La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Fawwaz wildan]

I am happy that Lewandowski can play well in his new squad as well as Raphinha who scored a spectacular goal, this is a great start for Xavi Hernandez's squad and they can prove it again later in La Liga and the Champions League.

Lewandowski's presence had a big impact on Barcelona's forward line, as he is a very experienced player with accurate finishing. His presence made the Barcelona players more confident. This season Xavi Hernandez's work as a coach will be tested in his tactics so that Lewandowski will continue to look good.

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[keyscore44]

I wonder why no one mentions that Barcelona are currently having trouble allowing Lewandowski to play next season due to La Liga fair play regulations.  They have to sell De Jong + Depay to let Raphina and Lewa play.  Really funny what Barcelona performs. 

The FFP rules were changed about a month ago and now I can’t say for sure whether Barcelona fits into them or not, but judging by the changes, it has become much easier for clubs to make any decisions and not be punished. And in general, in my opinion, the most important question for Barcelona is whether they can pay off their debts or not, the rest is secondary.

Of course paying the debts is the most important thing but that doesn't seem to be the club's goal. They've sold a significant chunk of their TV rights for the next 25 years and will face even greater problems in the future. At the moment they live in the here and now and the future probably doesn't interest them. And if you buy players for more than €100 million, you usually want to let them play, if you can't register the players because of the rules, you've really made a big mistake.

I'm not sure exactly how Barcelona found to bypass this rule of La Liga, but one rumor I have heard is that they activated their 2nd phase of financial leverage precisely to make Lewandowski play. I can't imagine them getting involved in such serious negotiations and spending so much money, and ultimately not being able to take advantage of such a valuable player as Lewandowski.

[Altryist]

I am happy with the result of this match even though it is thin. this is a prestigious match of the rivalry of the two clubs even in a friendly match. 
I am happy that Lewandowski can play well in his new squad as well as Raphinha who scored a spectacular goal, this is a great start for Xavi Hernandez's squad and they can prove it again later in La Liga and the Champions League.

Statistically the whole game was dominated by Madrid but in terms of shots on target Barcelona were superior, maybe the match would be very interesting again if Benzema came into play in this friendly match.

Statistically, Barcelona also dominated, so we can say that Barcelona beat Real Madrid in this match well deserved. It's clear that this is just a friendly match, but Real Madrid has never been able to shoot on target once, it's unexpected, I don't even remember seeing this at Real Madrid ever. Let's hope that the players are still on vacation in their thoughts and simply have not tuned in to a serious game yet. Benzema would definitely fix this moment.

[tulusikhlas]

I am happy with the result of this match even though it is thin. this is a prestigious match of the rivalry of the two clubs even in a friendly match. 
I am happy that Lewandowski can play well in his new squad as well as Raphinha who scored a spectacular goal, this is a great start for Xavi Hernandez's squad and they can prove it again later in La Liga and the Champions League.

Statistically the whole game was dominated by Madrid but in terms of shots on target Barcelona were superior, maybe the match would be very interesting again if Benzema came into play in this friendly match.

It's not a friendly, it's an El Clasico. I'm personally happy to see the match between these two rivals going so fiercely and running very hotly, especially when there was an incident that started with Vinicius' foul. I hope this will be a new era of El Clasico, because it's been so long since I've seen a match between the two run full of intrigue.

[hahay]

I wonder why no one mentions that Barcelona are currently having trouble allowing Lewandowski to play next season due to La Liga fair play regulations.  They have to sell De Jong + Depay to let Raphina and Lewa play.  Really funny what Barcelona performs. 

The FFP rules were changed about a month ago and now I can’t say for sure whether Barcelona fits into them or not, but judging by the changes, it has become much easier for clubs to make any decisions and not be punished. And in general, in my opinion, the most important question for Barcelona is whether they can pay off their debts or not, the rest is secondary.

Of course paying the debts is the most important thing but that doesn't seem to be the club's goal. They've sold a significant chunk of their TV rights for the next 25 years and will face even greater problems in the future. At the moment they live in the here and now and the future probably doesn't interest them. And if you buy players for more than €100 million, you usually want to let them play, if you can't register the players because of the rules, you've really made a big mistake.

