La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

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I'm sure a lot of people are aware of the shocking news about Gerard Pique having announced his retirement in the near future, but I'm not really that surprised and maybe it's a good choice for Pique. Because if Pique continues to play with a declining performance then it will also not be good for Pique, so before Pique has something worse like an injury or something else it would be better to retire sooner and not have to wait any longer.

Because on several occasions Pique has only become a substitute, because even though Pique retires, in fact Pique will not be completely separated from the world of football. So yes, having a lot of skills then choosing to retire is also not a bad thing, but according to the news I got the first time that the match against Almeria was his last match for Pique.



But after I checked again, it turned out that Xavi confirmed the match against Osasuna was Pique's last match. But anyway this week or next week it is the end of Pique's career as a professional footballer, and I wish Pique success out there he is a great player and I idolized him for a long time.

Barcelona will miss one of their good player this weekend. Gerrard pique have done his best for the team and he's also one of the old players in the club. He's a good defender with lengthy height but hes getting old and he can't cheat nature with punishau mistakes he causes in defendlines. The team will miss him and this weekend game happens to be his last game for barça before he exits the team. His teammates will give him his regards as senior player, and he would gladly impressed the fans with incredible performance.

[TheGreatPython]

The team has done quite well in the home league, the La Liga. Their poor stats are also highlighted by high profile Champions League exits. Smug faces can be seen around European football following the teams that were eliminated from this year's Champions League, including Barcelona. There is no doubt that Xavi hasn't delivered what Barca management expects from him. Despite this, we cannot narrow down La Liga's success story. The transition from La Liga success to Champions League success may take time.

I am also concerned about Barcelona's exit from the Champions League this season, even though in La Liga Barcelona are not so bad and have often played well in the average matches they have played this season. So in this case I think it's definitely not worth blaming the coach who has tried to get Barcelona to be on a better path this season. Even though it's not just a coach who is trying to make Barcelona better, but in this case a coach like Xavi has always provided whatever the team needed this season.

Even this is shocking news about Barcelona is another season exit from Champions League with poor result but as right now they are under development and doing good things for having long time better future their main focus was La Liga where right now they are second with just one point behind leaders Real Madrid things looking not easy for them as their performance is also not at his best with too many quality players in their squad Xavi is doing his best for having positive development hopefully things could be good in next few weeks or after the World Cup break because mostly teams started at their best from January which give better impression how it will be they going to be ended in this season here they are still capable for having top rank, but they have to improve performance as well.

[makishart]

But after I checked again, it turned out that Xavi confirmed the match against Osasuna was Pique's last match. But anyway this week or next week it is the end of Pique's career as a professional footballer, and I wish Pique success out there he is a great player and I idolized him for a long time.

Pique has a very long history with barcelona. That's good to see that the time for him to leave from there is coming. His missions already completed in barcelona and he may need to find another club that may need his service. I guess if he can go to the another domestic league other than la liga. He has a very good track record with barcelona and im sure if another club may try to consider him. It seems like this is his decision was coming after he aware if barcelona doesn't need him anymore.
He has only become a backup for the main squad in barcelona. I can't deny the regeneration is a must for the club to be able to get the new seed that will become a talented player like him in the future.

[maju69]

The Real Madrid team itself has also seen this for a long time because it is very impossible if the team does not know how to regenerate players who are getting old to young players. Everyone can see Real Madrid playing quite well in every season, which means the Real Madrid team always makes regeneration gradually every season to prepare the team when it comes to releasing old players to other teams.

Yes I know that, but I emphasize their midfield here. Indeed now they have young players for the midfield position, but they are still dependent on the 2 senior players, on the front lines they are still very dependent on Karim Benzema. I realize this is a process, and it's not going to be fast enough. I hope they are braver again to rotate in every game, maybe they can do when facing a weak team. It's not meant to be trivial, but it's to minimize risk.

[dezoel]

I think he has done well. There comes a time when you have to retire, because the years go by and it shows in your performance.

However, he has hinted that he will be back one way or another. His life is Futbol Club Barcelona. I think he will do like Guardiola or others, that he intends to return in the future as a coach or in some other way linked to the club.

Definitely he has done at good time with his current form which is not helping him and his team so most are feeling a good decision from his side for his team and himself because as he was doing most chances this can end in negative way he announces which is surely acceptable, and now he is going to play his last game on 5th November at Camp Nou against Almeria it's also good for Barcelona in another way as now they could be able to save good amount as he was also one of the highest paid player in this club and now with this money they can do better things.

