I’ve noticed that Bellingham tends to over-carry the ball in certain situations, even when there is a clearly superior passing option available. Is the issue lies in a lack of confidence in the quality of his potential pass, or in the nuance of his decision-making? I believe it’s the former.

Lots of educational institutions seem either slow or unacceptably relaxed about adapting to AI tool development. As a result, some examinations, specifically those focused on programming, have started to lose their credibility and meaning in general.

For Barcelona, while Raphinha provides more intensity to the game and is more decisive in the final third, I truly think that there is quite a gap between him and Lamine Yamal. You can see it time and time again that Lamine Yamal is Barcelona's MAIN source of creative output.

Benfica just got awarded a penalty, which really wasn't a penalty at all. However, that to the side, I seriously started thinking about how poor Tchouameni's defensive decision-making is most of the time in serious situations. I don't know whether Real should keep him for further projects.

I would like to point out the fact that Haaland has had 1 goal contribution in his last 7 games, which was a penalty goal against Brighton. I deeply respect his caliber, and that is also the reason why I need to point out such form.

Xabi hoping that Tchouameni with Raúl Asencio to his right in that defense was gonna work out well this time was just quite disappointing. Real Madrid played well, but that left-right space was inevitably going to get exploited, which it fully did.

Recently, after rewatching some Maradona gameplay clips, I again had some thoughts about football having very underutilized and undertrained horizontal mechanics. Almost all game-specific training assumes bodies are positioned upright—despite how often balance is actually broken in real play.

From a recent experience I am reminded yet again how much bad transportational infrastructure affects day-to-day life. Having to be in very poorly functional and extremely overcrowded public transportation for about 2.5-3 hours for a total of 20 km of commute is fairly ridiculous.

Quite surprisingly, the supposed Mbappe bencher, Gonzalo Garcia, had an extraordinarily underwhelming game. Clear lack of threat and poor decision-making. He is young and inexperienced, so I won't have serious takes about this, but I hope others will come down with their reactionary takes.

I think in the current state of football discourse, it is always easy to deduce which players are the absolute best ones for their time—the ones that are held to absolutely absurd standards. Kylian Mbappe and now Lamine Yamal suffer from the Messi syndrome.

Manchester City vs Chelsea was a fairly underwhelming game. To be frank, I was so bored that I missed 20-25 minutes of the second half just because I was on my phone. Chierki, Foden, and Halland were not in their element at all today.

Real Madrid has had an amazing game against Real Betis. Firstly, I want to mention that the midfield of Jude, Tchouameni, and Camavinga is BY FAR the best one. Rodrygo being in form is also an immense attacking boost. And, of course, the highlight of the day was Gonzalo Garcia.

I really want to give puffli.no their extremely well-deserved flowers. I started using the app to learn Norwegian about 6 days ago, with a 2-hour-a-day commitment. I had some base of mid-high level A1, but I can already feel how nice the use of their product is.

I believe Barcelona should be predominantly focused on getting a new striker. While Fermin is good, he is far too inconsistent and simply not on a level to be a heavy threat in very serious games. Lewandowski at this point is just a supersub, although even that cannot be really called super.

I am very glad to see Barcelona get the three points in a very tough matchup against Espanol. The lack of Pedri in the midfield always shows; Fermin and Dani are absolutely wonderful in these situations, but I still believe they should primarily contribute in these situations only.

Happy New Year! Hope everyone will have a wonderful year filled with happiness and warmth.

As 2025 is coming to its end, I would like to take a moment to reflect on my year, focusing on the small and big accomplishments I have had. After, I'd like to also mention my future goals for the year 2026!