Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 44. (Read 547515 times)

With departures of Kroos, Casemiro and ageing effect on Modric, Real Madrid have more problems and weakness in their midfield. With many injuries in defense system on their defenders, Real Madrid have big systematic issue in defense and whether they succeed or fail to cover their defensive weakness, will decide they will win titles like La Liga or Champions League in this season.

They still have many world class attacking players and very powerful attacking system, but as a team they need strong defense to win matches, then win titles. Mbappe is only an attacking player and he can not decide result for a whole team, this big final defeat is an example and also a very big warning for Real Madrid.

I don't think they will bring in an average player when it comes to Real Madrid. Every player they bring in will be world-class players. However, we can think that players coming out of the youth academy can be average players. Other than that, none of Real Madrid's transfers are simple transfers. Ancelotti definitely needs to make transfers to areas where they are lacking. The fact that they conceded almost ten goals in two matches from Barcelona should also be questioned.

I partially agree with you. One of the reasons for Real Madrid's poor performance is that several players in their squad have suffered injuries. In particular, two important defenders in Madrid's squad have suffered injuries. Milltao and Carvajal were out of the squad due to injuries in the match against Barcelona. And this is why Madrid's defense performed very badly against Barcelona.

However, another reason for Madrid's poor performance against Barcelona is Ancelotti's poor match strategy and formation. In this match, we saw Tchouameni in defense. I have never seen Tchouameni play as a defender in the past. And as usual, Tchouameni made several mistakes in defense. As a result, it became easier for Barcelona's players to score. And Madrid conceded 5 goals.

Laliga title belongs to three teams this season, either Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid or Barcelona. How are the mighty falling? Carlo Ancelotti should change his pattern because it's not working against Barcelona. They've crumbled several times when they face Barcelona and this is extremely no good result for them. They need all the energy to withstand the pressure exerted by Barcelona. They've faced each other two times and Barcelona have humbled Real Madrid, is it a fair result? It's 5-2 on scoresheet and that's an embarrassing outcome for Los Blancos. They did their best but unable to smashed stabled outcome. Hansi Flick and Carlo Ancelotti are no mates when it comes to managerial duties, they have their differences and styles. Real Madrid are no match for Barcelona this season because the stats and facts is there.

Yes, I also thought that Madrid had a better chance of winning but Ancelotti failed to give his team the right advice or strategy against a strong team like Barcelona. I think Real Madrid's best players did not shine much during most of the match such as Vinicius and Jude Bellingham, they did not show their best game. With the addition of Mbappe to the team this season it seemed that Madrid would be able to recover their lost success and this has been possible to some extent by achieving the top spot in La Liga, but after losing to Barcelona by a huge margin, their performance has again raised doubts that if their defense does not improve, the next matches may end even worse.

The next matches may be more difficult for Madrid and the opponent team has the impression that their defense is much weaker and we will have to wait and see how quickly they can get back to their strong position. I think Mbappe's performance is relatively good but he fails to display the right play due to a lack of coordination with his teammates.

Almost most people say that Real Madrid has a better chance of winning the match because their performance is much better, but Barcelona did something great that was unexpected and they managed to beat Real Madrid with a very promising score. If you pay attention, there are positions that may not be running according to instructions and I see Ancelotti's players in defense not performing optimally so it is very easy for Barcelona players to attack. Real Madrid failed to capitalize on Mbappe's goal and lost concentration after Yamal's equalizer and then the penalty awarded by the referee which was successfully scored a goal into a goal by Lewandowski made things even more difficult.

In the match against Barcelona yesterday, 2 Real Madrid defenders were unable to play due to injuries. The two players are Militao and Carvajal. So with this, it is natural that Real Madrid's defense was very bad in this match. But what makes me wonder is why the current defenders at Real Madrid can't play well and only rely on senior defenders like Carvajal and Militao. In fact, in the previous season, the second tier players who played as defenders performed quite well and were not too different from the main players. But this season the second tier players have really had poor performance. So this is certainly a big problem for Real Madrid in the midst of an ongoing competition like this. That's why Ancelotti has the initiative to bring in new players to overcome this problem, because if it is not addressed as early as possible it could make it difficult for Real Madrid to compete for trophies this season.

