Barcelona Football Blog

November 13, 2019 / Kxevin / Thoughts

Rakitic, the gift of empathy and REALLY bad timing

David Villa announced his retirement from football, effective at the end of the season, when…

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November 10, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Leadership is an example

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should is an adage that applies to so…

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November 9, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 4, Celta 1, aka “Victorious, but still broken”

Most football matches turn on moments, and the Camp Nou visit by a recovering Celta,…

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November 8, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça should be more than results

At the Friday press availability, Barça manager Ernesto Valverde said, essentially, that people are overreacting,…

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November 5, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 0, Slavia Prague 0, aka “Change has to come. Now.”

This can’t be allowed to continue. A board is tasked with the stewardship of the…

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November 3, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

A bankrupt club that is built to stay that way

Ernesto Valverde is doing exactly what he was hired to do. This is worth admitting…

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November 2, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Levante 3, Barça 1, aka “Grey man, gray team”

To begin with the obvious, Barça was terrible, and deserved that loss. In every way.…

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November 2, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

The Gomesification of Dembele, aka “Is it Christmas yet?”

Dembele out of the squad. The news that came on Friday was massive. It was…

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October 31, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 5, Valladolid 1, aka “Time is running out”

There was a moment when it was Guardiola and Messi, but not in the way…

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October 28, 2019 / Kxevin / Thoughts

Puig, patience and the road to nowhere?

In an interview this week with Sport, Barça B midfielder Riqui Puig declared his undying…

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October 24, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Slavia Prague 1, Barça 2, aka “My eyes! My eyes!”

Somehow, FC Barcelona won its match against Slavia Prague, away in Champions League. It was…

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October 19, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Eibar 0, Barça 3, aka “Questions answered, for now”

It’s pretty astonishing how bad a football team an outsider might think FC Barcelona was,…

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