Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 321. (Read 544446 times)

I think Real's was new los galacticos in the last season, but Mbappe's arrival I think only weakened Real, as did Kroos' departure.
After Mbappe's arrival it seems that Bellingham started to play worse and lost his leadership position on the field. Although Mbappe is trying to play in pass with partners, but still it is obvious that Mbappe is worried about his own game and he tries to shoot from any position, even if it is not the most favorable, which hurts team play, and Real is first of all a team, and then the individual game.
I was also surprised by the odds on the victory before the match on Barcelona, which was 3.8 and it is really very strange, because after Real Barcelona has the strongest squad in La Liga and such odds were just a gift from bookmakers, but the score 4:0 was really difficult to guess, I believed in the victory of Barcelona, but not with such a score.

I would say the greatest part about this is that everyone talked about how Real Madrid built the new los galacticos with addition of Mbappe and they could be incredible, and all season long they prove they weren't that good at all. Addition of Mbappe didn't help them at all, not that he isn't a great player, he is, but he just doesn't look like the best fit.

And Flick was incredible in this game, dude managed to pull off an offside-trap for Mbappe that ruined him so many times, for so many chances, and to do that on the fastest player in the world, having a high line defense, was the biggest risk anyone can think of. Real had so many chances that were offsides, otherwise could have been goals. In the end, Flick just outsmarted Ancelotti, simple as that.

There is no guarantee that what has happened before will happen again. Of course, losing a match does not mean losing the championship, a match is just a match. But some matches are quite impressive.
Last night's result was also quite interesting. My favorite team was Barcelona, ​​but I did not think they would score 4 goals at once. They got a very important victory, let's see if they can continue this advantage until the end of the year

In last night's match, El Real did lose in terms of tactics that seemed to be read by Hansi Flick to outwit how to overcome the attacks built by Madrid players. We can see that Barca players are very disciplined in trapping Madrid into offside, Mbappe did it 8 times, one of which was a goal that was disallowed. In addition, Madrid was too loose when guarding Barcelona players. In the first half, Barcelona's game was actually less effective due to the lack of performance from Fermin Lopez. After being replaced by De Jong and Pedri moved up to occupy Fermin Lopez's position, Barcelona's game began to be more measured. Not long after, Lewa was able to escape the offside trap and take advantage of a pass from Casado. And Lewandowski's second goal was indeed very difficult to thwart, a header that headed towards the top corner of the goal guarded by Lunin. The goal created by Yamal was also difficult to block towards the corner of the goal, besides his shot was quite hard. In Madrid's camp, it seems that the compactness of Madrid's front line was not seen in last night's match. apart from the tactics and the Barcelona players who played well, it seems that Don Carlo has not found the ideal pattern as he actually wanted. From the last 4/5 matches, Madrid always changed its formation. The duet of Vini Jr and Mbappe did not seem solid enough, plus Inaki Pena who performed well in guarding Barcelona's goal. Well, the first El Clasico belongs to Barcelona and there is still a second meeting. For the time being, Barcelona was able to secure its position at the top of the standings with a 6-point lead, the next El Clasico match was Barcelona playing at home.

Atletico Madrid performance in Champion league is quite poor and they were suffering 2 losing streak on that competition which make their chances to advances to the next round is very slim but in Laliga Atletico Madrid is the only team who still unbeated but because they got 5 draw results then Atletico Madrid only can occupy 3th place and collect 20 points from 10 matches in Laliga and today they will fight against Betis

As a host Betis performance is not really good because in the last 5 matches in Laliga they only can able to gets 2 wins and from head to head statistics too Atletico Madrid is much better because they were unbeated in the last 5 meetings and these statistics makes me so sure Atletico Madrid can win from this match and the odds for Atletico Madrid is quite high to bets @2.23

Honestly, yesterday's match result was really beyond prediction. there is a possibility that Barcelona is superior, but not with 4 goals without conceding. surely many of us predict a narrow score from both teams. but Barcelona showed extraordinary toughness.
I lost in this match bet, but it's not something to regret, Barcelona did play more effectively and they won the match against Madrid as proof of Flick to all fans who might doubt the quality of his game tactics.

Well it decides it now. Barcelona beat Real Madrid in Madrid and solidified their position on leagues Numero uno position. It was not just about goals, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid in every aspects of the game, be it defense or goalkeeping. Fermin Lopez and his substitution De Jong were not visibly impressive but the rest of the team played the team game that made them turn 4 goals in Real Madrid's post. Lewandoski arguably is the best player at current time. I had not expected Barcelona to have such quick return to being the top team in La Liga. Unless there's some very bad performance from Barcelona, I'm not expecting Real Madrid to catch on Barcelona the whole season.

It's not just Mbappe problem, but purely a tactic implemented by Hansi Flick to prevent players who have fast running abilities. It's hard to avoid traps if Madrid midfielders can't read the position of Barcelona defenders who are ready to set traps when making passes. Ancelotti should have solved this problem in the second half, but he didn't and ended up being 100% trapped. Hansi Flick intelligence deserves a thumbs up, he understands how to stop Mbappe in the front line.

