La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Cryptmuster]

I saw a video recently online, a mimicking video of Bellingham showing how he scores most of his goals in Real Madrid. I just smiled and assume it is just normal hatred from opponent fans. I think it doesn’t matter how he scores the goal, what matters is him getting to score the goal and hovering victory to his team. If he was never in all those positions to kick the ball inside the net no matter how he scores the goal, the accolades won’t be on him now but in the person that scores those goal. He is a midfielder that no one expected to be scoring goals this much and has to be on his debut season. It is just so fascinating and I respect him for that, Real Madrid have really gotten a long term player to enjoy in that midfield.

Real Madrid have an attacking model of play, and Bellingham is an attacking midfielder, he is very often in a good position from which to score and he does it well. Perhaps in some other teams it would be more difficult for him to do this so well, but in Real Madrid he has excellent support, this is also very important. Moreover, he had to be more in attack when Vinicius was absent, although it seems that his presence does not prevent him from scoring goals at all.

[hyudien]

One of Real Madrid's talented midfielders, Eduardo Camavinga, has signed a new contract with a long-term contract extension. This includes an increase in his salary as well as a release clause of 1 billion euros. This is the right step that Real Madrid has taken to secure the services of this talented French player and they certainly don't want any other team trying to touch him. Fans are certainly very happy to hear this news because he is a midfielder who can also play as a left back when needed. Ancelotti will always maximize all of Camavinga's potential for this season and into the future. Camavinga's contract duration is until 2028 and that proves he really loves this club.

I totally agree and that way Real Madrid will continue to have potential players for a long time. Camavinga is a versatile player and is able to play in any position Ancelotti gives him. There are not many young players with abilities on all sides and we even know that Camavinga can be a goalkeeping option if the main goalkeeper gets a red card. I wouldn't doubt Camavinga quality so far. Madrid took the right steps and set a high release price in order to keep this player in Madrid. After all for Camavinga he loves the Madrid club so there is no reason for him to leave.

[klidex]

Yes that's right, one of the youngest players has a good performance in every match, of course this has a good impact on Real Madrid and Carlo Ancelotti finally revealed the secret of the sharpness of a Jude Bellingham. He explained that Bellingham did not have a definite position in the Real Madrid squad formation. Bellingham only joined Madrid in the summer of 2023 at a high price when he bought it from Borussia Dortmund. The English midfielder immediately performed beyond expectations because Bellingham appeared ferocious in front of the opponent's goal so far he has packed 10 goals in 10 matches, Bellingham's presence made Karim Benzema's departure not felt. Bellingham can threaten the opponent's defense from any position he wants to say Ancelotti gave him a freerole even Ancelotti said Real Madrid was very lucky to be able to bring Bellingham.

And there is also Vinicius who always performs optimally in every match but Vini's contract with Real Madrid will expire in 2024. as a result, many top European clubs have begun to take steps to hijack it but Vinicius has reportedly locked his new contract with Real Madrid.

recruiting Jude Bellingham from Dortmund at a high price is indeed a successful Real Madrid recruitment because Jude Bellingham has shown amazing performances at Real Madrid so far, indeed Jude Bellingham can play multiplayer because he can be a midfielder as well as a striker, when Vinicius Jr is injured and has not yet Being able to return to the club slightly affected Real Madrid's performance but with Jude Bellingham he was able to maintain the club's condition with his extraordinary performance together with Juselu.
Now Vinicius Jr is back and the combination of the three of them will make Real Madrid's defense stronger and have the potential to win the UCL and La Liga titles again this season.

[BALIK]

I saw a video recently online, a mimicking video of Bellingham showing how he scores most of his goals in Real Madrid. I just smiled and assume it is just normal hatred from opponent fans. I think it doesn’t matter how he scores the goal, what matters is him getting to score the goal and hovering victory to his team. If he was never in all those positions to kick the ball inside the net no matter how he scores the goal, the accolades won’t be on him now but in the person that scores those goal. He is a midfielder that no one expected to be scoring goals this much and has to be on his debut season. It is just so fascinating and I respect him for that, Real Madrid have really gotten a long term player to enjoy in that midfield.

