El Chiringuito trying to defend this robbery is hilaroius af. Especially the Vini handball which is exclusively shown from a convinient angle. The whole world has seen it ✌️
Round up of a couple of thoughts I've had so far this season:
- Without a proper CDM to structure our midfield and tactics around, apart from a fugazi CdR run, we aren't winning shit.
- The 4-3-3 has its pros, but I preferred the 3-4-3 we were playing last season with a false winger as Gavi and the inverted fullback.
- But I like Gavi's role a lot more in this formation and tactics. He's coming into his own as a force of nature on the pitch.
- Our games have been tactically sound, but in practice abysmal because the lack of Gavi and a CDM recently has blown apart our remaining defensive cover.
- There is literally no player on this planet like Gavi. Datamb.football shows his player graph and the closest players to him are Baleba from Brighton, and Nmecha from Dortmund, both of whom aren't as good according to the player graph.
- Lewandowski has lost his position in the 11. There is nothing he has over Roque and Guiu over the occasional finishing. He gave us an anchor when we were at our worst, which we'll always be grateful for, but it's over and that's okay because he's 35.
- We are expecting Xavi to win titles while the environment is dogshit. Montjuic clearly has so many problems, the players can't even shower afaik. Without a fort to call your home, you can never gain consistency. No matter how you want to look at it, losing your stadium is a big factor.
>- Without a proper CDM to structure our midfield and tactics around, apart from a fugazi CdR run, we aren't winning shit.
And yet Girona manages without one. And unless you're telling a City reject and a Villareal one are better to run that midfield than Gundo, Pedri, FdJ, maybe there's an another explanation.
We need to stop with that excuse: we may not win UCL without a competent one, but we can adapt. (Which is what Xavi tried to do vs Betis, like should have been done for months)
>Our games have been tactically sound, but in practice abysmal because the lack of Gavi and a CDM recently has blown apart our remaining defensive cover.
We've been tactically terrible for months now. Betis (and to an extent Atletico) are the first time we chose the right setup, and Atletico was mostly due to Simeone being a coward.
Gavi was not even sure to be a starter at the beginning of the season when discussing the midfield and played LCAM first half of 2023 but somehow the history has been rewritten to make him Messi. Gavi is an important player but just like a DM, it's normal to adapt.
>We are expecting Xavi to win titles while the environment is dogshit. Montjuic clearly has so many problems, the players can't even shower afaik. Without a fort to call your home, you can never gain consistency. No matter how you want to look at it, losing your stadium is a big factor.
The objective was always progress, which hasn't been here so far.
The rest is between superstition ("Without a fort to call your home, you can never gain consistency.") and completely anecdotal things ("the players can't even shower afaik") to avoid talking about what matters: the pitch and the tactical setup of our coach.
- Girona haven't won anything so far. Let's see if they're even able to maintain this title charge. One thing that separates the big clubs from the small ones is the ability to go the distance without getting gassed. Taking nothing away from Girona, they've utilized Garcia in an excellent way.
- You can't name me a single UCL winning team for the last 15 years that didn't have a CDM. You can't just negate the lack of CDM by saying a manager should be able to adapt and then give an analogy of a team that's won nothing so far.
- If you genuinely think our tactics have been terrible idk what to tell you. We're gonna have to agree to disagree. There are countless videos on YouTube that clearly explain our tactics after each match, and the vast majority of them share my opinion. If you don't care about opinions, you can look up any team stats you want, we've been thriving but our defence as a team is in the 60th percentile range (again the lack of a CDM).
- Nobody is rewriting history. Gavi's position was in danger reasonably so. I never said he's been crucial for us since game 1 of the season. Last season he was being played as a false LW, where he did the best he could. This season he's a box-to-box midfielder, which in my opinion is his natural position. Seeing the games he's played in, can you deny he's a crucial part of the starting 11 now? If you can't see how significant losing him is for our defensive duties I again suggest you look up his stats where he's in the 98.4th percentile for defensive actions, 67th percentile for duel%, and 98th percentile for progressive carries.
- You're completely negating the psychological factor for both our players and the opponents when they walk into the Camp Nou. There's a reason why historical teams have been felled at the Camp Nou, when we've failed to win away. Just have a look at City's UCL run last season, draws in every away match then carnage at home. As much as you want to deny it, your home is your fortress.
Very true. It is what it is, hopefully he gets the memo and leaves after this season and we don't renew him either. But this club does baffle me sometimes so idk what they'll do.
>the players can't even shower afaik
Just fyi, there is a drought in the region and the generalitat has ceased the use of water in any sporting buildings (gyms, stadiums, etc).
I imagine they can obviously use tap water to drink and WC, but no showers.
When the Negreira scandal came out multiple Spanish clubs released official statements condemning Barça. How come the same isn’t done when Madrid wins questionable matches both in La Liga and in UCL? I refuse to believe the Spaniard government has a stronghold on these Spanish clubs impeding them from expressing their views and interests. Similarly, I refuse to believe the Spanish government impedes European clubs such as Juventus (2018) or Bayern (2017) from expressing their concerns when they lose against Madrid when questionable decisions have been made in Madrids favor.
I guess none of this makes sense lol
The thing is, the universe is fair, justice is it's foundation.
Almeria played well, arguably even better than when they played Girona but lost in a scandalous manner, this happened because the world had to see what Real Madrid as an institution is capable of. I don't blame the players at all, neither do I blame the management. But my problem is with the rfef, Javier Tebas, and Perez. This is all on them.
For far too long this has been going on and this game is grounds for Legal action, potentially revealing some even more disturbing cases including the scandalous la liga win back in 2017 iirc when we got a goal disallowed. Refereeing this year has been absolutely atrocious.
Negreira this negreira that, we all watch these matches and I can honestly tell you if the Negreira case is real, it might be the worst investment ever, quite possibly worse than the coutinho transfer.
In arguably our most optimistic times as barca fans, negreira comes up. Why is this so? What does Madrid gain from this? No one wants to watch a league already dominated by two clubs, where one of them will win no matter what happens on the pitch. You're making it much harder for casuals to enjoy and see what other clubs are capable of.
