La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[JiiBs]

Hansi Flick really love Yamal and they can't bench him because is a key player for the club and without him Barcelona don't usually perform well because they is not a key player like him in the club and they need to find a replacement for the boy so that he won't be feelings is self in the clubs. I don't really like the boy because the way he speak to is legend sometimes, but I see he as calm down very well, he is maintaining is self very well.

My Man AGogi you’re wrong here, he might be a key player but he’s not the only one and saying there’s no one better than him is also not true as a matter of fact the most important player is Raphinha but he’s not getting the praise and hype he should even before last season when Barça struggled Raphinha was the best and carried Barça through that season but unfortunately he’s wasn’t recognised and honoured as he should.
Lamine Yamal is good and skilful but Raphinha is the heart and force of the entire team. Anybody is permitted to think otherwise

Come on man, just how are you coming up with this… Raphinha to be more important than Yamal in the Barcelona team as we have it now?

It’s undeniable that team work outshines individual brilliance or skill but, if we are to match the effectiveness of these two on the team, Yamal outshines them all by quite a lot. He is hyped for sure but, he delivers on most of it. Games where his absent, you would find the bookies being really generous with the odds as compared to when Raphinha plays. With Yamal on the pitch, you can as well expect anything at anytime but, the same can’t be said for Raphinha

Yamal might be young but, his the most influential player on that team as it is.

[Agbe]

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Lamine Yamal have reduced his inflow of attending interviews because that's really setting things ablaze for him. The Spaniard is a brave lad in European football. At his age, he already started coming out to show the world the kind of stuff he's made up of. Lamine Yamal will always prevail among his circle because he's the very best among them. Lamine Yamal is also a prominent player for Barcelona, and he's liked by everyone. Talking about Lamine facing challenges, he will surpassed it.

It's good that Yamal is reducing the time he is giving to the media because, off recent there has been a lot of negative controversy surrounding him. Staying off the media space will allow him to concentrate and play to his fullest so this is One. Yamal is a young player that still has time on his side if he can bring his head down and leave some of these things it will be good for his career.

[Cossyblack]

Hansi Flick really love Yamal and they can't bench him because is a key player for the club and without him Barcelona don't usually perform well because they is not a key player like him in the club and they need to find a replacement for the boy so that he won't be feelings is self in the clubs. I don't really like the boy because the way he speak to is legend sometimes, but I see he as calm down very well, he is maintaining is self very well.

Hansi Flick loves and respect all his players not just Yamal alone. Yamal isn't the most important player as every player is important to the team. If not for the assist from his team mates, Yamal wouldn't shine in Barcelona. Yamal goals is as a result of the assists he gets.
Raphinha or Rashford can fill in as a replacement for Yamal, I don't see him more special than the rest of the team. I think Raphinha plays better than yamal, only that people don't see it.  The reason why Barcelona performance reduce drastically is because of Raphinha absence.

[KingsDen]

Hansi Flick really love Yamal and they can't bench him because is a key player for the club and without him Barcelona don't usually perform well because they is not a key player like him in the club and they need to find a replacement for the boy so that he won't be feelings is self in the clubs. I don't really like the boy because the way he speak to is legend sometimes, but I see he as calm down very well, he is maintaining is self very well.

Hansi Flick loves and respect all his players not just Yamal alone. Yamal isn't the most important player as every player is important to the team. If not for the assist from his team mates, Yamal wouldn't shine in Barcelona. Yamal goals is as a result of the assists he gets.
Raphinha or Rashford can fill in as a replacement for Yamal, I don't see him more special than the rest of the team. I think Raphinha plays better than yamal, only that people don't see it.  The reason why Barcelona performance reduce drastically is because of Raphinha absence.

Barcelona got it wrong when they started projecting Yamal over Raphinha in the last Balloon d'Or. So, you don't expect that Raphinha should be considered as the most important player in Barcelona when it was Yamal that is the second best. So, let's not argue the fact, Yamal is the most important player for Barcelona.

