La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Joca97]

I don't think that Xavi has big plans for Memphis Depay in the team now. He has reached his goal by signing Lewandowski already and Depay is just going to be his second choice in case he stays. I think that it would be better for him to leave the team sooner or later. There is an interest from Tottenham and Juventus. He should take the probable offers seriously from this solid teams. As long as they meet his demands I don't expect Barcelona to make things harder.

Well it would be smart that Memphis Depay leaves Barcelona and finds a club where he would be the main player and actully play . But with him staying in Barcelona he would need to wait for a chance to play. A good move for him would be to move to Tottenham but those are just rumours

[ingiltere]

I wasn't expecting Sevilla to play that bad but that friendly against Arsenal was a disaster for them. It was a bad last rehearsal before the new season. They had drawn with equal teams in the previous friendlies and beat a weak opponent like Angers with plenty of goals, but the Arsenal match gave very bad signals. They saw that they had to go a long way in terms of both defense and attack. In the new season, the realistic target will be to finish at the top three, but it seems difficult in its current form.

[lalabotax]

Well it would be smart that Memphis Depay leaves Barcelona and finds a club where he would be the main player and actully play . But with him staying in Barcelona he would need to wait for a chance to play. A good move for him would be to move to Tottenham but those are just rumours

In my opinion, it is a must to leave because he will have no chance to play this season. Barcelona has Lewandowski and Aubameyang, these stickers will be always the main option for Barcelona front-line players. If Depay cares about his career, he must find a club where he can play regularly there. I think moving to Tottenham isn't a good idea since they already have enough strikers. Depay must choose a club that has a lack of strikers, Chelsea can be a good option if they are interested to sign Depay.

[bekti3]

Well it would be smart that Memphis Depay leaves Barcelona and finds a club where he would be the main player and actully play . But with him staying in Barcelona he would need to wait for a chance to play. A good move for him would be to move to Tottenham but those are just rumours

In my opinion, it is a must to leave because he will have no chance to play this season. Barcelona has Lewandowski and Aubameyang, these stickers will be always the main option for Barcelona front-line players. If Depay cares with his career, he must find a club that he can play regularly there.

In this case actually some time ago there was some speculation about him and Juventus but it looks like this has to go away because indeed Juventus are now in the final settlement process with Zaniolo.
Maybe Tottenham can still bring him even though it's also a bit difficult for him.
But seriously, as you said if he really cares about his career then he should leave as soon as possible from the Camp Nou.

[tomos81]

Finally La Liga season starts today. I expect that this season will be very interesting and Barca won't win so easy like last year. Real maybe didn't looked impressive in friendly matches, but with Hazard they are more paowerful obviously and they only need some time. Atletico lost Griezmann, but they made serious rebuld during summer and now their squad looks very interesting.
First match of this season is very interesting. Athletic at San Mames always been difficult opponent for Barca, Messi aren't going to play, so, it's going to be tough.
I joined free pool, but so far there is only 2 players :/
P.S. Lke most here probably noticed, I'm hardcore Barca fan. Visca Catalunya! Visca Barca!

Yes bro I agree with you that today is the first day of La Liga. However, all the clubs are very strong, this time Barca club is a little weak in the previous position. Real Madrid has become a very strong club that has taken other clubs by surprise. But this time the club's game will be very fighting which you will be able to enjoy the games with a lot of joy.

[D-law]

I wasn't expecting Sevilla to play that bad but that friendly against Arsenal was a disaster for them. It was a bad last rehearsal before the new season. They had drawn with equal teams in the previous friendlies and beat a weak opponent like Angers with plenty of goals, but the Arsenal match gave very bad signals. They saw that they had to go a long way in terms of both defense and attack. In the new season, the realistic target will be to finish at the top three, but it seems difficult in its current form.

Arsenal are on fire the coordination between the attacking players was felt.
Gabriel will be contesting for the Golden ball and also a spot in Brazil squad.
Arsenal are sharp now like a double edge squad can they win the league ?

[Velvet78]

The season is almost starting. I have checked the games ahead and I have seen that one of the biggest games of the league is going to be played on Week 6 between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid. When it comes to the first week I don't see very tough games for especially Barcelona and Real Madrid. I think they both would start strongly to this season. I'm going to watch especially Lewandowski closely. His adaptation process can even be the most important thing for Barcelona now.

