Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1452. (Read 553849 times)

You could say that at that time Barcelona was the king of the clubs in La Liga, especially in the 2014-2015 season. Because in that season the players from Barcelona really had greatness in all areas. Big examples like

• Messi
• L, suarez
• Xavi
• Dani Alves
• Jordi Alba
• Sergio Busquets
• Iniesta
• Ivan Rakitic
• Neymar
• Ter Stegen

So it is not surprising that at that time Barcelona was always at the top and made very brilliant achievements. Because the quality of the players is also very sufficient to be able to compete with other clubs. But all of this does require very large costs.

And in the 2014-2015 season, Real Madrid was no less great than Barcelona. Because that year Real Madrid also had many very quality players. In fact, in that year there were still many names of Real Madrid footballers who are still known to the public today. Examples like

• Casillas
• Modric
• Gareth Bale
• Pepe
• C. Ronaldo
• Benzema
• Dimaria
• Isco
• Marcelo

So in essence, that year there were many players from Barcelona and Real Madrid who had very high quality. Even now, it is still very difficult to find talents like them.

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Source:

• https://www.transfermarkt.co.id/fc-barcelona/kader/verein/131/plus/0/galerie/0?saison_id=2014
• https://www.transfermarkt.co.id/real-madrid/kader/verein/418/plus/0/galerie/0?saison_id=2014

Barcelona legend Xavi's coaching continues to be a big fiasco. He is making big mistakes in the defense. Granted he doesn't have a good number 6, but I think he could solve this problem by increasing the number of defenders by one. Maybe Barcelona's financial means don't allow it.
But it's also worth mentioning this. The technical team around Xavi is inexperienced and he urgently needs to replace them with Barca level personnel. Barcelona needs to find a coach who will work for a long time like Guardiola. I don't know if Xavi can do it, but it will take at least 3 years for him to succeed. Guardiola gave results in a short time but he had the best midfield in the world and Messi.

Just a week ago we saw the Madrid derby in the Supercopa semifinals and today we will again watch another Madrid derby in the Copa Del Rey quarterfinals. I think both Ateltico and Real Madrid will make fierce attacks on each other in this match and especially for Atletico this is a revenge mission after previously being humiliated by Real Madrid. Not infrequently we will also see the rivalry between these two teams on the field, which always results in many violations and also the number of cards issued by the referee is not small.

Matches are always chaotic between players and this is what makes the match even more exciting. But still what I hope is that both teams can get back at each other and if possible I want to see this match go back to extra time. But if I may predict, it is likely that Real Madrid will still win this match and after winning the previous Supercopa title, of course they still want more if this season Real Madrid is interested in winning the treble winner. Anyway, it is reported that Atletico does not want to provide a guard of honor to Real Madrid players after they win the Supercopa trophy and this kind of disrespect is very regrettable. After all, the two of them are rivals and should be able to respect each other if one of them can win the title.

Valencia CF's performance is basically not very stable, it is normal that if they lose to a weak team, Celta Vigo, the home factor does not mean an advantage for Valencia and this defeat is a bit embarrassing, their opponents played more aggressively and were smart in reading attack strategies. from the home team so that Celta Vigo managed to break through Valencia's defense with a score of 3 goals.
Girona has been impressive in all competitions and continues to win, they have qualified for the next round of the Copa del Rey and may want the title here if in La Liga Girona cannot achieve it.

Xavi is said to have threatened his players with leaving Barcelona if they didn't believe in him anymore. I'm not surprised with hearing such news honestly because Barcelona are really poorly performing these days. They have conceded so many goals so far unlike the previous season. It isn't good at all to see them in this situation in the middle of the season already. 

They aren't bad at scoring goals at least in general. However they really need to work on strengthening their defense. They don't have a bad defense line actually but the players just don't perform like themselves this season. Xavi will need to make them believe in themselves somehow.

Not the result I expected. A draw would make a lot of difference.
Losing at home with a score of 1-3 is a disgrace. Useless home.

The manager didn’t want to win the game enough, or he would have and should have played his strongest starting 11.
This is happening so often in cup competitions in football, where managers rotate the team, and I do not like
Ruben Baraja with his change ended the team intensity.

There are still quite a lot of matches remaining this season and several top teams still have the possibility of competing for the La Liga title this season.
It is true that currently Real Madrid and Girona are competing fiercely for the top position in the La Liga standings, but Barcelona and Atletico Madrid should not be underestimated either, there is still a lot of time to improve for these two teams so they can prepare their teams to be much stronger, so I think this season there will be much fiercer competition in the fight for the La Liga title compared to last season.

