Replacing Oriol Busquets was never going to be easy, but, well, it kind of has. His successor was quite obvious, but the transition has been more straightforward than expected. 2000-born Jandro Orellana was the starting pivot in the 2018 Youth…
New kit! Blau, grana, and a bit of yellow. Our new jersey brings vibes of the 2010/11 season back, and it is impossible not to fall in love with it. Vertical stripes return, as it should be. This time, though,…
Jack of all trades, master of many. Sergi Roberto is a tactical advantage. His ductility and versatility is a blessing for the coach, who can use him in different role throughout the season, but even during a single game Sergi…
Riqui Puig continues to prove that physique is secondary, as long as football is played with the head. That said, it has possibly been his apparently weak physique what has made of Riqui the player he is today. With 1.69…
Super clash tomorrow. At the Sánchez Pizjuán against third-placed Sevilla. Regardless of the proximity of the other games, if there’s one match in which we can’t rotate, that’s tomorrow’s. We should go with our strongest XI. But what’s our strongest…
Lately there has been much curiosity around Jordi Farré after he said: ❛ We know that we will win the elections and that I will be president of Barça. We have it very clear ❜. I by no means think…
One of the main novelties once the league returns will be the use of substitutions. As in the Bundesliga, each team will be allowed to make 5 substitutions, which will have to be separated into a maximum of 3 different…
Almost certainly the best Barça left-back in history before Sergi Barjuán and Jordi Alba appeared. Born in Asturias in 1958, Julio Alberto came through the ranks of Atlético de Madrid, but, after not managing enough playtime with the Rojiblancos, he…
The shyness caused by the magnitude of a transatlantic like Barcelona has a new victim. A victim that was previously renowned for being the complete opposite to shy on the pitch: expressive, extroverted. Frenkie de Jong has fallen into transparency,…
Speed is defined as ‘the rate at which someone or something moves’. In football, there are several types of speed. Analyst and former Madrid manager Jorge Valdano grouped them into three different categories: 1 · Translation speed | This is…
