Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 406. (Read 543115 times)

In essence, Hansi Flick has really managed to restore and improve the quality of Barcelona's performance, even though this is his first season at Barcelona, ​​but Hansi Flick does not seem to have many obstacles because after all, Hansi Flick is able to overcome every challenge well. Although indeed, to maintain the good results in every match throughout the season is difficult to do, so it is natural that over time Barcelona may also experience defeat in La Liga and that is natural to happen.

But at least, even though there is still a chance for Barcelona to lose, Barcelona also has points that make it at the top of the standings. So, if they only get a few defeats I'm sure it won't be a problem because they will still be able to be at the top of the standings. However, if they get consecutive defeats and find it difficult to rise then that will be a problem of course, but for now I personally believe that Hansi Flick will be able to keep Barcelona strong at the top of the La Liga standings and to improve their position in the Champions League standings too.

FC Barcelona and Wojciech Szczęsny have reached an agreement for the goalkeeper to join the Club until 30 June 2025.

The Polish keeper comes to the Club in unusual circumstances but there is no doubt that his CV speaks for itself. During his career, which appeared to have come to an end in the summer, he has played at top clubs such as Arsenal, Roma and Juventus since leaving his home town of Warsaw at the age of 16.

Heir to Buffon at Juventus
In London with Arsenal, following a loan spell with Brentford, Szczęsny established himself as number one and won two FA Cups and a Community Shield with the Gunners. From the Premier League he made to the move to Italy and AS Roma, consolidating his reputation as one of the most consistent goalkeepers in European Football. From the capital he then moved to Juventus to replace departing legend Gianluigi Buffon between the posts.

Source link: https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/4138532/fc-barcelona-sign-wojciech-szczesny

It is quite impressive to see Barcelona getting back to what they used to be back in their glorious days when they used to dominate European football. I just have to attribute all of these successes to coach Hansi Flick who transformed the team with his philosophy and has also instilled in the squad a very strong mentality which was why they were able to come out of a disgraceful defeat against Osasuna to beat the Young boys of Bern by 5goals to nill, it goes a long way to show that Barcelona have improved in all ramification and are ready to contend both in the Laliga and in Europe.

It's becoming pretty clear that Barcelona under Hansi Flick is on fire with good performance that someone can boldly state that they can be the main Laliga leagues contestants of the league title; for the Champions League title, they might reach the semi-finals.
Currently, only two matches have been lost(one Laliga and one Champions League) since Hansi Flick took over Barcelona as head coach. Nobody is talking about the financial problems of Barcelona again that we thought would be a hindrance to Barcelona players given their best in the field of play

It's very important for hansi flick to continue to be able to rotate his players and that he has to do at the moment with the depth of the squad being too vulnerable after some of his players are injured, in the last few games they has loss some key players and that is a loss that they should have been able to prevent from the beginning, I think to continue to be title contenders of course they have to continue to be consistent in getting points in every game.  So doing rotation is one way to maintain performance and also avoid injuries to the main players, but the defeat that occurred against Osasuna certainly made Hansi Flick aware that backing up the main squad is also very risky at this time, so I think that conditions faced by Hansi Flick today are quite complicated to choose their players to avoid injury or also the risk of losing by playing the second tier squad.

Flick does not need to force his players to score more goals in one game because the most important thing is that they can get three points even if they only win 1-0 in the game. Spending energy chasing a big win will affect the players because what is feared is that they will get injured so that in the next game Flick will have enough trouble rotating them.

The depth of the squad that Barcelona has is not very good and when some of the main players get injured it will affect them. Ensuring three points is much more important than scoring a lot of goals and I think that's what he needs to think about.

Yes, true, I must say that he is playing well without using too much energy, trying to conserve energy for other matches and for the future.
Let's say that Flick is very good at this, dosing without exaggerating. There's no point in spending so much effort to win big when you can achieve easy and comfortable victories without getting too tired.
He has a lot of experience.

