Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1418. (Read 555295 times)

I think Real Madrid will never try to sign again Benzema after they sold him to Al Ittihad. There is no advantage to have Benzema in Real Madrid squad now. Benzema is no longer in his prime age, his performance is also decreasing a lot. Moreover, Benzema more often gets injury. Instead of signing Benzema, it is better to sign younger striker like Mbappe or Osimhen. Ancelotti have built Real Madrid squad with young players. There is no chance that he is considering to sign an old player like Benzema.

Sure, Real Madrid seems to focus on signing Mbappe. So, there is no reason for signing Benzema. Mbappe and Benzema don't want to sit on the bench, they must ask to play regularly. If Real Madrid sign both Mbappe and Benzema, there should be one of them to sit on the bench. It is simply impossible to happen.

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In his absence, Real Madrid has shown good strength and has survived without him while anticipating for his possible return back to the club.
The third choice goalkeeper and Kepa Arizabalaga had been quite impressive and made Real Madrid not miss the Belgian International too much, though it's good news for his country Belgium so he could be ready for the next Euro's. I love the fact that he's returning indeed one day he'll be called a Real Madrid legend!

The same goes for Barcelona as they've just seen Marc Andre ter Stegen back from Injury training with the club Barcelona, I love what he brings to the defense and goal. He is indeed needed ASAP for Barcelona and them defenders.

I did not look out at the few matches when I made the statement that Barcelona would finish in the top four of the La Liga league. Barcelona's overall performance so far this season has put them in the third position in the La Liga league table. I know that Barcelona cannot match Real Madrid and Girona shoulder-to-shoulder currently, which is why I said that Barcelona would only finish in the top four of the La Liga league.

IMO, for me this discussion, is something of a balance between both teams. Girona was able to score 51 goals, and they conceded 25 goals. quite balanced with the work they do. At least, the goals they scored were twice as many as they conceded. The point is, their productivity is greater than the number of goals conceded. I agree that Girona has a good attack, but that doesn't mean they sacrifice their defense. It could be that the Girona players' defense is not solid enough, they are too involved in helping the attack as you said. Or, indeed, Girona's defensive players are not solid enough between the combination of senior players and young players. What is certain is that the productivity of goals scored by Girona exceeds the goals conceded by them.

If that is different from Madrid, and that is very natural, because Madrid is supported by adequate skills and abilities in its defensive line players. Let's compare, Girona and Madrid's defensive line players have different qualities. Apart from that, another difference is that the goals scored by Girona were mostly created by their strikers, with 21 goals scored by two Gorona strikers. On the other hand, Madrid was dominated by Bellingham with his 14 goals. the same as the goal scored by Artem Dovbyk, a striker from the Girona team. which means, the other Real Madrid stickers don't really contribute to scoring goals. That doesn't mean they didn't play well, it's just that Bellingham, who was not a lone striker, actually contributed more.

So, a little insight from me when comparing these two teams in terms of goals. in fact, both teams have only experienced 1 defeat throughout the competition. It could be said that both of them have the same consistency in La Liga. Well, if Madrid wants to overtake the ranking occupied by Girona. despite the fact, El Real has one match postponed. Madrid still has to beat Girona in the second meeting of these two teams at Sandiego Bernabeu, Los Blanscos Headquarters. Even then, if Madrid and Girona win their two matches ahead of the meeting between these two teams. therefore, for me this competition is still very interesting.

Yes, Almeria will really struggle to avoid relegation this season if they don't win more games. So far Almeria have failed to win a single match, but against Alaves they also have a chance. If Almeria's performance is as good as when they lost to Real Madrid, then they have a good chance of winning their current home game.

Alaves is certainly better based on its performance than Almeria, but I think that doesn't rule out the possibility that Almeria can also win this match. The match is already underway and Alaves is leading the dominance of ball possession, but this is still early in the match and the odds are still difficult to predict. A draw is a fair result, but Almeria need a win especially as they have never had one.

This is good news  to boost the confidence of the Real Madrid team because, knowing how solid your defense and the keeper is will boost the confidence of the strikers knowing that if they are able to get goals their back  line will be able to defend their goals and keep them from conceding.

