La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 3049.

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Quote from: Razmirraz on November 24, 2022, 11:33:22 PM

Depay contract with Barcelona has entered its final year, Barcelona tried to release Depay in last summer's transfer but ended up staying because there was no agreement with another club. Barcelona have put Depay on the Sell list in the January transfer window to avoid Depay leaving on a free transfer.

Depay had some good months in Barcelona when he was their important player but in the past two seasons, he is no longer important with Barcelona. Barcelona will let him go win January to receive some money or keep him until the season ending and let him go freely. I bet Barcelona will choose the first option as with them, money is very important.

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It is better for Depay to leave than to stay at Barcelona, it is very difficult for him to get minutes to play at Barcelona because Xavi believes more in other players such as Lewandowski, Dembele, Raphinha, Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres. Galatasaray really want to bring Depay from Camp Nou, Depay must make the best decision for his future.

It is stupid if he chooses to play when a coach, a club are no longer need him there. Barcelona are betting their future with young players, not nearly old players like Depay. Even Xavi is fired and Barcelona has another coach, I don't think Depay will play important role in the club.

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Quote from: Velvet78 on November 24, 2022, 02:46:39 PM

About Depay I can say that he is about to leave the team soon. Because there are news circulating around like he is one of the candidates to be sent from the team in January. It was going to happen even in the previous summer but Barcelona decided to let Aubameyang go instead.

Honestly it would be better for Depay to stay here as Lewandowski's substitute. Because he can still make a good contribution to the team when he has the chance. I don't know what they are planning now. Because if he leaves there will be only Lewandowski as a centre-forward in the team.

Depay contract with Barcelona has entered its final year, Barcelona tried to release Depay in last summer's transfer but ended up staying because there was no agreement with another club. Barcelona have put Depay on the Sell list in the January transfer window to avoid Depay leaving on a free transfer.
It is better for Depay to leave than to stay at Barcelona, it is very difficult for him to get minutes to play at Barcelona because Xavi believes more in other players such as Lewandowski, Dembele, Raphinha, Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres. Galatasaray really want to bring Depay from Camp Nou, Depay must make the best decision for his future.

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Barcelona can still turn this season into an amazing one for themselves indeed. Winning the La Liga title is of course the most important goal for them because they couldn't win this title for three seasons - Real Madrid 2 times, Atletico Madrid once. Xavi is under pressure as a result but he is dealing with it great for now. They have lost only against Real Madrid so far. Their only draw was like at the beginning of the season. As long as they keep this up they will stay ahead of Real Madrid for sure.

However winning only the La Liga title might not be enough for a perfect season. They are in the Europa League at the same time too as you know. Maybe they have really tough teams there as well from now on. But Xavi's goal there must be to go for the title. Winning two big titles would satisfy not only the fans but also the board.

Barcelona has potential squads to win this la Liga league title and other titles in this season, because many things has changed positively in this season with Barcelona that made them to experienced only one defeat from Real Madrid, which they will never allow such mistake to happen again until they achieve the title. I believe, Barcelona coach will definitely introduce new strategies that will make the team to perform well like never before, because their fans are waiting to see more performance in their remaining matches.

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Barcelona still has weaknesses in defense which Xavi has not fixed so far, so if you only rely on striker Robert Lewandowski then you will not be able to win because there are several strong opponents there. Even so, if Barcelona have an effort to win there might still be a chance if they managed to get lucky.

I often think and feel strange when a team only relies on one person. Even though it is very clear that the team needs more people to be placed on each line so that the team can become stronger, because Robert Lewandowski, whose job as a striker, will also not be able to handle all the lines alone during the match.

This is the reason every player in a certain line must really be corrected by the coach and one of them is on the line you said was for Barcelona this season, so that in the second half of this season Barcelona can still show its good performance in La Liga.

I don't think it's an easy matter for every player to adapt. Barcelona have brought in a lot of new players this season so they also need time, then player injuries are a separate problem for Xavi, making it all difficult. So far Xavi has been able to do a good job, although there are some shortcomings that also need to be fixed again.

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Quote from: TopT3ns on November 24, 2022, 06:00:41 PM

Barcelona still has weaknesses in defense which Xavi has not fixed so far, so if you only rely on striker Robert Lewandowski then you will not be able to win because there are several strong opponents there. Even so, if Barcelona have an effort to win there might still be a chance if they managed to get lucky.

I often think and feel strange when a team only relies on one person. Even though it is very clear that the team needs more people to be placed on each line so that the team can become stronger, because Robert Lewandowski, whose job as a striker, will also not be able to handle all the lines alone during the match.

