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Sevilla have lost just two games this season and drawn five. And Real Madrid have drawn 4 matches. The Sevilla team is 5 points behind Real Madrid in performing less than one match.
Sevilla's next match will be against Cadiz. They are getting 5 days break before this match. They need to be properly prepared. Cadiz is a team that has beaten a strong team like Real Madrid. Now the players will be mentally confident. So Sevilla must win by playing well.
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I don't think Barcelona can enter the top 4 this January because they lack veteran players like City have Bernardo Silva Chelsea have Thiago Silva Liverpool have Salah Van Dijk United have Ronaldo You can't finish top 4 with Youngsters without having veteran players. I miss the Barca from the 2000s and early 2010s, I feel so unhappy watching them the last 4 years, i know Rijkaard had his issues as a coach but the Barca teams from the 2000s were so fun to watch with Ronaldinho, Eto’o, Deco, Puyol, Valdes, Marquez, Larsson, Van Bronckhorst, young Iniesta, young Messi, truly fun, and then the Guardiola era was absolutely prefect football, that’s peak Barca and was a joy to watch.
Barcelona lost too many players due to injury so this team appeared unstable throughout the season. Xavi has had a positive impact on Barcelona's game, I find the game much more pleasing to the eye, but without a lot of top players I don't think they are Barcelona's first team. But if you are a Barcelona supporter then you should not be pessimistic about them because you can expect something good for your team.

Here are some Barcelona match in January especially in Laliga:
Granada vs Barcelona
Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano
Alaves vs Barcelona

I just hope Barcelona will win all three match if it's not postponed. Barcelona's victory would have been possible, but in the last match Barcelona still had a problem with the goalscorer.
The most important thing is that Barcelona still has a very big chance to be in the top 4 at the end of the season, not just about in January. Also, the only team that is very likely to be knocked out of the top 4 is Betis, we also saw yesterday Betis lost at home by Celta Vigo. The defeat at least gives a rating, that to maintain the top position will not be easy but a team that has a winning mentality like Barcelona is very likely to rise and defend it.
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I don't think Barcelona can enter the top 4 this January because they lack veteran players like City have Bernardo Silva Chelsea have Thiago Silva Liverpool have Salah Van Dijk United have Ronaldo You can't finish top 4 with Youngsters without having veteran players. I miss the Barca from the 2000s and early 2010s, I feel so unhappy watching them the last 4 years, i know Rijkaard had his issues as a coach but the Barca teams from the 2000s were so fun to watch with Ronaldinho, Eto’o, Deco, Puyol, Valdes, Marquez, Larsson, Van Bronckhorst, young Iniesta, young Messi, truly fun, and then the Guardiola era was absolutely prefect football, that’s peak Barca and was a joy to watch.
Barcelona lost too many players due to injury so this team appeared unstable throughout the season. Xavi has had a positive impact on Barcelona's game, I find the game much more pleasing to the eye, but without a lot of top players I don't think they are Barcelona's first team. But if you are a Barcelona supporter then you should not be pessimistic about them because you can expect something good for your team.

Here are some Barcelona match in January especially in Laliga:
Granada vs Barcelona
Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano
Alaves vs Barcelona

I just hope Barcelona will win all three match if it's not postponed. Barcelona's victory would have been possible, but in the last match Barcelona still had a problem with the goalscorer.
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As a result of the addition of Torres to Barcelona's squad, Laporta warns rivals that the club is back on top.
As a result of Lionel Messi's departure at the end of August and some underwhelming results in the first half of the season, the Catalan side has had a tough year. At the group stage of the Champions League, Barça were knocked out due to their disappointing league position. Laporta's belief that Barca will be back to their best is backed up by Torres' €55 million move from Manchester City. What do you think?

I think they'll be back today or tomorrow. Slowly, they're getting back to their best. Now they're just waiting for injury players to return.

I don't think Barcelona will return to form so soon. If Torres is in the squad, maybe Barcelona's forward will be strong. But even though the forward is strong, there are many more problems in the Barcelona team. Their midfield and defense are not stable. Despite having a lot of talented players in defense, they are not able to play well only due to unstable strategy. With Torres in the team, the midfield needs to be strengthened. It will not be able to rise to the top.
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I'm still keeping my hopes up about the possibility that Sevilla can make it to the end in this title competition with Real Madrid. The only thing they need to have is consistency. As long as they have this, they won't have much problem on fighting till the last week of the season. However, Real Madrid would still be very likely to reach the La Liga title considering their general effort so far. The Getafe loss shouldn't make people think negatively. But at least, we can watch a great competition again after the Atletico Madrid - Real Madrid one which happened last season.

