Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 6. (Read 549329 times)

Yes, to be honest, it's quite difficult to determine who is much better, and the fight for who is better every time between Real Madrid vs Barcelona will never end, as happened with Ronaldo vs Messi, both clubs have their own super militant fans, and that's why there is El Classico, yes because the tension is that amazing at the match.

And to determine who is much better this season, just wait for the end of the season, who will hold the cups, both in La Liga and UCL.

He's not entirely wrong. When Madrid meets formidable opponents, they struggle. Against less formidable teams they crush them. That is not the level of consistency Madrid is known for, Madrid is a team that excels when they face strong opponents. The last 5 games they've played have been against weak teams. I'm not downplaying their wins, but I'm only saying they have to maintain this level against good or in-form teams to conclude that they've been consistent.

As for Vini and Mbappe, I don't think we can call that linking well. It's Rodryo and Mbappe that have been linking very well recently, then Bellighma and Mbappe.
Vini and Mbappe have been showing signs of what could be, but they're not there yet.

In the Champions League, especially in the League Phase, only Barcelona can be considered to have performed better so far, because they managed to finish in the top 8 of the standings which automatically qualified them for the round of 16. Meanwhile, Real Madrid who finished in 11th place, had to fight through the play-off round to reach the round of 16. As we already know, Ancelotti squad faced a fairly severe storm of injuries, this became an obstacle to performing consistently. In La Liga, different conditions were shown by both teams, Barcelona started the season very well, but slowly they began to lose their balance, so that Real Madrid took over the top of the standings again. I think as the season progresses, both teams can find their best form again in every competition, but I think Barcelona will face more challenges in the future due to the financial crisis they are facing.

Both are hugely egoistic players and they have realized that they can only play successfully if they play together, but at the end of the day both players are after individual rewards, want to lead the scorer list and want to be considered the best in the world. I was curious to see how this will play out and I think it didn't go all that well so far. Or put differently, I thought it would go better than that. I thought that Real Madrid is going to be the deadliest attack line in European football, but it isn't quite there to be honest as both want to play the most important role in the team. But now they are getting along with each other better from game to game. But they will remain competitors within the same team. Vinicius Junior thinks he is the best in the world and so does Mbappe.

It's really important they do so it helps improve their performance and productivity generally,  the chemistry they build amongst themselves fosters team work and a very healthy spirit of sportsmanship. Both Barcelona and Madrid are doing so well in the UCL actually and it's a brilliant representation,  like you mentioned if Madrid had built this chemistry long before now, I believe  that they would be at the top of the table now such that the point difference would be one others would literally struggle with.

There is a way you can mix some food as combo and enjoy them but till now, I haven't seen the connection between Mbape and Vinicious. No doubt, Vinicious gave him a lot of assist in the beginning of the season but what did he do, wasted it on Offside and no any goals and I think since then, I can see a lot decline from him, he does most of his things in his own but ever since Vinicious went to compulsory break, Mbape seems to be the lion for now.

To be honest, this combination of players in Real Madrid isn't palatable, I'm not sure if Anceloti is trying to create memories of the past players during the time of Ronaldo, Benzema, Zidane and some other legendary but this guys are worst including their counter El clasico guys. There will not be a previous Real Madrid that we used to have, it will take the next coach more time before he can figure it out the best way possible to put these guys together.

It doesn't matter which one is better, as their position in the standings gives evidence of the better team. Although indeed, Barcelona looks better in the Champions League standings but that is still not a guarantee that Barcelona will be able to advance to the final match. So yes, for me personally Real Madrid and Barcelona are making good progress, because Real Madrid and Barcelona are in  the process of building a team with a young squad. Although there are still some senior players, but the young players  in their squad are still given playing time when the coach rotates for certain  matches. Thus,they are making progress for the long term and it is a  good way to make the team  consistently compete  in the top zone.

