La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Leviathan.007]

Real Madrid had a good start this season and they won many titles in the first month of La Liga.
After the amazing performance, we saw from them because of their good teamwork, Real Madrid's coach, Carlo Ancelotti is now the best manager of the month.



Also, we know Real Madrid lost some palyers in this transfer window like Benzema and we thought they were going to have problems with finishing the ball but Jude Bellingham had an amazing performance and he scored goals for his team. That's why this player is also chosen for the best paler in the month.

  

[Oluwa-btc]

The good news for Xavi is about Lamine Yamal and he had a good performance playing for his national team against Georgia. Today the game between Georgia and Spain Lamine Yamal was playing for his national team while he was just a 16-year-old palyer, he scored a goal for Spain and while he was the youngest player scoring a goal for Barcelona in La Liga, now he is the youngest palyer scoring a goal for Spain.
I hope to see his palyer continue his good performance and Xavi is lucky to have a palyer like him on the team. He can even have the chance to become a superstar palyer in Barcelona soon.

Good record for Yamal. 16 years and 1 goal for Spain. Two records at once he got. This record is a new record for Spain and replaces Gavi the previous record owner. Last night was of course also a tough decision because the Spanish coach dared to play him. But his decision became a very good result. He is a long-term asset for Barcelona and Spain.

In one of the games he played for Barcelona last season that I watched he  really performed so good for Barcelona,  his performance was outstanding and I don't know why Xavi don't normally use  him. The young player is very good and I think Barcelona needs him frequently,  with the way he performs I believe he will always deliver good performance,  his football take looks so original. Yamal is good player that Barcelona don't need to take for granted.

Youngest player to play for Spanish National Team, he will achieve more as he progress to a new level. He has a great first touch and very sharp when it comes to cut in chances and positional plays.
During the next game against Betis, Barcelona should get the better of that game but it seems like all of the first team players are out facing international duties call. There should be tired legs after the international break.

If you ask my opinion, I will say Barcelona will not win that game against Real Betis. The season has kicked off well recoding three wins and a draw in four games.

[nurilham]

Indeed Real Madrid opponent is a slightly easier rather than opponent Atletico Madrid, so yes there is a chance for Real Madrid to get points against Atletico Madrid.

I don't think the chance for winning the match will be determined by the previous matches. Although Real Madrid got full points from smaller teams, it doesn't mean Real Madrid always got the points easily. In the last 2 matches, Real Madrid won by only 1 goal difference, it means Real Madrid experienced a difficult match. If they play against Atletico Madrid, it must be harder. I personally can't guess how much the chance of Real Madrid to win against Atletico Madrid.

Because yeah there is a possibility Diego Simeone squad is tired, but in the last few matches Atletico Madrid have a good performance. Anyhow, Diego squad looks solid I doubt Real Madrid can win, but be expected Ancelotti can find a suitable tactic in that match at least to surive for draw result.

It is still the early season, how can Atletico Madrid feel tired?  
I think it is a bit nonsense if Atletico Madrid squad will be tired. They are in a good shape, especially after they won 7 goals against Rayo Vallecano.

[Docnaster]

Real Madrid had a good start this season and they won many titles in the first month of La Liga.
After the amazing performance, we saw from them because of their good teamwork, Real Madrid's coach, Carlo Ancelotti is now the best manager of the month.



Also, we know Real Madrid lost some palyers in this transfer window like Benzema and we thought they were going to have problems with finishing the ball but Jude Bellingham had an amazing performance and he scored goals for his team. That's why this player is also chosen for the best paler in the month.

  

Congratulations to Carlo Ancelotti for winning the Spanish La Liga manager of the month of August. I must say that there's no other manager in the league that deserves it more than Carlo Ancelotti does after winning all four of their Spanish La Liga matches.
After their former captain Karim Benzema left for the Saudi League, eyebrows were raised on wether the Spanish giants are gonna sign his replacement because of how impactful he's been to the club since Cristiano Ronaldo left in 2018 summer. But even without a recognized striker, Ancelotti has introduced a new formation at the club that's allowed their summer signee Jude Bellingham to be playing as a false 9 and that new formation has really helped the club and the player as the player has scored five goals in his first four league games for the club

[Rengga Jati]

Indeed Real Madrid opponent is a slightly easier rather than opponent Atletico Madrid, so yes there is a chance for Real Madrid to get points against Atletico Madrid. Because yeah there is a possibility Diego Simeone squad is tired, but in the last few matches Atletico Madrid have a good performance. Anyhow, Diego squad looks solid I doubt Real Madrid can win, but be expected Ancelotti can find a suitable tactic in that match at least to surive for draw result.

