La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[QueenVera]

This situation must have made Ancelotti very confused. The storm of injuries that befell the players in the Madrid squad means they lack rotation options, 9 injured players is a big problem for a club that has the ambition to win the La Liga and UCL trophies. Moreover, regarding the injury suffered by Vinicius, it is not yet known when he will be available again, although on the other hand, this injury is a blessing for the back-up players to show their quality by getting playing minutes.

Before the January transfer window opens, this means Ancelotti has to maximize his existing players. This means Ancelotti will be required to stabilize the club in more than a month without several important players. If you look at the depth of the Los Blancos squad, they have pretty good rotation options so that everything can be fine. However, this situation also makes us think that Madrid could fail in many matches in the future, because many players are injured and management has not been able to move in the transfer market.

Real Madrid continues to struggle with a wide wave of injuries this season, and this will be a bad one to Don Carlo’s campaign, Don Carlo have lost 9 players to injury as a result reducing team’s performance and cohesiveness, Vini being ruled out during this last international break after just recovering from a long spell out, I think the club needs to run a routine on her medical team and try to get the team back in shape

 This list of injury would be much workload for Don Carlo because he’ll have to get available players to be able to coerce and come out strong when they go head to head orher teams especially as they go all out for the title, the transfer market will soon be upon us and trust Real Madrid to go make some cool signings for themselves and get the team back on track.

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[Docnaster]

I don't know for sure how many Real Madrid players will be out through injury until January, but losing Bellingham, Camavinga and Vinicius will have a negative impact on their performance. Barcelona experienced the same case due to player injuries, but currently most of its players have recovered even though they have to find their form again after a long absence.

Girona can capitalize on this calamity facing the other teams and make sure that do not loose any other games for the period and weeks tha Real Madrid will be struggling. There is a sense of teamwork among the Girona players, and a sense of possibility, so they can actually keep playing thos season without loosing any more games. Real Madrid's next game is an away game to 16th place Cadiz, that game should not be the game where Real Madrid should start loosing points.

Girona can even win the game against Athletic Club in the next week they have. But the fact about Girona is I think they are going to lose their place and this team doesn't have the enough potential to be at the top of the La Liga table at the end of this season.
Other teams with the much better players and more investments couldn't have this good performance and I'm wondering how a team like Girona can be in the first place in the league.

Undoubtedly, Girona doesn't possess the kind of quality players and depth in squad like that of the other big teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid but the club's manager has helped build the team to become one of the best in the country at the moment . Many are of the opinion that Girona aren't gonna be as competitive as they are currently till the end of the season.
While many are waiting for the decline in form of Girona, they might pull a big surprise by winning the the league at the end of the season.

[Leviathan.007]

Girona have really been on good form this season but they’re not a team who would want to challenge Real Madrid, Barcelona or Atletico Madrid for the title, challenging for the title has some requirements it has to meet such as; Squad Depth and Financial Capacity, without squad depth, when the first 11 is out with injuries the team will get all shaky and without finances, there’ll be no room for replacement of injured players.

 With 2 top games in hand and considering the injury crisis of Real Madrid and Barcelona I think Girona will end the year on top the log of the table but I don’t expect them to be there a while into the 2nd half of the league, Bilbao are a pretty composed team that could cause worry to any Spanish side left alone Girona, no doubt Girona has been good at home but Bilbao could cause an upset for them over the weekend and they might probably share the spoils.

You know is one thing to return back from injury and is another thing to be in form and this is the issue Real Madrid and Barcelona are currently facing while Madrid has a chance of signing new players this January, Barca is not really also having it freely since because of their crisis and as if this is not enough more key players are getting injured like Gavi today and its seems he will be out till next year.
I believe Girona will face more struggle dealing with Bibao than Barcelona this year after all the injury crisis upon Barcelona

That's very sad for Xavi and Barcelona to see Gavi getting injured like this. I think these FIFA days we recently saw made many players injured and now Gavi is injured while he is a key player in Barcelona.
In the game between Spain and Georgia, Gavi couldn't continue the game after 24 minutes and he left the field while crying.
It seems he is injured hard and he is going to be out for a long time.

