La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[Lannakosa]

Yes, once again Barcelona is really unlucky because there is another injured player. And it has been confirmed that Marc ter Stegen underwent surgery for the patella tendon in his right knee. Let's just pray that the healing process will go smoothly. Luckily Iñaki Peña was able to replace him well, so he was also able to keep the goal from conceding.


Source: Marc ter Stegen medical news

Well, after all, Barcelona's injury lists are quite long, at least there are 8 players who are injured. This is really crazy, a very tight schedule and indeed very risky for the club's players.

Ter Stegen's injury was very serious, he will be out for 8 months, the rest of the season. Flick is worried about this, now he needs to decide whether to trust Peña or urgently start looking for a new goalkeeper. At least for insurance, they will need another good goalkeeper. Peña played very well in the second half, in the next matches he will definitely be the main goalkeeper, this is his big chance to prove himself and get a place in the team. I remember the time when Ter Stegen was injured last season, it was a very difficult time for Barcelona.

[SUPERSAIAN]

The slaughter mode was activated again after experiencing defeat in their last match at Monaco's headquarters in the opening match of the UCL, Villarreal who were undefeated in the previous 5 games had to admit Barcelona greatness. Interestingly, Flick played many players from the La Masia academy in this match, both starters and as substitutes, there were 10 La Masia players who were given the opportunity to play by the coach. I saw Barcelona doing something that was very rare in the Xavi era, the players kept attacking no matter how many goals had been scored. This strategy had a big impact on the opponent's mentality. Initially, Villarreal players played very disciplined and were very determined to attack, but their spirit immediately collapsed after seeing goal after goal coming into their goal.

Hansi Flick has always been able to find talent worthy of La Liga, even relying on players from La Masia managed to show solid cooperation and slaughter Villarreal. Overall this will continue to provide many positives for Barcelona, but the Champions League task must be addressed immediately. The loss to Monaco demands Barcelona to win their next game against Young Boys. There is no other option as there are 7 Champions League games remaining and Barcelona cannot afford to drop points for a second time.

Hansi Flick has turned Barcelona into a different team this season. We had forgotten the power of Barcelona in those old days. The days of Messi and Xavi are over and I thought they would never get there again. They have always been very dominant in the matches they have played so far and have not suffered a defeat yet.

Their biggest rivals have even drawn twice and have lost points twice. Barcelona have lost one match in Europe. How did they lose to Monaco when they were so good, it was a ridiculous defeat but everything is fine, it is still early.

[RockBell]

I was surprised with seeing Atletico Madrid lose points last night. Actually they scored the equalizer quite early in the second half. But there was still no goal in the remaining half... 

Simeone continues to give Alvarez lots of chances to see his improvement. But unfortunately he couldn't make any impact on the game despite playing for the whole game. But he scored against Valencia previously so I hope he will get better slowly. I don't know maybe it is better to start with Griezmann instead while he is in a much better shape. Alvarez entered in the second half of the Valencia game and still scored in the end.

Luck was not just on the side of Atletico Madrid and Rayo were playing them and all the curves that were coming from Rayo were chances that were missed if not there would have been more goals than what they expected and Atletico Madrid was cold towards Rayo, and it was not a great result for them but if they wanted to win they would have made proper arrangements and did all the analysis that will enable them to be able to win but even most of their shots were weak. everyone expected Atletico Madrid to win after the first half but there were still no goals and they played an equalizing game till the second half ended. and Alvarez's situation is why too much expectation might just get you broken.

sport is just an activity that gives one of the best entertainment that you can think of, just that when your club is disappointing you, you won't be happy because they will make fun of you and you will only be able to return such when they lose and you win then you will be able to return that same favor to them and what happened to athletico madrid was just an occurrence that is already bound to them and they were able to equalize if not Rayo would have been the one winning.

[Docnaster]

Yes, once again Barcelona is really unlucky because there is another injured player. And it has been confirmed that Marc ter Stegen underwent surgery for the patella tendon in his right knee. Let's just pray that the healing process will go smoothly. Luckily Iñaki Peña was able to replace him well, so he was also able to keep the goal from conceding.


