Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1412. (Read 555404 times)

Not only that, Xavi was a tactical promoter at Barcelona when he was still active as a player. However, that tactic seems unable to be implemented when Xavi coaches Barcelona now. Barcelona is known for playing short and fast football, combined with high passing accuracy. However, such a strategy seems to be beyond the control of the current players. It's possible that Xavi tried to change the playing strategy, but it didn't go well. In two matches with a significant number of mistakes, Barcelona seems to be losing hope this season to pursue the best position. Being 8 points behind Girona is a very high figure, considering Girona's stable performance in LaLiga this season.

However, there is still a lot of match remaining, which gives Barcelona an opportunity to catch up on points. On the other hand, Barcelona also has to fight in the UCL, while Girona only focuses on LaLiga. If Xavi has to leave Barcelona, will Pep return to raise the enthusiasm of the players, or will Jürgen Klopp give the signal to stop coaching Liverpool.

The result of the clash between Barcelona and Villarreal was really one evident display to buttress my point, which is,  Barcelona needs a better striker and a key influence in the midfield like Messi. Even though they tried using another player to fill the spot, it would take more seasons before they return to what they were before.

Am very impressed with Girona this season, because it's like they woke from slumber and are so hungry that they could eat Real Madrid and Barcelona as a meal in any clash for the la Liga title.

I dont think we have seen a game like this today from Barcelona for many years. First 5 goals from the other team and those in overtime minutes 99 and 102... that is extremely rare. In addition, Barcelona turned a 0:2 into a 3:2 and lost 3:5 in the end, unbelievable. Xavi must have been standing on the line and going crazy. Losing a game like that against Villareal will be all over the media for the next few days. They are now 10 points behind Real Madrid in the league.

Xavi is no longer able to manage Barcelona well. not that he is a bad coach but indeed the situation and conditions experienced by Barcelona at this time are clearly not in his favor and he knows that if it is forced then this will not be too good for him and Barcelona.
This is a gentle step in my opinion for a Xavi. He knows he can't take Barcelona to a good position and he is ready to step down from the coach's chair which is an action worthy of praise.

But in this case is there another suitable coach for Barcelona with their current financial situation? because honestly in my opinion the situation for Barcelona is not a coaching problem but still struggles with their finances which are not very good until now.

Barcelona defense has become so porous that they concede goals as if they are from relegation. Their last match Girona won them 4-2 and now 5-3 by their visitors. Some thing should be done fast before they get misplaced on the table.

Two goals in the injury time have Villareal a relief and they were able to achieve three points from the defending champions. I think Xavi should be replaced, because it is like the situation of the club or the circumstances facing  the club is bigger than his brain. A more experienced coach who can manage and contain such challenge should be employed to fix the club back.

Source: https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona/status/1751351024084799668?s=19
Xavi Hernández: "I want to announce that on June 30 I will no longer continue as the coach at Barça. I think the situation needs to change course, and as a culer, I cannot allow the current situation."

The defenders and absence of a proper defensive midfielder all has lead to the damnation of Barcelona and Xavi Hernandez who has decided to leave at the end of the season.
Prayers are that he leaves the club in a good position to finally enable them qualifying for the Champions League Competition next season.

I thought the own goal from former Manchester United defender Eric Bailey would've been enough to help them seal three points but all didn't go as planned. Good decision of Xavi Hernandez to finally resign.

Barcelona is getting funnier and this crushing defeat against Villareal clearly punished them. It can be seen that there were so many mistakes made by the Barcelona defenders that it became easy for the Villareal players to break into the goal. I think Barcelona's big name has been destroyed and they will get worse. There is nothing Xavi can do and I think he must be aware of resigning as Barcelona coach.

This is a very painful blow for Barcelona, being beaten so badly at home. What's more, it is Villareal, who incidentally is not a very strong team this season. Even when we look at the statistical data and track record this season, Villarreal really has a declining performance. However, they actually beat Barcelona at Camp Nou. This certainly makes Xavi even more stressed with this very unexpected result.

even though Barcelona has much better match statistics, more consecutive attacks, more shots on target, but fewer goals. Hmm, this is really a very sharp evaluation for Barcelona. With this, their points with Real Madrid and Girona are even further apart. This will be bad news for quite a long time for Barcelona. We can find various funny and even spicy comments on social media regarding the results of this match.

Barcelona was leading with 1 goal in minute 71'. It was when Eric Bailly made own goal, Barcelona 3 vs 2 Villareal. At this time, Barcelona should have bigger motivation to win. Unfortunately, Goncalo Guedes scored a goal in minute 84' to equalize the score (Barcelona 3 vs 3 Villareal). After this goal, Villareal players have played more confidently, they always tried to have more goals. They finally got 2 goals in injury time, Alexander Sørloth and José Luis Morales added 2 more goals. I don't know why Barcelona defense looks so weak in injury time. Xavi may only focus to order all the players to attack, he forgot to keep watching the attackers of Villareal.

Yes, it is another bad result at home. They are again conceded many goals. It already happened when they played against Girona at home. They were also defeated many goals at that time, 4 conceded goals. Now, it is not only about the problem in attacking line, but Barcelona also has a very serious problem with their defense. It is difficult for Xavi to strengthen the lines because Barcelona has no enough money to buy quality players.

I don't think Xavi needs to be replaced soon. He must be given more times because he is trying to improve Barcelona squad with limited options. We don't care with Camp Nou public, they expect to win 2 top competitions but they are not aware with Barcelona current squad. It is not enough to win UCL or La Liga title with the current squad quality.

