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[mv1986]

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Don't think so. It is what it is and the only thing that can come out of it is a penalty for the ref. By penalty I mean he could be dropped from CL for the rest of the season or something like that. Worse things happened in football and we never got repeated games. There were cases when clubs took things into their own hands and let the opposition score a free goal (lower leagues) in the reverse fixture but no way Arsenal is doing something like that in CL  Arsenal is still complaining about Saka "penalty" in the 95th minute and they probably feel wronged here.

The whole world saw what happened with this referee decision, but I think Arsenal would argue two ways: one way is that they believe Saka vs. Neuer was a penalty, which in my opinion was not a penalty as Saka is throwing his leg against Neuer's leg. I wonder why Saka didn't play it smarter than that because he could have either scored or indeed gotten a penalty if he made sure to be closer to Neuer to have more of a full body contact. The second thing they are bringing up is that the whistle was still blown when the goalkeeper passed the ball. But the entire gesture and body language of the goalkeeper was that he took the whistle as the restart of the game. As was said somewhere else, whatever the case, why the hell would the Arsenal player take the ball with his hands even if he thought the game was not yet continued?

A Germa official (Sammer) said that for the sake of great football, it was right to not give this penalty. I get the point he is making from an emotional perspective, but this is just not how rule sets work.

The worst of it all is the explanation the referee gave. Imagine he wouldn't have given the explanation "was a child's fault" or something, but instead said that he didn't exactly see whether the goalkeeper kicked the ball before the whistle was blown, while it was blown or afterwards. That way he would at least have put out his own state of confusion instead of his own decision to bend the rule set for the sake of a more fun football evening. It was the most stupid comment the referee could make. That alone deserves a penalty. He was too honest and too dumb.

[CLS63]

I'm not able to find much chance for doing research as much as in the past because of being busy with a new work in the recent times. Thankfully you also didn't use VAR. I was thinking that Bayern Munich would win today however a draw was an enough result for me. The referee's not giving the penalty in favor of Arsenal in the last minute saved me. There are still 3 questions that can change the result. Let's see what happens.

Well, even if Arsenal managed to win the game in the last minute, it still wouldn't get me a point because I had them to cover -1.5 handicap. But at least you wouldn't have one point advantage Never mind... We still have enough different answers for my team to turn this around. And if we do, it will be great for the morale because it would be great to win someone close to the top of the table

Tomorrow is an important day for both of us. The result of 2 out of 3 remaining questions is going to be clear tomorrow. I believe in myself especially on the Anadolu Efes question. Anadolu Efes are in a quite good form now and they have to maintain their place in top 10. Good luck for tomorrow.

[notblox1]

Can I propose that team Trofo nickname gets renamed from Snake to Negan for next season?
He reminds me a lot on that evil character from Walking Dead, but I dont plan to make new logo for him, sorry Negan.

hahaha man i dont use the VAR because of my good faith and my previous declarations.

Good, never use VAR and any illegal moved when you are playing against me  
I am standing nice so far in this round after today matches, but I understood wrongly question 7 for teams Leicester, Leeds and Ipswich, and I have to wait for weekend matches in Championship.

Boom Barca, boom BVB almost-late goal! It's now 3-1 with just 2 different answers left, so I will at minimum walk away with one point. You're welcome, the rest of you looking up at Slissy

This was perfect underdog bet on Barcelona, and I cant believe bookies gave us such a gift.
I hope someone took it wisely.

[darbitmobilerecovery]

hahaha man i dont use the VAR because of my good faith and my previous declarations.

Good, never use VAR and any illegal moved when you are playing against me 
I am standing nice so far in this round after today matches, but I understood wrongly question 7 for teams Leicester, Leeds and Ipswich, and I have to wait for weekend matches in Championship.

Until i check again the spreadsheet i really think you already win. But i forgot that question about how many goals on Atletico Dortmund game, so im still alive.

I find better your answer for some of the next questions, about the championship one you are ahead with the draw of today made by Ipswich.

Tomorrow i play my last bullets i think on the european games and the eurolueague one.

[Trofo]

A tie after the first 2 questions is perfectly fine for me😁 We have 4 different answers left and a lot can be decided today😁 I hope that there will be many goals today!

Boom Barca, boom BVB almost-late goal! It's now 3-1 with just 2 different answers left, so I will at minimum walk away with one point. You're welcome, the rest of you looking up at Slissy

I go to bed tonight knowing I'm not SO shit if I can stand up to the current leader. *cries mid-table tears

Go buwaytress  

That's the spirit. I even said in my article that I am rooting for you.  Have some problems getting it published this week so if it isn't up today I will just copy/paste it here.

Need to get above Slissy in the league, sick and tired to always loosing side bets to him. Now I just need to win my duel and it will be though. Would have helped if Atletico game stayed om 2 goals.

Barca game was entertaining as hell, that one could have finished with even more goals. Like the new Lewandowski that goes deep and opens up space for wingers, sort of what Kane always did for Spurs.

