La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2026/27

[Adbitco]

You see how Barcelona are celebrating this without any issue, nobody is making a fuss of this but let it be the other way round that's when they will remember game to goal ratio, lol. These guys are so obsessed with it whenever things don't go their way. You see how they only talk about how Yamal has got more goals and assists but wouldn't talk about the numbers of matches played. They forget that one has played 14 more games at this age compared to the other one. We are meant to accept this and move on simply because it suits their agenda. I'm glad overall, Mbappe has more goals when you pull up both players stats.

We dont look at goal ratio only, notice how goal ratio is a thing madrid fans now to consider but in ronaldo messi debate they ignore the better goal ratio of messi? So this is same the both ways, and according to me Lamine is way better because we dont look at goals only just see the assists and also without the goals and assists lamine has a very crucial role in buildup of any play and he delivers well, so somethings arent measured by stats only, but statistically lamine has 1.02 G/A ratio per game whereas Mbappe has 0.86 G/A ratio per game so try using some maths once in a while

Lol, it's you guys that are obsessed with goal ratio so I'm just following your steps that's exactly why I brought it up, notice how exactly I started the conversation. Barcelona/Messi has been obsessed with this goal ratio whenever the issue of Ronaldo having the most goals in history comes into play, they are quick to point out that his played more matches than Messi. You notice how these fans switch on and off their brain when it's exactly what they want. It's no longer news. Let's talk about statistics, if you are using their overall career G/A you should know Mbappe dusts Yamal in all ramification so that will never be a debate. If you want to use Yamal at Barcelona and Mbappe at Madrid, then you have to start exactly from when Mbappe joined Real Madrid, this season will making Mbappe 3 seasons at Madrid and this season will be making Yamal 4 seasons at Barcelona. If you want to pull up a stat, start it from when both players are in the same league, this was the same nonsense you guys did in Ronaldo case. Ronaldo while I'm Spain was a better goal scorer than Messi, but you guys don't apply this logic and you give Messi the best scorer in Spain when both of them are in a debate. Ronaldo started in 2009 - 2018 which brings his total stay in Spain to 9 years which is 9 seasons, Messi on the other hand has over 17 seasons in Spain and you think you can compare the statistics? Start the comparison from when Ronaldo started, he has a better goal to game ratio than Messi. Ronaldo is the only player in Spain history to average 1+ goal ratio in Spain other are on 0.+ You can fact check me on this. 450 goals in less than 450 matches.

[GbitG]

This chance miss brought in a lot of controversy last night, this would have been a huge boost for Atletico Madrid if only Alvarez had converted this chance. Some claimed he was putting on Atletico Madrid jersey but behind the scenes, his playing for Barcelona, his body is at Madrid while his heart is that Barcelona. Well I tend to disagree with the accusations of him missing that goal on purpose because even several better players have missed similar chances some even worse than this, yet they were not accused of playing double for both teams, yes he wanted to leave but the club blocked the deal doesn't mean he will play against his current club.

Well, that's totally injustice to doubt on players intentions. Julian Alveraz is Atlatico Madrid players and still he has commitment for his club. Missing a open chance is not the case to blame on players intentions like Julian Alveraz didn't miss this intentionally. It was a mistakes and you can't a blame him on this..... It is obvious that in Windows he express that he want to leave the club but it doesn't mean that he will not have any commitments. Sometimes players made a mistakes but it doesn't mean that he have bad wish for his team.......

We should need to judge him on overall contribution not a single chance miss. Literally in his overall stats he has big contribution for his team and probably he will try to continue til rest. So don't make it too controversial like it's nothing except mistake..... That's it...!!!!

[LUCKMCFLY]

Barcelona team is the team at the top of the point table, it is natural that they will perform in this match with their offensive style. This season Barcelona team was not ready to perform completely yet, but if they want to maintain their place at the bottom of the point table, they will have to work harder. Today was their performance with Atletico Madrid team, this game was quite competitive and I was afraid when Atletico Madrid was able to score first.
 But Barcelona team players never gave up so this was a positive point for them, Barcelona team was able to win this match despite missing many attacks at the last minute and collected full points to maintain their place at the bottom of the point table.

They played well, but remember, 3 points doesn't mean they're at the top. Real Madrid is breathing down their necks, and that's something that doesn't give them peace of mind. Did they celebrate 13th place a lot? Yes, Cholo eventually made one of the worst mistakes I've ever seen, giving too much prominence to Julian Alvarez, who seemed to play for Barcelona. I didn't like that.

