Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1406. (Read 555454 times)

I am not surprised by the statement that Xavi said, "it's time to go". In the end, Xavi decided to leave Barcelona at the end of the season. It's quite sad indeed, considering his struggle for Barcelona so far, Xavi is struggling to bring in players with the limited financial conditions that Barcelona is currently experiencing. relying on the La Masia players in the condition of the main players who were injured, this time it was not as smooth as when bringing Balde, Gavi, Padri, to the main squad. IMO, as Barcelona fans, Barca actually didn't play as bad as we thought. It's just that, the problems Barcelona is facing are injured players and other problems. Plus, the difficulty of bringing in players who Xavi needs means he doesn't have many choices.

Based on my point of view, the worst thing is Barcelona's very bad defense. The absence of several core players only makes Barcelona weaker in defense. what is clear is that Xavi cannot always rely on young players, especially La Masia graduates. like the match against Villarreal, Barcelona's defense was very fragile. especially young players like Hector Fort, Pau Cubarsi, and the unreliable goalkeeper, Inaki Pena. I think maybe Xavi was mentally affected so he decided to leave at the end of this season. btw, this is just my personal assumption. What is clear is that Xavi will still manage Barcelona until the end of this season. I hope Xavi can give his best, even though I actually don't really suit the system that Xavi uses for Barcelona, ​​but nevertheless he was quite instrumental for Barcelona, ​​especially last season. well, Xavi has decided that this season he will end managing Barcelona. As a Barcelona supporter, I really respect his decision.  Moreover, I was an admirer when Xavi was still a player. and hopefully, next season Barcelona can find a more competent replacement.

Barcelona have had quite an impressive Spanish cups journey and they were up against Betis some days ago and it was expected that no matter the condition they're in, they're given the higher odds of winning. Their games this second half of the season have been both good and bad. In all they've not failed to give an impressive performance. Sadly, yesterday wasn't so beautiful for them.

 Villarreal were a side that gave them a tough time and they had the experience too and were the host and so it was not so easy for Barcelona coupled with their shaky performances so far in all contests. Well their performance was quite remarkable and at least they were able to net a few goals too. The result of the game may have an effect on their confidence in subsequent games, but it's expected that Xavi should know how best to get good results as the league games draws the season to an end.

Barcelona have been subtle in the very best ways because they don't joke with them legends when they are Inna tight corner and odd environment like this.
They can't boast of winning any more trophies this season, they only can hope they win game and qualify for the first four clubs in the Premier League Competition next season.

Xavi Hernandez won Barcelona the trophy last season you get me? So I see no Fvck reasons why he'll call my best midfied nothing and nobody.
Jurgen Klopp has no plans for a new a new club right now.

I might think that Girona strength will really be tested in the next 3 matches because Girona will face Real Sociedad, Real Madrid and Bilbao where this team is the top team which might make it difficult for Girona to continue their winning trend. Of course, the big match is the Real Madrid vs Girona meeting which will take place at Madrid home ground. I am amazed by the strong strength that Girona has this season because they are very well organized in the way they play when facing strong teams. Their defense is strong enough to make it difficult for their opponents to score goals against them.

However, if Girona manages to get through the next 3 matches by winning then I will favor Girona as the team at the forefront to win the trophy this season. Barcelona has withdrawn from the competition for the trophy because it is far behind Girona. For this reason, it would be big history for Laliga if a team other than Barcelona and Real Madrid managed to win the trophy in this season. I think they will focus with their best strength to stay at the top of the standings by successfully defeating their opponents in the next match.

The Old style isn't working no more so it has become necessary they move from it to something new and working, when they had the likes of Messi and Suarez who had betyer creativity with which he will be able to do all of that was when Barcelona was able to do the whole moving into the opponent penalty area.

When Barcelona keeps talking about their financial constraints it really hets me worried because this is a team that's ranked richer than Manchester united, as a matter of fact they are third if not forth richest across Europe so wonder where the financial crises emanates from when teams they happen to be richer than are doing even better and buying players to strengthen the team and achieve more as they should. Xavi is obviously tired with recent happening so it won't be a bad idea if he leaves at once.