Source: Marc ter Stegen medical news

Well, after all, Barcelona's injury lists are quite long, at least there are 8 players who are injured. This is really crazy, a very tight schedule and indeed very risky for the club's players.

This is a very bad news for Marc Ter Stegan and Barcelona as a club. The German international have been one of the most outstanding footballers in the the club for the last decade and the only member of the squad that won the UEFA Champions League title in 2015 for Barcelona that's still playing for the Catalonian club. Barcelona will now finish the rest of the first half of the season with  their second choice goalkeeper while they wait for the January transfer window to get another goalkeeper. Hopefully for them, they continue to deliver great performances in the league as well as improve their results in Europe.

[Nheer]

This reflects how strong Barcelona are now, for Villarreal this is the first defeat in La Liga and especially this is a defeat at home, where these guys are very strong, but even they conceded 5 goals from Barcelona. It seems that Barcelona are doing great in La Liga, now they have to do the same thing a few times in the Champions League to get some points, although I have no doubt that for them to reach the playoffs will be an easy task, and the defeat to Monaco is an accident. The next games will be with Getafe and Osasuna, I think these should be easy wins, and then the match with Young Boys in the Champions League, I expect Barcelona to score at least 4 goals in this match.

Barcelona have really improved well and what is surprising is that they improved in a short period of time, it is a good development for them and see them at the top of the standings means there is hope for them to challenge for the title this season. They have scored a lot of goals this season already and have a balanced squad, i just hope they don’t experience injuries like they did last season.

They played well against Villareal but it was not easy for them as well because Villareal also gave it their best but were unlucky to score goals as two of their goal scored were disallowed for offside else it could have been a different result entirely. They were lucky they utilized the chanced they had even though Lewandowski missed a penalty. It was an interesting game though.

I was surprised with seeing Atletico Madrid lose points last night. Actually they scored the equalizer quite early in the second half. But there was still no goal in the remaining half... 

Simeone continues to give Alvarez lots of chances to see his improvement. But unfortunately he couldn't make any impact on the game despite playing for the whole game. But he scored against Valencia previously so I hope he will get better slowly. I don't know maybe it is better to start with Griezmann instead while he is in a much better shape. Alvarez entered in the second half of the Valencia game and still scored in the end.

It was surprising but they were lucky to have earned themselves a point by equalizing. Gallagher seem to be a good signing for them he has scored two goals now and helping the team quite well even though he struggled a bit in the first half. Alvarez will definitely improve with time, some players needs time to adapt to changes and it’s probably what he is going through right now, we all saw how good he was at City so the coach needs to give him time to adjust.

[bitcampaign]

The slaughter mode was activated again after experiencing defeat in their last match at Monaco's headquarters in the opening match of the UCL, Villarreal who were undefeated in the previous 5 games had to admit Barcelona greatness. Interestingly, Flick played many players from the La Masia academy in this match, both starters and as substitutes, there were 10 La Masia players who were given the opportunity to play by the coach. I saw Barcelona doing something that was very rare in the Xavi era, the players kept attacking no matter how many goals had been scored. This strategy had a big impact on the opponent's mentality. Initially, Villarreal players played very disciplined and were very determined to attack, but their spirit immediately collapsed after seeing goal after goal coming into their goal.

Hansi Flick has always been able to find talent worthy of La Liga, even relying on players from La Masia managed to show solid cooperation and slaughter Villarreal. Overall this will continue to provide many positives for Barcelona, but the Champions League task must be addressed immediately. The loss to Monaco demands Barcelona to win their next game against Young Boys. There is no other option as there are 7 Champions League games remaining and Barcelona cannot afford to drop points for a second time.

Hansi Flick has turned Barcelona into a different team this season. We had forgotten the power of Barcelona in those old days. The days of Messi and Xavi are over and I thought they would never get there again. They have always been very dominant in the matches they have played so far and have not suffered a defeat yet.

