Bill

March.

[PeePee🎀 @peegzy1]

A lot can happen in August. Trust God.

[Pebble @Pebblepj]

"Ronaldo is yet to achieve Messi's failures"

Messi fans are wicked 😭😭😭

[JJ. Omojuwa @Omojuwa]

‘Journalism needs to go back to being real journalism.’

This is going to be tough ask in a world where podcasters, streamers and agenda merchants are winning the attention war.

[Akira @Akir_a997]

"now I just need something sweet"

[Analyst Canice @11synergy]

Rodri shoots more & can carry more. And that’s about it but these are not core duties of a DM as a DM stays quite horizontal & stationery than vertical & progressive. He is not a flashlight, he is a power life. Rodri might be the better player or more complete guy but Busquets is undoubtedly the greatest CDM the game has seen.

The core duties of a CDM especially in a possession based side (where both of them played) are:

— Control the build-up: Busquets edges Rodri here. Pep Guardiola moves Bernardo Silva deeper than Rodri to help break opposition pressure. However, Busquets was a first phase expert.

— Provide defensive balance: Busquets was in the hot area before the opposition realises it but you can argue for Rodri since he has more physical presence but Busquets won his duels & tackles. For example, Busquets screened the back 4. He played with Alves & Alba at some points & he had the job to kill transition because he started running way before everybody as he wasn’t pacy.

— Offer constant passing support. See, always ask yourself why Spain would have Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas, Alonso, Silva, Mata, Carzola & still STARTED Busquets. The answer you are looking for is there. Alonso could play the CDM (he did at Madrid & Bayern, Liverpool*). It was because no one, absolutely no one could play the CDM like Busquets. Busquets was committing Paul Scholes to errors & fouls at 21 in a UCL final.

— Manage transitions; as a possession based team is bound to lose the ball in a difficult situation & suffer from transitions. Again, the easier thing to say is that Rodri would get there faster with his pace but one can always argue that Busquets’s game-readability puts him ahead. There is a reason Jude Bellingham might edge Pedri on tackles but not on interception because you need to read the game to get to break a pass without challenging a player. Remember the quote the legend Maldini “if I have to make a tackle, I have already made a mistake”.

— Organise the team. I will give this to Rodri because he is more vocal than Busquets was. No need to talk too much.

Now, a modern #6 in a possession based side should have some abilities like/
A top possession-based No. 6 combines:

1, Technical quality (first touch, passing, scanning). Busquets wins here
2, Tactical intelligence (positioning and anticipation). Busquets wins here
3, Composure under pressure. Busquets wins here
4, Defensive awareness. Rodri wins here (because of his physicality & running power). Even though awareness & solution are not same.
5, Leadership and communication. Rodri wins here.

[🧭¹⁰ @lognostwin]

Good article but unfortunately it can’t reach his haters because they are illiterate

[MESSINHO @Yamatoclapsbozo]

@BilelAffelay J’ai vu bcp de gens tomber sur la decla de De La Fuente en disant que Yamal s’est sacrifié comme une excuse alors que c’est une réalité. Le jeu de L’Espagne sacrifie ses ailiers , et Yamal se prend tout les mauvais côtés avec Baena qui n’aide pas bcp pour cela

[Bill @DigtalBill]

So… a quiet World Cup by design?

[BarçaTimes @BarcaTimes]

🚨🎙️| De la Fuente: "Lamine has learnt how to play a different kind of football that will help him mature, he has sacrificed himself for the good of the collective. He had a great World Cup." 🇪🇸

[Bill @DigtalBill]

Fidget spinner, came on and took charge 🫶🏾

[BarçaMuse @Barca_Muse]

Data, not opinions.

[Bill @DigtalBill]

😂😂😂

[Tereza Ann💙❤️ @ann_tereza]

🤣🤣🤣

[Nagee @IamNagee]

Me the day after saying I’m never drinking again

[jimmy toots @futtywap]

My dog when he realizes I never actually threw the ball and it’s still in my hand

[not Johnny Manziel (parody) @JohnnyFootbalI]

Me showing up to the bar again after my friends put me to bed an hour ago

[Bill @DigtalBill]

@nicolnyasha Soft launch number 9 😂

[CantaLoupe @CantALoupe_FF]

Alphabet: "just call me the ABCs for short."

The letter D:

[declan @yvsd33]

god what will you take from me in the future for this hefty meal you’ve fed me this month ?

[Manutinho @GxlDeManutinho]

Vivimos en una simulación. 🤯

[TC @totalcristiano]

8 Barcelona players become World Cup champions or Argentina go back to back.

What did we do to deserve this?

[mari @fcmareee]

Congratulations FCBarcelona for winning 2/2 World Cup El Classico’s