Real Madrid have an attacking model of play, and Bellingham is an attacking midfielder, he is very often in a good position from which to score and he does it well. Perhaps in some other teams it would be more difficult for him to do this so well, but in Real Madrid he has excellent support, this is also very important. Moreover, he had to be more in attack when Vinicius was absent, although it seems that his presence does not prevent him from scoring goals at all.

I never considered Vinicius to be a top striker. So far he is an average striker. Vinicius does not have the ability to score a lot. He has played in 6 matches this season in La Liga with Madrid, scoring just two goals. He scored just 10 goals in 33 games last season. A team like Madrid needs a more experienced striker than Vini.

Bellingham scored 8 goals in 8 games. Bellingham's presence was quite visible in every match. Madrid's overall performance is very stable as a result of consistently outperforming Bellingham. And the team is slowly becoming dependent on Bellingham's performance. However, if Kross, Modric and Bellingham can maintain their consistency, Real Madrid will be able to retain the top spot in the table.

[Velvet78]

Mendilibar's time has ended at Sevilla recently and Diego Alonso has been appointed to the manager position. Sevilla have started to change their manager very often in the recent times. Sampaoli, Mendilibar and now Diego Alonso... I don't believe this is a good action to take for a team.

Because the system mostly changes and the players have to adapt to the new one every time. They have to get along with the new manager as well. Rather than that I think Sevilla should have given it some time. They won the Europa League title with Mendilibar in the end.

[Cryptmuster]

I never considered Vinicius to be a top striker. So far he is an average striker. Vinicius does not have the ability to score a lot. He has played in 6 matches this season in La Liga with Madrid, scoring just two goals. He scored just 10 goals in 33 games last season. A team like Madrid needs a more experienced striker than Vini.

Bellingham scored 8 goals in 8 games. Bellingham's presence was quite visible in every match. Madrid's overall performance is very stable as a result of consistently outperforming Bellingham. And the team is slowly becoming dependent on Bellingham's performance. However, if Kross, Modric and Bellingham can maintain their consistency, Real Madrid will be able to retain the top spot in the table.

Vinicius has very good quality, which is very valuable in a striker, he is able to keep the opponent's defense in suspense, thereby drawing some of the players towards himself. Of course, the forward must score goals, but also, Vinicius does a lot of work with the ball and gives assists. Now he has become a very important player for Real Madrid, and after Benzema left, this became even more important for the team. Bellinge and Joselu also fit into the team perfectly.

[Ahli38]

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But we also have to look at Girona's overall performance this season and last season, there has been a tremendous improvement in this team, apart from those who have not been able to compete or fight against strong La Liga teams, but for this season, what is Girona doing? is already good enough and they just need to maintain their consistency to remain at the top of the La Liga standings.

And in my opinion, Guler, who is highly respected by the media, makes him burdened and even the injuries that often haunt him make this player's career questionable. I don't think there should be too high expectations for this young player.

What is surprising about Girona is that they did so after only their second season since being promoted to La Liga last season. Girona lost 15 of 38 matches last season, the rest they won 13 matches and drew 10 times. Of course this is something special about them, but people still have doubts about their ability to maintain their performance.

So far Girona has achieved 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat and that is truly extraordinary. I'm sure they will decline as time goes by when other strong teams start to get their best performance. Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona and several other teams of course still have a greater chance of winning against Girona, so I'm not sure Girona will compete closely in the top 4.

You are right that this season is Girona's second in Laliga after being promoted. But in the first season they were promoted in Laliga, it turned out they had shown quite good things. And ending the season ranked in the top 10 is an achievement that should be appreciated. And even this season we can see that Girona seems to have the potential to have a better ranking.

I also doubt that Girona will be able to stay in the top 4 until the end of the season but I believe Girona will most likely stay in the top 10 again. Or even in the top 6. But when the strong teams in the league return to their best performance, that's when Girona might slowly be shifted and experience a decline in the standings.

[Jody.Drummer]

Mendilibar's time has ended at Sevilla recently and Diego Alonso has been appointed to the manager position. Sevilla have started to change their manager very often in the recent times. Sampaoli, Mendilibar and now Diego Alonso... I don't believe this is a good action to take for a team.

Because the system mostly changes and the players have to adapt to the new one every time. They have to get along with the new manager as well. Rather than that I think Sevilla should have given it some time. They won the Europa League title with Mendilibar in the end.

