Real Madrid's problem last season was not just the defence. It's difficult to have a good defence when your midfield and attack don't press hard. Its difficult to not concede goals when the midfilde cannot retain the ball and control the game. We know that Real Madrid has never been a team that focuses on ball possession, but at their peak, they had players who could hold onto the ball and act as playmakers. Right now, Madrid doesn't have such players.

The midfield of Tchoumeni, Belligham, Valvede and Guler lacks controllers in midfield. Valverde and Belligham are good at winning balls, but they don't know how to make great use of the ball. Theyre players that can easily lose the ball if they are pressed  and that is why they always struggle against a technical midfield that can press. We saw it against Barcelona and Arsenal and most recently, against PSG.
Until they fix the problem of pressing, ball retention and quick passing, they will struggle against any good team. The kind of football Xabi Alonso wants to play requires these qualities, and without them, they won't play well.

As long as that risk is not a risk that will ruin you or any part of your life if it fails, you can go ahead and take the risk. That is why it's not advisable to idolise what people do without knowing the context.
For example, you can hear a person say he took a risk of $1 million, and it paid off for him. That can inspire you to take more risks, but you fail to see that the person you're taking inspiration from was worth way more than a million dollars, and if the risk had backfired, he would have been perfectly fine. Meanwhile, if you $10k, you will be in a lot of trouble.

I agree that we need to know our limits. We can't do what others do, and that is why gambling is only for adults. It is assumed that as an adult, you have what it takes to make decisions for yourself.

I cant understand why people are saying this is not a good deal for Osimen. It is a very good deal to me. He could haven gotten a better deal and gone to a bigger club in Europe top 5 leagues, but staying in Galatasarayis not a bad idea. The fans already love him, he has performed for them and proven himself to them. There is way less pressure from that team and he gets to play in the Champions league.
It is better to stay in Turkey than go to Saudi Arabia. Age is still on his side, and a couple more years in Europe isn't bad. After his contract with Galatasaray runs out he can go retire in Saudi if he wants to.

The thing is that at Real Madrid, you don't have 5 months. Five months from now, they could be 3rd on the La liga table with like 10 points away from the first position. Any manager signing for Real Madrid, and nobody knows it better than Xabi Alonso, who played for the club.
He will not be sacked, but the fans will ask for results or improvement from the first game he coaches. If he finishes the season without a trophy, then he will be on the list of managers who could be sacked.

I believe Madrid will get better, but I don't expect them to be a team that everybody will be scared of. Against teams with a less technical midfield, Madrid will win,  but when they meet a team with a very technica midfieldl midfield and good attacker, Madrid will get dominstaed.
Last season, individual brilliance carried Madrid along most of the season; next season, I don't think that will help them. they have to get better as a team or face the kind of season they just witnessed.

I've never been under the illusion that Bitcoin will become a global currency. The government will never allow that. Bitcoin becoming a global currency will mean that the value of the local currency will depreciate. Suppose people now try to convert all their money into BTC because of the devaluation of the currency,  the local currency will depreciate even more, and the government doesn't want that.

All I want for Bitcoin is for people to be allowed to use it whenever and wherever they want. It doesn't have to be legal tender or approved by the government, as long as it's not a crime to use it and the government doesn't launch campaigns against it.

I don't think a striker is what PSG needs right now. In my opinion, what PSG needs now is a left footed right winger. They have Doue who plays that position and e does it well, but he's not left footed and that is not his preferred position. If they can add a natural left footer on that wing to join him, then it will create more depth and balance.

I think they can also look to add a natural Defensive midfielder who can play alongside Vitinha and allow Neves to play as a CM, so Fabian Ruiz doesn't have to play every game.
They alreadyave a very good team and they don't need too many chances, just a little twerk here and there and tey will be ready for the next season.

When it comes to Madrid, they will always struggle when they meet a technical midfield and an attack that presses well and creates chances easily. That is why they had so many issues when  they faced Barcelona last season and why they couldn't win against Arsenal over both legs, and the same reason why they were humiliated against PSG last night.

Madrid's problem to me is not really the defence. The problem starts from the midfield to the attack The midfield doesn't know how to retain the ball and control the game. They don't have a player who can do that. That is why I laugh when I see people make fun of Pedri because it is because of players like pedri that a team can control the tempo of a game. PSG has that kind of player in Vitinha, Bayern have Kimmich. When you look at other top teams in the past, they all had that figure in midfield. Madrid had Kroos, but the mistake they made was replacing him with players who can do what he does. Both Belligham and Valvede can't do that. They can be very good players in other positions, but as controllers, they will fumble.

