La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Zlantann]

Xavi was seeing it just as a friendly. He even made a statement after the match like they played a friendly match but Arsenal played a Champions League match. Because Arsenal's performance was really just like that. The players were on the pitch to get a solid win as much as possible. But it wasn't the case for Barcelona exactly.

Xavi was just focused on giving as much chance as possible to all of his players to help them gain some match fitness. But I still like the way Arsenal played against them. Because a friendly match really turned into a much more serious and enjoyable one thanks to that.    This is what I love about Arsenal the most.

Although Arsenal won the match, Barcelona control the game effectively. Coach Xavi was busy testing players and strategies and from my observation, Barca will be a more formidable team this season because they look organised and coordinated. The Arsenal team gave their all because friendly games could also serve as a motivation for the season. It was a good match for coach Mikel and I just hope the attacking force of the Gunners will keep improving.

But I am expecting a different game when Barca meets Madrid on the 29th. Madrid won their last game against Manchester United and the two goals came from two new signee. We expect to see more entertaining football than what we saw in the game against Arsenal. These clubs are arch-rivals and will not want to be defeated by one another. The game will be played not only as a warm-up game for the season but the prestige or reputation of both clubs will be at stake. But I hope they will consider avoiding injuries because this is just a friendly game.

[Ndabagi01]

Regardless of the results of the Arsenal vs Barcelona match, I think the El Clasico match will be more interesting to look forward to. Barcelona have been beaten 5-3 by Arsenal, but they will be looking to avoid a humiliating defeat to Real Madrid in a friendly in America.

For years, El Classico has been an exciting football match to witness. Even if it's a preseason game and not a regular league game, it wouldn't be any different this time. The match will be quite exciting to watch because neither team will treat it as a preseason game and will play brilliantly and with great passion to win. I'm looking forward to this competitive game soon.

Just a few days from now El Clasico will be held, it will be very exciting for me ahead of the new season. I want to see Real Madrid play so well and prove itself not affected by the absence of Benzema. Real Madrid success to beat Manchester United in the previous match, so I also hope they can beat Barcelona in the upcoming game.

Manchester United is not the same as Barcelona, and I doubt Real Madrid will simply defeat Barcelona like they did Manchester United. Benzema's absence will undoubtedly be felt by the team, but I believe they will have already adapted to playing without him following these preseason games. They outplayed Manchester United and triumphed by two goals, with Joselu, the presumed striker, scoring a fantastic goal. I believe they can farewell now without missing Benzema too much.

[tiCeR]

Xavi was seeing it just as a friendly. He even made a statement after the match like they played a friendly match but Arsenal played a Champions League match. Because Arsenal's performance was really just like that. The players were on the pitch to get a solid win as much as possible. But it wasn't the case for Barcelona exactly.

Xavi was just focused on giving as much chance as possible to all of his players to help them gain some match fitness. But I still like the way Arsenal played against them. Because a friendly match really turned into a much more serious and enjoyable one thanks to that.    This is what I love about Arsenal the most.

Although Arsenal won the match, Barcelona control the game effectively. Coach Xavi was busy testing players and strategies and from my observation, Barca will be a more formidable team this season because they look organised and coordinated. The Arsenal team gave their all because friendly games could also serve as a motivation for the season. It was a good match for coach Mikel and I just hope the attacking force of the Gunners will keep improving.

But I am expecting a different game when Barca meets Madrid on the 29th. Madrid won their last game against Manchester United and the two goals came from two new signee. We expect to see more entertaining football than what we saw in the game against Arsenal. These clubs are arch-rivals and will not want to be defeated by one another. The game will be played not only as a warm-up game for the season but the prestige or reputation of both clubs will be at stake. But I hope they will consider avoiding injuries because this is just a friendly game.

But what do you mean by Barcelona controlled the game? The time that ball possession means many goals means winning games is over for quite a while in Barcelona. It was when they had all those superstars united ten years ago and they played their ball control game when the other teams had no chance to intervene and counter that strategy. But ball possession isn't the same as other teams now know how to play against it. Arsenal had more than double the number of shots and more than double the number of shots on target. There is something wrong about Barcelona's control if they have the ball 60% of the time but only half of the number of chances that Arsenal had.