We cannot look at a player's ability from one side only, but we must be able to see how the player contributes to the game in his club. Vini is not a player who scores goals in every game, but his play as a team contributes greatly to Real Madrid. Maybe this season he's also declined a little bit, but slowly he can also slowly find his game again and that's good for a player.
This is also a normal thing, as long as the decline is not for a long time, or in other words, the player can quickly find his game again.

[AakZaki]

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What Xavi Hernandez did for Lamine Yamal, namely not letting him play the full 90 minutes like in the match against Granada, is good for me and needs to be continued in other matches in order to keep Lamine Yamal from being on the list of other injured players.

If Barcelona has Lamine Yamal, I am actually waiting for Real Madrid with Guller. I am quite curious about his abilities, because looking at some videos he has a pretty good technique. But he was injured and has yet to make his official debut. Of course, Xavi must maintain the stability of the team. Xavi doesn't seem to want to rely on one player. So they have options in every player's position. So when there are players who are injured, they will not play badly.

[imamusma]

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What Xavi Hernandez did for Lamine Yamal, namely not letting him play the full 90 minutes like in the match against Granada, is good for me and needs to be continued in other matches in order to keep Lamine Yamal from being on the list of other injured players.

If Barcelona has Lamine Yamal, I am actually waiting for Real Madrid with Guller. I am quite curious about his abilities, because looking at some videos he has a pretty good technique. But he was injured and has yet to make his official debut. Of course, Xavi must maintain the stability of the team. Xavi doesn't seem to want to rely on one player. So they have options in every player's position. So when there are players who are injured, they will not play badly.

Will Arda Guler follow in Hazard footsteps at Real Madrid, who continues to suffer from injuries, so to date he has not made his debut after being recruited from Fenerbahce. After playing several matches on the pre-season tour yesterday, many said that the Turkish player had qualities like Mesut Ozil. If you look at the transfermarkt data, Guler will be available again on October 16, it looks like Ancelotti will not take the risk of giving him a debut in the near future.

Yamal has full trust from Xavi to play in Barcelona main squad, seeing him play in several matches with Barcelona. Yamal really has talent and has great potential. Of course he has to develop better to secure a place in the main squad in the future, Xavi now has the rotation options he needs and it doesn't cost anything to recruit him.

[asriloni]

One of Real Madrid's talented midfielders, Eduardo Camavinga, has signed a new contract with a long-term contract extension. This includes an increase in his salary as well as a release clause of 1 billion euros. This is the right step that Real Madrid has taken to secure the services of this talented French player and they certainly don't want any other team trying to touch him. Fans are certainly very happy to hear this news because he is a midfielder who can also play as a left back when needed. Ancelotti will always maximize all of Camavinga's potential for this season and into the future. Camavinga's contract duration is until 2028 and that proves he really loves this club.

Camavinga was a potential midfielder but the thing saddened me if he had been forced to play as defender instead of midfielder. Camavinga is playing for one of best club in the world. Leaving from real madrid is a big mistake for him.
Im sure that if he was aware about the potential owned by this club. Real madrid has a very strong attackers right now. The club is just need to put more effort in building the best defensive line like when ramos and pepe are still playing for real madrid.
Camavinga has his soul for real madrid. No doubt if he was not even trying to deny the new offer from real madrid. Camavinga really enjoy to play for real madrid.
Glad to see him extending his contract till 2028 and it's the best choice for his career. Madrid needs to recruit a great striker and it will be fully completed its puzzle. Madrid is ready in winning la liga and UCL.

[QueenVera]

 If Barcelona has Lamine Yamal, I am actually waiting for Real Madrid with Guller. I am quite curious about his abilities, because looking at some videos he has a pretty good technique. But he was injured and has yet to make his official debut. Of course, Xavi must maintain the stability of the team. Xavi doesn't seem to want to rely on one player. So they have options in every player's position. So when there are players who are injured, they will not play badly.

The Turkish born attacking midfielder is a very talented player, I've seen some videos of him playing for his former club at Fenerbahçe and just like Lamine Yamal he's very talented and skillful and suits Realmadrid game plan very well, when i see him he reminds me of Ozil during his time at Realmadrid, also he's had impressive stats at his former club and really impressed Madrid scouts and I believe that's why Ancelotti couldn't think twice but to bring in the youngster that would last them for long term.

