La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Action Gamble]

Wow, what a game! But who thought that it will be easy. Januzay almost killed us in extra time. And ter Stegen was hero of penalty shootout.
We're going into final and I just hope that Messi will be able to play in it.

if you guys didn't bet on Barcelona to win The penalty shootouts you're crazy, i always trust Ter Stegen and i think he's one of the best goalkeepers right now, next to Oblak of course in La liga, Stegen gave Barca the win today after saving the first three penalties.

[Prince Malik]

Wow, what a game! But who thought that it will be easy. Januzay almost killed us in extra time. And ter Stegen was hero of penalty shootout.
We're going into final and I just hope that Messi will be able to play in it.

if you guys didn't bet on Barcelona to win The penalty shootouts you're crazy, i always trust Ter Stegen and i think he's one of the best goalkeepers right now, next to Oblak of course in La liga, Stegen gave Barca the win today after saving the first three penalties.

Let me say that ter stegen save barcelona from a nightmar bacause losing the super cup in the sumi final would be a very bad thing that can happned to barcelona in such a season with many problems

[kawetsriyanto]

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Yes, it is true. We cannot deny that Real Madrid can survive as a big team in La Liga because they have strong defenders and Midfielders. If Ramos and Marcelo leave the team, also Modric to be sold then, it is a big problem for Real Madrid. As a team, a strong striker will be nothing if they have weak defenders and midfielders. I think it is better to sell other players who mostly spend their time on the bench. For example Jovic, Vázquez, Díaz, or Fernández.

[MCobian]

Wow, what a game! But who thought that it will be easy. Januzay almost killed us in extra time. And ter Stegen was hero of penalty shootout.
We're going into final and I just hope that Messi will be able to play in it.

if you guys didn't bet on Barcelona to win The penalty shootouts you're crazy, i always trust Ter Stegen and i think he's one of the best goalkeepers right now, next to Oblak of course in La liga, Stegen gave Barca the win today after saving the first three penalties.

Of course before the match started I bet on Barcelona's victory, it turned out that the match had to be finished through a penalty shootout. I very
much confident in Marc-Andre ter Stegen's ability to save Sociedad's several penalty takers, it turned out that my guess was right. Finally, Ter Stegen
managed to become the man of the match by successfully blocking 3 penalty kicks from Sociedad players.

Congratulations to Barcelona getting into the final, waiting for the results of the match from Real Madrid vs Bilbao to be able to find out who will be
Barcelona's opponents in the final. It is possible that Real Madrid can beat Bilbao and meet Barcelona in the final.

[Xxmodded]

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Yes, it is true. We cannot deny that Real Madrid can survive as a big team in La Liga because they have strong defenders and Midfielders. If Ramos and Marcelo leave the team, also Modric to be sold then, it is a big problem for Real Madrid. As a team, a strong striker will be nothing if they have weak defenders and midfielders. I think it is better to sell other players who mostly spend their time on the bench. For example Jovic, Vázquez, Díaz, or Fernández.

Big problem if Ramos, Modric left Real Madrid in this season because best defender and midfielder gone and make Real Madrid have looking complicated player and need more time like Hazard could be the same vision with Real Madrid playing, I know Real Madrid look close with David Alaba Bayern Munich defender but I think Ramos should stay at Real Madrid two season later and give more trophy because right now he was legend for Real Madrid

[slaman29]

Scraped through that game we did. I mean I thought we'd actually go on to win it but there you go, sloppy and somehow just desperate whenever we have Griezmann, it's like we're fighting to keep afloat. Still, we live to see another round in the cup. Back to La Liga now. Ter Stegen should feel confident after that experience!

[kassex]

I think this is the year for Atletico Madrid to be the champion after years. If they manage to win their missing three matches, they will have a big advantage on the road going to the championship. Their first opponent on these matches is Sevilla. Sevilla can fight back against Atletico but I think Atletico will be the winner.

With one point above Real Madrid and having three games to complete, it looks like they should be able to collect at least 4 points to stay away from Madrid. If there are no serious injuries for the Atletico players, they can be a very solid team and can get the La-Liga trophy. But the League still having about 10+ games before  we knows who the league champions., the transfer window is still open, it is not impossible for Real Madrid to become more stronger.