His performance and achievements could be remembered for long time in Barcelona even many are feeling there were issues with him and many other stars but now all going to end, and surely he is going to start his new life which is going to be completely change as now he can't join here.

[LordShanken]

The Real Madrid team itself has also seen this for a long time because it is very impossible if the team does not know how to regenerate players who are getting old to young players. Everyone can see Real Madrid playing quite well in every season, which means the Real Madrid team always makes regeneration gradually every season to prepare the team when it comes to releasing old players to other teams.

Yes I know that, but I emphasize their midfield here. Indeed now they have young players for the midfield position, but they are still dependent on the 2 senior players, on the front lines they are still very dependent on Karim Benzema. I realize this is a process, and it's not going to be fast enough. I hope they are braver again to rotate in every game, maybe they can do when facing a weak team. It's not meant to be trivial, but it's to minimize risk.

In fact, as strong as we think Real Madrid is, it is based on the performance of the entire La Liga. But we have to see that they only do well against weaker teams. How strong Real Madrid is will be understood when they can defeat teams like Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool.

[boltz]

LaLiga is and will always be a strong competition that has nothing to prove in my opinion as every year Spanish teams are fighting for European Titles and almost every year ,one of it wins something.

I'm thinking to place a bet on Girona 1st goal against BIlbao or both teams to score in either half ? I don't see Bilbao taking 3 points today and consolidate their 6th position in LaLiga because Girona has a great squad overall , that had some bad games and some bad luck when they played against top 4 in LaLiga so tonight might be that game when they score first and then continue by winning the game. Anyway, I still have some time to reflect on this bet and take a decision but this game specifically caught my attention today.

[Polkeins]

Betis have a quite big odd in their Sevilla match like 2.20. Sevilla are doing really bad in the league this season and Betis are one of the contenders for top 4. I don't think that Sevilla have much chance in this match. Betis couldn't defeat Sevilla home in the league for 4 years. Maybe this is one of the factors why Betis' odd is this much high now.

However I still expect Betis to win this match. Sevilla still have a long way to go before winning this kind of tough matches.

Apparently the fact that Betis can not beat Sevilla on their field for 4 years and gives that odds, no other coherent arguments.
Betis is much stronger now, won 3 games in a row, unlike Sevilla, who lost their last 2 matches. Moreover, Sevilla lost to a young Manchester City squad.
Although usually bookmakers don't just put odds, so maybe this time Sevilla won't let Betis win for 5 years in a row. 

[emrecemsan]

We are entering the new match week by a Girona - Athletic Bilbao match tonight. The odds are pretty interesting for this match. There is still a big gap between their odds of course but Athletic Bilbao's is like 2.02. This is quite high for a team that have many more points than their opponent and much stronger at the same time.

I wonder if it is related to Athletic Bilbao's recent form. Because they won only once in their last five matches. They finally finished a bad series by a Villarreal win last week. Girona have some potential to be dangerous too though because they stole a point from Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu last week. As for the h2h matches, Girona defeated Athletic Bilbao only once. I'm just thinking of giving Athletic Bilbao a chance to win as their odd is quite favourable too.

[hahay]

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On the one hand, an expected decision, on the other, he chose an unexpected time for this - not at the end of the season, but at the end of the calendar before the World Cup. I don't know why he needs it, but now it will be the most discussed news until the very beginning of the World Cup. Plus, there is another big news that he has forgiven the debts that Barcelona owes him. Maybe in total this will lead to some third big news?

Well, not sure about Barcelona's debt, because Barcelona have done it many times and even many other players have been kind to Barcelona for example with Miralem Pjanić too.
It looks like if Barcelona can publicize the debt they have then of course it will destroy Barcelona themselves, but so far they seem to be doing well and I don't know why. Debt problem is a big problem but somehow Barcelona are not quick to overcome this, but at the same time Barcelona can recruit and build a luxurious squad, it really surprises me.

Barcelona will miss one of their good player this weekend. Gerrard pique have done his best for the team and he's also one of the old players in the club. He's a good defender with lengthy height but hes getting old and he can't cheat nature with punishau mistakes he causes in defendlines. The team will miss him and this weekend game happens to be his last game for barça before he exits the team. His teammates will give him his regards as senior player, and he would gladly impressed the fans with incredible performance.

Yes, Gerard Pique is a great player in my view too but indeed, I also admit that Gerard Pique can no longer play for much longer. Unlike Thiago Silva who still has super strong power and is still playing in a tough league like the Premier League, but for Gerard Pique he can't force himself to stay strong and move fast. Because after all, Barcelona should have a full regeneration in the squad because Barcelona can't continue to play the old way.

