La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

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We are still at the beginning, the few points of difference are enough to say that Barcelona is running away and as we get into the heart of the championship we will be able to notice that it becomes more tiring to manage liga and Champions League.
I am convinced that this year too Real Madrid will do both very well.

People give Barcelona and their startup team too much credit, but it's never a good idea to show too much interest in a sports team. Although I've never been a fan of Barcelona, people are already projecting that they might have a chance, though I'm not sure which chance. The season is just getting started, and all the other teams are just trying to rearrange their schedules, so it's not a bad idea to give them hope.  We will be able to determine the champions league stars' ability to handle their performance and ability to keep up with everything when they arrive. Since everything is still new, people are constantly unsure of what will happen to the team they support. However, everything is not that serious, and everyone will be able to decide whether or not to believe in both leagues.

And in Real Madrid's case, they are always prepared to defend any title in which they have already committed their time and resources. All of this is due to the fact that they are still in the process of settling, and champions league play will even come naturally to them. The reason they have consistently won is precisely because of their experience, having played and challenged a number of clubs. They are also constantly working to improve their knowledge. Because people are inherently opinionated, club managers will always face opposition from the public on anything they try. Sometimes I wonder how this footballers manage their selfs playing multi leagues and you hear people say that is their job.  But I feel we should be more patient with the club, no matter how we might want to desperately win the title.

[Marvell1]

To be honest, Hansi Flick really has a very good quality in being a manager because after all, even though Barcelona are hit by financial problems but Hansi Flick can really work well to improve Barcelona. Also, in the beginning I was one of the people who doubted Hansi Flick because I thought that Hansi Flick wouldn't be able to improve Barcelona's performance but anyway, I was wrong because Hansi Flick was very impressive.

With early results like that, then I also became very confident that Barcelona would succeed this season. Although indeed, if based on the luxury squad then of course Real Madrid remains the leader. But anyway, even though Real Madrid has a luxurious squad but in reality they still need time to get good results and as expected. So yes, because Real Madrid still needs time to make their young squad better, it looks like Barcelona will maximize this moment to go faster with good results at the start of this season.

There is no doubt that Barcelona is currently the best team in the league. They have started the season flying high, and Hansi Flick does certainly deserve all the applauding for it. In your first season in one of the biggest clubs in the world, you are supposed to be under a lot of pressure, a lot of expectations, and to deal with them is really difficult, for anyone. But Hansi Flick took upon this job with sheer confidence and integrity, something he reflects on his players as well.

They won all the games they played, and with a lot of goals scored. That just goes on to show how Barca's project will likely be in the coming days, and I believe this also assures all the Barca fans after the manager fiasco that went on inside Barca in the last season. Flick is bringing on youngsters on the pitch and turning them into prime Pique-Xavi-Suarez. The stuff we see from Barcelona is really promising, and they can surprise a lot of people this season.


ESPN published this article yesterday in title How Flick turned Barcelona around since becoming manager
So, he was angry even if he won..  I think now Hansi Flick is happy, there can be no more anger.

[iBaba]

There is no doubt that Barcelona is currently the best team in the league. They have started the season flying high, and Hansi Flick does certainly deserve all the applauding for it. In your first season in one of the biggest clubs in the world, you are supposed to be under a lot of pressure, a lot of expectations, and to deal with them is really difficult, for anyone. But Hansi Flick took upon this job with sheer confidence and integrity, something he reflects on his players as well.

Barcelona made the best decision to have employed Hansi Flick as their manager because with all indication, they are already putting in all the garnishes to make them of the best in the league this season. Although it is still early to predict the outcome of this season however, if Barcelona team is to continue with this pace, they will definitely take the title this season but let's all be optimistic for them and wish them all the best.

[ShowOff]

To be honest, Hansi Flick really has a very good quality in being a manager because after all, even though Barcelona are hit by financial problems but Hansi Flick can really work well to improve Barcelona. Also, in the beginning I was one of the people who doubted Hansi Flick because I thought that Hansi Flick wouldn't be able to improve Barcelona's performance but anyway, I was wrong because Hansi Flick was very impressive.

