Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 391. (Read 543431 times)

After going through last season in a less than impressive manner, now Lewandowski is back to his best form and proving his sharpness in scoring goals. He performed very well at Alaves headquarters and was finally able to close the first half by scoring a hat-trick in just 32 minutes. Barcelona is really obsessed with winning after losing points at Osasuna's headquarters in the previous match, besides that Real Madrid's victory over Villarreal also requires them to perform optimally to secure the top of the standings with a difference of 3 points. The arrival of Hansi Flick as coach has brought about major changes slowly, now Barcelona is performing well, aggressively and productively in almost all matches.

Carlo is a great coach that has learnt and built a tough resilience and strategy to adapt over the years. I find it very amusing to thing he's ran out of options to fix an immediate replacement in carvarjal's position.
Although, the Spanish stopper has been the root of his defensive strategies, all he needs is to switch his gameplay to suit the current players and, they're good to go. This is also an opportunity for the new academy boys to hop in and show what they're made of.

Yesterday it was confirmed that Real Madrid captain Dani Carvajal will not be back to playing football again till October 2025. This news will definitely come as a shocker to the club's manager Carlo Ancelotti who relies so much on the Spain international to deliver great results. With that news, it's now confirmed that Real Madrid will be without their captain through the season. As a Real Madrid fan, that's definitely going to be a big blow to the club's quest to successfully defend the Spanish La Liga title as well as the UEFA Champions League title this season. However, considering the experience of the Italian manager, don't you think he'll still be able to achieve a lot with this current Real Madrid squad without the club captain?

Indeed, if you look at the current situation, I think Girona's strength is different, because last season Girona always performed well and surprised us all and finally because of his good performance last season he was finally able to get a ticket to the Champions League. and currently Girona in Laliga is of course ranked 11th but I see this is the start of the season and according to my predictions it is possible that Girona will show their best abilities in the next match in Laliga and it is possible that because they have succeeded in beating Bilbao it will make the Girona players enthusiastic and perform confident and of course it could be a good and extraordinary surprise in the next match in Laliga.

However, in the Chamoions League, Girona has never experienced a win so far and of course quite a few people are disappointed with Girona's performance in the UCL. but honestly, I personally understand what is happening currently with Girona in the UCL and Laliga. Remembering that Girona, if I'm not mistaken, has never played in the UCL before, so of course his current performance in the UCL is the first, so I personally understand that Girona has never won a match in the UCL, but of course I hope that Michel can make a better strategy for Girona and Hopefully Michel can learn from the experiences that Girona has gone through, such as the reasons why Girona lost during the match.

Yes, we'll see how Girona performs in the next matches in the UCL and Laliga. but I'm sure that if Dovbyk was still at Girona, I'm sure Girona would have the potential to have stronger strength, but it would be a shame Dovbyk moved to As Roma.

Yes,in the last two seasons, Girona's performance as a newcomer to Laliga has been very good. The reason is that in these two seasons Girona was able to achieve quite satisfactory results, in the first season Girona joined Laliga, Girona was able to finish in 10th position and in the second season in Laliga Girona managed to occupy 3rd position in Laliga. Even though in their second season in Laliga, Girona topped the standings, but unfortunately Girona was unable to maintain it. But even so, for a newcomer team like Girona it could be said to be quite good. Because usually new teams that enter Laliga sometimes only last one or two seasons, then after that they are relegated. However, this does not apply to Girona, because this season is the third season in a row they have competed in Laliga. So with this achievement, Girona deserves a thumbs up.

So now that Girona is able to compete in the UCL, this is something they will definitely be very proud of. Because as far as I know, this year's UCL is the first time Girona has been able to compete. But unfortunately Girona's performance this season is not as good as in previous seasons. Because in Laliga alone, Girona is currently in 11th place with a record of 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. Apart from that, in the UCL, Girona's performance was also not very good, because in the two matches he played he always lost. Perhaps the main reason Girona's performance has declined this season is due to the departure of several of its main players, and one of them is Dovbyk and Aleix Garcia. Maybe that's why Girona's performance this season has experienced a slight decline.

