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Quote from: Kusman on August 20, 2021, 11:15:56 AM

I would like to express that the most boring matches of the week will be:

Alaves - Mallorca
Osasuna - Celta Vigo

Mallorca are one of the new teams of the season. Mallorca ended the La Liga 2 at the 2nd position by having nearly the same statistics with the champions Espanyol. They would like to win their first match in the La Liga now. And it is a good opportunity for them as Alaves were simply destroyed by Real Madrid 1-4.

When it comes to the other match, I don't have much to say. I expect a draw in this one. Maybe it can end even 0-0.

I even think the opposite with you, because I think the match between Alaves and Malorca will be quite an exciting match, because both teams have not been able to win in their inaugural match, Alaves who lost against Madrid will certainly make Malorca a revenge event, as well as malorrca, who drew in their first game, will certainly take advantage of the match to improve their position in the La Liga standings.
If you look at the match of alaves against madrid, it looks like alaves will win the match, even though they lost to madrid last week but alaves were able to play quite well by launching an effective attack and even they were able to score 1 goal at that time.

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Quote from: slaman29 on August 20, 2021, 06:16:35 AM

Any thoughts on tonight's La Liga game? Cadiz are away and the bookies are quite firmly against them at the moment looking at the odds, but I still remember their shock wins last season against fancier teams so I'm trying not to get tempted to play them, maybe with a goal handicap? Or take Draw No Bet?

Real Betis and Cadiz CF are teams in the same category. It is difficult to predict these teams. Because they do not have the continuity of performance. They win against a strong team and lose against a weak team. However, I think the match between Cadiz and Real Betis could be a 0-0 draw.

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Quote from: Kusman on August 20, 2021, 11:15:56 AM

I would like to express that the most boring matches of the week will be:

Alaves - Mallorca
Osasuna - Celta Vigo

Mallorca are one of the new teams of the season. Mallorca ended the La Liga 2 at the 2nd position by having nearly the same statistics with the champions Espanyol. They would like to win their first match in the La Liga now. And it is a good opportunity for them as Alaves were simply destroyed by Real Madrid 1-4.

When it comes to the other match, I don't have much to say. I expect a draw in this one. Maybe it can end even 0-0.

Indeed, Alaves were beaten by Madrid in the first match but one thing we have to pay attention to is, Madrid did not win with a clean sheet. Meaning, Alaves are not as bad as imagined because when they can score against Madrid even though the result is a loss, but Alaves deserves to be reckoned with against a team of the same level as Mallorca. So I personally still can't say it will be a boring game, because it's still the beginning of the season I think all teams still have the same passion to keep scoring goals in every game.

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I would like to express that the most boring matches of the week will be:

Alaves - Mallorca
Osasuna - Celta Vigo

Mallorca are one of the new teams of the season. Mallorca ended the La Liga 2 at the 2nd position by having nearly the same statistics with the champions Espanyol. They would like to win their first match in the La Liga now. And it is a good opportunity for them as Alaves were simply destroyed by Real Madrid 1-4.

When it comes to the other match, I don't have much to say. I expect a draw in this one. Maybe it can end even 0-0.

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Quote from: Lordhermes on August 19, 2021, 10:35:41 PM

According to reports from Spain,Phiippe Coutinho have been offered the much coveted Lionel Messi's shirt number#10 for the new season.Although Coutinho is expected to take a pay cut,he has been seen as the person that can carry on the mantle that Lionel Messi left before going to PSG.

Sounds great for Coutinho but I'm not sure if he deserve it because he's not Barcelona's best signing so far in my opinion. I feel there are other players who still deserve the number 10 shirt after Messi moved on and that's not Coutinho. I want Barcelona to rest that number until one of their academy players deserves it. They should inherit that number to a player who really deserves it.

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Any thoughts on tonight's La Liga game? Cadiz are away and the bookies are quite firmly against them at the moment looking at the odds, but I still remember their shock wins last season against fancier teams so I'm trying not to get tempted to play them, maybe with a goal handicap? Or take Draw No Bet?

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Quote from: abhiseshakana on August 20, 2021, 03:24:33 AM

Yes, Real Madrid is indeed a great team but if they don't buy new players then their chances of competing in the title race will be tough. This season they only brought David Alaba and had to be willing to lose their two strong defenders (Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane). So If this condition does not change until the transfer window closes then Carlo Ancelotti will have to fight extra hard to bring Real Madrid to compete for the title.

