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Barcelona is losing form and they are in way losing point and most people think is because of there finiacal issues and that was there initial problem amd there not able to solve it till now and that is why things are not working well and that is the cause of them dropping from the top position and they can still work something out because if not for what they might been going through Barcelona was already trying to maintain consistency and Madrid have taking over the table, and if you look at it the gap between the points are not that much, so anything can still happen in between the lines so and Barcelona opponents might be strong but we should not underestimate them because Barcelona is an experienced club and they will do everything not to lose more chances of winning so it's a win for them.

I think a lot of it is also due to the fact that their heads are thinking about financial problems, so they are not calm in dealing with some problems.
How can you blame him.
The players are not machines and when some problem occurs in the team they too are affected from a morale point of view.
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As you mentioned, predicting the winner for today’s match is quite simple (similar to yesterday’s Barcelona match), with all the stats favoring Real Madrid. Historically, Madrid has had the upper hand, winning 25 out of their last 43 encounters with Mallorca. If Mallorca manages to secure a win, it would be one of the biggest surprises in this Supercopa and a great opportunity for the few who are betting on them.
Mallorca will not be able to overwhelm Real Madrid in today's Super Cup semi-final match because Real Madrid will also use today's match to get to the final and with Real Madrid's ability that has been seen this season, of course bettors will be more dominant towards Real Madrid than Mallorca so if Real Madrid manages to qualify for the final, of course the final match will be much more interesting because Real Madrid will meet Barcelona. So I hope Madrid can win today's match so that we can all watch a more exciting and fierce final match.
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Barcelona has been plagued by various internal problems in the squad for the last few seasons. Especially Barcelona is in a financial crisis. For this reason, in the last few seasons, they have not been able to add players to the squad according to their choice. This season, with the help of Hansi FLick, Barcelona was able to form a stable squad. But at the moment, the Barcelona team is facing various problems again. It is difficult for the Barcelona management to solve these problems.

Barcelona receive approval to register Dani Olmo and Pau Victor

Barcelona does not have to lose Dani Olmo and Pau Victor. This is good news for Barcelona. However, Hansi FLick now has to work on increasing the confidence of the players again. Otherwise, the team will not be able to return to the winning track.

I believe that the worst problem of all is the financial crisis. Everything else, just look at Real Madrid, is absolutely solvable.
If there is no money, however, the problems become serious given that the machine of high level football costs very much.
I hope they can resolve or find money with other stakeholders.
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It's good to see Vini gets less than what i've expected. 2 matches suspension is very very fair.

He can cook in the match against Mallorca, and hopefully, he learns not to be easily provoked by his opponents.

I don't think his team struggles to beat Mallorca. His team can easily win it soon.
Yep, Real Madrid has improve a lot.

Regardless Real Madrid struggle or not to score a goal, but I believe in the end Real Madrid will win against Mallorca.

Then the final match would be tough, Real Madrid vs Barcelona, Barcelona had a bad results against Atletico Madrid and Leganes, but after Szczesny is playing, Barcelona looks better.

I think Barcelona would win.
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It will be a huge loss if Vinicius still gets a sentence of 4 bans from playing. But today I read he will only be banned in 2 matches. This only applies in League matches. So Vinicius can still play against Mallorca this Thursday. The condition of this match is quite important because this is a semifinal match. This will add to the trophy collection if they are able to become champions.

Source: https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/la-liga/vinicius-gets-suspended-real-madrid-vs-valencia-news-la-liga-2024-25-super-cup/article69074944.ece

It's good to see Vini gets less than what i've expected. 2 matches suspension is very very fair.

He can cook in the match against Mallorca, and hopefully, he learns not to be easily provoked by his opponents.

I don't think his team struggles to beat Mallorca. His team can easily win it soon.


The punishment is quite light because Vini is only not allowed to play 2 matches in La Liga, so Ancelotti is not too burdened and fortunately Vini was absent when Real met 2 weak teams in La Liga, in my opinion his emotions must be controlled so that in the future it will not harm the team again because it would be a shame if that incident happened again.