Barcelona victory in the el classico match clearly shows how effective Hansi Flick tactics are in facing a strong team like Madrid, although Madrid have a lot of burden with many injuries to the players they have but actually in the first half they were able to keep up with the game from Barcelona, when the first half ended actually I hope that both teams will perform better again in the second half, But in fact perecisly, Barcelona is more able to take advantage of the existing momentum, so it is not surprising that they can score a lot of goals in that match, not only record an important for Barcelona at the moment, but with 3 points in the match, they are even safer at the top of the current La Liga standings with a difference of 6 points from Madrid in second place.
Hansi Flick managed to take advantage of Madrid defensive weaknesses by continuing to press them throughout the match, In addition, the offside trap that they apply is actually very effective in dampening every attack that Madrid builds in the match, beating Madrid will certainly improve Barcelona mentality in the championship race now, so I think their chances to win La Liga this season are very wide open if they are able to play consistently like when facing Madrid yesterday.

True, but, Real Madrid's performance was not that bad last season. Look at their H2H against Barcelona. They were losing one and winning one. They were not losing with huge margins like this time. So, this is so different compared to last season. They were still having Kroos on their side, but this time, they don't have him.

I think they won't repeat last season's result if they keep performing this badly. They're worsening now.

Yeah, The result is very disappointing. So Ancelotti is out... Ten Hag in or Reduction of Mbappe's salary Just kidding

Ancelotti is a great manager and this is Madrid's first loss, Barca has been beaten twice this season
And Madrid can still win La Liga if Barca bottles it, and also if Madrid wins the game against Valencia Madrid is in a good spot to lose I know to Barca but if Madrid wins the game against Valencia they are going up in points.
Arda Guler and Endric should be used instead of the main players so that the main players can focus on their positions. At the end, they are Real Madrid.

Las Palmas had a very bad start in the league but with yesterday's win over Girona they have been winning for 2 weeks now. We can say that they played a good game against Girona. Girona are clearly in a big decline compared to last season.
Yesterday, of course, in the most important match of the day, Barcelona won the derby. Hansi Flick is a really good manager and it shows in the teams he goes to. The first half ended scoreless and Barcelona scored 4 goals in the second half. With this win, the points difference has increased to six. Real Madrid suffered their first defeat in the league.

I don't know, I think after the Bayern Munich game it didn't come as much as a surprise as I thought it would have been before the game against Bayern. Barcelona has shown what they are to pull off in that Champions League game, but I know that Real Madrid did the same against Dortmund. But this was brutal against Real Madrid in the Bernabeu Stadium. That must have been a shock for the team and Ancelotti. I am sure they have expected a close game until the last minute, but they did not expect to get humiliated like that.

Don't worry even though Madrid was defeated by Barcelona, believe me in another competition if Madrid can meet Barcelona, I'm sure Barcelona will be humiliated again by Madrid.
I admit yesterday Madrid performance was not optimal and even Vinic tried to give Mbappe a chance, but it turned out that Mbappe failed to take advantage of the good opportunity several times.

Villarreal are doing well this season. The team managed to defeat Real Valladolid away from home and increased their points to 21. They are now in 3rd place with a game in hand. Villarreal played a dominant game compared to their opponents and definitely deserved to win the match. Although they scored the winning goal a little late, they dominated the game.
Alaves, on the other hand, suffered their 5th loss in a row. It was strange that Alaves, who lost by a single goal against Vallecano, didn't win the game or get any points from it. Despite their opponents being reduced to 10 men in the 22nd minute, they failed to get a point here.

I never expected Barcelona to be able to play dominantly in El Clasico by beating Real Madrid 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu, this defeat was very surprising for Real Madrid because they had not experienced a defeat in La Liga for a long time, especially with a big score. Barcelona have officially ended Real Madrid's 42-game unbeaten run in La Liga, preventing their rivals from equalling their record of 43 games set in 2017-18. Hansi Flick really frustrated Real Madrid with his brilliant tactics, especially in setting up offside traps.

The results you expect did not happen in that match because Real Madrid fans were very frustrated with the results of the match that took place at home this week because Barcelona was able to win by a landslide without any reply from Real Madrid and that has given Barcelona a much greater point advantage this season so it will be a little difficult for Real Madrid to catch up. I really don't understand Real Madrid's game whose passes are completely inaccurate and the offside experienced by Mbappe was really a very clever trap from Barcelona players in that match.

In fact the margin of defeat was very high which left many Madrid fans disappointed, still I would say there will be a win or lose in the game but there should not be a tendency to be disappointed and should be more motivated to get a win so that they can perform better in the next match. The most surprising thing was that Barca's attacking players worked so hard and played so energetically that they won by such a huge margin. The Madrid team consists of the most expensive players in the world but they are very weak in attack, except for Mbappe, no one is able to attack very well.

I'd say luck didn't help the Madrid team last night as they didn't play a bad game in proportion to their ability. The early goal chances that were missed and the chances in the second session were ruled out for offside and gave Madrid more momentum and they made the most of it.

Though that Mbappe hasn't really catcched form at Madrid as supposed since his arrival to the club, however this isn't enough reason to start saying his a flop right now because he hasn't started scoring goals,  I know are expecting on him but everything is with time.
Furthermore, this is his first season in the Spanish league and in Real Madrid football team,  he needs some time to catch up with confidence in his new club, and I believe with time when he must have gained ground, understand some players in there and those players too get to understand him, I think we will again see best of Kylian Mbappe.

Mbappe's problem is that he was constantly running offside, this may also be due to the Barcelona defenders who made sure that this happened. Ancelotti said it right. Until the 60th minute the game was equal and it even seemed to me that Real was closer to scoring, they were full of desire to win, but Barcelona changed everything very quickly, very beautiful and difficult goals. Carvajal's absence definitely had an effect, maybe Courtois would have done better in this match, it's hard to say now, and Barcelona is increasing the gap even more.