La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Renampun]

Karim Benzema's vacancy cannot be filled so quickly. Benzema was the best and most important player in Madrid's squad. He would not only score but also help stabilize the overall performance of the team. And that's why it's possible to fill Benzema's void so quickly. Even if Mbappe had joined the team as Benzema's replacement, he would not have been able to dominate as quickly as Benzema.

Karim Benzema's natural replacement is Mbappe by far. He even can exceed Benzema's record if he finds the suitable association with Vinicius Junior, Modric, Kroos, Bellingham and the others.
I even think Real Madrid will be more powerful than Manchester City if they add him to the team. Nevertheless, Real Madrid defence line should be better than the previous season to see them winning La Liga and Champions League again.

mbappe is full of talent, he deserves to be the next madrid star but for madrid to get him is not easy, there is a lot of rama going on besides that PSG also put his price very high but I am optimistic that mbappe will move from PSG and go to madrid.
When facing bilbao a few days ago, madrid's performance was very good but of the 8 'shots on goal' madrid made, only 2 became goals, from the statistics it is clear that madrid's attack line is still not sharp. to face man city or barcelona, madrid must have a good attack line.

[arimamib]

....And unfortunately in their early game, it was a little bit ugly. Not only the 0-0 draw with Getafe but also Rapinha who got a red card.

It's a shame Barcelona missed the opportunity to win at the start of the match so that Barcelona didn't seem serious or that it was useless to have a lot of new players if they were still having trouble getting a win. Xavi had to change the strategy and playing style of the teams he owned so that this incident would not happen again because Getafe should be a very easy enemy for Barcelona.

Ah, you say it very honestly, mate.  
It's undeniable and even most of us are definitely surprised by this draw, moreover, the opponents are not among the top clubs, you could say that. It is the hope of all of us, especially the fans and also the bettors who hold Barcelona, of course, think that Barcelona can win pretty easily in this early game. But it turns out we were wrong, I even thought ah Barcelona will win for sure, unlike Real Madrid which had to fight Athletic Club, Barcelona will find it easier. But it turns out that prediction was wrong.

Indeed, there were those who thought earlier before the match started because they were sure that Barcelona could win a big win but in fact they were not able to score a single goal in this match which ended a draw. There was no big disappointment for Barcelona fans because they knew that Getafe put up quite a strong resistance in this match.

@TopT3ns new players sometimes take a while to show their quality. So give them time so you have to judge their abilities after they have played a few games in the season. Gundogan is doing quite well and I think he will be a pretty good passer for Lewandowski this season.

[TopT3ns]

I would say it was a big failure for Barcelona not to score in the whole game. Barcelona is a strong team and as a strong team such a performance is not expected at all. However, the defenders of the opponent team, Getafe Club, were very strong and they tried their best to show something good. But after watching the game, I feel that Getafe club is not less than Barcelona in any part. We still don't know how much surprise Barcelona will be able to show this season

At the start of this season, Getafe showed the strength of a very good team because it drew Barcelona and did not move, making it difficult for Barcelona to score goals.Robert Lewandowski had several chances to shoot at goal but was unsuccessful. Barcelona might need two attackers who are ready in front to be able to break through the opponent's defense because if only Robert Lewandowski is in the front position, it will be difficult to score goals.

[Zlantann]

You are right. Barcelona also started the last season with unconvincing games. It is not so different with the current season. So, it is too early if we conclude Barcelona to fail in this season, it is just the first match from the total of 38 matches. Anyway, haters are haters, they will always view Barcelona negatively, mate. Don't take it into heart!!  

Sure, Xavi must evaluate their strategy. Yesterday, the won the ball possessions 75% but they couldn't make too many shot on targets. Xavi must find a way to make Barcelona attacking more effectively. They don't only focus on the ball possessions, but they sometimes need to change the tactic a bit on the match. So, it may surprised the opponent. Also, I think Xavi used too many midfielders in the first match, they only used 1 CF and 1 winger on the attacking line. Even when Rapinha got a red card, Xavi didn't release Ferran Torres. I'm actually a bit surprised with Xavi's decision yesterday.

