#iniesta goal

[getting-messi]

Messi is gonna score every single game of this season huh?

[manuhigueras]

“Playing football is simple, playing simple football is hard”. Johan Cruyff.

No space or time, Einstein would've been confused, but not Iniesta.

[pedripics]

Pedri: “They advise me to shut mouths on the pitch.”

(El País - April 7, 2025)

Between the old and the new, Pedro González, known as Pedri (Tegueste, 22 ), appears. He's the footballing leader of Hansi Flick's modern Barcelona, leaders of La Liga, Copa del Rey finalists, and who visit Dortmund this Wednesday in the Champions League quarterfinals. But he's also a quiet, cheerful kid, oblivious to modern times. "If I come home with streaks in my hair, my mom will kill me", says the Barça and Spanish national team midfielder. Rejected by Real Madrid at 15, he found refuge in the club of his life. "The comeback against PSG has stayed with me. I'd been having dinner with my friends at a restaurant, and since the game was going badly, I thought, 'I'll just watch it at my dad's peña.' I was walking down the street and heard: 'Goal!' We started running, arrived at the club, and saw Sergi Roberto score."

Was this the goal you shouted the loudest in your life?

"Well, and Iniesta's. From Barça, Sergi's, 100%. And from Spain, Andrés's."

Now, with the benefit of hindsight, what had the greatest impact on you when you joined Barça: playing with your idols or the club's size?

"When you're walking down the street and people recognize you. In Las Palmas too, but everything is smaller there. At first, when I first arrived in Barcelona, ​​I used to walk with my brother down Las Ramblas, we both felt so comfortable. But when people started recognizing me, it was weird. I always thought, 'Why do they want a photo with me?'"

Do you no longer think about it today?

"No, it happens to me much more often now. I've gotten used to it."

You never asked for a photo?

"I've always thought, 'Why do you want a photo if you're seeing it, and you already know it?'"

For the memory.

"The memory is in your mind."

But you belong to the generation that shows everything.

"Yes, but I'm the complete opposite. I very rarely post anything. I have an anecdote about a friend who had done an ad for a brand with Pedrito and had been given a signed ball. When he got home, he started playing with the ball. And his mother said to him, 'How are you going to play with a ball that's signed?' And he replied, 'Then what do I want the ball for?' It's always stuck with me. It's like a lesson: I want the ball to play with, nothing more."

And what surprised you about Barça?

"I was already surprised when I moved from Las Palmas' reserve team to the first team. Imagine when I arrived here. There was Leo, Busi, Piqué… When I started interacting with them, I was scared shitless, really."

That locker room was a little more scary than the current one, wasn't it?

"There were few people in that locker room who hadn't won everything. In this group, there are people who just mess around all day; it's not serious [laughs]."

Starting with you?

"Well, when we have to be serious, we are serious."

Tell me about Messi's locker room.

"In my early days, they weren't there because it was the COVID Champions League being played in Lisbon."

The summer of the burofax.

"I couldn't believe it. I thought, 'I wonder if I can't even play or train with him now.' At first, I was impressed by him. I'd always watched him on TV, I used to play with him in FIFA. His presence alone makes an impact. But on a day-to-day basis, it was easy. On the pitch, it was nice because even if you saw him marked by two players, you thought, 'It doesn't matter if I mess it up. I'll give it to him, and he'll sort it out. If not, he'll just give it back to me.'"

Do you feel that sense of calmness now with Lamine?

"You know the first one will be dribbled around as if he weren't there. And then something could happen. It's a similar feeling to the one we had with Leo: you know something good could happen for us."

How have you learned to live with criticism?

"It's complicated because, for example, when you're injured, you're having a hard time, you want to play and help out. I had a time when I was getting injured a lot, I was frustrated about it, and on top of that, you see people saying things that aren't true…"

What bothered you the most?

"That they lied. They said I went out partying, and I've only gone out a few times. I don't know who said it or why, but it's something that hurts. If it were true, well, you accept it. You deal with it."

And why did you never say anything?

"If you explain what you do and what you don't do, you then have to go out and deny everything."

Did you think that, or did someone advise you to do so?

"My family has always told me to let it go and work. To shut up mouths on the field."

But at that time you felt like you were working, but you couldn't shut mouths.

"Exactly. I trained, I changed my diet, I started a lot of things. I changed my way of training. I did everything I could, and it didn't work. And now it all works."

So?

"Nobody really knows why. I've changed things, but you can't say that's exactly what helped me. Maybe my body just evolved."

What role does mentality play in all this?

"A lot. When I got injured, I went through really bad times. Psychologically, I wasn't well. Each injury hurt more. When you get injured a lot, it's normal to think about what to change. I always thought, 'This will be the last one. We're going to do everything we can to make it the last one.'"

Did you go to therapy?

"No, I never had any."

And who did you talk to?

"With my parents, with my brother. I drive them crazy."

Explain the Flick effect to me. How is this team's high level possible when Barça has practically the same squad?

"Apart from the winning character, our possession-based style and high-defense approach is paying off. This year, we've changed in that regard. Before, I rarely used to play offside."

Does it make you dizzy?

"At first, yes. You see a lot of space, the striker can go off on his own. But I think we do it very well. The defenders work hard, but it's all about communication. When you talk and understand each other, everything works out well."

Did Flick find your place on the pitch?

"It's the position I've felt most comfortable in throughout my short career. Sometimes it seems long, but it isn't. It's a position where I touch the ball a lot. Defensively, I try to help; I've always liked working for the team and running. It's necessary."

Just as Lamine seems like he'll always be compared to Messi, you're often compared to Iniesta. Are they really similar?

"There are always comparisons. We play in a similar position; we both use the number 8. I've seen a lot of videos of him, and it's very difficult to do what Andrés did."

I don't know if Iniesta recovered so many balls.

"Andrés played a little further forward. He was like a number 10, like Dani Olmo, for example. Andrés's one-on-one style was insane. It was Lamine or Leo style: you give it to him and you know you're not going to lose it. I really enjoyed Andrés, not just what he did with the ball. Off the ball, he was very clever; he always knew where to be."

What value do you place on aesthetics in the game?

"It's important, but it's not everything. There are players who are beautiful to watch, but they also do their job."

But you realize when you do a beautiful dribble and the whole stadium cheers you on.

"Yes, of course. It's very nice to dribble or make a move. But you have to be more practical. Many people ask me if I think about it or practice it, but no. I've never watched a video to copy a dribble. It's instinct, there's no explanation for it. When you're on the field, your mind goes by itself. There's no time to think."

It's strange that you say this, when you have the ball it seems like everything goes slowly.

"Sometimes you can believe that you have the defender on top of you, but he still has a long way to get to you. In the Second Division, for example, the players are much crazier. However, in the First Division, because they have more quality, they hold on for longer. I've always thought that: normally, when you have the ball, you have a second more than you think."

Does the fact that Rodri won the Ballon d'Or give you the feeling that it's possible for you as well?

"I think Andrés, Xavi, and Busi deserved it and never won it. It was about time they gave it to a central midfielder. I hope it serves them well in the coming years. If you ask any player in the world if they want to win the Ballon d'Or, they'll say yes. If it has to be given to me, it will be given to me. But I prefer winning titles to individual awards."

Starting with the Champions League.

"Borussia Dortmund is a good team. The game we played there was strange, but it ended well. We'll try to beat them again. We're at a good level, and they're not doing well in the league, but you never know in the Champions League."

[gavisfanta]

Reader cheating on her boyfriend with Gavi? Pleaseee

SEVILLE - GAVI

summary: you cheat on your boyfriend with Gavi.

a/n: this is my favorite fanfic ive ever written.

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warning: smut 18+

2010

"INIESTA, GOAL INIESTA!" Gavi jumped up and immediately started celebrating. You also joined him and that led the two of you to jump around together in the middle of the living room.

Your parents and his parents were sitting on the couch, celebrating but smiling because Spain won the World Cup.

"Mama, did Spain win?" You asked and looked over to your mother. Gavi then turned to face you and then looked at the TV again.

"Mira, they won, we won, somos campeones del mundo!" Gavi then grabbed your shoulder and then the two little children you were, started jumping around again.

"Campeones del mundo!" Gavi and you celebrated. Your parents were watching in awe as their two children were getting along so well. You two were truly made for each other.

"I want to be a world champion too." Gavi then turned to face you and you smiled as you put your hands on your hips.

"What about me?" You then crossed your arms and let your head sink. Gavi then took a step closer to you and hugged you.

"You're gonna be there to watch me. I promise." Gavi then lifted your head with his hands and then kissed your cheek.

He promised.

2022

"It's okay, you did your best." You held Gavi close to yourself as you stood in the middle of his hotel room. His arms wrapped tightly around your body while his face was buried in the crook of your neck, soft sobs coming from his mouth.