Even without these previous results from Girona against Sevilla, they have had a good performance so far in La Liga too, although there are other teams that are doing great too. But in the case of Girona and Sevilla, I can say that Girona is stronger than Sevilla. However, you don’t have to mention all these previous results. Girona is currently leading the standings with 49 points, while Sevilla is still in 17th place in the standings, which means Sevilla is a weak opponent and Girona will find it easy to beat them. However, you can see that Girona's performance cannot be compared to Sevilla's performance. Because the fact is that performance carries Girona to the top of the standings.


You can’t compare Real Madrid's performances with Almeria's. Real Madrid are far better than Almeria; therefore, their upcoming match is something that is simple to predict in my opinion. We know that Real Madrid are looking for a way to overtake Girona in the standings, and they only need one to do that, so I believe both teams are going to double up their performance. Girona will not like Real Madrid going overtake while Real Madrid wants to overtake, which will make their matches tough.

The match against Almeria is quite an outlier from a stats perspective. Girona only created 5 shots with a very low xG, 0.3, which is way below their average while getting more than 1.7 xGA. At the very least, they struggle heavily to create chances while the opposition seems to be able to exploit them in transition[1]. Not to mention they lose aerials duels while making more clearances too. That being said, I don't think they need to be panicking just yet since their latest match seems quite okay. If they can maintain that performance in the league, then there should be no problem with finishing in the top 4.

I think this is a bigger problem compared to the head coach and playstyle situation, to be honest. The management has to fix their financial stability instead of focusing on winning trophies. While winning trophies can bring more revenue, it can't help in the long term if they keep a terrible financial system in the club. I don't think they can sell the naming rights every time an economic crisis happens. Not to mention it is more likely for Xavi to leave on his own will if he failed to achieve their target (at least that's what he told the media). CMIIW.

[1] https://fbref.com/en/squads/9024a00a/Girona-Stats

Indeed, what Barcelona really needs are additional players to be able to improve the composition of players who are currently in crisis due to injuries and also calls to defend their respective countries.
If only in the last transfer window Xavi could bring in some of the players he needed then it is clear that in the second half of this season they will be able to have a stable playing performance like last season.
It just that because everything has changed and Girona and Real Madrid are truly at the top, Barcelona will experience various difficulties if they want to catch up.

You are quite realistic and correct that the competition is still going on for quite long time and there will be series of changes in standings that could occur.
But Real Madrid have become the favorites, they are truly believed to be the strongest candidates to win the La Liga title this season.
I also have the same opinion which makes Real Madrid candidate and favorite to win the title this season.

I assumed Real Madrid and Girona won't give up so easily for the title race. Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Athletic Club are the teams fighting for a spot in the top four, it's not an easy run but they will managed to settle in with outstanding performance. Barcelona have failed to pass the basic tests set up for them this season which are the tough fixtures. First they lost against Real Madrid and now against Girona. These teams are the main contender for the La Liga title this season and for Barcelona to fits in, they have to triggered the magical star by settling for good scores on the table.

Who gives up that way? Hell No!! It's not over until it's over, they just need one or two additional players at most the defensive midfielder position and a defender, a loan deal would be great.
I knew they was going to lose to Real Madrid immediately I recalled they lost to Girona who couldn't get a smooth game against Real Madrid

And who says Real Madrid would be the winner of the La Liga Competition this exact season? Lol!  More five months to go, more games to be played so stop playing, we still have Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Girona all gingered up.

I am feeling your view is better, but currently peoples are mostly going negative about them even they are also realizing things are not bad as we are having in discussion, but their finances are surely having deep trouble for them and just because of this unable to have new signings which can improve their performance and quality which is currently important because in this season we have surprising Girona which is having top spot and with their presence we can expect tough situation for the spot into top four.

Athletic Bilbao and Atlético Madrid are also having good performance and with this all one team needs to be opted out now which team is going to lose their spot it's not clear because all are having same level chances so currently just wait with patience is best for the real time result.

This match could be used as an opportunity for revenge for the previous defeat, but if both teams have equally good performances, there are differences between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
Atletico has not performed well in several matches, especially when facing strong teams this season, so I doubt Atletico will beat Real Madrid, what's more, Real Madrid can be said to always perform well in the Copa del Rey, and as you said this is a big opportunity for Real Madrid to be able to get several titles this season, after the Spanish Super Cup, the Laliga trophy is very likely to be theirs this season and the other two competitions Coppa del Rey and the champions league they also have a chance to get, and this will be a very impressive season for Real Madrid if they can get more than two titles and they can only get it if they continue to perform well after last season they were not so good.

