La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[samuraijin]

I think Xavi Hernandez will be able to lift Barcelona's glory, even though he has financial obstacles, the lack of funds to buy players is an obstacle for Xavi Hernandez to buy the players needed in the Barcelona squad, management could buy the world's top coaches, but all of that is limited. Due to their financial problems, whether they like it or not, Barcelona has to continue to trust It is very likely that Barcelona will be a strong competitor this season.

Barcelona currently only relies on their academy players to help them financially in selling young players, so that the money generated can be used to buy the players that Xavi Hernandez wants in their main squad.

Last season he succeeded in bringing Barcelona out as champions in La Liga with the same conditions as now, financial problems had occurred before he arrived and he was even given the priority to handle Barcelona using only his limited strength. This means that Barcelona management understands these conditions and they will not demand anything more from Xavi Hernandez if they fail to lead Barcelona this season.

La Masia academy players are actually good but they don't have the experience to play at a high level so it takes time for them to adapt. If management can be patient, I am sure that the young players that Barcelona has will continue to develop because currently there is no other choice but to rely on the available players.

The players currently available need players who are able to provide ball supply, to form Barcelona's attacking power because there is a lack of players who are able to support Barcelona's attacking players, because their rival clubs have bought several of their flagship players so it is not surprising that Barcelona is lagging behind because of their players. the lack of it has hampered their game this season..

It is true that last season Barcelona dominated the season, but as the season progresses clubs are certainly out there buying players for this season's competition, and it is very clear that this financial problem is an obstacle for Barcelona management in purchasing players, at least relying on their young players to increase their flying hours to compete even though they have to face strong teams in Europe..

[harapan]

Barcelona are good against the opposing goal but they can't finish and pass the ball, there seems to be obvious selfishness. Especially raphinha and ferran do this a lot. Barça won the championship last year with a very strong defence. This year it is very strange that they are giving so many deficits and conceding so many goals despite adding to their defence. Barcelona concedes goals very easily. They can't play a big team game. Big teams should be good enough to play both sides of the game. We can't see the old Barcelona.

To me, Barcelona has two major problems.
One is their defense and secondly it's their attack. I don't know which is easier to fix but if hey don't fix those two departments, they won't be winning any silverware this season.

The defense concedes too many goals. A defense of that nature should not be conceding that much goals. They have very good defendere but they always lack concentration either at the beginning of the game or at the end.

As for the attack, have you seen the expected goals stats of Barcelona? They miss too many chances. The are the team in La Liga that have created the most chances and they're also the team have missed the most big chances. They really need to fix that.
Vitor Roque will be traveling to Barcelona soon, hopefully he would be able to make their attack score more goals.

[LGD2Business]

To me, Barcelona has two major problems.
One is their defense and secondly it's their attack. I don't know which is easier to fix but if hey don't fix those two departments, they won't be winning any silverware this season.

The defense concedes too many goals. A defense of that nature should not be conceding that much goals. They have very good defendere but they always lack concentration either at the beginning of the game or at the end.

As for the attack, have you seen the expected goals stats of Barcelona? They miss too many chances. The are the team in La Liga that have created the most chances and they're also the team have missed the most big chances. They really need to fix that.
Vitor Roque will be traveling to Barcelona soon, hopefully he would be able to make their attack score more goals.

I think it's easier to solve the problem on defense. Last season, Barcelona won the championship by conceding very few goals thanks to its good defense. They are conceding easy goals this season. In attack, players other than Lewandowski contribute very little. If they score more goals, the problem will be solved.
Neither of them are insurmountable problems. Xavi can fix these if he wants. Mentally, Barcelona needs to be stronger. If they improve mentally, the results will also improve.

[GxSTxV]

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Barcelona currently only relies on their academy players to help them financially in selling young players, so that the money generated can be used to buy the players that Xavi Hernandez wants in their main squad.

I believe that a lot of players like Torres and other players do not deserve their place of Barcelona, They are not delivering good performance. So, letting them out may give barcelona some financial freedom to get better players. beside that, they should start relying only to their academy new players (la Masia Academy ), For exemple Gavi, Pedri, Balde and others who really performed way better than the players they bought.

Personally, I don't think that Barcelona will win any trophy this season. the process of rebuilding a new team that compete against top teams such as Real Madird or Manchester City in UCL is not possible now. We really miss Barcelona with Messi, Neymar, Suárez....

