Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 509. (Read 541044 times)

I believe you are right. League 1 and La Liga are not the same because league 1 is more easy than laliga, every season will notice that PSG are always the favourite of winning the league every time because they are more better than the other club in the league, and this season started again and they are already winning all of their matches again. Mbappe needs to spend time before he can understand the competition very well because there are many clubs in the league that are strong, and Real Madrid are the better club in the team, but now Girona and Athletico Madrid are strong now and challenge madrid and Barcelona. Even last season, Girona had the opportunity to defeat Barcelona at home and away. Real Madrid has begun to win matches, as evidenced by their battle against Real Betis, where Vini Jr. and Mbappe have begun to understand themselves. Ancelotti will focus on Barcelona now because the new coach of Barcelona is in good shape, and the players are really trying to win the league trophy they don't want to lose the title this season. Let's see how the competition ends and who wins the league.

Regarding negative comments about Mbappe because they expect too much while they forget the process to achieve the best game is not always instant. So if you keep demanding to see Mbappe score goals then please be patient. Slowly it will definitely happen because Ancelotti also understands Mbappe situation who is not used to a competition as tight as La Liga. In Ligue 1 we may see Mbappe score goals in almost every match but in La Liga it is definitely different. The competition between clubs in Ligue 1 is at a different level that cannot be compared to Spanish clubs.

Slowly Real Madrid began to show team cohesion, and perhaps this will continue in the next matches after the international break. Real Madrid's problem at the beginning of the season was getting two draws because their squad had no chemistry and several times the front line looked selfish, especially between Vini and Mbappe which made it difficult for them to score goals.

However, after seeing the last match, Vini here has changed, he has started to mature, he knows that Mbappe needs goals to build his confidence, he even let Mbappe take the penalty kick. This is proof that Vini is no longer selfish and thinks more about the team than himself. In this match we also saw that the Real Madrid squad began to dare with creative and daring passes like Valverde, this is very different from previous matches.

Real Madrid's game is currently getting better, losing four points is not a problem because La Liga is still very long, and I am sure that by opening the goal tap for Mbappe after scoring two goals against Real Betis. So I think in the next games he will score goals again because his confidence is back.

I do agree that Mbappe joining was just icing on the cake, they didn't really "need" him, they are just doing fine without him too, but they need everyone together, that's the point of a team. Nothing happens if you remove Mbappe and add in Jude, nothing happens if you remove Vini and add Jude back in, nothing happens when Jude is missing. One player doesn't mean anything in Real Madrid, but if you start to miss more and more, then it becomes a bigger deal.

Right now Madrid is doing fine, they are not really in big trouble and I think it's clear that we are going to see Real Madrid do fine with Mbappe, maybe they had some bad scores so far but that doesn't mean that they will keep having those bad scores, they will do just fine with time, they just need to focus on whatever they can do with what they have. This is why they can't just ignore the issues but can't dwell on them neither, they need to act as if nothing is wrong and as long as they do that, they should be fine.

Barcelona is looking to get rid of De Jong if they can, because he is getting paid 30+ million euro a year, and he has been injured for over half a year and because he hasn't recovered so far, there is a possibility that he could get a surgery as well, meaning that it's near impossible for any team to get him. Who would want to pay that much money to a player that may not even play, it would be very unlikely and you would have to have great staff at medical part to make sure they can fix him quicker.

I believe even a loan deal for him is out of question right now, because dude would just stay injured all during his loan spell. They need to just sell him for cheap, find a way to get rid of him even if it means for free, that way they will do better. It's simple mathematics, if they can't sell him, just unload him to some other team, and many teams would be willing to get him for free, I hear that Chelsea has some more squad spots left They could make zero work and get rid of 30+ million contract.

It just four matches played and you have started praising Barcelona, I will say you should wait because it too early, some of the Madrid key players are injured and their absent contribute to their failure which means I will say let Madrid have their full squad before you can say anything, no one expected that J. Bellingham, E. Camavinga, and the likes will be out currently, I still have heavy faith on real madrid that they will bounce back to the form everyone was anticipated. It not easy losing a player like Toni because real madrid really find it difficult to replace but I assured you if it notices Madrid will bounce back.

Barcelona was so strong in that match and clearly the performance of their players was very surprising. We can see the general picture of how Barcelona dominated the match from the game statistics, of course it is true that Barcelona could have scored more than 10 goals if the Valladolid goalkeeper had not made 4 saves. Raphinha has been really good so far, as has their young star on the right wing.

I can't deny, Barcelona this season was very good at the start of the season. Their performance cannot be separated from Hansi Flick's approach to game strategy. So, in the end Barcelona could become the favorite title challenger if they can maintain their performance until the first half of this season is over. Barcelona has not had a comparable opponent so far, but wins over Bilbao and Rayo Vallecano could be a benchmark that the team's performance is getting better.

