As I watched Real Madrid get routed by Barcelona, I could not help but be amazed.
I almost felt pity for Real Madrid. Pity mainly for the Portuguese in the Real Madrid squad. Real does have more Portuguese players than say Benfica, and they do have Jose Mourinho.
It made me wonder for a brief second if "the special one" has lost his touch.
It was for a brief moment only, as I realized that Barcelona is the best team in club soccer.
What I really like about Barcelona is the culture at the club.
Their best midfield players, Xavi and Iniesta, arguably two of the best midfielders in all of soccer are not your average superstar soccer players. They do not live a rock star lifestyle.
I remember reading a story about how a new player that was signed at Barcelona was pulled aside by Xavi when he arrived at practice driving a brand new Hummer. Xavi told him that this was not the Barcelona way! Xavi never did say who the player was, but I am guessing that it was either Ibrahimovic, or Hleb.
Barcelona is more than a club as their fans love to tell everyone, they love to produce their own players through their youth academies, players such as Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Puyol, and Pedro all came up from the club.
They feel the club when they play, I think that this is what is missing from most teams, they do not have enough players who identify themselves with the club.
This is something that you cannot just buy, Barcelona for example, is the pride of the Catalans, and all of their players understand that.
This is one the reasons why Barcelona is the best team in the World.
I almost felt pity for Real Madrid. Pity mainly for the Portuguese in the Real Madrid squad. Real does have more Portuguese players than say Benfica, and they do have Jose Mourinho.
It made me wonder for a brief second if "the special one" has lost his touch.
It was for a brief moment only, as I realized that Barcelona is the best team in club soccer.
What I really like about Barcelona is the culture at the club.
Their best midfield players, Xavi and Iniesta, arguably two of the best midfielders in all of soccer are not your average superstar soccer players. They do not live a rock star lifestyle.
I remember reading a story about how a new player that was signed at Barcelona was pulled aside by Xavi when he arrived at practice driving a brand new Hummer. Xavi told him that this was not the Barcelona way! Xavi never did say who the player was, but I am guessing that it was either Ibrahimovic, or Hleb.
Barcelona is more than a club as their fans love to tell everyone, they love to produce their own players through their youth academies, players such as Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Puyol, and Pedro all came up from the club.
They feel the club when they play, I think that this is what is missing from most teams, they do not have enough players who identify themselves with the club.
This is something that you cannot just buy, Barcelona for example, is the pride of the Catalans, and all of their players understand that.
This is one the reasons why Barcelona is the best team in the World.
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