Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 558. (Read 541723 times)

It seems to me that Real's advantage over Valladolid is no less than PSG's advantage over any team from Ligue 1, so no special adaptation is required. Mbappe is doing his job and has scored two goals in three games, which is a normal figure for the start of a season after the summer in which the Euro was held. Today Real showed a good result with an average game, this is what is needed at the start, it is a pity that points were lost in the first round, but I do not think that this is critical.

You are right, I did not watch their performance, but I did not condemn them. Real Valladolid has been playing defense since before halftime, expecting Madrid to draw, but Real Madrid outperforms them in the second half, winning 3-0. Mbappe has not had the opportunity to score his first goal in the La Liga this season, and I am thinking he will score many goals and challenge Lewandowski, but I didn't see any difference in the competition. Lewandowski has already scored three goals in two matches, and I am sure he will still add more goals in their next game because he is their striker, and is the only one who has scored for the team in the league, giving Barcelona a clean six points, and they won't try lose point now.

The coach is working hard for the club to make the supporters happy, and he hopes to continue winning matches before facing Real Madrid in the El Classico, which will be difficult this season with new players joining both teams. Olmo did not get the opportunity to play due to registration delays, and having the player in will undoubtedly help Barcelona perform well; let's see how the competition ends. He'll be really good. Ancelotti should start with young players, such as Ibrahim Daiz, Endrick and Modric, to capitalize on opportunities and achieve their goals.

Mbappe has played in Ligue 1 for a long time. Ligue 1 was not as competitive. So Mbappe definitely needs some time to adapt himself to the La Liga gameplay. There is no doubt that Mbappe is an excellent striker. Hopefully with enough support, Mbappe will be able to adapt to the Real Madrid squad very quickly.

Ancelotti is still experimenting with his squad. So I think we will see some slow and erratic performances from Madrid in the next few matches as well. And that's normal. But if Ancelotti is able to stabilize this team, I believe Real Madrid will dominate La Liga and the Champions League for the next few years.

Real Madrid's squad now relies on youth. There are no experienced players in the squad. If the squad had an experienced player like Modrich or Toni Kross then perhaps we would have seen a more composed performance from Madrid. In the last two matches we have seen Madrid players miss several easy chances to score.

I have only seen the great goal of Real Madrid by Valverde from a long tricky shot against Valladolid, after that I felt like the match is going to get less interesting for many reasons. Real Madrid are still trying different tactics using new players, Mbappe also couldn’t find the best side for his speed and connect with the other players. In my opinion, the white house is less ready for LaLiga than Barcelona this year even with the big difference of quality players in Real Madrid’s side.

Afraid that the team is going to the same PSG nightmare, when they had a bunch of best quality players, Messi, Naymar and most expensive players in the market, but without winning any big title such as UCL.

Real Madrid have still not adapted to the changes in the team yet, i expected it though, they should not blend in at the beginning but when they do they will surely bang. We are yet to witness the performance of the three attackers and thats what everyone is waiting for, Mbappe, Vinicius and Rogrygo to cook but it doesn’t seem to be going their way yet. If it’s not yet working for them i think it’s good that other players are stepping up and getting the job done.

Girona sold their striker so i don’t think they will be able to give the same performance as last season, they might not be too bad but i don’t think they will challenge for the title this season.

They are already a goal down at halftime and Atletico Madrid have all the advantage to win tonight, they are the home team and have added quite a few players to their squad which have help strengthen their team. We could see more goals in the second half the probability of Girona winning is low.

At the beginning of the first half I was so concerned about the goal. Real Madrid created a lot of chances but didn't get the goal. This match clearly shows us that still Real Madrid still needs to build team dynamics because they have good players in their squads but unfortunately in terms of tactics they don't have much understanding between each other. Let's suppose we look at Killyan Mbappe's performance status. The players provide them with a lot of chances but Killyan Mbappe has failed to get the chance to put the ball into the net . So that is why I think that real Madrid needs to get more focused on tactics build up as well as player understanding and chemistry.
 
Royal Valladolid is a low division promoted club and Real Madrid is a big club. There is a lot of difference in the game between the two. Real Madrid wins the match but it takes a lot of time to score against these small clubs or win by small margins. Real Madrid still needs to build a team to conclude a better result.

Lewandoski have always been the goal scoring machine for Barcelona since he joined the club, he is a very important player that contributed to the success of Barcelona which the club was able to win Laliga league. Lewandoski have performed very well this season just from the few games we have seen and in the last game they played against Atletico bilbao missed so many chances of scoring goals but at last he scored a goal for Barcelona.
The Real Madrid game against Atletico Madrid was very interesting,  this time Real Madrid was ready to score good number of goals. Atletico Madrid performance wasn't bad but still it wasn't difficult for Real Madrid to win the game. With the performance of the Real Madrid squad in today's match I can see the season won't be difficult for them.

