La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[W Jr.]

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The officiating in La Liga is surprising more and more. It is certainly not often seen, when the referee stops an attack with a whistle right before the goal, while before the goal was literally a second or two, as if the referee blew the whistle when he saw that the attack could end in a goal. In general, in the end I think it was necessary to give a penalty in Real's goal, when a Real player instead of the ball hit the legs of a Valencia player, but the referee did not give a penalty and maybe after this mistake he decided that it was necessary to help Valencia and in the last seconds deprived Real of a deserved victory.

In my opinion, the referee's decision was very controversial, he made Real Madrid fail to win the match even though at that time the match had already gone on for more than injury time. Not only at the end of the second half, the referee also did it at the end of the first half when Valencia was also building an attack.

I don't know what happened to the referee and what made him forced to end the match when the team was building an attack, but his decision was very detrimental to Real Madrid. Similar things might happen to other teams and also harm them, but Real Madrid tends to benefit rather than suffer.

This decision was not just controversial, it was practically arbitrary. If you watch the replay of this episode, you can see that the referee first blows the whistle to blow the whistle, then takes the whistle away and then quickly blows the whistle again, as if he first saw that the attack was not dangerous and did not blow the whistle, and then when Real had the ball, he quickly changed his mind and blew the whistle. Although all this happened on 99 minutes, while the referee himself added only 7 additional minutes, which is also strange.

In general, it was good that Barcelona and Girona lost points, otherwise it would look like a conspiracy to deprive Real of victory in La Liga.

Real Madrid was clearly treated unfairly in this match. I also agree with your observations about the referee. When Brahim Diaz received the ball and centered it, the referee blew the whistle to end the match, but this is unfair. Because he had to wait for the attack to end. Since there was VAR control in the 7-minute overtime, it added to the time. The referee made a terrible decision but luckily the other teams also lost points. The top is still with the Madridistas.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Barcelona's performance was just very inadequate I'm afraid.    They were decent in the first half maybe but the second half was terrible for them. They wasted a big chance to take Girona's position in the standings by this 0-0 draw as well. It is really sad to see Barcelona in this condition. There is just not any consistency in their effort.

Winning this game might have even mean entering the title race from a point because the point gap with Real Madrid was going to be five points. The players aren't motivated enough and Xavi's announcement of leaving the team by the end of the season might have also made an impact on that.

Yeah Barcelona missed that opportunity even though it was the right moment because Girona lost the last match but no one can be blamed in this match because this situation also happens to all teams in La Liga, if we look at the league table, almost all teams play draw or lose in their last 5 matches no team managed to record 5 consecutive wins so we can consider this trend is normal in La Liga but overall Barcelona played better than Girona. Will Barcelona be able to take over 2nd place before the end of the season?

For the title, we already know that Real Madrid will definitely win it and for relegation we know Almeria is the first team to be relegated this fact cannot be denied based on their position and performance. The only surprise this season is seeing Girona in the top 4 or champions league zone even though in previous seasons Girona was a mid-table team.

[MinoRaiola]

Yeah Barcelona missed that opportunity even though it was the right moment because Girona lost the last match but no one can be blamed in this match because this situation also happens to all teams in La Liga, if we look at the league table, almost all teams play draw or lose in their last 5 matches no team managed to record 5 consecutive wins so we can consider this trend is normal in La Liga but overall Barcelona played better than Girona. Will Barcelona be able to take over 2nd place before the end of the season?

Should Lewandowski also be partly blamed for that? Last season he scored 23 goals in 34 games in La Liga. This season he has only scored 12 goals in 25 games, so he's scoring fewer goals. Of course he is not only the one, there are other players. Yesterday Barcelona could only shoot 8 times on Bilbaos goal, that is not mutch, not even 1 chance in 10 minutes. The strange thing at the moment is that when Barca win 1 game, the next match is a draw. They havent lost one in 7 games. At the end of the season I think they will still be in 2nd place, behind Real Madrid, who as you say will win the title.

