Fenerbahçe Avrupa Ligi'nde zaten kötü gidiyordu. Konferans Ligi'ndeki rakibini gördükten sonra da ümidimi yüksek tutamadım onlardan. Dünkü maçta da şaşırtmadılar beni. Evinde oynuyorsun ama nasıl beceriyorsan 3-2'lik yenilgiyi bile zar zor elde ediyorsun. Türk takımları Avrupa'da çok uzun zamandır doğru düzgün bir başarı yakalayamıyor. Fenerbahçe keşke kendine çeki düzen verse de Slavia Prag'ı elese diyorum ama pek umutlu da değilim şu an.

Bayern Munich - Greuther Furth and Dortmund - Gladbach. These are the games of the top two teams in the standings this week. And I think that both of the favourite teams should be able to win these games easily. Bayern Munich have the easiest game and it is time for them to make up for the Bochum loss. They drew with Salzburg in the CL too and they need to refresh themselves by a solid win here. And Dortmund got a huge defeat against Rangers by 2-4 but their main goal is the Bundesliga so I think that they will defeat Gladbach.

Embiid is a wonderful player and he is one of the players that every team in NBA would dream of having in their starting five. He is a great scorer and he showed another example against Bucks last night. His contribution to this win was really incredible. And this victory has carried 76ers in front of Bucks in the standings too. And I can't even imagine how much stronger they will be after James Harden bounces back soon. They seem to be a very promising team for the playoffs now.

West Ham - Newcastle is going to be the first game of the week and it seems to be a really competitive one at the same time. Because Newcastle are not performing very badly from now on. Their recent results were really impressive and they are maintaining their unbeaten series. West Ham got bad results lately and they should get prepared really well for this game. Otherwise, Newcastle can steal at least one point from them too. West Ham are still a solid team and they can win as long as they perform strongly.

It is a big day today. Barcelona are going to play against Napoli home and this is the biggest game of this stage in the tournament. Bookmakers are favouring Barcelona in Camp Nou of course. But their odd is around 2 now and Napoli has an odd like 4. Barcelona have improved their game much better compared to before. I expect a solid performance from them here. However, they can still have a very hard time beating Napoli. Because Napoli are in a great shape now. I'm expecting both of them to score but it is hard to guess the final score.

Brooklyn Nets finally put an end to their incredibly bad losing streak of eleven games. They defeated Sacramento Kings first and New York Knicks later on. This was really critical for them because they were going to be out of the playoff area if they went on like that for a longer time. Seth Curry had two nice games and I'm curious about his performance after Kevin Durant comes back also. Nets can get better and better in time and be prepared for the playoffs much more decently.

The first game this week is going to be Mainz - Leverkusen. And Leverkusen have been one of the most impressive teams surely. Their great effort helped them climb to the third place again. And they are going to be the closer side to win here also. But Mainz are not going to be easy to defeat. They are one of the strong middle-placed teams in the league now. And I'm sure that they will do their best to annoy Leverkusen and steal at least one point from them. So the result will be depending on Leverkusen's performance.

Bugün Atletico Madrid Levante'ye karşı eksik maçını oynayacak. Sahasında oynayacak olsa da deplasmanda oynaması da bir şey değiştirmezdi pek. Levante ligin en kötü takımı şu an. Ligden düşecek takımlar arasında bir numaralı aday durumunda ve Atletico Madrid'in bu maçı çok rahat kazanabilmesi lazım. Diego Simeone'nin istifa edeceği dedikoduları dönüyor şu an ama herhalde sezon sonu beklenecektir illa ki. Böyle bir dönemde gitmesi Atletico Madrid için daha büyük bir problem olur çünkü Şampiyonlar Ligi'nde de hala mücadele veriyorlar.

Lens - Lyon seems to be the most competitive game of the coming week. Lens had a really good start to the season and they fought for the second position in the standings for a long time too. But their performance in the recent times has dropped down a lot. And this caused them to be out of this race for the second position. They are ten points away from there now. But they are still a difficult opponent though. Lyon have been on a really good run and climbed the positions a lot. They are one of the teams like Lens that are in the fight for the fifth position. But here in this game, I expect a draw and it is likely to see both teams scoring.

76ers got a really embarrassing defeat against Celtics last night by 87-135 home. As these two teams were really close in the standings, I had zero expectation about this kind of a result but here we are. Even if Embiid scored double the points he scored in this game, it still wouldn't be enough for getting close to Celtics. I'm looking forward to watching James Harden soon. By his arrival, I believe that this team are going to be much better in the playoffs.

