Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 204. (Read 555222 times)

Barcelona actually dominated the match, they also had many opportunities but unfortunately could not be converted properly. Flick was also banned from being on the bench, he could not guard and give direct instructions to his players. Barca had quite a lot of opportunities, 19 total shots, 7 big chances, 1 hit the goal post. At the beginning of the competition they had a very good match, but it seems that Barcelona had difficulty being consistent until week 19. With the defeat to Atletico Madrid, it means that Barca has lost three times at Camp Nou. In this match, several Barcelona players did not perform well, such as Lewandowski, Gavi and Fermin Lopez. It seems that Flick needs a new scheme for his team, I mean tactical changes, either in defense or attack. However, this defeat is more precisely Barca was very unlucky, because in the extra time Atletico was able to lock in a 2-1 victory. It is very unfortunate, even though previously I was sure that Barca would win. Well, now ATM is above Barcelona's ranking.

Real Madrid team is more likely to perform much better in today's match, that's why I will bet on Real Madrid team in today's match. Real Madrid team's squad is made up of more experienced players than Sevilla team, this match will have a much higher chance of performing well and winning.
 Because Mbappe and Rodrygo will perform much better in the attack department, and Real Madrid team is much ahead of Sevilla team in the point table. And experienced gamblers have bet more on Real Madrid team.

Your analysis is the same as my conclusion because overall it is very clear that Barcelona had more chances, Lewandowski and Raphinha should have scored, but Barcelona luck ran out. Atletico Madrid did not play well, instead they defended more and relied on counter attacks. Before the match started I was sure that as long as Jan Oblak was on fire, it would be difficult for Barcelona players to penetrate his goal.

Come on, friends, re-read my post above, did I say that the match is more important for Atletico than Barcelona?
Didn't I say in my previous post that apart from Barcelona, the match is also crucial for Atletico and that means the match is very important for both teams.

The match has ended with Atletico victory over Barcelona with a score of 2-1 and with the victory they can currently coup the top of the La Liga standings from Barcelona, both teams in yesterday match fielded their best squads to aim for victory, but unfortunately Atletico played more effectively despite being under Barcelona pressure throughout the match.

Barcelona actually lost because they were unlucky, they were able to create many chances, and overall dominated the match. Jan Oblak performed impressively, he was a key factor in Atletico Madrid victory. Now the standings have changed, Atletico Madrid rose to first place with 41 points, and they still have one game in hand. The next scenario might go as you said, where Real Madrid also has the potential to overtake Barcelona, ​​Ancelotti squad also has one game in hand. Thus, Hansi Flick and his team are now in big trouble, the pressure will continue to increase if they do not recover soon. Atletic Bilbao are also starting to look threatening, they also seem to want to be involved in the competition for the trophy.

Let me quote myself from one week back!!!!  


Just as I asked then, how about now, still nobody willing to change their vote or cast one on Atletico?  


Crucial game? No, it's not!
It would have been of major importance if Barcelona had won 3 points, but since they lost those Madrid could simply lose 3 also and nothing would have changed from last week, making the next game just as important as this one. Madrid just got a breather, the thing that changed is that they have room for more errors now, exactly the opposite of crucial.

The difference in expected goals is noteworthy. For Barcelona it is 2+, and for Atletico it is 0.2+  Crazy, isn't it?
But nevertheless, this is a logical result if you look at how the teams are performing in recent games. By the way, Flick's percentage of losses is now 25% with Barcelona, ​​which is almost twice as bad as Xavi's, who everyone (including me haha) so harshly criticized and called a weak coach.

Yes, I think many people were surprised by the results of this match. Because I personally don't believe that Barcelona can be beaten so dramatically by Atletico Madrid. Because if you look at the progress of this match, Barcelona really controlled the match very well. Starting from possession of the ball and also from the opportunities created. So I personally am also a little surprised why Barcelona lost this match. Maybe according to my assumption, the Barcelona players panicked a little when the match was about to end, so that the Barcelona defenders couldn't focus when guarding their defensive area. That's why the Atletico Madrid players managed to score a goal in a very crucial minute.

So with this victory Laliga is now topped by Atletico Madrid with a score of 41 points. I think this is a breath of fresh air for Atletico Madrid, after several seasons they have always failed to be at the top of the standings, but this season Atletico Madrid has a very big chance of getting another trophy. Apart from that, Barcelona's opportunities are still big at this time. But if Barcelona wants to become champions, the condition is that they must be able to wipe out all matches with a win. Because if they can't wipe out all the matches with a win, I think it will be very difficult for Barcelona to become champions. Because this season, not only Real Madrid is an obstacle for Barcelona, ​​but currently Atletico Madrid is also a very big obstacle for Barcelona to become champions in La Liga. So in essence, Hansi Flick has to make improvements to his current squad at Barcelona. Because I see that there are a few small problems in several Barcelona lines, which have quite a bad impact on Barcelona's performance.