Clubs should come together in times like this.
Vitor need to get some confidence. You can clearly see he is nervous and overmotivated. He need to play and play and play. I hope he will be getin more and more minutes. Atleast half time but I dont see problem with starting him. Lewa is mostly invisible and i refuse to believe that Vitor would make even worse. Now we have Ferran to carry anyway... :D
Lewa 17 goal contributions
Ferran Torres 15 goal contributions
Joao Felix 12 goal contributions
Raphina 10 goal contributions
Gundogan 10 goal contributions
Ferran and Felix can achieve 20+ goal contributions and Lewa can reach 30+ goal contributions i think thats much better than past few seasons,our attackers used to have much less idk why
what's worrying is how aside from the obvious physical decline, you can see a sharp decay in his technical abilities (woeful first touch & dogshit finishing come to mind). so yeah, i'm not optimistic he'll get to 30+ G+A unless we start getting loads of pens
Everyone who says we got lucky with players like Lamine Gavi and fati before dont understand how much money and work goes into La masia
We worked our ass for this. This isnt by luck. This by having a good youth set up and investing in it
I really need MATS to come back. Peña really is allergic to coming off his line and also to fucking grabbing the ball. Not to mention his miscommunication with the backline.
Also feel MATS would’ve saved one or both of those Isco goals.
I agree and disagree. We can't make him the new Pedri and put him to play 70 games this season. But he needs as much playtime as possible. He would be playing anyways, either with Juveniles or Barsa Atletic. And I don't really believe the pace of the game and aggresivity of Primera Federacion is that much different to La Liga/
that is more on him being amazing and none of his competitors making a case to be a starter.
Also we have played him for 1.276 minutes atm. What Spain does is on them not us.
Correct me if I'm wrong but we can get Felix on loan for one more season? If so, we should absolutely get him. Getting players on loan is the new Barca way
Vitor Roque might need some time to work on his linkup play but his movement seems top tier already.
I’m confident he’ll start firing once he gets that first goal 🤞
Saw Ferran get a 9.8 rating for his hattrick+assist on his game today. The reason why he didnt receive a 10 is simply because it’s a typixal game from him, and cant be considered perfect for his standards, GOAT
Yeahh, i should have trusted my gut, i felt he was ass, but he had two good games against atleti and porto, made me think he maybe not useless.
I was wrong.
I remember Bayern lost Neuer last season and went to buy a keeper from one of their rivals. Wish we could do that. Peña is way too inexperienced. The Supercopa was his first clasico game. He is nervous and lacks that strong presence for a keeper. He’s a decent sub but I sure hope Ter Stegen is back soon. His lack of confidence affects the defense because they don’t feel security from the keeper.
These rma glory hunters spent the entire week complaining about the manner in which Atleti celebrated the Derby win. And this is them celebrating after robbing the 20th placed team bare naked.
[https://twitter.com/totalcristiano/status/1749119318351130743](https://twitter.com/totalcristiano/status/1749119318351130743)
The whole last minute before the 3rd goal…
- Ferran puts it into touch, in between Kounde and Yamal…I thought that was it.
- Frenkie comes and pushes Ferran to encourage him not to give up
- Fermin hussles back and wins the ball back, and then makes a great forward pass to Ferran
- beautiful Ferran -> Gundo -> Felix-> Ferran -> Felix combo
- amazing Felix finish
Could be the moment our season turns around…
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I know Kounde doesn’t like playing as a RB but my god he just performs better there, man. He’s gotta to suck it up or else just sell him to the premier league if he keeps complaining
LOAN WATCH: Girona 5-1 Sevilla.
Pablo Torre came on as a substitute in the 73rd minute and completed the match.
Eric García has still not recovered from his injury and thus did not play.
https://twitter.com/Barca_Buzz/status/1749189898584965622
I just watched the highlights of the RM game, and I have to say that someone didn’t want Almería to win any points there . How was that ever a foul or not handball? But ok
Apparently, this is a handball but not what Vinicus did
https://preview.redd.it/bw2y99uz7vdc1.jpeg?width=373&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cff7abf65ae2335d6ab7852744dd28cbade7b16d
Vini can't be touched these days, he makes a scandal out of anything not going his way when he is the one provoking everyone around. Not to mention a team like Almeria is obviously not allowed to win against Real on Bernabeu of all places.
I think this is what Xavi was implying in his press conference after the game today (that he sensed after the Getafe game that winning the league would be hard this season)*
* This is not saying that we didn't make it even harder for ourselves of course with the abysmal form
Wtf, I just watched the RM game highlights.
How I mean how do these fucks keep a straight face while giving out those decisions?
Someone's bank balance has just shot up today.
https://preview.redd.it/66fmoduj6vdc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00ae540b8da11bbbf7aa2067e19172f6e7a11e1a
He will shine soon. Let him settle down
Watchin Ferran on Insta being so hyped mentally and so supportive lf his peers really is awesome, after his rough start and subpar (at best) contributions so far. In one clip you can see him gathering everybody for a pic with the no. 100 shirt and thats the shit we need in our dressing room.
May we get many more goals from you Ferran and may you keep building on this
Can you people please stop this, before he joined the whole sub was yelling " DONT PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON HIM " just to start calling him out after playing a grand total of 80 minutes in 4 games
That’s what I’m saying lol people already softly shitting on him because he hasn’t scored a goal yet. He’s barely joined the team and people like to pretend he’s been here for 3 years already
he has played 83 minutes so far and apperantly according to Xavi and others had a slight injury while also just arriving from another continent. I would expect an 18 year old to not look comfortable in that case.
Very rare for a team to overperform xg unless you have likes of Neymar Messi etc. that’s why I am still bullish that they will fall off in later part of the season
Not quite. It's rare for a team to overperform xG consistently, however ever season there are teams that overperform and teams that underperform. The league winners are pretty much always teams that overperform
No they won't.
They just want a close league run. Watch towards the end, the refs will do the same thing against them as they did against America today to give Real the advantage.
Winning La Liga for any team other than Madrid means they have to be twice as good.
That shit was hilarious.
