La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Minor Miner]

Benzema's departure has left a huge gap in Real Madrid's attack. However, I still appreciate Real Madrid's financial potential, and everything will improve if they successfully recruit Mbappe in this summer transfer.

Yes, perhaps the pressure is on the shoulders of two young strikers, Vinicius and Rodrygo when senior Benzema has gone to the Saudi Professional League to play. In this match, they have to face the great rival Barcelona. Barcelona, this season, is too comprehensive. I rate them higher than Real Madrid. As you say: "If they successfully recruit Mbappe this summer," it will be great to see the trio of Vinicius, Rodrygo, and Mbappe play. This will be a new era for Real Madrid.

Karim Benzema was an outright striker through out his stay at Real Madrid and despite the current quality in the attacking line of the club they'll definitely feel the departure of Benzema if the club doesn't find a good replacement for him.
Vinicius Jnr and Rodrygo are two good forward players but none of them can play in the striking role like Benzema was playing for Real Madrid. I know that the Real Madrid coach can be using a formation that'll allow a false 9 usage but that doesn't solve the problem of finding his replacement I think

Madrid's main weakness has been their over-reliance on Benzema over the last few seasons. And while Benzema is in the squad they should have found a suitable replacement for Benzema. They didn't do it. And now, if Madrid does not get a suitable replacement for Benzema, the team will not be able to win the title next season. Joselu is quite a good striker. But he is not as experienced as Benzema.

Vini and Rodrygo are excellent players no doubt. But they miss a lot of easy opportunities. But Vini is slowly gaining experience. Day by day his performance is getting sharper. I hope we see better performances from Vini next season. At the same time, if Joselu and Rodrygo play well, maybe Real Madrid's performance will stabilize.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Xavi Hernandez is delighted with his current squad, which is always ready to maximize their on-field performance. IIkay Gundogan, Barcelona's summer addition, is excited to play alongside his new teammates in preseason games. The bluagrana would have played Juventus, but given that everything that caused the tie against the elderly lady to be postponed was due to the intervention of a nasty virus among the players, perhaps it's only a matter of time before it's resolved. The bluagrana have good reasons to compete for top competitions in the coming season, they have what it takes.

I'm not really a fan of Barcelona, but I like that this team is doing well and to the fullest, it's because thanks to this team it makes the best of Real Madrid come to an end and that's a good thing if this Barcelona were just another team, it didn't make Madrid raise its level more and more, then I think it's excellent for this team, besides, seeing your squad well, wow Xavi can do great things, and if he achieves them, I'd be happy, I'd also like to see Barcelona in the big competitions, like For example, in the UCL, last season they did nothing in the Europa League and it was won by a team that was not doing well in the League,  so anyone has a bitter taste in their mouths.

Benzema's departure has left a huge gap in Real Madrid's attack. However, I still appreciate Real Madrid's financial potential, and everything will improve if they successfully recruit Mbappe in this summer transfer.

Yes, perhaps the pressure is on the shoulders of two young strikers, Vinicius and Rodrygo when senior Benzema has gone to the Saudi Professional League to play. In this match, they have to face the great rival Barcelona. Barcelona, this season, is too comprehensive. I rate them higher than Real Madrid. As you say: "If they successfully recruit Mbappe this summer," it will be great to see the trio of Vinicius, Rodrygo, and Mbappe play. This will be a new era for Real Madrid.

I don't really know, but Vinicius and Rodrygo can move the team forward, I know that Benzema is a very good player who has a lot to offer, but Madrid is not used to having such a veteran player, they prefer young players, in The case of Mbappé is something that I personally do not like at all that he goes to Madrid, because he is a very egocentric player, surely he will have problems within the squad because the other players will not let themselves be dominated as he did At PSG, then that will be a problem, now if they sign him, not only will I be a little disappointed, but I hope that if it happens, that he will only do his job as a player.

A future with and without Mbappe: Where are Real Madrid headed next season?

After Real Madrid lost to Barcelona in a pre-season Clasico friendly in Dallas on Saturday night, there were a wide-range of perspectives from Madridistas. From the despair of losing to Xavi again; to the tranquility that Carlo Ancelotti himself exuded post-game, this 3 - 0 loss was interpreted in different ways.