Bellingham's muscle injury will last until the middle of September; then, we will have him back in the Real Madrid first-team squad. Before then, there are two reserved players Ancelotti has to replace Bellingham for the time being before Bellingham recovers from the muscle injury. Those two players are Arda Guler and Brahim Diaz. We saw both player's performances in today's Real Madrid 3-0 win against Real Valladolid.
Real Madrid's next match is against Las Palmas, Ancelotti may decide to play Arda Guler first, maybe before the end of the match, Arda Guler will be substituted for Brahim Diaz. Such substitution may reoccur until Bellingham deems fit with his muscle injury around the middle of September

Real Madrid performance wasn't good in the first half they were only in control of the ball as they dominated in possession but they only made one attempt which is not too good for a team with so many star players in it. We must accept that this is not the Real Madrid team we watched last season because they were better in performance during the beginning of the last season but they managed to win from the early second half and later scored 3 goals to win the match with a clean sheet.

Real Madrid needs to work on their performance because they will find it difficult to win matches when they play against a very good team like Barcelona and ATM if they continue to play like they did today.

Honestly that looks like it is going to take a while for them to get used to each other, they are still learning how to play together because they have been playing a certain way in different clubs, Vini and Rodrygo ended up playing with both Benzema and without a proper striker for the past two seasons so they played very different games in the last two seasons already, whereas Mbappe played a very different game at PSG during the same time, so nobody has been playing a same type of game for a long time, they are all learning this for the first time.

But in the end, they won 3-0 and that's what matters, if they end up playing like this for a long time then I am sure that everyone will be happy, as long as the result comes it's all good.

From my observation for more than 80 minutes, perhaps only Valverde's goal broke the deadlock when Mbappe and Vinicius had difficulty executing opportunities. After Endrick and Brahim Diaz came in, the game was more fluid and each player's position was in place, not many players messed up their teammates' positions like when Mbappe, Vinicius, and Rodrygo were rotated. These three players seem to have the same problem as the first match against Mallorca, the difference is not too significant but still the balance of attack is not running effectively. Instead of waiting for Mbappe to score his first goal in La Liga, Endirck actually started his goal in La Liga with limited playing time. The first half as usual did not have many dangerous movements, so should Ancelotti reserve Rodrygo in the future to stabilize the strategy in the front line? maybe it's worth a try 

Real Madrid won the match and they won by a big margin. But it must be admitted that Real Madrid's performance in the first half was not good. Even the next two goals they scored in the last minute of the match. However, after failing to score 3 points in the first match, Madrid managed to score 3 points in the second match by dominating the match.

The main attraction for Madrid this season has been Mbappe's addition to the squad. Real Madrid bought a talented scorer like Mbappe. However, in the first two matches, we did not see a better performance from Mbappe. Mbappe may not be able to adapt to this strategy of Madrid. Or Mbappe's understanding with Madrid players is not good. Ancelotti should try to find Mbappe's problems and solve the problem quickly.

Atlético Madrid vs Girona

Atlético Madrid (confirmed lineup): Jan Oblak, Cesar Azpilicueta, Jose Gimenez, Robin Le Normand, Marcos Llorente, Pablo Barrios, Rodrigo De Paul, Samuel Dias Lino, Rodrigo Riquelme, Antoine Griezmann, Julian Alvarez.

Girona (confirmed lineup): Paulo Gazzaniga, Arnau Martinez, David Lopez, Daley Blind, Miguel Gutierrez, Yangel Herrera, Oriol Romeu, Ivan Martin, Viktor Tsigankov, Abel Ruiz, Bryan Gil.

Girona performance last season was very incredible which shocked the entire Laliga teams but I see that wonderful performances in them because the are not at any pressure that is they were only playing one competition which is Laliga unlike the remaining top three are engaged in 2 or 3 competition which can also be stressful for them, Girona have a all week to prepare for just one match that why they did what they DID, now the they are engage in Champions league now let see how good they are.

On the other hand Atlético Madrid are having their second of the season at Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano, Atlético Madrid are in a good condition, they haven't lost in their last 6 game,

Madrid outplayed Valladolid right from the first half though they were not lucky to get a lead in the first half. Even at that, it was nothing to be bothered about cause they were certainly winning the match anyways. The 50th minutes goal by F. Valverde placed real Madrid on a first advantage few minutes into the second half and later in the 88th minutes of the play, B. Diaz scored to give real Madrid a second goal lead and the Endrik ended it all by scoring the winning goal and of course his first goal for Madrid putting Madrid a 3 goal victory over Valladolid.