"I wanted to win, I wanted to win it for us," Gavi mumbled but you shook your head, your hand slowly moved up to his head, going through his soft curls and twisting them around your finger.

"You did more than enough, you played amazing, it's okay. You'll win it next time." You tried to calm him down again. He then lifted up his head and kissed your forehead in the pitch dark you two were standing in.

"Thank you for being here with me. I promise I'll win it next time." He said in just above a whisper to which you responded with a nod.

He promised.

2023

"Amor, we're going, come on!" Your boyfriend Paulo yelled through the entire apartment.

You pushed yourself away from your makeup table and grabbed your phone from the charger. Then you made your way towards the living room and saw your boyfriend standing there.

"My god, why do you always take so long?" He complained in a harsh tone. You just shrugged it off, it wasn't the first time he complained about you.

People would say your relationship is toxic. Because there just have to be fights every single day and if not then you didn't talk that day.

He somehow always found something to complain about and be mad at you about.

Most of those arguments were caused by Gavi, well not really Gavi himself. Paulo has always had a problem with him. it was either "Every girl has a crush on him, I know you do too." or it was "Go and cheat on me with Gavi".

He always had to give his opinion on what Gavi did and everything revolving around him.

You of course protected Gavi with your life, after all, he is your best friend, you had known him since you were born and you wouldn't step out of contact with him because of your boyfriend.

Like now, Paulo drove you to your parents' house to spend the weekend there. Just what he didn't know is that you wouldn't spend the weekend at your parents but at Gavi's place.

After he dropped you off in front of the door you waited 10 minutes before you called Gavi and told him to pick you up.

You couldn't help but smile as soon as you saw his car drive up to you.

"Hola preciosa, que tal?" Gavi smiled as soon as you sat into the passengers seat.

"Soy bien, y tu?" You asked, you two got into a conversation quickly about how annoying Paulo is and how you should drop him.

You then told Gavi that you did plan to drop him and he said that he'd support your decision no matter what.

You two then went to his house and then sat down on the couch. "Oh by the way, I have to show you my room, I got a new bed." gavi turned his head towards you.

You grinned a bit and then nodded your head. "Show me then." You both made your way up the stairs and while you walked uo front of Gavi, he couldn't help but look at your ass, he didn't know what he felt but it was a weirdly sexual attraction towards you.

He didn't know where it came from either, but he had to do something about or against it.

As soon as you stepped foot into his room you smiled and sat down on the bed. "It's fancy isn't it?" Gavi asked as he looked at the black bed with white sheets.

"It's cool yeah, I like it." You whispered and watched as he sat down next to you. You two sat in a few seconds of silence.

"It concerns you, doesn't it? The whole thing with Paulo." Gavi finally spoke up and you turned your head to look at him and push his hair out of his face.

"It does, I just wanna be with someone who loves me and can handle me the right way. I hate to admit it, but I miss having fun while having sex." You groaned and Gavi nodded his head as he looked onto the floor. Then Gavi looked up at you again, and for a second you felt like you felt the connection between the two of you.

In the next seconds, Gavis lips were on yours and his hands were all over your body. Your hands were running through his hair while he pushed you down on the bed.

He then started tugging at your shirt and you pulled it off almost immediately, revealing your black bra. He looked down at your tits sitting perfectly in the black bra. The thought of him about to sleep with the girl he has known his entire life turned him on and you felt as he got even harder in his pants.

"Take off your clothes," Gavi commanded and you did as he said, you took off your pants too while Gavi stood back and took off his shirt and pants too.

You were left in your panties and bra as you were sitting up on his new bed. Gavi had his hand on his dick that was visibly hard in his boxers.

"Come here" You invited him and opened up your legs for him. You pulled his face closer to yours and began making out with him again, he put his body down on yours and his hands moved to your hips.

"We shouldn't-" You said in a whimper as Gavi started planting sloppy kisses along your neck.

"Then stop it" Gavi mumbled as he kept sucking on the slightly red spot on your neck.

"I can't" You whispered and

Your hand traveled down to his boxer shorts and he pulled away. "You really wanna have sex?" Gavi looked at you with a concerned look.

"Yes, please, I just need to feel you inside of me." You mumbled and Gavi nodded as he pulled down his boxershorts and you quickly pulled down your panties. You couldn't keep your eyes off of his dick, you had known him for so long and you never would have thought that he would end up naked in front of you.

"Lie back amor," Gavi said and you lied back down. He crawled over you and held himself up with his hands.

You looked down at his dick as he aligned himself with you. "look at me." He whispered and you did as he asked.

As soon as you two held eye contact he pushed himself into you and you immediately whimpered.

He was way bigger than Paulo and you weren't used to him yet. "Fuck you're so tight" Gavi groaned and you relaxed a bit so you wouldn't clench around him anymore.

As soon as you got adjusted to his size he asked for a confirming look and you just gave him a nod.

He then started pushing himself in and out of you at a rapid speed while you arched up against him.

He groaned and hid his face in the crook of your neck while he kept moving his hips. He felt you so tightly wrapped around his cock that he could have come any second.

He decided against it and that it was his goal to make you cum first.

"Do you like that? Wrapped around my cock like it's your hobby?" Gavi then whispered into your ear. "I can feel your walls clenching around me so tight."

Gavi's dirty talk only made the heat in your lower stomach grow and he noticed when your moans became louder.

"Come all around my cock, you nasty bitch. Taking it all at once like the good slut you are." It only took a few thrusts from there on.

"Gavi-" You moaned out loudly and came. He trusted inside of you two more times before he came inside of you.

"Joder you're so hot, my cum dripping out of your pussy." Gavi looked down at your pussy immediately after he pulled out and saw his cum dripping from your hole.

He took his two fingers and pushed it inside again, just to tease you, he decided to curl up his fingers inside of you.

You who was obviously still sensible from coming and your legs were shaking, you yelled his name.

"That's what I like." Gavi then laid down next to you in bed and looked at you. He pushed a strand of hair out of your face as you were staring up at the ceiling, coming down from your high.

"Are you okay?" Gavi asked and you shook your head.

"That was the best sex I have ever had." You mumbled and Gavi couldn't help but smile. He then leaned down to your boobs and left a few hickeys on them.

"Do you regret it?" Gavi looked at you again while he was still sucking on your boobs. You put your hand into his hair and messed it up a bit.

"No, I don't." You said in all honesty and he went back up to your face.

"How would you tell them that when you were supposed to visit your parents, not even two hours later you were laid out naked on my bed with my cum dripping out of your pussy?" Gavi asked and your stomach cramped at what he said.

He was turning you on so much, you've never seen this side of him before and you were loving it.

"I'll break up with him" You decided and he nodded his head. Then he leaned closer to you again and you two began making out.

After you pulled away to breathe since you were so out of breath Gavi's hand slipped down to your clit.

He started rubbing it and slowly he slipped two fingers inside of you, then he leaned in for a slow make out session.

As he was pumping his fingers in and out of you, you moaned into his mouth. That made you feel his erection against your hip and you then pulled away.

"Can we do another round?" You asked him and he smiled as he pulled out his fingers and pumped his hand up and down his dick a few times.

"Are you ready?" He looked up at you as he leaned over you and pushed his tip in.

"Yeah," You nodded and he pushed himself inside of you again. You whined a bit at his size, this time you didn't need that long to adjust so Gavi started thrusting in and out of you faster than he did before. He then moved down his hand to your clit and started rubbing it at a rapid speed.

"Fuck, Gavi" You held onto his back and your nails ran along his back. Gavi felt that they were gonna leave marks but it turned him on so much.

So after both of you finished, he suggested a shower together. You of course agreed but the shower started with Gavi fucking you against the shower wall.

Sometime later

Just as Gavi walked inside the locker room to get changed for the practice session, Pedri smiled at him.

"Hola Hermano, que tal?" He asked and took off his shirt, Gavi also took his shirt off.

"What the fuck is that?" Pedri asked just as Gavi turned his back towards him.

"What?" Gavi asked confused and it took him a few seconds to realize that there were still your nail scratches on his back.

He cursed himself mentally and turned around. "I fell while working out." He said in all seriousness and Pedri nodded his head with a huge smile.

"Sure Gavi" Pedri said, before he could have continued Fermin walked into the dressing room too.

"Hola chicos qué tal?" Fermin put down his bag next to Pedris and as he walked past Gavi he saw the red marks on his back.

"Damn, what did you do hermano?" Fermin immediately asked and Pedri gave Gavi a look.

"Gavi had a chick over" Pedri pushed back Gavi's shoulder slightly to which he only responded with a small smile.

