Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 317. (Read 544583 times)

Hansi Flick's men really humiliated Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium and it's really painful for Real Madrid fans watching such a defeat as Real Madrid was unable to even get one goal against Barcelona. Actually, a lot of people didn,t believe Real Madrid will easily be defeated by Barcelona considering how they performed so greatly in their champions league match against Borussia Dortmund last midweek. I see improvements in Barcelona defense because ever since the match they lost against Osassuna, they have only conceded one goal in some of their matches and also wins some with cleen sheets. I like how the the academy boys are showing great strength recently, Lamine Yamal is doing great work and also Gavi and Pedri as they are all young stars for Barcelona.

IMO, for me it's not a problem that he delayed leaving PSG for too long at that time. However, how he was able to adapt to his new team. Mbappe is a good player, he should have been able to perform well with Real Madrid. However, it seems that Mbappe does need a little adjustment, especially since Madrid also lost Toni Kroos and it seems to have an impact on Madrid's current performance. We can also look at some of the patterns applied by Don Carlo in the last few matches, he has changed the formation of his team several times. Which means, Carlo Ancelotti has not found a pattern that is ideal enough for his squad. If Ancelotti has found a pattern that can be his mainstay pattern, Real Madrid will be very feared by opposing teams in any competition.

But they are now entering the next phase which I think is even more important. They have now had their head start they were hoping for and they have presented some marvelous games against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, but what's now to come? Flick knows that he has raised expectations very early in the season. Everyone now thinks that Barcelona is unstoppable, but they aren't and Flick is aware of it. His job is now to preserve this level of confidence and the quality of their game. There can be unexpected events like injuries and then it comes down to finding the right solutions. So far, besides the injury of ter Stegen, Barcelona is doing well. But things can change quickly due to injuries.

Barcelona has really improved since Hansi Flick took over the management of the team. And what amaze everyone most is that the team is very much concentrated on the young players and they’re really playing to their best and given the win that the team deserves always. Barcelona now has more probability of winning the La Liga title than Real Madrid after the big victory in Santiago Bernabeau, it was obvious that Barcelona was the better team and they dominated the game in this match. The La Liga race may still be early but the performance of Barcelona has made it clear that they have the high tendency than any other team to win the league title. Hansi Flick doesn’t look like who is going to stop now, he’ll definitely go for it and with the way things are going, he will get to win his first title with Barcelona in his first season here.

Mallorca has already managed to take points from strong opponents several times this season, and their match against Athletic could be another opportunity to show their resilience. The Basque team is in great form and will be aiming for a win, but both teams are close in the standings and unlikely to want to give ground. The game is likely to be balanced, with neither side holding a clear advantage. So I agree that betting on both teams to score is the best choice here.

Carlo Ancelotti didn't push for changes when he witnessed his team wasn't given the necessary odds to win Barcelona at home. It was frustrating to watch Real Madrid lose 4 nil at Santiago Bernabéu and that's absolutely weigh out of the picture. Whose fault was it when we talked about the humiliating defeats of Real Madrid? For me, I will take it on every Real Madrid players because they were not serious, besides Carlo Ancelotti pattern didn't work out. In the meantime, clear picture was Kylian Mbappe who was spoonedfed with key passes, his first appearance in the El Clasico was something else. His performance are not stunning, but worse in this scenario. The Frenchman couldn't convert his chances when given one, he was ruled offsides countless times and we totally understand his fate in this game.

His first season is now like a bad luck because tell me why will any professional football player will be having many offside when it's not like you are playing in lowest division where you are still trying to understand football for christ sake. Personally, I think that position of him as a striker for Real Madrid is going to take more time before he get used to it, even Benzema used to be in wing position before he was later change to a full striker for the team.

All I'm seeing around Mbape is pressure to succeed and success doesn't comes like that, even when he was in PSG he wasn't struggling to succeed. He did his thing and it was cooking because he is good without too much effort, thanks to his speed but here at Real Madrid, this is the worst time he came to this club and I hope he get his shit together, you can't be a professional striker and be going offside many times.

