Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 457. (Read 542335 times)

For now I don't think it's ethical to say that Flick is the right replacement for Xavi given that we're only at the beginning of the season. That's not to say I don't recognize that Barcelona's current form is good but in the end the benchmark for being the right coach to replace Xavi in the previous era must of course be proven by a trophy or at least he has a better level of consistency until halfway through the season.

Indeed for now at least for the first 5 matches that Flick has done with Barcelona in domestic competitions we can see that there is little difference in Flick's first season with the beginning of last season when Xavi was there but that is also not a benchmark that Flick is the right coach before he proves himself more than this.  Now all that matters is how Barcelona can stay as consistent as they were at the start of the season as the fixtures get busier and the competition starts to heat up later on because for now the competition doesn't seem to be there yet.

Yes, after the Barcelona player, Garcia, was given a red card by the referee, the game changed and was finally controlled by Monaco. It was proven that Monaco was able to score its first goal in the 16th minute. So the lack of one player has a significant impact on Barcelona's performance in this match. Maybe if, for example, Barcelona could play with a full complement of players in this match, there is a big possibility that Barcelona would definitely be able to win the match. Because the proof is that even though Barcelona played with 10 players in this match, Barcelona could still score goals. So, it can be concluded that Barcelona might be able to win if for example they played with a full complement of players.

Apart from that, it is true that Hansi Flick in this match was quite successful in filling the void left by Olmo. In that match, Hansi Flick introduced Gonzalez as a substitute for Olmo in the midfield and the results could be said to be quite good, because the flow of attacks launched by Barcelona in this match could be said to be quite stable. So with this, Hansi Flick really becomes a coach who is very suitable to change Barcelona for the better. Maybe now Barcelona only needs to provide support in the form of adequate facilities so that Hansi Flick and the Barcelona players can train comfortably.

Apart from that, currently Barcelona has a lot of injured players. Because currently Barcelona has 7 injured players and the majority of injured players are main players, such as Gavi, Fermin Lopez, De Jong, Olmo and Ronald Araujo. Hopefully after this the Barcelona players will not suffer many injuries. Because if many Barcelona players suffer injuries in this match, it will definitely be difficult for Hansi Flick to develop Barcelona's performance.

Barcelona lost Olmo for a month, it's bad, and yesterday's match with Monaco also ended unexpectedly because of a red card, it's hard to predict, but red cards have often started to hinder Barcelona in the Champions League. Although this is only the first match and I hope it won't be a big problem for Flick, even considering that they played almost the entire match with ten men, Barcelona held on very well but unfortunately lost. In La Liga, this should not be allowed, they have an advantage of several points over Real, it needs to be maintained.

playing as a professional footballer entails that you learn how to cope with pressure, criticism, ridicule, Boeing from fans and a lot of other things that can put pressure on you as a top player. This is not the first time mbape is expected to perform well in a team and if you even look at it, the pressure he's facing at real Madrid is far less than what he faces when he playes for France or for his past club, PSG. With the bunch of stars at real real Madrid, although people want him to show quality, people still have similar expectation from vinicius and Jude Bellingham who have grown almost to his level even though they've never won the balon d'or like he's done.

I will chose to talk about the general performance of the team and not just an individual effort because Madrid has never been all about what an individual can do. He's doing well and all the other players aren't doing bad at all. Fine, they might have struggled in one or two games which is quite understandable because even when Neymar, mercy, and mbape played together at PSG, they didn't get the kikd of result people expected to see. Maybe this year they might not do too well but because they are still young with lots of potential in them, when they eventually get a very good shape as a team, it will be almost like a mission impossible for an average team to comfortably go against them without being crushed.
 

The defeat is indeed very understandable, but the defeat was one of the most ridiculous defeats with just 1 mistake making Barcelona lose. If only Ter Stegen could focus more, Barcelona would not have lost and maybe only ended in a draw.
The mistake was really big and continues to be talked about out there, there are even some rumors that Ter Stegen should be fired. However, that is not one of the best ways and will not be done by Barcelona management.
I support your opinion regarding Hansi Flick who is still good at providing the right strategy, it's just that small mistakes like this must continue to be evaluated so that they don't happen again in the future.

I agree with that. We have all seen that huge misplaced pass by ter Stegen last night. In today's football, many more teams are using the same system, I understand. It is logical to carry the ball from the defense in that way if you have capable players.

