La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[pewboy]

Yes, it was about time that Real finally beat someone without drama. Mbappe has so far been the anchor holding Real together, while Vini has been in a serious slump for some time. It is obvious that he was very negatively affected by the decision not to be named the best footballer in the world last season, as well as the current conflict with coach Xabi. His future at Real is currently very uncertain, while Mbappe has become the team's main star and has the potential to surpass Ronaldo's records at Real.

I think that once they reach a certain career, these types of players, in order to reach very high numbers of goals, must necessarily change position from attacker, otherwise they can never reach a high enough and competitive level and they must certainly make themselves available for the team more.

[skarais]

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I think that once they reach a certain career, these types of players, in order to reach very high numbers of goals, must necessarily change position from attacker, otherwise they can never reach a high enough and competitive level and they must certainly make themselves available for the team more.

Over time and with age, I believe every player experiences a decline in performance. Their performance will never be the same and will tend to become unstable, but every player has at least reached a peak phase, also known as their prime. Vinicius is a great player, he deserves the title of best player, but I don't like the character of this Brazilian player. Mbappe is still very young and at his peak, so it's natural that the team's game plan will optimize his full potential.

Ultimately, I don't think Real Madrid fans should worry about their team, even if they might end the season without a La Liga title. Still, the season is too long to condemn anyone and I don't think Real Madrid has a good chance of winning the title this season.

[Lida93]

I agree. I don't like Vini's style and I think he is selfish but leaving the team may affect Real Madrid badly. He is very athletic and talented only he is not a team player. Like you said, they can fix this by moving Mbappe to the left and buying a star striker. Ramos is still too young and inexperienced.

I do not like Vinicius playing style. But I have to admit that he is a very talented player. But he is a bit aggressive and selfish. vinicius is a good player, but he should be more humble . It is important to change his behaviour a little. Vinicius' relationship with his teammates is also not good. If Mbappe and vinicius had a good bond and a good relationship between them, madrid's attack would have been stronger , there is no doubt  about it. I would say that  Alonso will not keep either vinicius or mbappe in the squad. Madrid will probably let one of them go next season.

Whether Vinicius decides to leave or not it is of no consequences to Real Madrid because there have being so many great players from the past who have worn the Real Madrid jersey and have also done great playing for the club and have also been replaced when due, and that's why I say no player is irreplaceable and, Real Madrid would find a perfect replacement when the time is right which means the club has nothing to lose if the player decides to exit the team at any point in time.

[KTChampions]

What a shit/bad result for the Atletico Madrid team yesterday against the Real Sociedad team, they are again dropping points against weaker teams, i know Real Sociedad in the past season was a much better team and in San Sebastian they are always stronger but in this one they are pretty bad, you cant drop point if you want to fight for the title against the Barcelona and Real Madrid teams.

You're missing the point. Atlético isn't fighting for the title. They play their best against Real Madrid and their worst against Barcelona. Atlético is literally a team fighting on Barcelona's side. Matches against outsiders also don't matter much to them, as a top-four spot is practically guaranteed. They currently have fewer points than Villarreal (they have two games in hand), but that's not a problem at all, as Atlético can't drop to fifth place.
Girona continues to accumulate points and has already left the relegation zone, where they've been since practically the start of the tournament. A great recovery!

[$weetne$$]

Yes, it was about time that Real finally beat someone without drama. Mbappe has so far been the anchor holding Real together, while Vini has been in a serious slump for some time. It is obvious that he was very negatively affected by the decision not to be named the best footballer in the world last season, as well as the current conflict with coach Xabi. His future at Real is currently very uncertain, while Mbappe has become the team's main star and has the potential to surpass Ronaldo's records at Real.

I think that once they reach a certain career, these types of players, in order to reach very high numbers of goals, must necessarily change position from attacker, otherwise they can never reach a high enough and competitive level and they must certainly make themselves available for the team more.

Rather than stay in same team that has all their angles fit with the best hands, he could just move to another  team that will give him all the advantages such as, the ability to switch to becoming a striker and also the chances of scoring even more goal mostly if it happens that he did moved to a lower team. He gets the chance to become  their main stay player and score as much for the career records if that be the case.

[dollyamo]

Xabi Alonso should definitely give Gonzalo Garcia more match time and test the attack line without Mbappe.
One thing we need to understand about this attacking side of real Madrid, it is always scary when Mbappe is with the ball in that attack and this is the more reason, players from the opponent side wants to bring him down and stop him no matter what it may takes, trust me, give him the chance, then he will score you. But if we watch the game, we can complete see how Gonzalo, was not mark so serious as Mbappe, because they will feel he is not a good side as Kylian Mbappe. So with this, he ought to utilize the chance he may have for scoring opportunities.

