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Re: FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread
America and Mexico can prepare for the tournament in their own country all these years. That seems to me to be a huge advantage compared to other countries that have a hard time qualifying for this tournament. In principle, Mexico and America could also qualify themselves, but it could also go wrong. Canada may not even have qualified otherwise, but they managed to qualify at the previous World Cup by the way. It seems that America has big plans and wants to invest a lot of money in American football, which is certainly not one of the first 3 national sports.
There is suddenly a lot of media attention for this competition since Ronaldo has come to play here. Still, they will be very disappointed that Messi did not go here too. Would there ultimately have been a demonstrable reason why Messi chose not to continue his career in Qatar? Because money is of course good. I also cannot imagine that Ronaldo will continue to live here if he is no longer active as a player in Qatar. He still has great value for his team in Qatar, but he will also feel itchy when he sees the European Cl on TV.
And Spain has become the winner of the tournament. Regular time had no goals, and neither did extra time. In the penalties, both teams were evenly matched for a long time, with a miss from Croatia in the end and then Spain could decide. However, that paw went on the crossbar. The penalty afterwards missed Croatia again, and then Spain managed to finish it. It looked like the home team had lost, as it was almost completely packed with spectators from Croatia. Spain will be happy with this title, because they had not won a title for a few years.
It seems that the Greek track has found the connection with the world top after all. He has beaten very good players more than once this year. Van Rijthoven was unable to defend his title in Den Bosch this year, but it looks like things just went in the right direction for him last season. Greek track seems to be someone who is ready to attack the world top. It was a nice final with 2 players who can serve very well on grass. And now we go to Wimbledon, where the holes can be served back into the court. 
The season also ended terribly for Schalke 04, because they seemed to have saved things for a while, but due to a defeat they were still dredged in the last round. A very big name, but I assume that we can see Schalke back in the Bundesliga soon. The difference in television money is also huge, not as big as in England, but it is the difference between having a stable bank account or going bankrupt with the association. Bayern is the only one that has had a very healthy bank account for years, despite the fact that they incur a lot of costs and are also spending a lot of money every year.
Liverpool must come back strong with Klopp, but maybe Klopp has also seen that it can no longer continue in the current way. That means that the broom must be swept through the selection, with a number of departures and acquisitions in the selection. I think they misunderstood Mane's departure and may have underestimated how valuable Mane has been. Maybe Ziyech is something in that position as an attacking midfielder. And of course Kane would make a great duo with Salah, but the Spurs really won't let Kane go just like that and I also think that Kane himself doesn't want to leave the Spurs.
Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions
Ziyech would be in the interest of PSG. But are you ready to play that? At Chelsea he has also been allowed to make very few minutes, unfortunately. Maybe he should have stayed with Ajax. Ajax has raised quite a lot of money in recent years, isn't it an option for Ajax that they just buy it back? I think they'll eventually make some money off of that. Also read something that United would be interested in Frenkie de Jong, but Barcelona really doesn't want to let him go. For United it is especially important to buy a real goal getter. I would get rid of Weghorst as soon as possible.
Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM.....
We can all not like what Verstappen does, but it is very efficient and good. Who has ever won so many races with great overpower? Right, only Senna was so superior to the rest of the field. You would have loved to see how Senna and Verstappen would race against each other in the cars of the present. And what could Schumacher manage in this field? I wonder what the balance of power would be like between these giants.
How is it actually possible that a team like Feyenoord is now placed in the draw for the CL? I understand that if Inter Milan had won the title in the CL, Feyenoord would have ended up in group 3 in the draw. There is of course a very big difference between them. If we do look at the draw for next season's CL, I think Man City is again a huge favourite. PSG are not even close with Messi's departure. And maybe Barcelona can once again seriously compete for the title like they used to.
Surely it should also be possible for a team like Real Sociedad to measure itself seriously in the battle for the championship? We had a team in Valencia that played just below the absolute Spanish top for years, but for now they will be happy not to have been relegated. I don't know how this got this far. But in Spain, many sponsors of big clubs are quite wealthy, and Barcelona even managed to sign an agreement with Spotify. Otherwise they would have gotten into serious trouble.
It is not easy at all to stop gambling. I don't speak for myself, but there have been plenty of people who have tried to quit gambling and failed. And that is often accompanied by large losses on the bank roll. I think it's very difficult on your own. Cold Turkey seems to me to be the only and best way, because phasing out is a very expensive process and the decay remains present that way. Rehab could also help, but the risk of relapse is high.
I'm still amazed at how Atletico Madrid managed to finish above archirvaal Real Madrid in the end. Didn't have the idea that Atletico was that good, but they just played a very good 22 half of the season in the league. And after the the winter beak in Spain, Real Madrid was no longer a shadow of the team that won the CL a few times. At Real Madrid, things will also change after the departure of Benzema. Bellingham is of course a fantastic asset.