On one hand, Real Madrid out-shot Barcelona 29 to 12 and had an xG of 3 compared to Barcelona’s 1.9. Ancelotti’s men hit the woodwork five times. On another day, things outside of Ancelotti’s control — like the ball going one centimetre the right way, or Ter Stegen being mortal — would’ve resulted in a win and a different game state.

On the other hand, all those numbers can be spun to tell a different story. Real Madrid had 29 shots and an xG of 3 and still couldn’t score. Does that mean they have great creators but lack a goalscorer? The sample size is just one game — an an exhibition one at that — but given that there is only one striker — Joselu — in the team, it’s reasonable to assume that Real Madrid’s problem next season will be just that: Great in the build-up phase but no assassin up front to lethally and mercilessly puncture goals into the heart of opponents.

Source: https://www.managingmadrid.com/2023/7/31/23813890/a-future-with-and-without-mbappe-where-are-real-madrid-headed-next-season

Well things here are quite uncertain, on the one hand it is obvious that MADRID does need a good striker fast, the truth is that 3-0 was really something humiliating and there are really many things to think about, I don't know what is that Ancelotti has in his thoughts, but I believe that he has to move quickly to solve this problem they have, Vinisus must be in the background like a born striker with Rodrygo, they should not be in the midfield, they both have to be there so that they can do something

The other Madrid players have a lot to do, the things they have to improve are their speed, the accuracy of their passes, everything has to be more balanced, Real Madrid always surprises their opponents because when they say they run, no one He stops them, they run and run, they don't get tired, I think Ancelotti didn't want to take that out or discourage him, I don't know if it's due to strategy, but apparently Xavi didn't save anything.

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Dembele was often to says he want to staying at Barcelona before and previously there was a Arabian club who want him and he was decide to refuse the offers from that club and actually PSG was targetting him since since a few months ago but i thought the negotiation will never be happend but PSG has been showing that they were very serious who want him so maybe that's why Dembele will starting to considering moved to PSG and according to the news Dembele has release clause 50 millions and this want to utilized by PSG to gets him and reported Dembele and PSG currently has personal agreement and Dembele will accept 5 years contract duration and apparently in the near future this transfer will be happened

It's really crucial for Barcelona because they only have Raphinha who's can play in right winger position and he's not good as Dembele. This is not good, Raphinha will be forced to play as a starter and Torres will become a substitute player, Barcelona's right winger isn't solid enough. They need to find a good right winger player to secure their trophy for the next season. Will Barcelona sign Antoine Griezmann?

I do not think that Barcelona would care. First of all Rapinha may not be as good as Dembele but he is more available, Dembele keeps getting injured all the time and it hurts their chances and makes Rapinha not be ready for it. If they sell him, they will both make a lot of money, and they can get another player there instead, or they could just fix the debt issue and the cap issue at the same time and do whatever they want.

Dembele is French as far as I know, and him going to PSG would make him better, and he will probably play more there, and PSG would have a right wing to replace Messi, sure maybe not as good, but at least younger and could be good. This is why this deal would work for everyone all at the same time.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Even though I didn't watch the game, from the game statistics I think Barcelona really did a good job. Real Madrid made more attempts to score, but none of their efforts managed to find the net against Marc-André ter Stegen. Real Madrid did have a good striker in their line-up but they struggled against Barcelona despite other factors causing them to lose.

Of course Real Madrid must improve so they can overcome opponents' resistance well next season. Without Benzema Real Madrid are very different even though they could beat several other teams before being beaten by Barcelona 3-0.

The match was quite tough and the two teams attacked each other, but Real Madrid's appearance in attack was even more pressing, it was evident that Barcelona's defense had quite of trouble in escorting attacks from Real Madrid, but it was a shame that the final finish was still quite bad. Barcelona are good at taking advantage of opportunities when Real Madrid is preoccupied with attacking, mistakes made by Alaba or Kroos were put to good use by Barcelona.

The loss of Benzema did look so big when Real Madrid faced Barcelona and his figure was still not replaced in the trial match this. Real Madrid managed to control the percentage of ball possession and usually this rarely happens against Barcelona who often play the ball in the midfield.