Sevilla makes La Liga more exciting, and I think they have really been the dark horse this season. Sevilla doesn't have a squad with as many glamorous players as Real Madrid but their performance looks promising and they deserve to be competing for the title. Even if they fail to become champions, I think their players still deserve a big credit.

In my opinion, Real Madrid is still the strongest candidate to win La Liga this season, but they should not be complacent because Sevilla is an opponent to be reckoned with.
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As a result of the addition of Torres to Barcelona's squad, Laporta warns rivals that the club is back on top.
As a result of Lionel Messi's departure at the end of August and some underwhelming results in the first half of the season, the Catalan side has had a tough year. At the group stage of the Champions League, Barça were knocked out due to their disappointing league position. Laporta's belief that Barca will be back to their best is backed up by Torres' €55 million move from Manchester City. What do you think?

I think they'll be back today or tomorrow. Slowly, they're getting back to their best. Now they're just waiting for injury players to return.
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I'm still keeping my hopes up about the possibility that Sevilla can make it to the end in this title competition with Real Madrid. The only thing they need to have is consistency. As long as they have this, they won't have much problem on fighting till the last week of the season. However, Real Madrid would still be very likely to reach the La Liga title considering their general effort so far. The Getafe loss shouldn't make people think negatively. But at least, we can watch a great competition again after the Atletico Madrid - Real Madrid one which happened last season.

It will be a hard road but I would want to see that too. Sevilla this year ...you can't really know what to expect from them as they can beat anyone and in the same time , they can lose against anyone so it's a tricky team that have a double edge game. For now , only 4 points separate Real from Sevilla so the hope is alive.
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I don't think that Barcelona only has 1 weakness at the moment, defense is indeed very important to be strengthened by Xavi this season, but Xavi also must not forget their front line which is quite blunt at the moment, only this season I see if Barcelona can only win in some matches only with a fairly small goal margin, and I think in the current transfer market Xavi should be able to bring in at least 1 experienced player for their front line.
They have multiple issues in past few seasons and all just become worse in this season after the drama and departure of Messi. Their defense are never good and now their defenders are getting older, lost their best performance and the whole system is weaker. Less powerful attacking system affects chance to score goals and get points. Anyway, their defense system is not good to protect goals from attacking players.

Xavi is lack of experience because it is his very first match in La Liga in a coach position.

Their finance is bad which is well known and it might take them a few years to fix it. In general, I don't see good future for Barcelona in terms of player quality, team performance, finance in coming years.
What you said is true, because financial problems were the beginning of the fall of Barcelona dominance today, Xavi who is a legend of Barcelona certainly has experience in the Barcelona style of play, but to build a solid team it will certainly take a long time for Xavi to do it, now we can see that only a few old players are staying at barcelona and of course it will be very difficult for xavi to combine their style of play with new players, besides that financial difficulties are the reason why xavi can't build the team he wants right now.
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I don't think that Barcelona only has 1 weakness at the moment, defense is indeed very important to be strengthened by Xavi this season, but Xavi also must not forget their front line which is quite blunt at the moment, only this season I see if Barcelona can only win in some matches only with a fairly small goal margin, and I think in the current transfer market Xavi should be able to bring in at least 1 experienced player for their front line.
They have multiple issues in past few seasons and all just become worse in this season after the drama and departure of Messi. Their defense are never good and now their defenders are getting older, lost their best performance and the whole system is weaker. Less powerful attacking system affects chance to score goals and get points. Anyway, their defense system is not good to protect goals from attacking players.

Xavi is lack of experience because it is his very first match in La Liga in a coach position.

Their finance is bad which is well known and it might take them a few years to fix it. In general, I don't see good future for Barcelona in terms of player quality, team performance, finance in coming years.
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Yes, the fact that Barcelona are now playing (and winning) against weak teams, but at the same time scoring a minimum number of goals should be alarming. Against Elche, from which they conceded 2 goals, they were able to score one more goal, but if you take a stronger team (for example, Rayo Vallecano, which they will face after next round) this may not happen.

IMO it seems that the first concern of Xavi is to create and maintain a solid defense in all the lines. They score a goal and then they are focused not to concede one. The attacking but naive style that Barça had, seems to be now in second priority. Besides, scoring has never been a big problem. Having though a solid defensive line has been a problem since the "Messi era" and Xavi knows that.
I don't think that Barcelona only has 1 weakness at the moment, defense is indeed very important to be strengthened by Xavi this season, but Xavi also must not forget their front line which is quite blunt at the moment, only this season I see if Barcelona can only win in some matches only with a fairly small goal margin, and I think in the current transfer market Xavi should be able to bring in at least 1 experienced player for their front line.
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in this match there were at least 3 brilliant saves made by ter stegen.
Even though they won this match I feel their performance is still the same as the previous few matches which seemed too pushy in attack and couldn't wait to hold on a little longer.
in terms of ball possession they have been very good in this match but indeed their strikers are still struggling to improve their performance so they are very poor in goal productivity

Yes, the fact that Barcelona are now playing (and winning) against weak teams, but at the same time scoring a minimum number of goals should be alarming. Against Elche, from which they conceded 2 goals, they were able to score one more goal, but if you take a stronger team (for example, Rayo Vallecano, which they will face after next round) this may not happen.
Barcelona is now still in a transition phase which is very difficult for them at this time to be able to move on with good performance because until now Barcelona still have many gaps and it is very easy for opponents to penetrate.