With early results like that, then I also became very confident that Barcelona would succeed this season. Although indeed, if based on the luxury squad then of course Real Madrid remains the leader. But anyway, even though Real Madrid has a luxurious squad but in reality they still need time to get good results and as expected. So yes, because Real Madrid still needs time to make their young squad better, it looks like Barcelona will maximize this moment to go faster with good results at the start of this season.

There is no doubt that Barcelona is currently the best team in the league. They have started the season flying high, and Hansi Flick does certainly deserve all the applauding for it. In your first season in one of the biggest clubs in the world, you are supposed to be under a lot of pressure, a lot of expectations, and to deal with them is really difficult, for anyone. But Hansi Flick took upon this job with sheer confidence and integrity, something he reflects on his players as well.

They won all the games they played, and with a lot of goals scored. That just goes on to show how Barca's project will likely be in the coming days, and I believe this also assures all the Barca fans after the manager fiasco that went on inside Barca in the last season. Flick is bringing on youngsters on the pitch and turning them into prime Pique-Xavi-Suarez. The stuff we see from Barcelona is really promising, and they can surprise a lot of people this season.

Actually, that's what I always wanted to get from Barcelona. They must not remain silent and suffer for too long due to bad finances, even in a situation like this they must work with great enthusiasm. Barcelona's early season performance has been impressive and I'm pleased with what they've shown, but I'm still worried that this performance will fade as the league progresses.

There are many tough matches awaiting Barcelona after the international break and of course some players need rest due to fatigue. This can reduce team performance even if the impact is not too big. But I really hope that Barcelona can maintain this performance for longer and continue to win every game like at the start of this season.

There is a good record of Hansi Flick's performance for Barcelona at the moment, especially at the start of the season.

Four straight wins before the break

Second best goal difference
The start to the 2024/25 campaign has seen the team record the second best goal difference in that with 13 goals scored and just three conceded.

The difference of +10 has only been surpassed by Pep Guardiola's team in 2009/10, Luis Enrique's in 2014/15 and Ernesto Valverde's in 2018/19, albeit in all three cases just by one goal.

Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Dani Olmo, Raphinha, Kounde and Ferran Torres have scored those 13 goals between, the Pole leading the way with four, closely followed by the Brazilian after his hat-trick in the 7-0 win over Valladolid.

Lamine Yamal has also been in outstanding form so far this season, providing no less than four assists in La Liga. Four assists to match the four wins from Hansi Flick's team in 2024/25.

[Antotena]

As a Real Madrid fan, I'm more bothered about the recovery of the club's injured players instead of panicking because Barcelona have won all four league games they've played this season because I'm very confident that Real Madrid is still going to overtake them before the end of January.
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti is an experienced manager who have deep understanding of how the game works so I'm very confident that Real Madrid will bounce back to their best in no distant time.

I think what this Barcelona fans are doing is reverse psychology. They are cooking Real Madrid the same way they cooked other fan base. Have you thought how Real Madrid fans would have behave if these matches won Barcelona were done by them but even after signing Mbape, it seems the magic is not doing the supposed job. They would have been by now rooting for Mbape as next Balon D'or winners that's why Barcelona fans are making it seems like they have won the Laliga.

Been bias aside, it's too early for any team that is having a great month to feel big, out of the 38 weeks of play, just 4 is done. That means we have more and more months of performance and it's not possible for Barcelona to win all the matches, I maybe wrong but I'm not yet comfirm if they win the league or not but the rest is in what the hands of Real Madrid and some other teams play as we continue to watch the other rounds.

[RaltcoinsB]

There is no doubt that Barcelona is currently the best team in the league. They have started the season flying high, and Hansi Flick does certainly deserve all the applauding for it. In your first season in one of the biggest clubs in the world, you are supposed to be under a lot of pressure, a lot of expectations, and to deal with them is really difficult, for anyone. But Hansi Flick took upon this job with sheer confidence and integrity, something he reflects on his players as well.

Barcelona made the best decision to have employed Hansi Flick as their manager because with all indication, they are already putting in all the garnishes to make them of the best in the league this season. Although it is still early to predict the outcome of this season however, if Barcelona team is to continue with this pace, they will definitely take the title this season but let's all be optimistic for them and wish them all the best.