Their biggest rivals have even drawn twice and have lost points twice. Barcelona have lost one match in Europe. How did they lose to Monaco when they were so good, it was a ridiculous defeat but everything is fine, it is still early.

I really appreciate Barcelona's game under Hansi Flick's guidance in several matches played at the beginning of this season, of course it is not easy with the many problems experienced by Barcelona in the last season of course it is difficult to do by clubs that are in a slump like Barcelona regarding their finances in finances, Hansi Flick provides a good mix for his squad which is in accordance with the tactics given to his players so it is natural that this season they really amaze all football circles and...

[Pandu Geddon]

This is a very bad news for Marc Ter Stegan and Barcelona as a club. The German international have been one of the most outstanding footballers in the the club for the last decade and the only member of the squad that won the UEFA Champions League title in 2015 for Barcelona that's still playing for the Catalonian club. Barcelona will now finish the rest of the first half of the season with  their second choice goalkeeper while they wait for the January transfer window to get another goalkeeper. Hopefully for them, they continue to deliver great performances in the league as well as improve their results in Europe.

a pretty serious injury and there is no option for Flick to rely on the goalkeepers available on the team. So far Marc Ter Stegan has always been the main choice and maybe it could be an opportunity for Inaki Pena Sotorres to show his abilities to Flick.
last season he also lost to Marc Ter Stegan and only got a few minutes to play. and now he has to show his quality and answer the trust of all teams.
let's see how his performance is in Barcelona's next matches. Marc Ter Stegan conceded 5 times in 6 matches. hopefully, Inaki Pena Sotorres can make a better performance.

[Dickiy]

I was surprised with seeing Atletico Madrid lose points last night. Actually they scored the equalizer quite early in the second half. But there was still no goal in the remaining half... 

Simeone continues to give Alvarez lots of chances to see his improvement. But unfortunately he couldn't make any impact on the game despite playing for the whole game. But he scored against Valencia previously so I hope he will get better slowly. I don't know maybe it is better to start with Griezmann instead while he is in a much better shape. Alvarez entered in the second half of the Valencia game and still scored in the end.

Taking advantage of playing at home, Rayo was able to match Atletico Madrid and it can even be said that their statistics are superior, and Atletico Madrid also did not play badly, they seemed to be trying to win but Rayo was very tough.
Both teams were only able to score goals in the first half
I think this draw is quite fair because overall both teams played well.
Julian Alvarez so far he has only scored one goal during the 6 matches that ATM has played in La Liga, he has not found his best game, or maybe he does not fit into the scheme run by Simeone.

[asriloni]

Girona has poor start this season and this weekend they were received 3rd loses during this season from Valencia and this result is makes them only can occupy 12th place on League standing because Girona only can collect 7 points from 5 matches in Laliga and this very different if we compared to their performance for last season because on season 2023/2024 at the beginning of season Girona can occupy first place

Actually if we see from Girona transfer lists they didn't losing many players this summer even Girona has very active to bought the players to strengthen their squad but seems the new players still unable to adapt well and this makes Girona still unable to in form this season and if i am not mistaken this thursday Girona will facing Rayo at their home and they should be utilize this match to bounce back and return to the winning ways

What are you expecting from Girona? They have lost a lot of their key players. They are starting from scratch again.

Also, you missed the key point on their transfer. They lost all of the players who have strong chemistry, which makes them struggle now.



They missed Dovbyk, Pau, Eric, Alex, Savinho, Pablo Torre, even Yan Couto. They lost all of their key players who made them finish at top 4 last season.

It makes me lost my optmisim for them. They're mid table team now.

[Akbarkoe]

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I really appreciate Barcelona's game under Hansi Flick's guidance in several matches played at the beginning of this season, of course it is not easy with the many problems experienced by Barcelona in the last season of course it is difficult to do by clubs that are in a slump like Barcelona regarding their finances in finances, Hansi Flick provides a good mix for his squad which is in accordance with the tactics given to his players so it is natural that this season they really amaze all football circles and...