Talking about his behaviour and disrespecting legends, I think Yamal is still a kid, under 20 and Ronaldo quite understood it, that's why he didn't take offense about it. He will grow to mature in understanding.

[Victorybit1]

Hansi Flick really love Yamal and they can't bench him because is a key player for the club and without him Barcelona don't usually perform well because they is not a key player like him in the club and they need to find a replacement for the boy so that he won't be feelings is self in the clubs. I don't really like the boy because the way he speak to is legend sometimes, but I see he as calm down very well, he is maintaining is self very well.

Hansi Flick loves and respect all his players not just Yamal alone. Yamal isn't the most important player as every player is important to the team. If not for the assist from his team mates, Yamal wouldn't shine in Barcelona. Yamal goals is as a result of the assists he gets.
Raphinha or Rashford can fill in as a replacement for Yamal, I don't see him more special than the rest of the team. I think Raphinha plays better than yamal, only that people don't see it.  The reason why Barcelona performance reduce drastically is because of Raphinha absence.

Definitely he might play better than Lamine Yamal, and it is a cause for the fan base to take note. I believe if the over hype from the fan base to Lamine is not there as too much then most persons will see how Raphina is so good on the pitch with or without lamine Yamal. I'm not saying that Yamal is hyped, he is not, but most persons only see how good he is rather seeing the Wonders Raphina have. For me I see Raphina as one of the players that Barcelona can not do without, that is to say that all the players in the squad are very much important as we may feel the perfect impact of that player, if he might be missing in that position.

[Stormisover]

About these Kane to Barcelona news/rumours, I don't think he is thinking of a move out of Bayern Munich at the moment. Because why would he? His team must be the most in-form team in Europe now.

Let's say they couldn't even reach the Champions League finale despite promising a big success this season. In this case Kane could start looking for his options. He is said to have a release clause to be active next summer which is worth around 65 million euros.

I bet Barcelona wouldn't be the only big team after him for this amount.    Besides like I said on another thread, how is Barcelona even planning to pay that much?

I just think there's no way Harry Kane is going to accept that move and if eventually he agrees to that deal then I must say that will be his biggest mistake of his career, what more can he be wanting like what can Barcelona offer him right now that Bayern Munich can not give to him, besides that he stands a better chance of winning the UEFA Champions League here in Bayern Munich than Barcelona so what more did he want if he should mistakenly accept the Barcelona deal, as it stands now Bayern Munich is one of the most inform teams across the Europe so what reason can possibly made him move to Barcelona.

[reefsea]

We just need to see what happens now because the situation could change anyway.

There's still at least two weeks off before the league resumes and this can be put to good use for the recovery of Madrid's troubled players for the time being.
The best news is that TAA is back, although Valverde's absence may be detrimental to Madrid's midfield but at least for now the right-back position is not vacant.

It seems like the time has come for some players to be given a chance like Gonzalo Garcia in their attack or even Rodrygo and of course Lunin who has not been seen on the pitch for a long time.

Even when Valverde returns to Elche (which, as you see, is likely going to happen due to the 10-day time frame), he will not be 100%. You do not just rest and your chronic hamstring problems are gone. The whole strategy of our offensive is in three players. Our goals are 80.8 per cent contributed by Mbappe, Vini, and Guler. Valverde had only our four assists from midfield. Take him off, and immediately those three attackers have to invent and finish, and that is why we were witnessing that 0-0 draw against Rayo

The TAA case reveals an inherent philosophical conflict. At Leverkusen, Alonso developed his name in a 3-4-3 in which wingbacks are constantly overloading and regaining in the transition. TAA is an inverted playmaking fullback. Adapt or don't sign him, but this middle ground that he is available and never trusted?