It will be unfair to rate a team based on a single game. Although the fans will be expecting so much from the club this season they need to be patient. The match was filled with intrigues and it was physical and brutal. Although Barca was always threatening, Getafe was able to curtail the pressure. Raphinha's red card in the first half slowed the game down but it was balanced at the 57th minute when Mata got his red card. But Getafe's goalkeeper Soria was the hero of the day. He made some great saves that would have led to Barca's victory. We didn't see much from Lewandowski but de Jong was outstanding. Xavi needs to work on the attack to ensure that ball possession reflects on the scoreline.

Xavi looks like he is coaching under pressure. That was why he was too emotional and it ended in a red card when he harshly confronted the match official. I think he has no excuse not to win more trophies this season because he has the right player. But the club needs to give him some space and time to deliver. This is because he might not give his best if he is anxious and under pressure. It was a good start for the Barca side and I wish to see more improvement.

[Leviathan.007]

Karim Benzema's vacancy cannot be filled so quickly. Benzema was the best and most important player in Madrid's squad. He would not only score but also help stabilize the overall performance of the team. And that's why it's possible to fill Benzema's void so quickly. Even if Mbappe had joined the team as Benzema's replacement, he would not have been able to dominate as quickly as Benzema.

Karim Benzema's natural replacement is Mbappe by far. He even can exceed Benzema's record if he finds the suitable association with Vinicius Junior, Modric, Kroos, Bellingham and the others.
I even think Real Madrid will be more powerful than Manchester City if they add him to the team. Nevertheless, Real Madrid defence line should be better than the previous season to see them winning La Liga and Champions League again.

mbappe is full of talent, he deserves to be the next madrid star but for madrid to get him is not easy, there is a lot of rama going on besides that PSG also put his price very high but I am optimistic that mbappe will move from PSG and go to madrid.
When facing bilbao a few days ago, madrid's performance was very good but of the 8 'shots on goal' madrid made, only 2 became goals, from the statistics it is clear that madrid's attack line is still not sharp. to face man city or barcelona, madrid must have a good attack line.

In fact, Real Madrid tried too much for hiring players from PSG and it was not the first and first season for Real Madrid to wait for Mbappe to join this team.
Mbappe did the same thing in the last time and he let Real Madrid to wait for him but at the last minute he accepted to stay in PSG and now he did the same thing once again.

[QueenVera]

In fact, Real Madrid tried too much for hiring players from PSG and it was not the first and first season for Real Madrid to wait for Mbappe to join this team.
Mbappe did the same thing in the last time and he let Real Madrid to wait for him but at the last minute he accepted to stay in PSG and now he did the same thing once again.

There's nothing  Mbappe could have done , i mean he really tried hard to make sure he moves to Madrid this even breached the contract he had with PSG, refused to sign a new contract with them and went behind to have a secret negotiation with Realmadrid, that forced PSG to punish him by taking off the first team to go train with the Junior team when they discovered, and even increased his release clause to €250m to chase possible suitors away.
 That was why the deal didn't come through and he had no other option than to sign a new contract for them to uplift the punishment and secure a playing time instead of training with the Junior team and waiting until next summer till he'll be free to make negotiations with  other teams of his choice, Realmadrid is one club Mbappe has been wanting to join and unlike the other times he tried forcing a move there this season but things didn't work as plan so i don't really blame him for signing a new contract.

[ancafe]

Actually there are several quality attacking names associated with real madrid this season such as Osimhen, Harry kane and Vlahovic but Real Madrid were not really serious about recruiting them and in the end Harry kane went to bayern munich and Osimhen and Vlahovic chose to stay with the club  they. Joselu, who in the previous match did not start in Bilbao match against Real Madrid, is an important key if He is not Ancelotti's first choice this season. However, if Real Madrid does not find another sticker, Real Madrid will automatically have to install Joselu as a starter in every upcoming match.

