La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25

[Velvet78]

Also, the bad thing is that the game makes us lose our main goalkeeper, Courtois. That game cost us a lot.

Really? Man, I'm really sorry about him.    Because you know how long he stayed away from football in the previous season. He barely caught up with the end of the season. Now there is another threat for Real Madrid.

Now I have done some research and they say his return is unknown for now. I hope it wouldn't be another long-running injury. They still have Lunin who can be reliable but Courtois is something else...


Barcelona learned the feeling of a loss in a hard way previously. But they still moved on with a strong mental and demolished Young Boys by 5-0. Next time they face Alaves away. I think Barcelona will start winning right away in the league again. Do you expect the opposite? 

[Litzki1990]

Barcelona players, are they serious? Ofcourse they're serious and determined, but though they've encountered hurdles, passing through them was not easy but definitely triggered winning results. Bouncing back on track, Barcelona just have what it takes to prevail in good moments. Thrashing Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League already showed their priority and potential to explore next season. The UEFA Champions League is top league, we watched the fierce performance of these clubs. Barcelona headcoach, Hansi Flick is world class coach, he knows what he's doing and absolutely going for the best results during his charge in Camp Nou.

You are right Barcelona determination is impressive. They have faced problems but bounced back strongly showing they can succeed. Their big win over Young Boys in Champions League shows they are focused and ready for next season. The Champions League brings out best in top teams. With Hansi Flick as coach Barcelona is in good hands. He is excellent coach who knows how to win. Flick leadership and team talent mean Barcelona will have great season. They have what it takes to be champions.

This matter of Barcelona always surprises me, if we compare each season with these two teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid, all together we put Real Madrid far ahead of Barcelona, but every season we see that Barcelona has more points in the local league than Real Madrid. The same is happening in the local league this season. So far Barcelona has played as many matches in La Liga as Real Madrid has played the same number of matches as Barcelona, the only difference between the two teams is points. Barcelona's points gap with Real Madrid is 3. In addition to performing well in La Liga this season, I see Barcelona performing fairly well in the Champions League as well.

[cryptoWODL]

Barcelona players, are they serious? Ofcourse they're serious and determined, but though they've encountered hurdles, passing through them was not easy but definitely triggered winning results. Bouncing back on track, Barcelona just have what it takes to prevail in good moments. Thrashing Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League already showed their priority and potential to explore next season. The UEFA Champions League is top league, we watched the fierce performance of these clubs. Barcelona headcoach, Hansi Flick is world class coach, he knows what he's doing and absolutely going for the best results during his charge in Camp Nou.

You are right Barcelona determination is impressive. They have faced problems but bounced back strongly showing they can succeed. Their big win over Young Boys in Champions League shows they are focused and ready for next season. The Champions League brings out best in top teams. With Hansi Flick as coach Barcelona is in good hands. He is excellent coach who knows how to win. Flick leadership and team talent mean Barcelona will have great season. They have what it takes to be champions.

This matter of Barcelona always surprises me, if we compare each season with these two teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid, all together we put Real Madrid far ahead of Barcelona, but every season we see that Barcelona has more points in the local league than Real Madrid. The same is happening in the local league this season. So far Barcelona has played as many matches in La Liga as Real Madrid has played the same number of matches as Barcelona, the only difference between the two teams is points. Barcelona's points gap with Real Madrid is 3. In addition to performing well in La Liga this season, I see Barcelona performing fairly well in the Champions League as well.

In the past we did not see much difference between these two teams because in the past these two teams were equally strong in all aspects. But there are many differences between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the moment which we have been seeing for years. Maybe the new coach of Barcelona is trying to make Barca strong again. Perhaps he is slowly succeeding in his endeavors as a result of which Barcelona are already at the top of the standings after winning several matches in La Liga.But if you say that Barca are doing well in the Champions League, maybe that is not entirely correct.

