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The Barcelona Legacy

Guardiola, Mourinho and the Fight For Football's Soul

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The Barcelona Legacy

By: Jonathan Wilson
Narrated by: Charlie Anson
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Manchester, 2018: Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho lead their teams out to face each other in the 175th Manchester derby. They are first and second in the Premier League, but today only one man can come out on top. It is merely the latest instalment in a rivalry that has contested titles, traded insults and crossed a continent, but which can be traced back to a friendship that began almost 25 years ago.

Barcelona, late-nineties: Johan Cruyff's Dream Team is disintegrating and the revolutionary manager has departed, but what will come next will transform the future of football. Cruyff's style has changed the game, and given birth to a generation of thinkers: men like Ronald Koeman, Luis Enrique, Laurent Blanc, Frank de Boer, Louis van Gaal, and Cruyff's club captain Pep Guardiola and a young translator, José Mourinho.

The Barcelona Legacy is an audiobook in part about tactics, about how the theories that underpin the modern game were forged by Cruyff and his successors, but also about the people and personalities who gathered at the Camp Nou for what was effectively the greatest coaching seminar in history, about their friendships and rivalries and, in one case, an apocalyptic falling out that continues to shape the game today. Coaching Football (Soccer) Sports History Sports Game Portugal
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interesting listen, talking about the philosophy of Barcelona and how Cruyff has influenced the game and modern managers.

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this audiobook is the benchmark I hold all others to. I absolutely loved it. fascinating story, very well researched and written, with fantastic quotes and background that will leave you wanting more.

I was slightly disappointed the great man himself wasn't performing the book here, although Charlie Anson is very good and a solid professional.

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my favourite audiobook

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great info for football fanatics, coaches, people imtresting in strategy. a little dry, it's one to by paying attention to.

great information, a little dry

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The origins of the philosophy and how it was developed and influences various coaches. The contrast to the opposition but nothing to heaving with the bulk of the book based in the last 20 years or so.
Didn't find this dull or a drag at all with strong characters and options.
Realy enjoyed it

Well read reflection on the oragins of Barcelona

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Great narration and told a great story about Barcelona, Dutch football and modern day football

Very insightful

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