[rendravolt]

It's ironic for Barcelona and Girona because they failed to secure full points in last night's match. Even though it is clear that they have the opportunity to shorten the difference in points from Real Madrid, who drew against Valencia. I think these two Catalan clubs are unable to compete with Real Madrid to be more fierce in the race for the La Liga title. Barcelon drew against Bilbao and Girona lost against Mallorca, honestly I didn't expect the result to be like that.

As in betting, it is certain that bettors will favor Barcelona and Girona to win and it seems like it will be a nightmare for bettors because their predictions are wrong. This result makes Real Madrid even more comfortable because even though the controversial draw against Valencia yesterday was enough to save them from being chased by these two teams. Well, I hope these three teams can still compete and even though it is difficult they have to make Real Madrid start to be a little alert.

[Silence Scream]

Yeah Barcelona missed that opportunity even though it was the right moment because Girona lost the last match but no one can be blamed in this match because this situation also happens to all teams in La Liga, if we look at the league table, almost all teams play draw or lose in their last 5 matches no team managed to record 5 consecutive wins so we can consider this trend is normal in La Liga but overall Barcelona played better than Girona. Will Barcelona be able to take over 2nd place before the end of the season?

Should Lewandowski also be partly blamed for that? Last season he scored 23 goals in 34 games in La Liga. This season he has only scored 12 goals in 25 games, so he's scoring fewer goals. Of course he is not only the one, there are other players. Yesterday Barcelona could only shoot 8 times on Bilbaos goal, that is not mutch, not even 1 chance in 10 minutes. The strange thing at the moment is that when Barca win 1 game, the next match is a draw. They havent lost one in 7 games. At the end of the season I think they will still be in 2nd place, behind Real Madrid, who as you say will win the title.

Lewandowski was going to decline due to his age, we expected this and I think it happened. He had a very good performance last year. This year is stagnant. Of course, if he scores 10 more goals in the remaining matches, he will exceed 20 goals again. Barcelona is generally worse than last year. This is related to Barcelona's overall performance. This may also have been reflected in Lewandowski.

[Frankolala]

Barcelona's performance was just very inadequate I'm afraid.    They were decent in the first half maybe but the second half was terrible for them. They wasted a big chance to take Girona's position in the standings by this 0-0 draw as well. It is really sad to see Barcelona in this condition. There is just not any consistency in their effort.

Winning this game might have even mean entering the title race from a point because the point gap with Real Madrid was going to be five points. The players aren't motivated enough and Xavi's announcement of leaving the team by the end of the season might have also made an impact on that.

Yeah Barcelona missed that opportunity even though it was the right moment because Girona lost the last match but no one can be blamed in this match because this situation also happens to all teams in La Liga, if we look at the league table, almost all teams play draw or lose in their last 5 matches no team managed to record 5 consecutive wins so we can consider this trend is normal in La Liga but overall Barcelona played better than Girona. Will Barcelona be able to take over 2nd place before the end of the season?

For the title, we already know that Real Madrid will definitely win it and for relegation we know Almeria is the first team to be relegated this fact cannot be denied based on their position and performance. The only surprise this season is seeing Girona in the top 4 or champions league zone even though in previous seasons Girona was a mid-table team.

It is football, and football is a game, and we should not expect a win win all the time, because we are humans and cannot be perfect. We should also know that when you lose, the other club wins, and no club came to play just to be present in the competition. This is why you see that those clubs that don't want to improve in their performance, and win matches will always go on relegation. This is because it is expected that all clubs present in the league must win some matches.

Barcelona had a good chance of closing the point gap to make it 5 points difference between them and Real Madrid, but they were unable to make good use to such opportunity. This is because they failed to win their match, they tried their best but Bilbao didn't give them any chance to find the back of the net. Girona has made their club and themselves proud this season with a beautiful performance which is still keeping them on the second position, as a rival to Real Madrid. Girona will not be able to meet up with Real Madrid, because Madrid is more stronger than them currently.