Yep. In the end... This game is just three points.
A bad match doesn't define a footballer and reminds me of what Cristiano did in his first year in Madrid. Not much, and won nothing.
Real Madrid is a good team with a monster mentality, especially in the Champions League.
I'm not a big fan of Real Madrid but it's too much to say after the fantastic performance in the last season, losing one game will make them slump this season.
I hope they can finally recover soon and forget this bad result.
And I agree with you, even if I want to add another player the most important thing is that Mbappé must adapt, if not then the bench.

Barcelona has appointed an experienced coach like Hansi Flick. It was the best decision by the Barcelona management. They managed to find a suitable coach for Barcelona. Now the experienced coach can change the overall situation of the team. And Barcelona is proof of that.

Raphinha has been with Barcelona for a long time. But this season we can see a great performance from Raphinha. Last season Raphinha managed just 6 goals in 28 matches. Raphinha has 6 goals and 6 assists in just 11 matches this season. Raphinha is in excellent form. We are getting good performance as usual from Lewandowski this season as well. At the same time young Yamal is also able to perform well. Thanks to hansi FLick for all this. Hansi Flick's hard work is why we see good performances from Barcelona.

Mbappe's performance makes it clear that there are many differences between the two competitions in France, Ligue 1 and La Liga. Mbappé scored in almost every match in the French league and played much better there than he has been able to do for Real Madrid. Mbappe has been playing football for a long time and he is a professional footballer yet the amount of mistakes he made and the amount of offsides he made in a match that day didn't seem to me to be the best star in the world at least. It is not a problem if you don't score because no one ever said that a player will score every day but he should have scored in the opportunities that were given to him. I don't know how his future performance will be but he must do well in the next El Clasico match and make the right use of the opportunity.

I so much agree with your insinuation. The influence of a coach in every team can never be underestimated. Barcelona former coach Xavi Hernandez did his best but he never had the influence on the individual players. Take Lewandowski for instance, we have thought that he is old and about to retire under Xavi, little did we know that he is even at his peak and has gotten up to 15 goals now. Check player like Raphinlna, he's competing head to head with vinicius Junior, scoring hat-trick and many more this is the effect of coach mentality.

With the current squad depth of Barcelona we should not be surprised if they win the La Liga of this season. When the season started they were winning their matches while their toughest rival who has the greater number of superstars are struggling.  Leagues are actually won in the first few matches of the season and not the last time that everyone will be struggling.

Barcelona has to maintain its good performance until the end of the season. This year he has a collection of players forming a good squad but with potential injuries and the rhythm, everything could change especially after the winter transfer window.
Real Madrid in the other hand has adaptation problem with Mbappe in the lead. They will figure out a way to advance at some point and they will be a real threat for Barcelona. The remaining teams aren't that top and even Simeone is struggling to maintain Atlético Madrid in the top 4.

I know it will be as if people are regretting mbappe coming to Madrid but they should give him the benefit of doubt, at least I know the expectation of people were high the process of acquiring mbappe but their is still time, the surprising thing is that will it be like this even if they don't have mbappe because people love him and saw talent in him because he plays as if is attention is not on the pitch and is seriously descripting the whole game because we all know that Madrid won't win any trophy this season and when they played against Barcelona the goal record have not been recorded in the histroy of football.

This is the first time that have seen Real Madrid playing weak this way it was never like this but this, is worse for them because for ages now, we know how Madrid can be so what is now the problem because they don't have any financial problems their players are super good so they don't even have any reason for failing and it happens but to this extent.

They only have hope next season and because before you know Madrid will start falling behind they don't feel like doing the right thing and the way the heat was coming upon them from Barcelona was one of a kind and I know that they will do everything possible not to forget what they did to Madrid.