However you need to build a strong bond between your players for that as well. Otherwise being very hesitant in critical situations like that can cost you too much. Just like the Monaco game example. 

Other than that I think Barcelona are still in solid shape. I don't have any other problem with Hansi Flick football. They are promising for the La Liga title in the first place. 

Yes, some performance goes in the coach's favor and this is proof that Flick must have given his hard work and experience.  If you keep saying that money is not given more, then they must have given their hard work and courage and also encouraged them to improve and there will be something in them to make themselves good and strong.  But there are some coaches who do not pay attention to their team, but Flick is not one of them, but he works with responsibility and shows his team the way to play.  And if he continues to work hard and make his team good, Barcelona can make a good and strong team.  And this itself is called a hardworking team and their players are also fast.  When their performance is so strong, how can they lose?  Yes, defeat is inevitable, but you are also telling the quality of their performance.  Yes, there will be competition with strong teams, but Flick will also learn from the experience of playing with them.

I don't think too much of Barcelona's defeat in their first match in the Champions League this season because the defeat was understandable when one of Barcelona's players received a card at the start of the match which made the match unbalanced.
So overall Barcelona's performance is still very good in my opinion apart from the defeat they received and Olmo's absence in midfield was still able to be covered by his other players, so far Flick has still been quite successful in making the Barcelona team fine.

Being a new player and being able to make a big contribution to the club will be very detrimental to Barcelona when he is injured. He plays beautiful balls and duets with several other forwards quite maximally so that Barcelona is able to play more effectively. Three matches with three goals is an extraordinary achievement and not many new players can adapt as quickly as Dani Olmo.

It is proven that without him Barcelona suffered a defeat when facing Monaco although if you look at it, it cannot be separated from the Barcelona players who received red cards so that there are not enough players to face Monaco in a balanced manner.

Of course Barcelona has a great chance to win the La Liga title if they continue to perform consistently and do not experience a decline because Real Madrid will continue to be close to Barcelona if Barcelona loses points then Real Madrid will use that opportunity well to be able to overtake Barcelona, ​​consistency is the key if the club wants to achieve achievements and Barcelona has shown their consistency in the last few matches hopefully they can continue to survive.

To win the UCL title does not seem that easy for Barcelona because there are many strong rivals there besides the journey is still long and Barcelona must pass through increasingly difficult obstacles such as getting points in every 8 matches so that they are not eliminated from the last 16.

UCL has different pressure. So there are always many possibilities that can happen. Barcelona are in that condition, I see when they only play 10 men. I already feel unsure they will win. But if their condition is in a normal number of players, I think they are still able to compete.
For La Liga, Barcelona is still perfect. I think they can still compete. Flick still has a pretty good transfer. They just made a mistake in UCL, and I'm also sure Flick will fix that problem.

Barcelona are having their moments currently and that's is why they are having brilliant performances in their matches but one thing that can deprive them is bad condition of the players due to some challenges in future.

One thing that I understand with this team is that since Olmo is not with the team currently, it might affect their performance and they are young olayers who don't have the experience of facing high pressure, they get confused and give it up. Just like what happened in UCL against Monaco.

It happened because of the demands because in the end it was difficult for Flick to continue to force the will to find players in their financial condition even paying 60 million for Dani Olmo and Pau Victor was actually too much for Barcelona at this time because they had to remove Gundogan to maintain stability.

But this is all answered with a pretty good start to the season in domestic competitions although for the Champions League competition yesterday they faltered a little but I don't think it's a big problem because collectively now Barcelona are still above average in terms of performance.

Defending is a slightly different situation now and it's still a situation that Flick has to work hard for. Referring to their Champions League performance today we must realise that individual mistakes can still happen for Barcelona and now Flick has a job to fix that so that the situation doesn't become complicated for Barcelona to continue their stable form.

Who is still very extraordinary in Madrid in the distribution of passes at the moment is Modric. unfortunately, he is currently often playing from the bench, or if he plays from the start he will be replaced in the second half. however, he is not young anymore. but the accuracy of his passes is still very good.
No one doubts Kroos, he is a very good player. In the Ronaldo era, there was also Ozil who gave his classy passes to Ronaldo and Benzema at that time. now Ancelotti is trying to make Bellingham or Valverde take on that role.
I think Mbappe just needs to adapt to his teammates to be able to understand each other. Vini and Rodrygo must work together with Mbappe. we can see in the Champions League match yesterday, that several times their cooperation was successful, but several times there were still misunderstandings from them. they have to increase communication.