Barcelona under Hansi Flick coaching has shown an extraordinary transformation. With his courage and tactical sharpness, Barcelona is ready to compete at the highest level in the hunt for the championship title. So far, Barcelona has appeared very consistent and is even one of the sharpest clubs in breaking into the opponent's goal. If Hansi Flick can maintain the consistency like now, then Barcelona can win the title this season, especially since Barcelona has a deadly trident like Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, and Lamine Yamal who continue to score many goals. In addition, the style of play implemented by Flick is very dynamic where he prefers his team to play directly and effectively, even if it means sacrificing ball possession.

Barcelona should have played like in the match against Alaves, they have players with quite good quality. plus, Flick's touch makes Barcelona more enjoyable to watch. last season Lewa had a hard time scoring goals, this season he has started to show his sharpness as a pure striker again. Lewa has scored 10 goals in 9 matches and two assists in La Liga. currently, Lewa is leading the top scorers for the time being. talking about Barcelona's two previous defeats, the match against Monaco in the UCL and against Osasuna in La Liga, if there were no obstacles Barca should have won the match. in the Osasuna match, Flick tried to make a difficult decision to rotate his team even though it was high risk. however, now Barca has returned to its winning ways. well, the challenge is the long term. I mean, Barca will play match after match in various competitions and that will certainly drain the players' energy. Flick inevitably has to maximize each of his players, so don't be surprised if later there will be a lot of rotations that Hansi Flick will do when Barcelona competes. but if Barcelona players have recovered, Flick is more free to explore his tactics and strategies. moreover, Barca has talented players.

Girona has lost almost all the players from their main squad in the summer transfer season. They lost a squad with a great team and good chemistry. They're starting from scratch and rebuilding their main squad. That's the reason why they would fall. And their list of departures fully explains why they look so poor this time.


Agreed, Girona won due to their luck. They were lucky. Their opponent, Athletic Club, missed three penalties in a row and became the only club to do this in La Liga.

Deportivo Alaves is a team whose strength is still very uncertain this season so Barcelona can easily use the away match as an opportunity to get full points to strengthen themselves at the top of the standings. But Barcelona should not be satisfied with that because the team that successfully won La Liga last season is still in second place and the team is also not far behind Barcelona at this time. So Barcelona still has to be more consistent in playing to win before if they still want to maintain their top position until the end of the season.

My prediction is correct, Madrid is quite dizzy with Carvajal's injury. From the news I read, Madrid does not feel confident in Lucas vazques to play regularly. Because he is a winger and tends to be better at attacking. According to the news, Madrid has been offered 10 players since Cavajal was injured. But all are still bound by contracts. There is an issue regarding Trent Alexander-Arnold. In the January market, Ancelotti wants to strengthen the defense. They want players who are younger and have the progress the team needs for the long term.

Source: https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41658961/real-madrid-begin-search-carvajal-replacements-sources

Other matches was also interesting for me but the Girona match against Bilbao has the highest interception because as Girona dominate for some minutes Bilbao will also continue and also the reason why it was much tougher for them was because Girona has known that if they loss this match they will fight very hard to even stay on the position they was before the match because other teams that has almost the same point with them will certainly be few step ahead of them if they are victorious on there own match, so that is why Girona put that much interest on that match and there goalkeeper was the one that made there wining possible, which is why having a good and experience goalkeeper is good, so this wining is on him.

Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid was also the match so many people find very interesting to watch because the kind of structures they both have is similar to Girona match but Atletico Madrid did not play well because for a club that draw with a club as difficult as real Madrid they should have shown some high performance

I send my regards to Atletico Madrid for causing my parlay to lose.    Just the thing I was worried about happened and they got a draw. My happiness from the Barcelona win didn't last long.

But I must admit that Sucic's goal was one of its kind in the recent times.    For the ones who would like to watch here you go: https://x.com/FCBdise/status/1843030301779677191

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By the way I want to seriously think about there was something wrong with the Girona - Athletic Bilbao game. Have you watched those penalties saved by Gazzaniga? All of the penalties were taken in a ridiculous way. It was as if the game was rigged...

Girona did not lose many players but they lost Dovbyk, a striker who had a great contribution to Girona's achievements last season with a contribution of 24 goals and 8 assists. Therefore, Girona's performance has declined significantly. Now they are not very sharp in the front line, occupying 11th position in the standings is a real setback compared to what they achieved last season.