It has to be said that under the management of Hansi Flick, Barcelona look like they can come back very strongly in La Liga and in Europe. Flick has managed to build tactics around his team and bring back Barcelona as one of the big dominants in La Liga. However, when brought onto a bigger stage like the Champions League, this surprising defeat against AS Monaco shows that there is still much left for Barcelona to enhance.

The way they have been playing in their domestic league is quite good enough, but this defeat acts as an eye-opener that European competition needs high levels of consistency plus readiness in tactics and mentality. I feel that Barcelona should keep on improving, and if they are to make a real statement that they are still a major force in Europe, they have to also strengthen their squad. Yes, winning La Liga is important, but the Champions League is the competition where they have to win to show greatness.

[Out of mind]

I was surprised with seeing Atletico Madrid lose points last night. Actually they scored the equalizer quite early in the second half. But there was still no goal in the remaining half... 

Simeone continues to give Alvarez lots of chances to see his improvement. But unfortunately he couldn't make any impact on the game despite playing for the whole game. But he scored against Valencia previously so I hope he will get better slowly. I don't know maybe it is better to start with Griezmann instead while he is in a much better shape. Alvarez entered in the second half of the Valencia game and still scored in the end.

Taking advantage of playing at home, Rayo was able to match Atletico Madrid and it can even be said that their statistics are superior, and Atletico Madrid also did not play badly, they seemed to be trying to win but Rayo was very tough.
Both teams were only able to score goals in the first half
I think this draw is quite fair because overall both teams played well.
Julian Alvarez so far he has only scored one goal during the 6 matches that ATM has played in La Liga, he has not found his best game, or maybe he does not fit into the scheme run by Simeone.

Atlético Madrid in comparison I think played their best performance against Rayo Vallecano, otherwise they could have won. However, Rayo Vallecano played well and came out with their best performance, which led to a draw between the two teams and the two teams sharing the points. However, Julian Alvarez hasn't been at his best in the matches he has played for Atlético Madrid, which is fine, but maybe he will need some time to adapt to the team. If he can adjust his game well with Atlético Madrid, then he will show his best performance and play well.

[reagansimms]

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Ter Stegen's injury was very serious, he will be out for 8 months, the rest of the season. Flick is worried about this, now he needs to decide whether to trust Peña or urgently start looking for a new goalkeeper. At least for insurance, they will need another good goalkeeper. Peña played very well in the second half, in the next matches he will definitely be the main goalkeeper, this is his big chance to prove himself and get a place in the team. I remember the time when Ter Stegen was injured last season, it was a very difficult time for Barcelona.

Ter Stegen long injury means Barcelona have to think about an alternative goalkeeper for the rest of the season. According to Fifa rules, Barcelona can recruit a new goalkeeper from today if the player is unemployed or without a club, Keylor Navas could be an alternative because he is the only top goalkeeper who does not play for any club, but Barcelona will face a big obstacle to bring him in because he used to play for Real Madrid.
Claudio Bravo also offered himself to help Barcelona, ​​he would end his retirement if the club needed him. Barcelona must rely on Inaki Pena while Ter Stegen is injured or at least until an alternative goalkeeper is brought in, he is also a good backup and has proven his ability in the Xavi era. Of course, Ter Stegen's injury is a blessing for him to show his ability.

Source: Fabrizio Romano

[Frankolala]

Girona has poor start this season and this weekend they were received 3rd loses during this season from Valencia and this result is makes them only can occupy 12th place on League standing because Girona only can collect 7 points from 5 matches in Laliga and this very different if we compared to their performance for last season because on season 2023/2024 at the beginning of season Girona can occupy first place

Actually if we see from Girona transfer lists they didn't losing many players this summer even Girona has very active to bought the players to strengthen their squad but seems the new players still unable to adapt well and this makes Girona still unable to in form this season and if i am not mistaken this thursday Girona will facing Rayo at their home and they should be utilize this match to bounce back and return to the winning ways

What are you expecting from Girona? They have lost a lot of their key players. They are starting from scratch again.