But as we know, Perez does not agree with the idea put forward by Ancelotti, meaning it is clear that this season Real Madrid will not bring in any new players. Maybe the main cause is the arrival of Mbappe. Because Mbappe has an expensive contract and also an expensive salary. So it is certain that with this, Perez will think twice about bringing in new players this season. So the solution that Ancelotti might be able to do now is just to use the existing players so they can perform better. Because his hopes of bringing in new players like him will not happen this season. And apart from that, Ancelotti must first hone his defensive players better so that they become stronger. Because we can see for ourselves, weak defense can have fatal consequences if Ancelotti doesn't address it immediately.

It is true that Real Madrid are not able to give their best performance due to injuries to their players. If they can solve the injuries, they will definitely have a chance to return to good form. If Ancelotti can bring good quality players to the team with the transfer approval, then the team will be even stronger. If they can strengthen their defense line instead of bringing big-name expensive players, the team will definitely return to its previous form, so Real Madrid should take this initiative now.

Well, basically Real Madrid still hasn't found the balance between the strength of their attack line and back line. Their attack line is actually fine. But their back line still looks worrying. There are several gaps that this team usually doesn't show but are now often visible. Ancelotti is definitely working hard to find a solution to this. And for the time being he can only trust the existing players. What worries me the most is because Real Madrid will soon also have a match in the Champions League. I'm afraid Real Madrid won't be able to qualify for the play-offs. But maybe my worries are too much. Because the opponent that Real Madrid will face should not be a tough opponent for Real Madrid. But still I felt a worry.

In Laliga I am not worried at all because the point difference is not that much. And changes can occur with just the result of 1 match. But in the Champions League in the current phase the conditions are different. Where Real Madrid has the potential to fail to advance further if they fail to get full points in the last two matches. Even though Real Madrid is in the play-off zone, the results of two matches can quickly change the ranking there.

Yesterday's result did not surprise me because Madrid does have quality players in the attack line but it takes time to form a deadly attack line. If Madrid's season ends badly, I am sure that in the coming season Madrid will definitely be able to get a very strong performance and win titles in several more competitions. Regarding the large number of goals conceded, it would not have happened if Ancelotti's mainstay defender had not been absent from the match. So I think that this is indeed natural if it happens and I think that defeat in this competition is not the end of Madrid's struggle.

Barcelona won the important match against Real Madrid and now Real Madrid should think about making some changes in this team because getting a 5-2 result is not good at all and this definitely put Ancelloti under pressure because of getting this result. Mbappe was not as good as we were expecting to see and he was disappointing. Real Madrid got many other expensive players like him but it was not working for them.
Now Barcelona is getting closer to Real Madrid in the La Liga table. Barcelona got 38 points while Real Madrid got 43.

I think Real Madrid has a lot of quality players in their team. Many quality players do not get much playing time because of the stronger competition in the team to break into the main squad. Injuries certainly hinder one team from performing well but that is over for Real Madrid because in La Liga they have found their best performance again. Real Madrid is only 1 point behind Atletico Madrid so it is not right to say that Real Madrid is not performing well in La Liga.

Losing in the Spanish Super Cup is certainly not a strong reason to say that their performance is not good this season. There are still many opportunities for Real Madrid to get trophies this season. I am sure with the squad they have they will be able to become champions in La Liga and perform better in the Champions League match. We need to see Ancelotti strategy mix because he has his own target to return the team to its best form.

If you take a look at Real Madrid squad, there are only 2 injured players now. I think we can't blame the injury factor as the reason of bad performance experienced by Real Madrid players. I think it may be caused by the change of Real Madrid mentality, they have no big spirit and confidence as in the previous seasons. Or they become too confident, so it ruins their focus on the matches. I personally don't see any problem with Real Madrid squad quality, they have talented and skillful players. Even, many of them are star players with great experience in winning any competition. However, to perform well, they must have a good teamwork and play consistently.

