La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2026/27

[Shineup]

Sometimes I think about what happens in Madrid dressing room, and how somebody like Vinicius Junior will be able to accept the fact that Diomande is now keeping him on the bench, where as he was supposed to be the face of Real Madrid
I know this might be so troubling to him as a person, therefore, when ever he doesn't see goal, I know he will deeply be disappointed.

Diomande also as a person is someone who has respect, and knows what Vinicius has done for himself  as a person,  and how he is being brought to be his replacement. In some context, this may not go down well with him as. Person, but he won't be able to change what has been written, and cannot also undone the  decision of the coach. All the young ladies need do now is keeping grinding and working hard because who will be the next Ballon dor winner, nobody knows.

Is he actually benching Vinicius? To no me he's not benching him, let's wait till his ban is completed then we will see if truly he's benching him, Diomande is good no doubt, but within me I will still pick Vinicius over him, and I really think the contract renewal was not really necessary, he could has move to a team where he will be cherished, than this Real Madrid that everyone thinks he's the problem of the team, mean while since the arrival of kylian Mbappe, he's been treated like a piece of trash, if I'm to be him I'd move to Arsenal.

[GbitG]

Diomande has a lot of potential and yes, he scores beautiful goals, but I still think they really overpaid him based on what he did throughout his career. I was really surprised to see Real Madrid spending so much money for him.
Gordon is kind of weird signing, he is good but maybe Barcelona should have spent that money to reinforce their defense.

Hmmm, that's true.....!!!!
Both team has overspend on their players. Like they have signed their players for relatively unnecessary fees especially Diomande who was signed on a much higher fee than average price. From the last 3 to 4 years I am monitoring that now Perez are not even making any two of good signing. In past he was know for his bargaining but no he is spending so many unnecessary money on new players such as Rodrigo, Diomande, Tchouameni, Carreras etc.......

On the other hand Barcelona in Barcelona was so bad like before Lapota the were so bad but now they are making sense like form last 3 years he just using a little money or even signing players on loan to run his team. However currently both need players but let's see what they spend on next I mean Julian Alveraz......

[Son Of Blockchain (SOB)]

Terrible news as jesús de Miguel who plays in the laliga hypermotion for CD Tenerife passes away after terrible collision with FC Andorra goalkeeper jesús owono! Crazy news! During their match yesterday, FC Andorra goalkeeper jesús Owono rushed out to challenge the striker for the ball leading to a very terrible collision, the player struggled a bit and become motionless on the pitch, Medical personnels rushed to the pitch for assistance and eventually he was taken to the hospital. In the early hours of today it was confirmed by CD Tenerife that the player has passed away as his neurological condition was severely deteriorated.

Honestly I watched the clip and it was a very terrible collision, what was the goalkeeper thinking? He received a straight red and the match was abandoned but now he has taken a life, I’m sure he’s regretting right now as well.

Let's not make it look like the goalkeeper committed murder. The goalkeeper didn’t take a life, it was an accident that happened, but it is very unfortunate that the other player died as a result of that. We have seen goalkeeper and players collided in the past, none resulted to the death of any player. A life has been lost, but the goalkeeper didn’t challenge for the ball with the intention of killing the player.

That was a very reckless tackle but not murder cause his intentions wasn't to kill the player but stop him from scoring a late minute goal, i had to go watch the clip and see for myself so i don't rush into conclusions. I noticed that a teammate even rushef to cheer him after he stopped the goal even though he got booked and he immediately headed towards the tunnel before realising the situation was severe.
 Yes several goalkeepers have done something similar even in recent times but this was so unfortunate cause it lead to a lose of life, i know the goal keeper would feel really bad for his actions.

[Ndabagi01]

The biggest problem with this team is that they have very good players, but they can't field the right lineup with these players. Because of these imbalances, I think there's a problem in the team right now. If you have star players, you need to be able to use them correctly.
I think there are problems at the management and coaching level. A team with so many good players should be flawless in every aspect

When you have so many good players and everyone wants to be the face of the team, it makes it really difficult for such a team to find a balance. They seem to look very excellent in the pitch but getting the best result after every outing seems to be very difficult for them to achieve and they go on blaming each other or even the manager for their poor result. For me, they have started to show a more quality performance of recent, let’s see if they can be able to keep up with it because that will help them achieve more in the long term prospect of the team.