But in Real Madrid's first match of the season they seemed quite strong in the changes made in this season's transfer window. Because Real Madrid's front line is filled with young players like Vini, Rodrygo and Bellingham. I'm sure this trio will be able to provide a new era for Real Madrid this season.

Real Madrid indeed targets Mbappe as attackers and they have never seriously want to bring in Osimhen and Harry Kane. There are many people who doubt Real Madrid's front lines because until now they have not found a substitute that is commensurate with Karim Benzema. But at least Ancelotti answered the doubts of many people in the inaugural match because they successfully won the match in the match and Joselu entered in the 80th minute replacing Rodrygo and his appearance did not look so satisfying.

Ancelotti is still looking for the right format for the front -line position and does not fully rely on Joselu as Real Madrid's main striker. Trying to place Vini, Rodrygo and Belllingham also look good and I also Certain this trio will slowly be able to replace the previous trio. It only takes time for these three players to adapt and while waiting for other attackers to come Ancelotti can use the existing players.

[borovichok]

At the start of this season, Getafe showed the strength of a very good team because it drew Barcelona and did not move, making it difficult for Barcelona to score goals.Robert Lewandowski had several chances to shoot at goal but was unsuccessful. Barcelona might need two attackers who are ready in front to be able to break through the opponent's defense because if only Robert Lewandowski is in the front position, it will be difficult to score goals.

The blaugrana will be the dominant opponent for the La Liga crown this season; that is a certainty. Robert Lewandowski is a talented attacker, but he failed to make an impact in Barcelona's first encounter against Gefafe. Xavi Hernandez will concentrate on his squad since he still needs to restrategize and improve things. With just one game, we may conclude that a team will do better this season. Getafe had just prepared for the blaugrana, which is why they observed a draw tie in the game, which included red cards on both sides, complicating proceedings.

[makishart]

In fact, Real Madrid tried too much for hiring players from PSG and it was not the first and first season for Real Madrid to wait for Mbappe to join this team.
Mbappe did the same thing in the last time and he let Real Madrid to wait for him but at the last minute he accepted to stay in PSG and now he did the same thing once again.

It's not the fact. Real madrid was not even sending a single bid in summer transfer season. How can you say that? Im not even seeing a single bid for mbappe by real madrid, madrid has stopped to pursue him since a few years ago since mbape rejected madrid.
All the things related to the mbappe and madrid were fake rumors. I saw that how madrid already rumored to prepare 180m for mbappe but no bid is coming yet from madrid. Mbappe is likyle staying even longer in PSG.
This guy has no guts to join in real madrid. he is always being so incompetent with his decision.

[BlackBoss_]

The blaugrana will be the dominant opponent for the La Liga crown this season; that is a certainty. Robert Lewandowski is a talented attacker, but he failed to make an impact in Barcelona's first encounter against Gefafe. Xavi Hernandez will concentrate on his squad since he still needs to restrategize and improve things. With just one game, we may conclude that a team will do better this season. Getafe had just prepared for the blaugrana, which is why they observed a draw tie in the game, which included red cards on both sides, complicating proceedings.

Barcelona don't have enough resources to dominate La Liga. I totally disagree if you say so as I believe Real Madrid will come back stronger in this season and there will be no World Cup in a winter so we will have a normal season. Real Madrid are preparing better for this season and they have enough ambition to take the La Liga trophy from Barcelona. They will not want to be a runner up in a two consecutive season under Barcelona.

Barcelona in fact don't have too many new players to strengthen their squad in this summer and they surely will focus more on Champions League, where they failed in the past season. It will give Real Madrid some bigger chances in La Liga. Barcelona can not put all scoring tasks on Lewandowski and they must have other aces under sleeve when Lewandowski is constrained by defenders of Barcelona opponents.

