La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[MAAManda]

It looks like Atletico Madrid have already finished the job against Barcelona as they ended the first half being 2-0 ahead. Suarez and Lemar were the stars of the half because they both got one goal and assist. The second half has just started but I don't have very big expectations from Barcelona. Atletico Madrid seem like in fine feather and I think that there is no way they will be letting Barcelona make a comeback from this condition.

15 minutes remaining, Barcelona still have a chance, but only to score 1 goal , It's an impossibility at the moment if Barcelona can score a draw, we all know how the characters play Atletico Madrid (bus parking) and they are playing at the Wanda Metropolitano. Griezmann has just entered to replace Luis Suarez, it looks like we will see Atletico Madrid third goal.

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[judas]

This will be the last game for Ronald Koeman after that he will leave because it is too bad to coach Barcelona, with it being predicted that there is already a list of other coaches to replace the previous coach, the Barcelona management must be good at choosing the right coach, at least Conte is the strongest candidate isn't it Pirlo who still has no experience.

Considering tomorrow's match with Atletico Madrid, I think Barcelona will face a tough ordeal if losing again means they will be far points behind and this must be corrected quickly in strategy with a new coach.

Barcelona have already started searching for a new manager for themselves. And Atletico Madrid are 2-0 ahead now against them while we are in the last fifteen minutes. I guess that Barcelona won't perform a miracle and get even one point. Koeman will most probably get sacked right after this game or very soon. And it would be the right choice for them. They need a good management and some better players to achieve titles in the future.

[skarais]

Barcelona had too much possession of the ball but couldn't direct it to the opponent's goal to kick it, when there was a counter-attack of course Barcelona's defenders lost their concentration and this made Atletico a goal and it was quite a bad defense and there was no good concentration, or could it be the players? players can't maximize it because the coach's pressure is so bad?

Maybe he will feel ashamed for not bringing his team to good this tends to be worse than what he imagined, it is very appropriate for him to leave as soon as possible.

That's right, too busy attacking and setting the tempo of the game so that the concentration of the defense line is not good. 2 of 4 goal chances converted to goals by Lemar and Suarez for Atletico Madrid's win at home. While Barcelona have been really weak this season and don't deserve the title, something has to change soon for them if they are to fix it.

I don't know how disappointed fans will feel to see this match.

Disappointed, you must know that.

[baeva]

Bad choose made by Barcelona sell Grizmann and buy Luke De Jong, not any contribution yet for Barcelona although success made first goal last week when played with Levante but on champion league he missed many great attempt. Barcelona need to get new player on forward position and not enough only with Luke De Jong, Aguero still injury and Barcelona only can get signing with player have free transfer.

Now it is almost impossible to sign a player, do you think someone worthy will be found for the position of a striker as a free agent? I don't know, that sounds unreal to me. Agüero probably got injured on purpose, everyone knows that he wanted to leave Barça after Messi left, so.

The lack of a good striker is so visible on the pitch for Barcelona after Messi left. Selling Griezmann was not an ideal decision, as I personally think Griezmann has a far better striking ability than Luke de Jong. The guy is old and is hardly been noticeable on the pitch. Pretty bad signing in my opinion. And I don't think Aguero would get injured intentionally. I think he is more professional than that. Barcelona would be hoping so much that Aguero returns as soon as possible. And after the wage restriction, I doubt they will be able to sign a big player in the next transfer window, that seems pretty unlikely.

Yes, 31 years old for a striker not of the highest level is a bit much. Who knows if he'll play well... As for salary, I don't know, maybe they can sign someone and take another pay cut, but that's a little crazy, isn't it? So I think that if Aguero gets back on the field in good shape, maybe Barça will play better, because they have somehow fallen apart...

[JeromeTash]

Barcelona have already started searching for a new manager for themselves.

This sounds like news to me, Can you please povide a link of the verified source of this info?

Because as far as I know, Koeman had a meeting with the board right before tonight's match and it was said that regardless to tonight's result, he may not be sucked. But who knows? Things can change  

Koeman will most probably get sacked right after this game or very soon. And it would be the right choice for them. They need a good management and some better players to achieve titles in the future.

