La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

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Real Madrid is indeed a team that has a fairly strong and sturdy mentality, with their always optimal performance making them at the top of the rankings with the highest points and also with their points being far enough away to be able to lead and stay in the position they really want. considering that their matches are always superior even though there are several matches that they lose, Real Madrid can get through all matches quite well, including against teams that are equally strong.

with the points they have, they can indeed excel and take the lead. It also seems impossible for other teams, including Barcelona, to overtake the position of those who have superior points, because with 8 points, in my opinion, it will be very difficult if Barcelona wants to overtake them, with their match. Next, against Barcelona, in my opinion, it will be a big and hot match, because we all know that these two teams are teams that compete closely in previous seasons, it's just that currently Barcelona is quite far behind in points.

the main impetus for Real Madrid to achieve great achievements every season is the experience that Real Madrid has which provides strength and a mentality that is ready to accept all obstacles even though sometimes they have to compete with other teams in La Liga but in fact they still remain at the top of the La Liga standings.
and on the one hand, Madrid can now qualify for the semi finals of the UCL, giving great encouragement to all Madrid players to maintain consistency and maintain the physical condition of all the players so as not to miss out on the UCL and La Liga titles this season.
the current point difference does not mean that they have locked in the La Liga title and Barcelona could catch up with the point difference that Real Madrid currently has, but it's just that currently Madrid performance is more stable so Barcelona won't be able to catch up with the point difference even though they always win, but Madrid too will always get additional points in every match.

[Oluwa-btc]

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid was eliminated yesterday and Real Madrid remained the only La Liga club in the UEFA Champions League and facing a top side, Manchester City. They maintain their balance and never back down from pushing for excellent performance. Carlo Ancelotti knew exactly the outcome of this tough game and he have to focused on winning treble this season. Real Madrid is a top team and they don't give up their chances for nothing, always fighting till the very end because they're one of the best team in the European world of football.

I wasn't expecting both of them to be eliminated honestly. Instead my expectation was like they would advance but Real Madrid would stay out.    The quarter finals were really full of surprises.

Real Madrid are in comfortable condition in the La Liga now. The point gap with Barcelona is eight now and there is an El Clasico at Santiago Bernabeu in three days as well. If Real Madrid win this crucial game they are obviously the champions which is what I expect to happen. Even if it ends up with a draw they should still be okay with winning the title. Barcelona just woke up very late in the league and it is too difficult for them to re-enter the race.  

It is what it is then, I will say Barcelona's defeat wasn't expected because I felt they would still go on to win the game against Paris Saint Germans. The red card spoiled the game they played and also, they was leading but couldn't make good use of the opportunities they had to hold down the game against Paris Saint Germans.
Atletico Madrid I had so much hope on but they couldn't even get a draw against Borrussia Dortmund. One thing I know is that, I will be backing Paris Saint Germans against Borrussia Dortmund, most definitely they should be getting th better of the game again Dortmund.
In this Competition, Paris Saint Germans had a coach who is well experienced and would guide them to another finals.

Maybe we shall see Ballon d'or award winners from who wins either of the Champions League Competition, who scored the highest goals or who's Gon win it from the European Competitions coming up in the next few months.

[Volgastallion]

Sunday game and a derby, i dont know what to expect, because Real Madrid comes with a high mental health and Barcelona with a bad one, but also Real Madrid can be very tired after playing 120 minutes against City and also going into penalty shoots.

I dont know how much you can recover in a few days in such high level.

If they can recover Real Madrid is gonna win and seal the tittle race.

[Roseline492]

The Champions League is difficult to predict and Real Madrid is a team that has a strong enough mentality so I don't think they will be eliminated easily, unlike Atletico and Barcelona.

I think the competition in La Liga is over, Real Madrid has everything to be able to maintain its position especially now that they are 8 points ahead of Barcelona so with not many games left this season I think it is certain that Real Madrid will win the La Liga title. this season because it is impossible to expect a team as strong as Real Madrid to lose several games in the remaining games of the season.

Truly champions league is one of the league that's considered as one of the difficult league to predict because of the teams involved but however since the league has gone this far we should be able to narrow down the clubs that has a good chance of wining, so for now I have Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in mind to win the champions League but since Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will be meeting each other I think PSG will qualify to the final with Real Madrid because I have a strong feeling that real Madrid will win Bayern Munich so if they eventually win it will become easy to beat whomever that qualify, so if it happen so that means they will be wining the La Liga and the champions League which is a good record for them.

