La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[naira]

As I said before Barcelona's next match will not be easy, because there are Inter, Real Madrid, Villarreal and then Bayern Munich to face next month. Even for an easy match against a mediocre team that Barcelona will face next month, at least it can't be underestimated at all like Celta Vigo, Bilbao and Valencia. If these players can't recover quickly then I'm pretty sure, it looks like next month Barcelona will experience a decline in performance that allows their points gap to be wide with Real Madrid.

It can happen, as we saw the players who were absent were very important in how Barcelona move. When many vacancies Xavi is automatically overwhelmed. I do not know what Xavi will overhaul in order to cover such a large and vulnerable gap. There are concerns that are prolonged and have a great impact on the position of El Barca going forward. Depay, Kounde, De Jong have irreplaceable skills, and Lewandowski will lose the support to penetrate the opponent's defense.

[mamesso]

I don't carelessly post here, I read news about injured Barca players here;
https://www.malaymail.com/news/sports/2022/09/23/barca-duo-kounde-and-depay-suffer-injuries-in-nations-league/29780

in this article what is called the "FIFA virus". and we know that kounde has become one of barca's mainstays in the back line, he is a defender that xavi really needs in the el Clasico match later.

But losing Kounde isn't a very big problem for Barcelona, they still have Piqué, Eric García, and Christensen. I think Piqué-Christensen will be a good duo for the center-defenders in the upcoming El Classico. About Depay's injury, it won't impact anything for Barcelona attacking line since the main CF is Lewandowski. Depay is only a substitution player on Barcelona squad now, the absence of Depay shouldn't be a serious problem. You don't need to be so worried because most of Barcelona key players are still availbale.

In addition to Kounde who suffered an injury while defending his country, Barcelona also confirmed that Ronald Araujo also suffered a thigh injury, this condition is increasingly difficult for Barcelona because these two players have always been Xavi's choice to strengthen the Barcelona back line. Although Barcelona still have Pique, Eric Garcia and Christensen who can replace Kounde and Araujo, this condition remains a disaster for Barcelona because El Clasico is only three weeks away.
Depay's injury did not bother Xavi too much, because he was not the first choice in the Barcelona squad. De Jong also has problems with his legs, Xavi still has a strong midfielder in his squad. Franck Kessie, Sergio Busquets, Pedri, Sergi Roberto and Gavi who can be relied on in every match.

[bering]

Do you really think that there are alternative formations that don't pose the risk of being too week, taking into account the potential absences? They are talking about four players, which is quite a hardly foreseeable scenario. The decision making process will be hard, but I have hope in Xavi.

Barca has dense squad now and even with four players out, I think they will be able to put good squad against Mallorca. The difficult part is that three days later they have game against Inter in CL and that is very important for them if they want to keep good chances of advancing to the next stage. Xavi has to make some tough calls here.

But if you look at two of the 4 players who have to recover, it's not very good.
De Jong and Kunde's performances are needed now especially as they will face Inter and El Clasico in the near future. The absence of this player is clearly a bit of an obstacle, especially since Barcelona currently always plays with De Jong and Kunde as the main choices.

Both of them is vital players in Barcelona that whether Kounde or De Jong has several times played as starting lineup this season and if these players really got long injured actually Barcelona have the replacement of their position and for midfielder position Busquets can be played as the replacement of De Jong but for Kounde position this a bit worried because his position seems irreplaceable and indeed Bellerin also can be played as right back but Bellerin performance is not quite good compared to Kounde

[D-law]

But losing Kounde isn't a very big problem for Barcelona, they still have Piqué, Eric García, and Christensen. I think Piqué-Christensen will be a good duo for the center-defenders in the upcoming El Classico. About Depay's injury, it won't impact anything for Barcelona attacking line since the main CF is Lewandowski. Depay is only a substitution player on Barcelona squad now, the absence of Depay shouldn't be a serious problem. You don't need to be so worried because most of Barcelona key players are still availbale.

Did you just mentions Pique and Eric Garcia?

Why do you think Barcelona tried to bring in the likes of Kounde even when their financial position sucked? Because a player like pique is way past his top quality football performance. Pique is no longer the kind of Defender you used to know.

