The historic rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona certainly won't change this season; it always has been and always will be. Real Madrid doesn't seem to have improved compared to last year, perhaps just time to stabilize? I hope they can show us their numbers in a couple of weeks; they have a promising squad, but they seem a bit lacking in energy yet.
I'll wait a little longer before making any bets on La Liga.
You're not been factual here, if getting 6 points, scoring 4 and goals and not conceding any goal in their first two games isn't an improvement then i wonder what is. By this time last season after two games, Real Madrid had 4 points, scoring 4 goals and conceding one goal. Their first league game last season was away to Mallorca and that game ended in a 1 - 1 draw.
@Adbitco I think I agree with @giammangiato, Madrid might score 10 goals with 3pt in the first two games of the season but still they could not be up to speed in terms of performance like how they approach the game, watch how they played, it doesn't show any sign of them getting everything right with the kind of squad they have. When you look at Barcelona squad and how crazy they play you can see that other teams are more afraid of facing Barcelona than Madrid, the Whites are not as dominating as we expected and that's what Alonso need to work on if not anytime they face Barcelona some of the players will go missing on the pitch and you'd see how poor they are so we shouldn't use the number of goals and point they have recovered in the first two games to say they have improved, Madrid is still managing to be at their best.