Because we saw them lose the first match of the Champions League and lose full points, but in yesterday's match they gave an incredible performance especially the performance of older Lewandowski was outstanding. He scored pair of goals which were instrumental for his side, as Barcelona secured their first win in this season's UEFA Champions League.

[bitLeap]

Also, the bad thing is that the game makes us lose our main goalkeeper, Courtois. That game cost us a lot.

Really? Man, I'm really sorry about him.    Because you know how long he stayed away from football in the previous season. He barely caught up with the end of the season. Now there is another threat for Real Madrid.

Now I have done some research and they say his return is unknown for now. I hope it wouldn't be another long-running injury. They still have Lunin who can be reliable but Courtois is something else...

But last season also without Courtois, Real Madrid still managed to win the UCL and La Liga trophies with Lunin. So for now even though the situation will make him absent again for quite a long time, Lunin is ready to carry out the same great goalkeeper duties. What I am most worried about is not how long he will be out but will he come back after the injury? I mean Lunin is waiting for the position as the main goalkeeper, the opportunity always goes away and now Lunin is given another opportunity that will make him better. Courtois will have even less chance if he is injured for too long.

[Obari]

Also, the bad thing is that the game makes us lose our main goalkeeper, Courtois. That game cost us a lot.

Thibaut Courtois out and Real Madrid have second choice that's enchanced with potential goal-keeping abilities. Andriy Lunin, he deliver Real Madrid last season in La Liga and also in the UEFA Champions League, he was rated low and underestimated because it was his first time been available to take up from where Courtois stopped, and he didn't relent, he accumulate sufficient accolades for himself and the beliefs and high trust on him, it means he's absolutely the main man to fit into the backup replacement of first choice. Carlo Ancelotti knows exactly what he's doing, why didn't he loaned Andriy Lunin this summer to any elite club? Because there were relevant offers coming for the Ukraine international, he managed to declined all of them and have Lunin sitting on the bench, not having regular playing time and this was major hurdle for the goal keeper.

It's only fair that these injured players have quick recovery because they ought to bounce back to games especially elite ones. Perhaps this is another golden opportunity for the goal keeper to prove himself once again as he did previous season. Real Madrid have explored everywhere this season, they're the best club in La Liga with having magnificent archives collections of major trophies won over the decades.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Also, the bad thing is that the game makes us lose our main goalkeeper, Courtois. That game cost us a lot.

Really? Man, I'm really sorry about him.    Because you know how long he stayed away from football in the previous season. He barely caught up with the end of the season. Now there is another threat for Real Madrid.

Now I have done some research and they say his return is unknown for now. I hope it wouldn't be another long-running injury. They still have Lunin who can be reliable but Courtois is something else...

Courtois got injury on abductor muscle of his left leg. That happened caused by he pulled a muscle when he jumped to catch a ball in the air. And it most likely he needs 2 weeks - 8 weeks to recover. I hope speedy recovery of him.

It's time for Lunin to come back.

[Altryist]

Really? Man, I'm really sorry about him.    Because you know how long he stayed away from football in the previous season. He barely caught up with the end of the season. Now there is another threat for Real Madrid.

Now I have done some research and they say his return is unknown for now. I hope it wouldn't be another long-running injury. They still have Lunin who can be reliable but Courtois is something else...

Available sources say that his injury is not so serious and he should return soon, but let's wait for some official statements, if his injury turns out to be more serious than initially expected, then we will find out about it soon. By the way, after the match with Atletico, Semione said that Courtois himself provoked their fans, and this could lead to some kind of suspension of Courtois for several matches, although this may just be Semione's wishes, which will simply remain his unfulfilled hopes. The Madrid derby cannot be an easy confrontation, you must always be prepared for this.

[armanda90]

Courtois got injury on abductor muscle of his left leg. That happened caused by he pulled a muscle when he jumped to catch a ball in the air. And it most likely he needs 2 weeks - 8 weeks to recover. I hope speedy recovery of him.

It's time for Lunin to come back.

