La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[nara1892]

Benzema has proven that he deserves to remain the best in the Spanish league and the Ballon D'or is one proof that he is indeed the best, at this time Benzema performance at Madrid has not reached its peak like last season, while this season Benzema has only played 12 times in all competitions but his contribution is still quite large by scoring 6 goals, the decline in Benzema goal collection can not be separated from the injuries that continue to be experienced by Benzema, but I think if Benzema returns to  fit condition of course he will return to being a madrid predator .

Maybe you could be right. I think he drew a worse graph than last year, but we should not forget that he is a football player. It may not always show the same performance. How many people could have predicted a situation like Cristiano Ronaldo's poor performance this year? Benzema will definitely come back after a while. I wish them success in the world cup.

It took a long time for Benzema to achieve the good he is seeing now. He had also been in a difficult situation a few years ago. But thanks to his hard work he managed to return to his best game and became a mainstay at Real Madrid. Likewise, now Real Madrid must look for players who have the potential and are also willing to work hard to achieve what they want. With hard work anything will become possible, because no matter how good a player is if he doesn't want to work hard they will sink very quickly. Actually Real Madrid have several players as strong as they are at the moment, but for now they cannot replace benzema.

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[jack05]

If Xavi can get Barcelona through to the last 16 of the Champions League then surely Xavi would be the perfect coach for Barcelona. But yes, there is still a second chance for Xavi, and hopefully Xavi can give his best for Barcelona in the Europa League and not like last season.

Xavi only becomes a perfect coach when he can win the titles.
If he only makes Barcelona qualifies for the next round in UCL, we can't call him 'perfect' yet. There is nothing special about it, there are many other coaches who can do it.
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In my opinion, Xavi is terrible as a coach and even if by some miracle he gets a super team at his disposal (as happened with Guardiola who got the golden team of Spain) with which he will receive titles, this will not be proof that he is perfect. To consider a coach great, you need to see his strategy, his flexibility (and not "put together a top team and play only plan A") and of course confirmation of his status in different clubs. I think Xavi is cosmically far from it.

Xavi is undoubtedly a blessing for Barcelona. He has many skills. An example of which is the current situation of Barcelona. What a great job Xavi has brought back the energy of the team. Despite not doing well in the Champions League, a coach can never do well.

[Minecache]

I am sure that won't be a problem for Real Madrid to sign an outstanding offender, it is still Real Madrid and one of the most prestigious clubs out there and they also have the financial resources. They might still be looking at Mbappe and I would expect them to become active during the next summer transfer period.

Real Madrid's target for Mbappe is an open secret. And until now Real Madrid have not succeeded in persuading Mbappe to wear their jersey. This we know that PSG's big dream to get the UEFA Champions League title has not been successful, so they still keep the best players to stay at the PSG club. And we also know that PSG's pockets are also very big, they are able to sign players with high values, so PSG can also keep Mbappe with a contract offer that is much bigger than others. Had Mbappe been at clubs with thin pockets, of course Real Madrid would have found a deal easily.

The moment anything between Real Madrid and Kylian Mbappé is brought up. right at that moment, PSG offers him an absolutely unbelievable amount of money which is quite impossible for any human being to reject.

The problem is even though Real Madrid does have a lot of things to show and offer for any young and potential player, and I am sure that Real Madrid has a lot more to offer to Killian Mbappé, it fades away when the money is shown from PSG. In PSG, he also has authority over the players. I wonder if he is willing to give that up just to go to Real Madrid.

[terrorJR]

In this case, Benzema is still very much needed, especially at this time there are still no players who are really able to make their attacks quality, especially in the instinct to score goals.
The problem is that Benzema's current condition is uncertain because if he is really fit I'm actually quite sure he can play like last season because looking at his current condition from just 7 matches he has been able to score 5 goals and this is of course still very good.

Benzema has proven that he deserves to remain the best in the Spanish league and the Ballon D'or is one proof that he is indeed the best, at this time Benzema performance at Madrid has not reached its peak like last season, while this season Benzema has only played 12 times in all competitions but his contribution is still quite large by scoring 6 goals, the decline in Benzema goal collection can not be separated from the injuries that continue to be experienced by Benzema, but I think if Benzema returns to  fit condition of course he will return to being a madrid predator .

