lunes, 18 de febrero de 2013

The Pride of Barcelona

Barcelona is one of the biggest and most famous Spanish teams. The popularity of the Catalan team has gone out of Spain and now people from Buenos Aires to Sidney wear the Barcelona shirts with pride. The club always has been an antipode of the Real Madrid. The Catalans are proud with their history, culture and identity and the Barcelona FC is a big part of their lives. The cult towards Barcelona has gone out the football fields. The club organizations is ruled by so called `socios` or fans in other words. The club and teams are devoted to their fans, and there always exists a connection between the socios and the ruling members of the club.

The biggest derby of the Spain and the whole world is between Barcelona and Real Madrid. The fans rather see their teams die on the field but to loose in these matches. Barcelona gained much of its popularity due to Johan Cruyff`s coaching in the beginning of the `90s. He created so called ` dream team` which won the first ever Catalan Champions League title. The heritage of the Dutch coach is unbeatable. Under his coaching Barcelona won eleven titles, including La Liga, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup. Cruyff is the long serving Barcelona coach with eight consecutive seasons.

The next and most successful Barcelona`s `dream team` was with Guardiola as a head coach. With the new coach Barcelona became the first team ever to make the sextuple. The Catalan team won everything they could win in 2009th. The Spanish title, Cup, Super Cup, Champions League, the European Super Cup, the World Cup- all of these titles make the Barcelona triumph historical.

With the new coach Barcelona players are still eager to show their quality, and footballers like Messi will not satisfy with another average season.

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