Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 2851. (Read 543517 times)

Although this Atletico is not the Atletico that we were used to in the past, this win is still pretty meaningful for Barcelona taking into account that Real Madrid just eft 3 points on the table. At least this season is going to be an exciting one as it seems unless one of the two favorites suffers from a complete breakdown at some point, but it doesn't look like that.

Barcelona can actually be quite satisfied as they also managed to take that game home without Lewandowksi. I wonder whether there are going to be any consequences for Barcelona because of Lewandowski playing against Espanyol. That would be quite the bummer if they were to lose those three points at the green table retrospectively...

A hard fought victory for Barcelona. My match thoughts were centered on how aggressive Barcelona played against a team that is usually very aggressive in their style of play, beating them at their own game.

Victories like this are pathways to winning titles, similar to how Arsenal over at the premier league have been getting the job done over the last match weeks.

The unfortunate incident at the end was one blemish on the performance as a Barcelona player get a red card in two consecutive games.

- Jay -

Atletico Madrid didn't have a good result despite trying whatever they could do. They had 20 goal attempts in total but there was no goal at the end of the game. Especially by the second half, Atletico Madrid started to be more effective. Barcelona didn't even have one shot on target in the second half. This was really dangerous for them so they must be grateful for Atletico Madrid's having much difficulty in scoring.

Barcelona took advantage of Real Madrid's point loss very well. Things have become even worse for Atletico Madrid. They are out of top 4 after the latest results because Betis beat Vallecano.

the match is over, Barcelona got 3 points from this match with difficulty, even though they won by a narrow score but they did quite well because we saw this game running quite hot from these two teams. As a result, Barcelona can extend their collection of points with Real Madrid. This defeat made Atletico Madrid ranking drop to 5th in the standings from before which was ranked in the top 4. a distance of 3 points is indeed not a strong reason for Barcelona to be quite safe in the upcoming matches because this season there are still many matches left that allow Real Madrid to catch up with this point if Barcelona make a mistake in the next match.

what happened in the final minutes of the second half where both teams had to get a red card, really like I said these two teams played quite aggressively accompanied by a fairly hot situation by these two teams. indeed Atletico Madrid tried hard to equalize in the second half but their efforts failed so that the final result was still a victory for Barcelona with a score of 0-1. playing at home and accepting defeat is of course very painful for athletico madrid but indeed the opponents they face are strong teams that are difficult for them to beat. this victory made barcelona safe again as the leader of the standings with a difference of 3 points from rival real madrid.

Hey hey, towards the end game, why did Ateltico and Barcelona's match become more exciting
2 red cards issued now for Ferran and Savic due to incidents that occurred, the tension of the match was also heating up at this time. I'm happy to see big match matches which are always colored with a few clashes like this but for the victory it still seems to be on the Barcelona side even though this was only a narrow victory but these 3 points made them come back away.

Yes, Barcelona may be disappointed with their draw results yesterday. but with Real Madrid's defeat, Barcelona has an even bigger chance and becomes even more enthusiastic. Currently, barcelona is against Atletico Madrid and the result while Barcelona is 1-0.
Indeed, Atletico Madrid is not easy to beat, but in the meantime, Barcelona under Xavi's guidance can still be optimal. Unfortunately, Torres got a red card in these last minutes

Barcelona scored early and I think they are going to win this game and get that deserving first place after Real Madrid really screwed up yesterday night when they lost against Villareal.Barcelona has been much more consistent in the recent games and I think they deserve to be on top after Real has not been as consistent as Barcelona is and I am also of idea that Lewandowski the more games he plays with Barcelona the better they will become (despite him not playing in this game) so now we are now the last minutes of the game and I think that Barcelona will hold up despite Atletico dominating lately in dangerous attacks.

This possibility still exists. Because looking at Barcelona's current condition, even though Barcelona dominated the game in terms of ball possession, Atletico had better opportunities now.
the match is still around 15 minutes away now and this can be a crucial time in the match because regardless of anything 10 minutes in the first half and 10 minutes in the last round can be the difference when you see that concentration is increasingly dispersed and the tempo is getting stronger this can be a distraction from the flow of the match.

Already I knew it is not going to be an easy match for FC Barcelona. They are fighting so hard to register another goal but is hard for them since they are facing a good defensive side. Athletico Madrid is currently on good form and will not release the three points easily to FC Barcelona. They so much need the points to overthrow real Betis. But as it stands now, I think their plan as Already been crippled, because the highest they can have now is a draw.

I think it's a little different.
Seeing that Atletico's condition is lagging behind now they are taking more initiative to attack and I think now Atletico's chances are quite a lot even though Barcelona's dominance with its tiki taka still dominates in terms of the course of the match.
At the moment Xavi has to try to have more possession of the ball and maximize the opportunities because even now they still have quite good possession of the ball but in terms of opportunities they are a bit difficult and even Atletico had some good chances which if left unchecked this could be difficult for Barcelona.

