Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 106. (Read 549778 times)

Vinicius Junior should try to calm down if he wants to be the brightest football star as you said. He doesn't have control over his mental state during games and he freaks out too often. That's not how a professional should behave and while it can be discussed whether the last red card was justified or not, he should know better that it is not very intelligent to act like that.

Hansi Flick has proven that he can be a great coach when he won all possible titles in one single season with Bayern Munich, but I think for now there is too much talk about what he has done pre-season and beginning of the season and not enough talk about what is going on at the moment. It doesn't help much when you win the first ten games in a season and lose the next ten games. It's a bit exaggerated I know, but they are in a crisis. This is not some accidental problem that is soon gone. They are not playing as well now as they did in the beginning. Countless of chances and they can't use them effectively. Lewandowski and Raphinha had a great start and played so well together, but it has slowed down.

I am curious about the second half of the season and whether Flick can bring them back to their best condition. If not, then the title will either go to Real Madrid or Atletico.

Atletico have a game in hand and assuming they win it, that would put them 7 points ahead of Barcelona. Not a bad advantage considering half the season is over, right? But for some reason, that's not reflected in the odds.
Purely mathematically: Barcelona is far behind two strong teams, the probability that it will suddenly be able to overtake both of these teams should be around 10%, but bookmakers pretend that the chances are three times greater.

Such things should not be considered normal because if they are considered normal, Vinicius could repeat the same thing in other matches. So things like that must really be changed by Vinicius so that they do not happen again a second time in the future and for the Copa Del Rey match later, I also think that Ancelotti will field second-string players even though he will also use some core players in the match. But in this match, the young players will be more dominant for Ancelotti to use.

After the match, I saw a report that suggested Real Madrid management were ready to appeal the red card but it was yesterday that I saw a news that Spanish football association is very likely to extend his ban from the usual 2 games for a straight red card to four or more matches. Vinicius Jr is unarguably the best Real Madrid player and suspending him will definitely affect the team but I believe Carlo Ancelotti will be able to improvise the best options during his absence so as a Real Madrid fan, I'm not too perturbed with the news of further suspension.

At first Barcelona started well at the beginning of the season which everyone thought that Real madrid have sell off their chances to Barcelona because many expected that performance from Real Madrid since they have gathered a well known players with an incredible experience and good performance. So far I have witness the first half of the season and the result looks amazing for Real Madrid and Atletico. I think Real Madrid are topping for the main term because Atletico are still having an outstanding match to play and if the can win the match Real Madrid will drop to second place with one point behind. Barcelona can still work hard but it takes them not to lose any match and before they can overtake real madrid that show that real madrid have to lose like two matches which I think is impossible.

La Liga till mid of the season, has shortened possible candidates for the league title to only three: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. These competitors are very close in points, and the title race currently opens for all of them. Atletico Madid are silently and don't catch too much attention on media and I consider they are an underdog but they have good ability to challenge both Real Madrid and Barcelona. As they already shown it by winning 2 La Liga titles, they can do it again with their impressive performances so far.

Real Madrid are going to take advantage of La Liga competition but they are also facing with some disadvantages from player resource by injuries and suspensions. The temporary first position is good but they will have to defend it under pressure and competition of both Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. The latest drama and possible long suspension of Vinicius Junior, they will have more difficulty by losing one of most important attacking players for a long time.

At this time Real Madrid is indeed at the top of the standings, but their position is not really safe, where Atletico Madrid will continue to shadow their position, especially Atletico has one more match compared to Real Madrid. Where Real Madrid has completed 19 matches, while Atletico has only completed 18 matches. And with this difference, Atletico Madrid might be able to take over the top of the standings at any time.

On the other hand, regarding Barcelona whose consistency is currently shaky, they are quite difficult to return to the top of the standings, and win every match. even their position could be shifted in the near future by Atletico Billbao, considering the difference in points between the two teams is very thin, which is only 2 points.

What Vinicius Junior did really reflected excessive bad emotions to his own detriment, not only that, the club was affected by what Vinicius Junior did. Of course this cannot be ignored, he must change immediately, controlling emotions is important so as not to be easily provoked by the opposing team.