After playing two matches for the season, real Madrid have only managed to get 4 points so far after drawing thier first match and then winning this match. They will have to prepare against their next encounter against las Palmas on Thursday hoping to steal three point which would certainly push them upward. Athletic Madrid, vilaral and Barca are the top competitors on the league with Barca currently the only team that's leading the table so far although atletico Madrid is yet to play her second match after also only getting a draw in the first leg.

Madrid managed to achieve their first victory with a landslide score of 3-0 over Valladolid, in the first week Ancelotti squad was forced to share points with Mallorca. Overall, Madrid did not seem to have found their best rhythm, I think they still need time to adapt and become more organized. Valladolid could not do much to threaten Courtois goal, throughout the match they did not release any shots on target. Simply put, Valladolid is an easy opponent for Madrid, therefore Ancelotti was also brave enough to overhaul his formation and experiment with 4-2-3-1.

With a relatively easy opponent, all of Ancelotti plans went well, but in the future they must appear more aggressive from the start. Bellingham did not appear due to absence, Mbappe has not found his sharpness, Endrick managed to score his first goal. On the other hand, I see Ancelotti is trying to speed up the adaptation process within the team, by trying to implement a different strategy to find his best formation this season. In addition, the challenge that Ancelotti faces this season is actually to accommodate playing minutes for each of his players fairly, we can see it when Arda Guler became a starter today.

To be honest, I was very worried when at half time it was still a goalless draw or 0-0. Because anyway, in this match of course I am still confident that Real Madrid will be able to win well because in addition to Real Madrid having a better squad depth, of course the home factor will also make Real Madrid able to win well too. But unfortunately, it seems that Real Madrid's luxurious squad is still in adaptation to build chemistry to be even better, because only playing against Valladolid, which is basically a promotion team, but Real Madrid still takes a long time to be able to score goals.

Also, I would probably say Mbappe still needs time to adapt, because in this match when Mbappe was replaced by Endrick and after that, Real Madrid was able to make two goals and great again, Endrick also managed to make the third goal of Real Madrid. With this 3-0 win, my bet would have won.

Madrid's performance in the first match was not good. Madrid have come under a lot of criticism after dropping points against the likes of Mallorca. So Real Madrid needed a big win in this match. And Madrid managed to win the match 3-0. Real Madrid players have performed well.

Although Madrid won by a large margin, several weaknesses of Madrid were seen in this match. Especially in the first half, Real Madrid did not play well. But it could also be a trick by Ancelotti. From the start of the second half we saw excellent performances from the Madrid players.

Valverde scored the first goal of the match. Madrid might have won 1-0. But last minute goals from Diaz and Endrick saw Madrid win 3-0. Diaz scored in the 88th minute and Endrick scored in the 90th+6th minute. We expected a better performance from Mbappe. He made 4 shots in this match, all three were on target. But Mbappe could not score a single goal.

Despite not winning the first match, the Real Madrid team did not make any mistakes in the second match. Real Madrid got an excellent 3-0 win. In this match, Madrid performed a bit slow in the first half, but the players of Real Madrid performed great in the second half.

Ancelotti is experimenting with his squad. But I think Ancelotti should have done this experiment in friendly matches. But Ancelotti did not give Mbappe a chance in friendly matches. Now Mbappe is having trouble adjusting to the Madrid squad. We haven't seen a better performance from Mbappe against Mallorca. Mbappe's performance in today's match was even poorer. If Mbappe fails to perform well, it will be very difficult for Madrid to dominate the Champions League.

The first half of the game between Madrid and Valladolid just ended and there's yet a single goal from either side, this was supposed to look like an easy games for Madrid yet it now appearing like a challenging one instead, Madrid is much better than their opponent both in depth and in  form but it really interest me today how they have held Madrid this long without a goal, tho they have got what feels like a fair defense.

In the second half of the game we are optimistic Madrid is going to have a change of game play as they are going to be able to secure a victory against their opponents, i don't believe ancelotti would let this game go without getting three points or in a worse case a point as i don't believe Madrid will loose this game, the second half will be a determinant for me.

Barcelona's win over Bilbao is never easy, but Lewandowski proved once again that he is not done yet. Lewandowski's performance at the start of this season does not appear to have declined, but on several occasions I really found him having difficulty maximizing goal opportunities. In the end, Barcelona managed to complete their mission in their second match with a 2-1 win over Bilbao, that's the most important thing.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid also struggled to beat Valladolid today. Even though Real Madrid was strengthened by Vinicius, Mabppe and Rodrygo as attackers, it took them a long time to break down Valladolid's solid defense. Mbappe still failed to find his debut goal in La Liga, but the team's victory was likely more important. Thus, Mbappe has to admit that he cannot always beat the opponent's defense even though he has a high goal productivity in Ligue 1.