Actually, in La Liga, Rea Sociedad is also not a small club and has sometimes given good surprises. It's just a matter of how Real Madrid can optimize its performance again or not. But usually, Real Madrid will be superior to this club. If you look at Head 2 Head, Real Madrid clearly won more. Meanwhile, on the other hand, Atletico vs Valencia, I believe Atletico Madrid should not experience high obstacles. Valencia didn't start the season very well. They are still inconsistent and sometimes cannot optimize their chances. Here, Atletico Madrid might still be able to gain more advantages than Valencia.

Meanwhile at UC, you could say that Lazio is tougher than Berlin. However, no one can guarantee that because sometimes German clubs can also provide quite strong surprises in the Champions League. But of course, which club can handle more, the results will be more optimal.

[JeromeTash]

Also, we know Real Madrid lost some palyers in this transfer window like Benzema and we thought they were going to have problems with finishing the ball but Jude Bellingham had an amazing performance and he scored goals for his team. That's why this player is also chosen for the best paler in the month

I don't I am still not comfortable with Jude Bellingham being the one to find goals for Real Madrid. What if he gets injured? What if teams figure these out?

The fact is that without a top-notch number 9, Real Madrid is going to struggle in the long run. I am A Real Madrid supporter, but I am not impressed yet. I saw this kind of thing before with Federico Valverde until he stopped scoring. We struggled, and this was when Benzema was still with us.

[KTChampions]

I just hope Robert Lewandowski get back to his full potential like that at Bayern Munich were he could be able to score several hat tricks in one season, ever since he came to Barcelona I've not really been impressed with his performance compared to when he was at Bayern Munich, Barcelona are known to be very dominant and very high in possession on the pitch, they love to press their opponents and force them out of their defense line which is a very fine tactics that could make them easily win matches against smaller club but you'll find them pressing and failing to put the ball into the net, and it would fall back to Lewandowski inconsistency for Barcelona, since he's the top 9 it's his responsibility to get the ball into the net but it's been uneasy for him instead it's the Barcelona wingers and Midfielders that mostly scores for them.

Don't rely on it. He is already 35. I will be surprised if he still plays in Europe next season. I think he is in decline and it began in Bayern (it was not for nothing that Bayern did not want to sign a long-term contract with him and only offered him a year), but we did not notice this because Bayern itself was fine. In Barcelona, this problem manifested itself and given the fact that Barcelona’s affairs this season are not as good as in the past, it is unlikely that Lewandowski will show himself better.

[Sexylizzy2813]

When I hear some talks about Madrid being the strongest or the team that have best young talents (which is true, that's in the la Liga) I just smile because I don't see anything special about Madrid and I still believe that with the absence of Benzema that team can't get more goals than they did last season and in the champions league they won't be a threat.
Until Carlos Ancelotti gets a new striker I don't think they'd go far in the champions league even in some domestic competitions. If they're seeing Jude Bellingham as the replacement for big Benz I think they're making a mistake, he's still young and such responsibility is just too much for him as a young lad, because injury can take him out anytime soon and he might even drop form due to fatigue.
Don't get me wrong on this, Bellingham is a good talent and he needs to be taken into the battlefield with an experience player and if Madrid had gotten Kane I feel it would have been a good fit for the business.

[shinratensei_]

I just hope Robert Lewandowski get back to his full potential like that at Bayern Munich were he could be able to score several hat tricks in one season, ever since he came to Barcelona I've not really been impressed with his performance compared to when he was at Bayern Munich, Barcelona are known to be very dominant and very high in possession on the pitch, they love to press their opponents and force them out of their defense line which is a very fine tactics that could make them easily win matches against smaller club but you'll find them pressing and failing to put the ball into the net, and it would fall back to Lewandowski inconsistency for Barcelona, since he's the top 9 it's his responsibility to get the ball into the net but it's been uneasy for him instead it's the Barcelona wingers and Midfielders that mostly scores for them.

Don't rely on it. He is already 35. I will be surprised if he still plays in Europe next season. I think he is in decline and it began in Bayern (it was not for nothing that Bayern did not want to sign a long-term contract with him and only offered him a year), but we did not notice this because Bayern itself was fine.

