La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[SmartCharpa]

Girona were too bad against Real Madrid for a team competing for the league championship. But is this a big surprise? Not a big one to be honest.  

Because basically there is a huge quality gap between these teams. When Real Madrid are in their best shape there aren't many number of teams that can stand in their way in the La Liga. Girona turn into a weak team for them in this case for example. This was what we watched there, a simple destruction. But I don't think it is a big deal for Girona. Finishing as 2nd would still be a huge success. 

That will be a great achievement if Girona finish in the second place this season, because we didn't expect them to perform to this high level. Girona truly deserves to win the championship this season, if it weren't for Real Madrid, who is making things difficult for them. Girona's hardest game of the season was against Real Madrid. Given how weakly Real Madrid played them, I wondered if that squad was competing for the championship. The Real Madrid vs Girona match has separated men from boys; it is obvious that Real Madrid will win the title this season because they are playing well and have no opponents to challenge them for the title.

Barcelona failed to beat the penultimate team of La Liga. What's interesting is that Granada have only picked up twelve points all season, but in the match against Barça they picked up one and now they have thirteen points. Barcelona are now hopelessly behind Real Madrid. Now only Girona is fighting Real for the Spanish title. But I think Girona will not be able to stop Real Madrid from winning La Liga.

Barcelona knows they won't be able to win any trophies this season based on their current performance, as they have already missed their opportunity to challenge Real Madrid for the championship. Girona are going to give up on Real Madrid because they have already lost to Real Madrid both home and away this season, no team can stop Real Madrid to become the Spanish championship this season.

[hahay]

Vallecano still haven't won and their latest defeat came when they visited Mallorca headquarters. It was a win for the hosts with a score of 2-1 and I think Vallecano will be much more open to entering the relegation zone if they still lose like this. In the last 5 matches they experienced 4 defeats and 1 draw, their last victory was against Getafe at the beginning of January.

If we look at the bottom of the standings, Vallecano is vulnerable to being overtaken by teams below it, such as Sevilla, who just won against Atletico and also Mallorca, who just beat them. The difference is only one point from these teams and I think this week will still be a nightmare for Vallecano because they have to face the current leaders of the La Liga standings, namely Real Madrid. It won't be smooth sailing for Vallencano when facing a team that continues to hunt for full points to secure a greater chance of winning the title.

Rayo Vallecano still has 24 points at the moment, and although Rayo Vallecano lost by Mallorca, whose position in the standings is below Rayo Vallecano position but still, in fact Rayo Vallecano also did not play badly at all in that match. Therefore, Rayo Vallecano will not be able to fall deeper into the relegation zone. Because anyway, Rayo Vallecano with 24 points and Cadiz who is in the relegation zone has only 17 points at the moment. With such a gap, I believe Rayo Vallecano will be able to recover performance, at least not to fall to the bottom of the table and yes, I believe Rayo Vallecano still has a good ability to not be relegated.

[temple]

I'm not gonna blame anyone who's criticizing Girona for failing to win their Spanish La Liga game yesterday against Real Madrid  because of how impressive they've been since the start of the season in the league. However, I think it's actually not logical enough for anyone to think that Girona are you to beat a star studded Real Madrid side who's currently on a very good run in the league at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Girona have been able to defeat strong teams like Barcelona and even Atletico Madrid in the league in the last 7 weeks but against a Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid, I never expected them to get a good result in that game and that's why I wasn't surprised with the result of the game

No need to blame any team, but as a matter of fact Girona didn't deliver and most fans around the world were hoping for Girona to show the football that they played for so many weeks and months.

I was hoping that they play this aggressive style, a counter pressure at least, such that Real Madrid knows even if they score, on the other side there is a team that can score as well. But this is not what Girona did and I think that was extremely disappointing.

It wasn't a game that showed two teams that are the best attackers in the league. It was a superpower against a little minion.

[Adams0001]

When Madrid successfully broke the strong wall of Girona with 4 goals, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid could not grab 3 points. Barcelona ended in a draw, while Atletico Madrid lost. Yes, like a special gift for Madrid. Madrid's 3 points increase the points gap with these three teams. It's an advantage, then Madrid just have to maximize every remaining game without making mistakes. In addition, this also proves, Girona is still too difficult to win against experienced big teams. But indeed this is a competition in several games, the champion cannot be determined in 1 match result. After this I hope Real Madrid will continue to work and move further away with a bigger and bigger points difference.

