Robert Lewandowski

Barcelona secured the top spot in La Liga after defeating Atlético Madrid in Gameweek 19 of the 2025/2026 season. The Blaugrana hosted Atleti at the Spotify Camp Nou, in its new look, aiming to extend their winning streak. With a 3-1 victory, Barcelona not only recorded their fourth consecutive win...

Barcelona hosted Real Sociedad in matchday seven of the 2025/2026 La Liga season, which ended in a narrow 2-1 victory for the Catalans. With yet another domestic game where they had over 70% ball possession (75%), it was no surprise that Sociedad struggled to create opportunities and generated just a...

Marcus Rashford’s loan to Barcelona in the summer of 2025 represents more than just a high-profile transfer; it is, in many ways, a final attempt to reignite a career that once promised world-class heights. After struggling for rhythm and consistency during the latter stages of his Manchester United tenure, followed...

You can now listen to this article on the TFA Podcast! Subscribe for free on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or via RSS. Barcelona Recent Weakness At Defending Corners  On Wednesday, the world's attention turns to the UEFA Champions League semi-final match between Barcelona and Inter Milan. In a challenging match like...

FC Barcelona are rarely out of the headlines in Spanish football, and their resounding victory in the Supercopa de España continued their emerging tactical superiority against fierce rivals, Real Madrid. However, under Hansi Flick’s reign, one player in particular has undergone a significant role change, transforming him from a zero to...

Who Are The Top Scorers In La Liga By Team? After a somewhat disappointing 2023/24, at least by his standards, Robert Lewandowski is well on track to finish as La Liga’s top scorer this season.  The 36-year-old leads the scoring charts with 14 goals to his name.  Last season was...

Who Are The Top Scorers In La Liga By Team? After a somewhat disappointing 2023/24, at least by his standards, Robert Lewandowski is well on track to finish as La Liga’s top scorer this season.  The 36-year-old leads the scoring charts with 14 goals to his name.  Last season was...

After 11 games of the 2024/25 La Liga season, FC Barcelona sit top of the table, six points clear of second-place defending champions Real Madrid. It’s been a highly impressive start to life in the Barca dugout for ex-FC Bayern and Germany manager Hansi Flick, whose win percentage now stands...

Welcome to TFA today, where we share important articles from the TFA archive that are relevant once again. Robert Lewandowski Is On FireRobert Lewandowski is on fire this season, bagging a hat trick yesterday against Alavés. Check out how he fits seamlessly into Barcelona's system in this Robert Lewandowski scout report from...

Long gone are the days when we primarily considered the traditional ‘target man’ or ‘target forward’ someone who was mainly good for holding the ball up by utilising their physical advantage. With the evolution of styles and more focus on technical ability, target men have become multi-faceted players who can...

Fall is officially here, which means that it is time for the new October 2024 issue of Total Football Analysis Magazine. In this month's October 2024 issue, we have an exclusive interview with Diego Merino of Carabobo FC. In addition, we have 21 in-depth articles covering La Liga, Bundesliga, Eredivisie,...

Long gone are the days when we primarily considered the traditional ‘target man’ or ‘target forward’ someone who was mainly good for holding the ball up by utilising their physical advantage. With the evolution of styles and more focus on technical ability, target men have become multi-faceted players who can...

Matchday one of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League is complete and it was a whirlwind of action and surprises. Our tactical analysis shares the best tactical formations and plays from Champions League week one, as we dive into what worked and what didn't work. Let's start off with a look...

The 2024/25 La Liga season is officially underway, and Barcelona emerged victorious in their first competitive fixture in the Hansi Flick era. Despite their decline in recent seasons, Valencia, led by Rubén Baraja, was poised to be a tricky encounter for Barcelona. FCB had to come hot out of the blocks...

Who Is Hansi Flick? The Barcelona season resembled a soap opera in 2023/24, with on-the-pitch struggles compounded by hierarchical uncertainty, which left them unable to defend their La Liga title. After a positive end to the season, a soured relationship between head coach Xavi Hernández and club president Joan Laporta...

It’s been just under a year since Robert Lewandowski left Bavaria for the beautiful beaches of Barcelona. Since then, Bayern Munich have had all the roar of a lion without teeth. The club tried to compensate for the loss of the prolific Polish striker by bringing Sadio Mané in from Liverpool in...

Even at a tough moment in Barcelona's history, one of the most successful and popular football clubs in the world, with a strong tradition of producing talented players and playing with a tiki-taka style of play, La Masia produced two world-class talented players for the first team: Pablo Martín Páez Gavira...

Robert Lewandowski has been one of the most deadly and complete forwards in the past decade. He has proven himself in the Bundesliga with both Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, netting 312 goals and 75 assists in 384 games, as well as 86 goals and 25 assists in 106 Champions League matches. Even while playing for...

After sacking head coach Niko Kovac, Bayern Munich promoted their assistant coach Hansi Flick to the head coach position. And after remarkable improvements in terms of playing style and results, they gave Flick a contract until 2023. Under Kovac, Bayern created 2.20 xG while allowing 1.26 xGA and scored 2.67 goals while...

Not long ago Niko Kovac was announced as the new head coach of Bayern Munich. Compared to former coaches of Bayern, Kovac has not exhibited a great career as a coach so far. This led to a lot of scepticism, especially among the supporters of the German record champion. However,...