The problem is that having so many strong attackers who have the ability to score creates a few problems or could create some, clearly this thing always exists in big clubs, when you have so many strong players it is always difficult to choose who will play and who will do it best.

[Dump3er]

Xabi Alonso should definitely give Gonzalo Garcia more match time and test the attack line without Mbappe.
One thing we need to understand about this attacking side of real Madrid, it is always scary when Mbappe is with the ball in that attack and this is the more reason, players from the opponent side wants to bring him down and stop him no matter what it may takes, trust me, give him the chance, then he will score you. But if we watch the game, we can complete see how Gonzalo, was not mark so serious as Mbappe, because they will feel he is not a good side as Kylian Mbappe. So with this, he ought to utilize the chance he may have for scoring opportunities.

The problem is that having so many strong attackers who have the ability to score creates a few problems or could create some, clearly this thing always exists in big clubs, when you have so many strong players it is always difficult to choose who will play and who will do it best.

There are players you can play around with and there are players who won't accept that for very long. If anyone thinks that Mbappe would accept coming french the bench frequently, I will bet against it and say that he is gone in summer. One solution is to build the squad in a way that it gives you more options in terms of the system. You can switch it up depending on the opponents and in one game give more attackers a chance, while in another game play more defensively.

Garcia used his opportunity, but he won't take Mbappe's position anytime soon. Mbappe brings more to the table than just his quality as a player. People around the world switch their TV on to watch him.

This doesn't mean he can go on like this forever, but it is not the time to talk about bad times. He is still Real Madrid's best scorer and it takes quite a few bad games to draw consequences in such a case.

[Lida93]

Xabi Alonso should definitely give Gonzalo Garcia more match time and test the attack line without Mbappe.
One thing we need to understand about this attacking side of real Madrid, it is always scary when Mbappe is with the ball in that attack and this is the more reason, players from the opponent side wants to bring him down and stop him no matter what it may takes, trust me, give him the chance, then he will score you. But if we watch the game, we can complete see how Gonzalo, was not mark so serious as Mbappe, because they will feel he is not a good side as Kylian Mbappe. So with this, he ought to utilize the chance he may have for scoring opportunities.

The reason why Gonzalo Garcia wasn't marked as much as Mbappe is the fact that he wasn't considered to be as dangerous as kylian Mbappe because he hasn't really performed at this level before but after this display of brilliance against Real Betis I think the defenders in the league would begin to pay close attention to the young player.

[pewboy]

I agree. I don't like Vini's style and I think he is selfish but leaving the team may affect Real Madrid badly. He is very athletic and talented only he is not a team player. Like you said, they can fix this by moving Mbappe to the left and buying a star striker. Ramos is still too young and inexperienced.

We must try not to lose the best and most important players of the team so easily, now they have to stay there and maybe it would be better if the players tried to find themselves in the original positions in which they were taken, it is certainly not easy but when they play with these players you always have problems with selfishness.

[silpersurfer]

Xabi Alonso should definitely give Gonzalo Garcia more match time and test the attack line without Mbappe.
One thing we need to understand about this attacking side of real Madrid, it is always scary when Mbappe is with the ball in that attack and this is the more reason, players from the opponent side wants to bring him down and stop him no matter what it may takes, trust me, give him the chance, then he will score you. But if we watch the game, we can complete see how Gonzalo, was not mark so serious as Mbappe, because they will feel he is not a good side as Kylian Mbappe. So with this, he ought to utilize the chance he may have for scoring opportunities.

The reason why Gonzalo Garcia wasn't marked as much as Mbappe is the fact that he wasn't considered to be as dangerous as kylian Mbappe because he hasn't really performed at this level before but after this display of brilliance against Real Betis I think the defenders in the league would begin to pay close attention to the young player.

For defenders, every attack is a threat, so I don't think Gonzalo Garcia isn't considered a threat, but rather, he's intelligent enough to position himself during the team's attack, allowing him to capitalize on the opportunities that arise and turn them into goals. And we can see from the goals he scored in that match that he positioned himself well enough to provide his teammates with options for passing. He's clearly a promising striker for the team's future. Four goals in one match isn't a fluke.

More broadly, from several football articles I've read, Real Madrid is quite interested in bringing Nico Paz back to the Santiago Bernabéu. This is quite interesting because, after joining Como FC, coached by Cesc Fabregas, he's improved significantly and is much more mature on the pitch. And if he does return to the Bernabéu, I'm eagerly awaiting his arrival.

[jakdanyel]

I doubted Real Madrid against Betis and they proved me wrong very quickly.    That 5-1 win is really like a show. Gonzalo Garcia was breathtaking with that hat-trick...