I'm not sure exactly how Barcelona found to bypass this rule of La Liga, but one rumor I have heard is that they activated their 2nd phase of financial leverage precisely to make Lewandowski play. I can't imagine them getting involved in such serious negotiations and spending so much money, and ultimately not being able to take advantage of such a valuable player as Lewandowski.

The point is Barcelona has a lot of debt and if Barcelona can be wise then at least Barcelona should be able to erode its debt first, because Barcelona so far have not decreased the amount of debt but instead increased it. This Barcelona case will actually be very dangerous for the club but yes, whatever the fault so far we can still see Barcelona moving freely especially in having and getting expensive players. If it's about expensive players and then getting sanctioned until the related player can't be played, I think it's natural because Barcelona themselves don't heed the rules and the punishment they deserve.

[aylabadia05]

Real Madrid VS Barcelona

I am currently enjoying the Barcelona vs Real Madrid club-friendly match. Fati-Lewandowski-Raphinha in Barcelona's starting XI. On the other hand, Real Madrid's forward Benzema is absent. Real Madrid is often tricky when performing against strong teams. Madrid is playing defensively in today's match as well. So Barcelona's defenders have to be careful, if Real Madrid can somehow score the first goal of the match, they will play more defensively, and try their best to win the match by playing defensively.

The match was quite interesting. Doesn't look like a friendly match at all. Both teams display seriousness like the official El Clasico match.
90 minutes on, tackling tackles look the same. Robert Lewandowski looked solid with the team in this match and Real Madrid had to admit Barcelona's victory with a goal scored by their newest signing, Raphinha.

[KTChampions]

The match was quite interesting. Doesn't look like a friendly match at all. Both teams display seriousness like the official El Clasico match.
90 minutes on, tackling tackles look the same. Robert Lewandowski looked solid with the team in this match and Real Madrid had to admit Barcelona's victory with a goal scored by their newest signing, Raphinha.

I haven't seen the game (only a few episodes from the twitter feed) but it looks like this game really was more principled than just friendly. For a show match, I would have expected a much higher score, but the result was minimal. Ancelotti said that Real Madrid played well but was prevented by blots in the bottom line and the fact that he gave many players chances to participate. I can assume that Real is ready for the next clasico as part of the official games.

[Wawa2013]

I am happy with the result of this match even though it is thin. this is a prestigious match of the rivalry of the two clubs even in a friendly match. 
I am happy that Lewandowski can play well in his new squad as well as Raphinha who scored a spectacular goal, this is a great start for Xavi Hernandez's squad and they can prove it again later in La Liga and the Champions League.

Statistically the whole game was dominated by Madrid but in terms of shots on target Barcelona were superior, maybe the match would be very interesting again if Benzema came into play in this friendly match.

Statistically, Barcelona also dominated, so we can say that Barcelona beat Real Madrid in this match well deserved. It's clear that this is just a friendly match, but Real Madrid has never been able to shoot on target once, it's unexpected, I don't even remember seeing this at Real Madrid ever. Let's hope that the players are still on vacation in their thoughts and simply have not tuned in to a serious game yet. Benzema would definitely fix this moment.

If we look at the statistics of the match, it is actually very feasible that Barcelona won the match, even Barcelona can do up to 16 kicks,
and 6 shots on goal. This has proven Barcelona's attack is more aggressive, and as usual without Benzema Real Madrid are very weak in attack.
Evidently Real Madrid could not take a single kick towards the goal, this is a bad thing for a team as big as Real Madrid. Even though it's just
a friendly match and the two teams aren't playing too seriously either, but Barcelona's victory against Real Madrid is of course very important,
to increase the confidence of Barcelona players to face La Liga which will start soon. Real Madrid's defeat should have awakened Carlo Ancelotti
to buy a new striker to back up Benzema. Making Hazard a center-forward in my opinion was a bad decision, and it looked like for 90 minutes
Real Madrid's front line was playing badly.