[Sexylizzy2813]

I don't think there's much work to be done in this Madrid team because if they think this is the right way of winning the league every season then they need to change that mindset, other teams are trying as much as they can to surpass them in every way and they think dropping points and having a poor performance is the best way.
Well anything that happens is on Girona for not closing the gap instead they went on losing and to me is just disappointing and thats how Real Madrid have the advantage because of that loss, if it were Barcelona when they're in their prime I feel they would have turned things around but for now is Madrid all the way despite their poor performance.

Girona wasted a great chance to move closer to Real Madrid. The gap now is still 7 points and Girona now have only one point more than Barcelona, 4 points more than Atletico Madrid, 9 points more than Athletic Club. Risk that they will fall to the fourth position is not small and assume they lost 4 points and more like 5 points in coming matches, they will see Athletic Club behind with like 4 or 5 points less. This will be a start of Girona risk to fall down more to beyond top four.

Their main task in this season is to maintain their position in top four, achieving it will help their club have a first experience in Champions League next season. It will give Girona very good income source next season.

I was expecting to see them topping the league and even make sure of lifting the trophy, what a disappointing display by Girona and now they have nothing to hold on to. With time I don't think they can qualify for champions league with this poor performance. Barcelona, ATM and Ath Bilbao won't let that chance of playing in the champions league next campaign to slide, so if Girona can try their best not to lose any point I feel they can make it to the champions league too but if not they might be playing in the Europe league.

[Jossque]

Mallorca surprised Girona by defeating title contenders Girona with a single goal.It seemed to me that Girona lost the importance they gave to the matches, especially after losing to Real Madrid, thinking that their title hopes were diminishing in the league.After that match, Girona, who had only one win in 3 matches, started to widen the gap between Real Madrid and Girona.The fact that there was only one goal in the match, in which both teams had plenty of positions, shows that the match was unexciting.
Barcelona, on the other hand, played to a goalless draw against Bilbao.They probably couldn't focus much on this game because they had the Champions League in their minds.A win for them would at least show that they are still in the race and with a win they could reduce the points difference with Real Madrid to 6.

[Jody.Drummer]

It's ironic for Barcelona and Girona because they failed to secure full points in last night's match. Even though it is clear that they have the opportunity to shorten the difference in points from Real Madrid, who drew against Valencia. I think these two Catalan clubs are unable to compete with Real Madrid to be more fierce in the race for the La Liga title. Barcelon drew against Bilbao and Girona lost against Mallorca, honestly I didn't expect the result to be like that.

As in betting, it is certain that bettors will favor Barcelona and Girona to win and it seems like it will be a nightmare for bettors because their predictions are wrong. This result makes Real Madrid even more comfortable because even though the controversial draw against Valencia yesterday was enough to save them from being chased by these two teams. Well, I hope these three teams can still compete and even though it is difficult they have to make Real Madrid start to be a little alert.

They failed to win, but I think this is a good situation for Barcelona to achieve, because even though they only drew, Girona actually had to suffer a defeat which in the end made the point difference between them only 1 point. However, yes, they should have been able to take better advantage of the draw achieved by Real Madrid, because it was an opportunity for them to get closer to Real Madrid, but they couldn't do that.

I understand why Barcelona failed to win this match, because in reality their opponents cannot be underestimated either. However, looking at their match, it seems like both clubs experienced the same difficulties which forced them to end the match without a goal. They barely had any open opportunities to really threaten the opponent's defense, so this draw was a fair result for both clubs.

What was sad was what happened to Girona, they really lost by a very narrow score. They should also be able to achieve a draw, but luck was not on their side in this match so the hosts were able to secure 3 points which were very valuable for them. They tried their best throughout the match, but the goal they were looking for didn't come to them. This is the 3rd time they have lost by a very close distance, because they got the 3 defeats in just 4 matches.

