Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1157. (Read 555779 times)

Barcelona's performance is not satisfying and I can bet you that even last season, when they won La Liga, it was all luck The real Madrid focus was on the UCL, and there was no other serious club that would compete with it. That is why I said Barcelona is doing well. Look at Barcelona during Messi and see how the club was all-flying their performance was extraordinary. and making the top 3 is not an achievement to me when others are busy looking for ways to win the trophy they are looking for Look at Manchester City last season, winning 3 trophies. That is what will be called an effort, not looking for ways to make the top 3, and we should not forget that Girona is there so second place will not be easy for them likewise.

The era of considering Barcelona as a really big team enough to even be seen as a threat to most teams in the la Liga I think is gone already because Barcelona in recent times has just be characterized with too many inconsistencies which in turn isn't helping their position and even their results on the table too, it's usually considered that Barcelona and Real Madrid are the two big teams that get to trouble others in the la Liga but not again.

Real Madrid has continually try to maintain their form and strength enough in the la Liga but with Barcelona it's been so much of a very different case and I don't seem to want to think they would want to continue that way but the teas performance has continued to remain that way and it's not been of Great help enough to them. It's still very much possible for Barcelona to finish at the second position and still look like the next to real Madrid as they should be but then they would have been much better if they were able to defend the trophy as against allowing real Madrid taking it away from them.

Barcelona still turning out to be one of the biggest team across Europe is still very much possible but that will entails a whole lot of improvement on their side so they would be able to build the kind of form and strength that will be needed to be at that position because they wouldn't achieve it by there current form and I think it's also high time Barcelona stop the blame on their financial Crisis and get to fix the team.

We can say that the current Real Madrid squad is one of the best even though their performances are sometimes disappointing as proven by the fact that they suffered one defeat in La Liga this season with six draws and were also knocked out early in the Copa Del Rey by Atletico Madrid and this is certainly very surprising.
In the Champions League, even though Real Madrid are the hosts in the first match, their opponents are the favorites, even though the odds are only a slight difference, so their squad, which is considered one of the best, cannot yet make the bookies confident in favoring Real Madrid, the first match will be very important for Real Madrid, just winning with a narrow goal margin or even just a draw will make their chances even more difficult in the second match, and before the match against City they have to play against Athletic Bilbao and this match is quite important to continue to strengthen their position at the top of the standings in La Liga.

Ruben Baraja was arrived to Valencia on February last season and he can able to bringing Valencia to avoiding relegation zone and this season under him Valencia has made significant progress because currently Valencia position at 8th place on league table and actually Valencia main target at the beginning of season is they want to survive at Laliga but if we see their current performance i think Valencia is deserved to gets more and i think Valencia can compete with Sociedad to gets European competitions spots or to finish at 6th place and playing at Europa Conference League

Valencia was became an the team who very hard to beated while playing at their home and it proven with their statistics during this season because at home Valencia can able to beat Bilbao and Atletico Madrid and Valencia also can stole points from Barcelona and Real Madrid so i can tell Valencia currently was change became an giant killer because they were successfully to make some of big teams in Laliga gets in trouble and this weekend Valencia will fight against Mallorca and indeed if we see based on meeting statistics Mallorca was better than Valencia but i think currently will be different because Valencia is stong now and i am sure this time Valencia can improved their meeting records from Mallorca and win this match and Valencia win has good odds @2.13

We can definitely consider the current Real Madrid without Mbappe as one of the best clubs in the world because of all the clubs in Europe and outside of Europe, Real Madrid will definitely be in the best position in terms of performance and winning trophies. Last season Real Madrid had players like Karim Benzema and last season Real Madrid were definitely favorites to win the Champions League title but they lost to Manchester City in the semi-finals. Real Madrid have a good chance of beating Manchester City this season as they lost to Manchester City last season and will face Manchester City again this season in the quarter finals. Real Madrid is already a strong team, so if Mbappe joins Real Madrid again, Real Madrid's strength will increase.

After Messi left Barcelona, Barcelona's performance began to deteriorate. After Koeman became the coach, we saw a further decline in Barcelona's performance. However, Barcelona's performance stabilized somewhat after Xavi took over. And the champions of the previous season were the Barcelona team. However, Barcelona's overall performance is still quite weak and erratic.