Hopefully, before the transfer window closes, Real Madrid will give us a surprise because with almost the same squad last season Real Madrid failed to win the title or maybe Carlo Ancelotti's presence could provide a better chance.

What a manager can do if he doesn't have the players to do it? It's a fact that Real needs for sure (at least) one "top shelf" central defender and perhaps a midfielder. Unless the administration of Real, has a secret deal with someone and waits to announce it or puts their faith in some of their youngsters. I don't know though to whom from them Ancelotti can trust the basic CB position. Undecided

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According to reports from Spain,Phiippe Coutinho have been offered the much coveted Lionel Messi's shirt number#10 for the new season.Although Coutinho is expected to take a pay cut,he has been seen as the person that can carry on the mantle that Lionel Messi left before going to PSG.

Nethertheless,it is yet to be seen whether Coutinho will be at Barca at the end if the transfer window,because Arsenal are considering swooping in for the Barcelona man who could be available for a lesser price than their No1 target Maddison.

I don’t think Arsenal is still interested in Philippe Coutinho's deal. Although earlier this week Barcelona were preparing a swap deal that would see the Brazilian head to Arsenal in exchange for Pierre Aubameyang, Buh I don’t think the deal is still on regarding the fact that Messi has left to Paris Saint Germans, so Barcelona must have decided to retain Coutinho after all.

Coutinho is a loss project for Barcelona. They spent a lot of money to sign Coutinho, but Barcelona did not get the expected results. Coutinho is a good player. He is talented and skilled. But he has completely failed to adapt to the Barcelona team. Barcelona are not interested in keeping Coutinho in the team now.

Yes, even in Barcelona's first match yesterday the fact that Coutinho was not included in the squad and I think that's a sign that Barcelona don't really need him and will not be kept. That way, then of course when there is a good offer to bring Coutinho to leave Barcelona, I think Barcelona will easily and quickly give the answer about approval. It's a shame I think for Coutinho it didn't work out after his departure from Liverpool, even though at that time there was a lot of drama that made Coutinho difficult to let go of Liverpool.

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Quote from: abhiseshakana on August 20, 2021, 03:24:33 AM

Yes, Real Madrid is indeed a great team but if they don't buy new players then their chances of competing in the title race will be tough. This season they only brought David Alaba and had to be willing to lose their two strong defenders (Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane). So If this condition does not change until the transfer window closes then Carlo Ancelotti will have to fight extra hard to bring Real Madrid to compete for the title.

Varane is a big loss for Real Madrid because he can play many more seasons but Ramos he stays in Bernabeu, he might not play many matches because of injury and age. In the last season, Ramos has very limited appearance in Real.

Ramos can use his experience in big matches like AC Milan reserved Paolo Maldini.

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Hopefully, before the transfer window closes, Real Madrid will give us a surprise because with almost the same squad last season Real Madrid failed to win the title or maybe Carlo Ancelotti's presence could provide a better chance.

They will try to use what they have after what they witnessed with bad finance from Barcelona. They are constructing a new stadium and all together, they have financial burden.

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I think it is no problem for Real Madrid to compete with the current squad, it looks not really bad. Surely Benzema becomes the most important player in the squad as his contribution leading Madrid to win every single match. It will be great to see Mbappe plays together with Benzema in the next season. Real Madrid attacking line will be more offensive.

Real is a big big club, there is really very few situations where they would not even be good in the La Liga, sure there could be years they may not be good at champions league but there also will be some type of situations where they will be great and win 3 in a row. However no matter what they are doing, they will not be actually really bad in La Liga, I do not even remember the last time we ever seen them out of top 4 for example, I mean that may exist in the past but I do not think that it happened that frequently. Last season they ended up being second in the league AND go to semi finals in the champions league world so I believe it is not going to be that difficult for them to be actually that good.

Yes, Real Madrid is indeed a great team but if they don't buy new players then their chances of competing in the title race will be tough. This season they only brought David Alaba and had to be willing to lose their two strong defenders (Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane). So If this condition does not change until the transfer window closes then Carlo Ancelotti will have to fight extra hard to bring Real Madrid to compete for the title.

Hopefully, before the transfer window closes, Real Madrid will give us a surprise because with almost the same squad last season Real Madrid failed to win the title or maybe Carlo Ancelotti's presence could provide a better chance.

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Quote from: Lordhermes on August 19, 2021, 10:35:41 PM

According to reports from Spain,Phiippe Coutinho have been offered the much coveted Lionel Messi's shirt number#10 for the new season.Although Coutinho is expected to take a pay cut,he has been seen as the person that can carry on the mantle that Lionel Messi left before going to PSG.