Valverde is questionable, and Tchouamameni is certainly missing, so he must rely on Camavinga as the only pivot. That is a huge defense weakness. Camavinga more reactive, tackle heavy, which means more yellow card risk and our center-backs get exposed to direct runners. They will be eager to demonstrate something against such a team as Elche which has already beaten Barcelona 3-1

Valverde's role is still quite crucial because it is undeniable that nowadays although we don't see rocket kicks like a few seasons ago but when Valverde is in the line up then he can be anywhere and we know he is a player with excellent combat power because his breath never runs out even though he goes up to help attack, fight in midfield and even be in defense he never loses his stamina which makes this a little difficult although maybe for the problem of assists and goals he is not as much as before.

If you really want to do the same formation as in Leverkusen actually it can still be experimented with where TAA is used as a defensive midfielder just like Klopp always did when he was at Liverpool and TAA played there.

There are many gaps now, Tchouameni cannot be forced. Mastantuono is also very doubtful for their midfield and it is possible that with this condition Arda will be pulled back a little and Camavinga can be a central midfielder where he is supported by Arda and Jude for the play maker.
The attacking trio still has some players but the defense and midfield are a bit shaky.

[moneystery]

My Man AGogi you’re wrong here, he might be a key player but he’s not the only one and saying there’s no one better than him is also not true as a matter of fact the most important player is Raphinha but he’s not getting the praise and hype he should even before last season when Barça struggled Raphinha was the best and carried Barça through that season but unfortunately he’s wasn’t recognised and honoured as he should.
Lamine Yamal is good and skilful but Raphinha is the heart and force of the entire team. Anybody is permitted to think otherwise

Come on man, just how are you coming up with this… Raphinha to be more important than Yamal in the Barcelona team as we have it now?

It’s undeniable that team work outshines individual brilliance or skill but, if we are to match the effectiveness of these two on the team, Yamal outshines them all by quite a lot. He is hyped for sure but, he delivers on most of it. Games where his absent, you would find the bookies being really generous with the odds as compared to when Raphinha plays. With Yamal on the pitch, you can as well expect anything at anytime but, the same can’t be said for Raphinha

Yamal might be young but, his the most influential player on that team as it is.

Agree with you that for now Yamal is a key player for Barcelona because he is not only young, but he is talented and at many moments he is a savior for Barcelona.
Even though Raphinha is also important for Barcelona, Yamal's presence on the pitch makes Barcelona's game better... He has a good game on the wing, and is quite the type to create opportunities which can give Barcelona an advantage, especially if he is played with Lewandowski.
That's what makes him feel different and special compared to other players at Barcelona because he brings the game you rarely see in someone his age.

[Victorybit1]

My Man AGogi you’re wrong here, he might be a key player but he’s not the only one and saying there’s no one better than him is also not true as a matter of fact the most important player is Raphinha but he’s not getting the praise and hype he should even before last season when Barça struggled Raphinha was the best and carried Barça through that season but unfortunately he’s wasn’t recognised and honoured as he should.
Lamine Yamal is good and skilful but Raphinha is the heart and force of the entire team. Anybody is permitted to think otherwise

Come on man, just how are you coming up with this… Raphinha to be more important than Yamal in the Barcelona team as we have it now?

It’s undeniable that team work outshines individual brilliance or skill but, if we are to match the effectiveness of these two on the team, Yamal outshines them all by quite a lot. He is hyped for sure but, he delivers on most of it. Games where his absent, you would find the bookies being really generous with the odds as compared to when Raphinha plays. With Yamal on the pitch, you can as well expect anything at anytime but, the same can’t be said for Raphinha

Yamal might be young but, his the most influential player on that team as it is.

Agree with you that for now Yamal is a key player for Barcelona because he is not only young, but he is talented and at many moments he is a savior for Barcelona.
Even though Raphinha is also important for Barcelona, Yamal's presence on the pitch makes Barcelona's game better... He has a good game on the wing, and is quite the type to create opportunities which can give Barcelona an advantage, especially if he is played with Lewandowski.
That's what makes him feel different and special compared to other players at Barcelona because he brings the game you rarely see in someone his age.

