Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1652. (Read 533400 times)

With the current spectacular form of Real Madrid, they leds with the massive credits to win El Clasico against Barcelona in the first leg. It was crystal clear about the poor performance of the Blaugrana, with the absence of vital players on the pitch during the game, Xavi Hernandez couldn't risk them starting early in the first half, rather he puts his crucial players in the second halve, their presence didn't pull any threat. It was so amazing watch Jude Bellingham who singlehandedly blasts a stunning shot which the goalkeeper couldn't save, the second goal proves everything to everyone, Jude Bellingham is in his prime and there's barrier that would stop him.

Real Madrid were looking for a suitable replacement for Luka Modric in their squad. And that's why Real Madrid added Bellingham to the squad at such a high price. And Bellingham proved that the decision of the Madrid management was not wrong. Bellingham has become the most important player in Madrid's squad this season. In every match, we see the great performance of Bellingham. He is playing well. He is able to score a lot of goals. Bellingham is now the top scorer in the La Liga. He is able to score a lot despite not being a striker. Now if Madrid management can add experienced strikers to the squad then their squad will be stronger.

Currently, Bellingham seems to want to prove himself that the contract previously agreed when Madrid brought Bellingham at a high price and a large salary was not wrong. On the other hand, it seems that Bellingham's choice to Madrid is also very appropriate now even though we know that his performance in Dortmund is very good but in Madrid at this time the conditions are much better than when he was in Dortmund.
This is his first season, hopefully with the many praises that happened to him did not make him become arrogant and lose concentration in his performance because after all the proof must still be done and the season is still very long so Bellingham must be able to maintain this performance until he can carve a new history for Madrid.

Losing in all of el classico this season would make barcelon obviously lose 6 points in total in addition if this can be more when barcelona gets also draw against its opponent. Real madrid is performing even better and this can't be argued.
bellingham as the MVP in this match is also playing so amazing. Look at how bellingham's shoot was able equalizing the goal. This guy is more than just a midfielder. Bellingham is also an ordinary striker as well with all of his performance.
I never expect modric will make unexpected assists like that. That assist was passing through barcelona's player which is amazing. Modric is still amazing despite his old age.
I do believe if age is just a number for him at this moment. It seems like that real madrid is interesting in extending his contract for one more season. Modric was not only changing the game play of madrid but he was also changing its tempo.
I can imagine if modric was still on his prime era. Real madrid is always become a disaster for another club.

Bellingham is in the form of his life,and it won't be good if anything should happen to him now,he has been so instrumental to almost everything that is happening at Madrid now,the success and the winning so far this season,and because of that,he has earned alot of praise from the media and everyone.In this kind of matches, opponents are always very angry with the player that is causing the most threat to their team,that's why they wanted to injure him so he would be withdrawn from the match,but the players isn't an injury prone one,he can play the whole of the season without getting injured.I really love this dude,and would be happy if he continues like this.

This is not the time for excuses; Real Madrid played excellently and deserved to win. Barcelona also put in a lot of effort in this game, but luck was not on their side, and they were unable to convert all of the chances they produced into goals; it was a sad day for them, as well as a day to make changes to most of their playing patterns. Regardless, as you've stated, Barcelona is still in a strong position to win La Liga despite losing the El Classico to Real Madrid. I'm confident that Barcelona will win the second leg of El Classico at Santiago Stadium, as it has always been a tradition in the El Classico. Ancelotti made use of a good strategy and at the same time Xavi, but Ancelotti succeeded over him in the end.

Although Real Madrid seems in a better condition, but they also have 2 main players who couldn't play in El Clasico (Courtois, Militao). We know that these players have a big role in Real Madrid squad. Luckily, Real Madrid already have the alternatives, they have Kepa to replace Courtois position and few defenders to replace Militao position. But Barcelona have more injured players, it becomes their main problem.

Barcelona played quite well in the first half, but they didn't play as expected in second half. Even Lewandowski and Raphinha joined the match in second half, they couldn't contribute anything. It is true that Xavi also didn't apply an effective tactic in the second half. So, Barcelona players couldn't get enough chances to score goals.

