La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

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In almost every match, Barcelona always excels in possession of the ball, but what makes the difference in this El Clasico match is effectiveness. The reason is, despite the lack of opportunities, Madrid was able to end the resistance of Barcelona.

I think Xavi should evaluate his squad thoroughly, lately it seems that the appearance of Lewandowski and his friends is starting to look sloppy. I am certainly very worried about the existence of the Blaugrana this season, even though they are strong competitors for Real Madrid in La Liga but in other competitions they are also very threatened. What is clear is that Xavi must understand the character of his players because many new recruits do not really understand the scheme he applies.

that is one aspect that Xavi must fix because in the match against real madrid where barcelona in the first half was able to control the game quite well at the beginning of the minute where their attacks were able to fool the opponent but unfortunately they were too weak when there was a counterattack. This defeat was very painful for Barcelona, ​​because Barcelona had to give up 1st place to Real Madrid and now the points gap is 3 points away from their rivals. other than that in UCL the chance to qualify for the next round is very small. Does Xavi fail in developing his tactical scheme of course it's not only that which must be addressed but he must give more confidence to his players like De jong he must always play and he must rotate the transition of the game level to new faces to adapt well in each match.

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If you look at the statistics of the match, you might get the impression that Barcelona played a good match, but if you watched the match, it will be clear that Barcelona almost failed to create something truly dangerous at the Real Madrid gate. Real looked much stronger and more confident, and I think it's not just that the match was at the Bernabeu. Real Madrid under Ancelotti really deserves the highest praise. Barcelona have created a lot of excitement in the transfer market, but now there is no result that Xavi had hoped for.

They always do that in the last few games because if we look at their Champions League games against Inter and Bayern it was the same with possession that was quite dominant but still failed in the end.
They are still struggling in this regard especially with goals and Lewa is now slowly starting to struggle too in La Liga as his form has changed slightly with the previous few games.

[Alisha-k]

Is it time for Barcelona to look into having another coach? Well I think so, right now they have done so well in player signing and the team has pump in good amount of money but after a few good games they have gone back to a very poor performance.

Barcelona outing in the UEFA champions league has been a disaster they are on the verge of dropping out of the UCL and today's match Against Real Madrid was also a disaster. I think Barcelona's board should look into hiring a new coach. This could just be their problem.

Barcelona fans are saying same and their demand is sacking Xavi and replacing him with Tuchel which sounds so wierd to me. Can Tuchel fit into the Laliga game style?

We won't blame Xavi for losing to Madrid i will say Carlo is more experienced than him and also Madrid has a more balanced team than Barcelona. When it comes to the UCL i think Xavi needs to sit up because Barcelona is at the Mercy of Bayern to win Inter and Barcelona in turn to win Bayern and Viktoria Pizeñ.

https://www.goal.com/en-ng/lists/barcelona-should-sack-xavi-for-tuchel-fans-conclude-after-loss-to-real-madrid/bltc1b7b00b1e5db3fc

[jaberwock]

If you look at the statistics of the match, you might get the impression that Barcelona played a good match, but if you watched the match, it will be clear that Barcelona almost failed to create something truly dangerous at the Real Madrid gate. Real looked much stronger and more confident, and I think it's not just that the match was at the Bernabeu. Real Madrid under Ancelotti really deserves the highest praise. Barcelona have created a lot of excitement in the transfer market, but now there is no result that Xavi had hoped for.

There was nothing great from Barcelona today, they really deserved to lose to Real Madrid because I don't think the Barcelona defense is very prepared for this match. I didn't even want to watch the match because I felt sure that Barcelona would be difficult to win the match. The fact is true, Real Madrid took advantage at home by beating Barcelona 3-1. I only watched this match in the first half, it wasn't El Clasico which I thought was great.

I agreed about this in today match Barcelona was completely clueless and Real Madrid players were doing amazing job specially in first half they have done their job and Barcelona were on back foot which is big success for the league leaders because this is surely going to be the biggest win for them, and now they have better time in La Liga and Champions League where they already qualify for next round even two matches remaining in group stage.

