Sicilian Culer

Fati deserved his potential

Antonio silva is 4 years older and doesnt have CL reference matches agaisnt world class forwards.

he is so underrated in game it’s not even funny

He's actually Pique's regen, but unfortunately majority of people don't rate Pique as high as he deserves because of his life out of football.

Cubarsí updated face : https://s3a.sofifa.net/705c0516a0f71357e658f84f90014439d0cea4c2.jpg

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Cubarsi shits on that gorilla everyday of the week

Di Maria looks like he has a few chromosomes extra but we still love him

Seek help

Mbappe nightmare

Rice Kimmich Ødegaard 🥶

https://s3a.sofifa.net/6667d576679f5a163e1756a45b547d0d8ec7ad0c.jpg Xavi, Guardiola, Arteta and Luis Enrique. Ex Barcelona players and 2 ex Barsa coaches getting all over the Champions League so far... 3 spanish teams, 2 english, 2 Germany and 1 french. Not bad for Barsa DNA, right? Screw you haters. Its reality.

🇮🇹 Tuttosport: "Cubarsi, there are players who are born leaders". 🇬🇧 The Guardian: "Cubarsi already plays with the mentality of the best veterans". 🇳🇱 Voetbal: "Cubarsi is the new emperor". 🇪🇦 Spain: "It's a fucking disgrace that the RFEF calls Cubarsi for 1 match, Corruption!"

Sergio Busquets' defensive capabilities redefine the role of a midfielder in modern football. His intelligence, tactical acumen, interception skills, press resistance, and composure collectively make him a defensive maestro. While he may not fit the conventional mold of a ball-winning midfielder, Busquets' impact on the defensive side of the game is unparalleled. His contributions transcend statistics, embodying the essence of a player who elevates the entire team through his defensive mastery.

"Firstly I'm not mixing players who were pressing midfielders with midfielders who were pivots. These were all defensive central midfielders who played in either a double pivot or a single pivot role. Playing in a different role can be a temporary thing, and doesn't make someone a completely different type of player." The main role is what defines a player and not his position on the field. Pirlo played in the double pivot at Milan and was obviously not a CDM. Gatusso played a lot in the CM (and also in the pivot) and has many things similar to Makelele than Pirlo with Makekele. "I don't know what you mean by this. I was not relating Makelele to Casemiro I just listed them both among central midfielders with more defensive presence than Busquets. However, both Makelele and Casemiro played as a single pivot in a 4-3-3 and both were quite destructive in that capacity, so I really don't know what you mean" Again you confuse role with position. As I explained, Makelele's main task was to exert pressure in all areas of the field, that is not at all the same function of a CDM destroyer. "As for Xabi Alonso, I watched him with my own eyes be a more impactful defensive player for Spain than Busquets so you're not going to fool me there." https://s3a.sofifa.net/3f58386178197989f70869835bc8000b7df88d60.png I have seen absolutely the opposite, Busquets' defensive numbers are barbaric throughout his career, I really don't see a defensive section where Xabi has been better. I know that statistics are not everything, but at least I attach a proof to argue a little more what I saw. "As for your point later in the comment, you are right and thank you. This is the first intelligent point anyone has made in replying to me here" No problem "While you may be right about Yaya Toure, because he wasn't always the most disciplined in terms of defensive positioning, I do disagree on the idea of Vieira being worse in the same role as Busquets. I think Vieira would be absolutely clear of Busquets even in that tactical system. The only reasons that he didn't play that type of role are that he was overqualified for it in terms of how much he could do as a progressive dribbler, and because in that era of the premier league where he played his prime, almost every team was using a 4-4-2 style system. Even his more defensive midfield partner in Gilberto Silva was not playing a role which resembled Busquets' at Barca." I understand your explanation of why Viera did not play in Busquets' role and I agree. However you can't in any way prove that Viera would have been better than Busquets in that role, I rely on 2 facts to think otherwise: 1. A player equal to Viera like Toure with the same or even more progressive dribbling ability than Viera was not superior to Busquets in that role and practically the defensive level of Viera and Toure was very similar. I see Viera as an archetype of Toure which I can compare with Busquets because they both competed for the same position. 2. Busquets' numbers and sensations in his role are practically unsurpassable, Busquets' tactical intelligence is a pure talent he has and practically made him perfect, so to say that "Vieira would be absolutely clear of Busquets even in that tactical system" is improbable because improving something that is almost perfect with a "wide margin" is practically impossible. I also don't think that Viera has been smarter than Busquets as a player, both in talent and formation, since Busquets was trained from a young age in the masia to fulfill his role.