In this semifinal match Vini can be played, but considering this is also an important match for Malorca, I will not assume Real can win easily, Mallorca will definitely put up a fierce fight, but in any case I hope Real wins, so they can meet Barcelona in the final match.
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Most likely Real Madrid will be able to reach the final because Mallorca is not a strong opponent for Real Madrid, especially with Barcelona's qualification to the final, it will be a motivation for Real Madrid players.

Barcelona's victory was quite deserved over Bilbao because they played much better and I highlighted Yamal's contribution to Barcelona so far and it was proven in this match with Yamal, Barcelona's front line can be more creative in carrying out attacks.
Barcelona is now very dependent on Yamal and if Yamal is injured, the team's performance will decrease drastically.
Barcelona, ​​despite the problems that they had right after the new year, were able to show a very good game, and despite the fact that Athletic Bilbao is a very difficult opponent now, they played better and deservedly won. Barcelona still have a lot of problems, but it seems to me that since they have been in this state for a long time, they have learned to perceive them much easier than other teams and move on. Real should beat Mallorca, the confrontation between Real and Barcelona in the Cup final would be a great final.
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Barcelona's economic crisis is their biggest problem. We are feeling the effects off the field on the field. Their consistent failures before the break are proof of that. We may see a new Barcelona after the break. As we saw yesterday against Atletico Madrid. Barcelona performed brilliantly against Atletico Madrid and their control in the match was exemplary. Barcelona dominated the field in all aspects, from possession, on-target shots and pass accuracy, to taking control of the match. We must keep an eye on the field to see how much Barcelona can benefit in the next matches in La Liga. Barcelona have no choice but to return to consistent form. If they cannot be consistent, we may see Barcelona at the bottom of the points table. With consistent performance, Barcelona have a chance to rise to the top, as they still have many matches left to make a comeback.

I knew it was a rich team, how did they end up with all these debts?
Barcelona have great potential to rise if indeed they can solve their financial problems immediately, but if not then we will continue to see them slump by continuing to get problems like what happened to Dani Olmo at the moment, the huge salary burden and with a  economy difficult, of course will obviously make their performance and focus disturbed in every competition that exists.
 I don't know when you saw Barcelona win over Atletico Madrid?
Because in the fact that Barcelona lost 2-1 to Atletico Madrid in the match of week 19, or maybe you mean, their victory over Atletico Bilbao in the Supercopa?
The win over Bilbao did show a good mentality from them, but I think consistency is still their main problem this season.
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Barcelona's economic crisis is their biggest problem. We are feeling the effects off the field on the field. Their consistent failures before the break are proof of that. We may see a new Barcelona after the break. As we saw yesterday against Atletico Madrid. Barcelona performed brilliantly against Atletico Madrid and their control in the match was exemplary. Barcelona dominated the field in all aspects, from possession, on-target shots and pass accuracy, to taking control of the match. We must keep an eye on the field to see how much Barcelona can benefit in the next matches in La Liga. Barcelona have no choice but to return to consistent form. If they cannot be consistent, we may see Barcelona at the bottom of the points table. With consistent performance, Barcelona have a chance to rise to the top, as they still have many matches left to make a comeback.

I knew it was a rich team, how did they end up with all these debts?
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It will be a huge loss if Vinicius still gets a sentence of 4 bans from playing. But today I read he will only be banned in 2 matches. This only applies in League matches. So Vinicius can still play against Mallorca this Thursday. The condition of this match is quite important because this is a semifinal match. This will add to the trophy collection if they are able to become champions.

Source: https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/la-liga/vinicius-gets-suspended-real-madrid-vs-valencia-news-la-liga-2024-25-super-cup/article69074944.ece

It's good to see Vini gets less than what i've expected. 2 matches suspension is very very fair.

He can cook in the match against Mallorca, and hopefully, he learns not to be easily provoked by his opponents.

I don't think his team struggles to beat Mallorca. His team can easily win it soon.