Then we talk about the attack. Vini and Mbappe are not players who can work hard off the ball. The first 2 goals of PSG yesterday came out of the hard work of Dembele. We've seen how hard Raphinha works off the ball for Barcelona. This is what modern football is, and if you're not ready for it, your defence and post will pay for it. 
IMO, Madrid's problem is not difficult to fix as long as the coach can identify it and make plans for it and make sure the players execute it the way he wants. If they can't do that, then its going to be another bad season.

Well, it's $113k now heading for 114k. It looked like it was going to decline before it increased again. I just hope it keeps going up. Even if it was to have a resistance, letthe resistance be somewhere between this $113k and $115k.
I can't lie, though, I honestly can't predict which way bitcoin will go, even though I try to be bullish. One thing I believe is that there will be no bear market this year and this keeps my hopes up. I can be hopeful that Bitcoin will get to $120k at least this year. As much as I'm bullish, I try to be realistic. I hope bitcoin will get to over $150k and $200k this year, like most people say, but I know it's difficult to achieve that.

I agree that Chelsea has improved compared to how they were in previous seasons, but I also have to say that they've not been impressive, especially in the CWC. What I have seen from Chelsea is glimpses of a good team, but they have not been able to maintain that level for the period of the match. There is still a lot to improve on because if they hope to be among the elite next season and aim to win the league, they will need to be better than this and be consistent doing it.

They will be tested when they face PSG, because so far in the tournament, they've not faced a top European team. I am not writing Chelsea off, but PSG is a better team than they are and if they find a way to win, that will make a lot of statement and increase their confidence level going into the next season.

I don't think Madueke and Eze will elevate them as much as giving them the Premier League. Madueke especially. He is not a great player. He may be a good dribbler, but that's about it. He doesn't show intelligence on the ball at all, and I don't see how Arteta can use him to make their team better, other than the fact that he will be a good squad depth. Is there really a lot of difference between Madueke and Martinelli?

It's a good thing Arsenal are going all out for a striker. If they get Gyokeres and another top winger, then they can have a good attack, as they already have Saka on the right. In midfield, Odergaard is the only creative midfielder, and he has been very pragmatic lately. I'm not sure if it's the coaches' orders or just how he wants to play, but he needs to be a little more daring and attacking if they want to win the league.

I don't blame Amorim for not including Garnacho in his plans. As a player, especially a young player, there is no need for him to be arrogant and rude to his manager. The things he said after the Europa League loss were unnecessary, and I believe it is not just that. For the coach to decide not to include him in his plans, he has done more than that.

The first thing we have to consider is that Garnacho is not a world-class talent. To me, he doesn't have the potential to be among the best in the world, he's just an okay player, so he needs to understand that at his young age, he will to get regular minutes. Instead, he should try to convince the coach whenever he is given an opportunity.

One thing that kills players I seeing themselves more than they actually are. We saw it with Rashford, who always thought himself to be among the most elite players in the world when in reality, he's not. Look at him now, finding it difficult to get a club. Clubs like Barcelona and Bayern Munich desperately want a LW, but Rashford is not the top 2 options for any of the teams. I he was as good as he thinks he is, these clubs would have been going all out for him.

I knew the red card won't mean much because PSG have so much quality squad depth and they are I better form than Madrid. I expected PSG to win, but not this easily. Madrid was just too horrible. The attack couldn't press and the midfield couldn't retain the ball and make use of it. Let's not even talk about the defence because I don't understand what they were doing.
We all know PSG are a good team, but Madrid made it too easy for them. They couldn't come and play without exposing themselves at the back, and they couldn't defend without allowing PSG to just get control of the ball and whatever they wanted. This is no different from the Madrid of last season.


I don't expect anything from Chelsea, but one thing I'm sure of is that they will put up a better fight than Madrid. I expect Chelsea to try and get more chances than Madrid did. Also, I doubt PSG will score up to 4 gaosl against Chelsea.

This is the first thing I thought of. Whenever there are too many transactions, there is congestion, and that will lead to higher fees and longer times for transactions to be confirmed. I think this is one of the major flaws in Bitcoin. If bitcoin is used more as a currency, that will mean many more transactions will be done a day, and with the adoption of bitcoin increasing, this can be a problem.

I don't know anything about developing Bitcoin or cryptography, but another thing I would like, if I had a coin, would be to try and make the average confirmation time lower. Ten minutes isn't a lot of time, but as a currency, it will mean a lot if you pay for something in a store with bitcoin and you have to wait for the transaction to confirm before you leave the store. A maximum of 2-5 minutes to confirm a transaction won't be bad.