[Palakka]

Real Madrid is indeed a team that has a fairly strong and sturdy mentality, with their always optimal performance making them at the top of the rankings with the highest points and also with their points being far enough away to be able to lead and stay in the position they really want. considering that their matches are always superior even though there are several matches that they lose, Real Madrid can get through all matches quite well, including against teams that are equally strong.

with the points they have, they can indeed excel and take the lead. It also seems impossible for other teams, including Barcelona, to overtake the position of those who have superior points, because with 8 points, in my opinion, it will be very difficult if Barcelona wants to overtake them, with their match. Next, against Barcelona, in my opinion, it will be a big and hot match, because we all know that these two teams are teams that compete closely in previous seasons, it's just that currently Barcelona is quite far behind in points.

Only one step away for Madrid to be able to lock two titles this season, La Liga of course 80% is already in their hands, because it will be very difficult for Madrid's closest competitors to catch up with them if you look at the performance shown by Madrid at this time, with a difference of 8 points and also with 7 games left, of course now Madrid only needs to be consistent to achieve a few more victories in La Liga so that they can celebrate the La Liga title Quickly, the match against Barcelona this week will be very decisive for both teams because if Barcelona lose then Madrid will extend their gap, whereas if Madrid lose then I think the title race will be open again for Barcelona so that will make Madrid's chances of winning the title will be difficult in my opinion.

The gap of 8 points is actually still possible to chase but I think we should also consider Madrid' current performance which Is indeed difficult to beat even by Barcelona who are its closest competitors, in my opinion, Madrid may only need to win El Classico this week to be able to keep them on the winning path and kick Barcelona out of the championship competition this season.

[piebeyb]

The gap of 8 points is actually still possible to chase but I think we should also consider Madrid' current performance which Is indeed difficult to beat even by Barcelona who are its closest competitors, in my opinion, Madrid may only need to win El Classico this week to be able to keep them on the winning path and kick Barcelona out of the championship competition this season.

After Madrid won the UCL match against Manchester City of course they will return to focus on Laliga, the difference of 8 points is not too far and Barcelona still has a chance to catch up but of course they have to see Madrid make mistakes, but it seems that Madrid has not made a mistake in the last few matches in fact they got consecutive wins which ultimately kept them at the top of the standings and if they continue to be consistent until the end of the season of course they will become Laliga champions this season.

The El Classico match will of course be decisive and the one most awaited by the supporters of both because it will determine which one is the best and will win the title this season. If Madrid is able to beat Barcelona, of course it will make Madrid even stronger at the top of the standings by keeping the point difference even further. That's why Barcelona has continued to be consistent until now so that they can take the opportunity to reduce the difference in points with Madrid if in the end Madrid makes a mistake. It seems that this season Madrid is really serious about competing in the UCL and Laliga to fight for their second title.

[bering]

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid was eliminated yesterday and Real Madrid remained the only La Liga club in the UEFA Champions League and facing a top side, Manchester City. They maintain their balance and never back down from pushing for excellent performance. Carlo Ancelotti knew exactly the outcome of this tough game and he have to focused on winning treble this season. Real Madrid is a top team and they don't give up their chances for nothing, always fighting till the very end because they're one of the best team in the European world of football.

Real Madrid finally can safe Spanish face because at least Spanish still have 1 representative at the semifinal match of champion league and this match is not easy because since early minutes Real Madrid have to playing with under pressure until end of extra time besides that after this result finally Real Madrid can improved their poor records from Manchester City and Real Madrid next opponent is Bayern Munich so this is hard match too because Bayern Munich is big team in Europa and they also has impressive performance because recently Bayern Munich have already to eliminate Arsenal

We have already discuss about this before because this weekend Real Madrid will playing at El Classico against Barcelona and if Real Madrid can able to beat Barcelona then Real Madrid can wided their points gap with Barcelona became an 11 points so i think Real Madrid won't missed that opportunity especially just like i said before Real Madrid this season can able to beat Barcelona several times so i am quite confident Real Madrid will be able to be the winner of El Classico this time and recently i have checked the odds and Real Madrid has good odds to bets @1.88

[hahay]

Sunday game and a derby, i dont know what to expect, because Real Madrid comes with a high mental health and Barcelona with a bad one, but also Real Madrid can be very tired after playing 120 minutes against City and also going into penalty shoots.