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Barcelona is losing form and they are in way losing point and most people think is because of there finiacal issues and that was there initial problem amd there not able to solve it till now and that is why things are not working well and that is the cause of them dropping from the top position and they can still work something out because if not for what they might been going through Barcelona was already trying to maintain consistency and Madrid have taking over the table, and if you look at it the gap between the points are not that much, so anything can still happen in between the lines so and Barcelona opponents might be strong but we should not underestimate them because Barcelona is an experienced club and they will do everything not to lose more chances of winning so it's a win for them.
Barcelona problems are not going to end even in near future because on and off the field issues are still needed good management and good sources of funding but sadly currently they are having nothing despite they are third most valuable club and four richest clubs in soccer world as par their accounts details they are having nearly €2.7bn debt with short- and long-term debt.

Before break, they lost their three home games which are also setback for them difference of points from Real Madrid is 5 while Atlético Madrid is also had good advantage through 3 points difference and 1 match in hand mean second half is going to be challenging for them if they fail to bring increase in performance we will be not had them into top two clubs which will be also setback for them.
Barcelona have had financial problems for a long time, but so far Barcelona have managed to somehow get out of difficult situations and even managed to solve the problem with Olmo and now he can continue to play for Barcelona.

Yesterday Barcelona broke their losing streak and showed a great match and to be honest, before the match I didn't expect Barcelona to beat Athletic, who haven't lost in 15 consecutive matches and this is a very important win for Barcelona.   
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Its 0-2 Barcelona, what a lovely control from Yamal as he got the ball and lashed onto the top left corner, cool as you like. Just less than two minutes later, Lewandoski just missed a sitter.  Its 56 minutes on the clock and i think there will be more goals.
Barcelona 2-goal advantage lasted until the end, Hansi Flick's troops were very calm in controlling the game, the offside trap that was implemented worked very well, on the one hand there were actually several moments from Bilbao that had a fairly high chance percentage, unfortunately the players were not calm enough so that the chances were wasted.

I hope Real Madrid will also win against Mallorca tomorrow so that in the final Real will meet Barcelona. Wink
On paper its definitely gonna be Real Madrid vs Barcelona in the finals but in reality Real Madrid has to work their way into the final by playing and winning Mallorca in tonight's game. Yes i also saw few moments where Athletic Bilbao had the opportunity to score in the second half mostly after Barcelona went 0-2 up, but they missed it, even N William had two to three to score a goal but he couldn't convert his chances. Nice play from Barcelona though.
Most likely Real Madrid will be able to reach the final because Mallorca is not a strong opponent for Real Madrid, especially with Barcelona's qualification to the final, it will be a motivation for Real Madrid players.

Barcelona's victory was quite deserved over Bilbao because they played much better and I highlighted Yamal's contribution to Barcelona so far and it was proven in this match with Yamal, Barcelona's front line can be more creative in carrying out attacks.
Barcelona is now very dependent on Yamal and if Yamal is injured, the team's performance will decrease drastically.

Yes, we can assume that Real Madrid will definitely be able to qualify for the final match, Mallorca is not much stronger than Real Madrid, we feel that. And if Real Madrid can win, then they will definitely face Barcelona and it will be an interesting EL Classic match. Of course, Yamal is an important player for Barcelona and he has taken the team to a good position, moreover, if they face Real Madrid in the final match, this young player's contribution will be even greater. Lamine Yamal is an important player for Barcelona, it has been proven that this player is able to bring a lot of good things to Barcelona. If Yamal gets injured at this moment, then it is going to be a big blow for Barcelona and Barcelona's chances will be greatly reduced in the absence of this young player.
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Its 0-2 Barcelona, what a lovely control from Yamal as he got the ball and lashed onto the top left corner, cool as you like. Just less than two minutes later, Lewandoski just missed a sitter.  Its 56 minutes on the clock and i think there will be more goals.
Barcelona 2-goal advantage lasted until the end, Hansi Flick's troops were very calm in controlling the game, the offside trap that was implemented worked very well, on the one hand there were actually several moments from Bilbao that had a fairly high chance percentage, unfortunately the players were not calm enough so that the chances were wasted.

I hope Real Madrid will also win against Mallorca tomorrow so that in the final Real will meet Barcelona. Wink
On paper its definitely gonna be Real Madrid vs Barcelona in the finals but in reality Real Madrid has to work their way into the final by playing and winning Mallorca in tonight's game. Yes i also saw few moments where Athletic Bilbao had the opportunity to score in the second half mostly after Barcelona went 0-2 up, but they missed it, even N William had two to three to score a goal but he couldn't convert his chances. Nice play from Barcelona though.
Most likely Real Madrid will be able to reach the final because Mallorca is not a strong opponent for Real Madrid, especially with Barcelona's qualification to the final, it will be a motivation for Real Madrid players.