Barcelona's form has been flawless so far. If we compare Real Madrid's early points losses with Barcelona's games without losses, Barcelona seems to have the advantage at the moment, but we are still at the beginning of the league and a long process awaits us. It is still too early to say for sure about championship claims. I still think Real Madrid has the advantage when you consider the games that will be played in a long time.

[red4slash]

We are still at the beginning, the few points of difference are enough to say that Barcelona is running away and as we get into the heart of the championship we will be able to notice that it becomes more tiring to manage liga and Champions League.
I am convinced that this year too Real Madrid will do both very well.

As a Real Madrid fan, I'm more bothered about the recovery of the club's injured players instead of panicking because Barcelona have won all four league games they've played this season because I'm very confident that Real Madrid is still going to overtake them before the end of January.
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti is an experienced manager who have deep understanding of how the game works so I'm very confident that Real Madrid will bounce back to their best in no distant time.

There's no need to panic over this because as you said, it's still quite early to panic especially as we've only completed 4 weeks out of 38 weeks in a season so why worry about something that's still quite a while away at this point.  While its great to finally get off to a good start at the start of the season so we can be more confident, it's important to respect the process and the progress that needs to be made.

At the moment, Madrid's problem is still the same where we make it seem too easy when if we look at the conditions and adaptations made by Madrid, of course we realise that there are some things that must be rearranged, especially with the loss of a leader like Nacho and a rare playmaker like Kroos plus Mbappe who has just started his season in La Liga. Of course, must be another consideration here.

The competition will be much more interesting in the middle of the season or the end of the season so a bad start does not mean that this is the final decision that Barcelona is better this season because several possibilities can still occur.

[topbitcoin]

Barcelona's form has been flawless so far. If we compare Real Madrid's early points losses with Barcelona's games without losses, Barcelona seems to have the advantage at the moment, but we are still at the beginning of the league and a long process awaits us. It is still too early to say for sure about championship claims. I still think Real Madrid has the advantage when you consider the games that will be played in a long time.

It's early days and we can't say who's stronger yet, but what's certain is that La Liga will continue to rely on Barcelona and Madrid as the benchmark and that's a certainty that can't be changed every season.

The current situation is indeed favorable for Barcelona but that does not mean this will be the same situation every season because indeed if you refer to last season Barcelona at the beginning of the season also did a good thing at the beginning of the season but in the end they had to lose because of some conditions in the middle of the season and the end of the season.
Now we just have to see if Flick will be able to maintain this consistency until the end or not because after all the season is still long and the schedule will be even more intense which makes the situation even more different later.
That also applies to Madrid as they need to get out of this uncomfortable situation where their poor start to the season, lackluster finishing and the injury problems that still haunt them at the moment need to be solved by Ancelotti.

[ginsan]

Barcelona's form has been flawless so far. If we compare Real Madrid's early points losses with Barcelona's games without losses, Barcelona seems to have the advantage at the moment, but we are still at the beginning of the league and a long process awaits us. It is still too early to say for sure about championship claims. I still think Real Madrid has the advantage when you consider the games that will be played in a long time.

In the 4 matches that have been played by both teams, Barcelona is clearly quite superior because they were able to end the match by winning. While Real Madrid got perfect results because they have not lost but the draw in two matches made their performance less than optimal at the beginning of this season. Of course, these two teams will continue to compete tightly this season because the two teams are always favored to be champions. I am amazed by the Barcelona coach because he can show his expertise in bringing progress to the team.

Even so, I am quite sure that there will be mistakes that they will make this season that could result in losing points. Maybe to see how strong they are, of course we have to see these teams face each other this season, the El Clasico match is always an assessment of how strong they are in maintaining their good performance. On the other hand, Atletico Madrid is also able to maintain its best quality, well, a major overhaul was carried out by Atletico Madrid in the transfer market and we want to see them able to provide interesting competition this season.

[GiftedMAN]

There is no doubt that Barcelona is currently the best team in the league. They have started the season flying high, and Hansi Flick does certainly deserve all the applauding for it. In your first season in one of the biggest clubs in the world, you are supposed to be under a lot of pressure, a lot of expectations, and to deal with them is really difficult, for anyone. But Hansi Flick took upon this job with sheer confidence and integrity, something he reflects on his players as well.