Barcelona success is in their attackers and the appointment of a quality coach, Hansi Flick had made the players that were playing poorly under the previous coach to be playing very well together and scoring lots of goals. His tactical changes has also helped Barcelona in tough games. Against Real Madrid, it was his changes that made Barcelona to turn things round and won the game. In the first Half Real Madrid were in the game but Barcelona took control of everything in the second half and won the game. Here's some statistics from the attackers at Barcelona for this season and the season is just beginning therefore more goals are expected from this players.

The thing is; he's been aware of the most recent side talks and complaints over his performances, as to not being in accordance with the Madrid expectation.
We all know real Madrid to be a team that'd drop any player that doesn't meetup the standard gameplay... One of the ways of putting yourself in that list is by losing too many chances, which will oftentimes end in a lose for them... This is exactly the condition that mbappe finds himself and, I must say, this is even gonna get ugly as the pressure on him won't do any good but worse.

I'd say, if Madrid allows him sometime to recover himself and also puts him away from the media and their unnecessary criticism, he'll play and good as he should... Secondly, lotti should allow him play his original position as a 7, rather than a 9...

Well, if you only blame Mbappe in the El Clasico match, I think it's very inappropriate because after all, other players like Vinicius and Bellingham didn't play well in the match. Indeed, I also realized that Mbappe kept making mistakes because of offside, but in fact Vinicius also had a very good chance but Vinicius shot, while if Vinicius gave a pass to Mbappe then the position would have been very possible for Mbappe to score without being offside. So yes, I think Real Madrid's defeat in the El Clasico match yesterday was not only about Mbappe's mistake because of offside, but overall that Real Madrid played badly.

Congratulations to Barcelona for winning against one of the strongest opponent in the league Real Madrid this was Indeed a big win that worth celebrating and for sure this is a pointers to what we can expect in this season with Barcelona ending up winnitrhe league since it show's all the signs that Real Madrid in this season is kind of weak and have no balls to stand Barcelona, for winning them with a 4 goals to none is a big blow on Real Madrid.

And as it stands no club that can stand against Barcelona I the La Liga in this season since Real Madrid is out of the way for now all the other clubs and highly demotivated and could be playing against the with fears and all sort of chances that will end them well topping the season points table, and any ways as the defending champions their are much prepared than any other club in this season.

Regarding Mbappe, I think he has not found his best form, Ancelotti seems to still need to continue experimenting to speed up his adaptation period within the squad. We realize that Mbappe is one of the best players today, slowly the French international will appear sharp like at PSG. Overall, Ancelotti is facing a transition process within the team, and we realize the challenges faced are very complex, besides the demand to continue to be consistent in every match. More simply, Real Madrid currently looks to be struggling to achieve balance between lines.

The two defeats experienced by Real Madrid can still be redeemed in the next match, meaning Ancelotti still has a chance to defend the trophy. Creativity from the midfield is the key to the sharpness of Real Madrid front line so far, with Toni Kroos retiring, and Modric who is too old, Ancelotti must encourage other players for the task so that Mbappe potential can be maximized.

This is very easy to say from the outside. You people make it sound like Mbappe just strayed offside, No, he was kept offside by the Barcelona defenders. Most times, the pass comes late. If you watch the replays, you'll see that there are times when the Barcelona defenders just stop running and allow Mbappe to run offside. In that kind of situation, you can't blame him because he's not looking at the defenders when he has already started making the run, nobody can do that, he's looking at the ball. You just have to applaud the brilliance and bravery of the Barcelona defenders.


Mbappe is a good player but I think his performance is the world cup final is overrated. He scored one good goal and 2 penalties, that's not too extraordinary. He was quiet the whole game till around the 80th minute or thereabout. Like I said, he's a very good player, one of the best in the world currently, but i think the performance is slightly overrated.

Mbappe's biggest mistake was delaying his departure from the French league for too long. His performance in El Clasico was really bad. It was as if his mind was elsewhere, and he couldn’t focus on the game, but it's not fair to question his abilities based on just one match. We're talking about a player who scored a hat trick in the last World Cup final