Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 59. (Read 552902 times)

Let me answer. Maybe it doesn't mean depending on the opponent and underestimating the opponent because in my opinion no team underestimates the opponent, especially now Barcelona really needs points to catch up on the points gap with its rival Real Madrid. If I see why Barcelona always loses points when facing a weak team and always wins when playing against a strong team. That's because the strategy implemented by Flick is only suitable when facing a team that plays attacking but when facing a team that defends and has a solid defense Barcelona has difficulty scoring goals.

So actually the problem lies in his philosophy, they need to be improved not only in ball possession but Barcelona must increase the variety of attacks, smart midfielders, plus finishing from deadly attackers, and more importantly their champion mentality must be revived not to be easily satisfied when the team is ahead.

Because in my opinion, during Barcelona's heyday, many opposing teams also implemented bus parking, and so on, but because Barcelona's effectiveness at that time was extraordinary, it was not a problem. Flick must realize this so that they do not lose points again when facing weak teams that use a defensive strategy with the term bus parking. Now, with a big points difference with Real Madrid, of course Barcelona, ​​if they want to catch up with Real Madrid, must not make the same mistake again.

I think it's too much to say that their current position is an insult, because this is not the first time it has happened to them, in other words there have been many seasons where they could only be in 3rd position.
What makes us a little surprised is when they declined in a time that I think is very short, even though previously they could also play better than what they are showing now. If we draw a conclusion, then it can be concluded that there is a problem that makes them like this.
On the other hand, what they show can also be said to be good if we look at their financial situation which is still a mess.

In my opinion, I think Barcelona's coach prepares his team on how to beat these big teams, big teams are attacking minded, so the players focus is always to attack so they can score. He builds this high line defence to neutralise this attack by playing these sharp attackers offside. In that Real Madrid game Vs Barcelona, Real Madrid had 12 offside calls, Mbappe alone recorded 8. So if your team tries to pass the high line, boom offside. These small teams waits for them to attack them exploit the spaces not to be offside.

Yes, I still remember that previously Ancelotti was also linked with the Brazilian national team before he extended his contract with Madrid. Yes, you are right, coaching and succeeding with the national team is very possible for Ancelotti.

Ancelotti can handle great Madrid players. He always gets respect from his players. He is an extraordinary coach. But if there is a decision to replace Ancelotti, Madrid must think carefully about his replacement. Choosing a coach who can control the dressing room like Ancelotti will not be easy for Madrid. Besides, I still believe he will continue to coach Madrid.

You wouldn't know that just yet if Ancelotti is leaving or not at the end of this season. Before this season kicked off there were rumours about Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola being on the radar for the South America national team, Brazil. And a lot of insinuations on that was that it's going to materialised by the end of this season that either Ancelotti or Pep could be the man to take over the job. So  maybe we could wait till end of season to know if really there's no point in discussing on that.

As for his team performance this season they haven't had a thorough run like other previous seasons, you'll agree with me that there has been a fall in their form, therefore you shouldn't be in haste to assume that Real Madrid can defend both the champions league and their domestic league title. In the domestic league Barcelona has an upper hand in their head-to-head this season and despite RM currently standing as league leaders, the gap difference with Barcelona and ATM is nothing significant because with just  one or two match lost ATM and FCB will close in on them. So why the much confidence?

Literally, Barcelona's play is not depending on their opponent. Look at how they crap against a relegation garbage club, but destroyed Madrid at the final of Super Coppa. This enough to proves how strong or weak Barcelona's opponent is not affecting the result.

I saw they're always too confident when they fought bottom tier team. They're always struggling especially when they face a low block team.

It's bottom tier team's strategy who made them struggled. They hardly scored when their opponent putted 10 players in front of the goalie.

It's dumb when we generalize Barcelona's performance based on their opponent.

I'm also confused about their situation, exactly as you said, they don't have consistency in domestic competitions. Seeing them in third place at the moment is an insult, they should be in second place & have a serious race with Real Madrid. If they often get inconsistent results, I think we already know who this season's league title deserves.

The next league match is against Valencia, currently Valencia is in the relegation zone which indicates that they're a weak team this season, I think there's a big possibility that they will fail to get full points.

I dont think it is over yet, Real Madrid cannot easily win the rest of their matches, they have a very tedious schedule which involves a lot of stumbling blocks on the way and at such I really cant vouch for them due to their unstable run this season, but if they can be a bit more consistent in winning a good number of matches which i think is relatively impossible due to the kind of league they are participating in and also the other competitions which they are also involved in, so in my own opinion these are factors that could negatively impact the team through injuries and psychological issues too which may arise as a result of the number of games that Madrid would have to play and the same applies to other contenders such as Barcelona and athletico Madrid also, so in all fairness i think the race is still open for any team to catch up.

It's different when the era has changed. What hasn't changed is their characteristics. The change is real. If before the Barcelona match started, we could easily and confidently say that they would win. This time after that era ended, it's hard to predict.
Indeed, recently after experiencing two defeats, in the next six games they have never lost including when they won against Benfica.
Then for three days from now they will face Valencia. Can we easily predict that they will win?