[shogun47]

To me, Barcelona has two major problems.
One is their defense and secondly it's their attack. I don't know which is easier to fix but if hey don't fix those two departments, they won't be winning any silverware this season.

The defense concedes too many goals. A defense of that nature should not be conceding that much goals. They have very good defendere but they always lack concentration either at the beginning of the game or at the end.

As for the attack, have you seen the expected goals stats of Barcelona? They miss too many chances. The are the team in La Liga that have created the most chances and they're also the team have missed the most big chances. They really need to fix that.
Vitor Roque will be traveling to Barcelona soon, hopefully he would be able to make their attack score more goals.

I think it's easier to solve the problem on defense. Last season, Barcelona won the championship by conceding very few goals thanks to its good defense. They are conceding easy goals this season. In attack, players other than Lewandowski contribute very little. If they score more goals, the problem will be solved.
Neither of them are insurmountable problems. Xavi can fix these if he wants. Mentally, Barcelona needs to be stronger. If they improve mentally, the results will also improve.

That's right, they won a lot of games thanks to their great defense last season, but I still think that a team like Barcelona should never neglect their offensive game. Barcelona is a trademark for great combinations and highly skilled dribblings and it would be sad if they turn into one of those teams that only park the bus and hope for this one goal that they then defend with everything they have until the last minute. They should find the right balance and not abandon the beautiful soccer they used to play years ago. There are enough teams parking the bus, Barcelona should not become one of them.

[YuginKadoya]

Just six months ago, Xavi was considered as a gift for Barcelona by joining them in a club crisis and bringing the club to La Liga title. Now he is considered as one of biggest problems for Barcelona's bad results in first half of this season. It is not a fair treatment for Xavi and even Laporta made that decision to keep Xavi till the season ending, we know that Barcelona are gambling with money and they are still overspending which will be fatal for their club future if Barcelona won't get enough good results, titles, and good positions in La Liga. If their club income is affected by bad performances, bad ending in this season, their finance status will become worse and not happy future for both Xavi and Barcelona.

Xavi Hernandez is a strict guy so this is normal and for Barcelona, I think having a coach like Xavi Hernandez is a good luck charm as Xavi is a great coach and a teacher, and for sure as a player you don't want to make a mistake when he is around, for sure Barcelona will be a different team but I really don't expect that much faster maybe in the next season it will surely also depends on the players that Xavi Hernandez is teaching, them for sure one at a time,

Let's take a  stepback and see what could happen. They are same points with Athletico Madrid right now, which means that they can do better than them, doesn't mean Barcelona will end up getitng ahead, they could finish the season fourth too, but it looks like there is a big possibility of that as well. Aside from that, I think Girona is the biggest rival for this season, 7 points ahead, and there are so many games left which means that they could somehow catch them too if they do better. So a second place is not all that bad, that's what Barcelona does on most years, either first or second, and this would be fine.

I understand that they would rather win, but that is not too bad neither. I do also agree that we are talking about something that may take a while too, we just need to end up being a little bit more patient with them, and see how second half goes.

For sure as the season is setting into its near half Barcelona if they clearly don't change 1 bit may end up in the 4th position and Girona could be the champion but we will surely see if they can manage to make that happen as Real Madrid is not letting this slip and both teams are hungry for the victory for sure for me Girona is great but they are in the face of the championship team, and it is clearly hard for them to make some adjustments right now, but as the Laliga right now I am excited seeing that there are teams that can be even with Real Madrid, and Girona FC had made a great adjustment for this season they have rise the bracket faster than expected,

I think it is impossible to fire Xavi, Barcelona has no reason to fire him. Xavi has done his good effort, he improved Barcelona performance although Barcelona has a lack of experienced players. Many of Barcelona current players are young players, they are promoted from Barcelona academy. Some of the young players have been growing impressively although it is not enough to compete for the title. Xavi needs time to improve the young players, so they have good experience and sufficient skills.

Yes, Barcelona is following for some competitions, they are better to focus on the competitions. Why Barcelona management need to hurry to change the coach? The problem isn't about the coach but it is about the quality and capability of players. To deal with this problem, Xavi needs some new players or he grows the young players for few years.

