Shark attack: Ferran Torres continues his incredible form for Barcelona

With each stride Ferran Torres takes on the field, it is almost as if he is shedding the weight of his past struggles.

The thick fog of self-doubt that once obstructed his vision now appears to be replaced by vivid clarity. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, he has emerged from the depths of his own insecurities.

Since the beginning of the campaign, Ferran has scored a goal every 31 minutes. His name is regularly stamped on the scoreboard, and every touch of his exudes a sense of confidence that was hard to associate with him just a year ago.

Goals galore

That instinct to rattle the back of the net had always defined him when he plied his trade with Valencia and Manchester City, but it gradually faded as he made the move to Barcelona.

Now, with his actions contrasting the clumsiness of his past and morphing into a symphony of controlled chaos, Ferran is back doing what he does best: scoring goals.

Impressively, the Spanish forward has scored three goals for Barcelona and two goals for the national team in a total of just 155 minutes.

He has only received one start so far this season, but limited game time has not extinguished his will to bulge the back of the net.

In fact, he was not even initially called up to the Spanish National Team during the recently concluded International Break.

However, after injuries to Marco Asensio and Dani Olmo, Ferran seized the opportunity like no other and scored a brace off the bench against Cyprus.

The 23-year-old has scored three goals in 126 minutes with Barcelona and two goals with the national team in less than half an hour. Despite mere patches of game time, he has maintained a consistent scoring record.

Gone are the days when inconsistency held sway. Like a shark sensing a drop of blood from miles away, he embodies the traits of his spirit animal, detecting vulnerabilities in the opposition’s defense and exploiting weaknesses with surgical precision.

But apart from this long-awaited upturn in numbers, the Spaniard is proving to be a reliable option in all positions on the front line.

He is mobile on the half-turn and does not lose possession carelessly. As a right-winger, his tendency to take men on and whip crosses in is incredibly useful, while the center-forward position enables him to be placed even closer to the goal.

Mentality monster

“I’m a bull. Nobody is going to be able to beat me next season,” said Ferran before commencing the season.

Walking the talk with immense aptitude, he appears to be living up to his word every time he steps out on the pitch.

Perhaps the moment that best encapsulated Ferran’s elevation in mentality was his free-kick goal against Real Betis.

The pressure of standing in solitude for a good few seconds as a wall of players stares down their souls has proven to overwhelm every Blaugrana player since Lionel Messi departed the club.

For two years, the Catalan giants have seemed incapable of scoring a free-kick. Every match passed, the pressure rose, and in the end, the one to finally break the deadlock and take over the baton from Messi was Ferran Torres, who fantastically curled one in with merely his last touch of the game.

From his lean physique and time put in the gym, as his social media networks attest, it can easily be deciphered that Ferran has completed incredible physical preparation for the ongoing season as he aims to live up to the tag of a ‘shark.’

But it’s not just his physical prowess that parallels the ocean’s apex predator. His mental acuity is equally sharp—a mind that calculates, anticipates, and strategizes.