Xavi will not be with Barcelona next season. Barcelona must look for a new experienced coach. I don't think Barcelona's performance will improve if the coach is not experienced. Looking forward to seeing who Barcelona appoint as their coach.

I am also quite confident that Barcelona will be able to maintain the 2nd place they currently occupy in the standings. Because we have seen Girona and Atletico Madrid even experiencing instability recently. Atletico Madrid seems to have had their concentration in Laliga a little disturbed because they are trying to focus on the UCL. That's why Atletico Madrid is now ranked 5th and that's quite surprising.

Barcelona has had financial problems for a long time. But when shopping for players, it seems like this club always chooses the right players. At the start of this season, Barcelona may not be shopping for great players. But Barcelona made the right choice by borrowing Felix from Atletico Madrid and also borrowing Joao Cancello from Man City. Joao Cancelo is a defender but sometimes this player is also quite active in helping forward if he has the opportunity and sometimes scores goals. And actually the players Barcelona has are not that bad. It's just that I'm worried that they will get the wrong coach next season.

Now Barcelona is in 2nd place in Laliga, of course this is a good thing because of course there is still hope for Barcelona to become champions again this season.
Although it is actually difficult for Barcelona to become champions because Real Madrid is superior to Barcelona.

However, if you look at Barcelona's finances, I think in this case Xavi has succeeded in bringing Barcelona to success and this season I think Barcelona can be considered successful because currently, even though they are in 2nd place.

However, Barcelona fans definitely want Barcelona to perform better this season and want Barcelona to become champions again this season. However, it seems that Xavi is starting to feel uncomfortable at Barcelona until he finally decides to leave Barcelona at the end of this season. Yes, having young players in Barcelona certainly opens up opportunities for Barcelona to perform better next season, but I think if for example Xavi leaves Barcelona, ​​I don't think Barcelona will necessarily perform as well as it is now because I think Xavi is really needed by Barcelona.

I agree with you. If you look at the statistics in the previous few seasons, Barcelona was able to stay in the top 3 for several seasons and that shows that they are still the same Barcelona and are one of the big teams in La Liga. But what differentiates them from previous seasons is that they slumped to 4th and 5th place this season. I think that's something that rarely happens to Barcelona. And coupled with the financial crisis experienced by the team, some people think that Barcelona is in trouble. But if you look at their current position I am sure they will get second place in La Liga. And with great young players in their team, I think Barcelona will return to being one of Europe's strongest teams next season.

exactly. In Barcelona current situation, the management and coaches will always be careful in making decisions that are best for the team's future.
compared to having to force a quick decision to sell players but in the end there are losses that occur whereas currently all parties in this team are under pressure on how to build a strong squad without having to spend a lot of money and regarding selling players it will most likely only be done on players who no longer have productivity, such as players who are older.
however, before selling a player, the team management will definitely look for alternative replacement players who are younger and have almost the same performance.
and I agree with the way you say here that there is actually a simple option of using young players from academics to give them experience and develop new talents without spending a lot of money.
 
maybe Barcelona management should imitate a little the way teams from other leagues like Dortmund if they really want to improve their finances, they can try developing young players from academics or from the transfer market who are free agents.

I think it boils down to the standard of the club. Many football fans will not admit it but Barcelona is among the top 3 biggest clubs in the world. When a club as big as Barcelona has a little failure, it would be viewed as a very huge one meanwhile this is what other teams get a pass for.

Let's put what I mean practically. If you ask any football fan to choose which club has been more successful in the past 10 years between Liverpool and Barcelona, most of them will say it's Liverpool, but are they?
Liverpool has the Champions League in the last 10 years, and Barcelona also has won 1 Champions League in the past 10 years.
In total, Barcelona has won 16 trophies since 2015 while Liverpool has won 7 but because of the standards of Barcelona, this is considered poor. It's the price for greatness, I understand.


