Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1547. (Read 552420 times)

As long as Barcelona doesn't leave the top of the standings then it could be said they are in a pretty good situation. Of course, we all really criticize their poor results, but that is the challenge they have to face. As long as they can survive and rise, the opportunity to compete to win the title is wide open. Maybe Xavi can give more precise direction to his players and not always use monotonous tactics.

But if you think about it, Barcelona is like this now, it's not all Xavi's fault. The only coach who many people believe can bring Barcelona back to the top is Xavi. It's just that he needs time and needs fresh funds, the problem is that currently Barcelona's finances are not good. Look what happened with Klopp at Liverpool, management and fans put hope in him and he won everything with Liverpool. Xavi has love and passion for Barcelona and he will definitely bring Barcelona back to the top of Europe.

so right now it looks like barcelona needs to take one step forward and two steps back and not the other way around. I think Barcelona fans nowadays really don't care about the league title or even the Champions League because it's hard to achieve that with the team like this, they want to see consistent improvement, and that's not happening and it's frustrating.

Yes, the second half of this season will be a big challenge for all teams in the hunt for the title. Barcelona, ​​​​Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Girona will try their best to get as many points as possible in each match, which means that each team still has a chance to win the title. Barcelona is currently 7 points behind Girona and Real Madrid, but that doesn't mean they have failed to defend their title this season. Likewise, Atletico Madrid, they still have the opportunity to lead the standings if they are able to take advantage of opportunities when the team above them slips.

With what I have seen so far in Girona,there is every tendency,and a guarantee that they can finish the season ontop of the Laliga table.Girona have shown that they are not paying this season by winning most of the teams that would have won them.They flogged Barcelona mercilessly,and would still win them in the second half of the season because they have a target to meet,they want to win the Lalliga league by all means, therefore,every team they see on their way,they try as much as they can,to win and get the three points requires of them.The only team that might prove as a strong competitor is madrid,and there is no guarantee that Madrid will not drop points again.The race for the tittle is 50-50 between these two teams,the better team will win it.

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That's right, Ancelotti's figure cannot be separated from Madrid success in leading the La Liga standings at the moment, his experience and strategy can bring Madrid through the challenges so far, which in conclusion. as you said, Madrid is lucky to be coached by Ancelotti. A tight match schedule, a storm of player injuries, and not having an ideal striker as a number 9. all of these challenges can be overcome well, so I think Perez should offer Ancelotti a new contract extension so he can stay longer at the Santiago Bernabeu.

It cannot be denied that Madrid and Girona form the two axes in the title race this season, but Barcelona and ATM also still have the opportunity to enliven the competition in the second half of the season. Apart from that, regarding Girona and their consistency going forward, there is no guarantee that they will remain stable, and so it would be a big surprise for all of us if they continue to compete closely with Madrid until the end of the season.

I also think that Barcelona is not a worthy rival for this season's La Liga trophy. Their performance is quite weak and erratic compared to Girona and Real Madrid. This team is not playing well this season. Barcelona is 7 points behind Real Madrid and Girona. And still if their performance is erratic then they have no chance of winning shiropa.

Barcelona are not getting the expected performance from Gundogan. At the same time, there is no experienced player except Lewandowski in the attack. Barcelona need another experienced striker in the attack. Although they have some talented players in their defence, Barcelona's defense is also somewhat weak due to the weakness of the midfield. Because of these reasons, Barcelona's overall condition is not good this season.

Exactly, because he is performing very well in the club and enjoys playing there, and I believe one day he will win the league trophy for Athletico Madrid, I believe he will end his career in the club, because I don't believe he is interested in any clubs and they will not sell him because he contributes very well in the club with Morata, and when they play against Real Madrid this season, they perform very well and have the opportunity to defeat Real Madrid. And they have a tough match against Girona, which I believe Athletico Madrid can contend with, but it will not be easy to beat Girona since they are in excellent form this season. Athletico Madrid on the other hand, still has a chance to win the championship, and if they can defeat Girona, they will be close to the top of the table. I've been looking forward to this game because I believe Athletico Madrid will shatter their record and lose another game as they did against Real Madrid.