Apart from that, Getafe, Alaves and Tenerife were eliminated first in the round of 16 before being continued by the three clubs today. Indeed, in football there are always surprises, even though in terms of advantages, Valencia has a greater chance of winning than Celta Vigo, but if they don't play optimally and underestimate their opponents then they will lose. It is normal to see a club from 8th place not playing according to expectations. because rank 8 is still a row of clubs that are not very stable.

Yes, tomorrow we will see this crucial match. Apart from that, we will also watch Barcelona against Unionistas de Salamanca CF, but of course the most interesting thing is the match between Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid, where Atletico Madrid will definitely avenge their previous defeat and because this will be held at Atletico's home ground then they have the advantage, however, Real Madrid will not give up. Real Madrid is still trying to qualify for the round of 16 and also wants the Copa Del Rey title and to continue adding to their trophies this season.

In last two away games they lost 4 points with losing points against Almeria is surely big setback which is now creating difference of points against them at the top and situation is still into their control because we have good difference of points from third spotted Athletic Bilbao, and now they need to be had better and consistent in coming weeks because if they will lose their rhythm then surely things can go against them, and they can lose their hopes for the staying at the top.

They have good advantage as few other top teams are also losing their consistency and allowing them to stay at the top with things are surely going to take good turn in coming weeks, and we will have tough challenging matches for all teams those are doing their best for having spot into top four.

I don't think Valencia will be too upset about losing this game because they have a chance to qualify for Europe this season and they might want to focus completely on the league, so maybe their elimination will give them a better reaction.
Osasuna and Rayo Vallecano can't do much either and they won't be focusing on the cup games anymore.Osasuna will at least fight to stay in the league this year so it's hard to see them getting too upset.The same goes for Rayo Vallecano.

It's not that Joan Laporta doesn't want to replace Xavi with a more reliable coach, but he is aware that for this critical period Barcelona needs to save money. Therefore, for Joan Laporta there is no choice but to retain the coach who currently still has the desire to manage the club and the answer is of course Xavi. Because if Bacelona finances are fine, Joan Laporta can buy the coach and players he wants with criteria that exceed Xavi. This cannot be denied, however, due to the unfavorable financial situation, Joan Laporta is only looking for a safe option so as not to incur large costs, plus the problem of player salaries has not yet been realized. Then look at the contribution of the Barcelona players, they all play for the club and lower their egos a bit regarding salaries.

It's not surprising that Barcelona performance is like that, because Xavi can't do much if he only has a minimal number of players without a supporting budget. If we talk about Xavi work since he started coaching the club his duties have been very difficult. Last season Xavi was still lucky to be able to win the trophy despite all the conditions he was lacking. This season it feels like there is no need to demand more from Barcelona, Xavi is just a coach using the facilities and players he can without being given the freedom to control finances.

There is no doubt now things are already gone from bad to worse for them because their confidence level is also suffered, and they need to regroup themselves which is not easy for them in current situation players injuries and out of form is also having bad impact with finances are also not ideal which are not allowing to them for having new signings which can increase their quality in coming weeks their worst defeat against Real Madrid in Super Final cup is also going to have deep impact on their rest of this season.

Even I have strong felt they can overcome against Napoli in Round of 16 match in Champions League because they are also suffering, and their situation is deeper than Barcelona, so this advantage can give them some relief but how they will overcome from their financial situation has never been clear.

It was a shame to see Valencia knocked out of the round of 16 being defeated by a small team that was very far below on one side the 3 scores produced by Celta gave an embarrassment to Valencia as the host.
I think this is because Valencia is underestimating Celta too much and let's see, actually Valencia looks very good at applying pressure quickly but taking too long to control the ball and what I dont like the most is that when in front of the Celta defense Valencia attackers take too long to pass the ball so that the Celta defenders It's very easy to predict the movement of the ball and on the one hand, Valencia defenders look bad to me, this time it was too easy to break which resulted in conceding 3 scores.
Ruben Baraja as Valencia coach will bear the shame of this defeat.

If Real Madrid goal is to get the treble winner title, I'm sure Real Madrid will not let Atletico Madrid win in the round of 16 and from the previous match we can see how Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid but what we need to be aware of before betting is Atletico Madrid can always be very strong when playing at home as we have seen from the last few meetings and Ancelotti will definitely realize this so the option Real Madrid has to choose is just to score early after strengthening the defense.