For Barcelona, if the coach isn't performing well they can just throw him off, but if the problem is the players then the management might be the one that can adjust to this, and for sure there are many players in Barcelona that are inexperience but there are also old ones that are ready to retire or near their retirement I think Barcelona can get rid of them if they are underperforming well, I feel sorry for Robert Lewandowski if he is underperforming then it is good for Barcelona to get rid of him for sure,

[borovichok]

To me, Barcelona has two major problems.
One is their defense and secondly it's their attack. I don't know which is easier to fix but if hey don't fix those two departments, they won't be winning any silverware this season.

The defense concedes too many goals. A defense of that nature should not be conceding that much goals. They have very good defendere but they always lack concentration either at the beginning of the game or at the end.

As for the attack, have you seen the expected goals stats of Barcelona? They miss too many chances. The are the team in La Liga that have created the most chances and they're also the team have missed the most big chances. They really need to fix that.
Vitor Roque will be traveling to Barcelona soon, hopefully he would be able to make their attack score more goals.

I think it's easier to solve the problem on defense. Last season, Barcelona won the championship by conceding very few goals thanks to its good defense. They are conceding easy goals this season. In attack, players other than Lewandowski contribute very little. If they score more goals, the problem will be solved.
Neither of them are insurmountable problems. Xavi can fix these if he wants. Mentally, Barcelona needs to be stronger. If they improve mentally, the results will also improve.

When a club becomes strong, it's not the coach that's praised rather its their players and the supporters, everyone have one or two supports to render for the club. Xavi Hernandez fixing the club but it will take lengthy period of time before they finally get everything done while the players are also trying so hard to build up for the purpose to become very competitive against their opponents and also becoming favorites infront of goals. Barcelona decline in performance and that have been really one of the terrible stats for the club this season, having nothing great to boosts about other than hopping from challenge to another.

[tusandii]

Atletico Madrid is indeed a big team in La Liga and also has quality players in their squad, but we often see them being inconsistent and that is what makes it difficult for them to win the title. I think Atletico madrid this season will also close the season in the top 4, even so far they have also been able to put pressure on Real Madrid and Girona who are ranked above them. Victory in today's match is certainly good enough for them to end the year.

Of course, Atletico Madrid has a good squad but this season they sometimes played inconsistently. However, Atletico Madrid still can be in 3rd place, they have a better position than Barcelona. No doubt if Atletico Madrid to finish the season in the top 4, they even still have the chance to finish in the 2nd place. We know that there are many remaining matches, it is still possible that the current position will change in the second half.

Girona surprises us because they can be in 2nd place. They could show all people that they are capable to compete for the title so far. However, since their squad depth doesn't look very well, it is not impossible that Girona may drop their performance in the second half of the season. It is not easy to maintain the good performance, specifically for a team that has very limited quality players.

Maybe a draw would have been better for the match.
I know that Atletico Madrid may still be inconsistent in some matches, but history also influences the club's performance in future matches, such as Atletico Madrid, which has always been able to beat Girona, while Girona's best performance against Atletico Madrid only ended in a draw and I think Girona has have a much better performance, of course in the upcoming match, they can hold a draw at the end of the match and I find it very difficult to accept that Girona can beat Atletico Madrid, it is impossible unless a surprise occurs, there is an injury to a player or a player leaves the match due to a foul.
Yes, it is true that Girona improvements have shocked the whole world, but believe me, when the time comes, Girona will be displaced and unable to catch up to first place and will not be able to compete with the big clubs in LaLiga.

[temple]

To me, Barcelona has two major problems.
One is their defense and secondly it's their attack. I don't know which is easier to fix but if hey don't fix those two departments, they won't be winning any silverware this season.

The defense concedes too many goals. A defense of that nature should not be conceding that much goals. They have very good defendere but they always lack concentration either at the beginning of the game or at the end.

As for the attack, have you seen the expected goals stats of Barcelona? They miss too many chances. The are the team in La Liga that have created the most chances and they're also the team have missed the most big chances. They really need to fix that.
Vitor Roque will be traveling to Barcelona soon, hopefully he would be able to make their attack score more goals.

I think it's easier to solve the problem on defense. Last season, Barcelona won the championship by conceding very few goals thanks to its good defense. They are conceding easy goals this season. In attack, players other than Lewandowski contribute very little. If they score more goals, the problem will be solved.
Neither of them are insurmountable problems. Xavi can fix these if he wants. Mentally, Barcelona needs to be stronger. If they improve mentally, the results will also improve.

