If I'm to talk about the big game next week which is Barcelona - Atletico Madrid, I can say that I don't have a clear favourite. The reason is that obviously none of these teams have been impressive this season so far. This makes things difficult for people to be sure of a prediction about this game. Maybe Atletico Madrid are going to play an away game but they can win this game too. These teams both are really inconsistent and we never know how good they will be in Camp Nou. If Atletico Madrid have a defensive game, then we could watch a really boring game.
Few weeks back things were not in favour of Barcelona, but now Xavi is doing very good job, and they have very good form just because of this now they are able to reach at fifth place and if they are able to defeat Atletico Madrid then surely they are going to stay at fourth place which is currently dream of this team and their management due to very bad financial situation they are not able to buy any new players so trying to have few on loan which is also good option, but they achieve some good in recent weeks, and now I am hoping they will be able to reach out at third spot as well because Betis is also losing points with Real Madrid and Sevilla are on level in form and dropping points which is clearly helping Barcelona and their dream for European touch at the end of this season. 
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It would have been better to watch the Barcelona - Atletico Madrid game if both of these teams were in the fight for the league title. But the current situation for both of them is the opposite now. However, the recent performances of both of them have been decent actually. They both won last week by a one-goal difference. Atletico Madrid's victory was really like a dream as they turned the game around from 0-2 behind. And here in Camp Nou, my favourite will be Barcelona. Bookmakers are also favouring them and maybe they can win by a one-goal difference.
Sevilla are continuing their determined behaviour in the La Liga for the title. They lost two points the last time but thankfully Real Madrid did the same too. I believe that Sevilla are much better than the last season now. They are completely focused on the La Liga title as it seems but they have a big rival ahead of them which is Real Madrid. The current gap is still four points and Sevilla will have to maintain a winning streak to have a chance for the title. But I still feel like Real Madrid will make it this year.
It will be difficult for Sevilla but I was just checking the stats right now and it looks like Sevilla has the best defense of the league with only just 16 goals conceded so far in 22 games,that is less than 1 goal per game if we do an average.They had 2 draws in their last games although against strong opponents like Valencia and Celta Vigo so they missed exactly 4 points which is the difference to the leaders.I am a fan of Real Madrid and I hope they to win the league but I would not be mad if Sevilla wins it as there is quite some time without a La Liga title for Sevilla.
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There is around one week for the Barcelona - Atletico Madrid match in Camp Nou. This is the most popular match among people now of course. Because these teams are having a similar season now. Barcelona are following Atletico Madrid from only one point behind being at the fifth position in the current standings. They both have started getting satisfying results in the recent times. Actually, I wouldn't call them very satisfying as they had difficulties in winning those matches but they still won in the end. And I think that Barcelona wouldn't lose here.
For Barcelona,I think Xavi is really doing something great at the club,and the team he is building is one for the future. After watching one of their matches,I concluded that those boys will take Barcelona to that time of Xavi and Iniesta,where they played the Tiki-taka pattern of football. And for the match against Athletico Madrid,it's a draw match.
There is no doubt that Xavi is doing well. Not just Xavi. Newcomer Torres has proved his mettle in the last two matches. But a win against Atletico Madrid requires a good and stable gameplay. If Torres and Depay can play well together and if Barcelona's defense is strong then we can expect such a good result from Barcelona. Opponents Strieker Suarez, Griezmann and Correa are very experienced. If there is any weakness in the defense, Barcelona will have to concede the goal.
Next week against Atletico Madrid with all the preparations already quite good. Since there is no match scheduled for almost 1 week they have prepared everything that might have made a lot of changes. Xavi hard work always pays off, even if it's not significant. Over time, Barcelona will surely show their abilities by themselves.
Xavi managed to improve the mentality of Barcelona players to fight despite struggling to win matches. I agree that not everything he wanted worked out this quickly, he needed time and brought Barcelona back to their best.Maybe if problem from player quality on Barcelona why last month Ronald Koeman have out and replace by Xavi Hernandez? why not management try to give much money for Ronald Koeman get new player.
Ronald Koeman had enough time to try his strategy at Barcelona. He has made many changes and also he has managed to bring a setback to Barcelona where when he was no longer at Barcelona Messi, Suarez, Rakitic, Vidal and several other important players also left.Koeman doesn't have the philosophy of play that Barcelona are hoping for, but Xavi has it although at the moment he's only trying it with a few senior players and a lot of his academy players. Take a look at what he has put into Barcelona's performances and compare it to what Koeman has done for Barcelona in recent seasons.