I dont know how much you can recover in a few days in such high level.

If they can recover Real Madrid is gonna win and seal the tittle race.

Recovered or not, I personally still believe that Real Madrid has a chance not to lose in this el clasico match against Barcelona later. Also, this el clasico match forme is only about prestige and not for determining the title or overtaking they position in the standing because anyway, whateverresults occur in thismatch, in the end Real Madrid will still win the La Liga trophy this season. It doesn't matter if for example Barcelona win this match butstill, Barcelona still don't have a chance to overtake Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga standings this moment. So yes, I think this el clasico match is only about prestige and obviously, not about determining the title.

[Rampagoe004]

I think the competition in La Liga is over, Real Madrid has everything to be able to maintain its position especially now that they are 8 points ahead of Barcelona so with not many games left this season I think it is certain that Real Madrid will win the La Liga title. this season because it is impossible to expect a team as strong as Real Madrid to lose several games in the remaining games of the season.

I think I agree with you. If you look at Madrid's future match schedule, their toughest opponent is only Barcelona. That means if Madrid loses against Barcelona then Madrid will only be 5 points ahead of Barca in second place. But for the other matches I think it is not a difficult match and I am sure Madrid will be able to win it. It's hard to think they will lose and lose the title. I once said that Madrid had a winning mentality and played very solidly. They have proven it in the Champions League. I think we should not doubt that Madrid will definitely be champions of La Liga this season.

[tusandii]

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid was eliminated yesterday and Real Madrid remained the only La Liga club in the UEFA Champions League and facing a top side, Manchester City. They maintain their balance and never back down from pushing for excellent performance. Carlo Ancelotti knew exactly the outcome of this tough game and he have to focused on winning treble this season. Real Madrid is a top team and they don't give up their chances for nothing, always fighting till the very end because they're one of the best team in the European world of football.

The match between Real Madrid and Manchester City looks very even, their strengths compete well. It was recorded that Manchester City attempted several kicks, up to a total of 33 shots attempted by Manchester City to penetrate Real Madrid's defense. I really appreciate Andriy Lunin because he managed to defend Real Madrid well. At least ending with a draw is proof that these two teams have the same strength.

Real Madrid and Man City's performances seemed balanced and had equal performance. They played a very fierce match and looked very tense. I thought there would be lots of goals scored like their first meeting, but it turned out there were only 2 goals in that match and Man City dominated more. and took many shots and was unable to break through Madrid's defense which seemed to be guarded firmly. I also really applaud the performance of Andriy Lunin who was able to make many saves from Man City's many attacks.

Until finally Real Madrid was able to win the match with a penalty kick and managed to get rid of Man City in the top 8 and Madrid will advance to the next round against Bayern Munich. This will be quite a tense match. I can't wait for the two giants to meet head to head Madrid has greater chance of winning.

[punk.zink]

I think the competition in La Liga is over, Real Madrid has everything to be able to maintain its position especially now that they are 8 points ahead of Barcelona so with not many games left this season I think it is certain that Real Madrid will win the La Liga title. this season because it is impossible to expect a team as strong as Real Madrid to lose several games in the remaining games of the season.

I think I agree with you. If you look at Madrid's future match schedule, their toughest opponent is only Barcelona. That means if Madrid loses against Barcelona then Madrid will only be 5 points ahead of Barca in second place. But for the other matches I think it is not a difficult match and I am sure Madrid will be able to win it. It's hard to think they will lose and lose the title. I once said that Madrid had a winning mentality and played very solidly. They have proven it in the Champions League. I think we should not doubt that Madrid will definitely be champions of La Liga this season.

I think the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona will be won by Real Madrid. Real Madrid is currently in the euphoria of winning, at least it will be very good for the morale of their players. Apart from that, this match is Real Madrid's home match, so it is clear that crowds will be a huge advantage for Real Madrid. Meanwhile, for Barcelona, the painful defeat to PSG clearly had quite an impact on their mentality, so playing away at Real Madrid's headquarters will clearly be quite a tough battle for them.

