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2 more days to La Liga! I have a big feeling about Elche Wink
Damn, good thing you posted that here, totally forgot that Spanish league starts early this season due to congested schedule. They are not usually even thinking about restart before New Year started and everybody gets back from skiing trips Smiley

This season we are spoiled for good football. I am thinking this winter World Cup is actually a good thing, we had high quality football all the time. Problems will probably start for some teams towards the end of the season when fatigue kicks in.

Yeah Smiley World Cup really screwed with our brains, but in a good way. I definitely thought it was a good idea to do it right from the suggestion because of the high quality we can watch in clubs, with all the rest in between for most teams. End of season fatigue is better than mid season and end season fatigue I think!!

Hope no one gets a Nueur skiing accident Wink

Elche? No way, this team simply don't belongs to La Liga. The problem that Atletico is looking like a team which can lose to anyone. But loss against Elche would be overkill.

Exactly. It's not that I'm so much into Elche at all, it's that Atletico simply can't be tolerated at the moment, read that now they want to get Firmino? You can't ask a positive player to play negative football but who knows what Simeone thinks of?
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would agree that this is wrong time for WC
glad to have La Liga back, Valencia is heading to nearby ceramic kingdom of Villareal to play last match in this year, not ideal time to watch the match, but if we end up winning there, it would be a great way to finish this year and open possibility for Europe competition next season

Yes i hope , they (FIFA) dont make again a World Cup in November December time, the worst league its the Bundelisga, they have the last match in mid November and the next one is in mid january for troubles with winter like always, its so much time without playing real level football.

I cant wait to this one to start and can have fun again.
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2 more days to La Liga! I have a big feeling about Elche Wink
Elche? No way, this team simply don't belongs to La Liga. The problem that Atletico is looking like a team which can lose to anyone. But loss against Elche would be overkill.

By the way, don't UEFA need to make an update in their club ranking criteria? Real Madrid are at the 6th position although they have been the most successful team in European cups in the recent years.
If that rankig would be really important, then yeah, changes would be needed. But now it doesn't matter in general, same like FIFA national team ranking. It's only important for qualifying stages, seeding of clubs and etc..
But yeah, it looks a bit strange when clubs who haven't won CL like PSG and City is above Real.

would agree that this is wrong time for WC
glad to have La Liga back, Valencia is heading to nearby ceramic kingdom of Villareal to play last match in this year,
Not very important detail - Valencia won't have to go anywhere because Villarreal is playing their home games at Levante stadium this season because of their stadium reconstruction. It should be interesting game.
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would agree that this is wrong time for WC
glad to have La Liga back, Valencia is heading to nearby ceramic kingdom of Villareal to play last match in this year, not ideal time to watch the match, but if we end up winning there, it would be a great way to finish this year and open possibility for Europe competition next season
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I think it has emerged that it is much better for the World Cup to be organized at the end of the season considering the national leagues. I think football lovers will need some time to concentrate on the national leagues again. By the way, don't UEFA need to make an update in their club ranking criteria? Real Madrid are at the 6th position although they have been the most successful team in European cups in the recent years.
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2 more days to La Liga! I have a big feeling about Elche Wink
Damn, good thing you posted that here, totally forgot that Spanish league starts early this season due to congested schedule. They are not usually even thinking about restart before New Year started and everybody gets back from skiing trips Smiley

This season we are spoiled for good football. I am thinking this winter World Cup is actually a good thing, we had high quality football all the time. Problems will probably start for some teams towards the end of the season when fatigue kicks in.
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2 more days to La Liga! I have a big feeling about Elche Wink

It was about these two shots that I thought when I wrote that he failed  Cheesy I would not call it a unluck, but a purely technical flaw in the first case - he did not hit where he was aiming. In the second case, it is even worse - he missed, plus he did not even think (because he did not see the position of the players on the field) that if he gives a pass to the right, then his partner will hit the empty goal.

That was way too hard on him man, haha. Not that I love him, I still like Benzema a bit more (and that's me as a Barca fan!!) but I saw those two hits and they were instinctive, first time shots... without looking at the direction, so you can expect that those types of shots will miss more often than they will go in.

Some strikers are trained to shoot, some to find a pass, it's obvious to me which Giroud is Wink
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 he would not be worse than Giroud, who frankly failed the games with Morocco and Argentina.

