Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1807. (Read 525644 times)

We all agree that Vinicius' absence was the reason Joselu's was selected for the squad, and when Vinicius returns from the injury, I know Ancelloti won't make him a member of the starting eleven. After all, we all know that Vini Jr. is one of the best players in Real Madrid and cannot be excluded from the squad due to the fact that he is among the best players in the club. Although the team has complete faith in Vinicius to perform well this season, we cannot assume that due to the minor injury he sustained, he will be out of form. Despite Joselu's excellent performance, Ancelloti may decide to keep him if one of the starting eleven gets hurt, but cannot say he isn't yet a member of the first team.

It seems like everyone seems happy talking about Joselu and Vinicius until it fills the last page, but you need to know that Modric doesn't seem happy because he is the second choice this season. Ancelotti tended not to play Modric and Kross as his main players earlier this season and tended to play players younger than them. These two senior players only have 1 appearance as a starter in the last 4 matches, but both have been reserve players in the other 3 matches.

Of course this is not a pleasant situation for Modric and Kross, so there are rumors about a possible immediate departure. In the end the two senior players had to be left out due to their age, but I believe they are likely to want to appear more as starters even if they have to be replaced in the second half.

Of course, Carlo Ancelotti was forced to make Joselu Real Madrid's striker this season because he had no other choice. Because Vini and Rodrygo are not pure strikers, they need a mobile striker like Benzema. Meanwhile, the type of player like Joselu is a striker, target man. Vini and Rodrygo are not wingers who rely on crosses. So this season the Real Madrid squad is not perfect, they have to wait for next season because Real Madrid has had the arrival of Edrick, and maybe Mbappe plus a change of coach as we know Carlo Ancelotti will coach Brazil. For this season, with the squad that Real Madrid has, I am confident that it will be able to win the La Liga title from rivals Barcelona, but for the Champions League Madrid's squad is still not perfect.

Things are working out well with the current system of Ancelotti for Real Madrid in the La Liga. However I'm really wondering what will happen in the Champions League. Of course they have an easy group to deal with. Napoli is the only serious competition for Real Madrid so the worst case scenario would be losing the lead to Napoli.

But after the group stage things will start getting more serious and they will face probably much bigger challenges right away. In that case I hope they won't be in search of a more productive striker. I don't even know if Ancelotti would continue to use this 4-3-1-2 formation there. If this system starts not to work after a point then I would like to start watching Vinicius on the left wing again. 

IMO, if I observe so far. Don Carlo only prepared Joselu as a supersub player, as a replacement for one of the Brazilian striker duo. and when Vini Jr was injured, he had the opportunity to play as the main starter. in the Getafe match, even though he experienced a few obstacles in overthrowing the opposing team. but in the end, Joselu was able to play well as a substitute for Vini Jr.

From what I have observed, from Madrid's four matches, Don Carlo tends to use a new system for his squad. If he doesn't use 4-3-1-2, Ancelotti uses a 4-1-2-1 pattern. In conclusion, it is very likely that Ancelotti will not implement a 4-3-3 system, like when Karim Benzema was still playing for Madrid. This means that Ancelotti will still maximize the duo of Vini Jr and Rodrygo, supported by Bellingham as an attacking midfielder or possibly as a playmaker. If Vini Jr recovers from his injury, Joselu will return to the bench.  Well, the problem would be if one of Madrid's front line players were injured. Thus, Madrid will experience a striker crisis on the front lines. In the next few weeks, the Champions League will start immediately, as well as various other competitions. which means, Carlo Ancelotti must maintain the fitness of his players and avoid injuries. otherwise, it will be a problem for them.

If Vinicius recovers then of course, Ancelotti will prioritize Vinicius as the main choice in the starting eleven. It doesn't matter whether Joselu has made a good contribution or not because after all, one of them has to be a reserve player to anticipate injuries. If they continue to be played simultaneously, then when they get injured in the same match. So yes, it is very possible that there are no more players who can fill his position with the same quality. Anyway, not all Real Madrid players have to attack, because of course Ancelotti also has to focus on maintaining the midfield and defense to remain good too.

When did Anceloti turned to a medical practitioner? If the medical claims that Vinicious is good to go, he will use him and you know why? It's because he need him to reduce the work load of Bellingham and Rodrigo. The past weeks, Real Madrid match has always been a successful one but to be honest, they struggle to win those matches, it will be wise and smart it he allowed Vinicious back into the game, he will even have chance to change the game of Real Madrid and make other teams on trap. With little to no players on ground, that will be difficult to accomplish and God for bid, if another injury comes, he will suffer another week loss.

Joselu is great and show and incredible first goal for Real Madrid  against Getafe even when Rodrigo didn't have any in that match but we all know that Rodrigo is better fit more in that position and Vinicious been in this side and we can't use a single goal to rate him to Rodrigo standard and beside, Rodrigo is more younger and energetic to help the team more than Joselu that has finished his career across different leagues.

I think Joselu will sooner or later become a goal machine for Madrid, along with Rodrygo and Vinicius. When Joselu lack of front line options appeared promising, it certainly couldn't be separated from Madrid capable midfield support. Something that Joselu didn't get when playing at Espanyol, in Madrid he can make it happen.

Even though many doubted his arrival at the start, slowly but surely Joselu developed and adapted well to Madrid. Ancelotti will not bother thinking about a top striker this season, Josellu could be the answer for this season.