This is the reason every player in a certain line must really be corrected by the coach and one of them is on the line you said was for Barcelona this season, so that in the second half of this season Barcelona can still show its good performance in La Liga.

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Quote from: mv1986 on November 24, 2022, 06:30:19 PM

Benzema played one outstanding season, but when you think about it pretty much everyone knew that the won't be able to repeat such a season. On top of that as you mentioned, he is injured way too often. You can be the best player in the world, but when you are not healthy you are also no help to your team.

Sure, he can't repeat the same thing in the previous season because he gets injured. If he can stay healthy and has no problem with his fitness, I am sure he can repeat his best performance like the previous season. The main problem of Benzema is his age, he is already 34 years old. At the age nearly 35 years old, players are usually more susceptible to injury.

Quote from: mv1986 on November 24, 2022, 06:30:19 PM

I believe that Madrid will sign one striker in the upcoming summer and I think it is going to be a big name.

Real Madrid always targets big names, they only want a top striker. If you hear the rumors, all their targets are popular strikers such as Kylian Mbappé, Victor Osimhen, and Lautaro Martínez. But the problem is the chance to sign them, I think it will be a bit difficult to sign them as they are the main players in their clubs.

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Real Madrid have incredible talents on their side this season and I think these players are capable of filling in for Toni Kroos, Modric and already departed Casemiro for Real madrid. I think if Madrid is signing another midfielder in January it is to boost the depth in the midfield position and they also need to get a striker fill in for injured Benzema.

It would make sense if madrid are looking to sign another midfielder; but i do not think they will be desperate about doing that. With Valverde, Tchouchemani and Camavinga; they have a credible replacements for modric, kroos; and just need to add a top tier elite midfielder to complete the trio in midfield.

I believe the urgent signing of a player would be a forwarder that could replace Benzema that unfortunately took injuries over and over and barely played this season.. He wasn't able to play with France in the World Cup.
Adding another midfielder would be good too of course but should not limit them from getting a forwarder.

Benzema played one outstanding season, but when you think about it pretty much everyone knew that the won't be able to repeat such a season. On top of that as you mentioned, he is injured way too often. You can be the best player in the world, but when you are not healthy you are also no help to your team.

I believe that Madrid will sign one striker in the upcoming summer and I think it is going to be a big name.

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Quote from: Lorokan on November 24, 2022, 04:32:32 PM

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Real Madrid have incredible talents on their side this season and I think these players are capable of filling in for Toni Kroos, Modric and already departed Casemiro for Real madrid. I think if Madrid is signing another midfielder in January it is to boost the depth in the midfield position and they also need to get a striker fill in for injured Benzema.

It would make sense if madrid are looking to sign another midfielder; but i do not think they will be desperate about doing that. With Valverde, Tchouchemani and Camavinga; they have a credible replacements for modric, kroos; and just need to add a top tier elite midfielder to complete the trio in midfield.

I believe the urgent signing of a player would be a forwarder that could replace Benzema that unfortunately took injuries over and over and barely played this season.. He wasn't able to play with France in the World Cup.
Adding another midfielder would be good too of course but should not limit them from getting a forwarder.

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Quote from: Rockstarguy on November 24, 2022, 04:16:02 PM

How possible can barcelona win the Europa when their are strong teams in the Europa that are more consistent. I'm not very sure about barcelona winning the europa league . Barcelona is really trying in laliga if they can continue to show consistency in their games in laliga then they can win the league but as for the Europa league I don't think it will be easy for Barcelona to win it. To me what barcelona needs more is to win the laliga league .

Barcelona still has weaknesses in defense which Xavi has not fixed so far, so if you only rely on striker Robert Lewandowski then you will not be able to win because there are several strong opponents there. Even so, if Barcelona have an effort to win there might still be a chance if they managed to get lucky.

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Quote from: CryptoPanda on November 23, 2022, 12:59:58 PM

Real Madrid have incredible talents on their side this season and I think these players are capable of filling in for Toni Kroos, Modric and already departed Casemiro for Real madrid. I think if Madrid is signing another midfielder in January it is to boost the depth in the midfield position and they also need to get a striker fill in for injured Benzema.

It would make sense if madrid are looking to sign another midfielder; but i do not think they will be desperate about doing that. With Valverde, Tchouchemani and Camavinga; they have a credible replacements for modric, kroos; and just need to add a top tier elite midfielder to complete the trio in midfield.