Julian's mentality isn't right. In fact, I wouldn't have put him in. He missed every scoring opportunity. I don't know, I have a bad feeling... They should have started Sorloth and implemented a superior tactical system. The first half was excellent, but they threw everything away in the second.

[coinlary]

We should need to judge him on overall contribution not a single chance miss. Literally in his overall stats he has big contribution for his team and probably he will try to continue til rest. So don't make it too controversial like it's nothing except mistake..... That's it...!!!!

The best thing they can do for him is to loan him out or sell him to another club even if it's not Barcelona night. I understand why Simeone played him as a striker against Barca, he was trying to make him get the fans trust but it turned out even worse him.

The missed chances are  normal in a game like that  especially from a guy under  tension of  trying to please his club but due  to the recent issues he had, it made it even more complicated for him, adding more unnecessary stress to his mental health.

[Abdulzuruku01]

Real Madrid may not have recovered completely but when we are talking about winning Real Madrid I don't consider a team like Celta de Vigo to win Real Madrid even though anything can be possible in football. Real Madrid will definitely defeat them even if it is just a goal because they are chasing Barcelona and Atletico Madrid back to back and soon they will be few points ahead of Atletico Madrid because of the lost they had against Barcelona. Mourinho is really doing a great job in the Real Madrid team and the management will be so impress.

Looking at the Real Madrid performances it seems that they’v getting improved compared to how they performed in previous matches but that should not give the fans hope that they can find their upcoming game easy to win against Celta. Because underrate team that are not powerful enough be a bad prediction sometimes, currently now Real Madrid are behind of the Barcelona with 30 points only 3 points difference with Barcelona.

Real Madrid is trying given Barcelona pressure behind and i know that they will never get the chance their looking for, because Barcelona will not give them the opportunity that they will take over the top spot from as you can see Barcelona always package their best players to make sure they get the chance of winning trophies.

[PhilosopherKing]

Well, that's totally injustice to doubt on players intentions. Julian Alveraz is Atlatico Madrid players and still he has commitment for his club. Missing a open chance is not the case to blame on players intentions like Julian Alveraz didn't miss this intentionally. It was a mistakes and you can't a blame him on this..... It is obvious that in Windows he express that he want to leave the club but it doesn't mean that he will not have any commitments. Sometimes players made a mistakes but it doesn't mean that he have bad wish for his team.......

We should need to judge him on overall contribution not a single chance miss. Literally in his overall stats he has big contribution for his team and probably he will try to continue til rest. So don't make it too controversial like it's nothing except mistake..... That's it...!!!!

Those weren’t mistakes man. Those chances were crystal clear chances that the Julian that we all know and loved would have scored without breaking a sweat. Barca is man’s dream club, a place he has always wanted to go. So you really can’t expect him to put in all effort. It is just like having a crush and you are now asked to go and compete with that crush. Anyone like that will wanna go soft on that crush and that is how Julian own case was.

The thing is that his mind isn’t in that his club anymore, I don’t give a fuck about whatever contract he signed, athletico de Madrid should get him loaned or sold already. What overall stats were you even talking about in your post huh? Just take a look at the dude current stat in that match, also this season and how it has been in the last season, there is some pretty big difference in btw don’t you think?

Anyways Athletico de Madrid should do whatever they want, I stopped caring a long time ago due to their own stubbornness. Even if Julian scored, Barca wil have still found a way to win, that’s what they are winners. Thank you Barca for that win, you peeps are the real deal and the best in the world rn, and I love ya ❤️

[icebar]

Real Madrid may not have recovered completely but when we are talking about winning Real Madrid I don't consider a team like Celta de Vigo to win Real Madrid even though anything can be possible in football. Real Madrid will definitely defeat them even if it is just a goal because they are chasing Barcelona and Atletico Madrid back to back and soon they will be few points ahead of Atletico Madrid because of the lost they had against Barcelona. Mourinho is really doing a great job in the Real Madrid team and the management will be so impress.

Looking at the Real Madrid performances it seems that they’v getting improved compared to how they performed in previous matches but that should not give the fans hope that they can find their upcoming game easy to win against Celta. Because underrate team that are not powerful enough be a bad prediction sometimes, currently now Real Madrid are behind of the Barcelona with 30 points only 3 points difference with Barcelona.

