La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[naira]

The rumours about Barcelona to go for Kounde one last time still exist. Barcelona are expected to make an offer like €65m for him to have a better offer than Chelsea. However I still have doubts about this because I don't believe that Barcelona still have that much money to spend easily for a transfer. We would learn about this in detail soon I guess. One thing I'm confident about now is that Chelsea are much more likely to sign him rather than Barcelona.

They are currently elbowing each other for Kunde and indeed the arrival of this young player to the Camp Nou will be very helpful in maintaining their current defense especially as they still have some obstacles in an old and Troubled defense.
But whether Chelsea will be silent because it seems they have also prepared another offer for this player.

[herurist]

The player who had just signed for Barcelona in this season's transfer window really enjoyed his first El Clasico even though it was only in Friendly Match. This match is very happy for Raphinha because before the match started he was very confident to beat Madrid, he also wanted to score in his first El Clasico, and he proved it. Barcelona managed to beat Madrid through the only goal scored by Raphinha in the 27th minute.

Raphinha made a pretty incredible shot from outside the penalty box by successfully nesting in the real madrid goal. Raphinha is a player who makes the difference in Xavi words and this was proven in the El clasico match last night, Raphinha was able to present a beautiful goal for Barcelona victory over real madrid. Yes, even though this is just a friendly match, but this is a match that Raphinha dreams of with Barcelona. Xavi even highly praised the appearance of the Brazilian bomber, he is a player who is really needed, that's what Xavi said. In addition, Xavi assesses that his current squad is really ready for next season competition. I think Barcelona will play a more aggressive game in the early matches of next season.

A good start for Raphinha in this match because indeed with a good performance in this match Barcelona can take a win which is enough to be a very good capital for them to prepare for La Liga which will soon start.
But in this case it is clear that even though they won, in terms of attack they still have to make a few more changes because indeed some of their attacks sometimes don't go as desired and sometimes there are some mistakes that they make themselves.

[CryptoBuds]

The rumours about Barcelona to go for Kounde one last time still exist. Barcelona are expected to make an offer like €65m for him to have a better offer than Chelsea. However I still have doubts about this because I don't believe that Barcelona still have that much money to spend easily for a transfer. We would learn about this in detail soon I guess. One thing I'm confident about now is that Chelsea are much more likely to sign him rather than Barcelona.

They are currently elbowing each other for Kunde and indeed the arrival of this young player to the Camp Nou will be very helpful in maintaining their current defense especially as they still have some obstacles in an old and Troubled defense.
But whether Chelsea will be silent because it seems they have also prepared another offer for this player.

Barcelona spends a lot of money buying players. But they are not selling players. According to the rules of fair play, Barcelona will face many problems next season. But Barcelona is in dire need of a talented defender right now. Although the forwards and midfield are stable, Barcelona's defense is still very weak. And if they want to win the title, they must strengthen the defense. However, Kounde may be able to sign for Barcelona. Since he has performed in La League for so long. It will be easier for Kounde to perform in a La Liga team. So he might be interested in playing in Barcelona.

[izsara]

Ancelotti have said it earlier that they won't be doing any more further signings after Rudiger deal completed so yeah he does believe in the squad he had. Just two additions and I think they have got a real strong squad there. Regarding yesterday's loss, it was just one goal and it came off after Rudiger made a mistake but overall Madrid did well out there holding Barca. I still think Madrid are still better than Barca even with all the additions.

Ancelotti looks confident now, and indeed it is a fact they are now quite ready to make another splash for next season.
Currently the Madrid squad is dominated by young players, so there will be interesting things in the next few seasons because if they find their best performance, Madrid's young players can make unexpected surprises.

[Doell]

The rumours about Barcelona to go for Kounde one last time still exist. Barcelona are expected to make an offer like €65m for him to have a better offer than Chelsea. However I still have doubts about this because I don't believe that Barcelona still have that much money to spend easily for a transfer. We would learn about this in detail soon I guess. One thing I'm confident about now is that Chelsea are much more likely to sign him rather than Barcelona.

They are currently elbowing each other for Kunde and indeed the arrival of this young player to the Camp Nou will be very helpful in maintaining their current defense especially as they still have some obstacles in an old and Troubled defense.
But whether Chelsea will be silent because it seems they have also prepared another offer for this player.

