I consider it insulting to say that Manchester United are like Underdog's to Barcelona.
yes, we can indeed see how now United can grow into a stronger team. Ten Hag apart from getting support from the team to bring in some of the players he was scouting for. Ten Hag does have a good strategy when facing strong teams. and now facing Barcelona, it could be difficult for United. but they didn't miss the chance. Ten Hag and Xavi will fight in this fight. let's see who will be more skilled. Yes I agree saying Manchester United are like an underdog team is like an understatement. No I mean by their status they are a great team and also by their well-recorded history in the past they are a team that can't be underestimated despite their low form even over a long period of time. Especially now that they also seem to be developing well even though there is still a lot that needs to be improved. |
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 Even playing away, PSG is still favorite to win maybe because Montpeller's performance is not better away from PSG, they have 6 lost from 10 matches. but, when we look at statistic, PSG also call into doubt getting the win because some core player like Verrati and Mukiele were absent, we still have Messi, Mbappe and Neymar in front, they are will make surprise at least 2 different goals if have good coordination. The fact that Montpellier has lost their last five matches does not help the argument that they are able to surprise PSG. PSG will play without some of its core players, such as Neymar, who may have experienced muscle fatigue. But still Montpellier do not have enough to offer at home when they are up against PSG. Not this time when PSG is building its confidence ahead of its round 16 match with Bayern. In the absence of Neymar, PSG can give Hugo Ekitike another chance to start. In this match, PSG should be able to score at least two goals. In their matches in Ligue 1, Paris Saint Germain is almost always the favorite with any team that will be their opponent. Montpollier is not a balanced team when compared to Paris Saint Germain if you take into account the status of the two teams and also the players they have. But Paris Saint Germain must be extra vigilant if they don't want the same incident to happen again like the previous week. Again, this should be their game if they don't have any significant problems. |
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The difference of 13 points is already in their hands, now it's just how they can maintain what they have held today. Obviously it won't be easy to get the 13 point difference that Napoli now have, and they can get it. Their main task now is to maintain their form, no matter what kind of team they will play, they must gain points and keep the distance or even widen it even more by taking advantage of the negative results of the teams chasing them at the moment. They have passed step by step, I hope this will not end in disappointment.
It's worth more than 4 matches. Napoli just needs to win until there will be at least 4 games remaining and napoli will be able to lock the trophy. Im so happy to see that napoli can maintain its club after napoli got beaten by intermilan. I hope that napoli will make revenge against intermilan in the upcoming match that may come in may. Napoli can also focus on another competition. As long as napoli will always wins the remaining matches and there will always possibility for napoli to have a bigger gap than 13 points. 15 points may be achieved by napoli as a gap to the intermilan. I can hope if intermilan will be facing lose streak in upcoming matches. With 4 matches it is very difficult to stop Napoli now, yes they are a very difficult team to beat this season. So far only Inter Milan have been able to beat them which happened 5 weeks ago. Napoli are the biggest favorites this season compared to any other team, it's obvious 13 points is their difference, it takes a clean sweep of victory for the other teams to catch up and that's hoping Napoli slip up. |
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If I am asked to mention the teams that are quite stable in the EPL top 4 in the last few years, I will mention Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea, and Leicester. But this season, only one amongst these aforementioned teams is doing well. It's not bad that different names are now written on the top of the table. Times like this do come in football, so I don't think we shouldn't be so perturbed about the changes cuz a time shall come when clubs like Brighton, Newcastle, or Fulham will also be leading the race.
And that is Manchester City, yes they are doing very well in the Premier League and continue to reign supreme. Their squad has not changed much, there have only been a few players in and out, they have shown great determination over the past few seasons. As for other teams, they still can't play consistently in every season. What's more, what we are talking about is the English League, where the competition here is very competitive. |
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Real madrid team failed to win yesterday at home against Real sociedad and now they let barcelona get 5 points ahead of them i think at this point barcelona will likely win laliga real madrid team is wasting a lot of points and that will comeback to bite them, now their only chance is to beat barcelona when they face each other and wait for them to lose some points and catch up but i don't think that will happen.
Actually, it's still too early to say for sure. The gap of 5 points can be closed very easily. there is still 1 hand of classico to play. In addition, exhausting Manchester United matches await Barcelona. After these matches, we can see the decreased performance of the players in the league. In this case, they can lose points. But it is certain that if Real Madrid want the championship, they should never lose points from now on. If they lose points, there may be no going back. Losing a title to Barcelona would be the last thing Real Madrid want. I agree that it's still too early to say all that, but Real Madrid did not do well in their matches, that's what allows Barcelona to widen the point difference from Real Madrid. This is an advantage that Barcelona will definitely take advantage of as much as possible, they will definitely try hard so that the point difference they have now does not change and they will even try to widen it again, although this depends on Real Madrid itself. |
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Will he seek his luck back in the EPL when he has failed several times at several clubs there? I think this is too difficult especially with the price which is likely to be a little higher.