[Jossque]

Villareal stopped their bad run in recent weeks and started to climb up the table.With yesterday's win, they are unbeaten for 7 weeks.Villareal scored 5 goals against relegation candidate Gradana and Sörloth's 3 goals made it easy to win the match.
Atletico Madrid took an important 3 points by beating Real Betis 2-1 at home.Atletico started the match fast and led 1-0 with Rui Silva's own goal. In the 28th minute, Morata missed a penalty and Morata scored towards the end of the first half to close the first half 2-0 ahead.In the second half, Carvalho's goal determined the score of the match.It could be a very important loss for Betis because they also played well in the match.It would have been nice for them to come back from here with a draw.

[piebeyb]

It's ironic for Barcelona and Girona because they failed to secure full points in last night's match. Even though it is clear that they have the opportunity to shorten the difference in points from Real Madrid, who drew against Valencia. I think these two Catalan clubs are unable to compete with Real Madrid to be more fierce in the race for the La Liga title. Barcelon drew against Bilbao and Girona lost against Mallorca, honestly I didn't expect the result to be like that.

As in betting, it is certain that bettors will favor Barcelona and Girona to win and it seems like it will be a nightmare for bettors because their predictions are wrong. This result makes Real Madrid even more comfortable because even though the controversial draw against Valencia yesterday was enough to save them from being chased by these two teams. Well, I hope these three teams can still compete and even though it is difficult they have to make Real Madrid start to be a little alert.

Even though the two clubs have a smaller difference, it will not displace Madrid from the top of the standings, because Madrid will continue to play consistently in every match they face, at least they will still get points even if the result is a draw and will not lose points, let alone suffer defeats, we can see that Madrid They have drawn three times and have never been defeated in their last five matches, which makes us all believe that they are still maintaining their consistency to win the Laliga title this season.

Apart from that, all the results obtained by Girona and Barcelona certainly will not hinder and affect Madrid's confidence, even though on the contrary the two clubs got good results and wins, unfortunately they did not take advantage of that moment and it was difficult to get full points, meaning this was fate. In order for Madrid to win the title this season and become champions, apart from that, Madrid also needs to rotate its players so that no one gets seriously injured because the second leg match in the UCL against Leipzig is also quite important for them apart from the domestic league.

[borovichok]

Mallorca surprised Girona by defeating title contenders Girona with a single goal.It seemed to me that Girona lost the importance they gave to the matches, especially after losing to Real Madrid, thinking that their title hopes were diminishing in the league.After that match, Girona, who had only one win in 3 matches, started to widen the gap between Real Madrid and Girona.The fact that there was only one goal in the match, in which both teams had plenty of positions, shows that the match was unexciting.
Barcelona, on the other hand, played to a goalless draw against Bilbao.They probably couldn't focus much on this game because they had the Champions League in their minds.A win for them would at least show that they are still in the race and with a win they could reduce the points difference with Real Madrid to 6.

A winning is ultimate priority for Real Madrid and they don't overlooked any opportunity of grabbing the big winning. Carlo Ancelotti have trained the minds of his players to always prepare for what's coming and accomplish targets is certainly no challenge for them. Real Madrid have proven to be the promising La Liga champion in the 2023/2024 season, they don't take chances and that's driven them to reach the top peak. Perhaps the points difference on the table is making gap because Girona no longer meet up and Barcelona merely struggling to fit in.

Real Madrid have shined and also crumbled upon mediocre teams and any random competitive in the league. The pattern of these clubs will still become very effective because there are presence of other positions to fight really hard for. Girona downfall started when they failed to win Real Madrid home and away. If a team is eligible for the title, they must first of all become winners against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid because these are the club's that have been dominating the La Liga in the past decades.

[Solokan]

The performance of Girona's attacking players was very slow today. This is why they had to be defeated. The team increased the truck badly. They have dropped points in four of their last five matches. Sociedad drew with it. Girona lost against Real Madrid, Athletic Club and Mallorca.