Hahah I hated Barcelona, but honestly, today I was so surprised and shocked by how Barcelona played the game against Villarreal that they didn't even stop one single chance from Villarreal. I never saw such a poor performance by a club like Barcelona. The way they defend so poorly and make a lot of mistakes in their defense line. There are a lot of problems in the club, which they need to improve; otherwise, Barcelona will hold itself in the top 5 ranks. So if they didn't hold up the place above the to 5 maybe they could not qualify for the Champions League. But really, guys, Barcelona had the worst performance against Villarreal Although Barcelona have good players, they weren't capable of winning the match. There is a little bit of a mistake from the referee that he didn't give the penalty to Barcelona but Barcelona have lost three point to the club, who are at 14th in the league table.

Firstly I would want to talk about how much Barcelona have been conceding goals in almost every match recently and it's really not a good thing to reckon with, even when they win they will first have to concede goals before they will end the game in a victory today they conceded five goals one of the highest they have conceded in a single match this season.

I'm really disappointed at the results of the game between Barcelona and Villarreal, it was okay that they were two goals down a d by the second half they were able to put up a come back and we're leading by a goal what baffles me the most is how they became carefree enough to the point they concede three more goals in the second half after scoring three goals, it was a festival of goals at the second half, literally six goals were scored in the second half and Barcelona ended up Lossing the game after leading earlier which is a clear indication of weakness to me.

Unfortunately Barcelona didn't look hungry enough to complete the comeback and worse off they were at home and the 12th player effect didn't help them either.

But credit should go to Villareal for putting up a brave fight playing away from home and to score five against these big boys..just hope this will be an eye opener for these guys to shake things up to organise the team before they drop more points as they haven't been convincing enough.

The final result was that Barcelona lost 3-5. The effort to equalize the score from 0-2 to 2-2 was successful until they were back ahead 3-1. All these efforts failed because after Guedes' goal made the score equal again, disaster finally struck in extra time.

Xavi has failed again to strengthen Barcelona's position in the standings, Xavi has even failed to make himself strong for the Camp Nou public and there is a chance that his position will be replaced.
The Camp Nou public's hope of seeing Barcelona win only two more titles, UCL and La Liga.

hell Barcelona's match against Villarreal was more interesting in the second half than the first
Regardless of the result, I was actually very entertained by today's match because I think it was one of the most interesting matches this week.

An 8-goal drama ensued and the regrettable thing is that Barcelona were hit by a comeback in extra time in this match.
Honestly my hopes were raised especially after Barcelona turned things around when the original score of 0-2 became 3-2 for Barcelona but indeed at the crucial time it seemed like Barcelona lost concentration which actually made them chaotic and actually had problems in 10 minutes of normal time and extra time.
It's a regrettable bet but I'm happy with how many goals there were in today's game.

Another come back for Real Madrid after winning over 1-2 against Las Palmas, its second matches in a row for Real Madrid made come back last match before against Almeria conceded two goals in the first half success return to winning result on last minutes to lead 3-2. Today Las Palmas as second team in this week made comeback by Real Madrid after conceded early success win over 1-2. Three points make Madrid more comfortable on the top position awhile waiting Girona match result against Celta Vigo.

What the excited of this match can scored 8 goals, its bad result for Barcelona losses and conceded 5 goals for the first time in La Liga this season, almost make come back when leading with score 3-2 until 71th minutes but loss focus and made Barcelona get conceded three goals on the last minutes. Becoming two losses in a row for Barcelona after last match defeated by Athletic Bilbao 4-2 and today losses 3-5, wow Barcelona defense too week conceded 9 goals of 2 matches.

This is really a big disgrace for Barcelona to lose against Villarreal, I don't expect this should happen even though Barcelona are not in form, winning Barcelona 5-3 in Spotify Camp Nou was actually bad record for a popular club like Barcelon, this alone show how bad Xavi is which I suggest they should find a place for him, if Atletico Madrid can win their next match definitely Barcelona will move down to fourth place because they will be have the same points but Atlético have more goals than them. The management have to act fast if not the team may not make it to the Champions league next season.

Defeats happens when a club doesn't stand strong enough to defend their territory and holding up to their lead, what happen to Barcelona was purely defensive errors and Villarreal never back down from converting their chances to goal scoring. The final whistle is blown and the game ends 5-3 in favour of the visitors. Villarreal came prepared and hold Barcelona down as if they're mates. Xavi Hernandez is really dissapointed with his team's performance, really sad to watch Barcelona conceding a whole of 5 goals. A good starting for Villarreal to take spectacular winning without struggles.

Once again Real Madrid is making a comeback, how many times have they made a comeback in La Liga when they were behind by a goal.
I don't think this is just luck, it is clear that every player has high motivation to win the match.
Congratulations to Real Madrid who can still maintain a points gap with Girona for the race for the top of the La Liga standings.

At almost the same time Barcelona also managed to make a comeback against Villareal.
The final result was good but unfortunately it was a little tarnished because Villareal's goal was disallowed by the referee because it was considered offside. Even though the player did not touch the ball at all.

One thing I want us to be understand if real Madrid is playing is that if the match have not end we should not decide that real Madrid will not win the match, real Madrid is a team that always play with miracle and evey time they find a way to win their matches, Las Palmas is winning real Madrid from the beginning after they return from the second half and before the game end real Madrid score back and win the game by ending 2-1, I always believed in real Madrid whenever they are playing and that's why they keep remain my favorite team.

But I understand something today that real Madrid match today, the absent of Jude Bellingham change the match today because the middle position look somehow, I don't understand the way the middle player's play today, and I believe if Bellingham is in the match the middle position will not be the way it is today, but to be honest Las Palmas really try today because it took real Madrid time to win the match.