[Captain Corporate]

Barcelona came with all their good players, even had lewandowski which was a shock to me because the deal was done just days prior, assumed he would be just getting in. Whereas Madrid missed benzema, modric, kroos etc etc for majority of the game. Basically any game where you have over 8 subs is a friendly and shouldn't be taken seriously. We literally saw the whole teams flipped and thats why it didn't looked like it was a good one at all. I believe that it would take a long long time before we could ever see something serious to be accepted and that is why I believe we will probably not understand the league title from just one game. Last year Barcelona beat Madrid 4-0 as well, but we saw how teams ended the league.

[Tumanggor]

I am happy that Lewandowski can play well in his new squad as well as Raphinha who scored a spectacular goal, this is a great start for Xavi Hernandez's squad and they can prove it again later in La Liga and the Champions League.

Lewandowski's presence had a big impact on Barcelona's forward line, as he is a very experienced player with accurate finishing. His presence made the Barcelona players more confident. This season Xavi Hernandez's work as a coach will be tested in his tactics so that Lewandowski will continue to look good.

Lewandowski's first match looks amazing, his aura really motivates other players to play brilliantly

Even though he doesn't play full time he fits perfectly with Rapinha and will definitely get along very well with Aubameyang.  xavi's strategy is awesome

[terrorJR]

Lewandowski's first match looks amazing, his aura really motivates other players to play brilliantly

Even though he doesn't play full time he fits perfectly with Rapinha and will definitely get along very well with Aubameyang.  xavi's strategy is awesome

In this case you may be right because indeed we could see a new trio here when Ansu, Lewa and Rapinha were there but indeed when the majority of their starting players were introduced it became a bit more complicated due to the fact in this match most of the Madrid teams played their youth teams.
Madrid's midfield and front line are filled with young players and there is only Hazard there who is already quite old.

[tulusikhlas]

Barcelona came with all their good players, even had lewandowski which was a shock to me because the deal was done just days prior, assumed he would be just getting in. Whereas Madrid missed benzema, modric, kroos etc etc for majority of the game. Basically any game where you have over 8 subs is a friendly and shouldn't be taken seriously. We literally saw the whole teams flipped and thats why it didn't looked like it was a good one at all. I believe that it would take a long long time before we could ever see something serious to be accepted and that is why I believe we will probably not understand the league title from just one game. Last year Barcelona beat Madrid 4-0 as well, but we saw how teams ended the league.

But even if Real Madrid don't play as a full team, they can keep up with Barcelona playing with their squad, even with the players they have just made official. You're right we can't conclude in just one game, there's a lot of travel before they meet again in official matches. But once again I welcome their insistence in this match.

[Jody.Drummer]

The match was quite interesting. Doesn't look like a friendly match at all. Both teams display seriousness like the official El Clasico match.
90 minutes on, tackling tackles look the same. Robert Lewandowski looked solid with the team in this match and Real Madrid had to admit Barcelona's victory with a goal scored by their newest signing, Raphinha.

The match is still quite monotonous in my opinion and it is quite natural because this is only a friendly game, but on the other hand it is interesting to see the Madrid trio in their midfield namely Tchouameni, Valverde and Camavinga.
It's like starting to get used to these 3 players as a unit because Modric and Casimero are definitely going to have a little trouble considering their age so Carlo Ancelloti really wants to make the three of them appear better in the future.
On the other hand I don't see Benzema's name on the bench.

[aylabadia05]

The match was quite interesting. Doesn't look like a friendly match at all. Both teams display seriousness like the official El Clasico match.
90 minutes on, tackling tackles look the same. Robert Lewandowski looked solid with the team in this match and Real Madrid had to admit Barcelona's victory with a goal scored by their newest signing, Raphinha.

I haven't seen the game (only a few episodes from the twitter feed) but it looks like this game really was more principled than just friendly. For a show match, I would have expected a much higher score, but the result was minimal. Ancelotti said that Real Madrid played well but was prevented by blots in the bottom line and the fact that he gave many players chances to participate. I can assume that Real is ready for the next clasico as part of the official games.