Real Madrid dropped points yesterday and Girona failed to close the gap on the league leaders by loosing thir game to Mallorca, this gives a very huge opportunity to Barcelona to move to second if they win the game.
 Barcelona's line up for the game is very good, Felix and Yamal start from the bench and will probably come in the second half. If Barcelona fail to win this game, it will mean no hope for Barcelona this season to catch up to Real Madrid and win the league.

Girona started the season very well and they had perfect performances in all the ages we saw from them but I think time after time they lose their potential and they can't have good performances like the other games we saw from this team.
Girona lost it with a 1-0 result and now it seems more than anything Real Madrid is happy to see Girona losing points because they have have better situation in the race they have with Girona at the top of the La Liga table.

Yes, Girona's performance did decline, that's why Girona couldn't score a goal in that match, but Mallorca is definitely happy now because they won against Girona and Copete is a hero for Mallorca because of his great ability and he can really take advantage of opportunities well and his hard kicks are very difficult to catch. by Gazzaniga. Yes, Girona has swallowed the bitter pill several times and the most embarrassing thing for Girona in my opinion was when Girona was defeated by their rival, namely Real Madrid, with a score of 4-0.

Madrid, which did not get 3 points from the match against Valencia, should have been able to make good use of Girona, but now in fact Girona failed to get point because they lost against Mallorca, but yes, Girona's failure against Mallorca has given Barcelona the confidence to surpass Girona's points.
However, Barcelona's match against Bilbao certainly meant that Barcelona failed to shift Girona's position because they drew with a score of 0-0 and Barcelona only get 1 point.

Yes, of course now Ancelotti's troops will be happy to see Girona lose because Madrid's failure against Valencia with a draw score could not be exploited properly by Michel's troops.

[GxSTxV]

Mallorca surprised Girona by defeating title contenders Girona with a single goal.It seemed to me that Girona lost the importance they gave to the matches, especially after losing to Real Madrid, thinking that their title hopes were diminishing in the league.After that match, Girona, who had only one win in 3 matches, started to widen the gap between Real Madrid and Girona.The fact that there was only one goal in the match, in which both teams had plenty of positions, shows that the match was unexciting.

That's what most people were waiting and predicted, Girona had a very strong start in LaLiga with a long period of winning and not losing any of their matches, the hardest thing is to keep up with the level in this league as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and more are fighting for the title or at least the first places to participate in UEFA champions league.
I can't understand why this team with good player and defensive lines are losing everything good they have accomplished just right after losing against Real Madrid, now they are second in standings, with one point difference from 3rd place Barcelona.

I predict that Barcelona will take the second place sooner, knowing that the last 5 matches for these competitors are all not doing well, losses or draws. Barcelona now are getting better and making the gap smaller between the leaders.

[Alpha Marine]

At the end of the season I think they will still be in 2nd place, behind Real Madrid, who as you say will win the title.

Somehow, at this point in the season, Barcelona seems to be in better form than Girona and that is the main reason why they'll finish ahead of them.
Barcelona have been very unlucky lately with injuries. I don't know if it's their medical team or lack of proper rotations but their players get too injured. Since Barcelona doesn't have the finances to assemble a big squad, every player is important to them and any player that's not available is an important player. Yester Frenkie and Pedri got injured. These are two of their best midfielders and players. I kind of feel sorry for them at this point. They also have to play Napoli in the UCL who seem to have gained form recently.

Aside from Injuries, inconsistencies are another problem for Barcelona. If Barcelona were consistent they would be fighting for the league now. They had the chance to close the gap between them and Madrid to 6 points yesterday but they didn't take it.
I agree that they'll finish ahead of Girona, but I don't see them topping Madrid and winning the La Liga.

[Google+]

I was expecting to see them topping the league and even make sure of lifting the trophy, what a disappointing display by Girona and now they have nothing to hold on to. With time I don't think they can qualify for champions league with this poor performance. Barcelona, ATM and Ath Bilbao won't let that chance of playing in the champions league next campaign to slide, so if Girona can try their best not to lose any point I feel they can make it to the champions league too but if not they might be playing in the Europe league.

