Another season and Manutd somehow are clinging to their mistake Fellaini they should have sacked mourinho and got rid of fellaini we're paying such a huge amount to a sub who only spoils the play. In another saga Williams is being targeted I doubt we'll get him and then we loose Martial which is the dumbest thing to do, Ronaldo is almost certain to return to Manchester United.
with Fred and Matic plus Pogba i'm sure that Fellaini will not be a starter at any game. I think Mourinho will use him at his best that is as a sub in last 20 minutes to get him on winning those Aireal duels aslo United still trying to add Milinković-Savić in their ranks so that will limit fellaini time a lot. as for sacking Mourinho that will not be a good idea that will be get them back to the same situation after SAF left the club United still needs Mourinho for that Managerial stability he is making the team improve as he won in his first season some trophys and in 2nd he finished runners up in the EPL that is their best finish since SAF days. Martial still difficult to see leave as United are asking 70M punds that is a lot but still i think he worth it because he is young and still have a lot to offer i'm hearing Bayern are stepping in to persuade him they propably need him to replace Ribery but if he truly leaves that will make United sign another winger and the best thing for them to get Perisic he have been tearing it apart with Croitia in Wc. |
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As many say Belgium have the best team on paper but they haven't shown to be world class as a team despite them having many world class players. Croatia were many peoples dark horses but they won't win the entire tournament if they can't even beat Denmark in 90 mins. Spain couldn't even beat Russia who were the lowest ranked team, and let's not forget Germany finished last in the group. Crazy tournament so far. Who is backing Japan to beat Belgium and Mexico to beat Brazil today? hehe. I think Belgium will win comfortably but the Brazil game will be much closer I think. Both will be great games to watch for sure as the tournament hots up now.
the problem for belgium in my opinion is they usaly dissapoint when they face their real first test they are going to get past Japan first then propably Brasil then Mexico I think it will be a hard fought win for brazil. They haven't slaughtered anyone yet, Mexico won't be the first. Brazil will be the biggest test for Belgium if they get past them i think they will reach the finals. i think this year we may have a new world cup winner that means a team that didn't win it before so that will be Croitia or Belgium to be the winner i know that Croistia struggled yestersday against Denmark but they won it eventualy that was most important |
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On the other hand, LeBron James is now a free agent. We can expect some news after starting from Sunday opening of team talks about free agency. Not just on James but on the other players on the hot seat right now e.g Paul George, Kawhi Leonard etc.
Kawhi and George really wants to play with Lebron, if these rumors will become true, their destination would be in LA Lakers. The big decisions is just a couple of days ahead and everyone is very excited with the outcome. I wished Lebron didnt left Cleveland again, but he already opted out the contract. So, I guess he would be chasing another ring to add in his legacy. While GSW is looking to add another piece, as they are pursuing Jamal Crawford. Another good look from the GSW 2nd unit. Cavaliers co-owner Dan Gilberts stated that he wants his team to be back, meaning without the shadow under LeBron James. Many are expecting that Cavaliers will not be a competitive team now that LeBron will leave. They will take that as a challenge and wants to proved to all that they can do it without LeBron. Just hope that no buttheart from Cavaliers fans and no burning of LeBron's jersey as well this time. I think you are right. If we will see the roster of Cavs this past season, no player can come near how Lebron is playing. He is the reason why Cavs are in the finals last playoffs and now that he is gone in Cavs, I don't think the Cavs will be a playoff contender again next season unless, the management will get all star caliber players that will fit in their roster then maybe they can be in the playoffs next season. It is pretty clear he is leaving the Cavs he is not willing to meet them in person at the start of free agency after 11 years i think that is low He should atleast give them a meeting and say he chose another destination. People would have been fine with that it is about showing a shred of decency to the city and fans that gave him everything he wanted and embraced him when he came back to try and cherry pick, even though he left them for dead once already. He destroyed the roster and gave them no hope for the future and is now running to cherry pick off another team's assets. The fact that he is doing this to his own hometown for the second time just shows how material he is. I Still think he is the best player in this generation but in heart is not close enough. |
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I'm really surprised you're discounting fedder what you do t understand is there're two fedder one for nourmal tournaments and other for Wimbledon. He's in some other zone when he plays there so I would never rule him out unless some injury happens. I'm sure you'll understand what I mean when he starts to perform and believe me he'll rain hell on his opponents.