The first season of 2022/23 managed to finish in 10th position and the 2023/24 season finished in 3rd position. Everything can still be fixed and I hope they can survive again, for the Champions League competition there is not much to expect because what Girona needs to do is gain more experience by playing against European teams.

Congratulations on your win, Barcelona looks like the last game on the bet ticket and i believe if you were following up with the game, there will be this tension except if you don't fall in those category of people who literally get tensed waiting for games. i was really impressed by Lewandowsky's performance, last season towards the end of the season he didn't get to score too many goals and it felt like he was declining but ow its looking like he's solidly back on his feet to help Barcelona get even more than they were able to get last season this season, so far Barcelona is getting better this season.

Barcelona performance yesterday was very impressive they were able to score the three goals before the end of the first half and Robert Lewandowski got a hack trick that put Barcelona in the front of Alaves. However I think they did very well in the game yesterday because before the kickoff I was even thinking that the game would be quite though for Barcelona due to the fact that they are playing at away because even though their previous match against Osasuna was quite though for them and they lost with 4-2 to Osasuna. Indeed their performance yesterday have really put them on top of the La Liga table.

Since the defeat of Barcelona in the previous match I could not say that Barcelona was the team that was closest to the title because the mistake can be repeated at any time and currently Real Madrid is only 3 points behind this means it's not something that can be relied upon, to see which team is closer to the title, we have to wait until the middle of the season well usually the performance of each team will be summarized here and we can see who is the most worthy.

Or we can also wait for a big match on October 27 when Real Madrid against Barcelona, like the previous seasons the winner of this big match is likely to win the title I mean in 2 big matches home/away. Robert Lewandowski did look more aggressive at the beginning of this season but don't forget he is an old player who is vulnerable to injury.

Girona actually not losing much important players this summer and Girona also very active to buy the players to strengthen their squad but i couldn't understand why Girona has poor performance this season and from 9 matches in Laliga Girona only able to gets 3 wins which makes their position currently out from top 10 and i think if we see from Girona current performance i was highly doubt they can able to repeat their last season achievement

In Champion League Girona has been suffering 2 losing streak from PSG and Feyenoord and these results too makes me doubt Girona will be able to advances to the next round especially for upcoming matches in Champion league Girona have to fight against big teams such as Liverpool, AC Milan and Arsenal so if Girona lost against from these teams then certainly their journey will be stopped

With a small club like Girona, a last season is very successful and playing in Champions League this season is big gift for them from their hard work last season. They can enjoy their matches in Champions League because this chance is not given to them too often, and their main focus would be La Liga. If they want playing better in Champions League, they must be eligible for playing there regularly, and to have this opportunity, they must play well and have good rank in La Liga at a season ending.

With 12 points, Girona are only 5 points less than top four, not too bad, but looking at their stats we can see they don't have too good defense and their attacking power is weaker than the last season, after losing Dovbyk to AS Roma.

I was very sure that last year's flash team, Girona, would fall this year. Because the team squad is not capable of handling the Champions League and La Liga. They have 3 wins in the league but lost 2 matches in the Champions League. It was surprising to me that their last defeat was against Feyenoord. Because Feyenoord is not a better team than Girona.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that he had a lucky victory in front of Bilbao last night. Because Bilbao missed a penalty when the match was 0-0. While the match was 1-1, Bilbao missed a penalty again and 90+9. This time Girona won a penalty in the minute and Stuani converted the penalty into a goal and Girona won the difficult match 2-1.

Alaves is a strong club this season, so I was also worried that Barcelona would lose to them. I also remembered that Real Madrid had trouble defeating them this season. But Barcelona showed that they are not like Real Madrid this season, as they struggled to win against a weak team. Barcelona has performed better than Real Madrid so far, as they defeated Villarreal 1-5 in an away match, the same team that Real Madrid defeated with two goals in their last match. This season, Barcelona has developed into something else in La Liga, they will easily defeat any team that Real Madrid has difficulties against. On the other hand, Lewandowski is in his best form this season, I believe this is the best level of Lewandowski which we saw at Bayern Munich a few years back, as he has scored 9 goals in 8 La Liga games.

However, Girona secured their third victory of the season against Athletic Bilbao. I had no idea that the match was so dramatic, the Athletic club missed three penalties that had been awarded to them, if they had converted the opportunities into goals, I believe they would have won the match and increased their league standing.