Barcelona Football Blog

December 19, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 0, Real Madrid 0, aka “Playing out the string”

Everybody has luggage. What motivates us to get new luggage, when we have luggage? Something…

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December 15, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Real Sociedad 2, Barça 2, aka “Dysfunction junction”

What watching the decline of a great football team has forced us to do is…

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December 9, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Mortgaging the future for the present

The Mallorca XI was: Ter Stegen, Sergi Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Junior Firpo, Busquets, Rakitic, De…

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December 8, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 5, Mallorca 2, aka “Glitter bombs hide stuff”

When a basketball scorer is in a slump, sometimes free throws can shake them out,…

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December 1, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Atletico de Madrid 0, Barça 1, aka “I’ll take it from here”

This was a weird match, because it featured a pair of teams who are still…

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December 1, 2019 / Isaiah / La Liga

Of Hatchet Men and Bad Matches: Atleti-Barça

It strikes me as perfect–absolutely perfect–that Barça will play Atleti on Sunday night. Yes, it’s…

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November 28, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça 3, Dortmund 1, aka “Nothing has changed”

Football is lived match to match, and this has never been more true than with…

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November 23, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Leganes 1, Barça 2, aka “Dark days”

If the Barça players are not playing to get Valverde sacked, then things are even…

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November 21, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Messi, peers, and how the absence of a system fails all

What makes international break for Barça supporters a torment are the inevitable questions and overreactions…

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November 15, 2019 / Kxevin / Analysis

Barça’s next coach, next everything, should come from inside

There are few things in football more delightful these days than watching Riqui Puig play…

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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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