[makishart]

Girona have really been on good form this season but they’re not a team who would want to challenge Real Madrid, Barcelona or Atletico Madrid for the title, challenging for the title has some requirements it has to meet such as; Squad Depth and Financial Capacity, without squad depth, when the first 11 is out with injuries the team will get all shaky and without finances, there’ll be no room for replacement of injured players.

 With 2 top games in hand and considering the injury crisis of Real Madrid and Barcelona I think Girona will end the year on top the log of the table but I don’t expect them to be there a while into the 2nd half of the league, Bilbao are a pretty composed team that could cause worry to any Spanish side left alone Girona, no doubt Girona has been good at home but Bilbao could cause an upset for them over the weekend and they might probably share the spoils.

You know is one thing to return back from injury and is another thing to be in form and this is the issue Real Madrid and Barcelona are currently facing while Madrid has a chance of signing new players this January, Barca is not really also having it freely since because of their crisis and as if this is not enough more key players are getting injured like Gavi today and its seems he will be out till next year.
I believe Girona will face more struggle dealing with Bibao than Barcelona this year after all the injury crisis upon Barcelona

Gavi, stegen and there may be more to come soon. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona are currently facing a crisis as a result of multiple injuries. They lose their important players. madrid has 9 players were injured in total. that's a lot compared with barcelona but ancellotti has been fully preparing the club to face this kind of situation. The match between girona vs bilbao will come soon and i would like to see girona to win the game at least 2 goals.

Girona stands a strong chance of capitalizing on the recent setbacks experienced by both Real Madrid and Barcelona due to the injury. Girona will be able to beat it even the club may be facing a tough game against bilbao.
Bilbao was not a weak team but girona is having capability to beat it even with narrow score. Michel is preparing everything to face that match.

[TelolettOm]

The beauty meanwhile is that unlike other clubsides, Real Madrid has got a quality squad depth which gives them chances to survive this injury crisis laden time. With long term injuries to players; Madrid can be tempted to take up loan deals in the january transfer window. Also, Joselu has deputized well in the no 9 role. I believe Ancelloti will manage well; he is an elite coach

They have enough midfielders and defenders, but they have lack of attackers (front line players). So, I don't think Real Madrid has a good squad depth for this season. There are some players who get injured for a long time. So, it is true that Real Madrid needs some new players in January. But I think they are better to sign new players permanently. They have enough money, why they need to get loan players again? They already signed Kepa as a loan player from Chelsea. By the way, Joselu may play effectively in some matches. But he still can't perform well in big matches. So, Real Madrid actually still needs a new strong striker.

[borovichok]

That's very sad for Xavi and Barcelona to see Gavi getting injured like this. I think these FIFA days we recently saw made many players injured and now Gavi is injured while he is a key player in Barcelona.
In the game between Spain and Georgia, Gavi couldn't continue the game after 24 minutes and he left the field while crying.
It seems he is injured hard and he is going to be out for a long time.

Injuries is new barrier that hinders every potential players in the transfer window. Spain thrashed Georgia 3-1 but one of the few good players picked up an injury which we believe to be one of this severe injuries that does rule player out for long term. Pablo Martín Páez Gavira plays an important role in country and club level football, he's injured and will return to Barcelona for further testing of his present state. Spain headcoach, Luis de la Fuente seems to be frightened about his key player been tearfully forced out of the pitch and he's looking for the future were Gavi might not feature in the Euro2024.

[mamesso]

My principal doubt is, if Girona after this international break is gonna still being this good, or they are gonna start to fall behind, maybe they can last until the winter break, and become the winter champions  i remember the alst team becoming winter champion asides of the big threes was Real Sociedad a lot of time ago.

I haven't read any news regarding any of them players out Injured so it should be another energetic weekend for them if you ask me.
Real Madrid now has recorded more than three of them first team players out Injured and it sucks, this could reduce the energy they have in chasing and trying to take Girona down the La Liga table.