Barcelona under the management of Laporta is very well managed. He may have made a few mistakes, which is normal, but overall, the club is heading in the right direction. Look at the signing they make, Lewandoski, Cancelo, Kounde, Gundogan, Felix, Christensen, Raphinha. Also, look at their youngsters. They already have a 9 to replace the aging Lewandoski even though he's still firing. They have a good squad. All they need to do now is get a very good coach if Xavi is truly leaving and they'll be good.

Off the pitch too they've been making very good moves. The renovation of the camp now is one of them. Getting better sponsors like Spotify too is one of them. They're also trying to balance the books and despite the restrictions from La Liga, they're doing well.
Now they're in the quarter-finals of the UCL for the first time in a while and they have a pretty good shot at making the final.

I agree that the problems of Barcelona are overestimated, but it's simply because of how big the club is. This is a club that used to dominate. A club that has the biggest talents in the world. A club like that doesn't win the Champions League in 5 years and it would be a selling headline for every newspaper.

Currently Toni Kroos is 34 years old. I think it is very natural that at that age, Toni Kroos still has very good performance. Moreover, Toni Kroos is at a club like Real Madrid which has a high level of discipline towards its players. So it is no longer strange if Real Madrid players are in their 30s and above, but still have quite good performance. Because physical exercise or diet must be maintained properly. Apart from that, Toni Kroos has above average abilities, making him irreplaceable in midfield. So, in my opinion, the new contract that Toni Kroos has signed with Real Madrid is very appropriate. Because of course Real Madrid still needs someone who is experienced and still has very good performance like Toni Kroos. The reason is, currently the midfield player who has been at Real Madrid for a long time (Modric) is very old, namely 38 years. So before there are young players who can replace Real Madrid's midfield, I think Toni Kroos is good to continue being placed there.

Apart from that, Toni Kroos will not leave Real Madrid for another club, even though he has received many offers. The reason is that Toni Kroos has been at Real Madrid for a long time, around 10 years. So Toni Kroos is definitely very comfortable at Real Madrid, and he feels like family with all the players at Real Madrid. For this reason, Toni Kroos will certainly reject all offers from other clubs, so that he can continue to stay at Real Madrid. And of course this step makes things easier for Real Madrid compared to having to look for other players who will definitely have to adapt again.

Maybe yes, maybe no. It's still remain 50%:50%. There's no guarantee for real madrid to perform better even if club will have mbappe in the future. I meant that if it's yes, you are buying a great player like Mbappe, but it doesn't mean it can also guarantee that Mbappe can adapt easily to the club.
That being said, MBP may need more time to develop chemistry with the other players in the squad. We are still far away from that moment. The first thing I wanted to see was how fast Mbappe will be able to adapt to Real Madrid's gameplay. Mbappe is such a great player, but it may force him to put in more effort.
PSG is not the same like real madrid. Joining in real madrid can also become a very good motivation for him but yeah we shall wait till mbappe will officially join in the real madrid. It's kinda useless talking a lot about him if he will not join in real madrid at the end of season.


Not really, because Madrid has a lot of talented players. But, if Madrid is willing to build another Los Galacticos, I'm confident that, if true, he will join the squad as a new player. Mbappe is regarded as a world-class player, and Madrid must include him in their squad. Having him probably boosting the performance from real madrid but as i said that above if this is no guaranteed. His teammates needs also to build good chemistry with mbappe in order to have a solid gameplay in the squad. Many people are waiting for such moments to come in the future.

Strategies in Barcelona last decade are bad and ridiculous. They generously provide their players with very good salary and long term contracts, then when their players perform bad, less than their club's expectation, they struggled to sell those players or even failed to let those players out in loan transfers. Other clubs are not ready to cover all high salary of Barcelona players or share main of high salary. Barcelona consequently had to spend big money for player salary while they did not get contribution and benefit from those unused players.

This problem in strategy has not been changed in a better way in Barcelona and it continues to affect their financial status. Playing in Champions League quarter finals will help Barcelona in finance a little bit but they can not bet their club's financial health on Champions League. Restructure their player resource, budget for salary each season are important things they must do as soon as possible.