Regarding from Real Madrid official announcement, Thibaut Courtois will out for two weeks later and firstly absent for the UEFA Champion League match against Lille and two matches in domestic league facing Villareal and Celta Vigo. But its the early releasing have possibility with Thibaut Courtois will return back to training more early or have bad possibility absent more than two weeks later.
Actually Madrid have good back up goal keeper considering last season when Thibaut Courtois absent almost one season but Andriy Lunin can play well success bring Madrid to UEFA Champion League final.

In this season, Thibaut Courtois have played 9 matches all competition for Real Madrid and Carlo Ancelotti keep trust him for all matches but during his injury give good opportunity for Andry Lunin make debut in this season and Champion League match facing Lille become his first appearance.

[Spaceman1000$]

Also, the bad thing is that the game makes us lose our main goalkeeper, Courtois. That game cost us a lot.

Really? Man, I'm really sorry about him.    Because you know how long he stayed away from football in the previous season. He barely caught up with the end of the season. Now there is another threat for Real Madrid.

Now I have done some research and they say his return is unknown for now. I hope it wouldn't be another long-running injury. They still have Lunin who can be reliable but Courtois is something else...


Barcelona learned the feeling of a loss in a hard way previously. But they still moved on with a strong mental and demolished Young Boys by 5-0. Next time they face Alaves away. I think Barcelona will start winning right away in the league again. Do you expect the opposite? 

I really feel sorry for what's happening to Thibaut Courtois this season seeing him facing another injury so early this season after returning from the previous one before the end of last season, I wish its not as bad as it seems and I wish him a speedy recovery as soon as possible and I hope that Lunin would be as good as he was last season to help the club on their bid to retain both the UEFA champions league and their Spanish la Liga title respectively. For Barcelona, it's really interesting to see how they are performing this season, the level of their mentality is quite stunning, because everybody would have expected them to be on low morale after that loss at Osasuna but they came back better and stronger trashing  young boys of Switzerland by a wooping 5 goals margin, this is exactly what has been missing in this Barcelona team for a long time and coach Hansi Flick has finally restored back that confidence in the squad.

[bastisisca]

Good performance and the good result so far from Barcelona and Flick considering the players they have in this team Flick had an epic performance in Barcelona but still I'm a hundred percent sure that Barcelona will lose points this season because they won't have enough experienced players in this team to help Barcelona in the harder situation and they have many injured.
The good side of the story about Barcelona is they can now have more hope in the next weeks when players like De Jong and Gavi return to the squad again.

Yes, true, I must say that he is playing well without using too much energy, trying to conserve energy for other matches and for the future.
Let's say that Flick is very good at this, dosing without exaggerating. There's no point in spending so much effort to win big when you can achieve easy and comfortable victories without getting too tired.
He has a lot of experience.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Yes, true, I must say that he is playing well without using too much energy, trying to conserve energy for other matches and for the future.
Let's say that Flick is very good at this, dosing without exaggerating. There's no point in spending so much effort to win big when you can achieve easy and comfortable victories without getting too tired.
He has a lot of experience.

Flick does not need to force his players to score more goals in one game because the most important thing is that they can get three points even if they only win 1-0 in the game. Spending energy chasing a big win will affect the players because what is feared is that they will get injured so that in the next game Flick will have enough trouble rotating them.

The depth of the squad that Barcelona has is not very good and when some of the main players get injured it will affect them. Ensuring three points is much more important than scoring a lot of goals and I think that's what he needs to think about.

[Palakka]

Yes, true, I must say that he is playing well without using too much energy, trying to conserve energy for other matches and for the future.
Let's say that Flick is very good at this, dosing without exaggerating. There's no point in spending so much effort to win big when you can achieve easy and comfortable victories without getting too tired.
He has a lot of experience.

Flick does not need to force his players to score more goals in one game because the most important thing is that they can get three points even if they only win 1-0 in the game. Spending energy chasing a big win will affect the players because what is feared is that they will get injured so that in the next game Flick will have enough trouble rotating them.