Barcelona made the best decision to have employed Hansi Flick as their manager because with all indication, they are already putting in all the garnishes to make them of the best in the league this season. Although it is still early to predict the outcome of this season however, if Barcelona team is to continue with this pace, they will definitely take the title this season but let's all be optimistic for them and wish them all the best.

The arrival of Hansi Flick this season has brought a positive change in the performance of FC Barcelona as they have had a positive change so far and their winning mentality has been upgraded upon Hansi's arrival because they are currently unbeaten in 4 league games which shows a good way to start for the Barcelona team that struggled last season to get to the top4 position.

The new season may have just started but Barcelona start should be recognized since they have a lot of issues in the team but they have managed to keep getting good results even with the young players in the team.

[KTChampions]

2 very profitable matches and we can't miss them because the odds are tempting. However, in the Madrid match that will face Real Sociedad, it could be a surprise. Madrid currently has several injured players and of course the performance of Ancelotti squad has declined very deeply. A draw can be considered but for the best betting option it seems to be on a safer score. And the Barcelona match that will face Girona, seems to have no doubts about betting on Barcelona's victory which is currently very consistent. Compared to Girona, it seems to have lost its best performance like last season and this season Barcelona will avenge the defeat that Girona had last season. Odds @1.85 for Barcelona are very tempting.

I don't even know which game scares me more 
Real Madrid have injuries + the mood of Brazilians is at zero or even lower after the games of the national teams. Barcelona is overrated but even so the odds are 1.85 which is not far from a 50% chance of winning.
The only thing I'm more or less sure of is BTTS in the Girona - Barcelona game.

[Weawant]

Barcelona made the best decision to have employed Hansi Flick as their manager because with all indication, they are already putting in all the garnishes to make them of the best in the league this season. Although it is still early to predict the outcome of this season however, if Barcelona team is to continue with this pace, they will definitely take the title this season but let's all be optimistic for them and wish them all the best.

The results we are seeing with Flick so far is enough to say he's been doing a good job with Barcelona and every bit of it is ofcourse commendable because the obvious is that they are making progress and will very likely do even better than they have all the seasons ago but I will make this feel like a discredit to what xavi did throughout his stay because he had a critical situation and he managed it well enough that the decline with the team wasn't that terrible enough and so I just say it's been a summation of progression and if Barcelona should keep up with this consistently, not long enough and Madrid will not be a threat anymore.

[bering]

Andriy Lunin signs new Real Madrid contract extension until 2028


Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin has signed a new three-year contract with the club.

The Athletic previously reported that the Ukraine international, who had one year left on his contract, was expected to stay at the club during the summer transfer window and was close to agreeing a new deal.

He has now signed a new contract with Madrid that will keep him at the Santiago Bernabeu until 2028.

Madrid and Lunin reached a verbal agreement over a new deal before the end of last season.

However, the 25-year-old had doubts about extending his stay at the Spanish club due to Courtois’ importance and the lack of playing time he might receive as a result.

Lunin joined Madrid from FC Zorya Luhansk in 2018 with a contract until 2024. In 2019, he renewed until 2025 — although the deal was not officially announced by the club.

Source link: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5760291/2024/09/11/real-madrid-andiry-lunin-contract-extension/

Andriy Lunin last season was performing well he was became an Real Madrid first goalkeeper at that time because Thibaut Courtois gets long term injured and he has important contribution to bringing Real Madrid to gets Laliga trophy and Champion League trophy and some people are considers his skill is more deserved to playing as main goalkeeper rather than became an second goalkeeper after Thibaut Courtois so this also caused those people has been suggest him to leave Real Madrid

Actually after Thibaut Courtois fully recover Andriy Lunin a bit desperate with his condition with Real Madrid because if Thibaut Courtois still with Real Madrid until whenever he won't being an the main goalkeeper for this team so that's why he was rumoured will be leave this summer and actually it's not hard for him to find new clubs because some of Premier league clubs want to used his service but he just make unexpected decision by extended his contract with Real Madrid

[LUCKMCFLY]

Mbappé is just starting to play in Madrid. His ego was very high at PSG. Sometimes he acted as if he had an ego above the team. Although, it was not his fault here, the team president gave him this opportunity. They turned a blind eye to everything so that he would not leave the team, but he still left the team, and for free. I don't know if Real Madrid will show the same ego, but for now everything is very good.

