La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26

[Cyber_warrior]

I don’t think Mourinho failed, because this are not the main players he will use for the season, and if the second squad can achieve a very decent game like this then if the season start Real Madrid will be a hot cake. I still don’t understand why people are talking preseason game so seriously, even though they also know it doesn’t count, and that still didn’t determine the main performance of the team. For now all I will say is, let wait and see how the season games will be for Mourinho before we can even say anything or even criticise him.

Pre season games are also important, not just for the players fitness but also for the coach too, it helps them to find the right balance for the team. Though, in Real Madrid last game against fiorentina most of the players that played were team B, so it’s understanding.

A lot of people have expectations on Jose Morihno including myself, I’m a big fan of his and I really can’t wait for the season begin. For me I believe Real Madrid will win the laliga next season, that my expectation for the team.

Real Madrid will do better next season and he Mourinho is a talented manager that can do things in such a way that you’ll assume that’s where he’s headed but in reality he’s not. I just can’t wait for the new season to begin, because a lot of people have been anticipating to see how Jose Mourinho will manage Real Madrid to success this season. Preseason are used to measure some players performance not an avenue to know the quality of the team and how they performs in the new season. Real Madrid is a great team but we have to see how they will perform against next season.

I would really hope Vini extend his contract at Real Madrid, he will really make a difference if he remains at the team. Well in a couple of day we will get to find out if he will remain at the club next season, but for what he his currently requesting it will be very hard to grant it.

[GbitG]

I don’t think Mourinho failed, because this are not the main players he will use for the season, and if the second squad can achieve a very decent game like this then if the season start Real Madrid will be a hot cake. I still don’t understand why people are talking preseason game so seriously, even though they also know it doesn’t count, and that still didn’t determine the main performance of the team. For now all I will say is, let wait and see how the season games will be for Mourinho before we can even say anything or even criticise him.

Pre season games are also important, not just for the players fitness but also for the coach too, it helps them to find the right balance for the team. Though, in Real Madrid last game against fiorentina most of the players that played were team B, so it’s understanding.

A lot of people have expectations on Jose Morihno including myself, I’m a big fan of his and I really can’t wait for the season begin. For me I believe Real Madrid will win the laliga next season, that my expectation for the team.

I don't think that pre season match are too important for a team like it's a friendly environment and all coaches only used some academic players to trail their ability. So similarly Jose Morhino also do the same thing like he give a chance to all youngster and that's why the results was bit sloppy. Jose Morhino didn't do this intentionally because he only wanted to observe the players speciality.....

Moreover, the rest of the results will be judge in league competition like on 22 august they will officially paly their first ever match of La Liga regarding through this season. So after this match we can look for observation wether Jose Morhino is making any impact or not.

[Mustang Shelby]

I don’t think Mourinho failed, because this are not the main players he will use for the season, and if the second squad can achieve a very decent game like this then if the season start Real Madrid will be a hot cake. I still don’t understand why people are talking preseason game so seriously, even though they also know it doesn’t count, and that still didn’t determine the main performance of the team. For now all I will say is, let wait and see how the season games will be for Mourinho before we can even say anything or even criticise him.

Pre season games are also important, not just for the players fitness but also for the coach too, it helps them to find the right balance for the team. Though, in Real Madrid last game against fiorentina most of the players that played were team B, so it’s understanding.

A lot of people have expectations on Jose Morihno including myself, I’m a big fan of his and I really can’t wait for the season begin. For me I believe Real Madrid will win the laliga next season, that my expectation for the team.

I don't think that pre season match are too important for a team like it's a friendly environment and all coaches only used some academic players to trail their ability. So similarly Jose Morhino also do the same thing like he give a chance to all youngster and that's why the results was bit sloppy. Jose Morhino didn't do this intentionally because he only wanted to observe the players speciality.....

Moreover, the rest of the results will be judge in league competition like on 22 august they will officially paly their first ever match of La Liga regarding through this season. So after this match we can look for observation wether Jose Morhino is making any impact or not.

We can't judge this based on just one league match. Therefore, to be fair to both the coach and the players, I think we should wait at least five matches before criticizing the game. Right now, we're watching the Portuguese coach try to build the team with the best possible combination. He's started experimenting with many players in different positions. I think he'll make these kinds of changes in tough matches in Spain. This year they will be in a much tougher competition with Barcelona. Real Madrid's transfers have made them the favorites this year.