Real Madrid play good and get many conditions to win La Liga. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid fail to compete for the title with latest results. Beating Girona directly helps Real Madrid to cut one more competitor and it seems they are running towards the title without significant challenge of other clubs.

In this season, we are witnessing a new trio in Real Madrid to continue their history. In the past they have Zidane, Figo and Ronaldo (Brazil); then Cristiano Ronaldo, Bale and Benzema. Now they have Jude, Vini Jr. and Rodrygo. These players are young and can play for Real Madrid next ten years and with tradition of Real Madrid, they will not likely to leave the club too soon.

Real Madrid is currently a team based on young players. Most of the players who perform regularly on the pitch for Real Madrid are very young. There are some experienced senior players in the team but all these players are not getting full time playing field now. Real Madrid now rely only on youth as youngsters shine for Real Madrid. Real Madrid lost the Champions League trophy and the La Liga trophy last season but this season they look confident enough to win the La Liga title as well as the Champions League title. The three young players you mentioned are all three young players doing great in the strike positions. Notably, Bellingham joined the team as a midfielder but currently plays the role of a striker for Real Madrid. In other words, this team is now a young team and this team is now a very strong team.

Madrid is a very powerful club, and even with all of the young players who are injured, the squad is performing well. Real Madrid has already won the La Liga trophy this season, and I am expecting the Champions League because Ancelotti is doing well, and I enjoy seeing Madrid perform well on the pitch. Since Madrid defeated Girona 4-0, I feel Madrid has won the title since I don't believe any club can compete with them in the league right now. Barcelona is not in good form; they are playing poorly, and Xavi will leave the team at the conclusion of the season, which is the best option. So I don't think they'll get any club to top real madrid and even Athletico Madrid fail against Sevilla last night and madrid have give all the top 3 in the league table a gaps.

[fuguebtc]

It seems like today we have a lot of topics of conversation ranging from Atletico's defeat to Barcelona's draw and perhaps quite a few bettors experienced losses in these two matches last night.

Let's start from Sevilla vs Atletico which maybe everyone already knows the result but it is the same as expected and here Sevilla as the host managed to beat Atletico who have had a better performance so far. Sevilla's only winning goal was scored by Isaac Romero in the 15th minute using an assist from Ocampos and this advantage did not change until the final minutes of the match. I have often said that this match is actually considered a big match if both teams still remember the prestige that exists, regardless of how far apart they are in the standings. The result was also not as expected and Sevilla still holds the tradition of prestige against Atletico and I think that is a good thing.

Then the result was the same 3-3 draw from Barcelona's match against Granada and who would have thought that Barcelona still couldn't beat Granada so far. If we look at the H2H of the two teams, we should already know that the results of all their meetings ended in a draw and it seems that the H2H record is still important for the matches between these two teams. Even since 2021, it has been observed that Barcelona has not been able to beat Granada and isn't this very bad for a team as big as Barcelona, which has no hope of winning the title but is still getting nightmares from Granada. Well, the result was that the two top teams had to swallow less than optimal results from the bottom teams and that was certainly quite painful.

This was definitely very unexpected. I did not think that any of these two teams would actually drop points in this match. But it does not turn out as expected always. I don't know why but I cannot expect anything special from Barcelona this season. They have been playing like trash. I know there will be some people who will actually take the side of Barcelona and say that they have been through a lot and a lot of other things to defend Barcelona. But as the defending champion they should have done a lot better. Yes, I know that the situation is not good. But making excuses are not going to cut it for them. They will have to show performance.

About Atletico Madrid, I think they just had a bad day. Because they definitely should have won this match and when we also think about the form that Sevilla is in right now nobody actually expected them to win. It was actually a big surprise.

[IvugeoEvolutionCoin]

I was surprised to see the match of Barcelona vs Granada team of Spanish League. Barcelona team could not win this match. I was very sad because of such a good game. Granada team is in the 19th position of the points table. They played so well. It is really played very well by Granada team.  If the Granada team could have performed so well in the previous matches, then the Granada team could have been in a much better position. In this match, many people thought that the Barcelona team would win the match, but the match was drawn for the two teams to perform equally.