Management? Look at the current Barcelona players, do u think they can win the La Liga under different management?

[Joca97]

It looks like Atletico Madrid have already finished the job against Barcelona as they ended the first half being 2-0 ahead. Suarez and Lemar were the stars of the half because they both got one goal and assist. The second half has just started but I don't have very big expectations from Barcelona. Atletico Madrid seem like in fine feather and I think that there is no way they will be letting Barcelona make a comeback from this condition.

15 minutes remaining, Barcelona still have a chance, but only to score 1 goal , It's an impossibility at the moment if Barcelona can score a draw, we all know how the characters play Atletico Madrid (bus parking) and they are playing at the Wanda Metropolitano. Griezmann has just entered to replace Luis Suarez, it looks like we will see Atletico Madrid third goal.

Easy win in the end for Atletico madrid as expected. Saying all week this will be the easiest win for Atletico Madrid. Suarez even scored against his old club. They played like they always do defend strong and go on counter attacks and they won like that easily

[Rengga Jati]

Easy win in the end for Atletico madrid as expected.

If we look at the stats, it was not really easy for Atletico. Atletico made 6 shots, 3 shots on target. While Barcelona made 9 shots, 2 shots on target. According to the stats, Barcelona was a bit better in creating the chance. But unfortunately, Barcelona strikers are very not effective in playing, they even cannot convert 1 goal.

Suarez even scored against his old club.

Suarez knows how to destroy Barcelona defenders. He was a Barcelona striker, so not surprising if Suarez can score in this match. It was too bad for Barcelona, they made a mistake by sending their goal machine to their opponent.   

[Furious 7]

Easy win in the end for Atletico madrid as expected. Saying all week this will be the easiest win for Atletico Madrid. Suarez even scored against his old club. They played like they always do defend strong and go on counter attacks and they won like that easily

Diego Simeone's tactics are great he lets Barcelona keep possession of the ball and never even let go of his players, while Atletico Madrid waits for players to let their guard down and sure enough when counter-attacking it becomes a goal I think this is the right strategy Diego Simeone for his club will easy win and this is proven.

Disappointed, you must know that.

Of course very disappointed, even I am tired of watching the Barcelona game when I watch it is very damn.

[jostorres]

The Barcelona players have lost the mentality, spirit, and confidence to play well. And it should be controlled by the coach. But coach Koeman completely failed. He is not able to restore the morale of the players, he is not able to use any stable strategy. Looking at the playing style of Barcelona, ​​it seems that they have no strategy and no goal. Thus, it is not possible to get a good performance from a team, even if there are talented players in the team.

That is because they ended up transferring players from outside too many times. During their best period there was a time when they played only the players from La Masia and that was the best period they had in Barcelona. Nowadays whenever they have a problem in a position they paid too much to get a player from another team to fill up that position. They need to go back to their ways and get players from la masia if they want to be good.

Look at the good players in that team right now, busquets, pique, fati, pedri all of them from la masia as far as I know. Obviously you can't just get 11 players from there and then some bench as well, you will need to get some players from other clubs too, but you should not stay away from it neither, combine both players from their own youth system and teams that are similar in style as well. That would be easier to adopt those players and keep playing that tiki-taka 4-3-3 better.

[boltz]

Was a well deserved win by Atl.Madrid and with this one they sure put more pressure on Real Madrid as it seems we might have only a battle in 2 for the title in this year.

Regarding Barcelona....the process is still on a long journey until it will be completed but despite the negative games in both UCL and with big teams in LaLiga , the squad and players kept that same style of playing football and they have the possession so they just need good players that could score or just put more pressure and deliver assists. When they do this , Barcelona will become again a big team who will fight for UCL but this year could be a great one if they deliver Europe League as UCL seems already over.

[Trofo]

The Barcelona players have lost the mentality, spirit, and confidence to play well. And it should be controlled by the coach. But coach Koeman completely failed. He is not able to restore the morale of the players, he is not able to use any stable strategy. Looking at the playing style of Barcelona, ​​it seems that they have no strategy and no goal. Thus, it is not possible to get a good performance from a team, even if there are talented players in the team.

