After
capturing one of the Europe’s elite in Luis Suarez, Barcelona have started the
transfer war which may well exceed beyond this transfer window. By luring the
Premier League top goal scorer to Nou Camp, Barcelona have agitated the stirrer
in already turbulent water of transfer frenzies. Although with the departure of
Xavi their midfield will be less strong, their attacking trinity of South
American players can win them the title. In response to the above mentioned
transfer antics, Real Madrid President Fiorentino Perez has also strengthened
his side with the capture of Toni Kroos and with more likely incomings in the
form of Falcao and James Rodriguez, they will not be behind their enemy in
terms of pre-war efforts.
We
take a look that which of the two teams has the best attack in La LIGA at the
moment:-
Goals- Goals- Goals:
With
World Cup golden ball winner Messi, Premier League golden boot winner Luis
Suarez and Champions League golden boot winner Ronaldo in La LIGA, the goals
are sure to come from all sides. These three players have scored a combined 90
goals last season in league and with all of them playing in one league, there
will be a goals galore next season.
Bale-Benzema-Ronaldo
|
Messi-Neymar-Suarez
|
|
League goals
|
63
|
68
|
Combined chances created
|
150
|
203
|
Assists
|
30
|
31
|
Goals from outside box
|
15
|
16
|
Keeping
in mind the above mentioned stats, it would be noteworthy that Luis Suarez has
created the most number of chances among the 6 players mentioned before. The
Uruguayan has created 87 chances for the reds in the league and only Messi came
close to him with 75 and most astonishingly it is Karim Benzema who is on 3rd
with 63 chances. So certainly, there will be no shortage of assists next season
for either Messi or Ronaldo.
As
both Bale and Neymar were newcomers to Spain, Bale superseded the South
American with his efforts. In response to 9 goals and 41 chances that Neymar
managed the whole last season for the LA LIGA runners up, Gareth Bale
introduced himself in good fashion as he managed 15 goals and 40 chances. Not a
bad world record signing!
Creativity:
As
Luis Suarez was the manufacture of most number of chances last season among the
top 6 of Spanish giants, we take a look at how they can or will fare when they
will be fitted in one combined jigsaw puzzle. While the nutmegs of Suarez,
blended with the dribbling of Messi and trickery of Neymar draws defenders to
their knees, the versatility of Ronaldo along with the pace of Bale and
finishing of Benzema isn’t a bad scene either.
Bale-Benzema-Ronaldo
|
Messi-Neymar-Suarez
|
|
Combined key passes per game
|
4.9
|
6.6
|
Combined dribbles per game
|
4.8
|
10.4
|
Combined accurate through balls per game
|
1.1
|
0.6
|
While
the above mentioned stats suggest otherwise, Real Madrid managed more goals
than Barcelona last season as they managed 104 goals 4 more than what Barcelona
achieved last season. However since the goals scored alone cannot mention the
league positions, Atletico which managed lowest goals in top 3 managed to win
the league.
Conclusion:
While
keeping in mind the above mentioned stats, there is only 1 particular region
out of those mentioned above where the Real Madrid trinity leads. Otherwise, it
is the new Barcelona signing along with the old guard who have dominated in all
possible aspects. So looking at two teams now without adding possible incoming
of James Rodriguez and Falcao to Santiago Bernabeu, it is definitely the
Catalan giants who have the best attacking trio- - -not only in Spain but also
across Europe probably as well.
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