Breaking The Enemy Lines

(This article was originally published as a series of posts on "La Senyera", formerly "FC Barcelona- Blaugrana Central.) Juege de Posicion Juego de Posicion is a philosophy with fundamental idea being the search of superiority. "Positional Play does not consist of passing the ball horizontally, but something much more difficult: it consists

Oscar Tabárez- The Story That Needs To Be Told

  "We die or we kill, but we keep progressing." If it's not going to be Messi, I would like to see this man lift Copa America once again. Oscar Tabárez was once a school teacher. When he leaves, he would have changed the face of Uruguayan football, from youth to the National

An ode to El Jefecito… The loudest silent warrior

Trophies, Silverware, Goals, Wins... What for? At the end of the day, what good does it bring? What remains are memories. Seeing our beloved club lift the trophies must be one of the highest pleasures. But much depends on what we are shown, what we are forced to remember. At the end of the

Season Review- Pep’s PL winning Manchester City

What a season it has been for Manchester City! Through ups and downs, mostly ups in the domestic league of course; a few records shattered and a few possibly to be shattered and a great many amount of goals scored, they have finally won the title with 5 games left.

Der Raumdeuter

"Thomas Müller's FIFA rating is so good because he is invariably bad at everything."If you ask yourself following questions- "Is Müller a winger/a striker/an attacking midfielder?"; the answer is going to be NO/NOT REALLY. Then what is it that makes Müller such a special player? To Pep Guardiola he became

David Villa and a timeless genius through constant Evolution

"I would have David Villa over Kaka and Criatiano"- Vicente Del Bosque. 2011, Wembly. Lionel Messi sends Nani the wrong way and brings the ball inside United box. The ball rolls back towards Busquets, who passes it just outside the box.... And David Villa Sánchez aka "El Guaje" perfectly curls it in.

From “Arsène Who?” to “Mr. Wenger”

How Arsène Wenger has revolutionized modern game... Arsène Wenger is a name in Football which generates mixed feelings. To talk of Arsène Wenger would be to talk of a man who is loved and loathed in probably UNEQUAL measures. As the so called "Wenger out" movement gathered pace towards the end

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