Imagine him facing up with the likes of Vini Jr one on one 

Vini Jr against Pique ? Close and open your eyes and all you see is directly into the net
I can go for Eric Garcia but Gerrad pique from this season till next will gradually have low game time.
Kounde is a warrior with time he will be the wall of Barcelona defense

[Alisha-k]

But losing Kounde isn't a very big problem for Barcelona, they still have Piqué, Eric García, and Christensen. I think Piqué-Christensen will be a good duo for the center-defenders in the upcoming El Classico. About Depay's injury, it won't impact anything for Barcelona attacking line since the main CF is Lewandowski. Depay is only a substitution player on Barcelona squad now, the absence of Depay shouldn't be a serious problem. You don't need to be so worried because most of Barcelona key players are still availbale.

Did you just mentions Pique and Eric Garcia?

Why do you think Barcelona tried to bring in the likes of Kounde even when their financial position sucked? Because a player like pique is way past his top quality football performance. Pique is no longer the kind of Defender you used to know.

Imagine him facing up with the likes of Vini Jr one on one 

Vini Jr against Pique ? Close and open your eyes and all you see is directly into the net
I can go for Eric Garcia but Gerrad pique from this season till next will gradually have low game time.
Kounde is a warrior with time he will be the wall of Barcelona defense

The era of pique is gone Vini. jr is no match with him especially when it comes to speed and fitness. Eric Garcia can make a good match but not without so many failed attempts. Vini is an aggressive attacker with so much skills and energy. Depay's injury doesn't really matter in the El Classico since the likes of Christensen can perfectly do a better job in the CB

[Prince Malik]

The era for messi is gone after he was leaving from barcelona.

You seem to blame him for leaving Barcelona, dude. 
IMHO, the era of Messi was over once Barcelona no longer has 2 main midfielders (Xavi, Iniesta).
Only these two players can support Messi to play at his best level.

Messi in PSG was not the same like when he was in barcelona. I just said based on what i have been watching between when he was in barcelona and PSG, there are different things when he was in barcelona and PSG. When xavi and iniesta gone, messi still able to give very big contribution to the barcelona. The era for messi already gone and this is the fact. This time his performance in PSG was not so impressive like when he was in barcelona but i know that there are so many variables who affected his performance in PSG

Changing the club after very long period is definitely one of the hardest things that a player can encounter in his career, so what happened to messi in Barcelona is normal and he is doing better this season comparable to the previous one, Barcelona now is without messi and the team must find the right solutions to bring back Barcelona glory

[tulusikhlas]

Messi in PSG was not the same like when he was in barcelona. I just said based on what i have been watching between when he was in barcelona and PSG, there are different things when he was in barcelona and PSG. When xavi and iniesta gone, messi still able to give very big contribution to the barcelona. The era for messi already gone and this is the fact. This time his performance in PSG was not so impressive like when he was in barcelona but i know that there are so many variables who affected his performance in PSG

Changing the club after very long period is definitely one of the hardest things that a player can encounter in his career, so what happened to messi in Barcelona is normal and he is doing better this season comparable to the previous one, Barcelona now is without messi and the team must find the right solutions to bring back Barcelona glory

I think this is something that shouldn't be discussed anymore, I mean that now that Barcelona are slowly getting back into their game with Xavi, they have seen a lot of changes. If we continue to discuss of course, then it is endless because it is clear that Messi is one of the souls of the game at Barcelona.
And also now that Messi is back slowly finding something he was missing when he played at Barcelona.

[keyscore44]

Messi in PSG was not the same like when he was in barcelona. I just said based on what i have been watching between when he was in barcelona and PSG, there are different things when he was in barcelona and PSG. When xavi and iniesta gone, messi still able to give very big contribution to the barcelona. The era for messi already gone and this is the fact. This time his performance in PSG was not so impressive like when he was in barcelona but i know that there are so many variables who affected his performance in PSG

Changing the club after very long period is definitely one of the hardest things that a player can encounter in his career, so what happened to messi in Barcelona is normal and he is doing better this season comparable to the previous one, Barcelona now is without messi and the team must find the right solutions to bring back Barcelona glory

I think this is something that shouldn't be discussed anymore, I mean that now that Barcelona are slowly getting back into their game with Xavi, they have seen a lot of changes. If we continue to discuss of course, then it is endless because it is clear that Messi is one of the souls of the game at Barcelona.
And also now that Messi is back slowly finding something he was missing when he played at Barcelona.

Barcelona should now look to their future. Xavi has brought back the team's form. Barca are now able to balance the game. But what Messi has done for Barca will never be forgotten. Time will tell if Messi will return to Barcelona.

