Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 678. (Read 535471 times)

This is one aspect I think we should talk about the more. The issue of financial management in the football clubs among the growing and the elite clubs have put some of these aforementioned clubs at advantage over the others. More elite clubs must also learn how to be prudent in heir finances and how to manage the cost of contracts and transfers they engage in. Barcelona today, have not been able to fully recover from the financial crisis they face currently and were at disadvantaged when compared to the Real Madrid in this season and commentators have it on a good note that Barcelona is currently beaconing their hopes on the sponsorship contract they will sign with the Nike sportswear company. If that should not happen, I think Barcelona will be at more disadvantage than they are presently.

Barcelona was indeed unable to achieve all the great achievements last season after Madrid's dominance was too big in La Liga, Barcelona finances are of course the reason behind all Barcelona helplessness in competing, but in my opinion, Xavi has put out all his abilities in bringing Barcelona to still be a team to be reckoned with in La Liga with all the limitations that have existed so far, Xavi ability and what he has done so far should have received great appreciation from Barcelona, instead of firing him for ridiculous reasons.

Talking about performance, of course Barcelona performance under Xavi care has increased dramatically, although they are only relying on a makeshift squad but they were able to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League and also finish in the second position in la liga standing, Lewandowski has an age that is no longer productive as a striker but he is still able to make a great contribution to Barcelona attack line so far,  we admit that Lewandowski is a great striker, but for now, of course, Barcelona cannot fully hope from Lewandowski to remember his current age.

Barcelona has had poor financial management for years, which, of course, has been reflected in the sporting results. They have always had less capital available than Real Madrid, but they have been able to stand up to them. Now it is more difficult because the finances have been really tight for a few years, while Madrid has managed them much better, which, together with the sporting results, has snowballed: it earns more money, can invest better, does so, has better sporting results and continues to earn more money.

There is no effort for Barcelona to recover because they do not have strong finances and when compared with Real Madrid, the difference between the two is now very large.
And now Barcelona wants to build a team with the young players they have, it is possible to be successful, especially as we can see that they have several young players with potential such as Lamine Yamal, but it will take quite a long time, as you said, maybe in the next 3 years or more.

Barcelona has no other choice but to rely on Lewandowski and I see that Lewandowski doesn't just play individually but he is a senior player who guides other young players on the field. I think Lewandowski is still really needed by Barcelona, ​​despite his quality which has decreased a lot due to factors age.

Realmadrid can not be compared with any team right now in the laliga, I think other teams need to do overhauling in other to combat with the present Realmadrid, we all saw what happened in the last champions league, it was like  a joke but they made it to the finals and finally they are the defending champions as it stands,  if this form of Realmadrid continues, laliga wouldn't be a competitive league as it use to be, Realmadrid dominance is too much, the gap between them and other teams in terms good team work and quality players that are fit for the job is very much, I have said it time without number that Realmadrid has all it takes to continuously win the laliga presently because they know how to go for quality players and also use them well knowing fully well that with the players help they can be able to continue in their wining ways for two season or more before replacing them.
The football club like Barcelona and athletico Madrid that you mentioned seems to be in crisis unless they resolve the situation and buckle up fast for competitive season if not Realmadrid will continue to outshine them all.

Barcelona is not the only team with large debts, this does not prevent Inter Milan from being champions. Barcelona continues to pay the players' salaries, so the financial director will deal with financial problems, and the coach and players should think about victories and results.

Lavendowski is no longer young, 35 years is a long time for a striker, but it seems that he is still in good shape, and Flick can count on him for at least one season. Of course, Flick is obliged to think about strengthening Barcelona’s attack, if we compare it with the attack of Real Madrid, then Barcelona is losing greatly in this, but now it is clear that Flick will try to use the players that he has.

Barcelona needs good players who can perform better before changing the coach. Currently, we have seen that Barcelona did not improve much this season, which is why they did not win the championship. But for the next season, they need to put in a tough and good effort so that they can become champions and move forward in the title race. As currently they have appointed a new coach and if they don't change their players it may not be possible to move the team forward. To move the team forward, we must bring in good play, and we know that bringing in players requires value, which Barcelona currently do not have much money for. Currently, Barcelona are unable to sign players due to financial problems but as we have seen some players getting signed to their team. However, in the next season, it can be expected that the Barcelona team will be stronger with the plans and efforts of the new coach. However, Real Madrid are currently more loaded and are once again ahead of their title race, with Girona also in a much better position, so Barcelona will have to work hard.

The decline in Lewandowski performance is due to his increasing age, apart from that, the condition of Barcelona which is facing financial problems makes it difficult for the players to show their best abilities due to the problems the club is currently facing. Maybe Lewandowski will be one of Barcelona failed purchases, at his older age he will not be able to maintain the performance he had when he was still playing for Bayern Munich. Barcelona will also have difficulty finding other clubs interested in signing him, it is very likely that Barcelona will not get any money when he leaves. Barcelona is still relying on Lewandowski next season, he is a senior player who can guide younger players. Barcelona will use him to lead young players in controlling emotions and making Barcelona's game more unified.