Currently Barcelona does not have many solutions even releasing several important players didn't help much because it will impact their performance, as you said building an internal squad might be a good solution, but it takes a long process and time. It's not easy to make a decision in this situation and must find the best solution in the near future, If Barcelona can win the Champions League, maybe that will help a little it's just that it's not easy because there are many competitors there.

It's not yet over, how can barcelona's financial crisis is over but la liga urged the club to raise some money before it will able to recruit the new player? How can barcelona prefer to use exchange method in getting new player rather thanbuy the new player with its money? I think that barcelona is still under big debt.
Barcelona has made big lost in any seasons. It can be a sense reason why barcelona is still performing so badly. The financial crisis disrupting the team a lot.

It seems that Barcelona can indeed get out of the financial crisis if they continue to consistently win trophies, but for now I think they are still struggling with the problem of this crisis and haven't gotten out of it completely. It's true, building a squad oriented towards La Masia academy products can form a golden generation, like a decade ago. Apart from that, releasing young players to overcome the financial crisis is the easiest solution to take, in my opinion Barcelona will not lack young talent at the La Masia academy, and management can promote other young players every season.

If Barcelona can achieve success in the Champions League this season, then of course they can build a better squad next season. Although on the other hand, we remember that Barcelona is not the favorite team at the moment, but luck could be on their side. However, unfortunately Xavi has announced that he will leave next season, reportedly Xavi is no longer able to manage Barcelona due to the financial crisis, which is preventing him from building the squad he wants.

Barcelona is yet to fully utilize their young stars a d that I think is really telling in their results because they seem to want to depend on the old players with whom they are already very much familiar with in a very long time through the league already if which wouldn't be really productive again to them in the nearest future, but if they have been able to train these young players to be able to represent rhem well they should have a better squad now.

Barcelona isn't lacking players or the kind of strength they would need to build strength for the team but they are lacking a flexible tactics which could help them quickly adjust to see how well to fit these young players in such that they will be properly groomed just like klop is doing with Liverpool, he's got a good tactical flexibility that allows young talents blend and hes now got a reliable second team but it's actually totally different with Barcelona as xavi wants to still achieve something new with the old players using same tactics and blaming it on the inability to bring in new players who could help the team out.

Barcelona will most likely get to suffer even worse condition when xavi finally exit by the end of the season because he's not even maturing players who could replace the old and the few he's trying to cope with he's not giving them the whole liberty they would need to bring out the best in them, the likes of Yamal and Felix , these are two vital and key players who could change the narrative at Barcelona if given the privilege enough.

Moreover this.
Real Madrid will face against Man City in the Quarter Final round. This even seems like the final is too early. So, it will be difficult for both of them to do their best. The only way is to defeat his opponent. And whichever team manages to win the match, that will take them to a more difficult match in the future, even though it shouldn't be this difficult, to become champions. Real Madrid must do their best effort if willing to continue to the SF. But, surely and honestly, this is not easy at al to do it.

It doesn't seem like that. The financial problems in Barcelona are very complex and are still in that condition. Barcelona is still experiencing a financial crisis so far, it is not an easy thing for Barcelona and also other clubs to recover quickly and easily from a financial crisis like that, which is very difficult to get out from this situation.

In fact, Javier Tebas also stated the possibility of Barcelona selling their high-level players as a way to overcome the ongoing financial crisis. So far they want to do it, because it's still not finished.

Source: Javier Tebas - Barcelona

For these Champions League predictions, I’ve assessed the chances of each team to be roughly 50-50 for virtually all the quarterfinalists. Although teams like Atletico Madrid and Dortmund may be less likely to reach the final, other teams appear to be in good form based on their performances.

It’s challenging to predict which teams will make it to the final, including Real Madrid. so, all the teams need to be at their best in terms of performance, working hard to overcome their respective challenges in their leagues.

Take Arsenal, for example, currently tied with Liverpool at 64 points and just aBove Manchester City at 63. Arsenal faces the challenge of defeating Manchester City in their league game and then coming back to win against Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinal. There’s a lot of responsibility on Arsenal right now, and Mikel Arteta needs to play a pivotal role in the club’s success. So, for now, the chances seem evenly split for at least 80% of the clubs in the quarterfinals.