Nethertheless,it is yet to be seen whether Coutinho will be at Barca at the end if the transfer window,because Arsenal are considering swooping in for the Barcelona man who could be available for a lesser price than their No1 target Maddison.

I don’t think Arsenal is still interested in Philippe Coutinho's deal. Although earlier this week Barcelona were preparing a swap deal that would see the Brazilian head to Arsenal in exchange for Pierre Aubameyang, Buh I don’t think the deal is still on regarding the fact that Messi has left to Paris Saint Germans, so Barcelona must have decided to retain Coutinho after all.

Coutinho is a loss project for Barcelona. They spent a lot of money to sign Coutinho, but Barcelona did not get the expected results. Coutinho is a good player. He is talented and skilled. But he has completely failed to adapt to the Barcelona team. Barcelona are not interested in keeping Coutinho in the team now.

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Quote from: Lordhermes on August 19, 2021, 10:35:41 PM

According to reports from Spain,Phiippe Coutinho have been offered the much coveted Lionel Messi's shirt number#10 for the new season.Although Coutinho is expected to take a pay cut,he has been seen as the person that can carry on the mantle that Lionel Messi left before going to PSG.

Nethertheless,it is yet to be seen whether Coutinho will be at Barca at the end if the transfer window,because Arsenal are considering swooping in for the Barcelona man who could be available for a lesser price than their No1 target Maddison.

I don’t think Arsenal is still interested in Philippe Coutinho's deal. Although earlier this week Barcelona were preparing a swap deal that would see the Brazilian head to Arsenal in exchange for Pierre Aubameyang, Buh I don’t think the deal is still on regarding the fact that Messi has left to Paris Saint Germans, there’re few experience and good players now in the team. I don’t see anything he has got to offer in the Arsenal side. Besides the Arsenal manager is mainly focused on Odegaard or Maddison and are very much younger than coutinho, so Barcelona must have decided to retain Coutinho after all.

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Quote from: kawetsriyanto on August 19, 2021, 06:45:33 PM

I think it is no problem for Real Madrid to compete with the current squad, it looks not really bad. Surely Benzema becomes the most important player in the squad as his contribution leading Madrid to win every single match. It will be great to see Mbappe plays together with Benzema in the next season. Real Madrid attacking line will be more offensive.

Real is a big big club, there is really very few situations where they would not even be good in the La Liga, sure there could be years they may not be good at champions league but there also will be some type of situations where they will be great and win 3 in a row. However no matter what they are doing, they will not be actually really bad in La Liga, I do not even remember the last time we ever seen them out of top 4 for example, I mean that may exist in the past but I do not think that it happened that frequently. Last season they ended up being second in the league AND go to semi finals in the champions league world so I believe it is not going to be that difficult for them to be actually that good.

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According to reports from Spain,Phiippe Coutinho have been offered the much coveted Lionel Messi's shirt number#10 for the new season.Although Coutinho is expected to take a pay cut,he has been seen as the person that can carry on the mantle that Lionel Messi left before going to PSG.

Nethertheless,it is yet to be seen whether Coutinho will be at Barca at the end if the transfer window,because Arsenal are considering swooping in for the Barcelona man who could be available for a lesser price than their No1 target Maddison.

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Quote from: DU18 on August 19, 2021, 08:44:27 AM

PSG president has made it clear that they will not sell mbappe this season and of course that makes all the rumors about mbappe moving to real madrid have been broken, so like it or not real madrid must be able to take advantage of their current players and now benzema is hope for madrid to score goals against their opponents.

You are right, it is clear that Mbappe will stay in PSG this season. But AFAIK, he still didn't sign his renewal contract, which means he can leave PSG to Real Madrid in the next season. I think it is no problem for Real Madrid to compete with the current squad, it looks not really bad. Surely Benzema becomes the most important player in the squad as his contribution leading Madrid to win every single match. It will be great to see Mbappe plays together with Benzema in the next season. Real Madrid attacking line will be more offensive. Wink

It looks like Mbappe will be at PSG spending a contract until next year, after which he can move to Real Madrid for free next year. Because it seems
difficult to buy Mbappe this year, because PSG did ask for a fairly high transfer fee. We all know that all La Liga teams are currently experiencing
a financial crisis due to the pandemic. But Madrid's performance against Alaves was very good, Real Madrid is very productive by scoring 4 goals.
As usual Benzema has always been a goal machine for Madrid, It is very interesting to imagine how Madrid's front line would be if Mbappe could
come to Real Madrid. Maybe Real Madrid can score more goals, but I am also optimistic with the current squad, Madrid can compete with Barcelona
and Atletico to chase the La Liga trophy.