[BRINIRHA]

I would say it was a big failure for Barcelona not to score in the whole game. Barcelona is a strong team and as a strong team such a performance is not expected at all. However, the defenders of the opponent team, Getafe Club, were very strong and they tried their best to show something good. But after watching the game, I feel that Getafe club is not less than Barcelona in any part. We still don't know how much surprise Barcelona will be able to show this season

At the start of this season, Getafe showed the strength of a very good team because it drew Barcelona and did not move, making it difficult for Barcelona to score goals.Robert Lewandowski had several chances to shoot at goal but was unsuccessful. Barcelona might need two attackers who are ready in front to be able to break through the opponent's defense because if only Robert Lewandowski is in the front position, it will be difficult to score goals.

Getafe in that match did make a full defensive strategy. And yes, when a club decides to make a full defense strategy, usually even a great club will always find it difficult to score goals. And this also happened in the Barcelona vs Getafe match. Even the Getafe players didn't play much of the ball in this match. They just kept throwing the ball and securing their defensive area. Well, Getafe's defensive strategy has succeeded in making Barcelona's attacking strategy ineffective in this match. Even the Getafe players did not hesitate to make fouls when several times the Barcelona players almost managed to penetrate their defense. Honestly, this game is a little boring. Because it seems that Getafe did intend to get a draw from the start.

[Swordsoffreedom]

In fact, Real Madrid tried too much for hiring players from PSG and it was not the first and first season for Real Madrid to wait for Mbappe to join this team.
Mbappe did the same thing in the last time and he let Real Madrid to wait for him but at the last minute he accepted to stay in PSG and now he did the same thing once again.

It's not the fact. Real madrid was not even sending a single bid in summer transfer season. How can you say that? Im not even seeing a single bid for mbappe by real madrid, madrid has stopped to pursue him since a few years ago since mbape rejected madrid.
All the things related to the mbappe and madrid were fake rumors. I saw that how madrid already rumored to prepare 180m for mbappe but no bid is coming yet from madrid. Mbappe is likyle staying even longer in PSG.
This guy has no guts to join in real madrid. he is always being so incompetent with his decision.

Every season there are strong rumors that Mbappe will move to Madrid. But in the end he renewed his contract with PSG. We don't see Mbappe in a Madrid jersey. It is also unclear whether Madrid are interested in signing Mbappe.

This season Florentino Perez is rumored to be readying 180 million to add Mbappe to the squad. But has Perez made an official offer to PSG? The answer is 'no'. Perez made no official offer. Everything was rumours. So it is not very likely that Mbappe will see Madrid next season. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Mbappe renews his contract with PSG again. And I think Mbappe has a strong chance of renewing his contract with PSG.

[len01]

Getafe in that match did make a full defensive strategy. And yes, when a club decides to make a full defense strategy, usually even a great club will always find it difficult to score goals. And this also happened in the Barcelona vs Getafe match. Even the Getafe players didn't play much of the ball in this match. They just kept throwing the ball and securing their defensive area. Well, Getafe's defensive strategy has succeeded in making Barcelona's attacking strategy ineffective in this match. Even the Getafe players did not hesitate to make fouls when several times the Barcelona players almost managed to penetrate their defense. Honestly, this game is a little boring. Because it seems that Getafe did intend to get a draw from the start.

seeing that match I can laugh because Getafe is very strong to defend against conceding with the maximum always kicking the ball far away when entering the Getafe zone other players enthusiastically kick the ball aimlessly into the middle of the field and this is one of Getafe very good strategies even though they can not defend because Barcelona opponent is a strong team so the line of defense is strengthened.
I did not expect that Getafe had very good strength in defense and also that Jose Bordalas strategy was very precise when he was always being attacked by Barcelona.
and for Barcelona its a little bad too ambitious to score so Barcelona players forget to set a strategy to find a way to score with another strategy. but anyway hope Barcelona in the match against Cadiz will be better because otherwise Barcelona will fall behind on points.

[Patrol69]

Karim Benzema's vacancy cannot be filled so quickly. Benzema was the best and most important player in Madrid's squad. He would not only score but also help stabilize the overall performance of the team. And that's why it's possible to fill Benzema's void so quickly. Even if Mbappe had joined the team as Benzema's replacement, he would not have been able to dominate as quickly as Benzema.

