Topic: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 - page 804. (Read 529915 times)

There is momentum why Girona can really make a comeback in the home match. Starting from Sergi Roberto's passing error when he wanted to throw the ball, that was the initial moment why Barcelona conceded their second goal to Girona. After that, Barcelona began to build attacks again which allowed them to create several opportunities, but they couldn't score any more goals.

Barcelona's defense lost concentration after two quick goals between Portu and Miguel Gutierrez, then Portu sealed the win with a volley against Marc-André ter Stegen. I'm sure Xavi is really angry about this embarrassing incident, but the most important thing to do is not to continue feeling guilty but to get up for the rest of the season, especially in the next 4 matches. Barcelona must win all the points and only then can they end the season in 2nd place with the consequence that Girona loses or loses 2 points in the remaining matches.

To be honest am really impressed with the way Girona tried to be able to maintain themselves to this level, at the beginning of the season many were doubting them on making it to the Champions League, some were saying they may lose form along the way but unfortunately they are able to maintain their form. Barcelona performance this season don't impressed me at all, even when i noticed their defeat i wasn't surprised because already their performance as declined even with their past matches the lost to PSG and real Madrid, won against valencia but still i wasn't convinced for them to beat Girona because of the valencia strength in the table.

Sorry to say, but I don't see Barcelona becoming a rival team to Real Madrid this season and instead Girona is the real competitor in La Liga. We know that all El Clasico meetings this season have always been dominated by Real Madrid with consecutive wins and on the other hand, Barcelona has not been able to beat Real Madrid once this season.

So it is clear that Real Madrid does not see Barcelona as a big threat and regarding investment in players it is also clear that Real Madrid is further ahead. There are no similarities that can draw the competition between the two big teams in La Liga and Girona has become a team that can always beat Barcelona like they did yesterday.

I would say that this is a historic season for Girona. They have performed so well throughout this season and they have also been able to beat some of the strongest La Liga teams so far. Barcelona and its supporters will certainly admit that, but as far as I know Barcelona deserved to lose when they were really bad at transitioning from attack to defense. Girona took advantage of the opportunity and scored a goal even though Barcelona was statistically superior in many ways.

Xavi, who is rumored to be staying at Barcelona next season, needs to think about the best way to strengthen his defense line. Their goal productivity is still good, but he must find the right solution to strengthen the defense and also the midfielders.

I think that the top 6 positions and also the final three positions at the bottom of the table are pretty much decided in this La Liga season. I don't think it is going to change to marks from what it is right now.  because the teams that are in the top 6 positions have made a good difference of points with the teams that are in the middle of the table. 

the teams that are in the relegation zone also have quite a far difference in points from the teams that are just above the relegation zone.  so I do not think there is going to be a big difference from what it is right now. The only change of positions might happen is between Barcelona and Girona.  because they only have a difference of 1 point between them.  so if any team makes any mistake the other team is going to take advantage of that,  just like Girona did in the last match against Barcelona. Xavi Will have to improve the situation that Barcelona is in right now.  but I am pretty sure that he is not going to get a lot of financial support.

Girona did everyone proud with their outstanding performance over the giant Barcelona yesterday and I'm pretty sure even the Barca fans were marveled with the turnout of the match. There's nothing anyone could do about it and I'm not ready to blame anyone for the misfortune on Barcelona. Not the coach or the players. Only that they could have put more efforts but I'm sure that's all they could offer.

Girona is always a good team until they went down on their performance at a time during the heat of the season and now they seem to be back again, with their strong defeat over the elite club, Barcelona. I didn't expect this comeback but I'm sure their building their stamina against next season, hopefully. Kudos to the team.

So many missing positional players they lacked and hopefully, I want to see some good ins next season for the five times Champions League winners ( Catalians )
They lost the game last night but I was impressed to see Robert Lewandoski scoring another goal after that hat trick display against Valancia.

Losing after being the most dominant dide happens and you can't do nothing about it. Better luck next fixture or next season. Xavi Hernandez staying means he will definitely be backed by the club, with new players.