[kawetsriyanto]

When Barcelona sold out Aubameyang that was very good to them,and was even scoring goals back to back for them,instead of them to keep him to compete with Lewandowski,they went ahead and sold him out forgeting the fact that players sometimes becomes tired as a result of fatigue.Lewandowski might still be scoring the way he was scoring,but if he should get injured,I think it will really be hard for Barcleona because he is the only striker that can give them the number of goals they would want.They are currently building the team around young players and if they should want to sign a new attacker,it should be a young player that has great potential,and it should also be a young kid who is not injury prone.Nervertheless,the transfer window is still some weeks away from closing,and anything can still happen.

I'm also a bit disappointed with Barcelona, they kicked out Aubameyang who already contributed a lot for them. Aubameyang actually have proven that he deserves to stay in Barcelona, he scored some important goals for Barcelona. Sadly, Barcelona prefers to sell him, they ignore Aubameyang's contribution after they signed Lewandowski. Even worse, they also sold Depay, they may try to decrease the players' budget salaries at that moment. However, I think it becomes a problem in the next season if they only have 1 striker for the whole season.

Sure, there are still few weeks until the transfer window is over. Barcelona still has enough time to sign a new striker. But there is no any rumor about the plan for signing a new striker for the next season. They signed Vitor Roque but he is available for the season 24/25.

[ndutndut]

So it's only natural that Arteta wants to beat Barcelona in the serious way he showed in that friendly match. I thought the game was interesting, but Barcelona didn't take the game too seriously despite having 60% possession.

In pre-season, the aim is to try to make players so that Barcelona, in the second half, one full team makes substitutions, while Arsenal, the main team, who are used to playing, also change in the 75th minutes. In essence, pre-season only tests players, but this defeat is good for Barcelona, especially for Xavi, so he knows where his weaknesses are. Because last season, even though we won Laliga, there were many matches that weren't good from a game standpoint.

[Leviathan.007]

Real Madrid has bad performance last season behind 10 points left from Barcelona who won La Liga tittle, Carlo Ancelotti looks priority with Champion League competition than domestic league and finally both competition loss and Madrid won Copa Del Rey only. Little difference for this season after Real Madrid success bringing several top player and looks strong composition, but still have weakness space after Karim Benzema departure to Al Ahli still not finding the same level replacement for striker position.

Real Madrid will be stronger next season even with the departure of their main striker from several seasons. They were able to win the game by two goals and the second goal from Joselu was a very spectacular kick that they new Manchester United Goalkeeper could do nothing about. Joselu can become the major striker for Real Madrid until they can get the player they have always wanted, that is Mbappe, that is if they are able to get him if another club does not tie him down with a contract.

Real Madrid will be stronger because they will have much more and better players in the next season. they hired Jude Bellingham and he scored his first goal in the game against Manchester United which is a good reason to say Bellingham can have good and shining days in Real Madrid.

[lalabotax]

It's just a pre-season match so some football clubs don't play well because they want to show their true strength when the league they are living has started.

Yes, definitely.
If they are too insistent on showing off their skills, they are afraid they will actually get injured. This will be detrimental to both him and the club. This pre-season match is one of the trials of how the club as a whole, at least, usually they play almost all of their players in turn to find out how their composition and strength will be.

For the start of La Liga later, it looks like Real Madrid has been prepared to chase goals in every match so that they can occupy first place in the standings.
One challenge for Real Madrid is Barcelona because for other clubs I'm sure Real Madrid can beat easily but for Barcelona it's not as easy as we think.

And at the very least, Real Madrid must always be consistent in order to continue to be in first place. I remember last season how they played very well from the beginning to the middle of the season, they even held the first position for quite a long time, with quite a point difference from Barcelona. but in the end they slipped and were unable to maintain their 1st position, and were even almost overtaken again by Atletico Madrid. Maybe because last season they were only too focused on the UCL which also failed in the end.