When a club becomes strong, it's not the coach that's praised rather its their players and the supporters, everyone have one or two supports to render for the club. Xavi Hernandez fixing the club but it will take lengthy period of time before they finally get everything done while the players are also trying so hard to build up for the purpose to become very competitive against their opponents and also becoming favorites infront of goals. Barcelona decline in performance and that have been really one of the terrible stats for the club this season, having nothing great to boosts about other than hopping from challenge to another.

It depends on how everything looks from the outside. I think if you have coaches like Pep Guardiola, a lot of the success will always be ascribed to him. There are other coaches that stay more in the background, which could be due to their attitude or because they are not perceived as such great personalities like Guardiola is. The coach plays an important role in many aspects and if you have a superstar in the team like Mbappe, then the trophies are often closely connected with that kind of players.

[Warkop]

Barcelona have lost so many points recently. Their form in their last 5 league games is really poor which caused them to be left behind by Girona and Real Madrid more in points. In addition to that Atletico Madrid also have  got ahead of them. Barcelona really need to make a big improvement in this form if they want to be a part of the title competition.

They can start by beating Las Palmas away next week. But I must admit that this isn't an easy task for them. Because if you remember Las Palmas beat Atletico Madrid home before. They have a potential to surprise Barcelona as well.

Xavi Hernandez will try to make things right when the second half of the season begins. Barcelona are good at giving time to their legends. A good example is Koeman who was worst than Xavi Hernandez, regardless of the poor performance and results he was still backed up by the management and given time to fix the club. It was obvious he wasn't the man for the club.

Finishing on top of the league getting doubtful, but finishing top four would be possible to achieve. They're not same club, Barcelona regardless of all these things remains a big club. Real Madrid would win the league or Girona in my opinion.

I think Xavi Hernandez will be able to lift Barcelona's glory, even though he has financial obstacles, the lack of funds to buy players is an obstacle for Xavi Hernandez to buy the players needed in the Barcelona squad, management could buy the world's top coaches, but all of that is limited. Due to their financial problems, whether they like it or not, Barcelona has to continue to trust It is very likely that Barcelona will be a strong competitor this season.

Barcelona currently only relies on their academy players to help them financially in selling young players, so that the money generated can be used to buy the players that Xavi Hernandez wants in their main squad.

That's right, Xavi can definitely overcome this problem by improving his performance this season. In my opinion, financial constraints cannot be the reason for the decline in the quality of the squad, because finances are only for buying players and so on. Maybe if Xavi can overcome his squad's performance situation by training harder with the existing players and always giving instructions in matches, I'm sure all of this can be resolved, of course there is no need to buy new players. I still believe that Xavi can still bring Barcelona back to the top position this season.

If Xavi really needs to bring in new players, of course this is a very good alternative to do so that Barcelona can perform better in the next match. Luckily, Barcelona has an academy and produces many extraordinary seeds who always become the best players to defend their team. Of course this will be very useful when a financial crisis like this occurs.

[cozytrade]

Barcelona have lost so many points recently. Their form in their last 5 league games is really poor which caused them to be left behind by Girona and Real Madrid more in points. In addition to that Atletico Madrid also have  got ahead of them. Barcelona really need to make a big improvement in this form if they want to be a part of the title competition.

They can start by beating Las Palmas away next week. But I must admit that this isn't an easy task for them. Because if you remember Las Palmas beat Atletico Madrid home before. They have a potential to surprise Barcelona as well.

Barcelona this season is not doing well, in fact it's not just from 5 matches, in my opinion, from the start of the season they have had difficulty scoring goals, even though they won, they really had difficulty, unlike before, as we know, Barcelona is always productive in scoring goals. in every match, in the last match they even almost drew against Almeria.

In my opinion, Xavi needs to adjust his system or playing strategy to be more counter-attacking rather than sticking to Barcelona's style of ball possession, because there is no point in Barcelona dominating possession of the ball but not being able to score goals. If Barcelona changes their game against Las Palmas, maybe Barcelona can win, but if the game is still like yesterday, they will have difficulty beating Las Palmas because Las Palmas is also in a good trend, and from 10 matches in all competitions, Las Palmas only lost twice. , and it's true that they actually managed to beat Atletico Madrid with a score of 2-1.