The depth of the squad that Barcelona has is not very good and when some of the main players get injured it will affect them. Ensuring three points is much more important than scoring a lot of goals and I think that's what he needs to think about.

It's very important for hansi flick to continue to be able to rotate his players and that he has to do at the moment with the depth of the squad being too vulnerable after some of his players are injured, in the last few games they has loss some key players and that is a loss that they should have been able to prevent from the beginning, I think to continue to be title contenders of course they have to continue to be consistent in getting points in every game.  So doing rotation is one way to maintain performance and also avoid injuries to the main players, but the defeat that occurred against Osasuna certainly made Hansi Flick aware that backing up the main squad is also very risky at this time, so I think that conditions faced by Hansi Flick today are quite complicated to choose their players to avoid injury or also the risk of losing by playing the second tier squad.

[Marykeller]

Three points and five goals, It's amazing... the fans can sleep peacefully tonight
Now Hansi should be happy but Hansi being Hansi, his face remained flat and he always remained humble.
In this game, Ansu Fati and Frenkie de Jong returned to the pitch after being injured for months. Good sign.
And Rapinha is the player who has improved the most under Hansi. IMO
Hat trick vs Real Valladolid, two goals vs Villarreal, and now a goal and an assist in a Champions League game that Barcelona won.

Hansi Flick will make Barcelona great again...

It is undeniable that Hansi Flick has been quite successful in making the Barcelona team much better this season and what has been proven is real evidence that Barcelona is developing very well now, winning in La Liga and also in the Champion League but apart from that the most important thing is that we can see Barcelona's performance which is much more developed so that they can get a satisfying final result.

Barcelona's big win in the Champion League match after losing in the previous match in La Liga proves that the Barcelona team has a strong mentality so that whatever bad results they receive do not affect the next match, that is a success from Hansi Flick in building this team.

It's becoming pretty clear that Barcelona under Hansi Flick is on fire with good performance that someone can boldly state that they can be the main Laliga leagues contestants of the league title; for the Champions League title, they might reach the semi-finals.
Currently, only two matches have been lost(one Laliga and one Champions League) since Hansi Flick took over Barcelona as head coach. Nobody is talking about the financial problems of Barcelona again that we thought would be a hindrance to Barcelona players given their best in the field of play

[Lida93]

Flick himself admitted that this time his team did not play well, and that was indeed his responsibility, he said not to blame his players because they had played a lot, and he was responsible for their defeat.

And in the end, Flick needed to get back on track in the UCL with this big win.

Source: Barça vs Young Boys

Barcelona players, are they serious? Ofcourse they're serious and determined, but though they've encountered hurdles, passing through them was not easy but definitely triggered winning results. Bouncing back on track, Barcelona just have what it takes to prevail in good moments. Thrashing Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League already showed their priority and potential to explore next season. The UEFA Champions League is top league, we watched the fierce performance of these clubs. Barcelona headcoach, Hansi Flick is world class coach, he knows what he's doing and absolutely going for the best results during his charge in Camp Nou.

It is quite impressive to see Barcelona getting back to what they used to be back in their glorious days when they used to dominate European football. I just have to attribute all of these successes to coach Hansi Flick who transformed the team with his philosophy and has also instilled in the squad a very strong mentality which was why they were able to come out of a disgraceful defeat against Osasuna to beat the Young boys of Bern by 5goals to nill, it goes a long way to show that Barcelona have improved in all ramification and are ready to contend both in the Laliga and in Europe.

[Chilwell]

FC Barcelona and Wojciech Szczęsny have reached an agreement for the goalkeeper to join the Club until 30 June 2025.

The Polish keeper comes to the Club in unusual circumstances but there is no doubt that his CV speaks for itself. During his career, which appeared to have come to an end in the summer, he has played at top clubs such as Arsenal, Roma and Juventus since leaving his home town of Warsaw at the age of 16.