Real Madrid is trying given Barcelona pressure behind and i know that they will never get the chance their looking for, because Barcelona will not give them the opportunity that they will take over the top spot from as you can see Barcelona always package their best players to make sure they get the chance of winning trophies.

I think Barcelona are on top now, but they can be under a lot of pressure. Especially Real Madrid are back in form at this time. If they play with full strength against weaker teams, I think it will not be difficult to beat Barcelona in the points table. Moreover, Real Madrid's comeback in the last few matches will make the team more confident. Barcelona have won 11 out of 12 matches so far, but it cannot be said that they will be able to play in the same consistency in the next matches. They have changed the situation that Real Madrid was in at the beginning. It is very normal for any team to fall behind in the game due to injuries to good players or for any other reason. Even though Barcelona is ahead in the title race, Real Madrid is not far behind.

[Tongley]

Real Madrid may not have recovered completely but when we are talking about winning Real Madrid I don't consider a team like Celta de Vigo to win Real Madrid even though anything can be possible in football. Real Madrid will definitely defeat them even if it is just a goal because they are chasing Barcelona and Atletico Madrid back to back and soon they will be few points ahead of Atletico Madrid because of the lost they had against Barcelona. Mourinho is really doing a great job in the Real Madrid team and the management will be so impress.

Looking at the Real Madrid performances it seems that they’v getting improved compared to how they performed in previous matches but that should not give the fans hope that they can find their upcoming game easy to win against Celta. Because underrate team that are not powerful enough be a bad prediction sometimes, currently now Real Madrid are behind of the Barcelona with 30 points only 3 points difference with Barcelona.

Real Madrid is trying given Barcelona pressure behind and i know that they will never get the chance their looking for, because Barcelona will not give them the opportunity that they will take over the top spot from as you can see Barcelona always package their best players to make sure they get the chance of winning trophies.

I think Barcelona are on top now, but they can be under a lot of pressure. Especially Real Madrid are back in form at this time. If they play with full strength against weaker teams, I think it will not be difficult to beat Barcelona in the points table. Moreover, Real Madrid's comeback in the last few matches will make the team more confident. Barcelona have won 11 out of 12 matches so far, but it cannot be said that they will be able to play in the same consistency in the next matches. They have changed the situation that Real Madrid was in at the beginning. It is very normal for any team to fall behind in the game due to injuries to good players or for any other reason. Even though Barcelona is ahead in the title race, Real Madrid is not far behind.

Real Madrid, as far as they are currently lagging behind, will be able to overcome this weakness with time. At the beginning of the season, we saw Real Madrid's performance very badly and then we said that if Mourinho gets some time, he will be able to bring Real Madrid back to its previous form, the current situation is the same and if this current situation continues, then their performance will definitely improve before the end of the season. If Barcelona makes some wrong decisions or if they lose their form, then Real Madrid will definitely go far and occupy the top spot of the points table and it will not be easy for Barcelona to occupy that place completely.

[Antidote47k]

Well, that's totally injustice to doubt on players intentions. Julian Alveraz is Atlatico Madrid players and still he has commitment for his club. Missing a open chance is not the case to blame on players intentions like Julian Alveraz didn't miss this intentionally. It was a mistakes and you can't a blame him on this..... It is obvious that in Windows he express that he want to leave the club but it doesn't mean that he will not have any commitments. Sometimes players made a mistakes but it doesn't mean that he have bad wish for his team.......

We should need to judge him on overall contribution not a single chance miss. Literally in his overall stats he has big contribution for his team and probably he will try to continue til rest. So don't make it too controversial like it's nothing except mistake..... That's it...!!!!

Him deciding to leave the club that early in his contract makes us question his commitment and intentions and he didn’t stop at that he was basically throwing tantrums here and there  which was uncalled for, I think he even left the team for sometime with the excuse of depression. I’m not saying he intentionally missed an open chance but with the amount of twerking this guy did for Barca, I don't blame people that questions his commitment.

He’s such a clinical striker and you seldomly see him missing chances like this, again I’m not saying it’s intentional, not sure any professional player would do something like that

[Tamaperdana]

Next week Barcelona will face Villarreal. I think Barcelona have a great chance to win against this team. Villarreal are currently not performing too well,, as evidenced by their position in 8th place in the La Liga standings. So yes this clearly shows that they will not be a threat to Barcelona in the upcoming matches. I am very excited to watch this match and bet on Barcelona. I hope Barcelona can score a lot of goals and not concede a lot. If that happens, it will be very interesting. Do you think Barcelona will struggle in this match? Are you going to bet on this game too?