Indeed, in this case the current Tottenham coach Conte has a special affinity with Lukaku but I don't think he will be able to develop in the EPL because even with good conditions he could not develop at several clubs before, especially now with his performance declining.
Even if Lukaku decides to return to the English Premier League I think he shouldn't go to Tottenham. Newcastle would be a great choice for him on the other hand. The reason why I think like this is that Tottenham already have Kane in the centre-forward position. It is like very difficult for nearly any striker to replace Kane in the team. I'm saying this considering that Lukaku would like to be a part of the starting eleven. Tottenham is not the right place for him about it. But Newcastle would be a favorable choice because he would easily play as their main striker there. Newcastle are already in search of strengthening their squad in every way so this would be nice for them. I'm starting to think that the rhythm of the game in the Premier League doesn't suit Lukaku, so I doubt he'll be at his best if he returns to the Premier League. In his previous team, he failed to make a good contribution even with a large transfer fee. I understand one of the reasons was the injury he had, but after he was able to return to playing he didn't return to the form he had when he played for a team outside the Premier League. |
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Dortmund continued to show stable performance in several Bundesliga matches and added 3 points against Leverkusen to make Dortmund return to the competitive path to fight for the Bundesliga title this season. Schalke is pretty good, at least they still get 1 point from the match against Koln, but that's still not enough to lift Schalke's position from the relegation zone this season.
Seeing that the Bundesliga this season is much more competitive will certainly make the competition between teams even more heated, only 3 points difference from Bayern Munich will certainly make the other teams have more motivation to immediately shift Bayern Munich from the top of the standings.
Yes, I agree with you about Dortmund playing consistently enough to win the match, but I saw the match that was held yesterday against Leverkuesen, I think Dortmund did not play well considering they quickly lost possession of the ball to organize attacks. Indeed, the Bundesliga is currently unpredictable, considering that all the teams are trying to top the current standings which are still occupied by Bayer Munich. It's nice to see that the Bundesliga is becoming more competitive now, that's also inseparable from Bayern Munich's declining performance recently, they even got 3 draws in their 3 matches. Borussia Dortmund are starting to return to a positive path after they looked unprepared in the matches they played. I hope this doesn't happen for a while, but they can keep what they're showing now and get back on track. |
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Arsenal has to focus on the league title now, infact they should do anything within their power to win the premier league, because if they end the league without any trophy this season, no one will take Arsenal Serious again. Manchester city is a good contender for the title and other league cups. Winning Arsenal wasn't a surprise to me. Manchester city is a team to beat in the league.
Their main target now is the Premier League, they have done well from the start, and now they need to keep it going for another half a season. Yes, even though it is half a season, but every game they will face will be more difficult and also the rest of the season will be very long because they are required to do their best and get 3 points in every game they play. Of course it will be a disappointment if they lose consistency at the end of the competition. |
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and Juventus is losing too.
0-2 versus Monza, what is happening today.
Serie A is a circus.
12 goals have been scored against AC Milan, including their match in the Coppa Italia against Inter Milan, and they can only score 2 goals in those 3 matches. AC milan defense really has a big problem, their defense was easily penetrated by the opponent and in the end it was a defeat at the end of the game. We'll see in this match, how easily Sassuolo broke down Ac Milan's defense and they won a landslide victory by scoring 5 goals. |
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PSG vs Reims
I know PSG is the favourite but Reims also not weak team even their last losses were happened on October last year but indeed Reims is the team with typical of strong defense and for almost each matches Reims were never conceded more than 2 goals and sometimes PSG are in trouble and deadlock if against the team with good defense especially after world cup PSG trio still hasn't performing well so this could be serious problem for them
Both of teams has been met several month ago and they were share point each other with final result 0-0 and this time obviously PSG will aiming 3 points from this match but i will assume Reims will playing defensively and attempts not to conceded goals but i was interested about Reims records which is always be ended their matches with lack of goals and under 2.5 goals could be good pick for this match
Of the last 5 meetings between Paris Saint Germain and Reims, Paris Saint Germain has always won and only tasted 1 draw in their last match. So most likely this match will belong to Paris Saint Germain. Indeed, defensively Reims is working well, but the opponent they are facing at the moment is Paris Saint Germain who has good goal productivity, so Reims defense in this match will work harder than usual. |
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This Europa league competition doesn't only revolve around MU and FCB as people may see it cuz as it stands now, clubs that are known to be great rivals in their domestic leagues are no more in their domestic league top 3, they are now struggling for top 4 and the UEFA competition title. so I will not be surprised to see any one among Ajax, union Berlin, roma, juventus, Sporting, PSV or Leverkusen, qualify for the final stage of this season's Europa league. The above teams are my predicted qualifiers. If anyone amongst Manchester united or FC Barcelona should leave, it will make the tax much more easy for others.