With this, we know that currently Madrid can still quite rely on Benzema and he still deserves to be there, as evidenced by the current contract extension, even though it is only a short-term contract.
But I still believe that Ancelotti knows what they have to do, the condition of being dependent on Benzema at the moment is still possible but things like this won't last long considering that apart from age we also know that the performance of players is sometimes erratic so bringing in a striker as a replacement when Benzema is not around of course it will be very good. Even though there is still Hazard or Rodrygo, I personally feel that this is still very lacking for Madrid.

[Jody.Drummer]

In my opinion, Xavi is terrible as a coach and even if by some miracle he gets a super team at his disposal (as happened with Guardiola who got the golden team of Spain) with which he will receive titles, this will not be proof that he is perfect. To consider a coach great, you need to see his strategy, his flexibility (and not "put together a top team and play only plan A") and of course confirmation of his status in different clubs. I think Xavi is cosmically far from it.

Xavi is undoubtedly a blessing for Barcelona. He has many skills. An example of which is the current situation of Barcelona. What a great job Xavi has brought back the energy of the team. Despite not doing well in the Champions League, a coach can never do well.

Apart from the achievements that have not been achieved, it is undeniable that Xavi Hernandez's performance has made many changes to Barcelona's game. I think it's too naive to say that Xavi is a bad coach because he hasn't been able to win titles. He had only been here for a short time, and at that time the club was in a very deplorable and deplorable state. When he arrived, it did not immediately provide a significant improvement, but he proceeded very well even being able to bring Barcelona to a runner-up finish after many doubts against those who would not be able to qualify for at least one ticket in the Champions League.

[Maidak]

Ancelloti is well known for his experience as a manager in many years of service. It was a wise decision for Real Madrid to find suitable replacements in the midfield and to boost their options in the midfield also, now when Modric and Kroos get injured or face decline in their performance, they have the perfect replacements for them in that position.

Possibly in 2023 Real Madrid will have many new players to be bought by Real Madrid because they are currently considering professional players and already have plans to buy new players, Real Madrid must do that to strengthen their defense and attacking players.

There are so many so many rumours about transfers by real madrid. this will be done at the upcoming transfer season. Real madrid has been focusing into the some names that potentially to be the next successor for benzema. Real madrid already planned to buy some players. you might see some new talented players will come next year. Real madrid has a good defenders already and what real madrid needs is a pure striker like benzema who can contribute a lot to the team. Real madrid was in mission to win laliga. Barcelona currently still at the top and real madrid must have surpassed it before the end of season

Previously, Carlo Ancelotti had said that he had no intention of shopping for new players in January 2023, this was revealed at the end of last October. he had stated on several occasions, "we are not thinking about the winter transfer window, we are not interested in that" Acelotti said as reported by Sportsmole.

Madrid has indeed confirmed that it will not spend on new players, but that has not prevented rumors from emerging regarding the hunt for new players in January. the latest rumors circulating, Carlo Ancelotti is reported to have sent a request to the President of Los Blancos, Florentino Perez. Don Carlo has reportedly asked Los Blancos to recruit two strikers who are currently shining in the Italian Serie A League, Rafeel Leao and Victor Osimhen.
Real Madrid still has Karim Benzema as a mainstay of attack, but considering that he has entered 34 years of age in the twilight of his career. I'm sure Real Madrid will be hunting for new players in January.

I honestly think that if Real Madrid is planning to bring any player at all in this transfer market, it has to be a striker. And if that does happen, I think that striker is going to be Victor Osimhen.

Mbappe is obviously not coming because PSG got him into the team with money. Otherwise, I think he could have had a great thing going with Real Madrid.

For Benzema, it is possible that he will not be able to stay with Real Madrid for too long, or at least he may not be able to perform at the level that is expected of him. As a result, I actually think that Real Madrid plans on signing Victor Osimhen. And I think they should look for him in the transfer market, otherwise, it might actually be too late.

