Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 632. (Read 539525 times)

Yeah I believe it is very likely to happen. I don't think Atalanta can resist Real Madrid even though it is only the beginning of the season. It would feel great for Mbappe to start winning some different titles I assume. He must have really got bored of winning only French titles.    It has been too easy for him I mean and those titles didn't have a huge value.

It is never like winning the La Liga title and I'm not even mentioning the Champions League.    Who knows how many Champions League titles he will win thanks to signing for Real Madrid. Honestly I wouldn't expect him to achieve it with PSG.

Well, the 4-3-3 formation is considered suitable for Real Madrid. In this, the Spanish Royal team introduced a very high-quality attacking trio of Vinicius Jr, Kylian Mbappe, and Rodrygo. And most likely Mr. Ancelotti will use the 4-4-2 formation, in case Mbappe still prefers to drift to the wing more. Real Madrid can also use the current two-striker system again, just replace Rodrygo with Mbappe. This is the formation Real Madrid used quite a lot last season. Which, Bellingham will play the role of a midfielder for the attacking pair Vinicius Jr and Kylian Mbappe. Rodrygo played up front last season but the Brazilian could be a good backup for Mbappe. Overall, Real Madrid owns a "success machine". They promise to be like a "tiger with wings" when Mbappe appears.

I agree better with your closing statements, Ancelotti knows better based on his experience on how well he's going to be able to handle his team and still achieve great success with them,  most definitely adjustments will be made to allow the French international fit in the Madrid squad in the new season. Very importantly is it that they now have a striker so for vinicus and Bellingham it's a sign of relief as they will be back at their original positions and not having to alternate for the top nine.

I also think that Mbappe certainly has a big chance of getting a trophy in his first season, like Jude Bellingham, where he managed to win the La Liga and UCL trophies in his first season with Real Madrid. If you look at the competition in Laliga with the current strength statistics, of course Real Madrid's strength is stronger than their rivals. 
I noticed from the 2019/2020 season where Real Madrid and Barcelona often swapped to become champions and both have not been able to defend their titles consecutively for the following season. 
So will the increasing strength with the arrival of Mbappe make Real Madrid able to defend the La Liga title this season and if this is done successfully then we will see good potential as a team that is concentrated enough to defend the title in the coming seasons?

Lewandowski is successful transfer for Barcelona when Xavi still train this team and i know Barcelona have to spend huge money 50 million for transfer fees to gets Lewandowski considering his age was above 30 years old but on 2022 Lewandowski performance is very consistent because he can being an Barcelona top scorer in all competitions and help Barcelona to gets Laliga trophy and i have to says in the last 2 season for front lines Lewandowski is the best player for Barcelona but because Lewandowski is not young anymore Barcelona should be immediately look for new striker

But i still didn't understand about Hansi Flick behaviour for transfer players because actually Barcelona has facing striker crisis but rather than attempts gets new players on that position but Hansi Flick is more likely to chasing midfielder players such as Dani Olmo and Nico Williams even the latest rumours i have heard is Hansi Flick want to sell other forward players such as Vitor Roque and Raphinha

We all know Lewandowski performance last season is decline this because he several times to got injured which make he was unable to in form again but besides that admitted or not Lewandowski has passed his prime because of age factor so Barcelona shouldn't be rely on Lewandowski for striker position and also Lewandowski probably will leave Barcelona after his contract ended on 2026 so Barcelona should be gets new striker immediatelly

For me personally, bringing a star to any team doesn’t necessarily mean that he will perform well or better than the previous Real Madrid players that use to play in his position now. We are happy to see Mbappe with the team but he is not better than anyone else there, and without good preparation or following the coach tips, this player will be as any other failed transfer, as we have seen before with Hazard, Messi in PSG and many others.

I believe in Ancelotti’s vision towards many players, even though I was against him last couple seasons when he failed to prepare a strong team with all the good players back then. Now he is doing better and took good time to achieve this level with such players.

Real Madrid should take this chance and talent to add more strength on the attacking lines without forgetting the other players, defensive lines and midfield.

It is likely that Mbappe can win his first trophy with Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup match because against Atalanta I think it is not that difficult for Real Madrid, in terms of quality these two teams have quite a striking difference.

