2020-21 La Liga and Spanish Football thread

[RossFC]

 

[RossFC]

Suarez scores 2 and assists another on debut after coming off the bench in the 70th min in a 6-1 win for Atleti.

 

[Memphis]

Suarez scores 2 and assists another on debut after coming off the bench in the 70th min in a 6-1 win for Atleti.

Atletico dominated them.

Joao felix had a rippa game.

 

[drd23]

Hopefully its a sign of things to come.

Joao Felix was a joy to watch last night

 

[Kompany]

What happened with Atletico in the 2nd game, drd23 ?

Barcelona has started the season in a 4231, with Busquets and de Jong as controlling midfielders and Messi as a false 9. Definitely a more suitable role for de Jong than last season. Fati has started the season really well and Coutinho is playing, but Griezmann on the right is still out of position. He will play a lot, coz they can't rely on Dembele and also Fati is still only 17, and can't play every game.

 

[drd23]

What happened with Atletico in the 2nd game, @drd23 ?

I haven't watched the whole game, but it seems that it was a classic Atletico performance against a team that is happy to just park the bus.

Huesca defended well, Atleti lacked the directness and creativity (outside of Joao Felix) required to break them down, the FBs had bad games in terms of delivering the ball into the box, and what chances did arise weren't taken. Throw in a little bit of squad rotation because of the condensed fixture meaning that a guy like Vitolo started when he's really someone who should have been sold already and that is what you get

 

[Marcel Proust]

Barcelona

Neto, Gerard Piqué, Ronald Araújo, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Philippe Coutinho, Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets, Lionel Messi, Ansu Fati, Antoine Griezmann.

Subs: Santiago Ramos Rodríguez, Miralem Pjanic, Martin Braithwaite, Ousmane Dembélé, Carles Aleñá, Pedro González, Sergiño Dest, Ricard Puig, Francisco Trincão, Iñaki Peña, Konrad De La Fuente, Arnau Urena Tenas.

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Sevilla FC

Bono, Diego Carlos, Jules Koundé, Marcos Acuña, Jesús Navas, Fernando, Joan Jordán, Ivan Rakitic, Luuk de Jong, Suso, Lucas Ocampos.

Subs: Alejandro Pozo, Javier Díaz, Franco Vázquez, Sergi Gómez, Sergio Escudero, Nemanja Gudelj, Tomás Vaclík, Óliver Torres, Munir El Haddadi, Carlos Fernández, Youssef En-Nesyri, Óscar Rodríguez.

 

[darth_timon]

Within 10 minutes Sevilla have taken the lead and Barca have levelled.

 

[Bradesmaen]

Within 10 minutes Sevilla have taken the lead and Barca have levelled.

Boring game then. United Spurs was 25-24 by then.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Boring game then. United Spurs was 25-24 by then.

spain isnt soft like england

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Woeful defending from Barca. Benzema and Valverde just waltzed through.

 

[Camros2]

El Classico on now as well, this is turning into a good night

 

[Bradesmaen]

How long until Koeman is sacked?

 

[go you pups]

Granada have started well again

Wonder if their new owner is backing them a bit more these days than what the Pozzos did?

Also will be interesting to see how they juggle Europa League with their La Liga campaign. Not all smaller clubs can juggle both successfully due to the increased physical/mental demands of playing twice a week.

 

[RPCB]

Ronald Koeman literally gives zero *s in the dugout.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Ronald Koeman literally gives zero fu**s in the dugout.

I still have no idea how he landed the Barca gig after failing at Everton.

 

[RPCB]

I still have no idea how he landed the Barca gig after failing at Everton.

Did you watch the match? When I said he gives zero *s, I really mean it. He looked totally bored with himself. I think the Barcelona job would be incredibly stressful and it’s showing with Koeman. I don’t know how much thought went into hiring Ronald Koeman but not much on the evidence.

 

[Kompany]

I don’t know how much thought went into hiring Ronald Koeman but not much on the evidence.

Koeman was hired by an unpopular president, Bartomeu, who was starting his last season at the club, and who has resigned last week. The candidates for the presidential election will likely bring their own coach, and whoever was going to be coach this season knew this. On top of that, due to the pandemic and Bartomeu mismanaging the club (lack of long term planning and handing the club an enormous wage bill), the club had no money to spend on transfers at a time when it was clearly needed. It was more a matter of who wants to coach this Barcelona than who does Barcelona want to be their coach.

All in all, I don't mind what Koeman is doing. He's doing a close to impossible job. He knows he's probably only there for the short term. He was instructed by the board to let go of several players, while he's only been able to make one signing (Dest, after selling Semedo). He's had to deal with Messi wanting to leave, and he's left with a squad that's still a mismatch. Griezmann doesn't belong there, Coutinho's been loaned out, the club wanted to sell Dembele... The positives are the 17 year olds, Pedri and Fati, doing well.

 

[Magma]

just watching sociedad/granada, absolutely love the on screen graphics that they put as an overlay on the pitch. being able to visualise heat maps and percentages of players and situations looks so professional and a cut above.

 

[DEVO]

Deportivo La Coruna has made a good start to life in the third tier, they are currently sitting first in Group A, undefeated after 4 games. A long way to go.

 

[go you pups]

Martin Braithwaite opening the scoring for Barca

Boy there hasn't been too many more odd signings by a big team I'd have thought, Julien Faubert to Real Madrid on loan probably another

 

[Bradesmaen]

How long until Koeman is sacked

 

[RPCB]

How long until Koeman is sacked

6 weeks ago if we was the manager of Real Madrid.

 

[RPCB]

 

[go you pups]

Nice stat that, they're comfortably top half currently

La Liga fixturing is weird this season though, Elche has only played 9 games for example (assuming they play tonight, so will be 10), but Cadiz has played 12 times now.