Also, you missed the key point on their transfer. They lost all of the players who have strong chemistry, which makes them struggle now.

They missed Dovbyk, Pau, Eric, Alex, Savinho, Pablo Torre, even Yan Couto. They lost all of their key players who made them finish at top 4 last season.

It makes me lost my optmisim for them. They're mid table team now.

That serves them right because I don't know why a club will sell all their key players who made them finish at third place last season and qualify for UCL, when they know that UCL is a big competition and they need to those players in order for them to be able to go far in UCL. Rather they sold the players and think that magic will happen this season.

If it that the management doesn't know the importance of having good players or they were after money thinking that they have arrived and that shows how unserious they are on winning the league because they don't have the zeal and passion to be Laliga winners someday.

[Marvell1]

Real Madrid definitely got a great win again, they are on a roll and doing very well, I think whatever was missing from the team at the start of the season, they are getting better. Jude is back as well, which is awesome for them and I am sure that they are going to end up with a great contribution from him as well. They are playing some young kids like Guler and Endrick as well at times and getting some decent contributions from them too, so I am assuming that we are going to see this team changing on the long run, and will be a great situation for Real Madrid.
Barcelona on the other hand failed to win against Monaco, if they end up doing the same thing at La Liga, they may actually lose their advantage over Real Madrid and put themselves at risk.

Real Madrid played really well, I can't say that I like their style of play this season. But they were very good in yesterday's match. They used more than 30 shots, played a very dominant game and managed to win the match 4-1.
On the other hand, Barcelona managed to beat their opponent by 5 goals. We are still watching one of the teams that has had one of its best seasons so far, Real Madrid will have a hard time

It was definitely a good win for Real Madrid and I like how aggressive they were in this match. I understand that the opponent was not a big one. Actually, Espanyol just got promoted this season if I recall correctly. So it was only expected from Real Madrid to perform and win this match very easily.

I also think that probably Real Madrid shouldn’t have conceded the one goal. Probably should have kept a clean sheet. maybe Thibaut Courtois gifted that OG to Espanyol. But it is what it is. What matter matters is that they have been able to get three points from this match.


https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240923-madrid-s-many-styles-key-to-unbeaten-streak-ancelotti

Probably in this season, there is going to be another competition between Barcelona and Real Madrid for the La Liga title. Ancelotti is on fire.
I hope Atlético Madrid will join the party as well, all of these 3 team successfully keeping their unbeaten streak. Still early stages in the season though.

[abhiseshakana]

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Ter Stegen's injury was very serious, he will be out for 8 months, the rest of the season. Flick is worried about this, now he needs to decide whether to trust Peña or urgently start looking for a new goalkeeper. At least for insurance, they will need another good goalkeeper. Peña played very well in the second half, in the next matches he will definitely be the main goalkeeper, this is his big chance to prove himself and get a place in the team. I remember the time when Ter Stegen was injured last season, it was a very difficult time for Barcelona.

Ter Stegen long injury means Barcelona have to think about an alternative goalkeeper for the rest of the season. According to Fifa rules, Barcelona can recruit a new goalkeeper from today if the player is unemployed or without a club, Keylor Navas could be an alternative because he is the only top goalkeeper who does not play for any club, but Barcelona will face a big obstacle to bring him in because he used to play for Real Madrid.
Claudio Bravo also offered himself to help Barcelona, ​​he would end his retirement if the club needed him. Barcelona must rely on Inaki Pena while Ter Stegen is injured or at least until an alternative goalkeeper is brought in, he is also a good backup and has proven his ability in the Xavi era. Of course, Ter Stegen's injury is a blessing for him to show his ability.

Source: Fabrizio Romano

Andre Ter Stegen's injury could possibly be a serious problem for their defense, especially if Barcelona does not have a suitable replacement goalkeeper. They may still have Inaki Pena, but I doubt his performances will be enough to replace Ter Stegen. He only played 10 times in La Liga last season and his performance isn't really impressive (17 goals conceded in 10 appearances). It's quite unfortunate that De Gea received a contract from Fiorentina last August, otherwise, De Gea could have been an option for Barcelona.

