La Liga 2021/22
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serghei
Senior Member
2nd place brings little compared to 4th. If we secure 4th, then priority becomes winning the Europa League.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
It brings more money finishing second.
Las season Real earned about 30/40m more than Barca when finished second as opposed to third. Not sure difference would be between Barca Sevilla as different calculations taken into account but cant see it being nothing.
Bobo32
Senior Member
Yeah but Barcelona and it fans should be above following Betis, Sevilla, Villarreal and Sociedad hoping they drop points. There are 12-13 games to go, all of those teams will drop enough points for Barcelona to easily get to the 2nd place if they play as they should, nevermind 4th.
I don't believe in priorities, Barcelona have a big enough squad to compete in both the league and the Europa League at the same time.
malvolio
Senior Member
Closer to 4th than 2nd right now. I think those 3 games after the Galatasaray return leg will be decisive on where we finish - A Real + H Sevilla + A Levante.
Bobo32
Senior Member
As the entire season. I think Barcelona should be favourites in each of these games, but even if they lose all three, I would not be worried about missing out on the 4th place.
The game they played today was a big fall backwards though, pretty terrible. They have brilliant players though so there were chances, but the game was no good, let's hope it was a one-off.
serghei
Senior Member
Favorites away vs Madrid? I disagree about that.
malvolio
Senior Member
Not talking about not making top 4 as we'll clearly do. But remains to be seen how we do as 2nd place is not a given as you make it out to be.
serghei
Senior Member
Considering Xavi took the team on 10th place or whatever it was, making the top 4 is awesome for him. Truly excellent. Recovered a lot of points and frankly, it's pretty incredible he only lost one game in La Liga in something like 15 rounds, and even that one we actually dominated and should have won vs Betis at home.
I say we're on the right track, and Laporta + the staff has to really help Xavi improve this team with some inspired signings.
I say we're on the right track, and Laporta + the staff has to really help Xavi improve this team with some inspired signings.
Bobo32
Senior Member
Ok. Barcelona are fresher and I think they'll win.
If Barcelona play like they should play from here, they will take the 2nd place at minimum. I am sure if you do the count on avg points lately you'll see that, and then you factor in inherent class of the squads too, and that Barcelona clearly are in an improvement phase.
In any way, my first post was about it being weak looking for the competition for 4th place, glad you agree about that.
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