So far Girona has proven itself as a team that has a winning mentality. They are Real Madrid's closest competitors in the race for the title this season and it is appropriate for Real Madrid to anticipate all bad possibilities. In an away match, Real Madrid can beat Girona, but it is not impossible for Girona to beat Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.

You know, nothing is impossible in football, even Real Madrid is still very likely to fail to win the title this season. But so far Real Madrid have a good winning record in La Liga and they really deserve to be favorites as title candidates instead of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

Girona got an early goal with Portu and then managed to keep the score. It was important that they finished the match with a clean sheet, they showed that their defense was good. Celta Vigo had a few dangerous attacks but no goals. This was a very important 3 points for Girona. They took the leadership seat in the league again, albeit with one more match. I hope their form continues, but now they will have three very difficult matches in a row. It will be very difficult for them to get out of here without any point loss. Especially the match with Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu could determine the fate of the league.

Real Madrid vs Girona is on February 11 after the Getafe and Atletico Madrid fixtures, so Los Blancos will face some strong teams before meeting Girona who are currently keeping the pressure on at the top of the table.

But we realize in the previous match between Girona vs Real Madrid where Girona had to lose at home let alone playing at the Bernabeu then it will be difficult for Girona but still this will be an interesting match because only these two teams continue to dominate LaLiga now.

Slowly Girona is still continuing to maintain victory so as not to lose their points.

Barcelona used to be calm after entering the opponent's penalty area, pass the ball and let the available player score, but now they seem to have moved away from that old style of play. The chemistry of the team has changed with Xavi. This is not going to happen with names like Romeu, Kounde, Ferran. The team needs quality players, but financial problems are bending Barça's back. It was a match that clearly showed how inept Barcelona's offensive line is. They wasted many clear positions and Villarreal punished them. Definitely one of the most spectacular matches in recent years.

Girona is putting a lot of pressure to Real Madrid during this time and I think they are a great team capable of facing Real Madrid in Bernabeu on 4th February.Before that encounter Real Madrid has an away game against Getafe sitting in the middle of the standings right now which if Real does not win this game then the pressure on them will be even higher.Personally I think Girona is living a fairy tale now and I would support them against Real Madrid for this simple fact,I would love to see a fairy tale in European football as it is a long time is not happening.

Regarding Sevilla's chances of being relegated, I think the chances are 50:50 because Sevilla will only compete with one team from relegation like Cadiz while the other 2 places will belong to Almeria and Granada. This season is Sevilla's worst season of the 22 matches they only won 3 times lol, nothing can be expected from them except a draw I mean a draw is the best result for them in the upcoming match. Next February will be a challenge for Sevilla because based on the schedule, almost all of their opponents are strong and mid-table teams including Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid there.

Today's live match Atletico Madrid vs Valencia, I can see Atletico Madrid playing very aggressively by continuing to attack in 45 minutes, 9 shots 6 on target as in the screenshot below. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Atletico Madrid played like this until the second half then they could score 2-3 more goals, while Valencia so far hasn't been able to do anything and they couldn't reach Atletico Madrid's defense.

In the end, Sevilla continued its bad trend and was not able to recover, even though the quality of Sevilla's players was better than Osasuna. This draw leaves Sevilla in 16th place with 17 points, only one point behind the team in the relegation zone. I don't imagine that if Sevilla doesn't get up and their game doesn't change, it's not impossible that they will struggle in the relegation zone until the end of the season.

In fact, if you remember again, Sevilla is the team that won the most in the Europa League, especially last season they won the Europa League again. If logically they should be playing this season they will be enthusiastic, especially since there is Sergio Ramos who is full of experience and several other players, they must welcome this moment as well as possible. But in reality they continue to decline and decline, perhaps this is their golden age which is slowly ending. I just didn't expect the fall to be so sudden and big.

Their defense was poor and seemed to rely on each other in this match, making them have to be willing to lose points even though it was actually still able to get 3 points because after all, seeing from the last 3 goals created from Villarreal, they all came from fast counterattacks and poor defense cooperation that made Barcelona lose momentum.