Real Madrid's friendly match before facing Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup match I think is not that important but for Mbappe it might have a little influence to be able to adapt with his teammates and I think Ancelotti knows enough about what the team needs and overall the Real Madrid squad does not have many changes except for a few additional players that could possibly increase the strength of this team.

Are you talking about Real's first official match against Atalanta for the UEFA Super Cup? Before that, Real will have some good friendlies against Milan, Barcelona and Chelsea, I think Ancelotti will see what condition the players are in and decide who will get a place in the starting lineup. I think Mbappe should show himself well in these friendlies and preferably score, and the Super Cup will be an opportunity for Mbappe to win a trophy in his first official match, and the UEFA Super Cup will be a very significant trophy, so the motivation for Mbappe will be high.

Xavi has unearthed a lot of talent and Pedri, Ferran Torres, Lamine Yamal and other young Spanish players were largely unearthed by Xavi but unfortunately Real were incredibly good last season.
De jong is a great player, but he has the biggest salary not only in Barcelona, but also in La Liga in general, besides injuries risk to break his career, although it should be noted that at his position he is one of the best in the club. Another problem of De Jong is his contract, which expires in 2026 and he does not want to extend it, which also does not add Barcelona confidence in the player.
No one will sell Roque just because there will be only Lewandowski in the attack, which is very dangerous, so I think that Roque will be left in the lineup in the near future.

Barcelona are only dreaming if they have it in mind that they can win Laliga and UCL next season with the players in their team because I don't see how possible that will be when Real Madrid has most of the players that can destruct Barcelona motive next season.

It is not all the players from Barcelona academy that will be able to perform well in the senior team because they are still young lads with low experience in senior competitions. Yamal was able to withstand the senior team because he is outstanding and has an adult football season. Let Barcelona finds a means of building the team to be very strong instead of thinking of how they can win leagues next season.

When talking about age, we can see that the situation of Ancelotti does seem like he wants to spend time in Madrid by retiring there because it is not possible for him to find a new club or team at the age of 65 this year.
But on the other hand, this is Ancleotti who is indeed with all the charm he has which is even difficult to guess what movements he will make.

Previously we were even fooled by rumors that were quite hype at that time when Ancelotti was made the coach of the Brazilian National Team and even that was reinforced by several statements from several people in power in Brazil but in the end he remained in Madrid by extending the contract even though the duration was not too long.
It could be that before 2026 when his contract expires there will be some things that happen and maybe he will also retire. But I don't think retirement is a problem especially when he has experienced so many things including now coaching Madrid with all the benefits he has.

Mbappe's debut with Real Madrid is one of the most anticipated debuts, and we are not sure yet which match he will make his debut with Real Madrid. Since he was officially introduced by Real Madrid, we are looking forward to the next thing, namely seeing Mbappe's game with the Spanish giants. I hope he can adapt quickly with the other Real Madrid players, I think that's not a problem because seeing his abilities can be said to be sufficient to be able to adapt quickly. He will also have a coach who is good at reading the character of a player, so that is expected to help him to be able to be in his best form as soon as possible. Real Madrid is dominated by many young players, there are various characters of players in this one squad and also young players with unstable emotions, so I'm pretty sure Ancelotti can handle that.

Flick wants to sell Gundogan because he doesn't like Gundogan's performance as a leader, although I think it's just an excuse to get rid of the player. Gundogan gets 20 million euros a year and if you sell him to Saudi or Qatari clubs, you can get 60-80 million and that's on a fairly modest scale. Just this money may be enough to buy Williams, besides he wants to stay in Spain, but Olmo may not have enough money and everything will depend on Saudi and Qatari clubs, how much they can buy Gundogan.

Flick is a good coach and Bayern's success is proof of that, but he didn't do very well with the German national team and it's also a great luck for him that Barcelona believe in his coaching talent.

Barcelona's financiall will never improve. If Barcelona always tries to keep their players, and let them leave from the club as free agent. Barceloa is not good financially, and they shall have changed their transfer strategy. I appreciate that Barcelona tried to strengthen their squad. But, look at their finances.
A few times Barcelona took economic lever, but it hasn't helped them a lot. Laporta must be sensible. They must sell their players if a club wants to buy them for a very high price.

Also, Barcelona never tried to fix its financial troubles. Instead, they bought players at high prices and then sold them at a loss.