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Quote from: Raflesia on November 24, 2022, 02:14:23 PM

I quite agree with this, but indeed for the current season it might be a little different because I still feel that one of these teams will be able to, especially considering Sevilla's current condition, it seems like this could be another comparison.
Even though positions 1 to 3 will still be owned by the same club between Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico, of course there is 1 slot left there and they can maximize that to their advantage.

The fourth slot will be contested by teams like Bilbao, Real Betis, Real Sociedad because for now they are the closest team there.
Atletico Madrid, which is currently in a less promising performance, is expected to return well in the second half of this season. Reshuffling strategy and possibly bringing in new players should be the main solution for the coach, and if they still fail then Simeone will be sacked.

Barcelona, which currently leads the standings, also don't have to be satisfied for too long with the team's performance. Xavi always has to convince his players that only by winning are they more likely to win the title this season because Real Madrid are not far from them. Xavi has had to put in a lot of effort for Barcelona as they try to rise to greatness, but it's really not an easy job.

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Quote from: el kaka22 on November 24, 2022, 03:28:32 PM

Normally players could just tell their manager to not play him, that should be seen as ok thing to do, just give him one week salary cut and he should take it and it should be all fine. On the other hand, dude just ended up running full force to opponent and jumped on him, that’s not really okay at all.

Lewandowski certainly can't be said to have done it. It may be by mistake. Lewandowski is a professional athlete. I don't think he will want to stay out of the squad for three matches on purpose. However, Lewandowski will not be with the squad for the next few matches. Xavi will definitely need to apply a new match strategy. If Barcelona drops points in the next few matches they will lose the top spot in the points table. Barcelona must play very carefully.

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Quote from: Dr.Tancredi on November 24, 2022, 07:46:44 AM

Atletico Madrid still have so much to do while we are talking about Barcelona and Real Madrid most of the time. Because the title competition is going on between these two teams only. Atletico Madrid are even worse in this season. There is a significant level of drop in their performance and this has affected them in a bad way not only in the La Liga but also in the Champions League. They have only the La Liga left in their hands as a big tournament from now on after finishing the CL group stage at the last place.

I really wonder what Simeone is planning to do in the second half of this season. If he doesn't manage to have a better run then I won't be surprised in case of a decision to leave his job.

Athletico Madrid has performed absolutely extensively bad from the League to Champions League and back, they haven't had any recent good's. While most decisions and discussion's are both from Real Madrid and Barcelona, Athletico Madrid needs to up them game's immediately the various league resumes.

Diego Simeone has had a lot term spell with Athletico Madrid, I feel he had enough of the team already, what are they waiting for ? A new management should be installed into the club. Diego Someone's tactical plans are not what the world plays again, he needs to evolve or leave for someone else to motivate the club.

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Xavi does not want to end this season without presenting a trophy for Barcelona. barcelona spent quite a lot of money in the last summer window for sure barcelona will target one of the trophies for this season. they have two chances to win the trophy including the europa league and laliga. barcelona has a big chance in laliga because they are better than real madrid in the last few matches. Can barcelona maintain its best quality after the world cup later it's worth the wait. in the europa league xavi immediately got a big challenge to be able to bring barcelona through to the next round because barcelona has a strong opponent in the knockout round.

How possible can barcelona win the Europa when their are strong teams in the Europa that are more consistent. I'm not very sure about barcelona winning the europa league . Barcelona is really trying in laliga if they can continue to show consistency in their games in laliga then they can win the league but as for the Europa league I don't think it will be easy for Barcelona to win it. To me what barcelona needs more is to win the laliga league .

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Quote from: Bobrox on November 24, 2022, 02:55:28 PM

Based on points different at standing position awhile I don't sure with Real Sociedad opportunity finish on top fourth standing position at the end this season, learned with inconsistency performance last season Sociedad have consistent performance but at the end failed finish on champion league standing zone. I think Real Betis, Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao have 2 points remaining from Sociedad and this one match enough for taking at fourth standing position, I think Atletico Madrid is favorite can lead on top fourth standing position and another team completed with champion league ticket between Real Betis or Athletic Bilboa.

Still have many matches left and possibility with any changed about standing position place, actually Barcelona and Real Madrid will dominance at 1st and 2nd placed based on many points different with third and fourth standing position.