The confidence from the back been able to cover up for mistakes that the strikers may make that may be taken advantage of to be a counter attack is enough to keep the strikers at optimal performance. The Real Madrid squad is turning out very formidable daily such that I'm beginning to have this much confidence in that to be able to win both the la Liga and the champions league this season because they have got good strikers already and now having their first choice keeper at their post to ensure they get their balls safe is a reason to be at the top of their performance.

This should be rumor as there’s no sense of truth in all of this. Even though Carlo Ancelotti still likes Karim Benzema playing style and wish for a striker like him, the Real Madrid management will not allow him back into the team after leaving just last season and wish to have another career somewhere else. This again, he’s not a youngster anymore and will be retiring very soon when he can’t perform efficiently as he does now due to aging that will affect him also.

Real Madrid is a team that is always looking for lasting solution to a particular problem/position in the team and by bringing back Benzema is like elongating their search for the best striker to replace him. No any young striker will want to play in a team that he won’t be appreciated much, by benching him always because they already had a first choice striker which the team will always feel he’s more experienced than him. Mbappe himself will not want to join the team and be benched because of how much good of a striker he is. This should be rumoured as it doesn’t seem to be true or any official news from any of the parties stating that.

Real Madrid is the best team in the world and any player that plays for the club will definitely be at his best performance all the time, Real Madrid doesn't take chances if their player doesn't play well, they dropped them and bring in good backup replacement. Good news to hear about the quick recovery phase of Thibaut Courtois. Real Madrid will definitely bounce back to winning race because their injury players have make gradual returns to the main squad thereby giving Carlo Ancelotti more rooms to selects the best and bring out the potentials of his team.

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Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancellotti has anyways said they'll not be resigning Karim Benzema from Saudi Arabian League Division. This is a pkayer they parted ways with for others there's no need bringing him back it's totally pointless.

They've rather come to agreement with Kylian Mbappe but he's asking fee has be reduced. I see what they did, he'll have to perform in his first season to see them increase that figure for him.

This is the important point.
Becoming champions for Girona is a good hope but on the other hand they must also be aware that if the target is the trophy then they must still try even harder because apart from good performance they also have to face some big clubs even though Barcelona are currently on a downward trend but there is still Madrid ready to block them. In addition, the season is still very long because we are only at the beginning of the half of the season so they still have a lot to think about.

The best thing for them at the moment is just to continue to maintain their performance and focus on La Liga especially after the Copa Del Rey was released yesterday because they lost in the quarter-finals so their focus only has to be consistent in La Liga regardless of whether they can compete with big clubs in the race for the trophy or not that's another matter because if their performance remains stable as it is today then the competition will follow from behind.

Glad to hear this good news but yes, it looks like Real Madrid's defense is still quite good while Thibaut Courtois is injured. Because after all, the results in La Liga so far also mean that Real Madrid is still the team that has conceded the fewest goals. Of course, if Real Madrid's main goalkeeper returns then yes, there seems to be a better guarantee of course for Real Madrid's defense which will be difficult to break down. Therefore, it seems that Real Madrid really has good players for the main players and second tier players because yes, so far this season rotation has continued to occur considering that their key players have been injured several times, but in reality Real Madrid is still getting good results.

The good news for Real Madrid is about their injured goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. Courtois had a good performance at the start of the season but after getting injured and not being in the good form, Andriy Lunin took his place in the team and he became the first goalkeeper of Real Madrid and Kepa Arrizabalaga played in some games for them. But now Courtois is training in Valdebebas and he is getting back to the good form. His training is good enough like he was never injured and it seems Real Madrid can hope to see their first goalkeeper back soon and help them in the next games they are going to have.

Yes, we also have to look at the history of the clubs that are competing, it is very dificult to break into the top 4 of the standings, especially to be at the top of the standings among the 3 other clubs that are regulars in that position. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have been taking turns occupying the top position, but this season there is something diferent, they can even survive until the first round of the league is over.
The pressure on them is huge, if they don't have a strong mentality then I'm sure they will fall. However, what I have noticed so far is that they do not indicate that they will just be knocked out, maybe they slipped twice in the last 5 matches, but they can recover in the next match. What is more interesting to me is that they have a player composition that is not luxurious, that is a matter of pride for them.