Barcelona spends a lot of money buying players. But they are not selling players. According to the rules of fair play, Barcelona will face many problems next season. But Barcelona is in dire need of a talented defender right now. Although the forwards and midfield are stable, Barcelona's defense is still very weak. And if they want to win the title, they must strengthen the defense. However, Kounde may be able to sign for Barcelona. Since he has performed in La League for so long. It will be easier for Kounde to perform in a La Liga team. So he might be interested in playing in Barcelona.

If they have brought in other players like Kounde, Barcelona should be ready to sell their players who are allegedly still staying, like De Jong. Kounde is ready move to Barcelona according to the news that I heard he received an offer, I still don't believe in Barcelona when Xavi has been manager, many talented players want to join Camp Nou even though the club's finances are not very good.

[Oluwa-btc]

I swear on GOD! That goal from Raphina was top class, perfectly taken, technically sound was a thunderous and stunning blast that was. The next time they both will get the proper El Clasico game will be October 10at the Santiago Bernabue. They had a better game in the first half but they got pressing and pressured by Real Madrid. What I know is that Barcelona are also better at the Camp Nou no matter the form of Real Madrid, both club's would be anticipating for that game.

As for Frankie De Jong playing as a center back would be a nightmare for him, I find it embarrassing from Barcelona. But since it's for the club ans badge, De Jong would gracefully stay back to play for Barcelona. Playing off position ahead of the world Cup would be no good news for the Dutch national team.

https://independent.ng/xavi-reveals-he-could-use-de-jong-at-centre-back-if-he-stays/

[CryptoPanda]

I am happy with the result of this match even though it is thin. this is a prestigious match of the rivalry of the two clubs even in a friendly match. 
I am happy that Lewandowski can play well in his new squad as well as Raphinha who scored a spectacular goal, this is a great start for Xavi Hernandez's squad and they can prove it again later in La Liga and the Champions League.

Statistically the whole game was dominated by Madrid but in terms of shots on target Barcelona were superior, maybe the match would be very interesting again if Benzema came into play in this friendly match.

I applaud the management, the coach and the team in charge of the transfers for Barcelona for beating all odds, they did a good job bringing these top talented players to the team. Though it was a friendly game against Real madrid but the team showed good character and team work in the game. Xavi will be so happy with the way hos team performed and this shows how much they want to succeed and win trophies in the coming season.

[JeromeTash]

Barcelona spends a lot of money buying players. But they are not selling players. According to the rules of fair play, Barcelona will face many problems next season. But Barcelona is in dire need of a talented defender right now. Although the forwards and midfield are stable, Barcelona's defense is still very weak. And if they want to win the title, they must strengthen the defense. However, Kounde may be able to sign for Barcelona. Since he has performed in La League for so long. It will be easier for Kounde to perform in a La Liga team. So he might be interested in playing in Barcelona.

This is what I have been saying. Barcelona have focused way too much on the forwards, forgetting the defense. Maybe Xavi thinks that he will play possessive and attacking football all the time, but it will be deserter for Barcelona if a couple of starting defenders get injured long term.


@Trofo, I think we should have a new poll for the coming season.

[Pulsar77]

Barcelona are really still insistent about the Kounde deal. They just hope to sign him by offering a smaller amount than Chelsea now. Truthfully, I don't expect Sevilla to sell Kounde to them while Chelsea are offering more. Barcelona had better stop spending this much money too so I hope that Chelsea can finish this deal successfully. Barcelona need to learn to save some money to pay their debts. Otherwise their financial condition would be even worse later.

[snipie]

I swear on GOD! That goal from Raphina was top class, perfectly taken, technically sound was a thunderous and stunning blast that was. The next time they both will get the proper El Clasico game will be October 10at the Santiago Bernabue. They had a better game in the first half but they got pressing and pressured by Real Madrid. What I know is that Barcelona are also better at the Camp Nou no matter the form of Real Madrid, both club's would be anticipating for that game.

Well, that's a friendly game and Real Madrid didn't put all its force on it. There was some attempts from both teams and Barcelona was more threatening. A mistake let Raphinha score the only goal of the game and such thing should be avoided in the real El classico.

@Trofo, I think we should have a new poll for the coming season.

I think I will select Barcelona once it achieve registration of the new signed players.