[JeromeTash]

Benzema has proven that he deserves to remain the best in the Spanish league and the Ballon D'or is one proof that he is indeed the best, at this time Benzema performance at Madrid has not reached its peak like last season, while this season Benzema has only played 12 times in all competitions but his contribution is still quite large by scoring 6 goals, the decline in Benzema goal collection can not be separated from the injuries that continue to be experienced by Benzema, but I think if Benzema returns to  fit condition of course he will return to being a madrid predator .

I also feel the endless injuries have affected the momentum of his form but whenever he plays, you get to realize why Real Madrid miss him so much.

We shouldn't also forget that Vini hasn't been himself this season. The partnership between him and big benz worked so well last season.

[sana54210]

For Benzema I am sure he will give his best in this season even upto next season. He still has the energy and the skills.  As for Tony he already announced that he wants to retire, I don't know if Real Madrid will persuade him to continue for one more season. For Modric I think he is older and needs a replacement. He might not have that strong spirit to possess a tough midfield anymore.

I believe that striker position is the only position left for their future and the rest is already done. Their defence is young enough to play another 3-5 more seasons, their midfield already got so many young superstars, the only place they cannot replace right now is Benzema.

They really wanted Mbappe because of this, because if they could get Mbappe somehow, that means Real will be dominating the world for another 10 years, with all the players they have, and they are going to just be ordinarily amazing at that point. If that’s not possible, then in that case I am assuming they are going to get someone that would be good, but not a big name like that.

[alpamar99]

I am %90 sure that Lewandowski got the card knowingly because he just wanted to rest until the world cup and didn't want to deal with travel and training and all that with an extra game. He just wanted to leave right away, get to Qatar maybe? Maybe not, but just wanted to rest and make sure that he is fully ready for the world cup. They can beat Mexico and Saudi Arabia, the only team that is better than them would be Argentina and they should be easily going to the next stage. Lewandowski wanted to probably rest a bit more so that he would play amazingly and maybe bring the team as further as possible thanks to some extra rest.

There are some assumptions that he did this on purpose so that he could rest more in preparation for the world cup because a red card for Lewandowski is a very rare moment, I don't even remember if he ever got it when he was at Bayern because last I know he got a red card. it was when he was in Dortmund.
But indeed, in this case, I didn't really think that far ahead, considering that no player wants his career to be slightly disrupted by deliberately doing something ridiculous like that.

[indah rezqi]

Benzema has proven that he deserves to remain the best in the Spanish league and the Ballon D'or is one proof that he is indeed the best, at this time Benzema performance at Madrid has not reached its peak like last season, while this season Benzema has only played 12 times in all competitions but his contribution is still quite large by scoring 6 goals, the decline in Benzema goal collection can not be separated from the injuries that continue to be experienced by Benzema, but I think if Benzema returns to  fit condition of course he will return to being a madrid predator

The pinnacle of Benzema's form at Real Madrid was last season, I don't see him doing much better this season than Lewandowski or some of the other players. I'm talking about goal stats, so of course Benzema has been down this season especially in Real Madrid's last 14 match in Laliga.

This season, Benzema has not scored a single goal in the Champions League from 4 appearances, but he has scored 5 goals and 1 assist from 7 appearances in Laliga. I can say that Benzema's form this season will not be as good as last season, but if he is fully fit and manages to come back in form then his goal stats are very likely to improve.

[SatoPrincess]

Benzema has proven that he deserves to remain the best in the Spanish league and the Ballon D'or is one proof that he is indeed the best, at this time Benzema performance at Madrid has not reached its peak like last season, while this season Benzema has only played 12 times in all competitions but his contribution is still quite large by scoring 6 goals, the decline in Benzema goal collection can not be separated from the injuries that continue to be experienced by Benzema, but I think if Benzema returns to  fit condition of course he will return to being a madrid predator

The pinnacle of Benzema's form at Real Madrid was last season, I don't see him doing much better this season than Lewandowski or some of the other players. I'm talking about goal stats, so of course Benzema has been down this season especially in Real Madrid's last 14 match in Laliga.