The thing is that for me the only good deal Madrid did was not to have left a single euro for Mbappé, and the truth is that he has contributed a lot to the team The truth is that I didn't see Mbappé in Madrid. He's the first player they've brought into Madrid even after having told him no at the beginning, which surprises me a lot about Florentino So I hope his ego has stayed at PSG and not in Madrid, because in Madrid things don't work like they do at PSG In Madrid he won't have any kind of Preference.

[legendbtc]

Andriy Lunin signs new Real Madrid contract extension until 2028


Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin has signed a new three-year contract with the club.

The Athletic previously reported that the Ukraine international, who had one year left on his contract, was expected to stay at the club during the summer transfer window and was close to agreeing a new deal.

He has now signed a new contract with Madrid that will keep him at the Santiago Bernabeu until 2028.

Madrid and Lunin reached a verbal agreement over a new deal before the end of last season.

However, the 25-year-old had doubts about extending his stay at the Spanish club due to Courtois’ importance and the lack of playing time he might receive as a result.

Lunin joined Madrid from FC Zorya Luhansk in 2018 with a contract until 2024. In 2019, he renewed until 2025 — although the deal was not officially announced by the club.

Source link: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5760291/2024/09/11/real-madrid-andiry-lunin-contract-extension/

Andriy Lunin last season was performing well he was became an Real Madrid first goalkeeper at that time because Thibaut Courtois gets long term injured and he has important contribution to bringing Real Madrid to gets Laliga trophy and Champion League trophy and some people are considers his skill is more deserved to playing as main goalkeeper rather than became an second goalkeeper after Thibaut Courtois so this also caused those people has been suggest him to leave Real Madrid

Actually after Thibaut Courtois fully recover Andriy Lunin a bit desperate with his condition with Real Madrid because if Thibaut Courtois still with Real Madrid until whenever he won't being an the main goalkeeper for this team so that's why he was rumoured will be leave this summer and actually it's not hard for him to find new clubs because some of Premier league clubs want to used his service but he just make unexpected decision by extended his contract with Real Madrid

Yes, After much speculation, Lunin's future has been decided. Contrary to popular belief, the 25-year-old goalkeeper will remain at the Bernabeu. More than 3 months ago, life was still rosy for Andriy Lunin. But now, the Ukrainian goalkeeper has lost everything. From the hero status of Real Madrid to the starting position in the national team. In all fairness, Real Madrid have been pretty mean to Lunin. After Thibaut Courtois got injured. They borrowed Kepa from Chelsea as a replacement. It was only when Kepa himself was injured that Lunin was given a chance. He performed quite well last season. But he was still overshadowed by the performance of Thibaut Courtois.

And now, perhaps Lunin is also starting to regret that he was not decisive enough to leave Real Madrid in the summer transfer window. Because who knows when a similar opportunity like in the 2023/24 season will come to the 25-year-old goalkeeper?

[Docnaster]

Mbappé is just starting to play in Madrid. His ego was very high at PSG. Sometimes he acted as if he had an ego above the team. Although, it was not his fault here, the team president gave him this opportunity. They turned a blind eye to everything so that he would not leave the team, but he still left the team, and for free. I don't know if Real Madrid will show the same ego, but for now everything is very good.

Real Madrid is the biggest and most successful club in the world and Kylian Mbappe is very much aware of that so you don't expect him to bring whatever sort of arrogance he was exhibiting in Paris Saint Germaine to the club. Real Madrid is bigger than any player in that current squad and can as well do without a any player in the current squad. Kylian Mbappe came to the club to win trophies and I'm very confident that he'll concentrate in giving his best to the club instead of trying to be worshipped and adored by the club management.

[Alpha Marine]

There is no doubt that Barcelona is currently the best team in the league. They have started the season flying high, and Hansi Flick does certainly deserve all the applauding for it. In your first season in one of the biggest clubs in the world, you are supposed to be under a lot of pressure, a lot of expectations, and to deal with them is really difficult, for anyone. But Hansi Flick took upon this job with sheer confidence and integrity, something he reflects on his players as well.