It could be the reason why barcelona signed felix as lewa's age may become the main concern soon. Lewa's performance is also dropping a lot compared with las season. Take felix as a trial was the one of solution owned by barcelona as a preparation once lewa will leave from club but consider lewa's contract will be last till 25/26 season and i think that barcelona can still rely on it till the end of his contract.

In Barcelona, this problem manifested itself and given the fact that Barcelona’s affairs this season are not as good as in the past, it is unlikely that Lewandowski will show himself better.

We can only wait and see how consistent his performance till the end of season. Lewa was complaning to the xavi's strategy.

His age indirectly affecting his performance but since he was the only good striker in barcelona. The club still counts on him this season.

[arimamib]

I just hope Robert Lewandowski get back to his full potential like that at Bayern Munich were he could be able to score several hat tricks in one season, ever since he came to Barcelona I've not really been impressed with his performance compared to when he was at Bayern Munich, Barcelona are known to be very dominant and very high in possession on the pitch, they love to press their opponents and force them out of their defense line which is a very fine tactics that could make them easily win matches against smaller club but you'll find them pressing and failing to put the ball into the net, and it would fall back to Lewandowski inconsistency for Barcelona, since he's the top 9 it's his responsibility to get the ball into the net but it's been uneasy for him instead it's the Barcelona wingers and Midfielders that mostly scores for them.

Don't rely on it. He is already 35. I will be surprised if he still plays in Europe next season. I think he is in decline and it began in Bayern (it was not for nothing that Bayern did not want to sign a long-term contract with him and only offered him a year), but we did not notice this because Bayern itself was fine. In Barcelona, this problem manifested itself and given the fact that Barcelona’s affairs this season are not as good as in the past, it is unlikely that Lewandowski will show himself better.

I don't think so, even this season, Barcelona, ​​in my opinion, is getting stronger with the presence of several new players in their squad. However, it is true that Lewandowski is 35 years old and of course his physique is not as strong as before, but regarding his goal contribution, I think he can score more than 20 goals this season. Even xavi will not doubt the quality of this old player.

Well, Barcelona trend in Laliga this season is also very good, even though in the first match they achieved a draw, they quickly returned to winning ways. Well, a new star has emerged in the Barcelona squad, he is Lamine Yamal, I think he will help Lewandowski to continue scoring goals this season or vice versa.

[TelolettOm]

It could be the reason why barcelona signed felix as lewa's age may become the main concern soon. Lewa's performance is also dropping a lot compared with las season. Take felix as a trial was the one of solution owned by barcelona as a preparation once lewa will leave from club but consider lewa's contract will be last till 25/26 season and i think that barcelona can still rely on it till the end of his contract.

It can be true, they need a new striker for another option in the attacking line. When Lewandowski can't perform well, Felix can be the option to strengthen Barcelona attacking. However, considering the last performance of Felix when he joined Chelsea, I'm not sure Felix is strong enough to be the mainstay player for Barcelona. He is still young, but he isn't a typical player who can maintain his good performance a long time. He is very unstable player.

I think Barcelona has no other option, they take a loan option for Felix because Barcelona has limited money. If Barcelona has bigger funds, I'm sure they will choose other striker who has more stable performance like Lautaro Martínez or Victor Osimhen. So, it is very obvious that Felix is just for a short term solution for Barcelona attacking.

[TastyChillySauce00]

When I hear some talks about Madrid being the strongest or the team that have best young talents (which is true, that's in the la Liga) I just smile because I don't see anything special about Madrid and I still believe that with the absence of Benzema that team can't get more goals than they did last season and in the champions league they won't be a threat.

It's yet being a special club caused by madrid was always relying on 1 player. The club played average like last season. There's no something special about that.
I don't even see impressive performances came from the players other than bellingham. Madrid could not always rely on him.

Until Carlos Ancelotti gets a new striker I don't think they'd go far in the champions league even in some domestic competitions. If they're seeing Jude Bellingham as the replacement for big Benz I think they're making a mistake, he's still young and such responsibility is just too much for him as a young lad, because injury can take him out anytime soon and he might even drop form due to fatigue.