 Too bad injury could let us see what he's made of, this season, but there's news that he's back into the training ground and we could see him in action in a Madrid shirt sooner, however the last time he played in a Madrid shirt was against Manchester United in pre-season friendlies though he didn't score or give an assist but his performance was great and he contributed to the teams success in winning the game.

[Adams0001]

One of Real Madrid's talented midfielders, Eduardo Camavinga, has signed a new contract with a long-term contract extension. This includes an increase in his salary as well as a release clause of 1 billion euros. This is the right step that Real Madrid has taken to secure the services of this talented French player and they certainly don't want any other team trying to touch him. Fans are certainly very happy to hear this news because he is a midfielder who can also play as a left back when needed. Ancelotti will always maximize all of Camavinga's potential for this season and into the future. Camavinga's contract duration is until 2028 and that proves he really loves this club.

Camavinga has shown the fans how much he loves Real Madrid and is a good midfielder, and he can play anywhere Ancelotti puts him and he will perform very well his performance last season was great he helped the clubs last season is a very talented player is not all young players that will perform how is doing in Real Madrid, I think Ancelotti should be playing Camavinga in the left back his performance is good in that position very well last season, Since Real Madrid still has Modric and Kross, he should continue to play Camavinga in the left back position so that Madrid's midfielders are stronger. Real Madrid has agreed to terms of Valerde's new contract, which is set to expire in 2028. I believe Real Madrid will be confident enough that they will continue to do things better and better, they will simply look for a striker who is very talented and can score many goals like Benzema.

Mendilibar's time has ended at Sevilla recently and Diego Alonso has been appointed to the manager position. Sevilla have started to change their manager very often in the recent times. Sampaoli, Mendilibar and now Diego Alonso... I don't believe this is a good action to take for a team.

Because the system mostly changes and the players have to adapt to the new one every time. They have to get along with the new manager as well. Rather than that I think Sevilla should have given it some time. They won the Europa League title with Mendilibar in the end.

We cannot look at a player's ability from one side only, but we must be able to see how the player contributes to the game in his club. Vini is not a player who scores goals in every game, but his play as a team contributes greatly to Real Madrid. Maybe this season he's also declined a little bit, but slowly he can also slowly find his game again and that's good for a player.
This is also a normal thing, as long as the decline is not for a long time, or in other words, the player can quickly find his game again.

Exactly vini jr is not a player who scores goals at any time, his dedication and concern is to assist players to score goals, as seen in the last two seasons and last season how he used to contribute for players like Benzema, he gives many assists and that helped real madrid win champions league last two seasons with Liverpool, vini Jr is a good and talented player who contributes in any of the matches he plays, now Bellingham is in form with Real Madrid and is helping the club very well, Bellingham has been a terrific purchase for Real Madrid scoring goals in many matches and being the top scorer in the La Liga division. I am confident he will win the Golden Boot because Lewandowski is not in good form and is currently injured.

[BlackBoss_]

The Turkish born attacking midfielder is a very talented player, I've seen some videos of him playing for his former club at Fenerbahçe and just like Lamine Yamal he's very talented

Yamal is young and is a big discovery of Barcelona in this season but after some painful stories with Krkic, Dos Santos and Ansu Fati, Barcelona will have to use Yamal carefully and they must have detailed plan to use this youth player. They can use him, allow him to play and get experience but they must protect the youth player too.

skillful and suits Realmadrid game plan very well, when i see him he reminds me of Ozil during his time at Realmadrid, also he's had impressive stats at his former club and really impressed Madrid scouts and I believe that's why Ancelotti couldn't think twice but to bring in the youngster that would last them for long term.

Did you miss remember that Yamal is a player of Barcelona, not of Real Madrid?

Camavinga was a potential midfielder but the thing saddened me if he had been forced to play as defender instead of midfielder. Camavinga is playing for one of best club in the world. Leaving from real madrid is a big mistake for him.
Im sure that if he was aware about the potential owned by this club. Real madrid has a very strong attackers right now. The club is just need to put more effort in building the best defensive line like when ramos and pepe are still playing for real madrid.
Camavinga has his soul for real madrid. No doubt if he was not even trying to deny the new offer from real madrid. Camavinga really enjoy to play for real madrid.