The quoted text above was made by me before the game. I wasn't surprised at all when I saw the results because I actually forgot to watch the match live. I checked the stats, and just like I said, Barce will dominate, but Atletico madrid will be taking all 3 points. And interesting enough, the winning goal came late, which shows that they where there for just that 3 points. In football, most managers would say that "playing better would win games", but that isn't true most times. The main idea for some clubs is to win games, which doesn't matter how it's done(wether neatly or roughly).

And as it stands Atletico madrid are currently seated at the top with a game in hand. We saw their participation in the last transfer window, which means they have enough squad to compete against the two giants that're currently asleep. And there are heavy rumors of other players that they are currently linked with, which shows that they are really taking this business of winning the title very serious.

Yes, it's true that we can't forget Barrios who always plays well and indeed without him maybe the winning result of Barcelona's match against Atletico Madrid might have changed and De Paul is also extraordinary. Apart from scoring goals, he is very good which ultimately makes the game even better. interesting.
Yes of course today we can see Atletico Madrid fans are very happy and of course I also remember that last season Atletico Madrid in their last match against Barcelona at that time Atletico Madrid lost but yes now today Atletico Madrid have managed to take revenge because they won this match .

Of course, Real Madrid's match against Sevilla will definitely be exciting and of course there are only a few hours left and what is certain is that this is a tense match because of course if Real Madrid succeeds in beating Sevilla, of course Real Madrid will shift Barcelona's position. Yes, of course Barcelona is definitely tense now and definitely expects Real Madrid to lose to Sevilla, but it looks like Real Madrid will be difficult to beat by Sevilla because after all, Real Madrid has a strong squad and its abilities cannot be underestimated. Yes, we'll see, I can't wait to see Mbappe in action in the later match.

That was evident when Atletico Madrid managed to beat Barcelona at home and maybe the situation will be worse in the future because so far Barcelona have experienced two consecutive defeats. This result will also be very beneficial for Real Madrid because if they manage to win the next two games then Barcelona will drop to third place. Atletico Madrid are indeed in a positive trend because even though the match took place at Barcelona's home ground they played quite solidly and Oblak showed his class as the best goalkeeper because he made many saves in the match so that Atletico Madrid managed to win the match.

Real Madrid host Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabeu later this afternoon and the home team just released the team's line up for the crucial game. Looking at the options Carol Ancelotti have decided to start the game with, I don't think Sevilla stands a chance of getting anything from the game. It seems Vinicius Jr seems isn't fit enough for the match which is why he's included in the match squad.
What do you make of Real Madrid's line up and do you think they'll easily win the game?
Let me read your thoughts.

Anyone who said the era of Hansi Flick is better than that of Xavi must have probably been over excited about Barcelona bright start to the season. But now that reality has set in, we are now seeing how Barcelona are declining so fast. They have lost two straight league matches and it's not good. Well I will only conclude whose era is better if after two seasons of Hansi Flick at Barcelona. But at the moment it's looking more like Xavi first season incharge of Barcelona is more better than this first season of Hansi Flick, because Barcelona won the league in Xavi first season. Although Barcelona played very well yesterday as they had most of the possessions of the ball. It was their finishing that was very poor. They were too wasteful in front of goals. Although credit should be given to Jan Oblak because he was the person that won the match for Atletico Madrid. He made some good saves late in the second half to prevent Barcelona from scoring late goals. If not for him Barcelona would have won the match.

Honestly, Barcelona did their best in the match and we can say that luck was not on their side. I actually did not expect the match to be an easy one for Barcelona because Atletico Madrid have never been this good in a long while. They are practically destroying anything that comes their way and it is rather unfortunate that Barcelona are their latest victim. I need no magician to tell me that they have their eyes on the trophy this season and if they continue with this winning mentality, they will definitely win it.

Actually from the beginning of the season only two teams are considered for the title race, Barcelona and Real Madrid are the two teams but unfortunately they choose to decline. When I found out that Atletico Madrid are also among the contenders I begin to see a lot of excitement for the title race.  I was never surprised to see Atletico Madrid winning because I doubted Barcelona's victory due to their inconsistency. The only outcome I expected with Barcelona in this match against Atletico Madrid was draw or lost because currently Atletico Madrid is the only team in top three that are able to maintain their consistency. Barcelona went to this break with a lot of sadness but it a challenge for them to get things working well  when resuming next year.