Every player in Barcelona are equal. But if we want to talk about the key player, it will be better instead to talk about the 'key players', rather than a 'key player' There are key players in Barcelona such as Raphina and Lamine Yamal, and if this two are not present trust me, it will be very difficult, although I will say that, everyone may see who the key player to him is best picked from the squad.
What I see in this Barcelona team is that, most persons has covered the light, of Raphina and most person have already underestimate him, Raphina is a world class, one of the best and pressing attackers, for me, I prefer Raphina to be in my team rather than Lamine Yamal, and this is my own opinion, you can as well give your opinion and why choose.

[red4slash]

I just think there's no way Harry Kane is going to accept that move and if eventually he agrees to that deal then I must say that will be his biggest mistake of his career, what more can he be wanting like what can Barcelona offer him right now that Bayern Munich can not give to him, besides that he stands a better chance of winning the UEFA Champions League here in Bayern Munich than Barcelona so what more did he want if he should mistakenly accept the Barcelona deal, as it stands now Bayern Munich is one of the most inform teams across the Europe so what reason can possibly made him move to Barcelona.

If he really wants to try La Liga then this condition is still possible to happen but the hope is clear that he does not have to choose Barcelona as an option now especially since his position at Bayern is still very comfortable for Kane.

Barcelona don't have a really convincing offer for now, their finances are still in trouble although they have stabilized enough that their debt is decreasing but signing Kane for next season at a high price could kill the cash from the players' salaries.

When Kane comes then it will definitely increase so I think this could be suicidal because it could be that what they felt a few years ago comes back when they force Kane.

[indah rezqi]

Hansi Flick really love Yamal and they can't bench him because is a key player for the club and without him Barcelona don't usually perform well because they is not a key player like him in the club and they need to find a replacement for the boy so that he won't be feelings is self in the clubs. I don't really like the boy because the way he speak to is legend sometimes, but I see he as calm down very well, he is maintaining is self very well.

Hansi Flick loves and respect all his players not just Yamal alone. Yamal isn't the most important player as every player is important to the team. If not for the assist from his team mates, Yamal wouldn't shine in Barcelona. Yamal goals is as a result of the assists he gets.
Raphinha or Rashford can fill in as a replacement for Yamal, I don't see him more special than the rest of the team. I think Raphinha plays better than yamal, only that people don't see it.  The reason why Barcelona performance reduce drastically is because of Raphinha absence.

Raphinha is far more experienced than Yamal, but as a team, they are all equally important. No one can deny that Yamal has become the main focus whenever someone talks about Barcelona, and I think over time he will certainly grow into a great player like the other Barcelona legends. Regardless of each player influence within the team, Hansi Flick is hoping to have his full squad available again. Injuries to key players often disrupt a team progress, and Hansi Flick is now beginning to face that problem.

[TelolettOm]

Come on man, just how are you coming up with this… Raphinha to be more important than Yamal in the Barcelona team as we have it now?

In fact, both fundamentally play a crucial role for Barcelona. Both are crucial in their respective positions; Yamal plays the right winger position and Raphinha plays the left winger position. Both are highly supportive in applying pressure to the opposition, with a strong attacking lineup thanks to the two of them, along with Lewi and Torres.

However, in addition to Lewi as their center forward, Ferran Torres also makes an extraordinary contribution to the club. Oh yeah, regarding Torres, he is one of the players who entered the Spain’s national team!

Source: 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: Ferran Torres is now among the 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟎 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 in Spain’s national team

[Richbased]

Raphinha is far more experienced than Yamal, but as a team, they are all equally important. No one can deny that Yamal has become the main focus whenever someone talks about Barcelona, and I think over time he will certainly grow into a great player like the other Barcelona legends. Regardless of each player influence within the team, Hansi Flick is hoping to have his full squad available again. Injuries to key players often disrupt a team progress, and Hansi Flick is now beginning to face that problem.