I believe the next few days are very crucial for Xavi and Barcelona, because if they can loan or sell some player’s and in turn buy 1 - 3 player’s then they’ll be able to play good football again. Lastly is Xavi the right person to lead Barcelona, then the short answer is yes but he requires few more signings, and at least one full season to make an impact in my personal opinion.
There is around one week for the Barcelona - Atletico Madrid match in Camp Nou. This is the most popular match among people now of course. Because these teams are having a similar season now. Barcelona are following Atletico Madrid from only one point behind being at the fifth position in the current standings. They both have started getting satisfying results in the recent times. Actually, I wouldn't call them very satisfying as they had difficulties in winning those matches but they still won in the end. And I think that Barcelona wouldn't lose here.
For Barcelona,I think Xavi is really doing something great at the club,and the team he is building is one for the future. After watching one of their matches,I concluded that those boys will take Barcelona to that time of Xavi and Iniesta,where they played the Tiki-taka pattern of football. And for the match against Athletico Madrid,it's a draw match.
There is around one week for the Barcelona - Atletico Madrid match in Camp Nou. This is the most popular match among people now of course. Because these teams are having a similar season now. Barcelona are following Atletico Madrid from only one point behind being at the fifth position in the current standings. They both have started getting satisfying results in the recent times. Actually, I wouldn't call them very satisfying as they had difficulties in winning those matches but they still won in the end. And I think that Barcelona wouldn't lose here.
Koeman doesn't have the philosophy of play that Barcelona are hoping for, but Xavi has it although at the moment he's only trying it with a few senior players and a lot of his academy players. Take a look at what he has put into Barcelona's performances and compare it to what Koeman has done for Barcelona in recent seasons.
This is what I like about Xavi so far, he is trying to bring in senior players he has struggled with in order to motivate the young players and also to give their contribution to help Xavi educate the next generation of Barcelona in 5 years. It's not seen at this time but with their potential that is quite prominent, we will definitely see Barcelona will appear with training results that are not in vain. Then what I like about Xavi is his unselfishness in receiving input from senior players that he deliberately installs at Barca's current club. So that Xavi lack of reading the opponent's strategy can be helped by Alves.Barcelona can be ascertained almost bankrupt even the player transfer system is also quite pathetic where a team as big as Barcelona must pay Ferran Torres 10x installments to Manchester City. However, the regulations from La Liga which prohibit foreigners from owning 100% shares in a club give a bad indication for La Liga team's finances, it is very difficult to find investors with minority share ownership. Because all investors in the world of football they want full rights or 100% share ownership like when Manchester City was acquired by entrepreneurs from Qatar.
I think Barcelona is far from bankrupt - their debt is a little more than their annual budget, but they spend their annual budget in a year, and debt repayment is stretched over time. As for the difficulties with the sale of the club, it is easy to get around them, for example, create a Spanish company that will buy the club, and the shares of the created company will belong to a foreigner. The issue is that the management of Barcelona is not considering selling the club.
Barcelona is in serious problems i think their debt is over 1.4$ Billion currently. The current management is doing everything to make it lower even dropping lots of salaries and lots of players. They are currently focused on their academy and getting players for free. But its not easy to get out of that debt that easy.
If you take the last five matches for Barcelona, you can see that they have only two wins + two losses and one draw (each loss resulted in relegation from the respective cup) https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/65/Fixtures/Spain-Barcelona
Atlético have an absolutely identical picture: https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/63/Fixtures/Spain-Atletico-Madrid
But given what I wrote above (Atletico in a temporary crisis, and Barcelona in a systemic one), I think that Atlético will easily win this match.
when I think Barcelona might be the winners, I feel like Atletico Madrid has a better chance and vice versa. Atlético have an absolutely identical picture: https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/63/Fixtures/Spain-Atletico-Madrid
But given what I wrote above (Atletico in a temporary crisis, and Barcelona in a systemic one), I think that Atlético will easily win this match.
But I want to think of it in simple terms. If Barcelona wins they will be in the top four and if Atletico Madrid wins they will be able to hold their 4th position.