[Docnaster]

 

One goal chip and one bicycle kick goal
Jude Bellingham and Joselu scored beautiful debut goals in today's pre-season game against manchester united and the 2-0 win has kept Real Madrid on the positive side. Real Madrid appeared with almost all of their core squad in the first half and they took the lead quickly in the 5th minute through a goal scored by Bellingham. If we look at the match earlier Ancelotti used a 4-4-2 formation with Bellingham as a false nine and it went very smoothly.

After that the game got more exciting and after changing almost all the players in the 60th minute, that's where Joselu came in in the second half and scored a goal beyond the expectations of the audience with a bicycle kick. It's only pre-season but Real Madrid are already showing their seriousness for all competitions next season and if they can stay consistent then this is without a doubt the best squad out there right now.

Yep, Real Madrid scored 2 amazing goals from their new players in that match. And they scored the goals in the match against a strong team, Man United. So, everyone must assume Real Madrid already showed their progress along with the new players. In that match, Jude Bellingham and Joselu showed their skills to the whole fans and convince everyone why they must be signed by Real Madrid for the next season. As usual, Ancelotti made the best tactic, and he tried a new strategy to use Bellingham's potential for a false nine. I think this can be an option if Joselu gets injured.

Well, although Real Madrid won the match with 2 goals, it doesn't guarantee Real Madrid to perform better in the next season. I still expect Ancelotti signs another striker, Mbappe should be perfect for Real Madrid if he really moves to Real Madrid. I assume Real Madrid still needs to improve their attacking power.

Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid will always find the perfect formation that'll bring the best from the player whenever they're facing any team and that's because of the intimidating quality in that squad.
However it'll still be better for Real Madrid to try and sign another top 9 striker this summer of they fail to get the services of Kylian Mbappe before the end of the summer transfer window.

[TopT3ns]

Arsenal seem to be ready for the season from what we've seen in the game. It was very nice for them to score 5 goals against Barcelona in the match they played against Barcelona. Barcelona defense gave a big alarm by conceding 5 goals. Arsenal want the Premier league title and they have to get better this year.

When Arsenal win and are five goals ahead of Barcelona, they must remember again that this is only a friendly match used for practice. Barcelona knows this, so they prefer not to play well when on the field because I'm sure they keep everything. the form to have for the actual match for the title in the season to come.

[shogun47]

When Barcelona sold out Aubameyang that was very good to them,and was even scoring goals back to back for them,instead of them to keep him to compete with Lewandowski,they went ahead and sold him out forgeting the fact that players sometimes becomes tired as a result of fatigue.Lewandowski might still be scoring the way he was scoring,but if he should get injured,I think it will really be hard for Barcleona because he is the only striker that can give them the number of goals they would want.They are currently building the team around young players and if they should want to sign a new attacker,it should be a young player that has great potential,and it should also be a young kid who is not injury prone.Nervertheless,the transfer window is still some weeks away from closing,and anything can still happen.

I'm also a bit disappointed with Barcelona, they kicked out Aubameyang who already contributed a lot for them. Aubameyang actually have proven that he deserves to stay in Barcelona, he scored some important goals for Barcelona. Sadly, Barcelona prefers to sell him, they ignore Aubameyang's contribution after they signed Lewandowski. Even worse, they also sold Depay, they may try to decrease the players' budget salaries at that moment. However, I think it becomes a problem in the next season if they only have 1 striker for the whole season.

Sure, there are still few weeks until the transfer window is over. Barcelona still has enough time to sign a new striker. But there is no any rumor about the plan for signing a new striker for the next season. They signed Vitor Roque but he is available for the season 24/25.

But isn't that normal that they sell players when the time has come? Aubameyang is now 34 and yes he did score some goals in his 18 games for Barcelona, but his performance in Chelsea was not exactly the perfect application for his return and stay in Barcelona. They have said for a long time that they want to start a whole new project and rebuild the team over time to get back to the Barcelona that was a Champions League favorite. I think keeping Aubameyang wouldn't have been a decision that is consistent with their plans.

[harapan]

For El Clasico, it will still be very interesting.
Barcelona's loss to Arsenal won't prove that they're bad because it's basically just a trial and see what players they bring in. It's just to try out some players so that they can adapt more and Xavi wants to see if there's potential from young players or not.