[KTChampions]

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It seems like Barcelona panicked because they saw Granada's strength, which of course cannot be underestimated, the proof is that it is a shame because several Barcelona players were unable to take advantage of opportunities.
Lewandowski was great, he also scored a goal in this match and the hero in this match was of course Lamine Yamal, he who scored 2 goals in this match. and the appearance of Lamine yamal is very good. Yes, we'll see in the next match whether Barcelona will win against Celta or not. Granada also seems to have to be careful in the match against Almeria because Almeria has so far produced a 3-3 draw against Girona of course this will be a lesson for Alex Medina.


Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bola.net/amp/spanyol/hasil-barcelona-vs-granada-skor-3-3-f89d8d.html

Today I watched the highlights of the game and yes, Granada looked very good, but what kind of strength are you talking about? The team is in 19th place and has 13 points from 24 games. This is the obvious outsider. The problem is Barcelona - they have a terrible defense (Granada could have scored more) and against its background even teams like Granada look dangerous.
You can be 95% sure that Athletic will win against Almeria today (the team has 6 points and 17 defeats lol) and so it turns out that we will have an interesting fight for the top 4 where Barcelona will not be safe at all.

[skarais]

Barcelona still failed to stop the series of unsatisfactory results against Granada. Even though they are playing at home, Barcelona still has to be satisfied with sharing points with Granada with a score of 3-3. Granada, who played defensively, was very effective in taking advantage of every opportunity available, they managed to avoid defeat even though they were in the relegation zone. It's strange, but Barcelona actually has a lot of problems in defense that make the team unbalanced.

This draw meant that Barcelona failed to cut the points gap with Girona to 3 points. Barcelona has a 5 point gap with Girona after the draw against Granada, this is clearly not a favorable result for the Catalan team. Xavi is angry, but he has to be very realistic about the weak condition of his squad. Yamal scored 2 goals and 1 goal from Lewandowski, that prevented them from losing.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Barcelona still failed to stop the series of unsatisfactory results against Granada. Even though they are playing at home, Barcelona still has to be satisfied with sharing points with Granada with a score of 3-3. Granada, who played defensively, was very effective in taking advantage of every opportunity available, they managed to avoid defeat even though they were in the relegation zone. It's strange, but Barcelona actually has a lot of problems in defense that make the team unbalanced.

This draw meant that Barcelona failed to cut the points gap with Girona to 3 points. Barcelona has a 5 point gap with Girona after the draw against Granada, this is clearly not a favorable result for the Catalan team. Xavi is angry, but he has to be very realistic about the weak condition of his squad. Yamal scored 2 goals and 1 goal from Lewandowski, that prevented them from losing.

We don't need to focus too much on Barcelona because they won't be able to stop Real Madrid, if you think Barcelona is aiming for runner up I think there's no reason because it doesn't mean anything except being a champion, Barcelona's only target is a ticket to the Champions League next season and they have secured it. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Barcelona gets bad results in the next few matches because as I said before they have no other target, against Granada is one clear example how could Barcelona not be able to beat Granada while Granada always plays with bad results. If you are a gambler, you should avoid betting on Barcelona matches, especially against weak teams I'm afraid they are 'collecting money'  yeah maybe you understand what I mean.

By the way, Atletico Madrid is not yet safe in 4th position Athletic Club can take over at any time as they are only 3 points behind and Athletic Club still has one game to play in the 24th match, if they win then both teams have the same points there is only a difference in goals and Athletic are better with a 21 goal difference while Atletico Madrid has a difference of 19 goals.

[Docnaster]

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It seems like Barcelona panicked because they saw Granada's strength, which of course cannot be underestimated, the proof is that it is a shame because several Barcelona players were unable to take advantage of opportunities.
Lewandowski was great, he also scored a goal in this match and the hero in this match was of course Lamine Yamal, he who scored 2 goals in this match. and the appearance of Lamine yamal is very good. Yes, we'll see in the next match whether Barcelona will win against Celta or not. Granada also seems to have to be careful in the match against Almeria because Almeria has so far produced a 3-3 draw against Girona of course this will be a lesson for Alex Medina.