Calling a team the best in the league after 4 games isn't something I'll do despite Barcelona starting the season very well. A lot of things can still happen and the season can still turn around for different teams at any point, but still, I agree you have to give Hansi Flick a lot of credit.
A lot of people didn't expect Barcelona to play like this. They didn't even give Barcelona a chance in the league this season considering the fact that they didn't sign enough players while their main rival added one of the best players in the world to their squad.
It's amazing what Flick is doing with the squad he has. He has used several teenagers, who have somehow played how he wanted them to.

The difference between Flick's Barcelona and Xavi's Barcelona is not the goals they scored, but the way they played. They play better, press better, are more confident, and create way more chances. In the first 3 matches they missed a lot of chances that's why they were able to score only 2 goals but it the 4th match they took their chances.
Barcelona should hope that none of their players get injured anymore and that the injured players return to full form. If this happens they might actually win the league is this form continues.

[Ahli38]

There is no doubt that Barcelona is currently the best team in the league. They have started the season flying high, and Hansi Flick does certainly deserve all the applauding for it. In your first season in one of the biggest clubs in the world, you are supposed to be under a lot of pressure, a lot of expectations, and to deal with them is really difficult, for anyone. But Hansi Flick took upon this job with sheer confidence and integrity, something he reflects on his players as well.

Barcelona made the best decision to have employed Hansi Flick as their manager because with all indication, they are already putting in all the garnishes to make them of the best in the league this season. Although it is still early to predict the outcome of this season however, if Barcelona team is to continue with this pace, they will definitely take the title this season but let's all be optimistic for them and wish them all the best.

Hansi flick managed to exceed everyone's expectations of him at Barcelona. So everyone is currently quite amazed at how good a job Hansi Flick has done at Barcelona at the start of this season. It didn't take much time for Hansi Flick to immediately make this team the best at the start of the season. And yes, this is a truly unexpected joy for all Barcelona fans.

Talking about a new coach who immediately produced good results at the start of the season apparently doesn't just happen in Laliga. but it also happens in the Premier League and Serie A.

In Laliga there is Hansi Flick who exceeded everyone's expectations and he immediately showed positive results for Barcelona at the start of the season. Then in the Premier League there is Arne Slot who can also directly continue Klopp's work and maintain Liverpool's best performance. And then in Serie A we see Thiago Motta, the young coach who managed to make Juventus look very strong at the start of this season with a very good record and no defeat yet. Barcelona, ​​Liverpool and Juventus, these three teams are very lucky because they have succeeded in recruiting extraordinary coaches.

[promise444c5]

Barcelona made the best decision to have employed Hansi Flick as their manager because with all indication, they are already putting in all the garnishes to make them of the best in the league this season. Although it is still early to predict the outcome of this season however, if Barcelona team is to continue with this pace, they will definitely take the title this season but let's all be optimistic for them and wish them all the best.

At the beginning of the season, I wasn't happy about Xavi's departure though I used to prefer him over Flick but with Flick's performance so far I must say I'm impressed even at the pre-season staged, though we are still early into the whole paparazzi but it's really a good start and we expect something more from him(winning his First Laliga trophy in Barca should be one of it).

ESPN published this article yesterday in title How Flick turned Barcelona around since becoming manager
So, he was angry even if he won..   I think now Hansi Flick is happy, there can be no more anger.

That was because of the way it ended... he's never smiling btw   , no matter the result he remains focused, even the 7 - 0 win in the last match, he didn't smiled and it was even picked by bloggers...the man wants a 100 to 0 win for a smile  

[Obari]

Barcelona made the best decision to have employed Hansi Flick as their manager because with all indication, they are already putting in all the garnishes to make them of the best in the league this season. Although it is still early to predict the outcome of this season however, if Barcelona team is to continue with this pace, they will definitely take the title this season but let's all be optimistic for them and wish them all the best.

Barcelona are in form this season, topping the league table with stunning points. Hans-Dieter Flick is the best thing that have happen to Blaugrana this season and the president deserves some accolades for been able to pull up such important deal for the club. Remember vividly when he got sacked with immediate effect from Bayern Munich, it was unfair how the board treated him after the memorable season he won them the UEFA Champions League title. His presence was consider a breakthrough for the Bavarians and letting him go becomes a huge challenge for them. A recap of the past club's experience with Hans-Dieter Flick incharge, he's doing a good job to enchanced the good work and leading Barcelona into a whole new phase and their performance is elite and competitive.