Most of the predictions were for draw or narrow win but Real Madrid performance were at the best and Xavi and his men fail to stop them from dominating in this match Lewandowski is also out of the touch and Dembélé is also having not good time for me surely now they are missing magic of Aubameyang which they sold for good amount after having on free transfer, but he was surely one of the best for them in short period.

[coinlocket$]

Real is much stronger at this moment over Barca.

I also think Barca needs to keep Xavi as coach even if he will probably fail to qualify for the final stage of the Champions League.

They are just not so strong right now and in a delicate economical situation, waiting for the ESL decision at the end of this year.

[Porfirii]

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There was nothing great from Barcelona today, they really deserved to lose to Real Madrid because I don't think the Barcelona defense is very prepared for this match. I didn't even want to watch the match because I felt sure that Barcelona would be difficult to win the match. The fact is true, Real Madrid took advantage at home by beating Barcelona 3-1. I only watched this match in the first half, it wasn't El Clasico which I thought was great.

There was a big expectation around this Clásico, and when expectations are so high it is difficult to meet them. Real Madrid was superior today, the result was quite fair. And we saw four goals, which is not bad in any football match.

This weekend has left interesting changes in the classification. Losers will have a good motivation to recover the lost positions.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Real is much stronger at this moment over Barca.

I also think Barca needs to keep Xavi as coach even if he will probably fail to qualify for the final stage of the Champions League.

They are just not so strong right now and in a delicate economical situation, waiting for the ESL decision at the end of this year.

Apart from their current defeat there is actually nothing that can make Xavi leave because it will be a pity even though the worst possibility at this time is to be eliminated from the Champions League and still have to compete in La Liga with Madrid.
But speaking of Barcelona's gamble by bringing in so many players in transfers last season, the loss and current form is clearly an overkill in my opinion.

[D-law]

Real is much stronger at this moment over Barca.

I also think Barca needs to keep Xavi as coach even if he will probably fail to qualify for the final stage of the Champions League.

They are just not so strong right now and in a delicate economical situation, waiting for the ESL decision at the end of this year.

There are some certain player's who they can't do without
Valverde is one, I was happy for Vinicius junior he deserves
Benzema came back scoring goals again Barcelona, they have to be focused on from now henceforth.

[SatoPrincess]

Real Madrid are indeed one of the best teams in the world, It is not even something to debate about, the way they play and the quality of the players in the team proves it all. The game today was interesting and Ancelloti showed his class yet again. He is such an experienced and seem to understand the game, against Barcelona he proved his team is much better than the Barcelona team.

[Tumanggor]

In almost every match, Barcelona always excels in possession of the ball, but what makes the difference in this El Clasico match is effectiveness. The reason is, despite the lack of opportunities, Madrid was able to end the resistance of Barcelona.

I think Xavi should evaluate his squad thoroughly, lately it seems that the appearance of Lewandowski and his friends is starting to look sloppy. I am certainly very worried about the existence of the Blaugrana this season, even though they are strong competitors for Real Madrid in La Liga but in other competitions they are also very threatened. What is clear is that Xavi must understand the character of his players because many new recruits do not really understand the scheme he applies.

with the landslide victory of madrid in the el clasico earlier, I see the purchases made by barca in the past transfer market are really not effective at all

Their front line is perfect but the back line is still very chaotic, kounde did play as a starter but I saw him not playing optimally. Xavi's homework is to improve Barca's back line which is still chaotic and has many gaps

[lalabotax]

Real is much stronger at this moment over Barca.

Which one is stronger can be debatable. But Real Madrid players seem more confident, their mentality is much better than Barcelona players.
Xavi may have many skilled or talented players, unfortunately many of them have weak mentalities. They still have no winning mentality, they may still hard to move on from a bad experience at UCL yesterday. As the result, they made the mistake in El Classico today.

I also think Barca needs to keep Xavi as coach even if he will probably fail to qualify for the final stage of the Champions League.

Agree. Xavi actually has improved many things from Barcelona squad. It needs a process and a lot of time, Barcelona management must give more chances to Xavi. They still have a chance to win the Europa League title, and this team may be better in the next season.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

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There was nothing great from Barcelona today, they really deserved to lose to Real Madrid because I don't think the Barcelona defense is very prepared for this match. I didn't even want to watch the match because I felt sure that Barcelona would be difficult to win the match. The fact is true, Real Madrid took advantage at home by beating Barcelona 3-1. I only watched this match in the first half, it wasn't El Clasico which I thought was great.

