro works so hard in training (unlike Sancho) that Ten Hag is happy, but he simply doesn’t have the energy left for games?  I don’t know the reasons (I’m not inside the club) but I see the result and I know who is responsible for this result - the head coach. If your players degrade, it's your fault. Even Rashford has turned into a log this season. You can blame the players (which Ten Hag does all the time), but even if the players are to blame, it is his fault. Coach is always responsible for the performance of his players and the result of his team in each game regardless of injuries, sickness and red cards. He has to maintain his players fits all the time and has enough good substitutes to replace and rotate them when necessary. Manchester United isn't okay this season and Ten Hag is under pressure to get the team back to its performance. |
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I read in the news today that City still cannot convince Haaland to sign a new contract with an increased release amount and a longer term one. At the moment, his release clause is 173 million and if you look at other transfers, it doesn’t look too expensive or above the market. I have a suspicion that if Real doesn't get Mbappe on good terms, they will buy Haaland. An excellent opportunity for Real Madrid to have a strong position in negotiations with Mbappe.
Getting Mbappe for free is guaranteed if Real Madrid want to wait until the next summer transfer window. Getting Haaland in addition to Mbappe might be a good decision if they can convince him to join them except that I doubt Real Madrid will spend that much even if they have enough money for that. |
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Tomorrow we will have a game between Colombia and Uruguay followed a day after by the 4 remaining games.
Uruguay are better than Colombia in general.
Ecuador won most of the time vs Bolivia.
Argentina could win vs Paraguay although the latter team is a good one and can pick a point from them.
Chile - Peru is a tight game and both teams performance are close to each other in my opinion.
Brazil should win easily vs Venezuela. I think 2 goals difference should be the minimum acceptable score for them.
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Newcastle and Dortmund are in Group F. And to everyone's surprise, Newcastle are now at the top of the points table. This team is the most inexperienced of the Group F teams. But the way they performed in both the matches is absolutely commendable. They beat big teams like PSG 4-1. I think we will see Newcastle in the knockout round.
Newcastle are first but after all the points difference are only 3 between all the four teams so every round might switch the ranking. Next game will be between Dortmund and Newcastle while PSG will face Ac Milan. Newcastle and PSG are favourite according to bookies. I find both matches as hard and interesting. Dortmund and Ac Milan are good teams and they could win in their games. I think Newcastle could win or get a draw while Milan and PSG will get a draw. |
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Spain - Scotland match looks like it can be really delightful to watch. Because Scotland have been the biggest surprise in Group A so far. They have won all of the 5 matches they played. They defeated even Spain by 2-0 home. But we still see bookmakers seeing this match like it will be very comfortable for Spain. The odds given to Spain are like a joke now - 1.23. Besides there are some missing players for Spain side as well. Asensio, Gaya, Olmo, Pedri, Pino and Yamal aren't expected to play due to injuries. Gavi has also had an injury but he might be able to play. I also think Spain will win this match but I'm not sure if it would be that much comfortable. I think Morata will score as well because he is in great shape recently. Spain is better than Scotland although the performance shown in the past and the previous result. Now there is injuries that might play a role in that game but even the actual squad of Barcelona could win that game. Scotland need a draw in this game at least so I assume they will be more defensive and counting on counterattacks. Spain will have bad moments trying to pick 3 points from them. |
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Eden Hazard retired before football left us satisfied. If he had stayed at Chelsea instead of Real Madrid, maybe he would be playing differently today. He was a great player during his time at Chelsea, but his Real Madrid career did not go as he wanted. I wish he had not retired and played football a little more.
That wasn't totally an unexpected move regarding his repetitive injuries, epic failure with his team, being labeled as the worst transfer of Real Madrid...although he isn't considered as old and could keep playing for more than 3 - 4 years. I definitely understand him and I support his decision since he wasn't helpful for long time. |
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In this case Enrique has to prioritise because if he continues to try, it will be a gamble considering his position could be at stake in this case.
He has to realise that PSG is under scrutiny and performing well is the right thing to do so that he doesn't lose the trust of the fans and the club management.
Luis Enrique has to improve the performance of his players and figure out the best way to get 3 points most of the time. The way PSG is doing is unacceptable for long term since they risk to get out of Champions League and even risk Ligue 1. Btw there is currently news that Marseille have been acquired by investors from the middle east, I have not seen any further news on this, but if this is true then this will be a problem for PSG.
There is news about a group associated with Saudi Arabia trying to buy Marseille in Ligue 1 and Valencia in La Liga. I assume they will take some times before finishing their deals and it will not have big impact this season. |
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Placing these two teams H2H you will see that they are not at all of equal strength even in personalities we have the like of Kane and the rest to deliver Munich but I'm yet to see any person in Galatasaray who can contend those in Munich, although Galatasaray may be on good morale now because they may still be in the ecstasy of the win they just had over Manchester united but then if they manage to make it to the knock out stage it will be a good achievement for team amidst the big contenders they have on their group.
Bayern Munich are better than Galatasaray but we all know that Bayern have weak moments where they are performing badly and Galatasaray could profit from these moments to pick a point for exemple. Odds are way in favour of Bayern Munich although they are playing an away game. This group depends a lot from Copenhagen games and the direct game between Galatasaray and Manchester United. |
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How many people can guess after 8 rounds Ajax was gonna be in relegation zone? I answer 0, impossible, this mark how bad this crisis is.
What was the last time Ajax was in this places? Asides of Eredivisie, i dont remember a similar crisis in a team in big leagues, only Chelsea last season being bad but not this bad.
It is hard to say top teams in Ligue 1 since old and recent ones are fluctuating a lot from a season to another but Lyon are doing horrible with 0 victory and they are obviously sitting in the relegation zone. Lens, ended among top 4 last season and they are hovering around the relegation zone this season. Manchester United in the beginning of the last season were doing very bad in the end of the table but they woke up after Ten Hag joined them. For Ajax, I believe they have to figure out a way to fix their successive failures. It is sad to see a team like them performing like that. Management but also players should wake up and work hard to being the team to a competitive spot since with 15 - 19 goals difference, I doubt they could fight for the first spot or even top 4 ones.. |
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