A big surprise from the Barcelona in their last match against Real Madrid I was not watch the match, but I checked the live score and saw the Barcelona leading Real Madrid with 5-2 I was very shock; this show that Barcelona want to embark their performances to the stand one: and with the way they show up in that previous match means they can also do more than that in their next matches.

Because if they can keep their performances so strong in that way they will soon chances Real Madrid form the 2nd place of the position, if they maintain their consistent their performances can keep moving in that way because every things matter of consistency.

You are right. Real Madrid has not been functioning at their maximum best because of some injuries in the squad. The injuries must be addressed and I hope that Florentino Perez will be able to sanction transfers and Carlo Ancelotti will be able to bring in good and quality players not necessarily big names players but players that will add to the success of the club.

If a team can score another team 5 goals in the final, that means the team weren't ready in that match or should I say the defenders did a very bad job. Had it been they were able to bodied and secure that defensive side for the team, the attackers will concentrate on their own job but they became weaker and weak as they continued to concede goals even when they are trying so hard to maintain the pace of the goal differences, there isn't way for them to win that match.

El clasico that I know is usually game of freestyle, Barcelona will do damages to Real Madrid with goals and everyone will celebrate and Real Madrid will also do their own and everyone will celebrate but the last two El clasico and the friendly match they played has been a big disappointment but a blessing for Barcelona. There is one left and I hope Anceloti find a way to win that one otherwise I think his days as Real Madrid coach is number.

No idea how Barcelona has this extra gear like that but failed at the league recently. Obviously they are looking better than Real Madrid, they have beaten them twice now, and yet when you look at the league, they had a marvellous start but for the past 1-2 months they sucked at the league and lost their leader position as well.

How can a team be this inconsistent and volatile, they look like they are the greatest team ever when they are playing against Real Madrid, did so on both games, and they are pretty great at UCL as well, and they were pretty great at the start of the season as well, but then you look at the past 1-2 months at la liga and Barcelona has been mediocre at best. Never understood how teams could be that good and that bad at the same time.

Madrid disappointed a lot of people by losing to Barcelona and the amount of goals scored and I don't even blaming the person for turning off the television because when you look at the game Real Madrid played against Barcelona and they were doing better than Barcelona, and they still lost to them, El Clasico is usually a battle and this one just looks to easy and I was not expecting this much goals, and Real Madrid was defeated as if they are a small club, and this is very unlike Madrid to be losing to this extent but it's all football and anything should be expected. And athletico is there trying to get and stay by the top by all means but am still very skeptical about them winning.

Barcelona has a busy schedule, many important matches await them but with their consistency in facing Real Madrid where Hansi Flick's team can score many goals and win big of course they have found their best form of play. Hansi Flick of course needs a lot of strategy in rotating players during a busy schedule, he must keep the players fit to be able to appear in every match they will play.

In tomorrow's match Barcelona will face Betis again in the Copa del Rey of course this is not an easy match so they have to perform better before they focus on the La Liga match. With Yamal's return from injury of course we are very happy because he is still quite aggressive when holding the ball and he can bring luck to the team with his skills in breaking into the opponent's goal.

After Real Madrid’s first goal, maybe they felt relaxed and had this impression that they’ll prevail in that match and have already taken control of the game. Real Madrid were really outplayed and Barcelona were clearly the better team and that was a very good way of winning the trophy that day. Barcelona always perform better when facing Real Madrid this season and for the times they’ve met this season, they always triumph against Real Madrid and we always see them been in their best in those matches.

In some few games some times back, Barcelona began to underperform and we saw them losing their first place on the table and had to face a lot of criticism as an underperforming team. I really loved how they performed in that match and taken over the match from ten first half to the end of the game. It was another big win for them and I commend them for that effort they displayed.