Makelele, Vieira, Gilberto Silva, Keane, Essien, Yaya Toure, Nigel De Jong, Mascherano, Xabi Alonso, Casemiro, Kante. First of all here you are mixing players who were pressing midfielders and pivots, there is a particular distinction in them and that is that the pressing midfielder doesn't get between the centre backs, he presses all over the pitch while the pivot is usually a "corrector" when possession is lost especially to avoid counter attacks acting in low areas, he helps the CB in marking and has more specific jobs than the pressing CM, pressing CM's have tackling skills which are usually good, but their tactical intelligence is not. Makelele has nothing to do with Casemiro and Xabi Alonso was not better than Busquets in any defensive aspect. "Do you think I am wrong when I say that Barcelona had majority possession in most games and that this lowered the amount of defensive responsibilities that Busquets actually had? The high press was mostly a recent developlent too, so most opposition throughout his career would mainly sit deep against Barca as well" The distinction between pressing midfielder and pivot that I made earlier helps to understand that Busquets' job was as a "corrector" rather than a presser, for Barça to have possession means having lines of defence forward and a lot of space behind the attacking line, when a ball was lost while attacking, Busquets was the one who had to recover that ball, it's an extremely difficult job, More so than CDM who play in a low block, because when the opposing team counter-attacks, they have more space than when there is a low block, in that job of intercepting balls and being well positioned so that the opposing team can't make counter-attacking moves and eliminate the high pressure of the opposition is where Busquets played a fundamental role and that was his main attribute over and above his offensive ability. The importance of Busquets' work was like Messi's but in defensive work. While it is true that in a low block (which Barça were rarely in) Busquets is no better than Yaya Toure or Casemiro because he is not as good tackler, in defensive work when the team is in a high block he far surpasses them. I would say Busquets is a 5 in the low block and an 11/10 in the high block. "Most importantly do your best to explain how I was wrong when I said he and Pique would have looked much worse in any other team?" Busquets would succeed in attacking team that is not constantly in low block, he would be above players like Viera or Yaya toure because in those styles of play, because the way Busquets defends is much more important. That's why Busquets won the starting place over Yaya Toure, even though Yaya was a defensive beast as well, better than Busquets at defending in the low block, but not at Busquets' level defensively.

" never a huge defensive presence." When someone says this it is clear that they have only seen Busquets in yt videos about his offensive skills. Anyone who has seen Busquets knows that his main characteristic was his defensive intelligence and defensive work rate far more than what he provided offensively.

Of course, he's not very good now. He's 35 with 900 games. And you are objectively wrong. Busquets even at 33 covered the most distance in La Liga. Very good positioning was integral to Barcelona and vital for how he covered spaces. You're using his strengths to still try and criticise him and completely wrong about others.

He'd played over 500 games in the most demanding style of football and teams by the time he was 30. Casemiro didn't even get near that many games for that long,

Bro does not have 83 vision and 85 long passing, way more 89 vision and 88 long passing minimum

How to evaluate a DM? 1. His offensive contribution in taking the ball out of defensive line's under pressure 2. His defensive work in high block 3. His defensive work in low block. I don't think there has ever been a pivot who is 10/10 offensively and at the same time defensively on the high block. People always talk about Busquets and his technique, but I think his excellent defensive work was even more important. His weakest point was in the low block, where he was a 5/10 as he excelled more in interceptions and positioning/marking than in tackles, but in a team with more ball possession there was no one better than him.

This is quite possible the worst take I’ve ever seen. Rodri is amazing but there are few if any players that had the football IQ and positions of Busquets

Typical Premtard statement. Rodri’s absurdly good, but Busquets did it for 10-15 years, being absolutely instrumental at winning absolutely everything there is to win. Have some respect.