And when you talk about the extra ordinary Barcelona it was only during the early stages of the seasons and now they are just trying to resume what ever they have been doing during the beginning of the season and no one expected them to just drop in performance and maybe it was all because of there financial issues because they were able to manage it but they just started losing and it was affecting them because when they started every one have confidence that they will win the la liga and a lot of things have happened and no one saw Madrid bouncing back and the way things going it's as if they will stay in the third position for a very long time and that is were they will be because it's as if nothing will change and since they are able to win against Atlanta things might end up been different. Ancelotti Is doing well and very strategic.

Well it’s quite true that they are all connecting with each other currently and that has been working good for them  them somehow, this is how it supposed to be right from the start of the season but when it comes to some games some players still tend to seek glory over others and that cost them somehow, it’s just GTK that they are progressing.
Barcelona position in UCL doesn’t change anything if they flop in their future games, it will even be worse but they seem to be crushing it somehow for now let’s hope it lands them a title but it will be hard to take out Liverpool imo… in laliga, they are fried;D they can just hope realmadrid get into some serious flop because that’s the only way for them to claim back their position.

The thing is that Barcelona has no other way, they have to solve it with the players they have, who for me are good, and they are also very lucky because Lamine Yamal likes that team although he is a big fan of CR7 and also of Messi lol, on the other hand, Madrid's money management is superior, we have never seen this team with a money deficit or anything similar, and they have the best players in the world, although for me they have not yet recruited a Haaland, however it is difficult when a team has many stars, because it is a clash of egos, and what they are doing now is difficult, which is to maintain harmony between them, at some point when they manage to understand each other more, this team will not be beaten by the best Barcelona of all time.

Man with the debit of €1.2bn going back to gold era has now never been easy due to bad management this legendary club is currently suffering worst time but as Hansie Flick doing job he is able to bring good performance in both La Liga and Champions League then we can expect things will take turn.

Club needed few new quality players but due to their finances issues they fail to do this while in last few weeks there were issues which prevent them from registering players as well but good performance and better results are going to bring something positive. Due to few poor results now chances are limiting for them to have La Liga title but still many rounds left, and they can also do good in Champions League which could be bonus for them hopefully Flick done enough to have honourable end for Barcelona in this season.

I would say if he kept going like the start then yeah he would have a great season. However, we have seen Barcelona got much worse so it is not really that much of a great situation to be in for them, Barcelona is third right now. They could maybe finish the season at second place in la liga, but that's going to be the case for the best hope, they are not looking like they are going to win the league. For Barcelona to win the league, it would require Real Madrid to lose many games that they would normally win, and Barcelona to keep winning every game, and we all know that's not going to happen.

UCL is another, they are doing fine, and last sixteen is ok, but I do not think that they are going to lift that cup neither, it doesn't look that great at all for them. All of this combined, makes me question if this was even required, they could have kept Xavi and they would have done similarly well even with him, so why would we praise Flick for something that he didn't get better.

The energy posses by Barcelona right now, If Real Madrid has the same opportunity right now, trust me they are going to be unstoppable. Barcelona are very rich in high spirit as it is now, the only thing Real Madrid has as an impression is Mbape making good moves as of recent which nobody knows how long it will last, probably that's the end of the bus but Barcelona is very equip with all different kind of players that are up to any task in any of competition they put their heads.

What kills Barcelona was that losses they had, that time Yamal went to injury and it became impossible for Raphina and Lewandowski to pass through defenders, that made them losses and be confident draw back but since then, their performance has improved and the losses has reduced unless on few occasions they lose to some things due to their mistakes. How far can Real Madrid goes, we will see by the end of the season but Barcelona wouldn't yield until it's over.

This your assertion of you thinking that Real Madrid has not proven to be better because you have not seen consistency in near performance simply shows that you are not watching Real Madrid games. And you saying Mbappe and Vini hasn't linked is further proof that you are not watching the team play, because if you were watching, you will definitely notice the difference between them now and the beginning of the season and also Real Madrid now and the beginning of the season.

