Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1183. (Read 556165 times)

First of all, Girona performance shocked everyone this season because no one expected to see them where they are now. I know there is an imbalance of form recently I don't think Girona will lose a spot in top four. They have just nine games to round off the game and they are sitting ahead of Athletic Bilbao comfortably with six points and I think it is enough to keep their hopes alive. If Athletico Madrid should improve and take any spot up there, then it should be Bilbao spot that are just one point ahead of them. Some of the top leagues in Europe have taken another dimension this season with some new teams attempting to break a long time record. The same thing is happening in Bundesliga where Leverkusen is trying to overthrown long time domination of Bayern Munich and also in premier league with Arsenal, Liverpool and City locking horn with each other.

Girona's players lost confidence after the big defeat against Madrid. And the scenario changed quite rapidly after that. Girona lost their winning streak. And their performance is no longer stable. Even relatively small teams will be confident now against Girona and earn points.

However, Girona's main goal now is to qualify for the Champions League. This is the honor for them. I don't know if the Girona team has ever qualified for the Champions League in the past. Probably not. So now Girona will try to stay in the top four of the table.

I don't think Girona will be able to perform as well with this same squad next season. However, if Girona strengthen their squad and add to the squad of talented players, they are likely to stay at the top of the points table next season.

Emery for Barcelona? Really? For me is a top coach but he has a problem, and that problem is a big one, and is more related to luck or soul than performance, and is every time he reach a big club, like Arsenal or PSG he doesnt do so well as expected, in PSG clearly he wins everything but he can not ending winning the goal who was UCL.

I know the six points Girona is leading Athletic Bilbao with are enough for Girona to finish in the top four of La Liga. But their current performance has made them drop a lot of points in a short time, and if they continue to perform like that, Athletico Madrid and Athletic Bilboa will close the gap with Girona in the La Liga table. Girona needs to improve their performance and start winning matches to remain in their third position in the La Liga table.

First of all, Girona performance shocked everyone this season because no one expected to see them where they are now. I know there is an imbalance of form recently I don't think Girona will lose a spot in top four. They have just nine games to round off the game and they are sitting ahead of Athletic Bilbao comfortably with six points and I think it is enough to keep their hopes alive. If Athletico Madrid should improve and take any spot up there, then it should be Bilbao spot that are just one point ahead of them. Some of the top leagues in Europe have taken another dimension this season with some new teams attempting to break a long time record. The same thing is happening in Bundesliga where Leverkusen is trying to overthrown long time domination of Bayern Munich and also in premier league with Arsenal, Liverpool and City locking horn with each other.

Emery for Barcelona? Really? For me is a top coach but he has a problem, and that problem is a big one, and is more related to luck or soul than performance, and is every time he reach a big club, like Arsenal or PSG he doesnt do so well as expected, in PSG clearly he wins everything but he can not ending winning the goal who was UCL.

With the recent inconsistency and the pressure on Girona in the La Liga table, I think they will not be able to handle the pressure to remain in the top four of La Liga. If Athletico Madrid improves their performance in the league, they can finish in the top four of La Liga. 

Girona must immediately restore their current performance if they want to remain in the top 4. Meanwhile, regarding Atletico Madrid, there are only 3 difficult matches that Atletico Madrid will face in the remainder of this season, namely against Girona, Bilbao and Real Sociedad. Meanwhile, the remaining matches can actually be said to be quite easy, such as against Osasuna, Getafe, Celta, Mallorca, Villareal and Alaves.
So I think Atletico Madrid will find it quite easy to return to the top 4.
Because Bilbao also has the chance to lose in the next match against Real Madrid. And that's when we will see Atletico Madrid return to 4th place.

For me, since Ter Stegen returned as the main goalkeeper, Barcelona's goal has not been as easy to break down as when Inaki Pena replaced Ter Stegen due to his injury. Barcelona's main goalkeeper can be relied on, unlike when Barcelona's goal was guarded by Inaki Pena. understandably, this young goalkeeper lacks experience and often makes blunders. that's why, Barcelona experienced some very messy matches. plus, several of Barcelona's core defenders also played badly. Now Barcelona is starting to perform a little better again, even though Gavi, De Jong, Pedri are again injured. Likewise with Balde, Joao Cancelo who is often relied on in Barcelona's defense line.
however, Xavi was able to bring Barcelona through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. plus, currently Barcelona is runner up behind Real Madrid. with 9 matches remaining until the end of the competition, Barcelona is 8 points adrift of Real Madrid. well, it's quite difficult to catch up on the points difference from the top of the standings. moreover, if Madrid is still able to maintain its consistency throughout the remaining matches this season. but at least, Xavi has improved Barcelona's performance and has a chance to advance to the next phase of the Champions League.