"Damn, who?" Fermin pulled out his shorts and his shirt and also his shoes. Gavi shook his head and covered his face with his hands.

"I can't tell you" He mumbled and took the shirt to pull it over. Since it was a sleeveless shirt there were still some slightly visible marks on his shoulders.

"Mira, Mira." Pedri stood in front of him and put both of his hands on his shoulders. "Hermano, you tell me and Fermin who it is, and we will cover your lie that you fell while working out."

Pedris smile spread across his lips as he heard Gavi scoff. Fermin was just sitting on the bench, listening carefully.

Gavi did have to admit that that was a good deal.

"Joder" Gavi muttered under his breath and pushed back his hair. Meanwhile, Pedri leaned back a bit and crossed his arms.

"Just say it, except she's my cousin." Pedri laughed and looked at Fermin who stood up and also walked up to his two friends.

"I can't, You're gonna kill me." Gavi mumbled but Pedri gave him an angry look, then he inhaled sharply and looked the canarian in the eyes.

"It's Y/n" He mumbled and Pedri's and Fermin's jaw dropped. Both of their eyes widened and Fermin laughed out while he sat down again.

"You slept with Y/n?!" Pedri asked and his wide open mouth curved up into a smile.

He truly couldn't believe it, he expected him to sleep with some random chick, a one-night stand kinda type.

"You mean the Y/n, the girl whose parents are best friends with your parents?" Gavi nodded. "The girl who is your childhood best friend?" Gavi nodded. "The girl who's best friend with Aurora, your sister?" Gavi nodded, once again. "The girl whose dad is best friends with our coach?" Gavi nodded.

"The girl who has a boyfriend?" Gavi nodded one final time and Pedri shook his head.

"You have lost your whole mind." Pedri said and Fermin burst out laughing.

"You're crazy hermano, loco" Fermin poked Gavis head with his own finger.

"Is she at least good in bed?" Fermin pushed back Gavi's shoulder slightly and Gavis eyes widened at the question.

"Dude, she's my best friend!" Gavi said and Pedri shook his head while he smiled.

"Yeah and you fucked her, so is she good or nah?" Pedri pressured Gavi into telling him. Gavi wouldn't even have to think twice to answer that question.

"Why do you even ask that?" Gavi laughed out awkwardly, he wasted time in the hope that someone forgot something and come in to get it.

"So Fermin can know if his fantasies are true or not, now tell us." Pedri started getting impatient and put both of his hands on Gavi's shoulders. Fermin laughed out as Gavi looked to his left.

"Yeah, she's good." Gavi muttered and Pedri's lips curled up into a smile.

"Was she on top?" Pedri asked but Gavi shook his head. Fermin was honestly just standing next to them and listening to their conversation.

"No, what the hell, no she wasn't. I'm done with talking about how I slept with Y/n, get ready." Gavi ended the conversation and Pedri gave him a wink while turning around and putting on his shoes.

Gavi knew this practice session would be horror.

While Gavi was at practice, you were at home, hanging out on the couch. So without really anything to do, you were scrolling on TikTok.

I mean you were until the doors opened. Inside came the only other person who had access to your apartment, Paolo.

"Hola Amor." He smiled at you while he walked over to the couch and sat down next to you.

"Hey" He grabbed your jaw and turned your head to look at him, he was still very gentle with you. Then he leaned forward to kiss your lips but you pulled away.

"What's wrong?" He asked but you fake coughed. You scratched your neck and then stood up to go to the kitchen to grab a glass of water.

Just in that second, you received a text.

[GAVI:] Can you come over to my place tonight? Aurora will cover for you.

You smiled a little and texted back a simple okay.

"Ay Paolo" You walked back to the couch and then looked at him. "Me and Aurora want to have a sleepover, I'll stay at hers tonight. Just so you know, in case you planned to sleep here." You told him and almost walked away when he spoke up.

"Oh, that's okay, but you're staying at Aurora's house right?" He raised his eyebrows.

"Of course?!" You lied and smiled at him. Then you went to pack together the things you needed and then walked downstairs again.

"I'll see you, bye." You locked the door before he could have even responded and then basically sprinted to your car. You wanted to get some five guys before you went to Gavis.

Paolo usually didn't allow you to eat that kind of fast food since he said it's greasy, this was your chance.

After a successful stop at Five Guys you drove to Gavi's house. However, you decided to go to Aurora's house and leave the car there.

"Gavi?" you asked as he picked up the phone.

"Where are you dude, I'm bored." He groaned immediately and you jumped out of the car.

"Come and get me from Aurora's house, please. I left my car here for safety. " Gavi immediately stood up after he heard that and then you two hung up.

So you waited outside until you saw Gavi's car drive by. You sat inside and pulled him into a hug.

"Hey, how are you?" Gavi asked, admiring your eyes like always.

"Awesome, what about you? Did something interesting happen at practice?" You asked, genuinely interested in his answer. Gavi was afraid of that question, ever since he texted you, he was afraid that you'd ask.

"Pedri and Fermin know, they saw the marks on my back." He muttered while keeping his eyes straight on the road.

"Oh, okay." You answered in the most calmest tone ever, Gavi turned his head to look at you with a weird face.

"Okay? Aren't you scared that your boyfriend Paulo is gonna find out?" He raised his brows and then looked at you for a second after parting his eyes from the road.

"Well, I'll break up with him next week, since I'm gonna visit my grandparents in Seville on the weekend. He won't be there harass me there if he gets mad."

Gavi pulled into the driveway and you turned to look at him.

"Sounds good" He mumbled and you smiled. Then the two of you went inside and you decided to cook something.

"What do you wanna cook?" Gavi leaned onto the countertop, his biceps flexing as he held onto the edge of the counter.

"Let's make Paella or something" You suggested and he raised his brows.

"Paella? you wanna be here until tomorrow?"

"Please, your mom always made that amazing Paella. I miss it" You pleaded and eventually, he gave in.

"Fine, you're helping me clean up tho." His finger was pointed at you to which you just gave him a smile and a friendly nod.

After about 1 and a half hours you two were sitting at the dinner table, the two pans in front of you.

You were just finishing the rice and Gavi waited for you to finish. "You eat with so much appetite, it's amazing to watch." Gavi smiled and you couldn't help but smile too.

"What do you mean by that?" The question was asked by you shyly.

"The way you eat, I don't know how to explain it-" You scoffed at him and shook your head.

"Oh my god okay." A small snicker escaped your lips and you then finished your food.

"Okay, let's go clean up" Gavi jumped up and walked into the kitchen. It only took you two almost 3 hours to clean up.

Not only that but the most difficult thing was trying to clean while Gavi kept coming closer to you.

"You look so hot." He whispered against your neck as he leaned over you from behind.

You were just cleaning the countertop with a wet sponge and he was being horny, or rather weird.

"Gavi, later." You pushed him back with your shoulder and just smiled to yourself. Gavi walked around you and stopped right next to you.

"Later? You promise?" He lifted up his pinky finger.

"Promise" You interlocked it with his.

So that's how you ended up not even 20 minutes later on his bed, half-naked.

"Take off your thong, show me how wet you are." Gavi told you and your hands immediately traveled to your waist.

Your fingers hooked into the waistband and pulled it down. His face was right in front of your throbbing pussy.

"Gavi-" You moaned out after his lips attached to your core, sucking slightly on it. Then he stuck out his tongue. "Keep still for me Amor." He punned down your tighs onto the bed and then started to lick your whole core. Then he slowly moved his fingers to your pussy and without a warning, pushed them inside.

You arched your back up against his face as he was still buried inside your pussy.

"Yes Gavi, ah yes-" You moaned and he started pumping his fingers faster than before.

Your moans became louder and your breath quicker. "Yeah, right there." You moaned and just as he licked up at your juices you came. Not only did you come, but you also squirted all over his face and his back.

He was covered in your juices as your legs were still shaking like crazy.

"I need you inside of me, please." You whimpered as the cold air hit your pussy and Gavi just smiled slightly. Your juices were all over his face, chest, stomach, and arms. He looked so hot.

"You want me that bad?" He chuckled and you gave him a look. He just laughed a bit and then pulled down his boxershorts, his awfully hard dick hitting his abdomen as he did so.

He pumped his hand up and down his dick after he spit on it and then leaned closer to you. After he aligned himself with you, he made eye contact and then pushed himself inside.

In his opinion watching you throw your head back and close your eyes was the hottest thing ever.

"You're so big, fuck" you whispered almost as he pushed himself even further inside. His cock stretches you out completely.

He waited a few seconds and after your breath slowed down he pulled himself out so that only his tip was inside of you.

Then he slammed himself inside, hard, you moaned loudly as he immediately hit your G-spot. He definitely knew what he was doing.

"You're doing so good." The praising made you clench around him, he then pushed down onto your lower stomach and you whimpered.