[Amphenomenon]

Real Madrid has shown quite a number of inconsistencies including this season at first before now that they are still climbing back.

One of this reasons is the fact that they were not synchronised as a team which has improved now. The team play is needed and if they continue to improve through this, they might just be able to lift trophies this season after the whole drought for about two seasons.

Yes, it is true that Madrid has not been able to perform consistently since the beginning of the season. I agree with you that they may have had less understanding and coordination among themselves. But I thought from their initial performance that they might lose their existence and lose their glory. It was natural to be disappointed to see their performance like this because they have also lost to weak teams. I think that understanding between the players of a team is very important because if the players of the team do not have understanding among themselves, then they will not be able to play well. Because there will be a distance between them which will affect their team. So now that Madrid is performing a little better, I think that even if there is a distance between them, it is slowly decreasing.

Yeah, team bonding and understanding are very important. Now regarding their earlier poor form this season, while I was disappointed I still believe something good will come.

To be honest, it's better to have a bad start and when it finally clicks then giving a wonderful run in every competition, hopefully they don't decline again.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

Is he actually benching Vinicius? To no me he's not benching him, let's wait till his ban is completed then we will see if truly he's benching him, Diomande is good no doubt, but within me I will still pick Vinicius over him, and I really think the contract renewal was not really necessary, he could has move to a team where he will be cherished, than this Real Madrid that everyone thinks he's the problem of the team, mean while since the arrival of kylian Mbappe, he's been treated like a piece of trash, if I'm to be him I'd move to Arsenal.

He's not actually benching Vini, Vini is serving his 4 match ban. I believe he would see more playing time when he's done, he's still above Diamonde in perking order and is still within the favour of the coach. In previous matches, Diamonde was benched for Vini and brought in during second half, however Vini's form has greatly reduced and he needs to work on that, he needs to be more discilined too, the red card was out of his arrogance. Loosing form is inevitable, but he needs to work on himself so he can give fans the thrill they're used to.
By the way I think Mbappe and Diamonde has bonded better. I've a cold feeling Mbappe prefers playing with him over Vini but I could be wrong.

[Lida93]

Sometimes I think about what happens in Madrid dressing room, and how somebody like Vinicius Junior will be able to accept the fact that Diomande is now keeping him on the bench, where as he was supposed to be the face of Real Madrid
I know this might be so troubling to him as a person, therefore, when ever he doesn't see goal, I know he will deeply be disappointed.

Diomande also as a person is someone who has respect, and knows what Vinicius has done for himself  as a person,  and how he is being brought to be his replacement. In some context, this may not go down well with him as. Person, but he won't be able to change what has been written, and cannot also undone the  decision of the coach. All the young ladies need do now is keeping grinding and working hard because who will be the next Ballon dor winner, nobody knows.

The biggest problem with this team is that they have very good players, but they can't field the right lineup with these players. Because of these imbalances, I think there's a problem in the team right now. If you have star players, you need to be able to use them correctly.
I think there are problems at the management and coaching level. A team with so many good players should be flawless in every aspect

I don't think the reference should be about Diamonde, I always knew that Vini's days at the bernabeau were numbered since the arrival of Kylian Mbappe, however, since Mbappe arrived at Real Madrid he has stolen the spotlight from Vini, I know Vini to be a natural talent and at such he would always prove to be a very important player for Real Madrid and as long as he isn't injured, he would always find his way back into the starting line up because he is still an important part of the squad.

[programmer3666]

Is he actually benching Vinicius? To no me he's not benching him, let's wait till his ban is completed then we will see if truly he's benching him, Diomande is good no doubt, but within me I will still pick Vinicius over him, and I really think the contract renewal was not really necessary, he could has move to a team where he will be cherished, than this Real Madrid that everyone thinks he's the problem of the team, mean while since the arrival of kylian Mbappe, he's been treated like a piece of trash, if I'm to be him I'd move to Arsenal.