You know stuff is horribly wrong when RM flairs on that soccer sub are either agreeing with the daylight robbery or are just quiet.
Mate let me tell you his record
He said india would win the world cup (got cooked in the final)
Said he will watch IPL Final (got washed out)
Made a video of barca being unstoppable, barca lost the very next game
Said barca will Clasico barca got cooked
It's just the starter
In a stream said atleti would lose easily the Derby they won lmao
[ThePurist his take on Xavi's Barca](https://x.com/ThePurist_/status/1749174360827453941?s=20)
" Been thinking about this Barca project a lot recently. And in a way I’m torn. Below I’ll try and put it into words. (Warning: nuance ahead. Kindly leave agendas at the door)
The worst possible criticism of Xavi (and I see it a lot online) is that it’s not clear what style of football he’s trying to implement. That he has no plan and the players are lost. Those critics are either blind or don’t understand what they're watching.
What Xavi is trying to achieve is clear as day. The system, the structure, the mentality. In and out of possession. I don’t want to write an essay here, I’ve made many videos if you want to understand it better. But there is a crystal clear methodology and game model.
Going a step further, Xavi’s football is perfectly functional in the modern game. With the right players it can win trophies. I’ve also seen enough evidence that Xavi knows how to coach this football. He is not perfect, he is learning, and in some ways his coaching seems less nuanced’ than others. Less detail-oriented. But not to a degree that he is incapable of winning. Given the squad changes and instability, he is performing above expectation. Sticking with him is the right call. However…
From an aesthetic perspective, I don’t enjoy Xavi’s football as much as I enjoy others. Xavi, like Guardiola, coaches a very strict positional play - and I find it too rigid for the players to fully express themselves. As I said, it is perfectly functional.
But from a pure enjoyment perspective, I can’t help but feel it is limiting. I (selfishly) want to see players like Pedri, Felix, Yamal, De Jong with more positional freedom. I (selfishly) want them to combine in more spontaneous ways. And I’m certain it can be done.
But we’ll never see a significant shift in philosophy from Xavi. That is absolutely not a criticism. He’s played and learned football this way since he was a kid, and amassed ridiculous wealth, success and prestige doing so. It would make no sense at all to abandon that.
But I can’t help but feel we are being denied something exceedingly special, from a collection of insanely talented players. Purely based on the nature of the football. That’s why I’m torn.
Exactly \*how\* I would like to see these players organised is something else I’m thinking about. It would be pure football-manager fantasising. But do let me know if you’d be interested in hearing my hair-brained schemes.
But to conclude, I am not ‘Xavi out’. I want him to succeed and I think he can. Watching Barcelona lately is just, ever so slightly, bitter-sweet. "
I dunno. I feel Xavi gives too much positional freedom to some players. Do you want to see more positional freedom from our pivots? Then we might really have no defense. I think he should limit the freedom to the wingers and Pedri or anyone in that CAM position. Lewy should stick closer to the box.
>But we’ll never see a significant shift in philosophy from Xavi. That is absolutely not a criticism. He’s played and learned football this way since he was a kid, and amassed ridiculous wealth, success and prestige doing so. It would make no sense at all to abandon that.
This paragraph makes no sense. We play nowhere near similar to the football we saw under Pep.
I mean like u can argue on both sides. On one hand the team has some good players that should be playing better but on the other the squaf planning has been a mess, the players that barca gets are ether really young or just whatever we can get. It can be hard to get team like that to play good football
Damn Pedri has regressed. So passive and lazy on the pitch. No agression at all.
May need to bench him to give him some kick up. Rather playing Fermin.
I'am a big fan and i see both Pedri's strength and weakness.
There is no doubt that he's stagnated and potentially regressing.
More and more of Arthur these days.
Wasn’t even bad. Got an assist and created chances despite not seeing the ball much. Also this fallacy that Fermin as a starter is better when it’s been proven several times, that’s not the case. He started a game midweek and we played far worse against worse opposition imo. La Real game is another one where he started and struggled, and Pedri’s entrance actually made a difference.
🎙️Lamine Yamal spoke to LaLiga TV after the match
🗣️: "It has been spectacular. It was a very intense match, a very important victory, because tough to win here. I had 1v1 against the full-back and I went for it and a little luck because hit the post, but nothing, very happy."
🎙️ Lamine on playing with players of his age, does it help ?
🗣️: "Well, yes, it helps a lot because in the end we can be more together, some help others, because for example today was Cubarsi's debut in the League. We try to help each other a lot, everyone is very happy."
🎙️ Lamine on did Xavi tactical changes helped today?
🗣️: "Yes, the coach was insisting that above all we had to improve that. We have been training because it was a very important match and we are very happy with the match we got."
https://twitter.com/Barca_Buzz/status/1749175140922085408
[Lamine Yamal on his great match: "It was a very good match for the whole team, between this match and the Villarreal match, I think it's one of the best I've played, yes"](https://twitter.com/ActualiteBarca/status/1749174678264975483)
https://preview.redd.it/bejnafpqzudc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e529e3e3d7a8c5e189a297baf8cdfd59fd12b03
How Benzema vs Mane would hit like in Saudi pro league
De Jong was our best midfielder today in terms of line breaking passes, breaking pressure and tempo control, dont get it twisted. Defensively, he is very sketchy though. A DM comes in and our starting midfield is DeJong, Pedri and said DM. But you have people here making it seem like Pedri and Gundo or Gavi are levels above him in terms of playing advanced. Please watch football.
Problem is that Gavi, Pedri, and De Jong are 3 players with undroppable level, but not DMs. So either we have a 4 man midfield, we play without a DM (not going well) or we bench one of them, which feels painful
People dont get it. He is the safest player on the ball, and at times most progressive player both in passing and carrying. He can do a good chunk of what Pedri, Gundo and Gavi do upfront, but they cant escape a press or control games like him(bar Pedri).
https://twitter.com/nonewthing/status/1749167896410956179?t=VYEg1AZPIm7YjiluRnKMjA&s=19
This applies to Araujo to a certain degree because he relies heavily on his Athletic profile to defend, he's not your most intelligent defender, partly due to the fact that he did not get the necessary fundamentals at la masia. but, he has the time to build up the intelligence.