Camavinga is like a new Pogba for France but this lad is more professional than Pogba and his attitude can help he improves himself more as well as can have a long career and be more helpful for any team he plays for.

Camavinga can sacrifice his favorite position to play at any position required by Carlo Ancelotti and he has very good skill set to play at different position. His professional and attitude allow him to make more contributions for his team and it seems he cares more about the team than about himself. He is a good player and in the last three seasons, he has been growing up so good in Real Madrid.

[Sebas.tian]

One of Real Madrid's talented midfielders, Eduardo Camavinga, has signed a new contract with a long-term contract extension. This includes an increase in his salary as well as a release clause of 1 billion euros. This is the right step that Real Madrid has taken to secure the services of this talented French player and they certainly don't want any other team trying to touch him. Fans are certainly very happy to hear this news because he is a midfielder who can also play as a left back when needed. Ancelotti will always maximize all of Camavinga's potential for this season and into the future. Camavinga's contract duration is until 2028 and that proves he really loves this club.

I have seen many reasons in this season, that will make Real Madrid to win this la Liga league title this season because their management always like to use money to maintain their potential players and to make them happy in a way they will be more active in their various positions to attract good result at the end of the tournament. I believe Real Madrid midfield will be more solid since they have increased Eduardo salary, and also gave him a long Contract till 2028 , I think it will give him more opportunities to make the midfield more function for the favour of Real Madrid players. It was a great celebration in the camp of Real Madrid when the news was broadcasted to the different social media, and it will give people more confident to always predict for the favour of Real Madrid.

[Razmirraz]

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What Xavi Hernandez did for Lamine Yamal, namely not letting him play the full 90 minutes like in the match against Granada, is good for me and needs to be continued in other matches in order to keep Lamine Yamal from being on the list of other injured players.

If Barcelona has Lamine Yamal, I am actually waiting for Real Madrid with Guller. I am quite curious about his abilities, because looking at some videos he has a pretty good technique. But he was injured and has yet to make his official debut. Of course, Xavi must maintain the stability of the team. Xavi doesn't seem to want to rely on one player. So they have options in every player's position. So when there are players who are injured, they will not play badly.

Guler failed to make his debut with Real Madrid due to an injury suffered while training with Real Madrid. He is a talented player, he also managed to enter the main squad with his old club because he has quite good playing techniques. So far the public has only watched videos of him defending Fenerbahce, he has not been able to prove anything while officially being a Real Madrid player.
Now Xavi is finding it difficult to balance the team after many of Barcelona core players were injured, Xavi is starting to urge Barcelona to immediately bring in Vitor Roque to maintain balance on the front line.

[BRINIRHA]

Mendilibar's time has ended at Sevilla recently and Diego Alonso has been appointed to the manager position. Sevilla have started to change their manager very often in the recent times. Sampaoli, Mendilibar and now Diego Alonso... I don't believe this is a good action to take for a team.

Because the system mostly changes and the players have to adapt to the new one every time. They have to get along with the new manager as well. Rather than that I think Sevilla should have given it some time. They won the Europa League title with Mendilibar in the end.

I think Sevilla should not rush in sacking Jose Luis Mendilibar. Because Mendilibar was actually an important figure who brought big changes to the Sevilla squad last season. Sevilla even avoided the relegation zone in Laliga and managed to win the Europa League title with Mendilibar.
Even though Sevilla haven't shown a good performance this season, I still think that giving more time to Jose Luis Mendilibar would be much better. Because currently Sevilla also has an important match in the Champions League. And of course changing the current coach is a bad decision.

Even if Diego Alonso could become a good coach for Sevilla, improvements will not occur instantly. Everything definitely requires adaptation and is quite a long process. And actually, Sevilla currently doesn't have enough time to adapt to a new coach. Because a busy match schedule and a change of coach will only make things worse.

Sevilla in the Champions League currently has not experienced a defeat nor has they won. Two matches only ended in draws. And I think that's still quite better than losing. But I'm also curious whether Diego Alonso will really make a drastic improvement in Sevilla's performance or if it will actually get worse. Let's see.