Heir to Buffon at Juventus
In London with Arsenal, following a loan spell with Brentford, Szczęsny established himself as number one and won two FA Cups and a Community Shield with the Gunners. From the Premier League he made to the move to Italy and AS Roma, consolidating his reputation as one of the most consistent goalkeepers in European Football. From the capital he then moved to Juventus to replace departing legend Gianluigi Buffon between the posts.

Source link: https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/4138532/fc-barcelona-sign-wojciech-szczesny

[hahay]

Good performance and the good result so far from Barcelona and Flick considering the players they have in this team Flick had an epic performance in Barcelona but still I'm a hundred percent sure that Barcelona will lose points this season because they won't have enough experienced players in this team to help Barcelona in the harder situation and they have many injured.
The good side of the story about Barcelona is they can now have more hope in the next weeks when players like De Jong and Gavi return to the squad again.

Yes, true, I must say that he is playing well without using too much energy, trying to conserve energy for other matches and for the future.
Let's say that Flick is very good at this, dosing without exaggerating. There's no point in spending so much effort to win big when you can achieve easy and comfortable victories without getting too tired.
He has a lot of experience.

In essence, Hansi Flick has really managed to restore and improve the quality of Barcelona's performance, even though this is his first season at Barcelona, ​​but Hansi Flick does not seem to have many obstacles because after all, Hansi Flick is able to overcome every challenge well. Although indeed, to maintain the good results in every match throughout the season is difficult to do, so it is natural that over time Barcelona may also experience defeat in La Liga and that is natural to happen.

But at least, even though there is still a chance for Barcelona to lose, Barcelona also has points that make it at the top of the standings. So, if they only get a few defeats I'm sure it won't be a problem because they will still be able to be at the top of the standings. However, if they get consecutive defeats and find it difficult to rise then that will be a problem of course, but for now I personally believe that Hansi Flick will be able to keep Barcelona strong at the top of the La Liga standings and to improve their position in the Champions League standings too.

[Frankolala]

Barcelona players, are they serious? Ofcourse they're serious and determined, but though they've encountered hurdles, passing through them was not easy but definitely triggered winning results. Bouncing back on track, Barcelona just have what it takes to prevail in good moments. Thrashing Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League already showed their priority and potential to explore next season. The UEFA Champions League is top league, we watched the fierce performance of these clubs. Barcelona headcoach, Hansi Flick is world class coach, he knows what he's doing and absolutely going for the best results during his charge in Camp Nou.

You are right Barcelona determination is impressive. They have faced problems but bounced back strongly showing they can succeed. Their big win over Young Boys in Champions League shows they are focused and ready for next season. The Champions League brings out best in top teams. With Hansi Flick as coach Barcelona is in good hands. He is excellent coach who knows how to win. Flick leadership and team talent mean Barcelona will have great season. They have what it takes to be champions.

This matter of Barcelona always surprises me, if we compare each season with these two teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid, all together we put Real Madrid far ahead of Barcelona, but every season we see that Barcelona has more points in the local league than Real Madrid. The same is happening in the local league this season. So far Barcelona has played as many matches in La Liga as Real Madrid has played the same number of matches as Barcelona, the only difference between the two teams is points. Barcelona's points gap with Real Madrid is 3. In addition to performing well in La Liga this season, I see Barcelona performing fairly well in the Champions League as well.

It is not always every season that Barcelona uses to be ahead of Real Madrid with points. Last season Real Madrid was ahead of Barcelona from the beginning of the season till the end of the season and it was only Girona that was able to be in the title race with Real Madrid for long.

Real Madrid had little challenges in the beginning of the season and that was because Mbappe was newly converted from a striker to a winger, and he was unable to adapt fully into the club game pattern but currently Real Madrid have overcome that challenge, and they are doing pretty good. Real Madrid have not lost any match since the beginning of this season, but Barcelona have lost one match against Osasuna. However, the league is still very early and any of them can win the league at the end of the season

[Luzin]

On the other hand, Real Madrid is in the midst of anxiety because Jude Bellingham, who was very productive last season, has not scored a single goal this season. Although his main job is not to score goals, Madrid's concerns are very reasonable because they have lost one of their goal sources.