Madrid will not buy anyone, since they have a goal to buy Mbappe. On the contrary, Real Madrid will sell or send on loan a couple of players. This year Real Madrid will have a player sale. Marcelo, Lucas Vazquez, Jovic and others will leave the team. who will come is unknown. It seems to me that Zidane does not know how his team will look and play in the future and is just experimenting.

If players like Marcelo and Ramos leave Real Madrid, Mbappe will not be able to make up for the lack of Ramos and Marcelo. Real Madrid will have to suffer for a long time if Ramos and Marcelo are left out. The main reason Real has been playing well without a good striker so far is because their defens and midfields were strong enough. Now Zidane is strengthening the forward lineup, making the midfield and defense worse in return.

The midfielder of Madrid for a long time is Cross, Modric and Casemiro. In the defense of Ramos and Varan. Marcelo has already lost the competition to Mendy. Ramos is 34 years old and has not yet renewed his contract. Ramos will not play forever and he already needs to look for a replacement, like many other players. It is impossible to pull with this. But Zidane does not trust the young. It is possible that a different coach will build a new team.

[ampere]

Hard win today for Barcelona againts real sociedad in the penalities also show how bad are Barcelona this season but at least they passed to the final...real Madrid will play againts belbao and i wish to see another classico in the final

Yes you are right lol, Hard win against a Sociedad side that has not won in almost 11 games already this season; proves how much Koeman struggles to bring the best out of this side. A scapy penalty win thanks to Ter Stegen penalty shoot out heroics. Will Barcelona continue like this ? or have better performances soon ?

Madrid should also get a win at home to Bilbao; should be tough, but a 2-1 / 3-2 victory is on the cards.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Atletico Madrid are going to play an away game against Eibar next week. Atletico are the leader with 41 points and Eibar are the 15th with 19 points. Eibar got only 1 win and 3 losses on their last 5 matches. Atletico won all of their last 5 matches. Eibar are one of the worst teams on home games and I think this will be another easy game for Atletico.

[acquafredda]

Definitely impressed by Atlético Madrid in the last few weeks. It is a pleasure to watch them play and I am very happy for Diego Simeone too. I used to like him very much as a player but I must admit he is way better as a football manager. Los Colchoneros will keep running in the league and it would be almost impossible to guess a game in which they are going to lose: getting one of those games can result in a jackpot.

[Iranus]

Definitely impressed by Atlético Madrid in the last few weeks. It is a pleasure to watch them play and I am very happy for Diego Simeone too. I used to like him very much as a player but I must admit he is way better as a football manager. Los Colchoneros will keep running in the league and it would be almost impossible to guess a game in which they are going to lose: getting one of those games can result in a jackpot.

Atletico Madrid has been great in every match this season. They are playing very good football. Great strategy and a bunch of talented players. If they can continue this trend, they will undoubtedly be the champions of this season

[Spack17]

Definitely impressed by Atlético Madrid in the last few weeks. It is a pleasure to watch them play and I am very happy for Diego Simeone too. I used to like him very much as a player but I must admit he is way better as a football manager. Los Colchoneros will keep running in the league and it would be almost impossible to guess a game in which they are going to lose: getting one of those games can result in a jackpot.

Atletico Madrid are having a far better season compared to their toughest opponents like Real Madrid and Barcelona. They play most of their matches like their championship match. It is like they won't lose in the next matches. I hope they will be the champions this season.

[LTU_btc]

Real Madrid is in big problem at halftime, they are losing to Athletic 2:0. Two big mistakes by Lucas Vazquez cost Real Madrid 2 goals. I said yesterday that's not going to be easy game for Real, but they still have 45 minutes to make comeback.

[snipie]

Real Madrid is in big problem at halftime, they are losing to Athletic 2:0. Two big mistakes by Lucas Vazquez cost Real Madrid 2 goals. I said yesterday that's not going to be easy game for Real, but they still have 45 minutes to make comeback.

With 1 goal to 0, the possibility of comeback is high but now with 2 goals it is unlikely for Real to win this... They need to tie in the first half then try to score in the extra time otherwise Barca will face Bilbao this Sunday!

