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writing about football, mostly analytics and tactics

[FS @fblsim]

If you are interested in conversion rates of #Barca players, I wrote an article on that topic using @StatsBomb resources for data analysis.

When we discuss actual vs. expected goals, variance is sth we should have in mind.

Spoiler: Messi is very good.

https://t.co/J2ApabWsdL

[FS @fblsim]

Enrique used this scheme also with his Barca side in 2015/16. The guy in the middle used to be Busquets, left triangle was Neymar-Iniesta-Jordi Alba and right side Messi-Rakitic-Dani Alves. Suarez floating.

That Barca team was so hard to beat back then

[Roger Bonet "Ruxi" @Ruxiiii4]

PSG have followed the same positional principles all season.

Same idea against Chelsea in the 2025 Club World Cup Final and again yesterday against Arsenal in the 2026 UCL Final:

• 3-1-6 attacking structure
• Vacating central spaces, overloading wide zones.
• Usually 3 players positioned on each side, maximum 4, barely 5.

The anchors of the 3+1 rest defence are the two centre-backs + Vitinha + Fabián/Nuno Mendes, while the front six have the freedom to overload either side.

[FS @fblsim]

cycling reached the point where new climbing records are considered "not that impressive", and that's when you know that sth is wrong

[ً @Na1chaca]

#GirodItalia, Stage 7
🇩🇰 JONAS VINGEGAARD

Blockhaus (12,80km; 8,59%; 1099m)

37'17min
20,60km/h
1769 VAM
6,35ᵉw/kg
629 aSLP
CLIMBING RECORD

Not that great, to be honest.

[FS @fblsim]

Bayern should go for Camavinga this summer. will be easy to get him, great potential, and always was best at left-back

[FS @fblsim]

2022: Fly Emirates vs. Standard Chartered
2021: 3 vs. Etihad
2020: Accor vs. T-Mobile

[FS @fblsim]

UEFA Champions League Final, Trikot Sponsors history

2026: Fly Emirates vs. Qatar Airways
2025: Qatar Airways vs. Betsson
2024: Fly Emirates vs. Evonik
2023: Etihad vs. Paramount

#UCL

[FS @fblsim]

mit Goretzka auf der Sechs kann 🇩🇪 bei der WM schonmal die Tickets nach der Vorrunde buchen

#B04FCB

[FS @fblsim]

Arbeloa really is the perfect manager for #RealMadrid. Arrogant, bad loser, and blaming the ref.

[MARCA @marca]

‼️ Rajada de Arbeloa por la "incomprensible" expulsión de Camavinga que acabó con las esperanzas del Real Madrid

[FS @fblsim]

Today, Hauptman is attributed to having discovered the talent of Tadej Pogacar.

#UAE #Pogacar

[FS @fblsim]

wonder who that guy in the UAE team car is? meet Andrej Hauptman, ex-pro cyclist and now sporting director of UAE.

He was excluded from starting at the Tour de France on July 2 2000 because of an Hematocrit level over 50%. (https://t.co/oUdRbgCELi)

[FS @fblsim]

Just one day earlier, Hauptman came in second at the Slovenian national road championship 🇸🇮. Ironically, he was afterwards awarded the title because the guy who came in first, Goraud Stangelj, was disqualified for .... 🥁 ... doping.

https://t.co/vLAhAAAVAq

[Storch_i @Storch_i]

Zur Erinnerung: Katherina R. hat 2012, ohne mit der Wimper zu zucken, in der deutschen Solarindustrie schon einmal 100.000 Jobs vernichtet! Hätte man damals die Solarindustrie nicht zwei Köpfe kürzer gemacht, könnte Deutschland heute weltweit führend sein.

[ e-Tour de Dope ™ @triviumcolombia]

"Obviously it is suspicious that Marc Soler appeared where Pepe Martí was with stuff to perform lactate tests. But the most suspicious thing is that it's been known since 2023 that Pepe Martí violates his sanction for doping and this has been silenced. That's really suspicious. "

[FS @fblsim]

@faustocoppi60 was Heras on 🧃 in 2000?

[FS @fblsim]

Gravenberch - excellent example for #FCBayern mis-management the last years

[FS @fblsim]

@NairoInGreen Aderlass for IPT

[FS @fblsim]

nothing to see here 👀

[Cycling Unmasked @CyclingUnmasked]

The Tour is over. UAE reign supreme. But behind their success stands Mauro Gianetti — a man whose career is a road map of cycling’s darkest chapters.
Let’s dive in.

https://t.co/aLQwVeJNq6

[FS @fblsim]

Visma setting up masterclass tactics every day, just for Pogacar to not even go out of the saddle during the attacks...

#TDF2025

[FS @fblsim]

not only the German media are ridiculizing themselves when it comes to #TDF2025

[ e-Tour de Dope ™ @triviumcolombia]

"Without the Festina affair, I won the 1998 Tour"
—Virenque 💉🤡

[FS @fblsim]

ARD @sportschau zeigt erst Einspieler zu Doping - nur um diesen dann komplett unkommentiert zu lassen und Antwerpes redet über Feigen 🫣🫨

#TDF2025

[FS @fblsim]

next year, UAE should target a Pogacar-Almeida-Del Toro podium at the tour 🧃

[La Flamme Rouge @laflammerouge16]

Pro wins in the month of July

- Isaac del Toro: 5
- Tadej Pogacar: 4

🤪