[bestcoins1]

Yes it is true El Clasico matches are always interesting, but I feel it has decreased a bit lately, after Cristiano Ronaldo and Leonel Messi are no longer there. But now there's something interesting again after the reshuffle by Barcelona and also the young players from Real Madrid who were adamant in their last game.

The excitement may be different, but the exciting level of El Clasico is still not much changed from before even though there will be differences between now and next season.
Because I also like to see Lewandowski versus Benzema when there is an El Clasico match, and besides that next season El Clasico matches are the matches that are often awaited by most people.

[Shasha80]

Yes it is true El Clasico matches are always interesting, but I feel it has decreased a bit lately, after Cristiano Ronaldo and Leonel Messi are no longer there. But now there's something interesting again after the reshuffle by Barcelona and also the young players from Real Madrid who were adamant in their last game.

The excitement may be different, but the exciting level of El Clasico is still not much changed from before even though there will be differences between now and next season.
Because I also like to see Lewandowski versus Benzema when there is an El Clasico match, and besides that next season El Clasico matches are the matches that are often awaited by most people.

It was very memorable when Ronaldo was still strengthening Real Madrid and Messi was still with Barcelona, El Clasico at that time was very
entertaining to see the competition between Messi and Ronaldo defending their respective teams. For now, El Clasico has a different taste,
but it's still very interesting to watch. Because until whenever the competition between Barcelona and Real Madrid will always be interesting
for us to follow. Because both teams do have an extraordinary history, especially after Barcelona brought in many new players, it gives a new
sense of competition in El Clasico. Now we will look at the rivalry of Benzema and Lewandowski, have ages that are not much different, and both
are very productive in scoring goals. That's why I always wait for El Clasico matches, because there are definitely many interesting things that
will happen.

[snipie]

Sevilla played vs Arsenal in Emirates Cup and the result was catastrophic, 6 for the gunners and 0 for Sevilla. I don't see any excuses for such result regardless of how important or not that game is.. Quite bad start for Sevilla vs a serious opponent.
Barcelona is currently having a game vs NY Red Bulls and Real Madrid will play vs Juventus in a couple of hours. Interesting game for Real before the starting of the season.

[baeva]

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The next question is, will some players survive the pay cut? Or are these many players' purchases really worth the payoff? Because after all, Barcelona is still not out of the financial crisis. Although they may use some strategies to face financial problems.

Cutting players' wages is not the solution to the financial problem. When they signed the contract with Barcelona the players had a clearly stated amount of money they should be paid, in this case the team is in breach of the terms. How the players tolerate this I cannot understand because it is nonsense. You could tell the players to play for free...

This is like making a solution to another problem, so there is no exact solution to cutting their salary, this is only for a moment, a matter of time. No matter what, if they're still there, they may ask for an increased salary during the season, moreover if they know that they have made some winnings.
Buying so many players is risky for Barcelona, we know that one of the financial problems faced right now is also because of the high previous purchases without considering whether the purchase is exactly needed or not at that time. that is one of the problems, added with some other complicated problems inside of the management.
Now, we just can wait and see how they can face this financial problem so that all players stay in the club and strengthen the squad, and the Barcelona club itself will not suffer losses and eliminate the financial crisis it faces. Btw, they are also now considering selling some of their players, aren't they?

By the way, one of the things I don't understand. Why not just sell a few players and solve at least part of your financial problems? I'm sure there are players in the team who are definitely not needed and play very little for the main squad, but the club still pay their salaries. By selling two or three of these players Barcelona could already get at least 50 million.

[posi]

This should be very interesting. El Clasico is indeed a little less interesting in this regard after losing Pepe, Sergio, Ronaldo to Madrid. and Messi, Neymar and Villa at Barcelona (My Version). because several seasons after some of these players disappeared indirectly there is no intrigue that is presented in El Clasico although it is still worth seeing.
Now Lewandowski as a high goal productivity player in the Bundesliga is coming and could be considered a challenge to Benzema in this season's top scorer and this will definitely ignite a rivalry that has not been seen for a long time.