For a team like Girona that is suddenly competing strongly with Real Madrid in the race for the La Liga title this season then yes, I personally don't care about the number of conceding Girona has at this moment . Because after all, Girona can still compensate for it by having a total of goals that are also more than other teams in La Liga this season. Therefore, I personally don't have a problem with Girona conceding goals because after all, Girona can still have a strong rivalry with Real Madrid and that is still a very good achievement. So ya, finishing in first place or just finishing in second place, basically Girona have really managed to improve their quality and performance this season and that's great, of course.

There we come again. The Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has informed the club that they will resign their former striker, Kareem Benzenma, from Al-Itthad. I am so skeptical that if this news is right and Real Madrid has signed Kareem Benzenma so how could they be able to sign another strike Kylian Mbappe? Killyan Mbappe is going to be a free agent, despite Real Madrid also having dreamed about his signing. But I think the Kylian Mbappe situation is In my opinion, the situation with Killian Mbappe is a bit complicated, so the boss of Real Madrid picked Kareem Benzema over Kylian Mbappe to make the team better. Kareem Benzenma is one of the greatest pouchers in the attacking sense although Real Madrid already has the experience of Kareem Benzenma. But anyway We do not know to what extent there is truth in these things. But I think the signing of Kareem Benzema is not appropriate for Real madrid because he turned 37 years old and now he can't be expected to play anymore since he spent 4–5 years with Real Madrid.

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They are the team that scores the most goals in the League but they are also the team that concedes the most goals among the top 4 teams in the League. This means they have a good attack but they sacrifice their defense to build attacks. This is different from Madrid where they appeared very solid by scoring 43 goals and conceding only 13 goals. I think Girona will be ranked second at the end of the season and Real Madrid will win the La Liga title this season. And I still salute and respect Girona because they really exceeded everyone's expectations this season. Last season they ended the league in 10th place and this season they are competing for the league title.

For me personally whether or not they can become champions is another matter, if they can maintain and be consistent with their current performances then that is an achievement for them, and I will really appreciate it. They're currently playing a tactical game and they're also the club that has scored the most goals in La Liga with 51. No club is perfect, and one of their weaknesses is a backline that can't keep up with a forward line that plays so well. But so far they've made up for it with their excellent goal productivity.
They are 1 point above Real Madrid, but Real Madrid still have 1 match yet to be played which is a threat if in the end Rea madrid wins in that match, because their position will definitely be displaced. Overall Girona have been outstanding, they have been beyond everyone's expectations.

Yes, the results of the match were beyond everyone's expectations, Atletico was able to beat Real Madrid. Yes, of course all the coaches will focus on every match, even though in the La Liga standings they did not perform well with 5 defeats. Even though it is still too far to reach 2nd place, it requires 10 points.

In this Copa Del Rey match, it has entered the semi-final phase. Of course all the coaches, including Simone and his team, will provide guidance for playing all out to replace the sadness of the fans to enter the next phase in the Copa Del Rey.

On February 6th we will watch the match between Atletico vs Bilbao, if I see the strength of the two teams is quite even in all areas. Atletico is superior because they are playing at their own home, of course they will not waste their match in the future.

Atletico Madrid could be potential winners of the Cup Competition as they went on to defeat Sevilla by scoring a lone goal with the help of Memphis Depay who gave them the winner.
Fans and non fans are already saying all sorts of words to Greezmann who has been a good player not just that important to the point that he has cemented his place in the club and it's unshakeable.

For Barcelona, the management are right behind the Spardinad but then, he needs to fix his boys and make sure that they don't finish in a poor position.
Inaki Williams the Ghanian did come back from the Afcon to score a goal off course for his side.

They are currently because they are very good this season even 21 matches and only 1 defeat is a very remarkable achievement for them so we don't need to doubt whether they are good or not because with the current performance they are a good club and no one doubts that.
It's just that the issue of winning La Liga is a bit different. We know that no matter how good Girona's current performance is, when talking about trophies, the current situation is difficult to say with confidence that they will become champions because after all there is still Madrid, which is the current La Liga giant, which is still in a condition that is still possible to win.
Their chance is still there, it's just that when talking about probability and the opponent is Madrid, it is a difficult situation to think about so that no matter how good Girona they will still be closed by Madrid.