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Today I watched the highlights of the game and yes, Granada looked very good, but what kind of strength are you talking about? The team is in 19th place and has 13 points from 24 games. This is the obvious outsider. The problem is Barcelona - they have a terrible defense (Granada could have scored more) and against its background even teams like Granada look dangerous.
You can be 95% sure that Athletic will win against Almeria today (the team has 6 points and 17 defeats lol) and so it turns out that we will have an interesting fight for the top 4 where Barcelona will not be safe at all.

Before now, Barcelona were regarded as one of the strongest teams not just in the Spanish La Liga but also in the UEFA Champions League competition and were feared by the smaller clubs but since they started underperforming, almost all the clubs that are facing does not see that fear factor in them again and now believes that Barcelona are very much beatable.

The 3:3 draw between Granada and Barcelona yesterday is a prove that the claims .of the club manager Xavi Hernandez are true. The Spanish manager last month said that things have gone too bad at the club and that it'll be very difficult to maintain the club again hence his decision to leave the club at the end of the current season. Barcelona are currently in the third position of the league table but if they continue with their current performance, they might not finish the season in the top four of the league table

[hahay]

I was surprised to see the match of Barcelona vs Granada team of Spanish League. Barcelona team could not win this match. I was very sad because of such a good game. Granada team is in the 19th position of the points table. They played so well. It is really played very well by Granada team.  If the Granada team could have performed so well in the previous matches, then the Granada team could have been in a much better position. In this match, many people thought that the Barcelona team would win the match, but the match was drawn for the two teams to perform equally.

It turns out, the head to head results still have a big chance of happening because after all, in the head to head results at least Barcelona often gets a draw against Granada. But ya, because I think at this moment Granada is in the relegation zone and Barcelona is still able to compete in the top four, then I think Barcelona will be able to beat Granada easily at least with 2 goals. But what happened was completely different as expected because after all, at least Barcelona still had good dominance in statistics. But yes, in reality Barcelona is still bad performance because Granada is still able to score goals and even end the match with a draw. Obviously, this was a very disappointing result for me, because I included it in the parlay bet.

[Farma]

Today I watched the highlights of the game and yes, Granada looked very good, but what kind of strength are you talking about? The team is in 19th place and has 13 points from 24 games. This is the obvious outsider. The problem is Barcelona - they have a terrible defense (Granada could have scored more) and against its background even teams like Granada look dangerous.
You can be 95% sure that Athletic will win against Almeria today (the team has 6 points and 17 defeats lol) and so it turns out that we will have an interesting fight for the top 4 where Barcelona will not be safe at all.

I saw that it wasn't Granada who played well but the Barcelona team played badly so the game between the two teams was quite even.
It's a shame about the performance of the Barcelona team in this match, in fact they have strong strengths this season, but the consistency of the Barcelona team's play is very inconsistent, making them often lose important points that should be maximized.

The competition for the top 4 positions in the La Liga standings is quite fierce and in fact I think Barcelona will probably not be able to finish in the top 4 positions in the final La Liga standings this season because they cannot be consistent.

[TelolettOm]

Madrid have quality players in their squad. Madrid have a strong squad as well as an experienced coach like Ancelotti. On the other hand, Girona has performed very well this season, but this team lacks experienced players. In both matches against Madrid we saw that Girona's players were not confident enough.

No doubt if Real Madrid has a better squad quality and more experienced coach. Moreover, the match was held in Real Madrid home as well. That's why Real Madrid players have a bigger motivation and they played more confident. Girona may not play very confident because they also experienced a lose in the first meeting. So, Real Madrid can play better because they were actually in a better condition.

Real Madrid are by far the best side in all of La Liga Competition, winning Girona is no easy thing to do but they did do that effortlessly.
Shout out to Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and lastly Rodygoes for all contribution to win that game at the very end. Most likely it'll be Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo for that trio up front.

