Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2024/25
Hansi Flick's team look quite decent. Even in times they struggle they find their way out of it. This is important on the road to the La Liga title. Apart from that, I want to see how they play in big games like against Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
Did you think Barcelona could win the game without Olmo? Barcelona's performance was so poor in the first half that someone asked me whether they were the team wearing the white jersey 
because the pressure was too much for them in the first half, so, unlike other big teams in the league, Real Madrid can win games without Bellingham, Vinicius, and Rodrygo because they have solid players to cover their positions. I doubt that Barcelona will compete with any of the big teams this season.I agree with you that Barcelona's gameplay was very poor in the first half. There is no denying it. Barcelona could not mount any strong attack against Vallecano in the first half. And conceded a goal in the first 9 minutes to fall behind in the match. Although we expected to see better gameplay in the first half from a team like Barcelona.
However, from the beginning of the second half, Barcelona's style of play and match strategy changed. From the start of the second half, Barcelona's players were desperate to score. Pedri scored the first goal of the match. But before that Raphinha made a nice pass to Lewa. Lewandowski missed a very easy chance. Also after Lewandowski scored a goal the goal was disallowed.
There is no doubt that Olmo performed well in this match. But Olmo has become Barcelona's main player, this is also not to say. Olmo managed to deliver his best performance in his position. Apart from Olmo, Yamal, Pedri and Raphinha also performed very well in this match.