[shogun47]

Dembele was often to says he want to staying at Barcelona before and previously there was a Arabian club who want him and he was decide to refuse the offers from that club and actually PSG was targetting him since since a few months ago but i thought the negotiation will never be happend but PSG has been showing that they were very serious who want him so maybe that's why Dembele will starting to considering moved to PSG and according to the news Dembele has release clause 50 millions and this want to utilized by PSG to gets him and reported Dembele and PSG currently has personal agreement and Dembele will accept 5 years contract duration and apparently in the near future this transfer will be happened

It's really crucial for Barcelona because they only have Raphinha who's can play in right winger position and he's not good as Dembele. This is not good, Raphinha will be forced to play as a starter and Torres will become a substitute player, Barcelona's right winger isn't solid enough. They need to find a good right winger player to secure their trophy for the next season. Will Barcelona sign Antoine Griezmann?

I do not think that Barcelona would care. First of all Rapinha may not be as good as Dembele but he is more available, Dembele keeps getting injured all the time and it hurts their chances and makes Rapinha not be ready for it. If they sell him, they will both make a lot of money, and they can get another player there instead, or they could just fix the debt issue and the cap issue at the same time and do whatever they want.

Dembele is French as far as I know, and him going to PSG would make him better, and he will probably play more there, and PSG would have a right wing to replace Messi, sure maybe not as good, but at least younger and could be good. This is why this deal would work for everyone all at the same time.

But this is still a huge problem when one winger is not as good as the other winger, but the other winger is injured all the time. That isn't a great position to be in for a club that soon wants to be a contender for the Champions League title again. They should try hard to once and for all find a solution for a problem that has now existed for so long. Dembele can be amazing, but it's the "can be" that is the problem here. If they can never rely on him for more than a few games in a row, it is not enough to compete with the best teams who often have a backup that is almost as strong as the starter.

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Benzema's departure has left a huge gap in Real Madrid's attack. However, I still appreciate Real Madrid's financial potential, and everything will improve if they successfully recruit Mbappe in this summer transfer.

Yes, perhaps the pressure is on the shoulders of two young strikers, Vinicius and Rodrygo when senior Benzema has gone to the Saudi Professional League to play. In this match, they have to face the great rival Barcelona. Barcelona, this season, is too comprehensive. I rate them higher than Real Madrid. As you say: "If they successfully recruit Mbappe this summer," it will be great to see the trio of Vinicius, Rodrygo, and Mbappe play. This will be a new era for Real Madrid.

There is still Joselu who will be a player for Real Madrid attack next season, if Real Madrid is willing to give Joselu a contract then maybe Real Madrid also still believes Joselu can contribute. Although indeed, for me personally the decision to sign Joselu seems to be a big mistake. Because after all, Joselu age is also not young and thus, maybe there is no good power in him. Because playing at Real Madrid at least every player must play hard, because every competition and opponent that will be faced is also a difficult competition.

[tiCeR]

Yes, Atlantic Madrid sounds pretty good for the MLS, by the way 
As for your question, it's me. I believe that Atlético may well kick City out of the Champions League - in the 21-22 season they played almost on an equal footing with City and City at the end of the game played exactly the shameful Simeone football (tightening time, fouls, senseless ball control).

I am definitely not one of those who'd say that Atletico has no chance because that's wrong, Atletico has a chance as much as any other team has a chance to win a game against Manchester City. But the relative strength of the two teams has shifted significantly over recent years and yet the game has to be played. But if that games was repeated many times, I would say that Manchester City would win significantly more games than they tie or lose against Atletico considering their present state.

Atletico a few years ago was the most inconvenient and nasty team to play against because of their attitude and their quality. There was an evil, yet effective synergy between their attitude and their quality. But do you think that they still have that quality? The attitude might be the same, but the quality isn't. That's what I can tell from my point of view.

[klidex]

Benzema's departure has left a huge gap in Real Madrid's attack. However, I still appreciate Real Madrid's financial potential, and everything will improve if they successfully recruit Mbappe in this summer transfer.

Yes, perhaps the pressure is on the shoulders of two young strikers, Vinicius and Rodrygo when senior Benzema has gone to the Saudi Professional League to play. In this match, they have to face the great rival Barcelona. Barcelona, this season, is too comprehensive. I rate them higher than Real Madrid. As you say: "If they successfully recruit Mbappe this summer," it will be great to see the trio of Vinicius, Rodrygo, and Mbappe play. This will be a new era for Real Madrid.