He's not actually benching Vini, Vini is serving his 4 match ban. I believe he would see more playing time when he's done, he's still above Diamonde in perking order and is still within the favour of the coach. In previous matches, Diamonde was benched for Vini and brought in during second half, however Vini's form has greatly reduced and he needs to work on that, he needs to be more discilined too, the red card was out of his arrogance. Loosing form is inevitable, but he needs to work on himself so he can give fans the thrill they're used to.
By the way I think Mbappe and Diamonde has bonded better. I've a cold feeling Mbappe prefers playing with him over Vini but I could be wrong.

For now, there is no clear drama in the dressing room because the match ban that Vini is currently serving is suppressing the problem that Mourinho needs to address. At the moment, no one is being benched.  And it seems like Jose Mourinho made a remark on how he needs Vini in the games but he was not to direct on whether he will bring him from the bench or not. Yan Diomande is on fire right now na dbenching a player in form is not going to go well with the fan.

[Rabata]

Diomande has a lot of potential and yes, he scores beautiful goals, but I still think they really overpaid him based on what he did throughout his career. I was really surprised to see Real Madrid spending so much money for him.
Gordon is kind of weird signing, he is good but maybe Barcelona should have spent that money to reinforce their defense.

I won’t blame Madrid for spending that much on Diomande because they really needed some new spark in the team, their performance last season wasn’t so impressive, which could probably be due to the rivalry between the frontline line attackers, when a team have all stars as attackers there is always a conflict of interest because everyone will want to sell himself and that will make them play greedy football at times, bringing in Diomande is like creating some form of distraction, everyone’s focus won’t completely be on Vinicius anymore and that will give room for further improvement in the team, especially when certain players now knows that they could be replaced too if they misbehave, the good part is that despite Diomande being a young player, he is actually very good, he worth the price they bought him because of the impute he is putting into the team.

Real Madrid's spending on Diomande was not in vain. Because Diomande is the key to Madrid's future. He is still young and has many opportunities to develop himself into a better player. So buying him is a big win for Madrid. Although Real Madrid has many big stars in the attack, they do not always have a good understanding. Most of the time, everyone focuses more on improving their own performance. As a result, it has a big impact on the team's play. With the arrival of Diomande in the team, this situation has changed a lot. Because now Vinicius and other players in the team will know that they have to play well to keep their place. This will eliminate personal jealousy among the players and create a competition for good play within the team. Diomande has proven that he is the best option for Madrid.

[RockBell]

Sometimes I think about what happens in Madrid dressing room, and how somebody like Vinicius Junior will be able to accept the fact that Diomande is now keeping him on the bench, where as he was supposed to be the face of Real Madrid
I know this might be so troubling to him as a person, therefore, when ever he doesn't see goal, I know he will deeply be disappointed.

Diomande also as a person is someone who has respect, and knows what Vinicius has done for himself  as a person,  and how he is being brought to be his replacement. In some context, this may not go down well with him as. Person, but he won't be able to change what has been written, and cannot also undone the  decision of the coach. All the young ladies need do now is keeping grinding and working hard because who will be the next Ballon dor winner, nobody knows.

Is he actually benching Vinicius? To no me he's not benching him, let's wait till his ban is completed then we will see if truly he's benching him, Diomande is good no doubt, but within me I will still pick Vinicius over him, and I really think the contract renewal was not really necessary, he could has move to a team where he will be cherished, than this Real Madrid that everyone thinks he's the problem of the team, mean while since the arrival of kylian Mbappe, he's been treated like a piece of trash, if I'm to be him I'd move to Arsenal.

Exactly what I thought too, because even if Vini is not playing well, I don't think they will bench them and when the ban is lifted, let's see the next move that the coach will be making, because they are playing beautifully well. I actually enjoy Diomande's play, but the case might be that, since Mbappe came to the club, it has, one way or the other, affected Vini's performance, because there was a time when Vini was a king at Real Madrid, we are still trying to understand the fact that what decision the coach will be making, and I don't know if they can really work together because it seems Mbappe needs to be understood properly for things to be okay.