What you say is not wrong, but next season's El Clasico will also be no less interesting to watch with the presence of Lewandowski at Barcelona which will make a long-lost rivalry visible again next season. I'm sure Barcelona fans will be even more excited next season because Barcelona's front line is better than before and will also try to present a fiercer competition next season.

El Clasico is always interesting to watch regardless of who is in the Real Madrid and Barcelona squad, the rivalry between the two La Liga giants has been going on for a long time, the match between the two always presents high tension. El Clasico is not only about 3 points, but the pride of the team is also at stake, the team that wins the match can be proud because the media continues to present the results of this match for days. Barcelona's transformation in the transfer market will make El Clasico even more exciting, because before Barcelona won the last El Clasico, Real Madrid was always in control of this big game.

It is true that El Clásico is a very big attraction in La Liga. Honestly, it doesn't matter how strong Barcelona or Real Madrid are compared to each other. El Clásico is always going to be El Clásico and people are always going to love it. Obviously, unless it is absolutely one-sided. To be honest, even if it is one-sided, people are still going to go to the stadium and attend the match.

It is also true at the same time that previously we had Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi facing off against each other in El Clásico. But now because none of those two players are playing in their previous teams El Clásico I have lost a lot of viewers. I personally miss the old days of the Messi-Neymar-Suarez and Ronaldo-Benzema-Bale attack.

[Ahli38]

Sevilla played vs Arsenal in Emirates Cup and the result was catastrophic, 6 for the gunners and 0 for Sevilla. I don't see any excuses for such result regardless of how important or not that game is.. Quite bad start for Sevilla vs a serious opponent.
Barcelona is currently having a game vs NY Red Bulls and Real Madrid will play vs Juventus in a couple of hours. Interesting game for Real before the starting of the season.

It is difficult to predict the outcome of the match between Juventus and Real Madrid. because these two clubs have their respective advantages that make it look even. but if you look at the history of pre-season matches for real madrid who have made the previous two matches. and the result is 1 loss and 1 draw. different from the pre-season Juventus match which both have done 2 matches and 1 of them Juventus managed to win it and 1 more draw. From this history, we see that Juventus is superior. But still, the opponent this time for Juventus is Real Madrid, which is very strong. so it's still hard to predict who will win.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Well, right now the match against Juventus is going on in Real Madrid's preseason, so far it's been 42 minutes and they're winning with a goal from Benzema, I think that Juve is having a very good introduction in these minutes, and it's worth noting that Benzema he is playing at half speed, Vinicius is there and you really see an abysmal difference in terms of the resistance of the Real Madrid players with those of Juve, I think that the Vinicius and Benezema duo does a lot of damage to the teams, Modric is also very activated and they are making many shots on goal, this shows that Real Madrid plays with almost all its starting players against certain teams to take care of them and not get injured.

[tulusikhlas]

Well, right now the match against Juventus is going on in Real Madrid's preseason, so far it's been 42 minutes and they're winning with a goal from Benzema, I think that Juve is having a very good introduction in these minutes, and it's worth noting that Benzema he is playing at half speed, Vinicius is there and you really see an abysmal difference in terms of the resistance of the Real Madrid players with those of Juve, I think that the Vinicius and Benezema duo does a lot of damage to the teams, Modric is also very activated and they are making many shots on goal, this shows that Real Madrid plays with almost all its starting players against certain teams to take care of them and not get injured.

I think so far there is nothing special about the game, because the game went as I expected. Although Juventus could have been better at the start, Real Madrid as usual managed to overcome that in the vulnerable minutes. In terms of opportunity, both teams are still looking for their best game, which means they are still having trouble breaking through each other's defenses.

[kamvreto]

Well, right now the match against Juventus is going on in Real Madrid's preseason, so far it's been 42 minutes and they're winning with a goal from Benzema, I think that Juve is having a very good introduction in these minutes, and it's worth noting that Benzema he is playing at half speed, Vinicius is there and you really see an abysmal difference in terms of the resistance of the Real Madrid players with those of Juve, I think that the Vinicius and Benezema duo does a lot of damage to the teams, Modric is also very activated and they are making many shots on goal, this shows that Real Madrid plays with almost all its starting players against certain teams to take care of them and not get injured.

