Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 1968. (Read 525528 times)

I am definitely not one of those who'd say that Atletico has no chance because that's wrong, Atletico has a chance as much as any other team has a chance to win a game against Manchester City. But the relative strength of the two teams has shifted significantly over recent years and yet the game has to be played. But if that games was repeated many times, I would say that Manchester City would win significantly more games than they tie or lose against Atletico considering their present state.

Atletico a few years ago was the most inconvenient and nasty team to play against because of their attitude and their quality. There was an evil, yet effective synergy between their attitude and their quality. But do you think that they still have that quality? The attitude might be the same, but the quality isn't. That's what I can tell from my point of view.

There is still Joselu who will be a player for Real Madrid attack next season, if Real Madrid is willing to give Joselu a contract then maybe Real Madrid also still believes Joselu can contribute. Although indeed, for me personally the decision to sign Joselu seems to be a big mistake. Because after all, Joselu age is also not young and thus, maybe there is no good power in him. Because playing at Real Madrid at least every player must play hard, because every competition and opponent that will be faced is also a difficult competition.

But this is still a huge problem when one winger is not as good as the other winger, but the other winger is injured all the time. That isn't a great position to be in for a club that soon wants to be a contender for the Champions League title again. They should try hard to once and for all find a solution for a problem that has now existed for so long. Dembele can be amazing, but it's the "can be" that is the problem here. If they can never rely on him for more than a few games in a row, it is not enough to compete with the best teams who often have a backup that is almost as strong as the starter.

The match was quite tough and the two teams attacked each other, but Real Madrid's appearance in attack was even more pressing, it was evident that Barcelona's defense had quite of trouble in escorting attacks from Real Madrid, but it was a shame that the final finish was still quite bad. Barcelona are good at taking advantage of opportunities when Real Madrid is preoccupied with attacking, mistakes made by Alaba or Kroos were put to good use by Barcelona.

The loss of Benzema did look so big when Real Madrid faced Barcelona and his figure was still not replaced in the trial match this. Real Madrid managed to control the percentage of ball possession and usually this rarely happens against Barcelona who often play the ball in the midfield.

I do not think that Barcelona would care. First of all Rapinha may not be as good as Dembele but he is more available, Dembele keeps getting injured all the time and it hurts their chances and makes Rapinha not be ready for it. If they sell him, they will both make a lot of money, and they can get another player there instead, or they could just fix the debt issue and the cap issue at the same time and do whatever they want.

Dembele is French as far as I know, and him going to PSG would make him better, and he will probably play more there, and PSG would have a right wing to replace Messi, sure maybe not as good, but at least younger and could be good. This is why this deal would work for everyone all at the same time.

I'm not really a fan of Barcelona, but I like that this team is doing well and to the fullest, it's because thanks to this team it makes the best of Real Madrid come to an end and that's a good thing if this Barcelona were just another team, it didn't make Madrid raise its level more and more, then I think it's excellent for this team, besides, seeing your squad well, wow Xavi can do great things, and if he achieves them, I'd be happy, I'd also like to see Barcelona in the big competitions, like For example, in the UCL, last season they did nothing in the Europa League and it was won by a team that was not doing well in the League,  so anyone has a bitter taste in their mouths.


I don't really know, but Vinicius and Rodrygo can move the team forward, I know that Benzema is a very good player who has a lot to offer, but Madrid is not used to having such a veteran player, they prefer young players, in The case of Mbappé is something that I personally do not like at all that he goes to Madrid, because he is a very egocentric player, surely he will have problems within the squad because the other players will not let themselves be dominated as he did At PSG, then that will be a problem, now if they sign him, not only will I be a little disappointed, but I hope that if it happens, that he will only do his job as a player.

A future with and without Mbappe: Where are Real Madrid headed next season?




Source: https://www.managingmadrid.com/2023/7/31/23813890/a-future-with-and-without-mbappe-where-are-real-madrid-headed-next-season

Well things here are quite uncertain, on the one hand it is obvious that MADRID does need a good striker fast, the truth is that 3-0 was really something humiliating and there are really many things to think about, I don't know what is that Ancelotti has in his thoughts, but I believe that he has to move quickly to solve this problem they have, Vinisus must be in the background like a born striker with Rodrygo, they should not be in the midfield, they both have to be there so that they can do something

The other Madrid players have a lot to do, the things they have to improve are their speed, the accuracy of their passes, everything has to be more balanced, Real Madrid always surprises their opponents because when they say they run, no one He stops them, they run and run, they don't get tired, I think Ancelotti didn't want to take that out or discourage him, I don't know if it's due to strategy, but apparently Xavi didn't save anything.

Madrid's main weakness has been their over-reliance on Benzema over the last few seasons. And while Benzema is in the squad they should have found a suitable replacement for Benzema. They didn't do it. And now, if Madrid does not get a suitable replacement for Benzema, the team will not be able to win the title next season. Joselu is quite a good striker. But he is not as experienced as Benzema.

Vini and Rodrygo are excellent players no doubt. But they miss a lot of easy opportunities. But Vini is slowly gaining experience. Day by day his performance is getting sharper. I hope we see better performances from Vini next season. At the same time, if Joselu and Rodrygo play well, maybe Real Madrid's performance will stabilize.

statistically Real Madrid is slightly better in possession 53 compared to 47 with barcelona. Seven yellow cards and 27 total violations illustrate that the match was fierce and tough. After the El Clasico friendly match, Fermin Lopez received a guarantee from Xavi to be promoted to Barcelona main squad next season. Madrid new recruit young player Arda Guler must be absent in this match due to being injured, hopefully Guler can take part in the remaining matches in this pre-season.