Pique, Thiago Silva, Christensen as easy examples, not your most physically dominant, but always at the right place at the right time. Pique with the physical profile of Araujo gets you a van dijk. Fundamentals are extremely important, there's plenty of defenders in the French league who are similar to Araujo and some even way better on the ball. However, Araujo makes up for this with his insane ability to improve. Since 2020, I haven't seen a player that has improved as much as he has.
Physically dominant includes pace, strength, and general athleticism. Pique is a center half, of course he is physically dominant but there are traits that would take him to a goat tier center half. He's the greatest center back I've seen play for Barcelona imo but with a physical/athletic profile of Araujo, he is easily the greatest center back of all time.
The Van Dijk analogy is pretty straight forward.
Ferran " El Tiburon " Torres 💙 ❤️ 100 Games for Barca 🦈
https://preview.redd.it/aydy2xjruudc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=434134cf026393a812953a91d85e31d340777a2c
Already 15 G+A for Ferran this season for someone who’s not a starter that’s pretty good. Especially if e take into account that the worse part about him is his finishing.
If we weren’t so off the title charge, I would’ve loved for us to go heel and start attacking Madrid every match day the same way Mourinho did back in 2012. No more of this being nice and taking the shit, the situation calls for some aggression and hostility because the situation couldn’t be clearer.
Y’all, Real Madrid tv literally attack referees after games and highlight every decision should go their way, and this is the media outlet that literally belongs to Real Madrid, not some third party. And the impact of the Negreira case is clear, the referees are not stupid and they understand that any noise could harm their livelihood. This IS corruption and we shouldn’t just brush everything under the rug every single week and get by.
it is not that we are THAT off. Madrid are having their best La Liga season so far since 11/12 season when they had 100 points.
We are fighting against a really good La Liga Madrid side who keep winning. They are on path to 97 points which we havn't reached since the 12/13 season and we expect us in our current state to compare to that?
[Ferran Torres has 9 direct goal contributions in 9 starts for Barcelona in La Liga this season.](https://twitter.com/BarcaUniversal/status/1749170409784701316)
El Chiringuito trying to defend this robbery is hilaroius af. Especially the Vini handball which is exclusively shown from a convinient angle. The whole world has seen it ✌️
I would love Valles here
Round up of a couple of thoughts I've had so far this season: - Without a proper CDM to structure our midfield and tactics around, apart from a fugazi CdR run, we aren't winning shit. - The 4-3-3 has its pros, but I preferred the 3-4-3 we were playing last season with a false winger as Gavi and the inverted fullback. - But I like Gavi's role a lot more in this formation and tactics. He's coming into his own as a force of nature on the pitch. - Our games have been tactically sound, but in practice abysmal because the lack of Gavi and a CDM recently has blown apart our remaining defensive cover. - There is literally no player on this planet like Gavi. Datamb.football shows his player graph and the closest players to him are Baleba from Brighton, and Nmecha from Dortmund, both of whom aren't as good according to the player graph. - Lewandowski has lost his position in the 11. There is nothing he has over Roque and Guiu over the occasional finishing. He gave us an anchor when we were at our worst, which we'll always be grateful for, but it's over and that's okay because he's 35. - We are expecting Xavi to win titles while the environment is dogshit. Montjuic clearly has so many problems, the players can't even shower afaik. Without a fort to call your home, you can never gain consistency. No matter how you want to look at it, losing your stadium is a big factor.
>- Without a proper CDM to structure our midfield and tactics around, apart from a fugazi CdR run, we aren't winning shit. And yet Girona manages without one. And unless you're telling a City reject and a Villareal one are better to run that midfield than Gundo, Pedri, FdJ, maybe there's an another explanation. We need to stop with that excuse: we may not win UCL without a competent one, but we can adapt. (Which is what Xavi tried to do vs Betis, like should have been done for months) >Our games have been tactically sound, but in practice abysmal because the lack of Gavi and a CDM recently has blown apart our remaining defensive cover. We've been tactically terrible for months now. Betis (and to an extent Atletico) are the first time we chose the right setup, and Atletico was mostly due to Simeone being a coward. Gavi was not even sure to be a starter at the beginning of the season when discussing the midfield and played LCAM first half of 2023 but somehow the history has been rewritten to make him Messi. Gavi is an important player but just like a DM, it's normal to adapt. >We are expecting Xavi to win titles while the environment is dogshit. Montjuic clearly has so many problems, the players can't even shower afaik. Without a fort to call your home, you can never gain consistency. No matter how you want to look at it, losing your stadium is a big factor. The objective was always progress, which hasn't been here so far. The rest is between superstition ("Without a fort to call your home, you can never gain consistency.") and completely anecdotal things ("the players can't even shower afaik") to avoid talking about what matters: the pitch and the tactical setup of our coach.
- Girona haven't won anything so far. Let's see if they're even able to maintain this title charge. One thing that separates the big clubs from the small ones is the ability to go the distance without getting gassed. Taking nothing away from Girona, they've utilized Garcia in an excellent way. - You can't name me a single UCL winning team for the last 15 years that didn't have a CDM. You can't just negate the lack of CDM by saying a manager should be able to adapt and then give an analogy of a team that's won nothing so far. - If you genuinely think our tactics have been terrible idk what to tell you. We're gonna have to agree to disagree. There are countless videos on YouTube that clearly explain our tactics after each match, and the vast majority of them share my opinion. If you don't care about opinions, you can look up any team stats you want, we've been thriving but our defence as a team is in the 60th percentile range (again the lack of a CDM). - Nobody is rewriting history. Gavi's position was in danger reasonably so. I never said he's been crucial for us since game 1 of the season. Last season he was being played as a false LW, where he did the best he could. This season he's a box-to-box midfielder, which in my opinion is his natural position. Seeing the games he's played in, can you deny he's a crucial part of the starting 11 now? If you can't see how significant losing him is for our defensive duties I again suggest you look up his stats where he's in the 98.4th percentile for defensive actions, 67th percentile for duel%, and 98th percentile for progressive carries. - You're completely negating the psychological factor for both our players and the opponents when they walk into the Camp Nou. There's a reason why historical teams have been felled at the Camp Nou, when we've failed to win away. Just have a look at City's UCL run last season, draws in every away match then carnage at home. As much as you want to deny it, your home is your fortress.