I really feel sorry for what's happening to Thibaut Courtois this season seeing him facing another injury so early this season after returning from the previous one before the end of last season, I wish its not as bad as it seems and I wish him a speedy recovery as soon as possible and I hope that Lunin would be as good as he was last season to help the club on their bid to retain both the UEFA champions league and their Spanish la Liga title respectively. For Barcelona, it's really interesting to see how they are performing this season, the level of their mentality is quite stunning, because everybody would have expected them to be on low morale after that loss at Osasuna but they came back better and stronger trashing  young boys of Switzerland by a wooping 5 goals margin, this is exactly what has been missing in this Barcelona team for a long time and coach Hansi Flick has finally restored back that confidence in the squad.

Regarding from Real Madrid official announcement, Thibaut Courtois will out for two weeks later and firstly absent for the UEFA Champion League match against Lille and two matches in domestic league facing Villareal and Celta Vigo. But its the early releasing have possibility with Thibaut Courtois will return back to training more early or have bad possibility absent more than two weeks later.
Actually Madrid have good back up goal keeper considering last season when Thibaut Courtois absent almost one season but Andriy Lunin can play well success bring Madrid to UEFA Champion League final.

In this season, Thibaut Courtois have played 9 matches all competition for Real Madrid and Carlo Ancelotti keep trust him for all matches but during his injury give good opportunity for Andry Lunin make debut in this season and Champion League match facing Lille become his first appearance.

Available sources say that his injury is not so serious and he should return soon, but let's wait for some official statements, if his injury turns out to be more serious than initially expected, then we will find out about it soon. By the way, after the match with Atletico, Semione said that Courtois himself provoked their fans, and this could lead to some kind of suspension of Courtois for several matches, although this may just be Semione's wishes, which will simply remain his unfulfilled hopes. The Madrid derby cannot be an easy confrontation, you must always be prepared for this.

Courtois got injury on abductor muscle of his left leg. That happened caused by he pulled a muscle when he jumped to catch a ball in the air. And it most likely he needs 2 weeks - 8 weeks to recover. I hope speedy recovery of him.

It's time for Lunin to come back.

Thibaut Courtois out and Real Madrid have second choice that's enchanced with potential goal-keeping abilities. Andriy Lunin, he deliver Real Madrid last season in La Liga and also in the UEFA Champions League, he was rated low and underestimated because it was his first time been available to take up from where Courtois stopped, and he didn't relent, he accumulate sufficient accolades for himself and the beliefs and high trust on him, it means he's absolutely the main man to fit into the backup replacement of first choice. Carlo Ancelotti knows exactly what he's doing, why didn't he loaned Andriy Lunin this summer to any elite club? Because there were relevant offers coming for the Ukraine international, he managed to declined all of them and have Lunin sitting on the bench, not having regular playing time and this was major hurdle for the goal keeper.

It's only fair that these injured players have quick recovery because they ought to bounce back to games especially elite ones. Perhaps this is another golden opportunity for the goal keeper to prove himself once again as he did previous season. Real Madrid have explored everywhere this season, they're the best club in La Liga with having magnificent archives collections of major trophies won over the decades.

But last season also without Courtois, Real Madrid still managed to win the UCL and La Liga trophies with Lunin. So for now even though the situation will make him absent again for quite a long time, Lunin is ready to carry out the same great goalkeeper duties. What I am most worried about is not how long he will be out but will he come back after the injury? I mean Lunin is waiting for the position as the main goalkeeper, the opportunity always goes away and now Lunin is given another opportunity that will make him better. Courtois will have even less chance if he is injured for too long.

In the past we did not see much difference between these two teams because in the past these two teams were equally strong in all aspects. But there are many differences between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the moment which we have been seeing for years. Maybe the new coach of Barcelona is trying to make Barca strong again. Perhaps he is slowly succeeding in his endeavors as a result of which Barcelona are already at the top of the standings after winning several matches in La Liga.But if you say that Barca are doing well in the Champions League, maybe that is not entirely correct.

Because we saw them lose the first match of the Champions League and lose full points, but in yesterday's match they gave an incredible performance especially the performance of older Lewandowski was outstanding. He scored pair of goals which were instrumental for his side, as Barcelona secured their first win in this season's UEFA Champions League.