The match between Manchester United and Barcelona attracted a lot of attention because they are indeed a big team with a large support base, so it's not surprising that every time a big team like them meets it will become a hot topic of conversation. Of course, talking about the European League, there are also many big teams, but mostly they will meet teams that can be said to be weaker and unbalanced, and they don't have big names like these two teams (Manchester United and Barcelona). |
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With home dominance usually guaranteed, the Champions League is again the biggest and major target for PSG and Bayern Munich this season, though the Bavarians could have the edge in the first leg of the teams’ Round of 16 clash. The Germans have a 100% record in the competition this term, while PSG have already failed to win twice in the tournament (vs Benfica). The Parisians’ team has a more imbalanced look than Bayern, so I expect a both team score and unpredictable total outcome of this match.
I said a big match like this will be very difficult to predict how the final result will be. When talking about targets, surely the target of a big team like them is to become champions, especially for Paris Saint Germain, who in the last few seasons they have really wanted the Champions League trophy, but several times they tried and several times they failed too. So this will be a difficult match to predict, both teams have the same chance to qualify. |
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Mainz gave a tough game against Dortmund but glad to see that dortmund has been achieving the win against mainz. Based on the result of the match if dortmund was dominating the ball possession. Mainz may not get ball so much but it was able to scoring 1 goal against Dortmund. Mainz was playing defensively against Dortmund. It was using counter attack to give surprise attack. 1 goal already made by mainz which is good. Dortmund was almost draw if giovanni reyna was not scoring the goal for Dortmund.
Actually, if Borussia Dortmund are in good shape, the goals that will occur will be more than this match. However, as we know how Borussia Dortmun are currently doing, they are having a hard time dealing with defensive play from Mainz. But regardless of the score, Borussia Dortmund should be grateful for this victory because they managed to bring home 3 points from home to Mainz. Borussia Dortmund deserved this victory with their appearance. |
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In my very personal opinion, I would love for Messi not to stay at PSG or Barcelona, but in Arab fútbol.
Messi is one of the star players who has had a pretty good football career and there is no need to doubt his playing ability. If messi joins the arap football team won't it affect his career. Because he is a star player and certainly wants to continue to join a big, well-known team and can further boost his career. So that the skills and career he has achieved are not in vain. So it seems unlikely that Messi will join an Arab football team. If you talk about career decline, then it's already downhill when he went to Paris Saint Germain. After all, he's no longer young either, so what's wrong if he decides to go to the Arab League. I have no doubt that Messi is one of the best players in the world, he got what he wanted by winning the World Cup some time ago. So it's not impossible that he will leave Europe to find peace at the end of his career. |
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The red card impacted the extra time and not the game. ATM was leading with 1 goal for 60 minutes and failed to secure it at the end. This cost them the whole match since in the extra time, they were playing with 10 players vs 11 and both Benzema and Vinicius didn't let ATM try their luck in penalties.
At the end, Real Madrid game was quite hard comparing to Barcelona
Agreed, after stefan savic was getting red card and this is also changing the game play tempo by atletico madrid. Atletico madrid may able to push the game into the penalty if atletico madrid was not wasting its chance by getting 1 red card against real madrid. That's very unlucky moment for atletico madrid. Stefan savic should not do that. It's very bad to see the performance from atletico madrid at this moment. The extraordinary game shown by both teams in this Copa Del Rey match which was titled Derby. Yes, they both want to win. Even though Atletico Madrid had taken the lead at first, a goal from Rodrygo could have dashed Atletico Madrid's hopes in 10 minutes of normal time. In the end they had to continue the match in extra time, and the results were unlucky for Atletico Madrid, the red card that the Atletico madrid players got really changed the game, and the 2 goals that came too after they played with 10 people. |
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A draw with Liverpool in the Premier League still cannot be used as a benchmark for Chelsea's performance because even Liverpool are in a bad situation and condition this season. So, I can say Liverpool and Chelsea have decreased in quality this season so a draw for them still won't have any impact on their match in the Champions League.
Also, it doesn't matter how many new players they bring in, because it looks like this season will only be a season for them to make a few attempts to get back to having good quality next season.