There was a big expectation around this Clásico, and when expectations are so high it is difficult to meet them. Real Madrid was superior today, the result was quite fair. And we saw four goals, which is not bad in any football match.

This weekend has left interesting changes in the classification. Losers will have a good motivation to recover the lost positions.

Yes, it was a very interesting match even though it wasn't as expected because Madrid seems to be more in control of the game I mean strategy in game
Once again Madrid prove that their experience is more valuable than anything they deserve appreciation for having recorded a win in El Clasico
Benzema is a player who deserves more appreciation, his first goal raised the morale of the team.

[Luzin]

Real is much stronger at this moment over Barca.

I also think Barca needs to keep Xavi as coach even if he will probably fail to qualify for the final stage of the Champions League.

Hala Madrid !!!  
Barcelona always have better possession of the ball. But Madrid have a more effective game. The three-point gap, it's not over yet because the game is still long. Maybe there will be mistakes made by Madrid or Barca that cost them points.
Of course keeping Xavi is the best idea, he has brought about a change. But indeed the football that Barcelona is playing at the moment is starting to be able to cope with it a lot, he has to innovate in attack.  

[Ayers]

Actually Real Madrid have a complete team for this year. There are so many Real Madrid strikers, if one of them is injured, then there are other players as substitutes. In the last few weeks when Karim Benzema was injured, Rodrygo and Asensio could replace him. In addition, the performance of Real Madrid's players was very good against Barca in today's match. If we look at the average player performance of 7.0
Carlo is an experienced coach compared to Xavi. We can see substitutions are always at the end or after the opponent's substitutions are made. So that Carlo can replace it with an equivalent. And Carlo really believes in the ability of young players.

Great match for Real Madrid today. To be honest, I am very happy with the result and it is as expected. Now Real Madrid have made it 3 points clear of Barcelona although I don't think it's always safe. As I said before, this is a different match from the previous meeting record and great, I deserve to celebrate.

I knew that Xavi did not have the vast experience to defeat the Real Madrid Team this season, because the team has a complete set of players with good teamwork, they know well how to play a very good match and Carlo Ancelotti is an experienced coach that knows the tactics to use and he gets the victory very easily by focusing on contact game because he knows that Barcelona's defense is not strong enough to handle Real Madrid at the moment.

I actually kind of knew that there was no way Barcelona was able to win this match against Real Madrid. Barcelona is just not good enough. Obviously, the 2-0 score was not looking encouraging at halftime. But Barcelona did score a goal toward the end of the match. Right when it looks like they might have a chance of coming back they conceded a penalty. Not an ideal match for Barcelona at all. Now Real Madrid has taken the advantage of points and become the team in the first position on the table. Barcelona has already done very badly in the Champions League. They will have to somehow find a way to climb back up to the first position in La Liga.

[nurilham]

Yes, it was a very interesting match even though it wasn't as expected because Madrid seems to be more in control of the game I mean strategy in game

What a wonderful and exciting El Classico.
Wow, Real Madrid really proves their best in this match. Both have played impressively, moroever Barcelona gave so many shots at Real Madrid. But, I really surprised by the performance of Real Madrid, they could really make a very incredible defense so that Barcelona only could score 1 goal. Even Real Madrid is not playing with the main goalkeeper because he is still injured, and this shows the quality of Real Madrid. Both are very good, but this time, Real Madrid played more impressively.
Really appreciate also Rodrygo that took the penalty shot, he could make it a goal. He is young but he could manage his emotion very well.

[AndySt]

It was not for nothing that there was information that after the Barcelona-Inter match there was a meeting between Barcelona President Laporta and Xavi, where Laporta said that Barcelona has no task to win the Champions League this season, but has a task to win La Liga. That is, the club's management is well aware that the team is still under construction and there is no need to demand everything from Xavi right now. Another question is that a 3-1 loss in El clasico does not bring the cherished goal closer, but rather puts it a little further away. The team that had previously conceded only one goal in 8 matches immediately conceded 3 in one match. However, nothing serious has happened so far and the gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona is only 3 points, there are still three quarters of the championship and the return game in Barcelona. I would like to draw attention to the two super-bombardiers of the clubs that Benzema finally scored his goal on August 28, but Lewandowski this time managed without scoring a goal. Real Madrid have confirmed their class and title claims, and Xavi still has a lot of work to do.