Atletico Bilbao though could prove stubborn to handle believe me. Girona by the way had just lost a single game at home this season which is against Real Madrid. Atletico Bilbao has lost more than twice if I can recall very well. I don't want to predict Atletico Bilbao winning. I still want Girona at the top still!

There were seven Real Madrid players injured before the international break, Aurelien Tchouameni, Arda Guler, Dani Ceballos, Eder Militao, Jude Bellingham, Thibaut Courtois and Kepa Arrizabalaga. Now Vinicius and Camavinga add to the long list of injured Real Madrid players, a total of nine Madrid players are in the treatment room. Vinicius was injured while playing for the Brazilian national team and Camavinga was injured in a training session when he joined the French national team.
So far, these two players have always been Ancelotti main choice. Losing both of them has reduced Real Madrid strength a little, especially since many of the core players had previously entered the treatment room.

Girona has always shown consistent performances in La Liga, they have only lost once when they met Real Madrid. Real Madrid reduced strength has made Girona increasingly obsessed with maintaining first position, the match versus Bilbao is a challenge that must be overcome with an additional three points for Girona if they want to increase their points advantage over their competitors.

[rendravolt]

That's very sad for Xavi and Barcelona to see Gavi getting injured like this. I think these FIFA days we recently saw made many players injured and now Gavi is injured while he is a key player in Barcelona.
In the game between Spain and Georgia, Gavi couldn't continue the game after 24 minutes and he left the field while crying.
It seems he is injured hard and he is going to be out for a long time.

After Ter Stegen, now it was Gavi's turn to suffer an injury and it appeared he was suffering from pain in the match which made him have to leave the field early. Maybe this is the worst international break ever considering that so many players are injured and quite a few of these players are key players at each club. It is reported that Gavi suffered a serious knee injury and it will definitely take a long time to recover. Xavi must be able to rotate his players in the upcoming match which is getting closer and it is possible that he will give Fermin Lopez full opportunity to fill the void left by Gavi.

[Marvell1]

Sergio Ramos is really so yesterday. He also began to be injured all too often and at PSG he was never able to play his best for a few games in a row. There were some moments when he put some effort into the attacks himself and he can still be dangerous with his head, but he was never close to being the one who decided a game with his spectacular defensive performance.

I'd like to know for how long he will stay at Sevilla, but I would rather expect a short stay. Maybe for two seasons in total, but it could also end in summer when some club from Saudi Arabia offers him a lot of money.

At least Sergio Ramos only has a contract until the end of this season, or it could be said that Sergio Ramos is under contract at Sevilla only for this season . Also, it seems that previously Sergio Ramos had rejected the offer to play in the Saudi Pro League and Sergio Ramos preferred back home and play at Sevilla, but in fact Sergio Ramos didn't play well here either with an own goal in the match against Barcelona . But ya, maybe Sergio Ramos can still provide good results for Sevilla this season because after all, at this moment Sevilla has also managed to stay away from the relegation zone and is still in the middle of the La Liga standings at the moment.

As far as I know they didn't offer him enough money, or maybe it was a lot of money, but not enough for him. The king Sergio Ramos deserves more he thinks. I think he was offered 20 million per year from Al-Ittihad and I think he felt insulted because Benzema went there and is earning more than 10x of what was offered to him. But yes his performance has been on a decline for a while now and it is good to see when his career will end soon. I think he is a risk to other players' health, he has always been and good to see him finish his career.

In my opinion, he has been a good addition to the Sevilla squad. Just because he made one mistake which caused them to lose a match, should not mean that we have to say he has not done anything for the team. I think he is still a very capable player. It is just that he is quite old right now. That's why it is definitely hard for him to go at the same speed throughout the whole 90 minutes. And yes, I agree that he is probably not best suited for the greatest level of competition. But the way his team is doing right now, I don't think he is actually worse than any other player that could have played in place of him.