When you look at the new  talent in Real Madrid, they are mostly infleuce by their idol which ofcourse Christiano Ronaldo. He is a man that plays by passion and always ready to do anything for his club, that's the same footstep must of them were able to blend in into the squad and the reason why you see them execute well it's because some of the old guys still remain among the squad else someone like Modric will be out since but elder state men influence is need to ginger the new cats.


Anceloti is a manager that can coordinate any players, leave Christiano Ronaldo influence from this aspect, take a look at his track record from his profile, man has even killed it in his time when he was in Chelsea. It's because of his past glories he has been able to maintain the way he is like, nobody can change who is. Just like saying Guardiola is doing well in Manchester City because he is trying to recreate the things he has done in Barcelona with Messi.

Barcelona should have been able to do that, even in the Xavi era. It's just that, perhaps the level of understanding, experience and creativity in strategy is what differentiates the current Barcelona coach from the previous one. In the Hansi Flick era, Barca's playing style changed, he carried the philosophy of total football. where Flick emphasized that Barcelona's players should appear more dominant to always control the ball, plus give high pressure to the opposing team and Barcelona has done it throughout this competition. Although there are still gaps and shortcomings, it is common in any team. That's why Flick is required to develop his tactics and strategies. Plus, he also has to maintain the fitness of his players. because, some of them are quite prone to injury if they drain their energy too much in every match. In the Xavi era, the players did not do that, in the Hansi Flick era, every player must appear all out otherwise their position will be replaced. in the Valladolid camp, this team is not a strong opponent for Barcelona. but in fact, Barca did appear impressive. it would be very natural if Valladolid were defeated with a landslide score, after all this match was held at Camp Nou, Barcelona's home ground.

Source: https://www.managingmadrid.com/2024/9/2/24233999
After yesterday's match against Betis Mbappe expressed a very positive speech about Vini jr on press media. I dunno how much it positive is cause I've seen very different scenery on the field.

You know what is the problem? Kylian Mbappé can't really play as striker, but Vini Jr. really can't play as a striker possession  

Whatever, other positions are already filled up, so nothing to do here, the best decision that Carlo Ancelotti can make right now is to actually give Mbappé the position of main striker.

By the way, him and Vini are already having a competition between themselves.
As we all know they are not passing between themselves pretty regularly.
So in this situation if Ancelotti is trying to play Mbappé in the left-wing position it is going to be more chaotic.

If you ask me, I actually don’t think Mbappé is going to do badly as a striker.
After all, he has great finishing and also has good ball control.

I expect Los Blancos will be going to take the same approach as they did with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Cristiano Ronaldo was actually a player in the left-wing position. But ultimately he was made the striker and we all know what glorious happened after that.

Barcelona's start to the season so far in La Liga has been very good, the progress and development of the squad under Hansi Flick's guidance shows the world as if there is no problem, Barca seems to wake up from a nightmare. And here consistency is needed so that Barcelona continues to show progress, maintains its unbeaten record and remains loyal to the top of the standings until the end, is that possible? That's what they have to emphasize now because a small mistake can make another club shift their position at the top, including Real Madrid.

Real Madrid started the 2024/25 season in a less than impressive manner, Madrid only managed to win two of the 4 matches, the rest were only able to draw. Ancelotti was seen using a new formation after Mbappe was in his squad 4-3-3 in the first three games, whereas when Toni Kroos was still active, he always used the 4-4-2 formation. After getting less than satisfactory results in three matches with a 4-3-3 formation, he tried using a 4-2-3-1 when he achieved a 2-0 win over Real Betis.

Ancelotti must adjust the formation depending on the composition of the players he currently has, the players must be able to adapt to the new concoction made by the coach. The loss of Toni Kroos was very much felt in the Real Madrid squad, midfielders such as Luka Modric, Aurelien Tchouameni and Valverde were less effective in maintaining the midfield and the rhythm of the game.

Fortunately, Mbappe has started to score goals after missing three games, but Ancelotti must be able to get his players to adapt more quickly to the new formation he is using. The injury suffered by Jude Bellingham was also very detrimental to Real Madrid because he is a typical player like Toni Kroos, but the victory in the last match was a bright spot for Real Madrid players to increase their motivation to win in the next match.

Ancelotti is one of the professional coaches who never fails to rotate Madrid players and has always succeeded in developing the talents of certain players to become professional players. And regarding the problem of Mbappe who has difficulty scoring, it doesn't mean that he has the wrong place but he is more suitable in the striker position and Vinic is in the wing position. But all these difficulties are caused by too many professional players in Madrid attacking line. I'm not saying that Ancelotti failed to rotate the player's position but it is a fact that between Vinic, Rodrygo, Bellingham and Mbappe, they definitely want to score to get the title of top scorer. So this problem makes Mbappe who has a little difficulty scoring because he has just joined Madrid. If later they are used to conditions like this, I am sure Ancelotti will change the mindset of the players to not be selfish and everyone must score for the future of the team.

