"Barcelona" club legend Xavi yesterday described Johan Cruyff, who left the world, as the father of the "Barcelona" playing philosophy.
Yesterday the world was struck by a very sad news - one of the greatest footballers and coaches of all time J. Cruyff lost his battle with cancer. Originally from the Netherlands, as a coach he arrived at "Barça" in 1988 and is considered the founder of the current Catalan team's playing style.
"To change the Barcelona football philosophy would be very difficult," Xavi stated. "We would make a big mistake if we tried to change it."
"The football philosophy established by Johan Cruyff 30 years ago has not changed to this day. Every coach has a certain understanding of football in their mind. Pep Guardiola achieved perfection with us, and Luis Enrique is now also successfully playing with Neymar, Luis Suarez, and, of course, Lionel Messi leading the way.
"The difference between the current and previous Barcelona playing philosophy is that now we don't need to make 50 passes to score a goal. This happened precisely because of the current three attackers of the team," - said the goalkeeper continuing his career in Qatar.