[slackovic]

Tomorrow is an important day for both of us. The result of 2 out of 3 remaining questions is going to be clear tomorrow. I believe in myself especially on the Anadolu Efes question. Anadolu Efes are in a quite good form now and they have to maintain their place in top 10. Good luck for tomorrow.

I don't know anything about basketball, but I went with Efes winning by 4-9 margin and I hope I'll be right.

As for the Milan vs. Roma game I'm pretty confident in my answer because Roma couldn't beat Milan since 2019. At least that's what SofaScore is telling me. But when the game start, all statistics doesn't matter. So good luck to you too and may the best team win

[cryptofrka]

Dortmund should have scored at the end of the match to make it 2-2, this means I'm back to losing by 1 point.

The Championship thing is killing me - I investigated that thoroughly. I was sure if Leicester failed to win only 1 game, it would be enough for either Ipswich or Leeds to finish ahead of them.
They even lost the 1st one, but both Ipswich and Leeds only drew at home - meaning that Leicester is in the driving seat back again.

I don't think Milan scores 2 goals tonight though - it will be a cagey Italian knockout game.

[Trofo]

Can I propose that team Trofo nickname gets renamed from Snake to Negan for next season?
He reminds me a lot on that evil character from Walking Dead, but I dont plan to make new logo for him, sorry Negan.

I need more info. Maybe it is because I never watched walking dead and don't intend to do it anytime soon.

If you are trying to get under my skin at least explain it properly so I can appreciate the effort. Not gonna work anyway but really curious to hear more about it.

[slaman29]

Don't wanna ruin my luck but for the first time I see my risky picks pay off and Bayern and Barca helped me a lot now I'm 2-1 with you @aralmuus. Wish Dortmund didn't score though not that it affects us but I need to see my goals higher. Winning 6-5 is better than 2-1 right? lol

Now we have tennis, Villa plus Benfica, SpursNewcastle BTTS to set us apart. I went for Zverev as the more risky pick, so if he beats Medvedev then I win, but I think you have the advantage because of your Alcaraz no.

 

The Championship thing is killing me - I investigated that thoroughly. I was sure if Leicester failed to win only 1 game, it would be enough for either Ipswich or Leeds to finish ahead of them.
They even lost the 1st one, but both Ipswich and Leeds only drew at home - meaning that Leicester is in the driving seat back again.

I don't think Milan scores 2 goals tonight though - it will be a cagey Italian knockout game.

If anyone thinks major leagues are confusing, Championship is even worse. It looks less like football and more like basketball to me, any team can win, but if you bet on home/away, they will draw.

I picked Leicester not even because they were top, but because I remember Leeds to be bottlers at the end of season, and Ipswich I don't know anything about.

Milan 2-0 Roma is my prediction hence YES in BSFL.

[cryptofrka]

Medvedev and Zverev are both out of the tournament, Tsitsipas will probably claim that SF spot - which is what I was looking for anyway.
Đoković is a set up, all eyes are on Sinner anyway. He's a clear favorite by the bookies, I don't feel it will be so easy though.

I need more info. Maybe it is because I never watched walking dead and don't intend to do it anytime soon.

If you are trying to get under my skin at least explain it properly so I can appreciate the effort. Not gonna work anyway but really curious to hear more about it.

One of the better characters in the show - a crazy badass dictator. You should actually be flattered

[mv1986]

Medvedev and Zverev are both out of the tournament, Tsitsipas will probably claim that SF spot - which is what I was looking for anyway.
Đoković is a set up, all eyes are on Sinner anyway. He's a clear favorite by the bookies, I don't feel it will be so easy though.

I need more info. Maybe it is because I never watched walking dead and don't intend to do it anytime soon.

If you are trying to get under my skin at least explain it properly so I can appreciate the effort. Not gonna work anyway but really curious to hear more about it.

One of the better characters in the show - a crazy badass dictator. You should actually be flattered

Well done @cryptofrka, same here. I wasn't sure whether it was reasonable to count on Tsitsipas finding his form, but after all he is pretty good on clay and if you look at his all time stats, he is quite a bit better than both Medvedev and Zverev. That was my guess, too. The research was worth it here. I looked into the stuff and then thought that the most likely outcome is what now actually happened.

[Trofo]

Medvedev and Zverev are both out of the tournament, Tsitsipas will probably claim that SF spot - which is what I was looking for anyway.
Đoković is a set up, all eyes are on Sinner anyway. He's a clear favorite by the bookies, I don't feel it will be so easy though.

Well done @cryptofrka, same here. I wasn't sure whether it was reasonable to count on Tsitsipas finding his form, but after all he is pretty good on clay and if you look at his all time stats, he is quite a bit better than both Medvedev and Zverev. That was my guess, too. The research was worth it here. I looked into the stuff and then thought that the most likely outcome is what now actually happened.

It was quite easy to make Zverev/Medvedev no picks for anyone who watches a bit of tennis. Medvedev is terrible on clay and to pick him as "yes" on the side where you have Tsitisipas and Zverev would be strange. Tsitisipas has good H2H with Zverev and even better H2H if we look just at clay matches. That one was tougher to call but the odds on Zverev - NO were much smaller however you look at it.