Next week, Real Madrid will face Celta, so it should be very easy for them to win. So, it looks like the top three teams in La Liga will remain unchanged next week.

[B-BossMan]

Next week Barcelona will face Villarreal. I think Barcelona have a great chance to win against this team. Villarreal are currently not performing too well,, as evidenced by their position in 8th place in the La Liga standings. So yes this clearly shows that they will not be a threat to Barcelona in the upcoming matches. I am very excited to watch this match and bet on Barcelona. I hope Barcelona can score a lot of goals and not concede a lot. If that happens, it will be very interesting. Do you think Barcelona will struggle in this match? Are you going to bet on this game too?

Next week, Real Madrid will face Celta, so it should be very easy for them to win. So, it looks like the top three teams in La Liga will remain unchanged next week.

The Barcelona may actually have the higher advantages on this match, but at the same time we shouldn't underestimate the the Villarreal performance, because we have seen many clubs that are struggling from the initial stage of the league, then they turn our to achieve good results when they meet a big club. If Barcelona did not fumble by giving out unnecessary chances, they could win the match but, it's still fresh to vague for Barcelona on this match, as football arr unpredictable at times. I was impressed with the Barcelona's last match against Atletico de Madrid. Though I was expecting to see different results as Atletico de Madrid scored an early goal, but Barcelona ended everything easily.

[BoiCrypto]

Barcelona team is the team at the top of the point table, it is natural that they will perform in this match with their offensive style. This season Barcelona team was not ready to perform completely yet, but if they want to maintain their place at the bottom of the point table, they will have to work harder. Today was their performance with Atletico Madrid team, this game was quite competitive and I was afraid when Atletico Madrid was able to score first.
 But Barcelona team players never gave up so this was a positive point for them, Barcelona team was able to win this match despite missing many attacks at the last minute and collected full points to maintain their place at the bottom of the point table.

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Barcelona is sitting at ghe top 1 of the table just 3 points ahead of Real Madrid, which is not enough to say Barcelona is already free at the top, 1 win from Real Madrid they'll share the same points with Real Madrid. So this is the time Barcelona need to do put in much energy to see that they give Real Madrid enough gap that will be hard for them to overtake them at  the top. But the 3 point is not convincing.

Real Madrid are not playing this season they're also doing everything possible to seebthat they maintain a good performance till ending of the season and even lift the trophy, but Barcelona is not giving them that chance, I think we are approaching the time that the competition will be tough again.

[Humblevirus]

Next week Barcelona will face Villarreal. I think Barcelona have a great chance to win against this team. Villarreal are currently not performing too well,, as evidenced by their position in 8th place in the La Liga standings. So yes this clearly shows that they will not be a threat to Barcelona in the upcoming matches. I am very excited to watch this match and bet on Barcelona. I hope Barcelona can score a lot of goals and not concede a lot. If that happens, it will be very interesting. Do you think Barcelona will struggle in this match? Are you going to bet on this game too?

Next week, Real Madrid will face Celta, so it should be very easy for them to win. So, it looks like the top three teams in La Liga will remain unchanged next week.

The Barcelona may actually have the higher advantages on this match, but at the same time we shouldn't underestimate the the Villarreal performance, because we have seen many clubs that are struggling from the initial stage of the league, then they turn our to achieve good results when they meet a big club. If Barcelona did not fumble by giving out unnecessary chances, they could win the match but, it's still fresh to vague for Barcelona on this match, as football arr unpredictable at times. I was impressed with the Barcelona's last match against Atletico de Madrid. Though I was expecting to see different results as Atletico de Madrid scored an early goal, but Barcelona ended everything easily.

Barcelona have everything it takes to win this match compared to Villarreal. I know that football is unpredictable sometimes and gives us surprising results that we never expected, but in this match, I see Barcelona having a high chance of winning. Winning is what I'm expecting from them, nothing less.It will be Barcelona's home game, and if there are no unexpected circumstances, they will make use of their home advantage. So, I have a high level of confidence that Barcelona will win all three points. In fact, I don't think Barcelona will struggle to win this match, considering the way Villarreal are currently playing.The only team I expected to be able to stop Barcelona from winning was Atletico Madrid, but they escaped defeat because Atletico Madrid are a defensive team. That style of play always gives them an advantage, especially against big teams, as those teams often find it difficult to penetrate their defensive line.