There is still Joselu who will be a player for Real Madrid attack next season, if Real Madrid is willing to give Joselu a contract then maybe Real Madrid also still believes Joselu can contribute. Although indeed, for me personally the decision to sign Joselu seems to be a big mistake. Because after all, Joselu age is also not young and thus, maybe there is no good power in him. Because playing at Real Madrid at least every player must play hard, because every competition and opponent that will be faced is also a difficult competition.

For me it is fine to keep signing Joselu as an attacking player at Real Madrid but only in the short term so there is no need in the long term.
Because it is true that the age of the players will be very influential because of course players who are quite old will have a slight decrease in physical strength so that it affects performance in every game.
But I am sure Joselu will still have a good contribution if Real Madrid keeps him for a few seasons, even though it not as strong as it was when he was young but at least he can help strengthen the club.
Another thing is that Real madrid has talented young players who play very well so if all the players work together to get the title they want I'm sure it can be achieved

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I hadn't heard of Fermin Lopez before. There was nothing that caught my attention. But after he scored a goal, I did some research. He is a very young and ambitious player.
If he gets a chance to play, I'm sure he'll improve a lot. May be mentioned a lot in the coming years

Of course, we rarely hear the name Fermin Lopez because he just got the chance to show his best qualities in this pre-season game. But what should be appreciated is that he was able to score against Real Madrid, who are eternal rivals for Barcelona, ​​and this was what Lopez did in his debut with the senior team. Even though it was a friendly match but he managed to steal the attention of many people in that match.

With the development of his quality in the game, it is believed that Lopez will become a very influential player for Barcelona in the coming seasons. I think Xavi will certainly give an opportunity for Lopez in the remaining pre-season matches in order to hone the skills he has.

[AakZaki]

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I just don’t want Barcelona to fall into a false sense of security that they were able to win the preseason match against Real Madrid so they will also be able to win the competitive matches as well. And at the same time, I am pretty sure that if this is the same approach taken by Barcelona in the competitive match Barcelona is definitely going to lose.

If you think like that, then it benefits Real Madrid a lot. They will continue to work on improving the club, because they lost to Barcelona. Although it does not describe the strength of official competition, but at least they have the ability to improve or make analysis.
That makes Real Madrid continue to try to get new players including Mbappe. Although there has been a lot of local media drama in the country I have written, Real Madrid and PSG have an agreement. Even Real Madrid immediately wanted to solve this problem so that Mbappe would not go to another European club.

[Ndabagi01]

Benzema's departure has left a huge gap in Real Madrid's attack. However, I still appreciate Real Madrid's financial potential, and everything will improve if they successfully recruit Mbappe in this summer transfer.

Yes, perhaps the pressure is on the shoulders of two young strikers, Vinicius and Rodrygo when senior Benzema has gone to the Saudi Professional League to play. In this match, they have to face the great rival Barcelona. Barcelona, this season, is too comprehensive. I rate them higher than Real Madrid. As you say: "If they successfully recruit Mbappe this summer," it will be great to see the trio of Vinicius, Rodrygo, and Mbappe play. This will be a new era for Real Madrid.

Those three will go down as one of the greatest attacking trios of young players in football history. Those three are simply too good and can easily merge together. Any side that gets them all will be extremely fortunate, and scoring a goal in a match will be rather easy for that club. Until Real Madrid finds a proper striker, as currently it now the case, I feel Barcelona will be ahead of them in the next season's competition, as they appear to have a more complete squad  than Real Madrid at the moment.

[Doell]

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Let's see how it will be going on. I don't have big expectation for atletico madrid. It's caused by the chance owned by this club to win la liga is far smaller compared with real madrid and barcelona. Atletico madrid will always become the third strongest team in la liga.
It was able beating manchester city yet i don't see it as a good point to call that if atletico will have good future. Anything is still remain the same. Beating City doesn't mean Atletico Madrid can compete with Barcelona and Real Madrid.
I think that the result will always be the same like previous seasons. The winner will always be barcelona or real madrid. Atletico seems to have slightly chance to beat barcelona and real madrid in competition to win la liga.
The strongest contender for now is barcelona. Barcelona looks very strong after it was able beating real madrid.

