Giggs,Boney,Ramu,MHP....and other Barcelonistas....
Didn't you notice some of the through balls given by Iniesta in the final? One or 2 lobs as well...Twice Messi and once Suarez almost got at the end of it. Almost final killer passes.
There were some deadly long balls and amazing diagonal balls. The final ball to Rakitic was also superb.
I have a feeling that we are just about to witness a new Iniesta in the coming season. A mature Iniesta who can be a combination of Pirlo-Xavi-Iniesta all rolled into one.
"If the ball is a crying toddler, then Andres Iniesta's first touch is a lullaby..."
During General Franco dictatorship and dominance on Spanish football, Real Madrid won:
La Liga: 1954, 1955,1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 (La Liga should Invalidate them all).
EUROPEAN CUPS [a friendly tournament with only 4 matches just after world war 2] : 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966 ( Real madrid honour member Mr. Blatter says they are Champions League titles), FIFA should nullify them all).
What a coincidence...
Franco fascist tyrant who ruled Spain ( that was in horrible civil war) ordered Di Stefano to join Real Madrid from Barca. Di Stefano had played 2 matches under barca jersey
Franco needed football sucsess to supprass comminity and keep his fascist dictatorship alive.. His first team was Atletico then it was Real Madrid.. He added crown into Real Madrid's emblem and transferred players to RM with dictatorship goverment money ( thats why he could bring EU cups [a friendly tournament with only 4 matches after world war 2, that no body cares at that deveastating times]) to the Spain. And imagine refs and la liga with dictator Franco that killed barca president...
Basically when Spain was isolated, Franco used Real Madrid as a PR tool to gain influence and momentum.
During 50,60s Spanish govt's 90% members were also Real Madrid executive members of life members. Till today it remains more or less same. All the Spanish Football federation Presidents were either Real Madrid life members or executives members at some point..
Small example for the hate against catalans: Santiago Bernabéu/1968: “I like Catalonia very much except for Catalan people.”
Franco hijacked nearly every cup to Real Madrid. That's why once he became old, ill, and powerless, Madrid stopped winning anything from 1966 to 1998. After his death in 1975, ATL Madrid, Barcelona, and other clubs started emerging
As Franco aged, his power waned, a key sign being in 1974 when Barcelona took back its old name and signed Johan Cruyff, who publicly said that he could have gone to Real but would never go to a club associated with Franco.
some BASIC HISTORICAL FACTS about franco: " Franco received military support from local fascist, monarchist and right-wing groups, and also from Hitler's Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Fascist Italy. Leaving half a million dead, the war was eventually won by Franco in 1939. He established an autocratic dictatorship, Francoist Spain, which he defined as a totalitarian state,[2] installing himself as head of state (Caudillo de España, a term seen as the equivalent of the fascist terms duce in Italy and führer in German) and government, with one legal political party: a merger of the monarchist party and the fascist party which had helped him, FET y de las JONS.
Franco established a repression which was characterized by concentration camps, forced labor and executions, mostly against political and ideological enemies,[3][4][5][6][7] being estimated to have caused from about 200,000 to 400,000 deaths,[8][9] "
Why Barcelona are "more than a club" ?
Franco banned Catalan flag and language, forced Barcelona FC to change its name and remove the flag from its shield. Killed barca president. Bombed barca headquarter. Even so, Barcelona stadium was the only place where residents could speak their language: the principal reason that Barcelona are, as their motto declares, "More than a club".
458 - Leo Messi has scored 458 goals prior to his 28th birthday (FC Barcelona + Argentina).
barcastuff @barcastuff 42m42 minutes ago
Official: Barcelona B coach Jordi Vinyals (51), who was in charge since February, won't continue next season #fcblive
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Is love just a never ending dream....?
Yep.
Hope we don't make such mistakes.
"If the ball is a crying toddler, then Andres Iniesta's first touch is a lullaby..."