[bering]

Vinicius Jr's injury to the Brazilian national team is really unfortunate for Real Madrid. But Real Madrid should have thought about these possibilities beforehand and taken some precautions against them. Vinicius Jr will be out of football for about 3 months due to this injury. After Benzema had gone to the Arab League, they should have immediately made a transfer to fill Benzema's void, but they didn't. Now Vinicius Jr is also injured. They have to sign a striker in the winter transfer window. Otherwise their chances against Girona and Barcelona will diminish.

Sure, it will be a difficult challenge to have no Vinicius on the lineup. He has a big role for Real Madrid front line, he is Real Madrid mainstay left winger. We must know that Real Madrid has no other pure left winger who has the capability as Vinicius. Real Madrid has a crisis of attackers because Bellingham and Arda Guller got injured, too. Now, Real Madrid only have Rodrygo, Joselu, and Brahim Díaz for the attacker options. These players aren't enough for Real Madrid lineup, specifically when Real Madrid has a big match in UCL and La Liga. So, I agree that Real Madrid must sign new attackers in January transfer window. I don't which players that Real Madrid will target to buy in January, but it will be a big addition if they sign a top player like Osimhen or Mbappe. Although the chance to sign them looks rather small, people expect much that Real Madrid can succeed to sign one of those top strikers.

Vinicius has been got injured before and if i am not mistaken Ancelotti was played Joselu as the striker along with Rodrygo and for attacking midfielder Brahim Díaz probably can replace Bellingham position although Brahim Díaz cannot able to performing well just like Bellingham but at least Ancelotti has a player who can be played as the replacement of Bellingham so far these strategy was succesfull but Real Madrid was lucky because senior players just like Toni Kroos or Luca Modric were in the good shape so these players can be played as the replacement of Tchouameni and Camavinga who got injured first and i know this is not the best strategy because Kroos or Modric sometimes unable to performing well but Ancelotti doesn't have many options to rotate the squad

[Republikcoin.com]

That's very sad for Xavi and Barcelona to see Gavi getting injured like this. I think these FIFA days we recently saw made many players injured and now Gavi is injured while he is a key player in Barcelona.
In the game between Spain and Georgia, Gavi couldn't continue the game after 24 minutes and he left the field while crying.
It seems he is injured hard and he is going to be out for a long time.

After Ter Stegen, now it was Gavi's turn to suffer an injury and it appeared he was suffering from pain in the match which made him have to leave the field early. Maybe this is the worst international break ever considering that so many players are injured and quite a few of these players are key players at each club. It is reported that Gavi suffered a serious knee injury and it will definitely take a long time to recover. Xavi must be able to rotate his players in the upcoming match which is getting closer and it is possible that he will give Fermin Lopez full opportunity to fill the void left by Gavi.

The storm of injuries has not stopped hitting the Barcelona players this season, this is really a very difficult season for this team to go through, especially since they don't have many players to cover the gaps in the team.
First of all, of course this will be a big blow for a potential young player like Gavi, in fact he is reported to have had to end this season early because of the injury he suffered. This is quite bad for his future because there is a possibility that his performance will decline after he recovers.
And this is a loss for the Barcelona team, especially Xavi, who has to work harder to think about the team's game so that they can still perform well with the minimum number of players, this is really a pretty bad and tough season for them.

[Hirose UK]

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La Liga title is up for grab, there will be only a single winner and I'm giving it to Real Madrid and Barcelona because these are the only competitive team capable of reaching significant heights, but for Girona, I'm pretty sure they will step down from first position when the time comes. I've missed out on the brilliant performance of Barcelona due to the present Injuries recorded in the club, it's so not happening and they will have to fight back. Injuries ruined Barcelona starting XI and this will continue to hurt them in league games, Xavi Hernandez have to sort out competitive run for forthcoming games.

The new league will reach the middle of the season and there will of course be many changes that will occur starting in the middle of the season, I also believe that only Real Madrid and Barcelona will be the strongest teams to compete for the title.
If Girona can remain stable and consistent in having good playing performance then it is possible that they can remain at the top in fighting for the title, so that these three teams will finish the season with shifts in positions one two and three.