When Ronaldo was at Real Madrid at that time, that every player at Real Madrid at that time also easily or can accept it to make Ronaldo a targetman. Thus, every player is also willing to lower his ego to score goals, because they give full support to Ronaldo to make goals. But in this moment, I think because the players you mentioned are also young, then ofcourse their egos are still high, because they have a great desire to show their quality and skills.

So yes, I think that's the difference until this moment Real Madrid still needs time to be able to get good results. Because after all, the young Real Madrid squad certainly still has to build good chemistry and trust between players. Because then, at least they no longer prioritize their ego but if this young Real Madrid squad can work well together, then of course Real Madrid will be very impressive in the long run because it builds a young squad that has great potential from season to season.

Yes, Real Madrid still has not found stability in its game, there is a lot of work that Ancelotti must complete to keep his team's condition stable. I read some comments that only focus on seeing Mbappe's failure, but in reality the problem is not seen in the attack line but in the midfield which failed to play rhythm. I suspect the loss of Toni Kroos still has a big impact on the team, Ancelotti has not found the right replacement for that position. The international break could be the right time for Don Carlo to restart his squad. And I am still sure Los Blancos will soon find their best form.

there's no big responsibility that's attached to mbape. He will even do better as an attacker when he doesn't make it look like he has to make a point in the team or get some form of validation from people before being recognized as a top player in the team. Without mbape, thier was nothing missing in the real Madrid squared. They played well compactly and even delivered better than the result they've hard in this season. Mbape's joining of Madrid is just to reduce Boden on vinicius and Jude Bellingham and not to supplement on the lapses the team was facing cause in reality real Madrid wasn't facing any limitation in the past.  One of the key things that help the last season real Madrid is that they didn't have a natural attacker that was a standing attacker. It helped such that goals was coming in from different angles and you weren't sure who was going to score between Rodrygo, vinicius or Jude Bellingham. His coming has given him a central role to play as the primary attacker and what that is supposed to do to the team is that it's supposed to confuse defenders to prevent him from scoring goals while opening up more chances for other people to score more goals. People will look at it as a tough season for mpabe but he's going to score less goals than expected in this season.

It's very different because with only Ronaldo and Bale, it's easier to handle but with three attacking players, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Mbappe, things now are harder for Ancelotti than what Zidane had years ago.

With three attacking players for only two positions, one of them will lose a position in Real Madrid squad and Rodrygo is at risk now. He shown his unhappy mood in latest interview because Vinicius is better than Rodrgyo while Mbappe was not brought to Bernabeu to stay on bench. Rodrygo will have to return to his substitution role like two or three seasons ago in Real Madrid.

Yes I agree with you, before the resumption of the current season I was thinking that the financial crisis rocking Barcelona may affect the team but things started happening differently when Barcelona started winning their matches without obstructions, Barcelona has taken an impressive step at this early stage of the competition and If they eventually maintain this form, they might be having a good end this season, I can see the handwork of the manager in the team, Barcelona have young talented players currently and I believe with the continues help of the manager there will be more to be expected from this team in this ongoing season in the Spanish laliga competition.
Although the season is at its early stage but looking at the performance of Barcelona at this time, I think I will say that the early performance has proven how determined they are to go far and make a good difference this season.
I agree with your point of view on Real Madrid side, the earlier the better for them, one will always say that it is too early to judge but I think they are over relaxed, they should understand that when you are playing with lower teams it is an opportunity to upgrade your point so that when you meet bigger teams you may consider draw or winning as the case may be, I pray they realize themselves early and take the business of the day serious to avoid regret.

The international break gives Real Madrid time to improve, because the win over Betis was not enough to prove their stability overall. Mbappe needs to score more goals because he is the only player who has a big burden on his shoulders as the successor to the current generation. Mbappe will find his best game as he continues to learn, Vinicius and Rodrygo will be the right support, as when Benzema was still there. According to Didier Deschamps, he remains optimistic about the capacity that Mbappe has on the field and off the field, everything takes a process and we will soon see Mbappe scoring more goals.

Barcelona football team did back to back goals and opponent team could not do any single goal in this match. That is very surprising thing for us because we didn't see that kind of match in which opponent team did not resist. They could do at least 1 goal in this match and I am thinking that that match could be fix. Because In past we didn't see that kind of matches and every team has some courage to do do at least one goal but in this match , Valladolid could not do one goal. If that was natural then that is very embarrassing for them because they did not prepare well for that matches. That matches are tough for them but they have to give their hundred percent to fight in this match.