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Barcelona, the one and only "Dutch" team

Euro 2008 on World Cup Blog 08 April @ 11:09 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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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

Barcelona’s Messi Strategy

Pasión Albiceleste 07 December @ 10:05 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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ft.com

Barcelona's strategy to get beneath the Messi flowerpot
By Simon Kuper

A no-name defender from Almería kicks Lionel Messi. The undersized Argentinian with the brown flowerpot haircut is unhurt, and gets up wearing his usual blank expression.

Nonetheless, half the Barcelona team berate the culprit.

Joan Laporta Goes So Close, Yet So Far…

The Offside 09 July @ 01:00 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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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 [.

Johan Cruijff Returns To The Spanish Sidelines

WorldCupBlog 02 November @ 02:40 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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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.

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

The Offside 05 November @ 01:59 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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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.

Football Legends: The Midfielders

SoccerLens 26 February @ 03:40 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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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 [...]

Rewind: Uh Oh, They’ve Spotted Us.

The Offside 18 December @ 07:00 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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The way it should be: a 32 team Club World Cup. Very rough week for Felipe Melo. Mick McCarthy fights the good fight for the little man. Your favorite footballing oddballs. Johan Cruijff turns himself into history in 1974. The Polkraine 2012 log is slightly....feminine. Sepp nixes video but rules the Google machine.