[len01]

Camavinga was a potential midfielder but the thing saddened me if he had been forced to play as defender instead of midfielder. Camavinga is playing for one of best club in the world. Leaving from real madrid is a big mistake for him.
Im sure that if he was aware about the potential owned by this club. Real madrid has a very strong attackers right now. The club is just need to put more effort in building the best defensive line like when ramos and pepe are still playing for real madrid.
Camavinga has his soul for real madrid. No doubt if he was not even trying to deny the new offer from real madrid. Camavinga really enjoy to play for real madrid.
Glad to see him extending his contract till 2028 and it's the best choice for his career. Madrid needs to recruit a great striker and it will be fully completed its puzzle. Madrid is ready in winning la liga and UCL.

you dont need to be sad because I really understand that even though Camavinga is a midfielder, he has to act as a defender, it not be a heavy burden for him even though he is assigned to be a defender, but Ancelotti gave him this task because he knows that Camavinga can act as a midfielder and defender to help. 2 places at once and I also see that Camavinga contribution is very good without any problems and currently Real Madrid looks a little perfect, just waiting for the striker who will be brought in when the transfer window opens to strengthen the attack line and get the UCL title.

[Xcode7]

If Barcelona has Lamine Yamal, I am actually waiting for Real Madrid with Guller. I am quite curious about his abilities, because looking at some videos he has a pretty good technique. But he was injured and has yet to make his official debut. Of course, Xavi must maintain the stability of the team. Xavi doesn't seem to want to rely on one player. So they have options in every player's position. So when there are players who are injured, they will not play badly.

Guler failed to make his debut with Real Madrid due to an injury suffered while training with Real Madrid. He is a talented player, he also managed to enter the main squad with his old club because he has quite good playing techniques. So far the public has only watched videos of him defending Fenerbahce, he has not been able to prove anything while officially being a Real Madrid player.
Now Xavi is finding it difficult to balance the team after many of Barcelona core players were injured, Xavi is starting to urge Barcelona to immediately bring in Vitor Roque to maintain balance on the front line.

Many people's expectations of Arda Güler are too excessive and I think it will be a burden for Arda Güler to be able to meet these expectations, but it is true that the player often suffers injuries in training at the moment, I think players who are injured too often will not be able to perform optimally anymore and Also for the future it will be a little difficult if injuries continue to haunt him even though he has good individual skills.

And what Arda Güler experienced is the best comparison with the current young Barcelona player Lamine Yamal who has managed to steal the attention of football fans with the quality he has and his contribution to the Barcelona team, apart from the regular time that Xavi doesn't give but in my opinion the coach Xavi Hernandez knows better what the team needs and so far Lamine Yamal has been quite helpful in improving the performance of the Barcelona team.

Regarding the problem of injured Barcelona players, in my opinion, Xavi still has many options to maintain the team's performance, although he still wants new players, which is normal because so far the Barcelona team has not been very solid.

[MuffinMaster]

Mendilibar's time has ended at Sevilla recently and Diego Alonso has been appointed to the manager position. Sevilla have started to change their manager very often in the recent times. Sampaoli, Mendilibar and now Diego Alonso... I don't believe this is a good action to take for a team.

Because the system mostly changes and the players have to adapt to the new one every time. They have to get along with the new manager as well. Rather than that I think Sevilla should have given it some time. They won the Europa League title with Mendilibar in the end.

I think Sevilla should not rush in sacking Jose Luis Mendilibar. Because Mendilibar was actually an important figure who brought big changes to the Sevilla squad last season. Sevilla even avoided the relegation zone in Laliga and managed to win the Europa League title with Mendilibar.
Even though Sevilla haven't shown a good performance this season, I still think that giving more time to Jose Luis Mendilibar would be much better. Because currently Sevilla also has an important match in the Champions League. And of course changing the current coach is a bad decision.

Even if Diego Alonso could become a good coach for Sevilla, improvements will not occur instantly. Everything definitely requires adaptation and is quite a long process. And actually, Sevilla currently doesn't have enough time to adapt to a new coach. Because a busy match schedule and a change of coach will only make things worse.

Sevilla in the Champions League currently has not experienced a defeat nor has they won. Two matches only ended in draws. And I think that's still quite better than losing. But I'm also curious whether Diego Alonso will really make a drastic improvement in Sevilla's performance or if it will actually get worse. Let's see.

The performance of the Sevilla team is quite good. However, the team performed better last season. But this season the rest of the teams are performing quite well, so Sevilla team is having some problem to perform this season.