olivia@olivia

☆☆☆☆☆★★★★★Jul 25 (edited)

related reads as of late!!! xavi 2018: "football is a sport in which you have to watch what is going on around you to find the best possible solution. if you do not relate to others, you do not know anything and you cannot do anything" paco seirul·lo 2024: "in traditional football, space is often understood statically: zones, lines, positions. in barça football, space is understood dynamically: it is created, occupied, abandoned, and recreated through interaction” adin osmanbašić 2014 "[in la pausa], he stands completely still while opponents begins to pressure him and abandon their defensive positioning, creating holes in the defense and free men for [barcelona]” xavi 2018: "turning my head helps me do it. and that's not only important, it's fundamental to master space-time. i think: my teammate is man-marked, so i turn my head to look for another solution. behind me, an opponent says to himself: 'i'm going to take the ball from him, he's turning his back, he does not see me.' except that i saw him. just as i saw that the player who is marking my teammate is moving forward at the same time as his partner. before they reached me, i passed the ball to the same teammate who got free"