This is why I always say that the team is not ready at all. This is a team that finished 15th or thereabout on the league table and didn't win a single trophy, but they are not proactive in the transfer market. Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City were the top 3 teams on the table last season, yet they have made signings and are trying to make more to make their team better, while Man United can't even get the Mbuemo deal done. It's not rocket science that the club is declining the way it is. From the kind of managers they hire to how they sign players and how the environment of the clubs is, everything is just poor.

So many players should have been sold by now, but they've not been able to sell, and they've not been able to buy either. They need at least a midfielder and a FB together with the striker nd winger they're looking for. With the way things are going, I don't think Manchester United are going to be good next season.

To me, Gyokeres is a better striker than Sesko, and I like how Arsenal are fully focused on Gyokeres over Sesko.
Sesko is good on the ball. He's technical, but Gyokeres is the all-around better striker and finisher, he positions better too and has very good box presence, something Arsenal really need.
I don't rate Sesko as much as other people rate him. A player who couldn't score 20 league goals in the Bundesliga might find it difficult to score 20 goals in the EPL. Arsenal needs a point man; they need somebody who can finish off the opportunities presented, and Gyokeres has everything they need. Sporting are being difficult, but I believe Arsenal will get the deal done

The best thing for Rodrygo right now is to leave Madrid. He doesn't need Sherlock Holmes to tell him that he's not in the coach's plans for him to see that. Even if he was in the coach's plans, he would always be the second fiddle in that team. If he wants to stay, then he has to know that he will fight for his place and prove to the coach that he deserves to be the starter ahead of anybody that's competing with him, and to be honest, Rodrygo isn't that good. No matter how hardworking a player is, he can't give more than what he has in quality.

Rodrygo is played out of position, and that will always limit him. If he goes to a team like Arsenal, where he would play as a LW he might perform better. Advising him to remain in Madrid won't help him. People make names for themselves in different teams. If Odeegard had stayed in Madrid, he would not have been the player he is today.

One thing you shouldn't forget is that Bitcoin is a long-term investment. I'm not saying you can't make a profit in the short term, but for the best part, you have to leave it long term. I don't know when you bought your bitcoin, but looking at the price from the last 3 months till now, you're definitely not at a loss.

When you know that bitcoin is a long-term investment, then you won't bother much about the day-to-day price. I understand why you're worried, but if you're worried in a time like now, where bitcoin is in a bull season, what would you do in a bear market?
Three months ago, bitcoin was in the $80k region, if I'm not mistaken, today it's around $108k. So I don't see why you're panicking.

Funny enough, his tariffs were one major reason why these countries finally joined BRICS. Most of them just want to watch and see what happens, but this seemed like a final blow. These countries just want to do business without so many complications, but the US make things more complicated.
The tariffs may not affect the big countries that much, but for developing countries, it will do more damage because they can't afford the extra cost, and their countries can make counter tariffs on the US, like China and Canada, because they will feel it more.
I don't fully buy into the gospel of BRICS, but I can understand why these countries would join them.

Napoli will be forced to sell because if they want to go the "punishing" route, the player is not the only one who will lose. They can't keep a player who earns such a big salary on the bench. They are not a team that has that luxury. They either sell him or free up space for use. Another advantage Osimhen has is that his contract expires at the end of next season so if Napoli decides to keep him without using him for one year, he will leave for free by the end of the season and that will be a bigger loss for Napoli because thyve paid millions to a player that dint play for them and now he has left for free. That's why I'm convinced Napoli will sell Osimhen; they're just trying to hold on and get as much money as they can from the deal.

I can really place what made me start gambling, but it was easier for me because I was a very strong sports person. I enjoy watching and playing different sports. From high school, football (soccer) has always been my favourite, but I also loved basketball and tennis, and I played when I had the time. However, I wasn't as good at them as I was at football.  So after high school, when I was about to move to college, that's when I discovered sports betting, where I could place bets based on my predictions, and make some money out of it.  "Sounds easy", I thought to myself back then, what a fool I was. I had no idea it would be this difficult to predict and win, but I don't regret it, though, because it's something I enjoy and my wins cover my losses.

Then online gambling wasn't that popular, we had to go to sports betting shops, but after a short time, everybody started playing online, and that was when I got into other online gambling but I didn't find them as fun as sports betting, plus I lost more money there so I reduced the way I play them. Now I'm more focused on sports betting, but I try other casino games from time to time.