When the beginning of the season began girona seemed very convincing to be able to win La Liga this season, coming as a club that had never been favorite in La Liga but instead girona was able to attract football lovers to hope and support them to win La Liga, I personally also hope if girona can surprise us all season by breaking the dominance of Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga,  But in fact now Girona is like other teams who are starting to struggle to maintain their consistency until the end of the season, I think the main reason for Girona decline in performance at the moment is because they do not have good squad depth.

Girona only hope this season seems to be only to maintain their position to penetrate the Champions League next season and compete with other strong teams, if Girona manages to qualify for the Champions League then I am quite sure if in the transfer market they can bring in many star players, especially girona is one of the clubs under the auspices of the City Football Group (CFG) will certainly get extraordinary funds to buy new players.
Btw I'm quite curious, is it okay for two clubs owned by one organization or owner to play in the same competition like in the Champions League, if can,  is not that to possible that there will be cheating  between the two clubs later?

[Ahli38]

At the end of the season I think they will still be in 2nd place, behind Real Madrid, who as you say will win the title.

Somehow, at this point in the season, Barcelona seems to be in better form than Girona and that is the main reason why they'll finish ahead of them.
Barcelona have been very unlucky lately with injuries. I don't know if it's their medical team or lack of proper rotations but their players get too injured. Since Barcelona doesn't have the finances to assemble a big squad, every player is important to them and any player that's not available is an important player. Yester Frenkie and Pedri got injured. These are two of their best midfielders and players. I kind of feel sorry for them at this point. They also have to play Napoli in the UCL who seem to have gained form recently.

Aside from Injuries, inconsistencies are another problem for Barcelona. If Barcelona were consistent they would be fighting for the league now. They had the chance to close the gap between them and Madrid to 6 points yesterday but they didn't take it.
I agree that they'll finish ahead of Girona, but I don't see them topping Madrid and winning the La Liga.

Barcelona's condition this season is indeed worse than last season. Player injury problems, financial problems and even their coaches will stop at the end of the season. I think this team is in quite a worrying condition. But the most important thing is that Barcelona must remain in their current ranking and secure tickets to the Champions League next season. Because chasing Real Madrid this season will not be easy and the large difference in points will be a big obstacle that cannot be overcome with the remaining matches this season. In the next match, Barcelona must not waste any more opportunities to get full points. Barcelona was lucky this week because Real Madrid also only got a draw and Girona also lost points. But next week Barcelona must win because Mallorca should not be an opponent that can make Barcelona difficult.

And yes, in the second leg of the round of 16, Barcelona actually has to be more careful because I see Napoli improving a little after changing coaching again. They even managed to beat Juventus yesterday. And for that reason, Barcelona must not make mistakes in the second leg of the round of 16 if they don't want to lose the opportunity to advance further.

[Blitzboy]

Barcelona's performance was just very inadequate I'm afraid.    They were decent in the first half maybe but the second half was terrible for them. They wasted a big chance to take Girona's position in the standings by this 0-0 draw as well. It is really sad to see Barcelona in this condition. There is just not any consistency in their effort.

Winning this game might have even mean entering the title race from a point because the point gap with Real Madrid was going to be five points. The players aren't motivated enough and Xavi's announcement of leaving the team by the end of the season might have also made an impact on that.

Yeah Barcelona missed that opportunity even though it was the right moment because Girona lost the last match but no one can be blamed in this match because this situation also happens to all teams in La Liga, if we look at the league table, almost all teams play draw or lose in their last 5 matches no team managed to record 5 consecutive wins so we can consider this trend is normal in La Liga but overall Barcelona played better than Girona. Will Barcelona be able to take over 2nd place before the end of the season?