Real Madrid is always focused on UCL and La Liga matches. They don't underestimate Girona, it makes them to play optimally every time they met Girona. I don't think it was so easy to win against Girona, they are actually not a weak team. But Real Madrid can always find out the weakness of Girona, they played with an effective way. Vinicius, Bellingham, and Rodrygo played impressively in the match. It seems to be more offensive if Real Madrid succeeds to sign Mbappe for the next season. They will have 4 productive players in the attacking line.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Barcelona still failed to stop the series of unsatisfactory results against Granada. Even though they are playing at home, Barcelona still has to be satisfied with sharing points with Granada with a score of 3-3. Granada, who played defensively, was very effective in taking advantage of every opportunity available, they managed to avoid defeat even though they were in the relegation zone. It's strange, but Barcelona actually has a lot of problems in defense that make the team unbalanced.

This draw meant that Barcelona failed to cut the points gap with Girona to 3 points. Barcelona has a 5 point gap with Girona after the draw against Granada, this is clearly not a favorable result for the Catalan team. Xavi is angry, but he has to be very realistic about the weak condition of his squad. Yamal scored 2 goals and 1 goal from Lewandowski, that prevented them from losing.

Interestingly, Barcelona is a team that continues to fail and fail to win matches, which seems very interesting to me in a season with so many good players. In a team like Granada, they fought so hard that it was like a high-level team. Granada was for Barcelona, so despite all that struggle, they could not win the match.

Some things need to be completely changed in Barcelona to prevent this bad scenario from continuing. Granada, which was last in the league, should not have had such a hard time.

[kro55]

Sevilla's defense is responsible for such a bad situation this season. Due to the poor performance of the defenders, the Sevilla team is now in the 15th position in the points table. Sevilla conceded 37 goals in 24 matches.

However, Sevilla's defense was solid against Atletico Madrid. They did not make any mistakes in this match. Although Atletico Madrid's players managed several good attacks, they could not break down Sevilla's defense. Even in this match, if Sevilla's defense could not perform well, then they would never have achieved 3 points. While Atletico Madrid's attack was strong, Sevilla's defenders were able to hold them back successfully. If Sevilla's defense is as strong in the coming matches, we may soon see the team in the top 10 of the table.

It’s difficult to focus only on defence line in a team, if the defense plays poorly in some match, then the attack should back them up, and the middle line is also a support for both attack and defense. Everything plays a role in a team, from the strategy the coach chooses, to the mood of the players in which they enter the field. Sevilla can play solidly when required, the only surprise is that they can play well against a strong team like Atletico, but lose points against weaker opponents.

I agree with you that match strategy is very important. If the match strategy is good, it is possible to keep the defense strong. The Sevilla team is not a weak team at all. Sevilla is a renowned team of La Liga. They have a lot of talented players in their squad. However, the overall performance of the team is very poor, as their match strategy is not good. If the match strategy was good, the team would not have been 15th in the table.

Sevilla have lost points in previous matches because of their poor defense. However, if the match strategy is good, Sevilla's defenders are capable of playing well. We got proof of this in the match against Atletico Madrid. The bonding between Sevilla's players was quite good in this match. And if the understanding between the players is good in the upcoming matches, then Sevilla can continue to perform well consistently.

[fullhdpixel]

Girona is a growing team. They cannot be on the same level as Real Madrid. There are only 4 or 5 teams in the world that can compare with Real Madrid. Girona spends the seventh least in La Liga. Their record contract is striker Artem Dovbyk for 7.5 million euros, only nearly 1/10 of the 100 million euros that Real Madrid spent on Jude Bellingham. How can they compare with Real Madrid. This has been a successful season for them, it will be great when next season they improve the squad with a few more quality stars. I still hope that will happen.

There are some teams who play well at certain times and there are some teams who perform exceptionally well in certain seasons but Real Madrid is the only team who performs consistently. There is no doubt that Real Madrid is one of the most consistent performers of all time. I am not speaking as a real madrid supporter but everyone has to accept that real madrid is the most successful and the best and consistent performing club. When Girona progressed at the beginning of this season, many people said that Girona was a better team than Real Madrid, but at that time I just waited because I believed that Real Madrid would definitely come back. A team's performance in a season does not necessarily mean that it is superior to all other teams or that it is the best team in Europe. Real Madrid are the best team when they do well and they are the best team when they do bad people, if ever they perform poorly it is temporary.

It is really a big detail about their success as well, same with Manchester City as well. When a team is good, they are good but they have bad games here and there, which puts them in tough positions sometimes, and the fact is that Real doesn't really have bad games all that often, they end up with playing as well as they could in almost every single game, probably in all of them.