[New Judgement]

This chance miss brought in a lot of controversy last night, this would have been a huge boost for Atletico Madrid if only Alvarez had converted this chance. Some claimed he was putting on Atletico Madrid jersey but behind the scenes, his playing for Barcelona, his body is at Madrid while his heart is that Barcelona. Well I tend to disagree with the accusations of him missing that goal on purpose because even several better players have missed similar chances some even worse than this, yet they were not accused of playing double for both teams, yes he wanted to leave but the club blocked the deal doesn't mean he will play against his current club.

People will always like to make up stories and push their own narratives, just to buy themselves little happiness. Has Julian Alvarez not been missing goals for Atletico Madrid? Has he not scored against Barcelona before? Aggrieved Real Madrid fans that wanted to see Barcelona dropped points in that match so they will have same point in Laliga are the ones pushing this narrative. This their claims holds no water, if Atletico Madrid thinks that Alvarez was going to play against them, they wouldn’t have started him in that match. People miss chances in football, this Alvarez should not be an exception because he was linked to Barcelona.

[Different patterns]

Real Madrid, as far as they are currently lagging behind, will be able to overcome this weakness with time. At the beginning of the season, we saw Real Madrid's performance very badly and then we said that if Mourinho gets some time, he will be able to bring Real Madrid back to its previous form, the current situation is the same and if this current situation continues, then their performance will definitely improve before the end of the season. If Barcelona makes some wrong decisions or if they lose their form, then Real Madrid will definitely go far and occupy the top spot of the points table and it will not be easy for Barcelona to occupy that place completely.

Yeah, Real Madrid are improving and are becoming better almost every game and that's how I want a team to think, they should take every game seriously regardless of how strong or how weak the team you are playing against is, if you see Barcelona they are approaching every if the league games with so much intensity and power and are scoring as many goals as possible without pity and you will see that they are not trying to be overconfident in every game. Most teams when they have been consistent for a while and want to play with smaller teams in my opinion, I think they use to look down on those teams and those teams use that as an advantage to win. My opinion though.

[Solokan]

Real Madrid may not have recovered completely but when we are talking about winning Real Madrid I don't consider a team like Celta de Vigo to win Real Madrid even though anything can be possible in football. Real Madrid will definitely defeat them even if it is just a goal because they are chasing Barcelona and Atletico Madrid back to back and soon they will be few points ahead of Atletico Madrid because of the lost they had against Barcelona. Mourinho is really doing a great job in the Real Madrid team and the management will be so impress.

Looking at the Real Madrid performances it seems that they’v getting improved compared to how they performed in previous matches but that should not give the fans hope that they can find their upcoming game easy to win against Celta. Because underrate team that are not powerful enough be a bad prediction sometimes, currently now Real Madrid are behind of the Barcelona with 30 points only 3 points difference with Barcelona.

Real Madrid is trying given Barcelona pressure behind and i know that they will never get the chance their looking for, because Barcelona will not give them the opportunity that they will take over the top spot from as you can see Barcelona always package their best players to make sure they get the chance of winning trophies.

Yes, the point is that Barcelona will try to win consistently when competing, as well as Real Madrid, they will try to win in order to shift Barcelona's position. Indeed, we don't know what will happen with the Real Madrid vs Celta match, although Real Madrid will have a big potential to win against Celta, but of course there is no guarantee that Real Madrid will win in that match. because in the last match Celta vs Real Madrid at that time, even though Real Madrid won, at that time Celta was also able to score goals against Real Madrid. Well, now we'll see what happens later, but in my opinion, Real Madrid will have a big potential to win in that match because Real Madrid has a good squad, plus Real Madrid is the host in that match. but Barcelona definitely wants to see Real Madrid not get 3 points in that match.

[HajiBagi]

This chance miss brought in a lot of controversy last night, this would have been a huge boost for Atletico Madrid if only Alvarez had converted this chance. Some claimed he was putting on Atletico Madrid jersey but behind the scenes, his playing for Barcelona, his body is at Madrid while his heart is that Barcelona. Well I tend to disagree with the accusations of him missing that goal on purpose because even several better players have missed similar chances some even worse than this, yet they were not accused of playing double for both teams, yes he wanted to leave but the club blocked the deal doesn't mean he will play against his current club.