Fans lately are impatient, they have forgotten things take time to happen. I also don't blame people who place all of the central issues with Barcelona on Xavi Hernandez. I'm my opinion, he should have agreed to whatever the club president and Deco said to him about returning to manage the club for one more season.

I hate how they treat a club legend like him in such a way. That Barcelona must be please because why would he go on to do such? This is no time for lamenting truly, they should help Hansi Flick in thr ways they couldn't when Xavi Hernandez was head coach.

Won La Liga and also dealt with Real Madrid back to back in La Liga and also when they met in the Copa del Rey. Robert Lewandoski was also brilliant that season as he was also able to finish as the highest goalscorer in his debut season. The disrespect he received this season is just too much and doesn't seem nice coming from Barcelona fans.

Yes,Lunin's performance with Ukraine at the euro this time was quite bad. The reason is that in his last two matches with Ukraine, Lunin has conceded 4 goals. Apart from that, against Romania Lunin's performance was the worst. Because, he was completely unable to ward off the long-range shots launched by the Romanian players. Even though the kick that was fired into the Ukrainian goal should have been easily read by Lunin. However, it turned out that Lunin failed to parry the kick and it resulted in a goal. Maybe that's why Ancelotti hasn't entrusted Lunin to be the main goalkeeper at Real Madrid. The reason is that Lunin still often makes blunders and always makes positioning errors when facing an opposing striker who is taking a kick. So in essence, Lunin's performance is still not consistent, because sometimes he has quite good performance, but sometimes he actually turns into a goalkeeper whose performance is quite bad. So basically Lunin needs to train more to overcome the inconsistencies in his performance. Because if, for example, Lunin changes clubs, and his performance is still less than consistent, you can be sure he will lose his main place again. Especially if you move to a club in the English league, the pressure will definitely be much greater than in Laliga.

I think the Barcelona we now know is clearly different from what they did in their glory days a few years ago and maybe we still won't see that Barcelona figure again, not only next season but for the next 3 years. The reason is that Barcelona have gone too far if they want to be on par with Real Madrid and first they have to restore their finances if they want to be on par with their rivals.

Lewandowski is finished and I think Barcelona should not continue to rely on him because it will only waste opportunities in front of goal. I know he is a player with a lot of experience but look at Real Madrid last season where they didn't rely on pure strikers at all but they were still able to score lots of goals. So what needs to be emphasized here is the potential of the Barcelona players, where in fact they can do the same thing if given the freedom and Hansi Flick must know that.

There is no other choice but to just use the strategy used by the previous coach if Flick can implement this strategy to maintain Barcelona performance so as not to get bad results below the top 3 at the end of the next season.
Barcelona has always been linked with several players and rumors have even spread that Hansi Flick will be given the freedom to bring in players at a cheaper cost, isn't that very impossible?
And currently the reason Barcelona has not tried to provide news regarding new players, is all because maybe Hansi Flick will be more careful in bringing in new players after his reliability is highly doubted most Barcelona fans.

But it's the best. I mean, all big teams have experienced things like this in the past and Barcelona must also be ready to face this kind of pressure to develop the talents of young players from academics so that they can get big contributions in the future like Lamine Yamal who might be one of the academic players who is expected to success with Barcelona.
It all depends on how reliable the coach is in developing the talents of these young players and Barcelona doesn't need to focus too much on pursuing the UCL title but just prioritize positions in La Liga and UCL matches just to give experience to these young players so that they have a great mentality and ready to face any situation.

There wasn't much Xavi could do last season, so he relied on defensive play and didn't create as many chances as arch rivals Real Madrid did. Barcelona does not have players who are hungry for goals even though they have Lewandowski because this player is old so it is natural that his stamina is not as strong as before. But I don't agree that Lewandowski doesn't get support from his club mates because in fact his teammates always help him but he often misses it, this proves that his abilities have indeed declined. Unlike in his first season with Barcelona his performance was still quite good at that time but since he experienced last season's injury he suffered a setback.

How possibilities giving good support behind Barcelona still can't solve yet their financial problem? not really expected for next season under Hansi Flick although he most success manager and get much experienced will make Barcelona get a lot of improvement their performance. Sign many qualities players needed much money and Barcelona recently not announce yet with new players signing although Hansi Flick appointed more than last three weeks ago.

Need long time if Barcelona depend only with your players promote from academy, its difficult under huge pressure for good achieving in domestic league and Champion League but must giving more minutes playing for them. I think Barcelona achievement for next season not really difference yet with this season just finish on second place standing in domestic league and reach quarter final round in Champion League.

