Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 3016. (Read 551217 times)

Sevilla must be feeling like there is no way out for them now. I can't even imagine how bad psychology they are in now because of being in the relegation field. It is really shocking to see a this big change in their performance in such a short time. Last season they finished at the 4th position but they are now fighting for getting away from the danger of relegation. When we assess their squad quality we can easily see that they still have really good players. Maybe they aren't a very young team but they are still far better than so many teams in the league.

They have changed their coach to search for a solution but this hasn't worked either. Maybe they should have given their old coach more time I don't know. But this break can still be a chance for them to discover the weaknesses and fix them. It would be a big shock if we see Sevilla in the second league.

I really feel apathetic when it comes to the issues in la Liga; it's now looking less competitive -- even lesser than when puyol left Barcelona. It's now looking Asif the strength of the division were one "greatest of all times".
Look at a team like betis; they never had any chance to show up during the days when we had a complete squad in FCB -- when soccer was played According to how it was planned and that, ofcourse needed alot of IQ tested players, which they were themselves. Now it's looking really worse as Madrid doesn't even have a strong competition against them, so they'll just have to win again and again and again ,, ,, ,, ,,.....
I miss the good old days.

Sandra 🧑

That is understandable, you may not fight those two because they are just way too richer and that creates a gap. First of all the 1st and 2nd of the league gets so much more money than all the other teams, this is done purposely to give these two clubs more money, secondly ATM doesn't do well for long periods of time, if they were 1-2 for 5 years in a row, they would have become better.

And lastly, ATM is not loved by the world as much as the other two, which means less income. When you combine all these together you realize that it is a marvel ATM even kept up being this good for so long, being the third best team is still a big achievement for sure.

Real Betis have consistency performance from two season, at least 2021/2022 season Real Betis success finished at 5th standing place although have bigger opportunity with Champion League spot, not different in this season with Real Betis reaching 6th standing position and behind 2 points from Real Sociedad at 3rd position. I think Real Betis have the same opportunity in this season can reaching top fourth standing and back to play at Champion League for next season, without many points left from Real Sociedad and have the same points with Athletic Bilbao at 4th place I think Real Betis have opportunity lead to top fourth standing position.

Next match after World Cup, Real Betis have bigger opportunity against with Athletic Bilbao on December 30 and three points will make Betis lead to top fourth position.

Real Madrid is the best team in La Liga. All the players in their team are very experienced and play tactically. The good performance of Real Madrid's team has the potential to go well in La-Liga. That means they deserve to win the La Liga title.

Atletico Madrid are just a team waiting to be saved now. I respect Simeone's great work with them in the past. But it is obvious that his tactics don't work anymore. His game plan is solved by many teams. We have witnessed a great example of it in the Champions League this season. They just finished the group as the last.

Things aren't very well in the La Liga either. As long as they are out of the title race with a great squad like this, things are just bad for them. Simeone should make changes or just leave his job to a different manager.

It would be a shame if Betis failed to finish in the top four this season, considering that Sevilla is no longer in competition for the top four. At the moment they have the same points for Bilbao, Atletico and Betis at 24 points, so the chance for Betis is still very open, even though Betis is currently in sixth place in the standings, that doesn't mean Betis has lost its chance.
Basically there is nothing to doubt about Pellegrini because Pellegrini is also used to dealing with big teams, so Pellegrini has a good way to make his team compete in the top four.

But if Sociedad and Bilbao can stay in the top four until the end of the season then it is a great achievement, because in the end it is another team that can benefit from the fall of Sevilla and not a team that is used to competing in the top four like Atletico and also Betis.
It will be an interesting rivalry as well, apart from the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the top of the table. Such a close points gap in the title race and also in the race for third and fourth positions, that this will be a very tight competition that will be presented in the second half of the season.

Betis does not have a bad team, but in Spain you are unlucky that you almost always have Barcelona and Real Madrid that stand out. Betis has been successful several times in Europe, but it is hard work to qualify your own TWA for the CL from the competition. Places 1 and 2 normally always go to Barcelona and Real Madrid, so you basically play for 3rd place at most. Sevilla held on to 2nd place last year for a long time, but eventually managed to throw everything away and even finished 4th. Atletico Madrid should also be able to finish a bit closer to Barcelona and Madrid at the end of the season.

Betis are one of the consistent teams for two seasons. Since they signed a contract with Pellegrini things are going much better for them. They are able to stay in the top 4 competition. They missed the chance for this area by a few points last season. Because they got some poor results on final weeks and they lost their chance in the last moments of the season. But Pellegrini's general performance was still very satisfying for the team and they even extended his contract. There is no need for a change as long as they stay at this level.

Betis' chance for top 4 is even higher maybe now. Because Sevilla are having one of their worst seasons. They are trying to get away from the relegation zone. Of course Betis have new rivals for this area like Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao. But I think Betis will be more consistent than them. The previous season was a good example for that.

Naive. Do you think that professionals = robots and devoid of human emotions? Or do you think that for footballers who do the only thing in their lives, football, being knocked out of the World Cup is as easy as it is for us to watch the game and turn off the TV and "move on"? I am sure that it is not and that this is a strong blow to a person, no matter how strong he may be.