That is because they ended up transferring players from outside too many times. During their best period there was a time when they played only the players from La Masia and that was the best period they had in Barcelona. Nowadays whenever they have a problem in a position they paid too much to get a player from another team to fill up that position. They need to go back to their ways and get players from la masia if they want to be good.

Look at the good players in that team right now, busquets, pique, fati, pedri all of them from la masia as far as I know. Obviously you can't just get 11 players from there and then some bench as well, you will need to get some players from other clubs too, but you should not stay away from it neither, combine both players from their own youth system and teams that are similar in style as well. That would be easier to adopt those players and keep playing that tiki-taka 4-3-3 better.

Your point is correct and I also believe Barca should turn more to their youth team. Most of the greats from the past passed trough La Masia.

Pedri is not their product, they bought him from Las Palmas maybe 2 seasons ago. Rest of them are from the youth team. Fati came as 10 year boy, Bousquets spent his whole life in Barcelona. Pique spent his youth years in Barcelona but signed his first contract with United and returned later as already accomplished defender.

Atletico showed today that they ae much more competitive team at the moment. Completely deserved victory and Suarez continues to show how big mistake was to let him go.

[Ratash]

Was a well deserved win by Atl.Madrid and with this one they sure put more pressure on Real Madrid as it seems we might have only a battle in 2 for the title in this year.

Regarding Barcelona....the process is still on a long journey until it will be completed but despite the negative games in both UCL and with big teams in LaLiga , the squad and players kept that same style of playing football and they have the possession so they just need good players that could score or just put more pressure and deliver assists. When they do this , Barcelona will become again a big team who will fight for UCL but this year could be a great one if they deliver Europe League as UCL seems already over.

Yes well deserved win and another dissapointement for barcelona and with the current squad they cant compete for titles they need some experienced good players for the short term true they have promising young talents like gavi, araujo dest and many others but they need experience and time.

[Spack17]

It was another big disappointment for Barcelona today. Atletico Madrid showed a decent performance and ended their competitor in the first half already as they scored two goals. Barcelona had the most ball possession classically but it didn't help anyone here. They were very inadequate when it comes to finishing their attacks with a goal. This is not the Barcelona we and all the fans want to see. Koeman might get sacked immediately.

[Ebede]

It looks like Atletico Madrid have already finished the job against Barcelona as they ended the first half being 2-0 ahead. Suarez and Lemar were the stars of the half because they both got one goal and assist. The second half has just started but I don't have very big expectations from Barcelona. Atletico Madrid seem like in fine feather and I think that there is no way they will be letting Barcelona make a comeback from this condition.

15 minutes remaining, Barcelona still have a chance, but only to score 1 goal , It's an impossibility at the moment if Barcelona can score a draw, we all know how the characters play Atletico Madrid (bus parking) and they are playing at the Wanda Metropolitano. Griezmann has just entered to replace Luis Suarez, it looks like we will see Atletico Madrid third goal.

And it ended in full favor of the favourites Athletico Madrid, they had favourable odds before the Match.
Full pressure now on koeman to start winning Matches,I think he'll loss this job shortly,if drastic actions aren't carried out right away.

[Slow death]

Koeman will most probably get sacked right after this game or very soon.

from what i read on a portuguese soccer news site the president of barcelona Juan Laporta said that he will not fire RONALDO KOEMAN whatever happens, that is, even if barcelona sinks further he will not fire the current coach. my advice to barcelona fans: buy lots of calming pills because you will still suffer a lot in the next games and years because things are not going to get better anytime soon


Espanyol - Real Madrid


Real Madrid in the last few games has shown a kind of scary behavior when losing against strangely weak teams, as a fan I'm wondering if I won't have another disappointment in this game

[nelson4lov]

Was a well deserved win by Atl.Madrid and with this one they sure put more pressure on Real Madrid as it seems we might have only a battle in 2 for the title in this year.

