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Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24
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swogerino
on 28/08/2023, 15:24:00 UTC
The fact that Barcelona won seems to be cool and 3 points is 3 points, but given the previous two games, I would say that this is another sign of weakness (if we are talking about the fight for the title). And with such a game (both in attack and defense), one should not count on any success in Eurocups. Maybe Xavi will be able to even out the situation, but globally I expect a repeat of previous seasons - instability that will not always end as well as today.

That's correct, the "three points is three points" talk might be true for La Liga, but when this is against the best European teams in the Champions League, I don't think that Barcelona has a realistic chance to make it to the semifinal. Maybe the quarterfinals could be possible, but the last season was a good example of what you just explained. A team like Inter Milan punishes this and doesn't lose the game like Villareal did. Both games against Cadiz and Getafe have already had some warning signals. Having one close game against an inferior team is normal, but these three games taken together aren't very promising so far.

By the way, as I expected, the bookmakers also rated this game as a minus for Barcelona and the quotes for the La Liga title shifted a little more in favor of Real Madrid. Now, according to the bookmakers, the odds of Real Madrid are 1.68 and Barcelona are 2.75. I consider this bias to be quite serious and still profitable to bet on Real (but I want to wait until September 1st to know for sure if Mbappe will come).

I think that Mbappe won't come most probably as Carlo Ancelotti said that we are not waiting anymore attackers.However you are making the right call as if Mbappe comes it means that most likely Real Madrid will be Champions of La Liga this year as they need just a player like him in the midfield and they will have no problems whatsoever winning at least 95% of all of their games if not 100% of them.

Barcelona yesterday night showed great spirit as they come back from 3-2 to 3-4 and they were leading 0-2 before losing to 3-2,so great recovery,I doubt any other team would have done the same against a strong team like Villareal,for example I doubt if Real Madrid would have come back the same way Barcelona did.