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Soundoff: Best Player/Manager In History (Uberman).

The Offside 05 November @ 01:59 AM EST
Earlier in the week we mentioned Johan Cruijff's return to the sidelines for the Catalonia national team. In the process, a certain sentence spilled across the page which could possibly ignite a spirited debate. And by spirited debate I mean chairs flying, emergency contacts being contacted and babies inadvertently being made. Click to continue reading...

Johan Cruijff Returns To The Spanish Sidelines

WorldCupBlog 02 November @ 02:40 PM EST

While Maradona is busy making a shamockery of the Argentinean national side, the man who typically lurks behind Diego & Pele whether prudent or not in the discussion for the world's greatest ever player has returned to football. Johan Cruijff, arguably the greatest ever player/coach combination in football history, has returned to the bench Catalonia and don't you call it Spain.

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Joan Laporta Goes So Close, Yet So Far…

The Offside 09 July @ 01:00 PM EST
This had the potential to be one of those epic quotes shoved in the faces of Barcelona's most despised Clasico rivals for years and years on end. Joan Laporta so swiftly hurtling the gavel down and declaring his Cules the superior. "We make Ballon d'Or winners and others have to buy them." It even sounds sexier in [. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona, the one and only "Dutch" team

Euro 2008 on World Cup Blog 08 April @ 11:09 PM EST
i always say that barca play dutch football - in real madrid it can be 11 dutch players they even wouldn't play as dutch football as barca do. the dutch tradition is always there even without any dutch player. pep guardiola was johan cruijff's creation and he considers johan as Click to continue reading...

Football Legends: The Midfielders

SoccerLens 26 February @ 03:40 AM EST
Very few teams can win without great players in the midfield. MIDFIELDERS have to cover a lot of ground, they have to win and hold the ball, they must complete passes, and they have to be adept at both ends of the field. Sometimes, they'll be asked to take on leadership roles, barking [...] Click to continue reading...