[rahmad2nd]

Both of them is vital players in Barcelona that whether Kounde or De Jong has several times played as starting lineup this season and if these players really got long injured actually Barcelona have the replacement of their position and for midfielder position Busquets can be played as the replacement of De Jong but for Kounde position this a bit worried because his position seems irreplaceable and indeed Bellerin also can be played as right back but Bellerin performance is not quite good compared to Kounde

For De Jong it doesn't look like he has a very serious injury, Van Gaal explains De jong was pulled out just in case. he felt the tension in his muscles, but for Jules Kunde, and Araujo, if barcelona lost them both for a significant period of time would be a huge blow to Xavi, who has made this pair the mainstay of defense in the team with his new.

it looks like Xavi will have difficulty continuing his squad's positive trend in La Liga, especially when Barcelona will play Champions League matches and El Classico matches.
it's difficult but actually I think there are some second-tier players who are quite capable, I like Hector Bellerin, he can be counted on to be the main starter for a while.

[Docnaster]

As I said before Barcelona's next match will not be easy, because there are Inter, Real Madrid, Villarreal and then Bayern Munich to face next month. Even for an easy match against a mediocre team that Barcelona will face next month, at least it can't be underestimated at all like Celta Vigo, Bilbao and Valencia. If these players can't recover quickly then I'm pretty sure, it looks like next month Barcelona will experience a decline in performance that allows their points gap to be wide with Real Madrid.

It can happen, as we saw the players who were absent were very important in how Barcelona move. When many vacancies Xavi is automatically overwhelmed. I do not know what Xavi will overhaul in order to cover such a large and vulnerable gap. There are concerns that are prolonged and have a great impact on the position of El Barca going forward. Depay, Kounde, De Jong have irreplaceable skills, and Lewandowski will lose the support to penetrate the opponent's defense.

Inter, Real Madrid, Villareal and Bayern Munich. Among these matches I am sure that Barcelona can get atleast 4 points from them in their worse performance. But if they give their best and determined, i expect them to come out with 7 points . I didn't hype my expectations because Barcelona can win Inter and Villareal, which is 6points and can draw both or either of Madrid and Bayern, that is 7poinst. But it will be a tough week for them.

[arimamib]

It can happen, as we saw the players who were absent were very important in how Barcelona move. When many vacancies Xavi is automatically overwhelmed. I do not know what Xavi will overhaul in order to cover such a large and vulnerable gap. There are concerns that are prolonged and have a great impact on the position of El Barca going forward. Depay, Kounde, De Jong have irreplaceable skills, and Lewandowski will lose the support to penetrate the opponent's defense.

Inter, Real Madrid, Villareal and Bayern Munich. Among these matches I am sure that Barcelona can get atleast 4 points from them in their worse performance. But if they give their best and determined, i expect them to come out with 7 points . I didn't hype my expectations because Barcelona can win Inter and Villareal, which is 6points and can draw both or either of Madrid and Bayern, that is 7poinst. But it will be a tough week for them.

I don't want to comment on Barcelona vs Inter and Bayern Munich matches here, because this thread is not a place for Champions League discussion. Barcelona is focused on the match against Mallorca, Xavi had to make changes in several positions because many of Barcelona main players were injured after playing with their national team. Mallorca who just got a win in their last game over Almeria will try to trouble Barcelona at the Iberostar Stadium, while Barcelona who are in the best form in La Liga can take full points at home to Mallorca because the depth of Barcelona squad is stronger than Mallorca.

[Porfirii]

Don't you find it weird when weekends like this arrive and there are no games in La Liga? It is almost like a religious ritual: for many people, football could at least enter the category of "ideology", as they may feel compelled to make some decisions depending on the calendar. I am not that type of person, but I feel a little emptiness on days like today, not being able to watch my favourite teams play against each other.

[swogerino]

Don't you find it weird when weekends like this arrive and there are no games in La Liga? It is almost like a religious ritual: for many people, football could at least enter the category of "ideology", as they may feel compelled to make some decisions depending on the calendar. I am not that type of person, but I feel a little emptiness on days like today, not being able to watch my favourite teams play against each other.

I don't feel empty when we have weekends like this without the La Liga or other major leagues because tonight we have a big game in International teams which Netherlands vs Belgium and is a game which both teams play open football and don't care that much about defending so is a sure thing there will be a festival of goals.

People can make decisions on such games if they find it like a religion or ideology where they can make their own decisions.

[Porfirii]

Don't you find it weird when weekends like this arrive and there are no games in La Liga? It is almost like a religious ritual: for many people, football could at least enter the category of "ideology", as they may feel compelled to make some decisions depending on the calendar. I am not that type of person, but I feel a little emptiness on days like today, not being able to watch my favourite teams play against each other.