This season, Benzema has not scored a single goal in the Champions League from 4 appearances, but he has scored 5 goals and 1 assist from 7 appearances in Laliga. I can say that Benzema's form this season will not be as good as last season, but if he is fully fit and manages to come back in form then his goal stats are very likely to improve.

Benzema is possibly one of the best attacking players in the world today and his most recent achievements which is the Ballon D'or trophy says it all. He might not be the only goal scorer in the team and not the only player Madrid relies on to give them goals but his impact in the the team whenever he is on the pitch is outstanding, joint with the fact that he is a team player puts him at the top of the chain.

[Pulsar77]

I really wonder what Sevilla will do as long as they underperform like this.

They are still in a terrible condition in the La Liga now. It has become five weeks since they won their last match here. They just struggle in every kind of matches now. Maybe they would have been at least away from the relegation zone if they only lost to big teams. But they are still weak against most of the other teams too. This keeps them in the relegation zone. In addition, they are having big issues with red card these days. They got 4 yellow cards in their last 5 matches in the league. This is just too much. They shouldn't reflect their anger on the matches like this. Because this is just making things worse.

[Pokapoka124]

If Xavi can get Barcelona through to the last 16 of the Champions League then surely Xavi would be the perfect coach for Barcelona. But yes, there is still a second chance for Xavi, and hopefully Xavi can give his best for Barcelona in the Europa League and not like last season.

Xavi only becomes a perfect coach when he can win the titles.
If he only makes Barcelona qualifies for the next round in UCL, we can't call him 'perfect' yet. There is nothing special about it, there are many other coaches who can do it.
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In my opinion, Xavi is terrible as a coach and even if by some miracle he gets a super team at his disposal (as happened with Guardiola who got the golden team of Spain) with which he will receive titles, this will not be proof that he is perfect. To consider a coach great, you need to see his strategy, his flexibility (and not "put together a top team and play only plan A") and of course confirmation of his status in different clubs. I think Xavi is cosmically far from it.

I can't say much about Xavi as a coach, but judging by the team's performance I think their performance has been too bad. I know they had a poor run in the Champions league which got them eliminated in the group stages of the competition but they are doing a lot better in the league. I think his strategies are also not bad as they wouldn't be sitting at the top of the La liga table if that be the case. I think he should be given more time

[Furious 7]

Osimhen can be used as a target to fill the position occupied by Benzema. Nice appearance
with Napoli made Real Madrid really want to bring him. Real Madrid had to spend huge sums of money to sign Osimhen because he was listed as the most expensive player owned by Napoli.

It's not only Real Madrid who want Osimhen Manchester United are keeping an eye on the Napoli striker Osimhen because Ten Hag has been lured by him and he wants to bring in to replace Ronaldo up front so I think Real Madrid won't be easy for this they have to be able to negotiate on Osimhen Which club do you want, of course, from our point of view, Real Madrid is the goal because it's a very stable club in any competition, while Manchester United are still trying to build a squad by bringing in lots of players.
I'm sure Real Madrid will definitely have full hopes on this player but at least we'll see further rumors after the world cup is over.

This will make it exciting because apart from Osimhen's choice whether to continue at Napoli or choose a new path for his career, this will also be a big club war with lots of money.
Madrid's condition doesn't need to be questioned about money because they are still very strong financially but of course if they don't bring in Osimhen at a high price it will be an opportunity for other big clubs to approach this young player.
The 100 million clause is nothing for Madrid but there will definitely be a lot of hurdles in this transfer.

[baeva]

The reason is obvious - for too long the same man has been in the head coaching position. Maybe he thinks he can still coach with dignity, or maybe he just clung to the position. If the second option, then it's obvious that the strategies have run out. They will be repeated anyway, they just need some turnover.

It can be said that Simeone has been at Atletico for too long now because he has coached for more than a decade but now he still has no intention of leaving his position even though in the last 2 seasons they have not been very good.
I think even if you increase the number of players you want, if the scheme is still the same, the result will be the same. Simeone needs to change their old tactic which is easy to read now if he wants to continue coaching.