[AakZaki]

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But Zidane does not trust the young. It is possible that a different coach will build a new team.

Are you expecting Zidane to leave? I think coach Zidane is good, it's just that he has a lot of pressure at the club. I believe the starting line-up in Madrid is not in balance. This is evident from several matches they lost because their core players suffered injuries. The league standings and champion ambition make him fight to always want to win every game. So he wants the perfect team in every game. If he doesn't field his young players, it's only a matter of time. If you look at it it has happened even if only one or two young players are in a game. I hope Zidane can take advantage of the transfer market.

[LTU_btc]

With 1 goal to 0, the possibility of comeback is high but now with 2 goals it is unlikely for Real to win this... They need to tie in the first half then try to score in the extra time otherwise Barca will face Bilbao this Sunday!

They were really close to make comeback, but Athletic survived. They had some bad luck - they hit post and crossbar twice. One of their goals was cancelled after VAR review. It's probably 3rd time in last 2 games when Benzema scored from offside.
We will have Barcelona - Athletic in the final on Sunday, should be interesting. Not bad chance for Barca to get trophy after previous trophyless season, but it's gonna be tough.

[BITCOIN4X]

Are you expecting Zidane to leave? I think coach Zidane is good, it's just that he has a lot of pressure at the club.

Even though I am not a Madrid supporter, I like Zinedine Zidane to coach Madrid for a long time. He is the perfect coach for Madrid, has had a lot of success with him in Madrid, the fans and club management should be aware of that.
Not achieve a title at the end of the season does not necessarily mean he is a failed coach, sometimes the composition of the players in the team also greatly determines the course of the season.

[Darkoth89]

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But Zidane does not trust the young. It is possible that a different coach will build a new team.

Are you expecting Zidane to leave? I think coach Zidane is good, it's just that he has a lot of pressure at the club. I believe the starting line-up in Madrid is not in balance. This is evident from several matches they lost because their core players suffered injuries. The league standings and champion ambition make him fight to always want to win every game. So he wants the perfect team in every game. If he doesn't field his young players, it's only a matter of time. If you look at it it has happened even if only one or two young players are in a game. I hope Zidane can take advantage of the transfer market.

I totally agree with you that Real should start rejuvenating the team. But it's easier said then done to include younger players. Dortmund for example focuses a lot on very young players but with all the young talents they still aren't really favourites for titles. And Real always wants to be in the top 5 of the world so they rather trust old(er) player that brought them the success in the past. And to just go on a shopping spree on the transfer market now doesn't necessarily bring success and is damn risky. Especially during the corona crisis.  (Jovic for example is a young player but was a huge disappointment given how much they spent on him)

However since they lost their semi final today and are already way behind Atletico in the league (even with 2 more matches played), I am sure the officials at Real will want to make quite some changes this summer. Maybe Mbappe and/or Camavinga? Together with Ødegaard, Vinícius Júnior, Rodrygo, Kubo (currently on loan) these players could form a great team.

[snipie]

With 1 goal to 0, the possibility of comeback is high but now with 2 goals it is unlikely for Real to win this... They need to tie in the first half then try to score in the extra time otherwise Barca will face Bilbao this Sunday!

They were really close to make comeback, but Athletic survived. They had some bad luck - they hit post and crossbar twice. One of their goals was cancelled after VAR review. It's probably 3rd time in last 2 games when Benzema scored from offside.
We will have Barcelona - Athletic in the final on Sunday, should be interesting. Not bad chance for Barca to get trophy after previous trophyless season, but it's gonna be tough.

Vasquez faults cost them this game imo. Defense is a major weakness in Real Madrid yet Zidane seems unable to fix it correctly, dunno how they will perform once Ramos is out.. Yeah Real Madrid was close to tie (at least) in the second half but Bilbao won the game. Good luck for them vs Barca which is hungry for a trophy!

[kawetsriyanto]

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Correct. It is what I also think about them. It is too risky if Real Madrid sells Ramos and one of their best midfielders. Ramos, Marcelo, and Modric are the key players, they are irreplaceable. I doubt Real Madrid will lose its power if those players leave Real Madrid. If Real Madrid wants to have a younger squad, it shouldn't directly sell all key players. It is very important to make sure the team won't lose the balance significantly.