Barcelona plays with a high seriousness tempo, because in the previous pre-season match they received a big defeat from Arsenal. I don't think Real Madrid and Ancelotti have yet to find a good formula for the game, some new players still need extra minutes for the adaptation process.

Karim Benzema was an outright striker through out his stay at Real Madrid and despite the current quality in the attacking line of the club they'll definitely feel the departure of Benzema if the club doesn't find a good replacement for him.
Vinicius Jnr and Rodrygo are two good forward players but none of them can play in the striking role like Benzema was playing for Real Madrid. I know that the Real Madrid coach can be using a formation that'll allow a false 9 usage but that doesn't solve the problem of finding his replacement I think

Yes, perhaps the pressure is on the shoulders of two young strikers, Vinicius and Rodrygo when senior Benzema has gone to the Saudi Professional League to play. In this match, they have to face the great rival Barcelona. Barcelona, this season, is too comprehensive. I rate them higher than Real Madrid. As you say: "If they successfully recruit Mbappe this summer," it will be great to see the trio of Vinicius, Rodrygo, and Mbappe play. This will be a new era for Real Madrid.

I didn't miss this one game. And you are right that even in this match the Real Madrid squad actually had many chances that almost became goals. I'd rather say that Vinicius Jr was completely unlucky in this fight. He missed the penalty kick because the shot hit the crossbar. Then he had another chance which also hit the crossbar again. And several other opportunities that also narrowly missed the Barcelona goal. Vinicius Jr. always almost scores goals but he seems to lose the accuracy of his shots which are usually always on target. Is he too nervous about the number 7 shirt? 

I was very surprised by this young barcelona player and he hit that hard shot from outside the box that even one of the best goalkeepers in the world couldn't keep out. Fermian Lopez is both happy and touched to score a goal in an important match like El Clasico and of course he can't wait to give his best if Xavi asks for his help.

So far, Barcelona is still full of tiki taka but actually the strategy used by Xavi is more on momentum when getting opportunities and fortunately Barcelona have players who are able to do a task like that and that's where Gundogan's role is very important.

The match between barcelona and acmilan gonna comesoon. The match against juventus was cancelled due to some players were dying. I hope there will be no problem to happen again. It's pretty interesting to see that how barcelona gonna try to hard to win against serie a team.
Barcelona's journey in the UCL came to an end as a result of their elimination from the group stage following a loss to Inter Milan. It's now time for barcelona to take it as a match to know how good barcelona when it is facing serie a.
The club already made some improvements. We will know the result very soon. Barcelona was already beaten by EPL club. It's now time to watch the match between serie a club vs la liga. Barcelona becomes most favorite club to win.

Barcelona followed up their defeat against Arsenal with an excellent win against Real Madrid. It was a friendly match. So its results may not be useful. However, a win in this match will give the Barcelona players confidence. And this confidence will help them play well in La Liga in the future. Barcelona desperately needed such a great win against Real Madrid. Last season Xavi's only goal was to win the La Liga title. But Xavi must try his best to do well in the Champions League this season. New challenges are coming for Xavi. Barcelona will have to play very carefully in every match.

It is difficult to maintain consistency in both the Champions League and La Liga. Xavi will have to do this difficult task. However, in addition to Lewandowski, there will be another experienced striker in the Barcelona squad, it would have been easier for Barcelona to maintain consistency.

I'm not still sure about it but maybe Real Madrid didn't put full energy into this match and they were just using this El Clasico game against Barcelona to test some players and this team is still not in a good situation to be tested against Barcelona, that's why we can't say if Real Madrid had bad performance or not.
However, El Clasico is always an important game even if that's just a friendly match.

Even though I didn't watch the game, from the game statistics I think Barcelona really did a good job. Real Madrid made more attempts to score, but none of their efforts managed to find the net against Marc-André ter Stegen. Real Madrid did have a good striker in their line-up but they struggled against Barcelona despite other factors causing them to lose.

Of course Real Madrid must improve so they can overcome opponents' resistance well next season. Without Benzema Real Madrid are very different even though they could beat several other teams before being beaten by Barcelona 3-0.

Fermin Lopez appeared extraordinary when Barcelona beat Real Madrid in a pre-season friendly match. Despite starting the match as a substitute in the 66th minute, he performed very well alongside the other senior players. A goal scored by Fermin Lopez in the 85th minute signaled that he would soon follow in the footsteps of Pedri and Gavi, the way he scored goals was extraordinary, his curling shot in front of Real Madrid's goal could not be denied by Courtois.

Barcelona performed very well with a game scheme that was still attached to tiki-taka, Gundogan also played very well, he was able to become a general in the midfield area. Conceding three goals from Barcelona left extra work for Ancelotti, he needs to make changes to form a more solid defense, Ancelotti must finish his job before the season starts.

I don't think that one match can negatively affect Barcelona, they really played better. And Real Madrid was very unlucky in this match, it’s hard to see so many shots on the crossbar in one game, but Real Madrid succeeded. Yes, this is a friendly match and these results will not be taken into account anywhere, this victory has more moral advantage before the start of the season. I do not rule out that Barcelona can again become champions, they have everything for this.

Let's see how it will be going on. I don't have big expectation for atletico madrid. It's caused by the chance owned by this club to win la liga is far smaller compared with real madrid and barcelona. Atletico madrid will always become the third strongest team in la liga.
It was able beating manchester city yet i don't see it as a good point to call that if atletico will have good future. Anything is still remain the same. Beating City doesn't mean Atletico Madrid can compete with Barcelona and Real Madrid.
I think that the result will always be the same like previous seasons. The winner will always be barcelona or real madrid. Atletico seems to have slightly chance to beat barcelona and real madrid in competition to win la liga.
The strongest contender for now is barcelona. Barcelona looks very strong after it was able beating real madrid.