But when it comes to El Clasico even though it's just a friendly I think the result will be different. There's prestige to be maintained and even though it's a friendly I'm sure they'll go all out and a win will be sought even though they won't say it.
However, El Clasico is still El Clasico and they don't want to lose easily to a rival club.

When it comes to El classico, it's a different ball game. Although there might be too much intensity as a competitive match, but it would definitely be more than a normal friendly.
There's this bragging right that comes with the classico. They never want to lose to each other, no matter the circumstances. The rivalry is so strong that neither of these teams ever settles for a draw.

People say the rivalry of these teams have cooled down because Messi and Ronaldo no longer play for them but that's not true. The rivalry is always as strong as ever. That is why I laugh it off when I see people say "Madrid were not interested in the league last season". That's bullshit. If you follow La Liga you'll know how competitive they both are so there is no way they won't be serious for a competition like the Spanish league.

I'm looking forward to the El classico. I know it would be interesting, but I hope no player gets injured before the seasons even starts.

[X-ray]

Speaking to the press after the game, Xavi, who led Barca to last season's La Liga title, was keen to stress his unhappiness at how Mikel Arteta's Arsenal had approached the game.

"I said to Mikel at the end of the game, it was like a Champions League tie with the intensity they put in. It was not normal for a friendly, but I understand everyone wants to win. For us, it was our first friendly and we went into it off the back of loads of players having had a bug."

https://www.90min.com/posts/how-arsenal-surprised-barcelona-xavi-pre-season-friendly-win

  One of the funniest interviews I've ever read! Xavi knows how to play in the Champions League  
I always like his excuses, and I hope to hear more of them in the coming season. I didn't see the game, but even with 3 goals scored, 5 goals conceded look very unpleasant.
As for Arsenal, it looks like they are ready for the start of the season (it would be nice if they followed the path of Napoli, which took the title on the second attempt).

It's always like that. That reminds me how he was making excuses when barcelona was losing in europa league. Arsenal played far better compared with barcelona. The fact that barcelona is still weak. You will hear more from him once he will failed in UCL and then UEL.
That's pretty much the same like last season. He said he was in the process in assembling the club, it's not something new from him. I saw that how barcelona team can do nothing against arsenal.
It's only arsenal, and this club has not faced yet manchester city. my guess if xavi is preparing another excuses once barcelona gonna lose against real madrid soon.
Barcelona is gonna face real madrid and acmilan, Will we see him making another excuses again if his team is gonna lose? It's very hard for xavi to accept the truth if his team was still below EPL club at this moment.

[Leviathan.007]

For the start of La Liga later, it looks like Real Madrid has been prepared to chase goals in every match so that they can occupy first place in the standings.
One challenge for Real Madrid is Barcelona because for other clubs I'm sure Real Madrid can beat easily but for Barcelona it's not as easy as we think.

And at the very least, Real Madrid must always be consistent in order to continue to be in first place. I remember last season how they played very well from the beginning to the middle of the season, they even held the first position for quite a long time, with quite a point difference from Barcelona. but in the end they slipped and were unable to maintain their 1st position, and were even almost overtaken again by Atletico Madrid. Maybe because last season they were only too focused on the UCL which also failed in the end.

The champions league is the first priority for Real Madrid and they try to make their team stronger in preparation for this tournament every year. In the previous season, they had many talented players and an experienced coach such as Ancelotti, but in the end, it was Xavi who won the game against Real Madrid in the El Clasico, which resulted in them winning La Liga.
 

[asriloni]

Update from barcelona's score.

Barcelona was losing against arsenal. King havertz has been helping arsenal to lead the game. It seems like that barcelona's squad is not as strong as before. Barcelona needs to do some evaluations before the start of UCL.
It's caused by barcelona's level is still above EPL club if this time barcelona will lose against arsenal. Xavi has been using best squad to face arsenal. The game is still running and im waiting for another goal that may come from barcelona.
The defensive line of barcelona is still having a lot of weakness. Xavi needs to use the result from this match as an evaluation to the all the lines in the club. Barcelona was losing 4-2 against arsenal. How weak barcelona is right now. Im feeling skeptical if barcelona will able to win UCL next season.
Barcelona needs to sell so many of its defenders. The defensive line of barcelona is very weak.