That's what I was saying, that for a long time all the tactics that have been - exhausted, his style of play is already understood by absolutely everyone. From bright examples I remember only the long coaching of Wenger, who coached for almost 20 years and his last seasons at the helm were not very good. History repeats itself...

[herurist]

Real Madrid is not in for.any joke this season and if their continue to play in the present level, their will take home the championship cup this season even becoming top in the La Liga this year.

Of course they wouldn't be kidding especially in this case they are the defending champions now.
The reason many people are now is because the 2 matches against Rayo and Girona didn't go well. even though things like this can be considered normal because in one season there are definitely several matches that will not be lucky for them.
The problem at the moment with last season is different. This season, the competitiveness is felt more because Barcelona is in a good trend so that when Madrid make a mistake, it will definitely be said to have shortcomings.

[indah rezqi]

Benzema is possibly one of the best attacking players in the world today and his most recent achievements which is the Ballon D'or trophy says it all. He might not be the only goal scorer in the team and not the only player Madrid relies on to give them goals but his impact in the the team whenever he is on the pitch is outstanding, joint with the fact that he is a team player puts him at the top of the chain.

There is absolutely no doubt about Benzema's quality, but his achievements last season do not seem to have really supported his performance this season mainly due to his unfit condition. Benzema is a player who can get the team excited in a match, this is evident when Real Madrid's performance is not good and not aggressive without him. I'm happy with him, but this season hasn't been smooth for him.

Benzema will not repeat his Ballon D'or win this season as another player appears more likely to replace him. As for who is the best, I think we will find out when we enter the World Cup final and Champions League final this season.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Real Madrid are in good form and good spirit at the moment but with all these said,we forget to ask ourselves this question which is "isn't it possible for Madrid to fall out in the last lap and lose the title"?
IMO I think injuries can make them go slow,losing games when it matters the most.

Looking at that team,they are good but if there are no fresh legs to make some of the regular starters to rest it could cost them badly, because if you look at it this way almost all the first 11 are starters in their national side.
I think by January the manager has a better plan to either get like one or two players in or have to deal with what he have.

[Prince Malik]

Real Madrid are in good form and good spirit at the moment but with all these said,we forget to ask ourselves this question which is "isn't it possible for Madrid to fall out in the last lap and lose the title"?
IMO I think injuries can make them go slow,losing games when it matters the most.

Looking at that team,they are good but if there are no fresh legs to make some of the regular starters to rest it could cost them badly, because if you look at it this way almost all the first 11 are starters in their national side.
I think by January the manager has a better plan to either get like one or two players in or have to deal with what he have.

Real Madrid mission to conserve the title will be really hard in my opinion, the team must avoid losing any point to catch Barcelona at the first place then keeping the first place, Barcelona already out from the champions league so they will surely make all the efforts to win la liga title and that's what will make their mission even harder

[Alisha-k]

Real Madrid are in good form and good spirit at the moment but with all these said,we forget to ask ourselves this question which is "isn't it possible for Madrid to fall out in the last lap and lose the title"?
IMO I think injuries can make them go slow,losing games when it matters the most.

Looking at that team,they are good but if there are no fresh legs to make some of the regular starters to rest it could cost them badly, because if you look at it this way almost all the first 11 are starters in their national side.
I think by January the manager has a better plan to either get like one or two players in or have to deal with what he have.

Real Madrid mission to conserve the title will be really hard in my opinion, the team must avoid losing any point to catch Barcelona at the first place then keeping the first place, Barcelona already out from the champions league so they will surely make all the efforts to win la liga title and that's what will make their mission even harder

Barcelona are full of disappointment so it will be so unwise relying on them. The fell out of the champions league sake of some careless mistakes and overzealousness. Madrid is confident of their team Ancelotti is not planning on any new signings because he has so much confident on what he can achieve with the team he has. It will just be a matter of few more weeks after the world cup for the table to take a different look.