It amuses me how Xavi always talks about how many minutes Barcelona were better. This time, in his opinion, Barcelona were better for 65 minutes. It is strange that Girona, being better in just 25 minutes, was able to make twice as many useful actions (goals). I wonder if Xavi himself believes what he says?
By the way, what also surprised me was the reasoning that “we want to become second.” Of course, he meant that Barcelona wants to overtake Girona, but still this is too small a goal to be worth voicing at all.

Girona played great at home and that is what they dreamed of and planned for pre-match. The match was tough with Barcelona taking the lead, but Míchel's substitutions by playing Portu and Yan Couto produced sweet results. Of course Barcelona must accept this defeat with their heads held high, but basically they have to blame themselves for the defeat.

Barcelona is still very likely to be in second place at the end of the season, I mean Girona certainly cannot be completely trusted to always win. Finishing the season as runners up is Barcelona's ultimate goal this season, but Girona will certainly try for it too. Each has its own interests and both teams will grab to win them.

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This was kind of a surprise because Barcelona has only lost one away match in this season and that was against Real Madrid. So I did not think Barcelona was actually going to lose this match. I thought probably it is going to be a draw and even if Barcelona does lose, it is not going to be so bad. And let’s be honest, Barcelona was not going to lose this match if they did not make so many mistakes in the defense. True mistakes in the defense from Barcelona cost them two goals.

Otherwise, it could have been a draw for Barcelona and that was definitely going to be a good enough result for them. But now Barcelona finishing in the second position in the La Liga competition is in danger. It is definitely going to be counted as a little failure for Barcelona if they cannot finish in the second position.

La Liga is definitely a competitive league and for the fact that against all odds, Girona being an uprising team, have proven to stay in the top spot, it only means that there's definitely good fighting and resilient spirits in the teams there. The last weeks of the season games seems to be a walk over for Girona as they've in the first legs played to their best and have mastered rightly their strategies and the opposing team approaches, and so they've got better experience to countering the moves that'll be made.

 Of all seasons, asides the top teams like Atletico, Barcelona and Real Madrid, there's little or no heated contests to stay on top amongst average teams. Although their performances this season have been impressive but just as Villarreal who managed to get reasonable in the European contests and even Sevilla as well, this season, Sevilla is nowhere to be found in their usual league standings. ⁠The league is coming to an end and it’s evidently clear that Real Madrid will be the winners of the league especially after such remarkable season.

 Well Girona and Barcelona are the closest contenders but they haven’t  been able to gather enough points to be able to challenge Real Madrid. The La Liga is pretty competitive but I think it revolves majorly around Real Madrid and Barcelona as other clubs tend not to be able to perform better than these 2 clubs. Well this all balls down to investment in football and if that’s done we’ll be able to see major competitions in the league.

When Real Madrid managed to win a trophy and didn't lose in the many matches they played, I think this is a normal and/or natural result. Because, basically, it can be assumed that Real Madrid does not have difficult challenges like in the Premier League, for example. Because after all, this season also in fact teams competing for the La Liga title such as Barcelona and Atletico started this season with bad results and in the first half of the season Real Madrid only competed with Girona in the top standings. So, just to compete with Girona then of course Real Madrid will still succeed in beating them, and the final result as we know is that Real Madrid has succeeded in getting the La Liga trophy this season and that is natural for it to happen.

Xavi must immediately find a solution for his defense line, it is clear that Girona is very easy to score goals to turn things around. Barcelona opportunity to finish in runner-up position is still very open, which in my opinion is still very easy to overcome by one point between Girona. Real Madrid managed to lock the La Liga trophy automatically as a result of Barcelona suffering defeat, because mathematically the point difference could no longer be caught even if Barcelona wiped out the remaining 4 matches. Congratulations to Ancelotti and his squad, who have successfully secured the La Liga trophy for the 2023-2024 season. For Girona, they managed to steal the attention of La Liga fans this season, their performance was very surprising when they managed to beat Barcelona again. Girona is guaranteed to get a ticket to the Champions League next season, all they have to do is maintain their position against Barcelona.