I don't think Barcelona can compete with Real Madrid and Girona for La Liga trophy this season, because the team lacks young players. Gundogan is already getting old, and I believe that is why Manchester City let him go because Guardiola is a very talented coach who buys young players to help his team perform very well, and Xavi needs to be searching for young stars under 30 years old to make the team perfect because since he came to the club Barcelona has gone to the Europa League twice but can compete with other clubs to win the trophy, so let's see what he does in the round 16 against Napoli if he can't buy new players, i don't think he can win any trophy this season with that is squad.

That is the thing with firing a manager, if you fire someone for being bad just one season, then you are not going to get anything decent, teams need to trust good managers for a longer time. Like for example Klopp is a great manager, everyone loves him, and he is doing awesome, and top of the league, last season they were fifth, dropped as low as 10th or so, did they fire him? Of course not, they knew that he will do better and that's why they kept him and that was the good thing to do, that's what they should have done and that's what they did as well.

I believe that we need to make sure that we are going to end up with a good result thanks to that, and we should focus on how they could do better. I believe it is definitely a good thing to keep it going with Xavi.

I think Barca are still doing good. Yes, I agree that they are far behind than Real Madrid and Girona with 7 points but it is also important to see that there is still lot of matches remaining in LaLiga and if Barca finds their consistency and both Madrid and Girona or one of them drops points then they will be either 2nd or 3rd easily and I think that's still a good achievement. Even in CL they have done well and move on to the next stage so I think so far Xavi has done a decent job.

There is always a rough patch in a clubs run so it is normal. We have yet to see how they perform next.

Real Madrid are lucky to have an experienced coach like Ancelotti. Real Madrid have had several weaknesses this season. And I would say Real Madrid's forward lineup is weaker than Atletico Madrid and Barcelona. Still they are scoring plenty of goals and occupying the top spot in the points table.

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are slowly slipping back in the title race. Real Madrid's main opponent at the moment is Girona. Girona and Madrid are now level on points. If Real Madrid do not drop points in several matches in a row, then the top spot in the table will probably be occupied by Madrid. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are 7 points behind. On the other hand, the performance of Girona, one of the rivals for this year's title, cannot be predicted. So far their performance has been very good. However, there is a possibility that this group will lose the truck at any time.

With the situation they're in right now, I think they should focus more on improving things rather than focusing on chasing the title. Because the title will be easier to get if their performances get better, they must be realistic about that. Now I hear news that Xavi is threatened with being sacked if he can't bring a trophy this season, this is very ridiculous in my opinion.
Management should be more self-aware of this, because what Xavi wants is the fact that they cannot fulfill well, and in such circumstances they demand Xavi to win titles? They should be more responsible than just putting pressure on a coach who doesn't get everything he wants, instead of making threats like that.

Barcelona is not too late to fix any problems this season, especially in improving the consistency of its performance. Barcelona have been in less than consistent form of late, but Xavi managed to improve himself and his team in the Champions League by qualifying for the last 16.

We all know that Real Madrid and Girona are both capable of performing consistently this season in La Liga, but I agree that things could still be different in the second half of the season. Xavi needs to change his playing pattern, especially in matches where the opposing team tries to apply total defense to steal points. Barcelona often lose points against such teams, the opponent's counter-attacks are often dangerous. Barcelona's defense looks weak because Marc-André ter Stegen is injured, so when he returns then I think Barcelona's defense will improve even more.

We must not just look at what is happening now, the downturn that is occurring in the Barcelona team at the moment cannot be separated from the lack of players that Xavi can rely on due to the large number of injured players, which means that the performance that Xavi hopes for cannot be carried out well this season. .
And we also have to reflect on last season when Xavi managed to lead Barcelona to win the La Liga title with a lack of star players and there were even doubts at the start of the season.

So a decline in performance in a team for all the reasons that happen is normal, but now how the team can recover is worth waiting for and what has happened since Xavi coached Barcelona makes me believe that he will also be able to bring Barcelona out of this situation.