Barcelona lost the match 5-3. Barcelona scored a goal in the 88th minute, and conceded a goal in the 89th minute. Barcelona's midfield and attacking performances were quite good. But I don't know why Barcelona's defence collapsed in this match. I was very disappointed with the performance of Barcelona's defenders. If the defence is so weak, nothing good can be expected from this team in the Champions League.

Against Manchester United and Barcelona, the two big teams, Arsenal's performance was quite good. Although they did not attack much against United, the Arsenal team played completely attacking from the beginning of the match against Barcelona. Although the first half ended 2-2, the second half saw the dominance of Arsenal players.

The main problem was on the defensive line. Barcelona is very inconsistent in defending from the fast counter attack that came from arsenal. Barcelona's defensive line ha also become a big problem since last season. I can't even understand why xavi didn't even try to put effort to fix the problem in the defensive line. He can accept the loss and said if its defensive line needs to be reconstructed again. im hearing that if xavi was calling arsenal play so serious like it was playing in UCL.
I don't know why arsenal is always performing so badly when it was facing manchester united. Manchester united already humiliated by real madrid with 2-0 as the final scores. football is really dynamic and anything can happen.
Many people are still talking about reforming the defensive line of barcelona. UCL is the goal for Xavi next season, yet with such a weak defensive line, Barcelona may not be able to compete in the tournament. It will only be humiliated by another club in UCL.

[Mustang Shelby]

For the start of La Liga later, it looks like Real Madrid has been prepared to chase goals in every match so that they can occupy first place in the standings.
One challenge for Real Madrid is Barcelona because for other clubs I'm sure Real Madrid can beat easily but for Barcelona it's not as easy as we think.

And at the very least, Real Madrid must always be consistent in order to continue to be in first place. I remember last season how they played very well from the beginning to the middle of the season, they even held the first position for quite a long time, with quite a point difference from Barcelona. but in the end they slipped and were unable to maintain their 1st position, and were even almost overtaken again by Atletico Madrid. Maybe because last season they were only too focused on the UCL which also failed in the end.

The champions league is the first priority for Real Madrid and they try to make their team stronger in preparation for this tournament every year. In the previous season, they had many talented players and an experienced coach such as Ancelotti, but in the end, it was Xavi who won the game against Real Madrid in the El Clasico, which resulted in them winning La Liga.
 

I think this year's El Classicos will be more competitive than last year. Real made good signings and there is still a striker zone that remains unclear. If they can get a good striker, I think they may have a better chance at El Classico than Barcelona. I believe Real Madrid is stronger for the championship this year. Joselu alone is not enough as a striker, of course, with a new forward transfer, the probability of this championship will increase even more.

[poodle63]

Real Madrid will be stronger because they will have much more and better players in the next season. they hired Jude Bellingham and he scored his first goal in the game against Manchester United which is a good reason to say Bellingham can have good and shining days in Real Madrid.

I do like hoe bellingham has been showing his quality during the match against manchester united, it seems like that bellingham can adapt very fast. 1 goal is a good for a midfielder like him. I think that manchester united shall strengthen its defensive line.

MU was able winning against arsenal but it's not able to destroying real madrid. Real madrid is too strong for manchester united at this moment. Ten hag needs a pure striker.

The club can't always rely on rashford. Madrid needs more time to build its chemistry to the new player like joselu.

[zuzie]

For the start of La Liga later, it looks like Real Madrid has been prepared to chase goals in every match so that they can occupy first place in the standings.
One challenge for Real Madrid is Barcelona because for other clubs I'm sure Real Madrid can beat easily but for Barcelona it's not as easy as we think.

And at the very least, Real Madrid must always be consistent in order to continue to be in first place. I remember last season how they played very well from the beginning to the middle of the season, they even held the first position for quite a long time, with quite a point difference from Barcelona. but in the end they slipped and were unable to maintain their 1st position, and were even almost overtaken again by Atletico Madrid. Maybe because last season they were only too focused on the UCL which also failed in the end.

