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Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World

Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World

by Graham Hunter
Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World

Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World

by Graham Hunter

Overview

BARCELONA are the greatest football team in the world, the greatest for a generation and possibly the greatest of all time. 

This is the untold inside story of how the best and most loved football team in the world came to redefine how the game is played.

 

We start with the 2011 Champions League final at Wembley, the game that ended the debate about whether Barcelona were the greatest team in the world and began a new one: are they the best ever? 

We are inside the winning dressing room and inside the mind of the team's coach, Pep Guardiola.

 

From there, the focus is on each of the iconic personalities of this team, telling its story through them, from their genesis in the late 1980s to their coronation in London: Guardiola; his mentor, Johan Cruyff; Xavi; Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi, perhaps the greatest footballer of all time.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780956497185
Publisher: BackPage Press
Publication date: 01/30/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 23 MB
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About the Author

Graham Hunter is a journalist of international reputation and covers Spanish soccer and FC Barcelona for Sky Sports, the BBC, and newspapers and magazines across the world. His access to the team is unrivaled and he is the only English speaking journalist to have interviewed Pep Guardiola during his time as Barcelona coach.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

1 The Road to Wembley 13

David Villa: El Guaje 56

2 The Making of Messi 59

Making-of Match: Shakhtar Donetsk 1 Barcelona 2 90

3 The Exile Returns 93

Making-of Match: Athletic Bilbao 1 Barcelona 4 142

4 The Machine 145

Dani Alves: Style, Inc. 174

5 The Theory of Evolution 177

Making-of Match: Real Madrid 2 Barcelona 6 206

6 The Making of Pep 209

Sergio Busquets: The Enforcer 242

7 The Emperors of Barcelona 245

Making-of Match: Barcelona 2 Real Madrid 0 276

8 The Odd Couple 279

Victor Valdés: The Heartbreaker 316

9 The Breeding Ground 319

Pedro: The Comeback Kid 354

10 The Solutions Man 357

Making-of Match: Chelsea 1 Barcelona 1 392

11 The Making of the Greatest Rivalry in the World 395

Éric Abidal: The Convert 422

12 The Greatest 425

Acknowledgements 458

Appendix A Timeline 460

Appendix B References 465

Appendix C Glossary 469

Appendix D Hiring criteria 472

Appendix E Bonus content 478

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