Quote from: TelolettOm on January 05, 2024, 11:58:24 PM

Quote from: boltz on January 05, 2024, 11:12:13 PM

True. Barca is not as powerful as it was some seasons ago and out of nowhere in the last 2 seasons almost every team from LaLiga managed to score at least once against Barca in both home and away game and that didn't happened before. This season so far is not different and we can clearly see Barca shaking against some teams and also conceding quite some goals and we are just half of the season in + in my opinion this current Barca in top a top 3 team in LaLiga so far.

Barcelona isn't in their best form this season. Lewandowski is no longer a sharp striker after he got injured. Some main players of Barcelona are also injured for a long time. These problems make Barcelona to play weakaer than previous season. Since the early season, Barcelona played underperformance, but they can play better toward the middle of the season. So, it is actually not surprising if Barcelona played unexpectedly although they played against small teams.

We all know that Barcelona is in player crisis because there are several ongoing injury problems, this is bad condition for Barcelona because they still have to use their best performance to be able to face the last 16 of the UCL.
For La Liga, Barcelona also experienced setback and now they are in 3rd place with 41 points, this is 7 point difference from Real Madrid and also Girona.
This difference occurred because of the two defeats they experienced against Real Madrid and Girona, who are now the leaders of the standings and are fighting for the top position with tight competition because they have the same points.

Xavi only chance is to take advantage of the transfer window to bring in several players.
If this is not done then I am sure Xavi will have difficulty in being as strong as he is with maximum performance.

Quote from: TelolettOm on January 05, 2024, 11:58:24 PM

Quote from: Esport_pointman on January 05, 2024, 11:20:15 PM

La Liga has been so unpredictable lately that's it's just becoming crazy at this point.

Yes. And the most surprising thing is Girona that is joining for the race of the title. It is crazy that a small team like Girona can be in the top of La Liga standings. They even could defeated Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. I don't know what's happening with the teams in La Liga, but it is very different from the last season.

We cannot underestimate Girona because so far there is only one team that can beat Girona, namely Real Madrid and Real Madrid itself, as the most successful team in La Liga, has only lost one defeat to Atletico Madrid.
This is quite an interesting match drama because Atletico Madrid clearly suffered defeat against Girona.
There is quite big opportunity for Girona to win the title this season and of course we have 2 really interesting leagues where team that are categorized as team that are usually in the middle of the standings have now risen and can top the standings.
La Liga and Bundesliga are similar in their development.