If Barcelona loses this match, then there is no longer any hope left for them this season.

[Weawant]

Truly champions league is one of the league that's considered as one of the difficult league to predict because of the teams involved but however since the league has gone this far we should be able to narrow down the clubs that has a good chance of wining, so for now I have Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in mind to win the champions League but since Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will be meeting each other I think PSG will qualify to the final with Real Madrid because I have a strong feeling that real Madrid will win Bayern Munich so if they eventually win it will become easy to beat whomever that qualify, so if it happen so that means they will be wining the La Liga and the champions League which is a good record for them.

The champions league just like the name actually do imply it's a league for champions and the big teams of most of other league's so we shouldn't be expecting that we are going to see any less in the champions league, just like expected the competition is definitely going to be tough and of a very competitive nature because most of it's participants are mainly top teams from their various leagues.

Real Madrid happens to be the only Spanish team who's still in the champions league but then we still have Bayern Munich and Dortmund as German teams in the champions league, i doubt if Dortmund will allow PSG get an easy victory to get to the finals of the champions league but then with Real Madrid and Bayern Munich i think it's more likely that Madrid will want to win because they have more experience with this stage of the league much more than i think Bayern Munich does. I will really love to see PSG and Madrid get to the finals but then as football may always be, it may turn around not to be so.

PSG has dreamt of reaching the finals of the champions league Once even if it's just getting to play the finals without necessarily getting to win the finals as this is something they weren't able to achieve even int the times when they had big names in the team but achieving it now will actually means a whole lot as they will be very optimistic about their next trial because i doubt if they meet Madrid in the finals they will be able to win Madrid in the finals.

[topbitcoin]

I think the competition in La Liga is over, Real Madrid has everything to be able to maintain its position especially now that they are 8 points ahead of Barcelona so with not many games left this season I think it is certain that Real Madrid will win the La Liga title. this season because it is impossible to expect a team as strong as Real Madrid to lose several games in the remaining games of the season.

I think I agree with you. If you look at Madrid's future match schedule, their toughest opponent is only Barcelona. That means if Madrid loses against Barcelona then Madrid will only be 5 points ahead of Barca in second place. But for the other matches I think it is not a difficult match and I am sure Madrid will be able to win it. It's hard to think they will lose and lose the title. I once said that Madrid had a winning mentality and played very solidly. They have proven it in the Champions League. I think we should not doubt that Madrid will definitely be champions of La Liga this season.

Even if Madrid lose for the worst possibility but for now if you look at the performance they have and the spirit and mentality that is quite high because they managed to succeed consistently this season, of course the possibility of Madrid losing to Barcelona is 50:50 especially they are rivals where in an elclasico sometimes the match becomes unpredictable easily.

Madrid this season can already be used as the winner with the current conditions even though there are still a few matches that must be done and Barcelona is still possible to catch up but with the current situation and reflecting on the margin gap that occurs for the La Liga race when a club that has been superior to more than 5 it is very difficult to catch up and Barcelona last season became proof that the difference in the gap of 10 points since several matches could not be pursued until the end, it is not impossible that this season is also like that, it's just that the club is reversed where Madrid is the one who did it over Barcelona.

[poodle63]

Sunday game and a derby, i dont know what to expect, because Real Madrid comes with a high mental health and Barcelona with a bad one, but also Real Madrid can be very tired after playing 120 minutes against City and also going into penalty shoots.

I dont know how much you can recover in a few days in such high level.

If they can recover Real Madrid is gonna win and seal the tittle race.

As a professional team and real madrid will able to recover as soon as possible. I strongly believe real madrid has not yet exhausted and ancellotti may be pushing them to play beyond their limits in order to get treble winners this season. There will be some important matches to come soon and i strongly believe real madrid will able to make it happen.



Real madrid will be surely get three points from Barcelona in the next game. The outcome of the upcoming game will be critical for Real Madrid because it opens up the possibility of winning the treble this season and put barcelona to compete only for the UCL spot this season.

Barcelona will play away in the upcoming game, and we saw how they lost in the first leg. Let's say that winning against Manchester City has completely motivated Real Madrid to win as many trophies as possible this season and it may be boosting the performance against barcelona soon..