I already stated that that could be the case. Also be known that Roger is soon turning 37 years, so, we should not be suprised if we started to see him in some less impresionating editions. Wimbledon is starting tomorrow so let's see. Federer is going to be my main candidate to win Wimbeldon as you can see no one is ready to this competetion even Nadal didn't prepare that much for this tourney and the last time he reached the finals for it was 7 years ago but it will be intresting to see if they both make it to finals it's going to be like old times one shines in Roland Garros other in Wimbeldon previous title holders before 2017 Federer winnning it again Murray and Djoko are yet to be back in full strengh Murray will be lucky if he reaches the last eight he needs time to get in shape as u can see he is ranked outside top100 now same thing with Djoko who also admitted that he is not ready to compete at top levels |
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Ronaldo didn't have a day and Portugal ran out of luck. Uruguay were overall the better team and deserved the win more. Cavani is a world class striker and outshined everyone today. I hope he didn't suffer a serious injury and will be fit for the next match. The referee made a lot of questionable choices though especially at the end. When Ronaldo gets shut down Portugal can't win.
Clearly Uruguay were much of a superior team. There was no clear style for Portugal playing wide will not give as a positive result to the defense of Uruguay. Godin played all of Simeoni's defensive lessons. Uruguay have two defense lines, Godin in one line and the other defenders in onther line. Uruguay played on the speed and and good spreading in field excellent style, but it quickly drains the team. As for Ronaldo he was bad and without concentration, and no Creativity or even good positionning as if he had lost hope since the early goal. Finally, the best has scored, and the worst is not worth to complete the journey, thanks Uruguay and especialy cavani for this entertainement now he is tied as second best striker in tournament alongside Lukau and Ronaldo with four goals i hope he makes it at the end to face france him and Suarez will be a deadly duo that will be amazing to see play aginst 2016 Euro finalist. |
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Messi and C.Ronaldo, KO'd from the world cup on the same day, cover of every newspaper tomorrow  I was expecting to see one of them at least in the semifinals. Defensive masterclass from Uruguay today, Godin and Jimenez are the best CB duo in the world IMO, Laxalt as LB was amazing (Caceres was great as well), Torreira was immense in the midfield. Can't wait to see them against France in the QF. This shows that individual brilliance counts for nothing, when you do not have the supporting cast. Argentina really didn't impress at this world cup and barely made it to the KOs. I am not surprised that they lost. Uruguay are playing exceptionally well this tournament. Portugal were always trying to catch up in this game. both teams fought well in this game but the more organized won. Uruguay played in their best form and Cavanai gave it qualification.WC is going to be without Messi and Ronaldo from now on i think it's an opportunity for others to get some share from fame in the media Mbappe and CAvani are today heroes tomorrow who knows who will shine and lift his team to the next elimination stage it's going to be an intresting game between Denmark and Croitia, the DAnish team is not going to be an easy opponent they are unbeaten in 18 last games and allowed only one goal in previous 6 matches that it came from a questionable penalty their goalkeeper Schmeichel is arguably the best keeper in the tournament so far. It won't be as easy for Croatia as some of you think as for Croitia fans they are dreaming for a better finish then 1998 WC where they ended it in 3rd spot. |
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Germany is missing some players from the squad that won the trophy in Brazil 4 years ago. 2 midfielders - Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm and 3 forwards - Lukas Podolski, Mario Goetze and Miroslav Klose. These players were good however it's not like Germany doesn't have equal or even better players in its current squad. The younger generation is very promising too. Philipp Lahm was great and probably irreplaceable though. I think a lot of the German players looked very slow, tired and disinterested in the World Cup in Russia. Perhaps that's due to the long and tiresome seasons in their clubs or something? If Low remains as manager he will need to do a complete overhaul of the team for the next Euro tourney.
i agree with you Germany losing these legends have been one of the many reason that they left us so early. i think they players that played in last world cup and particiapated in this one were so not hungry for this tournament they showed 0 effort to win games only Toni Kroos showed some decent performances the rest were just ghosts. And no offense for Muller is finshed he knows nothing but grabbing his head after losing the goal. Timo Werner is the great disaster if they think he is a talent, it will happen to them what happened to Italy as for Mario Gomez no comments on him because it will have to write a book explaining how bad he waws and i still don't know how Muller were last tournament best scorer the man knows just one thing in football and that how he positions himself the rest is just crap |
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Tunisia's national football team finished its third place in the Group G with three points thanks to a 2-1 win over Panamanian side Fakhruddin Ben Youssef and Wahbi Al-Khazri. The team's attacking streak was the best in the World Cup since Argentina's first appearance in 1987, visiting rivals on five occasions (2 against Belgium, 2 against Panama and 1 against Anquetra), while conceding eight.