If Real Madrid can score this many goals without Mbappe then some things are really getting fixed. Good to hear about it because I wouldn't like to see Barcelona turning this into a boring title run after a point.


By the way a day to go for the Super Cup to start. I think Barcelona and Real Madrid both will win and we will watch another El Clasico.

[GbitG]

The biggest reason Xabi isn't having too many problems in this position is Gonzalo. He introduced him to the world market during the CWC matches and got a very good performance from him. Now Mbappé is injured, and he's making good use of the opportunity given to him.

Mbappe have being very instrumental to the success of Real Madrid so far, not only has he being scoring some important goals but, his being the reason why Real Madrid still occupies a decent spot on the league table. Gonzalo indeed did what was required of him, scoring a hat trick in a very peculiar victory, a victory Real Betis would hope to forget but, do we really expect that much consistency from him going forward with much playing time? I’m not so sure but, Real Madrid could use him for the time being, he is a good fix.

Do we call it a Xabi Alonso smartness, or does we call it luck that the introduction of Gonzalo Garcia made some extraordinary efforts on his first full match. I will call it luck because if we look at the current situation then probably one of their key players, Kylian Mbappe, got injured and he was the only man to lead the team but fortunately Gonzalo Garcia came from nowhere and did a great job like we were not expecting such vibrant progress from him but still he did impressive role...

So now I think Xabi Alonso will have more confident in upcoming schedule like he will easy manage to get a fight against them. Because instead of Kylian Mbappe, he will easily put Gonzalo Garcia in ST role and in previous match he really show us that still he has a competency to compete for ST role.

[Taricoins]

What a shit/bad result for the Atletico Madrid team yesterday against the Real Sociedad team, they are again dropping points against weaker teams, i know Real Sociedad in the past season was a much better team and in San Sebastian they are always stronger but in this one they are pretty bad, you cant drop point if you want to fight for the title against the Barcelona and Real Madrid teams.

You're missing the point. Atlético isn't fighting for the title. They play their best against Real Madrid and their worst against Barcelona. Atlético is literally a team fighting on Barcelona's side. Matches against outsiders also don't matter much to them, as a top-four spot is practically guaranteed. They currently have fewer points than Villarreal (they have two games in hand), but that's not a problem at all, as Atlético can't drop to fifth place.
Girona continues to accumulate points and has already left the relegation zone, where they've been since practically the start of the tournament. A great recovery!

This is so funny because I was telling someone same thing some days ago, Athletico Madrid only circles Real Madrid In there calender for the year, it's funny how they play trash then suddenly they win Real Madrid, I always felt like they put extra effort in there matches against Real Madrid, at this point I have stopped betting on Athletico because of there unpredictable form.

Next tomorrow we see another matchup between the two in the Super Cup, honestly I want Real Madrid to win so that Barcelona can beat them ( Real Madrid) at the Super Cup finals.

[dezoel]

I do not like Vinicius playing style. But I have to admit that he is a very talented player. But he is a bit aggressive and selfish. vinicius is a good player, but he should be more humble . It is important to change his behaviour a little. Vinicius' relationship with his teammates is also not good. If Mbappe and vinicius had a good bond and a good relationship between them, madrid's attack would have been stronger , there is no doubt  about it. I would say that  Alonso will not keep either vinicius or mbappe in the squad. Madrid will probably let one of them go next season.

Being badly used is one of the reasons why a talented player could end up playing badly. If he is super talented but aggressive and selfish, then you play him like you play Ronaldo, that dude is aggressive and selfish too, and he even got mad that someone else scored instead of him when he could have done it too, so he really cares about only himself, but can you deny that he was amazing and at his peak was either the best ever in history or at worst case second best in history? Use Vini like that and you get a lot more out of him.

[tbterryboy]

Kylian Mbappe was replaced by Garcia because mbappe isn't fit yet to begin featuring in games due to injury. The absence of kylian mbappe made Garcia to be highly noticed after he scored Hat trick alone against real betis. It was a huge success for real Madrid as they were able to close the gap to three points. This is not the first game G.Garcia has replaced kylian mbappe, he has done same against Manchester city in the Champions league. Garcia is a brilliant player and xabi has trust in him that he would play very well in the absence of kylian mbappe.

In Kylian Mbappé absence, having this thumbing win brings Real Madrid confidence back which was shattered due to the worst performance in last few weeks, now they are having good chance of keeping themselves back into title race even Barcelona is also having impressive performance, and they are not giving any space to their opponents.