Then he moved his hand down to your clit and started rubbing it while he thrusted in and out of you at an even faster pace.

The hot knot in your stomach began to build up and your legs were shaking already. However, he kept going, and as his thrusts began to fall out of rhythm you realized that he was close.

"You look so beautiful right now." Gavi managed to make eye contact with you, since you were always closing your eyes shut it was a bit difficult.

Then his thrusts became sloppy and you felt as if he slowed down. Seconds later he came inside of you, you felt his cum filling you up as you waited for him to regain his strength. His groans were turning you on so much that you clenched around him

"Wait, I'll finish you off in a second." Gavi muttered and you nodded your head.

After a few seconds, Gavi stood upright again and began thrusting into you at a very fast pace.

His balls were hitting you as he slammed in and out of your pussy. His thumb rubbed your clit as you felt your orgasm approach.

You arched your back up against him and it took one final thrust for you to finish. Your legs began shaking like crazy and you whimpered as he pulled out of you.

He then pushed his cum back inside of you and pumped his hand up and down his dick while he looked at your wet pussy.

"You want me to finish you?" You asked and Gavi nodded his head but kept pumping his hand up and down.

He then crawled over to you and you turned to the side. You at first put your head on his tip, spreading your juices over it as you then slid your hand down further and put the tip into your mouth.

Gavi looked down at you as he held the back of your head, he was holding back your hair in a makeshift ponytail as you began to swirl your tongue around his tip.

He immediately began to push you down a bit further on his cock.

As his tip hit the back of your throat you coughed and he immediately let go of you. You pulled away and looked up at him with tears in your eyes while your tongue swirled around his tip again while both of your hands were pumping his dick.

You then eventually felt his dick twitch and took as much as you could of him into your mouth. The warm liquid hitting the back of your throat as Gavi groaned while he looked down at you.

After you swallowed everything he leaned down and cleaned the edges of your lips. "Open up" He mumbled and you opened your mouth. He stuck his finger inside and you sucked off the remaining cum.

"Good job" He then leaned down and kissed you again. You pulled him into a much deeper kiss and eventually, you pulled away.

"Do you want to take a shower?" Gavi suggested and you nodded your head.

"Gladly" He winked at you after you said that and then he slid his arms under your body to carry you to the bathroom.

So after you two were done showering he gave you one of his boxer shorts and an oversized shirt too.

"Thank you" You mumbled and he nodded his head as he flashed a smile.

After that, you quickly fell asleep as you were cuddled up in his arms.

24 hours later

You were now lying on your bed, wearing some shorts and an oversized white shirt. You were waiting for Paulo, he got off of work about 20 minutes ago. So as you predicted he walked into the room a few minutes later.

"Hey" you smiled and he flashed you a smile as he immediately started to get changed.

"Hello Love, how was the sleepover with Aurora?" Paulo asked as he then took off all his clothes and got into bed.

"It was amazing, thank you for asking." You smiled and he turned off the lights as he got into bed.

"No worries, by the way, when are you leaving for Sevilla?" He turned to face you in the dark.

"Friday evening" You answered as shortly as possible. You planned on telling him on Friday that you wanted to break up, but not that you were hooking up with Gavi.

He didn't need to know that.

"Ah okay, good night." He snuggled closer to you and sooner than you knew, his arms were wrapped around your body.

You tried to maintain some space between the two of you, even as his hands slid below your shorts and gave your ass a light squeeze.

Just a few seconds later, he froze. Then as fast as possible he turned to his nightstand and turned on the flashlight. He showed it as he pulled down your shorts and as you lifted up the blanket you saw that you were still wearing Gavi's boxershorts.

"What the fuck" Paulo turned to face you and immediately you thought of the only really logical thing to say in this situation.

"They're yours, what do you mean?" You raised your head, knowing damn well that you were lying.

"I'm gonna beat up whoever those are. Don't fucking lie to me, who did you cheat with?" Paulo looked at you, he had an angry expression on his face. His brows furrowed and his eyes dark.

"What are you talking about?" You acted confused, you obviously didn't want him to find out that you cheated on him with Gavi.

"Where did you stay yesterday?" He asked again, you flinched a bit as he came closer to you.

"At Aurora's?" You mumbled and Paulos expression suddenly changed. It was like something inside of his head clicked.

"I'm gonna kill that motherfucker." He whispered under his breath and then stormed out of the room.

You sat up confused but then called Gavi immediately just to make sure. "Gavi" He picked up immediately.

"Yes Princesa, are you feeling lonely tonight?" The smile on Gavis face could be noticed by the way he was talking.

"No, no, Paulo is on his way to your house I think, he found out that I'm cheating." You said at the fastest pace ever. You haven't been anxious for a very long but this time you were genuinely scared for him.

"Are you okay and healthy tho?" You couldn't help but smile at how much he cared for you.

"Yeah yeah I'm fine. Just act like you aren't home. Turn off the lights, close all the windows, and don't make any noise, also hide from the windows." You explained carefully to him.

"Or I'll just beat him up-"

"Gavi." You said in a harsh tone.

"Okay, your plan sounds better." You couldn't help but feel anxious after you heard the car drive away.

"I'll pack my things and go back to my apartment. Just be careful, please. Don't make any trouble." Gavi smiled a little while he walked around the house to turn off all the lights.

"Yeah, but it's sweet that you care for me Princesa" You rolled your eyes and also stood up to get dressed.

"You just shut up and do your job." You then pulled the phone away from your ear and hung up the phone.

Gavi grinned while he slid his phone back into his pocket and turned off the final light in the living room, then he walked over to the door and locked it.

He has that bad habit of forgetting to lock his door, that's why he has an automatic lock. But it only locks the door 10 minutes after it got closed and he came back 7 minutes ago. Pedri and him were driving around with his car to just hang out a bit and talk.

You on the other hand were already leaving the house and walking towards your car.

Just as Gavi wanted to text you to drive save, he heard a car pull up to his driveway.

He quickly walked to the staircase and sat down on it, it was out of sight of the windows, that's why he chose them.

So just a couple of seconds later he heard someone banging on his front door. "Gavi man, I know what you did with my girlfriend." Paulo yelled. Gavi sighed and rolled his eyes.

No matter how many times you told him that you're in love with Paulo, he always got annoyed.

Because to Gavi, Paulo was an absolute joke. He didn't have any idea of what he was doing and most importantly, he probably didn't have a brain.

"Gavi, you mother fucker, get out here!" Paulo kept yelling. Gavi snickered.

"You calling your girlfriend mother now?" He whispered quietly to himself and covered his mouth with his hand.

After about 5 minutes of waiting Paulo drove away with his car again.

So as you made your way towards your apartment again, you had an incoming call.

"Y/n," Paulos voice drung through the speajers of your car as you just made the turn to your apartment complex.

"Hm?" You hummed and then parked the car.

"Where are you?" He had calmed down now, his voice didn't seem so aggressive as it was before.

"I'm at my apartment." You mumbled. The car engine turned off after you turned the keys and you leaned back in your seat, waiting for him to speak.

"Can I come over?"

"Look, its probably better if we dont see eachother for a while." You tried to make it sound as nice as possible. There was a few seconds of silence before Paulo spoke again.

"So we're breaking up?" His voice was shaking. Even tho you cheated on him, he wasn't mad at you, the only one he was mad at was Gavi. Because if Gavi wouldn't have come across your relationship, you two would've still been happy.

"Yep" You answered, Paulos expression dropped and it went from confused to sad.

This was the first time he was glad you couldn't see him.

"Okay" He answered and then hung uo the phone.

You on the other hand were still sat in your car, zoned out. You haven't felt save in that relationship since about 2 months, so you were happy that it was over. On the other hand you didn't know what to do now.

So you did the best possible thing that came to mind.

A few minutes of driving later, you were standing in front of Gavi's door. You rung the bell and heard him skipping down the stairs.

"Hey" His messy brown hair was hanging into his face as he opened the door. No matter how bad in a mood you were in earlier, you definitely felt better now.

"Hello" You smiled at him and walked closer. The door got closed shut by Gavi and seconds later you wrapped your arms around his neck.

"I wanna be with you." As soon as you said that Gavi pulled away to look at you. "I wanna be together with you."

"Are you for real?" He asked to which you responded immediately with a nod.

"I didn't want anything more than to be with you." You repeated and he smiled.

"I want to be with you too." Gavi smiled and leaned closer to kiss you. But before he could put his lips on yours, you whispered something.

"I love you."

He crashed his lips into yours, he pulled your body closer to his and he gripped you even tighter.

A sudden stroke of adrenaline hit him and it felt like the only thing in this universe were you and him.