Barcelona's victory was quite deserved over Bilbao because they played much better and I highlighted Yamal's contribution to Barcelona so far and it was proven in this match with Yamal, Barcelona's front line can be more creative in carrying out attacks.
Barcelona is now very dependent on Yamal and if Yamal is injured, the team's performance will decrease drastically.
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Its 0-2 Barcelona, what a lovely control from Yamal as he got the ball and lashed onto the top left corner, cool as you like. Just less than two minutes later, Lewandoski just missed a sitter.  Its 56 minutes on the clock and i think there will be more goals.
Barcelona 2-goal advantage lasted until the end, Hansi Flick's troops were very calm in controlling the game, the offside trap that was implemented worked very well, on the one hand there were actually several moments from Bilbao that had a fairly high chance percentage, unfortunately the players were not calm enough so that the chances were wasted.

I hope Real Madrid will also win against Mallorca tomorrow so that in the final Real will meet Barcelona. Wink
On paper its definitely gonna be Real Madrid vs Barcelona in the finals but in reality Real Madrid has to work their way into the final by playing and winning Mallorca in tonight's game. Yes i also saw few moments where Athletic Bilbao had the opportunity to score in the second half mostly after Barcelona went 0-2 up, but they missed it, even N William had two to three to score a goal but he couldn't convert his chances. Nice play from Barcelona though.
Of course, Madrid should be able to win Mallorca tonight for them to advance to the finals. However, they need to take this match seriously if they want to make it to the finals because Barcelona is already in the finals. The final will be another El Clasico match, it will be very interesting and fill with excitement. This is why I want Real Madrid to win tonight's game, if not the finals will be an easy win for Barcelona.
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Yes, you are right Atletico Madrid does have a very good defense at the moment, this is proven because this season Atletico Madrid is the team that has conceded the fewest goals. So with this, it is true that Atletico Madrid can currently be said to be in its best performance. Just need to sharpen the front line more, I'm sure Atletico Madrid can become an even greater team. Maybe this is what is called a process that does not betray the results. Because as we know, in the past decade, Atletico Madrid has never changed coaches. This is a specialty that Atletico Madrid has, because it is certain that with this, the Atletico Madrid players will definitely have good chemistry with their teammates or with their coach. This will definitely make their performance even greater.

In contrast to Barcelona, ​​this season they brought in a new coach, namely Hansi Flick. I admit that the arrival of Hansi Flick has brought quite significant changes to Barcelona's performance. But unfortunately Hansi Flick has not been able to make his players consistent with their great performance. In fact, as we know, losing just one core player can make Barcelona's previously good performance turn bad. I think Barcelona's problem lies in that. Because how can Barcelona continue to be consistent with its performance, if for example it loses just one main player, its performance changes for the worse. For this reason, Hansi Flick must be able to make Barcelona have second-tier players who have the same great performance as the main players. If it's like that, I'm sure Barcelona will dominate football in Laliga again.

No, my point was that Atletico wins their games with the defense, they don't necessarily have to sharpen their frontline as you put it. Of course more goals are always better, but the Atletico team from the past has often won the games 1-0, 2-0. As soon as they scored a goal, the game against them turned into an ugly mission because it is so hard to get your own game going against them when they have the lead. The time becomes their best friend, they delay the game with fouls and are acting as if they are injured. They have only one mission and that is to destroy the game of the other team, which is not fun to watch, but effective.