By the way I am also not really sure Atletico Madrid can win La Liga title in season 2023-2024, but now squad of Atletico Madrid looks has improved and I think they still have a chance to get the title La Liga. Actually previous season Atletico Madrid they should be in the top second place, but at the early of that season they performance very bad and they lost a lot of points. Although I've also think same with you Barcelona can got the title of La Liga again, but the results maybe not always same like last season, I mean this league is quite competitive and we might see a new winner. Real Madrid maybe.

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By the way I am also not really sure Atletico Madrid can win La Liga title in season 2023-2024, but now squad of Atletico Madrid looks has improved and I think they still have a chance to get the title La Liga. Actually previous season Atletico Madrid they should be in the top second place, but at the early of that season they performance very bad and they lost a lot of points. Although I've also think same with you Barcelona can got the title of La Liga again, but the results maybe not always same like last season, I mean this league is quite competitive and we might see a new winner. Real Madrid maybe.

There are only 3 teams that have a big chance of winning the La Liga title every season, namely Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. These three teams compete against each other to win the title, but for next season I will give a lot of hope to Barcelona who win it.

Regardless of Barcelona's current financial condition, I think they are still very worth relying on every season. I've seen how influential Xavi is for Barcelona's game, it looks very different to the team Koeman had a few seasons ago. Xavi has convinced me that he can help Barcelona return to its former glory in La Liga, but unfortunately he doesn't have much financial support to build up his squad.

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By the way I am also not really sure Atletico Madrid can win La Liga title in season 2023-2024, but now squad of Atletico Madrid looks has improved and I think they still have a chance to get the title La Liga. Actually previous season Atletico Madrid they should be in the top second place, but at the early of that season they performance very bad and they lost a lot of points. Although I've also think same with you Barcelona can got the title of La Liga again, but the results maybe not always same like last season, I mean this league is quite competitive and we might see a new winner. Real Madrid maybe.

There are only 3 teams that have a big chance of winning the La Liga title every season, namely Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. These three teams compete against each other to win the title, but for next season I will give a lot of hope to Barcelona who win it.

Regardless of Barcelona's current financial condition, I think they are still very worth relying on every season. I've seen how influential Xavi is for Barcelona's game, it looks very different to the team Koeman had a few seasons ago. Xavi has convinced me that he can help Barcelona return to its former glory in La Liga, but unfortunately he doesn't have much financial support to build up his squad.

I think so, too. Barcelona won't play a terrible season considering the players they have to start the season with. Real Madrid is also too strong to completely fail, but I think last season was too weak to be true

Atletico Madrid is like a surprise bag to me as I can't clearly see whether they are ready to attack the top again or whether it could be another average season for them. They also never play a bad season, but to stand up to Barcelona and Real Madrid it takes more than a good season. They did lack the killer instinct in some games, in the close games when they could win it with a one goal advantage and they usually do win it, but last season they couldn't kill the clock in some of those close games and lost points due to an equalizer or lost a point because they got a lucky punch against them.

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That's right, I think Xavi said that because he only wanted to focus on the El Clasico pre-season match against Real Madrid and it was proven that Barcelona was able to embarrass Real Madrid with this quite a crushing defeat. The intensity of these two teams really knows no place and wherever they are as long as they are still on the same field, the pride of a team will be highly respected by them.

On the other hand, it is very clear that Real Madrid needs a striker with a mature finish and that is indeed the closest choice to Mbappe and I think there is no more time for Real Madrid. If they really want to beat every team in La Liga and win the title. But if Real Madrid persist in hoping for Vini's sometimes erratic performance, then they will lose the title again.

I'm not still sure about it but maybe Real Madrid didn't put full energy into this match and they were just using this El Clasico game against Barcelona to test some players and this team is still not in a good situation to be tested against Barcelona, that's why we can't say if Real Madrid had bad performance or not.
However, El Clasico is always an important game even if that's just a friendly match.

Elclasico match has never been friendly, that's what I understood in their last round, I didn't even bother to watch the second half because I was already emotional and angry seeing how Real Madrid players were playing like loose players that have not been training for decades. Camavinga was helpless to the point that common pass became a problem to achieve. No, common! Vinicious had  the chance for a Penalty that could have give them opportunity to equalize and perhaps that would give them energy to play better but wasn't fruitful.