Did well on bookies as well, took Tsitispas to win and Mussetti to cover 2.5 handi in the first set. Everything was going perfectly and then Tsitsi dropped 5:1 in second set   Won it in the end but made it so complicated.

edit: New article is up guys:
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hope it is enough of Division 3 this time 

[mv1986]

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It was quite easy to make Zverev/Medvedev no picks for anyone who watches a bit of tennis. Medvedev is terrible on clay and to pick him as "yes" on the side where you have Tsitisipas and Zverev would be strange. Tsitisipas has good H2H with Zverev and even better H2H if we look just at clay matches. That one was tougher to call but the odds on Zverev - NO were much smaller however you look at it.

Did well on bookies as well, took Tsitispas to win and Mussetti to cover 2.5 handi in the first set. Everything was going perfectly and then Tsitsi dropped 5:1 in second set  Won it in the end but made it so complicated.

Yes makes perfect sense and I wish I could do the same level of analysis on all the sports you guys prepare questions for, but the reality is that I can't :? Sometimes I wonder how much anyone here knows about cricket or snooker, but those are questions where I feel I can't do much except for going with the odds and nothing else.

If I went with the odds in tennis now, the bookies saw Zverev ahead of Tsitsipas. Close call yes, but as you said H2H and the clay statistics should have put Tsitsipas ahead of Zverev. See, the bookies obviously went with the momentum and this is where I think the surface can play a role where someone who knows enough about the sport can actually beat the bookies. They thought that Tsitsipas isn't doing that well while Zverev is quite good, so Zverev gonna win.

[slackovic]

So... It looks like I'm down by two points against cls63. He had both Medvedev and Zverev not to qualify and Djokovic to qualify which will probably happen. So all my hopes lies in today's games Efes and Milan.

[arallmuus]

Don't wanna ruin my luck but for the first time I see my risky picks pay off and Bayern and Barca helped me a lot now I'm 2-1 with you @aralmuus. Wish Dortmund didn't score though not that it affects us but I need to see my goals higher. Winning 6-5 is better than 2-1 right? lol

Now we have tennis, Villa plus Benfica, SpursNewcastle BTTS to set us apart. I went for Zverev as the more risky pick, so if he beats Medvedev then I win, but I think you have the advantage because of your Alcaraz no.

I guess I won a point from the tennis question because both Medvedev and Zverev are out of the tournament so that bring us to 2-2. I was actually gonna pick Bayern not to lose though but due to their recent two loss in a row on league, I decided to give Arsenal a chance but yeah it was pretty close right there if only Arsenal was awarded with penalty on that very last minute

so tonight its going to be Aston Villa and Benfica huh. I need both of them to score less than 2 goals

[Slissy]

A tie after the first 2 questions is perfectly fine for me😁 We have 4 different answers left and a lot can be decided today😁 I hope that there will be many goals today!

Boom Barca, boom BVB almost-late goal! It's now 3-1 with just 2 different answers left, so I will at minimum walk away with one point. You're welcome, the rest of you looking up at Slissy

I go to bed tonight knowing I'm not SO shit if I can stand up to the current leader. *cries mid-table tears

Damn!! It was a bad day for me and also my bets too.. I deserve to lose this round 😁 I will come back stronger in the next match 😁

[darbitmobilerecovery]

Well Andolu in Euroleague is winning by 14 points at the end of second quarter i try to curse them and hopefully they only win by a margin below 10 points, because if that not happen im GG in the round.

Come on red star belgrade, do something (but not so much).

After that we have in half an hour the start of Europe League and question 6 is gonna be determinated.

[Harkorede]

Well Andolu in Euroleague is winning by 14 points at the end of second quarter i try to curse them and hopefully they only win by a margin below 10 points, because if that not happen im GG in the round.

Come on red star belgrade, do something (but not so much).

After that we have in half an hour the start of Europe League and question 6 is gonna be determinated.

I expected the basketball game to be a blowout honestly, so going for the more than 9 points win was an easy pick for me.

The most important event for me was Medvedev losing to Karen Khachanov, that's got me even for that H2H question because my opponent was able to take advantage of the Alcaraz withdrawal, and I couldn't, but should the basketball game end with 10 or more points, then the round is definitely a win for me. I'm currently 2-0, I really could use this win after 2 consecutive losses.

[Rikafip]

I expected the basketball game to be a blowout honestly, so going for the more than 9 points win was an easy pick for me.

+1, given the situation it was a no brainer. Efes is fighting for the playoff spot while Crvena Zvezda is playing for nothing really.
6 minutes before the end Efes has +44 so I think those of us who went for +10 can count that point 

[Harkorede]

I expected the basketball game to be a blowout honestly, so going for the more than 9 points win was an easy pick for me.

+1, given the situation it was a no brainer. Efes is fighting for the playoff spot while Crvena Zvezda is playing for nothing really.
6 minutes before the end Efes has +44 so I think those of us who went for +10 can count that point 

Damn! Thanks for the information mate, I didn't even check the game or scores on flashscore, I was busy watching the tennis game between Holger Rune and Dimitrov.

Finally, I got a win the threat made to my team manager must have done the trick, good game man @Chi20...

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