Nobody can deny that the current Barcelonateam is extremely special, with some top football writers hailing them as the best side that there has ever been as they dominate European football with their very own brand of patient, passing, beautiful football that has left coaches all around Europe scratching their heads and football fans around the World marvelling at their brilliance.But will this season be any different? Firstly looking at the opposition that Barca will be facing domestically in La Liga there is a story that has become all too familiar. Realistically Real Madrid will again be the main, if not only team to be challenging for the title as has been the case for a long time now.
Between the two Spanish giants they have taken the last seven La Liga titles with Madrid claiming two and Barca taking five including the last three. Villareal were the last team other than these two to take the title back in the 2003-04 season and they came third last season but finished 21 points behind Real, so for arguments sake lets forget about the rest as such is the void now that it is highly unlikely that anybody will crash the party.
So this just leaves the tantalising question, who will go all the way next season: Barca or Madrid? Last season was a fascinating tussle that went all the way and ended with Pep Guardiola’s men pipping Mourinho to the post by just four points. On the face of it you could say not a lot has changed. Neither coach has been overly active in the transfer window and there has been plenty of speculation on both sides, with every want away superstar being linked with a move to one or the other.