This is not good for Real Madrid, with the way Barcelona was having fun of Real Madrid, there is going to be problem after pre-season, they will dominate Laliga if Madrid doesn't step up. I hope by then their official striker will be ready and available to help the team, they can't continue to play without main attackers because switching between Rodrigo, Vinicious and Bellingham wouldn't yield anything good for the team.

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I think so, too. Barcelona won't play a terrible season considering the players they have to start the season with. Real Madrid is also too strong to completely fail, but I think last season was too weak to be true

Atletico Madrid is like a surprise bag to me as I can't clearly see whether they are ready to attack the top again or whether it could be another average season for them. They also never play a bad season, but to stand up to Barcelona and Real Madrid it takes more than a good season. They did lack the killer instinct in some games, in the close games when they could win it with a one goal advantage and they usually do win it, but last season they couldn't kill the clock in some of those close games and lost points due to an equalizer or lost a point because they got a lucky punch against them.

Atletico Madrid always appear stable in Laliga because they always close the season in the top 4. However, this season there is a relatively high chance that they will still be under Real Madrid and Barcelona on the standings. Atletico Madrid don't have a big instinct to build a squad to be contenders in the title race because they will feel weak when they face Real Madrid and Barcelona.

I think Atletico Madrid can win the Laliga trophy if they have better quality players in their squad depth. Because the two teams above them have stronger squad depth compared to Atletico madrid.

[macson]

By the way I am also not really sure Atletico Madrid can win La Liga title in season 2023-2024, but now squad of Atletico Madrid looks has improved and I think they still have a chance to get the title La Liga. Actually previous season Atletico Madrid they should be in the top second place, but at the early of that season they performance very bad and they lost a lot of points. Although I've also think same with you Barcelona can got the title of La Liga again, but the results maybe not always same like last season, I mean this league is quite competitive and we might see a new winner. Real Madrid maybe.

hard enough for Atletico Madrid to get the La Liga trophy even though they successfully won over Man City in yesterday's friendly match, the match did not have high tension and man city seemed to play casually.  madrid and barcelona made a fairly large squad overhaul, so i'm more sure that either barcelona or madrid will most likely win the league this season again.

other news from barcelona, after dembele agreed to PSG it looks like they will make one of the 3 barcelona league players ^{(fermin lopez)} into the main team, i'm really interested in seeing how he played in the friendly match against madrid yesterday.

[rahmad2nd]

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Karim Benzema was an outright striker through out his stay at Real Madrid and despite the current quality in the attacking line of the club they'll definitely feel the departure of Benzema if the club doesn't find a good replacement for him.
Vinicius Jnr and Rodrygo are two good forward players but none of them can play in the striking role like Benzema was playing for Real Madrid. I know that the Real Madrid coach can be using a formation that'll allow a false 9 usage but that doesn't solve the problem of finding his replacement I think

Madrid's main weakness has been their over-reliance on Benzema over the last few seasons. And while Benzema is in the squad they should have found a suitable replacement for Benzema. They didn't do it. And now, if Madrid does not get a suitable replacement for Benzema, the team will not be able to win the title next season. Joselu is quite a good striker. But he is not as experienced as Benzema.

Vini and Rodrygo are excellent players no doubt. But they miss a lot of easy opportunities. But Vini is slowly gaining experience. Day by day his performance is getting sharper. I hope we see better performances from Vini next season. At the same time, if Joselu and Rodrygo play well, maybe Real Madrid's performance will stabilize.

This is interesting, because the question is why Madrid did not look for a more ideal successor to replace Benzema. then, is Don Carlo too confident with the current squad only to bring in Joselu as a replacement for Benzema. or, that Madrid will actually get Mbappe next season for free. that's why, they don't want to bring in players like Kane, Osimhen, or others if they can get Mbappe for free in June 2024. or, is this scenario what the club and Perez want. for sure, we do not know what they are planning.