I would not agree that Giroud failed against Morocco, he hit the post in a good situation and had great shot from around penalty spot, that ended near the post (maybe I just jinxed him to go to competition final), would call it unlucky, hardly failure

and against Argentina, whole France team failed in first half, and he didn't even touch the ball, and he was noticed as injured before the match

overall, Giroud had great tournament, IMO

not sure what happened with Benzema, but he could change final for sure, and that didn't happen for some reason

It was about these two shots that I thought when I wrote that he failed  Cheesy I would not call it a unluck, but a purely technical flaw in the first case - he did not hit where he was aiming. In the second case, it is even worse - he missed, plus he did not even think (because he did not see the position of the players on the field) that if he gives a pass to the right, then his partner will hit the empty goal.
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Benzema announced retiring from France national team
We don't know full story between Benzema and France in this WC. Something happened and I feel dirty secrets will get uncovered now that WC is over. I am not buying that injury story especially after Benzema proclaimed he is not interested to play in final. Could be something as simple as he really was injured and wanted to come back for final but Dechamps said no or it could be something totally different.

Hmm! That took me by surprise (him retiring). Didn't even know he said he wasn't interested, honestly just thought it was really bad news for me at first knowing he was out of the whole tourney. Either way, he/Giroud are surely on their last legs, and if there were any more secrets to share, Didier did well to put it all under wraps.

Moot point in the end I guess. They really needed his last-minute magic.
The news took every one unaware, everyone thought the reason Benzema didn't play the world is because of injuries. From the announcement it seems their is a different story which no one knows about it. I think it is not the right time for Benzema to retire ,it is  too early.  With time fans will get to know the real story.
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 he would not be worse than Giroud, who frankly failed the games with Morocco and Argentina.

I would not agree that Giroud failed against Morocco, he hit the post in a good situation and had great shot from around penalty spot, that ended near the post (maybe I just jinxed him to go to competition final), would call it unlucky, hardly failure

and against Argentina, whole France team failed in first half, and he didn't even touch the ball, and he was noticed as injured before the match

overall, Giroud had great tournament, IMO

not sure what happened with Benzema, but he could change final for sure, and that didn't happen for some reason
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Hmm! That took me by surprise (him retiring). Didn't even know he said he wasn't interested, honestly just thought it was really bad news for me at first knowing he was out of the whole tourney. Either way, he/Giroud are surely on their last legs, and if there were any more secrets to share, Didier did well to put it all under wraps.

Moot point in the end I guess. They really needed his last-minute magic.

I don’t know what Benzema could show, but at least he would not be worse than Giroud, who frankly failed the games with Morocco and Argentina. The fact that Benzema and Deschamps have a bad relationship has long been known, but I would like to believe that when Deschamps refused the services of Benzema, he did it with good intentions and not settling personal scores.
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Benzema announced retiring from France national team
We don't know full story between Benzema and France in this WC. Something happened and I feel dirty secrets will get uncovered now that WC is over. I am not buying that injury story especially after Benzema proclaimed he is not interested to play in final. Could be something as simple as he really was injured and wanted to come back for final but Dechamps said no or it could be something totally different.

Hmm! That took me by surprise (him retiring). Didn't even know he said he wasn't interested, honestly just thought it was really bad news for me at first knowing he was out of the whole tourney. Either way, he/Giroud are surely on their last legs, and if there were any more secrets to share, Didier did well to put it all under wraps.

Moot point in the end I guess. They really needed his last-minute magic.
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Benzema announced retiring from France national team
We don't know full story between Benzema and France in this WC. Something happened and I feel dirty secrets will get uncovered now that WC is over. I am not buying that injury story especially after Benzema proclaimed he is not interested to play in final. Could be something as simple as he really was injured and wanted to come back for final but Dechamps said no or it could be something totally different.
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Counting on Barca to get a kick from their dumped out players -- after all my WC bets settled I saw I had an early season outright on them still pending Wink

on Barca to win La Liga?
it will be a difficult task, but if they continue first few rounds in same manner as before WC, anything can happen

we have more than 10 days until La Liga continues

Benzema announced retiring from France national team
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The world cup might actually not be an entire bore fest, there should be some fun stuffs to look forward too.