This matter of Barcelona always surprises me, if we compare each season with these two teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid, all together we put Real Madrid far ahead of Barcelona, but every season we see that Barcelona has more points in the local league than Real Madrid. The same is happening in the local league this season. So far Barcelona has played as many matches in La Liga as Real Madrid has played the same number of matches as Barcelona, the only difference between the two teams is points. Barcelona's points gap with Real Madrid is 3. In addition to performing well in La Liga this season, I see Barcelona performing fairly well in the Champions League as well.

Really? Man, I'm really sorry about him.    Because you know how long he stayed away from football in the previous season. He barely caught up with the end of the season. Now there is another threat for Real Madrid.

Now I have done some research and they say his return is unknown for now. I hope it wouldn't be another long-running injury. They still have Lunin who can be reliable but Courtois is something else...

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Barcelona learned the feeling of a loss in a hard way previously. But they still moved on with a strong mental and demolished Young Boys by 5-0. Next time they face Alaves away. I think Barcelona will start winning right away in the league again. Do you expect the opposite? 

Yes, I am also quite amazed by Barcelona's current performance, because Barcelona can still play well even though many of its main players are injured. Maybe this is because Hansi Flick is able to formulate the right strategy and is also able to have good chemistry with the current Barcelona players. The reason is that in the hands of Hansi Flick, Barcelona is currently a truly fierce team in Laliga. It is proven that Barcelona is currently able to top the standings and outperform rivals Real Madrid. So I imagine what would happen if the injured Barcelona players could now return to play again. Perhaps what is clear is that a team like Real Madrid will definitely have difficulties if they compete against Barcelona. Because when Barcelona's main players can return to playing again, I'm sure Barcelona will be very difficult to beat. Because all factors are very adequate for Barcelona, ​​​​these factors are a qualified coach, players who have extraordinary skills, and a very good unit. So with this, I am sure that Barcelona can win the Laliga title again from Real Madrid this season.

And in the UCL, in their second match, Barcelona was able to win with a very big score against Young Boys, namely winning with a score of 5-0. This achievement can be said to be quite extraordinary. Because if we compare Barcelona's performance last season and this season it is clear that they are very different, especially in terms of goal productivity. Because this season Barcelona is really very productive in terms of scoring goals. Hopefully Barcelona can continue to have this great performance and can win many more trophies like in the past.

Criticism does not mean hatred, fans want better results for Real Madrid, especially since this opportunity is very crucial. I know he is still young and his ego is still hard to control, but he also has to act depending on the conditions and situations that occur on the field, because this is a team match, not an individual match. This match is very important for Real Madrid, they really need a win to be able to cut points from Barcelona, ​​especially in the same week their rivals lost points from Osasuna.
Passing the ball to Bellingham can create more space, Bellingham can take action depending on the situation and the position of the players, maybe he will pass it back to Endrick to make it easier for him to score.

It is natural that Barcelona is able to get points in this match, because the opponent faced is not a top team in the Champions League, plus this big win was played at home which of course must be able to win the match well, Young Boys was unable to keep up with Barcelona's fast game and the result was a big defeat and this is an important note for P. Rahmen for the next match to play better tactics.

I think the fans can't hate Endrick just because of one mistake in one game, he's still very young and of course he wants to show if he can make a difference in the Madrid squad in that game, but unfortunately for him the opportunity had to be wasted because his kick couldn't be a goal, I saw the game and it should have been very appropriate for him to shift the ball to Bellingham.  But on the other hand, of course, directly shooting at the goal is also the right thing because as a striker passing a ball backwards isn't never the best option, if he passed the ball to bellingham, the opposing defenders should have covered up to mess the bellingham chance, So it was better he shot than to pass backwards.
Selfishness and also wanting to spread charm of course we can't avoid it in young players and this is why it should be Ancelotti gave a lot of advice for the good of their squad,However, I think what Endrick did was not something that did make him get penalized, because when  Mbappe was injured  right now, it could be an opportunity for him to prove his capacity and quality at the moment.