The Tunisian team finished fifth in the best line of attack in the first round of the World Cup, ahead of teams such as Argentina, France and Mexico, who ensured their passage to the final of the World Cup, and came in first place for the teams that withdrew ahead of the team Germany, Serbia and Peru, Brazil, Portugal and Uruguay.
Here are the best lines of attack in the first round of the World Cup:
Most teams scored goals in the group league
- 9 goals: Belguim
- 8 goals: Russia - England
- 7 goals: Croatia
- 6 goals: Spain
- 5 goals: Tunisia - Uruguay - Portugal - Brazil - Switzerland - Sweden - Colombia
- 4 goals: Japan - Senegal
- 3 goals: Mexico - South Korea - Argentina - Nigeria - France
Two goals: Germany - Morocco - Egypt - Saudi Arabia - Iran - Denmark - Peru - Australia - Iceland - Serbia - Costa Rica - Poland - Panama
Tunsia had just small chances for them to qualify for the second round i know if they draw against england they wouldn't play so open when they faced Belgium and they propably wouldn't concede 5 goals but at the end England would fought with their teeth and nails to get the qualification card they have better quality players and with Kane in their ranks it will be the reasons for them to progress further i'm sure he will be one of the strikers to shine in this tournament to be honest other then him and Lukaku there were not many that impressed in that position also England are in open way to the Semie finals are they will propably face either Spain or Croitia before heading to the final. |
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england players are so happy with the loss against Belgium tonight they knew that getting 2nd place will made them avoid big teams there will be only Spain or Croitia will be a threat for them in semi finals. While in my opinion the most difficult way is the road of Argentina as in the stage of 1/ 16Argentina will face France and if they advance to 1/8stages it will be between them and Portugal or Uruguay and finaly in he semi-finals they are going to face either one of these teams Brazil, Belgium, or Mexico so i think that Spain is going to be a big competetor for WC this season despite the shacky start especialy when you see their defensive side
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Germany, the defending champion, called for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia in the first round after losing 2-0 to South Korea.
Germany have lost the World Cup title they won in Brazil 2014, losing to South Korea 2-0, and they put together the tournament from their first round to qualify Sweden and Mexico from Group F, by finishing in the first two places respectively with the end of their games with 6 points The first was Korea's third with three points and the same goal from Germany.
The Germans did nothing to help them continue the tournament. I have been struck by some geniuses of analyzes that have commented on the exclusion of Germany from not involving Stegen and Sane, the problem is even deeper. Germany has fallen into a scandal as many have already been dropped but there is no fear of the future of the team under the base work of the youngsters groups and the amount of talent that could return in the near future to the competition in Euro 2020. Low's tactic was sterile and limited in comparison to the existing census, which was the reason for the decline and understanding of the style of Germany easily, but it is important to note the decline in the level of competition in the Bundesliga, which killed the passion and desire that was a warning to most of the players of Germany, especially in light of successive failures of Bayern European and the rest of the difference Naturally. |
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Lebron is born be a losser. No matter how he played someone will overcome him. Harden put the Rockets in the 1st rank, Cavs 4th!?? Statistically Harden leads. KD beat him in the finals 4-0!!
Obviously you are not Lebron James fan buddy but i think LBJ is a unique player on his own way. This season LBJ does not deserve the MVP trophy because James Harden played so well throughout the season and he deserved it this year too. Yeah he doesn't like Lebron and there's too much that are being thrown to LBJ though he's playing and putting up his team on his shoulder. With team plays there can be someone that can outsmart his performance but if we're going to judge his individual performance, there's no doubt that Lebron is an exceptional player. No need to compare to other players, they have their own uniqueness and characteristics. It's been 5 years since LeBron has last won an MVP. It's not like he gets it every year. I truly think he should win it. Harden has similar numbers from last year and he GAINS Chris Paul this year he finished 1st with rockets and got to 7th game against warriors that what it realy made the difference for him and got him the MVP reward this season also nobody tries harder than him he played better defense than LeBron and was far better at creating as well as being far above AD most of the year while Westbrook had a normal season. It seemed as Westbrook exhaled slightly after winning MVP last year .I expect the same slight exhale from Harden. Guy has grinded the reg so hard the last 3 years many felt that his stats last season should won him so it was due time for him to get it. |
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Roma have done some intresting transfers lately swapping Niangola for two players (Santon and Zaniolo) plus £21m Santon and Zaniolo also they signed Javier Pastore from PSG £21.8m.