[Pokapoka124]

Espanyol must be regretful for scoring that goal first.    That was the thing to fire up Real Madrid players to win by a big score like 4-1. By the way I think the last penalty call was just ridiculous. The defender started to pull Endrick from the shirt way before and even Endrick started to fall outside of the penalty area. What is this nonsense decision?  

Yeah maybe Real Madrid were still going to be the winner most probably. But I just want to underline the importance of referee decisions. Even in VAR's existence this kind of huge mistakes are still made, such a disgrace...

Doesn't make sense? Okay let's cut it to 3-1 and still win, right? Regardless of the foul or not, Espanyol defenders should have been more careful when marking their opponents near the penalty box, because the long whistle can make it all difficult to accept. They were under pressure and didn't realize that even the slightest mistake could be fatal if not controlled. Espanyol lost and they deserved it, Madrid still won without the need for an additional goal from a penalty. Every match there is always a controversial policy even though there is VAR, you must have seen that often and I think Espanyol have accepted their defeat.

Espanyol played well but I think they would be regretting their decision to ahead in the game. Real Madrid need to work on their first half performances because I have noticed this season that it is in the second half that they score goals. They might not be always lucky getiing tge goals in the second half rather it is better to secure the win from the first whistle and weaken the opposition team’s morale. The issue of officiating and VAR inefficiency just keeps piling up and nothing is being done about it.

[Palakka]

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Ter Stegen's injury was very serious, he will be out for 8 months, the rest of the season. Flick is worried about this, now he needs to decide whether to trust Peña or urgently start looking for a new goalkeeper. At least for insurance, they will need another good goalkeeper. Peña played very well in the second half, in the next matches he will definitely be the main goalkeeper, this is his big chance to prove himself and get a place in the team. I remember the time when Ter Stegen was injured last season, it was a very difficult time for Barcelona.

Ter Stegen long injury means Barcelona have to think about an alternative goalkeeper for the rest of the season. According to Fifa rules, Barcelona can recruit a new goalkeeper from today if the player is unemployed or without a club, Keylor Navas could be an alternative because he is the only top goalkeeper who does not play for any club, but Barcelona will face a big obstacle to bring him in because he used to play for Real Madrid.
Claudio Bravo also offered himself to help Barcelona, ​​he would end his retirement if the club needed him. Barcelona must rely on Inaki Pena while Ter Stegen is injured or at least until an alternative goalkeeper is brought in, he is also a good backup and has proven his ability in the Xavi era. Of course, Ter Stegen's injury is a blessing for him to show his ability.

Source: Fabrizio Romano

Ter Stegen has been an important pillar for Barcelona in recent seasons, since signing from Mönchengladbach in 2014 and he can become Barcelona main goalkeeper after his impressive performance so he is irreplaceable although the change of coach of Barcelona has occurred several times so far, losing Ter Stegen will obviously be a big loss for Barcelona who are indeed in a positive trend at the moment, Although they still have Inaki Pena as the second goalkeeper but I think he will not be as tough as Ter Stegen if he plays in a crucial match, looking for a new goalkeeper with free transfer status at this time may be a solution for Barcelona but still there will be a lot of time that they have to spend in finding the right goalkeeper, besides that bringing in a new goalkeeper will actually destroy the mentality that Inaki Pena currently has as a reserve goalkeeper,Because if Barcelona brings in a new goalkeeper, isn't that a form of Barcelona distrust of the Inaki Pena?

Barcelona are able to maintain a winning streak in the league and as I have said before, if there is no stronger team than Barcelona at the moment then the storm of injuries will certainly be a stumbling block for Barcelona in La Liga, because the limited squad owned by Barcelona is one of the weaknesses that can destroy their dream of winning the championship trophy this season.

[Lida93]

I was surprised with seeing Atletico Madrid lose points last night. Actually they scored the equalizer quite early in the second half. But there was still no goal in the remaining half... 