Undoubtly the best cdm itw

Such an underrated player. Most likely will never get credit he deserves but City’s defense with him is way better than with Gvardiol

Ngl you have a point

Trust me bro he can easily start in the prem

78 potential is disgraceful 😭

Tell me you know nothing bout football without telling me challenge : successful!

78POT is pure joke. Those EA scouts never did their work on him and just throw a random medium potential

Obviously, he barely turned 17 lol. He’s insane for his age

“Nothing special”. You see how he plays with the ball? How he breaks lines? How he carries the ball? How he’s able to play short, long and every kind of passes as if it’s taking a walk in the park? Have you seen his concentration levels and how he anticipates and reads the game? It’s normal to have a bad game like today, but saying he’s not impressive just tells me you haven’t seen enough from him.

Fucking Watch him play clown. 17 year old playing like a 27 year old. If there are players to save from this bad period, those are Cubarsí and Lamine. He wasn’t even bad today. Clown.

78? Whats next? Lamine 80 potential? He’s should honestly be like 67/86 or something like that (or even more potential).

People calling him overrated because of a disastrous collective performance being a 17 year old playing first division football 😭😭😭. Actually watch him play, most of you trolls are either his age hating on the internet or jerked off 3 times a day when you where his age. I sometimes forget this site is full of retards who base their opinion on tw football.

No you didn't watch. Slovenian club played in Europe this season and in UCL in 2017/18 and 2014/15. When was the last time your shit club played there? And who was one of your best players when you played there for the last time? Where was he from?

I know you didn't watch these matches, otherwise you wouldn't write such bullshit. You should really have some big problems to comment on random side about 17 years old kid who plays for a club you don't support. "slavic femboy" said by someone who support Śląsk Wrocław hahah :D And it's hard to say if Auxerre is better than any Slovenian club, because they never played against any...

Played 7 matches, started 4 of them and Barca won 3 of them and draw on one (last one). The other three matches that he didn't start Barca lost twice and won only one. Now stick to Auxerre.

Tuchel is an absolute fraud no way

Achi you are one of the saddest persons i ever saw.

he was actually played very well if he wasn't barca player everyone should suck his dick and no one cry as well

better then best vardrid academy prospect ( paz )

8 > 5 tho

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El mejor 9 del mundo y al lado un tal Haaland https://s3a.sofifa.net/3a7fa1fdfb0525422a35e0e93b618edcd8061870.jpg

Weak foot: 4 stars.

But the guy's 18?!

Gavi's start to the season reaffirms what the player had been during his formative years and, until now, we had only guessed: a midfielder to give continuity to the game, very complete, and with many nuances. Even he does not yet know the power he has. 19 years old

As crazy as it might seem, he’s becoming very underrated. I doubted him a lot last season but he keeps proving me wrong

85/91 he is miles better than Wirtz

He’s been excellent

First time that the team that finishes in 2nd place, 14 points behind in La Liga, says that it is the one who carries La Liga. RM fans are the least demanding and most conformist of all.

Everything wrong with football below this comment of mine, if you don't score or assist for 3-4 games it's over, you are shit, everyone on form is better than you apparently. Odegaard has garnered something the likes of the comments below could never, credibility. This man came to a dusted club of the past under a promising manager with much to prove and has risen the level of our squad completely. People will also chose to ignore the squad being off form as a whole; granted our "off form" is drawing with Spurs and Chelsea's "on form" teams however I digress. Once Arteta stops overthinking our line ups and plays the best squad you'll see the best of Martin.

87 de regate???? sinceramente merece mas un 84 o 83 de regate no me parece que tenga tanto teniendo en cuenta que no regatea ni a un perro y la valoracion porque un upgrade? estaba bien con 83 no entiendo en fin EA

The disrespect on Di Maria´s name...

wrong This is how the argentinean looks https://s3a.sofifa.net/a238fb1aeb6e6559c200699c269c2d3d6cecf5da.jpg This is how the bolivian looks https://s3a.sofifa.net/f5dd8ac9c12c35aa99f0567f4fde0a8b767f8aaf.jpg Argentina's most heroic leader said: "Bolivia finally has a president who looks like bolivians"

If I was him, i would also talk shit about every single player in football. Especially real Madrid players, who are the most vulnerable.

In this list, only Tchouaméni and Rice are true 6. The others are 8 imo.

enzo aint cdm