Alvarez should not be blamed for what happened in that match, the coach should be blamed because he is the one that start him in the match when he knows that the player want to join the club they are playing against, Atletico Madrid have Lookman, and David who have been playing when Alvarez is not in the squad but the coach refuses to give those players a single minute in the match, i don’t know why Diago Simone always treated black players somehow, people were saying it before and i believe what they were saying now.

Lookman and David will not missed that kind of chances, everyone knows that Alvarez want to join Barcelona and he is still interested in joining the club and he will everything to help them, i don’t say he played for Barcelona in the match but he should not supposed to start the match, he can come on and have some minutes, he is not in his best form due to what happened before the season.

[Emjay24]

I am still trying to understand how atletico scored 10 minutes, but couldn’t score more goals after. That was a very lazy performance from them honestly, and it was annoying to watch. I also think Alvarez needs to be Investigated because what the fuck was that move. It looked like he intentionally ruined his opportunity to score, because that was supposed to be an easy goal. I see no reason why atletico could not defeat Barca, they had so many opportunities to score but didn’t make use of it well. Very annoying and unserious club. They’re not even bothered they’ve not won trophy since 5 years now.

Alvarez really did some promo for Barcelona, they had many chances which they couldn't convert. The Alvarez that plays for Atletico Madrid this season is a shadow of who played last season. Atletico Madrid really needs to let him go hopefully in January. Atletico Madrid as a team didn't put the best effort to win that match, they were just wasting opportunities here and there and in the end lost all points to Barca, its a shame though, I was offended too by their lack of precision.

[Antotena]

Next week Barcelona will face Villarreal. I think Barcelona have a great chance to win against this team. Villarreal are currently not performing too well,, as evidenced by their position in 8th place in the La Liga standings. So yes this clearly shows that they will not be a threat to Barcelona in the upcoming matches. I am very excited to watch this match and bet on Barcelona. I hope Barcelona can score a lot of goals and not concede a lot. If that happens, it will be very interesting. Do you think Barcelona will struggle in this match? Are you going to bet on this game too?

Next week, Real Madrid will face Celta, so it should be very easy for them to win. So, it looks like the top three teams in La Liga will remain unchanged next week.

I think Real Madrid are winning their match. Celta is worse than Villarreal with performance. They are good are more likely giving Barcelona headache than for Celta to worry Real Madrid. Another interesting theory is that both of the team will host the away matches and looking at how desperately they both want to secure 3 points and maintain the speed to give each other the gap will make this week match very more interesting. It's unlikely but it will be fun if Real Madrid win and Barcelona lose.

It will also be interesting if vice versa is the outcome. You know for months now, Real Madrid is looking for a way to catch up with Barcelona to make their performance even at 13th week. That will be 1/3 of the season, if Real Madrid win, they will feel they have done a lot of work to be even and will fight for another 1/3 of the season. However, all these are theory. Any of them can still disappoint us in the end.

[Freeveto]

Alvarez should not be blamed for what happened in that match, the coach should be blamed because he is the one that start him in the match when he knows that the player want to join the club they are playing against, Atletico Madrid have Lookman, and David who have been playing when Alvarez is not in the squad but the coach refuses to give those players a single minute in the match, i don’t know why Diago Simone always treated black players somehow, people were saying it before and i believe what they were saying now.

He should be blamed because he is an Atlético Madrid player, he deserve ti do his best for the team despite his interest in their opposition team because his performance will also play a vital part of him getting signed from the club, and his attitude to this current team will not change anything because of the nature of the coach.

The reason why they started him is because they needed result in time, and he is a very key player that is vital and is adding more value to the team, why should he be benched when he is fit to play?

Lookman and David will not missed that kind of chances, everyone knows that Alvarez want to join Barcelona and he is still interested in joining the club and he will everything to help them, i don’t say he played for Barcelona in the match but he should not supposed to start the match, he can come on and have some minutes, he is not in his best form due to what happened before the season.

Missing chances do happen, it is not usually intentional because as a striker, he will also want to also score goals, he can’t just miss a chance intentionally. The coach can decide to bench him for his performance, but that doesn’t mean he can’t always play when playing against a team he wanted to join.