Every El Clasico will be always a tough match. I'm sure Ancelotti and Real Madrid players never think it was an easy match. However, Real Madrid must feel satisfied because they could beat Barcelona and maintain the position in the 1st place. Bellingham becomes the hero, they scored all the goals (2 goals) for Real Madrid. He deserves to get a big appreciation, he is a new rising star player in Real Madrid.

Briefly, there are only 2 main candidates for clubs who will win the La Liga trophy. Namely between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Even though currently Girona is also the top standing, we don't know how far it will last. However, especially for Real Madrid and Barcelona, for a long time, these two have had the most potential, the resistance has been the tightest, both are equally strong. That's why there is El Classico which is always eagerly awaited by many parties. Because the duel between these two big clubs will always be interesting, and the results are often unpredictable as to who will win or lose, or even a draw. Both can attack each other, hold each other back, and knock each other out.

So the problem is the consistency of other matches. These two clubs will definitely compete to the death with high tension during El Classico, giving all their performance very skillfully. However, sometimes, they actually fail in some ordinary matches. And this is what makes their points sometimes really change.

Ansu Fati does not have a stable form at Barcelona and his transfer may still have something to do with Barcelona's plans to reduce the size of its squad. The arrival of Joao Felix is ​​the reason why Barcelona had to let Ansu Fati move to the Premier League, but it is not the only reason why Fati had to leave.

This season Barcelona has 4 wingers and 1 center forward. Raphinha, Ferran Torres, Lamine Yamal, Joao Felix and Lewandowski, but Barcelona can still get help from academy players such as Marc Guiu and several others. So I don't think Barcelona will have any problems without Ansu Fati, but they still need a reliable center forward considering that Lewandowski is currently injury prone.

I'm also a bit confused with the decision. Barcelona may expect fresh money when they sold Dembele, the price of Dembele is quite expensive. But to let Ansu Fati joining Brighton and Hove Albion, it is not the right decision. Ansu Fati actually performed quite well in the previous season, Barcelona still needs him. Moreover, Barcelona has no many attackers in this season. Ansu Fati can be the solution when other attackers can't perform well, right?

True. Ferran Torres couldn't perform as expected, he can take the role as the main striker. We expect he can be the solution when Lewandowski gets injured. In fact, Ferran Torres can contribute many goals, he rarely scored goals. He only scored 3 goals from 10 appearances. It is not quite satisfyingly, he should score more goals.

Barcelona loaned Ansu Fati to Brighton not only to get him fitter and get playing time, but they did it to reduce expenses and also so that several other players could be registered. Considering that Barcelona has to do this for financial reasons, Fati must be willing to take his suitcase and get better experience at another team before he returns to Barcelona.

So far Barcelona has no shortage of wingers, but they have lost many of their best midfielders due to injury. Pedri and De Jong are two important players missing from several of Barcelona's matches so far, and that has disrupted Barcelona's performance and has also cost them in several matches. Barcelona's squad will be better when all the injured players recover, but either way Barcelona has plenty of young talent to help the team maintain its form.

Fati was also injured and lacked game time from Xavi. Freeing him to Brighton is a way to get fit and return back to Barcelona. He is no doubt one of Barcelona finest creators and creative players after Messi left. Injuries has denied him the opportunity to impress Xavi, so it is good he is around Brighton coach who knows how to work with young players that are creative.
Barcelona had Ferran Torres when things for Barcelona was difficult. With hesitation he left Man city for Barcelona. Xavi trust him even if he has not performed well this season.
Lewandowski is the finest and best option they have in attack, his absence will lead to reduce goals scored for Barcelona.

Completely agreed with this all as right now situation is going we can't predict about result because both teams are performing badly but Granada which is playing at home having better attack with this I have feeling going for the BTTS is the best option because we can expect good number of goals in this match defense is issue as well for the both teams even Villarreal never lost against them in last few years but with the current form things can go either way.

With few things which are going right now we can say Villarreal is better side, but they have to change their strategy which bring some confidence back and their rank as well which is currently near the relegation zone and having just 2 wins from 10 games is surely the biggest concern.