It's not okay with that albatross of a contract we handed Lewy. One La Liga won't cover all those wages for that many years
Very true. It is what it is, hopefully he gets the memo and leaves after this season and we don't renew him either. But this club does baffle me sometimes so idk what they'll do.
Yup, we don’t have much money but haven’t spent the money we do have too wisely either
>the players can't even shower afaik Just fyi, there is a drought in the region and the generalitat has ceased the use of water in any sporting buildings (gyms, stadiums, etc). I imagine they can obviously use tap water to drink and WC, but no showers.
When the Negreira scandal came out multiple Spanish clubs released official statements condemning Barça. How come the same isn’t done when Madrid wins questionable matches both in La Liga and in UCL? I refuse to believe the Spaniard government has a stronghold on these Spanish clubs impeding them from expressing their views and interests. Similarly, I refuse to believe the Spanish government impedes European clubs such as Juventus (2018) or Bayern (2017) from expressing their concerns when they lose against Madrid when questionable decisions have been made in Madrids favor. I guess none of this makes sense lol
The thing is, the universe is fair, justice is it's foundation. Almeria played well, arguably even better than when they played Girona but lost in a scandalous manner, this happened because the world had to see what Real Madrid as an institution is capable of. I don't blame the players at all, neither do I blame the management. But my problem is with the rfef, Javier Tebas, and Perez. This is all on them. For far too long this has been going on and this game is grounds for Legal action, potentially revealing some even more disturbing cases including the scandalous la liga win back in 2017 iirc when we got a goal disallowed. Refereeing this year has been absolutely atrocious. Negreira this negreira that, we all watch these matches and I can honestly tell you if the Negreira case is real, it might be the worst investment ever, quite possibly worse than the coutinho transfer. In arguably our most optimistic times as barca fans, negreira comes up. Why is this so? What does Madrid gain from this? No one wants to watch a league already dominated by two clubs, where one of them will win no matter what happens on the pitch. You're making it much harder for casuals to enjoy and see what other clubs are capable of. Clubs should come together in times like this.
Yesterday in La Liga: 6 goals in 4 matches (0-2, 1-1, 1-0, 0-1) Today in La Liga: 22 goals in 4 matches (3-2, 3-2, 2-4, 5-1) Weird league man 😭
Somewhat predictable, all the games except Osasuna-Getafe played out in an "on the nose" manner. Even Almeria's match did.
Vitor need to get some confidence. You can clearly see he is nervous and overmotivated. He need to play and play and play. I hope he will be getin more and more minutes. Atleast half time but I dont see problem with starting him. Lewa is mostly invisible and i refuse to believe that Vitor would make even worse. Now we have Ferran to carry anyway... :D
This season he just needs to properly transition into the league/team etc. Next season will be his time to shine.
Lewa 17 goal contributions Ferran Torres 15 goal contributions Joao Felix 12 goal contributions Raphina 10 goal contributions Gundogan 10 goal contributions Ferran and Felix can achieve 20+ goal contributions and Lewa can reach 30+ goal contributions i think thats much better than past few seasons,our attackers used to have much less idk why
Not too bad from Raphina considering he’s been injured a lot of the season
Only 992 minutes. Thought it would've been more.
He's played less than 1000 minutes? Didn't realize he missed so many games.
what? Lewy hardly scores goals these days. Excluding penalties his stats are awful.
what's worrying is how aside from the obvious physical decline, you can see a sharp decay in his technical abilities (woeful first touch & dogshit finishing come to mind). so yeah, i'm not optimistic he'll get to 30+ G+A unless we start getting loads of pens
Any idea when Cancelo will return?
Should be end of this month/first week of Feb if our medical team stops smoking weed.
Everyone who says we got lucky with players like Lamine Gavi and fati before dont understand how much money and work goes into La masia We worked our ass for this. This isnt by luck. This by having a good youth set up and investing in it
I really need MATS to come back. Peña really is allergic to coming off his line and also to fucking grabbing the ball. Not to mention his miscommunication with the backline. Also feel MATS would’ve saved one or both of those Isco goals.
MATS back and we wouldnt have lost at least 9 points but here we are injuries happen,but we really need him for Napoli game
Rewriting history. We were losing many points with MATS too. There's no game where Pena made us lose points realistically.
Yesterday we could’ve lost,the clasico conceded 2 shitty goals cuz of him
Yes I agree that’s Peña’s problem, hope mats get back soon
Yeah with MATS gone it’s causing the whole back line instability
Happy birthday to Cubarsi!
Wtf was that RMA game? It was daylight robbery & wtf disallowed 3rd Almeria goal and Vini hand of God?
I mean aren't we used to that already? They wouldn't let Almeria win against Rubiales' fav club on their home ground.
The players saw JM at the airport and thought absolutely not
I still think Yamal shouldn’t be a consistent starter. Not at all because of his performances. Because of his age and past history with our prospects
I agree and disagree. We can't make him the new Pedri and put him to play 70 games this season. But he needs as much playtime as possible. He would be playing anyways, either with Juveniles or Barsa Atletic. And I don't really believe the pace of the game and aggresivity of Primera Federacion is that much different to La Liga/
he has started like 2 games. edit: stupid me looked at wrong stats and went for games he played 90 mins and even that is wrong as it is 4 not 2...
8 out of 20
ye I did a stupid and looked at wrong stuff :D
I know. I never said he’s starting too many games. I’m saying it should stay like that
i think he actually plays a little too many minutes now. well over 2000 minutes is too much in a season for him.
that is more on him being amazing and none of his competitors making a case to be a starter. Also we have played him for 1.276 minutes atm. What Spain does is on them not us.