Girona displayed a wonderful performance yesterday that no one would expect from them because Barca is in a good form, or have they just declined in form recently? From one goal down Barca lost focus and got intimidated by Girona's game pattern in the second half after Lewnadoski scored the last goal for Baca in the last minutes of the first half. Girona was able to score three goals a d won the match achieving three points which gave them the opportunity to move up to second position, while Barca steps down from second position for Girona. A very porous defense was the problem and it needs to be fixed.

Girona is still the best fairy tale of all the major European football leagues this season,they at some point were almost thought to be having a go at winning the La Liga but at which because for some bad luck or some lack of concentration they could not keep their winning streak that long.They are still going to be playing in the Champions League for the first time in their history I believe and they are still fighting hard to keep the second place,they have beaten Barcelona twice which says a lot about their performance and both times with quite some goals scored,now that is some dream season still despite not winning the title.

I know that finishing in second place in the La Liga table for Girona is wide open, so I only corrected Roseline56, who said that Girona has finished in second place in the La Liga table. I agree that Barcelona needs to overhaul their squad in the summer because Girona beat Barcelona home and away this season with four goals each, which proves that Barcelona's defense is weak and needs to be looked into. Girona players have put in so much effort since the start of this season, and playing in next season's UEFA Champions League is a perfect reward for Girona.

Having led 1-2 in the first half, in the second half Barcelona had to concede 3 goals which meant they had to lose again to Girona this season. In the first round they lost and now they have to lose again and this result makes Real Madrid the champions because it is no longer possible to catch up on their points.

Girona performed extraordinary this season, they exceeded everyone's expectations, because they are an ordinary club and can only compete in the middle table, but this season they are showing something different and can compete at the top with other big clubs who are used to it. compete.

I hope they are not like other clubs, where in the next season they will experience a very deep decline. they must be able to at least maintain their performance this season or if they are able they must be better than this season. they must be able to maintain their consistency for the next season.

Yes, of course Real Madrid has never been doubted by anyone even though they don't have a pure striker like Ronaldo before, but Real Madrid is still one of the clubs that any club is afraid of.
Maybe you're not the only one who still has questions about why Real Madrid is difficult to beat and it's all because of the big influence of experience which has long been the best club in the Champions League, getting the most titles and on the other hand, Real Madrid always chooses the right new players so that the players who Real Madrid always has quality.
There is another reason why Real Madrid is almost successful every season in the Champions League, it's all because the key players or old players always have a ready mentality and are used to competing in the Champions League so they don't find it difficult to appear strong.

Key players such as Toni Kroos and Vinic are part of the old players who always provide experience to younger players so that they have the same mentality and this experience will always be inherited every time a young player joins.
This season will happen again after successfully eliminating Manchester City, Real Madrid will regain the Champions League title.

Girona managed to beat Barcelona on their last matchup as well, which is quite a serious problem for Barcelona. I assumed Barcelona would finish the season second and that was a locked in thing in my brain, the fact that they are third now looks terrible for them. I really do hope that Barcelona manages to bring themselves back to second place because that is going to be quite important for them.

Not just because they would make more money, but also because they need it to sustain the team as well. If Girona finishes third instead of second nothing huge would happen for them, but if Barcelona finishes third instead of second then it won't be good for them at all. This is why in the remainder of the games I am expecting Barcelona to get full wins, which will not be easy at all.

Finishing in second place is still wide open for Girona after successfully securing three important points from Barcelona, the next four games will be the next challenge if they don't want the position they currently occupy to not be taken over by Barcelona. Girona are also certain to qualify for next season's Champions League for the first time in their history. This success is certainly an extraordinary achievement because they have the opportunity to play in the most prestigious league.

The defeat against Girona left a bad impression on Barcelona, conceding four times in one match meant that Xavi had to immediately overhaul Barcelona defense for next season. There are several positions that need to be considered to maintain their balance in withstanding attacks from the opposing team. The Defensive Midfielder must immediately be filled with quality players because since Sergio Busquets left there has been no player who can replace his role.