If Barcelona keeps refusing to sell their player, then just wait till this club goes bankrupt. The club's finances are more important than keeping a key player. Barcelona can take De Jong's replacement from its academy.

It is not impossible for Barcelona to take players from their own academy to strengthen the Barcelona team next season, but if you look at other big teams that are already strong enough in several competitions, of course not all of their players are young. Because any team also really needs several players who already have experience and are also not too old to be relied on as main players in a team. But if the young players from the academy will certainly need more time for them to be able to develop, while Barcelona itself really wants the La Liga trophy and also the Champions League again next season.

All positions in football are equally important because if one of them is weak, it will certainly make the club ineffective.
Sometimes we talk too much about the attackers that we forget that other positions are no less important.
Now the composition of players owned by Real Madrid can be said to be quite stable compared to the composition of players owned by Barcelona.

Actually, the players from the La Masia academy owned by Barcelona are also quite good and that is proven by several players who are promoted. But sometimes I also wonder why now they prefer to look for foreign players where the financial condition is also unstable and continue to be forced to recruit foreign players.
Barcelona should solve the financial problem and do not need to rush to make similarities with Real Madrid which has much better financial capabilities.
Barcelona has good talent in the young players, but they need time and playing opportunities to gain good experience.

I am not sure that how great Lewandowski could still be. I am not saying that he is no longer good, but last year I saw him have a slower step, and he may not be greater this year, he is getting older and there is a potential that he could end up being not that greater, feels like it is not going to be that awesome.

In the end, we are talking about something that's going to take some time and because of that I honestly think that we are going to see him score lesser goals. Whereas Mbappe is just starting out, we may even see his prime yet, because I do not think that we have seen his prime.

At Real Madrid, with best teammates, with best head coach at Ancelotti, and with best facilities anyone can think of, with best staff around him? In 3 years we could see someone much different.

If Ronaldo was so great at Real, I think the only one that can even get close to Ronaldo will be Mbappe, and he could score 50+ goals a year there, which would be insane but not impossible considering how many games they are playing. I am guessing that he is going to take up the striker position, I know he likes winger, but striker seems to fit more to this team and in that case things could go veeeery good for him.

People are focusing too much on the attacking line. But they forgot that the midfield and defense are important too. I don't see a big gap in the attacking lines of Barcelona and Real Madrid. But Barcelona has missed some players, like Cancelo, who contributed a lot last season.

They must find a replacement for Cancelo. Some at the club may be able to fill in, but they are not as good as Cancelo. I find it's not hard for Barcelona to rotate their players. They could also pick a potential player from their La Masia academy.

Barcelona has good resources not to rely on the same players all the time. Their young talent is potentially to be mentioned as playing in La liga.

Real Madrid really has a very competitive front line / attacking squad. And this may be the question of who will really be the squad in the next starting eleven. Moreover, Endrick has now officially joined Real Madrid, a very young Center-Forward from Brazil who previously got an agreement when he was only 16 years old, and now officially has finally joined Real Madrid, with the number 16 jersey at the age of just 18 years old. He will be at Real Madrid with a 6-year contract directly.
https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/news/football/first-team/latest-news/endrick-firmo-su-contrato-con-el-real-madrid-27-07-2024

For the squad in Milan later, they did not include Mbappe's name in the squad. Instead, they included Endrick, a young talent who has just officially joined Real Madrid after he turned 18 YO. This is the first match that will make him work with the club. This is just a pre-season, so we don't see some of their main players in the list of players.

update from Real Madrid channel:
https://www.realmadrid.com/en-US/news/football/first-team/squad-call/convocatoria-del-real-madrid-para-el-directv-soccer-champions-tour-28-07-2024

Yes, it could be 4-3-3 where this formation would be quite ideal considering that Mbappe is already filling the number 9 jersey. All players must be ready to accept the changes that Ancelotti will make in setting the ideal formation this season. OK, let's talk about Mbappe, where many say that he will be plotted in the position left by Benzema and that will be quite beneficial for him because he will continue to be able to score lots of goals from good passes from Vini and Rodrygo.
Apart from that, we will see what formation Ancelotti will use in this pre-season match where Real Madrid will face AC Milan at the beginning of this month.
If there are changes, of course pre-season matches will be quite ideal for coaches to look for the best way to find the right solution.