Southampthon have sold their Serbian winger Dusan Tadic to Ajax for £10 he joined Southampthon for £11 in 2014 after for year with the saints he managed to score 23 goals from 162 games.
Manchester United are set to renew contraxt for their 30yo Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini a deal will see him sign for 2 more years with the devils he refused an extention back in september while Milain Arsenal Marseille and PSG showed interest in signing him for free it's rumured that he will decide his fate by the end of the month.
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Germany's game looked pale right from their first encounter with Mexico. They were very less on energy, no enthusiasm, no lust for title, henceforth they demolished.
That's true but most people thought that they will qualify at least at the second position. For me, Germany had to be disqualified earlier if the referee counted Sweden's penalty kick. but teams like Belgium and England have shown their capabilities.
And i think tomorrow we should see the best game in this world cup  About title claimer, my bid is still with Argentina.
It will be a surprise from a team that barely qualified to the world cup then to the round of 16. Argentina is far from its real performance and wouldn't have a big chance against France. Basically everyone was bad in all 3 games aside from a few good minutes against Sweden. That includes Löw, who couldn't adjust to anything, especially against Mexico and today against South Korea. It looked like he and most players expected to make it out of the group because that's just how it goes, right? Their arrogance got punished IMO. Löw should go, but he'll probably just leave and won't be fired. There is no one who could raise his voice against him. This circle around Löw/Bierhoff is almost untouchable. It´s his decision if he wants to continue or not. Wouldn't surprise me to see some players announcing they won't play for the NT anymore. As for Argentina and France their can be a lot of surprises yet France is still not that convincing and Argentina could wake up after all what happened so it will be difficult to see the outcome of the match |
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On to the climax of Group B, I expect Spain & Portugal to win their games.
I expected the same but, both results (1-1 and 2-2) ended up being very entertaining. Portugal were on the verge of getting KO'd, and Iran was inches away from winning and qualifying to the next round. On the other hand, Spain had a terrible game today, especially De Gea, this guy can't be in the starting lineup in the next game (or for the rest of the WC), period. I find it funny how De Gea is considered the best goal keeper in the world maybe (after Manuel Neuer for me though) and has received the best goal keeper award a few times in a row while playing for Manchester United in the Premier League for most clean nets and still makes rookie mistakes in the World Cup. I think it's open season for goalie blunders lol (just look at Karius  ) in the first match he was responsible for some goals but not all the blame is on him Sergio Ramos have been doing poor job covering his back the first goal for Morroco today was 100% Sergio fault he was the one that left the attacker 1v1 with the keeper while for the second goal I also blame Ramos he lost the Aireal duel in the corner kick that led to the shot witch would be very thought for DeGea to catch. The good thing is they will be facing Russia next round but if they continue to perform this poorley I don't think that they will reach the semi finals. |
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ESPN have ranked the top teams to be the winner of the world cup after the group stages draw with Brazil coming first with 20.8 percent ,Spain is the second with 15.9 percent ,Germany third with 10.9 percent , after that Argentina with 7.0 percent, then France with 6.0 percent, Belgium 5.7 percent ,Portugal 5.4 percent ,England 4.9 percent every group is represented with at least one team only Russia's Group A is the only group without a team ranked in the top ten contenders to be the next world cup winners.
I do not know how they arrived at those numbers Brazil is a good team but the favorite to win the world cup again is Germany, I will put Germany as the top team then Brazil, Spain, France and Argentina in that order, I do not think we are going to get a surprise team that wins this world cup. I even think that brazil is now the worst generation for decades. Currently they rely too much on Neymar and Coutinho that even they are still less experienced, let alone Gabriel Jesus. Undoubtedly Germany is the strongest candidate for the champions. The depth of their squad is very strong. In fact they are champions in one of the last tournaments as they rely solely on young players. Brasil has a couple good players not only Naymar Argentina is much more depended om Messi I think team from Europe will win that Mundial I am so much for Germany his team is not as much strong like four years ago Russia is my dark horse.Belgium is strong biggest chance i am giving to France They have fantastic team I truly hope some of the Latin America will win WC. They play attacking football that is lovely to watch. Look, for example, Mexico, they dominated and defeated last WC winner Germany. As we speak, Uruguay won match against Saudi Arabia and qualified for 1/8 finals. Whoever they face (Portugal or Spain), that match will be amazing to watch. Uruguay is going to face Portugal and that is a very positive thing because I don't think that Portugal defense will be a that good against both Suarez and Cavani adding the strength of their Juventus Midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur I believe that Uruguay will be more favorite against Cristiano comrades I believe that Portugal have been lucky to qualify in this tournament because they were lucky to get that draw against Spain also Spain defense was too awful in this tournament while in their game against Morroco if Cristiano didn't score that early in the match I don't believe that they would won that game as for Spain they need to work on their defense Russia is not an easy opponent so they need to not underestimate them. |
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Portugal advance in their typical fashion, barely holding on a tie vs inferior opponent. Hopefully they will get slaughtered by Uruguay. They absolutely will get handled .Their back line is going to get shredded by Suarez and Cavani. This was a huge oppurtunity wasted they are struggling to get a win against Iran. Most of today games results were surprises. Especially when Saudi won over Egypt i thought that Salah will at least win a game for them since there was a lot of hype over what he will be adding for his national team but at the end he failed to carry his club for the next stage.
