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"Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is". ~ Johan Cruyff

A man who changed football was born on this in 1947. Gone but not forgotten.

Since Cruyff's death, Barca has lost its way. RIP legend.

I would love to see an analysis of Louis van gaal’s Ajax team of the 90s.

Now I see.The position pep played helped him a lot to become a manger at the level he is.

"When you have the ball, the opponent can't score" - Johan Cruijff 😉

Please make analysis about the different between Pep's Barcelona, Pep's Bayern and Pep's Man City, or Klopp's Dortmund and Klopp's Liverpool

Very good video. However, I have to correct you on a few facts. Koeman, Laudrup, Stoichkov and Romario never ever played in the same lineup. Back then there was a rule limiting 3 foreigners on the field at the same time. As a result, Laudrup often stayed on the bench, as Cryuff preferred to play the other 3. It was one of the reason why Laudrup left for Real M (the other reason being his contract and salary). Laudrup also never ever played on the left side of the diamond midfield. Before Romario, he played either the False 9 role or on the wing. Once Barca bought Romario, Cruyff moved to using the traditional 4-3-3 formation more often. Before that it was the 3-4-3 used more often. For example, in the 1992 final vs Sampdoria it was 3-4-3 (Subi - Koeman, Nando, Ferrer - Guardiola, Eusebio, Juan Carlos, Bakero - Salinas, Stoichkov, Laudrup), while in 1994 CL final it was 4-3-3 ( Subi - Ferrer, Koeman, Nadal, Sergi - Guardiola, Amor, Bakero - Stoichkov, Bergiristain, Romario). Guardiola rarely left the middle channel, so he didn't really cover the fullbacks/wide defenders (Ferrer, Sergi). He did cover Koeman when needed though. Pep was the defensive pivot. Bakero was the attacking pivot. His role was slightly different thatn typical attacking midfielder. He often played with back to goal, redistributing the ball, playing simple 1 or 2 touch football, and then surging into the penalty box to score or win second balls. He was not tall, but he had a good jump on him and headed the ball very well. Johan Cruyff is the most influential person in modern football. He influenced the game as a player, as a coach, as director, honorary president, a mentor and commentator. Ajax, Barca, Spain and Holland owe him a lot. His philosophy continues to live through the work of Pep Guardiola, who surpassed him in terms of success in winning trophies. I'm sure Johan is proud watching from heaven his "adopted" son.

3:22 Thats why fernandinho is so important in pep's system

Today is his birthday. My favorite legend, Johan Cruijff . RIP 🙏 "You play football with your mind, your feet are there to help you"~Cruijff

he created barca left a mark on the world and without his vision we might never have messi inesta xavi or barca visca barca visca johan

Has anybody read his autobiography? It's the most knowledgeable football book for me

Name a man who had more influence on modern football than Cruyff. You cannot. He was a genius.

The most important man in FC Barcelona's history.

The man who revolutionised Barcelona and football. Brilliant tactical breakdown.

If football was a person then Johan Cruyff changed his life

"Football is played with the head, the legs are just there to help. Quality without results is pointless and results without quality is boring. Playing football is simple, playing simple football is the hardest thing there is. A founding father of beautiful football, a football genius. RIP king, legend, god.

Plz.......Make a video on How Bartemeo is ruining Barcelona

There's no words to qualify what Cruyff did to Barcelona No one ever did what he did ti a club of this size Cruyff is Barcelona He bring an identity, and success Before him, Barça was the victim of Real, of Franco With him, and after him, Barcelona could see greatness And being against Cruyff like Bartomeu is maybe to NOT be a culer

The Gospel of Johan "If you play for ball possession you don't have to defend. Cause there is only one ball." "Experience. You’ve either got it or you don't." "The average of a team is determined by its weakest player." "If you give Italians one opportunity, they score two goals" "I am seldom in error, because I find it difficult to make mistakes." "The difference between right and wrong is often no more than five meters." "The simpler the better, because the fewer options you give to a player, the higher the chance that he will be doing the right thing." "I absolutely hate a player that moves, but doesn't know where to." "People say life is a flow. That's correct. When I tried to spit against the wind recently, it landed in my own face." "We did fantastic, simply because we couldn't do any better!" "Well, the ball has to go between those two posts. As a minimum." "Play the game as it should be played. Football is made for the spectators. They most enjoy seeing an attack, so you have to attack." "Am I dictatorial? No, I'm not, but the players have to do what I say." "I don't believe, because I'm not a believer, but I do think that there is something else and therefore I believe in the thing that I think is there" "Well, if you understood football, YOU would be sitting here" "I have got to be able to trust the people in my team, and they have to challenge me. I have no use for brownnosers" “I'm still convinced that the way that I do it is how it has to be done, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.” "If you see a player sprint, then he has started too late" (at Barcelona) “Before the match 22 players are praying, I never understood that. If there was a God and he would treat everyone equal, every match would end up a draw" "We started searching for the victory and then you always automatically find it.” "I wasn't there just like that when I was 17, falling out of the sky! I was there already when I was 14, stealing the bikes of Ajax' first team. I didn't look up to them, I knew I was going to be one of them, sooner or later." "Ajax is a fantastic club! If you make sure that you're in charge, otherwise it is impossible to work there" "I always take decisions myself. If at Ajax they tell me "You're too old" then I say "You don't decide that, that's my decision" "I've got an office in Barcelona. But you'll never find me there, cause I don't like paper." "Italians? They can not win from you. But you CAN loose from them." "Often something has to happen, before something happens" “Playing football is very simple. But playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.” "I love working! As long as it is work that I love ..." (on TV football analysis) "When I come home from a TV talk show, Danny (wife) always asks "what did you say?". Then I reply "For the life of me, I can't remember" "I'm always against everything. Until I take a decision, then I'm in favor of it. Seems logical to me ..." "A rich club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal" "It's better to go down with your own vision, then with the vision of somebody else" "First point, there is only one ball so you've got to have that one, but the essence is: what are you then going to do with that ball?" (at Barcelona) "Now there is unity, everybody does what I'm asking for. That's because they're not Dutchmen, that always say as soon as I take a breath 'Yes, but ...' ” "The time that I carried money is long behind me. I always bring my name and my face." "Misfortune is what you get with a negative attitude and luck is what you get with a positive attitude” "What do you prefer? One good elevensome or eleven good onesomes?" "You're not getting it? Well, if I'd wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better" "The dot has to be put there on the i where it belongs!" "If you're not there somewhere, then you are either too early or you are too late." "People have to drive faster. Then they are quicker off the roads and there are fewer traffic jams.” "If I ask you to show what you can do, you will show me. But then I also know what you can not do, because you're not showing me that." "Money that you earn after your 30th birthday is what you save. What you earn before is what you spend." "Coincidence is logical" - Johan Cruijff – 1947 – 2016