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Mbappe not any planning to extended with PSG for several years later and become free transfer player in the next window transfer, if PSG keep ask Mbappe stay on PSG they will get nothing next year because Mbappe become free transfer player, before too late better sell Mbappe because he not happy on PSG right now and won't to extended his sign with PSG, which one choose by PSG let her go with free transfer or sell right now before it late.

Paris Saint-Germain can probably afford Mbappe's departure as a free agent next summer. Paris Saint-Germain can probably afford Mbappe's departure as a free agent next summer. Another question is how this is combined with the principles of financial fair play, because a potential sale of a player could help a little in this. Because other super clubs are already starting to look with some irritation at the transfer events taking place in Paris Saint-Germain and the reaction of the regulatory authorities in the person of UEFA to this. In any case, if the Paris Saint-Germain management wants to have a super-bond in the person of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, then PSG's behavior fits perfectly into this idea, even if only for one season.

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Quote from: Pulsar77 on August 19, 2021, 03:55:30 PM

Villarreal's next game is against Espanyol and it is an away game. After having a really good season, Villarreal couldn't start very well with the result they got in their first league game against Granada. It ended 0-0 but they were the better side for sure. Now, they would like to make things better for themselves by defeating Espanyol. But I must admit that this game will be a tough one. Villarreal should watch out for their opponent.

Espanyol is a promotion team usually the promotion team will do something surprising especially at the start of the season, last week they managed to draw against Osasuna
1 point as the away team is not bad. On the other hand Villarreal certainly don't want to lose points 3 points is their target to get back on track

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Quote from: DU18 on August 19, 2021, 08:44:27 AM

PSG president has made it clear that they will not sell mbappe this season and of course that makes all the rumors about mbappe moving to real madrid have been broken, so like it or not real madrid must be able to take advantage of their current players and now benzema is hope for madrid to score goals against their opponents.

You are right, it is clear that Mbappe will stay in PSG this season. But AFAIK, he still didn't sign his renewal contract, which means he can leave PSG to Real Madrid in the next season. I think it is no problem for Real Madrid to compete with the current squad, it looks not really bad. Surely Benzema becomes the most important player in the squad as his contribution leading Madrid to win every single match. It will be great to see Mbappe plays together with Benzema in the next season. Real Madrid attacking line will be more offensive. Wink

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I know I'm Barca but I have to slightly disagree. Dembele is a true talent, but we all know his problems with fitness so maybe after this season if they can't find a way to permanently help him we have to rethink the squad.

Braithwaite played with the weight of stars on him so maybe now he is free. And my personal favourite if he gets more chances is Fati!

Let's get a neutral view about Barcelona gameplay in the previous season in La Liga:
Messi played 3023 minutes, scored 30 goals, made 9 assists
Griezmann played 2604, scored 13 goals, made 7 assists
Dembele played 1774 minutes, scored 6 goals, made 3 assists
Braithwaite played 1175 minutes, scored 2 goals, made 2 assists
Ansu Fati played 431 minutes, scored 4 goals with 0 assists
Even the previous 2019/2020 wasn't better for most of them.. Apart Suarez, other players stats were way behind Messi's ones.
What's the point of having a "good" player while he barely plays a match to get injured and misses a dozen after it... The team hired you to make something for it, the incredible number of injuries and the time to recover is a pure losses for Barca.

I agree with you. It is unreasonable to consider how talented a player is when he cannot stay on the field long enough due to injury. All athletes must first maintain their fitness. Getting injured more quickly is detrimental to the player himeself and even to the team. Messi and Ronaldo have very few injuries.

It is an eternal dilemma for the clubs that spend large sums to get the best players, like Madrid, Barca, Manchester, Liverpool, Milan,... At the end of the day players are quite fragile, and in fact I am surprised about how long some of them are able to play at the maximum professional level, because it is not only about being motivated after you have earned enough for 10 lifes, it is also about keeping that fitness and hardiness to endure a game that has plenty of hard contact.

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Villarreal's next game is against Espanyol and it is an away game. After having a really good season, Villarreal couldn't start very well with the result they got in their first league game against Granada. It ended 0-0 but they were the better side for sure. Now, they would like to make things better for themselves by defeating Espanyol. But I must admit that this game will be a tough one. Villarreal should watch out for their opponent.

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