Simeone continues to give Alvarez lots of chances to see his improvement. But unfortunately he couldn't make any impact on the game despite playing for the whole game. But he scored against Valencia previously so I hope he will get better slowly. I don't know maybe it is better to start with Griezmann instead while he is in a much better shape. Alvarez entered in the second half of the Valencia game and still scored in the end.

For me, I wasn't really surprised seeing Atletico Madrid drop points because Rayo Vallecano could be a very dangerous side to face, they have a great defensive line up and that's why Atletico Madrid couldn't really penetrate their defense despite getting the equalizer earlier in the second half,

And I think the Rayo Vallecano coach should be applauded for deploying such a defensive and attacking tactics that was able to prevent Atletico's attackers from overwhelming Rayo's defense and at the same time kept pushing forward thereby keeping Atletico at bay.

Julian Alvarez and Antoine Griezmann weren't at their exact best in that match and I think coach Diego Simeone should have included Antoine Griezmann in the starting lineup and this may have had a different impact on the score line.

[Nanga Parbat]

I was surprised with seeing Atletico Madrid lose points last night. Actually they scored the equalizer quite early in the second half. But there was still no goal in the remaining half... 

Simeone continues to give Alvarez lots of chances to see his improvement. But unfortunately he couldn't make any impact on the game despite playing for the whole game. But he scored against Valencia previously so I hope he will get better slowly. I don't know maybe it is better to start with Griezmann instead while he is in a much better shape. Alvarez entered in the second half of the Valencia game and still scored in the end.

It is a pity because Atletico Madrid, who are a very good team, will lose the match.  And recently I watched their match where they won.  If they had done it with full effort, there was hope that it could have been done, but in many places the players give up their courage because of the fear that the goal is not scored, then it doesn't matter.  Although they should not do that, if they play the match with their hard work and courage, then they will definitely win the match.  It is their bad luck that they could not prove themselves.  And such opportunities are few and far between and given by fewer teams.  If they were to prove it, the benefits would be great for them.  Yes it is also if they can't then it will be their fault because they have got many opportunities and teams get better after losing some matches and now it is up to them to see who they improve themselves and become stronger.  are  When they got a chance, they scored a goal or where they worked hard and improvised and scored a goal.

[hahay]

This is a very bad news for Marc Ter Stegan and Barcelona as a club. The German international have been one of the most outstanding footballers in the the club for the last decade and the only member of the squad that won the UEFA Champions League title in 2015 for Barcelona that's still playing for the Catalonian club. Barcelona will now finish the rest of the first half of the season with  their second choice goalkeeper while they wait for the January transfer window to get another goalkeeper. Hopefully for them, they continue to deliver great performances in the league as well as improve their results in Europe.

a pretty serious injury and there is no option for Flick to rely on the goalkeepers available on the team. So far Marc Ter Stegan has always been the main choice and maybe it could be an opportunity for Inaki Pena Sotorres to show his abilities to Flick.
last season he also lost to Marc Ter Stegan and only got a few minutes to play. and now he has to show his quality and answer the trust of all teams.
let's see how his performance is in Barcelona's next matches. Marc Ter Stegan conceded 5 times in 6 matches. hopefully, Inaki Pena Sotorres can make a better performance.

I personally did not watch the match live, so I do not know for sure how the injury incident occurred. But from several sources that I got, at least I got information about the incident of the injury such as jumping or stepping on his feet uncomfortably or not perfectly. Thus, ter Stegen was injured but even so, I think Barcelona's defense line will still be able to play well or remain strong. Because after all,  in the match, Villarreal who played at home were also only able to score one goal in the first half.

That means, when Barcelona played Inaki Pena, in reality Villarreal were also unable to score a goal  in the second half when Barcelona played Inaki Pena. But indeed, because Barcelona also played well, it was difficult for Villarreal to launch an attack in the match. Also, for the next few Barcelona matches, at least it can still be said Bercelona to get opponents who are not difficult, before playing against Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Thus, Inaki Pena  should be able to play with good results for several matches before Barcelona plays against Bayern Munich later.