Quote from: Rengga Jati on December 21, 2023, 09:08:50 PM

Quote from: tiCeR on December 18, 2023, 10:35:25 PM

Quote from: Rengga Jati on December 18, 2023, 09:59:04 PM

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I will never understand why some people think that sports professionals get disturbed when they play in the biggest competitions possible. There is a strong team playing in the Champions League for good reasons and instead of saying that this will motivate them to dominate across all competitions, people think that they would be distracted. Is there some logic behind that which I don't understand? A team that is good enough to win everything becomes weaker because they compete for everything...

Yeah, it's a little bit strange. Even though being in the UCL is the dream of all football clubs, of course. So when they were struggling in the UCL, it was a very valuable moment, a moment when they could show off their abilities and prove that they really deserved it. And of course this also spurs their enthusiasm to be even more on fire in every match, whether in the UCL or their own league. So, it doesn't quite make sense if someone says something like that.

This really deserves 2 merits although I don't give out merits very often. But I have a lot of them left. Since finally someone agrees with me I thought it is time to hand some out. Everyone is entitled to their own points of view and I would even merit a post if I tend to disagree, but it is well explained. But this talk about teams to lose focus when they play the best matches possible in professional football, I don't get it. ItÄs like saying that Klitschko will lose every fight because he was too focused to get to the top that now he isn't as focused anymore and instead distracted. lol -> I know he is retired, no worries! Wink

I am fully convinced that players who play in all tournaments, who feel they can beat everyone, who play the most games because they are in all competitions, will get the best out of themselves. Even more than players that play less games with more recovery. Do you remember when Napoli began to lose games last season? It was when they lost this unbelievable fight with Milan in the Champions League. Then they lost focus in the league because it extinguished some of their inner fire. So people around here, it is the other way around! The harder a football player's life, the stronger they compete! The harder the upcoming box fight, the harder the training and the higher the focus.