The most interesting match yesterday was the red and yellow card battle between Porto and Sporting Lisbon, with Sporting Lisbon centre-back Kojatez leaving the game in the 49th minute, and Porto, who played one more man, equalised by Taremi in the 78th minute. In the final moments of the game, Pepe was held on the ground by the foul, and the players, coaching staff and even the staff of the two sides subsequently had a large-scale dispute and shoving in the field, and finally two players from each team were sent off with red cards, and the game ended hastily.
Judging from the progress of the game, Porto's advantage is more obvious, and it is a pity that they did not win. Pick two games today and talk to you.
024 Norwich city vs Manchester City
Norwich drew 1-1 with Crystal Palace in the last round, with 3 wins and 1 draw in the last 4 official matches, and although 1 win was the FA Cup victory over Wolves and two other teams with high relegation pressures, it is clear that under Dean Smith, Norwich have seen the dawn of relegation again. If Puki had been more decisive in front of goal in the last round, Norwich actually had a chance to take away 3 points. Since playing Manchester City in this round and Liverpool in the next round, Norwich city has no room for choice and must fight every game.
City failed to beat Brentford 2-0 in the last round, and now it seems that Guardiola's side is somewhat deliberately playing. After all, tonight's league is over, and next week the team will be away to Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League. Speaking about the match, Guardiola said the Competition for the Premier League title is fierce and the team must take the league seriously, of course, this is just a regular statement. In this game, in addition to Jesus' injury, manchester city is still relatively well-organized. The biggest attraction in the Manchester City squad is of course Gliglish, who has a pretty good relationship with Norwich boss Dean Smith. Dean Smith has led Villa to 1-2, 0-2 and 1-2 in the last three defeats, which are not too ugly, although they have lost all three times against Manchester City.
Judging from the index trend, Manchester City will force the concession of the guests to increase by one notch in the case of the away Champions League task next week, which I think is not very likely that the two goals will be tied. I prefer to let the win win this game, after all, Manchester City knows the need to maintain a uniform speed in the marathon rather than sprint, and Norwich are clearly in the ascendancy of their careers, this time supporting the home team.
Competitive opinion: Let the ball win
033 Turin vs Venice
Turin and Udinese lasted 90 minutes in the last round, but in the last minute captain Mandela Guerra was sent off with a red card, and then the Turin goalkeeper made consecutive mistakes, first with poor positioning and conceding points, and then by sending a penalty in the penalty area to let Udinese score 2 goals in a row, making him unbeaten in the league 3 games. In this match, Torino's two main midfielders Mandela Guerra and Lujic were both suspended, and another midfielder, Pret, was injured in midweek training, and the team had a certain personnel crisis in the middle of the midfield. Fortunately, the team also has Poberga, coupled with the winter transfer from Empoli on loan from the main midfielder Richie, so it is not unavailable. The good news is that Belotti, who has been recuperating from injuries before, is expected to enter the big list, and the team has transferred to Monaco in the winter to loan Monaco's center Pellegri, who has come off the bench in the last round. The presence of these two high school forwards undoubtedly gives Turin an extra possibility in attack.
Venice did not stick with Napoli to the end in the last round, full-back Ebuech left the field in the last minute, coupled with the main center-back Sercarone who accumulated a yellow card suspension, the team's backline has two main players suspended at the same time in this round. In addition, Venice midfielders Chiini and Waka are also injured, and the team's current midfield combination is slightly immature, with Tesman only 20 years old and Kusanchs, who joined from Bayern, only 22 years old. Since Khusans joined, Venice's record in 4 games is 1 draw and 3 losses, of course, the strength of the opponent is also a factor.
You may be worried that the next round is the Turin derby, and the Turin players are afraid of another yellow card suspension. I checked in this regard, and at present, only full-back Aina in Torino has four yellows on his back, and the pressure is not great. This is a dialogue between old and young passion, Turin conceded a goal, in this case the main victory is optimistic, how to judge whether to let win or draw? Yesterday's big Paris draw was much higher than today's, but in the end, today's draw of 3.35 was significantly depressed. However, due to the different attributes of the team, Turin's 3.35 draw is not low in my opinion, so it is better to support the win.