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La Liga 2019/20

Bryant

Zidane adding to his legacy, 3 UCL's and 2 La Ligas now. I remember when everyone wrote them off at the beginning of the season.

Relied on that defense to win the title and setting a record of 10 straight wins to close it off.

Mirth

Yeah, Zidane's been excellent and deserves more credit.

But Setien has been a disaster. The league was basically in hand when Valverde left even if the rest of it wasn't looking so good. As usual Barcelona fell for their own bullshit about Cryuff's philosophy and gave Setien the keys.

Klaus

:opti:

Claudius

Good. Once they’re bankrupt we should pick off their their best talents. They can burn in hell with their DNA.

mentalvortex

Mirth wrote:
Yeah, Zidane's been excellent and deserves more credit.

But Setien has been a disaster. The league was basically in hand when Valverde left even if the rest of it wasn't looking so good. As usual Barcelona fell for their own bullshit about Cryuff's philosophy and gave Setien the keys.

Barcelona kind of deserved it as Valverde was portrayed as the villain by the fanbase and the catalan media when they held him as the one responsible for all their mess and holding them back.

Yes, they had two freak upsets under him in champions league but they never looked like losing the league under him.

Clrnc

Can't believe Zidane took over the worst Madrid in a decade and won them the title from Barca who probably already got the title wrapped up.

And got Benzema to play out of his skin. Probably his best season ever

Wilson

Still talk of Neymar going to Barca despite their fucked finances...

Claudius

Clrnc wrote:
Can't believe Zidane took over the worst Madrid in a decade and won them the title from Barca who probably already got the title wrapped up.

And got Benzema to play out of his skin. Probably his best season ever

Got Benzema to finally summon half his talent, you mean 🙂
It's a great achievement because this felt like a transition Madrid team. And lots of credit too to Ramos for leading the team. He held that defense together and was there scoring big headers and penalties throughout the season.

jones

Not sure it's a transition when your most important players in Benzema Ramos and Modric have been at the club for years. The former two have been class all season, especially Benzema who looked like the guy he should've been when he left Lyon. Modric massively improved after the break

Also they made the signing of the season in Mendy. Man looks like Sagna in defence and Cafu in attack, best season of any full back I've seen in years

Claudius

I thought Modric's time was managed, due to his age. He definitely didn't play anywhere near as much time as Casemeiro who was a constant in the midfield. The others were rotated a bit. Casemeiro, Benzema and Ramos were the constants, and other players were rotated around them. They were the spine that carried this team. Zidane managed his combination of old men and younger players really well this season.

And you're right about Mendy. Really impressive.

mentalvortex

Kroos's performances can not be overlooked too. He has looked imperious at times this season.

The emergence of youngsters like Vinicius and Fede Valverde has helped Real too. Both have impressed me.

flobaba

Claudius wrote:
Hala Madrid!!!!

The imp scored another free kick tonight.
[Twitter]

It’s similar to the technique Beckham used. I consider the English man the best ever at taking set pieces.

QuincyAbeyie

Today Messi broke the assist record in La Liga (21) while also being top scorer with 25 goals. He missed 5 of the first 6 games with an injury as well.

HomeSteak

Villarreal to appoint Unai Emery as coach for next season

https://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2020/07/19/5f14a32322601df64e8b4644.html

No wonder Cazorla left Villareal.

JazzG

Claudius wrote:
Good. Once they’re bankrupt we should pick off their their best talents. They can burn in hell with their DNA.

Their fans are seriously among the worse I've seen on Twitter. Always fucking whining about their board/manger/C.Ronaldo and will not hear a bad word about Pep or Messi.

mentalvortex

Now that the season is concluded, Marca have announced their team of the season. Setup as a 3-4-3.

I cant really disagree with most of the names.

Courtois (Real Madrid)
Felipe (Atletico) Ramos (Real Madrid) Diego Carlos (Sevilla)
Casemiro (Real Madrid)
Ocampos (Sevilla) Cazorla (Villarreal) Odegarrd (Sociedad)
Messi (Barcelona) Benzema (Real Madrid) Gerard Moreno (Villarreal)

mentalvortex

They also announced their breakthrough team of the season. Again setup as a 3-4-3.

Aitor (Levante)
Diego Duarte (Grananda), Pau Torres (Villarreal), Salisu (Valladolid)
Ferran Torres (Valencia), Odegaard (Sociedad), Fede Valverde (Real Madrid), Kubo (Mallorca)
Ansu Fati (Barcelona), Carlos Fernandez (Granada), Chimy Avilla (Osasuna)

Again a fairly balanced and unbiased XI (apart from Kubo) though I would have liked to see Unai Simon (Bilbao/GK), Isak (Sociedad), Kounde (Sevilla/CB) and Emerson (Betis/left back) on the team.

Clrnc

Ocampos and Diego Carlos are revelations this year.

I always thought Ocampos looks better than Carasco when they were at Monaco. Not sure why he downgraded to Marseille halfway and went off the boil

MistaT

No Mendy or Vinicius for breakthrough?

QuincyAbeyie

Vinicius was RM's best player for a while last season, maybe that's why.

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