Ancellotti has joselu as a new striker but this guy was still being very far from my expectation. I thought that if madrid could do better than this. Bellingham was attacking midfielder but ancellotti says that he has found new benzema. 
Relying upon attacking midfielder to play as good as the pure striker is a big deal took by madrid. Joselu shall be feeling shame seeing how bellingham was always helping the club so much.

Don't get me wrong on this, Bellingham is a good talent and he needs to be taken into the battlefield with an experience player and if Madrid had gotten Kane I feel it would have been a good fit for the business.

True but madrid was unwilling to spend a lot of money for him.

[QueenVera]

When I hear some talks about Madrid being the strongest or the team that have best young talents (which is true, that's in the la Liga) I just smile because I don't see anything special about Madrid and I still believe that with the absence of Benzema that team can't get more goals than they did last season and in the champions league they won't be a threat.

True but madrid was unwilling to spend a lot of money for him.

If there was any player for that position Realmadrid would've got in the recent transfer window it would had been Mbappe, because they had a secret negotiation with him but the money PSG demanded was too much for Realmadrid after they spent over €100 plus to sign Jude Bellingham, Kane is a fine player no doubt and Madrid have been interested in him over the years but they didn't take their interest for him seriously, if not they would've tried to sign, but the club that Really made their interest clear on Kane is Bayern Munich and they really struggled to secure a deal for their top target.
 I think Real Madrid seriously needed a replacement for Modric than Benzema and that's why they got Jude Bellingham to fill in the Midfield area in case Modric leaves by next summer and so far the money they paid for Bellingham is not a waste because he's adapt so fast and is currently their star player, maybe next year Madrid might work on the striker position if Joselu who is on loan fails to impress this season and I think they may probably get Victor Osimhen or Kylian Mbappe.

[Sexylizzy2813]

When I hear some talks about Madrid being the strongest or the team that have best young talents (which is true, that's in the la Liga) I just smile because I don't see anything special about Madrid and I still believe that with the absence of Benzema that team can't get more goals than they did last season and in the champions league they won't be a threat.

It's yet being a special club caused by madrid was always relying on 1 player. The club played average like last season. There's no something special about that.
I don't even see impressive performances came from the players other than bellingham. Madrid could not always rely on him.

With Vinicius Jr on that team it doesn't even seem to be the way it was when they had Benzene, because they both have that understanding than with Bellingham on the mix and if care is not taken Vinicius Jr won't be on the spot light and it will surely affect them because when the runs isn't coming the goals and attack won't be effective, it will only be one man running himself out.
Bellingham is one kid that needs to be led by someone with enough experience like I said earlier, if not let Madrid just get ready to miss out on titles this season.

Ancellotti has joselu as a new striker but this guy was still being very far from my expectation. I thought that if madrid could do better than this. Bellingham was attacking midfielder but ancellotti says that he has found new benzema. 
Relying upon attacking midfielder to play as good as the pure striker is a big deal took by madrid. Joselu shall be feeling shame seeing how bellingham was always helping the club so much.

If you are the coach what would you have done?
The club did let him (lack of funds in the transfer window, I think) get what he wants so he had to improvise and don't blame Joselu, Madrid is full of too much expectations and if you can't keep up then you end up in the bench or somewhere nobody can even interview you.
I just hope Bellingham do more for Madrid, if not the board would be looking for a replacement come January.

True but madrid was unwilling to spend a lot of money for him.

Madrid are still eying Mbappe that's why they didn't put much effort to get Kane and they shouldn't forget that Madrid is Madrid, when they finally get him (Mbappe) he can even be at his worse so no player should forget that the expectations in Madrid is beyond repair.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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It's still early in the season and there's still a lot of time for the teams to improve, Barcelona currently looks weak in terms of defense but Real Madrid also has problems in the front line, in the last few matches Real Madrid has had quite a hard time scoring goals.
So I think these two top La Liga teams have different problems now, but how these teams can handle them and get out of these problems will be profitable for them to be able to chase the title this season.

Barcelona was really worried in the match against Villareal where currently the quality of Barcelona's defense is having problems. Barcelona conceded 3 goals in that match, which also indicates that there are problems that need to be fixed in defense. Meanwhile, in the next match, Barcelona only conceded 1 goal against Osasuna and in that match Barcelona's defense looked quite good.

Barcelona has a good right-back at the moment, which is definitely useful considering that so far Barcelona doesn't have a good right-back. Cancelo and Balde will likely be the main choices in most matches, while Araujo (currently still injured) and Kounde will play as central defenders. This could solve Barcelona's defensive problems, but Barcelona must do it carefully.