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Not been actively following the thread but today's match was pretty unexpected! Those who claiming "Messi Sucked", Sit the Fuck Down, Match is won by pure team play and now matter how amazing of a player one member is, it will always the team effort that would decide the winning side.
Messi was just as bad as his teammates today, all of them sucked. Yeap, they deserve this result. Very poor performance from the player which is considered the best in the world. also, the team played a very rough and dirty i hope they will going home after next game. - The organization of the Croatians and their reality gives them a deserved victory over Argentina. - A serious mistake for the old Caballero reflects the mental suffering experienced by the Argentine team. - There is no evidence that Sampaoli gave tactical plans before the game, a midfield dueling without any risk, average defense and a completely absent attack are all reasons why Argentina's loss is logical, a heavy defeat in the intricate spiral of calculations. - The absence of a remarkable Macy with questioning the eligibility of the gospel of the leadership in the absence of repeated frequent dismantling of the mornings between the players and the fact I find Mascherano the best commander on the ground. - Argentina will wait for a gift from Nigeria tomorrow to keep their hopes to qualify but at the end they are going to need a victory over Nigeria whitch for the current team will be a big challenge. |
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My view on first round of the world cup .After the modest results for big teams, the presence of both Germany and Argentina as to qualify in second if the group is very likely and this may create two tracks, one devastating and the other quite easy and these two tracks will benefit one of the ends of Group 2 Spain - Portugal and one of the ends of Group 7 Belgium - England.at the end I think both Spain and Portugal have been the strongest going forward alongside Belgium while the defending champion is not even close to compete on the title again they have two problems one of them is going to need a lot fixing that's the defense the other is to play on the stonguest side of their striker.
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It would all really depend on how much I won, But I will put it like this. Everyone on twitter is always talking about #lambos I'm going to buy a freaking boat, #yacht Ill put a lambo sticker on the steering wheel or something!!! I would also invest in property, as The price is steadily rising on property as well!!!
The thoughts are good provided you win something like that big amount so that you can invest or buy property. It is very rare that one can make that win from the gambling so that they can buy those stuff. Out of million how many would be winning those big jackpots to fulfill those dreams? Buying or investing on properties is a good thing because it is the basis necessity of life that is a home, where you use to live peaceful and happy life or if you have a house already somewhere you would create some other property to rent so that you become financially stable but wasting your savings in buying luxurious cars and yachts would be waste of your efforts also. yeah buying property is the best way to invest your winnings, getting a luxury car or boat is a way to lose all your money because they don't keep their value overtime and probably you will have to spend more to keep it (maintenance, insurance etc) while in properties most of the time their value gets better especially when you buy land in big Townes because of the population growth their value could get multiply in couple of years. |
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With the games which have happened so far, and how it is not soo easy anymore for the so called BIG teams, i will not be surprised if an underdog team wins this world cup. Tonight England deserved to win, but in all honesty there were not even very convincing against a poor Tunisia side. I feel like if England meets a team like Iceland again, they would have trouble. I love the way the smaller teams are fighting hard in this tournament.
true England waisted countless chances in first half but from what I was seeing Tunisia played an awful game as well they made a lot of mistakes and they could easily have been beaten with 3 or 4 goals but the chances that Sterling and Lingard is too much both of them should have got at least one of them scored. Tunisia was pretty much was scarred in first half witch created problems for them their Left back was a real pain he didn't do nothing the hole game always have been out played by trippier but at the end they could managed to get the draw that they defended so hard in second half from what I seen in preparation to they could done much better because they won against Costa Rica had a draw against Portugal 2-2also Spain had difficult match was them beating them 1-0. |
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