I think so far there is nothing special about the game, because the game went as I expected. Although Juventus could have been better at the start, Real Madrid as usual managed to overcome that in the vulnerable minutes. In terms of opportunity, both teams are still looking for their best game, which means they are still having trouble breaking through each other's defenses.

and the end result is Los Blancos won 2-0 from juventus. with goals scored by Benzema and Asensio. Madrid got lucky because a foul made by a Juventus player dropped Vincius Junior in the penalty box which was then executed by Karim Benzema. and the second goal which was executed by Asensio thanks to Vallejo's flat curse in front of an unmarked goal.

Real Madrid line-up: Thibaut Courtois; David Alaba, Eder Militao, Ferland Mendy, Dani Carvajal, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior, Federico Valverde.
Coach: Carlo Ancelotti

Juventus line-up: Mattia Perin; Bremer, Leonardo Bonucci, Manuel Locatelli, Alex Sandro, Danilo, Ángel Di María, Nicolo Fagioli, Denis Zakaria, Moise Kean, Dusan Vlahovic.
Coach: Massimiliano Allegri

[mamesso]

Yes it is true El Clasico matches are always interesting, but I feel it has decreased a bit lately, after Cristiano Ronaldo and Leonel Messi are no longer there. But now there's something interesting again after the reshuffle by Barcelona and also the young players from Real Madrid who were adamant in their last game.

The excitement may be different, but the exciting level of El Clasico is still not much changed from before even though there will be differences between now and next season.
Because I also like to see Lewandowski versus Benzema when there is an El Clasico match, and besides that next season El Clasico matches are the matches that are often awaited by most people.

Back when Real Madrid was still reinforced by Ronaldo and Barcelona still had Messi, these two players were always in the spotlight in El Clasico. Now that the eyes of football fans will be on Benzema Dan Lewandowski, these two players will act as goal machines for their respective clubs, happiness will grace the face of one of these players if he scores a goal in El Clasico. Lewandowski is looking forward to his first El Clasico in an official match and wants to prove he can still play in big games like Benzema did, besides this El Clasico will be a proving ground for Benzema and Lewandowski to be the best.

[deathcode]

Yes it is true El Clasico matches are always interesting, but I feel it has decreased a bit lately, after Cristiano Ronaldo and Leonel Messi are no longer there. But now there's something interesting again after the reshuffle by Barcelona and also the young players from Real Madrid who were adamant in their last game.

The excitement may be different, but the exciting level of El Clasico is still not much changed from before even though there will be differences between now and next season.
Because I also like to see Lewandowski versus Benzema when there is an El Clasico match, and besides that next season El Clasico matches are the matches that are often awaited by most people.

Back when Real Madrid was still reinforced by Ronaldo and Barcelona still had Messi, these two players were always in the spotlight in El Clasico. Now that the eyes of football fans will be on Benzema Dan Lewandowski, these two players will act as goal machines for their respective clubs, happiness will grace the face of one of these players if he scores a goal in El Clasico. Lewandowski is looking forward to his first El Clasico in an official match and wants to prove he can still play in big games like Benzema did, besides this El Clasico will be a proving ground for Benzema and Lewandowski to be the best.

Lewandowski and Benzema I think are the stars of both clubs. Although Lewandowski is still new, his performances in pre-season matches seem promising enough to perform well in El Clasico. Lewandowski quickly adapted to Xavi's strategy. he will be one of the most prolific players in La Liga in my opinion. I hope both teams will show their best quality of play.

[tulusikhlas]

Lewandowski and Benzema I think are the stars of both clubs. Although Lewandowski is still new, his performances in pre-season matches seem promising enough to perform well in El Clasico. Lewandowski quickly adapted to Xavi's strategy. he will be one of the most prolific players in La Liga in my opinion. I hope both teams will show their best quality of play.

Yes, those two players are now the attention of each team. Fans will definitely compare the two, although I don't agree with that, but the fact is that many people always do. The difference will be, because last season Barcelona didn't have a fierce forward line, but now Lewandowski will. Although we still need to wait for what Lewandowski will give.

[Jody.Drummer]

Yes, Real Madrid won in a friendly against Juventus. They were able to lead by 2 goals until the last minute, after goals from Benzema and Asensio could not be answered by Juventus. I think Juventus still have to improve, especially in their attack line, because as far as I can see they have not been able to be effective when trying to attack.