Well, the case of Barcelona is very far from what can be done in reality, because for many it is the best team in the world, but that is not the case, it was very far from being one of the best especially because of what it has shown with Xavi, where he has looked for signings where he himself has not been able to get, and the one who chose the best was Lewa, and in this order of ideas we can think that things can change here, for what he has been Demonstrating in the League is fine, but where I really want to see the level of Barcelona is for other competitions, like in the UCL I want to see why they relatively had a very easy group, the truth is that if they don't pass there it is because they are very bad.

So what they can prove is very good, but what they can prove to be is that since they are in a UCL where the best are, they can find a Barcelona vs City , that game I still Want to see, I hope it can happen, because in Barcelona there are I have to see it with the big teams, also with Madrid, with Madrid, which is the team for which they play very well, and According to that, they play with great enthusiasm, that's how I want to see it, but for me there is still a long way to go a lot.

Xavi is ‘delighted’ with Barcelona summer arrival, player has fitted in seamlessly – report

Barcelona made several signings over the course of the summer transfer window and while the deadline-day arrivals of Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo appear to have captured all the attention, the Catalans have seemingly struck gold with Ilkay Gundogan.

The 32-year-old German international arrived at the club on a free transfer after his contract with Manchester City expired at the end of the last season.
Xavi very happy with Gundogan

And, just four matches into the new season, Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez is ‘delighted’ with Gundogan and the impact he has made on the team, reports Sergi de Juan of SPORT.

Xavi believes that the former Manchester City captain understands the game and his tactics perfectly and the player’s intelligence allows him to grasp everything very quickly.

Given the way that Barça play, top stars have had difficulties adapting to the style in the past, but there has been no such issue with Gundogan, whose time under Pep Guardiola at Manchester City has most certainly helped.

In fact, as per the report, Xavi puts Gundogan on the same level as Pedri as far as understanding his plans and executing them on the pitch most consistently are concerned.

Source: https://barcauniversal.com/xavi-is-delighted-with-barcelona-summer-arrival-player-has-fitted-in-seamlessly-report/

In this order of ideas, we hope that the Barcelona team has great options to do something great, now how can we better see Barcelona's chances of being able to win because things can get much better, so if we start to see it could be for Barcelona to do well , but they have to face bigger teams, and that's what you want to see, with Madrid for example, rivalry has always existed and that makes it very spicy, that's why I support that at Barcelona gets the best players, because I want to see them do very well with Madrid, and with the other teams, because I would feel bad if Madrid had a dream team and won easily, every soccer game has to be the best, and face each other with all their arsenal, if that's how I like to see Barcelona and Madrid, in UCL I want to see both teams with full potential, I think that makes it very exciting, winning against the strongest.

[borovichok]

Laliga campaign extremely competitive and fierce this season, it's just a matter of time before things get clearer for the yellow submarines. Quique Setien have been replaced and no longer the headcoach for Villarreal after his poor stats this new season, recording 1W 0D 3L in just four games, that means the fans should expect more horrible game results, so the board didn't relent and have to do what they got to do, to make the team a promising one. Jose 'Pacheta' Rojo Martin as been appointed as the new boss, that means alot of things will change since he's arriving to revived the club from the mess it is presently.

[rendravolt]

Of the three La Liga promotion teams so far, perhaps only Alaves has had pretty good results. They collected 6 points from 4 matches and when compared to Granada or Las Palmas who only collected 3 and 2 points, it is clear that Alaves is still ahead of both of them. Moreover, Alaves' victory beat two veteran teams in the league such as Sevilla and Valencia, so this time they will be considered the underdog team this season. However, what is clear is that Alaves will not be able to go far into the top 4 positions and they will more likely dominate the middle of the table this season.

In fact, Alaves had to go through the play offs first to be promoted to LaLiga this season. Also, if we compare with Granada who won the LaLiga2 title last season, and Las Palmas who became the runner up. So at least, it is not easy for Alaves to become a promoted team with the process it went through in the play offs. But anyway, at this moment at least Alaves managed to be the best compared to Granada and Las Palmas. But even so, at least any result can still happen from time to time, and there is no strong guarantee for Alaves to be stable in the middle zone in the La Liga standings this season.