Then Gavi broke the kiss for a second as you two held eye contact. He pushed your hair behind your ear and cupped your face. "I love you too."

[goatmati]

Aitana Bonmatí, one step away from the Golden Ball: "I suffer because I always want more".

In her book United We Are Stronger (2022) she says that as a child she was "cold and hard". Why does she say that? She answers in the photos, sitting on the visitors' bench at the Johan Cruyff stadium: "My childhood was not easy because I was the only girl in a man's world, and the fights, the insults I received, I think I kept them to myself, I was not able to get them out and I simply put on a shield.”

“Sometimes you would end up in fisticuffs.”

“Sometimes, it wasn't the usual. The usual were the insults.”

“They got you fried.”

“Quite a lot.”

Andrés Iniesta writes by message: "I am proud that Guardiola compares me with the best player in the world today". The prodigy says of Bonmatí: "What I would highlight most is her evolution: she has gone from being a good team player to having an increasingly important role to the point of currently leading the national team and Barça along with Alexia Putellas and other great players". He emphasizes her technical quality, her speed, her skill, her goal sense and "her great winning mentality".

Her former coach emphasizes one word: ambition. Aitana Bonmatí's ambition.

“What is ambition?”

“Wanting to be the best in everything, having the desire to improve every day and to reach the top in all areas," the player answers.

“Where does that come from?”

“From me.”

“But where does it come from?”

“I've never asked myself that question. I've always been very competitive, very ambitious, a winner, haven't I? Since I was a little girl. I don't know, I would say that it doesn’t come from my family, they have many virtues, but they are not competitive and even less so in sports.”

“I don't allow myself to fail.” Too self-demanding?

“Yes, but over the years I have learned not to be so hard, to understand that one is not perfect and that mistakes sometimes make you improve.”

Bonmatí this year has won the World Cup, the Champions League, the League and the Super Cup, and has been MVP of the World Cup, MVP of the Champions League, MVP of the Super Cup final and best player of the year for UEFA. She should be satisfied, at the very least. "I don't know, she's insatiable," responds Cristian Martín along with Ignasi Cardó, her representatives.

Bonmatí knows about the double-edged sword of perfectionism. She deals with it with her club psychologists and in private therapy. "I'm rarely happy with my games because I always want more, but I'm managing it better and better. I still suffer, but not as much as before. I allow myself to be a person and I allow myself to fail."

In the last World Cup, after winning the match that gave them the pass to the final, she spoke with Mayca Jiménez, a journalist from Relevo. There were a few days left before the final and Jiménez asked her if they would celebrate that night. "No celebration", was the answer, followed by the need to sleep eight hours and other comments about essential guidelines that should not be skipped, not even that night. Jiménez underlines her courage in standing up for herself. When Japan beat them in the group stage of the World Cup, Bonmatí spoke to all the media, Spaniards and foreigners, in good English. She pledged that they would learn from the defeat. She said: "I ask for forgiveness.”

"Ambition is wanting to be the best," says Bonmatí.

She says she has seen women's football grow a lot, but points out that it still has a long way to go. "This is the beginning," she says. On what is lacking in women's football, she prefers not to say just one thing out of the many she would have to say. Although she mentions the obvious "precariousness" of some fields in Liga F.

She reflects on language. Should we continue to say women's football? She thinks not and proposes: "Either specify masculine or feminine whenever football is said, or not specify and that according to the context it is understood". She praises Barça's vision in betting on non-hegemonic sports sections and declares herself a "convinced Culé", although she had an offer from Olympique Lyon in 2021 that gave her pause for thought. "Important decisions should not be taken from one day to the next. I like to evaluate all the options," she explains. In December 2021, she renewed her contract until 2025.

She has recovered a bit of her tone. When asked what she thinks of the cliché that a footballer should not talk about politics, she replies that freedom of expression is the same for those who work in a company, in a hospital or in a football team. That said, today is not the day she feels like exercising it. It's over. Aitana Bonmatí needs to go and rest.

Note: Aitana has played 140 consecutive games for club and country. The grind hasn’t stopped for a second.

But also,

Please let my girl rest. She’s done so well.

(Excerpts of the interview she’s done with El País Semanal.)

[mssi]

the build up to the goal by pedri and gavi looked like iniesta and xavi back in the days 😭😭😭

[useless-catalanfacts]

Barça fans, do you recognise this place?

This is a photo of what la Masia (Barça's youth academy) looked like in 1925. (Photo colorized by Catalunya Color).

Back then, it was literally just a masia. "La masia" simply means "the farmhouse" in Catalan. This particular masia is called Masia de Can Planes. It dates back to, at least, the year 1515, where a written document talks about the farm and its surrounding fields belonging to a man called Jaume Planes. It was owned by his descendants, who rebuilt and adapted parts of the building in different time periods, until the year 1950.

In 1950, Barça bought it from the last heir, Francesc Planes i Buera. They built Camp Nou (Barça's stadium) in the fields owned by this farm.

When Camp Nou was being built, the farmhouse was used as the meeting place for architects and where they made and kept the stadium's plans and models. After the stadium was inaugurated, the farmhouse became Barça's office building.

La Masia de Can Planes nowadays, with Camp Nou stadium behind it.

In 1978, the club decided to turn the farmhouse into the residence for Barça's youth academy, which became one of the most successful football youth academies in the world. It's renowned for its respect for students and their academic focus as well as the sports side of it. That's when Barça's youth academy became known as La Masia.

Many of La Masia's students have gone on to brilliant football careers, including Pep Guardiola, Leo Messi, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Carles Puyol, Carles Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, and Gerard Piqué, among others.

In 2011, Barça decided to upgrade their youth academy to be able to have more students. They built a new building as their residence in Sant Joan Despí (a city right next to Barcelona), in the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper (Joan Gamper sports complex). This new building has the capacity to be home for 85 sportspeople, compared to the 60 that could be housed before (12 in the farmhouse and 48 in the equipped spaces in the North Goal of the Camp Nou).

It's next to the rest of sports facilities in the Joan Gamper sports complex, which includes 5 natural grass football pitches; 4 fieldturf pitches; 3 sports pavilions for basketball, handball and futsal, training areas for goalkeepers and specific techniques, gymnasiums, first aid areas, press conference rooms, service buildings, a pool, and saunas used for recuperating from injuries.

The modern "La Masia" building in Sant Joan Despí.

Even though they moved to a new building that isn't a masia (farmhouse) anymore, everyone has always called Barça's youth academy "La Masia", so they still call it that.

[ironwoman18]

Change Japan with our goals - Part 1

Chapter 1: The Isagi Siblings

August 2018:

“Japan against Spain will be an amazing final!” The narrator said, excited.

“That’s right Yagami, this match is full of LaLiga stars and our university teams. There are a few exceptions. From Japan, our Right winger, Mikasa Isagi who plays for the NCAA with the UCLA team and from Spain the only player who isn't playing in Spain is María Jiménez who plays for the Chelsea” 

“Yes, but we have to tell you that the Japanese league is one of the best female league in the world se our level is world class” 

“So true, today we will have an amazing day and I can feel that Japan will do a great job stopped Sofía Torres from Atlético de Madrid who has 8 goals in the tournament and they have to stop Mikasa Isagi who also has 8 goals”

“A lot of goals for a winger but she has an amazing ability to shoot outside of the box but also her control as a false nine while Sakura Yamada has all the central backs glued to her so Mikasa can run in and score” 

“She's one of our weapons but we have also to notice that the 4-2-1-3 from Spain will be tough for our team because Mikasa and Aiko Tanaka will be controlled by their two defensive midfielders”

“Don't worry those two alongside with Sakura Yamada will break their defense” 

When the match began Japan was playing with a 4-3-3, one of the most famous formations, one used by Pep Guardiola and the FC Barcha with Lionel Messi as a key player in the right wing.

Meanwhile, Spain used the same formation as the powerful team who won the 2010 World Cup with Xavi and Andres Iniesta, and just like that team, most of the players in that team played for Barcha and Real Madrid. Only two didn't play for any of those teams, one was the central forward, Atlético de Madrid and the other played for Chelsea.

The match was as hard as everyone expected. The two Spanish central backs were watching over Sakura and both right and left backs were holding their own against right and left wingers from Japan but luckily for them, those two players had to focus on defense.

However the strikers started to score from both sides. The first one was Sakura, she received a center from Aiko, who ran from 

the center of the field until she reached the corner, raised her head and spotted the striker and she scored after great control.

Then the offensive midfielder from Spain turned on her magic, connecting the defensive side to the offensive side. She sent a precise pass to Marta Perez, their left winger, and she shot from outside of the box, a powerful shot with her right leg, scoring the tie.

Japan scored the second goal almost at the end of the first half. There was a fault close to the area so Mikasa asked to shoot it. 