Dün gece Boston Celtics gerçekten de Philadelphia 76ers'ı darmadağın etti. 135-87 gibi küçük düşürücü bir sayı farkı ile maçı kazandılar. Embiid gününde değildi bu sefer ama yine 19 sayı attı. Takım olarak iyi değillerdi asıl. Harden da zaten henüz oynamaya başlamadığı için Celtics çok kolay bir galibiyet aldı burda. Bu iki takım ligde zaten birbirine çok yakınlardı ve şu an aynı galibiyet sayısındalar. 76ers'ı olduğu kadar Celtics'i de bu sezon oldukça beğeniyorum. Gerçekten çabalıyorlar ama playofflarda ne kadar başarılı olabilirler orası soru işareti. Playofflarda 76ers'tan beklentim onlara kıyasla daha büyük.

Tottenham still have a big chance for the fourth spot in the standings. Because even though they lost their last three league games, they still have three absent games to be played in the future. Getting nine points from those games would carry them there as long as the gaps continue to be like this. But Tottenham are unlucky too this week as they are going to face Manchester City away this time. I see no chance for Tottenham but I would like to see them surprising everyone too. But for now, I think that Manchester City would win.

The first game of the next week is going to be Juventus - Torino in three days. Juventus are on a great run currently and this is a game to win also for them. Torino are not in a very ideal condition. And they lost points for three weeks recently. And when it comes to the head-to-head games, Torino couldn't have beaten Juventus in the Serie A for nearly seven years. All of these things indicate a Juventus win for this game. And it looks like bookmakers think the same too by giving Juventus win a 1.55 odd.

Manchester United'a her ne olduysa bir an önce kendisine gelmesi de şart oldu. İki maç üst üste berabere kaldılar ve performanslarında gözle görülür bir düşüş sürüyor. Hem Burnley hem Southampton karşısında yeterli bir performans gösteremediler. Defanstaki açıklarını hücumdaki güçleriyle bile kapatmakta zorluk çekiyorlar. Bugün ise Brighton'a karşı evlerinde eksik maçlarını oynayacaklar. Bu maçı ben ne olursa olsun kazanacaklarına inanıyorum ama iddaa yapacak kadar da güvenmiyorum açıkçası. 

PSG had a good week but they experienced a big problem on defeating Rennes. Before this game, Rennes beat PSG by 2-0 home this season. This was an indicator for that this could be another tough game for PSG. And it really was. PSG couldn't find the target more than one time. And that ended up with the winning goal which they should be thankful about. But it wouldn't be surprising if Rennes scored too. Because the performances were quite similar to each other.

Congrats to Milan on their important win against Sampdoria by 1-0. Milan dominated the whole game and deserved to win it certainly. Sampdoria were not able to fight back against them much. Milan were aware of the importance of the game and now they are the new leader of the Serie A. They could have scored more goals in this game and it was a risky score though. But they still secured the win. Right now, the biggest title competition among top European leagues is in the Serie A.

Dortmund have another opening and they can benefit from it by defeating Union Berlin away today. But this is one of their most difficult games in this season. Because Union Berlin are one of the solid teams now. They are fighting for the European tournaments spots. Dortmund have a good history against them in Signal Iduna Park. But it is the opposite in their away games. They played two away games against Union Berlin in the Bundesliga and lost both of them. Now, they lack Haaland and let's see what they will do.

Tottenham are having a home game today against Wolves. This is an important game for them to start making things better for themselves again. They lost their last two games to Chelsea and Southampton. They must win this and they are strong enough to do this now. Arsenal defeated Wolves away last. Taking this into account too, I think that Tottenham will definitely win this game by one goal in the worst case. They need to refresh themselves by a decent win here.

Manchester United are still a desperate team. They played against Southampton and got another draw by 1-1. They are very incapable of winning games lately. And this can cause them to drop down to worse positions in the standings. I don't want to see them not even being able to join the Champions League next season. They must figure a way out soon to gather strength and start a winning streak. Otherwise, they will end the season horribly.

Bochum might be having their career high game against Bayern Munich right now. Because they are still leading by 4-1. Lewandowski scored first earlier but Bochum made an incredible comeback. They scored three goals in only six minutes. It was like they changed the roles with Bayern Munich.    I don't know what is happening to Bayern Munich but they should somehow do something in the last twenty minutes. They are the dominator of this league and I believe that they have it in themselves to make a comeback even in this kind of situation.