Quite unfortunate actually in this match but on the other hand this is indeed a thing that emphasizes that Barcelona is a different club at this time, especially for their defense.
With this result it looks like they have to try to give up the trophy for this season because even though the match is still quite a lot because it is only halfway through the season but with a difference of 11 points with Madrid at the top it is actually quite difficult for Barcelona.

I watched Xavi's press conference and he looked really sad and a bit tired. He talked about the criticism directed at him and said that it's impossible to be Sir Alex Ferguson at this club. I think he's not wrong. Yes, they are not good this season, but last season they were champions 10 points ahead of Real Madrid. I think the comments that hurt Xavi were a bit unfair. Maybe we can also blame the Barcelona club at this point. They may have failed to provide Xavi with the necessary mental support. Xavi may have felt lonely during this period.

Yeah obviously, I told you before that Xavi is nothing. He can't give anything new to the club that others don't, despite his lack of management skills. Managing is hard work and full-duty it can't handle a layman. It is true that Xavi is a great player, but it is obligatory that if a player is good on the pitch, he will also be good at managing. Although he has a good mentality, managing a team requires a lot of effort and a sharp mind, which Xavi doesn't have. I am not a Barcelona fan, but as riveal I have a suggestion for Barcelona: if they want to do something new, they will need to sign Klopp because he will also leave the Liverpool at the end of the season and he has quite a range of different tactics. He knows what type of tactics will work when the team doesn't take any way to get the chance to score. Now that old tactics don't work well, managers need to bring some new changes to the team's players or team tactics. 
 
Barcelona didn't get any chance to lift the UEFA Champions league trophy because they are using their old tactics again and again which don't work in modern days. So therefore, Barcelona needs a new coach with a new tactical concept.

Could be, next month they will face Atletico, Valencia, Madrid and Sociedad in the league.
They might not get any point at all against those teams.

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Any of you bet on Atletico today? Im watching the match and Atletico really dominating the game against Valencia, they definitely will get 3 points today.

Oh Sevilla, you still haven't won this week and a 1-1 draw against Osasuna is certainly not a good result for a team that has suffered a losing streak in the last 4 matches in La Liga. The last victory that Sevilla experienced was against Granada and that was about a month ago. What will happen to Sevilla this season if they continue with a series of less than optimal results and is it possible that they will be relegated this season?

I don't know what happened recently in football where in the Premier League Kloop announced he would step down from Liverpool coaching chair at the end of this season. In Laliga, Xavi also did the same thing where he will step down after this season ends. For Xavi, he made the decision at a time when the team situation was not really improving, where recently their performance in Laliga was less than satisfactory and previously they failed to win the Spanish Super Cup trophy after being beaten by Real Madrid. And Barcelona also lost their hopes in the Copa Del Rey and their performance this season has really dropped drastically.

With Xavi resignation, of course there is a strong assumption that Barcelona will have any difficulties until the end of this season. They are very depressed in the standings after losing to Villarreal and it is possible that this season is the downfall of their might from last season. Yes, that's for sure because currently Barcelona is starting to have difficulty winning matches in Laliga.

The pressure was real from Celta Vigo, yes, but bottom line Girona was the stronger team in this game. I think the result is the correct outcome and it wasn't some last second lucky shot from Girona, but an early goal that they defended well while staying dangerous in front of Celta Vigo's goal.

It is good to see Girona keeping up the pressure for Real Madrid and now Girona has two extremely difficult games ahead of them. The first one is a home game against Champions League team Real Sociedad, which I think they have a very good chance to win. And then comes the showdown between Real Madrid and Girona in the Bernabeu stadium. I am looking forward to that one and even though I am not against Real Madrid per se, in this particular case I support Girona.

Exactly real madrid need to continue performing well so that they will get the trophy these season, Ancelotti believe he will win the laliga title this time Barcelona have already giving up because they lose against Villarreal and they believe they can compete with Girona and Real Madrid in the league table again. Girona are still playing well they don't want to lose match Celta Vigo play well but Girona have the chance to score one goal and the game end like that If Real Madrid had not defeated Palmas yesterday, Girona would have had a chance to top the league table, and he can make Madrid lose the title if they make mistakes and allow Girona to top the table, because the league is coming to an end, and Girona is in great form and I believe they will continue to do well and compete with other clubs in the league.