Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 171. (Read 555462 times)

With decreasing performances of Barcelona, a Madrid derby match can be a match for a first position temporarily in La Liga and also for a title of this season. Both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are strong, ambitious and are ready to win La Liga title, and they are direct competitors together with Barcelona. Their targets in this season are not limited to only La Liga, but also to Champions League but their adventures in Champions League can affect their focus and performances in La Liga.

Atletico Madrid don't have same good squad depth like Real Madrid because they don't have too good finance like Real Madrid but in many seasons, Simeone shown that he is capable to execute his management plans very well for the club with limited player resource. This season looks very promising for him and Atletico Madrid to win a third La Liga title with him.

Hopefully this really happens, if we see Atletico Madrid now quite different from the previous season, the performance of Atletico Madrid players this season can be said to be very good, they deserve to win the trophy this season, the mentality of the players has been formed to become champions, it's just a matter of time, if Atletico Madrid continues to maintain its performance, it is not impossible Barcelona or Real Madrid will only be a small obstacle to the title this season.

So far Dani Olmo has been able to perform quite well in his first season at Barcelona. The reason is that so far Dani Olmo has been able to score 5 goals and 1 assist at Barcelona. In my opinion, this achievement can be said to be quite good. Although it is true that Olmo's performance cannot be said to be perfect at the moment, because if I'm not mistaken he suffered an injury and this made him miss several matches with Barcelona. But even so, it would still be a shame if, for example, Barcelona had to let Olmo go, because currently Olmo really looks very comfortable at Barcelona. Because every time Olmo plays, Barcelona's front line really feels more alive. Because Yamal and Lewandowski really have quite good chemistry with Olmo.

So even though Barcelona is currently experiencing a financial crisis, I hope Olmo won't be sold. because Olmo can truly be said to be a very valuable asset for Barcelona's future. Maybe it would be better for Barcelona to sell other players, if Barcelona is really in a financial crisis. Because if for example Olmo was sold, for example to Real Madrid, of course this would be something that would have a bad impact on Barcelona. Because you can be sure that Real Madrid's performance will definitely improve if Olmo joins. But fortunately Dani Olmo has a fairly long contract with Barcelona, ​​so with this, I think Barcelona will definitely keep him.

I hope the Madrid derby match in the second half of the season will be presented in an ideal form, with both teams in their respective best conditions. As for now, both teams will clearly be more focused on the Champions League, where they must work hard to reach the last 16, while maintaining consistency in La Liga. Meanwhile, Barcelona is in the right momentum to rise in La Liga, because they are in a safe position in the Champions League.

Seeing the depth of the squad built by Atletico Madrid this season, their bargaining power in the competition for the trophy this time cannot be underestimated, although historically Diego Simeone has often failed to maintain his team balance at the end of the season. Psychologically, Atletico Madrid is in high confidence, because they have managed to occupy the top of the La Liga standings with 41 points.

Everyone says the game is over before it even started and it is probably true, but I think being the huge underdog in a game can also be an advantage. Valencia  knows that nobody thinks they could win this game and Real Madrid might underestimate them, but if they have a good and lucky day, who knows what happens when Real Madrid concedes a goal and does not have a good day themselves.

I predict that Real Madrid will get an easy win when facing Valencia because this season Valencia has not performed well enough, even they are in 19th place in the standings. Valencia's defense is so weak, of course it will be very beneficial for Real Madrid to launch attacks and score goals.

Valencia does not have the strength to be able to beat Real Madrid in this meeting, because there are many differences that have decreased drastically for Valencia performance this season. I don't even feel like there will be a surprise in this match, as long as Real Madrid is able to dominate the course of the match, I think they will succeed in scoring goals and stealing 3 points in this match.

I wonder if Valencia will upset Real Madrid again. The last time Valencia lost to Real Madrid at home was in 2021. However this time Valencia are far from their old strength. They may not see this game as a target game, but every point counts. Being in the relegation zone doesn't suit Valencia, they should be much higher up in the standings. Both teams had a 12-day break, injured players came back, tired players had a good vacation. At the moment the odds are 1.22 for a Real Madrid win, but I think they will drop until the day of the match, and I predict that the match will not be as easy for Real Madrid as the odds suggest.

For Madrid, I am not too worried because I am really sure that it is impossible for a big team like Madrid to fail to pass the group stage. On the one hand, Madrid is still safe in La Liga even though we don't know how the end of this season will be, but seeing Madrid's complete squad and already looking stable makes fans confident that they can compete with Barcelona. However, for Atletico Madrid, I am not sure this team will be stronger. Because what I know is that Atletico Madrid is always ambitious at the beginning of the season and loses its performance at the end of the season. So Madrid doesn't need to bother focusing on La Liga, but Atletico Madrid should be the one worrying about this.

Let me start with the deal, Real Madrid wouldn’t go for Dani Olmo for many reasons with one of the reasons been that an attacking midfielder is not needed currently at Real Madrid also they have many similar players who can play similar positions, so Madrid isn’t going to sign Olmo. Right now Barcelona are heavily struggling to raise money for Olmo and should they not get it done then they can’t be able to keep him because he will have the right to actually switch as he can go for free with all his Salary still to be paid all by Barcelona.