So, for Barcelona, it's a really important game. And also for Xavi as well. Because if Barcelona loses this they are in big trouble.
But if Atlético lose their fourth place then they too will be in huge trouble, even though Atlético are still the reigning champions. Taking into account the fact that no one left the team in Atlético, and the team was not in crisis, it can be assumed that, theoretically, one can understand the failure of Barcelona, but one cannot understand the failure of Atlético. If you think in this way, it turns out that Atlético is on the edge of the abyss and not Barcelona, so they need a victory more.
The Barcelona - Atletico Madrid game next week is a derby-like game for sure. It is not very good to see both of these teams struggling in this season but they are at least trying to climb to upper levels in the standings now. They both don't seem very credible teams in general but they both have a good form recently. Maybe they barely win their games but it is crucial to win as many games as possible for recovering in the end. Barcelona are favoured by bookmakers. And I also feel like they might win by a close margin.
The upcoming match between Barcelona and Atletico is very interesting to see because they are trying to secure their position in the top 4. Also, the point gap between Barcelona and Atletico is only 1, which team to win the match will be in UCL zone temporarily. Both have the chance to win, especially Barcelona to play in their home. Barcelona players will have more motivation to win since they play at their stadium. But I don't think Barcelona to get 3 points, the result will be a draw or a winning for Atletico Madrid.Anyway, we can't judge these teams not credible, we have no reasons to claim it. Both Atletico and Barcelona are still top clubs in Spain, they have good players in their squad. Although they are not in first or second place anymore, doesn't mean they are not credible teams.
Barcelona can be ascertained almost bankrupt even the player transfer system is also quite pathetic where a team as big as Barcelona must pay Ferran Torres 10x installments to Manchester City. However, the regulations from La Liga which prohibit foreigners from owning 100% shares in a club give a bad indication for La Liga team's finances, it is very difficult to find investors with minority share ownership. Because all investors in the world of football they want full rights or 100% share ownership like when Manchester City was acquired by entrepreneurs from Qatar.
I think Barcelona is far from bankrupt - their debt is a little more than their annual budget, but they spend their annual budget in a year, and debt repayment is stretched over time. As for the difficulties with the sale of the club, it is easy to get around them, for example, create a Spanish company that will buy the club, and the shares of the created company will belong to a foreigner. The issue is that the management of Barcelona is not considering selling the club.
If I'm to talk about the big game next week which is Barcelona - Atletico Madrid, I can say that I don't have a clear favourite. The reason is that obviously none of these teams have been impressive this season so far. This makes things difficult for people to be sure of a prediction about this game. Maybe Atletico Madrid are going to play an away game but they can win this game too. These teams both are really inconsistent and we never know how good they will be in Camp Nou. If Atletico Madrid have a defensive game, then we could watch a really boring game.
Sevilla are continuing their determined behaviour in the La Liga for the title. They lost two points the last time but thankfully Real Madrid did the same too. I believe that Sevilla are much better than the last season now. They are completely focused on the La Liga title as it seems but they have a big rival ahead of them which is Real Madrid. The current gap is still four points and Sevilla will have to maintain a winning streak to have a chance for the title. But I still feel like Real Madrid will make it this year.
So far it's obvious the title is been sought for by Sevilla and Real Maldrid but it seems Maldrid is more prepared to lift up the trophy. Real Betis can only make attempts but I'm not too sure of their strength to contend for the title this season. Laliga has lost its competitiveness and it's becoming too boring to an extent. Sevilla needed a win to atleast take advantage of getting more closer to Maldrid but ended up in a draw with celta vigo
Sevilla are continuing their determined behaviour in the La Liga for the title. They lost two points the last time but thankfully Real Madrid did the same too. I believe that Sevilla are much better than the last season now. They are completely focused on the La Liga title as it seems but they have a big rival ahead of them which is Real Madrid. The current gap is still four points and Sevilla will have to maintain a winning streak to have a chance for the title. But I still feel like Real Madrid will make it this year.
I can't say that Barcelona played well in their last game. They drew 1-1 with Granada. They lost 3-2 to Athletic Bilbao. They lost 3-2 to Real Madrid. Alaves barely won 1-0 in the game. They played a really good game in the Real Madrid match, I liked it. However, they could not escape defeat. There is also the possibility of losing in the Atlético Madrid match. They didn't give me a very good team image. They will play a hard match against Atlético.