The difficult situation faced by Xavi is still not resolved, Barcelona has not been able to perform optimally in La Liga which has left them far behind the leaders of the standings. Xavi chances of retaining the La Liga title are very small after losing a lot of points this season, especially as his rival Real Madrid always performs optimally which makes a big difference between the two.
The hope of winning the Champions League title again is also very slim, Barcelona will face a strong club if they are able to survive until the next round. Xavi's only hope is to bring Barcelona to a trophy this season by building Barcelona's strength even stronger than before, the transfer market is almost open, they must not miss it to maintain the stability of their squad.

Everyone has weaknesses and strengths, especially when you become a football coach. You will see how the coach can give good direction and remain patient on the field. So far, Real Madrid's ability to stay at the top of the standings is very good, although I'm sure it will be very difficult to survive. because there will definitely be opposing teams trying to get additional points and take Real Madrid's position. Hopefully, Carlo Ancelotti will find a better strategy to maintain his position until the competition is over and make Real Madrid win this season.

I can't say he's in a bad situation at Barcelona yet, just look at the difference of only seven points to be able to catch up with them to win the title this season, there's still plenty of time for Xavi to be able to revive Barcelona again, at least be consistent in the few remaining games until the end season, if he still continues to believe in himself, of course anything can be easily pursued, we can't say he failed

I think in the UCL Barcelona will have difficulty winning the title because there are so many clubs that are superior to them who are ready to get rid of them at any time, so that's Barcelona's opportunity to focus more on Laliga to be able to win the title this season by playing consistently on the winning track. until the end of the season as they were able to do last season.

Considering his age, it seems that if Atletico are willing to extend his contract, it might not be long. Maybe, extending his contract only for the next season or two season might still happen, but if for longer than that I think Atletico will not be able to afford it either. After all, as long as Griezmann can still play well and can make a big contribution to the team then yes, why not.

After all, Griezmann is an Atletico player and Griezmann has a lot of good development also at Atletico and not at Barcelona. So ya, it is very natural that Griezmann can still play well at Atletico, because of course Griezmann has a very good chemistry with Atletico and also with their coach Diego Simeone.

What you say is true, no one should be able to blame Xavi at this time, Barcelona fans and management should be thanks to Xavi, when Barcelona began to be abandoned players, mounting debts and even threats of sanctions from the spanish league authorities began to threaten Barcelona, ​​but Xavi, who came as a novice coach, was actually able to return Barcelona to the right track even without adequate financial support at that time, even Ronald Koeman, who had a lot of experience in coaching, was not able to improve Barcelona and instead Xavi, a coach  lack of experience is actually able to make miracles for Barcelona at the moment, so in my opinion the current situation is not worse and more difficult than what happened to Barcelona when Xavi first arrived as coach.

Comparisons like this are not very fair especially in this case if we try to compare trophies then maybe forever this will only be a condition where the ego and perspective of our views are greater because in the end all have their own strengths and weaknesses whether it's Pep or Ancelotti.
Because after all, no matter how good Pep is with his achievements, especially in coaching several clubs, of course Ancelotti also has his own achievements, especially for now he is the only coach who has won the most Champions League trophies when compared to other coaches so that all have their own advantages and disadvantages and it would be very unethical if something like this was used as a reference whether someone was a genius coach or not.
I think for this matter rather than fussing about whether he is a genius or not in the end we should be able to know that he is one of the good coaches for now and we cannot argue that because of the achievements he has.

Actually, Xavi's worst situation with Barcelona was when he first joined the team. Because at that time he started from 0 and also in the state of Barcelona worse than now. Now the situation is actually better than before, especially since he already knows what kind of team strength. Barcelona declined and now they are behind the leaders of the standings, it is not entirely Xavi's fault, because we all know he is very difficult to get the players he wants because of the problems currently faced by Barcelona. He does not have good squad depth and in the transfer market he can only do according to his abilities, so it is natural that the team he leads is currently experiencing a decline.