To be honest, I don't want to rush to judge how Madrid are doing these pre-season games. because, what they show later may be different. but we agree on one thing, if Madrid is too dependent on Benzema. so when the star chose to leave, Vini jr, Rodrygo, seemed to have lost a mentor who was very suitable for Madrid's front lines.
Vini, Benzema, Rodrygo, are the three Madrid forwards who are very, very deadly when they are in the opposing team's defensive area. now, they have to adapt to some of the newcomers.  well, the era of veteran Madrid players is coming to an end and young players will soon replace them.
Modric, Kroos, it seems that they will leave next season. if in the end these young players don't show a brilliant performance, then Madrid must bring in players who are more established and experienced. but before heading there, let's just see every development. after all, the transfer market still has a lag time.  it could too, if Don Carlo had something planned for his squad. we'll see, yet the La Liga competition has not started.

[marcous]

Atletico Madrid always appear stable in Laliga because they always close the season in the top 4. However, this season there is a relatively high chance that they will still be under Real Madrid and Barcelona on the standings. Atletico Madrid don't have a big instinct to build a squad to be contenders in the title race because they will feel weak when they face Real Madrid and Barcelona.

I think Atletico Madrid can win the Laliga trophy if they have better quality players in their squad depth. Because the two teams above them have stronger squad depth compared to Atletico madrid.

In the last decade Diego Simeone has won the La Liga trophy twice in the 2013-2014 and 2020-2021 seasons. It looks good in my opinion because it managed to break the domination of the two La Liga giants, namely Madrid and Barcelona. If you look at the position of the club with the most expensive squad, ATM is in fifteenth place, Real Madrid is in fourth and Barcelona is in seventh.

With this fact it is difficult to top the standings if Madrid and Barcelona appear consistent, ATM can only step over it if there is a setback in Madrid and Barca and that is very unlikely.

[W Jr.]

From the first pre-season game to today's match against Barcelona, it was clear that Real Madrid wanted to emphasize the 4-4-2 diamond formation and indeed this formation went very well against Manchester United or AC Milan. But the problem is that when using this formation, Real Madrid still couldn't beat Barcelona in today's pre-season match and they couldn't even reply to the 3 goals scored by Barcelona players. I think Ancelotti is indeed experimenting with his current squad and the question is why from the start he didn't try Joselu as the main striker using a 4-3-3 formation, even though they have a striker who is ready at any time. We know that in the previous game Vini could not move freely because he was always stopped by the Barcelona defense. On the other hand, finishing was the main focus in this match because there were 6 shots that hit the crossbar. Barcelona is Real Madrid's only obstacle to winning the La Liga title next season and if they don't find that loophole soon, it is certain that Barcelona will become the reigning champions.

Carlos Anceloti uses the same formation he used for Manchester United and AC Milan to play against Barcelona, but I think Barcelona were well prepared to play and win because we all know that it is always a derby match between the two sides.

After Arsenal defeated Barcelona, Xavi took to social media to say that they did not expect the intensity the Arsenal squad used for them as they were preparing for just a friendly match; maybe that is why they take the match against Real Madrid very seriously.

Real Madrid still needs a reliable striker to keep them more competitive because they have good midfielders that can create good chances for the team. That’s why they insisted on signing Mbappe because they know he is good at finishing even though he is not a natural striker.I think if they go on with this team in the coming season, they will likely suffer in terms of goal scoring since Vinicius is not reliable in terms of goals.

That's right, I think Xavi said that because he only wanted to focus on the El Clasico pre-season match against Real Madrid and it was proven that Barcelona was able to embarrass Real Madrid with this quite a crushing defeat. The intensity of these two teams really knows no place and wherever they are as long as they are still on the same field, the pride of a team will be highly respected by them.

On the other hand, it is very clear that Real Madrid needs a striker with a mature finish and that is indeed the closest choice to Mbappe and I think there is no more time for Real Madrid. If they really want to beat every team in La Liga and win the title. But if Real Madrid persist in hoping for Vini's sometimes erratic performance, then they will lose the title again.

I'm not still sure about it but maybe Real Madrid didn't put full energy into this match and they were just using this El Clasico game against Barcelona to test some players and this team is still not in a good situation to be tested against Barcelona, that's why we can't say if Real Madrid had bad performance or not.
However, El Clasico is always an important game even if that's just a friendly match.

El Classico is always important, it should be. Even if this is a friendly match, both teams must make extra effort to win the match. We haven't seen Real Madrid ready yet. Barcelona won the match differently. The fact that they won by scoring 3 goals without conceding a goal caused them to gain morale before starting the league. Real Madrid has to be more careful now.