[X-ray]

Is it time for Barcelona to look into having another coach? Well I think so, right now they have done so well in player signing and the team has pump in good amount of money but after a few good games they have gone back to a very poor performance.

Barcelona outing in the UEFA champions league has been a disaster they are on the verge of dropping out of the UCL and today's match Against Real Madrid was also a disaster. I think Barcelona's board should look into hiring a new coach. This could just be their problem.

Barcelona fans are saying same and their demand is sacking Xavi and replacing him with Tuchel which sounds so wierd to me. Can Tuchel fit into the Laliga game style?

We won't blame Xavi for losing to Madrid i will say Carlo is more experienced than him and also Madrid has a more balanced team than Barcelona. When it comes to the UCL i think Xavi needs to sit up because Barcelona is at the Mercy of Bayern to win Inter and Barcelona in turn to win Bayern and Viktoria Pizeñ.

https://www.goal.com/en-ng/lists/barcelona-should-sack-xavi-for-tuchel-fans-conclude-after-loss-to-real-madrid/bltc1b7b00b1e5db3fc

Hashstags about anything OUT will always be used once the team was loosing against its competitior. Im not feeling doubt about this. This was also happening with frank lampard in the past. Barcelona's performance is not comparable with madrid. This can be easily predicted in the past but people were always still overestimating barcelona's performance. real madrid is far better compared with barcelona. Lewandowski was only getting momentum and lucky enough in the early match but it will not happen again for the next of match.
This will give a big pressure to the barcelona as it will be facing some big matches in champion league.

[Velvet78]

Barcelona made me really disappointed with the result they got. I was expecting them to put up a much bigger fight than this but they struggled a lot. Even their goal came in the last ten minutes. I also saw how Lewandowski wasted a huge opportunity in the first half. Something happens to him in big games like this and I hope that he gets over this as soon as possible. Because the team need him the most in especially games like this. These are important games considering the title race.

[SatoPrincess]

Barcelona made me really disappointed with the result they got. I was expecting them to put up a much bigger fight than this but they struggled a lot. Even their goal came in the last ten minutes. I also saw how Lewandowski wasted a huge opportunity in the first half. Something happens to him in big games like this and I hope that he gets over this as soon as possible. Because the team need him the most in especially games like this. These are important games considering the title race.

Barcelona are suffering from injuries which definitely is a huge blow to Xavi, I expected this result today because Barcelona's form and available players are no match to compete against Real Madrid's team with every first team player available including in form striker Karim Benzema. Xavi should pray and be hopeful all injured players recover quickly before the January window to help the team.

[Marykeller]

It was not for nothing that there was information that after the Barcelona-Inter match there was a meeting between Barcelona President Laporta and Xavi, where Laporta said that Barcelona has no task to win the Champions League this season, but has a task to win La Liga. That is, the club's management is well aware that the team is still under construction and there is no need to demand everything from Xavi right now. Another question is that a 3-1 loss in El clasico does not bring the cherished goal closer, but rather puts it a little further away. The team that had previously conceded only one goal in 8 matches immediately conceded 3 in one match. However, nothing serious has happened so far and the gap between Real Madrid and Barcelona is only 3 points, there are still three quarters of the championship and the return game in Barcelona. I would like to draw attention to the two super-bombardiers of the clubs that Benzema finally scored his goal on August 28, but Lewandowski this time managed without scoring a goal. Real Madrid have confirmed their class and title claims, and Xavi still has a lot of work to do.

Barcelona has the set of players to win La Liga but the problem they are facing is how to arrange their players in matches. Xavi is not that experience in coaching job to know the exact fixture of players to play in a given match. He is so confused about selecting players in matches. Up till now, he is yet to find a constant starting eleven of Barcelona, and that's too bad. Xavi's style of football is not favouring Barcelona players again. That's a big problem