Xavi, who in fact is considered to be increasing Barcelona's performance, has not seen his contribution until now.
but maybe there is an advantage at this time because indeed barcelona still faces opponents who are below them but as you said maybe we will see something interesting when they meet rayo in 2 weeks Cheesy
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Yes, the fact that Barcelona are now playing (and winning) against weak teams, but at the same time scoring a minimum number of goals should be alarming. Against Elche, from which they conceded 2 goals, they were able to score one more goal, but if you take a stronger team (for example, Rayo Vallecano, which they will face after next round) this may not happen.

IMO it seems that the first concern of Xavi is to create and maintain a solid defense in all the lines. They score a goal and then they are focused not to concede one. The attacking but naive style that Barça had, seems to be now in second priority. Besides, scoring has never been a big problem. Having though a solid defensive line has been a problem since the "Messi era" and Xavi knows that.
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I'm still keeping my hopes up about the possibility that Sevilla can make it to the end in this title competition with Real Madrid. The only thing they need to have is consistency. As long as they have this, they won't have much problem on fighting till the last week of the season. However, Real Madrid would still be very likely to reach the La Liga title considering their general effort so far. The Getafe loss shouldn't make people think negatively. But at least, we can watch a great competition again after the Atletico Madrid - Real Madrid one which happened last season.
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Barcelona and Sevilla played away and only won 1-0, that's enough for them because the most important thing for them right now is only for 3 points because to win by a big score now is like difficult for them. Whereas previously, Mallorca and Cadiz could give surprising results as well when Mallorca played away and managed to beat Atletico and also, Cadiz who could hold Real Madrid to a draw who also at that time Cadiz played away. So this result, I think is quite good also for Barcelona and Sevilla but especially for Barcelona, hopefully they can continue to be consistent to get points in every match.
Barcelona and sevilla did manage to get 3 points in their match, but a victory by 1 goal difference is not a good sign for both teams especially against a relatively weak team, especially barcelona which is now being handled by xavi, you can see in the previous match if they always win by the score is thin and I think xavi needs to do a little evaluation of their team's performance up front line, to face a team that is weak in attack it might look normal with barcelona scoring 1 or 2 goals in a game, but it will be very dangerous if Barcelona will face a team that has productive attack line and it is not impossible that Barcelona will experience defeat with big score later.

Barcelona is now a team that cannot afford to score more than 1 or 2 goals. Do you see any experienced striker in the Barcelona team? Young players, yet they do not seem to be the star players of the future. Fati is good enough. But he can't play regularly. He has been injured for a long time. Moreover, the players of Barcelona's midfield are not good enough. I think Xavi will still play much better than any other Barcelona midfielder, even though he is old. It is not possible to score too many goals with such a team. My expectations from Barcelona are very low.
I also realize about that, I just want to accept this win with the current situation and condition of the team that is still not good. Because previously also in the Sevilla v Barcelona match which ended in a 1-1 draw, I think it is good enough for Barcelona to be able to hold Sevilla to a draw as the 2nd ranked team in the current standings. With a result like that, I personally assume that Barcelona will still be able to play flexibly at this time, when playing against a stronger team, Barcelona will still be able to compensate even though it remains at risk with the current situation and condition of the team.
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Barcelona and Sevilla played away and only won 1-0, that's enough for them because the most important thing for them right now is only for 3 points because to win by a big score now is like difficult for them. Whereas previously, Mallorca and Cadiz could give surprising results as well when Mallorca played away and managed to beat Atletico and also, Cadiz who could hold Real Madrid to a draw who also at that time Cadiz played away. So this result, I think is quite good also for Barcelona and Sevilla but especially for Barcelona, hopefully they can continue to be consistent to get points in every match.
Barcelona and sevilla did manage to get 3 points in their match, but a victory by 1 goal difference is not a good sign for both teams especially against a relatively weak team, especially barcelona which is now being handled by xavi, you can see in the previous match if they always win by the score is thin and I think xavi needs to do a little evaluation of their team's performance up front line, to face a team that is weak in attack it might look normal with barcelona scoring 1 or 2 goals in a game, but it will be very dangerous if Barcelona will face a team that has productive attack line and it is not impossible that Barcelona will experience defeat with big score later.