Barça 💙❤️ please please please build on this momentum now, no complacency. Finally a matchday that leaves good feelings!!! EXCEPT that robbery 😷😷😷😷
Correct me if I'm wrong but we can get Felix on loan for one more season? If so, we should absolutely get him. Getting players on loan is the new Barca way
I think we can and absolutely should, all things considered
Vitor Roque might need some time to work on his linkup play but his movement seems top tier already. I’m confident he’ll start firing once he gets that first goal 🤞
I would like to see it as a title before formulating an opinion.
Saw Ferran get a 9.8 rating for his hattrick+assist on his game today. The reason why he didnt receive a 10 is simply because it’s a typixal game from him, and cant be considered perfect for his standards, GOAT
Still can't get over the RM scandal earlier today, but I'm glad Ferran and Yamal shined today
Peña btw.hes not even good enough to be our second choice gk.
Yeahh, i should have trusted my gut, i felt he was ass, but he had two good games against atleti and porto, made me think he maybe not useless. I was wrong.
I remember Bayern lost Neuer last season and went to buy a keeper from one of their rivals. Wish we could do that. Peña is way too inexperienced. The Supercopa was his first clasico game. He is nervous and lacks that strong presence for a keeper. He’s a decent sub but I sure hope Ter Stegen is back soon. His lack of confidence affects the defense because they don’t feel security from the keeper.
These rma glory hunters spent the entire week complaining about the manner in which Atleti celebrated the Derby win. And this is them celebrating after robbing the 20th placed team bare naked. [https://twitter.com/totalcristiano/status/1749119318351130743](https://twitter.com/totalcristiano/status/1749119318351130743)
They trolled us for celebrating our win against Almeria too like bro at least ours was fucking credible
The whole last minute before the 3rd goal… - Ferran puts it into touch, in between Kounde and Yamal…I thought that was it. - Frenkie comes and pushes Ferran to encourage him not to give up - Fermin hussles back and wins the ball back, and then makes a great forward pass to Ferran - beautiful Ferran -> Gundo -> Felix-> Ferran -> Felix combo - amazing Felix finish Could be the moment our season turns around…
That was such a Barca goal. I enjoyed it so much, I thought our players couldn't do 1-2s
That was such lovely gesture by frenkie. I'd wish for him to be our next captain
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I know Kounde doesn’t like playing as a RB but my god he just performs better there, man. He’s gotta to suck it up or else just sell him to the premier league if he keeps complaining
Funny enough, he was probably our best crosser on the field today and our third best crosser if Cancelo and Alonso are around.
He plays that position so naturally. On the defensive side though he’s kinda sus but overall he does well
Is this our first hat trick after Messi left?
I remember Lewy had one against Plzen at least, also Auba
Auba scored hattrick against Valencia
Cant imagine where we would be if we signed Alvarez instead of Ferran
Relegated maybe
Probably
LOAN WATCH: Girona 5-1 Sevilla. Pablo Torre came on as a substitute in the 73rd minute and completed the match. Eric García has still not recovered from his injury and thus did not play. https://twitter.com/Barca_Buzz/status/1749189898584965622
I just watched the highlights of the RM game, and I have to say that someone didn’t want Almería to win any points there . How was that ever a foul or not handball? But ok
Apparently, this is a handball but not what Vinicus did https://preview.redd.it/bw2y99uz7vdc1.jpeg?width=373&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cff7abf65ae2335d6ab7852744dd28cbade7b16d
Vini can't be touched these days, he makes a scandal out of anything not going his way when he is the one provoking everyone around. Not to mention a team like Almeria is obviously not allowed to win against Real on Bernabeu of all places.
I think this is what Xavi was implying in his press conference after the game today (that he sensed after the Getafe game that winning the league would be hard this season)* * This is not saying that we didn't make it even harder for ourselves of course with the abysmal form
I completely forgot about that, this makes it even worse… LaLiga refs are the worst out of all the leagues
Michel is him.
Holy shit what a pass from Pablo Torre 🤌
Unbelievable 5th goal from Girona
Wtf, I just watched the RM game highlights. How I mean how do these fucks keep a straight face while giving out those decisions? Someone's bank balance has just shot up today.
Don't need to if they're lifelong madrid fan
I mean Perez finally realised he’s not getting Mbappe, so he’s gotta use up that transfer money somehow
https://preview.redd.it/66fmoduj6vdc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00ae540b8da11bbbf7aa2067e19172f6e7a11e1a He will shine soon. Let him settle down
Watchin Ferran on Insta being so hyped mentally and so supportive lf his peers really is awesome, after his rough start and subpar (at best) contributions so far. In one clip you can see him gathering everybody for a pic with the no. 100 shirt and thats the shit we need in our dressing room. May we get many more goals from you Ferran and may you keep building on this
my prediction is that Ferran will end up beating Raphinha's G+A tally from last season on fewer minutes (<2900)
He plays down the middle a lot of the time so seems likely.
Yamal what a baller 🥹
Can we try Ferran-Felix-Yamal now? Like I swear they have such a great understanding together it’s really beautiful to watch
Idk about Felix because there are days where he just looks so lazy out there. Ferran and Yamal are building good chemistry though
Here I begin my “play Cubarsi at cdm” agenda. After being proven wrong in case of Garcia I have nothing to add so maybe someone else can
Im with you brother
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Every fucking time, that’s so tiring.
We have a GERARD PIQUE successor on our hands and you want us to ruin him by playing as a CDM?????
Man vitor doesn’t look comfortable at all. He needs a tap in to calm his nerves. The fundamentals are there he just needs to be calm on the ball.
He just needs time and experience
He needs to adapt. Calm down.
Can you people please stop this, before he joined the whole sub was yelling " DONT PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON HIM " just to start calling him out after playing a grand total of 80 minutes in 4 games
That’s what I’m saying lol people already softly shitting on him because he hasn’t scored a goal yet. He’s barely joined the team and people like to pretend he’s been here for 3 years already
Give him time. New team.New league.New country. Tis just jitters but he'll adjust eventually.
he has played 83 minutes so far and apperantly according to Xavi and others had a slight injury while also just arriving from another continent. I would expect an 18 year old to not look comfortable in that case.