Yeah, that was a surprising result for me. Well, the position in the table looks like Real Madrid will be 3 points behind Barcelona. But in fact the 3 points will play a huge role only at the end of the season, now it's nothing, because there are still a lot of games ahead. The current match against Atletico is won by Barcelona so far, but you can see how their opponent presses them, I can assume that it will be a draw

It happens, this is football and sometimes even the best teams lose to bad teams. Remember last year when Real lost to Sheriff but then won the whole UCL, just because they lost to Sheriff, did that meant they were a bad team? Did that meant they had no chance of winning? Obviously not because they won it in the end. So that means there are times when even the best teams could lose to horrible teams and to be fair Villareal is much better than sheriff, not even close levels.

This is why I honestly believe that we should be letting them be as much as possible so they could end up with a good result next week, or the week after that, and not doubt that just because of a single game.

barcelona leads 1-0, this is the hope for barcelona in this match to be the winner, we will wait for the second half to take place, I think this game will be quite aggressive in this second half because Atletico madrid will definitely change its style of play to be more attacking to  equalized in the second half. So, if Barcelona gets 3 points in this match, Barcelona can stay away from Real Madrid by 3 points for now. Xavi must be able to put pressure on his players to play more carefully in this second half, there are no mistakes they have to make in order to maintain the advantage that is already in hand.

I enjoyed almost every moment of the first Half, Barcelona the visiting team moved the ball around quickly whenever they got to the Athletico Madrid's goal. They were able to score, but the game is not over, and I am positive about the home team considering the chances they were able to create in the first half but just lacking the finishing. Barcelona will be happy if the game end in their Favour like this with the result a goal to nothing, since it will preserve their very good position in their league table, but they will have to work hard seeing that their lead is not big and Athletico Madrid are playing well too, the game is not one sided.

Halfway through the first half, Barcelona took a 0-1 lead through Dembele. It's a pity he doesn't always reach his level. With Demele it is often nothing or everything. We can say he had a bad World Cup, I hope he can regain his form in the Spanish league. Gavi is one of the greatest talents in the world. That should be the new Iniesta at Barcelona. If Barcelona wins this game they will be 3 points ahead of Real Madrid. The head-to-head match between Barcelona and Real Madrid will be played on March 19. So we'll see how things stand by then. And Sevilla has finally won a game again. And climbs from 19th place to 17th place. It's all so close together at the bottom.

The first half was a little interesting. I mean Atletico Madrid had nearly the double the goal attempts Barcelona had. But they weren't good at finding the target very much. This is the typical Atletico Madrid actually. They had the same scenario against Elche last week. They were able to win anyway because of playing against the weakest team in the league of course. But Barcelona is a much bigger challenge. If you continue to waste the chances in a generous way then it is very likely for you to lose the match.

Dembele's goal has already made things more difficult for them. It feels like Barcelona will defeat them by one goal here just as Real Madrid did. Aside from that I expect Simeone not to be at his current position anymore by the end of the season.

In the week Real Madrid was defeated, Barcelona doesn't want to make a mistake. Against Atletico Madrid, perhaps the second most difficult away game in the league, Barcelona finished the first half with a goal.
Ousmane Dembele scored a nice goal from narrow angle. Pedri and Gavi prepared the goal well. There weren't many clear positions apart from the only goal. This score is always dangerous. Now we will see Simeone's moves. Xavi also has to make the right tactical switch to keep the score and double the lead. Because Atletico pressure will increase. Barcelona can find more free space.
Even if they left this match in a draw, it would be advantageous for Barcelona, ​​but if the match ends with this result, 3 points will be very useful for them and they will be more comfortable at the top.

Barcelona is currently leading by 0-1 and so Barcelona won at half time. But even though Barcelona can also control the game by having very good ball possession, the reality is that Atletico still have great efforts in carrying out attacks.
That way, I'm sure Atletico will also be able to score goals in the second half, because this is a home match for Atletico that allows them to come back in this match.

But apart from that, I personally don't really expect a win between them, because both of them really have a big effort to win. So a draw with both teams to score I think it will be a good result for both teams, but if Barcelona or Atletico can win this game then surely it will be good for their position also in the La Liga table.
But with this victory at half time is it possible that Barcelona will play more defensively in the second half, because even though Barcelona are playing defensively I think Barcelona will still be safe. Because so far this season Barcelona has managed not to concede too many goals, this season Barcelona has been very good at defending in La Liga matches.

What is the use of having a balanced team if they can't get at least one point from Villareal? They have the squad, but the squad doesn't contribute points to anything when Real Madrid needs them the most. The whole Madrid team was on the field, yet they couldn't achieve anything significant with a minor ball possession difference from Villareal, they need to put their value to the test in order to move the team closer to winning the league.

Lewandoski seemed to be enjoying his last punishment as a result of a red card, and Barcelona has a solid lead over Atletico Madrid, Xavi would be glad that he substituted Fati with Lewandoski because it doesn't look like they miss him at all, thanks to Dembele and Gavi's hard work and assists.

Barcelona will have an upper hand in the game against Atlantico Madrid and with the way their previously played it clear that Barcelona will still use the same format they're used in their last game to have a push ahead of Atlantico Madrid.

But am sure the first half will be a draw.