Barcelona are good against the opposing goal but they can't finish and pass the ball, there seems to be obvious selfishness. Especially raphinha and ferran do this a lot. Barça won the championship last year with a very strong defence. This year it is very strange that they are giving so many deficits and conceding so many goals despite adding to their defence. Barcelona concedes goals very easily. They can't play a big team game. Big teams should be good enough to play both sides of the game. We can't see the old Barcelona.

Yes Barcelona have been going through this season with very poor performances, due to which they are losing easily to their opponents. We can see that Barca, a strong team, is currently not playing a very good attacking full game even against normal teams and is losing. We have seen Barcelona attack in every match with frustration and they are not succeeding but losing matches. No supporter can accept that this team, who won La Liga last year, will perform so poorly in the new season. As they are a big team and a strong team, they are not playing very well but they are easily succumbing to the opposition. But if Barcelona improve their game, surely we can see the old Barcelona in the field again in the next matches and we will see their position at the top of the points table.

That's right , such a bad performance by the players of a strong team like Barcelona is really not like accepted. The lazy nature of the Barcelona team's players this season, in the game, has caused some ire among Barcelona fans. This season, it is observed that Barcelona is very weak in the race for the league title. It is really disgraceful for Barcelona's coach Xavi that the Barcelona team is in the current 4th place in the La Liga points table this season. But I will not blame Xabi for such an outcome of Barcelona. Because Xavi is a very skilled and intelligent coach. I think with his efforts Barcelona can still turn around. Barcelona's turnaround time, not yet gone. The current season is almost half over and there is still half to go. Xavi's tireless efforts can still lead Barcelona to the top of La Liga

[shinratensei_]

Barcelona have lost so many points recently. Their form in their last 5 league games is really poor which caused them to be left behind by Girona and Real Madrid more in points. In addition to that Atletico Madrid also have  got ahead of them. Barcelona really need to make a big improvement in this form if they want to be a part of the title competition.

They can start by beating Las Palmas away next week. But I must admit that this isn't an easy task for them. Because if you remember Las Palmas beat Atletico Madrid home before. They have a potential to surprise Barcelona as well.

Xavi Hernandez will try to make things right when the second half of the season begins. Barcelona are good at giving time to their legends. A good example is Koeman who was worst than Xavi Hernandez, regardless of the poor performance and results he was still backed up by the management and given time to fix the club. It was obvious he wasn't the man for the club.

Xavi has actually lost a way to improve the team, therefore in the last match he criticized his own players quite harshly. I even assume that Xavi doesn't feel comfortable managing Barcelona anymore. He got into a lot of trouble with Joan Laporta because he demanded that he improve the club amidst the financial crisis that hit them. Will Xavi be fired? Anything can happen if there is no longer harmony in club management, however the inconsistency in Barcelona performance is very clear. They must immediately fix this and move back up to the top 3 to close the gap with Madrid and Girona.

What xavi can do to improve the team? I meant he has been also using a lot of money to did some improvments but the formation keeps change and this is his problem with barcelona. Barcelona will not able to give him more money to buy the players.
I kinda feel that if xavi run out of solution caused by there will be a lot of players to have their contract running out at the end of season. Meanwhile, barcelona is still under the big debts that must be paid by the club. Im sure xavi is confusing to think about the best solution to save barcelona.
Selling a lot of players become the last option owned by him but this is absolutely destroying the performance from the current squad caused by some players must leave from barcelona soon. This is why i have been waiting for solution from xavi.
He was a good coach but his experience as a coach will be tested soon. I feel xavi will sell a lot of players soon.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Girona have been in great form since the start of the  season. In every match we got  good performances from Girona players and Girona players are  capable of scoring a lot of goals. They also had a great performance  against Barcelona. Girona have only lost against Real Madrid  this season. However  despite  Girona playing very well, the team's chances of  winning the title are slim. Because there is still  a long journey ahead. It is very difficult for  an inexperienced team like Girona  to continue  their good performance for another 20  matches. That's why I consider  Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona as favorites for the title.

It doesn't look like Girona are lacking experience right now, they are playing great and their success I think will depend a little on other factors, such as whether they can keep all the players until the end of the season and whether Michel will remain in the team, or perhaps he is already preparing to become a coach of another teams (there are rumors about Barcelona). It will always be difficult to compete with Real, and if Girona now has such a chance, then they should try to take advantage of it.