I think this is what Atletico is doing again. They don't need to score 3 or 4 goals in every game on average and by the way just look at the impressive goal count of Barcelona, but where are they in the table? That's what is important to note, not the relative numbers where Barcelona outnumbers Atletico, but they are behind regardless.
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Dani Olmo situation is still ambiguous. However the CSD let Barcelona use him and Pau Victor both in the Super Cup game last night. But we didn't see any of them even among the substitutes against Athletic Bilbao. Barcelona still won by 2-0 though.  Smiley

I really wonder how this situation will end up for Barcelona. It doesn't feel like there will be a positive result honestly. Because they still can't register Olmo. As far as I know La Liga has announced it officially as well. They just can't fit the terms and this will most probably end up with Olmo's leaving the team very soon. I have heard Bayern Munich's name in the rumours being linked with him. They have Musiala as their main AM on one hand. In that case Kompany might think of using Olmo on one of the wings as well maybe.
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Its 0-2 Barcelona, what a lovely control from Yamal as he got the ball and lashed onto the top left corner, cool as you like. Just less than two minutes later, Lewandoski just missed a sitter.  Its 56 minutes on the clock and i think there will be more goals.
Barcelona 2-goal advantage lasted until the end, Hansi Flick's troops were very calm in controlling the game, the offside trap that was implemented worked very well, on the one hand there were actually several moments from Bilbao that had a fairly high chance percentage, unfortunately the players were not calm enough so that the chances were wasted.

I hope Real Madrid will also win against Mallorca tomorrow so that in the final Real will meet Barcelona. Wink
On paper its definitely gonna be Real Madrid vs Barcelona in the finals but in reality Real Madrid has to work their way into the final by playing and winning Mallorca in tonight's game. Yes i also saw few moments where Athletic Bilbao had the opportunity to score in the second half mostly after Barcelona went 0-2 up, but they missed it, even N William had two to three to score a goal but he couldn't convert his chances. Nice play from Barcelona though.
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It was difficult for Barcelona to win this match. Because Athletic Bilbao is trying their best to win the Super Cup title. Moreover, we have been seeing various kinds of news about Barcelona for the last few days. These news do not have any effect on the overall gameplay of Arm Barcelona in this match. Barcelona has dominated since the beginning of the match and won the match.
Gavi scored the first goal of the match from the pass of defender Balde. And in the second half, Yamal scored from the pass of Gavi. There is no doubt that Gavi and Yamal played great in this match. However, Barcelona's goalkeeper Szczesny was able to make several good saves in this match. As a result, Barcelona was able to win the match 2-0.
Both teams had wonderful games, but it is clear that Barcelona is better than Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona dominated the match with 8 shots on target and scored two goals, while Athletic Bilbao had 5 shots on target but was unable to score any goals. The match ends with a score of 0:2, and Barcelona wins. Athletic Bilbao battled hard to score but their effort wasn't enough to convert their chances into goals. If not for Iñaki Williams disallowed goal in the 86th minute; the match would have finished at least 1:2.
However, Szczesny, who had a clean sheet on his debut for Barcelona, made several saves to prevent Bilbao from scoring, while Gavi scored his first goal since returning from injury. I hope Real Madrid wins today against Mallorca, I want both sides to meet in the final because if Mallorca qualifies, the Super Cup final will be less interesting than when Barcelona and Real Madrid play. Let's see how Real Madrid and Mallorca do tonight.

The match was very competitive. We had the opportunity to enjoy a tense and exciting match. Athletic Bilbao was defeated. However, the performance of Athletic Bilbao players was quite good. The team's players attacked a lot. Athletic Bilbao players were able to create several good opportunities to score goals. If Barcelona's defenders and goalkeeper had made any mistakes in this match, then Barcelona would have conceded a goal in this match. There is no denying that Barcelona's defenders and goalkeepers also played very well in this match.

Barcelona's overall gameplay was good. Hansi FLick's match strategy was also quite good. Each player played well in his position. Especially Gavi and Yamal's performance was impressive.
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Barcelona won the game comfortably but I observe some things that they need to work on to make the best out of themselve. Barcelona players have problem with holding the ball for too long. They need to release the ball quickly because it nearly costs them with that De Jong mistake. Kounde almost made the same mistake and Pedri dribble too much and most at time kills the counter attacks. Aside holding ball for too long, they've been missing lots of chances recently.
It was a well deserved victory they showed that superiorty from the start of the game till the end. l used to know Barcelona as a team that plays on touch game where the keep turning their opponents around a cycle till they penetrate their defense and make a mess of their keeper but we all know new coach comes with new strategy.