As for Girona, their ranking could drop again in the remaining 9 matches. The problem is, Girona has matches against Atletico and Barcelona. plus, several other matches. If Girona loses, that means giving Bilbao and Atletico the opportunity to finish in the top four of La Liga until the competition ends.

Joselu has expressed his desire to stay at Real Madrid on a permanent basis rather than on loan again. It seems like Joselu wants to prove that he is still capable of being Los Blancos' mainstay striker, but of course next season the competition will be more difficult. We know that the arrival of young players from Brazil, namely Endrick and Mbappe, are rumored to be getting closer to Real Madrid and just waiting for some paperwork to be signed will certainly make the competition even fiercer for Joselu.

We know it is unlikely that Joselu will get a starting place and perhaps he would be more suitable as a cover for these young players. Joselu is already 33 years old and it seems like he doesn't want to go anywhere else and only wants to play for Real Madrid. Joselu's release clause is also very cheap and Real Madrid only needs to pay 1.5 million euros. Moreover, if you look at Joselu's role, he is also part of the Spanish national team and Real Madrid should not want to just let him go.

Do you think Joselu deserves to be retained by Real Madrid?

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1770585792341037104

With the recent inconsistency and the pressure on Girona in the La Liga table, I think they will not be able to handle the pressure to remain in the top four of La Liga. If Athletico Madrid improves their performance in the league, they can finish in the top four of La Liga. 

With the recent inconsistency and the pressure on Girona in the La Liga table, I think they will not be able to handle the pressure to remain in the top four of La Liga. If Athletico Madrid improves their performance in the league, they can finish in the top four of La Liga. 

FC Barcelona will have to keep an eye on Robert Lewandowski this summer. The club is eager to get rid of the Polish player. There is an operation that could facilitate his departure. Atletico Madrid is looking to make a move to swoop in Lewandowski, if Barcelona attempt to get rid of him. Should be interesting to see Lewandowski at Atletico Madrid. It could turn them into contenders once again if Lewandowski gets back in form.

I didn't really pay attention to the standings after matchday 29 finished and after reading your post I realized that Atletico Madrid was dropping further and was already outside the top four, losing eight points in the last five matches making their position shifted by Athletic Bilbao and of course that was very disappointing although anything could still happen because there are nine matches between Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao which can be said to be in the same conditions where they are strong teams but also don't always get good results because they can lose or draw with any team.
With a very narrow point difference, it will be very interesting to watch because Atletico Madrid can still move up in ranking to be able to play in the Champions League as well as Athletic Bilbao if they can appear more consistent in the remaining matches, and it is very possible that their meeting at the end of April will determine who will be the team that plays in the Champions League because both of them will still face tight matches and vice versa, but if Atletico Madrid failed, of course it would be very disappointing for them because they can almost always ensure they are in the top four.

FC Barcelona will have to keep an eye on Robert Lewandowski this summer. The club is eager to get rid of the Polish player. There is an operation that could facilitate his departure.

Atletico Madrid is looking to make a move to swoop in Lewandowski, if Barcelona attempt to get rid of him. Should be interesting to see Lewandowski at Atletico Madrid. It could turn them into contenders once again if Lewandowski gets back in form.

Not only that, there were similarities where Girona would become Leicester in 2016, where they won the league by completely dominating for a season. But it seems that this assumption is not proven by Girona's declining performance and they are experiencing a season full of obstacles. We know that it is not easy to maintain the top position with so much pressure in every match, especially since teams full of history like Real Madrid or Barcelona are always lurking from behind.

In the end, Girona must be satisfied with their current condition and at least they are still fighting for a place in 2nd place in the standings to close this season and of course they will not be alone because Barcelona has also started to move and is only 2 points away. I think this will be a fierce battle between two Catalan teams and this is something we rarely see.

At least, Xavi managed to return good results for Barcelona this season, because this season will be Xavi last season at Barcelona. Indeed, previously when Girona was still firmly in second place, I also thought that Girona was capable of maintaining second position. But yes, in reality Girona has returned to the quality of their mediocre team so yes, this has caused Girona to get bad results recently even though they only play against teams that are in the bottom zone or in the relegation zone. But regarding Barcelona, even though Barcelona failed to defend the title but yes, if Barcelona can still manage to finish in second place, of course it will still be a good result for Barcelona compared to Atletico, which is really difficult to stabilize and even Atletico is in danger of failing to finish in the top four this season.