Karim Benzema's natural replacement is Mbappe by far. He even can exceed Benzema's record if he finds the suitable association with Vinicius Junior, Modric, Kroos, Bellingham and the others.
I even think Real Madrid will be more powerful than Manchester City if they add him to the team. Nevertheless, Real Madrid defence line should be better than the previous season to see them winning La Liga and Champions League again.

mbappe is full of talent, he deserves to be the next madrid star but for madrid to get him is not easy, there is a lot of rama going on besides that PSG also put his price very high but I am optimistic that mbappe will move from PSG and go to madrid.
When facing bilbao a few days ago, madrid's performance was very good but of the 8 'shots on goal' madrid made, only 2 became goals, from the statistics it is clear that madrid's attack line is still not sharp. to face man city or barcelona, madrid must have a good attack line.

In fact, Real Madrid tried too much for hiring players from PSG and it was not the first and first season for Real Madrid to wait for Mbappe to join this team.
Mbappe did the same thing in the last time and he let Real Madrid to wait for him but at the last minute he accepted to stay in PSG and now he did the same thing once again.

Real Madrid waited for the previous season to bring Mbappe to the team. In the previous season, Real Madrid did not succeed in signing Mbappe, but the possibility of signing Mbappe with them in the next season increases a lot, which is why Real Madrid is waiting for Mbappe for one more season. If this transfer window closes, Mbappe will definitely come to Real Madrid in the next transfer window. Madrid fans are only waiting for Mbappe to come to Real Madrid. Mbappe will actually make a lot of changes in the team's performance. The chances that current players are missing will not be missed when Mbappe arrives at Real Madrid as Mbappe has a great ability to do both with great crossing and great finishing.

[asriloni]

I would say it was a big failure for Barcelona not to score in the whole game. Barcelona is a strong team and as a strong team such a performance is not expected at all. However, the defenders of the opponent team, Getafe Club, were very strong and they tried their best to show something good. But after watching the game, I feel that Getafe club is not less than Barcelona in any part. We still don't know how much surprise Barcelona will be able to show this season

At the start of this season, Getafe showed the strength of a very good team because it drew Barcelona and did not move, making it difficult for Barcelona to score goals.Robert Lewandowski had several chances to shoot at goal but was unsuccessful. Barcelona might need two attackers who are ready in front to be able to break through the opponent's defense because if only Robert Lewandowski is in the front position, it will be difficult to score goals.

Great wall by getafe has been successfully preventing barcelona to rob full points from getafe. that's pretty interesting from getafe as the club was build the great wall. Barcelona needs to work even harder to pass it. It will become a great evaluation for xavi caused by its team faces difficulty when its opponent used not only parking bus but it's great wall strategy. The main weakness from barcelona once this club was facing a club that used fully defensive strategy. I have seen that so many times tiki taka rarely worked against fully defensive strategy like that.
The previous match was still early match in La liga. There's no need to feel worry about that. Barcelona can make a comeback to challenge Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid who are currently winning..
The consistently is key for the club to win la liga this season. Duo madrid very impressive in the first week with jude was scoring his first goal.

[Strongkored]

Barcelona in fact don't have too many new players to strengthen their squad in this summer and they surely will focus more on Champions League, where they failed in the past season. It will give Real Madrid some bigger chances in La Liga. Barcelona can not put all scoring tasks on Lewandowski and they must have other aces under sleeve when Lewandowski is constrained by defenders of Barcelona opponents.

Barcelona has indeed not had good results in the champions league for several seasons, financial problems have damaged the club's achievements, but I slightly disagree if Barcelona this season will focus more on this prestigious tournament because the competition in the champions league is much more difficult than Laliga, so I think they will try to survive these two competitions well although I have a bit of a doubt that in the champions league they will do well.
The problems within their management body are not likely to end shortly and this can have an impact on the team's play, we see Barcelona like Juventus in Serie A, where chaos occurs due to mismanagement of the club.
Barcelona will find it difficult to buy players, that's why there aren't many changes in their squad, and they will be more likely to bring in new players on a free transfer because their financial management is still under the supervision of Laliga and any movement they make will get attention from laliga, so they will only try to achieve achievements with the existing squad without being able to do much in the transfer market.