[HustleZ]

The biggest problem with this team is that they have very good players, but they can't field the right lineup with these players. Because of these imbalances, I think there's a problem in the team right now. If you have star players, you need to be able to use them correctly.
I think there are problems at the management and coaching level. A team with so many good players should be flawless in every aspect

Well strangely, having too much good players in a team is also a problem because utilising each player becomes a big hurdle, generally good players tend to maintain their abilities and become better when the team is kind of centered around them, and the team can only be centered around one player so in a team full of good players many have to sacrifice the roles that they want themselves to play and contribute towards another player, and this seems to be the problem at madrid camp as no one wants to sacrifice, everyone wants to be in the spotlight

[Davidloki]

Diomande has a lot of potential and yes, he scores beautiful goals, but I still think they really overpaid him based on what he did throughout his career. I was really surprised to see Real Madrid spending so much money for him.
Gordon is kind of weird signing, he is good but maybe Barcelona should have spent that money to reinforce their defense.

Diomande is surely overpriced and that's not a debate, Real Madrid would have made the worst signing of their life if he did not pull off this recent stunt with his performance. He has 4 goals and 4 assists in 14 appearances for Real Madrid and that's a pretty good stat for the 19 year old. I could observe that he is beginning to gain confidence as he plays more games, and that's good for his performance.

Vinicius Jnr would have a hard time benching him this time, he would need to do better with his performance and bring back the old Vini performance we all knew. He has being shit recently and I don't seem to kmow what the problem really is, Mourinho still believes in him though.

[Homemade-IQ]

Diomande is surely overpriced and that's not a debate, Real Madrid would have made the worst signing of their life if he did not pull off this recent stunt with his performance. He has 4 goals and 4 assists in 14 appearances for Real Madrid and that's a pretty good stat for the 19 year old. I could observe that he is beginning to gain confidence as he plays more games, and that's good for his performance.

Their is no way I think that he would be more worse than Eden hazard or other top notably players that came as a galatico, and later flop in the team  because he is just a young lad that is still far from his prime years.

Recently he has been doing very well, so no one is talking about the price tag again, but I don't think that he has what it takes to keep vinicius junior out of the team yet, unless he became more clinical in front of goal and deliver a higher numbers than vinicius junior, because that is the only thing that will make Jose Mourinho to play him more than vinicius.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Is he actually benching Vinicius? To no me he's not benching him, let's wait till his ban is completed then we will see if truly he's benching him, Diomande is good no doubt, but within me I will still pick Vinicius over him, and I really think the contract renewal was not really necessary, he could has move to a team where he will be cherished, than this Real Madrid that everyone thinks he's the problem of the team, mean while since the arrival of kylian Mbappe, he's been treated like a piece of trash, if I'm to be him I'd move to Arsenal.

We seem to be different about this because to be honest I expected Yan Diomande to play from the beginning compared to Vini even though it will look a little difficult but I want this in the next match
But Vini will not be easily replaced even though his performance is still stuck in my opinion because it only focuses on speed and dribbling that he always does but to back up Vini who is still liked by Perez is not easy.

So for now Vini allows will still remain a striker and Yan Diomande as a backup option that can be played in the second half.
For now I still understand that but when Vini's performance is still the same as before then Mou should know what he has to do because forcing stuck Vini and letting Yan Diomande whose performance is improving on the bench is a little excessive.

[JeromeTash]

Diomande is surely overpriced and that's not a debate, Real Madrid would have made the worst signing of their life if he did not pull off this recent stunt with his performance. He has 4 goals and 4 assists in 14 appearances for Real Madrid and that's a pretty good stat for the 19 year old. I could observe that he is beginning to gain confidence as he plays more games, and that's good for his performance.

Overpriced?
Go look at how much English clubs were paying for bang average players.

The truth is that Diomande hasn't disappointed so far, and that suits his current price tag, according to me. Mind you, in the 14 appearances, he has just started a few games. Most of them he would come in as a substitute late in the second half

[coinlary]

Diomande has a lot of potential and yes, he scores beautiful goals, but I still think they really overpaid him based on what he did throughout his career. I was really surprised to see Real Madrid spending so much money for him.
Gordon is kind of weird signing, he is good but maybe Barcelona should have spent that money to reinforce their defense.

Hmmm, that's true.....!!!!
Both team has overspend on their players. Like they have signed their players for relatively unnecessary fees especially Diomande who was signed on a much higher fee than average price. From the last 3 to 4 years I am monitoring that now Perez are not even making any two of good signing. In past he was know for his bargaining but no he is spending so many unnecessary money on new players such as Rodrigo, Diomande, Tchouameni, Carreras etc.......