She was responsible for shooting those faults and penalties. She was standing far from the ball taking a deep breath and with her deep blue eyes. The referee whistled and she ran the ball and before hitting the ball she spotted the right upper corner, the furthest from the goalkeeper.

It was an amazing goal that made everyone jump off their seats in their houses and in the stadium.

Isagi was watching the match at home, it was around 3 or 4 at night but, who cares? He was on summer break and not only Japan but his sister was playing a world final.

He was a year younger so he admired her for reaching a final like this. Ever since she left Japan to study in America, he missed her. She taught him the direct shot and dribbling. He wasn’t as good as she was but he knows the basics of it. Another thing they have in common is their spacial awareness, she can read and predict plays however he hasn’t realized it yet and doesn’t know how to use it.

The second half began after those fifteen minutes of break. Japan and Spain kept their formations intact. The match began with Spain moving the ball, they seemed more aggressive than the first half, Clara, their playmaker, was throwing passes from left to right, using her teammates as pawns in her way to reach the goal.

She was amazing and even though she was their rival, Isagi had to admit that she was amazing. She was a player of the FC Barcha and she was their number 10, their playmaker and she shared the number with Lionel Messi.

At the end Spain scored their second goal, Yoichi cursed but still was amazed by their players. 

Mikasa and Aiko started to move the ball at the center, their attack ended with a save by their goalkeeper and the match became a back and forth of counterattacks, until Japan’s coach made some changes, he changed the formation to a 4-2-3-1. Mikasa was their only striker in the box, her left winger remained the same but she wasn’t as close as she was throughout the match, their central striker left the field and was changed for another right winger to join the line of three and lastly their creative midfielder moved up to be the central midfielder.

This new formation allowed Mikasa to use her ball control and to keep Japan’s line closer since they moved together up and down.

Spain did a few changes as well but only to refresh players, however their coach was intrigued to see how that formation will work for them. For him Mikasa wasn’t a central striker, she wasn’t tall or have the strength to fight with the centrals. 

But he was wrong, the first ball she had she not only controlled it but also kept possession against their two central backs, dribbling and shooting to goal, sadly it didn’t work. She wasn’t a natural 9 who was there for centers, she has footwork and abilities to play in the center.

The match continued the same, counterattack after another. Both teams didn't give up on winning, but the tiredness was getting harder to ignore and they were embracing the extra time or even the penalties shootout, all of them except Clara Fernández and Mikasa Isagi.

They continued to attack and looking for the winning goal, Yoichi knew his sister was stubborn and wouldn't give up on attacking.

The regular time would finish in two minutes, Spain attacked after a foul in the middle of the field, Clara passed a clinical pass to her strike who missed the goal. They cursed and the goalkeeper quickly kicked the call and landed on Aiko Tanaka, to did a sprint from the midfield to the area, everyone in the Spanish team was on that attack except for their goalkeeper and their captain and central defender.

Aiko spotted Mikasa and pass it to her “score, striker” Mikasa received it and smirked as she faced the central back. She had being her rival throughout all the match, now they were face to face.

“You won't pass” she said smirking but Mikasa was in flow, she wanted to win with her goal. 

“We will see” she said, dribbling left and right but the defender stood up, not falling in the trap. She was standing in the line of her right leg, not allowing her to shoot, but she didn't count on something, she can shoot with her left as well so she did a final dribbling and shot with her left foot. 

It was as powerful as her right, she shot to the left corner of the goal and the goalkeeper was too stunned to even move and the ball ended in the goal. Japan won, they just won the U-20 female World Cup.

Yoichi had to bite his tongue to not yell at that goal, he just closed his fists with a big smile and opened his mouth in a silent scream.

In the Blue Lock facilities Ego was watching the match while eating a bowl of microwave noodles and smirked watching the goal on repeat and next to it he had Yoichi’s data.

“Japan has two pairs of siblings that will change the way we play football for good. The Itoshi and the Isagi siblings” he said looking at Anri who was sleeping on the couch “you will see the truth potential of my selection, Isagi Yoichi”

Both teams congratulated each other and even exchanged shirts “After today I hope to see you in Europe” said Natalia Sánchez, the captain and her marker.

“We will see” said Mikasa with a smirk “who knows, maybe I will play against you in Europe or maybe be your teammate”

She laughed “we will see” they shook their hands and left to change their jerseys for the award ceremony.

While the FIFA workers prepared everything, at the VIP balcony, Sae Itochi was watching the match. An old man approached him.

“What do you think about that match?” Asked the man, as he sat next to him.

“That is a shame number 7 is a woman. I would give her my passes with ease” said Sae looking at the field “Japan needs more like her as forwards”

“Don’t be so harsh with those young players, they are doing their best”

“And that’s not enough… I meet the best players here, my passes reached Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Benzema” he said looking at him “those are the real strikers, Japanese strikers are a joke compared to them” his emerald eyes turned to the field “I will go back to Japan in a few days and I will see my brother. I hope he reached the level I need to turn him into a star” 

“And if he doesn’t fulfill your expectations?”

“Then he’s not worth my passes. As simple as that” he said with a serious and calm face, like he was speaking about the weather and not about his little brother “are you going to scout number 7?”

“I didn’t come here as a scouter but as a spectator” the man said looking at the field “I was hoping to see my country win but it didn’t happen” he sighed “congratulations, Japan. However I don’t think the big boss was planning on the female team”

“It’s a shame, I bet Barcha will hire her” said Sae standing up “If they do, I’m pretty sure they will sweep the floor with our team” Sae stood up and left.

The award ceremony began and the player returned to the field. First the individual awards, Mikasa won the golden boot and player of the match, Japan’s goalkeeper won the golden glove and Clara Fernandez won the award for the best player of the tournament, the three of them stood in front of the cameras as they took some pictures. As expected the two Japanese girls were smiling big and Clara’s had a forced smile.

As they walked out of the stage and Clara said, dead serious “next time I will crush you” 

“I’ll be looking for it” she smirked and they went to meet their teammates.

The Japanese players made an aisle for the Spanish team and clapped as they walked to put on their medals. The Spanish players had a sad face as they walked there. 

After them came the referees, then it was turn for the champions, they went up the stage one by one earning a big ovation from their fans and the families of some of them.

At last was Mikasa, who was the team’s captain and, after some warm words from the president of the federation and a representative of their government, she went to hold the trophy. She had a big smile and kissed it a couple of times as she walked to her team.

They teased a little with the trophy down, moving their hands like pulling their captain to them, until Mikasa jumped in front of them, raising the trophy up in the hair and jumping with her teammates as confetti started to fall on them and fireworks started in the sky.

The trophy passed from hand to hand raising it and they walked the field showing it to the crowd, taking photos while in the background “We are the Champions” was playing.

The Spanish team left the field after the coronation of the new champion and went to their dressing room.

After the celebration the Japanese team went to their dressings room, changed and had dinner at the hotel. 

The next day they spent it going on tour around the city and buying souvenirs for their families, then the following day they returned to Japan, including Mikasa because she promised to go after the World Cup.

She spent a month in Japan, hanging out with Isagi and her parents, hanging out with her high school friends and having some interviews.

Then she when back to America with her team.

November 2018

“So tell me diamonds in rough, are you willing to become the striker Japan needs?” Asked Ego with a sadistic smile looking at them. 

While in America, Mikasa received a phone call “ Miss Isagi, I’m Enrique Fernández from FC Barcha, we would love you to join our team. We need a strike like you, would you be interested in joining?”

Yoichi had a lot of his mind but flashes of his last game, how he should have been the one to score instead of passing, who his sister scored in that World Cup and how he wished to be the one raising it.

He made a decision and was the first to run towards the doors opened by Ego. He will become the best striker.

Mikasa looked at her uniform, she loved America and her team, it belongs to her, she is their star. In Europe she will be the new one but, somehow she was excited. 

She might not be Clara’s rival as they wanted but she will make sure to force the team to follow her as their star, even Clara. 

“I would love to, I will join your team”

Now both Isagi siblings will begin a new journey.

OOooOOooOO

I hope you liked it, if you like it and want me to continue, let me now.