I somewhat agree with you. It doesn't look like the Girona team is inexperienced. We are seeing good performances from them in every match. Especially against teams like Barcelona, the boys of Girona have played well. But winning the La Liga title is very difficult. Good performance has to be maintained from the beginning to the end of the season. And in the past years we have not seen any team other than Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid have been able to maintain the consistency of performance for such a long time. If Girona can play consistently well until the end of this season, it will certainly be a huge achievement for them. But personally I think it is very unlikely.

[arimamib]

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That's right , such a bad performance by the players of a strong team like Barcelona is really not like accepted. The lazy nature of the Barcelona team's players this season, in the game, has caused some ire among Barcelona fans. This season, it is observed that Barcelona is very weak in the race for the league title. It is really disgraceful for Barcelona's coach Xavi that the Barcelona team is in the current 4th place in the La Liga points table this season. But I will not blame Xabi for such an outcome of Barcelona. Because Xavi is a very skilled and intelligent coach. I think with his efforts Barcelona can still turn around. Barcelona's turnaround time, not yet gone. The current season is almost half over and there is still half to go. Xavi's tireless efforts can still lead Barcelona to the top of La Liga

Barcelona's stature delivering below expectations is indeed disappointing to witness. and the frustration among fans is understandable. Xavi has proven himself as a highly skilled and intelligent coach, but the challenges a team faces can be multifaceted. It will take some serious evaluations
for Barcelona to figure out of what have gone wrong.

Blaming Xavi entirely for the current standing might not be fair, because current situation is not in his favor. The halfway point of the season offers a significant opportunity for reflection and adjustment. With the return of some injured players, Xavi have a chance to regroup the team, learn from the first half of the season, and make a strong push for a higher position in the La Liga table. Let's hope Xavi's relentless efforts and the collective commitment of the players will indeed lead Barcelona to a more favorable position in the league.

[AakZaki]

In the second half of this season there may be slight changes from these clubs. Girona and Real Madrid may still be favorites to fight for the Laliga title this season. Because they are temporarily ranked 1st and 2nd. But with 20 matches remaining in this season, many changes in the standings will still occur. It could be that after a few weeks in the second half, Girona and Real Madrid will be dragged down little by little. And Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are starting to rise again. The point is that a change of position is still possible in the standings.

But based on current performance, of course Real Madrid and Girona are still showing that they deserve to be in the title race this season. Because, however, only Girona and Real Madrid have so far only experienced 1 defeat in the 18 matches they have played. And perhaps that's not surprising for Real Madrid. But for Girona this result really surprised everyone including me.

It looks like it, but Girona haven't convinced me to win the league this season. But if PIF gives Girona money to spend on players, then maybe Girona will be stronger. But if Atletico, Barcelona are able to improve their performance, it will make it difficult for Girona to compete too. It's always difficult to predict, even earlier this season I didn't see Girona reaching the top 5.

[Zanab247]

Barcelona have lost so many points recently. Their form in their last 5 league games is really poor which caused them to be left behind by Girona and Real Madrid more in points. In addition to that Atletico Madrid also have  got ahead of them. Barcelona really need to make a big improvement in this form if they want to be a part of the title competition.

They can start by beating Las Palmas away next week. But I must admit that this isn't an easy task for them. Because if you remember Las Palmas beat Atletico Madrid home before. They have a potential to surprise Barcelona as well.

Barcelona problem will not allow them to win this trophy again because, Girona has showcased some evidence that make people to believe that the trophy will not pass Girona and Real Madrid because they have the same points and their next game will determine if Real Madrid have the strength to lead the la Liga league table for long. Despite Real Madrid are toping the table now, there is a hope that Girona will soon take over the position and they will not allow them to come close to the position until they win the trophy to make their fans happy.

Atletico Madrid did wonders in their last game to take over the 3rd position from Barcelona and, it really show how weak Barcelona are in this season because they were toping the la Liga league table through out last season to win the battle to lift the trophy that made many of their players became popular in the whole world.

[Marvell1]

In the second half of this season there may be slight changes from these clubs. Girona and Real Madrid may still be favorites to fight for the Laliga title this season. Because they are temporarily ranked 1st and 2nd. But with 20 matches remaining in this season, many changes in the standings will still occur. It could be that after a few weeks in the second half, Girona and Real Madrid will be dragged down little by little. And Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are starting to rise again. The point is that a change of position is still possible in the standings.