A very long season ahead waiting for many ups and downs from all teams because currently most of the teams are giving not good performance, so we can expect tough challenge for the 3rd and 4th spot which is going to happen between Atlético Madrid, Real Sociedad, Real Betis and Athletic Bilbao these all are having small margin of point and their performance is also on level with some ups and downs are also going even we can expect better results in coming weeks because January transfer window can give good relief with few teams are going to have quality players which can bring good stuff for them and this could be vital for the remaining season with Real Madrid and Barcelona are again at the top without any challenge from later teams which are not near to these giants in quality.

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Lewandowski shouldn't have done what he did, it was obvious that he was looking to get himself sent off, and the way he did it was such an amateur way to do it as well. I get it, he wanted to relax and rest up a bit before the world cup and wanted to miss one game so he would just directly went back and rested, but the way he did it was too "obvious".

Normally players could just tell their manager to not play him, that should be seen as ok thing to do, just give him one week salary cut and he should take it and it should be all fine. On the other hand, dude just ended up running full force to opponent and jumped on him, that’s not really okay at all.

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Bad news for Barcelona, Lewandowski got a ban from playing in 3 League games. This is because Lewandowski got a red card and was considered disrespectful to the referee. If counted then Lewandowski will miss games against Espanyol, Atletico Madrid and Getafe. Of course they will have a hard time. Currently Lewandowski's statistics are very good, 19 games with 18 goals and 4 assists. But I heard Lewandowski will appeal because he thinks it is not insulting to the referee.

This is indeed very unfortunate, especially when looking at other things, there are slanted reports about him who deliberately wanted to get a red card so that he could rest more because he was preparing for the match in the world cup.
A significant loss, especially in this case, their position is still not safe in the standings because it is still closely followed by Madrid.

Intentionally or not it was too much punishment for not being able to play in 3 matches. It seemed that referee Gil Manzano was not in the best of moods at the time.
Lewandoski explained regarding his gesture which was considered insulting to the referee, he said it was shown to the bench and not to the referee. Lewandowski will try to appeal the sentence.
Lewandowski also admits that his debut at Barcelona will not be easy and will go according to plan, but he is trying to give his team the best.

Now just have to keep hoping whether indeed Lewandowski's gesture by rubbing his nose with his index finger and continuing to point at the referee will be considered as an act of undiscipline or not because it will be difficult if this is considered an act of neglecting the referee.
An appeal is something they definitely do because Barcelona currently still need Lewandowski and it would be a big loss if they lose Lewandowski for a long time.

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Based on points different at standing position awhile I don't sure with Real Sociedad opportunity finish on top fourth standing position at the end this season, learned with inconsistency performance last season Sociedad have consistent performance but at the end failed finish on champion league standing zone. I think Real Betis, Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao have 2 points remaining from Sociedad and this one match enough for taking at fourth standing position, I think Atletico Madrid is favorite can lead on top fourth standing position and another team completed with champion league ticket between Real Betis or Athletic Bilboa.

Still have many matches left and possibility with any changed about standing position place, actually Barcelona and Real Madrid will dominance at 1st and 2nd placed based on many points different with third and fourth standing position.

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Quote from: nurilham on November 23, 2022, 04:59:34 PM

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Despite the punishment Lewandowski has got in the league, I still expect Barcelona to move on strongly. As long as their attackers stay strong in the absence of Lewandowski they should still be able to continue winning by keeping their dominance. They need to keep their point losses at the minimum level to stay one step ahead of Real Madrid.

I think Barcelona still can make goals without Lewandowski. Depay seems already fit, he played in the world cup group stage several days ago (when Netherlands was against Senegal). So, he can play again for Barcelona and is available to replace Lewandowski's position as a center-forward (striker). Barcelona also has good wingers, they can score goals without Lewandowski. We don't need to feel worried about Barcelona opportunity to win because there are many good attackers in Barcelona squad now. They are very possible to continue their winning and stay in the first position in La Liga.

About Depay I can say that he is about to leave the team soon. Because there are news circulating around like he is one of the candidates to be sent from the team in January. It was going to happen even in the previous summer but Barcelona decided to let Aubameyang go instead.

Honestly it would be better for Depay to stay here as Lewandowski's substitute. Because he can still make a good contribution to the team when he has the chance. I don't know what they are planning now. Because if he leaves there will be only Lewandowski as a centre-forward in the team.

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I also think that Atletico Madrid will be 3rd, although we are very premature now because we are not even halfway through the competition. Barcelona needs another championship. The last time Barcelona became champion in Spain was in the 2018/2019 season. Since the 2000 season, Atletico Madrid have become champions twice. Before that you had Deportivo La Coruna, but those glorious times will not return for this team in the short term. Why did the team fall so far? For example, I thought Bebeto played on that team.

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