Barça Femení won this morning against Betis at the Estadi Johan Cruyff and, with Atleti’s 2–2 draw, the Blaugranas are 5 points clear at the top of the table. Another week and another comfortable game for the culés, who are…
Another positional masterclass by Sergi Roberto. The perfect example of an individual that is always in the service of the collective. For the second consecutive game, Sergi was the footballer with most touches in the match. Yesterday, 111. The…
The best, or one of the best, first halves of the season wasn’t matched by the best second half, but it wasn’t bad either. Clearly the objective wasn’t to see the goal fest we witnessed in the previous 45 minutes,…
There’s a need to differentiate the Messi-dependence from a highly functional team that has Leo as the cherry on the top of the cake. Yes, Leo scored three goals few footballers are capable of scoring, and if we remove them…
Immense regret, frustration and disappointment. Today we’ll be facing a boy that had everything to succeed at the Camp Nou, but that horrible decisions from the board prevented that from happening: Take Kubo, on loan from Madrid at Mallorca. When…
Football is constantly evolving. As a consequence, so are its footballers. One of the clearest examples are full-backs. For most part of the 20th century, they were a mere defensive and positional element. In the 1990s and beginning of the…
T A C T I C S In 2 years, Mallorca have gone from competing in the Second Division B to returning to the top flight. While their season hasn’t been too triumphant so far (17th in the table), Vicente…