It's difficult, Lewandowski is a good player but on the other hand, we also have to remember that his age has started to interfere with his performance so it's impossible to expect the same performance when at Bayern which was Lewandowski's golden era.
But he will still be very useful for now for Barcelona, it's just that until now it seems that Lewandowski is still very difficult to get his form at the beginning of this season.
It's up to Xavi to revive Lewandowski and it's up to Lewandowski whether or not he can break free from his current state because from what some of Barcelona's opponents have done at the start of this season they know that keeping Lewandowski at bay is a top priority and letting Barcelona have more of the ball.

With Madrid busy competition schedule, Josellu will automatically become a starter in Ancelotti squad. In certain matches Ancelotti can rotate him, as he did with Modric and Kroos this season. Actually, Madrid also still has options on the front line that can be played, such as Brahim Diaz. I think this is a moment for Brahim and Josellu to show their quality before Madrid recruits a new striker.

Real Madrid steps to hunt for Mbappe signature have again been unsuccessful, I increasingly doubt that he will not be recruited by Madrid in the future.

Joselu may not be the main choice, maybe Joselu will complete the quota of Spanish players to accompany Lucas Vasquez, Nacho, Dani Carvajal. because the rule in Spain is that every club must have at least six Spanish players or something like that. If Joselu replaces Benzema, that's a different level, he comes to Real Madrid as an alternative striker that Real Madrid is waiting for is a top player who will wear number nine in the future.

However, seeing that Real Madrid has not brought in a top striker, I believe in Joselu for this season, rather than forcing Valverde - Rodrygo - Vini, it is better for him to be the spearhead in breaking the deadlock. It's just that Real Madrid's way of playing has to be changed a little. because if Benzema can go wide, open up space, share the ball with Rodygo and Vini, maybe now is the time to support Joselu.

Honestly, Joselu's performance in his first match replacing Vini JR was quite impressive. In fact, no one thought that his contribution would be quite big in that match. With a goal in his first match, it really opened up the opportunity for him to stay in the first squad, if he could really be consistent and continue to play well. And we also have to see Vini's performance in the future, because after all, Vii is also one of the key players at Real Madrid at the moment. Ancelotti will definitely continue to think about various considerations and the right moment to play Vini JR or Joselu after Vini recovers from injury. We'll see in the future what Joselu's contribution will be.

Ancelotti will always rely on the four players you mentioned this season because Real Madrid really needs the best players for their front line. So Ancelotti will always rely on the four of them in the positions that are needed at the moment because Vinicius Jr's return time is not long now so Ancelotti will probably prepare a new, better way for the Real Madrid team to be able to continue to consistently win this season.

Joselu is considered important because Real Madrid have no other choice to play as a striker. Joselu is the only center forward available for Real Madrid at the moment and he is badly needed as Vinicius is injured. If Vinicius is fine, then I don't think Ancelotti will include him in the main squad considering that Rodrygo and Vinicius are quite good in attack.

Bellingham, Vinicius and Rodygo are Real Madrid's 3 mainstays this season, but because Vinicius is injured, like it or not, Ancelotti has to put his trust in Joselu. So far Joselu hasn't been much of a disappointment in my opinion, but I'm sure he won't be Ancelotti's first choice if Vinicius returns.

Joselu is playing so good for Real Madrid and they can feel better with Joselu in their squad after losing Karim Bezema to Al Ittihad. Joselu is a striker and he does not compete a position in Real Madrid squad with Vinicius or Rodrgyo. Those players have different favorite positions and they can play together, support each other in a same squad.

Joselu does not have a massive career like Karim Benzema but he knows how to score goals. Madrid need goals, Joselu have goals for them and it's enough as a striker and goal scoring task.

Joselu is an important member of the current Real Madrid squad and from what we've seen so far this season, he'll continue to be regular name in the team sheets of Real Madrid players before any match.
That being said, I think Joselu falls in the second choice of attacking players behind Vinicius Jnr and Rodrygo and has been starting the games since Vinicius is out injured. If the Brazilian returns to fully fitness, Joselu will be playing from the bench as far as Real Madrid manager continues with his current formation

It seems that he is going to miss a few more weeks at least. Hamstring is not that easy thing to fix and he might be out until the end of the month and maybe even further if he wants to just get back in shape as well. So, the ideal situation would be him getting some minutes in October and by the end of the October he would be in his place as always.

This is good that it happened early on so that he could actually miss out the early stages, whatever they lose, they could make it back later on as well. That would be the ideal case because there is time to recover it and do better and cover whatever the difference was. In the end we are seeing something that will be ok for them, they are a good team that can do fine without just one player.

Jude Bellingham has had a very impressive performance with Real Madrid and I think Bellingham has been Madrid's most successful signing of the season. But nevertheless, Real Madrid still needs a new striker because that position was still vacant after Benzema left. Besides that Jude Bellingham is a midfielder, so it is clearly impossible to expect him can score goals in every game. It would indeed be very nice to see the collaboration between Bellingham and Mbappe, but if Mbappe fails to join Real Madrid (again), I think a team as big and rich as Real Madrid, it shouldn't be difficult to find another good striker.

At least it might be a big surprise in the upcoming summer transfer market because after all, at this moment even though Real Madrid only has Bellingham in the team, it has also made Real Madrid's performance very good. It is unimaginable, if later Mbappe will really join for Real Madrid, then of course with Bellingham and Mbappe in the squad it promises very great and good results later. But for now, I think Real Madrid still looks fine, and it doesn't matter even if Mbappe still fails to join.