Indeed, Alaves came to Laliga with a slightly more difficult path than Granada and Las Palmas, perhaps because of this the mentality of the Alaves players is much better in this competition. It is not surprising to see that the journey of these three teams is quite solid and it takes time to see their development from time to time. It's still quite early when talking about mid-table for Alaves but I'm quite confident in my prediction and maybe in the future they will still give another surprise when they face opponents who are better than them. Granada and Las Palmas have to improvise again so that their struggle to reach Laliga is not in vain this season.

[bering]

I prefer to think that they are struggling to score goals rather than not trying to score many goals in a match because looking at their condition for the beginning of this season it seems very difficult for them to score more than 2 goals in 1 match.
There still needs to be some familiarisation when trying out some of the younger players and Lewandowski's performance is still hampered by the opposition's marking which makes it difficult for Barcelona to find many goals in their matches.

Despite this the chances of them winning definitely remain as they are the favourites and the worst possibility is a draw although this would be difficult for Betis to force a draw.

I just hope Robert Lewandowski get back to his full potential like that at Bayern Munich were he could be able to score several hat tricks in one season, ever since he came to Barcelona I've not really been impressed with his performance compared to when he was at Bayern Munich, Barcelona are known to be very dominant and very high in possession on the pitch, they love to press their opponents and force them out of their defense line which is a very fine tactics that could make them easily win matches against smaller club but you'll find them pressing and failing to put the ball into the net, and it would fall back to Lewandowski inconsistency for Barcelona, since he's the top 9 it's his responsibility to get the ball into the net but it's been uneasy for him instead it's the Barcelona wingers and Midfielders that mostly scores for them.

Lewandowski has admitted that he has slow start this season because if we compared to his goal records last season is much better than now and even his goals records with Poland national team is much better than in Barcelona and Lewandowski has been complaining Xavi tactic while Barcelona only playing draw against Getafe last month this because he hasn't gets enough ball supply from the midfielder so that's why he was unable to scores at that time but i think it's only a matter of time to see Lewandowski reach to his top performance again because gradually he has found his shape again and the latest proof is he was able to scores two times in a row when Barcelona win from Osasuna and Villarreal

[Oneandpure]

It can be true, they need a new striker for another option in the attacking line. When Lewandowski can't perform well, Felix can be the option to strengthen Barcelona attacking. However, considering the last performance of Felix when he joined Chelsea, I'm not sure Felix is strong enough to be the mainstay player for Barcelona. He is still young, but he isn't a typical player who can maintain his good performance a long time. He is very unstable player.

I think Barcelona has no other option, they take a loan option for Felix because Barcelona has limited money. If Barcelona has bigger funds, I'm sure they will choose other striker who has more stable performance like Lautaro Martínez or Victor Osimhen. So, it is very obvious that Felix is just for a short term solution for Barcelona attacking.

Actually João Félix is not center forward and can't replace well with position from Robert Lewandowski have underperformance or absent for Barcelona, when playing second half season for Chelsea, João Félix put as second striker and some time played in left winger position and he is not as center forward player typical. Current transfer from  Barcelona as free and loan due financial problem make Barcelona hasn't option for buying top players.

João Félix have made debut last match with Barcelona but he not played full and waiting when get starting line up for playing in the first minute will give more contribution for Barcelona or not? João Félix have loyal for agree 50% salary cut off and Xavi Hernandez have looking potential from him how to back to the top performance with Barcelona.

[rozak]

Lewandowski has admitted that he has slow start this season because if we compared to his goal records last season is much better than now and even his goals records with Poland national team is much better than in Barcelona and Lewandowski has been complaining Xavi tactic while Barcelona only playing draw against Getafe last month this because he hasn't gets enough ball supply from the midfielder so that's why he was unable to scores at that time but i think it's only a matter of time to see Lewandowski reach to his top performance again because gradually he has found his shape again and the latest proof is he was able to scores two times in a row when Barcelona win from Osasuna and Villarreal

Xavi has implemented the best strategy for every opponent they face. but if the opponent has a good strategy to cut off Barca's attack ball in their midfield and not let Lewandowsky and Barca's attack line get enough ball then that is the difficulty Barca is experiencing.
Barca have a possession game with a strong midfield, what they need is to find a gap for the attack line to get a chance and immediately send the ball forward. Lewandowsky must catch up with them by scoring more goals. that will help Barca, and the connection with the midfield must continue to be developed.