Milan still wants to be looking for the loss of Champions League; Big Weekend Bundesliga Showdown looms up

Have a nice Friday! Another exciting weekend of action throughout Europe is waiting, with possibilities for some UEFA Champions League teams to reset a consistent week – or correct it correctly. I am Pardeep Cattry with your update at the end of the week.

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Friday, February 14
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EPL: Brighton vs. Chelsea, 3 pm ➡️ USA Network

Saturday 15 February
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EPL: Manchester City vs. Newcastle, 10.00 am ➡️ Peacock
🇪🇸 La Liga: Osasuna vs. Real Madrid, 10:15 am ➡️ ESPN+
🇩🇪 Bundesliga: Leverkusen vs. Bayern, 12.30 pm ➡️ ESPN+
🇮🇹 Series A: AC Milan vs. Hellas Verona, 2.45 pm ➡️ Paramount+

Sunday, February 16
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 WSL: Arsenal vs. Tottenham, 7.45 am ➡️ ESPN2
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EPL: Tottenham vs. Manchester United, 11.30 am ➡️ Peacock
🇮🇹 Serie A: Juventus vs. Inter, 2:45 pm ➡️ Paramount+CBS Sports Golazo Network

⚽ The forward line

🇪🇺 One leg down, one to go

The first stage of the knockout phase play-offs of the UEFA Champions League came and went this week, and while the action on Tuesday was more full, the results of Wednesday all were about tight margins. There were winners in all four games on Wednesday, but each bears a lead of one goal on their way to next week’s second legs, which means that there is a lot to play when the second stage of those tires takes place on Tuesday.

For those who didn’t get the most out of their first leg bands, it’s time to solve problems with domestic competitions at the weekend. That is especially the case for AC Milan, who once had the feeling that she was very reason with new manager Sergio Conuicao and a stars with Christian Pulisic, Rafael Leao and new signing sessions Santiago Gimenez and Joao Felix in the starting line Up in Feyenoord on Feyenoord on Wednesday. Instead of a dominant offensive performance, they left Rotterdam with a 1-0 loss after a non-inspiring performance in attack.

Milan only collected 0.59 expected goals of 12 shots, slightly better than an equally impressive Feyenoord attack, and a favorable game on Saturday against the 15th best team of Serie A, Hellas Verona, offers a considerable opportunity to solve their problems . Those issues include poor individual trips from Pulisic and Gimenez, who did not realize the invoicing on Wednesday, according to Francesco Porzio.

• Porzio: “The American International only had 36 passes in its opening 60 minutes (only Gimenez had less of the starters) and zero shots in general, something that we have only seen three times this season in the Serie A matches against AC Monza and Como And in the match of the Champions League against Girona.

Finding the right balance in attack will be the key to Milan to continue in the Champions League, and there is the chance – they will be at home against a Feyenoord team that may not have found a way to replace Gimenez. However, Saturday’s game in Hellas Verona can offer a real chance to create a winning strategy with their European campaign at stake.

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🇩🇪 Title collision in Germany

One of the highest high-stakes games of the weekend will take place in Germany, where reigning Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen Organize League leaders Bayern Munich, who will be an eight-point lead on their way to Saturday’s competition and in the first place, Regardless of the result, regardless of the result.

It is still too early to name the title race in Germany, but in terms of the simple objective of winning a trophy this season, but Bayern does what they need to make their trophy campaign a year ago – their first in More than more than a decade – old news. That said, Vincent Kompany’s heads to Leverkusen with many questions. Harry Kane still delivers this season at a rapid pace with 21 goals in all competitions, while Jamal Musiala and Michael Olise have done well with 15 and 11 goals respectively. However, their defense needs a lot of work, as has shown Wednesday’s 2-1 victory at Celtic in the UEFA Champions League.

Bayern was the tough favorites and came with a victory, but they are a defensive vulnerable team. Celtic surpassed Bayern in terms of expected goals with a margin from 1.39 to 0.7, largely because the six-time Champions League winners could not really dominate and keep the opposition at bay. It is a strategy with which they can enter the Bundesliga on most days, but as Micah Richards described it, Their European meeting raised questions about their ability to win titles in a truly convincing way.

• Richards: “For the quality of the players they have, they don’t look like a team. The only reason why I give them a chance is because of the quality they have at the top, but defensive … they are everywhere. I’m actually everywhere. “

Despite the gap of eight points in the table, Leverkusen have all the tools they need to confuse Bayern’s defense. They are the second best attacking team in the Bundesliga with 49 goals, 14 that only comes from Patrik Schick, while Florian Wirtz leads the assistants of the competition with nine. This game may not cost Bayern the title when everything is said and done, but if this season is designed to offer a progress report about where the team is among the European Elites, the competition of Saturday can offer a real answer to that question .

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💰 The back line

💵 Dear bets

• Premier League: Manchester City vs. Newcastle United, Saturday, 10 a.m.
  💰 The choice: Alexander Isak to score (+135): The Focus of Manchester City will be divided with the second stage in Champions League against Real Madrid on the Horizon, but even if that was not, this is a team that cannot defend against one of the best strikers in the Premier League. If Mohamed Salah did not exist, Isak would be one of the best contenders for the Premier League Golden Boot and with Newcastle United who needs a result to enter into his own European place, expects he will have many opportunities to get the back Find it just. –Chuck Booth
• Series A: Juventus vs. Inter, Sunday, 2.45 pm
  💰 The choice: Federico Dimarco to have one shot on goal (+140): Inter lives and dies because of their wingback game and with Juventus with no shortage of middle backs, Lautaro Martinez is having a hard time in the middle. But with a player like Dimarco wide who is not afraid to photograph, it is a bet that is worth a bet to make a shot, a shot on Target on Plus Odds. –Chuck Booth

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