Barcelona this season only spent 60 million euros to recruit Dani Olmo from Leipzig and also Pau Victor from Girona, but we also can't close our eyes if the ease of Hansi Flick in building Barcelona this season is also inseparable from the qualified squad left by Xavi, Hansi Flick is the Barcelona coach who indeed spends less on players today than their previous coach and I think it's not a great thing, because it is indeed Barcelona don't have the money that Hansi Flick can spend, so indeed he should be able to take advantage of every resource that exists today to build Barcelona.
It's too early for us to say Hansi Flick is great at the moment because season it's too early , but we have to admit that in the meantime Barcelona are in good shape in every game they play in the league,But to be honest, we may see a different situation if later Barcelona starts to face a busy schedule and that's where we can see how great Hansi Flick

But I'm sure Mbappe will slowly find his rhythm with Real Madrid and can score many goals because he is a talented young player. Vini took years to be like he is now, just be patient, hopefully Madrid will buy experienced midfielders and defenders in the summer transfer market.
So far, what I see, why Mbappe is beyond many people's expectations is because he doesn't get many opportunities and doesn't get a breakthrough pass that allows him to score goals. This is very different from Ronaldo at that time, Madrid wanted to have a good midfielder and had a vision in building attacks, as did Haaland at Man City, he could score many goals because he had a creative midfielder in providing passes.

For now, Real Madrid's midfield is indeed not good after losing Kroos, maybe it's still early in the season but we'll see in the future whether Ancelotti can make Real Madrid's midfield better so that Mbappe can score more goals. And one more thing, it is difficult to compare Mbappe at PSG with Mbappe at Real Madrid because Mbappe's position at each club is different, at PSG Mbappe plays as a left winger while at Real he plays as a striker, of course he needs to adapt. So I am optimistic that Mbappe will be successful and will give many trophies to Real Madrid.

People are putting too much pressure on Mbappe 'This is why'. Take the pressure off, Mbappe will show us what people need to see.
Currently, I see that Mbappe has shown quick integration into Real Madrid's playing style, creating a good combination with his teammates. Looking forward, I see Mbappe showing confidence, he can do more. I feel he is getting better with each match. With this spirit, along with natural talent and support from a powerful team like Real Madrid, it is not difficult to believe that Mbappe will continue to shine in La Liga and even the Champions League.

Hansi Flick has nice records before he came Barcelona, with what is doing I think his contract with Barcelona will be strength up neither addiction of 2 years to make up 4 years, because I think his contract he signed with Barcelona is 2 years contract but with his performance for the team they will elongate his stay in Barcelona, shall it's assumption I am just suggesting. As you can see that the performance of Barcelona among all their counterparts they have been defeating them completely neither 2:1 or 1:0 but this previous match monaco defeated Barcelona 2:1, and monaco has defeated Barcelona 3:0 I think should be by August, so the thing is that if Hansi Flick add more seriousness for the team it will take them to better place.

I think, you are right on this that the season is just starting which I know Barcelona will take a good position in this la Liga league competition, because what they displayed in this match despite the red card one of their player got in the early first half but they still embraced goal from the match. Barcelona players really played well in this match not to allow their opponent to scored more than two goals from the match, because if something like this happen to some teams, it will be very easy for their opponent to take advantage of the red card to embrace many goals from the match which Barcelona didn't allowed their opponent to achieve more than two goals. With what Barcelona has showcased in this match, I think they are going to drag this title with Real Madrid again in this season, because their manager has proven to people that he is capable to strengthen Barcelona more to embrace many titles in his tenure.

Barcelona's improved performance is one of the proofs that Flick is the right coach for them, because it is true what you said, he did not spend a lot of money to improve the performance of this team and maybe because of the strategy he has that makes them better than before, even though their journey is still long I think they can get through it well. In addition, Flick will definitely do his best for his team because it is a must for a coach to bring his team to a profitable point.
Barcelona must be able to maintain this performance, but to be unbeaten is unlikely because they also have a tough task later which will face other strong teams that might make them lose.