The champions league is the first priority for Real Madrid and they try to make their team stronger in preparation for this tournament every year. In the previous season, they had many talented players and an experienced coach such as Ancelotti, but in the end, it was Xavi who won the game against Real Madrid in the El Clasico, which resulted in them winning La Liga.
 

I think this year's El Classicos will be more competitive than last year. Real made good signings and there is still a striker zone that remains unclear. If they can get a good striker, I think they may have a better chance at El Classico than Barcelona. I believe Real Madrid is stronger for the championship this year. Joselu alone is not enough as a striker, of course, with a new forward transfer, the probability of this championship will increase even more.

Really, wouldn't it be the other way around? This is because several players such as Benzema, Asensio, Busquets and Jordi Alba have not been seen in the EL Classico duels this season. They is the people who play a role in make EL Clasico more competitive and exciting in previous seasons, while there has not been seen a replacement that has the same potential or is close to the players I mention earlier.

[borovichok]

I do like hoe bellingham has been showing his quality during the match against manchester united, it seems like that bellingham can adapt very fast. 1 goal is a good for a midfielder like him. I think that manchester united shall strengthen its defensive line.

MU was able winning against arsenal but it's not able to destroying real madrid. Real madrid is too strong for manchester united at this moment. Ten hag needs a pure striker.

The club can't always rely on rashford. Madrid needs more time to build its chemistry to the new player like joselu.

Just enjoyed watching the new signings in Real Madrid doing the most important tasks for the club. Real Madrid triumphed the friendly against the Red Devils, and I acknowledged every single aspect of the game. It's undoubtedly a perfect opportunity to get to know the players who align with the game structure and those who don't. Carlo Ancelotti signed one of the brightest upcoming midfielders in football, Jude Bellingham, who swiftly learns to Los Blancos' tendencies. Manchester United have been no match for Real Madrid in games since day one; despite the fact that this is a friendly match, Erik's team were trounced.

[X-ray]

Real Madrid will be stronger because they will have much more and better players in the next season. they hired Jude Bellingham and he scored his first goal in the game against Manchester United which is a good reason to say Bellingham can have good and shining days in Real Madrid.

Two goals from joselu and bellingham.

Is there a better thing than seeing all of new players were contributing goals to the club in the same match? I remember when people said that if real madrid needs a new striker while real already signed joselu. The decision to buy bellingham has become a great decision by real madrid.
Joselu already signed for small fees. It's nothing for real madrid even if his performance will not be so bad but im sure joselu will be able to prove his capability to replace benzema. Im feeling optimistic about him.

He's very calm and just try to prove himself by making more and more goals for madrid. No mbappe No problem for real madrid.
Many complaints came from real fans toward him but joselu was just proving himself with a spectaculer goal. What a striker. That's why he was wearing number 9.

[reagansimms]

The champions league is the first priority for Real Madrid and they try to make their team stronger in preparation for this tournament every year. In the previous season, they had many talented players and an experienced coach such as Ancelotti, but in the end, it was Xavi who won the game against Real Madrid in the El Clasico, which resulted in them winning La Liga.
 

I think this year's El Classicos will be more competitive than last year. Real made good signings and there is still a striker zone that remains unclear. If they can get a good striker, I think they may have a better chance at El Classico than Barcelona. I believe Real Madrid is stronger for the championship this year. Joselu alone is not enough as a striker, of course, with a new forward transfer, the probability of this championship will increase even more.

El Clasico is always competitive from year to year, when El Clasico takes place it is always presented with high tension games which are very interesting to watch due to the feud of two teams who want to maintain the pride of the team from their rivals. Real Madrid still lack quality stickers on their front lines, Joselu was brought in as an alternative to fill the temporary void. Real Madrid must immediately get a reliable striker before the season starts, they must strengthen all lines in order to open up opportunities to win the championship this year.

This season's La Liga competition is still about Barcelona and Real Madrid, last year Barcelona managed to win the championship after successfully rising from adversity. The positive results obtained last season have made Barcelona even more enthusiastic in building their squad, Real Madrid needs to take action to end the search for players who play as strikers so that they can give competition to Barcelona in winning the championship this year.