Barcelona's chances of winning a trophy again this season are becoming increasingly difficult as Real Madrid dominates everything. El blaugrana will also lose Xavi soon.

[Jody.Drummer]

Ancelotti succeeded in bringing his fleet to the semifinals, where they are now the only remaining La Liga representatives after Barcelona and ATM were eliminated yesterday. Madrid managed to escape through a penalty shootout where the match ended with an aggregate of 4-4 (Penalty 3-4 for Madrid win), thanks to this victory they will face Bayern in the semifinals.

Well I am really impressed by Ancelotti management skills and tactics because they way he is managing his team position not only in league table but out of no where making an unexpected comback in UCL against Manchester City too where things were completely looking like going against them and we have according to previous record they lose against them in UCL too so such hype and pressure favour indicate same result but real make history by leveling the game first and then take a lead in penalties which push them to promote to next stage i.e Semifinals. Now they will face Bayern Munich which look like be fair to tackle as because they really get rythm and momentum through that tough and important victory now let's see how they move to final and then bring back cup too

Real Madrid under Ancelotti's direction has their own unique style of play and indeed this seems to have become the hallmark of Real Madrid whoever becomes their coach. They are not aggressive in controlling the ball, they prefer to play effectively and their advantage is that they are very effective when carrying out good attacks. Indeed, I think they have decreased a bit in utilizing fast counter attacks but it is still quite noticeable and also good too.

Manchester City is clearly not an opponent they can just underestimate, especially when they are playing as hosts. However, we can see how calm Real Madrid was in facing Manchester City's aggressiveness in attacking. They were very calm and that was one of the keys to their success in this match, even though they won in the penalty shootout. Here, the mentality of the players is very reliable, and we know that Real Madrid is a club that has a very good mentality in the Champions League.

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I think the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona will be won by Real Madrid. Real Madrid is currently in the euphoria of winning, at least it will be very good for the morale of their players. Apart from that, this match is Real Madrid's home match, so it is clear that crowds will be a huge advantage for Real Madrid. Meanwhile, for Barcelona, the painful defeat to PSG clearly had quite an impact on their mentality, so playing away at Real Madrid's headquarters will clearly be quite a tough battle for them.

If Barcelona loses this match, then there is no longer any hope left for them this season.

Real Madrid and Barcelona have finished their Champions League matches this season with different results, so I think both will immediately focus attention on El Classico this week, so far if we look at El Classico of course it is full of controversy and also high intensity for winning  match is because apart from 3 points, of course winning El Classico will raise the motivation and prestige of the team, but after Barcelona experienced financial problems, I no longer see El Classico will present a balanced match and even this season Madrid has beaten Barcelona 2 times, so I see that Madrid will probably score another winning hat trick in the El Classico match later.

What you say is true, Barcelona has no hope of beating Madrid with their current performance, and of course this match could be decisive for Madrid in winning the La Liga title this season, if Madrid wins then the difference in points from Barcelona will be even bigger so It is difficult for them to thwart Madrid's chance to win La Liga this season.

[Oluwa-btc]

Sunday game and a derby, i dont know what to expect, because Real Madrid comes with a high mental health and Barcelona with a bad one, but also Real Madrid can be very tired after playing 120 minutes against City and also going into penalty shoots.

I dont know how much you can recover in a few days in such high level.

If they can recover Real Madrid is gonna win and seal the tittle race.

My fear is that Real Madrid wouldn't be able to win the game against Barcelona come Sunday because they will be definitely fatigued and will see most of their first team players all gassed up. It could be a game for Joselu to try something at least Carlo Ancellotti shouldn't drop him on the bench, he should let him have a chance to play.

With Barcelona pained from the lose to Paris Saint Germany, would they be able to play well against Real Madrid? My best option for that game would be no other but to see both sides sharing the points.
Real Madrid should be having the upper hand ahead of this game but they spent too much hours battling with Josep Pep Guardiola and his side last night.

They won't be sealing the Spanish League Competition come weekend, I don't think so.

[samuraijin]

I wasn't expecting both of them to be eliminated honestly. Instead my expectation was like they would advance but Real Madrid would stay out.    The quarter finals were really full of surprises.