For the title, we already know that Real Madrid will definitely win it and for relegation we know Almeria is the first team to be relegated this fact cannot be denied based on their position and performance. The only surprise this season is seeing Girona in the top 4 or champions league zone even though in previous seasons Girona was a mid-table team.

His decline in goal-scoring from 23 last year to 12 in 25 games is not exclusively to blame, but its substantial. In their low shot count versus Bilbao, Barcelona's inability to score is worrying. Barcelona has enough depth and talent to finish 2nd despite these hurdles. The team must perform consistently. Barça's resilience shouldn't be underestimated despite Real Madrid's dominance this season.

The volatility of football is shown by Girona's comfortable Champions League spot this season. Amazingly, they rose from mid-table to La Liga's top. Every match is a battle for Barcelona, and success is not guaranteed. While Almeria's relegation looks likely considering their performance, the top fight is still ongoing.

[poodle63]

Mallorca surprised Girona by defeating title contenders Girona with a single goal.It seemed to me that Girona lost the importance they gave to the matches, especially after losing to Real Madrid, thinking that their title hopes were diminishing in the league.After that match, Girona, who had only one win in 3 matches, started to widen the gap between Real Madrid and Girona.The fact that there was only one goal in the match, in which both teams had plenty of positions, shows that the match was unexciting.

Im wondering how many bettors are losing in this game. Girona sucks caused by it was not able defending from mallorca. Girona is run out of fuel and yeah the club perform even worst. That's why im not lining up girona to be favorite to win the league caused by talking about the consistency of club still remain the unanswered question.
I often see girona placed at the bottom. Seeing how girona enter into the top 4 is alreayd big achievement for the club. So, the club is starting to find how to beat girona and it's not a good day for girona to lose agianst mallorca which has been placing at the bottom.

Barcelona, on the other hand, played to a goalless draw against Bilbao.They probably couldn't focus much on this game because they had the Champions League in their minds.A win for them would at least show that they are still in the race and with a win they could reduce the points difference with Real Madrid to 6.

Yeah barcelona plays boring football as well as bilbao. It's not even worthy to watch it and i wasted a lot of my time to see that two clubs to play backpass very often without any intention to win the game. I don't understand why these clubs were playing so passive in this game.
It feels they have no willingness to win the game and this is also the main reason barcelona lost a chance to cut the gap. Another opportunity wasted by barcelona. Im not feeling satisfied with the result from barcelona vs bilbao.

[rahmad2nd]

It's ironic for Barcelona and Girona because they failed to secure full points in last night's match. Even though it is clear that they have the opportunity to shorten the difference in points from Real Madrid, who drew against Valencia. I think these two Catalan clubs are unable to compete with Real Madrid to be more fierce in the race for the La Liga title. Barcelon drew against Bilbao and Girona lost against Mallorca, honestly I didn't expect the result to be like that.

I missed several La Liga matches, especially Barcelona and Girona. referring to match highlights, data and statistics, Barcelona controlled the game with 60% ball possession. Barcelona was slightly ahead in terms of opportunities with one big chance out of 8 total shots, two shots on target. unfortunately, Xavi Hernandez's squad was unable to break into the home team's goal. referring to the performance of the players, especially the front line players, they did not play at their best. for Barcelona defenders, only Araujo doesn't perform very well. the rest, play as it should. in this match, apart from not getting full points, Barcelona was disadvantaged by the injuries to De Jong and Pedri. well, I haven't looked for information regarding the development of these two Barcelona mainstay players. I hope that De Jong and Perdri only need a short recovery time. with this result, Barcelona and Bilbao must share the same points. well, as you said. It would be a shame if Barcelona could get full points, at least Barcelona would reduce the gap in points from Real Madrid.

Likewise with Girona, Michel's squad was unable to produce full points when they visited Mallorca. in fact, Girona lost 1-0 to the home team. even though, these two teams have a distance based on their ranking on the standings board. in the end, Girona was unable to reduce the difference in points from Real Madrid, who remained at the top of the La Liga standings.