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The matches played in the current national team have resulted in many key players getting injured and ofcourse, this kind of incident is a very undesirable event for the club . But ya, regarding Vinicius, basically or in the early matches this seasons, the fact is that Vinicius was also injured and what happened was, Real Madrid still able to get goodresults because of the good performance of Bellingham . So ya, it seems that Ancelotti has also experienced cases like this before, so ofcourse Ancelotti will be able to handle it again. Therefore, I think Real Madrid still have a chance to get back to the top of La Liga standings when compared to Barcelona and Atletico.

Indeed, there are quite lot of injury cases that occur when team core players participate in contributing to strengthening their respective players national teams and this is loss for the team when they have to accept the fact that their best player is injured.
It is not surprising that there are also several teams that refuse or do not allow their best players to play for the national team because of concerns about the condition and health of their players.
For Real Madrid itself, it is team whose composition of players is almost all great players, so that when one or two players are injured they can still overcome it and still show their best performance.
Ancelotti is indeed one of the best coaches that Real Madrid has and he has proven it all.

[Rockstarguy]

We can hope vini to recover from his injury as soon as possible. Everything is still possible for him. Real madrid will be missing him a lot since vini is one of ke player of madrid. We will be using old formation (joselu, rodrygo, bellingham)
Ancellotti are still having those guys. There's no need to feel worry about that. bellingham will able to carry the team again as long as modric will be playing.

Vinicius Jr's injury to the Brazilian national team is really unfortunate for Real Madrid. But Real Madrid should have thought about these possibilities beforehand and taken some precautions against them. Vinicius Jr will be out of football for about 3 months due to this injury. After Benzema had gone to the Arab League, they should have immediately made a transfer to fill Benzema's void, but they didn't. Now Vinicius Jr is also injured. They have to sign a striker in the winter transfer window. Otherwise their chances against Girona and Barcelona will diminish.

Vinicius Jr injury problem is a serious issue to real madrid because Vinicius is a key player in Real Madrid and it can affect the team of achieving. My fear for Real Madrid is that bellingham which everyone is looking up to nothing happens to him, because if anything happens to him I don't think Real Madrid will be able to get the title this season.

If Real Madrid would have been able to get the perfect replacement for Benzema it would have really be a help to the team, and Vinicius Jr this season have not really been stable this season due to injuries,  I think this season can end up to be a difficult season for Real Madrid. Girona and Barcelona will take Real Madrid challenge as an opportunity to grab the championship this season.

[TastyChillySauce00]

That's very sad for Xavi and Barcelona to see Gavi getting injured like this. I think these FIFA days we recently saw made many players injured and now Gavi is injured while he is a key player in Barcelona.
In the game between Spain and Georgia, Gavi couldn't continue the game after 24 minutes and he left the field while crying.
It seems he is injured hard and he is going to be out for a long time.

After Ter Stegen, now it was Gavi's turn to suffer an injury and it appeared he was suffering from pain in the match which made him have to leave the field early. Maybe this is the worst international break ever considering that so many players are injured and quite a few of these players are key players at each club. It is reported that Gavi suffered a serious knee injury and it will definitely take a long time to recover. Xavi must be able to rotate his players in the upcoming match which is getting closer and it is possible that he will give Fermin Lopez full opportunity to fill the void left by Gavi.

Im not seeing it as a serious problem when gavi will be out till next season. It's caused by there is still someone who capable enough to replace his position like yamal. The only problem if there was no good goal keeper like stegen. So many times stegen was helping barcelona to keep its club from conceding goals by its opponent. Missing gavi won't give big impact to the club as there was a player that is in the same level as him. The only problem if missing stegen may make the defensive line of barcelona becomes even weaker than before.
Stegen has been always making excellent save that helped barcelona a lot. Missing him is going to be a disaster for the club. I hope stegen will able to recover as soon as possible. This is why i don't really like players played in international break.

[klidex]

Vinicius Jr injury problem is a serious issue to real madrid because Vinicius is a key player in Real Madrid and it can affect the team of achieving. My fear for Real Madrid is that bellingham which everyone is looking up to nothing happens to him, because if anything happens to him I don't think Real Madrid will be able to get the title this season.