Pique has a very long history with barcelona. That's good to see that the time for him to leave from there is coming. His missions already completed in barcelona and he may need to find another club that may need his service. I guess if he can go to the another domestic league other than la liga. He has a very good track record with barcelona and im sure if another club may try to consider him. It seems like this is his decision was coming after he aware if barcelona doesn't need him anymore.
He has only become a backup for the main squad in barcelona. I can't deny the regeneration is a must for the club to be able to get the new seed that will become a talented player like him in the future.

But unfortunately, Gerard Pique has decided to retire which means he will no longer be a professional footballer. Although indeed, if for example Gerard Pique offers himself to another team then surely there are still teams who will be willing to sign Gerard Pique for at least the next one to two seasons.

But I don't know whether it was purely because of his desire to retire or there were other factors that made him choose to retire suddenly like this. Because we know before that there was a case in Spain about Gerard Pique but I didn't follow the case, but maybe because the case triggered Gerard Pique to choose to retire. Maybe, because I also don't know if the case experienced by Gerard Pique was really bad or not.

[Davidvictorson]

Barcelona will miss one of their good player this weekend. Gerrard pique have done his best for the team and he's also one of the old players in the club. He's a good defender with lengthy height but hes getting old and he can't cheat nature with punishau mistakes he causes in defendlines. The team will miss him and this weekend game happens to be his last game for barça before he exits the team. His teammates will give him his regards as senior player, and he would gladly impressed the fans with incredible performance.

He already had a  great career. and has every possible trophies in his cabinet. Played with legends Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Alves, Puyol, Busquets, Villa, Suarez, Eto’o, Henry. Even last year playing through injuries to get us to the champions league. Yes this year was the year to much but he made the honorable choice to retire now and not ride out his contract till the end. Helping the club financially in the process.

[famososMuertos]

¡En Hora Buena! Gerard Piqué.

fcbarcelona

When a player is a franchise , by the way, it is something that football does not take very seriously and has been demonstrated in the history of this sport with very good examples, coincidentally the Barcelona team is one of them...

In that sense, few players in the history of football have received such an honor,  but it's not that there are few such players who earn such a designation, no, especially in teams like Barcelona, ​​it's that they are managerial policies of some teams represented in their directors.

Anyway, the truth of the story here is that Gerard Piqué is undoubtedly the end of that glorious team that managed to form Barcelona with a group of players from its lower divisions, I'm not talking about a specific year, but about these last 20 years.

Yes, we have Héctor Bellerín, Iñaki Peña, Eric García, Sergi Roberto, Gavi and others who join in this new period that begins, but it is the one that is to come, and it will be very difficult to overcome.

IMO with the retirement of Gerard Piqué, of course Jordi and Buquets remain, also as players formed from those initial quarries, but Piqué is if you will from that cycle that includes Messi, without a doubt one of the main reasons for his retirement, not all that shit that is said about his relationship with Shakira, etc. that in a certain way it will have some weight to decision.

Not only does he finish a race also finishes a cycle for FCB, a successful relationship in the last 20 years.

Goodbye! Piqué.

^{P.S. I don't think that in the short term he meets to play with Messi again...but in the future both old for football maybe end up playing in another Galaxy...LA.}

[GiftedMAN]

Among the top names you mentioned, apart from Lewandowski, none are in good form. Pique has already ended his football career. Meanwhile, Sergio, Alba cannot expect a good future for Barca. But Stegan is fine. It is now important to have some good stars in the team.

Are there no more stars in the Barcelona team now? Because I see there are some good players at Barcelona and some of them still have very good careers in the team. But it's still not enough if they are not managed properly and correctly in the game. Because the good or bad of a team does not only depend on how many star players are in the team but is also influenced by the cooperation between players and also the placement of players in the lines they control.

I have a different opinion about this question about the Barcelona team and players because you can not manage a team full of average players and expect to have good results always. Right now, Barcelona is lacking good players and it is visible to the eyes of their fans since the team barely scores goals in the absence of Lewandoski, Barcelona team needs good players in the team because Xavi is a good manager and he has proven that often when the Barcelona play against teams with average players but playing against teams with a lot of stars it will be difficult for Barcelona to get a good result. If the team has good players, the players will be fighting to remain in good shape so that they will be a regular starter in the team but in Barcelona right now, the reverse is the case so I consider Lewandoski as the only star man in the team.

[giammangiato]

¡En Hora Buena! Gerard Piqué.

fcbarcelona

When a player is a franchise , by the way, it is something that football does not take very seriously and has been demonstrated in the history of this sport with very good examples, coincidentally the Barcelona team is one of them...

