As an instance that, earlier than the season started, I instructed you that there can be a crew in Spain that scores so many objectives that they may trigger scorekeepers throughout the nation to refuse to work in protest of their unfairly demanding working circumstances. This crew would produce the main purpose scorer in Europe. They might rating 33 objectives via 10 matches. Come late October, they’d have eight extra objectives than some other crew throughout the continent.

You’d’ve digested this info, nodded your head, and mentioned, “After all. Actual Madrid did the LaLiga-Champions League double final yr — after which they signed the most effective attacker on the earth! They already had the Ballon d’Or favourite, Vinícius Júnior, and now they’ve Kylian Mbappé! Everybody else is doomed.”

You, in fact, would have been flawed.

Via 10 video games, it is Barcelona’s assault, not Actual Madrid’s, that’s reaching these not often seen heights in Spain. Madrid stay undefeated and solely three factors again of their everlasting rivals within the desk, nevertheless it’s been a grind. Barcelona have gained 5 league matches by not less than three objectives — Madrid have scored three objectives in a LaLiga sport solely twice thus far this season. There’s one crew in Spain that appears like an all-time-great attacking aspect — and it is not the one with Vinícius, Mbappé and Jude Bellingham.

Whereas there’s nonetheless loads of season to go and Madrid do nonetheless stay the betting favorites to retain the LaLiga crown, there isn’t any query as to which has been the higher crew via the primary 10 video games of the season. Barcelona are firing on all cylinders whereas Actual Madrid have not fairly clicked into gear.

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So, how did Barcelona surpass Madrid? Allow us to have a look at the explanations, organized in ascending order of significance.