Analysis

The ghost of Paueti

eMeCar Hockey

25 Mar 2026 — 2 min read

I'm so happy to see Barça doing this kind of thing. It reminds me of the first analysis on this site. Paueti leading the team and spoiler, being so dangerous on 7. Another day we can talk about playing on 7.

I'm happy to see how Alabart is taking the lead of the team bringing this back.

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Match the analysis and the video. Min 5:53

First take, Alabart (Barça Nº3) sending the ball to 4. Why? Simple taking the pressure out. Alabart cuts in to the opposite side and stops at the penalty box top corner.

At this point Marc Grau (Barça Nº24 has the ball at 4, Sergi Llorca (Barça º44) is at 7 and Alabart the penalty box top corner. The three of them are making a triangle shape. Now look at the defenders, the 4th defender is helping, which means that 4 defenders and 3 attackers are in between 9 and 7. Really tight space for 7 players.

Eloi, what have you done.

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Eloi, what have you done.

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