G.O.A.T Soccer Teams: Barcelona 2008–2012
<h1>A look at one of the most dominant club sides in football history</h1>
<p><strong>The Greatest</strong>: With Lionel Messi at his absolute peak, Josep Guardiola’s FC Barcelona perfected an overwhelming form of total football in a fearsome four-year spell.</p>
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<h1>Manager</h1>
<p>In the summer of 2008 Pep Guardiola beat off competition from Jose Mourinho to become Barcelona’s first-team coach. Guardiola was only 37-years-old and his only experience was a year in charge of Barcelona B. Mourinho, meanwhile was a franchise name, a superstar manager, who had won Premier League titles with Chelsea.</p>
<p>Pep was a player in Johan Cruyff’s Barcelona dream team of 1992, a 5-foot 11 midfielder with a slender frame, he was an extremely technically gifted player, Cruyff trusted him because of his passing and his brain. Cruyff plucked Guardiola from the third division and made him the first-team starter for his Barca side. Guardiola’s ascension — becoming the heartbeat of a European winning midfield, paved the way for the next generation of technical, diminutive, skilful midfield players — the likes of Xavi and Sergio Busquets.</p>
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