Expectations in La Liga 2018/19

By Tarandeep Singh
19th August 2018

Will they? Won’t they?

The 2017/18 season saw Real Madrid achieve something which was highly regarded as unthinkable. They conquered the champions league third time in a row, becoming the first team in the modern era to achieve this feat. There is slightly any doubt when it comes to Madrid’s dominance in the champions league. On the contrary, in La Liga, the season was marred with inconsistent performances and an untimely exit from the Copa del Rey which came after the home defeat to Leganés.

In the past few years, fluid play and consistency have been the major issues faced by the Los Blancos. Julen Lopetegui, the newly appointed manager of the club will focus on this major aspect. Lopetegui is highly regarded for his tenure as the Spanish National team’s manager, where he did not lose a single match and this is a prime example of consistency which Real Madrid so desire.

Bus parade after winning the record 33rd La Liga

The 2016/17 La Liga winners will start their new season without their talisman Cristiano Ronaldo. The departures of Zidane and Ronaldo have left the club in a dilemma, but the club’s president Florentino Perez believes that the current squad has the quality and capability to go on and lift the league title this season. For this to happen, it will be necessary for the likes of Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema to provide the goals out front for Madrid. 

It is widely believed that the club has scrapped of its Galactico policy with Gareth Bale the last galactico to arrive at the Santiago Bernabeu. The club is thinking about its future by investing in young and potential filled talent. The arrival of the likes of Álvaro Odriozola from Real Sociedad and Andriy Lunin from Zorya Luhansk, Ukraine, certainly buttresses the claim. Whereas the arrival of the world cup golden glove winner Thibaut Courtois from Chelsea for a mere 35 million euros can be sorted as one of the deals of this transfer market. The highly-rated goalkeeper will be competing for on-field action with the sensational Keylor Navas who has been ever-present between the sticks during Real’s hattrick of champions league.

Real Madrid surely is one of the biggest clubs in the world and winning La Liga will be a priority for the team. A league where Real has only won 2 times in 9 years with their counterparts and bitter rivals Barcelona dominating the scene. The fans expect fluidity in play, consistency, good off possession game and lots of trophies with La Liga being the prime target. We’re off to a new journey, a new challenge but with the same old expectation of winning everything, a new era begins!

¡Hala Madrid!