[ingiltere]

This is what I have been saying. Barcelona have focused way too much on the forwards, forgetting the defense. Maybe Xavi thinks that he will play possessive and attacking football all the time, but it will be deserter for Barcelona if a couple of starting defenders get injured long term.

They only conceded one goal in three friendlies and that was a penalty. Defense didn't make any error that led to a goal. It was pretty solid against Real Madrid. Alba - Garcia - Christensen - Araujo look ideal defensive line. There is also Pique and Dest. One more stopper transfer would be great. I don't see any problem in Barca's defense. They should really focus on scoring goals in every game so that way they can win every match. Concede a goal? Score two, good old Barca. They have a lot of talented forwards so this shouldn't be a problem at all.

[Zackgeno96]

As Spanish media already indicated and has also been reported in the forum: Barcelona only focuses on the attack. That is of course also important, but your base has to be a good defense and also a good midfield. And then it is not even sure whether they can keep Frenkie de Jong. At the moment they only buy what they want and that is all attackers. They could do a lot better to strengthen their defense and midfield, as that seems to be the weakness now. Real Madrid has done things better and distributed the policy better.

[Yurkov]

I am happy with the result of this match even though it is thin. this is a prestigious match of the rivalry of the two clubs even in a friendly match. 
I am happy that Lewandowski can play well in his new squad as well as Raphinha who scored a spectacular goal, this is a great start for Xavi Hernandez's squad and they can prove it again later in La Liga and the Champions League.

Statistically the whole game was dominated by Madrid but in terms of shots on target Barcelona were superior, maybe the match would be very interesting again if Benzema came into play in this friendly match.

I applaud the management, the coach and the team in charge of the transfers for Barcelona for beating all odds, they did a good job bringing these top talented players to the team. Though it was a friendly game against Real madrid but the team showed good character and team work in the game. Xavi will be so happy with the way hos team performed and this shows how much they want to succeed and win trophies in the coming season.

Everyone says that it was a friendly match and that we shouldn't put too much emphasis on him. However, I am sure that it was a hugely important game for Xavi and I am sure that a lot of stress has come off him because of this result. I think that he and all Barcelona fans are very pleased with what they saw. It seems that Lewandowski will fit very well into the team and if he does not lose his effectiveness, this season Real Madrid may forget about the title of champion in La Liga.

[TheGreatPython]

Barcelona are really still insistent about the Kounde deal. They just hope to sign him by offering a smaller amount than Chelsea now. Truthfully, I don't expect Sevilla to sell Kounde to them while Chelsea are offering more. Barcelona had better stop spending this much money too so I hope that Chelsea can finish this deal successfully. Barcelona need to learn to save some money to pay their debts. Otherwise their financial condition would be even worse later.

It's hilarious from Barcelona view they are still insisting about this because now they are surely feeling some trouble in their financial department, and I was reading on few sites Sevilla is already settled all things with Chelsea about this transfer, and they have first won against Barcelona after losing two transfer deals badly just because of Barcelona but if they are going ahead with this then surely it's not good for them because they have to recheck about their all weakens before jumping into these cases and with player those are on offloading list are not going anywhere just because of their high prices or having few contract issues which are created by Barcelona its not good going to happen for Barcelona and their next season.

[lalabotax]

Barcelona are really still insistent about the Kounde deal. They just hope to sign him by offering a smaller amount than Chelsea now. Truthfully, I don't expect Sevilla to sell Kounde to them while Chelsea are offering more. Barcelona had better stop spending this much money too so I hope that Chelsea can finish this deal successfully. Barcelona need to learn to save some money to pay their debts. Otherwise their financial condition would be even worse later.

I bet Barcelona won't give up before Chelsea and Sevilla announce 'Kounde successfully moves to Chelsea'.  
Sure, Barcelona will offer smaller transfer fees and smaller salary. After spending a lot of money for some top players, they may have no much money to pay higher for Kounde. I am optimistic that Chelsea finally will sign Kounde successfully, Kounde and Sevilla management have no reason to refuse it. Especially after getting a personal agreement with Kounde and getting a deal for transfer fees. The transfer status should be almost done (completed). Both Chelsea and Sevilla probably announce it in the next few days.

[Webetcoins]

Ancelotti have said it earlier that they won't be doing any more further signings after Rudiger deal completed so yeah he does believe in the squad he had. Just two additions and I think they have got a real strong squad there. Regarding yesterday's loss, it was just one goal and it came off after Rudiger made a mistake but overall Madrid did well out there holding Barca. I still think Madrid are still better than Barca even with all the additions.