You made some sense in your explanation but let's remove individual sentiment of our feelings in this case and analyze the situation of the two teams in a more real state, you will understand with me that Real Madrid and Barcelona don't have a balanced strength. Even when Barcelona was winning matches consecutively and topping the league table, Real Madrid was literally underperforming while everyone was praising Barcelona alone so while will Real Madrid make improvements now and are also enjoying those cheerful moments that Barcelona was enjoying while topping the league and you want to say that they are both balanced in performance, nah they ain't balanced from my own point of view but however, in order not to make this a prolonged argument i will rather say you should believe it from your own perspective while i believe mine as well.

Actually, the position of a team cannot determine if they are more superior than others since they can lose that position either on the long run or short run but yet in the case of Real Madrid and Barcelona, even though they both have quality squad but you can't compare the squad of Barcelona to that of Real Madrid in real sense.

We all have assumptions related to these two teams, but in any case the factor of siding with the favorite team will always be involved. as the supporters of these two teams, will fully hope that their team can win the League title for the ongoing season. I actually agree with what you said, but it cannot be denied that Madrid is indeed starting to move towards its true performance. Mbappe is starting to play quite well, although we agree that the combination of Mbappe and Vini does not seem solid yet. well, this is the next job for Ancelotti, how he is able to combine these two sharp strikers to play solidly and much more dangerously. one more thing from my point of view, Ancelotti still has homework related to arranging his midfielders. when all the players in each line are ready, this team will be much more dangerous and sharp whatever team they oppose. talking about the Barcelona team squad, I am happy with the arrival of Hansi Flick who is handling this team. there seems to be a change in the game scheme and the effectiveness of Barcelona's matches as a whole, although some of them have to stumble and slip. but in the hands of Hansi Flick, Barcelona has new strength even though many of them are young players. even if Barcelona does not become champions this season, at least next season these young players are more ready to compete closely with their rivals Real Madrid. well, let's just see everything that is presented in this competition until the end of the season.

Barcelona is  coming into this game as favorite and definitely I see them winning because Atlanta is not that formidable as before also wether Barcelona win or not they will qualify into the next round either through automatically or through playoffs so I don't see any pressure to win in the side of Barcelona coming into this game because Barcelona is playing at home so there is no tension on their sides to win

Atlanta has to be brave and clinical in front of goals because they are coming against a Barcelona team that has find a way to be scoring a lot of games so it is going to be a tough one in the part of Atlanta coming onto this game but it will be really disappointing if Atlanta who are the current Europa League champions to leave at this stage of the competition

Actually for Barcelona the final result against Atalanta today will not affect the chances of qualifying for the next phase, I think if you pay attention to that Barcelona doesn't need to bother playing hard to win it will also be useful for them to maintain the fitness of their players so that in La Liga later their performance will be more optimal, but if they succeed in defeating Atalanta it will open up opportunities for Real Madrid to occupy the top 8 of the standings, because I think fighting Brest for Madrid will not be too difficult. So what will Barcelona choose in today UCL match, will they give in and give victory to Atalanta or vice versa? in my opinion this is not cheating but strategy.

Saying balanced in terms of strength for now we do not only have to rely on the position in the standings but must also pay attention to the quality of the players because after all when talking about balance only because of the position of course it will not be a matter of sense for me because the position in the standings is influenced by the increase and decrease in performance in the end.

We must be aware that Barcelona are in a mid-season slump right now and that's exactly what happened to Madrid at the start of the season.

But when it comes to balance of course they are balanced because in terms of the quality of players and club rivalries of course they are not too far apart in terms of strength so in this case they can still be said to be balanced.
If the benchmark is only to the current standings, it means that indirectly the beginning of the season Madrid was not balanced from Barcelona because they were in a position not even too decent and vice versa so it will not make sense when saying about balance because the position is always changing.

The top of the table and Mbappe slowly regaining his rhythm in a real match is proof that Madrid is trying to improve.

That's enough to say that Madrid have improved their form compared to the start of the season as their consistency is now better than ever.
What more proof do they have to show for now because after all the current conditions they have tried as much as possible in improving their performance and now they have got it.

If the benchmark is the Champions League they are also in a condition that is indeed a good improvement and it is proven when their performance at the beginning is very different from today even for the standings it is not as honest as before so I think in this case we cannot demand too far because after all this needs a process but certainly now they are better.