From the standing on the laliga table all the teams in the top four positions can become champion of the laliga because the point between the the first position to fourth place is not much and with the in consistent nature of teams  at the top side of the Spanish laliga this season the league is still open for any of the top four teams at the top of the table

The most impressive team this season has been Athletico Madrid because from the start of the season they where struggling to even get a win but they have maneged to climb up to the top of the table before coming down to second on the table if they are consistent with their results they can be a threat to Barcelona and Madrid this season

So the point is Barcelona plays well depending on the opponent? when the opponent is a big team then their game will adjust to the intensity of the opponent but on the contrary when faced with underdog teams, Barcelona game is not so visible several times the opponent has easily broken up Barcelona sharp attacks which are a threat to big teams. This sounds strange and I wonder the reason and think that Barcelona players underestimate the opponents below them.

I will agree with you because Anceloti is one crafty being. He knows how to sacrifice what he feels he doesn't want so as to stay focused on the bigger price. I believe his focus is on the Laliga and CL that is why losing to Barcelona the Super cup was much possible with that wide margin of goals.

I will wait for their return leg in the Laliga to see if truly Barcelona has what it takes to tame Madrid or what happened in the SuperCopa was just a test of strategy and a means to preserve players for the bigger picture. Remember we have entered that part of the league where if a player sustains injury they might not recover till the end of season and that will obviously affect the performance of that team so every coach has to extra calculative.

It's hard to get good stability from young players and their contributions for Barcelona so far in this season are already big enough. It's better than many expectation and Barcelona have bright future with those talented young players. In future like 2 or 3 more seasons, those players will mature more and they will be able to bring Barcelona to titles.

It's not like they are not interested in La Liga title, it's a big one and they want it at all cost. It's only they are still not good enough to get it in this season, that is their status now in the title race. However the season is long enough and Barcelona can fight as well as wait for performances of two competitors Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Barcelona have to play well and need both competitors play bad in two or three matches to flip ranks in La Liga and take over the first position back.

I got your point perfectly. Barcelona have been inconsistent this season. When you thought they would win easily, they ended up losing such a game. They drew with Real Betis and lost to Leganes which is highly unexpected. The La Liga is still open for most top clubs to win, which means Barca will keep fighting for the title until they win or lose it. As for the UCL, they still have a long battle to fight. They struggle to win against Benfica, there are stronger clubs in the Champions League, so they need to upgrade their games.

Barcelona once again showed what kind of a team they are, a volatile inconsistent one. Beating Bilbao, beating Madrid, destroying Betis, and then getting a tie at Getafe, then beating Benfica with a great comeback.

I am sorry but just one of those were league games, it's like somebody told Barcelona players "hey we are not interested in la liga title, but win everything else". These guys could end up with copa del rey, they already got supercopa, and they may go quite far at UCL as well, there isn't really anything that prevents them from winning it if you ask me. So why have something like this for the league? Why keep losing games or getting draws even against super weak teams when it comes to league? That inconsistency and unlucky results are terrible for them.

When the focus is only on one match just because of looking at the rivalry, in the end in the last 2 matches in several competitions that are run and when Barcelona and Madrid are brought together, we know that Barcelona always succeeds in defeating Madrid even with a score that is quite striking. But a season is not only determined for one match in the end because after all we must be aware that the situation is clear when the performance is not stable then the guarantee in the race for the trophy can be lost.

Indeed, all clubs have felt this way but the current situation in the standings for La Liga Madrid is better and the fact that they are at the top cannot be denied for now.
Barcelona are always good in every match they play when it comes to gameplay but the final result is sometimes very difficult for them to overcome which makes the points in La Liga still stagnant for now.

Team	Point
Real Madrid	46
Atletico Madrid	44
Barcellona	39
Athletic Bilbao	39
Villarreal	33
Maiorca	30
Real Sociedad	28
Girona	28
Rayo Vallecano	26
Osasuna	26
Siviglia	26
Betis Siviglia	25
Celta Vigo	24
Las Palmas	22
Leganes	22
Getafe	20
Alaves	20
Espanyol	19
Valencia	16
Real Valladolid	15

Real Madrid regains first place, the league is fun this year

Mbappe actually needs time to become the striker that Real Madrid wants and the club must be really patient because Mbappe is not completely bad, he also keeps trying to do the best he can even though it is still beyond expectations, in fact if Rodrygo, Mbappe and Vinicius do their job by playing solidly they can perform well like yesterday's match where they were each able to score goals and help each other not being selfish to do everything themselves.

Playing with Real Madrid means playing with wins because Real Madrid's defense and record are so good and strong that many players want to join Real Madrid's club.  At the beginning of matches and leagues some players play better and some players don't play well but with time and experience they get better.  I love players who are weak but gradually work hard and build themselves up and play well for the good of their team.  Every player should have confidence in himself and work hard in every match and every other place and succeed with each other's help.Real Madrid have built their position due to hard work and good performance which is enough to win the title at the moment so every team should set the same standard.

I will say Barcelona performance is just fluctuating because for them to win two El Classico in a season with a very wide margin in goals and they are still finding it difficult to beat the bottom teams, that means something terrible his happening which is far from us. I don't think Barcelona are in their best interest this season because if you tell someone that Barcelona defeated Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, and lost to Leganes at Camp Nou. This is abnormal for team like Barcelona.
Barcelona is a team that is capable of topping any competition they play in a season because they have what it takes to do so. I don't know what Hansi Flick planned but if correct with your statement I will say he is bringing himself down. At the beginning he started well, then what bring a sudden change of plans, at least he should have planned it well. I think you just want to cover for his actions.