But they have little to no choice than to pay it, they need someone they can rely on incase Vini changes his mind. To get a left winger is a bit of a task and  judging by how good diomande is in his former club , the club won't have sold him if they didn't offer such a huge convincing price. Still surprised by how  Barcelona was able to get Gordon that quick.

However currently both need players but let's see what they spend on next I mean Julian Alveraz......

Alvarez already apologized to Atletico, not sure they can get him anymore. Atletico won't sell him to Barca anyway.

[Rockstarguy]

The biggest problem with this team is that they have very good players, but they can't field the right lineup with these players. Because of these imbalances, I think there's a problem in the team right now. If you have star players, you need to be able to use them correctly.
I think there are problems at the management and coaching level. A team with so many good players should be flawless in every aspect

Well strangely, having too much good players in a team is also a problem because utilising each player becomes a big hurdle, generally good players tend to maintain their abilities and become better when the team is kind of centered around them, and the team can only be centered around one player so in a team full of good players many have to sacrifice the roles that they want themselves to play and contribute towards another player, and this seems to be the problem at madrid camp as no one wants to sacrifice, everyone wants to be in the spotlight

I don't think having good players is the problem. If you check, Real Madrid has always had good players, which has helped them win the Spanish league and the Champions League. I think right now there is something that is not going well. The problem might be with the coach; the positions can be a challenge for the players, which means they may not be good at the positions where they are placed. Every team has a time to shine and a time to struggle; it is possible that this is Real Madrid's struggle time.

[Obari]

Is he actually benching Vinicius? To no me he's not benching him, let's wait till his ban is completed then we will see if truly he's benching him, Diomande is good no doubt, but within me I will still pick Vinicius over him, and I really think the contract renewal was not really necessary, he could has move to a team where he will be cherished, than this Real Madrid that everyone thinks he's the problem of the team, mean while since the arrival of kylian Mbappe, he's been treated like a piece of trash, if I'm to be him I'd move to Arsenal.

Vinicius Jr is a senior player and there's no way Yan Diomande will bench Vini Jr. We know the mates in Santiago Bernabeu but with current settings, Yan Diomande have improved in all round performance and we know the level he's aiming, he wants to be that top winger that have good footings on the ball and also a proper finishing.

Real Madrid manager, josé Mourinho will have to make his decision on who to start in his starting XI and who to keep as backup winger. I don't think he's ready to bench Yan Diomande who's outstanding and have become a very versatile player for the club and the way he's moving, he's only destined to score golazo.

[GbitG]

Barcelona vs Atlatico Madrid

Today was UEFA champions league match was fortunately Barcelona get succeeded in business to finish the match in 3-0 victory.  Barcelona was undefeated form the beginning of the season but recently they lose against PSG and Real Madrid and because of this many people got frustrated and even they got uncertain about Barcelona but today match also show up that Barcelona are still in confidence to challenge their rivalry for league title.......

Next week we have Barcelona and Atlatico Madrid. I am super excited for this competitive tussle like this will be the last trail for Barcelona to modify himself for League title. El Classico made us little bit disappointed but I hope this match will bring some glory to the team.

What did you think Guys.....
Let me know....

[Ale88]

Diomande has a lot of potential and yes, he scores beautiful goals, but I still think they really overpaid him based on what he did throughout his career. I was really surprised to see Real Madrid spending so much money for him.
Gordon is kind of weird signing, he is good but maybe Barcelona should have spent that money to reinforce their defense.

The talks off overpayment are bullshit if he keeps on banging them goals and getting his goal tally higher and upwards. How man has he in the last three fixtures? Now that is how you judge and rate him.

That's an interesting statement considering that only a few days ago you were criticizing Diomande:

Yann Diomande is good but what has he won for and with Real Madrid?!

And now, all of a sudden, he is worth 140 million euros because he scored a few goals? You either have identity crisis or you don't know what you write...

We have also see players brought in for a way higher figure but they did quite well with the club. Gareth Bale is the perfect example to use.

Bale was purchased for 100 million euros, that's still 40 millions less than Diomande.