I wanted to ask the same question. Is participation only possible when we didn't gamble on a partner platform before?

What makes Lewandowski strong despite his age is his ability to be a team player. Not all the strikers have that ability, they can't put back their ego and instead still try to score that goal themselves, but they lack pace and precision and can't do it the same way anymore. Lewandowski in contrast usually never puts himself first at all cost. He plays in spaces in the box that others strikers don't see and he creates space for his colleagues when he knows it is the best course of action to score a goal. His effort to be the first defender on the field is still remarkable. He doesn't shy away from working hard.

This is a treacherous observation because when Inter Milan plays, it possibly doesn't look like they were dominating, but when you watch them closely how they read the game and how they have an impact on what happens next, it's kind of wrong to say that they are not dominating at all. It is a very different type of dominance that they have over a game.

Let me put it like this, if a football fan does not watch games everyday or weekend, PSG football is the type you want to see and you understand because they go and go and go. Inter Milan is more difficult to understand. They have a very disciplined approach on the pitch and they intentionally give the other teams some room to play, but only room that is hardly dangerous to them. It gives the other teams wrong confidence and then they are good at discovering the one moment they have to move forward quickly and leave their defensive position as a whole team.

I like that too, but only if both teams are willing to keep giving their best in the 30 minutes of extra time. Sometimes the circumstances are such that at least one team is playing far more passively and only wants to make it to the penalty shootout. That is when I think those 30 minutes are a waste. Sometimes it looks like both teams would want that.

That is why it is great to have a fast goal in extra time because I think finding the winner in the penalty shootout is perhaps thrilling, but it is so random and it is not really the best team winning the trophy.

Anyone who doesn't have doubts about the outcome and is damn sure who is going to win it, nooo.... Two different teams with excellent strategic understanding and great plans are going to play versus each other. Even those who are not Inter Milan or PSG fans have to admit that this is a beautiful final. Of course everyone wants to see the team they support in the final, but the UCL is what it is, great teams have to leave before that all the time, but I still think that those teams that are there now have beaten the best teams out there and therefore are the right finalists.

I think this is beyond any reasonable speculation. I have thought about it too, but there is no way to draw strong conclusions. Mbappé's statistics in Ligue 1 are unmet I suppose and based on that it is hardly comprehensible to conclude that the departure of him could have helped Enrique. They might be playing as well if Mbappé was still there.

I understand the discussion though because PSG this season doesn't lack this special something that they lacked all those years while Mbappé was there, but was it him or other issues that led to them falling for themselves again and again?

This hits the nail on the head and while it is fun to read big names in the attack line of a team, they ultimately have to be able to play with each other with a united goal in mind, leaving aside the most personal ambitions. This season PSG has the best and most balanced team ever I think. Who would have ever thought that Dembele would become a phoenix like that and play the best season in his life. He is an ego player, but something has made him work hard for the team as a whole and he puts effort into the game not only for 15 minutes, but from the beginning till the end. They had one moment of struggle, which was against Aston Villa in the second leg. Other than that this was a solid season.

It sounds so overwhelming if you think about it in absolute terms, which is $100k on top of what it is now. But when you think about it from the perspective that most people had in the past, it is not all that much to double in price. When bitcoin hit $10k, it was inconceivable that it could relatively quickly reach six figures, which was $100k. It was about seven years and if you think that bitcoin could one day hit $1.000.000, this could happen rather sooner than later and then $200k doesn't sound overwhelmingly far away. 

McAfee was interesting because people thought his predictions are as crazy as his life stories, but I think someone like him who understands so much about technology had a point there. The problem was that he was pumping these shit coins with his twitter account and that made him untrustworthy. Yet, doesn't mean his prediction was unfounded.

Schiff has been going back and forth as far as I know, but his main point was that bitcoin is worthless, but gains value from the greed of people and fulfills nothing else but the purpose of a financial gambling instrument. But what can you expect from someone who is neck deep invested in gold, seeing that bitcoin's market cap is growing at unprecedented rates while gold is essentially stuck and can make perhaps 2x or 3x if you wait 20 years.

What you said at first about its value relative to population is important I think because more and more people will want to find places where to store and accumulate value without undergoing the various dangers that bank accounts can bring about in some places in the world, but also in regards to inflationary risks.

The ways to spend it are not the most important value driver for bitcoin because most people won't want to spend it. Volatility would have to decrease a lot and this will only happen when a large share of the population feels they own enough bitcoin. Otherwise volatility will remain quite high and undermine the idea of day to day spending.

Comparative value vs other global assets is against important I think. If someone has income that can be spent on building bitcoin holdings, I don't think they will use bitcoin to spend it. Whether you call it userbase or holderbase, I believe more people want to hold it for years to come if they don't have to sell for a reason.