This makes them win as much as possible as well, they do very well. I get that it is not that easy to make this work, but it has to be something that will benefit everyone. Just forget about all of this trouble, and just focus on the part where we are talking about Real getting the title again, because there is no way they would not get it this time around.

[Ndabagi01]

This draw meant that Barcelona failed to cut the points gap with Girona to 3 points. Barcelona has a 5 point gap with Girona after the draw against Granada, this is clearly not a favorable result for the Catalan team. Xavi is angry, but he has to be very realistic about the weak condition of his squad. Yamal scored 2 goals and 1 goal from Lewandowski, that prevented them from losing.

Barcelona did not deliver a satisfactory result, and I expected them to win easily. Granada performed admirably in that game, and I believe they deserved the one point they received. Barcelona needs to work on their playing style and should not be losing to a team like Granada at this stage. After losing the match, the point gap between them and Girona has widened once more. Actually, given Barcelona's performance, I don't expect them to overtake Girona for second place in the table. Although they can finish in the top four, but they will not finish second on the table with their current performance. They need to improve on their performance.

[$anounimus$]

Barcelona still failed to stop the series of unsatisfactory results against Granada. Even though they are playing at home, Barcelona still has to be satisfied with sharing points with Granada with a score of 3-3. Granada, who played defensively, was very effective in taking advantage of every opportunity available, they managed to avoid defeat even though they were in the relegation zone. It's strange, but Barcelona actually has a lot of problems in defense that make the team unbalanced.

This draw meant that Barcelona failed to cut the points gap with Girona to 3 points. Barcelona has a 5 point gap with Girona after the draw against Granada, this is clearly not a favorable result for the Catalan team. Xavi is angry, but he has to be very realistic about the weak condition of his squad. Yamal scored 2 goals and 1 goal from Lewandowski, that prevented them from losing.

Interestingly, Barcelona is a team that continues to fail and fail to win matches, which seems very interesting to me in a season with so many good players. In a team like Granada, they fought so hard that it was like a high-level team. Granada was for Barcelona, so despite all that struggle, they could not win the match.

Some things need to be completely changed in Barcelona to prevent this bad scenario from continuing. Granada, which was last in the league, should not have had such a hard time.

I can no longer understand Barcelona's condition this season, even though they have added some pretty great ammunition like Gundogan. The draw against Granada was clearly a blow to Xavi, because the players seemed to no longer follow his instructions. I think conditions like that will be very detrimental to the team as a whole, because even though the opportunity to win is no longer possible, the Blaugrana players should still show their professionalism on the field.

[Volgastallion]

Barcelona defense of this season is gonna be one of the worst this club has in his entire history man, is incredible how easy the enemy teams can make damage on them, no matter how, with a long ball, with passing, with crosses, no matter how they allow goals, and keep in mind they still ahve a super goalkeeper who saves them of much more goals.

[Minor Miner]

This draw meant that Barcelona failed to cut the points gap with Girona to 3 points. Barcelona has a 5 point gap with Girona after the draw against Granada, this is clearly not a favorable result for the Catalan team. Xavi is angry, but he has to be very realistic about the weak condition of his squad. Yamal scored 2 goals and 1 goal from Lewandowski, that prevented them from losing.

Barcelona did not deliver a satisfactory result, and I expected them to win easily. Granada performed admirably in that game, and I believe they deserved the one point they received. Barcelona needs to work on their playing style and should not be losing to a team like Granada at this stage. After losing the match, the point gap between them and Girona has widened once more. Actually, given Barcelona's performance, I don't expect them to overtake Girona for second place in the table. Although they can finish in the top four, but they will not finish second on the table with their current performance. They need to improve on their performance.

I can't imagine Barcelona not winning against a team like Granada. More importantly, Granada scored three goals in this match. Barcelona conceded 3 goals against a team in the relegation zone. I'd say it's a shame for Barcelona.

Granada's attack is not strong. Even then they scored 3 goals against Barcelona. This proves that Barcelona's situation is now very deplorable. Xavi should just fix his defense now. If the defense is not strong, we will see such miserable results of Barcelona in the future.