[slapper]

weird that they literally have the best wings in the world right now, they still went ahead and bought a 19 year old winger for 100 million.

Mbappe and Vini are already toptier. and they already have young talents like Rodrygo, Endrick, Brahim Diaz and Mastantuono, and now they went and signed Diomande. i’m counting Arda as an attacking midfielder now but they’ve got Bellingham and their new signing Bernardo Silva there too.

That is precisely why Real Madrid is called "Los Galácticos"; they assemble the best players for every position. I don't know how Jose will manage this squad. To be frank, some players in this squad practically "ate" Alonso alive.
However, I don't think they could do the same to Jose.
Since Arda now plays in Toni Kroos's position, he will be competing with Bellingham and Bernardo.
Even with a squad full of such star players, Real Madrid won't succeed this year if they fail to play as a team.

Preseason matches aren't necessarily a benchmark as they serve as a platform for coaches to find the right players and strategies for next season. Furthermore, Madrid preseason matches were all played by junior players with no star players due to their post-World Cup break. They will likely return to the squad starting Monday.

In the friendly against Fiorentina we'll discover Real Madrid true weaknesses, and the good news is that Mourinho has already found a solution for these weaknesses by recruiting Silva, and Rodry will likely also join Mourinho project next season. In the match against Fiorentina, Madrid weaknesses were clearly in the midfield, particularly the defensive midfield. Madrid midfield was very open to the opposition which is why Fiorentina scored 2 goals making the final score 2-2. I remain optimistic that Mourinho can lead Madrid back to its glory days next season. Moreover, when all the players have returned to Madrid, it can be seen that Madrid depth to start the next season is very mature because almost every line has good players, including the reserve players.

The Rodri thing is not a real thing. There is literally nothing there. No talks, no negotiations, it was one of those "update" articles that did not have any update. We have to put an end to this ourselves.

The midfield solution is already in place, however. Bernardo Silva, free transfer, done deal. But what I find much more intriguing than any Rodri fantasy is what Mourinho did with Trent in that Fiorentina game. He brought him in and made him the deep playmaker. You are not playing with a Kroos anymore and your right-back is the guy who provides the tempo.

Academy players facing full strength Serie A players after 60 minutes of effort. This midfield to defense back line gap was not a man-to-man discrepancy. It was more a matter of fitness and timing. But once Tchouameni and Camavinga reappear after August 6th, all that changes.

[GbitG]

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We can't judge this based on just one league match. Therefore, to be fair to both the coach and the players, I think we should wait at least five matches before criticizing the game. Right now, we're watching the Portuguese coach try to build the team with the best possible combination. He's started experimenting with many players in different positions. I think he'll make these kinds of changes in tough matches in Spain. This year they will be in a much tougher competition with Barcelona. Real Madrid's transfers have made them the favorites this year.

I didn't say that I will judge him on one match. I expressed that 22 August will be his first trail and after that we can observe his performance wether it til end or it's up 5 or 10 matches. However, Jose Morhino is great coach and definitely he will require little to monitor his new players with his own view and after that he will try to utilize them on his tactical vest like he will effort for better hunt.....

Jose Morhino will try scale the new players capacity and after that he will assess the ability of his new players with different tactical plans. Such as plan A will be focus on possession based, plan B will be rely on quick direct passes with fast counter attack and plan C will be emphasize on set pieces and crossing situation. So after this evaluation he will try to analyze his team and will draged back into wining track.

[Phoenix Anka]

, Real Madrid
This was quite unfortunate, as Real Madrid should have won with the squad they had. However, this was only a friendly, so there's no need to read too much into the result, as Real Madrid didn't have their full squad playing, and they weren't taking the match seriously. So, it's okay, there's no need to jump to conclusions that Real Madrid are weak.

I expected a straight win from Real Madrid especially after they have took two goals lead in the match from the first 25 minutes of the game, but this defeat is an eye opener for Real Madrid and their coaching staff that they can’t rely on their second team based on the performance they displayed against Fiorentina last night, I don’t think it is a good idea to strengthen their squad depth more, and for the case of Vini Jr, they should try to stay back with the team because they needed him, and getting his replacement will be very hard compare other other teams.

We saw the majority of the reserve squad on the pitch. They probably won't be together like this again. Maybe there will be exceptions for a single player. Ultimately, Real Madrid's starting eleven will be different. Jose Mourinho is just using these kinds of things to select some players from the reserves who are currently playing.