Regarding Barcelona....the process is still on a long journey until it will be completed but despite the negative games in both UCL and with big teams in LaLiga , the squad and players kept that same style of playing football and they have the possession so they just need good players that could score or just put more pressure and deliver assists. When they do this , Barcelona will become again a big team who will fight for UCL but this year could be a great one if they deliver Europe League as UCL seems already over.

It looks like that won't be happening anytime soon. Like you said, it's still a long journey and we might be seeing more results like the UCL defeat to Benfica or the defeat to Atlético Madrid in the La liga. It's just painful to see a top tier team like Barcelona losing matches that they would actually win if it was played some years back.

[ILuckyGuyI]

It looks like Atletico Madrid have already finished the job against Barcelona as they ended the first half being 2-0 ahead. Suarez and Lemar were the stars of the half because they both got one goal and assist. The second half has just started but I don't have very big expectations from Barcelona. Atletico Madrid seem like in fine feather and I think that there is no way they will be letting Barcelona make a comeback from this condition.

It seems that Barcelona has the only task left for today is to avoid a major defeat, but for some reason I have a premonition that Greenzman will enter the field and the score will be like 4-0. Although maybe Simeone will act rationally as always and just dry up the game. 2-0 is a super comfortable advantage against Barcelona in its current state.

It would be 4-0 but Atletico Madrid didn't go for more and they just focused on securing the win by the current score. You know Simeone in the end.    He doesn't prefer letting his team fight for scoring so many goals in most of their games. That's why we don't see them scoring many goals in a game. Anyway, it is still a very clean victory for them, a completely deserved one. Congrats to them!

[nurilham]

Of course very disappointed, even I am tired of watching the Barcelona game when I watch it is very damn.

If you are tired of watching the Barcelona game, just move to other matches. You can watch the matches of Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, or Sevilla. These teams' play of style seems better to see, I think you can feel happy to see their matches.

This is not the Barcelona we and all the fans want to see. Koeman might get sacked immediately.

Barcelona changes its game style. Unfortunately, it makes them worse, too bad decision made by Barcelona. Since Koeman became Barcelona head coach, we never saw Barcelona as we know before. If he will be sacked in the near future, I think it deserves. He leads Barcelona squad to the worse era, he must stop his journey as the coach soon.

[snipie]

It was another big disappointment for Barcelona today. Atletico Madrid showed a decent performance and ended their competitor in the first half already as they scored two goals. Barcelona had the most ball possession classically but it didn't help anyone here. They were very inadequate when it comes to finishing their attacks with a goal. This is not the Barcelona we and all the fans want to see. Koeman might get sacked immediately.

Barca's president said he trust Koeman so I assume he will get few other chances to try to get the sinking ship on track.. Their next 2 games in La Liga and CL aren't that hard and they should win it then by the end of the month they will face Real Madrid. If negative results will keep coming then for sure Koeman will grab his bags with a decent amount of money from Barca's empty accounts.

[AndySt]

Was a well deserved win by Atl.Madrid and with this one they sure put more pressure on Real Madrid as it seems we might have only a battle in 2 for the title in this year.
Regarding Barcelona....the process is still on a long journey until it will be completed but despite the negative games in both UCL and with big teams in LaLiga , the squad and players kept that same style of playing football and they have the possession so they just need good players that could score or just put more pressure and deliver assists. When they do this , Barcelona will become again a big team who will fight for UCL but this year could be a great one if they deliver Europe League as UCL seems already over.

I would not rush to conclusions, because everything is possible in football, despite a relatively unsuccessful start in the championship and frankly a failure in the Champions League. At least, in terms of points in the Champions League, the situation can be corrected and confidence can be added by paired matches with Dynamo Kiev, when two outsiders of the group can improve or, conversely, worsen their position. Also, after the break for the national teams matches, Barcelona will have two home matches with Valencia and Real Madrid, which can change a lot in the players' self-perception, and a victory over Real Madrid will also reduce the gap in the standings. At least, Joan Laporta did not officially dismiss Koeman before the match with Atletico Madrid, announcing that Koeman would remain the head coach of the club in any case.