It would have been appropriate if you put your statement that Raphinha is more experienced than Lamine Yamal instead of saying that Raphinha is ''far more experienced''. Both players are great and i admire their individual talents but it will be wrong for you to say that Raphinha is ''far more experienced than Lamine Yamal''. However, Hansi Flick is determined to the progress of the team and now that they've closed the gap between them and Real Madrid to just 3 points, Flick will be so careful not to drop points again so the team is hoping that some of their injured players will return after the international duties so that they can be featured in the La Liga games.

[CageMabok]

Raphinha is far more experienced than Yamal, but as a team, they are all equally important. No one can deny that Yamal has become the main focus whenever someone talks about Barcelona, and I think over time he will certainly grow into a great player like the other Barcelona legends. Regardless of each player influence within the team, Hansi Flick is hoping to have his full squad available again. Injuries to key players often disrupt a team progress, and Hansi Flick is now beginning to face that problem.

However, there are also some who, when talking about Barcelona, ​​think more of Raphinha and Lewandowski. Yet, Yamal and the two players I mentioned are equally great forwards, and they can even manage their egos to work together in attack to keep the Barcelona squad in good shape. I saw that very clearly last season, but unfortunately, this season, it's no longer visible due to injuries to several key players, including Raphinha and Lewandowski. Although Lewandowski has now recovered, Yamal is still in a condition that has not yet recovered, as are several other key players such as Gavi and Pedri.

[$weetne$$]

Raphinha is far more experienced than Yamal, but as a team, they are all equally important. No one can deny that Yamal has become the main focus whenever someone talks about Barcelona, and I think over time he will certainly grow into a great player like the other Barcelona legends. Regardless of each player influence within the team, Hansi Flick is hoping to have his full squad available again. Injuries to key players often disrupt a team progress, and Hansi Flick is now beginning to face that problem.

At this time, as a young player coming up, most often they will want to compare you with Yamal because he has become outstanding in his perfoat this very young age such that it has become okay to see him as a standard to many, except for a few of his off pitch behaviour, he has remained a solid one for Barcelona. With time he will get over all of those his off pitch in appropriacies. The issue of a better alternative in situations of injuries, is one which they will be having this January as an opportunity to settle.

[Donneski]

Raphinha is far more experienced than Yamal, but as a team, they are all equally important. No one can deny that Yamal has become the main focus whenever someone talks about Barcelona, and I think over time he will certainly grow into a great player like the other Barcelona legends. Regardless of each player influence within the team, Hansi Flick is hoping to have his full squad available again. Injuries to key players often disrupt a team progress, and Hansi Flick is now beginning to face that problem.

Judging by Barcelona's overall performance last season, I think I agree that Raphinha was the club's most outstanding player though the media wanted to run with the narrative that it was Lamine Yamal who was the club's most important player but even in the face of these media tension of who's more important to the team, I think it's very unnecessary.
Both players combined so well to help Barcelona win the Spanish La Liga and reach the semi finals of the UEFA Champions League competition. Raphinha's absence from the squad this season due to injury I think is one of the reasons why the club haven't been as deadly as they were last season. Hansi Flick I don't even think is interested in these comparisons, he just wants to have a full squad to select from and win games.

[kawetsriyanto]

Agree with you that for now Yamal is a key player for Barcelona because he is not only young, but he is talented and at many moments he is a savior for Barcelona. Even though Raphinha is also important for Barcelona, Yamal's presence on the pitch makes Barcelona's game better... He has a good game on the wing, and is quite the type to create opportunities which can give Barcelona an advantage, especially if he is played with Lewandowski.
That's what makes him feel different and special compared to other players at Barcelona because he brings the game you rarely see in someone his age.