But based on current performance, of course Real Madrid and Girona are still showing that they deserve to be in the title race this season. Because, however, only Girona and Real Madrid have so far only experienced 1 defeat in the 18 matches they have played. And perhaps that's not surprising for Real Madrid. But for Girona this result really surprised everyone including me.

It looks like it, but Girona haven't convinced me to win the league this season. But if PIF gives Girona money to spend on players, then maybe Girona will be stronger. But if Atletico, Barcelona are able to improve their performance, it will make it difficult for Girona to compete too. It's always difficult to predict, even earlier this season I didn't see Girona reaching the top 5.

Real Madrid currently is looking really good and I don't think they would be getting dragged down in the season at all. Girona has dropped points after a few matches so I would be seeing how they would react to that.

But honestly, I don't see Barcelona or Atletico Madrid taking the top 2 spots. Barcelona's current state is very bad. Lewandowski is not in form, they are struggling with their forwards and defense. Atletico Madrid probably has a chance but it will be very low. As I have said, if Girona cannot keep up their winning consistency, Atletico Madrid will get a chance. A team whose performance I am surprised by this season is Sevilla. They are in the 15th spot while they used to play Europa League/ Champions League each season. Girona also surprised me as well by their upset run. Let’s see them perform in their next matches.

[TopT3ns]

I think it's easier to solve the problem on defense. Last season, Barcelona won the championship by conceding very few goals thanks to its good defense. They are conceding easy goals this season. In attack, players other than Lewandowski contribute very little. If they score more goals, the problem will be solved.
Neither of them are insurmountable problems. Xavi can fix these if he wants. Mentally, Barcelona needs to be stronger. If they improve mentally, the results will also improve.

The condition of the players in Barcelona seems to be that many are bored of contributing to Barcelona, especially the defense line. It feels like from the defense side it is difficult to help Barcelona's attacking players, so Lewandowski seems to have difficulty scoring goals because there is no support from others. Luckily, Xavi is still willing to stay at Barcelona and will not just leave his team, and from here, we know that Xavi still hopes that Barcelona will recover.

[pusaka]

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Barcelona currently only relies on their academy players to help them financially in selling young players, so that the money generated can be used to buy the players that Xavi Hernandez wants in their main squad.

I believe that a lot of players like Torres and other players do not deserve their place of Barcelona, They are not delivering good performance. So, letting them out may give barcelona some financial freedom to get better players. beside that, they should start relying only to their academy new players (la Masia Academy ), For exemple Gavi, Pedri, Balde and others who really performed way better than the players they bought.

Personally, I don't think that Barcelona will win any trophy this season. the process of rebuilding a new team that compete against top teams such as Real Madird or Manchester City in UCL is not possible now. We really miss Barcelona with Messi, Neymar, Suárez....

Promoting players from the academy they have is one solution to make them have good players, it is difficult to get potential young players, but it is not impossible that there are players who can make a difference to them. now if you rely on players they have to buy first it is something that is difficult with their current finances, especially if you want quality players of course they have to spend more money.
Their source of income is limited and they have to adjust too, because if not maybe they will feel a worse crisis. They must immediately find a solution to the problems they currently feel.

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I think it's easier to solve the problem on defense. Last season, Barcelona won the championship by conceding very few goals thanks to its good defense. They are conceding easy goals this season. In attack, players other than Lewandowski contribute very little. If they score more goals, the problem will be solved.
Neither of them are insurmountable problems. Xavi can fix these if he wants. Mentally, Barcelona needs to be stronger. If they improve mentally, the results will also improve.

I believe that offense is a bit more important lately because when your defense is good, but offense loses the ball quite often, defense can defend for so long, they can't be great. I mean last season they were scoring goals, or at least keeping the ball, and that meant that they weren't giving the defense all that much work, and when there was an attack, their defenders did the best they could and they were wonderful.

It is not the same as having 5 shots on your goal versus 10 shots, if you have just 5 shots, you may defend it, if you have 10 or 15, then one may go in. That's why it is more about midfield and offense, they need to do better to keep their possession and do not let the other team counter attack if they could. For that to happen I feel like they need to do a lot better with other positions, like for example Lewandowski is not doing that great at all, they could potentially sell him at the end of the season and find someone that could be quicker and more passing oriented to bring the whole team into the play.