Honestly it is incredible that Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona with 2-1 goals and currently standing at the top in the qualifying table with holding 41 points. And Barcelona ranked second with the 38 points. Just Atletico Madrid gained 3 points after winning the match what made them topper. Even Atletico Madrid won all the last five matches out of five while Barcelona won a single match out of five including the last one. Although i think Barcelona Showed a good performance in that match against Atletico Madrid. They were able to control the field from the beginning and applied serveral attempt to score but most of the time, they failed and made many mistakes. Finally a goal came from Pedri at 30th minutes behalf of Barcelona. Afterwards the start of second half, similar thing was happened. Barcelona got many opportunities but most of the time they failed for unknown reason. R. De Paul  scored a goal at 60th minutes behalf of Atletico Madrid and level the game with 1-1 score. And luck gave him a chance, ball came before him what was unexpected. Afterwards i appreciate Atletico Madrid goalkeeper, he defeated a lots of time and proved that why Atletico Madrid keep going ahead. And finally Alexander Sorloth Scored another goal just before the end of extra time and got the victory. Congrats

Barcelona's defeat really saddened me. Hansi Flick came out with a great attacking plan but they lost the match due to lack of good finishing. The first 60 minutes of the match were all Barcelona's and they dominated Atletico Madrid. In the meantime, Barcelona missed a few good chances. Despite creating goal chances, they failed to score. The defense and midfielders performed well, but the finishers were completely disappointing. They missed golden opportunities to score from very close to the goal post. For me, there was nothing more disappointing.

They continued their winning streak against Barcelona with excellent finishing and took the top spot in the Spanish league. I consider Atletico Madrid as a potential team to win La Liga. However, Real Madrid will be the first favorite team to win La Liga. Barcelona are already starting to end La Liga. After a great start, their end is not going well at all. Maybe tonight, with a win over Real Madrid, they will move up to 3rd place.

What Atletico Madrid has shown makes the competition for the La Liga title this season even fiercer, their victory over Barcelona may not be a big surprise because Atletico Madrid are in their best form while Barcelona are having difficulties right now.
Come Back and goals in the final minutes of the match were so impressive for Atletico Madrid to get 3 points and displace Barcelona at the top of the standings.

Real Madrid will face Sevilla this week, this is certainly a difficult match for Real Madrid but I also think the same as you that Real Madrid has slowly gotten out of its difficult zone and that will make them ready to maintain their position in the La Liga standings this season.
For the match against Sevilla I will bet a handicap of -1.5 for Real Madrid's victory, I am sure they will win by more than 1 goal especially Real Madrid will play at home of course there is a possibility that they will be able to win the match easily.

The result of the match of Barcelona against Atletico Madrid will be a surprise to some people but for me I expect Barcelona to lose or end the game draw, I have been saying that Barcelona will find it difficult to defeat Atletico Madrid because Atletico Madrid is in good shape this season, Atletico Madrid have played about 12 games now and they never lose any match which shows that they can play well against any opponent, Barcelona played well in the match but Atletico Madrid score goal to get the 3 points.

Barcelona dominated the game from the beginning of the match and even in the second half Barcelona still dominated game but what Barcelona lacked in the game was to convert the chances they had to score a goal, Barcelona players missed a lot of chances and if you look at any game that Barcelona is missing chances they always find it difficult to win the match, Barcelona might end up being at the third position in the League table if Real Madrid win their game.

Raphinha did have a good chance, but unfortunately he couldn't take advantage of his opportunity well. Yes, if Raphinha's kick didn't hit the goal post, of course Barcelona's match could have ended in a draw. But yes, of course it is true that now it will definitely be increasingly difficult for Barcelona to achieve their goals because it is not only Real Madrid that is hindering Barcelona, ​​but Atletico Madrid is also a difficult obstacle for Barcelona.

However, if I look at the Barcelona squad, I can see that the attack and ball control are still good, but yes, it seems like Flick needs to improve his performance, such as having to train so that Barcelona players can take advantage of opportunities well when the ball is near the goal. Yes, what You say is true maybe in January it would be better if Barcelona were active in the transfer market so that the performance of Barcelona players would be even better.

In the next match in Laliga, Barcelona will face Getafe. I think Barcelona must win in that match because if they don't win it will certainly make them even further behind in points, but in my opinion, in that match, Barcelona will win against Getafe, what do you think?