In that sense, few players in the history of football have received such an honor,  but it's not that there are few such players who earn such a designation, no, especially in teams like Barcelona, ​​it's that they are managerial policies of some teams represented in their directors.

Anyway, the truth of the story here is that Gerard Piqué is undoubtedly the end of that glorious team that managed to form Barcelona with a group of players from its lower divisions, I'm not talking about a specific year, but about these last 20 years.

Yes, we have Héctor Bellerín, Iñaki Peña, Eric García, Sergi Roberto, Gavi and others who join in this new period that begins, but it is the one that is to come, and it will be very difficult to overcome.

IMO with the retirement of Gerard Piqué, of course Jordi and Buquets remain, also as players formed from those initial quarries, but Piqué is if you will from that cycle that includes Messi, without a doubt one of the main reasons for his retirement, not all that shit that is said about his relationship with Shakira, etc. that in a certain way it will have some weight to decision.

Not only does he finish a race also finishes a cycle for FCB, a successful relationship in the last 20 years.

Goodbye! Piqué.

^{P.S. I don't think that in the short term he meets to play with Messi again...but in the future both old for football maybe end up playing in another Galaxy...LA.}

Yes, I read the news on the sports news. I'm very sorry, Barcelona will certainly be impoverished.
I don't understand the choice, but if it's because I'm short of money after the Champions League exit, well they couldn't have done otherwise.
We hope it gets better in the future.

[Jody.Drummer]

Barcelona will miss one of their good player this weekend. Gerrard pique have done his best for the team and he's also one of the old players in the club. He's a good defender with lengthy height but hes getting old and he can't cheat nature with punishau mistakes he causes in defendlines. The team will miss him and this weekend game happens to be his last game for barça before he exits the team. His teammates will give him his regards as senior player, and he would gladly impressed the fans with incredible performance.

He already had a  great career. and has every possible trophies in his cabinet. Played with legends Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Alves, Puyol, Busquets, Villa, Suarez, Eto’o, Henry. Even last year playing through injuries to get us to the champions league. Yes this year was the year to much but he made the honorable choice to retire now and not ride out his contract till the end. Helping the club financially in the process.

This is what we will see from a player, yes it is a tough decision but it must be done and will be experienced by every player. Yes he became a great player in his brilliant career both at country and at club level. In his own country he is a regular player who was called up by the Spanish national team, defended the U-17, 19 and 21 national teams. In Barcelona he was one of the legendary players and had played together with the players mentioned and won prestigious titles for Barcelona. And now that we're going to lose one experienced defender at the back, maybe in the future we'll see players who decide to retire.

[zuzie]

But we have to see that they only do well against weaker teams. How strong Real Madrid is will be understood when they can defeat teams like Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool.

Is Barcelona one of the weaker teams that Real Madrid beat? Or European league winner Eintracht Frankfurt are also a weak team because they lost 0-2 from Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup final
I think when compare to teams from the EPL (Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool) of course it will be a question mark because Real Madrid does not have many records of meet with representatives from the Premier League.

[Google+]

Among the top names you mentioned, apart from Lewandowski, none are in good form. Pique has already ended his football career. Meanwhile, Sergio, Alba cannot expect a good future for Barca. But Stegan is fine. It is now important to have some good stars in the team.

Are there no more stars in the Barcelona team now? Because I see there are some good players at Barcelona and some of them still have very good careers in the team. But it's still not enough if they are not managed properly and correctly in the game. Because the good or bad of a team does not only depend on how many star players are in the team, but also influenced by the cooperation between players and also the placement of players in the lines they control.

I would say Barcelona still have a lot of star players. Don't you think Demebele, Lewandowski and de Jong are stars? But the performance of the team does not depend on the star players. I would say a team's performance depends mostly on their match strategy. Team performance is stable when match strategy is good. And the bond between the players must be strong to strengthen the team performance. There is no shortage of talented players in Barcelona's squad. However, we are yet to see consistent performances from the players as the bond between them is not strong.

Well that's right, strategy is the key in every match. If we flash back when Barcelona didn't win against Inter or other top teams, Barcelona team's ball possession was higher rather than other teams. They can always control the match but they are unlucky to take their chances to score, midfielders are strong but their defense is often inconsistent, Xavi's strategy against top teams focus too much on attack.

maybe it's true that barcelona dominance of the game against big teams in ucl their weakness is in the defense area because barcelona has a fairly strong midfield and a very good front line. on the one hand they have just built the squad started by xavi this season so the instability of their form could lead to defeat. With Gerard Pique retirement this season, the heart of Barcelona defense has become the main point for Xavi in ​​the next January season window. to be able to look at the title this season barcelona must be able to make changes to the rotation of senior players with young players to boost their performance in every game this season.