If Real Madrid would have been able to get the perfect replacement for Benzema it would have really be a help to the team, and Vinicius Jr this season have not really been stable this season due to injuries,  I think this season can end up to be a difficult season for Real Madrid. Girona and Barcelona will take Real Madrid challenge as an opportunity to grab the championship this season.

It seems like a lot of key player have been injured during the current international break, Real Madrid has had to temporarily lose Vinicius Junior twice this season due to injury and Barcelona is also experiencing an injury crisis but Real Madrid can still rely on Bellingham and Barcelona can still rely on Lewandowski to maintain balance club.
This will be a quite difficult match for these two elite club and this could be an advantage for Girona to improve their team performance to get as many points as Real Madrid and Barcelona are experiencing bad luck.

to fill Vinicius Jr void, as at the start of this season matches in La Liga, it seem like Ancletoti will use Juselu and Rudrygo again to becomed strikers that Anclotti can rely on and I hope Real Madrid doesn't experience a decline due to the absenced of Vinicius Jr.

[piebeyb]

If Real Madrid would have been able to get the perfect replacement for Benzema it would have really be a help to the team, and Vinicius Jr this season have not really been stable this season due to injuries,  I think this season can end up to be a difficult season for Real Madrid. Girona and Barcelona will take Real Madrid challenge as an opportunity to grab the championship this season.

I think Madrid will definitely find a replacement for Benzema soon, but what we have to think about now is that when Vini is injured, Madrid really has to play other players and in fact Madrid doesn't lack great players, so it's not too difficult for Anchelotti to pair existing players to be able to continue to create attack power. Madrid is always deadly, especially as Bellingham is still on fire and can always keep Madrid consistently on the winning track.

Melawna Cadiz is certainly not a difficult opponent for Madrid this week because I think they will bring the full three points to maintain their position at the top of the standings competing with Girona, that's why Madrid will not feel short of players even though Vini is not playing due to injury, after all before Vini was also injured, but Madrid still played well and always performed optimally.

[topbitcoin]

I don't think Madrid played badly in Vini's absence, it's just that the attacking schemes were reduced and that's true because Vini is a good support in attack with his speed but Madrid weren't bad because they were still quite good in terms of their play.
The problem is that it's not just Vini who is currently sidelined as a number of players are still not expected to feature due to injury. Now perhaps with Vini definitely out of the squad until the end of the year,Madrid may still expect Jude to make a good return after recovering from his injury, but it is time for Brahim Dias and Joselu to be given more time now. 

I believe that Vini is such a superstar nowadays that he could pull a rabbit out of hat in moments that the team needs a goal, which means that when he is not there, obviously others are not playing "badly" but that superstar impact is not there, even when he doesn't score, some defenders are always looking out to him, like when he is not even anywhere near the ball.

This is why him missing means a lot for the team, I am guessing that they will get a little bit worse, I still do not how long his injury will be but I think I know that we are going to end up with something that will take some time. I think the best thing to do in this situation would be putting in a different strategy all together to make sure team is ready for playing without him.

That's what I mean about Madrid's attacking effectiveness definitely being slightly reduced but not having an overall impact on the game.
At the moment, in Vini's absence there are players like Brahim Dias who can be given more trust or maybe if they want a more extreme option they can give a little more trust to their young players who are in Castila but I think Dias still deserves this.

It's obviously going to have a bit of an effect but it's not going to make Madrid falter because with the situation they're in they should be able to minimize it.

[legendbtc]

That's very sad for Xavi and Barcelona to see Gavi getting injured like this. I think these FIFA days we recently saw made many players injured and now Gavi is injured while he is a key player in Barcelona.
In the game between Spain and Georgia, Gavi couldn't continue the game after 24 minutes and he left the field while crying.
It seems he is injured hard and he is going to be out for a long time.

After Ter Stegen, now it was Gavi's turn to suffer an injury and it appeared he was suffering from pain in the match which made him have to leave the field early. Maybe this is the worst international break ever considering that so many players are injured and quite a few of these players are key players at each club. It is reported that Gavi suffered a serious knee injury and it will definitely take a long time to recover. Xavi must be able to rotate his players in the upcoming match which is getting closer and it is possible that he will give Fermin Lopez full opportunity to fill the void left by Gavi.