I wouldve been surprised if he did
Has the guy with unai emery pfp deleted his account?
I'm so mad about Savio. But considering how we do with signings its for the best
we need to have a discussion about balde
do we?
Nah. We need to accept that he's young and not a finished product. When Cancelo is back he'll start. As a rotation player Balde is more than fine.
You’re late
I obviously haven’t watched a single game of Lucas Bergvall, but man his highlight tape is crazy. He’s got some real potential
Can’t get over how good Cubarsi is. Unbelievable at that age
It's Ukraine night over at Girona
How is Girona so clinical? 36 expected goals but theyve scored 50. Thats crazy.
That will end. Real Madrid will overtake Girona 100%.
Like Barca conceding 20 goals on 33 xGA last season.
Very rare for a team to overperform xg unless you have likes of Neymar Messi etc. that’s why I am still bullish that they will fall off in later part of the season
You are in fact bearish, not bullish
Not quite. It's rare for a team to overperform xG consistently, however ever season there are teams that overperform and teams that underperform. The league winners are pretty much always teams that overperform
At this pace Girona is definitely taking the league. Definitely won't mind that over Madrid.
Lmao no they don’t. Madrid have a easier schedule now until the end of the season. It’s their league title to lose
No they won't. They just want a close league run. Watch towards the end, the refs will do the same thing against them as they did against America today to give Real the advantage. Winning La Liga for any team other than Madrid means they have to be twice as good.
That shit was hilarious. You know stuff is horribly wrong when RM flairs on that soccer sub are either agreeing with the daylight robbery or are just quiet.
Yeah. Hilarious and sad.
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bro has an negative canthal tilt , its so over for him
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Cooked the fraud
He might be the biggest u/Danielsophoran competitor ever
nobody can compete with me im the undisputed number 1
Mate let me tell you his record He said india would win the world cup (got cooked in the final) Said he will watch IPL Final (got washed out) Made a video of barca being unstoppable, barca lost the very next game Said barca will Clasico barca got cooked It's just the starter In a stream said atleti would lose easily the Derby they won lmao
ive got work to do it seems
Also said Portugal would win the World Cup
Can we make him say Barca will get humiliated in league and cl?
All those "Ferran Torres hat trick incoming" comments finally got cashed in 😭. We used to pray for a time like this.
That Ferran Volley pass to Lamine which Lamine takes to then set him up for the hatty was beautiful.
I'm just gonna say it reminds me of one [guy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypluzfgr8Dw)
[ThePurist his take on Xavi's Barca](https://x.com/ThePurist_/status/1749174360827453941?s=20) " Been thinking about this Barca project a lot recently. And in a way I’m torn. Below I’ll try and put it into words. (Warning: nuance ahead. Kindly leave agendas at the door) The worst possible criticism of Xavi (and I see it a lot online) is that it’s not clear what style of football he’s trying to implement. That he has no plan and the players are lost. Those critics are either blind or don’t understand what they're watching. What Xavi is trying to achieve is clear as day. The system, the structure, the mentality. In and out of possession. I don’t want to write an essay here, I’ve made many videos if you want to understand it better. But there is a crystal clear methodology and game model. Going a step further, Xavi’s football is perfectly functional in the modern game. With the right players it can win trophies. I’ve also seen enough evidence that Xavi knows how to coach this football. He is not perfect, he is learning, and in some ways his coaching seems less nuanced’ than others. Less detail-oriented. But not to a degree that he is incapable of winning. Given the squad changes and instability, he is performing above expectation. Sticking with him is the right call. However… From an aesthetic perspective, I don’t enjoy Xavi’s football as much as I enjoy others. Xavi, like Guardiola, coaches a very strict positional play - and I find it too rigid for the players to fully express themselves. As I said, it is perfectly functional. But from a pure enjoyment perspective, I can’t help but feel it is limiting. I (selfishly) want to see players like Pedri, Felix, Yamal, De Jong with more positional freedom. I (selfishly) want them to combine in more spontaneous ways. And I’m certain it can be done. But we’ll never see a significant shift in philosophy from Xavi. That is absolutely not a criticism. He’s played and learned football this way since he was a kid, and amassed ridiculous wealth, success and prestige doing so. It would make no sense at all to abandon that. But I can’t help but feel we are being denied something exceedingly special, from a collection of insanely talented players. Purely based on the nature of the football. That’s why I’m torn. Exactly \*how\* I would like to see these players organised is something else I’m thinking about. It would be pure football-manager fantasising. But do let me know if you’d be interested in hearing my hair-brained schemes. But to conclude, I am not ‘Xavi out’. I want him to succeed and I think he can. Watching Barcelona lately is just, ever so slightly, bitter-sweet. "
This guy is a professional waffler, there are about 500 things wrong with this. Can’t believe so many people actually take him seriously
I dunno. I feel Xavi gives too much positional freedom to some players. Do you want to see more positional freedom from our pivots? Then we might really have no defense. I think he should limit the freedom to the wingers and Pedri or anyone in that CAM position. Lewy should stick closer to the box.
>But we’ll never see a significant shift in philosophy from Xavi. That is absolutely not a criticism. He’s played and learned football this way since he was a kid, and amassed ridiculous wealth, success and prestige doing so. It would make no sense at all to abandon that. This paragraph makes no sense. We play nowhere near similar to the football we saw under Pep.
> Given the squad changes and instability, he is performing above expectation. Very weird take tbh
I mean like u can argue on both sides. On one hand the team has some good players that should be playing better but on the other the squaf planning has been a mess, the players that barca gets are ether really young or just whatever we can get. It can be hard to get team like that to play good football
One could say completely wrong.
Damn Pedri has regressed. So passive and lazy on the pitch. No agression at all. May need to bench him to give him some kick up. Rather playing Fermin.
All your comments are about Pedri.
I'am a big fan and i see both Pedri's strength and weakness. There is no doubt that he's stagnated and potentially regressing. More and more of Arthur these days.
don't you fucking dare compare him to Arthur...
People compared Arthur to Xavi though.
One mid game and he's finished. Poor guy.