[Sandra_hakeem]

But we have to see that they only do well against weaker teams. How strong Real Madrid is will be understood when they can defeat teams like Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool.

Is Barcelona one of the weaker teams that Real Madrid beat? Or European league winner Eintracht Frankfurt are also a weak team because they lost 0-2 from Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup final
I think when compare to teams from the EPL (Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool) of course it will be a question mark because Real Madrid does not have many records of meet with representatives from the Premier League.

You don't call a good team "weak" simply for the fact that they lost to a lower team, once or twice... having that mishap once or twice doesn't guarantee how the club's performance has deteriorated - atleast to some point, yeah I know.
 In the game of football, there must always be a winner and winners are not usually those bigger and influential teams, it could even be a devision C....Yes, that's how weird things can look. Barcelona isn't on form; everyone knew when they were. They shouldn't be on an obnoxious pressure just to regroup their gameplay, it'll also take some process just as the deterioration took some too.  I sure hope that Barcelona would regroup and get aligned on the top scoresheet someday.

Sandra 💇

[jack05]

¡En Hora Buena! Gerard Piqué.

fcbarcelona

When a player is a franchise , by the way, it is something that football does not take very seriously and has been demonstrated in the history of this sport with very good examples, coincidentally the Barcelona team is one of them...

In that sense, few players in the history of football have received such an honor,  but it's not that there are few such players who earn such a designation, no, especially in teams like Barcelona, ​​it's that they are managerial policies of some teams represented in their directors.

Anyway, the truth of the story here is that Gerard Piqué is undoubtedly the end of that glorious team that managed to form Barcelona with a group of players from its lower divisions, I'm not talking about a specific year, but about these last 20 years.

Yes, we have Héctor Bellerín, Iñaki Peña, Eric García, Sergi Roberto, Gavi and others who join in this new period that begins, but it is the one that is to come, and it will be very difficult to overcome.

IMO with the retirement of Gerard Piqué, of course Jordi and Buquets remain, also as players formed from those initial quarries, but Piqué is if you will from that cycle that includes Messi, without a doubt one of the main reasons for his retirement, not all that shit that is said about his relationship with Shakira, etc. that in a certain way it will have some weight to decision.

Not only does he finish a race also finishes a cycle for FCB, a successful relationship in the last 20 years.

Goodbye! Piqué.

^{P.S. I don't think that in the short term he meets to play with Messi again...but in the future both old for football maybe end up playing in another Galaxy...LA.}

Yes, I read the news on the sports news. I'm very sorry, Barcelona will certainly be impoverished.
I don't understand the choice, but if it's because I'm short of money after the Champions League exit, well they couldn't have done otherwise.
We hope it gets better in the future.

Gerard Pique has given Barcelona a lot of support over the past 20 years. In fact, it is normal to have a hard time saying goodbye to such a person. However, with respect to Gerard Pique, I want to say that if he had taken this farewell 2 years ago, his farewell would have been honorable. Then good luck for his next life.

[RealMalatesta]

in the Champions League Barcelona are not as vicious as in La Liga, defeats are so easy to come by which makes them have to be eliminated from the Champions League in the group stage. It seems that Barcelona has not been able to move on from last season's failure, Xavi, who is expected to be able to take Barcelona further in the Champions League, is unable to meet expectations.

While in La Liga Barcelona is still capable of being the toughest competitor of Real Madrid, in the standings Barcelona is only one point adrift of the leader of the standings. Barcelona still has a chance to win La Liga this season, what Xavi needs to do is to maintain the appearance and mentality of his players to always give the best performance. The quality of the squad that Barcelona has this season can still compete with Real Madrid, the defeat in El Clasico is the only defeat that Barcelona have just received in La Liga. Xavi must continue to maintain the opportunity to get his first trophy as Barcelona coach.

I think it could be a bit about the way they are playing in the league is not working out very well in the UCL at all, because in the league they are playing very technical, not just about the physical part of the football world but more about the technical "mind" related parts, and they are playing a foodball that is both fundamentally amazing and also great to watch.

However, in the UCL there is a bit fairer share of physicality involved, it’s not like Spanish football, it means there are more shoulder to shoulder, and harder tackles, which Barcelona is not ready for, Real is known for it for example, Barcelona is not. That part is the part that impacted them a lot, and will continue to impact in Europa as well.