Really interesting match. Both teams seem to forget that what they are playing is a friendly match.
Carlo Ancelotti and Xavi Hernadez put full force from the first half.
There was a slightly different situation than usual in this match, Frenkie De Jong had played at center back and De Jong could do well.

El Clasico next season will be more interesting and Real Madrid must look for good stickers, must not put their hopes solely on Benzema and Vinicius Jr because Hazard is still not ready to be Madrid's main sticker when Karim Benzema is absent.

The match was quite interesting. Doesn't look like a friendly match at all. Both teams display seriousness like the official El Clasico match.
90 minutes on, tackling tackles look the same. Robert Lewandowski looked solid with the team in this match and Real Madrid had to admit Barcelona's victory with a goal scored by their newest signing, Raphinha.

The match is still quite monotonous in my opinion and it is quite natural because this is only a friendly game, but on the other hand it is interesting to see the Madrid trio in their midfield namely Tchouameni, Valverde and Camavinga.
It's like starting to get used to these 3 players as a unit because Modric and Casimero are definitely going to have a little trouble considering their age so Carlo Ancelloti really wants to make the three of them appear better in the future.
On the other hand I don't see Benzema's name on the bench.

The appearance of Madrid's midfield trio in the match was quite good, especially E. Camavinga. The passes he made several times often became goals.
I still remember how E. Camavinga's pass to Vinicius Jr was perfect, but the Brazilian was too forced to shoot the goal that was guarded by M. ter Stegan even though Hazard's position was empty in the penalty box.

The match was quite interesting. Doesn't look like a friendly match at all. Both teams display seriousness like the official El Clasico match.
90 minutes on, tackling tackles look the same. Robert Lewandowski looked solid with the team in this match and Real Madrid had to admit Barcelona's victory with a goal scored by their newest signing, Raphinha.

I haven't seen the game (only a few episodes from the twitter feed) but it looks like this game really was more principled than just friendly. For a show match, I would have expected a much higher score, but the result was minimal. Ancelotti said that Real Madrid played well but was prevented by blots in the bottom line and the fact that he gave many players chances to participate. I can assume that Real is ready for the next clasico as part of the official games.

Really interesting match. Both teams seem to forget that what they are playing is a friendly match.
Carlo Ancelotti and Xavi Hernadez put full force from the first half.
There was a slightly different situation than usual in this match, Frenkie De Jong had played at center back and De Jong could do well.

El Clasico next season will be more interesting and Real Madrid must look for good stickers, must not put their hopes solely on Benzema and Vinicius Jr because Hazard is still not ready to be Madrid's main sticker when Karim Benzema is absent.

I also think that El clasico would be an interesting match next year between two big attacker like Lewandoski and Benzema. Also, Barcelona will be more competitive than Madrid in my opinion, Madrid has to improve many

things about his middlefield, it can't go ahead with his lucky. I see at the moment Barça more strong than Real.

Overall, I also see that Barcelona will be stronger next season than Real Madrid.

[Velvet78]

There are some rumours relating Memphis Depay to Newcastle in the recent times. However he is about to turn down an offer from them now. Because Depay's wish is to play for a strong team if he leaves his team now. Newcastle haven't proven their strength yet and they need time for that. As a result Depay isn't going there. Tottenham have had some interest as well but I don't know how much serious they are. If they make an offer I assume Depay would evaluate it seriously.

It seems that in this case there are several English teams who really want Depay's services for next season because apart from Newcastle and Tottenham, it is reported that Manchester United are also interested in signing this player and it is clear that it will be an advantage if he can join one of these clubs because at least there will be competition. easier, except maybe at Tottenham where Kane is still there.
But it will be very difficult I think because Barcelona always create drama when there are players who are interested in other clubs.

