Quote from: sana54210 on November 21, 2022, 08:56:00 PM

Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on November 21, 2022, 01:05:01 AM

Honestly, when Barcelona works hard enough, they will be able to beat Real Madrid, but for now I think they shouldn't have too many illusions about winning the League, yes, they are winning the League, it's because Real Madrid has allowed them to, and for now Real Madrid things are going very well in the UCL, which is something very big, for now the League is something that Real Madrid can once again take first place in the table, Barcelona have to focus more of their energies on the Europa League to see if they enter back to the UCL season, but they have it very strong because Man United, despite the fact that their spirits are very low because of CR7, I think they can come to play with everything.

Man United want to get back to the UCL no matter what, and the only thing on their mind is to have a lot of wins, this is where they need to focus a lot more.

I do not think that Real Madrid really "allowed" anyone to be the first, they are playing well, they haven't lost or got a tie that commonly, they are playing well, the difference is that Barcelona is playing even better.

This is why I believe that we are going to end up seeing Barcelona win the title this year. On the other hand, if Barcelona still goes on to finals and win Europa cup, while Real Madrid somehow manages to lose both domestic cup and UCL at the same time, then we are going to see Real focus only to league, while Barcelona focusing on many other competitions and there could be some trouble there for sure, which will create a trouble for them.

Well this is also a panorama under which many more scenarios can be generated, it is obvious that now we can speculate a lot, I say about Real Madrid because I am quite realistic, for now Barcelona is doing well and there is nothing that can stop them, yes, but when we refer to a League where anything or any result can result, when Real Madrid presses to leave the other teams behind, it does so without thinking, so at this moment Xavi is a coach who is not bad, but if he still has a lot to learn, and I think that even if he has very good players and one in particular like Lewa, maintaining the level is not easy at all.

Quote from: izsara on December 05, 2022, 08:26:12 PM

Quote from: Razmirraz on December 05, 2022, 01:41:07 PM

I also see it like that, one of the reasons Barcelona was eliminated from the Champions League was because they were unable to balance the game when dealing with teams who had the same strength as them. The strength of Manchester United cannot be underestimated even though Barcelona has managed to improve its performance, Manchester United has improved since Ten Hag became coach.
Barcelona strength will be seen when dealing with Manchester United, if the tactics used by Xavi are able to get rid of Manchester United from the Europa League, Barcelona is ready to compete again to win the La Liga and UEL trophies.

Another problem is Injuries.
We know that when they were knocked out of the Champions League their form in the Champions League and La Liga faltered because they lost 4 core players in midfield and defense.
Xavi is good at coaching, but he still can't balance rotations so when their core players don't play Xavi gets overwhelmed and can't perform all out as usual.

Xavi's problem is going to look much bigger for now in this January 2023 when he finds out that he cannot integrate another player into his team because he knows that the team does not have that much money, and that he has to work with the ones he has, although for me that is not a bad thing, only now it is what I can speculate, in any case, I have to wait, I don't know if Barceloa's plans are to sell some players so that they have sufficient capitalization, the economic problems are something that He stopped this team from everything, and one of Barcelona's mistakes was that Xavi chose everything, and each one of the managers trusted him and it hasn't given results, for me it's a pity, because Barcelona is one of the best teams they have in the League.

I think Xavi understood - Azpilicueta discloses how he rejected Barcelona

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There was a time in this previous transfer window when it was thought to be a certainty that Cesar Azpilicueta was leaving Chelsea to join Barcelona. That rumor wouldn't go away and eventually hit a breaking point wherein Azpilicueta ended up telling Xavi no and stayed at Chelsea.

In an interview this past week with Cadena Ser, Azpilicueta detailed why he told Barcelona no and decided to stay in England.

Source: https://www.barcablaugranes.com/2022/12/5/23494474/i-think-xavi-understood-azpilicueta-discloses-how-he-rejected-barcelona