I don't think winter transfers are generally more expensive because there is usually less competition from other clubs. During summer transfer windows all the clubs are checking their inventory thoroughly and make plans. Sometime you are right though and I think it is not so much the player problem who could be asking for more salary, but the club who has to let him go knows that the interested club has an emergency and a gap to fill most likely in the fastest possible way. It's not surprising then if they add millions to the initial price tag.

Osimhen now has to consider thoroughly whether Manchester United is still a possible destination for him as they most likely don't play any big competition next season unless they win the Europa League.

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As far as I know Nico Williams has an undisclosed release clause or if somebody else knows it maybe you can add it to the discussion here. His contract expires in summer 2027, which gives Bilbao one more year to say no, but other clubs are aware of that and Chelsea has the financial means to get Bilbao moving and let him go.

Because of this great season for Bilbao, they have something going for them as they are participating in the Champions League. That's one big aspect that players have to consider when they want to make the next step in their career and Nico Williams is ready to take that step, but if he can do it in Bilbao, play on the highest level and keep developing for one more year with another great season, it could pay off for him.

But as you know, these young guys from today usually don't show much patience and want to go elsewhere once those clubs knock on their door. Regarding Chelsea, I think it would first have to be sure that they play Champions League. Otherwise there is no reason to join them.

It's about the individual player and how the can compensate for their advanced age. Some players know how to deal with it, make up for it with positioning and try to solve the challenge of the field in other ways than they used to. But KDB was about top speed and he lacks that now. Or maybe he still has it, but not for 90 minutes. There are other players especially in the midfield that were not as dependent on top speed as KDB is. He has all the other skills too, but he needs those deep runs on the wings and then find his way to the center sometimes. Without that speed, he won't just become a machine distributing passes like Kroos or Modric once did. It is harder for him I think to adjust to the circumstances because he would have to change by too much.

I like all those three coaches, but I think I like Inzaghi the most. He is a great guy, he looks so thin and small and sometimes shy, but he can explode like a bomb! It is funny to watch him and I think he understands his job very well. Communicates a lot and reaches the players and has their respect.

Luis Enrique is a great guy, but when he was successful with Barcelona, I think it is hard to measure how much he himself contributed. The team was so loaded with world class players that it is hard to do a lot of things wrong as a coach. But winning the Champions League with PSG would be a big deal and even more so if it ends with the Treble.

Hansi Flick has done it with Bayern Munich I think and therefore has proven it before. But doing it with different teams would be a next level achievement. I don't think any other coach has done it? I don't know, perhaps Guardiola did.

I had a feeling that Manchester City wouldn't let this one go. They failed in so many instances and it is of course never happening deliberately, but I think this was probably the most important game of the season apart from any games in the Champions League.

Aston Villa has had a remarkable run in their home stadium, but they are not that good if they don't play at home. They are still strong enough to beat a team like Manchester City that already got knocked out a couple times this season, but they haven't been beaten in a while now.

They still haven't reached their minimu goal, which is Champions League qualification (who would have thought someone will ever say that), but this game was crucial and a loss would have gotten them into deeper trouble than they are already in.

They have got every chance to qualify or maybe you are looking at a different table. An issue would be if they lose their match against Fulham now. That would make it complicated for them, but if they make up for the first half and win, I don't understand why their chances would be any less or as you say, no chance at all. Moreover, they play versus Newcastle and Nottingham, both are contenders for those UCL spots.

If you are referring to bitcoin as becoming the cash for a daily basis that will be accepted anywhere in the world in a p2p format, it could take ages because maybe the technology will not be there to have low amount settlements become practical on a global scale.

It could function as a global settlement currency between big players though. It is impossible to do with gold, but it would perfectly be possible to have things like interbank settlements with bitcoin. But it is a similarly long time horizon I think as for settlements between big players, bitcoin would have to have a very low volatility and it is quite a way from here to get there. But the higher the market capitalization and volume or liquidity, and the lower the volatility, the more likely it is that bitcoin could become one center of attention for settlements of various sorts.

Thank god Bloomberg has forever been my first source to go to to get great predictions about bitcoin's future price, lol!

I wouldn't take these "predictions" too seriously if I were you as usually there is a hidden agenda. Remember the Silicon Valley guys that sold all their bitcoin and then went on air to let the world know that bitcoin is done. But bitcoin then went from 20K to 100K.

If this guy was holding any bitcoin, he wouldn't be talking like this, or if this guy knew how to generate clicks for videos he is involved with, he wouldn't be talking like this. He is either a Peter Schiff kind of guy who has been wrong 105,000 times about bitcoin or he sold everything and is now afraid he made a mistake.

2.06 is not suggesting that the bookmakers expect or loss. In fact this is quite low given that they are playing against the best team in Serie A. In my opinion Atalanta is in such a great condition that I would consider them being the favorite against any other team except for Inter Milan and Napoli in away games maybe. But i doubt that AC Milan will take away points from them.