To be honest Vinicius Junior is one of the talented players, his skills and abilities on the pitch are unquestionable, if only he could control his emotions, it would be better for him as well as for the club.

I think Real Madrid will start to take this seriously and maybe they will give a warning, because after all Real Madrid is also very disadvantaged in this matter. And I think that Real Madrid must do, this is to protect their players and also to maintain the team's performance. They are in a situation that still really needs reliable players, one of which is Vini. Once again Vini must be able to position himself as a professional player, emotions are a very natural thing but it can be controlled as long as he wants to do it. I hope this is the last time he does something like that.,

The La Liga season has reached its midpoint and Real Madrid has topped the table by now, while Barcelona, ​​which was in their place until recently, is already 5 points behind Real Madrid. Their more realistic competitor now will be Atletico, because Barcelona has many problems in the new season, which are the result of financial problems, while Atletico is doing well, they have a good defense and an excellent attack, especially since they can potentially overtake Real Madrid.

I used to doubt Hansi Flick when it was reported that he wanted to change Barcelona's style of play. But during pre-season we saw that Barcelona was mediocre but had good improvements. And when the season started, I was really surprised by Barcelona's performance which had improved drastically and the goal productivity record they set at the start of the season was also extraordinary. And no one would have thought that they would see Lewandowski become the top scorer this season in Laliga at his age, which is no longer young. But his sharpness has actually increased rapidly this season. And all of that is thanks to Hansi Flick's skill in combining Yamal with Lewandowski in the attack line. This young player really deserves the award. And I think many will agree with my opinion.

Meanwhile about Real Madrid I think you have said it all. But one thing I have to admit is that Vini Jr could actually remain the brightest football star at Real Madrid if he didn't get too many injuries this season. Meanwhile, I think that if he is still not used to being here by the end of the season, criticism will start to emerge for him.

What do you expect of Bilbao , Athletics Madrid and …, the  downfall of Barcelona will definitely give them spots at the top or near the top of the leagues and even if it was Barcelona they will do  the same to them , so I’m not really surprised. Realmadrid  on the other hand stands as their biggest rivals , they are just doing it to stay neutral, at least they need someone to compete with once again and they need some pity especially in their current financial status. Hence, I thought they registered Them already on a news I saw online or it’s another fake news  

Indeed, Flick brought something new to Barcelona, ​​he was able to improve the overall performance of the team and several players performed much better under his guidance. However, there is still a lot of work that Hansi Flick needs to improve, especially the problems that Barcelona often experiences when having difficulty creating every opportunity to be converted into goals. Currently, Barcelona has dropped in ranking, fortunately La Liga still presents many matches for Barcelona to overtake the team above their ranking. Unfortunately, it is not easy, what is certain is that Flick has a difficult job to bring Barcelona back to the top of the standings. As for Kylian Mbappe, it seems that his presence in his first season in La Liga has obstacles that have an impact on his performance. Yes, it is not easy, especially since Mbappe tends to be a center forward. He still needs something to reawaken his instincts, maybe it will take a little time to reach his best level of play. However, as we know, Madrid is not only Mbappe, there are many star players in this team and it is only a matter of time for them to reach their best level of play.

You are right. This is not an unusual incident. It is difficult to accept that Real Madrid will lose against a small team like Valencia. This is why Vinicius Junior could not control his emotions. But Vini is a star player. He should definitely control himself. We have seen Vinicius's fierce nature in many matches. This fierce nature of Vinicius must be avoided.



I do not see any reason for Real Madrid's defeat against Deportiva Minera. There is no doubt that Deportiva Minera is a very weak team. Even in the past matches, Deportiva Minera has not played well. This team's performance is very irregular. Real Madrid will undoubtedly win this match. And I would say that if Real Madrid gives its full effort, Madrid will win by a large margin. However, I think Ancelotti will rest important players in his squad in this match.

Yes but these odds should reasonably reflect trends, too. There is potential in the Barcelona team, but they couldn't make use of it recently while Atletico Madrid has outperformed everyone else. Atletico Madrid is getting back to their strength in defense as they have by far the best defense in La Liga and this can win titles as they saying goes.

