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.
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Bale-Benzema-Ronaldo
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Messi-Neymar-Suarez
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League goals
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63
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68
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Combined chances created
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150
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203
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Assists
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30
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31
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Goals from outside box
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15
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16
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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.
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Bale-Benzema-Ronaldo
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Messi-Neymar-Suarez
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Combined key passes per game
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4.9
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6.6
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Combined dribbles per game
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4.8
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10.4
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Combined accurate through balls per game
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1.1
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0.6
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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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