Barcelona is not that bad if you know how quality the players they have had this season. So you have to think of them as a different team from the previous Barcelona if you don't want to be disappointed with the final result they have had this season.Barcelona are still a big team in Laliga, but they no longer have a good player to become a team icon that other players and coaches count on before a match gets underway. Without Messi, Barcelona struggles to score goals, that's the most obvious thing we've found at Barcelona this season. There are too many problems for Xavi to solve this season, he really needs a lot of time to get Barcelona back to their best. But I hope Barcelona can beat Atletico Madrid next week.
Barcelona is still Barcelona, which will be one of the big teams in La Liga, but indeed we cannot compare their players with their golden era a few seasons ago, although there will always be comparisons there.
Koeman doesn't have the philosophy of play that Barcelona are hoping for, but Xavi has it although at the moment he's only trying it with a few senior players and a lot of his academy players. Take a look at what he has put into Barcelona's performances and compare it to what Koeman has done for Barcelona in recent seasons.
This is what I like about Xavi so far, he is trying to bring in senior players he has struggled with in order to motivate the young players and also to give their contribution to help Xavi educate the next generation of Barcelona in 5 years. It's not seen at this time but with their potential that is quite prominent, we will definitely see Barcelona will appear with training results that are not in vain. Then what I like about Xavi is his unselfishness in receiving input from senior players that he deliberately installs at Barca's current club. So that Xavi lack of reading the opponent's strategy can be helped by Alves.Xavi has no choice at the moment. That's why he uses old players. They can hardly bring anything new to the team. In Xavi's place, I have already used more young players to quickly introduce my game tactics and test their abilities. But alas, Xavi must also win to get into the Champions League next year. He cannot buy new players due to financial constraints .
Koeman doesn't have the philosophy of play that Barcelona are hoping for, but Xavi has it although at the moment he's only trying it with a few senior players and a lot of his academy players. Take a look at what he has put into Barcelona's performances and compare it to what Koeman has done for Barcelona in recent seasons.
This is what I like about Xavi so far, he is trying to bring in senior players he has struggled with in order to motivate the young players and also to give their contribution to help Xavi educate the next generation of Barcelona in 5 years. It's not seen at this time but with their potential that is quite prominent, we will definitely see Barcelona will appear with training results that are not in vain. Then what I like about Xavi is his unselfishness in receiving input from senior players that he deliberately installs at Barca's current club. So that Xavi lack of reading the opponent's strategy can be helped by Alves. Next week against Atletico Madrid with all the preparations already quite good. Since there is no match scheduled for almost 1 week they have prepared everything that might have made a lot of changes. Xavi hard work always pays off, even if it's not significant. Over time, Barcelona will surely show their abilities by themselves.
Xavi managed to improve the mentality of Barcelona players to fight despite struggling to win matches. I agree that not everything he wanted worked out this quickly, he needed time and brought Barcelona back to their best.Maybe if problem from player quality on Barcelona why last month Ronald Koeman have out and replace by Xavi Hernandez? why not management try to give much money for Ronald Koeman get new player.
Ronald Koeman had enough time to try his strategy at Barcelona. He has made many changes and also he has managed to bring a setback to Barcelona where when he was no longer at Barcelona Messi, Suarez, Rakitic, Vidal and several other important players also left.Koeman doesn't have the philosophy of play that Barcelona are hoping for, but Xavi has it although at the moment he's only trying it with a few senior players and a lot of his academy players. Take a look at what he has put into Barcelona's performances and compare it to what Koeman has done for Barcelona in recent seasons.
I guess they will improve a lot in terms of finishing. Things that can happen over time. Meanwhile, they also announced their new transfer. Adama Traore will boost their wing strength. In terms of finishing, Barcelona need a Lewandowski or Haaland. With a good striker, they can get into a very good situation.
I agree, but the financial problem of barcelona was responsible for this all the embarrassment that they are going through, if barcelona had managed well his financial, today they would be very well, they would not be going through all these humiliations. honestly i wonder if they vso manage to get out dess situation to early, it seems to me that they will be so for more yearsYou basically put yourself into financial trouble in return of success and that would be something fans would agree with. However, Barcelona not only got into financial trouble, but they also didn't get anything decent neither, that is the main problem they are facing right now, which is the big problem.
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