Can we say that we have had a disappointing final so far? At a final in the nations league between Croatia and Spain we expected at least a par of goals. Both teams don't want to lose. The chance is quite significant that it will come to penalties. But at the World Cup we also thought that a few times, and then it still went wrong for some teams. I dare not say who is the favorite when it comes to penalties. Spain has also been dry for a while since the last title at the European and World Cup.
Many people like that Mourinho lost the final. But it is more than that, because AS Roma is now missing out on the CL. And that Sevilla has won the tournament for the umpteenth time, says something. I can't yet think of an explanation for the disappointing results in the league. Would the level difference in the EL compared to the Spanish league be so huge due to the difference in this performance curve? Next year we will have a number of strong teams in the EL again. It is impossible to designate a top favorite in advance.
Mourinho defeat in the championship game may have pleased some but the effects extend beyond that one game. It is without a doubt disappointing for AS Roma and its followers that the team did not advance to the champions league. However sevilla continued dominance in the tournament speaks volumes about their prowess in European competition. However it is challenging to identify a single reason that accounts for the unsatisfactory league performance. The performance gap between the Europa League and the spanish league may be a factor but there are probably many more intricate factors at work. It will be increasingly harder to pick a clear favourite when numerous quality teams compete in the Europa league the following year. The unpredictable nature of football is what makes it so beautiful and as fans this quality keeps us captivated.It was also the only way for Sevilla to have another good season. Even if they lost in the final to the EL, Sevilla would have had a bad team, because they were unable to qualify for the EL through the regular season. Maybe it's time to take the broom through the selection, you ask yourself, but on the other hand you win the EL. A title that Barcelona would like to have for years due to the disappointing results in the CL. It is remarkable that big clubs such as Barcelona and Juventus are unable to win this title and are clearly better than Sevilla and Frankfurt last year.
Many things will change at bayern Munich due to the fact that a new trainer has been appointed in the last part of the competition. But could he turn this into a football machine again? It would be nice if Bayern could play football again at its old level, there was a time when they were so incredibly good that they were more than 20 points ahead of the number 2 in the league. We saw it coming a bit, as going into the winter break, this was already Bayern's worst halfway result in the last 10 years. Dortmund will not be able to win the title in the coming years, but Bayern will have to get things right first and that has not been done in a few weeks.
The Denver Nuggets are deserved champions. By the way, they had already won 4-0 in the semi-finals, there is really no measure on this team. The difference with other years is that this time Nikola Jokic was incredibly good. Without him, things would all look very different. What he shows seems so easy, but on the other hand, it is also very difficult to realize. The simplest basketball is the most difficult, but Jokic owns all facets of the game. It all looks awkward from what he's doing, like he's playing basketball for the first time, but his scanner on the court is incredibly sharp every game. Rarely makes mistakes.
If you really want to stay safe with gambling-related issues, all you can do is stop gambling. That is the only way that you can be sure that you will not lose anything and that you will not only stay safe, but also your own money. That seems the most sensible to me. Of course there are ways to collect some money with gambling, but keep in mind that you will always have to deal with a nasty defeat and you will have to swallow it and, above all, learn to accept it, to prevent it from becoming 10x worse. will go afterwards. Because that's what almost always happens when you have a bad day or evening session. You have to be able to deal with that.
Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM.....
Well, another victory for Verstappen. This isn't exciting anymore, is it? He now holds the record together with Senna, but that record is different from the moment it was measured at the Brazilian. A race without Verstappen would make it all more fun and exciting. Of course all credits to Verstappen, because only the very best in this sport can win his races with great force majeure. The rest is so behind every race that it doesn't really seem like a race. I think the rest are already happy with a 2nd place. Only teammate Perez seems to be the only one who can win a game every now and then this season.
You can be sure that influencers get paid a lot of money to promote big gambling sites. Whether it is allowed in advertising on youtube itself, I doubt that. You often see that indirect advertising is made by broadcasting certain matches where you then see on the billboards that it has been made possible by certain gambling sites. That is also a form of advertising. And we all know that online marketing is very powerful and the gambling industry is billions in that. I think many people do not consider the kind of amounts that are offered to advertise on certain gambling sites.
Work to be done for Juventus. Became champion of Italy 10 years in a row, and not for 3 seasons in a row. This year Napoli was of a different level, but the seasons before that with Inter and AC Milan respectively were seasons in which it was mainly due to Juventus themselves that they did not become champions in my opinion. The question is how they will do next season, the change of the trainer came late, but was necessary if it is going to happen this year. Since Allegri has been at the helm at Juventus since 2021, the performance has been very poor without a national title. That can hardly be a coincidence.