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I'm here. Finally.
There have been quite a few times when I came back to this account, posted for a while, and disappeared again.
I don't want that to happen anymore.
The last few months have opened a completely new chapter of my life:
- I finished high school and started university.
- I got the biggest opportunity I've had in football so far: joining @leak_podcast.
- And I started working for a second-division club as a video analyst.
And plenty of other things happened along the way...
Somewhere in the middle of all that, I simply neglected X!
A lot of the time, I genuinely couldn't fit it into my schedule.
But because of the people I've met and the connections I've made through this platform, I always felt that eventually I would find a way to come back properly.
So here I am.
And this time, I want to stay consistent. I also felt that this was the right moment to make another change:
For years, this account existed as Analys(x)T / AnalystFCB.
Anonymous. Just the analysis, the ideas and the football.
But I don't want to hide behind a logo anymore.
My style won't change.
The way I look at football won't suddenly change.
There will still be detailed analysis, tactical ideas and strong opinions about the game — alongside some new types of content I want to experiment with.
The difference is that now there is a person behind all of it:
Major Bence.
18 years old.
From Budapest.
And I'm genuinely proud to finally attach my own name and face to the work I've been doing here.
AnalystFCB was where I started learning how to analyse football publicly.
Major Bence is where I want to take it seriously!
Time to start again!
What is the biggest problem with Barcelona's pressing?
José Mourinho watched every Barcelona match from the past two years in which the opposition managed to trouble Flick's side in one way or another, and combined everything he learned into one almost perfect game plan!
But what was the most striking part of it?
The build-up play!
To understand this, let's look at the nature of Barcelona's pressing:
The two wide forwards are responsible for putting pressure on the opposition's centre-backs.
Why? Because this allows Barcelona to spare players like Yamal from having to track back, while keeping their most dangerous attackers in positions to exploit counterattacking opportunities. We saw a similar approach at Arne Slot's Liverpool, helping Salah produce his historic season.
However, as with everything in football, this approach has its weaknesses.
Whenever Valverde had time to look up against Barcelona's less intense pressing, he could see that Yamal was leaving Cucurella unmarked. On several occasions throughout the match, the Uruguayan picked him out with pinpoint passes.
→ As a result, Cucurella received the ball ahead of Yamal. Once he either carried it forward or passed it to Diomande, Barcelona's biggest problem became apparent:
→ Rodri had to choose between allowing Jude Bellingham to receive the ball in the middle of the pitch or leaving the half-space exposed, allowing Cucurella to make an unmarked run and deliver a cross.
The opening goal came from exactly this type of situation!
But why do Barcelona play this way?
Because, in most matches, their pressing intensity is high enough, or the opposition's execution is poor enough, that opponents can only exploit these situations relatively rarely.
This makes the risk worthwhile: Barcelona's superstar attackers can usually create more goals from high turnovers and attacking transitions than the team concedes through these vulnerabilities.
That wasn't the case this weekend...
The key to the world's best attacking play!
FC Barcelona scored a total of 33 goals across 7 matches, averaging 4.7 goals per game, with scoring and attacking duties distributed remarkably evenly across the squad.
Unlike last season and the year before—when Barca tended to be heavily right-heavy— this season's attack is far more balanced for three key reasons:
- Rest-Defense Adjustment: With Rodri's arrival, Barca's rest-defense shifts from a 3-2 to a 3-1 structure, allowing Pedri to operate much higher up and combine in the left half-space with the left-back and left-winger.
- Overloaded Left Flank / Technical Floor: The emergence of Xavi Espart alongside Joao Cancelo's strong form gives the left-back the flexibility to invert into midfield, drastically raising the team's overall technical floor.
Wing Isolation: The system relies on wingers who can hold width and receive on the touchline—an area where Anthony Gordon and Karim Adeyemi outperform Raphinha and Marcus Rashford.
Systemic Ripple Effects:
- Lamine Yamal's Efficiency: Yamal receives the ball in later phases of the attack. Rather than taking on defenders constantly, his end product has surged—successful take-ons dropped from 10.08 to 7.02, while his xG per shot jumped from 0.07 to 0.12.
- Central Combinations: The attacking midfielder now has an extra option between the lines, opening up combination play for Dani Olmo or space-invading runs for Fermín López.
While this structural shift is just one factor behind Barcelona's current form, it is arguably the most crucial...
Major Bence retweeted
A note on Playerprint.
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12 concepts on one player page:
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THE SCOUT. Build the player you're looking for.
Pick up to 10 metrics from any concept. Weight each 0-5 by how much you care. Get the top 50 ranked by Fit, with the percentile behind every column, so you see why he fits and not just that he does.
Nothing is pre-baked. Every percentile, rating and role is computed live against your pool: season, league, position, minimum 90s. Move the pool and the numbers move.
Maps you won't find anywhere else:
Angle Bias Index | Decision Bloom | half-space entries | injectors vs resets | post-carry take-ons | aerial duel quality | link-up synergy
Passes are comets. Carries are dotted. Every visual downloads at 300 DPI.
Link below!
Major Bence retweeted
🚨🔵🔴 EXCLUSIVE: RODRI TO BARCELONA, HERE WE GO! 💥
Deal agreed for Spanish midfielder to join Barça from Man City, all done for the former Ballon d’Or.
Green light from Man City to last Barcelona bid.
More follows. 💣
Major Bence retweeted
Whenever Dibu Martínez had the ball, Switzerland pressed man-to-man all over the pitch.
It almost completely shut down Argentina's build-up. Martínez was often forced to go long, but many of those passes were inaccurate (8/23), while Álvarez struggled to win the aerial duels.
Switzerland were able to recover possession again and again.
Major Bence retweeted
🚨🧘🏼♂️ Lamine Yamal: “Fear? No fear. We are the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS. We fear nobody”.
Mexico vs England - Tactical Analysis
- Pre-match expectations
- Mexico’s build-up play
- Were England in trouble?
- The final 30 minutes
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1/7
Final 30 minutes:
Of course, goals always change the shape of a match, but nothing does that more than a red card. Tuchel reacted to it in a very pragmatic — and understandable — way, with an extremely deep 5-3-1 block.
And this is where Mexico made their first major mistake: they started firing an enormous number of crosses towards three target forwards. The Burn-Guehi-Konsa trio were ready for that.
If they had executed the left-sided triangle and the runs around the outside better, and managed to reach cut-back situations, they would have created far more danger.
6/7
Major Bence retweeted
Happy to share a 2026 #FIFAWorldCup EFI Dashboard that I created where you can analyze your favorite team/player(s) based on data in and out of possession. A good way to assess their style and quality.
stevendabdoub.shinyapps.io/2…
Looking forward to your feedback and thoughts!