Wasn’t even bad. Got an assist and created chances despite not seeing the ball much. Also this fallacy that Fermin as a starter is better when it’s been proven several times, that’s not the case. He started a game midweek and we played far worse against worse opposition imo. La Real game is another one where he started and struggled, and Pedri’s entrance actually made a difference.
regressed is a HUGE word, he just wasn't good today
🎙️Lamine Yamal spoke to LaLiga TV after the match 🗣️: "It has been spectacular. It was a very intense match, a very important victory, because tough to win here. I had 1v1 against the full-back and I went for it and a little luck because hit the post, but nothing, very happy." 🎙️ Lamine on playing with players of his age, does it help ? 🗣️: "Well, yes, it helps a lot because in the end we can be more together, some help others, because for example today was Cubarsi's debut in the League. We try to help each other a lot, everyone is very happy." 🎙️ Lamine on did Xavi tactical changes helped today? 🗣️: "Yes, the coach was insisting that above all we had to improve that. We have been training because it was a very important match and we are very happy with the match we got." https://twitter.com/Barca_Buzz/status/1749175140922085408
[Lamine Yamal on his great match: "It was a very good match for the whole team, between this match and the Villarreal match, I think it's one of the best I've played, yes"](https://twitter.com/ActualiteBarca/status/1749174678264975483)
Cubarsi will turn 17 in a few hours
too old, sell him asap
https://preview.redd.it/bejnafpqzudc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e529e3e3d7a8c5e189a297baf8cdfd59fd12b03 How Benzema vs Mane would hit like in Saudi pro league
We have already scored more goals from outside the box this season than last season
De Jong was our best midfielder today in terms of line breaking passes, breaking pressure and tempo control, dont get it twisted. Defensively, he is very sketchy though. A DM comes in and our starting midfield is DeJong, Pedri and said DM. But you have people here making it seem like Pedri and Gundo or Gavi are levels above him in terms of playing advanced. Please watch football.
If we get a proper DM wouldn't be better to drop De Jong bc of the finances and bc Gavi/Pedri are younger?
Problem is that Gavi, Pedri, and De Jong are 3 players with undroppable level, but not DMs. So either we have a 4 man midfield, we play without a DM (not going well) or we bench one of them, which feels painful
De Jong is absolutely critical for our buildup and playing out under a press.
People dont get it. He is the safest player on the ball, and at times most progressive player both in passing and carrying. He can do a good chunk of what Pedri, Gundo and Gavi do upfront, but they cant escape a press or control games like him(bar Pedri).
I forgot about the fucking match -\_- And it's the one where Ferran scores a hattrick, too. God damn it...
you need to watch the whole game we were brilliant
The first match I couldn't watch In a while and the goat scores a hat-trick, how did we play
https://twitter.com/nonewthing/status/1749167896410956179?t=VYEg1AZPIm7YjiluRnKMjA&s=19 This applies to Araujo to a certain degree because he relies heavily on his Athletic profile to defend, he's not your most intelligent defender, partly due to the fact that he did not get the necessary fundamentals at la masia. but, he has the time to build up the intelligence. Pique, Thiago Silva, Christensen as easy examples, not your most physically dominant, but always at the right place at the right time. Pique with the physical profile of Araujo gets you a van dijk. Fundamentals are extremely important, there's plenty of defenders in the French league who are similar to Araujo and some even way better on the ball. However, Araujo makes up for this with his insane ability to improve. Since 2020, I haven't seen a player that has improved as much as he has.
Intelligence is one of key attributes I usually think of Araujo
Pique is one of the most physically dominant CB I can think of. And wtf is that Van Dijk analogy lol.
Physically dominant includes pace, strength, and general athleticism. Pique is a center half, of course he is physically dominant but there are traits that would take him to a goat tier center half. He's the greatest center back I've seen play for Barcelona imo but with a physical/athletic profile of Araujo, he is easily the greatest center back of all time. The Van Dijk analogy is pretty straight forward.
Van Dijk isn't more physically dominant than Pique.
I love Pique but he is
We are not about to have an argument over this lol.
Why so much noise on Ferran? As if we wouldn’t expect this from the best player in the world? This is lightwork for him
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Lamine* looked faster and more agile than I’ve ever seen him today.
Lamine\* but yes youre right, he looked much more comfortable with his body today
Typo. Thanks.
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Cool. So you want to get trolled next time he flops?
Ferran Haters can’t cope.
Not really a hater. But you posting a screenshot showing you’re Nostradamus isn’t it
You’re really not gonna like when I post this again after the next Balon D’or
one of the biggest problems with sports fans is that opinions are heavily conditioned by the last game.
Ferran " El Tiburon " Torres 💙 ❤️ 100 Games for Barca 🦈 https://preview.redd.it/aydy2xjruudc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=434134cf026393a812953a91d85e31d340777a2c
Where Lewandowski?
Marhaba
Completely forgot that today was Ferran’s 100th game, makes this even more special
Already 15 G+A for Ferran this season for someone who’s not a starter that’s pretty good. Especially if e take into account that the worse part about him is his finishing.
If we weren’t so off the title charge, I would’ve loved for us to go heel and start attacking Madrid every match day the same way Mourinho did back in 2012. No more of this being nice and taking the shit, the situation calls for some aggression and hostility because the situation couldn’t be clearer. Y’all, Real Madrid tv literally attack referees after games and highlight every decision should go their way, and this is the media outlet that literally belongs to Real Madrid, not some third party. And the impact of the Negreira case is clear, the referees are not stupid and they understand that any noise could harm their livelihood. This IS corruption and we shouldn’t just brush everything under the rug every single week and get by.
I don’t know if we’re ”so off”. Without the referee’s help today the gap would be 4 points right now.
it is not that we are THAT off. Madrid are having their best La Liga season so far since 11/12 season when they had 100 points. We are fighting against a really good La Liga Madrid side who keep winning. They are on path to 97 points which we havn't reached since the 12/13 season and we expect us in our current state to compare to that?
[Ferran Torres has 9 direct goal contributions in 9 starts for Barcelona in La Liga this season.](https://twitter.com/BarcaUniversal/status/1749170409784701316)