I don't feel empty when we have weekends like this without the La Liga or other major leagues because tonight we have a big game in International teams which Netherlands vs Belgium and is a game which both teams play open football and don't care that much about defending so is a sure thing there will be a festival of goals.

People can make decisions on such games if they find it like a religion or ideology where they can make their own decisions.

Maybe it is because I am a Spaniard, so I miss to watch teams like Betis or Villarreal playing in order to maintain their positions in the ranking. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético use to offer the most exciting games, but it can become a bit boring to see always the same, so matches between not so well known teams are like a breath of fresh air.

Well, at least today we'll able to see these National teams face to face, which is not too common either.

[KTChampions]

Don't you find it weird when weekends like this arrive and there are no games in La Liga? It is almost like a religious ritual: for many people, football could at least enter the category of "ideology", as they may feel compelled to make some decisions depending on the calendar. I am not that type of person, but I feel a little emptiness on days like today, not being able to watch my favourite teams play against each other.

Friend, may be you have an addiction?  On the one hand, I understand you because I recently experienced similar feelings due to a pause in the Premier League, but there was a different situation - the pause was unexpected. The current pause was known in advance and there was no "cancellation of what you have been waiting for a long time." After all, the teams you follow are associated with certain players - you can follow them in the national team format. Yes, it's not a complete replacement, but still.

[Fesatmas]

Don't you find it weird when weekends like this arrive and there are no games in La Liga? It is almost like a religious ritual: for many people, football could at least enter the category of "ideology", as they may feel compelled to make some decisions depending on the calendar. I am not that type of person, but I feel a little emptiness on days like today, not being able to watch my favourite teams play against each other.

Yes, it becomes natural when you really become a football connoisseur, but don't worry there is still a match even though it's not here. We can still see them competing at the level of their respective countries. This should be said to be a common thing, because we have gone through things like this, even without a match some time ago. I'm sure I don't need to say when it happened, because everyone felt the impact.

[tulusikhlas]

Barcelona should now look to their future. Xavi has brought back the team's form. Barca are now able to balance the game. But what Messi has done for Barca will never be forgotten. Time will tell if Messi will return to Barcelona.

Even though Messi will return to Barcelona, I don't think it will be like Messi was at Barcelona. As you said what Messi has given should not be forgotten, but of course they have to look to the future instead of dwelling on the past.
Now Barcelona must be able to print young seeds for their bright future. Because I see a lot of potential in this team.

[boltz]

Messi will never return to Barca as a player or as someone in the board! He will be club history and the most respected player from Barca but Messi has nothing to do with coaching or having any skills towards management so yea ...he is good with the ball and that's it. ERA of Messi in Barcelona has ended 2 years ago.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Barcelona should now look to their future. Xavi has brought back the team's form. Barca are now able to balance the game. But what Messi has done for Barca will never be forgotten. Time will tell if Messi will return to Barcelona.

Even though Messi will return to Barcelona, I don't think it will be like Messi was at Barcelona. As you said what Messi has given should not be forgotten, but of course they have to look to the future instead of dwelling on the past.
Now Barcelona must be able to print young seeds for their bright future. Because I see a lot of potential in this team.

yes that's right, now messi is old and his performance is getting worse of course if Messi returns to Barcelona it will not guarantee that he will be able to make a big contribution.
now Barcelona under Xavi's care slowly has improved. I think they should forget the past and also don't expect Messi to come back better the Barcelona team continues to focus on improving and bringing in or giving birth to other new stars.

[makishart]

Barcelona should now look to their future. Xavi has brought back the team's form. Barca are now able to balance the game. But what Messi has done for Barca will never be forgotten. Time will tell if Messi will return to Barcelona.

Even though Messi will return to Barcelona, I don't think it will be like Messi was at Barcelona. As you said what Messi has given should not be forgotten, but of course they have to look to the future instead of dwelling on the past.
Now Barcelona must be able to print young seeds for their bright future. Because I see a lot of potential in this team.

His performance may be different but it will be impossible for messi to go back to the barcelona. He is feeling confidence in PSG and there's no need to create a rumour that will never come true. It's better if barcelona try to pay its debt rather than thinking something crazy like that.
This club can go bankrupt for the next season if the debt will not be paid. In my opinion if people must forget it. Messi is staying on PSG. There's no chance for him to go to the barcelona again.
Barcelona needs to be sold to the billionaires to make it happen.