Quote from: D-law on May 06, 2023, 01:32:55 AM

Quote from: Pokapoka124 on May 06, 2023, 12:20:02 AM

Barcelona are on a different level this season after struggling with the sanctions, restrictions and even losing some of their key players to lessen the weight of bearing huge wages. Xavi's employment has obviously turned things around for better, already they are in pole position to win the league trophy this season ahead of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid who have failed to match their strength this season.

At the start it felt like Xavi wasn't doing a good job but still the club supported him
They will face one of the their fiercest sides when it comes to the league in Spain
Espanyol are also good counter attacking side and also Barcelona neighbors
Barcelona will win the league is they get to win but the game will be difficult

Well, it is not that Barcelona is doing as well as many believe, because they also have to be clear about something, they have lost the Europa League, they were taken out by a team that did not reach the final of the competition, they have been taken out of many tournaments The only good thing that I can defend Barcelona is that when they have to play with Real Madrid they do very well and have a high success rate, not 100% but if it can be said that they are more successful, then these kinds of things are the ones we look at with good eyes and it's Logical, if they don't win the League they should throw out Xavi, because in reality he hasn't done much.

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Quote from: CryptoPanda on May 13, 2023, 03:00:23 PM

It has not been easy for Barcelona in the past seasons with the financial restrictions and problems, Barcelona have managed the situation with few player purchases and sales, which also saw Aubameyang and Messi leaving the club, hopefully they will try again this summer to try and get their preferred targets with same strategy.

Barcelona's success this season cannot be separate from the decision to bring Robert Lewandowski to Camp Nou, he is one of the players who bring Barcelona to its current position with all his contributions since join Barcelona.
Lewandowski's first season at Laliga went well, he was also list as Laliga's top scorer for the 2022-23 season

Best decision was Xavi because bringing him to Camp Nou was best from the management and after this Robert Lewandowski give them best double which give them win and now things could be interesting for the next season and as we have rumours about Messi which are no clear things can go more aggressive.

Now if they are able to hold things in positive way then surely we can expect good success because right now financial situation is not good they can improve this and have better success as well most chances they will be able to bring Aubameyang because Chelsea already announces about him and Barcelona can afford him as well this could be good for them and give strength to their attack as well.

Nobody denies it, it's just that now Lewa is as if he were doomed because he's a player who has a lot of quality but doesn't win important tournaments, yes, he's going to win the League, but he would have to be in a Bayern team that could possibly have gone to the Semifinals , so He was hurt by a team like Barcelona, because Barcelona has not won important titles and Lewa has had to participate in a Europa League where he could not even do much, he was taken out by a team that later was thrashed 7-0 in his own local league, and although each game is a different story , it is very easy to draw conclusions.

Quote from: Slow death on Today at 07:11:36 PM

well, what happened in that game between real madrid and valencia were very bad things, real madrid lost the game, in 5 games real madrid had 3 losses and 2 wins, maybe the lack of motivation because they no longer have anything important to fight for so they are relaxed, they already have a guaranteed place in the champions league so they will only play to finish the last games, but in today's game once again they called vinicius a monkey, something very mean and unnecessary and to make matters worse vinicius took red card, this will not play in the next games, they are also games without much importance

It's true that this was not a very good season for Real Madrid, but Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey so not everything was a disaster, now Real Madrid needs to organize itself for the next season, it has to hire good players in the attack , I still don't know if real madrid will go after mbappe or victor osimhen or some other great goal scorer, but the fact is that real madrid urgently needs players in attack, since last season i haven't seen real madrid doing great signings in the attack and they won a lot, but this squad already gave everything they could give, they need to improve

I think the same as you, at the moment one of the things that Real Madrid has hit a lot is having lost in the UCL that lowered their spirits a lot, the players are somewhat disappointed, if we start to look at it I think Ancelotti has a lot of responsibility The fact that first place in the League is no longer being disputed is something that cannot be done much, it is known that some no longer have the same interest, for them Barcelona is the champion and for teams like Madrid they are interested It is only to be champions in everything they step on, the rest are already considered failures, I think this may be the reason.

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Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr choked and sent off in wild scenes amid fresh racism allegations

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Los Blancos’ La Liga clash with Valencia, amid fresh allegations of racial abuse against the Brazilian. The winger was dismissed after VAR deemed him to have slapped opponent Hugo Duro.

Vinicius had been infuriated by yet another alleged incident of racist abuse by a supporter inside the Mestalla. The 22-year-old attempted to seek out the individual, but it caused conflict between the two sets of players.

He continued to point at the culprit in the stands and was clearly furious. His Madrid team-mates, and opponents from Valencia, attempted to intervene.

A message was displayed on the Mestalla screen supposedly urging fans not to throw objects onto the pitch. It also warned fans not to ‘insult’ players.

Vinicius and other Madrid players could be seen shouting at a group of Valencia supporters behind the goal. The attacker then spoke to referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, who informed the stadium manager and the fourth official about the incident.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1772866/Real-Madrid-Vinicius-Jr