Kane is there now yeah. It is difficult for Depay to be in the starting eleven because of that. Let's say that he played as a winger but this time Tottenham have Son and Kulusevski. In addition they have players like Perisic and Moura as well. When we take all of these into account he should get ready for a tough challenge with these players then. There are rumours about Kane by the way like Bayern Munich are making their attempts to sign him but I don't expect such thing to happen.

[Gianluca95]

The match was quite interesting. Doesn't look like a friendly match at all. Both teams display seriousness like the official El Clasico match.
90 minutes on, tackling tackles look the same. Robert Lewandowski looked solid with the team in this match and Real Madrid had to admit Barcelona's victory with a goal scored by their newest signing, Raphinha.

I haven't seen the game (only a few episodes from the twitter feed) but it looks like this game really was more principled than just friendly. For a show match, I would have expected a much higher score, but the result was minimal. Ancelotti said that Real Madrid played well but was prevented by blots in the bottom line and the fact that he gave many players chances to participate. I can assume that Real is ready for the next clasico as part of the official games.

Really interesting match. Both teams seem to forget that what they are playing is a friendly match.
Carlo Ancelotti and Xavi Hernadez put full force from the first half.
There was a slightly different situation than usual in this match, Frenkie De Jong had played at center back and De Jong could do well.

El Clasico next season will be more interesting and Real Madrid must look for good stickers, must not put their hopes solely on Benzema and Vinicius Jr because Hazard is still not ready to be Madrid's main sticker when Karim Benzema is absent.

I also think that El clasico would be an interesting match next year between two big attacker like Lewandoski and Benzema. Also, Barcelona will be more competitive than Madrid in my opinion, Madrid has to improve many

things about his middlefield, it can't go ahead with his lucky. I see at the moment Barça more strong than Real.

[Ratash]

Barcelona came with all their good players, even had lewandowski which was a shock to me because the deal was done just days prior, assumed he would be just getting in. Whereas Madrid missed benzema, modric, kroos etc etc for majority of the game. Basically any game where you have over 8 subs is a friendly and shouldn't be taken seriously. We literally saw the whole teams flipped and thats why it didn't looked like it was a good one at all. I believe that it would take a long long time before we could ever see something serious to be accepted and that is why I believe we will probably not understand the league title from just one game. Last year Barcelona beat Madrid 4-0 as well, but we saw how teams ended the league.

Yeah i wouldn't consider a friendly game something to base ahow a team perform in the league but it gives insights about the situation it seems that real madrid need much work to do we have seen that whenever benzema is absent the team have difficulties offensively whic is not good football is a team sports.

[Raflesia]

I also think that El clasico would be an interesting match next year between two big attacker like Lewandoski and Benzema. Also, Barcelona will be more competitive than Madrid in my opinion, Madrid has to improve many

things about his middlefield, it can't go ahead with his lucky. I see at the moment Barça more strong than Real.

Xavi will re-level Barcelona with Real Madrid even more than that, I went through this match too and I regret knowing from the replay that this friendly match was quite fierce unlike usual and can be called a true El Clasico.
Barcelona have improved a lot after signing a lot of players because they can be at the top later this season, indeed Lewandowski and Rapinha look solid and also De Jong can be kept here so he is good enough for the back line I see he is quite amazing in his game.
Maybe we can see after the match there is a possibility that Barcelona will return to its peak glory under Xavi's tutelage.

[ingiltere]

After a classic Barcelona pressure Real Madrid lost the ball and Raphinha scored an incredible goal in his second match, that's two for two. He already started showing his skills, with that performance he just tries to guarantee his jersey before the season starts.
That was another El Clasico win for Barca and even though only with one goal they absolutely closed down their goal to any threats. Good level of defending there. Xavi showed this season will be very different than previous one. There is no comfortable title anymore.

[ILuckyGuyI]

The rumours about Barcelona to go for Kounde one last time still exist. Barcelona are expected to make an offer like €65m for him to have a better offer than Chelsea. However I still have doubts about this because I don't believe that Barcelona still have that much money to spend easily for a transfer. We would learn about this in detail soon I guess. One thing I'm confident about now is that Chelsea are much more likely to sign him rather than Barcelona.