May 14, 2019 / Kxevin / Barcelona

The beauty of ‘It is what it is’

“It is what it is.” When Ernesto Valverde uttered that phrase after Barcelona’s shock loss…

May 10, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Valverde, romance and the audacity of hope

There are two ways to build and manage a team, really. You can have a…

May 8, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Yesterday, sitting at my desk working on a match recap, banging on the keyboard like…

May 7, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

To paraphrase an old song, “Everything’s coming up Roma … “ Last season, man did…

May 3, 2019 / Kxevin / Champions League

One of my all-time favorite moments in a long bicycle racing career happened pretty early.…

May 2, 2019 / Emma Gabriel-Garcia / Barcelona

It’s the day after the night before and I have a headache. Not because of…

May 2, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

May 1, 2013, Bayern Munich tonked Barcelona by a 0-3 scoreline at the Camp Nou.…

April 30, 2019 / Isaiah / Barcelona

Tomorrow night in Barcelona, the Champions League semifinal first leg kicks off against Liverpool. It…

April 29, 2019 / Kxevin / Champions League

This is a guest post by the wonderful Diana Kristinne (@DianaKristinne on Twitter). For those…

April 27, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Sustained excellence is an extravagant thing. Sustained excellence is also something that inures us to…

April 17, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

In dispatching Manchester United without expending much more energy than a mid-tempo training session, Barcelona…

April 15, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

At the day-before press availability, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen was on the podium, and was asked…