Let's look at it realistically, with all the problems that exist in the Barcelona team, it will be quite difficult to be able to rise to match their rivals Real Madrid, now Barcelona is experiencing financial problems which make it impossible for them to be able to recruit quality players while their rivals Real Madrid are currently in trouble. his best performance with a pretty good squad and young players who are starting to develop, so I think it is almost impossible for Barcelona to be able to match him next season.

Barcelona with its new coach next season also needs to adapt, Flick is indeed a great coach but if he is not given strong support to bring in quality players it will also be difficult for Flick to develop the team and if Barcelona wants to rise with its young players then that will require long time.

Of course they need better development, apart from being able to win a title they have to be better than before, one of which is that they have to be able to compete well with their rivals. Even though they finished in second place, they are currently experiencing quite serious problems, and I think it is difficult for the coach to be able to perform with the best possible players. If Barcelona can't develop by recruiting new players, Flick must be able to make Barcelona develop with the available players, and if that succeeds then I think it will be a surprise, especially if they can compete with their rivals again and dominate La Liga.

It does seem difficult for Flick to train the players he can, but there is no other way to do it other than doing that, so like it or not, of course Flick also has to educate and hone the Barcelona players to be better than the previous season. I'm sure Barcelona fans are waiting for Barcelona's return to glory.

I have discuss about Lunin before because as long as Cortouis always be in Real Madrid then Lunin will always be number 2 in this team and i know this season Lunin was performing well and admitted or not he has a lot of contribution for Real Madrid to gets double winner this season but the most problem is Cortouis is irreplaceable so no matter how well he plays but if Cortouis still in this team then eventually Ancelotti will never considers Lunin as the main opinion for goalkeeper position so if Lunin want to became an first goalkeeper and playing regularly then he have to moved from Real Madrid

Lunin performance in Real Madrid is very good but while defend Ukraine he was performing poor and the latest is he makes some blunder which makes Ukraine lost from Romania in Euro 2024 however actually Real Madrid was offering contract extension for Lunin but he hasn't respond it yet because the situations which i mentioned above and if he want to leave it's not hard to find new clubs because Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and PSG is reported interested to bought him so Lunin just has to choose where he will go next

The assessment of the team's performance must be reviewed thoroughly, starting from the financial aspect of the club, the coach, to the strength of rivals in the competition for trophies. This season Xavi failed to bring Barcelona to a trophy, this failure was not due to his failure to manage Barcelona well, but the club's financial factors which made it difficult for him to compete with Real Madrid. On the other hand, Real Madrid performance has improved much more than the previous season, they continue to dominate in La Liga and the Champions League, Barcelona are also helpless in El Clasico.

Xavi did not completely fail to handle Barcelona, ​​he was able to make Barcelona finish in second place with a more dominant composition of players from the La Masia academy. The Fans and Management should not demand something that is difficult for Xavi to realize with his squad lacking, if viewed from a more positive perspective, he has made Barcelona a big profit with young players who are starting to show their qualities.

The new season is almost starting, now Barcelona will be handled by a new coach, I can't yet make predictions about how Barcelona will perform under Flick. I just hope he can improve Barcelona quality to provide fiercer competition in the title race.

.I personally also think like you, of course we can't say that Barcelona is completely bad and of course so far we have seen that Barcelona under Xavi's guidance is definitely fine and it is true that Xavi was successful in bringing Barcelona to a trophy. in the 2022-2023 Laliga season, while in the 2023-2024 season Barcelona managed to become runner up and of course that is strong proof that Barcelona is a strong team and certainly cannot be taken lightly.

However, for next season of course we don't know what the situation will be because of course all teams will definitely prepare good strategies and formations and I agree with you of course Barcelona has the potential to continue to be a respected team although financially. currently not in good condition. and I am also sure that to finish in the top 4, Barcelona definitely has great potential.

However, Real Madrid is a strong team, so is Girona, but I believe Hansi Flick definitely has the potential to make Barcelona perform better in the next season.  and of course we also won't know the performance that Barcelona will have next season and of course it is not impossible that Barcelona will return to the runner up position next season and it is also not impossible that there is also the potential to become champions next season because sometimes the world of football is always full mystery and surprise.

You stated that Barcelona concentrates too much on defense, but the reality is the reverse. I also disagree with your statement that Barcelona's offense is somewhat less effective, because the reality is that Barcelona has weaker defenses but has developed a formidable attacking line.
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The pictures above are Barcelona's statistics at 23/24 and 22/23, and they will help us gather solid data on how Barcelona has improved its performance.

Look at Barcelona's growth, and they were even better on their offensive line, but they are dreadful defensively. So, what you claimed is incorrect, and Barcelona is not entirely focused on their defensive line.