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Even in this game, they missed about four clear cut chances and they really need to work on that too. Their attackers are too calm in front of the opponent goal keeper. Missing to convert such easy chances would likely cost them someday. Raphinha and Lewa need to step up their game. Barcelona actually deserve the accolade but we must admit their areas of failure.
We know not all attempts on goal will always go in that is why on every match while analysing the performance of the team they include dominance, numbers of shots and numbers of  shots on target. 2 goals was enough for a match such as that. Maybe if they decide to employ an aggressive attack any further on a team like Bilbao they might have ended up conceding a goal or two don't forget Bilbao isn't aas weak as they might have appeared against Barcelona.
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It will be a huge loss if Vinicius still gets a sentence of 4 bans from playing. But today I read he will only be banned in 2 matches. This only applies in League matches. So Vinicius can still play against Mallorca this Thursday. The condition of this match is quite important because this is a semifinal match. This will add to the trophy collection if they are able to become champions.

Source: https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/la-liga/vinicius-gets-suspended-real-madrid-vs-valencia-news-la-liga-2024-25-super-cup/article69074944.ece
Yes, the match against Mallorca is very important, so Real Madrid certainly has to field their best squad in this match. Moreover, this is the semifinal round, so victory is something that Real Madrid must achieve in this match. Regarding Vinicius, it is clear that in this match against Mallorca he will be played by Ancelotti, because as we know Vinicius is only prohibited from playing in Laliga and this match is a different competition. So it is certain that Vinicius will play in this match.

Then talking about predictions for this match, I am sure Real Madrid will win this match quite easily. Moreover, the opponent is Mallorca, whose performance can be said to be ordinary. But even so, Ancelotti's team still cannot underestimate Mallorca. Because sometimes teams like Mallorca can provide unexpected surprises. So for that reason, Real Madrid must field its best squad in this match. And for this match, I personally will only bet on Real Madrid. Because I think betting on Real Madrid is less risky than betting on Mallorca. So what about you, are you going to bet on this match too?

Real Madrid is the favorite to win the match because many of Real Madrid's players are back on the squad and I think Real Madrid will be able to play well, Mallorca is also a strong opponent that always plays well when it comes to Real Madrid, Atletico Bilbao Played against Barcelona yesterday and they can't even score a single goal but when it comes to Real Madrid they will be very serious and I think many teams are very serious and play well when it comes to against Real Madrid.

If Real Madrid wins the match they will face Barcelona in the Final stage of the Spanish Super Cup and we are going to see another El Clasico again, the final is going to be tough because Real Madrid will want revenge for what Barcelona did to them in the first El Clasico of the season by defeating them 4-0, I don't think Real Madrid will let Barcelona win the match easily as the team is getting strong every day.

As you mentioned, predicting the winner for today’s match is quite simple (similar to yesterday’s Barcelona match), with all the stats favoring Real Madrid. Historically, Madrid has had the upper hand, winning 25 out of their last 43 encounters with Mallorca. If Mallorca manages to secure a win, it would be one of the biggest surprises in this Supercopa and a great opportunity for the few who are betting on them.
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Both teams had wonderful games, but it is clear that Barcelona is better than Athletic Bilbao, Barcelona dominated the match with 8 shots on target and scored two goals, while Athletic Bilbao had 5 shots on target but was unable to score any goals. The match ends with a score of 0:2, and Barcelona wins. Athletic Bilbao battled hard to score but their effort wasn't enough to convert their chances into goals. If not for Iñaki Williams disallowed goal in the 86th minute; the match would have finished at least 1:2.

Barcelona won the game comfortably but I observe some things that they need to work on to make the best out of themselve. Barcelona players have problem with holding the ball for too long. They need to release the ball quickly because it nearly costs them with that De Jong mistake. Kounde almost made the same mistake and Pedri dribble too much and most at time kills the counter attacks. Aside holding ball for too long, they've been missing lots of chances recently.

Even in this game, they missed about four clear cut chances and they really need to work on that too. Their attackers are too calm in front of the opponent goal keeper. Missing to convert such easy chances would likely cost them someday. Raphinha and Lewa need to step up their game. Barcelona actually deserve the accolade but we must admit their areas of failure.
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