Barcelona is now a team that cannot afford to score more than 1 or 2 goals.
Do you see any experienced striker in the Barcelona team? Young players, yet they do not seem to be the star players of the future. Fati is good enough. But he can't play regularly. He has been injured for a long time. Moreover, the players of Barcelona's midfield are not good enough. I think Xavi will still play much better than any other Barcelona midfielder, even though he is old. It is not possible to score too many goals with such a team. My expectations from Barcelona are very low.
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Barcelona and Sevilla played away and only won 1-0, that's enough for them because the most important thing for them right now is only for 3 points because to win by a big score now is like difficult for them. Whereas previously, Mallorca and Cadiz could give surprising results as well when Mallorca played away and managed to beat Atletico and also, Cadiz who could hold Real Madrid to a draw who also at that time Cadiz played away. So this result, I think is quite good also for Barcelona and Sevilla but especially for Barcelona, hopefully they can continue to be consistent to get points in every match.

Barcelona and sevilla did manage to get 3 points in their match, but a victory by 1 goal difference is not a good sign for both teams especially against a relatively weak team, especially barcelona which is now being handled by xavi, you can see in the previous match if they always win by the score is thin and I think xavi needs to do a little evaluation of their team's performance up front line, to face a team that is weak in attack it might look normal with barcelona scoring 1 or 2 goals in a game, but it will be very dangerous if Barcelona will face a team that has productive attack line and it is not impossible that Barcelona will experience defeat with big score later.
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Sevilla had a really tough away match against Cadiz yesterday. But thankfully, they managed to beat their opponent by 1-0 with the goal Ocampos scored. After the Atletico Madrid match, he is again the life saver for his team as he scores the winning goal. On the week Real Madrid got a shocking loss against Getafe, it was a crucial win for Sevilla. Now the gap between them is 5 points again and Sevilla have one match missing also. They can even decrease it to 2 points.
Sevilla should have scored more goals against weak Cadiz. Ocampos saved Sevilla's 3 points. But you still have to score more goals in games like this. They have to get 3 points from the missing match. If they get 3 points, they will reduce the gap to Real Madrid to 2 points. Sevilla is taking good steps on its way to the top.

Sevilla wants to score full points. I have seldom seen a tendency for them to score more goals. Also Cadiz is probably at the bottom of the points table. Even then, I would not call this team weak. They drew the match against Real Madrid. Their goal was also to draw against Sevilla. If Cadiz had scored a goal they would have drawn the match 1-1 by any means. Civil experienced team. Even if they win only 1-0, I would say they played well.
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Sevilla had a really tough away match against Cadiz yesterday. But thankfully, they managed to beat their opponent by 1-0 with the goal Ocampos scored. After the Atletico Madrid match, he is again the life saver for his team as he scores the winning goal. On the week Real Madrid got a shocking loss against Getafe, it was a crucial win for Sevilla. Now the gap between them is 5 points again and Sevilla have one match missing also. They can even decrease it to 2 points.

Sevilla should have scored more goals against weak Cadiz. Ocampos saved Sevilla's 3 points. But you still have to score more goals in games like this. They have to get 3 points from the missing match. If they get 3 points, they will reduce the gap to Real Madrid to 2 points. Sevilla is taking good steps on its way to the top.
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If not for Stegen's efforts, Barcelona would have lost points again. I see no reason for optimism - it was just Mallorca, but at the same time, in all statistical indicators (except for possession of the ball), Barcelona was only on an equal footing. But in the next round, Barcelona again plays with a weak team (Granada), so they may continue to win.
in this match there were at least 3 brilliant saves made by ter stegen.
Even though they won this match I feel their performance is still the same as the previous few matches which seemed too pushy in attack and couldn't wait to hold on a little longer.
in terms of ball possession they have been very good in this match but indeed their strikers are still struggling to improve their performance so they are very poor in goal productivity

Yes, the fact that Barcelona are now playing (and winning) against weak teams, but at the same time scoring a minimum number of goals should be alarming. Against Elche, from which they conceded 2 goals, they were able to score one more goal, but if you take a stronger team (for example, Rayo Vallecano, which they will face after next round) this may not happen.
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Sevilla had a really tough away match against Cadiz yesterday. But thankfully, they managed to beat their opponent by 1-0 with the goal Ocampos scored. After the Atletico Madrid match, he is again the life saver for his team as he scores the winning goal. On the week Real Madrid got a shocking loss against Getafe, it was a crucial win for Sevilla. Now the gap between them is 5 points again and Sevilla have one match missing also. They can even decrease it to 2 points.
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