A bore fest was anything but what the World Cup turned out to be, eh? Just deciding to look back at club threads and see if I can pick up the pieces in remaining pools after a rather poor showing in the WC one heh.

For moments in the games you wonder if Messi is a completely different guy from when he was at Barca. Talking loudly to Weghorst, and then cajoling opponents and even singing with his mates.

Counting on Barca to get a kick from their dumped out players -- after all my WC bets settled I saw I had an early season outright on them still pending Wink
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It was last round before Wolrd Cup break, this weekend Copa del Rey games will be played. I'm only one who don't feel Wolrd Cup vibe yet? My brains still can't accept fact that we will have Wolrd Cup in winter, in the middle of club season.
You are not the only one, hell I am running a bunch of world cup promos for Sportsbet and I can't belive it will start in 9 days. There isn't that usual buildup, some teams didn't even announce their squads yet and they are playing in couple of days.

That being said I made my first WC bet yesterday to take advantage of free chip promo every time my teams wins. My chiice was Argentina, Messi to take it home in his last try? Yes please.

Even though I'm also not feeling the vibe and hype that's all around when a world cup is approaching, perhaps that's because my national team didn't qualify, but another reason is because of how boring the country side tournament often can be, but I think this world cup would be just quite alright, other than the several promotion Trofp and Sportsbets (Thanks) are hosting, I like the idea of having to see a football game every single day for the entire month, except for the few days break in between other stages, and the world cup would right just about the perfect time for EPL holiday fixtures.

The world cup might actually not be an entire bore fest, there should be some fun stuffs to look forward too.
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It was last round before Wolrd Cup break, this weekend Copa del Rey games will be played. I'm only one who don't feel Wolrd Cup vibe yet? My brains still can't accept fact that we will have Wolrd Cup in winter, in the middle of club season.

The same feelings. I registered in all competitions and even made predictions in some places, but for me it's still "pure theory" I can't imagine that soon I will watch all these games live. To be honest, so far such a gap in the season and the "sudden" World Cup has not yet caused a positive. Maybe I'm wrong, but so far it does not look like a competition that has been awaited for a long time, but like a competition that needs to be urgently held and everything else is unimportant. The main thing is to formally meet the deadline.
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 My chiice was Argentina, Messi to take it home in his last try? Yes please.

thought the same, but it is such an obvious choice now
even some AI, that predicted right last three WC winners, provided Argentina as their pick, and Qatar is make them favorites as well

so, as I always go with unpopular opinions, I would not go with Argentina, but still undecided between England and Brasil (too long without title for SA)

I like Argentina's squad, they look more like a team with a fair distribution across all position, and some new faces too, I believe with the right chemistry the team should go quite far. I really can't say the same for England, there seemed to be a slight sentiment with the team selection with players that a bit of risk and aren't fit yet, but I like their forward selection provided the players I think should be getting more playing especially the likes of Saka and Maddison, but I'm not very convinced with their back line, however it will be dependent of the tactics Gareth Southgate is hoping to deploy, I strongly hope it won't be a typical 4-3-3.
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 My chiice was Argentina, Messi to take it home in his last try? Yes please.

thought the same, but it is such an obvious choice now
even some AI, that predicted right last three WC winners, provided Argentina as their pick, and Qatar is make them favorites as well

so, as I always go with unpopular opinions, I would not go with Argentina, but still undecided between England and Brasil (too long without title for SA)
Brazil is the most obvious choice but I prefer Argentina. If you really think England can do it, take them, much better odds than Brazil. I actually think Brazil is by far the first favorite since they have really strong squad and they should be better prepared for climate than most. African teams will fare even better but they don't have the quality.

I am actually predicting a big flop for Europe in this World Cup, all the great nations are looking more vulnerable then usual and playing conditions will hit us the most. England lost both games against Hungary and did so with full squad and in super embarrassing fashion. At least Southgate called Maddison so maybe he will have some creativity in the middle.
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 My chiice was Argentina, Messi to take it home in his last try? Yes please.

thought the same, but it is such an obvious choice now
even some AI, that predicted right last three WC winners, provided Argentina as their pick, and Qatar is make them favorites as well

so, as I always go with unpopular opinions, I would not go with Argentina, but still undecided between England and Brasil (too long without title for SA)
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