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You do realise that the Nations League actually IS important for WC quailfiers? 8 teams which rank 1st and 2nd in their A league groups will be in Pot 1 for WC qualifiers. Maybe this doesn't seem so important, but at least it has some impact on another competition. Before the Nations League, we...

Well, that really doesn't seem like a big difference, at least at club level, but what about the players? They have international duties too. Take Pedri's 20/21 season, he played 73 games and since then he's rarely fit (although this is an extreme example, but you get my point). Also, Spanish...

This is the problem with football nowadays, too many matches being played, the players pushed to their absolute limit and even further, just to give the viewers what they want (with UEFA and the leagues themselves making huge amounts of money in the progress), but these changes in the number of...

I see Gvardiol as a CDM in a couple of years under Pep's regime

I was there just six days ago, not knowing that we are going into reconstruction. I've had a business conference in Barcelona and I didn't want to waste the opportunity to visit our home ground. Upon returning to Croatia, I've made a deal with my friend that we must come and see a match in the...

You keep bashing a 20-year old kid about physicality... Messi was considured injury prone back in that age, remember (after some time, they put together a new stretching routine just for him and the problem was solved)? Besides, in his first senior season with Barca, Pedri played 72 matches, not...

You keep bashing a 20-year old kid about physicality... Messi was considured injury prone back in that age, remember (after some time, they put together a new stretching routine just for him and the problem was solved)? Besides, in his first senior season with Barca, Pedri played 72 matches, not...

You keep bashing a 20-year old kid about physicality... Messi was considured injury prone back in that age, remember (after some time, they put together a new stretching routine just for him and the problem was solved)? Besides, in his first senior season with Barca, Pedri played 72 matches, not...

Well, statistics say otherwise - in La Liga only, Gavi averages 1.4 recoveries per match, while Pedri is a bit better with 1.7 per match. It's easy to be misguided by Pedri's flashing attacking abilities, but he performs well (if not better than well) in the defensive assignments.

How was this a boring game? Real pressing us like crazy, our players clear the ball in panic only to calm the play down later in the game, all of our players behind the ball, Real going from one side to the other trying to find an opening... Lots of things were happening on the pitch if you know...

Except, we had no player who could replace him in the team Dalić assembled for EURO2020 so he had to start the game vs. England, and since he did okay, he stayed in the first team status for the later matches. Again, I understand he made couple of crucial errors, but it's against my common...

I never said that a player should be bigger than the club or NT, all I've said was that young players need to get experience and that they will make mistakes in the process. And then you compared a WC final to a group phase match... Who would you have put instead of Gvardiol, were you in our...

Oh c'mon man. Who in their rightful mind would criticise a 18 year old defender for mistakes he made. It was obvious he was gonna make mistakes, that's the only way to learn. If people thought like you think, then kids wouldn't even play football because they would be terrified of making a...

My guy killing it this World Cup and I'm so glad he plays for my national team. The way he progresses with the ball from the back line... beautiful, similar to Frenkie. So calm in his passes when he's on the ball, very secure in dealing with tough situations. I'm just disappointed that he will...

Ah okay, that one game the whole team was in shambles, you can't really pin it on him alone. I'm saying overall throughout the whole season he was someone you could count on.

Don't know, I still remember the Club's first season with Valverde, he was rock solid that season, primarily because of the formation and tactics - we played 4-4-2 almost every game that season, but he did his part excellently.

I didn't scroll through this thread very much, but I have a need to say this: I really believe in Xavi. I think he has a very rough time implementing some of his ideas due to the financial and structural catastrophe at the Club. About playing "his friend" Busi, I really believe that Busquets...

A penalty kick.

Sooooooooo... Reading all of these comments about a sure win, I'll go ahead and say that we are going to lose and that the majority of the so-called fans will lose their shit and fall into despair once again. Bayern is a well oiled machine, has been for quite a number of years now, while we are...

I'm hoping for something like -----------------MAtS Kounde---Araujo---Christensen---Balde -----------------Frenkie ----------Kessie---------Pedri ----Dembele-------Lewa---------Ansu And if Kounde is unavailable, I would actually like Roberto on RB since Dest is out of the picture. Why not...