Liverpool are struggling and seeking for a possible way out to change the situation at the club, a goalless draw to me best explains the level at which both teams have dropped drastically in performance. Chelsea have been making big money moves to strengthen their squad which gives me some sort of hope that things will change for the better in the near future. Both Chelsea and Liverpool are in some bad conditions. I don't know who to say is in the worse condition among two of them. Because when the season started Tuchel was not doing well and Klopp also has not been doing well from onset. Later on Chelsea hired Potter who managed to do well for some periods of time, meanwhile Klopp was still fluctuating. The glory of Potter didn't last long that he joined Klopp again to fluctuate. So, I cannot use the meeting between these clubs to qualify Chelsea fit for CL. Graham Potter and Jurgen Klopp became a conversation with the decline of Chelsea and also Liverpool. Maybe for some people that the steps taken by Chelsea were wrong by sacking Thomas Tuchel, and also judging by how long Graham Potter has been since he joined it should be enough to get to know more about the squad he has. Meanwhile, Jurgen Klopp doesn't know what happened to him, because he has been in charge of this team for a long time, and the players he has also have good quality, but so far he has not shown good development from Liverpool. |
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The big match for this week is Napoli vs As Roma, Napoli are favored not only because they will be playing at home but also because they have more strength than their opponents this time, Napoli managed to humiliate Juventus with big scores so Roma if they are not ready and have the right strategy could experience the same thing and this will end up being a match that is no longer considered a big match because Napoli is far superior and fortunately Napoli has not shown a decline in performance so far.
In terms of game performance, of course Napoli is superior and will be the favorite in this match. But As Roma has a pretty good game at the moment. Roma have been very consistent in the second half of the season. Even Rome has never experienced defeat in the second half of the season this time. Milan can also be held to a draw by Rome. so Rome at this time really can not be underestimated. the game could have ended in a draw. But I also hope that Napoli can win easily in this match. AS Roma still didn't match what was expected, even though they had played well and were quite promising at the start of the season, but after that they returned to their former form which they struggled from match to match. the bookie offers a win for Napoli, and it will definitely be like that considering that Napoli is a difficult team to beat, especially since this will be their home game. It took a lot of effort for AS Roma to get red points in this match. |
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If Mbappe likes let him score the whole 7 goals himself. The main question is, how many assists has he made so far this season? He's scored more than 18 goals now at the league level but how many assists has he made? His assists in the club are not even up to half of the assistance given by Messi or Neymar. No doubt, Mbappe is quite a versatile player, but he is intentionally selfish if u ask me, and this may someday be errant to his career.
This is a very wrong thing to say, the current football around the world has to do with goals, work rate, team contributions and individual performance, at the end would be winning the World Cup and Champions League for your country and club. Kylian Mbappe already has one, and has scored good number of goals both last season and this season, I don't see him slacking down with scoring goals. You all talk about attitude but have you done a personal check about oneself. Let him keep doing his thing. Yes Mbappe is a very extraordinary player, he has contributed a lot to the team he is defending. But I think his selfishness is one of his weaknesses at the moment. Although now he can suppress that attitude, but sometimes at one point he suddenly gets out of control again. I think the OP's point is if he can get rid of that more, then he will be a much bigger player than he is now, because nobody did the OP mention that Mbappe isn't a great player. |
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Bayern vs Frankfurt is an interesting match after Leipzig because so far Bayern's Performance is in the spotlight after getting draw in a row. That possible they make it again because still didn't any improvement on the front. The last goal in minute 90 was considered lucky when after they face Koln. So, even if the odds are small (1.33), the bettor still thing to bet on a draw (6.0) or bet on Frankfurt because the odds are very interesting 7.40 on book
Frankfurt is currently in 4th place in the standings, of course they also want a win against Bayern, but it's not that easy to beat Bayern at home, especially since the last 2 matches Bayern have always drawn with the opposing team, especially their opponents from the top flight below them. i bet on bayern on this match because i think enough for the last 2 bad games Precisely this is the right moment for Frankfurt to steal points from Bayern Munich. As you said, Bayern Munich lost the first 2 matches after this break with only draws, in fact one of those matches they faced a much weaker team than them. If you see that, it can be concluded that Bayern Munich is experiencing a decline, and this is the right time for Frankfurt to take advantage of the decline experienced by Bayern Munich. |
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I don't mean to belittle it, but I predict Chelsea will be out of the top 4 this season let's just say Chelsea is trying hard to win in every game
However, other teams above Chelsea are also doing the same thing, Newcastle and Manchester United are examples somehow expect them to be out of the top 4.
That will obviously be very difficult to expect because Newcastle and Manchester United are also in very good condition and on the other hand Chelsea itself is already behind in the 10th place in the standings so this will be a barrier for Chelsea to get in the top four of the standings this season. After all, Chelsea needs to get rid of the five teams that are above it in order to be very close to the top four in the standings and that is not an easy thing with Chelsea's current condition. It's not like an understatement because in reality, judging from their distance to the top 4, coupled with their non-improving performance, it will be very difficult for Chelsea to be in the top 4. Yes I think most people looking at Chelsea today will have the same thought on this. New players who are starting to arrive, have not been able to provide what is expected, maybe there should be a process for that, but I want to see how long the process will take them. |
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