Pep Guardiola has applied the philosophies of Johan Cruyff’s ‘Dream Team’ to his Barcelona side as the Catalan club were crowned Champions of Europe.
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RE: Edited following Barca’s treble triumph.
“The secret,” says Guardiola, “is that they are very good players.” Like the mask magician, Pep Guardiola is reluctant to spill the beans but ends up gradually revealing all. But he is right; behind all the tactics and the finely dressed exterior, his individuals determine the success of his work. “No matter how effective the performance of the team may be or how well the tasks, functions, and strategies are executed, everything rises and falls with the individual qualities of the players,” says the late Rinus Michels. “I can not repeat this enough. His technical, tactical, physical and mental baggage is the determining factors.”
However that doesn’t mean it is none of Pep Guardiola’s own doing, because it is…
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