Sometimes a player can play very well and is able to maximize his overall performance when defending a club because he is comfortable there and he gets support from other players who understand each other on the field. For example, J.Bellingham is very productive at Real Madrid because of the support from all the players at Real Madrid who can pamper him to achieve maximum performance. Example,Haaland at his previous club was not as productive as at Man City. Because Man City has reliable players. So that a player can be good on the field, it is also built on the basis of great teamwork which is created after all the players understand each other and of course with the help of a great coach who is able to unite the squad well. So we often see a very productive striker in one team. but when he moved to another club it turned out he was not as productive as his previous team. This shows that in essence it is squad depth that shapes and helps maximize a player's potential. And behind all that there is a great coach who is able to bring out all the potential of the players in a squad. So yeah we can't just praise one player and ignore the others. Because like Real Madrid, I think the depth of this squad is very good and if a striker is able to adapt to this club, he will indeed be able to maximize his performance. And J. Bellingham has great potential. And Real Madrid succeeded in bringing out and using this potential.

The competition for the La Liga title this season is not only about Barcelona and Real Madrid, you shouldn't even ignore Girona and Atletico Madrid who also have the chance to continue competing there with their good performance. Girona and Real Madrid have the same points, while if Atletico Madrid wins the match in hand, then they also have the same points. The current top four teams are worth paying attention to and should not underestimate each other, that's because I believe the competition has become tougher than last season.

I'm happy to see Barcelona defend their title this season, but I won't see them getting it easy. Real Madrid, Girona and Atletico Madrid have played well so far, so I wouldn't see this competition being very easy for any of them.

There is no doubt about this all with sell of Ousmane Dembélé and sending Ansu Fati on loan are strange decisions, and now they are facing consequences as well because Ferran Torres is not able to perform as they required from him and their attack is having no performance which is needed at this level in La Liga which bring them down in El Clásico, and now they are having fourth spot with difference of points can increase if they are not able to have improvement into their performance.

Robert Lewandowski is also coming from injury with hopefully this will increase their performance in coming match against Real Sociedad because this is important game and without full three points they can suffer another below which is not good for them.

Real Madrid's squad depth is certainly better than Barcelona's in the previous El Clasico, but even so, Barcelona really went according to plan even though in the end they had to admit defeat in the last few minutes. Barcelona's performance was relatively good, but several tactical changes made Barcelona's game less good.

Real Madrid had to admit that it was a difficult match for them to win, in fact Real Madrid almost lost to Barcelona. Xavi has done a good job, but it was not a lucky day for them especially after registering many goal chances throughout the match. Bellingham is amazing, he's getting sky-high praise at the moment.

Agree about this all but still this impressive for the Bellingham and Real Madrid because no one was expecting performance like this from them after losing top players and not able to secure their striker in last window, but currently they are at the top and having difference of 4 points from their arch rival Barcelona which is currently at the fourth spot after losing El Clasico.

Most chances we will have changes in January which will bring improvement into their attack and this could be good for them as they can go for the another double under outgoing coach Carlos Ancelotti which is having his last year as Real Madrid coach with if we have any big striker then I will have no doubt about their double even right now situation is still under control and their last few wins improve their confidence at the top level.

Yes, the opponent's performance was much better in yesterday's game, Of course this will be an important lesson for every player and coach, in maintaining unity in training or competing, Even though there are several injuries, the coach definitely knows which players can back up the first team positions. Indeed, the opposing team was much better in the match. The performance shown by Girona this year is truly extraordinary, many people did not expect Girona to maintain the top ranking, If they are consistent until the end, I think they can become champions this year, and it will be a historic year for the club, players and coaches. It is not easy to maintain the standings, there is still a long way to go.

Since the game hasn't started, I've been feeling like this will be one of the best games of the week. Barcelona plays Real Madrid in the first half, but in the second half, Real Madrid plays really well, which is something I didn't expect from them. To be honest, that game is really difficult. After Ancelotti substitutes Camavinga and Modric, real Madrid's performance changes. Real Madrid plays a different game immediately after Camavinga and Modric enter the pitch. Although Barcelona plays a well-established game and I really enjoy their performance, but Barcelona should occasionally play real Madrid with caution.

I suggested that Barcelona play cautiously against Real Madrid because of the tough style in which Barcelona plays against them, particularly with regard to their midfield and defence player's. Gavi played a very rough game during the  game and Barcelona defence players also played rough, pushing Real Madrid players, and the referee did not see it negatively. I know the referee might give Barcelona the advantage because of their home court, but I believe Barcelona should stop playing that way against Real Madrid because it will hurt them when they play at real Madrid home.