For over two months, Barcelona have taken pride in catching their opponents offside countless times in each match. Hansi Flick’s strategy of deploying a high backline was always going to be a risky ...

Barcelona’s clever use of offside traps has been one of the standout features of their strategy this season, and this was especially evident during the recent El Clasico against Real Madrid. In this ...

Weird and wonderful things are happening at Barcelona this season. Their games have brought more goals than any other team in Europe’s top five leagues. They have trapped more opponents offside than ...

© Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty ImagesHead coach Hansi Flick of Barcelona looks on during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD4 match between FK Crvena Zvezda ...

After seven wins in a row, Barcelona fell to a 1-0 loss away against Real Sociedad. La Real studied the offside trap employed by Hansi Flick’s team and took full advantage on a night when Barca were ...

On one side of El Clásico, there was Kylian Mbappé. There were Vinícius Jr. and Jude Bellingham. There were the reigning European champions, the latest wave of Galácticos, the most feared attack in ...

On Saturday, a new winner of the Copa del Rey will be crowned as Barcelona and Real Madrid meet in the final. The duo may be trending in different directions, but in a rivalry match that has a trophy ...

Leaders FC Barcelona ended Real Madrid’s unbeaten start to the league campaign with an emphatic 4-0 win in the season’s first El Clásico. Kylian Mbappé had an extremely frustrating match in front of ...

If last season all of the talk about the risk of a high offside line was proven emphatically wrong by Hansi Flick’s Barcelona, all the criticism from talking heads has been vindicated this year. The ...

FC Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsi explained one of the main keys to the first team's success under Hansi Flick so far to popular Catalan media outlet RAC1. FC Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsi explained ...