Now all set for Super Cup which is going to be playing in Jeddah Saudi Arab and Real Madrid is having challenging match against Atlético which already won their last two game against them with this performance now Real Madrid fans can expect good result and win because this will bring their moral back and also give them good boost for rest of season because Barcelona is still best and also not giving any chance.

[letteredhub]

Yes, it was about time that Real finally beat someone without drama. Mbappe has so far been the anchor holding Real together, while Vini has been in a serious slump for some time. It is obvious that he was very negatively affected by the decision not to be named the best footballer in the world last season, as well as the current conflict with coach Xabi. His future at Real is currently very uncertain, while Mbappe has become the team's main star and has the potential to surpass Ronaldo's records at Real.

I think that once they reach a certain career, these types of players, in order to reach very high numbers of goals, must necessarily change position from attacker, otherwise they can never reach a high enough and competitive level and they must certainly make themselves available for the team more.

For me I believe Real Madrid's performance this season hasn't been what one could have expected from one of Spain's biggest team that dominated European football for several years, with the introduction of Xabi Alonso as coach the team experienced lots of turbulence and for the first time since this season started, Real Madrid only got their first convincing win against Real Betis by thrashing them 5 goals to 1 to close the gap on league leaders Barcelona.

[skarais]

By the way a day to go for the Super Cup to start. I think Barcelona and Real Madrid both will win and we will watch another El Clasico.

Of course, I hope there will be an El Clasico in the competition, but the opponents will not always be easy either. Barcelona will face Bilbao, while Real Madrid will be challenged by Atletico Madrid. The outcome of the match will not be easy to predict although I also want there to be an El Clasico as everyone else wants. Bilbao isn't always easy to beat and I suspect the derby between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid will be no exception. This match will be a thrilling one to watch tomorrow, with no home or away ties, as it's being played in Saudi Arabia.

Despite our hopes, this match could also be won by another team, be it Bilbao or Atletico Madrid. The Madrid derby is always tense and thrilling, so let's see how the four teams fare in Jeddah. Bilbao have been inconsistent in their performances so far, but I think they are a team that can also do a lot and threaten Barcelona's defense.

[Shineup]

Yes, it was about time that Real finally beat someone without drama. Mbappe has so far been the anchor holding Real together, while Vini has been in a serious slump for some time. It is obvious that he was very negatively affected by the decision not to be named the best footballer in the world last season, as well as the current conflict with coach Xabi. His future at Real is currently very uncertain, while Mbappe has become the team's main star and has the potential to surpass Ronaldo's records at Real.

I think that once they reach a certain career, these types of players, in order to reach very high numbers of goals, must necessarily change position from attacker, otherwise they can never reach a high enough and competitive level and they must certainly make themselves available for the team more.

But let's face the fact here I really think Vinicius Junior is one of  the most underrated player in recent happenings now like that guy effort is not recognized the way it should have been, since the arrival of Kylian Mbappe it now looks like all his hard work and dedication for the team in seasons past before the arrival of Kylian Mbappe is all nothing compared to that of Mbappe now and that's not really fair, that guy actually took the team up to himself and he delivers several times I think he should be treated with respect, and for the possibility of Kylian Mbappe surpassing the record of Christiano Ronaldo in Real Madrid I don't really see that happening it will cost him a lots of time if he is to achieve that.

[maknyos]

I agree. I don't like Vini's style and I think he is selfish but leaving the team may affect Real Madrid badly. He is very athletic and talented only he is not a team player. Like you said, they can fix this by moving Mbappe to the left and buying a star striker. Ramos is still too young and inexperienced.

We must try not to lose the best and most important players of the team so easily, now they have to stay there and maybe it would be better if the players tried to find themselves in the original positions in which they were taken, it is certainly not easy but when they play with these players you always have problems with selfishness.

Vini is a good player, but the problem is that he often shows his selfishness, so that must be eliminated. I know that it is impossible to remove the ego from a player, but it can be discussed so as not to harm the team. What I see is that he feels that he's a player who contributes a lot so that makes him very selfish.
I think management must intervene in this matter, because after all if this continues it will be detrimental to the team and there may be conflicts between players that can destroy the team from within.

[el kaka22]

Deal with Lyon is that Lyon will pay 1 million euro for the loan. If he plays 5 games, then it will drop 250k euros, so if he starts 25 games then Lyon will pay no money at all. Right now Real Madrid already has Mbappe to play, and they have that new kid who did hattrick to replace him on games Mbappe doesn't play, so Endrick is not someone they need, with this method, they will incentives Lyon to play him so they do not pay anything.

To be fair, Lyon can pay 1 million euro and not play him, they can afford that if they want to. Not that they will, but they can afford something like that if they desire. Which is why I think he will not start 25 games, but he may start some of the games, maybe like 10 games or so.