[Hirose UK]

I would say it was a big failure for Barcelona not to score in the whole game. Barcelona is a strong team and as a strong team such a performance is not expected at all. However, the defenders of the opponent team, Getafe Club, were very strong and they tried their best to show something good. But after watching the game, I feel that Getafe club is not less than Barcelona in any part. We still don't know how much surprise Barcelona will be able to show this season

At the start of this season, Getafe showed the strength of a very good team because it drew Barcelona and did not move, making it difficult for Barcelona to score goals.Robert Lewandowski had several chances to shoot at goal but was unsuccessful. Barcelona might need two attackers who are ready in front to be able to break through the opponent's defense because if only Robert Lewandowski is in the front position, it will be difficult to score goals.

From the first match between the two teams it was clear that the competition was very tight and each team tried to attack each other to try to score goals but in reality they also had a very good defensive game and it was difficult to score goals for each team.
Barcelona really seems to lack existence on the front line even though they already have Robert Lewandowski who is assisted by the midfield in attack which is still unsatisfactory and looks not so competitive.
Regarding the problem of the lack of placement of great striker players for Barcelona, it is true and Barcelona should be able to take advantage of this transfer season to take 1 or 2 players more strikers.
There are rumors circulating about Barcelona having a list of strikers they are after, but until now, at the start of the season, there has been no sign of for Barcelona to buy the player.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Vinicius is like Rashford and they play best as wingers, not as strikers. Rashford has a better body that is more helpful for a striker position while Vinicius Jr. does not have such body and I believe he will never become a good striker. Vinicius Jr. can upgrade himself to play at a forward position in future, alongside with his most favorite position winger.

That's what I mean and Vinicius's ability is indeed better when playing on the wing because he has the flexibility to dribble towards the opponent's penalty box. While the center striker must have the ability to put himself in the right position because they are the type of players who receive bait before scoring goals. We can see the difference like the composition of the players that Real Madrid had when it was still filled with world's great players previously and from that you can see how Ancelotti had a choice every time he made a change in strategy.

I wonder how Ancelotti will use formation in next week's game against Almeria. Will he try a new scheme by placing Joselu as a center forward from the start or will he stick with the previous formation of placing Vinicius, Rodrygo and Jude Bellingham. A center forward is really needed by Ancelotti but the availability of the players he has is still not productive at the moment, so he has to think about trying to find loopholes.

[piebeyb]

Barcelona in fact don't have too many new players to strengthen their squad in this summer and they surely will focus more on Champions League, where they failed in the past season. It will give Real Madrid some bigger chances in La Liga. Barcelona can not put all scoring tasks on Lewandowski and they must have other aces under sleeve when Lewandowski is constrained by defenders of Barcelona opponents.

Madrid also haven't found a substitute for Benzema on the front lines, that's also not something good to see Madrid could be a club that is worried about this season, as far as I see Madrid's performance hasn't been perfect, but I'll see how they play in La Liga as well as the UCL later, remember Madrid's attack power is not too sharp in my opinion because there is no good striker to place on the front lines.

I think mbappe might be a suitable striker for madrid. so for now I see that madrid is not much different from barcelona even though madrid is slightly superior, but I know barcelon succeeded last season in winning the la league title while madrid failed to win the UCL and la league titles, so we are still at the beginning of the season it is difficult to determine the power of both.

[emrecemsan]

It is clear that Mbappe isn't joining Real Madrid this summer. Even if this happens it will happen no earlier than next summer.

Hence Real Madrid had better do something about a centre-forward signing quick if they still aim to bring someone to fill Benzema's place. Or I wonder if Ancelotti really thinks that bringing Joselu is enough for this season. Maybe this wouldn't be much problem in the La Liga but I can't say the same thing for the Champions League. Can Real Madrid continue to play the same as they were when they had Benzema? I have doubts about that for now. Rodrygo and Joselu are the only players who can really play in this area.