Im not seeing it as a serious problem when gavi will be out till next season. It's caused by there is still someone who capable enough to replace his position like yamal. The only problem if there was no good goal keeper like stegen. So many times stegen was helping barcelona to keep its club from conceding goals by its opponent. Missing gavi won't give big impact to the club as there was a player that is in the same level as him. The only problem if missing stegen may make the defensive line of barcelona becomes even weaker than before.
Stegen has been always making excellent save that helped barcelona a lot. Missing him is going to be a disaster for the club. I hope stegen will able to recover as soon as possible. This is why i don't really like players played in international break.

I don't know if this is an essential issue for Barcelona. But that is a sad thing for Gavi himself. Gavi suffered an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee - a severe injury that can take a player at least 8 months to recover. However, I still don't know the extent of the injury, but seeing him leave the field, it seemed like the problem was severe. He's really worried. Gavi is only 19 years old, which could affect his career if the injury is serious. He didn't think these things could happen to him. I agreed that there would be another player on the team who could replace Gavi. But this is a shock to coach Xavi because Gavi is a critical factor in how he operates the style of play he built at Barca.

Stegen will return to Barcelona and undergo in-depth health tests. They will have a trip at home to Rayo Vallecano. Stegen seems fine.

[rendravolt]

The two teams promoted this season will open their matches this week after the international break ends. Bringing together hosts Alaves who will host their guests Granada and this will be a fairly balanced match according to their respective levels. Currently Alaves is in 15th position with 12 points and Granada looks much worse by being in the relegation zone temporarily and only collecting 7 points. If we look at the previous meeting the two teams only played a draw and that too at home to Alaves. So, even though there will be another draw, I hope there will be a win for one of the teams, especially as both of them are also targeting full points to improve their current position.

[Minecache]

The news of Vinicius Jnr's injury is a big blow to Real Madrid considering the importance of the Brazilian to the Real Madrid squad. From the reports so far, it's reported that's he's expected to be sidelined till the end of the year which means that the club manager will be using Joselu as his current replacement using the club's current formation.
If Real Madrid must contend for a serious title this season, they must sign few more forward players during the January transfer window because the club's failure to land a replacement for their former captain Karim Benzema has really affected their performance this season

The news has sadden too many Real Madrid fans and Madrid lovers around the world. Now, too much have been said about the matter of Vinicius Junior and other Injured players.
Real Madrid did well without Vinicius Junior for a while and I'm certain that they make it soft even if they won't be without some key players.
Joselu should step up if he wants to remain as a long term Real Madrid player, I've read of him saying he hopes to have his contract extended with Real Madrid. I don't see that happening because, he has barely showed up for Real Madrid. I want to see him step up in the absence of these players.

Without Vini jr, Real Madrid will struggle to score goals because he is the one who creates chances for the players to score goals. I believe Ancelotti will use another information against Cádiz because Real are missing Vini jr, Camavinga, Tchouaméni, and Bellingham, but I'm not sure if Bellingham will return before the match against Cádiz. Joselu is not playing well in Real Madrid which is why Ancelotti doesn't like starting matches with him again, Because he used to miss many chances when playing in pitch is better that is a loan to Real Madrid, if madrid get new striker he can leave the club and go back to is Espanyol, because how he performs in Espanyol is not doing it in Real Madrid. We'll see if mbappe comes to Real Madrid in the next transfer window due to the fact Real Madrid needs to sign a better striker to make the team stronger. Also let's watch how Real Madrid performs with the remaining squad members who are not injured.

Real Madrid has already been facing some problems trying to score goals. We can say that by watching the matches against Sevilla or Vallecano. And now, without Vini Junior, they are definitely going to find it harder to score goals. Remember they don't have a really good striker that they wanted. So now I don't know how they are going to perform on the bigger stages, especially like the Champions League competition. I don't think they will have problems in the group stages or anything like that.