If you look at the goal, it's not fair. Of the 4 La Liga matches he has played 350 minutes. The rest seem to be injured. From this condition we can see that there is a decrease in the number of games at the beginning, but in terms of minutes played, it is a good thing. This means that Belingham is still the main mainstay of Real Madrid.
It seems that the change in playing position also affects a little. The number of Madrid players who are injured makes players have to be able to be placed anywhere. This problem is what makes some Real Madrid players unable to perform optimally. For Endrick I understand that, but if he continues to play ineffectively he will be left out by Ancelotti.

[Salahmu]

Flick himself admitted that this time his team did not play well, and that was indeed his responsibility, he said not to blame his players because they had played a lot, and he was responsible for their defeat.

And in the end, Flick needed to get back on track in the UCL with this big win.

Source: Barça vs Young Boys

Lewandowski has not change at all, he has always maintain his title of scoring and the important role he plays, he was the first person that opens the scoring for Barcelona with the assist of Raphinha, actually I love the understanding they both have on that match and after there first goal Raphinha persisted and managed to score the second goal before Martínez had the last scoring of the first half, actually I can imagine how happy the management will be on Flick because the role he is playing in the club is what every management want on there club, however is good that his time on the club is still early so that by the time his two years contract will be exhausted the club would have been one of the strongest on the league.

[Ahli38]

Hansi Flick is not only good at exploiting the potential of young players there, but Hansi Flick is also good at exploiting the strengths of players who are no longer young at Barcelona, ​​namely Lewandowski, who suddenly became very sharp in attack. Currently, even in the Barcelona vs Young Boys match in the UCL, we saw that Lewandowski had managed to score another goal which made Barcelona now lead 1-0. And yes, when the players who are currently injured return, Barcelona's strength will be very difficult to stop. And if they are indeed targeting Greenwood then it is a good decision the club has taken. Currently, Barcelona will be the team that is truly the favorite to win the title in Laliga.

It must be admitted that so far Flick has brought Barcelona into a new era. Barcelona's game is more enthusiastic, continues to play fast and collectively Barcelona, ​​​​especially young and senior players are all compact.
To be honest, Barcelona has undergone major changes since being handled by Hansi Flick. He immediately implemented an attacking strategy in Barcelona. The tactics implemented by Flick can even revive the attackers who were considered to have failed, namely Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha. The two players immediately performed well under Hansi Flick's guidance, and the young players are also more mature.

All of this can happen because Flick made Barcelona dare to get out of the less effective game philosophy. Under Xavi, sometimes we see Barcelona waste a lot of momentum when there is open opponent space because there are too many left and right passes. Finally, the opposing team that was previously unorganized managed to improve its defense, finally unable to penetrate.

However, in the Flick era, even the smallest space is immediately utilized by Barca players and the passing pattern is carried out quickly and directly to the front. so that they can get many opportunities to score goals without waiting for the opponent to tidy up the defense. This kind of flick playing style is indeed suitable for today's football and hopefully the defeat to Osasuna last week can be a lesson so that it will not happen again in the next match so that they can compete closely with Real Madrid to win the La Liga trophy.

Before the season started, Hansi Flick had spoken about his desire to change the style of play in the Barcelona squad. And it seems like he really did this and the results as seen are very satisfying. In fact, in the UCL match against Young Boys, the team coached by Hansi Flick managed to score 5 goals against the opponent without giving the opponent any space to respond. And yes, in the Hansi Flick era, this team has become more able to take advantage of even the smallest opportunities well. They play with high effectiveness. And it seems like Flick's upcoming club's decision is the most correct one so far.

Barcelona's first defeat by Osasuna in Laliga is actually understandable. Because in this match Hansi Flick gave more playing time to the second tier players. And the main players are not given full time because they are being prepared for the UCL.