I don’t know how you analyze a player performance but to me Dani Olmo has been excellent for Barcelona and should they fail to get him registered I think it will definitely affect their squad depth which is very important for this league chase

Real Madrid recently couldn't have a good performance in the games we saw from this team because of them having many injured players and this is the reason for Real Madrid gets bad results in some games. This is the main reason why Real Madrid's coach Ancelotti was under pressure and they couldn't have the same good performance in La Liga and Champions League as they had before.
The good news for Real Madrid is David Alaba is now getting ready as he is training with the team.
But unfortunately Endrick the young player from Real Madrid got injured and he is going to be absent soon from the Real Madrid games. So far Endrick played in 15 games for Real Madrid, 12 games in La Liga, and 3 games in the Champions League.

 

There are some rumors about Dani Olmo who might be the second Figo, but I just think it might happen if Barcelona can't register Dani Olmo and then Real Madrid recruits him. I don't know for sure, but from one of the sources I read that Barcelona still has financial problems, which makes limitations and or there is a barrier to register Dani Olmo. But apart from those problems, if I consider Dani Olmo's performance, it doesn't seem to be completely perfect either even though at least he has contributed. But it seems, even if Dani Olmo is still available in Barcelona's main squad, I think it will still be difficult for Barcelona to get a trophy.

Both Madrid teams are competing very well in the Spanish league this year. Barcelona started off great but then really went downhill. After playing such bad games, they had to give up the top spot to their rivals. Because Barcelona lost to unexpected teams. If you are a big team, if you are Barcelona, ​​you cannot lose these matches. If you lose the matches, your rivals will easily pass you.

Their position continues to decline, the possibility for them to return to the winning track is very difficult, because in the middle of the season they experienced quite serious financial problems. and forced their mainstay attacking midfielder and striker, Dani Olmo and Paul Viktor to be crossed out from the squad list. With all the financial problems faced by Barcelona, ​​​​most likely the coach will not be able to bring in new players to deepen the squad, what the coach can do to return Barcelona to a safe path, is only by maximizing existing player resources, or by promoting several junior players to join the senior team.

I agree that Barcelona do not have the squad depth to hold on for the long season ahead and that has been part of what has been their problem, but I also believe a bigger problem they face is not being able to utilise their chances and they dot know how to break down small teams. Small teams don't attack as much as big teams and Barcelona needs the opponent to attack so they can launch counters. This is the reason they're excelling in the Champions League and struggling in the league. The UCL is high-intensity and that's where Barcelona thrive.
If you watch their game against Atletico Madrid you'll see that they played very well but they couldn't convert their chances. They're the team that has created the most chances in Europe, Scored the most goals and missed the most chances.


I don't see any reason why Barcelona can't get back to top form. All they need is for the few players they have not to get injured and for them to find tactics that work against small teams and low intensity games.

These are the things we said when Barcelona was at the top of the table, and we can see what happened to them now. However, Atlético Madrid is in good performance, no doubt, and we already see how they are performing. Nobody knows whether they will be able to keep this current performance till the end of the season. Real Madrid is coming, and Atlético Madrid is ahead of them with just 1 point,

which is too close, and at this point I can’t give Atlético Madrid full assurance of getting the top for some long time because we all know what Real Madrid can do, and they have already started getting their performance back, so let’s watch and see; there is still a lot to watch this season. 

Talking about the seven outstanding matches before playing Madrid should not be the content for this moment, there is more to winning their La Liga games paying not too much attention to a distant match. Securing the first position on the La Liga table should be the top priority, left with outstanding match to equal Barcelona with 18 games is conveniently a good opportunity to take careful recognition and maintain such pace in the League.

The table already changed hands, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid are currently becoming the favourite, with this pace they can obtain the title,  one loss for Atletico and two losses for Real Madrid so far this season.

The match they will play against Real Madrid is in February. So it is too early to think about these things. Atletico Madrid have seven matches to play before this match. First of all, they should not focus on these seven matches. There are also Champions League matches in between. Atletico Madrid is currently leading the league and they should maintain this advantage until the Real Madrid match.

Football is a game of best fit. We can't just expect a team to win all their matches. Barcelona have had two straight losses which have affected their position in the league and also threatening their pursuit for the title. But we don't know yet what lies in-store for Athletico Madrid in coming weeks.

There is still hope for Barcelona to recover the top position and this hope should keep them running till the end of the season but it will require maintaining a consistent win from their next match which should be against Getafe and as much as they can gather enough GF which might be an advantage to them as the season progresses.

There is no doubt that Atletico Madrid is in great form. The top spot of the table is occupied by Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid is 1 point ahead of Real Madrid. However, it cannot be said for sure whether Atletico Madrid will be able to maintain their great performance. Because we have seen many times in the past that Atletico Madrid can play well at the beginning of the season, but this team cannot maintain consistency. So at the end of the season we see Atletico Madrid in third place in the table most of the time.

However, this season, Atletico Madrid management has tried their best to strengthen the squad. Atletico management has also spent a lot of money. Atletico bought Alvarez this season. Alvarez is slowly adapting to the Atletico squad. If Alvarez is in good form, Atletico might be able to perform better in the future. It will be very difficult for Real Madrid to beat Atletico Madrid this season. Because Atletico Madrid players are very confident this season. At the same time, the team is also in good form.

Yes, the match will be held more than a month from now, both teams have plenty of time to prepare for the second leg of the Madrid derby but because the big match is still quite a long way away. I think now is not the right time for us to speculate, ATM and Real must first focus on other La Liga matches and the UCL competition, because their position in the UCL is quite worrying.