Ancelotti looks confident now, and indeed it is a fact they are now quite ready to make another splash for next season.
Currently the Madrid squad is dominated by young players, so there will be interesting things in the next few seasons because if they find their best performance, Madrid's young players can make unexpected surprises.

We all know about Ancelotti he is watching all changes and things happening around him with this all most chances he is also doing his thing he is one of the most decorated coach in soccer world with having too many systems and strategies for his team.

After losing friendly match against rivals surely he is going to do his homework and try to settle his weakness and other things where he needs more improvement surely we will have good tactics from his side in coming season against this star-studded Barcelona because still all fight will be happened in ground and just one will be winner in this war. Now with the rumor about Ronaldo is going into Atlético Madrid things are more heated for next season because this is going to be more entertaining season.

[sana54210]

It was a nice friendly match, the players will just get used to playing together. I haven't seen that both teams are ready enough yet, in a few weeks they will start to play better.
Raphinha scored her first goal, opening with a beautiful shot from outside the penalty area. He is a very useful player for this team, I think he will have a very successful career for many years

To have a club like Madrid who had a great season last season, and this year they started with friendlies they came out with a team that wasn't really their starting eleven, they were missing a lot of people and that's the important thing.

I believe that this wasn't really meant to be something, that wouldn't really be something that matters a lot, hence I would say that lets forget all the parts in the real part, let's look at the Barcelona part and I can tell you that they were actually coming out with mostly the main team they will play this year. Sure there will be some other players but they looked really good with this roster for sure.

[naira]

They are currently elbowing each other for Kounde and indeed the arrival of this young player to the Camp Nou will be very helpful in maintaining their current defense especially as they still have some obstacles in an old and Troubled defense.
But whether Chelsea will be silent because it seems they have also prepared another offer for this player.

Barcelona spends a lot of money buying players. But they are not selling players. According to the rules of fair play, Barcelona will face many problems next season. But Barcelona is in dire need of a talented defender right now. Although the forwards and midfield are stable, Barcelona's defense is still very weak. And if they want to win the title, they must strengthen the defense. However, Kounde may be able to sign for Barcelona. Since he has performed in La League for so long. It will be easier for Kounde to perform in a La Liga team. So he might be interested in playing in Barcelona.

The problem for now is that they really believe that they will avoid this kind of problem and continue to make player purchases.
It would be very good if they didn't have any problems this season for the sake of league competitiveness because indeed if things happened that they didn't want then the competition would definitely disappear and indirectly give back the Trophy to Real Madrid.

[Alanaz]

I bet Barcelona won't give up before Chelsea and Sevilla announce 'Kounde successfully moves to Chelsea'.  
Sure, Barcelona will offer smaller transfer fees and smaller salary. After spending a lot of money for some top players, they may have no much money to pay higher for Kounde. I am optimistic that Chelsea finally will sign Kounde successfully, Kounde and Sevilla management have no reason to refuse it. Especially after getting a personal agreement with Kounde and getting a deal for transfer fees. The transfer status should be almost done (completed). Both Chelsea and Sevilla probably announce it in the next few days.

They always insist when they want a player there. Indeed this looks good, but not for those now who always pay attention to their finances.
They don't want to talk things over with the players and still want a salary but they are always on the other side for a very fantastic price. this is really funny or indeed this is their plan and it will end up with as much fun between player and club as ever.

[boris singer]

Everyone says that it was a friendly match and that we shouldn't put too much emphasis on him. However, I am sure that it was a hugely important game for Xavi and I am sure that a lot of stress has come off him because of this result. I think that he and all Barcelona fans are very pleased with what they saw. It seems that Lewandowski will fit very well into the team and if he does not lose his effectiveness, this season Real Madrid may forget about the title of champion in La Liga.

This is something quite important for Xavi and Barcelona themselves. They have to get results like this or not to be absolutely sure that they are ready for next season.
It should be realized that when they spend on players continuously even though their financial condition is not good enough it has a not very good impact on their finances and this season is a gamble for Barcelona so indeed they need to make sure that the gambling they do goes right, because otherwise This will have an impact on their financial condition which is getting worse and worse.