Both Yamal and Raphinha are the key players of Barcelona. Both of them are important players, they are talented and skillful players. Their presence in the game can make the difference for Barcelona game. So, I don't think we need to assume one of them is better. Lewandowski is also another key player in Barcelona attacking line. Although he is sometimes replaced by Torres, I think Lewandowski has a more influence for Barcelona game. He is a real striker who can play more effective than Ferran Torres. Unfortunately, Lewandowski often get injured because he is already 37 years old. Barcelona can't deny that they need a new pure striker who can replace the role of Lewandowski.

[EL MOHA]

Judging by Barcelona's overall performance last season, I think I agree that Raphinha was the club's most outstanding player though the media wanted to run with the narrative that it was Lamine Yamal who was the club's most important player but even in the face of these media tension of who's more important to the team, I think it's very unnecessary.
Both players combined so well to help Barcelona win the Spanish La Liga and reach the semi finals of the UEFA Champions League competition. Raphinha's absence from the squad this season due to injury I think is one of the reasons why the club haven't been as deadly as they were last season. Hansi Flick I don't even think is interested in these comparisons, he just wants to have a full squad to select from and win games.

The thing you need to understand is that the de marketing of Raphinha was definitely not a media thing but rather a Barcelona thing, i can definitely say that the push for Raphinha to win any individual award was obviously dropped by Barcelona just to avoid it affecting their young Yamal chances of winning them, if you look at the media houses of Barcelona before the Balon d’ or you will see that many of their post were about Yamal and obviously they dropped Raphinha for that.

Many will ask why and there are other reasons which I will say is because of the nationality of the player and most importantly because of the raise of the player, Barcelona would appreciate the glory of another La Masia player winning the ballon D’or most especially a player of his age and I think this were the key things that made Yamal the Barcelona candidate rather than Raphinha who had much better statics

[Mayor of ogba]

And when you watch video clips of yamal you will know that the boy is underrated the boy plays well at this young age imagine what he will accomplish in years to come. And Barcelona is lucky in there acquisition because to some extent the boy have been delivering. I don't think he should be compared with Messi everyone have there impact and aside that they all have there destiny and they are appreciated in different ways. And yamal is indeed a player the only responsibility of the club now is to do everything in there power to give him more training because he still needs, a lot of training, he doesn't not have to relent.

I don't think that anyone have underrated Yamal only if that person is a sadist. Yamal brought back life to Barcelona after he was promoted to the senior team by Xavi. His performance is outstanding and extra ordinary for his age. Barcelona will do everything in their power to make sure that they build and nurse him for their long-term benefit.

Anytime Lamine Yamal is fully fit to play for Barcelona, Barcelona always plays well and wins most of their matches but if Lamine Yamal is injured, Barcelona's performance usually declines and they will struggle to win their matches, so I agree that "Lamine Yamal brought back life to Barcelona after he was promoted to the senior team." Barcelona is already paying Lamine Yamal big money so that he can remain a Barcelona player for a very long time.

[DaNNy001]

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I don't think that anyone have underrated Yamal only if that person is a sadist. Yamal brought back life to Barcelona after he was promoted to the senior team by Xavi. His performance is outstanding and extra ordinary for his age. Barcelona will do everything in their power to make sure that they build and nurse him for their long-term benefit.

Anytime Lamine Yamal is fully fit to play for Barcelona, Barcelona always plays well and wins most of their matches but if Lamine Yamal is injured, Barcelona's performance usually declines and they will struggle to win their matches, so I agree that "Lamine Yamal brought back life to Barcelona after he was promoted to the senior team." Barcelona is already paying Lamine Yamal big money so that he can remain a Barcelona player for a very long time.

Barcelona is a team that needs every single player of their squad to be active and that includes even the defenders although I understand the fact to what you are pointing out but I think Barcelona instead misses when an important player is missing in their squad and that includes the likes lamine yamal, Robert lewandoski, rafinha and even pedri. If any of these guys are missing in their gameplay their performance tend to drop a bit .