Real Madrid are in comfortable condition in the La Liga now. The point gap with Barcelona is eight now and there is an El Clasico at Santiago Bernabeu in three days as well. If Real Madrid win this crucial game they are obviously the champions which is what I expect to happen. Even if it ends up with a draw they should still be okay with winning the title. Barcelona just woke up very late in the league and it is too difficult for them to re-enter the race.  

The Champions League is difficult to predict and Real Madrid is a team that has a strong enough mentality so I don't think they will be eliminated easily, unlike Atletico and Barcelona.

I think the competition in La Liga is over, Real Madrid has everything to be able to maintain its position especially now that they are 8 points ahead of Barcelona so with not many games left this season I think it is certain that Real Madrid will win the La Liga title. this season because it is impossible to expect a team as strong as Real Madrid to lose several games in the remaining games of the season.

Real Madrid is still the leading team in Europe, it was impossible in yesterday's match to hold Man City at home and at the same time embarrass them at home, it is clearly difficult that this season Real Madrid will regain control of the Champions League even though there are still many clubs who are candidates, but it seems that it is already visible  that Real Madrid will emerge as winners of the Champions League this season..

8 points are not that safe for Real Madrid as much as possible. Real Madrid must continue to distance themselves from Barcelona and Girona even though it is very difficult for Girona to catch up or overtake Barcelona and Real Madrid. It seems that Girona will look for safety to remain in 3rd place in the standings, Barcelona will continue  looking to get points after points in every match because that's the only way for them to get trophies this season and they don't want to end the season without getting any trophies from this season.

[hahay]

I think the competition in La Liga is over, Real Madrid has everything to be able to maintain its position especially now that they are 8 points ahead of Barcelona so with not many games left this season I think it is certain that Real Madrid will win the La Liga title. this season because it is impossible to expect a team as strong as Real Madrid to lose several games in the remaining games of the season.

I think I agree with you. If you look at Madrid's future match schedule, their toughest opponent is only Barcelona. That means if Madrid loses against Barcelona then Madrid will only be 5 points ahead of Barca in second place. But for the other matches I think it is not a difficult match and I am sure Madrid will be able to win it. It's hard to think they will lose and lose the title. I once said that Madrid had a winning mentality and played very solidly. They have proven it in the Champions League. I think we should not doubt that Madrid will definitely be champions of La Liga this season.

Indeed, that is the theory because after all, basically Real Madrid is a team with a verygood winningmentality. So yes, if Real Madrid only compete with Barcelona at this moment, then of course Real Madrid will still succeed at the top of thestandings until theend of theseason. Obviously, there is nodoubt about Real Madrid'sability and winning mentality and thus, at least Barcelona no longer has a chance of overtaking Real Madrid in the restof this season. It doesn't matter if that Barcelona maybe able towin all the remaining matches, but at the sametime ofcourse Real Madrid will also be able to get good results in every match for therest of the season.Therefore,I personally believe that Real Madrid will be the team that wins the La Liga title this season.

[hyudien]

Indeed, that is the theory because after all, basically Real Madrid is a team with a verygood winningmentality. So yes, if Real Madrid only compete with Barcelona at this moment, then of course Real Madrid will still succeed at the top of thestandings until theend of theseason. Obviously, there is nodoubt about Real Madrid'sability and winning mentality and thus, at least Barcelona no longer has a chance of overtaking Real Madrid in the restof this season. It doesn't matter if that Barcelona maybe able towin all the remaining matches, but at the sametime ofcourse Real Madrid will also be able to get good results in every match for therest of the season.Therefore,I personally believe that Real Madrid will be the team that wins the La Liga title this season.

So far, as long as I've watched Real Madrid, there's no doubt about the mentality they have, and what's interesting is that they do it like it's been passed down from generation to generation. Because the young players they have also have a very good mentality, even though experience should have an effect on the mentality a player has. Maybe Real Madrid's big name is one of the reasons why the mentality formation within the Real Madrid squad is growing so quickly.
It's not just one or two times that I saw them fall behind early, even when they faced a tough team. Maybe it's natural that they can turn things around when they face a weak team. But if it's a big team then it's very difficult to make a comeback because it requires a push and that's one of them is mentality. They don't know the word give up before the game is really over, because as long as they still have time they will try to make use of it.