Across all competitions Atletico has now won the last 13 games and had goal statistics of 34-8. I don't there is a good reason to believe that Atletico is so much weaker than Barcelona. This is going to be a fight between the top three teams and I think Barcelona has the most trouble of all of them as they are facing problems and can't sort them out. Is it just a question of time or are the problems more fundamental than the early season suggested. They had such a great beginning and everyone got praised, but now what? It should never happen that one injury destroys the whole game plan because I remember that many here said Lamine Yamal would be missing. Yes he is missing, but Barcelona should never have a drop in their performance like that.

If you look at the current situation, it is true that Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have a greater chance of becoming champions than Barcelona. Because as we know, Barcelona's current performance is not very good, the proof is that Atletico Madrid was able to beat Hansi Flick's team. But in my personal opinion, Barcelona still has quite big hopes of becoming champions in Laliga. Because even though Barcelona's current performance is really not good, we need to remember that Barcelona at the start of the season had a very extraordinary performance. The proof is that Real Madrid was even defeated by Barcelona. Therefore, for now I don't think we can just ignore Barcelona. Because Barcelona could rise again from its downturn. Because in my personal opinion, Barcelona is currently having a small problem. If, for example, this problem is resolved, you can be sure that Barcelona will put on an epic performance again. So for now I think it's better we just see what will happen after the season starts again. And besides that, the matches in Laliga will start again next week, I hope that there will be excitement.

Players emotional management should be another thing teams should begin to put into consideration as I have seen that this is actually common amongst top players there was a time when some top players had have to struggle with their emotions to be able to handle situations when it arises but with time they got over it and so younger players like this should also try to learn to get that fixed before it affects their career and the team generally.  Most like hais going to be absent for the 23rd fixture and for them that will actually mean a whole lot of adjustments and restrategising for Ancelotti.

Unexpected: Real Madrid ally with BarcelonaAt the behest of Florentino Perez, Real Madrid has remained silent on the Olmo case and has not taken a stand against Barcelona for various reasons.
Despite pressure from a large section of fans and public opinion, Real Madrid has adopted a neutral stance regarding the "Olmo case", without any hostility and even more as an ally than an enemy for Barça. this is a direct order from Florentino Perez himself.
Relevé reports that at a party and in the presence of many witnesses, Perez firmly said: "We must leave Barcelona alone, they are our partners, not rivals." These statements are consistent with the Madrid club's actions in the matter of signing Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor.
Barça is fully aware and Sport has also confirmed that Barcelona knows very well its enemies in the Olmo case and Real Madrid are not among them. Atletico Madrid, Sevilla and Bilbao are Barça's biggest opponents and have united against the club in the Olmo case.
Florentino Perez knows very well that FC Barcelona is a great rival on the field, but at the same time, a strategic partner that must be accompanied in economic negotiations and in the Super League. Perez is under daily pressure to intensify the hostility towards Barça and to take a stand against the signing of Olmo, but he remains calm and does not give in. He is aware that he needs Barça to fight for the common good. On Perez's orders, none of the club members, players or technical staff have taken a stand against the olmo case in the media, and even Carlo Ancelotti's response in a recent press conference was not decisive.

I agree. Since Hans flick appointment as the head coach of Barcelona he has transformed the team. We have seen Lewandowski and Raphinha flourish under his management. While their Real Madrid counterpart Vinicus junior goal contribution to the club has been poor because of injury problems. Kylian Mbappe is finding it difficult to adapt to a more demanding team. It may be taking long but when it finally clicks you can expect Mbappe to win a Golden boot in Spain.

I will not overreact to this because I think what happened to Vinicius in the match against Valencia was a normal outburst for a young player when he is frustrated because his team is losing, overall Vinicius could not control his emotions but I think for a young player it is a little normal.
Tonight Real Madrid will face Minera followed by the Copa Del Rey match, this should not be a difficult match for Real Madrid and I am also sure Ancelotti will make a lot of rotations in the match later to maintain the fitness of his players and also give playing time to his young players.