[godofstory]

HOLY EIGHT!WHAT A GOAL!

my new Xavi and Iniesta made a classic Barcelona goal😭

[cant-get-no-worse]

something about Spain NT (2008 - 2012). red and gold. 2010s hair cuts. the most eerie mix of jocks, lover boys and noodle nerds mastering their positions. internal drama. Torres goal against Germany setting off everything. enemies to allies to friends to winners. long haired lesbian Sergio Ramos, David Villa making the girls swoon. paninis. camera filming close ups of the team standing still during anthems and lowering down 10 centimeters when it got to Xavi. relentless obsession. silver and blue confettis in 2008. uneasy RMA v Barça truce in the quest of completion. Waka Waka, total football, endless possession phases. dark blue kits. Iniesta’s last minute winner, Dani Jarque siempre con nosotros. Busquets and Casillas kneeling in front of each other, wordless, crying in disbelief. the weight of the world suddenly being lifted off of you — your world ending in a gold zenith. a country exploding of joy at the same minute, streets like living lungs all night long. congratulations from Spanish speaking countries from Europe to Lat America. Casillas, gold medal on his neck, voice wavering, kissing his girlfriend in the middle of the interview. plane pictures. Mourinho making up speeches to rile up the RMA players against their international Barça teammates to break the 2010 World Cup comradry. penalties against Portugal in 2012, Alves’ miss. first country to win a Euro back to back. pictures. euphoria. downfall. La Roja.

[ikram1909]

https://www.tumblr.com/ikram1909/759370898539151360/i-never-understood-and-will-never-understand-how?source=share people have taken it for granted that two boys of that age can enter the first team and not be bothered by the pressure and shine despite everything. they are the exception, like lamine or cubarsi, but they don't deserve to be the face and the responsibility of an entire team. It's like Iniesta said, a lot is asked of them for the club and for the national team. and we see how bad things go when those expectations aren't met. just look at b*llingham. people expected madness from him in the euros. in some way, they expected him to lead england to the final and score goals in every game and carry the team on his shoulders, but that didn't happen, and now people who loved him two months ago are saying shit about him.

Yeah it's becoming normalised to demand too much of these kids and it's really sad. Hating on them for simply not living up to their extreme expectations is crazy

[mariki33]

PART 2

The Nordmark pod interview translated SWE-ENG

I have left out Per Nordmarks moments of reminiscence..

Please excuse things lost in translation and lack of knowledge in the English language 🙈

I also want to say that translation from spoken words to written can be quite challenging at times..

Enjoy fellow Ghostie's 👻🖤🇸🇪

T: -For my part it's very important. It was this, that was so fucking hard on that tour, i didn't get to have my days off. Days off,, you don't need them because you don't want to play, but to break the repetetiveness. On the level we are, in my regim and the way i want to do it i really feel we should do that. Mainly because we aren't 19 anymore. We are, we must keep up, we have to stay in shape to make it work. So when on the road there isn't much party and no more than to see to you're in shape and been sleeping enough. Stuff like that. A really good way to get out of shape is to get wasted drinking. It really makes you feel like shit.. It's fucking awesome a couple of days and the it's -Oh Fuck! But instead it can be really good to, it's gold when you have TWO days off, Then we always do it like this, the few times we have two days off. It doesn't happen often but when it does we always have a tour crew party. The first day so everyone get a day off after. It's very important.

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T :No people tend to think it's like travelling. Like a vacation. And it isn't', It really isn't, and i believe, when you're not in a touring band or a professional like that. I think you have a vision that being a professional musician and touring a lot ,is like, creative,, -And it isn't. It's kind of repetitive. There are creative periods..-And of course you can have creative moments when ever. And I, I come up with ideas all the time, building for the next step or figure out something new. But the "work" in itself is repetetive.

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N: Its not like, write a bunch of new songs on tour.

T: I can't do it like an obligation.

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T: I think one may do yourself a disservice.. Have you ever brought a book to read on tour and ended up not reading it? It's classical and i've done it so many times, and eventually figured out, -I won't do that. I pack lighter and simplify things. And in that same fashion i plan my days now. It's based on me,, all the time, is here to work. The, my days off now.. One thing i do, and i like really much, when i have free time, and come to cities i've been to for several times, and especially when you have mate there, then the best thing is to visit them in their home. Or, just hanging out with someone "sightseeing" with someone who knows the town. Or, have a friend flown in and make a "tourist thing" together, a side step.

Because then you'll Moon walk in the the next day and -Fuck Yeah! Let's do this!!

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One thing! I give can you a tip. Now, someone who do professional soccer or Soccer in general. Correct me if i'm wrong. But, one thing i always do, especially if i feel a bit down in the dumps for some reason. It's like, in the dressing room i put You Tube on. And put on a video with something you're sure of made you want do to what you do. You know..Like: " Let's spend the night together".. Queen live, you know, Wembley -85/-86. Like that! Something that makes you OUUHAHH !!! Then i remember my dream and how far i am. And i've thought of this when it comes to soccer or hockey, or whatever. Like -"Do you ever play a compilation of"… Well, kids of today what do they like, closest to it gotta be "Zlatan".. Because, our generation it would be "Maradona" or.. "Don't you play a compilation of his greatest goals"? -No, never.. -"Why not!! It's ga ga ga, It's that, that is the dream. Damit! Like "Iniesta" scoring the last goal, last second, and wins the whole thing. That's the whole idea with this. I believe! ( "who never played soccer").. Or Freddie Mercury Wembley -85 or -86 It's the whole idea with why i want do this. So you have to remind yourself of the of the dream.. -Then i'm back on track.

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N: Did you ever doubt if you ended up in the right place?

T: Eh, ahh,, In connection to being part of "Crash Diet" (or the Crash Diet that we were part of, that was something different than it became later) my world opened up. I grew up with, with very melodic music like . Ehh, i went, it was a mix and came from a mixed, but everything have always came out of rock. But A lot of Pop radio and all that it was in the eighties, and like, the legacy of the seventies eem, Then it was my brothers music. He listened to everything from Hard Rock, Ee. to punk and synth, and a lot of stuff. And then there was my moms sixties influence. So when i had been digging around in death metal and black metal in almost ten years,, -Yes when i was 22 i'd been doing death metal since i was 12. So for ten years nurturing a dream. If I'll be completely honest with my dream for Repugnant it was to,, It was "old school death", but i thought i somewhere, it would be possible to make it a "thing" or something. I thought, if [Tobias mentions a couple of band names, can't hear what i says] can do it. Or Pestilence or the fuck, others. I thougt we'd be signed with Road Runner going on tour supporting Slayer. Like, i wanted to become a real band. There were so many bands before us that had made it.. And i couldn't understand why we were ..But we was so extremely out of date, we didn't work in the era we where in, in the end of the nineties. So, in the beginning of the twenties, i was about 20 then, it started to show up a lot of "rock stuff" Both in Sweden, it was sort of rock, its hard, to without sounding harsh but i don't mean anything by it, but like action rock, easy rock and all that. In 2000-02 And there was the strikes and Frans Ferdinand and all that happened. So i went like, -The fuck, wait! Like i also want to play melodic music too. Because i have it im me. Eh mm.. And it was like tricky in the beginning. I met David Hellman, or Dave Leppard. Ehm..and he also wanted to play rock eeh.. and then it showed he wanted to do sleezy rock, While i was more like…My sleeze taste, i definitely don't mind the seventies glam rock, and i like Guns 'n' roses, but, but Aeeh, and Skidrow will do, But then There are a lot of stuff definitely! don't like. And he really wanted to go all in on Poison, Some of Stryper and a lot of other stuff and shit that i absolutely didn't like. So i felt in someway that i can't do this. This is not. And on top of that, it was his band and i .. Nope, fuck it!.And then i strarted a pretty long experimental phase of not really finding my way home..

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N: Asking about Onkel Konkel..

T : No, it was only three gigs

N: How did that happen?

T: Thomas the drummer from Repugnant, and at the time also Crash Diet and Subvision. Thomas was one of my best buddies and we played in several bands together. I remember it something like this -Thomas, you right me if i'm wrong. Because i might be. But i recall it something like this. Bengtsson, all ours Bengtsson from Cafe 44, came up to him like -"Du you want to play in Onkel Konkel". And he told me this story. And i , what the hell .. I also want in. So, well, Thomas told them i said that -"So you can come to the next rehearsal" And they probably just done one before. And then Bengtsson had put together a band for Håkan. Who then would act in these three gigs that were booked

N: And that was the only gigs..?

T: Yes, the only gig before that was in Hultsfred -93

N: Was there a gig before "Sondtrack of our lives".. bc one of the gigs were on " Nalen"

T: Yes, its very possible Soundtrack played the day before or after..

N: I've heard somewere you're in to horror movies. Old horror movies.?

T: Yes, Yeah

N:,Have you been inspired by film music aswell?

T: Very much, absolutely. And, well i don't know how to elaborate that, umm, To me, besides me liking, i'm interested in cinematic in general. But i got stuck early, for different reasons, for different horror movies. Once again I'll have to explain it by me having a pretty liberal upbringing. A very liberal home where there weren't any actual rules, more like guide lines. But you know it was the eighties,, And it worked with just a note from my mom to show at the video store. And then i could rent anything i wanted.

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T: I'm VERY afraid of the dark. Regretfully i am, and i was so early on.