But this inconsistent Atletico Madrid has been going on for years and they should have started to improve from the coaches to the players. If they only rely on one player in the attack line, of course it will not produce any results. Look at the list of players they mostly still have a lot of old players in their squad like Koke, Carrasco and Jan Oblak how will they get the most out of it if they don't look for replacements for new players who are younger and fitter.

Was the reason for their decline in performance because they were too ambitious to retain their coach Diego Simeone? I don't think so. Precisely what I see is no innovation made by Diego Simoeone to stay at his best playing level. They're not too bad, it's just that they have to develop themselves more in order to be even better, they can't be at the same level all the time, because other teams are also developing.
This is homework that Diego Simeone must complete and continue to think about looking for even more promising strategies.

Last season Atletico Madrid was among the top 3 teams in laliga,  they were more consistent and trying to work harder then. But this season Atletico Madrid are not very consistent. Real Madrid and Barcelona has always been a threat to Atletico Madrid before now, because this two teams are the strongest team in laliga and Atletico Madrid sees it difficult to win this teams. Real Madrid and Barcelona have  talented players in their squad,  so I don't think Atletico Madrid can comfortably defeat this two teams.

There are many things that I don't understand about Xavi either and I think that he is wasting many opportunities to let many players who have great potential play, I think that now he has to adjust to the players that he has, because to be honest he has many who are good but who have not been able to take advantage of the players they have, but having Lewa as a base is something that he should do much more for the whole team to play based on him, so I think Xavi has to get into his head that the strategy he was applying is not working for him, that he must do something else to guarantee more games won. surely Real Madrid will be able to buy new players, that will in part guarantee that they can snatch the first place, Ancelotti has enough experience and knows how to come back from the leagues.


Sometimes the soccer players are very affected by their mood, overcoming a team that, well, they were not expected to beat them, is something that is difficult to overcome, Spain's expectations were very high, it was something that could be handled like the greats. What could they do for now, of course if we handle everything from another perspective, it's not that the players were completely to blame, they didn't bring the most experienced players in Spain, and that's something that Luis Enrique doesn't do because he He has in his mind the silly idea of the rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona, the failure is partly for them, but it is difficult to overcome certain things at times, however, you have to get ahead, Spain has a lot to give, it is a pity not see Spain in the quarterfinals, but I think they made their own luck.


A movement by Florentino:

Real Madrid: Los Blancos could swoop for Nico Williams in January




Source: https://thisisfutbol.com/2022/12/blogs/la-liga/real-madrid-club-swoop-nico-williams-january-spain/

In fact, Real Madrid need a speedy striker right now. The players of all positions of the Real Madrid team are very talented. However, if Real Madrid can add Kylian Mbappe to their squad, then Real Madrid will go on to achieve great things.

benzema and ronaldo their age difference is 3 years where ronaldo is older. so do you see real madrid going to sign ronaldo who is older than benzema for the transfer window, I don't think this will happen because Florentino perez has denied that they will sign ronaldo again. I agree more with the younger stickers if Real Madrid wants to find a replacement for Benzema like Harry Kane, or Osimhen and I even think that ancelotti already has the names of the players they are targeting in the transfers window.

Real Madrid decline in Benzema performance must be anticipated more quickly because they need a central Sticker figure to become a goal machine in the second half of the season, even that figure is Harry Kane.

Athletico is a good side with a good coach,but their inconsistency shows that they are not ready to win anything nor compete fiercely with Madrid and Barca.Madrid and Barcelona have two good attackers in the person's of Lewandowski and Benzema,who always deliver them and score important goals for them,but Athletico does not have a prolific goal scorer who scores regular goals for them.But even at that,if there was team work in the Athletico team,they would have been winning matches.Nevertheless,the January transfer window is fast approaching,when teams will sign players from the market,and maybe,they will be able to get players that can help them pick form.

The Atlético Madrid players are actually not bad, it's just that they are too ambitious to retain coach Diego Simeone, who we know has coached Atlético Madrid for nearly ten years and he was unable to give Atlético Madrid a supremacy title. Maybe Altetico Madrid's management needs to be fixed first, otherwise they will still be below and maybe even worse he will suffer the same fate as Valencia.

Barcelona and Real Madrid are still very strong in La Liga as well as in other competitions this season so that may be a barrier for other teams like Atletico Madrid to do better this season in La Liga. Because Barcelona and Real Madrid are still able to win matches with other teams in La Liga, while other teams are still in doubt to beat the two big teams this season.

This season will still look a little difficult for Atletico Madrid to take over the position of Barcelona and Real Madrid, unless the Atletico Madrid team can get more good players in the transfer market early next year to make their squad better and compete fiercely with the two big teams ( Barcelona and Real Madrid).

It would be fair to say that this is the most appropriate time for Eden Hazard to retire. Due to his frequent injuries, he wasn't getting as much game time with Real Madrid, which affected his form. A

According to my memory, Belgium reached the semifinals at the 2018 World Cup, but this time they had a lackluster performance. Although the team has some excellent players, I'm not sure what happens when they play together. Belgium deserves a bit more than they have achieved so far. It Hazard has served his country well, and his retirement is well-deserved. I am just hoping that he will do well with Real Madrid.