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T: But if one should try looking at it with a " the glass is half full"l perspective. It's probably all about having a vivid imagination. And the critical thought in it all would be one watching to much and that it started it all, but I'm not sure .. There were a heck of a lot of delusions long before horror movies was a thing. Like, read "All the creatures of the woods" That people have made up totally uninfluenced by horror movies. So i believe one have a relatively elastic mind. And just aswell as one can come up with a funny joke or something, one also have the possibility to go down the dark corridor, make it something creepy.

Even if realistically i understand it probably isn't something out there, in the woods…

….to be continued

[pedripics]

Pedri's interview with TV3 - part 2

(march 31, 2025) - translation

About his and the team's feelings

"I'm fine, I'm looking forward to the remaining games. We are alive in the three titles and we are looking forward to the league game, to continue in the good dynamic that we are in. The team is very well, enjoying themselves and that's the most important thing, to enjoy football and that the team plays well." "I think this is one of the moments I'm enjoying football the most, especially because of the level the team is playing at. I think the people who watch the games enjoy the games and that's the most beautiful thing."

About Flick praising him

"Well, it's nice to be acknowledged that you're doing very well, but I try to focus on what I can improve. I know I'm still 22 years old and I have a lot of room for improvement and, well, they tell me that in training as well."

About criticism and injuries

"Well, in my personal case, I think I've experienced both sides. At the beginning it was all praise, then when I got injured, it was that I was made of glass, that I got injured a lot and well, now the praise is different. I think you get used to the fact that when things go well, it's normal that you get a lot of praise, and when things go badly, you don't, so you have to get used to avoiding these things and be calm and enjoy yourself. When people criticise you, what you always want to do is to give more of yourself and shut those mouths that often criticise you. And well, it's not just the simple fact of shutting mouths, but of feeling at ease with myself, of enjoying myself on the pitch, which I haven't done for a long time."

About what he wants to improve on

"Well, everything. If you lose seven balls per game, you can lose less. Many times there are plays that I, myself, talk to my brother about, where I could calm the game down or speed it up. These are things that I still have to improve on. Defensively I think I'm improving and I'm stealing a lot more balls than before. These are things that you always have to improve. The numbers, the goals, can always be improved. As long as the top players score them, I'm happy."

About the upcoming CdR game

"Well, I think it's a bit of a crazy tie, here in the home game it was a bit crazy, but well, in the game there we will try to manage the game with the ball, I think that when we have the game managed from the ball, I think we are much better than the opponent and well, especially keep in mind those last minutes, that here they turned us over very quickly in the last minutes and well, it has already happened to us twice and that it won't happen a third time."

About a potential El Clásico CdR final

"Well, I think they still have to play their game, Real Sociedad are a great team and anything can happen and, well, we should focus first on getting through, on being in the final and then, if it comes to Madrid, it's clear that a Barça-Madrid final is always nice." (no it's not shut up lmao)

About comparisons with Xavi and Iniesta

"It's very nice to be compared to these players [Xavi and Iniesta], who are the ones who used to freak me out when I was little, along with Sergio Busquets. But they are players who have marked an era, who won many titles and I still have a long way to go to even be a little bit of what they were."

About what he was focusing on when he was watching Barça as a child

"Well, above all you always look at the players who play in your position and I've always been a player who likes to learn a lot by watching games, the positioning on the pitch, I think when you watch a game from the outside you see many more things, the movements that people make, how they position themselves, how they think before receiving and well, these are things that can be improved."

About playing so many games and minutes this season

"Well, yes, the truth is that it is something that is a bit strange, because they always say that it is better to rest, but well, I feel better when, for example, I play more games in a row, than when I stop for a week and start again, I think that is what my body finds most difficult, and well, when I play more games in a row, I have minutes, I feel much more comfortable."

About Flick's importance this season

"Flick is fully responsible for what is happening. He has imposed a different way of playing than we had last year, especially in relation to the defensive line and the pressure we put up. He has imposed his way of competing on us and has been able to transmit it to the team."

About the fans chanting his name

"Well, yes, I always feel the affection of the fans. I think that when we play at home, it's normal that as we are playing, they chant our names. And well, it's a very nice thing that your fans give you that affection. But, well, I think that above all they are enjoying the team and the way the team is playing."

One or two words to define his football style.

"Well, calmness and… tranquillity."

About the Ballon d'Or

"The Ballon d'Or is something that is very far from me. With a few exceptions like Rodri, it is usually won by players who have good statistics as goal scorers. I prefer Lamine Yamal or Raphinha to win it, who have good numbers and make the difference. I am happy if we win titles."

[gavisuntiedboot]

uhm so gavi his agent has met a few times with chelsea so that means a move to chelsea this season is likely since he isn't happy with Barça at all. and i get why cause since messi has came back into the picture they're kind of neglecting him?

Hello anon!! Firstly, I want to apologize in advance if I come across as condescending because that’s not my intention at all.

There is only one reporter who put out that Gavi was unhappy and moving to Chelsea. All the articles are based off of that one report, and many other Spain-based sports journalists are saying this ain’t true, which makes a lot of sense.

Gavi is a La Masía kid who has been starting for the first team all season and has been performing very well. To break his contract (originally until 2026), the club set the price at a billion Euros!! They also fought like hell to have his contract go through, so him being “unhappy” at Barça doesn’t make much sense from a logic standpoint. They were chanting his name in today’s game. So I think it’s highly inaccurate to say that Barça have been neglecting him, as they have been starting him every game, a large part of their media revolves around him, and there has been consistent effort to upgrade him and get his contract situated.

Secondly, it makes no sense for him to switch teams now, especially when his future has been hinged upon the new “Xavi and Iniesta” duo in him and Pedri. If he’s in it for money, the money that can come from that pairing alone is astronomical. He’s super highly favored in Spain, and so it makes literally zero sense for him to move to the premier league as well.

There’s more but it’s 6am and I haven’t slept, but you can read for yourself on other sites. Gavi shares an agent with none other than Luis Enrique, who (if you pay attention to sports news) is a favorite candidate for the new coaching position at Chelsea.

All in all, it’s very important to be critical of the media we consume and not take everything at face value. Reporters take advantage of a lack of media literacy in order to get people to interact with their pieces more out of outrage/ fear/ etc. For someone who was playing like a first team player on a B team contract and celebrates his goals by literally kissing the crest, there should be more confidence in his loyalty.

(Last thing: now that Messi is old, he plays striker. So if anyone is in danger cause of El Leo, it’s Ferran and Ansu)

[mssi]

iniesta’s winning goal against chelsea has haunted them and their supporters for 12 years and now aitana’s goal will haunt them for another 12 years we love to see it

[uniteds]

In my stream they were talking about how sometimes in football the players struggled to be good at the most simple task and abilities (like what you were talking about the passes) they do amazing in things that are more difficult but that doesn't translate into bettering the team and creating a good chance. The most needed skill in a midfield is being able to pass the ball to your teammate successfully. And I agree bc it's like the basics but somehow not everyone can do the most easiest?

yeah, like, this is my personal bias because i've always been a midfielder supremacist and i often think their roles aren't respected enough unless they turn into a CAM/10 who scores goals. sorry, i'm gonna go on a little rant rn.

But, just talking about a pivot or midfield three, the most important thing is to pass well and either get on the ball a lot or take up space with your off the ball movement. like, think of all the great center midfielders in history (modric, kroos, xavi, iniesta, pirlo, scholes, keane, kante, busquets, verratti, rodri etc etc), they don't actually have incredible numbers when it comes to quantifiable metrics, especially not early in their careers (which mason still is in and i'm not saying he's in that talent bracket). the thing they did really well was move off the ball, rarely miss a pass, and had good technique that when space opened up for them to dribble, they can. they read the game well enough that they can quietly get a job done without needing to do anything more than the basics.

tbh, there's no need for marcus or hojlund to be able to pass well. like, don't give the ball away cheaply, but i don't really care if they can't pass. their skillset is being able to get in the right positions to score, dribble well, cross well, hold up play well, and have an eye for goal. a player like bruno can get away with not making most of his passes because he's one of those players where the brilliance often outweighs the misplaced passes (see kdb for another), but when that brilliance to misplaced passes ratio starts swinging in the other direction, it's frustrating. for the fullbacks, they need to be able to get the ball into the box and to track back. but for everyone else, to be good in their role, they just need to pass the ball and move off the ball well. it doesn't have to be fancy (that's where bruno comes in). it just needs to get the job done. mason does that very well. so does amrabat. eriksen was really great at it a long time ago, but nowadays, he'll make the right pass but then he just doesn't have the energy to move, so he's effectively missing unless he physically has the ball. i just wish this skillset was appreciated more lol